Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association · 2026 season

Washburn

17–3

Overall

7–1

MIAA

.250

Hitting % · 31st in D2

.141

Opponents hit · 40th in D2

AVCA poll · Oct 5

Power rank of 281

74%

NCAA tournament chance
Projected Central seed 5.6

Next · Fri, Oct 9, 6:00 PM CT

at Central Okla. 14–5

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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

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.

Attack

Hitting %

.25031st of 281

Kills per set

14.216th of 281

Assists per set

13.258th of 281

Sideout %Points won when receiving serve

62.0%15th of 281

Serve

Aces per set

1.59165th of 281

Service errors per setLower is better

1.89107th of 281

Point-scoring %Points won while serving

49.8%19th of 281

Pass & defend

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

6.6%43rd of 281

Digs per set

17.2626th of 281

Blocks per set

2.0851st of 281

Opponent hitting %Lower is better

.14140th 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	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

Pressure and runs

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

Late in sets (20–20 or later)

Rallies won56.9% of 144
Sideout %64.2% · all rallies 62.0%
Point-scoring %50.6% · all rallies 49.8%
Late kills–errorsTopolski 19–8 · Meats 9–3 · Siron 11–6 · Frakes 3–0 · Hedlund 3–2 · Morrissey 2–2

Runs and comebacks

Longest run9 straight · 25–16 in set 1 vs. Upper Iowa 09/04
Longest run against8 straight · 10–25 in set 4 vs. Mo.-St. Louis 09/11
Sets with a 5-point run33 for · 17 against · of 73
Comeback setsdown 6, won 25–22 in set 4 vs. Westminster (UT) 08/29
down 5, won 25–23 in set 3 vs. Sioux Falls 09/04
Leads lostup 6, lost 28–30 in set 2 vs. Okla. Christian 08/27
up 5, lost 21–23 in set 2 vs. Sioux Falls 09/04
up 5, lost 23–25 in set 1 vs. Pittsburg St. 10/02

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Schedule and results

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	10–9	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	2–18	W 3–0 25-17, 25-16, 25-15
Sat, Sep 12	vs. Southwestern Okla.	12–7	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 73%
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%