Colorado Mesa vs. Western Colorado Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Played Fri, Oct 2

Colorado Mesa

13–3 · 8–1 conf. · AVCA receiving votes · power #10

vs.

Western Colo.

7–10 · 4–6 conf. · power #139

Already this season

Date	Match	Colorado Mesa result
Tue, Sep 22	at Western Colo.	W 3–0 25-18, 25-18, 25-22
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Western Colo.	W 3–0 25-16, 25-6, 25-17

If they played again

From the power rating, at a neutral site. Colorado Mesa is expected to win 57.4% of rallies.

97%

Colorado Mesa wins · power rank 10

3–0 63%3–1 27%3–2 7%

Western Colo. wins · power rank 139

3–0 0%3–1 1%3–2 2%

Where the match is won

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

Colorado Mesa on offense

Colorado Mesa attack vs. Western Colo. defense

Colorado Mesa hitting %.291 · 9th Western Colo. opp. hitting % allowed.187 · 148th

Edge: Colorado Mesa

Colorado Mesa serve vs. Western Colo. passing

Colorado Mesa aces per set2.02 · 47th Western Colo. reception error %8.3% · 137th

Edge: Colorado Mesa

Colorado Mesa siding out vs. Western Colo. serving

Colorado Mesa sideout %61.0% · 25th Western Colo. point-scoring %42.3% · 222nd

Edge: Colorado Mesa

Western Colo. on offense

Western Colo. attack vs. Colorado Mesa defense

Western Colo. hitting %.191 · 130th Colorado Mesa opp. hitting % allowed.150 · 55th

Edge: Colorado Mesa

Western Colo. serve vs. Colorado Mesa passing

Western Colo. aces per set1.16 · 267th Colorado Mesa reception error %6.4% · 35th

Edge: Colorado Mesa

Western Colo. siding out vs. Colorado Mesa serving

Western Colo. sideout %56.0% · 118th Colorado Mesa point-scoring %48.7% · 35th

Edge: Colorado Mesa

What each team does well

Colorado Mesa

What they do well

Hitting %.291 · 9th in D2
Sideout %61.0% · 25th in D2
Point-scoring %48.7% · 35th in D2
Reception error %6.4% · 35th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Digs per set13.84 · 215th in D2

Western Colo.

What they do well

Nothing in the top 30% of D2 yet.

Where they can be pushed

Aces per set1.16 · 267th in D2
Point-scoring %42.3% · 222nd in D2
Service errors per set2.28 · 198th 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.

Colorado MesaWestern Colo.

Attack

Hitting %

.2919th of 281

.191130th of 281

Kills per set

13.1854th of 281

12.25119th of 281

Assists per set

12.4042nd of 281

11.33112th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

61.0%25th of 281

56.0%118th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

2.0247th of 281

1.16267th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.09154th of 281

2.28198th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

48.7%35th of 281

42.3%222nd of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.4%35th of 281

8.3%137th of 281

Digs per set

13.84215th of 281

14.97151st of 281

Blocks per set

1.85109th of 281

1.9096th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.15055th of 281

.187148th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Colorado Mesa	Western Colo.
Power rank	10	139
Schedule strength rank	63	98
Record vs. top 50	3–3	0–4
Hitting % vs. top 50	.219	.127
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.217	.274
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	41.0% 83	54.9% 153

Players to watch

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

Colorado MesaWestern Colo.

Kills per set

Ashlee Macias OH

3.13 · 166 kills · 116th in D2

Sierra Long OH

2.56 · 141 kills · 316th in D2

Hitting %

Addie Ritterbush MB

.364 · 110–18–253 · 46th in D2

Sierra Long OH

.225 · 141–54–387 · 435th in D2

Assists per set

Ashlyn Tafoya S

5.62 · 309 assists · 164th in D2

Olivia Moore S

5.03 · 292 assists · 207th in D2

Aces per set

Ashlee Macias OH

0.42 · 22 aces · 123rd in D2

Maggie Legg OH

0.23 · 14 aces · 788th in D2

Blocks per set

Jaycee Windorski MB

1.00 · 52 blocks · 66th in D2

Breanna Nohava MB

0.76 · 38 blocks · 253rd in D2

Digs per set

Maya Grant L

3.47 · 191 digs · 190th in D2

Galatia Andrew L

4.28 · 227 digs · 96th in D2

Points per set

Ashlee Macias OH

3.70 · 196 points · 92nd in D2

Andrea Torres OH

2.81 · 151.5 points · 421st in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Colorado Mesa	Western Colo.
Sul Ross St.	W 3–0 25-5, 25-19, 25-14	W 3–0 25-11, 25-18, 25-18
N.M. Highlands	W 3–0 25-9, 25-17, 25-21	W 3–0 25-18, 25-20, 25-21
Westminster (UT)	W 3–0 25-21, 25-15, 25-14	W 3–2 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 21-25, 18-16 L 2–3 21-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 13-15
Fort Lewis	W 3–1 25-16, 25-18, 21-25, 25-16	L 0–3 16-25, 21-25, 24-26

Colorado Mesa roster


1	Ashlyn Tafoya	S	55	1	8	0.02	.000	5.62	0.38	0.00	1.45	0.40
2	Trinity Burchett	L/DS	33	0	0	0.00	—	0.45	0.09	0.00	1.36	0.09
3	Lauren Waters	MB	16	3	3	0.19	1.000	0.06	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.25
4	Aesha Alrashed	MB	47	38	93	0.81	.312	0.02	0.00	0.70	0.19	1.19
5	Addison Wright	L/DS	49	1	4	0.02	.000	0.20	0.20	0.00	1.65	0.22
6	Sydney Amiatu	OH	14	18	50	1.29	.180	0.00	0.00	0.21	0.50	1.43
7	Marli Clausi	L/DS	23	0	0	0.00	—	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.48	0.00
8	Karsen Breeding	OH	36	38	144	1.06	.132	0.03	0.00	0.14	0.31	1.13
9	Aubriel Loken	L/DS	16	0	0	0.00	—	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.19	0.06
10	Ashley Bornhoft	MB	16	0	1	0.00	-1.000	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	0.16
11	Jaycee Windorski	MB	52	82	175	1.58	.34972nd D2	0.06	0.31	1.0066th D2	0.58	2.44
12	Macy Wood	MB	27	9	11	0.33	.818	0.00	0.04	0.26	0.19	0.50
13	Maya Grant	L/DS	55	0	4	0.00	.000	0.89	0.27	0.00	3.47	0.27
14	Ashlyn Persha	S	32	8	15	0.25	.400	2.97	0.22	0.00	0.97	0.47
15	Kaitlyn Hall	OPP	22	19	42	0.86	.286	0.05	0.00	0.36	0.05	1.05
16	Henley Madsen	OPP	51	110	269	2.16	.309	0.04	0.08	0.51	0.61	2.49
17	Ashlee Macias	OH	53	166	376	3.13	.261	0.19	0.42	0.28	2.62	3.7092nd D2
18	Bailee Tucker	OPP	20	12	27	0.60	.185	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.00	0.70
20	Coco Barnett	OPP	19	10	20	0.53	.400	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.16	0.61
21	Addie Ritterbush	MB	48	110	253	2.29	.36446th D2	0.00	0.00	0.44	0.38	2.52
22	Molly Whalen	OH	42	95	215	2.26	.307	0.00	0.00	0.19	0.57	2.36
23	Hallie Hewlett	S	48	5	15	0.10	.200	3.81	0.23	0.00	0.81	0.33

Western Colo. roster


1	Makaelah Paulino	L/DS	61	1	18	0.02	-.111	0.49	0.21	0.03	2.25	0.25
2	Galatia Andrew	L/DS	53	3	32	0.06	.000	1.13	0.15	0.00	4.2896th D2	0.21
3	Andrea Torres	OH	54	136	364	2.52	.190	0.09	0.02	0.44	0.63	2.81
4	Kailee Padilla	L/DS	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	Sierra Long	OH	55	141	387	2.56	.225	0.05	0.00	0.31	0.53	2.75
6	Anuhea Kaalele	S	53	19	71	0.36	.225	4.94	0.15	0.13	1.94	0.58
7	Emily Robins	OH	32	42	121	1.31	.116	0.09	0.00	0.56	0.25	1.59
8	Page Oothoudt	OH	49	82	244	1.67	.201	0.04	0.00	0.43	0.47	1.91
9	Kyra Kidd	MB	59	71	209	1.20	.196	0.05	0.19	0.75	0.59	1.81
10	Maggie Legg	OH	60	134	426	2.23	.192	0.37	0.23	0.17	2.63	2.56
11	Sophia Hernandez	S	35	0	2	0.00	.000	0.11	0.09	0.00	0.80	0.09
12	Breanna Nohava	MB	50	44	135	0.88	.170	0.02	0.00	0.76	0.10	1.28
13	Olivia Moore	S	58	20	56	0.34	.250	5.03	0.19	0.09	1.76	0.58
14	Lauren Jacobson	OH	21	7	24	0.33	.083	0.05	0.05	0.00	0.48	0.38
15	Mary Hamann	OH	16	4	19	0.25	.000	0.00	0.00	0.19	0.25	0.34
16	Emily McMillan	MB	10	2	5	0.20	.400	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20
22	Karease Broeker	MB	28	41	90	1.46	.256	0.11	0.04	0.64	0.36	1.89

Western Colo. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	vs. Southwestern Okla.	12–8	W 3–2 25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 24-26, 15-12
Fri, Aug 28	vs. N.M. Highlands RMAC	3–14	W 3–0 25-18, 25-20, 25-21
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Sul Ross St.	0–17	W 3–0 25-11, 25-18, 25-18
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Lubbock Christian	8–9	W 3–0 25-18, 25-22, 25-20
Thu, Sep 3	at Western Ore.	6–10	L 0–3 17-25, 23-25, 23-25
Thu, Sep 3	at Chaminade	10–8	L 0–3 23-25, 19-25, 23-25
Sat, Sep 5	at Hawaii Pacific	2–11	L 1–3 25-13, 14-25, 19-25, 26-28
Sat, Sep 5	at Hawaii Hilo	14–5	L 0–3 16-25, 20-25, 18-25
Fri, Sep 11	at South Dakota Mines RMAC	12–4	L 1–3 9-25, 22-25, 25-23, 20-25
Sat, Sep 12	at Black Hills St. RMAC	6–10	W 3–0 26-24, 25-15, 25-12
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Regis (CO) RMAC	2–15	W 3–0 25-22, 25-21, 25-19
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Chadron St. RMAC	7–9	L 2–3 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 12-15
Tue, Sep 22	vs. Colorado Mesa RMAC	13–3	L 0–3 18-25, 18-25, 22-25
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Westminster (UT) RMAC	3–13	W 3–2 25-20, 25-22, 22-25, 21-25, 18-16
Fri, Oct 2	at Colorado Mesa RMAC	13–3	L 0–3 16-25, 6-25, 17-25
Sat, Oct 3	at Westminster (UT) RMAC	3–13	L 2–3 21-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 13-15
Tue, Oct 6	vs. Fort Lewis RMAC	10–7	L 0–3 16-25, 21-25, 24-26
Fri, Oct 9	at Colo. Sch. of Mines RMAC	13–3	Oct 9, 7:00 PM CT 4%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. N.M. Highlands RMAC	3–14	Oct 16, 7:00 PM CT 80%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Chadron St. RMAC	7–9	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 61%
Sat, Oct 24	at Black Hills St. RMAC	6–10	Oct 24, 11:00 AM CT 52%
Fri, Oct 30	at UCCS RMAC	10–6	Oct 30, 7:00 PM CT 12%
Sat, Oct 31	at MSU Denver RMAC	10–6	Oct 31, 5:00 PM CT 9%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. CSU Pueblo RMAC	8–9	Nov 6, 7:00 PM CT 37%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Colo. Christian RMAC	6–8	Nov 7, 7:00 PM CT 53%

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Colorado Mesa schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	at Neb.-Kearney	17–1	W 3–0 25-17, 31-29, 25-17
Fri, Aug 28	at DBU	12–3	L 0–3 22-25, 22-25, 14-25
Fri, Aug 28	at Mississippi Christian	6–13	W 3–0 25-14, 25-13, 25-12
Sat, Aug 29	at Biola	12–4	L 0–3 20-25, 21-25, 13-25
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Sul Ross St.	0–17	W 3–0 25-5, 25-19, 25-14
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Fort Hays St.	14–6	W 3–2 25-19, 25-16, 23-25, 23-25, 17-15
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Fairmont St.	17–4	W 3–0 25-10, 25-10, 25-14
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Adams St. RMAC	10–8	W 3–0 25-12, 25-18, 20-14
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Adams St. RMAC	10–8	W 3–0 25-21, 25-11, 25-17
Sat, Sep 12	vs. N.M. Highlands RMAC	3–14	W 3–0 25-9, 25-17, 25-21
Fri, Sep 18	at MSU Denver RMAC	10–6	W 3–2 25-27, 19-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-7
Sat, Sep 19	at UCCS RMAC	10–6	L 2–3 20-25, 25-10, 25-20, 19-25, 15-17
Tue, Sep 22	at Western Colo. RMAC	7–10	W 3–0 25-18, 25-18, 25-22
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Westminster (UT) RMAC	3–13	W 3–0 25-21, 25-15, 25-14
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Western Colo. RMAC	7–10	W 3–0 25-16, 25-6, 25-17
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Fort Lewis RMAC	10–7	W 3–1 25-16, 25-18, 21-25, 25-16
Fri, Oct 9	at Colo. Christian RMAC	6–8	Oct 9, 7:00 PM CT 95%
Sat, Oct 10	at CSU Pueblo RMAC	8–9	Oct 10, 7:00 PM CT 90%
Tue, Oct 13	at Westminster (UT) RMAC	3–13	Oct 13, 7:00 PM CT 98%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Colo. Sch. of Mines RMAC	13–3	Oct 17, 6:00 PM CT 67%
Thu, Oct 22	at Colo. Sch. of Mines RMAC	13–3	Oct 22, 7:00 PM CT 55%
Fri, Oct 23	at Westminster (UT) RMAC	3–13	Oct 23, 7:00 PM CT 98%
Fri, Oct 30	at Chadron St. RMAC	7–9	Oct 30, 7:00 PM CT 97%
Sat, Oct 31	at Regis (CO) RMAC	2–15	Oct 31, 4:00 PM CT 99%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Black Hills St. RMAC	6–10	Nov 6, 7:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. South Dakota Mines RMAC	12–4	Nov 7, 2:00 PM CT 87%