2010 Match-by-Match Statistics
2011 Match-by-Match Statistics
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2013 Match-by-Match Statistics
SENIOR (2013): Played in 105 sets and concluded the season by shattering the school record for most digs (429) in a single season by averaging a squad-best 4.09 per set … caps off her career by ranking seventh in digs (952) and third in digs per set (3.01) … finished the 2013 season ranked second on the team in service aces (20) … recorded double digit digs in each of her first four matches of the season and in the process established a career-long double figure dig streak (10) that carried over from the final six matches of the 2012 campaign, including a 22-dig outing at East Carolina … finished with a career-best six service aces against Morgan State at the East Carolina Tournament … reached the 20-dig plateau for the sixth time in her career against Charleston Southern (21 digs) … anchored the Bulldog defensive efforts in a four-set victory over Gardner-Webb with 23 digs … opened 2013 Southern Conference play with 18 and 20 digs against UNCG and Elon, respectively … had the first of five double figure dig performances with 16 at Western Carolina … notched her fifth 20-dig outing of the season against Chattanooga (20 digs) … closed out her career with consecutive double figure dig outings against Winthrop (13), Appalachian State (11) and Western Carolina (16).
JUNIOR (2012): Played in 108 of the team’s 122 total sets on the season … ranked in the top two of four categories including digs (first-334), digs per set (first-3.09), service aces (tied-second-15) and service aces per set (tied-first-0.14) … climbed to 12th on The Citadel’s career digs list with 523 … rattled off double-digit digs in nine straight matches following an 11-dig outing against Wofford … led the Bulldogs defensively with a match-high 22 digs in the five-set win over Charleston Southern … turned in a career-high 41 digs in a five-set match with Chattanooga, tying Rachel Sanders’ program-record set during 2008 campaign … led The Citadel with a match-high 21 digs at Western Carolina … capped off her nine-match double-digit dig streak with 17 digs apiece against Appalachian State and N.C. A&T … tallied the second-most single-match digs (29) of her career in five sets against Davidson … ended the 2012 regular season with 96 digs, most of any player, following an 18-dig performance at Furman and a pair of 13-dig outings against Savannah State and College of Charleston.
SOPHOMORE (2011): Handed out 71 assists over the course of 11 matches, primarily in a reserve role … continued to show her prowess as a Bulldog back row player, finishing with 22 digs … notched a season-high seven digs to go along with 10 assists against in-state foe Coastal Carolina … recorded 12 assists against SoCon rival Furman, a season-high.
FRESHMAN (2010): Saw action in 88 sets during her rookie season with the Bulldogs, splitting time with teammate Alexa Dahlstrom at the setter position … her 419 assists were a team-high during the course of the 2010 season … ranked fifth in digs with 167 as an integral back row defender … on six occasions had double-digit dig performances, including a personal-best 20 against USC Upstate (Sept. 11) … grabbed Southern Conference Freshman Player of the Week honors for the week of Sept. 13 during a four-match stretch that included victories over Savannah State, USC Upstate and Norfolk State. During that span, Bucherl doled out 74 assists in 112 total attempts, finishing with a set percentage of .661 on the week, while accounting for 36 digs in three victories.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2010 graduate of Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Ind. ... lettered twice in volleyball ... earned a varsity letter in lacrosse ... member of the 2009 National Catholic High School Team of the Year ... captured the state championship in 2006 and 2008 ... played for Asics Munciana club team ... named to the National Honor Society ... member of the German National Honor Society (Delta Epsilon Phi) ... was on the High Honors list for eight semesters ... played under John Kesterson, Jean Kesterson and Rhonda Low.
PERSONAL: Erin Kelly Bucherl ... daughter of Mark and Stacy Bucherl ... chose to attend The Citadel over Rose-Hulman, DePauw and Purdue ... majoring in biology and German... her father was a member of the rowing team at Purdue (1983-86) ... has three siblings (Cori, Sean and Ryan).
