Virginia Union vs. Winston-Salem Volleyball: Matchup Preview

Matchup · Winston-Salem at Virginia Union · Sun, Oct 18, 4:00 PM CT

Virginia Union

6–10 · 3–7 conf. · power #276

vs.

Winston-Salem

11–6 · 7–3 conf. · power #209

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Date	Match	Virginia Union result
Sun, Oct 4	vs. Winston-Salem	L 0–3 23-25, 8-25, 18-25

Prediction

From the power rating, at Virginia Union. Virginia Union is expected to win 41.7% of rallies.

Virginia Union wins · power rank 276

3–0 0%3–1 0%3–2 1%

98%

Winston-Salem wins · power rank 209

3–0 69%3–1 24%3–2 5%

Where the match is won

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

Virginia Union on offense

Virginia Union attack vs. Winston-Salem defense

Virginia Union hitting %.131 · 239th Winston-Salem opp. hitting % allowed.133 · 19th

Edge: Winston-Salem

Virginia Union serve vs. Winston-Salem passing

Virginia Union aces per set2.36 · 6th Winston-Salem reception error %7.8% · 110th

Edge: Virginia Union

Virginia Union siding out vs. Winston-Salem serving

Virginia Union sideout %49.8% · 251st Winston-Salem point-scoring %50.6% · 13th

Edge: Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem on offense

Winston-Salem attack vs. Virginia Union defense

Winston-Salem hitting %.166 · 184th Virginia Union opp. hitting % allowed.231 · 257th

Edge: Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem serve vs. Virginia Union passing

Winston-Salem aces per set1.44 · 225th Virginia Union reception error %11.5% · 253rd

Slight edge: Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem siding out vs. Virginia Union serving

Winston-Salem sideout %55.3% · 139th Virginia Union point-scoring %45.2% · 131st

Even

What each team does well

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

Winston-Salem

What they do well

Point-scoring %50.6% · 13th in D2
Service errors per set1.37 · 16th in D2
Opponent hitting %.133 · 19th in D2
Digs per set16.48 · 56th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Aces per set1.44 · 225th in D2
Assists per set10.39 · 186th in D2
Hitting %.166 · 184th 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.

Virginia UnionWinston-Salem

Attack

Hitting %

.131239th of 281

.166184th of 281

Kills per set

10.09241st of 281

11.61167th of 281

Assists per set

8.96255th of 281

10.39186th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

49.8%251st of 281

55.3%139th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

2.366th of 281

1.44225th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.58241st of 281

1.3716th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

45.2%131st of 281

50.6%13th of 281

Pass & defend

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

11.5%253rd of 281

7.8%110th of 281

Digs per set

10.64279th of 281

16.4856th of 281

Blocks per set

0.96280th of 281

1.9484th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.231257th of 281

.13319th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Against good teams and late in sets

	Virginia Union	Winston-Salem
Power rank	276	209
Schedule strength rank	272	260
Record vs. top 50	—	—
Hitting % vs. top 50	—	—
Opponents hit vs. top 50	—	—
Rallies won at 20–20 or later	57.4% 94	57.1% 147

Players to watch

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

Virginia UnionWinston-Salem

Kills per set

Alana Simmons N

2.09 · 96 kills · 572nd in D2

Holiday Ellis OH

3.29 · 204 kills · 86th in D2

Hitting %

Madison Hill N

.197 · 62–28–173

Kamiyah Wilson MB

.223 · 89–36–238 · 443rd in D2

Assists per set

Zinnia Pickett N

4.16 · 187 assists · 292nd in D2

Zaria Keys S

5.64 · 310 assists · 162nd in D2

Aces per set

Alana Simmons N

0.57 · 26 aces · 16th in D2

Zaria Keys S

0.31 · 17 aces · 447th in D2

Blocks per set

Aylia Junious N

0.39 · 14 blocks

Kamiyah Wilson MB

0.97 · 60 blocks · 84th in D2

Digs per set

Alana Simmons N

2.09 · 96 digs · 721st in D2

Kalyn Cuthbertson DS

4.13 · 256 digs · 111th in D2

Points per set

Alana Simmons N

2.71 · 124.5 points · 475th in D2

Holiday Ellis OH

3.66 · 227 points · 98th in D2

Common opponents

Opponent	Virginia Union	Winston-Salem
Elizabeth City St.	L 0–3 18-25, 13-25, 22-25	W 3–0 25-19, 25-21, 25-22
Shaw	L 0–3 0-0, 0-0, 0-0	W 3–1 23-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-19
Bowie St.	L 0–3 17-25, 17-25, 16-25	W 3–0 25-21, 25-23, 25-17
Bluefield St.	L 0–3 18-25, 21-25, 8-25	W 3–2 25-19, 25-18, 19-25, 24-26, 16-14
Livingstone	L 2–3 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, 11-25, 16-18	L 1–3 19-25, 25-16, 19-25, 23-25
Johnson C. Smith	W 3–1 25-21, 25-21, 18-25, 25-21	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-15
Fayetteville St.	L 1–3 10-25, 25-23, 18-25, 6-25	L 2–3 16-25, 28-26, 28-26, 23-25, 6-15
Lincoln (PA)	W 3–0 25-21, 25-22, 25-22	W 3–0 25-20, 25-8, 25-12

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

Winston-Salem roster


1	Zaria Keys	S	55	18	76	0.33	.197	5.64	0.31	0.07	1.96	0.67
2	Celina Johnson	S	56	15	64	0.27	.141	4.05	0.09	0.04	1.14	0.38
3	Tiffany Blakely	L/DS	25	0	5	0.00	-.400	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.56	0.00
4	Tehani Moniz	OH	27	13	57	0.48	.000	0.00	0.00	0.11	0.30	0.56
5	Amada Sawyer	S	18	0	1	0.00	.000	0.50	0.06	0.00	0.28	0.06
7	Kamiyah Wilson	MB	62	89	238	1.44	.223	0.08	0.15	0.9784th D2	0.61	2.24
9	Aria Caldwell	OH	62	92	316	1.48	.111	0.10	0.10	0.40	1.56	1.79
11	Skylar White	OH	23	6	15	0.26	.200	0.00	0.00	0.22	0.04	0.39
12	Alyssa Noble	MB	14	0	3	0.00	-.333	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.00
13	Sarah Sanders	OH	49	63	186	1.29	.129	0.06	0.06	0.22	1.06	1.47
15	Angelica Turnage	OH	52	125	324	2.40	.216	0.02	0.00	0.62	0.63	2.74
16	Zoe Chesson	MB	60	71	165	1.18	.273	0.15	0.05	0.78	0.32	1.71
21	Jewel Pitt	L/DS	62	21	108	0.34	.028	0.23	0.15	0.00	2.63	0.48
22	Kalyn Cuthbertson	L/DS	62	3	44	0.05	.023	0.81	0.29	0.03	4.13	0.35
23	Holiday Ellis	OH	62	204	660	3.2986th D2	.183	0.15	0.29	0.13	2.61	3.6698th D2
24	Brie Young	L/DS	13	0	1	0.00	-1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.00

Winston-Salem schedule

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at Erskine	4–15	W 3–0 25-21, 25-12, 27-25
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Belmont Abbey	9–8	L 0–3 18-25, 22-25, 19-25
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Davis & Elkins	0–20	W 3–0 26-24, 25-19, 25-15
Thu, Sep 3	at King (TN)	9–8	L 1–3 22-25, 25-18, 15-25, 14-25
Thu, Sep 3	at Newberry	11–7	L 0–3 12-25, 20-25, 11-25
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Saint Anselm	11–5	W 3–0 30-28, 25-15, 25-19
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Emory & Henry	1–15	W 3–2 24-26, 25-19, 18-25, 25-16, 15-12
Mon, Sep 21	vs. Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	L 2–3 16-25, 28-26, 28-26, 23-25, 6-15
Thu, Sep 24	vs. Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	W 3–2 25-19, 25-18, 19-25, 24-26, 16-14
Mon, Sep 28	at Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	W 3–0 25-18, 25-14, 25-15
Fri, Oct 2	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	W 3–0 25-19, 25-21, 25-22
Fri, Oct 2	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	W 3–1 23-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-19
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	W 3–0 25-20, 25-8, 25-12
Sat, Oct 3	at Virginia St. CIAA	12–7	L 2–3 25-10, 10-25, 24-26, 25-18, 12-15
Sun, Oct 4	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	W 3–0 25-21, 25-23, 25-17
Sun, Oct 4	at Virginia Union CIAA	6–10	W 3–0 25-23, 25-8, 25-18
Thu, Oct 8	vs. Livingstone CIAA	14–5	L 1–3 19-25, 25-16, 19-25, 23-25
Mon, Oct 12	at Bluefield St. CIAA	10–9	Oct 12, 5:00 PM CT 73%
Fri, Oct 16	at Shaw CIAA	6–13	Oct 16, 8:00 AM CT 82%
Fri, Oct 16	at Elizabeth City St. CIAA	8–15	Oct 16, 12:00 PM CT 69%
Sat, Oct 17	at Bowie St. CIAA	7–8	Oct 17, 8:00 AM CT 72%
Sat, Oct 17	at Virginia St. CIAA	12–7	Oct 17, 6:00 PM CT 53%
Sun, Oct 18	at Lincoln (PA) CIAA	1–17	Oct 18, 12:00 PM CT 99%
Sun, Oct 18	at Virginia Union CIAA	6–10	Oct 18, 4:00 PM CT 98%
Thu, Oct 22	at Claflin CIAA	9–12	Oct 22, 5:00 PM CT 91%
Mon, Oct 26	vs. Johnson C. Smith CIAA	1–11	Oct 26, 5:00 PM CT 99%
Thu, Oct 29	at Livingstone CIAA	14–5	Oct 29, 5:00 PM CT 54%
Mon, Nov 2	vs. Claflin CIAA	9–12	Nov 2, 5:00 PM CT 95%
Thu, Nov 5	at Fayetteville St. CIAA	11–3	Nov 5, 5:00 PM CT 29%

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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%