Bluefield State vs. Virginia State Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Played Sat, Oct 3

Bluefield St.

10–9 · 5–5 conf. · power #244

vs.

Virginia St.

12–7 · 10–0 conf. · power #220

Already this season

Date	Match	Bluefield St. result
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Virginia St.	L 0–3 22-25, 25-27, 16-25

If they played again

From the power rating, at a neutral site. Bluefield St. is expected to win 47.9% of rallies.

29%

Bluefield St. wins · power rank 244

3–0 5%3–1 10%3–2 13%

71%

Virginia St. wins · power rank 220

3–0 24%3–1 27%3–2 20%

Where the match is won

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

Bluefield St. on offense

Bluefield St. attack vs. Virginia St. defense

Bluefield St. hitting %.149 · 218th Virginia St. opp. hitting % allowed.151 · 56th

Edge: Virginia St.

Bluefield St. serve vs. Virginia St. passing

Bluefield St. aces per set2.01 · 51st Virginia St. reception error %9.1% · 181st

Edge: Bluefield St.

Bluefield St. siding out vs. Virginia St. serving

Bluefield St. sideout %52.5% · 209th Virginia St. point-scoring %46.8% · 85th

Edge: Virginia St.

Virginia St. on offense

Virginia St. attack vs. Bluefield St. defense

Virginia St. hitting %.146 · 222nd Bluefield St. opp. hitting % allowed.136 · 26th

Edge: Bluefield St.

Virginia St. serve vs. Bluefield St. passing

Virginia St. aces per set1.71 · 138th Bluefield St. reception error %8.4% · 143rd

Even

Virginia St. siding out vs. Bluefield St. serving

Virginia St. sideout %55.7% · 123rd Bluefield St. point-scoring %45.7% · 115th

Even

What each team does well

Bluefield St.

What they do well

Opponent hitting %.136 · 26th in D2
Aces per set2.01 · 51st in D2
Service errors per set1.77 · 74th in D2
Blocks per set1.94 · 82nd in D2

Where they can be pushed

Assists per set9.54 · 231st in D2
Hitting %.149 · 218th in D2
Kills per set10.61 · 218th in D2

Virginia St.

What they do well

Service errors per set1.65 · 52nd in D2
Opponent hitting %.151 · 56th in D2
Point-scoring %46.8% · 85th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Hitting %.146 · 222nd in D2
Assists per set9.79 · 217th in D2
Kills per set10.82 · 208th 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.

Bluefield St.Virginia St.

Attack

Hitting %

.149218th of 281

.146222nd of 281

Kills per set

10.61218th of 281

10.82208th of 281

Assists per set

9.54231st of 281

9.79217th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

52.5%209th of 281

55.7%123rd of 281

Serve

Aces per set

2.0151st of 281

1.71138th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.7774th of 281

1.6552nd of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

45.7%115th of 281

46.8%85th of 281

Pass & defend

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

8.4%143rd of 281

9.1%181st of 281

Digs per set

14.93153rd of 281

15.19140th of 281

Blocks per set

1.9482nd of 281

1.67157th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.13626th of 281

.15156th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Bluefield St.	Virginia St.
Power rank	244	220
Schedule strength rank	269	238
Record vs. top 50	—	0–1
Hitting % vs. top 50	—	.205
Opponents hit vs. top 50	—	.483
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	46.7% 169	57.2% 180

Players to watch

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

Bluefield St.Virginia St.

Kills per set

Soniya Garner OH

2.16 · 136 kills · 529th in D2

Gracie Darville OH

2.90 · 209 kills · 179th in D2

Hitting %

Callesta Styles MB

.240 · 121–52–288 · 375th in D2

Gracie Darville OH

.189 · 209–90–631 · 641st in D2

Assists per set

Tessa Heffner S

5.69 · 404 assists · 156th in D2

Peyton Reese S

4.76 · 343 assists · 231st in D2

Aces per set

Mekenna Scott S

0.62 · 28 aces

Adrianna Bacon DS

0.49 · 19 aces

Blocks per set

Alexia Cunningham MB

0.96 · 54 blocks · 89th in D2

Rayne Peavy MB

0.66 · 27 blocks

Digs per set

Kaileigh Solis L/DS

3.62 · 246 digs · 166th in D2

Kellee Craig L

4.68 · 337 digs · 50th in D2

Points per set

Callesta Styles MB

2.90 · 177 points · 372nd in D2

Gracie Darville OH

3.26 · 235 points · 211th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Bluefield St.	Virginia St.
Johnson C. Smith	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-8	W 3–0 25-16, 25-22, 25-15
Winston-Salem	L 2–3 19-25, 18-25, 25-19, 26-24, 14-16	W 3–2 10-25, 25-10, 26-24, 18-25, 15-12
Livingstone	L 0–3 21-25, 19-25, 16-25	W 3–1 25-19, 25-22, 17-25, 25-23
Bowie St.	L 1–3 10-25, 25-21, 20-25, 24-26	W 3–1 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 25-20
Shaw	L 2–3 17-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-25, 8-15	W 3–0 25-19, 25-14, 26-24 W 3–0 25-12, 25-13, 25-23
Elizabeth City St.	W 3–0 25-23, 26-24, 30-28	W 3–2 24-26, 29-27, 25-17, 17-25, 15-9
Claflin	W 3–0 25-15, 25-22, 25-20	W 3–1 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23

Bluefield St. roster


2	Jada Burns	OH	58	94	292	1.62	.199	0.07	0.00	0.26	0.86	1.76
3	Mekenna Scott	S	45	4	21	0.09	.095	3.78	0.62	0.00	1.60	0.71
4	Londyn Sewer	OH	21	9	41	0.43	-.098	0.00	0.00	0.19	0.24	0.52
5	Jessi Williams	OH	40	56	173	1.40	.168	0.05	0.03	0.28	0.60	1.56
6	Bethel Shimelis	OPP	22	11	53	0.50	-.113	0.09	0.00	0.09	0.41	0.55
7	Soniya Garner	OH	63	136	557	2.16	.113	0.16	0.17	0.24	2.24	2.46
9	Emily Enriquez	L/DS	35	0	2	0.00	-.500	0.14	0.14	0.00	0.37	0.14
10	Tessa Heffner	S	71	28	76	0.39	.276	5.69	0.42	0.11	2.30	0.87
11	Anani Sheppard	L/DS	32	1	2	0.03	.500	0.06	0.28	0.00	0.88	0.31
12	Nylah Charles	MB	23	7	30	0.30	.100	0.09	0.00	0.43	0.04	0.57
13	Danielle Robinson	OH	68	106	392	1.56	.102	0.07	0.21	0.40	1.53	1.99
14	Kaileigh Solis	L/DS	68	2	19	0.03	.053	0.88	0.19	0.00	3.62	0.22
18	Kandace Griffin	OH	42	62	221	1.48	.145	0.05	0.00	0.26	0.83	1.61
19	Eliana Fuller	L/DS	54	1	4	0.02	.000	0.06	0.11	0.00	2.06	0.13
20	Alexia Cunningham	MB	56	84	217	1.50	.221	0.04	0.00	0.9689th D2	0.11	2.13
22	Lilly Gray	L/DS	17	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.06	0.00	0.06	0.06
23	Syah Neal	MB	35	31	83	0.89	.145	0.06	0.11	0.49	0.29	1.34
24	Callesta Styles	MB	61	121	288	1.98	.240	0.03	0.34	0.93	0.67	2.90

Virginia St. roster


1	Celene Mclean	MB	61	41	159	0.67	.082	0.07	0.00	0.61	0.20	1.03
2	Wynter Hill	MB	59	90	256	1.53	.180	0.03	0.00	0.49	0.42	1.80
3	Peyton Reese	S	72	13	72	0.18	.042	4.76	0.24	0.01	1.75	0.43
4	Gracie Darville	OH	72	209	631	2.90	.189	0.15	0.15	0.33	2.04	3.26
5	Jordan Ellis	MB	47	40	129	0.85	.132	0.02	0.00	0.15	0.26	0.93
6	De'Mya Robinson	OH	48	52	146	1.08	.103	0.02	0.00	0.23	0.33	1.24
7	Noa Roberts	OH	59	112	346	1.90	.145	0.05	0.07	0.22	1.53	2.08
8	Leila Jackson	S	60	9	43	0.15	.140	2.78	0.20	0.00	1.30	0.35
9	Nadia Jones	OH	34	0	1	0.00	.000	0.00	0.21	0.00	0.47	0.21
10	Rayne Peavy	MB	41	25	82	0.61	.146	0.02	0.02	0.66	0.22	1.09
11	LeiLah Beasley	L/DS	53	2	6	0.04	.167	0.09	0.15	0.00	1.13	0.19
12	Adrianna Bacon	L/DS	39	0	3	0.00	.000	0.13	0.49	0.00	0.82	0.49
13	Kellee Craig	L/DS	72	5	58	0.07	-.034	0.94	0.24	0.01	4.6850th D2	0.31
14	Anya McKinley	OH	70	120	304	1.71	.188	0.11	0.13	0.56	0.51	2.19
15	Isabella Parra	S	58	8	28	0.14	.250	1.45	0.24	0.00	0.90	0.38
16	Skylar Johnson	OH	17	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	Kyrie Willis	OH	44	53	202	1.20	.074	0.05	0.09	0.18	1.05	1.41

Virginia St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Barton	5–13	W 3–2 25-21, 25-23, 18-25, 14-25, 15-7
Fri, Sep 4	at UNC Pembroke	14–6	L 0–3 17-25, 18-25, 23-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Middle Georgia	2–16	W 3–0 25-20, 25-18, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Embry-Riddle (FL)	10–5	L 0–3 20-25, 16-25, 10-25
Fri, Sep 11	at Lock Haven	11–5	L 0–3 19-25, 17-25, 20-25
Fri, Sep 11	at Jefferson	13–5	L 2–3 25-23, 25-23, 25-27, 17-25, 15-17
Sat, Sep 12	at Edinboro	9–8	L 0–3 20-25, 23-25, 23-25
Wed, Sep 16	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	W 3–0 25-19, 25-14, 26-24
Sat, Sep 19	at Penn St. Harrisburg	1–1	L 1–3 21-25, 19-25, 25-23, 14-25
Sat, Sep 19	at Bridgewater (VA)	1–0	L 1–3 23-25, 14-25, 25-21, 16-25
Mon, Sep 21	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	W 3–1 25-21, 19-25, 25-20, 25-20
Thu, Sep 24	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Sep 24, 5:00 PM CT 99%
Mon, Sep 28	vs. Shaw CIAA	6–13	W 3–0 25-12, 25-13, 25-23
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	W 3–0 25-16, 25-22, 25-15
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	W 3–2 25-19, 13-25, 18-25, 25-21, 15-8
Sat, Oct 3	at Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	W 3–0 25-22, 27-25, 25-16
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	W 3–2 10-25, 25-10, 26-24, 18-25, 15-12
Sun, Oct 4	at Claflin CIAA	9–12	W 3–1 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23
Sun, Oct 4	at Livingstone CIAA	14–5	W 3–1 25-19, 25-22, 17-25, 25-23
Thu, Oct 8	vs. Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	W 3–2 24-26, 29-27, 25-17, 17-25, 15-9
Mon, Oct 12	vs. Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT 99%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	Oct 16, 12:00 PM CT 57%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Oct 16, 4:00 PM CT 31%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	Oct 17, 10:00 AM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	Oct 17, 6:00 PM CT 47%
Sun, Oct 18	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	Oct 18, 6:00 PM CT 92%
Thu, Oct 29	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Oct 29, 5:00 PM CT 60%
Thu, Nov 5	vs. Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	Nov 5, 5:00 PM CT 75%

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Bluefield St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Clinton	2–9	W 3–0 25-16, 25-16, 25-23
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Glenville St.	9–9	L 1–3 15-25, 19-25, 25-23, 22-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. King (TN)	9–8	L 2–3 25-27, 19-25, 28-26, 26-24, 15-17
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Glenville St.	9–9	W 3–2 25-18, 25-19, 17-25, 22-25, 15-12
Tue, Sep 1	vs. Bluefield Univ.	0–1	W 3–1 26-28, 25-23, 25-22, 25-19
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Davis & Elkins	0–20	W 3–2 22-25, 25-13, 25-17, 21-25, 15-7
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Davis & Elkins	0–20	W 3–0 25-16, 25-14, 25-18
Sat, Sep 12	at Concord	13–7	L 0–3 23-25, 15-25, 18-25
Wed, Sep 16	at Concord	13–7	L 1–3 16-25, 13-25, 25-23, 17-25
Mon, Sep 21	at Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-8
Thu, Sep 24	at Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	L 2–3 19-25, 18-25, 25-19, 26-24, 14-16
Mon, Sep 28	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	L 0–3 21-25, 19-25, 16-25
Fri, Oct 2	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	L 1–3 10-25, 25-21, 20-25, 24-26
Fri, Oct 2	at Virginia Union CIAA	6–10	W 3–0 25-18, 25-21, 25-8
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Virginia St. CIAA	12–7	L 0–3 22-25, 25-27, 16-25
Sat, Oct 3	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	L 2–3 17-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-25, 8-15
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	W 3–0 25-10, 25-22, 25-17
Sun, Oct 4	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	W 3–0 25-23, 26-24, 30-28
Thu, Oct 8	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	W 3–0 25-15, 25-22, 25-20
Mon, Oct 12	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT 27%
Fri, Oct 16	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Oct 16, 10:00 AM CT 99%
Fri, Oct 16	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	Oct 16, 4:00 PM CT 55%
Sat, Oct 17	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Oct 17, 8:00 AM CT 39%
Sat, Oct 17	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	Oct 17, 2:00 PM CT 42%
Thu, Oct 22	at Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Oct 22, 5:00 PM CT 9%
Mon, Oct 26	at Livingstone CIAA	14–5	Oct 26, 5:00 PM CT 25%
Thu, Oct 29	at Claflin CIAA	9–12	Oct 29, 5:00 PM CT 72%
Mon, Nov 2	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Nov 2, 5:00 PM CT 15%
Thu, Nov 5	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	Nov 5, 5:00 PM CT 99%