Concordia-St. Paul vs. Northern State Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Played Fri, Oct 23

Concordia-St. Paul

19–5 · 14–3 conf. · AVCA #7 · Strength #10

vs.

Northern St.

17–7 · 12–4 conf. · AVCA receiving votes · Strength #25

Already this season

Date	Match	Concordia-St. Paul result
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Northern St.	W 3–0 26-24, 25-16, 25-16

If they played again

From the CORA's Strength rating, at a neutral site. Concordia-St. Paul is expected to win 51.3% of rallies.

63%

Concordia-St. Paul wins · Strength rank 10

3–0 19%3–1 24%3–2 20%

37%

Northern St. wins · Strength rank 25

3–0 8%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.

Concordia-St. Paul on offense

Concordia-St. Paul attack vs. Northern St. defense

Concordia-St. Paul hitting %.267 · 19th Northern St. opp. hitting % allowed.216 · 230th

Edge: Concordia-St. Paul

Concordia-St. Paul serve vs. Northern St. passing

Concordia-St. Paul aces per set1.77 · 117th Northern St. reception error %7.2% · 71st

Slight edge: Northern St.

Concordia-St. Paul siding out vs. Northern St. serving

Concordia-St. Paul sideout %61.5% · 19th Northern St. point-scoring %45.6% · 109th

Edge: Concordia-St. Paul

Northern St. on offense

Northern St. attack vs. Concordia-St. Paul defense

Northern St. hitting %.287 · 6th Concordia-St. Paul opp. hitting % allowed.187 · 146th

Edge: Northern St.

Northern St. serve vs. Concordia-St. Paul passing

Northern St. aces per set1.57 · 177th Concordia-St. Paul reception error %6.8% · 49th

Edge: Concordia-St. Paul

Northern St. siding out vs. Concordia-St. Paul serving

Northern St. sideout %60.4% · 30th Concordia-St. Paul point-scoring %46.4% · 94th

Slight edge: Northern St.

What each team does well

Concordia-St. Paul

What they do well

Assists per set13.25 · 4th in D2
Kills per set14.04 · 12th in D2
Hitting %.267 · 19th in D2
Sideout %61.5% · 19th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Service errors per set2.23 · 192nd in D2

Northern St.

What they do well

Hitting %.287 · 6th in D2
Assists per set13.00 · 13th in D2
Kills per set13.96 · 16th in D2
Sideout %60.4% · 30th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Opponent hitting %.216 · 230th in D2
Blocks per set1.60 · 189th 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.

Concordia-St. PaulNorthern St.

Attack

Hitting %

.26719th of 281

.2876th of 281

Kills per set

14.0412th of 281

13.9616th of 281

Assists per set

13.254th of 281

13.0013th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

61.5%19th of 281

60.4%30th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.77117th of 281

1.57177th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.23192nd of 281

1.6760th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

46.4%94th of 281

45.6%109th of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.8%49th of 281

7.2%71st of 281

Digs per set

16.1576th of 281

15.43122nd of 281

Blocks per set

2.0850th of 281

1.60189th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.187146th of 281

.216230th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Concordia-St. Paul	Northern St.
Strength rank	10	25
Schedule strength rank	17	39
Record vs. top 50	9–4	4–5
Hitting % vs. top 50	.244	.218
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.197	.241
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	50.9% 283	51.6% 188

Players to watch

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

Concordia-St. PaulNorthern St.

Kills per set

Makenna Nold OH

4.08 · 379 kills · 11th in D2

Katelyn Schroeder OH

3.99 · 355 kills · 17th in D2

Hitting %

Mehlayna Straub MB

.376 · 246–53–513 · 34th in D2

Victoria Persha OH

.338 · 195–50–429 · 78th in D2

Assists per set

Audrey Waterman S

6.24 · 580 assists · 133rd in D2

Ava Nilsson S

11.71 · 1042 assists · 1st in D2

Aces per set

Makenna Nold OH

0.40 · 37 aces · 135th in D2

Ava Nilsson S

0.36 · 32 aces · 239th in D2

Blocks per set

Mehlayna Straub MB

1.00 · 93 blocks · 70th in D2

Victoria Persha OH

0.82 · 73 blocks · 189th in D2

Digs per set

Makenna Nold OH

2.83 · 263 digs · 328th in D2

Ashley Yost L/DS

4.22 · 376 digs · 103rd in D2

Points per set

Makenna Nold OH

4.89 · 455 points · 4th in D2

Katelyn Schroeder OH

4.39 · 391 points · 24th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Concordia-St. Paul	Northern St.
Southwest Minn. St.	W 3–1 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23	L 2–3 25-21, 19-25, 25-17, 22-25, 13-15
Sioux Falls	W 3–1 25-17, 20-25, 25-13, 25-18	W 3–2 16-25, 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 15-10
Augustana (SD)	W 3–2 19-25, 25-27, 25-19, 25-20, 20-18	W 3–0 25-19, 25-21, 27-25
Wayne St. (NE)	L 2–3 27-25, 25-20, 22-25, 21-25, 12-15	L 1–3 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-25
Winona St.	W 3–0 25-13, 25-14, 25-18	W 3–1 25-23, 25-22, 18-25, 25-20
St. Cloud St.	W 3–2 25-17, 25-27, 15-25, 25-22, 15-10 L 1–3 18-25, 18-25, 25-12, 22-25	W 3–1 25-17, 25-17, 12-25, 25-19
Minnesota St.	W 3–0 25-13, 25-13, 25-22 W 3–0 25-18, 25-21, 25-17	W 3–0 28-26, 25-23, 25-22
Minn. Duluth	L 2–3 23-25, 25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 13-15	L 0–3 22-25, 21-25, 21-25
Bemidji St.	W 3–2 20-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 15-9	W 3–0 25-23, 25-14, 26-24
MSU Moorhead	W 3–0 25-19, 25-17, 25-11	W 3–0 25-21, 25-17, 27-25
Minn.-Crookston	W 3–0 25-20, 25-9, 25-13	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-13
Mary	W 3–1 25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 25-10	W 3–0 25-20, 25-13, 25-14
Minot St.	W 3–0 31-29, 25-15, 25-16	W 3–0 25-14, 25-6, 25-12 W 3–0 25-12, 25-15, 25-13
Jamestown	W 3–1 23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 27-25	W 3–2 21-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-12

Concordia-St. Paul roster


1	Reagan Hickey	S	89	1	8	0.01	.125	5.81	0.00	0.00	1.16	0.01
2	Audrey Waterman	S	93	19	59	0.20	.254	6.24	0.31	0.39	0.84	0.74
3	Makenna Nold	OH	93	379	912	4.0811th D2	.282	0.16	0.40	0.71	2.83	4.894th D2
4	Mehlayna Straub	MB	93	246	513	2.65	.37634th D2	0.02	0.01	1.0070th D2	0.25	3.26
5	Josie Tingelhoff	L/DS	84	1	3	0.01	.333	0.24	0.00	0.00	2.20	0.01
6	Vivie Dempsey	OH	27	5	28	0.19	-.071	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.19
7	Kaydence White	MB	28	17	58	0.61	.155	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.21	0.71
8	Annika Swenson	MB	19	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	Kaelyn Snoozy	OH	93	175	595	1.88	.176	0.25	0.34	0.27	2.82	2.39
10	Marta Leeland	L/DS	93	2	5	0.02	.400	0.51	0.37	0.00	2.23	0.39
13	Abby Rolbiecki	L/DS	93	0	3	0.00	.000	0.15	0.19	0.01	2.42	0.20
15	Kelsey Cooper	MB	93	240	538	2.58	.33877th D2	0.15	0.15	0.70	0.97	3.13
17	Julia Gordon	MB	90	221	645	2.46	.216	0.00	0.00	0.37	0.62	2.68
20	Olivia Stier	MB	25	0	4	0.00	-.500	0.00	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.02

Northern St. roster


1	Victoria Persha	OH	89	195	429	2.19	.33878th D2	0.06	0.26	0.82	0.56	2.89
2	Katelyn Schroeder	OH	89	355	902	3.9917th D2	.282	0.17	0.26	0.29	3.06	4.3924th D2
3	Avery Douglas	L/DS	26	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	Lydia Nelson	OH	85	147	349	1.73	.226	0.02	0.02	0.67	0.19	2.12
5	Sara Moberg	L/DS	89	4	8	0.04	.375	0.21	0.15	0.01	1.98	0.20
6	Margaret Smith	S	26	2	9	0.08	.222	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08
7	Michalina Grudzien	OH	26	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	Ava Nilsson	S	89	42	116	0.47	.284	11.711st D2	0.36	0.40	2.39	1.03
10	Addie Leach	L/DS	33	1	3	0.03	.000	0.00	0.15	0.00	1.33	0.18
11	Logan Fredrickson	MB	26	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Avery Maasdorf	OH	26	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Morissen Samuels	OH	82	165	470	2.01	.234	0.05	0.00	0.39	0.49	2.24
15	Sidonia Wattier	S	30	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.03
16	Isabella Leaf	MB	26	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	Ashley Yost	L/DS	89	3	16	0.03	.063	0.69	0.11	0.01	4.22	0.15
18	Linnea Nesheim	OH	82	272	622	3.3281st D2	.33198th D2	0.09	0.29	0.30	2.09	3.7976th D2
20	Cara Cyr	MB	44	49	110	1.11	.309	0.05	0.09	0.25	0.23	1.34

Northern St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Flagler (neutral)	22–3	W 3–0 25-22, 25-23, 25-22
Fri, Aug 28	vs. UCCS (neutral)	13–9	W 3–1 25-17, 25-18, 16-25, 25-15
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Cal St. Dom. Hills (neutral)	2–18	W 3–0 25-17, 25-11, 25-8
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Colo. Christian (neutral)	10–10	L 2–3 25-13, 23-25, 25-7, 15-25, 10-15
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Okla. Christian (neutral)	15–10	W 3–2 25-15, 26-24, 22-25, 19-25, 15-12
Fri, Sep 4	at Missouri Western	19–3	L 1–3 24-26, 17-25, 25-16, 20-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Northwest Mo. St. (neutral)	7–14	W 3–0 25-20, 25-21, 25-13
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Rockhurst (neutral)	17–6	L 2–3 23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 26-24, 9-15
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Minn.-Crookston NSIC	3–21	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-13
Sat, Sep 12	vs. MSU Moorhead NSIC	12–13	W 3–0 25-21, 25-17, 27-25
Fri, Sep 18	at Minn. Duluth NSIC	18–6	L 0–3 22-25, 21-25, 21-25
Sat, Sep 19	at Bemidji St. NSIC	16–8	W 3–0 25-23, 25-14, 26-24
Thu, Sep 24	at Jamestown NSIC	16–8	W 3–2 21-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-12
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Mary NSIC	4–20	W 3–0 25-20, 25-13, 25-14
Tue, Sep 29	vs. Minot St. NSIC	4–21	W 3–0 25-14, 25-6, 25-12
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Wayne St. (NE) NSIC	23–2	L 1–3 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Augustana (SD) NSIC	15–9	W 3–0 25-19, 25-21, 27-25
Fri, Oct 9	at Sioux Falls NSIC	9–15	W 3–2 16-25, 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 15-10
Sat, Oct 10	at Southwest Minn. St. NSIC	19–5	L 2–3 25-21, 19-25, 25-17, 22-25, 13-15
Fri, Oct 16	vs. St. Cloud St. NSIC	19–6	W 3–1 25-17, 25-17, 12-25, 25-19
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Minnesota St. NSIC	10–14	W 3–0 28-26, 25-23, 25-22
Fri, Oct 23	at Concordia-St. Paul NSIC	19–5	L 0–3 24-26, 16-25, 16-25
Sat, Oct 24	at Winona St. NSIC	5–17	W 3–1 25-23, 25-22, 18-25, 25-20
Tue, Oct 27	at Minot St. NSIC	4–21	W 3–0 25-12, 25-15, 25-13
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Bemidji St. NSIC	16–8	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 83%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Minn. Duluth NSIC	18–6	Oct 31, 1:00 PM CT 62%
Fri, Nov 6	at MSU Moorhead NSIC	12–13	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 72%
Sat, Nov 7	at Minn.-Crookston NSIC	3–21	Nov 7, 2:00 PM CT 99%

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Concordia-St. Paul schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Gannon (neutral)	18–4	W 3–1 25-19, 25-23, 22-25, 25-22
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Mo.-St. Louis (neutral)	17–6	L 2–3 12-25, 26-24, 18-25, 25-20, 7-15
Sat, Aug 29	at Cedarville	13–9	W 3–0 25-22, 25-13, 25-21
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Lewis (neutral)	14–10	L 0–3 21-25, 23-25, 27-29
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Palm Beach Atl. (neutral)	13–11	W 3–0 25-21, 25-23, 33-31
Sat, Sep 5	at MSU Denver	16–6	W 3–2 15-25, 25-19, 25-11, 24-26, 15-13
Sat, Sep 5	vs. West Tex. A&M (neutral)	12–12	W 3–1 25-16, 23-25, 25-14, 25-20
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Southwest Minn. St. NSIC	19–5	W 3–1 25-17, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Sioux Falls NSIC	9–15	W 3–1 25-17, 20-25, 25-13, 25-18
Fri, Sep 18	at Augustana (SD) NSIC	15–9	W 3–2 19-25, 25-27, 25-19, 25-20, 20-18
Sat, Sep 19	at Wayne St. (NE) NSIC	23–2	L 2–3 27-25, 25-20, 22-25, 21-25, 12-15
Thu, Sep 24	at Winona St. NSIC	5–17	W 3–0 25-13, 25-14, 25-18
Sat, Sep 26	vs. St. Cloud St. NSIC	19–6	W 3–2 25-17, 25-27, 15-25, 25-22, 15-10
Tue, Sep 29	vs. Minnesota St. NSIC	10–14	W 3–0 25-13, 25-13, 25-22
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Minn. Duluth NSIC	18–6	L 2–3 23-25, 25-23, 25-18, 22-25, 13-15
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Bemidji St. NSIC	16–8	W 3–2 20-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 15-9
Fri, Oct 9	at MSU Moorhead NSIC	12–13	W 3–0 25-19, 25-17, 25-11
Sat, Oct 10	at Minn.-Crookston NSIC	3–21	W 3–0 25-20, 25-9, 25-13
Fri, Oct 16	at Mary NSIC	4–20	W 3–1 25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 25-10
Sat, Oct 17	at Minot St. NSIC	4–21	W 3–0 31-29, 25-15, 25-16
Tue, Oct 20	at St. Cloud St. NSIC	19–6	L 1–3 18-25, 18-25, 25-12, 22-25
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Northern St. NSIC	17–7	W 3–0 26-24, 25-16, 25-16
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Jamestown NSIC	16–8	W 3–1 23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 27-25
Tue, Oct 27	at Minnesota St. NSIC	10–14	W 3–0 25-18, 25-21, 25-17
Fri, Oct 30	at Sioux Falls NSIC	9–15	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 80%
Sat, Oct 31	at Southwest Minn. St. NSIC	19–5	Oct 31, 3:00 PM CT 41%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Wayne St. (NE) NSIC	23–2	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 43%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Augustana (SD) NSIC	15–9	Nov 7, 5:00 PM CT 83%