Pittsburg State vs. Washburn Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Played Fri, Oct 2

Pittsburg St.

12–6 · 0–5 conf. · power #31

vs.

Washburn

17–3 · 7–1 conf. · AVCA #13 · power #21

Already this season

Date	Match	Pittsburg St. result
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Washburn	L 2–3 25-23, 18-25, 25-20, 11-25, 12-15

If they played again

From the power rating, at a neutral site. Pittsburg St. is expected to win 48.8% of rallies.

38%

Pittsburg St. wins · power rank 31

3–0 8%3–1 14%3–2 16%

62%

Washburn wins · power rank 21

3–0 18%3–1 24%3–2 20%

Where the match is won

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

Pittsburg St. on offense

Pittsburg St. attack vs. Washburn defense

Pittsburg St. hitting %.255 · 26th Washburn opp. hitting % allowed.141 · 40th

Even

Pittsburg St. serve vs. Washburn passing

Pittsburg St. aces per set1.09 · 275th Washburn reception error %6.6% · 44th

Edge: Washburn

Pittsburg St. siding out vs. Washburn serving

Pittsburg St. sideout %58.2% · 68th Washburn point-scoring %49.8% · 19th

Slight edge: Washburn

Washburn on offense

Washburn attack vs. Pittsburg St. defense

Washburn hitting %.250 · 30th Pittsburg St. opp. hitting % allowed.167 · 89th

Slight edge: Washburn

Washburn serve vs. Pittsburg St. passing

Washburn aces per set1.59 · 165th Pittsburg St. reception error %6.5% · 37th

Edge: Pittsburg St.

Washburn siding out vs. Pittsburg St. serving

Washburn sideout %62.0% · 15th Pittsburg St. point-scoring %43.9% · 172nd

Edge: Washburn

What each team does well

Pittsburg St.

What they do well

Blocks per set3.25 · 1st in D2
Hitting %.255 · 26th in D2
Reception error %6.5% · 37th in D2
Assists per set12.01 · 67th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Aces per set1.09 · 275th in D2

Washburn

What they do well

Kills per set14.21 · 6th in D2
Assists per set13.25 · 8th in D2
Sideout %62.0% · 15th in D2
Point-scoring %49.8% · 19th in D2

Where they can be pushed

No category in the bottom third of 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.

Pittsburg St.Washburn

Attack

Hitting %

.25526th of 281

.25030th of 281

Kills per set

12.9471st of 281

14.216th of 281

Assists per set

12.0167th of 281

13.258th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

58.2%68th of 281

62.0%15th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.09275th of 281

1.59165th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.90111th of 281

1.89107th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

43.9%172nd of 281

49.8%19th of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.5%37th of 281

6.6%44th of 281

Digs per set

15.13144th of 281

17.2626th of 281

Blocks per set

3.251st of 281

2.0850th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.16789th of 281

.14140th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Pittsburg St.	Washburn
Power rank	31	21
Schedule strength rank	50	74
Record vs. top 50	2–5	5–2
Hitting % vs. top 50	.230	.209
Opponents hit vs. top 50	.233	.155
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	52.1% 190	56.9% 144

Players to watch

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

Pittsburg St.Washburn

Kills per set

Crystal Smith MB

3.11 · 205 kills · 126th in D2

Brynne Topolski OH

3.25 · 224 kills · 92nd in D2

Hitting %

Crystal Smith MB

.414 · 205–54–365 · 12th in D2

Brynne Topolski OH

.292 · 224–70–528 · 182nd in D2

Assists per set

Jesa Wallace S

6.19 · 433 assists · 131st in D2

Shannon Frakes S

9.46 · 539 assists · 34th in D2

Aces per set

Mina Kaneko L

0.21 · 14 aces · 933rd in D2

Emma Siron OH

0.38 · 25 aces · 200th in D2

Blocks per set

Crystal Smith MB

1.70 · 112 blocks · 1st in D2

Brooklyn Morrissey MB

1.06 · 71 blocks · 43rd in D2

Digs per set

Kassidy Nixon OH

3.53 · 240 digs · 181st in D2

Taylor Rottinghaus L

4.82 · 313 digs · 38th in D2

Points per set

Crystal Smith MB

4.22 · 278.5 points · 35th in D2

Emma Siron OH

3.70 · 244 points · 93rd in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Pittsburg St.	Washburn
Southwestern Okla.	L 0–3 17-25, 22-25, 27-29	W 3–0 25-12, 25-16, 25-22
Arkansas Tech	W 3–1 25-20, 20-25, 25-18, 25-15	W 3–0 25-21, 25-19, 25-19
William Jewell	W 3–1 25-15, 25-21, 19-25, 25-12	W 3–1 17-25, 25-12, 25-15, 25-8
Emporia St.	L 2–3 12-25, 25-17, 25-22, 22-25, 7-15 L 0–3 23-25, 19-25, 23-25	W 3–2 25-15, 25-22, 22-25, 19-25, 15-13
Fort Hays St.	L 2–3 26-24, 24-26, 17-25, 25-21, 12-15	W 3–0 25-10, 25-13, 25-21
Neb.-Kearney	L 0–3 21-25, 22-25, 23-25	L 0–3 15-25, 13-25, 17-25

Pittsburg St. roster


1	Kennedy Behnke	MB	62	73	166	1.18	.325	0.00	0.00	1.0839th D2	0.06	1.78
2	Crystal Smith	MB	66	205	365	3.11	.41412th D2	0.03	0.14	1.701st D2	0.58	4.2235th D2
3	Mia Brown	L/DS	36	0	0	0.00	—	0.03	0.14	0.00	0.58	0.14
4	Kassidy Nixon	OH	68	1	4	0.01	.000	0.56	0.00	0.00	3.53	0.01
5	Jesa Wallace	S	70	5	13	0.07	.385	6.19	0.19	0.00	2.09	0.26
6	Imerie Jones	MB	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	Alexis Bittner	L/DS	55	1	12	0.02	-.083	0.15	0.09	0.00	2.16	0.11
8	Jadyn Hazzard	S	24	0	0	0.00	—	0.04	0.04	0.00	0.04	0.04
9	Abby Carr	S	13	0	0	0.00	—	1.46	0.23	0.00	0.31	0.23
10	Leilah Perry	MB	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
11	Mason Palace	OH	68	124	426	1.82	.174	0.12	0.12	0.69	2.51	2.35
12	Vix Vilott	OH	65	126	366	1.94	.186	0.05	0.12	0.43	1.03	2.28
13	Caileigh Kilgore	OH	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
14	Jordyn Washington	OH	8	5	20	0.63	.000	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.13	0.69
16	Maliyah Johnson	OH	68	127	393	1.87	.239	0.03	0.00	0.68	0.41	2.22
17	Amariah White	MB	21	37	65	1.76	.462	0.00	0.05	1.43	0.24	2.62
19	Mina Kaneko	L/DS	67	0	2	0.00	-.500	0.30	0.21	0.00	1.12	0.21
20	Maddi LaPointe	MB	70	191	533	2.73	.268	0.03	0.00	1.0354th D2	0.39	3.27
21	Avery Ringgenberg	MB	8	2	9	0.25	.000	0.00	0.00	0.25	0.13	0.38
22	Kaydence Torrez	OPP	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
23	Brynna Zoeller	S	67	2	9	0.03	.222	4.54	0.13	0.01	1.61	0.17
24	Peyton Liming	OH	13	7	30	0.54	-.100	0.00	0.00	0.31	0.23	0.69

Washburn roster


1	Autumn Gibbs	L/DS	70	1	10	0.01	.000	0.69	0.24	0.00	2.47	0.26
2	Brooklyn Benoit	OH	35	2	4	0.06	.500	0.06	0.09	0.00	0.49	0.14
3	Brynne Topolski	OH	69	224	528	3.2592nd D2	.292	0.20	0.04	0.61	1.48	3.60
4	Morgan Sears	MB	25	36	66	1.44	.455	0.04	0.00	1.12	0.12	2.10
5	Taylor Rottinghaus	L/DS	65	1	7	0.02	.143	0.80	0.29	0.00	4.8238th D2	0.31
7	Keilah Rivers	OH	15	14	41	0.93	.146	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.33	1.00
8	Emma Siron	OH	66	207	561	3.14	.209	1.39	0.38	0.32	2.59	3.7093rd D2
9	Chloe Carlgren	MB	22	5	30	0.23	.067	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.14	0.50
10	Sydney Buscher	S	16	13	36	0.81	.194	0.06	0.00	0.13	0.44	0.88
11	Chloe Traffas	L/DS	42	0	1	0.00	.000	0.14	0.19	0.02	0.76	0.20
12	Hayden Meats	OH	40	105	289	2.63	.239	0.05	0.07	0.25	1.60	2.83
13	Kennedy Derks	MB	52	58	158	1.12	.196	0.10	0.00	0.62	0.25	1.49
14	Kalyn Sampson	S	5	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	Lauren Tyler	S	35	10	30	0.29	.167	5.34	0.17	0.03	2.20	0.47
16	Natalie Hedlund	OH	64	161	436	2.52	.252	0.06	0.00	0.50	0.55	2.78
17	Brooklyn Morrissey	MB	67	131	298	1.96	.285	0.04	0.00	1.0643rd D2	0.18	2.52
20	Avery Willey	L/DS	66	0	2	0.00	.000	0.15	0.20	0.00	1.06	0.20
21	Josie Cleveringa	OH	13	4	9	0.31	.333	0.08	0.15	0.15	0.23	0.54
22	Shannon Frakes	S	57	46	113	0.81	.319	9.4634th D2	0.30	0.39	2.67	1.30
23	Finley Rieke	MB	13	8	22	0.62	.227	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.15	0.69
25	Emery Keebaugh	OH	12	11	26	0.92	.192	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.92

Washburn schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	vs. Okla. Christian	9–8	W 3–1 25-13, 28-30, 25-18, 25-14
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Arkansas Tech	11–9	W 3–0 25-21, 25-19, 25-19
Fri, Aug 28	vs. William Jewell	2–14	W 3–1 17-25, 25-12, 25-15, 25-8
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Westminster (UT)	3–13	W 3–1 25-17, 23-25, 25-12, 25-22
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Black Hills St.	6–10	W 3–0 25-14, 25-21, 25-13
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Upper Iowa	6–9	W 3–0 25-16, 25-18, 25-18
Fri, Sep 4	at Sioux Falls	6–11	W 3–1 25-21, 22-25, 25-23, 25-23
Sat, Sep 5	at Augustana (SD)	9–8	W 3–0 25-17, 25-23, 25-16
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Mo.-St. Louis	11–5	L 2–3 25-17, 25-21, 23-25, 10-25, 6-15
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Ark.-Monticello	2–19	W 3–0 25-17, 25-16, 25-15
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Southwestern Okla.	12–8	W 3–0 25-12, 25-16, 25-22
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Drury	12–4	L 1–3 22-25, 25-14, 23-25, 22-25
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	W 3–0 25-10, 25-13, 25-21
Sat, Sep 19	vs. Neb.-Kearney MIAA	17–1	L 0–3 15-25, 13-25, 17-25
Tue, Sep 22	at Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	W 3–1 25-20, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Ark.-Fort Smith MIAA	14–6	W 3–0 25-19, 25-22, 25-21
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	W 3–0 25-21, 25-12, 25-18
Fri, Oct 2	at Pittsburg St. MIAA	12–6	W 3–2 23-25, 25-18, 20-25, 25-11, 15-12
Sat, Oct 3	at Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	W 3–2 25-15, 25-22, 22-25, 19-25, 15-13
Tue, Oct 6	vs. Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	W 3–1 22-25, 25-11, 25-12, 25-17
Fri, Oct 9	at Central Okla. MIAA	14–5	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 72%
Sat, Oct 10	at Newman MIAA	6–14	Oct 10, 1:00 PM CT 98%
Thu, Oct 15	at Missouri Western MIAA	15–1	Oct 15, 6:00 PM CT 41%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 77%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Missouri Western MIAA	15–1	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 53%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	Oct 24, 3:00 PM CT 95%
Fri, Oct 30	at Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 69%
Sat, Oct 31	at Mo. Southern St. MIAA	6–11	Oct 31, 6:00 PM CT 98%
Tue, Nov 3	at William Jewell	2–14	Nov 3, 6:00 PM CT 99%

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Pittsburg St. schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Thu, Aug 27	at Wilmington (DE)	6–14	W 3–0 25-15, 25-14, 25-10
Fri, Aug 28	at P.R.-Mayaguez	2–2	W 3–1 25-22, 23-25, 25-15, 25-21
Fri, Aug 28	at North Greenville	11–8	W 3–1 25-15, 21-25, 25-12, 25-22
Sat, Aug 29	at Eckerd	11–7	W 3–1 28-26, 25-17, 19-25, 25-23
Wed, Sep 2	vs. Truman St.	7–9	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-19
Thu, Sep 3	vs. Southwestern Okla.	12–8	L 0–3 17-25, 22-25, 27-29
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Arkansas Tech	11–9	W 3–1 25-20, 20-25, 25-18, 25-15
Fri, Sep 4	vs. William Jewell	2–14	W 3–1 25-15, 25-21, 19-25, 25-12
Thu, Sep 10	vs. Southern Nazarene	13–8	W 3–1 25-16, 25-14, 19-25, 25-8
Thu, Sep 10	vs. East Central	8–12	W 3–0 25-22, 25-16, 29-27
Fri, Sep 11	at Okla. Baptist	16–4	W 3–2 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-13
Fri, Sep 11	at Ouachita Baptist	10–10	W 3–0 25-20, 25-12, 25-18
Fri, Sep 18	vs. Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	L 2–3 12-25, 25-17, 25-22, 22-25, 7-15
Fri, Sep 25	at Fort Hays St. MIAA	14–6	L 2–3 26-24, 24-26, 17-25, 25-21, 12-15
Sat, Sep 26	at Neb.-Kearney MIAA	17–1	L 0–3 21-25, 22-25, 23-25
Tue, Sep 29	at Emporia St. MIAA	15–3	L 0–3 23-25, 19-25, 23-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Washburn MIAA	17–3	L 2–3 25-23, 18-25, 25-20, 11-25, 12-15
Tue, Oct 6	vs. Rockhurst	11–5	W 3–2 22-25, 25-12, 25-14, 19-25, 15-8
Fri, Oct 9	at Ark.-Fort Smith MIAA	14–6	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 85%
Sat, Oct 10	at Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	Oct 10, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Tue, Oct 13	at Northwestern Okla.	8–13	Oct 13, 5:30 PM CT 94%
Fri, Oct 16	at Northeastern St. MIAA	1–16	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 17	at Newman MIAA	6–14	Oct 17, 3:00 PM CT 97%
Thu, Oct 22	at Central Mo. MIAA	11–8	Oct 22, 6:00 PM CT 57%
Sat, Oct 24	at Mo. Southern St. MIAA	6–11	Oct 24, 3:00 PM CT 95%
Tue, Oct 27	at Drury	12–4	Oct 27, 6:00 PM CT 59%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Central Okla. MIAA	14–5	Oct 30, 6:00 PM CT 72%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Newman MIAA	6–14	Oct 31, 1:00 PM CT 98%
Fri, Nov 6	vs. Missouri Western MIAA	15–1	Nov 6, 6:00 PM CT 41%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Northwest Mo. St. MIAA	6–9	Nov 7, 6:30 PM CT 91%