| Height: | 5-10 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Hermosa Beach, Calif. |
| High School: | Mira Costa HS |
| Position: | DS |
| Major: | Economics-Mathematics |
2011
In her junior season, Erica appeared in 30 of the Gauchos 31 games ... The serving and defensive specialist had 13 service aces, good for fifth on the team ... She set a career-high with 3 aces on Oct. 12 at Cal Poly and served 2 in the next match on Oct. 15 against UC Riverside ... Ended the year with a 0.14 service ace per set average ... Lau also posted 43 digs in her 95 sets played for a 0.45 dig per set average ... Had two 7-dig games in victories over San Jose State (Sept. 10) and Cal State Fullerton (Oct. 21) ... Had 10 service aces and 26 digs in Big West play.
2010
Erica appeared in 15 sets for the Gauchos as a sophomore ... She tallied five digs, three against UC Riverside on Nov 2 and two against Cal Poly on Nov. 6 ... Was used as a serving specialist.
2009
Erica played in one match as a freshman - the Gauchos' NCAA Tournament match vs. St. Mary's ... Saw action in four of the five sets of the match.
High School
Played for Lisa Arce-Zimmerman at Mira Costa HS ... Was part of Mustangs' undefeated season (37-0) in 2007, helping guide the team to CIF, state and national championships...Was on Honor Roll all four years and also received the Scholar-Athlete award.
Club
Played for Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer with the Mizuno Long Beach Volleyball Club.
Personal
Erica Athanasia Lau entered this world on Sept. 17, 1991 in Torrance, Calif. to her proud parents of Clint and Melissa...Plans to major in either mathematics or economics...Describes herself as "a total beach girl" which makes sense because she lists surfing and hanging out at the beach as her favorite things to do...Enjoys watching "The Office"...Likes wakeboarding at Lake George...Calls the movie "Endless Summer" her favorite flick...Likes to listen to Led Zeppelin...Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" is her favorite read...The Lakers' Derek Fisher is her personal hero...Winning the national championship while going undefeated in 2007 is her most memorable athletic achievement...Has three siblings: Cisco (28), Peter (19) and Duncan (15).
| Recent Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nov 9 | University of the Pacific | L, 3-2 |
| Nov 10 | UC Davis | L, 3-0 |
| Nov 16 | at UC Riverside | W, 3-2 |
| Nov 17 | at Cal St. Fullerton | W, 3-2 |
| Nov 23 | Long Beach St. | L, 3-2 |
| Nov 24 | UC Irvine | W, 3-2 |
| Statistics category | Overall | Conf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 26 | 11 | ||
| Sets | 72 | 24 | ||
| Kills | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kills per set | 0.03 | 0.04 | ||
| Errors | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total Attacks | 10 | 1 | ||
| Hitting Percentage | .000 | 1.000 | ||
| Assists | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assists per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Service Aces | 7 | 0 | ||
| Service Errors | 13 | 5 | ||
| Service Aces per set | 0.10 | 0.00 | ||
| Reception Errors | 1 | 0 | ||
| Digs | 15 | 4 | ||
| Digs per set | 0.21 | 0.17 | ||
| Block Solo | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block Assist | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block Total | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blocks per set | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Block Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ball Handling Errors | 0 | 0 | ||
| Points | 9.0 | 1.0 | ||
| Points per set | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | s | k | e | ta | pct | a | sa | se | re | digs | bs | ba | be | tot | bhe | pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | vs. Iona | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 25 | vs. Connecticut | L, 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 25 | at Loyola Marymount | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aug 31 | Idaho | W, 3-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 1 | Northeastern | W, 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Sep 1 | UCLA | L, 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 4 | at Portland St. | W, 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 5 | at Oregon | L, 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Portland | L, 3-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Georgia Southern | W, 3-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 8 | at New Mexico | L, 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 14 | vs. Yale | W, 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Fresno St. | L, 3-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 15 | at San Diego | L, 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -.333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 21 | at UC Irvine | L, 3-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Sep 22 | at Long Beach St. | L, 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sep 29 | at Cal Poly | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 3 | Pepperdine | L, 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 5 | Cal State Northridge | W, 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 6 | Hawaii | L, 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 12 | at UC Davis | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 13 | at University of the Pacific | W, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 19 | Cal St. Fullerton | L, 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 20 | UC Riverside | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Oct 27 | Cal Poly | W, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 1 | at Hawaii | L, 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nov 3 | at Cal State Northridge | L, 3-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 9 | University of the Pacific | L, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 10 | UC Davis | L, 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 16 | at UC Riverside | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 17 | at Cal St. Fullerton | W, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 23 | Long Beach St. | L, 3-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nov 24 | UC Irvine | W, 3-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| m | s | k | k/s | e | ta | pct | a | a/s | sa | sa/s | digs | d/s | bs | ba | tot | b/s | pts | pts/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 26 | 72 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 10 | .000 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0.10 | 15 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Conference | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Home | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.12 | 2 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| Away | 11 | 27 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Neutral | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Wins | 13 | 28 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.11 | 3 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Losses | 13 | 44 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 5 | .000 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.09 | 12 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.0 | 0.1 |