Elisa Merten

Class:
Senior
Position:
Setter
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Woodside, Calif.
High School:
Menlo School

2018: Served team as a captain … Played in all 24 matches and all 99 sets, one of four Bears to do so … Tallied 234 digs (2.36 per set), 78 assists (0.79 per set), and 64 kills (0.65 per set) on the year … Posted 2.26 digs, 1.14 assists, and 0.97 kills per set in Ivy League play … Notched double-figure digs in each of 13 matches … Landed double-figure kills in each of two matches … Tallied double-figure assists in each of three matches … Compiled two double-doubles … Registered 13 kills and 10 digs at Harvard (Nov. 3) … Tallied a career-high 16 kills at Dartmouth (Nov. 2) … Came up with 11 digs and 10 assists vs. Harvard (Oct. 12) … Finished with 17 digs at Penn (Sept. 29) … Totaled 16 digs, eight kills, five assists, four aces, and four blocks vs. Columbia (Nov. 9).

2017: Served team as co-captain … Played in all 25 matches and 93 sets … Averaged 3.02 assists and 1.70 digs per set … Tallied 20 service aces and 31 kills on the year … Posted two double-doubles on the year … Registered double-figure assists in each of 17 matches … Totaled double-figure digs three times … Compiled 20 assists and 11 digs at Bryant (Sept. 9) … Notched 19 assists and 10 digs vs. Central Connecticut (Sept. 19).

2016: Played in all 92 sets, one of four Bears to do so … Recorded 3.38 assists, 2.04 digs, and 0.70 kills per set … Added 14 service aces and nine blocks on the season … Hit .203 … Posted a triple-double on 27 digs, 17 assists, and 10 kills at Dartmouth (Nov. 11) … Notched three other double-doubles … Tallied 30 assists, 15 digs, and eight kills at Harvard (Nov. 12) … Totaled 24 assists and 18 digs vs. Penn (Nov. 4).

2015: Played in 19 matches and 47 sets … Posted 2.62 digs and 1.02 assists per set … Totaled 123 digs, 48 assists, 13 kills, and eight aces on the season … Recorded a season-high 25 digs vs. Yale (Oct. 23) … Dished out a season-high 15 assists vs. Bucknell (Sept. 4) … Landed a season-best seven kills at Princeton (Nov. 7) … Tallied double-figure digs in each of six matches.

Before Brown: Earned a spot on the California Division IV All-State Team as a junior … Won Team MVP and First Team All-League honors as a senior … Helped the Knights win a Central Coast Section title and reach the state finals in 2013 … Led Menlo to a 9-1 league record in 2014 … Totaled 1,761 assists over three years … Averaged 8.2 assists per set on her career … Recorded 9.1 assists per set as a sophomore … Competed for head coach Steve Cavella … Played club for Red Rock Volleyball Club.

Personal: Elisa is the daughter of Joel and Andrea Merten … Has one sibling, Cameron … Born on May 22, 1997 … Applied Mathematics-Economics concentrator.

CAREER HIGHS
Kills: 16, at Dartmouth (Nov. 2, 2018)
Assists: 30, at Harvard (Nov. 12, 2016)
Digs: 27, at Dartmouth (Nov. 11, 2016)
Blocks: 4, vs. Columbia (Nov. 9, 2018)
Service Aces: 4, 2x, last vs. Columbia (Nov. 9, 2018)