Grand Valley State vs. Saginaw Valley Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Saginaw Valley at Grand Valley St. · Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 PM CT

Grand Valley St.

14–3 · 8–1 conf. · AVCA #17 · power #17

vs.

Saginaw Valley

12–6 · 5–4 conf. · power #72

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Already this season

Date	Match	Grand Valley St. result
Tue, Oct 6	at Saginaw Valley	W 3–2 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 25-19, 16-14

Prediction

From the power rating, at Grand Valley St. Grand Valley St. is expected to win 54.7% of rallies.

89%

Grand Valley St. wins · power rank 17

3–0 42%3–1 32%3–2 15%

11%

Saginaw Valley wins · power rank 72

3–0 2%3–1 4%3–2 6%

Where the match is won

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

Grand Valley St. on offense

Grand Valley St. attack vs. Saginaw Valley defense

Grand Valley St. hitting %.292 · 6th Saginaw Valley opp. hitting % allowed.157 · 69th

Slight edge: Grand Valley St.

Grand Valley St. serve vs. Saginaw Valley passing

Grand Valley St. aces per set1.57 · 168th Saginaw Valley reception error %6.8% · 53rd

Edge: Saginaw Valley

Grand Valley St. siding out vs. Saginaw Valley serving

Grand Valley St. sideout %61.1% · 22nd Saginaw Valley point-scoring %42.8% · 207th

Edge: Grand Valley St.

Saginaw Valley on offense

Saginaw Valley attack vs. Grand Valley St. defense

Saginaw Valley hitting %.203 · 105th Grand Valley St. opp. hitting % allowed.146 · 48th

Slight edge: Grand Valley St.

Saginaw Valley serve vs. Grand Valley St. passing

Saginaw Valley aces per set1.55 · 178th Grand Valley St. reception error %7.6% · 96th

Edge: Grand Valley St.

Saginaw Valley siding out vs. Grand Valley St. serving

Saginaw Valley sideout %59.1% · 47th Grand Valley St. point-scoring %49.6% · 21st

Even

What each team does well

Grand Valley St.

What they do well

Hitting %.292 · 6th in D2
Kills per set13.84 · 22nd in D2
Sideout %61.1% · 22nd in D2
Point-scoring %49.6% · 21st in D2

Where they can be pushed

No category in the bottom third of D2.

Saginaw Valley

What they do well

Sideout %59.1% · 47th in D2
Blocks per set2.12 · 45th in D2
Reception error %6.8% · 53rd in D2
Digs per set16.50 · 54th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Service errors per set2.38 · 216th in D2
Point-scoring %42.8% · 207th 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.

Grand Valley St.Saginaw Valley

Attack

Hitting %

.2926th of 281

.203105th of 281

Kills per set

13.8422nd of 281

12.8083rd of 281

Assists per set

12.4634th of 281

12.0366th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

61.1%22nd of 281

59.1%47th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.57168th of 281

1.55178th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.19176th of 281

2.38216th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

49.6%21st of 281

42.8%207th of 281

Pass & defend

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

7.6%96th of 281

6.8%53rd of 281

Digs per set

15.54122nd of 281

16.5054th of 281

Blocks per set

1.9776th of 281

2.1245th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.14648th of 281

.15769th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Grand Valley St.	Saginaw Valley
Power rank	17	72
Schedule strength rank	83	115
Record vs. top 50	3–2	1–4
Hitting % vs. top 50	.280	.155
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.221	.239
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	54.2% 118	55.0% 140

Players to watch

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

Grand Valley St.Saginaw Valley

Kills per set

Finley Arp OH

3.02 · 181 kills · 145th in D2

Jackie Scheiber S

3.35 · 134 kills

Hitting %

Paige Sanders MB

.424 · 146–32–269 · 9th in D2

Marissa Roe MB

.277 · 107–33–267 · 231st in D2

Assists per set

Gabby Orlet S

9.90 · 614 assists · 26th in D2

Taylor Smith S

8.68 · 564 assists · 66th in D2

Aces per set

Finley Arp OH

0.42 · 25 aces · 121st in D2

Taylor Smith S

0.29 · 19 aces · 518th in D2

Blocks per set

Kennedy Arp MB

0.84 · 51 blocks · 180th in D2

Marissa Roe MB

1.09 · 72 blocks · 35th in D2

Digs per set

Lexi Armstrong L

4.94 · 306 digs · 32nd in D2

Kendall White DS

4.06 · 264 digs · 120th in D2

Points per set

Finley Arp OH

3.63 · 217.5 points · 104th in D2

Jackie Scheiber S

3.76 · 150.5 points

Common opponents

Opponent	Grand Valley St.	Saginaw Valley
Northwood	W 3–0 25-12, 25-15, 25-12	W 3–0 25-14, 25-13, 25-21 W 3–0 25-14, 25-21, 25-18
Cedarville	W 3–0 25-22, 25-15, 25-10	W 3–1 25-17, 14-25, 25-20, 25-19
Seton Hill	L 2–3 25-15, 25-10, 23-25, 25-27, 11-15	W 3–1 25-20, 25-17, 22-25, 26-24
Lake Superior St.	W 3–0 25-14, 25-11, 25-6	W 3–1 25-15, 27-25, 23-25, 25-21
Wayne St. (MI)	W 3–0 25-23, 25-15, 25-16 W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 25-16	W 3–1 25-17, 25-22, 17-25, 25-23
Roosevelt	W 3–0 25-15, 25-15, 25-17	W 3–0 25-18, 25-19, 30-28
Wis.-Parkside	W 3–2 25-22, 18-25, 25-15, 22-25, 15-8	W 3–2 25-23, 18-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-12
Davenport	W 3–1 20-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-19	L 0–3 22-25, 18-25, 18-25
Northern Mich.	W 3–0 27-25, 25-19, 25-19	W 3–1 18-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-20
Ferris St.	L 0–3 19-25, 24-26, 21-25	L 0–3 22-25, 15-25, 20-25

Grand Valley St. roster


1	Olivia Behen	L/DS	57	0	3	0.00	.000	0.12	0.16	0.00	1.81	0.16
2	Shelby Fabbri	L/DS	36	1	2	0.03	.500	0.11	0.11	0.03	1.58	0.15
3	Sara Pahl	OH	33	58	149	1.76	.268	0.09	0.12	0.12	0.82	1.97
4	Lexi Armstrong	L/DS	62	4	6	0.06	.667	1.10	0.16	0.00	4.9432nd D2	0.23
5	Taelynn Rodeghero	OH	16	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
6	Paige Sanders	MB	61	146	269	2.39	.4249th D2	0.11	0.00	0.77	0.08	2.85
7	Autumn Gorman	MB	23	16	43	0.70	.140	0.00	0.00	0.35	0.00	0.89
8	Caroline Baker	S	27	0	2	0.00	-.500	2.22	0.04	0.00	0.44	0.04
9	Laene Voortman	MB	19	7	12	0.37	.333	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.00	0.45
10	Grace Busold	OH	50	96	265	1.92	.177	0.10	0.14	0.20	1.94	2.18
11	Sydney Stanfield	OH	29	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.21	0.00	0.28	0.21
12	Brianna Stawski	MB	62	125	317	2.02	.271	0.06	0.00	0.58	0.61	2.34
13	Autumn Sanders	MB	13	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Kate Goudreau	OH	32	45	89	1.41	.416	0.00	0.03	0.28	0.16	1.59
15	Johanna Tillman	MB	14	1	2	0.07	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07
16	Ella Chaapel	OH	14	0	2	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00
17	Finley Arp	OH	60	181	461	3.02	.249	0.18	0.42	0.33	2.27	3.63
18	Kennedy Arp	MB	61	141	322	2.31	.35462nd D2	0.03	0.20	0.84	0.70	3.02
19	Gabby Orlet	S	62	51	137	0.82	.299	9.9026th D2	0.32	0.35	2.27	1.35
20	Sadie Haase	MB	13	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Saginaw Valley roster


1	Trista Ameel	L/DS	33	0	0	0.00	—	0.09	0.03	0.00	0.09	0.03
2	Rachel Townsend	OH	64	203	566	3.17	.239	0.27	0.25	0.28	3.27	3.58
3	Finley Helm	OH	19	22	64	1.16	.172	0.11	0.11	0.11	1.37	1.32
4	Ava Decker	MB	64	97	243	1.52	.243	0.02	0.14	0.80	0.48	2.13
5	Kendall White	L/DS	65	3	10	0.05	.200	1.00	0.12	0.00	4.06	0.17
6	Zadie Schmidt	OH	11	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	Zoey King	MB	10	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
8	Cola Sisk	OH	18	13	49	0.72	.122	0.22	0.00	0.33	1.00	0.89
9	Ruby Earl	OH	42	68	266	1.62	.023	0.26	0.29	0.24	2.10	2.02
10	Kelsey Foster	OH	30	0	0	0.00	—	0.13	0.13	0.00	0.30	0.13
11	Sadie Devlaeminck	MB	10	3	13	0.30	.077	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.30	0.40
12	Ava Beard	S	22	1	13	0.05	.000	1.64	0.05	0.05	0.41	0.14
13	Jackie Scheiber	OPP	40	134	343	3.35	.233	0.23	0.23	0.35	2.13	3.76
14	Mia Buttigieg	L/DS	10	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	Chloe Vanwinkle	OH	61	119	379	1.95	.140	0.26	0.18	0.26	2.56	2.29
16	Audrey Ball	MB	15	2	6	0.13	-.167	0.13	0.00	0.07	0.20	0.17
17	Taylor Smith	S	65	66	165	1.02	.345	8.6866th D2	0.29	0.65	1.98	1.67
18	Marissa Roe	MB	66	107	267	1.62	.277	0.02	0.09	1.0935th D2	0.55	2.36
19	Kendall Ihm	OH	17	3	12	0.18	.083	0.00	0.06	0.18	0.06	0.32
20	Makayla Bruman	S	16	4	12	0.25	.333	3.69	0.19	0.38	1.19	0.66

Saginaw Valley schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at West Liberty	5–15	W 3–0 25-12, 25-17, 25-14
Fri, Aug 28	at Thomas More	6–9	W 3–0 25-15, 25-10, 25-10
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Walsh	10–6	L 2–3 25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 14-25, 18-20
Sat, Aug 29	at UIndy	16–2	L 0–3 15-25, 18-25, 13-25
Fri, Sep 4	at Northwood	4–12	W 3–0 25-14, 25-13, 25-21
Fri, Sep 4	at Seton Hill	9–6	W 3–1 25-20, 25-17, 22-25, 26-24
Sat, Sep 5	at Cedarville	7–8	W 3–1 25-17, 14-25, 25-20, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Slippery Rock	5–11	W 3–0 25-18, 25-22, 25-9
Fri, Sep 11	at Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	W 3–1 25-17, 25-22, 17-25, 25-23
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	L 1–3 18-25, 25-23, 20-25, 22-25
Fri, Sep 18	at Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	W 3–1 25-15, 27-25, 23-25, 25-21
Sat, Sep 19	at Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	W 3–1 18-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-20
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	W 3–0 25-18, 25-19, 30-28
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	W 3–2 25-23, 18-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-12
Tue, Sep 29	at Northwood	4–12	W 3–0 25-14, 25-21, 25-18
Fri, Oct 2	at Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	L 0–3 22-25, 15-25, 20-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Davenport GLIAC	11–4	L 0–3 22-25, 18-25, 18-25
Tue, Oct 6	vs. Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	L 2–3 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 19-25, 14-16
Sat, Oct 10	at Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	Oct 10, 3:00 PM CT 30%
Fri, Oct 23	at Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 95%
Sat, Oct 24	at Davenport GLIAC	11–4	Oct 24, 3:00 PM CT 40%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	Oct 30, 4:00 PM CT 88%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	Oct 31, 3:00 PM CT 98%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	Nov 7, 1:00 PM CT 6%
Sun, Nov 8	at Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	Nov 8, 12:00 PM CT 11%

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Grand Valley St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	at Bentley	13–6	W 3–0 25-23, 25-22, 25-14
Fri, Aug 28	at Barry	11–2	W 3–2 16-25, 25-20, 25-21, 22-25, 15-13
Fri, Aug 28	at Lynn	15–2	W 3–1 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 25-16
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Central Mo.	11–8	L 2–3 25-14, 23-25, 23-25, 25-17, 11-15
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Northwood	4–12	W 3–0 25-12, 25-15, 25-12
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Post	4–15	W 3–0 25-12, 25-18, 25-14
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Cedarville	7–8	W 3–0 25-22, 25-15, 25-10
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Seton Hill	9–6	L 2–3 25-15, 25-10, 23-25, 25-27, 11-15
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	W 3–0 25-14, 25-11, 25-6
Sat, Sep 12	at Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	W 3–0 25-23, 25-15, 25-16
Fri, Sep 18	at Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	W 3–0 25-15, 25-15, 25-17
Sat, Sep 19	at Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	W 3–2 25-22, 18-25, 25-15, 22-25, 15-8
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Davenport GLIAC	11–4	W 3–1 20-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-19
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	W 3–0 27-25, 25-19, 25-19
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 25-16
Sat, Oct 3	at Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	L 0–3 19-25, 24-26, 21-25
Tue, Oct 6	at Saginaw Valley GLIAC	12–6	W 3–2 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 25-19, 16-14
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Hillsdale	8–8	Oct 9, 12:00 PM CT 93%
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	Oct 23, 5:00 PM CT 79%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	Oct 24, 2:00 PM CT 79%
Fri, Oct 30	at Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	Oct 30, 5:00 PM CT 82%
Sat, Oct 31	at Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	Oct 31, 1:00 PM CT 69%
Sat, Oct 31	at Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	Oct 31, 6:00 PM CT 97%
Sun, Nov 8	vs. Saginaw Valley GLIAC	12–6	Nov 8, 12:00 PM CT 89%