Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference · 2026 season

Shepherd

15–2

Overall

6–2

PSAC

.272

Hitting % · 17th in D2

.119

Opponents hit · 7th in D2

106

Power rank of 281

>99%

NCAA tournament chance
Projected Atlantic seed 2.6

Next · Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT

vs. Kutztown 16–3

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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

Point-scoring %52.7% · 4th in D2
Opponent hitting %.119 · 7th in D2
Aces per set2.34 · 9th in D2
Hitting %.272 · 17th in D2

Where they can be pushed

Reception error %13.0% · 274th in D2

Attack

Hitting %

.27217th of 281

Kills per set

12.6888th of 281

Assists per set

11.5497th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

61.5%20th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

2.349th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.7569th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

52.7%4th of 281

Pass & defend

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

13.0%274th of 281

Digs per set

15.79101st of 281

Blocks per set

1.9193rd of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.1197th 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	Emily Ryder	OH	51	108	259	2.12	.251	0.04	0.02	0.49	0.71	2.39
2	Alaina Garling	S	6	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	Gracie Zartman	OH	56	3	24	0.05	-.083	0.11	0.02	0.02	1.63	0.09
4	Mikayla Riehl	OH	45	58	140	1.29	.286	0.11	0.33	0.04	1.82	1.64
6	Alexa Smith	L/DS	56	1	20	0.02	.050	0.98	0.43	0.00	3.71	0.45
7	Maggie Smith	S	55	18	88	0.33	.125	9.4435th D2	0.27	0.27	1.82	0.78
8	Carly Tillman	OH	7	2	5	0.29	.200	0.00	0.00	0.14	0.14	0.43
9	Cheyanne Saetern	L/DS	9	0	1	0.00	.000	0.00	0.11	0.00	0.56	0.11
10	Allison Wood	L/DS	49	0	6	0.00	.000	0.06	0.20	0.00	1.45	0.20
11	Sofia De Los Mozos	S	7	0	0	0.00	—	0.00	0.29	0.00	0.14	0.29
12	Aubrey Parker	S	9	3	10	0.33	.100	4.33	0.00	0.00	0.44	0.33
14	Ada McCoy	OH	52	169	404	3.2591st D2	.257	0.02	0.4481st D2	0.42	1.06	3.9557th D2
15	Amanda Gardner	L/DS	11	1	1	0.09	1.000	0.00	0.09	0.00	0.36	0.18
16	Rylee Lenz	MB	56	70	164	1.25	.335	0.09	0.00	0.68	0.27	1.69
18	Amya Davis	OH	53	147	403	2.77	.285	0.04	0.34	0.28	1.21	3.29
20	Skye Taylor	MB	8	0	1	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.00	0.06
21	Sophia Ryan	MB	56	118	254	2.11	.35459th D2	0.07	0.02	0.86	0.18	2.67
22	BreyLynn Scott	MB	7	6	10	0.86	.600	0.00	0.00	0.29	0.00	1.14
23	Vitoria Villa	OH	56	6	21	0.11	.238	0.09	0.34	0.02	2.45	0.46

Pressure and runs

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

Late in sets (20–20 or later)

Rallies won54.5% of 145
Sideout %62.7% · all rallies 61.5%
Point-scoring %48.1% · all rallies 52.7%
Late kills–errorsMcCoy 16–5 · Davis 11–2 · Ryan 11–3 · Smith 3–0 · Ryder 4–6 · Lenz 1–3

Runs and comebacks

Longest run9 straight · 25–13 in set 1 vs. Frostburg St. 08/29
Longest run against7 straight · 20–25 in set 2 vs. Indiana (PA) 09/11
Sets with a 5-point run36 for · 10 against · of 56
Comeback setsdown 5, won 25–17 in set 3 vs. Charleston (WV) 09/04
Leads lostup 5, lost 30–32 in set 3 vs. Concord 09/04
up 5, lost 18–25 in set 1 vs. Indiana (PA) 09/11

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Schedule and results

Date	Opponent	Opp. record	Result
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Shaw	6–13	W 3–0 25-11, 25-22, 25-17
Fri, Aug 28	vs. Goldey-Beacom	13–4	W 3–0 25-16, 25-13, 25-16
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Chestnut Hill	6–12	W 3–0 25-16, 25-17, 25-10
Sat, Aug 29	vs. Frostburg St.	5–11	W 3–0 25-13, 25-13, 25-15
Fri, Sep 4	at Charleston (WV)	10–9	W 3–0 25-20, 25-20, 25-17
Fri, Sep 4	vs. Concord	13–7	W 3–1 25-22, 23-25, 32-30, 25-20
Sat, Sep 5	at West Virginia St.	7–9	W 3–0 25-12, 25-19, 25-12
Tue, Sep 8	vs. West Liberty	5–15	W 3–0 25-18, 25-20, 25-23
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Indiana (PA) PSAC	12–4	L 0–3 18-25, 20-25, 14-25
Fri, Sep 11	vs. Pitt.-Johnstown PSAC	9–5	W 3–0 25-23, 25-14, 25-23
Fri, Sep 18	at Millersville PSAC	4–12	W 3–1 27-29, 25-9, 25-10, 25-17
Sat, Sep 19	at Shippensburg PSAC	12–6	W 3–0 25-22, 26-24, 25-15
Fri, Sep 25	vs. Lock Haven PSAC	11–5	W 3–1 26-24, 25-14, 23-25, 25-22
Sat, Sep 26	vs. Bloomsburg PSAC	8–8	W 3–1 25-15, 20-25, 25-13, 25-14
Fri, Oct 2	at East Stroudsburg PSAC	11–6	L 1–3 25-14, 22-25, 17-25, 25-27
Sat, Oct 3	at Lackawanna	13–25	W 3–0 25-19, 25-13, 25-9
Tue, Oct 6	vs. West Chester PSAC	8–11	W 3–0 25-21, 29-27, 25-20
Fri, Oct 9	vs. Kutztown PSAC	16–3	Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT 87%
Fri, Oct 16	at Bloomsburg PSAC	8–8	Oct 16, 5:00 PM CT 95%
Sat, Oct 17	at Lock Haven PSAC	11–5	Oct 17, 5:00 PM CT 68%
Fri, Oct 23	vs. Millersville PSAC	4–12	Oct 23, 6:00 PM CT 99%
Sat, Oct 24	vs. Lackawanna	13–25	Oct 24, 12:00 PM CT 99%
Fri, Oct 30	at West Chester PSAC	8–11	Oct 30, 5:00 PM CT 86%
Sat, Oct 31	at Kutztown PSAC	16–3	Oct 31, 3:00 PM CT 80%
Tue, Nov 3	vs. Shippensburg PSAC	12–6	Nov 3, 5:00 PM CT 68%
Sat, Nov 7	vs. East Stroudsburg PSAC	11–6	Nov 7, 12:00 PM CT 81%