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2021 Women's Volleyball Roster

Photo by Price Chambers

11 Kleja Cerniauskaite

  • Position Middle/Right Side
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Crystal Lake South
  • Hometown Crystal Lake, Ill.

Biography

PRONUNCIATION: CLAY-uh  CHAIR-no-sky-tuh

Collegiate Honors
-Horizon League Player of the Week (3/18/21)

2021 (Senior) | Match-by-Match
Appeared in 30 of 31 matches, playing in 103 sets total... Finished fifth on the team with 155 kills, averaging 1.55 kills per set... Hit .269 which was third for the Panthers... Ranked second on the team with 55 total blocks... Finished with double figure kills in five matches including a season-high 14 in a five-set match at South Dakota... Recorded seven matches without a hitting error... Had her top two efficiency matches against Cleveland State, combining for 13 kills and no assists in 17 swings (.765)... Had at least two blocks in at 14 matches... Finished with 10 kills, three digs, and a career-high six blocks in a sweep of Youngstown State on November 13... Recorded a hitting percentage of .357 with 13 kills in addition to five blocks and two digs against Bowling Green on September 4... Totaled 12 kills and six digs in the Horizon League Tournament against UIC on November 20. 


2020 (Junior) | Match-by-Match
Played in 13 matches in the COVID-19-shortened season... Finished with 94 kills, averaging 2.14 per set which ranked fourth for the Panthers... Second on the team with a .239 attack percentage... Totaled 19 blocks in 44 sets, which was third on the team... Reached double digit kills on February 22 in a win over UIC putting away 10 at a .280 clip... Dominated the Oakland series, totaling 32 kills and hitting .393 in a pair of 3-0 sweeps as she was named Horizon League Player of the Week... Recorded a career-high 18 kills in the win over the Golden Grizzlies on March 15... Averaged 12.5 kills in the final four matches of the season to help the Panthers end the year on a winning streak... Also hit .305 in the final four matches of the year.


2019 (Sophomore) | Match-by-Match
Appeared in all 32 matches, playing 118 sets in her second season... Recorded a career-high 292 kills which ranked third on the team... Finished fourth on the team with 45 blocks... Totaled 14 double-digit kill matches... Put away 17 kills on two occasions including a 17-1-34 (.412) performance in a sweep of UIC... Slammed 17 kills and added five total blocks in a win over Drake... Had at least 10 kills in three straight matches from October 5-13... Finished with 13 kills in 20 swings, a .600 hitting percentage, in a four set win over Cleveland State... Recorded 16 kills with a .353 in the regular season finale, helping Milwaukee clinch the No. 2 seed for the Horizon League Tournament with a 3-2 win over Green Bay... Added 12 kills, three digs, and a pair of blocks against Green Bay in the tournament semifinals.

2018 (Freshman) | Match-by-Match
Appeared in 26 matches, making 25 starts as a freshman ... finished her first season with 169 kills and 60 total blocks ... made her collegiate debut Aug. 24 against New Hampshire, tallying four kills and three blocks ... one day later, had an impressive showing at the net against Northwestern with seven blocks and five kills to go with three digs ... reached double digits for the first time in her young career against Boise State with 10 kills Aug. 31 ... had another 13 kills and six blocks later that day against UC Riverside ... hit a season-high .321 with 13 kills against Utah State Sept. 8 ... turned in four blocks and five kills in a road win at Youngstown State Oct. 27 ... had double-digit kills and three blocks in back-to-back road matches at Cleveland State and UIC Nov. 4 & 8.


High School
Played volleyball all four years at Crystal Lake South High School ... was named All-Fox Valley Conference as a senior ... named the team's most improved as a freshman, helping the Gator's to a sectional title.


Personal
Daughter of Gintaras and Renata ... chose Milwaukee because of the great education and great campus ... lists most memorable sports experience as beating top team Northern Lights in 2018 of club play, doing so in three sets and knocking home the winning point ... born Feb. 20, 2000 in Ireland.

2021 Season Highs 
Kills: 14 vs. at South Dakota 9/10
Attempts: 31 vs. Notre Dame 9/5
Hitting %: .778 (7-9) vs. Cleveland State 11/4
Blocks: 6 vs. at Youngstown State 11/13
Digs: 6 vs. UIC 11/20
Aces: n/a
Assists: 2 vs. Wright State 10/29

MKE Career Highs 
Kills: 18 vs. Oakland 3/15/21
Attempts: 49 at Oakland 10/13/19
Hitting %: same
Blocks: 7 vs. Northwestern 8/25/18
Digs: same
Aces: same
Assists: same

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2018Freshman

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2019Sophomore

    Middle Blocker
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2020Junior

    Middle/Right Side
    6'2"
    11
  • 11

    2021Senior

    Middle/Right Side
    6'2"
    11