Inside The Numbers: A Look at the NCAA Men’s Week 15 Stats

As conference tournaments begin and Big West and EIVA play rolled on, there were some shakeups atop the national statistical rankings.

For the first time in 2017, UC San Diego’s Tanner Syftestad‘s name does not occupy the top spot in points per set, as he was dethroned by Cal State Northridge’s junior outside hitter Arvis Greene. Greene took the national lead in kills per set last week and maintains a slight advantage (4.59 to 4.51) over Syftestad.

Ball State vaulted past Charleston and Queens to regain the national lead in digs per set.

Pepperdine surged into the No. 1 spot in aces per set with 1.88 per stanza, ahead of last week’s leader Coker. The Waves have served up 160 aces in 23 matches, including 42 by David Wieczorek and double-digit tallies by five other players.

Below are the statistical leaders after the first 15 weeks of the 2018 season. Full statistical rankings can be found on the NCAA website.

• Team Kills Per Set: Hawaii – 13.74
• Individual Kills Per Set: Arvis Greene, Cal State Northridge (4.59)
• Individual Points Per Set: Arvis Greene, Cal State Northridge (5.27)
• Team Hitting Percentage: Long Beach State  – .378
• Individual Hitting Percentage: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (.533)
• Team Assists Per Set: Hawaii  – 12.83
• Individual Assists Per Set: Sanil Thomas, Ohio State (11.18)
• Team Blocks Per Set: BYU – 2.86
• Individual Blocks Per Set: Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial (1.541)
• Team Digs Per Set: Ball State – 10.40
• Individual Digs Per Set: Florian Ruhm, Limestone (3.12)
• Team Aces Per Set: Pepperdine – 1.88
• Individual Aces Per Set: Robert Poole, Mount Olive (0.758)
• Opponent Hitting Percentage: King (TN) – .158

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