Awards and Recognitions
UD Volleyball posted on social media the team finished at #5 in the NCAA Stats for Aces/Set at 2.11. But that’s not our only Top 10/50 finish in stats. FYI, as a point of reference, there were 306 DI volleyball teams playing this past season.
#5 Aces/set. 2.11
#9 Hitting Percent. .288
#10 Kills/set. 14.19
#35 Assists/set. 12.70
#44 Blocks/set. 2.45
The only team stat we were not atop 50 was Digs/set. This is NOT a reflection on the back row players. As a point of reference, National Champs Kentucky finished at #257. UD was just behind them at #267 @ 12.86/set. There are a couple reasons why you get this. First, if you have a good offensive team, you terminate a lot of balls quickly and therefore you don’t get into long rallies and thus there are less dig opportunities. If you have a strong blocking team, balls never get to the back row to dig. Third, we were a strong ace serving team, again limiting the number of opportunities to dig balls. All those also applied to Kentucky. Also, in the case of a UD, we played a pretty weak schedule due to COVID. When opponents give you points off hitting errors, you again reduce your dig opportunities. There is no double in my mind Maura Collins is the best Libero in the A10, but she will probably never lead the A10 in stats because our team is so good in all these other areas, it limits her dig opportunities. But I can tell you on another volleyball forum, in the NCAA 2nd round Washington match, the WA fans were all praising how great our Libero was, the entire match. And, they watch PAC10 Libero all season, every year.
Finally, to be fair on the flip side of the coin, our weak schedule also helped contribute to our high ranking in stats in the other areas, although 3-4 of the strongest conference teams were in our West division, which helped us prepare for the NCAAs. It will be nice to have a normal pre-conference schedule this fall, to give us stronger opponents.
Next post about the incoming freshman class...exciting stuff. I’ll post later today.
Last edited by BeckysTXA; 05-21-2021 at 07:55 AM..
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