2017-18 Women's Beach Volleyball Roster
Madeline Mertz
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Centennial
- Hometown:
- Peoria, Ariz.
Career: Three-year letter winner…played in 104 games her two seasons on the team…2-2 in pairs and 70-30 in dual matches…has seen time in the No. 1, 2, and 3 positions with 40 matches and a record of 28-12 at the No. 2 spot, and 27 matches with a record of 24-3 at the No. 3 spot...named Preseason All-Conference as a junior and selected to the 2017 CCSA All-Tournament Team, part of Tulane's first ever pair to earn this distinction.
2017: A Preseason All-Conference selection and a member of the CCSA All-Tournament Team…posted a 23-14 record in her junior season…played the first half of the year alongside Lan Nguyen, going 15-12 on court one and 2-1 on court two…partnered with Tarin Mergener for the remainder of the season to go 6-1 on court three with wins over No. 10 FIU (4/21) and No. 12 South Carolina (4/22)…went 3-1 at the CCSA Conference Championships in Emerson, Georgia, her sole loss to No. 4 Florida State…went 8-1 in the first two tournaments of the year…closed the season on a five-game winning streak.
2016: Finished the season with the third best record on the team, 26-9…played 28 games in the No. 2 position where she notched 20 of her 26 wins on the year with her partners Lan Nguyen and Brianna Correa…went on a six game win streak with Lan Nguyen in the middle of the season with five of the six wins coming off of straight sets…the team on Mertz and Nguyen had the second best overall team record, 23-8…she accumulated 9 wins against top 25 teams including #12 LSU (3/18), #9 Stetson (4/1), #8 Georgia State (4/23) and #10 FIU (4/22).
2015: In her debut campaign, Mertz tied her partner Lan Nguyen for the fourth most wins on the team with a 23-9 record ... Also tied for the most dual wins on the year at 21-7 ... Started the season at flight No. 1 (2-3), sliding down to flight No. 2 (6-3), before settling in at flight No. 3 (13-1) ... Tallied a 13-match win streak, the longest of anyone on the team in 2015 ... Picked up wins over pairs from top-10 schools Stetson and Georgia State ... Went 2-0 against Arizona State and Georgia State ... Went 2-2 at Fiesta on Siesta Key Tournament ... Earned 17 straight-set wins.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Centennial High School ... Led the Coyotes to a combined 78-33 record with trips to the state playoffs each year ... Claimed First-Team All-District honors each of her final three prep seasons ... Tabbed Second-Team All-State both her sophomore and junior years and earned honorable-mention all-state as a freshman ... Earned a spot on the PrepVolleyball.com's Sophomore 79 in 2011 ... Two-time First-Team All-West Valley honoree and team MVP ... West Valley Preps Player of the Year as a senior ... Played with Arizona Sky and Spiral Volleyball ... Won the AAU U18 Beach Volleyball National Championship this past summer in Hermosa Beach, Calif. ... Last season with Spiral, she was named to the Open Gold Division All-Tournament Team at the USA Volleyball Junior National Championship ... Helped lead her teams to the 2012 Fiesta Classic U16 Open Championship and the 2011 USAV Junior National Championship, with her being named tournament MVP at the latter ... Recorded a third place showing at the 2011 High Performance Championship ... Claimed First-Team All-Region 5A honors in 2010.
Personal: Born in Peoria, Ariz. ... Hobbies include hiking, reading, and bike riding ... Favorite athletes are Kerri Walsh and Tim Tebow ... Mother played college volleyball at Black Hills State University ... Quesarrittos (a quesadilla burrito) is her favorite food ... Hopes to become an international rep for Nike, travel the world, and raise a family.
Mertz's Career Statistics
| Year | Overall | Pairs | Dual | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 |
| 2015 | 23-9 | 2-2 | 21-7 | 2-3 | 6-3 | 13-1 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | 26-9 | -- | 26-9 | 1-0 | 20-8 | 5-1 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | 23-14 | -- | 23-14 | 15-12 | 2-1 | 6-1 | -- | -- |
| Total | 72-32 | 2-2 | 70-30 | 18-15 | 28-12 | 24-3 | -- | -- |
