5 Matt Ferrara
5 - Matt Ferrara
Height: 6-1
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Sandown, N.H.
High School: Central Catholic
Position: OH
Major: Nursing
m 29
k/s 2.59
h % .214
a/s 0.11
b/s 0.43
sa/s 0.29
d/s 1.34

2022:
Male Regis-Casserly Award Recipient ... Nominee for GNAC Man of the Year Award ... Second Team All-GNAC ... Academic All-GNAC ... FrogJump Team of Week (March 22)
... Appeared in 101 sets within 29 matches ... Led team with 262 total kills, third-highest single-season total in program history ... 13 matches with 10 or more kills, including 19 kills on 27 attempts without an error for .704 hitting percentage against Colby-Sawyer March 19 ... Earlier that day, earned 17 kills and 16 digs in five-set victory at Emerson. 

2020:
Appeared in 15 sets within six matches ... Earned 11 kills, eight digs, and four total blocks against Dean Feb. 6. 

2019:
Appeared in 63 sets during 22 matches ... Collected 171 kills, 30 service aces, 79 digs, and 16 total blocks ... Notched double-double with 18 kills and 14 digs in five-set victory over Eastern Nazarene January 24 ... Also collected 18 kills in five-set win over Emerson April 2.

Prep:
Ferrara participated in four years of volleyball and two years of track & field at Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, Mass. After receiving the Coaches' Award in volleyball in 2017, he was named team MVP in 2018 and earned All-Conference honors as well as Honorable Mention All-Star recognition. He also finished in third place in the high jump at the Freshman/Sophomore State Track & Field Meet in both 2015 and 2016.

Club:
Ferrara played for the Mill City Volleyball Club from 2016 to 2018. He helped his team finish in first place in the Silver Bracket at the 2018 Hartford Winterfest Tournament. 

Personal:
Born in Methuen, Mass., Ferrara is the son of Loryn and Francis Ferrara. He has an older brother named Ryan and a younger sister named Haley. He graduated with bachelor's degree in nursing. He is also a member of the Regis track & field team.

Recent Games
Mar 26 vs. Elms L, 3-0
Mar 29 Emmanuel (Mass.) L, 3-2
Mar 31 Lasell L, 3-0
Apr 2 Wentworth L, 3-0
Apr 2 Rivier L, 3-0
Apr 5 at Elms L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 29 16
Sets 101 55
Kills 262 150
Kills per set 2.59 2.73
Errors 109 55
Total Attacks 716 396
Hitting Percentage .214 .240
Assists 11 8
Assists per set 0.11 0.15
Service Aces 29 15
Service Errors 72 36
Service Aces per set 0.29 0.27
Receptions 447 275
Reception Errors 32 18
Digs 135 81
Digs per set 1.34 1.47
Block Solo 5 5
Block Assist 38 17
Block Total 43 22
Blocks per set 0.43 0.40
Block Errors 5 3
Ball Handling Errors 2 2
Points 315.0 178.5
Points per set 3.1 3.2
Matches started 27 15
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 21 MIT L, 3-0 1 3 8 6 31 .065 0 0 1 7 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Jan 26 at Wentworth L, 3-0 1 3 2 4 13 -.154 0 0 1 15 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Jan 28 Eastern Nazarene W, 3-1 - 4 11 5 28 .214 0 1 5 19 0 7 0 5 0 5 0 14.5
Feb 2 at Rivier L, 3-0 - 3 5 1 14 .286 0 2 5 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Feb 5 Dean College W, 3-0 1 3 11 3 19 .421 0 1 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Feb 5 Northern Vermont-Johnson W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 5 .400 0 2 2 6 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Feb 8 at Elms L, 3-0 1 3 8 4 21 .190 1 0 3 25 1 4 0 3 1 3 0 9.5
Feb 10 at Eastern Nazarene L, 3-1 1 4 10 5 25 .200 0 0 2 16 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Feb 12 at Endicott L, 3-0 1 3 6 0 10 .600 0 3 3 16 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Feb 17 at Lasell L, 3-1 1 4 13 6 30 .233 0 0 2 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Feb 19 Emerson W, 3-1 1 4 10 5 31 .161 1 0 0 14 0 8 1 2 1 3 0 12.0
Feb 19 King's (PA) W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 24 .250 0 2 2 5 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Feb 23 at Nichols W, 3-2 1 5 15 4 35 .314 1 2 4 - 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 18.0
Feb 25 at Kean L, 3-1 1 4 9 7 28 .071 1 0 4 15 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
Mar 9 Nichols L, 3-1 1 4 12 5 31 .226 0 1 4 19 2 6 0 1 1 1 0 13.5
Mar 11 SUNY Potsdam L, 3-2 1 5 13 10 50 .060 0 2 4 22 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 17.0
Mar 12 at Dean College W, 3-0 1 1 4 0 7 .571 0 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 8.0
Mar 12 vs. Colby-Sawyer W, 3-1 1 4 13 5 28 .286 1 3 3 14 0 6 1 1 0 2 1 17.5
Mar 15 Dean College W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 13 .615 0 3 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Mar 19 at Emerson W, 3-2 1 5 17 2 35 .429 0 0 3 22 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 18.0
Mar 19 vs. Colby-Sawyer W, 3-1 1 4 19 0 27 .704 0 2 3 8 0 4 1 3 0 4 0 23.5
Mar 23 at Springfield L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 10 .100 1 0 2 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 26 at Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 3-1 1 4 14 7 45 .156 0 0 5 24 1 7 0 3 0 3 1 15.5
Mar 26 vs. Elms L, 3-0 1 3 9 6 35 .086 2 0 0 13 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 10.0
Mar 29 Emmanuel (Mass.) L, 3-2 1 5 18 6 46 .261 1 2 5 32 2 8 0 0 1 0 0 20.0
Mar 31 Lasell L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 15 .000 1 0 0 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Apr 2 Wentworth L, 3-0 1 3 3 4 21 -.048 1 0 1 18 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Apr 2 Rivier L, 3-0 1 3 3 1 15 .133 0 0 1 20 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Apr 5 at Elms L, 3-0 1 3 4 5 24 -.042 0 0 3 25 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
  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
2018-19 22 63 171 2.71 88 477 .174 9 0.14 30 0.48 152 27 79 1.25 3 13 16 0.25 210.5 3.3
2019-20 6 15 31 2.07 24 104 .067 3 0.20 0 0.00 88 10 28 1.87 1 6 7 0.47 35.0 2.3
2021-22 29 101 262 2.59 109 716 .214 11 0.11 29 0.29 447 32 135 1.34 5 38 43 0.43 315.0 3.1
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 57 179 464 2.59 221 1297 .187 23 0.13 59 0.33 687 69 242 1.35 9 57 66 0.37 560.5 3.1
  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 29 101 262 2.59 109 716 .214 11 0.11 29 0.29 447 32 135 1.34 5 38 43 0.43 315.0 3.1
Conference 16 55 150 2.73 55 396 .240 8 0.15 15 0.27 275 18 81 1.47 5 17 22 0.40 178.5 3.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 13 45 111 2.47 51 329 .182 4 0.09 14 0.31 195 11 50 1.11 1 22 23 0.51 137.0 3.0
Away 13 45 110 2.44 47 297 .212 4 0.09 10 0.22 217 20 70 1.56 2 10 12 0.27 127.0 2.8
Neutral 3 11 41 3.73 11 90 .333 3 0.27 5 0.45 35 1 15 1.36 2 6 8 0.73 51.0 4.6
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Wins 12 42 133 3.17 34 297 .333 3 0.07 19 0.45 128 3 62 1.48 5 23 28 0.67 168.5 4.0
Losses 17 59 129 2.19 75 419 .129 8 0.14 10 0.17 319 29 73 1.24 0 15 15 0.25 146.5 2.5
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January 3 10 21 2.10 15 72 .083 0 0.00 1 0.10 41 5 14 1.40 0 6 6 0.60 25.0 2.5
February 11 38 97 2.55 37 242 .248 4 0.11 12 0.32 151 13 47 1.24 1 14 15 0.39 117.0 3.1
March 12 44 134 3.05 47 342 .254 6 0.14 16 0.36 192 12 63 1.43 4 15 19 0.43 161.5 3.7
April 3 9 10 1.11 10 60 .000 1 0.11 0 0.00 63 2 11 1.22 0 3 3 0.33 11.5 1.3