With the conference champions crowned and the NCAA Tournament set to begin on Thursday, here is a final look at the national statistical rankings through Week 16. VolleyMob will do a final update after the NCAA Tournament concludes May 5.
Lincoln Memorial edged past BYU for the top spot in team blocking with 2.84 stuffs per set. The No. 2 ranked Cougars are not far behind, however, sitting at 2.81 blocks per stanza heading into the NCAA Tournament.
King, which won the Conference Carolinas title and will be making its NCAA debut on Thursday against Ohio State, dropped its nation’s best opponent hitting percentage mark even lower from .158 to .146, a whopping .035 points ahead of second place Long Beach State.
UCLA’s Daenan Gyimah‘s top mark in hitting percentage should be safe even with upcoming NCAA Tournament contests against the nation’s best as he boasts a .535 effort, nearly 80 points ahead of Loyola’s Jeff Jendryk (.457).
The nation’s top five scorers have all finished their seasons, 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.
Below are the statistical leaders after the first 16 weeks of the 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 – .379
- Individual Hitting Percentage: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (.535)
- Team Assists Per Set: Hawaii – 12.74
- Individual Assists Per Set: Sanil Thomas, Ohio State (11.17)
- 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) – .146
Major Category Top 5 Lists:
Individual
| Hitting Percentage | |
| Player | Pct. |
| 1 Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (MPSF) | 0.535 |
| 2 Jeff Jendryk, Loyola Chicago (MIVA) | 0.457 |
| 3 Hunter Howell, Concordia (CA) (MPSF) | 0.421 |
| 4 Scott Stadick, UC Irvine (Big West) | 0.418 |
| 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) | 11.17 |
| 2 Joe Worsley, Hawaii (Big West) | 11.02 |
| 3 Dante Chakravorti, UC Irvine (Big West) | 10.61 |
| 4 Robert Mullahey, Pepperdine (MPSF) | 10.58 |
| 5 Micah Ma’a, UCLA (MPSF) | 10.56 |
| 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) | 0.563 |
| 5 TJ DeFalco, Long Beach St. (Big West) | 0.554 |
| Blocks Per Set | |
| Player | Per Set |
| 1 Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) | 1.541 |
| 2 Scott Stadick, UC Irvine (Big West) | 1.319 |
| 3 Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (MPSF) | 1.216 |
| 4 Junior Oboh, Princeton (EIVA) | 1.198 |
| 5 Nick Amado, Long Beach St. (Big West) | 1.181 |
Team
| Kills Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Hawaii (Big West) | 13.62 |
| 2 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 13.30 |
| 3 UCLA (MPSF) | 13.02 |
| 4 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 12.87 |
| 5 Loyola Chicago (MIVA) | 12.77 |
| Hitting Percentage | |
| Team | Pct. |
| 1 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 0.379 |
| 2 UCLA (MPSF) | 0.350 |
| 3 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 0.340 |
| 4 Hawaii (Big West) | 0.340 |
| 5 UC Irvine (Big West) | 0.332 |
| Assists Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Hawaii (Big West) | 12.74 |
| 2 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 12.30 |
| 3 UCLA (MPSF) | 12.23 |
| 4 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 12.18 |
| 5 UC Irvine (Big West) | 12.03 |
| Aces Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Pepperdine (MPSF) | 1.88 |
| 2 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 1.83 |
| – Coker (DI Independent) | 1.83 |
| 4 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 1.82 |
| 5 UCLA (MPSF) | 1.72 |
| Blocks Per Set | |
| Team | Per Set |
| 1 Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) | 2.84 |
| 2 BYU (MPSF) | 2.81 |
| 3 Concordia (CA) (MPSF) | 2.60 |
| 4 UC Irvine (Big West) | 2.60 |
| 5 Lewis (MIVA) | 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) | 9.91 |
| Opponent Hitting Percentage | |
| Team | Opp Pct |
| 1 King (TN) (Conference Carolinas) | 0.146 |
| 2 Long Beach St. (Big West) | 0.181 |
| 3 Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) | 0.191 |
| 4 Barton (Conference Carolinas) | 0.197 |
| 5 Ohio St. (MIVA) | 0.203 |
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