Arkansas-Fort Smith vs. Pittsburg State Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Pittsburg St. at Ark.-Fort Smith · Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT

Ark.-Fort Smith

14–6 · 2–4 conf. · power #127

vs.

Pittsburg St.

12–6 · 0–5 conf. · power #31

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Prediction

From the power rating, at Ark.-Fort Smith. Ark.-Fort Smith is expected to win 45.9% of rallies.

15%

Ark.-Fort Smith wins · power rank 127

3–0 2%3–1 5%3–2 8%

85%

Pittsburg St. wins · power rank 31

3–0 38%3–1 31%3–2 16%

Where the match is won

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

Ark.-Fort Smith on offense

Ark.-Fort Smith attack vs. Pittsburg St. defense

Ark.-Fort Smith hitting %.208 · 92nd Pittsburg St. opp. hitting % allowed.167 · 89th

Even

Ark.-Fort Smith serve vs. Pittsburg St. passing

Ark.-Fort Smith aces per set1.74 · 128th Pittsburg St. reception error %6.5% · 37th

Edge: Pittsburg St.

Ark.-Fort Smith siding out vs. Pittsburg St. serving

Ark.-Fort Smith sideout %57.0% · 91st Pittsburg St. point-scoring %43.9% · 172nd

Edge: Ark.-Fort Smith

Pittsburg St. on offense

Pittsburg St. attack vs. Ark.-Fort Smith defense

Pittsburg St. hitting %.255 · 26th Ark.-Fort Smith opp. hitting % allowed.145 · 47th

Even

Pittsburg St. serve vs. Ark.-Fort Smith passing

Pittsburg St. aces per set1.09 · 275th Ark.-Fort Smith reception error %7.3% · 78th

Edge: Ark.-Fort Smith

Pittsburg St. siding out vs. Ark.-Fort Smith serving

Pittsburg St. sideout %58.2% · 68th Ark.-Fort Smith point-scoring %47.6% · 65th

Even

What each team does well

Ark.-Fort Smith

What they do well

Digs per set18.29 · 6th in D2
Opponent hitting %.145 · 47th in D2
Service errors per set1.65 · 51st in D2
Point-scoring %47.6% · 65th in D2

Where they can be pushed

No category in the bottom third of D2.

Pittsburg St.

What they do well

Blocks per set3.25 · 1st in D2
Hitting %.255 · 26th in D2
Reception error %6.5% · 37th in D2
Assists per set12.01 · 67th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Aces per set1.09 · 275th in 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.

Ark.-Fort SmithPittsburg St.

Attack

Hitting %

.20892nd of 281

.25526th of 281

Kills per set

12.34114th of 281

12.9471st of 281

Assists per set

11.46105th of 281

12.0167th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

57.0%91st of 281

58.2%68th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.74128th of 281

1.09275th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.6551st of 281

1.90111th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

47.6%65th of 281

43.9%172nd of 281

Pass & defend

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

7.3%78th of 281

6.5%37th of 281

Digs per set

18.296th of 281

15.13144th of 281

Blocks per set

2.0266th of 281

3.251st of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.14547th of 281

.16789th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Ark.-Fort Smith	Pittsburg St.
Power rank	127	31
Schedule strength rank	193	50
Record vs. top 50	0–5	2–5
Hitting % vs. top 50	.121	.230
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.287	.233
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	50.5% 107	52.1% 190

Players to watch

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

Ark.-Fort SmithPittsburg St.

Kills per set

Lydia Pitts OH

3.37 · 212 kills · 73rd in D2

Crystal Smith MB

3.11 · 205 kills · 126th in D2

Hitting %

Aspen Olson MB

.310 · 127–29–316 · 129th in D2

Crystal Smith MB

.414 · 205–54–365 · 12th in D2

Assists per set

Mayli Whetter S

8.73 · 550 assists · 64th in D2

Jesa Wallace S

6.19 · 433 assists · 131st in D2

Aces per set

Mayli Whetter S

0.40 · 25 aces · 160th in D2

Mina Kaneko L

0.21 · 14 aces · 933rd in D2

Blocks per set

Aspen Olson MB

0.95 · 60 blocks · 97th in D2

Crystal Smith MB

1.70 · 112 blocks · 1st in D2

Digs per set

Abbey Jackson L

4.26 · 264 digs · 98th in D2

Kassidy Nixon OH

3.53 · 240 digs · 181st in D2

Points per set

Lydia Pitts OH

3.98 · 250.5 points · 53rd in D2

Crystal Smith MB

4.22 · 278.5 points · 35th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Ark.-Fort Smith	Pittsburg St.
Washburn	L 0–3 19-25, 22-25, 21-25	L 2–3 25-23, 18-25, 25-20, 11-25, 12-15
Neb.-Kearney	L 0–3 18-25, 13-25, 17-25	L 0–3 21-25, 22-25, 23-25
Fort Hays St.	L 0–3 14-25, 18-25, 23-25	L 2–3 26-24, 24-26, 17-25, 25-21, 12-15

Ark.-Fort Smith roster


1	Mayli Whetter	S	63	38	128	0.60	.203	8.7364th D2	0.40	0.35	3.22	1.20
2	Ella Shelby	L/DS	61	1	12	0.02	-.083	0.15	0.36	0.00	1.93	0.38
4	Lexi Wieser	L/DS	34	0	1	0.00	.000	0.12	0.24	0.00	0.53	0.24
5	Lydia Warrior	L/DS	11	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.45	0.00
6	Grace Marshall	OH	62	78	228	1.26	.241	0.16	0.23	0.15	2.02	1.56
7	Aspen Olson	MB	63	127	316	2.02	.310	0.08	0.00	0.9597th D2	0.41	2.60
8	Abbey Jackson	L/DS	62	2	16	0.03	.125	0.95	0.00	0.00	4.2698th D2	0.03
9	Elza Jansone	OH	39	40	151	1.03	.192	0.18	0.03	0.59	0.56	1.45
10	Lydia Pitts	OH	63	212	620	3.3773rd D2	.239	0.19	0.30	0.52	3.52	3.9853rd D2
11	Sarah LaForge	S	14	0	2	0.00	.000	1.86	0.21	0.00	0.50	0.21
12	Nevaeh Benjamin	OH	11	3	6	0.27	.333	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.27
13	Bree Pardy	OH	47	0	2	0.00	.000	0.11	0.30	0.00	0.74	0.30
15	Codi Jackson	OH	61	141	486	2.31	.152	0.11	0.00	0.34	0.87	2.50
16	Breanna Smith	OH	62	45	178	0.73	.112	0.10	0.08	0.10	0.56	0.86
17	Sarah Lora	MB	10	0	4	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.10
18	Emily Parker	MB	54	83	217	1.54	.221	0.06	0.00	0.74	0.30	1.96
19	Eniko Torma	S	13	0	1	0.00	.000	0.92	0.00	0.00	0.23	0.00

Pittsburg St. roster


1	Kennedy Behnke	MB	62	73	166	1.18	.325	0.00	0.00	1.0839th D2	0.06	1.78
2	Crystal Smith	MB	66	205	365	3.11	.41412th D2	0.03	0.14	1.701st D2	0.58	4.2235th D2
3	Mia Brown	L/DS	36	0	0	0.00	—	0.03	0.14	0.00	0.58	0.14
4	Kassidy Nixon	OH	68	1	4	0.01	.000	0.56	0.00	0.00	3.53	0.01
5	Jesa Wallace	S	70	5	13	0.07	.385	6.19	0.19	0.00	2.09	0.26
6	Imerie Jones	MB	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	Alexis Bittner	L/DS	55	1	12	0.02	-.083	0.15	0.09	0.00	2.16	0.11
8	Jadyn Hazzard	S	24	0	0	0.00	—	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.04	0.04
9	Abby Carr	S	13	0	0	0.00	—	1.46	0.23	0.00	0.31	0.23
10	Leilah Perry	MB	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Mason Palace	OH	68	124	426	1.82	.174	0.12	0.12	0.69	2.51	2.35
12	Vix Vilott	OH	65	126	366	1.94	.186	0.05	0.12	0.43	1.03	2.28
13	Caileigh Kilgore	OH	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Jordyn Washington	OH	8	5	20	0.63	.000	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.69
16	Maliyah Johnson	OH	68	127	393	1.87	.239	0.03	0.00	0.68	0.41	2.22
17	Amariah White	MB	21	37	65	1.76	.462	0.00	0.05	1.43	0.24	2.62
19	Mina Kaneko	L/DS	67	0	2	0.00	-.500	0.30	0.21	0.00	1.12	0.21
20	Maddi LaPointe	MB	70	191	533	2.73	.268	0.03	0.00	1.0354th D2	0.39	3.27
21	Avery Ringgenberg	MB	8	2	9	0.25	.000	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.13	0.38
22	Kaydence Torrez	OPP	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Brynna Zoeller	S	67	2	9	0.03	.222	4.54	0.13	0.01	1.61	0.17
24	Peyton Liming	OH	13	7	30	0.54	-.100	0.00	0.00	0.31	0.23	0.69

Pittsburg St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	at Wilmington (DE)	6–14	W 3–0 25-15, 25-14, 25-10
Fri, Aug 28	at P.R.-Mayaguez	2–2	W 3–1 25-22, 23-25, 25-15, 25-21
Fri, Aug 28	at North Greenville	11–8	W 3–1 25-15, 21-25, 25-12, 25-22
Sat, Aug 29	at Eckerd	11–7	W 3–1 28-26, 25-17, 19-25, 25-23
Wed, Sep 2	vs. Truman St.	7–9	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-19
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Southwestern Okla.	12–8	L 0–3 17-25, 22-25, 27-29
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Arkansas Tech	11–9	W 3–1 25-20, 20-25, 25-18, 25-15
Fri, Sep 4	vs. William Jewell	2–14	W 3–1 25-15, 25-21, 19-25, 25-12
Thu, Sep 10	vs. Southern Nazarene	13–8	W 3–1 25-16, 25-14, 19-25, 25-8
Thu, Sep 10	vs. East Central	8–12	W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 29-27
Fri, Sep 11	at Okla. Baptist	16–4	W 3–2 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-13
Fri, Sep 11	at Ouachita Baptist	10–10	W 3–0 25-20, 25-12, 25-18
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	L 2–3 12-25, 25-17, 25-22, 22-25, 7-15
Fri, Sep 25	at Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	L 2–3 26-24, 24-26, 17-25, 25-21, 12-15
Sat, Sep 26	at Neb.-Kearney MIAA	17–1	L 0–3 21-25, 22-25, 23-25
Tue, Sep 29	at Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	L 0–3 23-25, 19-25, 23-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Washburn MIAA	17–3	L 2–3 25-23, 18-25, 25-20, 11-25, 12-15
Tue, Oct 6	vs. Rockhurst	11–5	W 3–2 22-25, 25-12, 25-14, 19-25, 15-8
Fri, Oct 9	at Ark.-Fort Smith MIAA	14–6	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 85%
Sat, Oct 10	at Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	Oct 10, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Tue, Oct 13	at Northwestern Okla.	8–13	Oct 13, 5:30 PM CT 94%
Fri, Oct 16	at Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 17	at Newman MIAA	6–14	Oct 17, 3:00 PM CT 97%
Thu, Oct 22	at Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	Oct 22, 6:00 PM CT 57%
Sat, Oct 24	at Mo. Southern St. MIAA	6–11	Oct 24, 3:00 PM CT 95%
Tue, Oct 27	at Drury	12–4	Oct 27, 6:00 PM CT 59%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Central Okla. MIAA	14–5	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 72%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Newman MIAA	6–14	Oct 31, 1:00 PM CT 98%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Missouri Western MIAA	15–1	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 41%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	Nov 7, 6:30 PM CT 91%

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Ark.-Fort Smith schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. UT Dallas	8–7	L 0–3 21-25, 23-25, 13-25
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Cameron	1–16	W 3–0 25-20, 25-23, 25-14
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Augustana (SD)	9–8	L 0–3 22-25, 14-25, 17-25
Sat, Aug 29	at Henderson St.	10–10	W 3–1 23-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-21
Tue, Sep 1	at Ark.-Monticello	2–19	W 3–0 25-18, 25-16, 25-17
Fri, Sep 4	at Ky. Wesleyan	3–13	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-16
Fri, Sep 4	vs. McKendree	2–14	W 3–2 12-25, 25-17, 25-22, 17-25, 15-12
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Davis & Elkins	0–20	W 3–0 25-21, 25-13, 25-5
Sat, Sep 5	at Ill. Springfield	4–12	W 3–1 25-14, 21-25, 25-13, 25-18
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Albany St. (GA)	16–8	W 3–2 22-25, 19-25, 25-11, 25-8, 15-12
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Middle Georgia	2–16	W 3–0 25-19, 25-15, 25-10
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Albany St. (GA)	16–8	W 3–0 25-19, 25-23, 25-12
Sat, Sep 12	at AUM	2–16	W 3–0 25-16, 25-16, 25-19
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	L 0–3 20-25, 12-25, 14-25
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Mo. Southern St. MIAA	6–11	W 2–0 25-16, 25-16, 28-26
Tue, Sep 22	vs. Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	W 3–0 25-11, 25-18, 25-9
Fri, Sep 25	at Washburn MIAA	17–3	L 0–3 19-25, 22-25, 21-25
Wed, Sep 30	at Neb.-Kearney MIAA	17–1	L 0–3 18-25, 13-25, 17-25
Fri, Oct 2	at Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	L 0–3 14-25, 18-25, 23-25
Mon, Oct 5	vs. Ark.-Monticello	2–19	W 3–0 25-16, 25-20, 25-20
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Pittsburg St. MIAA	12–6	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 15%
Sat, Oct 10	vs. Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	Oct 10, 3:00 PM CT 11%
Wed, Oct 14	at Mo. Southern St. MIAA	6–11	Oct 14, 6:00 PM CT 69%
Thu, Oct 15	vs. Central Okla. MIAA	14–5	Oct 15, 6:00 PM CT 26%
Mon, Oct 19	vs. Southeastern Okla.	9–10	Oct 19, 6:00 PM CT 59%
Tue, Oct 20	at East Central	8–12	Oct 20, 6:00 PM CT 55%
Fri, Oct 23	at Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	Oct 23, 5:30 PM CT 95%
Mon, Oct 26	at Southeastern Okla.	9–10	Oct 26, 6:00 PM CT 47%
Fri, Oct 30	at Missouri Western MIAA	15–1	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 4%
Sat, Oct 31	at Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	Oct 31, 7:00 PM CT 43%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Central Okla. MIAA	14–5	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 26%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Newman MIAA	6–14	Nov 7, 1:00 PM CT 82%