Sydney Petersen Season 2023

2022 ACC All-Academic Team

2023: Appeared in 23 matches, starting in 22 of them ... Recorded 109 kills, averaging 1.43 kills per set ... Had three service aces ... Registered 65 total blocks ... Had 15 solo blocks, which led the team ... Tallied 152 total points ... Recorded her 1,000th career point at Syracuse (10/6) ... Had 11 kills vs. Louisville (10/22) ... Had nine kills vs. Florida State (9/22) and vs. Notre Dame (10/22) ... Recorded eight total blocks at Syracuse (10/6)

2022: Played in 26 games … Appeared in 87 sets … Had 179 kills, tied for third-most on the team … Averaged 2.06 kills per set, third-most on the team … Had 74 blocks … Totaled 217.5 points … Had 14 kills vs. Eastern Michigan (9/9), a season-high … Had 12 kills three times, coming against Norfolk State (9/15), at Clemson (9/23), and at Boston College (11/19) … Had eight blocks at Wake Forest (11/13)… Had six blocks vs. Coppin State (9/2) and at Notre Dame (10/16) … Member of 2022 ACC All-Academic Team.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Played three years at Nevada ... Played in all 29 matches as a junior, placing first on the team in blocks (98), second in kills (224) and fourth in service aces (19) ... Scored a total of 298 points with a .310 hitting percentage ... Was the team leader in blocks as a sophomore and freshman as well with 67 and 147, respectively ... Her 137 block assists were a new single season program record and she ranked second in the Mountain West for blocks and blocks per set ... Also ranked second in school history single season total blocks and sixth in a single season kill percentage with a .317 as a freshman.
 
Personal: Daughter of Mark Petersen and Leslie Gourlie ... Has one brother, Connor.