Menlo vs. UC Merced Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Played Fri, Oct 2

Menlo

5–9 · 3–5 conf. · power #118

vs.

UC Merced

4–10 · 2–6 conf. · power #171

Already this season

Date	Match	Menlo result
Fri, Oct 2	vs. UC Merced	W 3–2 18-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-7

If they played again

From the power rating, at a neutral site. Menlo is expected to win 52.7% of rallies.

75%

Menlo wins · power rank 118

3–0 27%3–1 29%3–2 19%

25%

UC Merced wins · power rank 171

3–0 4%3–1 8%3–2 12%

Where the match is won

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

Menlo on offense

Menlo attack vs. UC Merced defense

Menlo hitting %.153 · 210th UC Merced opp. hitting % allowed.229 · 252nd

Slight edge: Menlo

Menlo serve vs. UC Merced passing

Menlo aces per set1.20 · 264th UC Merced reception error %9.6% · 205th

Slight edge: UC Merced

Menlo siding out vs. UC Merced serving

Menlo sideout %52.7% · 206th UC Merced point-scoring %41.6% · 242nd

Slight edge: Menlo

UC Merced on offense

UC Merced attack vs. Menlo defense

UC Merced hitting %.171 · 177th Menlo opp. hitting % allowed.215 · 232nd

Slight edge: UC Merced

UC Merced serve vs. Menlo passing

UC Merced aces per set1.54 · 180th Menlo reception error %9.0% · 176th

Even

UC Merced siding out vs. Menlo serving

UC Merced sideout %52.3% · 214th Menlo point-scoring %41.2% · 251st

Slight edge: UC Merced

What each team does well

Menlo

What they do well

Service errors per set1.62 · 45th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Blocks per set1.11 · 270th in D2
Aces per set1.20 · 264th in D2
Point-scoring %41.2% · 251st in D2

UC Merced

What they do well

Nothing in the top 30% of D2 yet.

Where they can be pushed

Blocks per set1.23 · 260th in D2
Opponent hitting %.229 · 252nd in D2
Point-scoring %41.6% · 242nd 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.

MenloUC Merced

Attack

Hitting %

.153210th of 281

.171177th of 281

Kills per set

11.40182nd of 281

12.08130th of 281

Assists per set

10.55172nd of 281

11.13129th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

52.7%206th of 281

52.3%214th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.20264th of 281

1.54180th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.6245th of 281

2.50236th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

41.2%251st of 281

41.6%242nd of 281

Pass & defend

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

9.0%176th of 281

9.6%205th of 281

Digs per set

15.53124th of 281

15.08147th of 281

Blocks per set

1.11270th of 281

1.23260th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.215232nd of 281

.229252nd of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Menlo	UC Merced
Power rank	118	171
Schedule strength rank	52	100
Record vs. top 50	0–5	0–4
Hitting % vs. top 50	.116	.136
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.279	.316
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	51.7% 116	51.2% 123

Players to watch

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

MenloUC Merced

Kills per set

Fuka Kikuchi OH

3.69 · 192 kills · 32nd in D2

Natalie Riley OH

3.47 · 177 kills · 60th in D2

Hitting %

Fuka Kikuchi OH

.190 · 192–84–568 · 632nd in D2

Yahaira Vazquez OPP

.199 · 85–37–241 · 575th in D2

Assists per set

Ruby Santos S

4.69 · 258 assists · 237th in D2

Kyra Miller S

9.04 · 461 assists · 50th in D2

Aces per set

Michelle Mlikan OH

0.27 · 15 aces · 602nd in D2

Kyra Miller S

0.41 · 21 aces · 127th in D2

Blocks per set

Avery Krebill OH

0.61 · 22 blocks

Kyra Miller S

0.53 · 27 blocks · 514th in D2

Digs per set

Michelle Mlikan OH

3.35 · 184 digs · 215th in D2

Jazmine Banks L

4.46 · 232 digs · 76th in D2

Points per set

Fuka Kikuchi OH

3.97 · 206.5 points · 55th in D2

Natalie Riley OH

3.71 · 189 points · 90th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Menlo	UC Merced
Hawaii Hilo	L 2–3 26-24, 18-25, 19-25, 26-24, 13-15	L 0–3 13-25, 16-25, 16-25
Western Ore.	L 2–3 12-25, 25-21, 17-25, 25-20, 11-15	L 0–3 16-25, 22-25, 25-27
Jessup	W 3–1 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-23	L 1–3 25-21, 22-25, 20-25, 19-25
Cal St. Dom. Hills	W 3–0 25-20, 25-19, 26-24	L 1–3 12-25, 12-25, 26-24, 20-25
Fresno Pacific	L 1–3 26-24, 15-25, 20-25, 24-26	L 1–3 25-22, 20-25, 13-25, 20-25

Menlo roster


1	Emma Tran	L/DS	16	0	1	0.00	-1.000	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.25	0.06
2	Evan Leclair	L/DS	49	0	11	0.00	-.091	0.59	0.18	0.00	1.63	0.18
3	Ruby Santos	S	55	5	40	0.09	.125	4.69	0.02	0.02	1.85	0.12
4	Faith Oller	L/DS	41	0	13	0.00	.000	0.29	0.00	0.00	1.90	0.00
5	Avery Krebill	OH	36	27	70	0.75	.314	0.03	0.00	0.61	0.33	1.10
6	Dayjah McFadden	OH	50	125	395	2.50	.152	0.06	0.06	0.30	0.70	2.73
7	Jolianna Salazar	S	14	0	0	0.00	—	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.00
8	Michelle Mlikan	OH	55	117	387	2.13	.163	0.29	0.27	0.07	3.35	2.45
9	Sophia Kelso	MB	53	33	119	0.62	.185	0.09	0.23	0.45	0.36	1.13
10	Makenna Mello	S	50	11	39	0.22	.231	4.14	0.22	0.04	1.86	0.46
11	Makena Reis-Schranz	L/DS	25	0	2	0.00	.000	0.16	0.12	0.00	0.20	0.12
12	Kate Ross	OH	31	56	176	1.81	.136	0.10	0.00	0.42	0.42	2.03
14	Rio Sandaiji	S	22	6	27	0.27	.111	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.41	0.27
15	Daycee Bane	L/DS	13	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
16	Emily Licon	L/DS	40	1	5	0.03	.000	0.55	0.05	0.00	2.08	0.07
22	Fuka Kikuchi	OH	52	192	568	3.6932nd D2	.190	0.25	0.17	0.17	2.21	3.9755th D2
23	Shaylee Ungos	OPP	37	40	134	1.08	.015	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.41	1.12
24	Saarika Gunapu	MB	42	14	57	0.33	-.070	0.12	0.00	0.31	0.12	0.50

UC Merced roster


1	Kyra Miller	S	51	44	144	0.86	.181	9.0450th D2	0.41	0.53	2.57	1.58
2	Kinnedy Miller	MB	31	19	55	0.61	.145	0.00	0.00	0.26	0.10	0.76
3	Mariainez Lopez	OH	36	17	75	0.47	.067	0.11	0.00	0.03	0.92	0.49
4	Colette Ejang	MB	9	1	7	0.11	-.143	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.11	0.17
5	Faith Lee	S	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	Jourdyn Ozeta-Banks	L/DS	25	0	0	0.00	—	0.04	0.12	0.00	0.12	0.12
6	Gianella Tijamo	L/DS	22	0	0	0.00	—	0.09	0.32	0.00	1.00	0.32
7	Kaitlyn Anderson	L/DS	25	2	5	0.08	.200	0.08	0.12	0.00	1.20	0.20
8	Kylah Guzman	OH	26	14	64	0.54	.031	0.04	0.08	0.00	0.15	0.62
9	Giselle Henley	MB	18	14	47	0.78	.149	0.00	0.00	0.39	0.33	1.08
10	Jazmine Banks	L/DS	52	0	8	0.00	.000	0.96	0.33	0.00	4.4676th D2	0.33
11	Natalie Riley	OH	51	177	482	3.4760th D2	.191	0.14	0.16	0.16	1.96	3.7190th D2
12	Tangi Netane	OPP	14	2	9	0.14	.000	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.07	0.18
13	Callie Neufeld	OH	45	130	371	2.89	.191	0.13	0.13	0.09	2.42	3.08
14	Yahaira Vazquez	OPP	39	85	241	2.18	.199	0.13	0.00	0.23	1.26	2.31
17	Claudia Aber	MB	6	0	1	0.00	-1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
18	Ayana Ruffin	MB	25	19	56	0.76	.089	0.08	0.00	0.68	0.16	1.12
19	Eve Dixon	S	23	1	2	0.04	.500	1.39	0.04	0.00	0.61	0.09
20	Taylor Crayne	OH	18	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.00
21	Morgan Kristy	OPP	24	17	49	0.71	.143	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.33	0.75
24	Morgan Wilson	MB	52	86	240	1.65	.196	0.12	0.23	0.46	0.58	2.18

UC Merced schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Jessup	3–13	L 1–3 25-21, 22-25, 20-25, 19-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Hawaii Hilo	14–5	L 0–3 13-25, 16-25, 16-25
Sat, Aug 29	at Western Ore.	6–10	L 0–3 16-25, 22-25, 25-27
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Minn.-Crookston	3–14	W 3–1 25-18, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Bemidji St.	13–4	L 0–3 15-25, 12-25, 12-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Saint Michael's	3–11	W 3–0 25-17, 25-18, 25-20
Sat, Sep 5	at Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	W 3–2 25-22, 25-18, 17-25, 26-28, 15-9
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Fresno Pacific CCAA	15–0	L 1–3 25-22, 20-25, 13-25, 20-25
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	W 3–1 25-19, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22
Sat, Sep 19	vs. CSUSB CCAA	14–2	L 0–3 14-25, 23-25, 14-25
Fri, Sep 25	at Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	L 1–3 12-25, 12-25, 26-24, 20-25
Sat, Sep 26	at Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	L 1–3 25-14, 23-25, 11-25, 22-25
Fri, Oct 2	at Menlo CCAA	5–9	L 2–3 25-18, 25-23, 21-25, 19-25, 7-15
Sat, Oct 3	at Cal St. Monterey Bay CCAA	3–11	L 0–3 27-29, 15-25, 24-26
Fri, Oct 9	vs. San Fran. St. CCAA	6–8	Oct 9, 4:00 PM CT 10%
Sat, Oct 10	vs. Cal St. East Bay CCAA	6–8	Oct 10, 7:00 PM CT 10%
Thu, Oct 15	at Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	Oct 15, 9:00 PM CT 22%
Sat, Oct 17	at Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	Oct 17, 7:00 PM CT 57%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Chico St. CCAA	4–7	Oct 23, 7:00 PM CT 36%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	Oct 24, 9:00 PM CT 32%
Thu, Oct 29	at Chico St. CCAA	4–7	Oct 29, 7:00 PM CT 25%
Sat, Oct 31	at Stanislaus St. CCAA	5–9	Oct 31, 7:00 PM CT 18%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	12–3	Nov 6, 7:00 PM CT 3%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Cal State LA CCAA	4–11	Nov 7, 3:00 PM CT 16%

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Menlo schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at Hawaii Hilo	14–5	L 2–3 26-24, 18-25, 19-25, 26-24, 13-15
Fri, Aug 28	at Western Ore.	6–10	L 2–3 12-25, 25-21, 17-25, 25-20, 11-15
Sat, Aug 29	at Jessup	3–13	W 3–1 22-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-23
Fri, Sep 4	at Vanguard	5–11	W 3–1 17-25, 25-11, 25-20, 25-11
Sat, Sep 5	at Biola	12–4	L 0–3 18-25, 22-25, 6-25
Sat, Sep 5	at CUI	15–2	L 0–3 19-25, 18-25, 14-25
Fri, Sep 11	at Cal State LA CCAA	4–11	L 0–3 13-25, 14-25, 16-25
Sat, Sep 12	at Cal Poly Pomona CCAA	12–3	L 0–3 12-25, 16-25, 15-25
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	W 3–0 25-20, 25-19, 26-24
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	W 3–1 17-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-18
Thu, Sep 24	at Cal Poly Humboldt CCAA	7–7	L 2–3 22-25, 19-25, 25-18, 26-24, 11-15
Sat, Sep 26	at Chico St. CCAA	4–7	L 1–3 25-19, 17-25, 30-32, 16-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. UC Merced CCAA	4–10	W 3–2 18-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-7
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Fresno Pacific CCAA	15–0	L 1–3 26-24, 15-25, 20-25, 24-26
Fri, Oct 9	at Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	Oct 9, 7:00 PM CT 43%
Sat, Oct 10	at CSUSB CCAA	14–2	Oct 10, 7:00 PM CT 2%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Stanislaus St. CCAA	5–9	Oct 16, 3:00 PM CT 53%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Chico St. CCAA	4–7	Oct 17, 9:00 PM CT 62%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Cal St. San Marcos CCAA	7–8	Oct 23, 7:00 PM CT 55%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Cal St. Dom. Hills CCAA	2–13	Oct 24, 9:00 PM CT 88%
Thu, Oct 29	at San Fran. St. CCAA	6–8	Oct 29, 7:00 PM CT 19%
Sat, Oct 31	at Cal St. East Bay CCAA	6–8	Oct 31, 7:00 PM CT 18%
Sat, Nov 7	at Cal St. Monterey Bay CCAA	3–11	Nov 7, 3:00 PM CT 57%