Shaw vs. Virginia Union Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Virginia Union at Shaw · Mon, Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT

Shaw

6–13 · 5–6 conf. · power #255

vs.

Virginia Union

6–10 · 3–7 conf. · power #276

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Date	Match	Shaw result
Thu, Sep 24	at Virginia Union	W 3–0 0-0, 0-0, 0-0

Prediction

From the power rating, at Shaw. Shaw is expected to win 55.4% of rallies.

92%

Shaw wins · power rank 255

3–0 48%3–1 31%3–2 13%

Virginia Union wins · power rank 276

3–0 1%3–1 2%3–2 5%

Where the match is won

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

Shaw on offense

Shaw attack vs. Virginia Union defense

Shaw hitting %.125 · 246th Virginia Union opp. hitting % allowed.231 · 257th

Even

Shaw serve vs. Virginia Union passing

Shaw aces per set2.13 · 36th Virginia Union reception error %11.5% · 253rd

Edge: Shaw

Shaw siding out vs. Virginia Union serving

Shaw sideout %53.5% · 188th Virginia Union point-scoring %45.2% · 131st

Slight edge: Virginia Union

Virginia Union on offense

Virginia Union attack vs. Shaw defense

Virginia Union hitting %.131 · 239th Shaw opp. hitting % allowed.163 · 80th

Edge: Shaw

Virginia Union serve vs. Shaw passing

Virginia Union aces per set2.36 · 6th Shaw reception error %11.7% · 258th

Edge: Virginia Union

Virginia Union siding out vs. Shaw serving

Virginia Union sideout %49.8% · 251st Shaw point-scoring %47.8% · 56th

Edge: Shaw

What each team does well

Shaw

What they do well

Aces per set2.13 · 36th in D2
Point-scoring %47.8% · 56th in D2
Opponent hitting %.163 · 80th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Reception error %11.7% · 258th in D2
Blocks per set1.25 · 257th in D2
Assists per set9.15 · 248th in D2

Virginia Union

What they do well

Aces per set2.36 · 6th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Blocks per set0.96 · 280th in D2
Digs per set10.64 · 279th in D2
Assists per set8.96 · 255th 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.

ShawVirginia Union

Attack

Hitting %

.125246th of 281

.131239th of 281

Kills per set

10.04244th of 281

10.09241st of 281

Assists per set

9.15248th of 281

8.96255th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

53.5%188th of 281

49.8%251st of 281

Serve

Aces per set

2.1336th of 281

2.366th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.58242nd of 281

2.58241st of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

47.8%56th of 281

45.2%131st of 281

Pass & defend

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

11.7%258th of 281

11.5%253rd of 281

Digs per set

13.69222nd of 281

10.64279th of 281

Blocks per set

1.25257th of 281

0.96280th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.16380th of 281

.231257th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Shaw	Virginia Union
Power rank	255	276
Schedule strength rank	254	272
Record vs. top 50	—	—
Hitting % vs. top 50	—	—
Opponents hit vs. top 50	—	—
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	43.0% 121	57.4% 94

Players to watch

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

ShawVirginia Union

Kills per set

Taelin Connolley OH

1.98 · 125 kills · 623rd in D2

Alana Simmons N

2.09 · 96 kills · 572nd in D2

Hitting %

Leana Gould OH

.161 · 95–50–280 · 808th in D2

Madison Hill N

.197 · 62–28–173

Assists per set

Justus Alexander S

6.20 · 397 assists · 130th in D2

Zinnia Pickett N

4.16 · 187 assists · 292nd in D2

Aces per set

Taelin Connolley OH

0.37 · 23 aces · 235th in D2

Alana Simmons N

0.57 · 26 aces · 16th in D2

Blocks per set

Tatiyana Stevenson N

0.57 · 27 blocks

Aylia Junious N

0.39 · 14 blocks

Digs per set

Mary Barnes S

2.25 · 124 digs · 611th in D2

Alana Simmons N

2.09 · 96 digs · 721st in D2

Points per set

Taelin Connolley OH

2.46 · 155 points · 600th in D2

Alana Simmons N

2.71 · 124.5 points · 475th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Shaw	Virginia Union
Lincoln (PA)	W 3–0 25-18, 25-10, 25-16	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-22
Fayetteville St.	L 2–3 18-25, 25-22, 27-25, 17-25, 9-15	L 1–3 10-25, 25-23, 18-25, 6-25
Winston-Salem	L 1–3 25-23, 14-25, 16-25, 19-25	L 0–3 23-25, 8-25, 18-25
Johnson C. Smith	W 3–0 25-11, 25-10, 25-16	W 3–1 25-21, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21
Bluefield St.	W 3–2 25-17, 23-25, 20-25, 25-15, 15-8	L 0–3 18-25, 21-25, 8-25
Claflin	W 3–0 25-13, 25-21, 25-20	W 3–0 25-16, 25-19, 25-16
Livingstone	L 0–3 22-25, 23-25, 21-25	L 2–3 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, 11-25, 16-18
Bowie St.	L 2–3 25-20, 22-25, 15-25, 25-11, 10-15	L 0–3 17-25, 17-25, 16-25

Shaw roster


1	Mireya Chavez	L/DS	35	0	7	0.00	-.143	0.09	0.09	0.03	0.71	0.10
2	Mary Barnes	L/DS	55	1	23	0.02	-.043	0.40	0.36	0.00	2.25	0.38
3	Taelin Connolley	OH	63	125	377	1.98	.093	0.11	0.37	0.19	1.92	2.46
4	Kamaria Sanders	OH	44	52	165	1.18	.085	0.02	0.00	0.25	0.36	1.33
5	Zainab Kareem	MB	33	29	92	0.88	.054	0.00	0.06	0.12	0.24	1.00
6	Journey Dickson	L/DS	38	0	6	0.00	-.333	0.11	0.08	0.00	0.89	0.08
7	Sydni Hunter	MB	57	72	226	1.26	.150	0.16	0.02	0.53	0.49	1.60
8	Justus Alexander	S	64	16	89	0.25	.135	6.20	0.30	0.13	2.25	0.62
9	Jasmine Roberson	L/DS	57	0	9	0.00	.000	1.67	0.35	0.00	1.60	0.35
10	Nevaeh Ortiz	OH	56	80	299	1.43	.064	0.30	0.18	0.09	2.11	1.67
11	Khori Viltz	OH	47	3	20	0.06	.100	0.21	0.11	0.00	1.17	0.17
13	Leana Gould	OH	54	95	280	1.76	.161	0.04	0.28	0.22	0.59	2.18
14	Asia Olivera	MB	43	35	92	0.81	.250	0.07	0.05	0.12	0.44	0.94
15	Logan Scott	MB	28	8	41	0.29	-.073	0.07	0.00	0.07	0.18	0.34
20	Tatiyana Stevenson	OPP	47	71	153	1.51	.268	0.09	0.28	0.57	0.55	2.18
24	Layla Wood	OH	50	49	156	0.98	.128	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.30	1.11

Virginia Union roster


2	Kennedy Brown	N	37	0	11	0.00	-.182	0.22	0.19	0.00	1.32	0.19
4	Maria Pena	OH	49	88	251	1.80	.159	0.43	0.20	0.24	0.82	2.14
5	Alexandra Perot	OPP	49	64	169	1.31	.195	0.14	0.08	0.27	0.31	1.57
6	Zinnia Pickett	S	45	5	28	0.11	.071	4.16	0.5621st D2	0.02	1.07	0.68
7	Yasmeen Williams	N	30	5	19	0.17	.000	0.03	0.00	0.07	0.30	0.20
8	Deanna Nesbitt	N	45	6	31	0.13	-.129	0.16	0.11	0.09	1.62	0.30
9	Alana Simmons	OH	46	96	310	2.09	.087	0.41	0.5716th D2	0.11	2.09	2.71
10	Mariana Soriano	N	46	18	76	0.39	.066	3.00	0.22	0.02	1.07	0.62
11	Saniya Wiggins	N	13	1	1	0.08	1.000	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00	0.12
12	Jordin Hicks	N	16	5	17	0.31	.118	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.34
13	Madison Mcintyre	OH	23	19	59	0.83	.186	0.26	0.13	0.04	0.78	0.98
14	Madison Hill	OPP	31	62	173	2.00	.197	0.10	0.45	0.39	0.90	2.66
15	Ciara Wilson	N	21	6	20	0.29	.100	0.05	0.00	0.14	0.10	0.36
16	Tahliya Brown	N	20	12	41	0.60	.024	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.45	0.75
17	Aylia Junious	N	36	26	68	0.72	.118	0.06	0.00	0.39	0.06	0.99
18	Layla Gray	N	24	17	43	0.71	.186	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.79
19	Kanaiya Parham	N	26	8	22	0.31	.273	1.54	0.12	0.00	0.31	0.42
21	Jordan Carter	N	67	48	156	0.72	.173	0.28	0.21	0.01	1.40	0.93
22	Sanai Doster	OPP	42	34	109	0.81	.128	0.10	0.00	0.24	0.12	0.99

Virginia Union schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Tue, Sep 1	at Mount Olive	9–10	L 0–3 16-25, 15-25, 18-25
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Benedict	10–6	W 3–1 26-28, 25-15, 25-20, 25-19
Fri, Sep 4	at Albany St. (GA)	16–8	L 0–3 16-25, 21-25, 17-25
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Allen	3–12	W 3–1 25-21, 23-25, 25-16, 25-17
Sat, Sep 5	at Savannah St.	4–13	W 3–1 25-23, 19-25, 25-22, 25-17
Sat, Sep 12	at Glenville St.	9–9	L 0–3 12-25, 14-25, 14-25
Mon, Sep 21	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	L 0–3 18-25, 13-25, 22-25
Thu, Sep 24	vs. Shaw CIAA	6–13	L 0–3 0-0, 0-0, 0-0
Mon, Sep 28	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	L 0–3 17-25, 17-25, 16-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	W 3–0 25-16, 25-19, 25-16
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	L 0–3 18-25, 21-25, 8-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	L 2–3 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, 11-25, 16-18
Sat, Oct 3	at Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	W 3–1 25-21, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	L 1–3 10-25, 25-23, 18-25, 6-25
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	L 0–3 23-25, 8-25, 18-25
Thu, Oct 8	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-22
Mon, Oct 12	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT 8%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	Oct 16, 2:00 PM CT 27%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	Oct 16, 6:00 PM CT 3%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Oct 17, 10:00 AM CT 1%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	Oct 17, 2:00 PM CT 87%
Sun, Oct 18	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	Oct 18, 4:00 PM CT 2%
Mon, Oct 26	vs. Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	Oct 26, 5:00 PM CT 8%
Thu, Oct 29	vs. Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Oct 29, 5:00 PM CT 97%
Thu, Nov 5	vs. Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Nov 5, 5:00 PM CT 7%

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Shaw schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at Chestnut Hill	6–12	L 1–3 22-25, 12-25, 25-11, 22-25
Fri, Aug 28	at Shepherd	15–2	L 0–3 11-25, 22-25, 17-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Goldey-Beacom	13–4	L 1–3 25-23, 17-25, 17-25, 19-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Frostburg St.	5–11	L 0–3 21-25, 13-25, 14-25
Wed, Sep 2	vs. Catawba	9–6	L 1–3 25-22, 18-25, 17-25, 15-25
Fri, Sep 4	at Coker	7–9	L 0–3 20-25, 17-25, 20-25
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Georgia College	4–16	L 0–3 12-25, 20-25, 12-25
Sat, Sep 5	at Wingate	10–7	W 3–0 12-25, 22-25, 22-25
Wed, Sep 16	vs. Virginia St. CIAA	12–7	L 0–3 19-25, 14-25, 24-26
Mon, Sep 21	vs. Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	W 3–0 25-18, 25-10, 25-16
Thu, Sep 24	at Virginia Union CIAA	6–10	W 3–0 0-0, 0-0, 0-0
Mon, Sep 28	at Virginia St. CIAA	12–7	L 0–3 12-25, 13-25, 23-25
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	L 2–3 18-25, 25-22, 27-25, 17-25, 9-15
Fri, Oct 2	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	L 1–3 25-23, 14-25, 16-25, 19-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	W 3–0 25-11, 25-10, 25-16
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	W 3–2 25-17, 23-25, 20-25, 25-15, 15-8
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	W 3–0 25-13, 25-21, 25-20
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	L 0–3 22-25, 23-25, 21-25
Thu, Oct 8	vs. Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	L 2–3 25-20, 22-25, 15-25, 25-11, 10-15
Mon, Oct 12	vs. Virginia Union CIAA	6–10	Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT 92%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Winston-Salem CIAA	11–6	Oct 16, 8:00 AM CT 18%
Fri, Oct 16	vs. Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	Oct 16, 4:00 PM CT 45%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	Oct 17, 12:00 PM CT 73%
Sat, Oct 17	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	Oct 17, 4:00 PM CT 26%
Sun, Oct 18	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	Oct 18, 10:00 AM CT 99%
Sun, Oct 18	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Oct 18, 2:00 PM CT 10%
Thu, Oct 22	vs. Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Oct 22, 5:00 PM CT 40%
Thu, Oct 29	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	Oct 29, 5:00 PM CT 32%
Mon, Nov 2	vs. Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Nov 2, 5:00 PM CT 40%
Thu, Nov 5	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Nov 5, 5:00 PM CT 99%