Michigan Tech vs. Purdue Northwest Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Michigan Tech at Purdue Northwest · Sat, Oct 10, 1:00 PM CT

Michigan Tech

9–7 · 5–3 conf. · power #38

vs.

Purdue Northwest

1–14 · 0–8 conf. · power #160

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Already this season

Date	Match	Michigan Tech result
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Purdue Northwest	W 3–0 25-21, 25-15, 25-21

Prediction

From the power rating, at Purdue Northwest. Michigan Tech is expected to win 55.0% of rallies.

90%

Michigan Tech wins · power rank 38

3–0 44%3–1 32%3–2 14%

10%

Purdue Northwest wins · power rank 160

3–0 1%3–1 3%3–2 6%

Where the match is won

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

Michigan Tech on offense

Michigan Tech attack vs. Purdue Northwest defense

Michigan Tech hitting %.227 · 58th Purdue Northwest opp. hitting % allowed.256 · 273rd

Edge: Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech serve vs. Purdue Northwest passing

Michigan Tech aces per set1.52 · 188th Purdue Northwest reception error %11.9% · 261st

Edge: Michigan Tech

Michigan Tech siding out vs. Purdue Northwest serving

Michigan Tech sideout %59.0% · 51st Purdue Northwest point-scoring %38.2% · 275th

Edge: Michigan Tech

Purdue Northwest on offense

Purdue Northwest attack vs. Michigan Tech defense

Purdue Northwest hitting %.153 · 207th Michigan Tech opp. hitting % allowed.218 · 236th

Slight edge: Purdue Northwest

Purdue Northwest serve vs. Michigan Tech passing

Purdue Northwest aces per set1.15 · 268th Michigan Tech reception error %6.4% · 30th

Edge: Michigan Tech

Purdue Northwest siding out vs. Michigan Tech serving

Purdue Northwest sideout %53.2% · 196th Michigan Tech point-scoring %42.5% · 217th

Even

What each team does well

Michigan Tech

What they do well

Reception error %6.4% · 30th in D2
Sideout %59.0% · 51st in D2
Hitting %.227 · 58th in D2
Service errors per set1.70 · 61st in D2

Where they can be pushed

Opponent hitting %.218 · 236th in D2
Blocks per set1.43 · 226th in D2
Point-scoring %42.5% · 217th in D2

Purdue Northwest

What they do well

Nothing in the top 30% of D2 yet.

Where they can be pushed

Point-scoring %38.2% · 275th in D2
Opponent hitting %.256 · 273rd in D2
Aces per set1.15 · 268th 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.

Michigan TechPurdue Northwest

Attack

Hitting %

.22758th of 281

.153207th of 281

Kills per set

12.9865th of 281

9.85256th of 281

Assists per set

11.7884th of 281

8.98253rd of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

59.0%51st of 281

53.2%196th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.52188th of 281

1.15268th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.7061st of 281

2.25192nd of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

42.5%217th of 281

38.2%275th of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.4%30th of 281

11.9%261st of 281

Digs per set

15.8692nd of 281

12.94251st of 281

Blocks per set

1.43226th of 281

1.79133rd of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.218236th of 281

.256273rd of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Michigan Tech	Purdue Northwest
Power rank	38	160
Schedule strength rank	27	30
Record vs. top 50	0–4	0–7
Hitting % vs. top 50	.188	.157
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.247	.298
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	50.0% 196	39.3% 84

Players to watch

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

Michigan TechPurdue Northwest

Kills per set

Rachel Zurek OH

4.19 · 264 kills · 8th in D2

Anika Huelskamp OH

2.11 · 97 kills · 556th in D2

Hitting %

Paige Wagner MB

.278 · 133–47–309 · 225th in D2

Delanie Voss OH

.201 · 71–25–229 · 563rd in D2

Assists per set

Madelynn Kreider S

10.10 · 636 assists · 20th in D2

Addison Smith S

4.92 · 236 assists · 216th in D2

Aces per set

Kayla Heinonen OH

0.40 · 25 aces · 158th in D2

Cecelia Goode OH

0.27 · 12 aces · 631st in D2

Blocks per set

Tricia Kennedy MB

0.75 · 47 blocks · 267th in D2

Kennedy Rowzee MB

0.96 · 46 blocks · 95th in D2

Digs per set

Keeley Nellis L

4.03 · 254 digs · 125th in D2

Giana Frayer DS

2.36 · 106 digs · 547th in D2

Points per set

Rachel Zurek OH

4.40 · 277.5 points · 23rd in D2

Anika Huelskamp OH

2.41 · 111 points · 631st in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Michigan Tech	Purdue Northwest
Davenport	L 2–3 20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 10-15 W 3–0 30-28, 25-21, 25-23	L 0–3 16-25, 19-25, 22-25 L 0–3 18-25, 23-25, 22-25
Ferris St.	L 0–3 19-25, 16-25, 18-25	L 0–3 20-25, 19-25, 19-25
Northern Mich.	L 2–3 18-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 10-15	L 1–3 25-20, 17-25, 25-27, 22-25

Michigan Tech roster


1	Madelyn Elsen	L/DS	17	0	0	0.00	—	0.12	0.35	0.00	2.12	0.35
2	Ella Maxwell	S	3	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	Madelyn Torola	OH	20	40	118	2.00	.178	0.10	0.00	0.35	0.60	2.20
4	Kayla Heinonen	OH	63	152	486	2.41	.175	0.19	0.40	0.22	2.52	2.94
5	Brynn Erickson	L/DS	43	0	5	0.00	.000	0.02	0.12	0.00	2.14	0.12
6	Natalie Leach	L/DS	33	0	0	0.00	—	0.03	0.03	0.00	0.24	0.03
7	Kate Loch	OH	9	2	9	0.22	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.22
8	Reagan Lesley	OH	32	44	130	1.38	.092	0.06	0.00	0.09	0.72	1.45
10	Paige Wagner	MB	63	133	309	2.11	.278	0.13	0.21	0.48	0.48	2.62
11	Laney Knaack	MB	4	0	1	0.00	-1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Jacqueline Yancy	OH	18	34	106	1.89	.226	0.06	0.00	0.39	0.33	2.11
13	Mia Hahn	OH	3	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Keeley Nellis	L/DS	63	3	10	0.05	-.100	0.83	0.13	0.00	4.03	0.17
15	Amelia Albers	L/DS	63	1	10	0.02	-.100	0.22	0.40	0.00	2.43	0.41
16	Madelynn Kreider	S	63	47	149	0.75	.262	10.1020th D2	0.21	0.21	2.97	1.06
18	Rachel Zurek	OH	63	264	661	4.198th D2	.274	0.03	0.00	0.33	0.43	4.4023rd D2
20	Tricia Kennedy	MB	63	98	264	1.56	.254	0.14	0.00	0.75	0.16	2.06

Purdue Northwest roster


1	Kotryna Melstrad	OH	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1	Tami Olusola	OH	5	2	3	0.40	.333	0.00	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.50
2	Brooke Spurgeon	L/DS	4	1	7	0.25	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.75	0.25
2	Delanie Voss	OH	41	71	229	1.73	.201	0.15	0.02	0.49	0.51	2.00
3	Mia Mccurley	MB	4	0	1	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	0.13
3	Avery Mullin	OH	8	4	10	0.50	.200	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
4	Natalya Bergant	OH	4	12	23	3.00	.261	0.25	0.00	0.25	0.75	3.13
4	Katrina Soto	OH	38	76	250	2.00	.144	0.05	0.00	0.18	0.53	2.09
5	Chloe Deckard	OPP	43	53	178	1.23	.129	1.02	0.07	0.49	0.65	1.57
5	Taylor Teaman	L/DS	4	0	0	0.00	—	1.75	0.00	0.00	3.75	0.00
6	Alexandra Jelcic	MB	28	0	1	0.00	.000	0.11	0.11	0.00	0.36	0.11
6	Abbie Roth	S	4	2	6	0.50	.167	6.50	0.75	0.75	2.75	1.63
7	Langdon Blackstock	OH	4	0	4	0.00	-.750	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00	0.13
7	Lauren Brohm	S	40	2	11	0.05	.091	2.00	0.10	0.00	1.50	0.15
8	Hadley Dantzler	MB	4	4	13	1.00	.154	0.00	0.00	1.50	0.00	1.75
8	De'sheonna Foster	MB	25	27	65	1.08	.277	0.08	0.00	0.88	0.16	1.58
9	Giana Frayer	L/DS	45	2	6	0.04	.333	0.58	0.04	0.00	2.36	0.09
9	Jillian Mccarty	S	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
10	Madilyn Keifer	L/DS	5	0	2	0.00	.000	0.20	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00
10	Taylor Norris	MB	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Julia Ross	OH	20	8	34	0.40	.206	0.20	0.10	0.00	0.95	0.50
11	Erika Spankus	OH	4	15	40	3.75	.175	0.00	0.75	0.25	0.50	4.63
12	Anika Huelskamp	OH	46	97	303	2.11	.175	0.20	0.13	0.35	2.11	2.41
12	Callie Largent	S	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Cecelia Goode	OH	45	31	137	0.69	.036	0.09	0.27	0.04	1.58	0.98
17	Caiden Largent	OH	4	1	11	0.25	.000	0.00	0.00	0.25	1.75	0.38
21	Amalee Doyle	L/DS	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.00
21	Kennedy Rowzee	MB	48	57	166	1.19	.127	0.19	0.10	0.9695th D2	0.40	1.86
22	Dana Gibbons	MB	4	3	5	0.75	.400	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.00
22	Addison Smith	S	48	12	63	0.25	.111	4.92	0.23	0.10	2.15	0.53
23	Macy Lentz	S	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.50	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
24	Ayana Solan	MB	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25	Cami Sekanina	OH	4	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
29	Ainsley Johnson	MB	28	31	89	1.11	.202	0.04	0.18	0.54	0.39	1.57
31	Aiden Leverick	L/DS	33	1	6	0.03	.000	0.12	0.00	0.00	1.64	0.03

Purdue Northwest schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at Minnesota St.	6–11	L 0–3 16-25, 18-25, 21-25
Fri, Aug 28	at MSU Denver	10–6	L 0–3 22-25, 16-25, 10-25
Sat, Aug 29	at Emporia St.	15–3	L 0–3 19-25, 15-25, 19-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Ill. Springfield	4–12	W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 25-14
Fri, Sep 4	at Jamestown	13–4	L 1–3 17-25, 13-25, 25-21, 18-25
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Hillsdale	8–8	L 0–3 18-25, 18-25, 13-25
Sat, Sep 5	at Nova Southeastern	9–9	L 1–3 25-19, 19-25, 21-25, 14-25
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	L 1–3 25-20, 17-25, 25-27, 22-25
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Davenport GLIAC	11–4	L 0–3 16-25, 19-25, 22-25
Fri, Sep 18	at Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	L 0–3 16-25, 14-25, 18-25
Sat, Sep 19	at Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	L 2–3 26-28, 15-25, 25-23, 25-18, 9-15
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	L 0–3 20-25, 19-25, 19-25
Sat, Sep 26	at Davenport GLIAC	11–4	L 0–3 18-25, 23-25, 22-25
Tue, Sep 29	vs. Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	L 2–3 21-25, 28-26, 25-17, 13-25, 13-15
Sat, Oct 3	at Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	L 0–3 21-25, 15-25, 21-25
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	Oct 9, 5:00 PM CT 83%
Sat, Oct 10	vs. Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	Oct 10, 1:00 PM CT 10%
Fri, Oct 23	at Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	Oct 23, 11:00 AM CT 75%
Sat, Oct 24	at Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	Oct 24, 3:00 PM CT 12%
Fri, Oct 30	at Saginaw Valley GLIAC	12–6	Oct 30, 4:00 PM CT 12%
Sat, Oct 31	at Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	Oct 31, 12:00 PM CT 1%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	Oct 31, 6:00 PM CT 3%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	Nov 6, 5:00 PM CT 26%

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Michigan Tech schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	vs. Minn. Duluth	16–1	L 2–3 25-21, 20-25, 17-25, 25-17, 23-25
Fri, Aug 28	at St. Cloud St.	12–5	L 2–3 25-19, 17-25, 23-25, 25-19, 11-15
Sat, Aug 29	at Cal St. East Bay	6–8	W 3–0 25-16, 25-23, 25-22
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Winona St.	2–13	W 3–0 25-21, 25-18, 25-17
Thu, Sep 3	at UCCS	10–6	L 2–3 25-27, 13-25, 25-23, 25-21, 10-15
Fri, Sep 4	vs. St. Edward's	9–8	W 3–2 25-15, 18-25, 16-25, 29-27, 15-8
Fri, Sep 4	vs. South Dakota Mines	12–4	L 2–3 22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 20-25, 15-17
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Midwestern St.	10–8	W 3–0 25-17, 25-20, 26-24
Fri, Sep 11	at Davenport GLIAC	11–4	L 2–3 20-25, 25-22, 25-18, 21-25, 10-15
Sat, Sep 12	at Saginaw Valley GLIAC	12–6	W 3–1 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 25-22
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	L 0–3 19-25, 16-25, 18-25
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Davenport GLIAC	11–4	W 3–0 30-28, 25-21, 25-23
Tue, Sep 22	at Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	L 2–3 18-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 10-15
Fri, Sep 25	at Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	W 3–0 25-17, 26-24, 26-24
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	W 3–0 25-19, 25-12, 25-20
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	W 3–0 25-21, 25-15, 25-21
Fri, Oct 9	at Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 44%
Sat, Oct 10	at Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	Oct 10, 1:00 PM CT 90%
Fri, Oct 23	at Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	Oct 23, 5:00 PM CT 21%
Sat, Oct 24	at Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	Oct 24, 2:00 PM CT 98%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	Oct 30, 5:00 PM CT 79%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	Oct 31, 1:00 PM CT 31%
Tue, Nov 3	vs. Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	Nov 3, 5:00 PM CT 72%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	Nov 7, 2:00 PM CT 99%