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2024 Women's Volleyball Roster

RIT Athletics / Mikaela Engstrom
Evie Linantud
Erin Percy

2 Sydney Neff

  • Position Setter
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Delmar, NY
  • Highschool Academy of the Holy Names
  • Major Industrial Design

Biography

CAREER
  • Finished seventh in program history with 3,907 assists
  • Only the third player in program history to be named four-time All-Liberty League and third to garner first-team honors three times.
2024
  • Liberty League First-Team All-Conference
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Finished with a single-season career-high 1,095 assists while averaging 8.62 assists/set in 33 matches played and started.
  • Ended the season 22nd in the nation in total assists, 
  • Totaled 15 double-doubles in assists and digs, including a season-high 56 assists to go with 14 digs in five-set win at St. Vincent (Aug. 30).
  • Credited with 38 assists and a career-high 24 digs in five-set loss to Buffalo State (Sept. 6).
  • 36 assists, nine digs and a career-high seven service aces in four-set win over Thiel (Sept. 20).
  • Four-set season-high 43 assists along with 14 digs and eight kills in 3-1 win over Bard (Oct. 11).
  • 43 assists, 11 digs and seven kills the following day in four-set win over Union (Oct. 12).
  • 45 assists, 17 digs in five-set upset at Union (Nov. 12) in Liberty League Quarterfinals. 
2023
  • Liberty League Second-Team All-Conference
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Finished the regular season third in the Liberty League with 8.29 assists per set, ninth with 0.46 service aces per set and 12th with 2.75 digs per set.
  • Credited with a season-high 53 assists to go along with nine digs, while directing the attack to a season-high 67 kills in the team's Liberty League Tournament Quarterfinal loss to Clarkson (Nov. 7).
  • Totaled a four-set season-high 45 assists along with 14 digs and five service aces in the victory over Nazareth (Oct. 7).
  • Logged a three-set season-high 31 assists along with four service aces in a sweep of Oneonta (Oct. 27).
  • Added 42 assist and a season-high 19 digs in a four-set win at Union (Oct. 21). 
2022 2021 BEFORE RIT
  • Colonial Council Offensive Player of the Year (2018), Setter of the Year (2019) and MVP (2019) during decordated career at Academy of the Holy Names
  • Four-time Colonial Council All-Star (1st Team - 2017-19, 2nd Team 2016)
PERSONAL
  • Sydney Anne Neff is the daughter of Nancy and Kenneth Neff
  • Youngest of four sisters
  • Sisters Megan (Rochester) and Kristen (Roger Williams) played collegiate volleyball, while Kelsey ran track at Johns Hopkins
  • Born in Albany, N.Y.
  • Started playing volleyball as a nine-year old with older sisters.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2021Sophomore

    Setter/Outside Hiter
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2022Junior

    Setter/Outside Hitter
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2023Senior

    Setter
    5'6"
    2
  • 2

    2024Graduate Student

    Setter
    5'6"
    2