Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · 2026 season

Saginaw Valley

12–6

Overall

5–4

GLIAC

.203

Hitting % · 104th in D2

.157

Opponents hit · 70th in D2

Power rank of 281

11%

NCAA tournament chance
Projected Midwest seed 7.0

Next · Sat, Oct 10, 3:00 PM CT

at Wis.-Parkside 11–5

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How they play

Ranked against all 281 Division II teams, with the Lone Star rank alongside. The bar shows how much of the field they're better than; the tick marks the median.

What they do well

Sideout %59.1% · 47th in D2
Blocks per set2.12 · 45th in D2
Reception error %6.8% · 53rd in D2
Digs per set16.50 · 54th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Service errors per set2.38 · 216th in D2
Point-scoring %42.8% · 207th in D2

Attack

Hitting %

.203104th of 281

Kills per set

12.8084th of 281

Assists per set

12.0366th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

59.1%47th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.55179th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

2.38216th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

42.8%207th of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.8%53rd of 281

Digs per set

16.5054th of 281

Blocks per set

2.1245th of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.15770th of 281

Bottom of D2MedianTop

Players

Full season. Ranks show the national top 100. Ranked players have played 75% of their team's sets (hitting % also needs 3 attempts per team set).


1	Trista Ameel	L/DS	33	0	0	0.00	—	0.09	0.03	0.00	0.09	0.03
2	Rachel Townsend	OH	64	203	566	3.17	.239	0.27	0.25	0.28	3.27	3.58
3	Finley Helm	OH	19	22	64	1.16	.172	0.11	0.11	0.11	1.37	1.32
4	Ava Decker	MB	64	97	243	1.52	.243	0.02	0.14	0.80	0.48	2.13
5	Kendall White	L/DS	65	3	10	0.05	.200	1.00	0.12	0.00	4.06	0.17
6	Zadie Schmidt	OH	11	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
7	Zoey King	MB	10	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
8	Cola Sisk	OH	18	13	49	0.72	.122	0.22	0.00	0.33	1.00	0.89
9	Ruby Earl	OH	42	68	266	1.62	.023	0.26	0.29	0.24	2.10	2.02
10	Kelsey Foster	OH	30	0	0	0.00	—	0.13	0.13	0.00	0.30	0.13
11	Sadie Devlaeminck	MB	10	3	13	0.30	.077	0.00	0.00	0.10	0.30	0.40
12	Ava Beard	S	22	1	13	0.05	.000	1.64	0.05	0.05	0.41	0.14
13	Jackie Scheiber	OPP	40	134	343	3.35	.233	0.23	0.23	0.35	2.13	3.76
14	Mia Buttigieg	L/DS	10	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
15	Chloe Vanwinkle	OH	61	119	379	1.95	.140	0.26	0.18	0.26	2.56	2.29
16	Audrey Ball	MB	15	2	6	0.13	-.167	0.13	0.00	0.07	0.20	0.17
17	Taylor Smith	S	65	66	165	1.02	.345	8.6866th D2	0.29	0.65	1.98	1.67
18	Marissa Roe	MB	66	107	267	1.62	.277	0.02	0.09	1.0935th D2	0.55	2.36
19	Kendall Ihm	OH	17	3	12	0.18	.083	0.00	0.06	0.18	0.06	0.32
20	Makayla Bruman	S	16	4	12	0.25	.333	3.69	0.19	0.38	1.19	0.66

Pressure and runs

Full season. Built from NCAA play-by-play.

Late in sets (20–20 or later)

Rallies won55.0% of 140
Sideout %68.5% · all rallies 59.1%
Point-scoring %40.9% · all rallies 42.8%
Late kills–errorsScheiber 15–0 · Townsend 10–2 · Roe 7–1 · Vanwinkle 9–4 · Smith 4–0 · Decker 2–1 · Earl 3–4

Runs and comebacks

Longest run13 straight · 25–9 in set 3 vs. Slippery Rock 09/05
Longest run against12 straight · 10–25 in set 2 vs. Thomas More 08/28
Sets with a 5-point run22 for · 18 against · of 66
Comeback setsdown 7, won 25–19 in set 2 vs. Roosevelt 09/25
down 6, won 27–25 in set 2 vs. Lake Superior St. 09/18
down 5, won 25–23 in set 2 vs. Michigan Tech 09/12
Leads lostNone from 5+ up

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Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	at West Liberty	5–15	W 3–0 25-12, 25-17, 25-14
Fri, Aug 28	at Thomas More	6–9	W 3–0 25-15, 25-10, 25-10
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Walsh	10–6	L 2–3 25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 14-25, 18-20
Sat, Aug 29	at UIndy	16–2	L 0–3 15-25, 18-25, 13-25
Fri, Sep 4	at Northwood	4–12	W 3–0 25-14, 25-13, 25-21
Fri, Sep 4	at Seton Hill	9–6	W 3–1 25-20, 25-17, 22-25, 26-24
Sat, Sep 5	at Cedarville	7–8	W 3–1 25-17, 14-25, 25-20, 25-19
Sat, Sep 5	vs. Slippery Rock	5–11	W 3–0 25-18, 25-22, 25-9
Fri, Sep 11	at Wayne St. (MI) GLIAC	7–9	W 3–1 25-17, 25-22, 17-25, 25-23
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Michigan Tech GLIAC	9–7	L 1–3 18-25, 25-23, 20-25, 22-25
Fri, Sep 18	at Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	W 3–1 25-15, 27-25, 23-25, 25-21
Sat, Sep 19	at Northern Mich. GLIAC	8–8	W 3–1 18-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-20
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	W 3–0 25-18, 25-19, 30-28
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	W 3–2 25-23, 18-25, 20-25, 25-21, 15-12
Tue, Sep 29	at Northwood	4–12	W 3–0 25-14, 25-21, 25-18
Fri, Oct 2	at Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	L 0–3 22-25, 15-25, 20-25
Sat, Oct 3	vs. Davenport GLIAC	11–4	L 0–3 22-25, 18-25, 18-25
Tue, Oct 6	vs. Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	L 2–3 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 19-25, 14-16
Sat, Oct 10	at Wis.-Parkside GLIAC	11–5	Oct 10, 3:00 PM CT 30%
Fri, Oct 23	at Roosevelt GLIAC	5–10	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 95%
Sat, Oct 24	at Davenport GLIAC	11–4	Oct 24, 3:00 PM CT 40%
Fri, Oct 30	vs. Purdue Northwest GLIAC	1–14	Oct 30, 4:00 PM CT 88%
Sat, Oct 31	vs. Lake Superior St. GLIAC	3–13	Oct 31, 3:00 PM CT 98%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. Ferris St. GLIAC	16–0	Nov 7, 1:00 PM CT 6%
Sun, Nov 8	at Grand Valley St. GLIAC	14–3	Nov 8, 12:00 PM CT 12%