Bio
• Enters the 2016 with the fifth-most career kills in program history at 837.
• A 360 Leader the Holy Cross Leadership Academy.
• Vice President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
2015:
- Named to Academic All-Patriot League team.
- Earned second team All-Patriot League honors.
- Appeared in all 29 matches, playing in all 107 sets on the season.
- Led the team with 410 kills on the year, averaging 3.83 per set.
- Her 410 kills for the season rank second all-time in school history.
- Only the second Crusader to record 400 or more kills in a season.
- Earned a team-best 10 double-doubles on the season.
- Ranked second on the team with 270 digs for the season, averaging 2.52 per set.
- Notched a season-high 22 kills in a 3-2 win over Navy on Oct. 9.
- Registered a career-high 19 digs in a 3-0 loss to Bucknell on Nov. 14.
- Notched double-digit kills in 26 of 29 matches on the season.
- Her 3.83 kills per set led the Patriot League and are sixth all-time in school history.
- Named Patriot League Player of the Week on Oct. 12.
- Named to All-Tournament teams at the Hampton Inn-vitational, UMass Lowell Invitational and Central Connecticut Invitational.
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2014:
- Played in all 27 matches on the season.
- Appeared in all 104 sets.
- Named to the second-team All-Patriot League and the Academic All-Patriot League team.
- Led the team and was fourth in the Patriot League in kills with 309, which tied for 10th all time in single season kills in school history.
- Led the team and was tied for seventh in the league with 31 aces.
- Finished second on the team with 49 blocks.
- Finished second on the team with 230 digs.
- Recorded nine double-doubles on the season.
- Reached double-digit kills in 17 matches, including a career-high 23 against Hartford (Sept. 9) which earned a spot on the Boston College Invitational All-Tournament team.
- Recorded 19 kills in matches against Hartford (Aug. 30) and Bucknell (Sept. 26).
- Recorded 18 kills against Binghamton (Oct. 13) and Bryant (Nov. 1).
- Earned the team Iron Crusader Award.
- Named GoHolyCross.com Crusader of the Week (Sept. 15).
- Member of the Holy Cross Leadership Academy.
- Named to the Patriot League Academic honor roll and led the team with a 3.77 GPA.
2013:
- Played in 21 of 28 matches on the season.
- Appeared in 54 sets.
- Finished the season second on the team in kills per set with 2.19 (118 total kills).
- Also contributed six aces, 14 assists, 61 digs and 18 blocks on the year.
- Reached double-digit kills in four matches including a season-high 16 against Manhattan (8/31).
- Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Holy Cross:
- Three-year member of the varsity volleyball team at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School for coach Judy Katalina.
- Two-year team captain…selected as the 2012 Dual County League MVP.
- A two-time Dual County League All-Star.
- Earned 2012 All-State honors.
- Received 2012 Boston Globe All-Scholastic and Boston Herald All-Scholastic accolades.
- Led team to four straight Dual County League championships, and a state runner-up finish in 2010.
- Played with the SMASH volleyball club for coach Gary Patch, winning the 2012 New England and East Coast gold championships.
- Also played varsity basketball and softball.
Personal:
- Daughter of William and Ellen Sifferlen.
- Father was a member of the soccer and track and field teams at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Class of 1988).
- Has two brothers (Phillip and Andrew).
- Aunt, Mary Sifferlen, attended Holy Cross.
- A Biology major.
Sifferlen's Career Statistics | ||||||
Season | Sets Played | Kills | Assists | Digs | Blocks | Aces |
2013 | 54 | 118 | 14 | 61 | 18 | 6 |
2014 | 104 | 309 | 12 | 230 | 49 | 31 |
2015 | 107 | 410 | 8 | 270 | 37 | 35 |
Total | 265 | 837 | 34 | 561 | 104 | 72 |