15 Torey Buenger
Torey Buenger
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Charles City, Iowa
  • High School:
    Charles City
  • Position:
    MH
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    1.16
  • h %
    .182
  • a/s
    0.09
  • b/s
    0.42
  • sa/s
    0.25
  • d/s
    0.40

Bio

Honors & Awards
3-year letterwinner

Career Highs
Attack Pct: .583 (vs. William Penn, 10/26/13)
Kills: 15 (vs. Dubuque, 10/30/13)
Attempts: 34 (at Augustana (Ill.), 10/26/13)
Aces: 5 (twice)
Digs: 8 (vs. Oswego STate, 8/29/14)
Blocks: 7 (vs. MSOE, 10/31/14)

2015 | junior
Surpassed 100 kills for the second straight season, finishing with 129 ... led team with a .182 hitting percentage ... 28 service aces ranked third on the team ... ranked fourth on the team in total blocks (47) ... posted a season-best 11 kills vs. Lakeland (9/26). 

2014 | sophomore
Earned second varsity letter ... appeared in 31 of 33 matches ... led team with 54 total blocks ... had 163 kills while hitting .224 ... second on team in hitting percentage ... recorded at least one block in all but eight matches played ... double-digit kills six times ... had 11 kills while hitting .429 vs. Blackburn (8/30) ... also had 11 kills at Iowa Wesleyan (9/4) ... season-high 12 kills while hitting .346 with four blocks in five-set win over Luther (9/23) ... had 11 kills and hit .391 with five blocks vs. Marian (9/26) ... career-high seven blocks vs. MSOE (10/31).

2013 | freshman
Earned first varsity letter ... appeared in 26 matches and 61 sets ... led team with a .257 hitting percentage ... had 89 kills and 38 digs ... playing time increased significantly in the latter stages of the season ... recorded a season-high 15 kills in 33 attempts against Dubuque on Oct. 30 ... hit a season-high .524 against Concordia (Wis.) on Nov. 1, collecting 11 kills with no errors in 21 attempts. 

High School
A 2013 graduate of Charles City High School ... coached by Matthew Johnson ... helped the volleyball team to a state championship in 2012 ... second team All-Conference selection as a senior ... 2011 state qualifier with the Comets ... first team All-Conference selection and all-district selection junior year ... ended varsity career with 452 kills and 120 blocks ... four-time letter winner in tennis ... a member of the National Honor Society.  

Personal
Born April 11, 1995 ... daughter of Greg and Kendra Buenger ... has one brother, Alex ... majoring in biochemistry with a focus in pre-pharmacy.  

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 20 at Loras L, 3-0
Oct 27 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1
Oct 30 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-2
Oct 30 vs. La Verne L, 3-2
Oct 31 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 3-0
Oct 31 vs. Texas-Dallas L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 6
Sets 111 20
Kills 129 19
Kills per set 1.16 0.95
Errors 52 7
Total Attacks 424 55
Total Attacks per set 3.82 2.75
Hitting Percentage .182 .218
Assists 10 0
Assists per set 0.09 0.00
Service Aces 28 3
Service Errors 18 3
Service Aces per set 0.25 0.15
Receptions 7 3
Reception Errors 1 1
Digs 44 6
Digs per set 0.40 0.30
Block Solo 4 2
Block Assist 43 4
Block Total 47 6
Blocks per set 0.42 0.30
Block Errors 15 2
Ball Handling Errors 2 0
Points 182.5 26.0
Points per set 1.6 1.3
Matches started 13 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 2 at Iowa Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 3 5 2 20 .150 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 2 vs. Mt. Mercy L, 3-0 - 1 1 1 4 .000 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Sep 4 vs. Bethany Lutheran W, 3-1 1 4 5 2 16 .188 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 8.5
Sep 4 at Minn.-Morris L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 11 .091 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 3.5
Sep 5 vs. Hamline L, 3-0 1 3 3 1 10 .200 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 5 vs. St. Catherine L, 3-2 1 5 8 3 24 .208 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 10.5
Sep 9 at Grinnell W, 3-0 - 3 4 3 10 .100 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 11 vs. Benedictine (Ill.) W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 15 .067 0 3 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 5.5
Sep 11 vs. Chicago L, 3-0 - 3 2 0 10 .200 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2.5
Sep 12 at Aurora L, 3-1 1 4 7 1 13 .462 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 10.0
Sep 12 vs. Wheaton (Mass.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 9 .111 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 2.5
Sep 16 at Wartburg L, 3-0 - 3 4 0 8 .500 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 0 6.0
Sep 22 at Luther L, 3-0 1 3 3 1 8 .250 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5.5
Sep 25 vs. Marian (Wis.) W, 3-1 1 1 1 0 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 25 vs. Milwaukee Engr. W, 3-2 - 3 10 2 21 .381 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Sep 26 vs. Lakeland W, 3-1 1 4 11 1 37 .270 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 26 vs. Benedictine (Ill.) W, 3-1 1 3 9 2 16 .438 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 11.0
Sep 29 Buena Vista L, 3-0 - 3 2 4 13 -.154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
Oct 2 vs. Lincoln Christian L, 3-2 - 4 3 2 16 .063 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 2 at Ill. Wesleyan L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 3 vs. Adrian W, 3-2 - 5 6 2 17 .235 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10.0
Oct 3 vs. Rose-Hulman W, 3-2 - 5 0 1 7 -.143 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 4.5
Oct 6 Dubuque L, 3-2 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 13 at Coe L, 3-0 - 3 1 1 7 .000 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Oct 15 Graceland (IA) L, 3-2 - 5 6 3 22 .136 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 6.5
Oct 17 at Gust. Adolphus L, 3-0 - 3 4 3 13 .077 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Oct 17 vs. Hamline L, 3-1 - 4 5 6 25 -.040 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Oct 20 at Loras L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 27 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1 - 4 9 1 19 .421 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 30 at Trinity (Tex.) L, 3-2 1 5 3 1 16 .125 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 6.0
Oct 30 vs. La Verne L, 3-2 1 5 7 2 16 .313 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 0 4 0 10.5
Oct 31 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 3-0 - 3 5 4 17 .059 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Oct 31 vs. Texas-Dallas L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2013-14 26 61 89 1.46 28 237 .257 3 0.05 20 0.33 5 2 38 0.62 1 15 16 0.26 117.5 1.9
2014-15 31 108 163 1.51 62 450 .224 14 0.13 32 0.30 4 0 80 0.74 8 46 53 0.49 226.0 2.1
2015-16 32 111 129 1.16 52 424 .182 10 0.09 28 0.25 7 1 44 0.40 4 43 47 0.42 182.5 1.6
Total 89 280 381 1.36 142 1111 .215 27 0.10 80 0.29 16 3 162 0.58 13 104 116 0.41 526.0 1.9
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 32 111 129 1.16 52 424 .182 10 0.09 28 0.25 7 1 44 0.40 4 43 47 0.42 182.5 1.6
Conference 6 20 19 0.95 7 55 .218 0 0.00 3 0.15 3 1 6 0.30 2 4 6 0.30 26.0 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 16 17 1.06 8 54 .167 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.38 1 1 2 0.13 18.5 1.2
Away 10 33 33 1.00 13 106 .189 9 0.27 8 0.24 3 1 10 0.30 1 14 15 0.45 49.0 1.5
Neutral 18 62 79 1.27 31 264 .182 1 0.02 20 0.32 4 0 28 0.45 2 28 30 0.48 115.0 1.9
Result Wins 12 41 63 1.54 17 189 .243 5 0.12 17 0.41 1 0 19 0.46 1 12 13 0.32 87.0 2.1
Losses 20 70 66 0.94 35 235 .132 5 0.07 11 0.16 6 1 25 0.36 3 31 34 0.49 95.5 1.4
Month September 18 55 80 1.45 25 247 .223 9 0.16 16 0.29 3 0 21 0.38 2 28 30 0.55 112.0 2.0
October 14 56 49 0.88 27 177 .124 1 0.02 12 0.21 4 1 23 0.41 2 15 17 0.30 70.5 1.3