Missouri Western vs. Nebraska-Kearney Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Neb.-Kearney at Missouri Western · Sat, Oct 10, 1:00 PM CT

Missouri Western

15–1 · 5–0 conf. · AVCA #7 · power #19

vs.

Neb.-Kearney

17–1 · 6–0 conf. · AVCA #5 · power #1

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Prediction

From the power rating, at Missouri Western. Missouri Western is expected to win 46.3% of rallies.

17%

Missouri Western wins · power rank 19

3–0 3%3–1 6%3–2 9%

83%

Neb.-Kearney wins · power rank 1

3–0 34%3–1 31%3–2 17%

Where the match is won

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

Missouri Western on offense

Missouri Western attack vs. Neb.-Kearney defense

Missouri Western hitting %.267 · 21st Neb.-Kearney opp. hitting % allowed.082 · 1st

Even

Missouri Western serve vs. Neb.-Kearney passing

Missouri Western aces per set1.93 · 70th Neb.-Kearney reception error %5.1% · 4th

Slight edge: Neb.-Kearney

Missouri Western siding out vs. Neb.-Kearney serving

Missouri Western sideout %61.7% · 17th Neb.-Kearney point-scoring %57.0% · 1st

Even

Neb.-Kearney on offense

Neb.-Kearney attack vs. Missouri Western defense

Neb.-Kearney hitting %.305 · 3rd Missouri Western opp. hitting % allowed.130 · 17th

Even

Neb.-Kearney serve vs. Missouri Western passing

Neb.-Kearney aces per set1.48 · 202nd Missouri Western reception error %6.8% · 52nd

Edge: Missouri Western

Neb.-Kearney siding out vs. Missouri Western serving

Neb.-Kearney sideout %67.5% · 2nd Missouri Western point-scoring %48.3% · 43rd

Slight edge: Neb.-Kearney

What each team does well

Missouri Western

What they do well

Blocks per set2.61 · 5th in D2
Assists per set12.89 · 18th in D2
Sideout %61.7% · 17th in D2
Opponent hitting %.130 · 17th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Service errors per set2.21 · 184th in D2

Neb.-Kearney

What they do well

Sideout %67.5% · 2nd in D2
Point-scoring %57.0% · 1st in D2
Opponent hitting %.082 · 1st in D2
Hitting %.305 · 3rd in D2

Where they can be pushed

Aces per set1.48 · 202nd 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.

Missouri WesternNeb.-Kearney

Attack

Hitting %

.26721st of 281

.3053rd of 281

Kills per set

13.8223rd of 281

13.8521st of 281

Assists per set

12.8918th of 281

12.5727th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

61.7%17th of 281

67.5%2nd of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.9370th of 281

1.48202nd of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.21184th of 281

1.177th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

48.3%43rd of 281

57.0%1st of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.8%52nd of 281

5.1%4th of 281

Digs per set

17.1828th of 281

17.4622nd of 281

Blocks per set

2.615th of 281

2.4810th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.13017th of 281

.0821st of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Missouri Western	Neb.-Kearney
Power rank	19	1
Schedule strength rank	69	99
Record vs. top 50	4–1	7–1
Hitting % vs. top 50	.239	.254
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.170	.149
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	67.0% 100	58.8% 80

Players to watch

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

Missouri WesternNeb.-Kearney

Kills per set

Tanith Roush OH

3.05 · 171 kills · 137th in D2

Carly Purdy OH

3.13 · 147 kills · 121st in D2

Hitting %

Taylor Russell OH

.310 · 148–27–390 · 127th in D2

Sydney Davis MB

.404 · 93–11–203 · 16th in D2

Assists per set

Katelyn Diani-O'Day S

5.98 · 305 assists · 141st in D2

Ellie Eckman S

6.06 · 291 assists · 136th in D2

Aces per set

Holly Heldt OH

0.50 · 28 aces · 47th in D2

Ellie Spang DS

0.35 · 17 aces · 263rd in D2

Blocks per set

Mackenzie Peters MB

1.41 · 79 blocks · 4th in D2

Sydney Davis MB

1.29 · 62 blocks · 10th in D2

Digs per set

Anna Weberg L/DS

5.21 · 292 digs · 16th in D2

Ellie Spang DS

4.81 · 231 digs · 39th in D2

Points per set

Tanith Roush OH

3.39 · 190 points · 173rd in D2

Carly Purdy OH

3.41 · 160.5 points · 166th in D2

Common opponents

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Missouri Western roster


1	Anna Weberg	L/DS	56	2	6	0.04	.167	0.86	0.13	0.00	5.2116th D2	0.16
3	Taylor Russell	OH	56	148	390	2.64	.310	0.04	0.00	0.88	0.39	3.09
4	Hayley Barsky	S	34	3	11	0.09	.182	4.12	0.26	0.00	1.53	0.35
5	Skylar Walters	S	9	0	0	0.00	—	0.44	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.00
6	Ella Anderson	L/DS	9	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	Emma Ammon	OH	9	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	Tanith Roush	OH	56	171	392	3.05	.304	0.02	0.00	0.66	0.50	3.39
10	Emily Loy	OH	21	44	103	2.10	.301	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.43	2.17
11	Summer Anderson	L/DS	53	1	2	0.02	.500	0.51	0.11	0.00	1.98	0.13
12	Dakota Hendricks	L/DS	23	0	1	0.00	.000	0.09	0.04	0.00	0.65	0.04
13	Anna Strohmeier	OH	13	10	30	0.77	.133	0.15	0.00	0.31	0.23	0.92
14	Mackenzie Peters	MB	56	75	163	1.34	.337	0.07	0.27	1.414th D2	0.68	2.36
15	Emma Duff	S	39	4	15	0.10	.200	4.33	0.41	0.00	1.33	0.51
16	Brooklyn Gormley	MB	56	74	157	1.32	.363	0.04	0.00	1.1130th D2	0.21	1.93
18	Katelyn Diani-O'Day	S	51	7	19	0.14	.263	5.98	0.4396th D2	0.00	2.04	0.57
19	Holly Heldt	OH	56	128	416	2.29	.192	0.18	0.5047th D2	0.36	3.16	2.97
21	Noelle Sutcliffe	OH	44	107	336	2.43	.196	0.14	0.09	0.50	1.14	2.80

Neb.-Kearney roster


1	Ellie Eckman	S	48	6	20	0.13	.300	6.06	0.27	0.00	1.50	0.40
2	Mia Brenner	L/DS	7	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.43	0.00
3	Rhyan Mock	L/DS	15	0	3	0.00	.000	0.40	0.20	0.00	1.00	0.20
4	Ellie Spang	L/DS	48	0	6	0.00	.000	0.79	0.35	0.00	4.8139th D2	0.35
5	Anna Laincz	OH	10	5	19	0.50	.211	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.40	0.55
6	Julia Davenport	L/DS	38	0	0	0.00	—	0.16	0.18	0.00	0.53	0.18
7	Madeline Lamb	OH	12	8	22	0.67	.273	0.00	0.00	0.08	1.08	0.71
8	Taryn Arbuthnot	OH	44	3	14	0.07	.143	0.09	0.23	0.00	2.05	0.30
9	Grace Schmedding	OH	48	128	349	2.67	.289	0.23	0.25	0.27	3.17	3.06
10	Brynn Stowell	OH	48	131	295	2.73	.34969th D2	0.04	0.02	0.60	0.50	3.09
13	Megan Leedle	MB	33	50	91	1.52	.473	0.00	0.00	0.76	0.36	1.97
14	Carly Purdy	OH	47	147	377	3.13	.276	0.00	0.00	0.47	0.53	3.41
15	Addison Budke	OH	14	17	42	1.21	.262	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.64	1.29
16	Sydney Davis	MB	48	93	203	1.94	.40416th D2	0.10	0.00	1.2910th D2	0.48	2.76
17	Bryn McNair	OH	43	39	136	0.91	.096	0.09	0.00	0.63	0.72	1.26
18	Callie Squiers	S	48	6	31	0.13	.161	4.73	0.17	0.00	2.17	0.29
19	Sophia Thompson	MB	24	29	49	1.21	.469	0.17	0.00	0.67	0.29	1.58
24	Celia Spilker	MB	11	5	19	0.45	.105	0.00	0.00	0.55	0.09	0.77
26	Brylee Nelsen	S	3	0	0	0.00	—	1.67	0.00	0.00	0.33	0.00

Neb.-Kearney schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	vs. Colorado Mesa	13–3	L 0–3 17-25, 29-31, 17-25
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Biola	12–4	W 3–0 25-19, 26-24, 27-25
Fri, Aug 28	at DBU	12–3	W 3–0 25-23, 25-21, 25-20
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Mississippi Christian	6–13	W 3–0 25-4, 25-16, 25-15
Tue, Sep 1	vs. Peru St.	0–1	W 3–0 25-11, 25-11, 25-22
Thu, Sep 3	at Dominican (CA)	4–12	W 3–0 25-7, 25-8, 25-12
Fri, Sep 4	at Northwest Nazarene	10–5	W 3–0 25-22, 25-17, 25-17
Fri, Sep 4	at Rollins	9–8	W 3–0 27-25, 25-12, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Jessup	3–13	W 3–0 25-8, 25-16, 25-12
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Northwestern Okla.	8–13	W 3–0 25-9, 25-14, 25-6
Sat, Sep 12	vs. William Jewell	2–14	W 3–0 25-7, 25-14, 25-18
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Hastings	2–2	W 3–0 25-11, 25-15, 25-16
Wed, Sep 16	at Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	W 3–0 25-12, 25-12, 25-17
Sat, Sep 19	at Washburn MIAA	17–3	W 3–0 25-15, 25-13, 25-17
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-17
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Pittsburg St. MIAA	12–6	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-23
Wed, Sep 30	vs. Ark.-Fort Smith MIAA	14–6	W 3–0 25-18, 25-13, 25-17
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	W 3–0 25-8, 25-13, 25-14
Fri, Oct 9	at Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 10	at Missouri Western MIAA	15–1	Oct 10, 1:00 PM CT 83%
Tue, Oct 13	vs. York (NE)	0–0	Oct 13, 6:00 PM CT
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	Oct 16, 5:30 PM CT 97%
Sat, Oct 17	at Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	Oct 17, 4:00 PM CT 88%
Fri, Oct 23	at Newman MIAA	6–14	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 24	at Central Okla. MIAA	14–5	Oct 24, 2:00 PM CT 96%
Tue, Oct 27	vs. Doane	0–0	Oct 27, 6:00 PM CT
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 97%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Mo. Southern St. MIAA	6–11	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	Nov 7, 6:00 PM CT 97%

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Missouri Western schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. St. Edward's	9–8	W 3–0 25-17, 25-16, 25-18
Fri, Aug 28	at Embry-Riddle (FL)	10–5	W 3–1 22-25, 25-18, 26-24, 25-15
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Fla. Southern	8–6	W 3–0 25-16, 25-15, 25-15
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Florida Tech	4–10	W 3–1 25-17, 25-20, 20-25, 25-17
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Southwest Minn. St.	13–4	W 3–1 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-21
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Northern St.	12–5	W 3–1 26-24, 25-17, 16-25, 25-20
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Okla. Christian	9–8	W 3–0 25-13, 25-21, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Rockhurst	11–5	L 2–3 23-25, 15-25, 25-17, 25-17, 12-15
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Arkansas Tech	11–9	W 3–0 25-17, 25-13, 25-17
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Ill. Springfield	4–12	W 3–0 25-14, 25-16, 25-17
Sat, Sep 12	vs. McKendree	2–14	W 3–0 25-10, 25-15, 25-20
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Central Okla. MIAA	14–5	W 3–0 25-16, 25-16, 25-19
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Newman MIAA	6–14	W 3–0 25-23, 25-12, 25-15
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	W 3–0 25-19, 25-14, 25-10
Fri, Oct 2	at Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	W 3–1 23-25, 25-15, 26-24, 25-20
Sat, Oct 3	at Mo. Southern St. MIAA	6–11	W 3–1 18-25, 28-26, 25-22, 25-23
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 80%
Sat, Oct 10	vs. Neb.-Kearney MIAA	17–1	Oct 10, 1:00 PM CT 17%
Thu, Oct 15	vs. Washburn MIAA	17–3	Oct 15, 6:00 PM CT 59%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	Oct 17, 2:00 PM CT 80%
Tue, Oct 20	at Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	Oct 20, 6:00 PM CT 92%
Fri, Oct 23	at Washburn MIAA	17–3	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 47%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Ark.-Fort Smith MIAA	14–6	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 96%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	Oct 31, 2:00 PM CT 99%
Fri, Nov 6	at Pittsburg St. MIAA	12–6	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 59%
Sat, Nov 7	at Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	Nov 7, 7:00 PM CT 53%