Northern State vs. Sioux Falls Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Northern St. at Sioux Falls · Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT

Northern St.

12–5 · 7–2 conf. · power #20

vs.

Sioux Falls

6–11 · 2–7 conf. · power #76

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Prediction

From the power rating, at Sioux Falls. Northern St. is expected to win 53.4% of rallies.

81%

Northern St. wins · power rank 20

3–0 33%3–1 31%3–2 18%

19%

Sioux Falls wins · power rank 76

3–0 3%3–1 6%3–2 10%

Where the match is won

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

Northern St. on offense

Northern St. attack vs. Sioux Falls defense

Northern St. hitting %.296 · 5th Sioux Falls opp. hitting % allowed.200 · 189th

Edge: Northern St.

Northern St. serve vs. Sioux Falls passing

Northern St. aces per set1.71 · 137th Sioux Falls reception error %10.4% · 230th

Edge: Northern St.

Northern St. siding out vs. Sioux Falls serving

Northern St. sideout %61.6% · 19th Sioux Falls point-scoring %42.4% · 221st

Edge: Northern St.

Sioux Falls on offense

Sioux Falls attack vs. Northern St. defense

Sioux Falls hitting %.216 · 80th Northern St. opp. hitting % allowed.212 · 222nd

Edge: Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls serve vs. Northern St. passing

Sioux Falls aces per set1.11 · 273rd Northern St. reception error %6.9% · 57th

Edge: Northern St.

Sioux Falls siding out vs. Northern St. serving

Sioux Falls sideout %54.5% · 162nd Northern St. point-scoring %46.0% · 107th

Slight edge: Northern St.

What each team does well

Northern St.

What they do well

Hitting %.296 · 5th in D2
Assists per set13.32 · 7th in D2
Kills per set14.15 · 9th in D2
Sideout %61.6% · 19th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Opponent hitting %.212 · 222nd in D2
Blocks per set1.59 · 185th in D2

Sioux Falls

What they do well

Blocks per set2.54 · 9th in D2
Service errors per set1.26 · 11th in D2
Hitting %.216 · 80th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Aces per set1.11 · 273rd in D2
Reception error %10.4% · 230th in D2
Point-scoring %42.4% · 221st 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.

Northern St.Sioux Falls

Attack

Hitting %

.2965th of 281

.21680th of 281

Kills per set

14.159th of 281

12.23122nd of 281

Assists per set

13.327th of 281

11.6092nd of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

61.6%19th of 281

54.5%162nd of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.71137th of 281

1.11273rd of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.8184th of 281

1.2611th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

46.0%107th of 281

42.4%221st of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.9%57th of 281

10.4%230th of 281

Digs per set

15.48127th of 281

13.75218th of 281

Blocks per set

1.59185th of 281

2.549th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.212222nd of 281

.200189th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Northern St.	Sioux Falls
Power rank	20	76
Schedule strength rank	45	36
Record vs. top 50	4–4	0–8
Hitting % vs. top 50	.237	.186
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.260	.235
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	50.7% 134	52.0% 150

Players to watch

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

Northern St.Sioux Falls

Kills per set

Linnea Nesheim OH

3.94 · 244 kills · 19th in D2

Ella Walker MB

2.60 · 169 kills · 300th in D2

Hitting %

Victoria Persha OH

.368 · 139–32–291 · 40th in D2

Ella Walker MB

.380 · 169–37–347 · 30th in D2

Assists per set

Ava Nilsson S

11.84 · 734 assists · 1st in D2

Hollie Peterson S

6.92 · 436 assists · 98th in D2

Aces per set

Ava Nilsson S

0.42 · 26 aces · 116th in D2

Hollie Peterson S

0.29 · 18 aces · 548th in D2

Blocks per set

Lydia Nelson OH

0.78 · 45 blocks · 237th in D2

Ella Walker MB

1.18 · 77 blocks · 21st in D2

Digs per set

Ashley Yost L/DS

4.29 · 266 digs · 94th in D2

Maci Lerseth DS

4.20 · 273 digs · 104th in D2

Points per set

Linnea Nesheim OH

4.52 · 280.5 points · 18th in D2

Ella Walker MB

3.30 · 214.5 points · 200th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Northern St.	Sioux Falls
Mary	W 3–0 25-20, 25-13, 25-14	W 3–0 25-18, 25-10, 27-25
Minot St.	W 3–0 25-14, 25-6, 25-12	W 3–0 25-22, 25-15, 25-17
Wayne St. (NE)	L 1–3 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-25	L 0–3 13-25, 19-25, 17-25
Augustana (SD)	W 3–0 25-19, 25-21, 27-25	L 2–3 25-20, 25-21, 19-25, 22-25, 10-15

Northern St. roster


1	Victoria Persha	OH	62	139	291	2.24	.36840th D2	0.08	0.29	0.65	0.56	2.87
2	Katelyn Schroeder	OH	62	242	614	3.9020th D2	.283	0.19	0.27	0.27	2.82	4.3130th D2
3	Avery Douglas	L/DS	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	Lydia Nelson	OH	58	97	205	1.67	.278	0.03	0.02	0.78	0.16	2.12
5	Sara Moberg	L/DS	62	2	4	0.03	.250	0.27	0.18	0.02	2.15	0.22
6	Margaret Smith	S	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	Michalina Grudzien	OH	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
9	Ava Nilsson	S	62	32	82	0.52	.293	11.841st D2	0.42	0.40	2.52	1.14
10	Addie Leach	L/DS	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Logan Fredrickson	MB	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
12	Avery Maasdorf	OH	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Morissen Samuels	OH	55	101	286	1.84	.220	0.04	0.00	0.42	0.49	2.09
15	Sidonia Wattier	S	10	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.10
16	Isabella Leaf	MB	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
17	Ashley Yost	L/DS	62	2	12	0.03	.000	0.76	0.15	0.02	4.2994th D2	0.19
18	Linnea Nesheim	OH	62	244	575	3.9419th D2	.317	0.11	0.37	0.37	2.53	4.5218th D2
20	Cara Cyr	MB	20	18	32	0.90	.438	0.00	0.00	0.30	0.10	1.05

Sioux Falls roster


1	Kyleigh Tangen	OH	58	35	123	0.60	.106	0.17	0.21	0.12	1.79	0.88
2	Maci Lerseth	L/DS	65	3	8	0.05	.375	1.09	0.06	0.00	4.20	0.11
3	Bre Van Den Top	OH	52	82	250	1.58	.120	0.06	0.00	0.44	0.60	1.81
4	Katie Van egdom	OH	3	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
5	Gretchen Volk	L/DS	62	1	6	0.02	.167	2.95	0.15	0.00	1.39	0.16
6	Lucy Larson	L/DS	65	0	3	0.00	.000	0.17	0.12	0.00	0.74	0.12
7	Cecilia Spaeth	OH	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
8	Faith Van Eck	L/DS	65	0	3	0.00	.000	0.25	0.12	0.00	1.51	0.12
9	Hollie Peterson	S	63	16	59	0.25	.153	6.9298th D2	0.29	0.29	2.02	0.70
10	Aubrey Gates	OH	65	115	380	1.77	.147	0.00	0.00	0.48	0.49	2.02
11	Haley Wolfe	MB	65	137	322	2.11	.33291st D2	0.02	0.18	1.1722nd D2	0.32	2.98
12	Abby Haus	OH	59	150	342	2.54	.260	0.05	0.00	0.78	0.53	2.94
13	Tatum Godinez	OH	47	65	220	1.38	.091	0.00	0.00	0.19	0.55	1.49
14	Taya Thaden	MB	14	7	14	0.50	.357	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.14	0.61
15	Maegan Cheeseman	S	14	0	0	0.00	—	1.07	0.00	0.00	0.21	0.00
17	Molly Minnema	MB	7	0	1	0.00	.000	0.00	0.14	0.29	0.00	0.29
19	Ella Walker	MB	65	169	347	2.60	.38030th D2	0.06	0.00	1.1821st D2	0.11	3.30
20	Adyson Knake	OH	20	15	56	0.75	-.071	0.05	0.00	0.15	0.25	0.82

Sioux Falls schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	vs. Northwest Nazarene	10–5	L 2–3 19-25, 30-28, 25-23, 24-26, 10-15
Fri, Aug 28	at Cal St. San Marcos	7–8	W 3–0 25-19, 25-19, 25-16
Fri, Aug 28	at Cal St. Monterey Bay	3–11	W 3–1 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Dominican (CA)	4–12	W 3–1 25-11, 25-17, 23-25, 25-17
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Emporia St.	15–3	L 2–3 21-25, 25-21, 25-20, 13-25, 13-15
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Black Hills St.	6–10	W 3–0 25-17, 25-11, 25-23
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Washburn	17–3	L 1–3 21-25, 25-22, 23-25, 23-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Chadron St.	7–9	L 1–3 14-25, 23-25, 25-19, 19-25
Fri, Sep 11	at Winona St. NSIC	2–13	L 0–3 25-27, 22-25, 20-25
Sat, Sep 12	at Concordia-St. Paul NSIC	12–4	L 1–3 17-25, 25-20, 13-25, 18-25
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Minnesota St. NSIC	6–11	L 1–3 25-22, 17-25, 17-25, 19-25
Sat, Sep 19	vs. St. Cloud St. NSIC	12–5	L 0–3 11-25, 22-25, 22-25
Thu, Sep 24	vs. Southwest Minn. St. NSIC	13–4	L 2–3 22-25, 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 7-15
Sat, Sep 26	at Wayne St. (NE) NSIC	16–1	L 0–3 13-25, 19-25, 17-25
Tue, Sep 29	vs. Augustana (SD) NSIC	9–8	L 2–3 25-20, 25-21, 19-25, 22-25, 10-15
Fri, Oct 2	at Mary NSIC	4–13	W 3–0 25-18, 25-10, 27-25
Sat, Oct 3	at Minot St. NSIC	4–14	W 3–0 25-22, 25-15, 25-17
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Northern St. NSIC	12–5	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 19%
Sat, Oct 10	vs. Jamestown NSIC	13–4	Oct 10, 4:00 PM CT 41%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. MSU Moorhead NSIC	10–8	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 51%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Minn.-Crookston NSIC	3–14	Oct 17, 2:00 PM CT 96%
Fri, Oct 23	at Bemidji St. NSIC	13–4	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 25%
Sat, Oct 24	at Minn. Duluth NSIC	16–1	Oct 24, 2:00 PM CT 8%
Tue, Oct 27	at Augustana (SD) NSIC	9–8	Oct 27, 6:00 PM CT 24%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Concordia-St. Paul NSIC	12–4	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 13%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Winona St. NSIC	2–13	Oct 31, 2:00 PM CT 77%
Fri, Nov 6	at St. Cloud St. NSIC	12–5	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 10%
Sat, Nov 7	at Minnesota St. NSIC	6–11	Nov 7, 3:00 PM CT 47%

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Northern St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at Flagler	16–2	W 3–0 25-22, 25-23, 25-22
Fri, Aug 28	at UCCS	10–6	W 3–1 25-17, 25-18, 16-25, 25-15
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Cal St. Dom. Hills	2–13	W 3–0 25-17, 25-11, 25-8
Sat, Aug 29	at Colo. Christian	6–8	L 2–3 25-13, 23-25, 25-7, 15-25, 10-15
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Okla. Christian	9–8	W 3–2 25-15, 26-24, 22-25, 19-25, 15-12
Fri, Sep 4	at Missouri Western	15–1	L 1–3 24-26, 17-25, 25-16, 20-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Northwest Mo. St.	6–9	W 3–0 25-20, 25-21, 25-13
Sat, Sep 5	at Rockhurst	11–5	L 2–3 23-25, 23-25, 25-19, 26-24, 9-15
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Minn.-Crookston NSIC	3–14	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-13
Sat, Sep 12	vs. MSU Moorhead NSIC	10–8	W 3–0 25-21, 25-17, 27-25
Fri, Sep 18	at Minn. Duluth NSIC	16–1	L 0–3 22-25, 21-25, 21-25
Sat, Sep 19	at Bemidji St. NSIC	13–4	W 3–0 25-23, 25-14, 26-24
Thu, Sep 24	at Jamestown NSIC	13–4	W 3–2 21-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 15-12
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Mary NSIC	4–13	W 3–0 25-20, 25-13, 25-14
Tue, Sep 29	vs. Minot St. NSIC	4–14	W 3–0 25-14, 25-6, 25-12
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Wayne St. (NE) NSIC	16–1	L 1–3 23-25, 19-25, 25-20, 15-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Augustana (SD) NSIC	9–8	W 3–0 25-19, 25-21, 27-25
Fri, Oct 9	at Sioux Falls NSIC	6–11	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 81%
Sat, Oct 10	at Southwest Minn. St. NSIC	13–4	Oct 10, 2:00 PM CT 40%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. St. Cloud St. NSIC	12–5	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 52%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Minnesota St. NSIC	6–11	Oct 17, 2:00 PM CT 90%
Fri, Oct 23	at Concordia-St. Paul NSIC	12–4	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 35%
Sat, Oct 24	at Winona St. NSIC	2–13	Oct 24, 2:00 PM CT 93%
Tue, Oct 27	at Minot St. NSIC	4–14	Oct 27, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Bemidji St. NSIC	13–4	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 75%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Minn. Duluth NSIC	16–1	Oct 31, 1:00 PM CT 46%
Fri, Nov 6	at MSU Moorhead NSIC	10–8	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 78%
Sat, Nov 7	at Minn.-Crookston NSIC	3–14	Nov 7, 2:00 PM CT 99%