Alaska Anchorage vs. Northwest Nazarene Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Northwest Nazarene at Alas. Anchorage · Thu, Oct 15, 10:00 PM CT

Alas. Anchorage

12–6 · 5–3 conf. · AVCA receiving votes · power #28

vs.

Northwest Nazarene

10–5 · 4–4 conf. · power #47

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Already this season

Date	Match	Alas. Anchorage result
Sat, Sep 19	at Northwest Nazarene	L 1–3 14-25, 20-25, 25-12, 19-25

Prediction

From the power rating, at Alas. Anchorage. Alas. Anchorage is expected to win 52.2% of rallies.

72%

Alas. Anchorage wins · power rank 28

3–0 25%3–1 28%3–2 20%

28%

Northwest Nazarene wins · power rank 47

3–0 5%3–1 10%3–2 13%

Where the match is won

Each team's strength set against the other's matching skill. Full season, ranked nationally.

Alas. Anchorage on offense

Alas. Anchorage attack vs. Northwest Nazarene defense

Alas. Anchorage hitting %.237 · 47th Northwest Nazarene opp. hitting % allowed.175 · 119th

Edge: Alas. Anchorage

Alas. Anchorage serve vs. Northwest Nazarene passing

Alas. Anchorage aces per set1.42 · 229th Northwest Nazarene reception error %8.1% · 124th

Edge: Northwest Nazarene

Alas. Anchorage siding out vs. Northwest Nazarene serving

Alas. Anchorage sideout %56.2% · 114th Northwest Nazarene point-scoring %46.5% · 89th

Even

Northwest Nazarene on offense

Northwest Nazarene attack vs. Alas. Anchorage defense

Northwest Nazarene hitting %.206 · 97th Alas. Anchorage opp. hitting % allowed.180 · 129th

Slight edge: Northwest Nazarene

Northwest Nazarene serve vs. Alas. Anchorage passing

Northwest Nazarene aces per set1.83 · 103rd Alas. Anchorage reception error %8.7% · 156th

Slight edge: Northwest Nazarene

Northwest Nazarene siding out vs. Alas. Anchorage serving

Northwest Nazarene sideout %56.3% · 112th Alas. Anchorage point-scoring %43.0% · 201st

Edge: Northwest Nazarene

What each team does well

Alas. Anchorage

What they do well

Hitting %.237 · 47th in D2
Service errors per set1.67 · 56th in D2
Blocks per set2.05 · 56th in D2
Kills per set13.02 · 62nd in D2

Where they can be pushed

Aces per set1.42 · 229th in D2
Point-scoring %43.0% · 201st in D2

Northwest Nazarene

What they do well

Blocks per set2.14 · 41st in D2

Where they can be pushed

No category in the bottom third of D2.

Side by side

Full season, ranked nationally. The bar shows how much of the field each team is better than; the tick is the median.

Alas. AnchorageNorthwest Nazarene

Attack

Hitting %

.23747th of 281

.20697th of 281

Kills per set

13.0262nd of 281

11.66159th of 281

Assists per set

11.8975th of 281

10.63168th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

56.2%114th of 281

56.3%112th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.42229th of 281

1.83103rd of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.6756th of 281

2.00128th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

43.0%201st of 281

46.5%89th of 281

Pass & defend

Reception error %Serves received that became aces · Lower is better

8.7%156th of 281

8.1%124th of 281

Digs per set

15.59118th of 281

15.59119th of 281

Blocks per set

2.0556th of 281

2.1441st of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.180129th of 281

.175119th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Alas. Anchorage	Northwest Nazarene
Power rank	28	47
Schedule strength rank	19	29
Record vs. top 50	3–6	1–4
Hitting % vs. top 50	.200	.166
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.218	.231
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	53.1% 179	51.7% 118

Players to watch

Each team's leader in every category (regulars only: half of the team's sets). Full season, ranked nationally.

Alas. AnchorageNorthwest Nazarene

Kills per set

Lee Ivakina OH

3.44 · 220 kills · 61st in D2

Abby Black OH

3.80 · 224 kills · 22nd in D2

Hitting %

Bella Burney MB

.322 · 137–42–295 · 107th in D2

Hailey Cheney MB

.359 · 106–26–223 · 51st in D2

Assists per set

Hannah Trotter S

8.22 · 526 assists · 72nd in D2

Morgan Wilding S

5.22 · 256 assists · 191st in D2

Aces per set

Martina Riba MB

0.31 · 20 aces · 425th in D2

Hailey Cheney MB

0.47 · 28 aces · 60th in D2

Blocks per set

Bella Burney MB

0.94 · 59 blocks · 109th in D2

Jenna Holm MB

0.95 · 56 blocks · 100th in D2

Digs per set

Mary Nahinu L/DS

3.41 · 218 digs · 203rd in D2

Kayci Spray L/DS

4.24 · 250 digs · 100th in D2

Points per set

Lee Ivakina OH

3.92 · 251 points · 63rd in D2

Abby Black OH

4.31 · 254.5 points · 31st in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Alas. Anchorage	Northwest Nazarene
Seattle Pacific	W 3–0 25-19, 25-20, 25-22	L 2–3 25-22, 14-25, 15-25, 25-23, 10-15
Mont. St. Billings	W 3–0 25-23, 25-11, 25-22	W 3–0 25-16, 25-18, 25-19
Western Wash.	W 3–2 19-25, 29-27, 28-26, 21-25, 17-15	L 2–3 25-23, 15-25, 19-25, 25-23, 8-15
Simon Fraser	L 1–3 21-25, 12-25, 25-22, 23-25	L 0–3 23-25, 17-25, 17-25
Alas. Fairbanks	W 3–0 25-18, 25-16, 25-16	L 2–3 21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-16, 9-15
Western Ore.	W 3–0 25-16, 25-23, 26-24	W 3–1

Alas. Anchorage roster


1	Martina Riba	MB	64	94	228	1.47	.281	0.09	0.31	0.84	0.55	2.21
3	Lauren Hutchinson	MB	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	Anna McWhorter	S	33	2	12	0.06	.083	3.52	0.12	0.00	0.70	0.18
5	Kyana Gabriel	OH	57	159	425	2.79	.224	0.14	0.30	0.46	2.54	3.33
6	Elena Hansen	L/DS	55	0	4	0.00	-.250	0.35	0.31	0.02	2.07	0.32
7	Hannah Trotter	S	64	48	134	0.75	.276	8.2272nd D2	0.09	0.19	2.86	0.94
9	Sophia Tapley	OH	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	Mary Nahinu	L/DS	64	7	32	0.11	.125	0.86	0.23	0.00	3.41	0.34
11	Trinity Byrne	OH	39	58	156	1.49	.199	0.03	0.08	0.26	0.92	1.71
12	Indy Kmet	OH	5	0	3	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
13	Patri Ferran	MB	15	15	52	1.00	.115	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.40	1.23
14	Bella Burney	MB	63	137	295	2.17	.322	0.02	0.00	0.94	0.21	2.71
15	Alex Gonzalez-Orozco	L/DS	31	0	2	0.00	.000	0.13	0.00	0.00	0.61	0.00
18	Rachael Reyes	S	7	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
19	Emma Beck	OH	62	93	308	1.50	.214	0.05	0.00	0.60	0.76	1.80
20	Lee Ivakina	OH	64	220	603	3.4461st D2	.226	0.34	0.14	0.58	2.48	3.9263rd D2

Northwest Nazarene roster


1	Tatum Swapp	OH	17	28	85	1.65	.224	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.53	1.65
2	Whitleigh Walsh	L/DS	59	0	25	0.00	-.120	0.17	0.34	0.00	2.22	0.34
3	Kaitlyn Waters	N	23	0	1	0.00	.000	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	Addison Lynn	S	54	2	40	0.04	.000	4.54	0.24	0.02	1.74	0.29
5	Hailey Cheney	MB	59	106	223	1.80	.35951st D2	0.07	0.4760th D2	0.92	0.64	2.88
6	Jenna Holm	MB	59	70	165	1.19	.297	0.03	0.00	0.95100th D2	0.53	1.71
7	Abby Black	OH	59	224	574	3.8022nd D2	.256	0.14	0.29	0.41	2.88	4.3131st D2
8	Greta Wilde	N	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	Morgan Wilding	S	49	5	35	0.10	.114	5.22	0.39	0.04	2.10	0.51
10	McKay Kasper	N	5	1	4	0.20	.250	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.40	0.40
11	Maddy Hellem	OH	49	96	382	1.96	.123	0.02	0.00	0.37	0.57	2.19
12	Lexi Douthit	S	22	0	4	0.00	.000	1.73	0.09	0.00	1.09	0.09
14	Sam Simonson	OH	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00
15	Lexi Norisada	L/DS	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00
16	Kayci Spray	L/DS	59	0	40	0.00	.000	0.95	0.15	0.00	4.24100th D2	0.15
17	Madison Cheney	OH	55	76	229	1.38	.157	0.02	0.00	0.49	0.35	1.64
18	Lily Kinloch	OH	55	80	256	1.45	.180	0.07	0.00	0.60	0.35	1.78
19	Aubrey Ulrich	N	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
20	Beatriz Praun	OH	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Northwest Nazarene schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	at Sioux Falls	6–11	W 3–2 25-19, 28-30, 23-25, 26-24, 15-10
Fri, Aug 28	at Dominican (CA)	4–12	W 3–1 25-14, 23-25, 25-11, 25-19
Fri, Aug 28	at Cal St. Monterey Bay	3–11	W 3–1 25-22, 25-27, 25-23, 25-18
Sat, Aug 29	at Cal St. San Marcos	7–8	W 3–2 25-23, 22-25, 18-25, 25-20, 17-15
Thu, Sep 3	at Cal Poly Humboldt	7–7	W 3–0 27-25, 25-19, 25-18
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Neb.-Kearney	17–1	L 0–3 22-25, 17-25, 17-25
Sat, Sep 5	at Rollins	9–8	W 3–0 25-22, 25-14, 25-16
Thu, Sep 10	at Western Wash. GNAC	7–7	L 2–3 25-23, 15-25, 19-25, 25-23, 8-15
Sat, Sep 12	at Simon Fraser GNAC	10–4	L 0–3 23-25, 17-25, 17-25
Thu, Sep 17	vs. Alas. Fairbanks GNAC	11–7	L 2–3 21-25, 25-17, 21-25, 25-16, 9-15
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Alas. Anchorage GNAC	12–6	W 3–1 25-14, 25-20, 12-25, 25-19
Fri, Sep 25	at Saint Martin's GNAC	7–9	W 3–0 25-22, 25-22, 25-12
Sat, Sep 26	at Western Ore. GNAC	6–10	W 3–1
Thu, Oct 1	vs. Seattle Pacific GNAC	11–5	L 2–3 25-22, 14-25, 15-25, 25-23, 10-15
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Mont. St. Billings GNAC	3–14	W 3–0 25-16, 25-18, 25-19
Sat, Oct 10	at Central Wash. GNAC	10–4	Oct 10, 3:00 PM CT 11%
Thu, Oct 15	at Alas. Anchorage GNAC	12–6	Oct 15, 10:00 PM CT 28%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Alas. Fairbanks GNAC	11–7	Oct 17, 3:00 PM CT 57%
Thu, Oct 22	vs. Western Ore. GNAC	6–10	Oct 22, 8:00 PM CT 76%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Saint Martin's GNAC	7–9	Oct 24, 2:00 PM CT 61%
Thu, Oct 29	at Mont. St. Billings GNAC	3–14	Oct 29, 8:00 PM CT 92%
Sat, Oct 31	at Seattle Pacific GNAC	11–5	Oct 31, 4:00 PM CT 27%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Central Wash. GNAC	10–4	Nov 7, 2:00 PM CT 18%
Thu, Nov 12	vs. Simon Fraser GNAC	10–4	Nov 12, 8:00 PM CT 24%
Sat, Nov 14	vs. Western Wash. GNAC	7–7	Nov 14, 6:00 PM CT 52%

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Alas. Anchorage schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 20	at Chaminade	10–8	L 0–3 22-25, 21-25, 19-25
Fri, Aug 21	at Hawaii Hilo	14–5	L 2–3 32-30, 13-25, 20-25, 25-21, 10-15
Fri, Aug 21	at Hawaii Pacific	2–11	W 3–0 25-15, 25-20, 25-18
Sat, Aug 22	vs. Chaminade	10–8	W 3–0 25-22, 25-13, 25-22
Thu, Aug 27	vs. Texas Woman's	5–11	W 3–1 19-25, 25-12, 25-13, 25-21
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Lenoir-Rhyne	11–5	W 3–1 25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Chico St.	4–7	W 3–0 25-20, 25-19, 25-21
Fri, Sep 4	at Minnesota St.	6–11	W 3–0 25-22, 25-23, 25-14
Fri, Sep 4	at Tiffin	2–13	W 3–0 25-18, 25-9, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	at Fresno Pacific	15–0	L 2–3 25-16, 30-28, 19-25, 18-25, 9-15
Thu, Sep 10	vs. Seattle Pacific GNAC	11–5	W 3–0 25-19, 25-20, 25-22
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Mont. St. Billings GNAC	3–14	W 3–0 25-23, 25-11, 25-22
Thu, Sep 17	at Central Wash. GNAC	10–4	L 0–3 13-25, 15-25, 24-26
Sat, Sep 19	at Northwest Nazarene GNAC	10–5	L 1–3 14-25, 20-25, 25-12, 19-25
Thu, Sep 24	vs. Western Wash. GNAC	7–7	W 3–2 19-25, 29-27, 28-26, 21-25, 17-15
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Simon Fraser GNAC	10–4	L 1–3 21-25, 12-25, 25-22, 23-25
Thu, Oct 1	at Alas. Fairbanks GNAC	11–7	W 3–0 25-18, 25-16, 25-16
Thu, Oct 8	at Western Ore. GNAC	6–10	W 3–0 25-16, 25-23, 26-24
Sat, Oct 10	at Saint Martin's GNAC	7–9	Oct 10, 3:00 PM CT 66%
Thu, Oct 15	vs. Northwest Nazarene GNAC	10–5	Oct 15, 10:00 PM CT 72%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Central Wash. GNAC	10–4	Oct 17, 10:00 PM CT 31%
Thu, Oct 22	at Simon Fraser GNAC	10–4	Oct 22, 9:00 PM CT 27%
Sat, Oct 24	at Western Wash. GNAC	7–7	Oct 24, 9:00 PM CT 57%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Alas. Fairbanks GNAC	11–7	Oct 30, 10:00 PM CT 73%
Thu, Nov 5	vs. Saint Martin's GNAC	7–9	Nov 5, 10:00 PM CT 76%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Western Ore. GNAC	6–10	Nov 7, 10:00 PM CT 87%
Thu, Nov 12	at Mont. St. Billings GNAC	3–14	Nov 12, 8:00 PM CT 97%
Sat, Nov 14	at Seattle Pacific GNAC	11–5	Nov 14, 4:00 PM CT 42%