Lake Superior State vs. Northern Michigan Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Played Sat, Oct 3

Lake Superior St.

3–13 · 0–8 conf. · power #211

vs.

Northern Mich.

8–8 · 5–3 conf. · power #73

Already this season

Date	Match	Lake Superior St. result
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Northern Mich.	L 0–3 21-25, 14-25, 20-25

If they played again

From the power rating, at a neutral site. Lake Superior St. is expected to win 42.9% of rallies.

Lake Superior St. wins · power rank 211

3–0 0%3–1 1%3–2 2%

97%

Northern Mich. wins · power rank 73

3–0 61%3–1 28%3–2 8%

Where the match is won

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

Lake Superior St. on offense

Lake Superior St. attack vs. Northern Mich. defense

Lake Superior St. hitting %.117 · 253rd Northern Mich. opp. hitting % allowed.207 · 209th

Slight edge: Northern Mich.

Lake Superior St. serve vs. Northern Mich. passing

Lake Superior St. aces per set1.31 · 250th Northern Mich. reception error %7.8% · 107th

Edge: Northern Mich.

Lake Superior St. siding out vs. Northern Mich. serving

Lake Superior St. sideout %49.6% · 252nd Northern Mich. point-scoring %43.1% · 196th

Slight edge: Northern Mich.

Northern Mich. on offense

Northern Mich. attack vs. Lake Superior St. defense

Northern Mich. hitting %.189 · 134th Lake Superior St. opp. hitting % allowed.206 · 208th

Edge: Northern Mich.

Northern Mich. serve vs. Lake Superior St. passing

Northern Mich. aces per set1.39 · 235th Lake Superior St. reception error %10.9% · 245th

Even

Northern Mich. siding out vs. Lake Superior St. serving

Northern Mich. sideout %57.8% · 77th Lake Superior St. point-scoring %42.4% · 220th

Edge: Northern Mich.

What each team does well

Lake Superior St.

What they do well

Nothing in the top 30% of D2 yet.

Where they can be pushed

Kills per set9.04 · 272nd in D2
Assists per set8.40 · 270th in D2
Hitting %.117 · 253rd in D2

Northern Mich.

What they do well

Assists per set11.98 · 68th in D2
Digs per set16.21 · 71st in D2
Sideout %57.8% · 77th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Service errors per set2.62 · 249th in D2
Aces per set1.39 · 235th in D2
Opponent hitting %.207 · 209th 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.

Lake Superior St.Northern Mich.

Attack

Hitting %

.117253rd of 281

.189134th of 281

Kills per set

9.04272nd of 281

12.7288th of 281

Assists per set

8.40270th of 281

11.9868th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

49.6%252nd of 281

57.8%77th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.31250th of 281

1.39235th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.05142nd of 281

2.62249th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

42.4%220th of 281

43.1%196th of 281

Pass & defend

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

10.9%245th of 281

7.8%107th of 281

Digs per set

14.07211th of 281

16.2171st of 281

Blocks per set

1.53207th of 281

1.66164th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.206208th of 281

.207209th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Lake Superior St.	Northern Mich.
Power rank	211	73
Schedule strength rank	131	42
Record vs. top 50	0–6	2–4
Hitting % vs. top 50	.075	.180
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.319	.235
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	45.7% 81	53.0% 185

Players to watch

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

Lake Superior St.Northern Mich.

Kills per set

Elisa Rizzoli OH

2.63 · 126 kills · 296th in D2

Kaylie McIntosh OH

3.55 · 206 kills · 47th in D2

Hitting %

Morgan Deming MB

.209 · 61–22–187 · 526th in D2

Laynie Russell MB

.294 · 132–47–289 · 175th in D2

Assists per set

Azra Bilgicer S

4.51 · 158 assists

Allie Barlow S

10.30 · 628 assists · 17th in D2

Aces per set

Amilia Ashcroft L/DS

0.31 · 10 aces

Allie Barlow S

0.46 · 28 aces · 71st in D2

Blocks per set

Morgan Deming MB

0.84 · 46 blocks · 178th in D2

Larsen Bonnstetter MB

0.69 · 38 blocks · 335th in D2

Digs per set

Elisa Rizzoli OH

3.63 · 174 digs · 165th in D2

Liesl Haugen L/DS

4.53 · 263 digs · 69th in D2

Points per set

Elisa Rizzoli OH

3.02 · 145 points · 314th in D2

Kaylie McIntosh OH

3.92 · 227.5 points · 62nd in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Lake Superior St.	Northern Mich.
Grand Valley St.	L 0–3 14-25, 11-25, 6-25	L 0–3 25-27, 19-25, 19-25
Wis.-Parkside	L 0–3 13-25, 12-25, 18-25 L 0–3 8-25, 23-25, 15-25	W 3–1 25-16, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19
Saginaw Valley	L 1–3 15-25, 25-27, 25-23, 21-25	L 1–3 25-18, 20-25, 21-25, 20-25
Michigan Tech	L 0–3 19-25, 12-25, 20-25	W 3–2 25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-10

Lake Superior St. roster


1	Amilia Ashcroft	L/DS	32	1	7	0.03	.143	0.13	0.31	0.00	0.28	0.34
2	Ava Tarsi	S	40	1	20	0.03	.050	3.30	0.20	0.00	1.45	0.23
4	Giselle Wiitanen	MB	20	3	20	0.15	-.100	0.00	0.00	0.05	0.20	0.17
6	Shea Berisoff	OPP	53	84	311	1.58	.106	0.08	0.04	0.34	0.43	1.80
7	Mia Garcia	L/DS	32	1	13	0.03	.000	0.41	0.25	0.00	2.47	0.28
8	Caitlyn Matelski	OPP	26	28	113	1.08	.150	0.04	0.00	0.27	0.35	1.25
9	Avery Headworth	S	38	3	22	0.08	.136	2.50	0.21	0.00	0.76	0.29
11	Jade Peterson	MB	40	12	58	0.30	.034	0.13	0.00	0.60	0.23	0.61
12	Zaira Giovanna Missipo	OH	23	19	62	0.83	.048	0.00	0.04	0.13	1.13	0.96
13	Morgan Deming	MB	55	61	187	1.11	.209	0.04	0.02	0.84	0.42	1.67
14	Rachel Steele	OPP	48	76	305	1.58	.102	0.13	0.10	0.46	1.21	1.96
17	Azra Bilgicer	S	35	17	76	0.49	.132	4.51	0.17	0.00	1.97	0.66
18	Addison Marisko	MB	16	5	18	0.31	.000	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.38
19	Elisa Rizzoli	OH	48	126	395	2.63	.180	0.23	0.25	0.27	3.63	3.02
21	Ava Wells	L/DS	45	1	22	0.02	-.045	0.58	0.09	0.00	2.38	0.11
22	Giovanna Waters	OH	44	59	264	1.34	.053	0.11	0.16	0.18	2.16	1.59

Northern Mich. roster


1	Cece Huizingh	L/DS	44	0	4	0.00	-.250	0.07	0.05	0.00	2.48	0.05
3	Lauren Cardwell	L/DS	36	0	0	0.00	—	0.11	0.08	0.00	1.11	0.08
4	Taylor Smaka	L/DS	51	1	1	0.02	1.000	0.04	0.14	0.00	0.53	0.16
5	Olivia Ziemer	OH	57	44	206	0.77	.073	0.05	0.04	0.04	1.60	0.82
7	Kaysie Bakke	OH	7	1	6	0.14	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.14
8	Helen Beiring	OH	11	4	16	0.36	-.125	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.27	0.50
9	Kc Fortune	OH	61	104	408	1.70	.110	0.16	0.25	0.21	2.44	2.11
10	Grace Allen	OH	17	28	106	1.65	.075	0.00	0.00	0.24	0.41	1.82
11	Morgan Kuhl	MB	14	5	17	0.36	.059	0.14	0.00	0.29	0.14	0.57
12	Madison York	OPP	9	4	14	0.44	.071	0.11	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.44
13	Kelley Crowley	L/DS	9	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Kaylie McIntosh	OH	58	206	573	3.5547th D2	.201	0.10	0.16	0.33	0.98	3.9262nd D2
15	Laynie Russell	MB	61	132	289	2.16	.294	0.07	0.00	0.56	0.31	2.52
16	Liesl Haugen	L/DS	58	1	16	0.02	.000	0.97	0.29	0.00	4.5369th D2	0.31
17	Anna O'Keefe	OH	57	158	386	2.77	.282	0.05	0.00	0.40	0.82	3.04
18	Sydney Bartels	OH	13	3	13	0.23	-.077	0.31	0.15	0.00	1.38	0.38
19	Lyvia Misegades	S	7	0	0	0.00	—	0.43	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
21	Allie Barlow	S	61	34	110	0.56	.227	10.3017th D2	0.4671st D2	0.28	2.36	1.16
24	Larsen Bonnstetter	MB	55	51	131	0.93	.244	0.04	0.00	0.69	0.18	1.37

Northern Mich. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	vs. Winona St.	2–13	W 3–1 25-23, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19
Thu, Aug 27	vs. St. Cloud St.	12–5	L 0–3 19-25, 17-25, 8-25
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Minn. Duluth	16–1	L 1–3 25-21, 17-25, 17-25, 9-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Tiffin	2–13	W 3–0 25-23, 25-19, 25-20
Thu, Sep 3	at Cal St. East Bay	6–8	W 3–2 25-23, 20-25, 25-23, 19-25, 17-15
Fri, Sep 4	at Colo. Sch. of Mines	13–3	L 2–3 25-22, 30-28, 23-25, 18-25, 9-15
Fri, Sep 4	at Westmont	6–9	L 0–3 25-27, 23-25, 16-25
Sat, Sep 5	at San Fran. St.	6–8	L 0–3 21-25, 17-25, 15-25
Fri, Sep 11	at Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	W 3–1 20-25, 25-17, 27-25, 25-22
Sat, Sep 12	at Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	L 1–3 23-25, 24-26, 25-20, 25-27
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Davenport GLIAC	11–4	W 3–1 22-25, 25-18, 28-26, 28-26
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Saginaw Valley GLIAC	12–6	L 1–3 25-18, 20-25, 21-25, 20-25
Tue, Sep 22	vs. Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	W 3–2 25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-10
Sat, Sep 26	at Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	L 0–3 25-27, 19-25, 19-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	W 3–1 25-16, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19
Sat, Oct 3	at Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	W 3–0 25-21, 25-14, 25-20
Fri, Oct 9	at Davenport GLIAC	11–4	Oct 9, 5:00 PM CT 39%
Sat, Oct 10	at Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	Oct 10, 3:00 PM CT 53%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	Oct 23, 5:00 PM CT 6%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	Oct 24, 3:00 PM CT 88%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	Oct 30, 5:00 PM CT 18%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	Oct 31, 3:00 PM CT 65%
Tue, Nov 3	at Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	Nov 3, 5:00 PM CT 28%
Fri, Nov 6	at Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	Nov 6, 5:00 PM CT 29%

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Lake Superior St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	at South Dakota Mines	12–4	L 0–3 14-25, 15-25, 18-25
Fri, Aug 28	at Jamestown	13–4	L 1–3 10-25, 12-25, 25-23, 15-25
Fri, Aug 28	at Minn.-Crookston	3–14	L 2–3 21-25, 19-25, 25-17, 25-20, 14-16
Sat, Aug 29	at Chadron St.	7–9	L 1–3 25-17, 17-25, 22-25, 20-25
Fri, Sep 4	at Central St. (OH)	5–10	W 3–0 25-15, 25-22, 25-17
Fri, Sep 4	at Kentucky St.	2–18	W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Salem (WV)	13–9	W 3–0 25-16, 25-22, 25-16
Sat, Sep 5	at Thomas More	6–9	L 0–3 18-25, 21-25, 15-25
Fri, Sep 11	at Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	L 0–3 14-25, 11-25, 6-25
Sat, Sep 12	at Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	L 0–3 13-25, 12-25, 18-25
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Saginaw Valley GLIAC	12–6	L 1–3 15-25, 25-27, 25-23, 21-25
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	L 2–3 25-15, 17-25, 18-25, 25-19, 12-15
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	L 0–3 8-25, 23-25, 15-25
Sat, Sep 26	at Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	L 0–3 10-25, 10-25, 14-25
Fri, Oct 2	at Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	L 0–3 19-25, 12-25, 20-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	L 0–3 21-25, 14-25, 20-25
Fri, Oct 9	at Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	Oct 9, 5:00 PM CT 17%
Sat, Oct 10	at Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	Oct 10, 2:00 PM CT 42%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	Oct 23, 11:00 AM CT 25%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	Oct 24, 1:00 PM CT 1%
Fri, Oct 30	at Davenport GLIAC	11–4	Oct 30, 5:00 PM CT 2%
Sat, Oct 31	at Saginaw Valley GLIAC	12–6	Oct 31, 3:00 PM CT 2%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	Nov 6, 1:00 PM CT 54%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Davenport GLIAC	11–4	Nov 7, 3:00 PM CT 4%