Cal St. Monterey Bay vs. UC Merced Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Played Sat, Oct 3

Cal St. Monterey Bay

3–11 · 3–5 conf. · power #148

vs.

UC Merced

4–10 · 2–6 conf. · power #171

Already this season

Date	Match	Cal St. Monterey Bay result
Sat, Oct 3	vs. UC Merced	W 3–0 29-27, 25-15, 26-24

If they played again

From the power rating, at a neutral site. Cal St. Monterey Bay is expected to win 51.4% of rallies.

64%

Cal St. Monterey Bay wins · power rank 148

3–0 19%3–1 25%3–2 20%

36%

UC Merced wins · power rank 171

3–0 7%3–1 13%3–2 16%

Where the match is won

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

Cal St. Monterey Bay on offense

Cal St. Monterey Bay attack vs. UC Merced defense

Cal St. Monterey Bay hitting %.153 · 209th UC Merced opp. hitting % allowed.229 · 252nd

Slight edge: Cal St. Monterey Bay

Cal St. Monterey Bay serve vs. UC Merced passing

Cal St. Monterey Bay aces per set1.71 · 139th UC Merced reception error %9.6% · 205th

Slight edge: Cal St. Monterey Bay

Cal St. Monterey Bay siding out vs. UC Merced serving

Cal St. Monterey Bay sideout %50.8% · 241st UC Merced point-scoring %41.6% · 242nd

Even

UC Merced on offense

UC Merced attack vs. Cal St. Monterey Bay defense

UC Merced hitting %.171 · 177th Cal St. Monterey Bay opp. hitting % allowed.222 · 242nd

Slight edge: UC Merced

UC Merced serve vs. Cal St. Monterey Bay passing

UC Merced aces per set1.54 · 180th Cal St. Monterey Bay reception error %7.9% · 115th

Slight edge: Cal St. Monterey Bay

UC Merced siding out vs. Cal St. Monterey Bay serving

UC Merced sideout %52.3% · 214th Cal St. Monterey Bay point-scoring %43.8% · 175th

Slight edge: Cal St. Monterey Bay

What each team does well

Cal St. Monterey Bay

What they do well

Nothing in the top 30% of D2 yet.

Where they can be pushed

Digs per set12.37 · 270th in D2
Sideout %50.8% · 241st in D2
Opponent hitting %.222 · 242nd in D2

UC Merced

What they do well

Nothing in the top 30% of D2 yet.

Where they can be pushed

Blocks per set1.23 · 260th in D2
Opponent hitting %.229 · 252nd in D2
Point-scoring %41.6% · 242nd 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.

Cal St. Monterey BayUC Merced

Attack

Hitting %

.153209th of 281

.171177th of 281

Kills per set

11.59170th of 281

12.08130th of 281

Assists per set

10.88149th of 281

11.13129th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

50.8%241st of 281

52.3%214th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.71139th of 281

1.54180th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.18174th of 281

2.50236th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

43.8%175th of 281

41.6%242nd of 281

Pass & defend

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

7.9%115th of 281

9.6%205th of 281

Digs per set

12.37270th of 281

15.08147th of 281

Blocks per set

1.53206th of 281

1.23260th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.222242nd of 281

.229252nd of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Cal St. Monterey Bay	UC Merced
Power rank	148	171
Schedule strength rank	56	100
Record vs. top 50	0–5	0–4
Hitting % vs. top 50	.110	.136
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.262	.316
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	44.3% 140	51.2% 123

Players to watch

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

Cal St. Monterey BayUC Merced

Kills per set

Malia Peterson OH

3.08 · 157 kills · 132nd in D2

Natalie Riley OH

3.47 · 177 kills · 60th in D2

Hitting %

Malia Thorne MB

.225 · 77–35–187 · 436th in D2

Yahaira Vazquez OPP

.199 · 85–37–241 · 575th in D2

Assists per set

Maya Cann S

5.24 · 236 assists · 187th in D2

Kyra Miller S

9.04 · 461 assists · 50th in D2

Aces per set

Malia Peterson OH

0.35 · 18 aces · 268th in D2

Kyra Miller S

0.41 · 21 aces · 127th in D2

Blocks per set

Malia Thorne MB

0.77 · 37 blocks · 242nd in D2

Kyra Miller S

0.53 · 27 blocks · 514th in D2

Digs per set

Macey Camacho DS

3.08 · 157 digs · 254th in D2

Jazmine Banks L

4.46 · 232 digs · 76th in D2

Points per set

Malia Peterson OH

3.51 · 179 points · 131st in D2

Natalie Riley OH

3.71 · 189 points · 90th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Cal St. Monterey Bay	UC Merced
Cal St. Dom. Hills	W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 25-20	L 1–3 12-25, 12-25, 26-24, 20-25
Fresno Pacific	L 0–3 16-25, 16-25, 12-25	L 1–3 25-22, 20-25, 13-25, 20-25

Cal St. Monterey Bay roster


1	Jaxsynn Bailey		5	9	28	1.80	.107	0.20	0.40	0.20	0.60	2.30
5	Abby Witzansky	OPP	51	123	362	2.41	.224	0.12	0.06	0.53	1.12	2.75
6	Malia Peterson	OH	51	157	456	3.08	.151	0.29	0.35	0.16	2.08	3.51
7	Maya Cann	S	45	17	72	0.38	.083	5.24	0.07	0.29	1.16	0.59
9	Maya Giannini	OH	51	48	179	0.94	.089	0.31	0.24	0.04	2.04	1.20
10	Sofia MacPherson	S	46	3	25	0.07	.080	4.85	0.35	0.02	1.17	0.42
11	Macey Camacho	L/DS	51	3	12	0.06	.250	0.75	0.20	0.00	3.08	0.25
12	Gia Hoffman	L/DS	28	1	4	0.04	.250	0.29	0.18	0.04	1.96	0.23
13	Kayla Smith	OH	15	13	39	0.87	.000	0.00	0.00	0.27	0.13	1.00
14	Milan Harvey	OH	28	46	153	1.64	-.007	0.04	0.00	0.21	0.29	1.75
16	Talula Crandell	MB	18	10	32	0.56	.188	0.00	0.06	0.28	0.28	0.78
20	Lilly Bandle	MB	43	84	200	1.95	.195	0.14	0.00	0.77	0.16	2.43
21	Piper Olson	S	2	0	0	0.00	—	0.50	0.50	0.00	0.50	0.50
22	Malia Thorne	MB	48	77	187	1.60	.225	0.08	0.33	0.77	0.42	2.40

UC Merced roster


1	Kyra Miller	S	51	44	144	0.86	.181	9.0450th D2	0.41	0.53	2.57	1.58
2	Kinnedy Miller	MB	31	19	55	0.61	.145	0.00	0.00	0.26	0.10	0.76
3	Mariainez Lopez	OH	36	17	75	0.47	.067	0.11	0.00	0.03	0.92	0.49
4	Colette Ejang	MB	9	1	7	0.11	-.143	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.11	0.17
5	Faith Lee	S	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	Jourdyn Ozeta-Banks	L/DS	25	0	0	0.00	—	0.04	0.12	0.00	0.12	0.12
6	Gianella Tijamo	L/DS	22	0	0	0.00	—	0.09	0.32	0.00	1.00	0.32
7	Kaitlyn Anderson	L/DS	25	2	5	0.08	.200	0.08	0.12	0.00	1.20	0.20
8	Kylah Guzman	OH	26	14	64	0.54	.031	0.04	0.08	0.00	0.15	0.62
9	Giselle Henley	MB	18	14	47	0.78	.149	0.00	0.00	0.39	0.33	1.08
10	Jazmine Banks	L/DS	52	0	8	0.00	.000	0.96	0.33	0.00	4.4676th D2	0.33
11	Natalie Riley	OH	51	177	482	3.4760th D2	.191	0.14	0.16	0.16	1.96	3.7190th D2
12	Tangi Netane	OPP	14	2	9	0.14	.000	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.07	0.18
13	Callie Neufeld	OH	45	130	371	2.89	.191	0.13	0.13	0.09	2.42	3.08
14	Yahaira Vazquez	OPP	39	85	241	2.18	.199	0.13	0.00	0.23	1.26	2.31
17	Claudia Aber	MB	6	0	1	0.00	-1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	Ayana Ruffin	MB	25	19	56	0.76	.089	0.08	0.00	0.68	0.16	1.12
19	Eve Dixon	S	23	1	2	0.04	.500	1.39	0.04	0.00	0.61	0.09
20	Taylor Crayne	OH	18	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.00
21	Morgan Kristy	OPP	24	17	49	0.71	.143	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.33	0.75
24	Morgan Wilson	MB	52	86	240	1.65	.196	0.12	0.23	0.46	0.58	2.18

UC Merced schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Jessup	3–13	L 1–3 25-21, 22-25, 20-25, 19-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Hawaii Hilo	14–5	L 0–3 13-25, 16-25, 16-25
Sat, Aug 29	at Western Ore.	6–10	L 0–3 16-25, 22-25, 25-27
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Minn.-Crookston	3–14	W 3–1 25-18, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Bemidji St.	13–4	L 0–3 15-25, 12-25, 12-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Saint Michael's	3–11	W 3–0 25-17, 25-18, 25-20
Sat, Sep 5	at Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	W 3–2 25-22, 25-18, 17-25, 26-28, 15-9
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Fresno Pacific CCAA	15–0	L 1–3 25-22, 20-25, 13-25, 20-25
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	W 3–1 25-19, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22
Sat, Sep 19	vs. CSUSB CCAA	14–2	L 0–3 14-25, 23-25, 14-25
Fri, Sep 25	at Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	L 1–3 12-25, 12-25, 26-24, 20-25
Sat, Sep 26	at Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	L 1–3 25-14, 23-25, 11-25, 22-25
Fri, Oct 2	at Menlo CCAA	5–9	L 2–3 25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 19-25, 7-15
Sat, Oct 3	at Cal St. Monterey Bay CCAA	3–11	L 0–3 27-29, 15-25, 24-26
Fri, Oct 9	vs. San Fran. St. CCAA	6–8	Oct 9, 4:00 PM CT 10%
Sat, Oct 10	vs. Cal St. East Bay CCAA	6–8	Oct 10, 7:00 PM CT 10%
Thu, Oct 15	at Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	Oct 15, 9:00 PM CT 22%
Sat, Oct 17	at Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	Oct 17, 7:00 PM CT 57%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Chico St. CCAA	4–7	Oct 23, 7:00 PM CT 36%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	Oct 24, 9:00 PM CT 32%
Thu, Oct 29	at Chico St. CCAA	4–7	Oct 29, 7:00 PM CT 25%
Sat, Oct 31	at Stanislaus St. CCAA	5–9	Oct 31, 7:00 PM CT 18%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	12–3	Nov 6, 7:00 PM CT 3%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Cal State LA CCAA	4–11	Nov 7, 3:00 PM CT 16%

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Cal St. Monterey Bay schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Sioux Falls	6–11	L 1–3 22-25, 21-25, 25-23, 20-25
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Northwest Nazarene	10–5	L 1–3 22-25, 27-25, 23-25, 18-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Dominican (CA)	4–12	L 2–3 25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 22-25, 13-15
Fri, Sep 4	at Biola	12–4	L 0–3 14-25, 18-25, 25-27
Fri, Sep 4	at CUI	15–2	L 0–3 18-25, 21-25, 14-25
Sat, Sep 5	at Vanguard	5–11	L 2–3 25-17, 18-25, 25-23, 16-25, 4-15
Fri, Sep 11	at Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	12–3	L 0–3 23-25, 23-25, 20-25
Sat, Sep 12	at Cal State LA CCAA	4–11	L 1–3 25-21, 16-25, 17-25, 20-25
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	W 3–0 25-21, 25-23, 25-16
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 25-20
Thu, Sep 24	at Chico St. CCAA	4–7	L 2–3 17-25, 25-17, 25-20, 20-25, 9-15
Sat, Sep 26	at Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	L 0–3 20-25, 10-25, 22-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Fresno Pacific CCAA	15–0	L 0–3 16-25, 16-25, 12-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. UC Merced CCAA	4–10	W 3–0 29-27, 25-15, 26-24
Fri, Oct 9	at CSUSB CCAA	14–2	Oct 9, 7:00 PM CT 1%
Sat, Oct 10	at Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	Oct 10, 4:00 PM CT 30%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Chico St. CCAA	4–7	Oct 16, 7:00 PM CT 49%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Stanislaus St. CCAA	5–9	Oct 17, 7:00 PM CT 40%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	Oct 23, 7:00 PM CT 80%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	Oct 24, 4:00 PM CT 42%
Thu, Oct 29	at Cal St. East Bay CCAA	6–8	Oct 29, 7:00 PM CT 11%
Sat, Oct 31	at San Fran. St. CCAA	6–8	Oct 31, 5:00 PM CT 11%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Menlo CCAA	5–9	Nov 7, 3:00 PM CT 43%