The NCAA champion was crowned on Saturday as Long Beach State edged past UCLA in five sets. With play ended, we take a look those crowned statistical leaders for the 2018 season.
Only two of the nation’s individual leaders were among the NCAA Tournament field, top hitter Daenan Gyimah of UCLA and top setter Sanil Thomas of Ohio State. Both maintained their top spots although Gyimah’s hitting percentage dropped slightly from .535 to .528 after the Final Four and the national championship match.
The nation’s top five scorers all finished their seasons on Week 16 with Cal State Northridge’s Arvis Greene edging out UC San Diego’s Tanner Syftestad for the crown in both points and kills per set. Greene managed 5.19 points per set, including 4.55 kills per stanza, while Syftestad checked in with 5.18 points per set and 4.48 kills per stanza.
As the season came to a close, Long Beach State maintained its stranglehold atop the hitting efficiency list at .375, despite falling nearly 20 points during its matches vs. Ohio State and UCLA.
The 49ers were the lone team among the national leaders in action, leaving Hawaii atop the kills per set and assists per set listings.
Below are the final statistical leaders 2018 season. Full statistical rankings can be found on the NCAA website.
- Team Kills Per Set: Hawaii – 13.62
- Individual Kills Per Set: Arvis Greene, Cal State Northridge (4.55)
- Individual Points Per Set: Arvis Greene, Cal State Northridge (5.19)
- Team Hitting Percentage: Long Beach State – .375
- Individual Hitting Percentage: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (.528)
- Team Assists Per Set: Hawaii – 12.74
- Individual Assists Per Set: Sanil Thomas, Ohio State (11.28)
- Team Blocks Per Set: Lincoln Memorial – 2.84
- Individual Blocks Per Set: Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial (1.541)
- Team Digs Per Set: Ball State – 10.45
- Individual Digs Per Set: Florian Ruhm, Limestone (3.16)
- Team Aces Per Set: Pepperdine – 1.88
- Individual Aces Per Set: Robert Poole, Mount Olive (0.745)
- Opponent Hitting Percentage: King (TN) – .156
Major Category Top 5 Lists:
Individual
| Hitting Percentage | |
| Player | Pct. |
| 1 Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (MPSF) | 0.528 |
| 2 Jeff Jendryk, Loyola Chicago (MIVA) | 0.457 |
| 3 Scott Stadick, UC Irvine (Big West) | 0.422 |
| 4 Hunter Howell, Concordia (CA) (MPSF) | 0.421 |
| 5 Don Thompson, Emmanuel (GA) (Conference Carolinas) | 0.398 |
| Points Per Set | |
| Player | Per Set |
| 1 Arvis Greene, Jr., CSUN (Big West) | 5.19 |
| 2 Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego (Big West) | 5.18 |
| 3 David Wieczorek, Pepperdine (MPSF) | 4.99 |
| 4 Joao Victor Santos, Coker (DI Independent) | 4.90 |
| 5 Liam Maxwell, Belmont Abbey (Conference Carolinas) | 4.90 |
| Assists Per Set | |
| Player | Per Set |
| 1 Sanil Thomas, Ohio St. (MIVA) | 11.28 |
| 2 Joe Worsley, Hawaii (Big West) | 11.02 |
| 3 Robert Mullahey, Pepperdine (MPSF) | 10.58 |
| 4 Micah Ma’a, UCLA (MPSF) | 10.55 |
| 5 Dante Chakravorti, UC Irvine (Big West) | 10.54 |
| Aces Per Set | |
| Player | Per Set |
| 1 Robert Poole, Mount Olive (Conference Carolinas) | 0.745 |
| 2 Jalen Penrose, Penn St. (EIVA) | 0.587 |
| 3 David Wieczorek, Pepperdine (MPSF) | 0.568 |
| 4 Nicolas Szerszen, Ohio St. (MIVA) | 0.556 |
| 5 TJ DeFalco, Long Beach St. (Big West) | 0.525 |
| Blocks Per Set | |
| Player | Per Set |
| 1 Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) | 1.541 |
| 2 Scott Stadick, UC Irvine (Big West) | 1.322 |
| 3 Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (MPSF) | 1.218 |
| 4 Junior Oboh, Princeton (EIVA) | 1.198 |
| 5 Nick Amado, Long Beach St. (Big West) | 1.185 |
Team
| Kills Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Hawaii (Big West) | 13.62 |
| 2 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 13.44 |
| 3 UCLA (MPSF) | 13.08 |
| 4 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 12.79 |
| 5 Loyola Chicago (MIVA) | 12.77 |
| Hitting Percentage | |
| Team | Pct. |
| 1 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 0.375 |
| 2 UCLA (MPSF) | 0.350 |
| 3 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 0.343 |
| 4 Hawaii (Big West) | 0.340 |
| 5 UC Irvine (Big West) | 0.333 |
| Assists Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Hawaii (Big West) | 12.74 |
| 2 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 12.40 |
| 3 UCLA (MPSF) | 12.24 |
| 4 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 12.09 |
| 5 UC Irvine (Big West) | 11.96 |
| Aces Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Pepperdine (MPSF) | 1.88 |
| 2 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 1.86 |
| 3 Coker (DI Independent) | 1.83 |
| 4 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 1.78 |
| 5 UCLA (MPSF) | 1.70 |
| Blocks Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) | 2.84 |
| 2 BYU (MPSF) | 2.78 |
| 3 Concordia (CA) (MPSF) | 2.60 |
| 4 Lewis (MIVA) | 2.59 |
| 5 Princeton (EIVA) | 2.59 |
| Digs Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Ball St. (MIVA) | 10.45 |
| 2 Charleston (WV) (EIVA) | 10.31 |
| 3 Queens (NC) (DI Independent) | 10.28 |
| 4 Limestone (Conference Carolinas) | 10.25 |
| 5 King (TN) (Conference Carolinas) | 9.76 |
| Opponent Hitting Percentage | |
| Team | Opp Pct |
| 1 King (TN) (Conference Carolinas) | 0.156 |
| 2 Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) | 0.191 |
| 3 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 0.194 |
| 4 Barton (Conference Carolinas) | 0.197 |
| 5 Queens (NC) (DI Independent) | 0.209 |
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