11 Sarah Luong
11 - Sarah Luong
Height: 5-9
Year: So.
Hometown: Chanhassen, MN
High School: Benilde-St. Margaret's
Position: S
m 18
k/s 0.37
h % .288
a/s 6.41
b/s 0.18
sa/s 0.33
d/s 2.04

Sophomore (2022): 

  • 2022 UAA Fall All-Academic honors
  • Competed in 51 sets across 18 matches this season
  • Finished second on the team and 12th in the UAA with 327 assists
  • Placed third on the team with a .288 attacking percentage
  • Averaged 6.41 assists per set to finish second on the team and seventh in the conference
  • Totaled 104 digs to finish sixth on the team and finished fourth on the team in digs per set (2.04)
  • Posted a season-high 15 digs against Wooster (Oct. 22)
  • Had 40 assists against Averett, the second best of her career

Freshman (2021):
 Competed in 49 total sets over the course of 17 matches… Served as a setter for the Eagles before being sidelined for the season after October 3rd with an injury… Finished second on the team in total assists (261) and assists per set (5.33)… Set the season-best mark for the Eagles in 2021 with 51 assists in a five-set victory over Carnegie Mellon (Sep. 19)… Had 40 assists in Emory’s four-set loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sep. 11) along with a season best 14 digs… In her last match of the season, Luong posted 32 assists, 10 digs and seven kills against NYU.

High School:
Four-year competitor on the volleyball while at Benilde-St, Margaret's High School ... Served as team captain as a junior and senior ... Was coached by Phong Luong ... Selected as team MVP in 2018 and 2019 ... Versatile performer during her final season, totaling out 373 assists and posting 292 kills ... Landed all-conference recognition her final two years ... Recipient of the Minnesota State High School League Athenea Award in 2020, recognizing the outstanding senior female athletes ... Closed out her prep career as the Red Knights' all-time leader in assists ... Class valedictorian ...  National Merit Finalist ... Academic All-State as a senior ... Helped BSM to a conference title and a runner-up finish in sectionals in 2017 ...  Also earned three varsity letters as a two-time captain of BSM's Math League team. 

Played club volleyball for Mizuno M1 and was coached there by Jamie Suapaia ... Under Armour All-America Watch List in 2019.

Personal:
Daughter of Phong and Jackie Luong ... Born Mar. 14 ... Plans to major in Mathematics/Pre-Med.

Quote:
"I chose Emory for its academic excellence and its accomplished volleyball program.  The community and people are so welcoming and friendly, and there are countless opportunities for me to learn and grow."

Career Stats:

Year SP-MP A APS SA DIGS K
2021 49-17 261 5.33 13 95 30
2022 51-18 327 6.41 17 104 19
TOTALS 100-35 588 5.87 30 199 49

Sarah Luong Career High Assists:

Opponent SP A Date
Carnegie Mellon 5 51 9/19/2021
Averett 4 40 10/21/2022
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4 40 9/11/2021
Birmingham Southern 4 36 9/3/2022
NYU 4 32 10/3/2021
Recent Games
Oct 29 Oglethorpe W, 3-0
Nov 4 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 3-0
Nov 4 at New York U. W, 3-1
Nov 5 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-0
Nov 10 vs. Bethany (W.V.) W, 3-0
Nov 11 vs. Transylvania L, 3-2
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 18 7
Sets 51 16
Kills 19 1
Kills per set 0.37 0.06
Errors 4 1
Total Attacks 52 8
Hitting Percentage .288 .000
Assists 327 69
Assists per set 6.41 4.31
Service Aces 17 4
Service Errors 19 3
Service Aces per set 0.33 0.25
Receptions 3 2
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 104 22
Digs per set 2.04 1.38
Block Solo 2 1
Block Assist 7 0
Block Total 9 1
Blocks per set 0.18 0.06
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 4 2
Points 41.5 6.0
Points per set 0.8 0.4
Matches started 2 -
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 LaGrange W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 2 .500 13 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 at Birmingham-Southern L, 3-1 - 4 3 0 9 .333 36 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 3 Covenant W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 at University of West Georgia W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 13 2 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 9 Trinity (Tex.) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 23 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 10 Johns Hopkins W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 16 2 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 10 Claremont-M-S L, 3-1 - 4 2 0 2 1.000 21 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 17 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 3-0 - 3 0 1 3 -.333 8 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 17 vs. Rochester (N.Y.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 14 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 18 vs. Chicago L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 1 .000 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 27 at Lee W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 21 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 30 Maryville (Tenn.)   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 - 1 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
Oct 2 at Carnegie Mellon L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 8 Sewanee W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Berry L, 3-0 - 2 1 1 5 .000 13 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Oct 14 Hendrix W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 vs. Brandeis W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 16 vs. New York U. L, 3-2 - 4 0 0 2 .000 31 1 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 1 1 2.0
Oct 21 St. Mary's (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 4 0 6 .667 31 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 21 Averett W, 3-1 1 4 5 0 9 .556 40 2 1 1 0 14 1 1 0 2 2 8.5
Oct 22 Wooster W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 5 .000 31 0 1 0 0 15 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Oct 28 Birmingham-Southern W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Berry W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Oglethorpe W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 vs. Case Western Reserve W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at New York U. W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 vs. Bethany (W.V.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 vs. Transylvania L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 17 49 30 0.61 2 52 .538 261 5.33 13 0.27 4 2 95 1.94 0 11 11 0.22 48.5 1.0
2022-23 18 51 19 0.37 4 52 .288 327 6.41 17 0.33 3 0 104 2.04 2 7 9 0.18 41.5 0.8
2023-24 23 74 13 0.18 2 38 .289 430 5.81 22 0.30 0 0 158 2.14 0 2 2 0.03 36.0 0.5
Total 58 174 62 0.36 8 142 .380 1018 5.85 52 0.30 7 2 357 2.05 2 20 22 0.13 126.0 0.7
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 18 51 19 0.37 4 52 .288 327 6.41 17 0.33 3 0 104 2.04 2 7 9 0.18 41.5 0.8
Conference 7 16 1 0.06 1 8 .000 69 4.31 4 0.25 2 0 22 1.38 1 0 1 0.06 6.0 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 22 14 0.64 2 27 .444 175 7.95 8 0.36 1 0 60 2.73 1 5 6 0.27 25.5 1.2
Away 5 15 4 0.27 1 18 .167 92 6.13 5 0.33 0 0 24 1.60 0 2 2 0.13 10.0 0.7
Neutral 6 14 1 0.07 1 7 .000 60 4.29 4 0.29 2 0 20 1.43 1 0 1 0.07 6.0 0.4
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Wins 12 33 13 0.39 3 32 .313 212 6.42 13 0.39 2 0 71 2.15 1 5 6 0.18 29.5 0.9
Losses 6 18 6 0.33 1 20 .250 115 6.39 4 0.22 1 0 33 1.83 1 2 3 0.17 12.0 0.7
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September 10 31 6 0.19 1 23 .217 170 5.48 14 0.45 2 0 51 1.65 0 1 1 0.03 20.5 0.7
October 8 20 13 0.65 3 29 .345 157 7.85 3 0.15 1 0 53 2.65 2 6 8 0.40 21.0 1.1