Biography
SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2020, 2021, and 2022. ... Co-captain in 2022.
Senior (2022): Played in all 26 matches and all 100 sets. ... Had 419 assists and 32 service aces, both of which were No. 2 for the team. ... On Sept 15 against Alaska Fairbanks in the home opener, set up the 2,000th assist of her career. By the end of the season, finished with 2,271. ... Had double-digit assists in 23 of the 26 matches, with a season high of 25 against Minnesota Duluth and Biola. ... Logged 20-plus assists in six matches. ... Recorded 4 assist-dig double-doubles for a final career total of 23. ... Put her 100th career kill onto the floor on Sept. 22 at Northwest Nazarene. In the Oct. 8 home match against Montana State Billings, served her 100th ace. ... In the return match against MSUB on Oct. 22 in Billings, served a season-high 6 aces, part of SPU's single-match program record of 19.
Junior (2021): Played in all 25 matches with nine starts, totaling 88 sets. ... Was No. 2 on the Falcons for assists with 431, an average of 4.98 per set. That included a season-high 40 in a five-set victory at home against Alaska Fairbanks on Oct. 23. Just two days earlier against Alaska Anchorage, racked up 31 assists, her second-highest total of the season. ... Had five other matches of 20-plus assists. ... Totaled 162 digs, including the 500th of her career, which came on Nov. 11 in a victory at home against Simon Fraser. ... Had five assist-dig double-doubles, pushing her career total to 19. ... Sent 31 service aces across the net, the second-highest total on the team, for an 0.35 per-set average that was tied for No. 7 in the GNAC.
Sophomore (2020-21): Played in all 18 matches with 16 starts, and was the only Falcon to play all 69 sets. ... Had season highs of 47 assists and 18 digs in the first match of a home doubleheader against Western Washington on April 24, which SPU won in four games. ... Had one other match in the 40 assist range (43 in a five-game win at home against Northwest Nazarene on April 10) and nine matches in the 30s. ... Her first assist in the opening match of a home doubleheader against Alaska Anchorage on March 20, which Hannah Hair hammered to the floor, was the 1,000th of her career. ... Recorded nine assist-dig double-doubles, giving her 14 for her career.
Freshman (2019): Played in all 28 matches, with 19 starts, totaling 102 of the 105 games. ... Racked up 876 assists, ranking No. 7 in the GNAC at 8.59 per game. ... Recorded five assist-dig double-doubles. ... Made her college debut with 40 assists in a season-opening five gamer against Concordia Irvine on Sept. 6. ... Topped that with 46 in a three-game home sweep of Western Oregon on Oct. 4, then 47 in a four-game victory at Montana State Billings on Oct. 18, and 51 in a five-game home loss to Simon Fraser on Nov. 9. ... Her first double-digit dig match was 10 in a four-game victory at Northwest Nazarene on Sept. 28. ... Had a career-high 24 digs (along with 47 assists) in a five-game come-from-behind homecourt victory against Central Washington on Oct. 26. ... In that same match against Central, logged a career-high 7 total blocks. The last of those seven was a combined block assist with fellow freshman Delaney Dunham to give the Falcons a match point at 17-16 in Game 5, which was converted into an 18-16 victory with Paige Dawson's service ace. ... Her 53 total blocks was the third-highest total on the team, and her 26 service aces tied for the third-highest total.
Personal: Lindsey Gayle Lambert. ... Applied human biology major.
Southridge High School: Helped the Skyhawks win the Class 6A (large school) Oregon state tournament as a junior in 2017. ... All-state 1st team as a junior in 2017. ... All-Metro Conference 1st team in 2015, 2016, and 2017. ... All-Metro Academics 1st team in 2016 and 2017. ... Voted team's hardest worker in 2017. ... Team MVP and Most Inspirational as a senior in 2018. ... Four-year varsity starter.. ... Won Multnomah Athletic Club scholarship.
Fun facts: Has been playing volleyball since 4th grade. ... Also has done basketball and skiing. ... If not for volleyball, would play tennis. ... Favorite sport to watch is gymnastics. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Unfriended." ... Books she just couldn't put down are any by Nicholas Sparks. ... Favorite junk food is brownies. ...Favorite healthy food is spinach salad with raspberries. ... Favorite TV program is "Chrisley Knows Best." ... Favorite sports team is the New York Yankees. ... Favorite athlete is beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh Jennings. ... Her dream car is a Tesla. ... Loves to shop for formal dresses. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Beyonce' "because I want her sing in person for me." She would serve macaroni and cheese. ... If she could be any action hero, would be Invisible Woman from the Fantastic 4 "because being invisible is definitely the coolest superpower." ... Her friends call her Linds or Gayle. ... In 10 years, plans to be living in New York City, but only for about a year. ... Wants to have her own show on HGTV because "I love interior design and I think it would be super fun to have a show about it."
CAREER STATISTICS
Yr GP K E TA Pct Ast Ace D BS BS TB Pts
19 102 49 14 118 .297 876 26 193 8 45 53 105.5
20 69 25 7 71 .254 545 24 179 0 16 16 57.0
21 88 21 6 54 .278 431 31 162 0 9 9 56.5
22 100 8 3 44 .114 419 32 183 0 0 0 40.0
TOT 359 103 30 287 .254 2271 113 717 8 70 78 259.0
