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2020 Volleyball Roster
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Lostumo, Sydney

Jersey Number 2
Sydney Lostumo
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Hamilton HS
- Hometown:
- Gilbert, Ariz.
Bio
2021 (Graduate)
Came back for final year after being granted extra year of eligibility after COVID season of 2020-21 … Appeared and started all 25 matches … Played in all 103 sets … One of only three players to start every match and play in every set along with Ciara DeBell and Sarah Schank … Senior leader always fired up when teammates succeed … Finished time at Marshall third all-time in career aces per set (0.38), seventh in assists (1,913) and eighth in assists per set (7.71) … Finished collegiate career with 2,305 assists, 562 digs and 116 aces … Finished season with career-high 868 assists to lead team … Averaged 8.43 assists per set … Led team with 33 aces, 0.32 per set … Finished third in digs with 228, 2.21 per set … Recorded 37 kills and 21 total blocks … Had 20+ assists in 22 matches, 30+ 18 times, 40+ nine times, and 50+ in five matches … Finished with career-high 11 double-doubles (assists and digs) … Had an ace in 14 matches, two or more 10 times … Had two or more blocks seven times … Began season with first double-double of the year with 37 assists and 14 digs versus Alabama (Aug. 27) … Had five aces to go along with 30 assists against Austin Peay (Aug. 28) … Tallied 42 assists and 12 digs versus Miami (OH) (Aug. 28) … Third double-double with 32 assists and 14 digs against DePaul (Sept. 3) added two aces … Put up 43 assists, 13 digs, three blocks and two aces versus Arkansas State (Sept. 11) … First 50+ assist match of season versus Memphis (Sept. 11) with 53, added three aces, eight digs and two blocks … Recorded 100th career ace against Memphis … Set career-highs with 17 digs and five blocks at Morehead State (Sept. 16), added 42 assists … Recorded 1,500th career Marshall assist at No. 22 WKU (Sept. 24) … Combined for 95 assists versus Middle Tennessee (Oct. 1-2) with 50 in game one and 45 in game two, added 11 digs in game two for double-double … Reached 2,000th collegiate career assist in game two against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 2) … Recorded 500th collegiate career dig at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 9) … Had 50+ assists in three-straight matches Oct. 15-22 … Combined for 106 assists against Old Dominion (Oct. 15-16) with 54 in game one and 52 in game two, also had 14 digs in game one and 15 in game two for two more double-doubles … Set season-high with five kills and tied season-high with five aces in game two against Old Dominion, had four aces during 8-0 run in fifth set to help Herd to win … Put up season-high 56 assists at Charlotte (Oct. 22) … Tallied four aces and 26 assists in win over FIU (Nov. 5) … Recorded 11th double-double of the season and 16th of career in final match with 25 assists and 11 digs against FIU (Nov. 6).


2020-21 (Senior)
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA Setter of the Week: March 16
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared and started all 15 matches in shortened 2021 spring season … Played in all 57 sets … Stepped up and settled into role as main setter and came through with career-highs … Finished season leading Herd with 573 assists, 10.05 per set, 25 service aces and 0.44 aces per set … Average of 10.05 assists per set was 20th time that a Herd player averaged double-digit assists per set since 1988 (records incomplete prior to 1988) and is tied for 19th-best in a single season in team history … Finished third in C-USA and 64th in the NCAA in assists per set … Average of 0.44 aces per set good for 11th-best in team history, also fourth in conference and 54th in the nation … Had at least one ace in seven-straight matches from Feb. 8 to March 7 … Tied for second in Herd history with 0.41 career aces per set and ninth all-time in career assists per set with 7.21 … Recorded 1,000th career assist in first set against Xavier (Feb. 14) and then surpassed 1,000 assists in Marshall career in second set at Old Dominion (March 21), has 1,437 in collegiate career and 1,045 at Marshall (392 at Fresno State) … Totaled 42 kills and was fourth on the team with 102 digs and 22 total blocks … Had three double-doubles in assists and digs … Tallied 30 or more assists in 14 matches and 40 or more six times … Recorded at least one service ace in 12 matches and two or more eight times … Three matches with 10 or more digs … Six matches with two or more total blocks … Three matches with five or more kills … Opened 2021 spring with a then career-high 46 assists in five-set comeback win at Xavier (Jan. 31) to go along with career-highs of six kills and 12 digs … Increased career-best in assists in next match with 47 in four-set win over Charlotte (Feb. 7) … In home meeting with Xavier (Feb. 14), established new career-high with 64 assists and also four blocks in five-set win … Totaled 66 assists in two sweeps in sweep at FIU (Feb. 21-22) and added five aces with three in the second match … Recorded 35 assists, two aces and tied career-best with four blocks in second match against No. 20 WKU (March 1) … Had 40 assists and tied career-high with six kills in five-set win at Middle Tennessee (March 7) … Tallied 35 assists and 10 digs in second match at Middle Tennessee (March 8) for third double-double of the year … Named C-USA Setter of the Week after two great performances in sweeps over Florida Atlantic at home (March 14-15) totaling 70 assists (11.67 per set), six kills, four total blocks and set career-high with six aces (four coming in the second set) in second meeting … Six aces against FAU tied for ninth all-time in a single-match in Herd history … Had 44 assists and four kills in first match at Old Dominion (March 21) … Closed out regular season with 33 assists, four kills, six digs and two aces at Old Dominion (March 22) … Had 32 assists, six digs and one ace against UTEP (April 1) in the C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has played in 40 matches and 145 sets.
2019 (Junior)
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared in 25 matches with 14 starts … Played in 88 sets … Finished first season with the Herd second on the team with 472 assists as part of two-setter rotation … Led team with 35 service aces … Finished third in C-USA in aces per set (.40) and 54th in the NCAA … Tallied 129 digs with five or more digs in 15 matches … Made Marshall debut in season-opener vs. UT-Martin (Aug. 30) with 13 assists and five digs … Recorded 10 or more assists in 23 matches, 20 or more 11 times and 30 or more twice … Season-best 37 assists in five-set, comeback win at FIU (Nov. 8) and added seven digs and one ace … Tallied 10 assists in the third set at FIU (Nov. 8) to help Herd avoid sweep and begin comeback … Had 30 assists in victory at Georgetown (Sept. 6) added eight digs … Recorded career-high five aces twice, first in home-opener win vs. Southern Miss (Sept. 27) and again in road victory at Charlotte (Nov. 3) … Tallied an ace in 18 matches and two or more eight times … Had four aces in win over Stony Brook (Sept. 7) … Recorded three aces to go along with 21 assists and five digs in road victory over UTSA (Oct. 27) … Had two double-doubles for the year with 24 assists and 11 digs at Middle Tennessee (Oct. 11) and 26 assists and 12 digs in regular season finale vs. UAB (Nov. 14) … Led with 29 assists and had two aces in five-set win at Florida Atlantic (Nov. 10) … Had lone kill of the season at Charlotte (Nov. 3).
Prior to Marshall: Fresno State
Sophomore (2018): Appeared in 11 matches ... played in 28 sets ... ranked second on the team with 2.86 assists per set and third with 80 total assists ... had double-digit assists in three matches ... had a season-high 16 assists vs. UC Irvine and Saint Francis ... led the team in assists against UC Irvine ... had at least one assist in 10 of 11 matches played with multiple assists in nine matches ... totaled 24 digs and 0.86 digs per set ... tied her career high with nine digs vs. UC Irvine ... had a dig in nine of 11 matches played ... recorded three service aces ... had two aces against Saint Mary's and one vs. Saint Francis ... tied for the team lead in aces vs. Saint Mary's ... totaled two attacks.
Freshman (2017): Appeared in 18 matches with four starts at setter ... played in 65 sets ... made collegiate debut in MW opener at Boise State and played in all 18 conference matches ... ranked second on the team with 312 assists and 4.80 assists per set ... had a career-high 33 assists in her second career match at Utah State ... had double-digit assists in 16 of 18 matches played with 20 or more assists in six matches ... led the team in assists in four matches ... led the team and ranked fourth in the MW with 0.31 service aces per set ... totaled 20 aces in 18 matches ... had multiple service aces in five matches with a career-high four aces against Air Force ... led the team in aces in nine matches (second most on the team) ... tallied 79 digs with 1.22 digs per set ... had a career-high nine digs vs. Boise State ... recorded at least one dig in every match played and multiple digs in 16 of 18 matches ... totaled three kills and three block assists ... had two blocks at Utah State.

High School: Attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz. … Played for coach Sharron Vanis … Was a four-year varsity letter winner … Earned MaxPreps/AVCA Player of the Week honors in the state of Arizona … Was a member of the Under Armour All-American Watch List entering her senior season … Named to the Pre Volleyball “Freshman 59” … Named to the Senior Aces Top 150 … Helped lead the Hamilton High Huskies to a 35-8 record and a No. 3 ranking in Arizona by MaxPreps.com … Her squad reached the state finals during freshman season and the state semi-finals in senior year … Honors include being named to the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) All-Division First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention, All-CUSD Honorable Mention, All-Tribune Honorable Mention and Arizona All-Academic Honorable Mention … Tallied 47 assists during one three-set match and was co-captain during her senior year … Played six years of club ball with the Aspire Volleyball Club out of Tempe, Ariz. … She was a four-year co-captain and helped the club claim four Arizona Region titles … One year they won three National Qualifiers in the Open Division and were ranked No. 1 in the country by Prep Volleyball … Has former teammates playing at Cal-Berkley, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Northern Arizona and Gonzaga … Lists the year that her club team was ranked No. 1 in the country as her favorite time in athletics, “My club teammates and I won three National Qualifiers and were ranked No. 1 and most of us had been together since we were 12 years old. It was a special year to have such great success.”
Personal: Born April 7, 1999 … Daughter of Steve and Rhonda Lostumo … Has two older siblings Lauren Lostumo and Tatum Schertzer … Mother Rhonda played basketball at Winona State (Minn.) … Grandfather played football and basketball at Luther College (Iowa) … Chose Marshall because, “The amazing coaching staff, teammates, and the exciting culture they are building. I love that we have the same vision in terms of team and personal goals. I also love the feel of the campus, town, and the enormous support of the community. I am so excited to be a part of the Herd family!” … Majored in health science.
Came back for final year after being granted extra year of eligibility after COVID season of 2020-21 … Appeared and started all 25 matches … Played in all 103 sets … One of only three players to start every match and play in every set along with Ciara DeBell and Sarah Schank … Senior leader always fired up when teammates succeed … Finished time at Marshall third all-time in career aces per set (0.38), seventh in assists (1,913) and eighth in assists per set (7.71) … Finished collegiate career with 2,305 assists, 562 digs and 116 aces … Finished season with career-high 868 assists to lead team … Averaged 8.43 assists per set … Led team with 33 aces, 0.32 per set … Finished third in digs with 228, 2.21 per set … Recorded 37 kills and 21 total blocks … Had 20+ assists in 22 matches, 30+ 18 times, 40+ nine times, and 50+ in five matches … Finished with career-high 11 double-doubles (assists and digs) … Had an ace in 14 matches, two or more 10 times … Had two or more blocks seven times … Began season with first double-double of the year with 37 assists and 14 digs versus Alabama (Aug. 27) … Had five aces to go along with 30 assists against Austin Peay (Aug. 28) … Tallied 42 assists and 12 digs versus Miami (OH) (Aug. 28) … Third double-double with 32 assists and 14 digs against DePaul (Sept. 3) added two aces … Put up 43 assists, 13 digs, three blocks and two aces versus Arkansas State (Sept. 11) … First 50+ assist match of season versus Memphis (Sept. 11) with 53, added three aces, eight digs and two blocks … Recorded 100th career ace against Memphis … Set career-highs with 17 digs and five blocks at Morehead State (Sept. 16), added 42 assists … Recorded 1,500th career Marshall assist at No. 22 WKU (Sept. 24) … Combined for 95 assists versus Middle Tennessee (Oct. 1-2) with 50 in game one and 45 in game two, added 11 digs in game two for double-double … Reached 2,000th collegiate career assist in game two against Middle Tennessee (Oct. 2) … Recorded 500th collegiate career dig at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 9) … Had 50+ assists in three-straight matches Oct. 15-22 … Combined for 106 assists against Old Dominion (Oct. 15-16) with 54 in game one and 52 in game two, also had 14 digs in game one and 15 in game two for two more double-doubles … Set season-high with five kills and tied season-high with five aces in game two against Old Dominion, had four aces during 8-0 run in fifth set to help Herd to win … Put up season-high 56 assists at Charlotte (Oct. 22) … Tallied four aces and 26 assists in win over FIU (Nov. 5) … Recorded 11th double-double of the season and 16th of career in final match with 25 assists and 11 digs against FIU (Nov. 6).
2020-21 (Senior)
2020-21 Second Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 Conference USA Setter of the Week: March 16
2021 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared and started all 15 matches in shortened 2021 spring season … Played in all 57 sets … Stepped up and settled into role as main setter and came through with career-highs … Finished season leading Herd with 573 assists, 10.05 per set, 25 service aces and 0.44 aces per set … Average of 10.05 assists per set was 20th time that a Herd player averaged double-digit assists per set since 1988 (records incomplete prior to 1988) and is tied for 19th-best in a single season in team history … Finished third in C-USA and 64th in the NCAA in assists per set … Average of 0.44 aces per set good for 11th-best in team history, also fourth in conference and 54th in the nation … Had at least one ace in seven-straight matches from Feb. 8 to March 7 … Tied for second in Herd history with 0.41 career aces per set and ninth all-time in career assists per set with 7.21 … Recorded 1,000th career assist in first set against Xavier (Feb. 14) and then surpassed 1,000 assists in Marshall career in second set at Old Dominion (March 21), has 1,437 in collegiate career and 1,045 at Marshall (392 at Fresno State) … Totaled 42 kills and was fourth on the team with 102 digs and 22 total blocks … Had three double-doubles in assists and digs … Tallied 30 or more assists in 14 matches and 40 or more six times … Recorded at least one service ace in 12 matches and two or more eight times … Three matches with 10 or more digs … Six matches with two or more total blocks … Three matches with five or more kills … Opened 2021 spring with a then career-high 46 assists in five-set comeback win at Xavier (Jan. 31) to go along with career-highs of six kills and 12 digs … Increased career-best in assists in next match with 47 in four-set win over Charlotte (Feb. 7) … In home meeting with Xavier (Feb. 14), established new career-high with 64 assists and also four blocks in five-set win … Totaled 66 assists in two sweeps in sweep at FIU (Feb. 21-22) and added five aces with three in the second match … Recorded 35 assists, two aces and tied career-best with four blocks in second match against No. 20 WKU (March 1) … Had 40 assists and tied career-high with six kills in five-set win at Middle Tennessee (March 7) … Tallied 35 assists and 10 digs in second match at Middle Tennessee (March 8) for third double-double of the year … Named C-USA Setter of the Week after two great performances in sweeps over Florida Atlantic at home (March 14-15) totaling 70 assists (11.67 per set), six kills, four total blocks and set career-high with six aces (four coming in the second set) in second meeting … Six aces against FAU tied for ninth all-time in a single-match in Herd history … Had 44 assists and four kills in first match at Old Dominion (March 21) … Closed out regular season with 33 assists, four kills, six digs and two aces at Old Dominion (March 22) … Had 32 assists, six digs and one ace against UTEP (April 1) in the C-USA Tournament … In Herd career has played in 40 matches and 145 sets.
2019 (Junior)
2020 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll: GPA 3.00 or better
Appeared in 25 matches with 14 starts … Played in 88 sets … Finished first season with the Herd second on the team with 472 assists as part of two-setter rotation … Led team with 35 service aces … Finished third in C-USA in aces per set (.40) and 54th in the NCAA … Tallied 129 digs with five or more digs in 15 matches … Made Marshall debut in season-opener vs. UT-Martin (Aug. 30) with 13 assists and five digs … Recorded 10 or more assists in 23 matches, 20 or more 11 times and 30 or more twice … Season-best 37 assists in five-set, comeback win at FIU (Nov. 8) and added seven digs and one ace … Tallied 10 assists in the third set at FIU (Nov. 8) to help Herd avoid sweep and begin comeback … Had 30 assists in victory at Georgetown (Sept. 6) added eight digs … Recorded career-high five aces twice, first in home-opener win vs. Southern Miss (Sept. 27) and again in road victory at Charlotte (Nov. 3) … Tallied an ace in 18 matches and two or more eight times … Had four aces in win over Stony Brook (Sept. 7) … Recorded three aces to go along with 21 assists and five digs in road victory over UTSA (Oct. 27) … Had two double-doubles for the year with 24 assists and 11 digs at Middle Tennessee (Oct. 11) and 26 assists and 12 digs in regular season finale vs. UAB (Nov. 14) … Led with 29 assists and had two aces in five-set win at Florida Atlantic (Nov. 10) … Had lone kill of the season at Charlotte (Nov. 3).
Prior to Marshall: Fresno State
Sophomore (2018): Appeared in 11 matches ... played in 28 sets ... ranked second on the team with 2.86 assists per set and third with 80 total assists ... had double-digit assists in three matches ... had a season-high 16 assists vs. UC Irvine and Saint Francis ... led the team in assists against UC Irvine ... had at least one assist in 10 of 11 matches played with multiple assists in nine matches ... totaled 24 digs and 0.86 digs per set ... tied her career high with nine digs vs. UC Irvine ... had a dig in nine of 11 matches played ... recorded three service aces ... had two aces against Saint Mary's and one vs. Saint Francis ... tied for the team lead in aces vs. Saint Mary's ... totaled two attacks.
Freshman (2017): Appeared in 18 matches with four starts at setter ... played in 65 sets ... made collegiate debut in MW opener at Boise State and played in all 18 conference matches ... ranked second on the team with 312 assists and 4.80 assists per set ... had a career-high 33 assists in her second career match at Utah State ... had double-digit assists in 16 of 18 matches played with 20 or more assists in six matches ... led the team in assists in four matches ... led the team and ranked fourth in the MW with 0.31 service aces per set ... totaled 20 aces in 18 matches ... had multiple service aces in five matches with a career-high four aces against Air Force ... led the team in aces in nine matches (second most on the team) ... tallied 79 digs with 1.22 digs per set ... had a career-high nine digs vs. Boise State ... recorded at least one dig in every match played and multiple digs in 16 of 18 matches ... totaled three kills and three block assists ... had two blocks at Utah State.
High School: Attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz. … Played for coach Sharron Vanis … Was a four-year varsity letter winner … Earned MaxPreps/AVCA Player of the Week honors in the state of Arizona … Was a member of the Under Armour All-American Watch List entering her senior season … Named to the Pre Volleyball “Freshman 59” … Named to the Senior Aces Top 150 … Helped lead the Hamilton High Huskies to a 35-8 record and a No. 3 ranking in Arizona by MaxPreps.com … Her squad reached the state finals during freshman season and the state semi-finals in senior year … Honors include being named to the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) All-Division First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention, All-CUSD Honorable Mention, All-Tribune Honorable Mention and Arizona All-Academic Honorable Mention … Tallied 47 assists during one three-set match and was co-captain during her senior year … Played six years of club ball with the Aspire Volleyball Club out of Tempe, Ariz. … She was a four-year co-captain and helped the club claim four Arizona Region titles … One year they won three National Qualifiers in the Open Division and were ranked No. 1 in the country by Prep Volleyball … Has former teammates playing at Cal-Berkley, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Northern Arizona and Gonzaga … Lists the year that her club team was ranked No. 1 in the country as her favorite time in athletics, “My club teammates and I won three National Qualifiers and were ranked No. 1 and most of us had been together since we were 12 years old. It was a special year to have such great success.”
Personal: Born April 7, 1999 … Daughter of Steve and Rhonda Lostumo … Has two older siblings Lauren Lostumo and Tatum Schertzer … Mother Rhonda played basketball at Winona State (Minn.) … Grandfather played football and basketball at Luther College (Iowa) … Chose Marshall because, “The amazing coaching staff, teammates, and the exciting culture they are building. I love that we have the same vision in terms of team and personal goals. I also love the feel of the campus, town, and the enormous support of the community. I am so excited to be a part of the Herd family!” … Majored in health science.
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