Claflin vs. Virginia Union Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Claflin at Virginia Union · Fri, Oct 16, 2:00 PM CT

Claflin

9–12 · 3–7 conf. · power #266

vs.

Virginia Union

6–10 · 3–7 conf. · power #276

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Date	Match	Claflin result
Fri, Oct 2	at Virginia Union	L 0–3 16-25, 19-25, 16-25

Prediction

From the power rating, at Virginia Union. Claflin is expected to win 52.4% of rallies.

73%

Claflin wins · power rank 266

3–0 26%3–1 28%3–2 20%

27%

Virginia Union wins · power rank 276

3–0 5%3–1 9%3–2 13%

Where the match is won

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

Claflin on offense

Claflin attack vs. Virginia Union defense

Claflin hitting %.156 · 202nd Virginia Union opp. hitting % allowed.231 · 257th

Slight edge: Claflin

Claflin serve vs. Virginia Union passing

Claflin aces per set1.92 · 74th Virginia Union reception error %11.5% · 253rd

Edge: Claflin

Claflin siding out vs. Virginia Union serving

Claflin sideout %53.2% · 197th Virginia Union point-scoring %45.2% · 131st

Slight edge: Virginia Union

Virginia Union on offense

Virginia Union attack vs. Claflin defense

Virginia Union hitting %.131 · 239th Claflin opp. hitting % allowed.150 · 54th

Edge: Claflin

Virginia Union serve vs. Claflin passing

Virginia Union aces per set2.36 · 6th Claflin reception error %11.5% · 252nd

Edge: Virginia Union

Virginia Union siding out vs. Claflin serving

Virginia Union sideout %49.8% · 251st Claflin point-scoring %48.5% · 38th

Edge: Claflin

What each team does well

Claflin

What they do well

Point-scoring %48.5% · 38th in D2
Opponent hitting %.150 · 54th in D2
Aces per set1.92 · 74th in D2
Blocks per set1.93 · 86th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Digs per set12.29 · 271st in D2
Assists per set8.69 · 264th in D2
Kills per set9.92 · 252nd in D2

Virginia Union

What they do well

Aces per set2.36 · 6th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Blocks per set0.96 · 280th in D2
Digs per set10.64 · 279th in D2
Assists per set8.96 · 255th 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.

ClaflinVirginia Union

Attack

Hitting %

.156202nd of 281

.131239th of 281

Kills per set

9.92252nd of 281

10.09241st of 281

Assists per set

8.69264th of 281

8.96255th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

53.2%197th of 281

49.8%251st of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.9274th of 281

2.366th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.8391st of 281

2.58241st of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

48.5%38th of 281

45.2%131st of 281

Pass & defend

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

11.5%252nd of 281

11.5%253rd of 281

Digs per set

12.29271st of 281

10.64279th of 281

Blocks per set

1.9386th of 281

0.96280th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.15054th of 281

.231257th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Claflin	Virginia Union
Power rank	266	276
Schedule strength rank	278	272
Record vs. top 50	—	—
Hitting % vs. top 50	—	—
Opponents hit vs. top 50	—	—
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	46.2% 182	57.4% 94

Players to watch

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

ClaflinVirginia Union

Kills per set

Zaniya Harris OH

2.71 · 203 kills · 262nd in D2

Alana Simmons N

2.09 · 96 kills · 572nd in D2

Hitting %

Monica Burns MB

.306 · 136–36–327 · 146th in D2

Madison Hill N

.197 · 62–28–173

Assists per set

Nadia Embry S

4.03 · 302 assists · 310th in D2

Zinnia Pickett N

4.16 · 187 assists · 292nd in D2

Aces per set

Joi Tinsley OH

0.51 · 38 aces · 45th in D2

Alana Simmons N

0.57 · 26 aces · 16th in D2

Blocks per set

Monica Burns MB

0.88 · 66 blocks · 136th in D2

Aylia Junious N

0.39 · 14 blocks

Digs per set

Abigail Watts DS

2.99 · 215 digs · 275th in D2

Alana Simmons N

2.09 · 96 digs · 721st in D2

Points per set

Zaniya Harris OH

3.21 · 240.5 points · 229th in D2

Alana Simmons N

2.71 · 124.5 points · 475th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Claflin	Virginia Union
Allen	W 3–0 25-23, 25-23, 25-21	W 3–1 25-21, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17
Savannah St.	W 3–0 28-26, 25-14, 25-19	W 3–1 25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 25-17
Benedict	L 2–3 22-25, 27-25, 25-23, 19-25, 12-15	W 3–1 26-28, 25-15, 25-20, 25-19
Livingstone	L 1–3 25-20, 21-26, 24-26, 17-25	L 2–3 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, 11-25, 16-18
Johnson C. Smith	W 3–1 25-9, 25-8, 21-25, 25-15	W 3–1 25-21, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21
Fayetteville St.	L 0–3 21-25, 17-25, 18-25	L 1–3 10-25, 25-23, 18-25, 6-25
Lincoln (PA)	W 3–0 25-16, 25-12, 25-16	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-22
Bowie St.	W 3–1 21-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-19	L 0–3 17-25, 17-25, 16-25
Elizabeth City St.	L 0–3 18-25, 14-25, 17-25	L 0–3 18-25, 13-25, 22-25
Shaw	L 0–3 13-25, 21-25, 20-25	L 0–3 0-0, 0-0, 0-0
Bluefield St.	L 0–3 15-25, 22-25, 20-25	L 0–3 18-25, 21-25, 8-25

Claflin roster


1	Nadia Embry	S	75	11	76	0.15	.079	4.03	0.16	0.03	1.56	0.32
2	Joi Tinsley	OH	75	16	64	0.21	.078	3.52	0.5145th D2	0.01	1.25	0.73
5	Nylah Holmes	L/DS	60	0	6	0.00	-.500	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.82	0.00
7	Abigail Watts	L/DS	72	3	48	0.04	-.042	0.53	0.32	0.00	2.99	0.36
8	Grayson Graham	OH	66	52	238	0.79	.029	0.02	0.05	0.20	0.55	0.94
9	Aryanna Connell	OH	75	136	391	1.81	.187	0.07	0.40	0.45	0.89	2.49
10	Zaniya Harris	OH	75	203	621	2.71	.166	0.08	0.37	0.21	1.48	3.21
11	Taylor Miller	MB	74	99	253	1.34	.217	0.11	0.01	0.70	0.18	1.82
12	Mya Sumter	OH	45	5	25	0.11	-.120	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.60	0.11
13	Danielle Dais	OH	19	16	48	0.84	.125	0.11	0.05	0.05	0.63	0.92
15	Nala Calvin	OH	46	10	62	0.22	-.097	0.04	0.00	0.35	0.22	0.41
18	Jadah Rasool	L/DS	73	3	23	0.04	-.087	0.04	0.03	0.00	1.48	0.07
21	Monica Burns	MB	75	136	327	1.81	.306	0.09	0.08	0.88	0.48	2.49
25	Jamila Lewis	MB	58	54	173	0.93	.162	0.07	0.00	0.43	0.47	1.23

Virginia Union roster


2	Kennedy Brown	N	37	0	11	0.00	-.182	0.22	0.19	0.00	1.32	0.19
4	Maria Pena	OH	49	88	251	1.80	.159	0.43	0.20	0.24	0.82	2.14
5	Alexandra Perot	OPP	49	64	169	1.31	.195	0.14	0.08	0.27	0.31	1.57
6	Zinnia Pickett	S	45	5	28	0.11	.071	4.16	0.5621st D2	0.02	1.07	0.68
7	Yasmeen Williams	N	30	5	19	0.17	.000	0.03	0.00	0.07	0.30	0.20
8	Deanna Nesbitt	N	45	6	31	0.13	-.129	0.16	0.11	0.09	1.62	0.30
9	Alana Simmons	OH	46	96	310	2.09	.087	0.41	0.5716th D2	0.11	2.09	2.71
10	Mariana Soriano	N	46	18	76	0.39	.066	3.00	0.22	0.02	1.07	0.62
11	Saniya Wiggins	N	13	1	1	0.08	1.000	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.12
12	Jordin Hicks	N	16	5	17	0.31	.118	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.34
13	Madison Mcintyre	OH	23	19	59	0.83	.186	0.26	0.13	0.04	0.78	0.98
14	Madison Hill	OPP	31	62	173	2.00	.197	0.10	0.45	0.39	0.90	2.66
15	Ciara Wilson	N	21	6	20	0.29	.100	0.05	0.00	0.14	0.10	0.36
16	Tahliya Brown	N	20	12	41	0.60	.024	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.45	0.75
17	Aylia Junious	N	36	26	68	0.72	.118	0.06	0.00	0.39	0.06	0.99
18	Layla Gray	N	24	17	43	0.71	.186	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.79
19	Kanaiya Parham	N	26	8	22	0.31	.273	1.54	0.12	0.00	0.31	0.42
21	Jordan Carter	N	67	48	156	0.72	.173	0.28	0.21	0.01	1.40	0.93
22	Sanai Doster	OPP	42	34	109	0.81	.128	0.10	0.00	0.24	0.12	0.99

Virginia Union schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Tue, Sep 1	at Mount Olive	9–10	L 0–3 16-25, 15-25, 18-25
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Benedict	10–6	W 3–1 26-28, 25-15, 25-20, 25-19
Fri, Sep 4	at Albany St. (GA)	16–8	L 0–3 16-25, 21-25, 17-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Allen	3–12	W 3–1 25-21, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17
Sat, Sep 5	at Savannah St.	4–13	W 3–1 25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 25-17
Sat, Sep 12	at Glenville St.	9–9	L 0–3 12-25, 14-25, 14-25
Mon, Sep 21	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	L 0–3 18-25, 13-25, 22-25
Thu, Sep 24	vs. Shaw CIAA	6–13	L 0–3 0-0, 0-0, 0-0
Mon, Sep 28	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	L 0–3 17-25, 17-25, 16-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	W 3–0 25-16, 25-19, 25-16
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	L 0–3 18-25, 21-25, 8-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	L 2–3 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, 11-25, 16-18
Sat, Oct 3	at Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	W 3–1 25-21, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	L 1–3 10-25, 25-23, 18-25, 6-25
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	L 0–3 23-25, 8-25, 18-25
Thu, Oct 8	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-22
Mon, Oct 12	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT 8%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	Oct 16, 2:00 PM CT 27%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 3%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Oct 17, 10:00 AM CT 1%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	Oct 17, 2:00 PM CT 87%
Sun, Oct 18	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	Oct 18, 4:00 PM CT 2%
Mon, Oct 26	vs. Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	Oct 26, 5:00 PM CT 8%
Thu, Oct 29	vs. Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Oct 29, 5:00 PM CT 97%
Thu, Nov 5	vs. Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Nov 5, 5:00 PM CT 7%

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Claflin schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Tue, Sep 1	vs. Paine	0–6	W 3–0 25-13, 25-15, 25-21
Fri, Sep 4	at Allen	3–12	W 3–0 25-23, 25-23, 25-21
Fri, Sep 4	at Savannah St.	4–13	W 3–0 28-26, 25-14, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	at Benedict	10–6	L 2–3 22-25, 27-25, 25-23, 19-25, 12-15
Sat, Sep 5	at Fort Valley St.	6–12	L 1–3 20-25, 25-19, 22-25, 19-25
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Miles	17–6	L 1–3 19-25, 27-25, 22-25, 18-25
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Christian Brothers	5–14	L 1–3 10-25, 19-25, 25-17, 12-25
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Southern N.H.	2–14	W 3–1 25-13, 16-25, 25-21, 25-19
Sat, Sep 12	vs. LeMoyne-Owen	2–23	W 3–1 25-20, 23-25, 25-21, 25-13
Tue, Sep 15	at South Carolina St.	3–1	L 0–3 23-25, 12-25, 23-25
Wed, Sep 16	vs. South Carolina St.	3–1	W 3–1 26-24, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21
Mon, Sep 21	at Livingstone CIAA	14–5	L 1–3 25-20, 21-26, 24-26, 17-25
Thu, Sep 24	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	W 3–1 25-9, 25-8, 21-25, 25-15
Mon, Sep 28	at Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	L 0–3 21-25, 17-25, 18-25
Fri, Oct 2	at Virginia Union CIAA	6–10	L 0–3 16-25, 19-25, 16-25
Fri, Oct 2	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	W 3–0 25-16, 25-12, 25-16
Sat, Oct 3	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	W 3–1 21-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-19
Sat, Oct 3	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	L 0–3 18-25, 14-25, 17-25
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Virginia St. CIAA	12–7	L 1–3 25-22, 20-25, 20-25, 23-25
Sun, Oct 4	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	L 0–3 13-25, 21-25, 20-25
Thu, Oct 8	at Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	L 0–3 15-25, 22-25, 20-25
Mon, Oct 12	at Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT 94%
Fri, Oct 16	at Virginia Union CIAA	6–10	Oct 16, 2:00 PM CT 73%
Fri, Oct 16	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 17	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	Oct 17, 12:00 PM CT 27%
Sat, Oct 17	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Oct 17, 4:00 PM CT 15%
Sun, Oct 18	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	Oct 18, 10:00 AM CT 18%
Sun, Oct 18	at Virginia St. CIAA	12–7	Oct 18, 6:00 PM CT 8%
Thu, Oct 22	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	Oct 22, 5:00 PM CT 9%
Mon, Oct 26	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Oct 26, 5:00 PM CT 4%
Thu, Oct 29	vs. Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	Oct 29, 5:00 PM CT 28%
Sat, Oct 31	at Paine	0–6	Oct 31, 12:00 PM CT 99%
Mon, Nov 2	at Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	Nov 2, 5:00 PM CT 5%
Thu, Nov 5	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	Nov 5, 5:00 PM CT 13%