Here’s a quick look at selected team and individual overall statistics for the B1G as of 9-28-15. As might be expected from its 13-0 record (and not overly challenging pre-conference schedule) Penn State leads in many of the team categories, although it’s averages dropped following its match against Wisconsin and 5-set win over Minnesota.
We’ve highlighted the entries for Penn State and its two upcoming opponents — Nebraska and Iowa — in colors meant to approximate their respective team colors. Where applicable, we’ve included how the teams (or individuals) rank in the most recent NCAA D1 rankings.
B1G Team Stats: 9-28-15
Hitting % |
S |
K |
E |
TA |
Pct. |
Penn State |
41 |
553 |
148 |
1268 |
.319 |
Nebraska |
42 |
623 |
190 |
1472 |
.294 |
Illinois |
43 |
611 |
197 |
1468 |
.282 |
Purdue |
44 |
631 |
222 |
1495 |
.274 |
Minnesota |
44 |
608 |
206 |
1512 |
.266 |
Iowa |
52 |
726 |
255 |
1777 |
.265 |
Michigan State |
46 |
683 |
262 |
1646 |
.256 |
Wisconsin |
43 |
610 |
228 |
1531 |
.250 |
Northwestern |
43 |
600 |
223 |
1531 |
.246 |
Ohio State |
53 |
744 |
291 |
1906 |
.238 |
Michigan |
46 |
631 |
237 |
1710 |
.230 |
Indiana |
56 |
735 |
340 |
1848 |
.214 |
Maryland |
54 |
675 |
289 |
1832 |
.211 |
Rutgers |
49 |
596 |
264 |
1703 |
.195 |
- Penn State’s .114 Opponents’ Hitting % ranks 3rd in NCAA D1. Illinois ranks 8th, Purdue 9th, and Ohio State 16th.
Opp. Hitting % |
S |
K |
E |
TA |
Pct. |
Penn State |
41 |
435 |
280 |
1360 |
.114 |
Illinois |
43 |
471 |
273 |
1496 |
.132 |
Purdue |
44 |
478 |
270 |
1512 |
.138 |
Ohio State |
53 |
564 |
305 |
1821 |
.142 |
Michigan |
46 |
570 |
291 |
1710 |
.163 |
Minnesota |
44 |
505 |
258 |
1502 |
.164 |
Nebraska |
42 |
482 |
228 |
1495 |
.170 |
Northwestern |
43 |
494 |
238 |
1497 |
.171 |
Wisconsin |
43 |
508 |
248 |
1510 |
.172 |
Michigan State |
46 |
521 |
244 |
1535 |
.180 |
Indiana |
56 |
578 |
264 |
1656 |
.190 |
Iowa |
52 |
636 |
274 |
1763 |
.205 |
Maryland |
57 |
694 |
299 |
1816 |
.218 |
Rutgers |
49 |
685 |
215 |
1722 |
.273 |
- Penn State’s 3.20 blocks/set ranks 3rd in NCAA D1. Minnesota ranks 14th and Illinois 15th (based on total blocks).
Blocks |
S |
BS |
BA |
Total |
Avg./S |
Penn State |
41 |
36 |
190 |
131.0 |
3.20 |
Illinois |
43 |
28 |
188 |
122.0 |
2.84 |
Minnesota |
44 |
26 |
198 |
125.0 |
2.84 |
Wisconsin |
43 |
13 |
193 |
109.5 |
2.55 |
Ohio State |
53 |
39 |
190 |
134.0 |
2.53 |
Purdue |
44 |
31 |
158 |
110.0 |
2.50 |
Michigan State |
46 |
18 |
192 |
114.0 |
2.48 |
Nebraska |
42 |
18 |
166 |
101.0 |
2.40 |
Maryland |
54 |
37 |
168 |
121.0 |
2.24 |
Northwestern |
43 |
29 |
131 |
94.5 |
2.20 |
Michigan |
46 |
25 |
144 |
97.0 |
2.11 |
Iowa |
52 |
27 |
148 |
101.0 |
1.94 |
Rutgers |
49 |
13 |
150 |
88.0 |
1.80 |
Indiana |
56 |
21 |
159 |
100.5 |
1.79 |
Blocks by Opp. |
S |
BS |
BA |
Total |
Avg./S |
Penn State |
41 |
8 |
98 |
57.0 |
1.39 |
Purdue |
44 |
5 |
126 |
68.0 |
1.55 |
Nebraska |
42 |
19 |
102 |
70.0 |
1.67 |
Rutgers |
49 |
21 |
152 |
97.0 |
1.98 |
Illinois |
43 |
22 |
128 |
86.0 |
2.00 |
Minnesota |
44 |
33 |
110 |
88.0 |
2.00 |
Michigan |
46 |
22 |
147 |
95.5 |
2.08 |
Northwestern |
43 |
14 |
151 |
89.5 |
2.08 |
Maryland |
57 |
26 |
186 |
119.0 |
2.09 |
Michigan State |
46 |
27 |
139 |
96.5 |
2.10 |
Ohio State |
53 |
23 |
180 |
113.0 |
2.13 |
Indiana |
56 |
13 |
216 |
121.0 |
2.16 |
Iowa |
52 |
20 |
201 |
120.5 |
2.32 |
Wisconsin |
43 |
28 |
152 |
104.0 |
2.42 |
Service Aces |
S |
No. |
Avg./S |
Purdue |
44 |
68 |
1.55 |
Indiana |
56 |
83 |
1.48 |
Maryland |
54 |
74 |
1.37 |
Northwestern |
43 |
58 |
1.35 |
Penn State |
41 |
55 |
1.34 |
Iowa |
52 |
64 |
1.23 |
Minnesota |
44 |
54 |
1.23 |
Ohio State |
53 |
59 |
1.11 |
Michigan State |
46 |
51 |
1.11 |
Rutgers |
49 |
51 |
1.04 |
Illinois |
43 |
40 |
0.93 |
Nebraska |
42 |
37 |
0.88 |
Michigan |
46 |
38 |
0.83 |
Wisconsin |
43 |
28 |
0.65 |
Service Aces by Opp. |
S |
No. |
Avg./S |
Illinois |
43 |
21 |
0.49 |
Indiana |
56 |
41 |
0.73 |
Maryland |
57 |
43 |
0.75 |
Penn State |
41 |
31 |
0.76 |
Minnesota |
44 |
35 |
0.80 |
Nebraska |
42 |
36 |
0.86 |
Michigan |
46 |
40 |
0.87 |
Wisconsin |
43 |
38 |
0.88 |
Ohio State |
53 |
47 |
0.89 |
Northwestern |
43 |
39 |
0.91 |
Iowa |
52 |
48 |
0.92 |
Michigan State |
46 |
43 |
0.93 |
Purdue |
44 |
47 |
1.07 |
Rutgers |
49 |
69 |
1.41 |
B1G Individual Stats
(Must have competed in at least 50% of team’s sets)
(Must have at least 3.33 attacks per set)
Hitting % |
S |
K |
E |
TA |
Pct. |
Haleigh Washington, Penn State |
41 |
113 |
15 |
186 |
0.527 |
Meghan Haggerty, Nebraska |
19 |
37 |
7 |
66 |
0.455 |
Faye Adelaja, Purdue |
33 |
76 |
17 |
138 |
0.428 |
Katie Stadick, Illinois |
41 |
125 |
24 |
245 |
0.412 |
Maddie Slater, Northwestern |
43 |
94 |
21 |
177 |
0.412 |
Abby Cole, Michigan |
43 |
132 |
22 |
271 |
0.406 |
Taylor Sandbothe, Ohio State |
53 |
169 |
32 |
347 |
0.395 |
Haleigh Nelson, Wisconsin |
43 |
108 |
23 |
220 |
0.386 |
Paige Tapp, Minnesota |
44 |
121 |
29 |
239 |
0.385 |
Mikaela Gunderson, Iowa |
52 |
112 |
19 |
248 |
0.375 |
Jazzmine McDonald, Indiana |
27 |
50 |
12 |
104 |
0.365 |
Danielle Cuttino, Purdue |
44 |
83 |
24 |
169 |
0.349 |
Mikaela Foecke, Nebraska |
42 |
118 |
28 |
271 |
0.332 |
Cecilia Hall, Nebraska |
39 |
80 |
29 |
155 |
0.329 |
Aiyana Whitney, Penn State |
41 |
128 |
37 |
281 |
0.324 |
- Haleigh Washington ranks 8th in NCAA D1 blocks/set, with Paige Tapp ranked 21st. (For some reason, Amber Rolfzen isn’t ranked — although it looks as though she played in enough sets to qualify. Then again, the NCAA on occasion seemingly marches to the beat of a different drummer. Why not a different statistician?)
Blocks |
S |
BS |
BA |
Total |
Avg./S |
Amber Rolfzen, Nebraska |
28 |
3 |
42 |
45 |
1.61 |
Haleigh Washington, Penn State |
41 |
12 |
50 |
62 |
1.51 |
Paige Tapp, Minnesota |
44 |
10 |
52 |
62 |
1.41 |
Katie Stadick, Illinois |
41 |
5 |
51 |
56 |
1.37 |
Danielle Cuttino, Purdue |
44 |
11 |
47 |
58 |
1.32 |
Abby Cole, Michigan |
43 |
14 |
39 |
53 |
1.23 |
Heidi Thelen, Penn State |
41 |
6 |
44 |
50 |
1.22 |
Megan Tompkins, Michigan State |
42 |
4 |
47 |
51 |
1.21 |
Haleigh Nelson, Wisconsin |
43 |
6 |
45 |
51 |
1.19 |
Gabrielle Hazen, Northwestern |
42 |
8 |
42 |
50 |
1.19 |
Taylor Sandbothe, Ohio State |
53 |
16 |
46 |
62 |
1.17 |
Ali Bastianelli, Illinois |
42 |
8 |
41 |
49 |
1.17 |
Molly Lohman, Minnesota |
41 |
7 |
40 |
47 |
1.15 |
Tionna Williams, Wisconsin |
39 |
3 |
42 |
45 |
1.15 |
Awele Nwaeze, Indiana |
42 |
9 |
36 |
45 |
1.07 |
- Brooke Smith hasn’t played in enough of Nebraska’s sets to qualify for NCAA D1 ranking. Brooke Peters’ ranks 33rd.
Service Aces |
S |
No. |
Avg./S |
Brooke Smith, Nebraska |
12 |
6 |
0.50 |
Brooke Peters, Purdue |
44 |
20 |
0.45 |
Abbie Kraus, Northwestern |
43 |
19 |
0.44 |
Bryanna Weiskircher, Penn State |
41 |
14 |
0.34 |
Annika Albrecht, Nebraska |
42 |
14 |
0.33 |
Holly Toliver, Michigan State |
27 |
9 |
0.33 |
Abby Bentz, Maryland |
50 |
16 |
0.32 |
Megan Tallman, Indiana |
44 |
14 |
0.32 |
Haleigh Washington, Penn State |
41 |
13 |
0.32 |
Rachel Minarick, Michigan State |
45 |
14 |
0.31 |
Amy Dion, Maryland |
54 |
16 |
0.30 |
Daly Santana, Minnesota |
44 |
13 |
0.30 |
Amanda Neill, Purdue |
44 |
13 |
0.30 |
Molly Lohman, Minnesota |
41 |
12 |
0.29 |
Makayla Lundin, Indiana |
21 |
6 |
0.29 |
- Caroline Niedospial’s 5.00 digs/set ranks 31st in NCAA D1.
Digs |
S |
No. |
Avg./S |
Caroline Niedospial, Northwestern |
43 |
215 |
5.00 |
Valeria Leon, Ohio State |
53 |
254 |
4.79 |
Annika Olsen, Iowa |
52 |
245 |
4.71 |
Taylor Morey, Wisconsin |
43 |
198 |
4.60 |
Brandi Donnelly, Illinois |
43 |
196 |
4.56 |
Dalianliz Rosado, Minnesota |
44 |
186 |
4.23 |
Amy Dion, Maryland |
54 |
228 |
4.22 |
Amanda Neill, Purdue |
44 |
180 |
4.09 |
Justine Wong-Orantes, Nebraska |
42 |
171 |
4.07 |
Tiffany Morales, Michigan |
44 |
165 |
3.75 |
Keeton Holcomb, Penn State |
40 |
140 |
3.50 |
Abby Monson, Michigan State |
46 |
157 |
3.41 |
Ali Schroeter, Rutgers |
49 |
164 |
3.35 |
Kristen Muir, Michigan State |
46 |
149 |
3.24 |
Courtney Harnish, Indiana |
56 |
178 |
3.18 |