Inside the Numbers: A Look at the Week 12 Men’s Volleyball Statistics

  0 Wendy Mayer | March 27th, 2018 | Big West, College - Men's Indoor, Conference Carolinas, EIVA, MIVA, MPSF, News

For the first time since Week 8, the King Tornado boast the top spot nationally in opponent hitting percentage at .158. The Conference Carolinas side takes over after sitting behind Long Beach State for three weeks.

Queens (N.C.) also regained pole position in digs per set, after three weeks behind Ball State.

The individual leaders were unchanged from Week 11 as half of the Top 15 was idle.

UCLA’s Daenan Gyimah is hitting at a .522 clip, keeping him atop the hitting percentage leaderboard for the seventh straight week.

Kills and points per set leader Tanner Syftestad hopes to be back in action this weekend in Hawaii after his UC Santa Barbara team had the week off. The senior opposite has been out of commission due to injury since March 15, keeping his stats steady.

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

  • Team Kills Per Set: Hawaii – 13.64
  • Individual Kills Per Set: Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego (4.76)
  • Individual Points Per Set: Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego (5.58)
  • Team Hitting Percentage: Long Beach State  – .409
  • Individual Hitting Percentage: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (.522)
  • Team Assists Per Set: Hawaii  – 12.70
  • Individual Assists Per Set: Sanil Thomas, Ohio State (11.03)
  • Team Blocks Per Set: BYU – 2.89
  • Individual Blocks Per Set: Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial (1.486)
  • Team Digs Per Set: Queens (N.C.) – 10.43
  • Individual Digs Per Set: Florian Ruhm, Limestone (3.09)
  • Team Aces Per Set: Coker – 2.09
  • Individual Aces Per Set: Robert Poole, Mount Olive (0.772)
  • Opponent Hitting Percentage: King (TN) – .158

 

Major Category Top 5 Lists:

Individual

Kills Per Set
Player Per Set
1  Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego (Big West) 4.76
2  Arvis Greene, Jr., CSUN (Big West) 4.64
3  Stijn van Tilburg, Hawaii (Big West) 4.35
4  Liam Maxwell, Belmont Abbey (Conference Carolinas) 4.28
5  Keenan Sanders, UC Santa Barbara (Big West) 4.09

 

Hitting Percentage
Player Pct.
1  Daenan Gyimah, UCLA (MPSF) 0.522
2  Jeff Jendryk, Loyola Chicago (MIVA) 0.474
3  Scott Stadick, UC Irvine (Big West) 0.430
4  TJ DeFalco, Long Beach St. (Big West) 0.417
5  Don Thompson, Emmanuel (GA) (Conference Carolinas) 0.415

 

Points Per Set
Player Per Set
1  Tanner Syftestad, UC San Diego (Big West) 5.58
2  Arvis Greene, Jr., CSUN (Big West) 5.39
3  David Wieczorek, Pepperdine (MPSF) 5.02
4  Liam Maxwell, Belmont Abbey (Conference Carolinas) 4.86
5  Stijn van Tilburg, Hawaii (Big West) 4.65

 

Aces Per Set
Player Per Set
1  Robert Poole, Mount Olive (Conference Carolinas) 0.772
2  Daniel Hermida, Erskine (Conference Carolinas) 0.583
3  David Wieczorek, Pepperdine (MPSF) 0.574
4  Jalen Penrose, Penn St. (EIVA) 0.569
5  Dimitar Kalchev, CSUN (Big West) 0.557

 

Assists Per Set
Player Per Set
1  Sanil Thomas, Ohio St. (MIVA) 11.03
2  Joe Worsley, Hawaii (Big West) 11.02
3  Josh Tuaniga, Long Beach St. (Big West) 10.76
4  Micah Ma’a, UCLA (MPSF) 10.76
5  Dante Chakravorti, UC Irvine (Big West) 10.60

 

Blocks Per Set
Player Per Set
1  Pedro Carvalho, Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) 1.486
2  Scott Stadick, UC Irvine (Big West) 1.333
3  Price Jarman, BYU (MPSF) 1.274
4  Max Chamberlain, Pepperdine (MPSF) 1.267
5  Aleksandar Perisic, Queens (NC) (DI Independent) 1.224

 

Digs Per Set
Player Per Set
1  Florian Ruhm, Limestone (Conference Carolinas) 3.09
2  Joshua Ayzenberg, Sacred Heart (EIVA) 3.08
3  Robert Valentine, Belmont Abbey (Conference Carolinas) 2.91
4  Jacob Weiser, Concordia (CA) (MPSF) 2.81
5  Antonio Delgado, Erskine (Conference Carolinas) 2.80

 

Team

Kills Per Set
Team Per Set
1  Hawaii (Big West) 13.64
2  Long Beach St. (Big West) 13.34
3  UCLA (MPSF) 13.30
4  Ohio St. (MIVA) 13.05
5  Loyola Chicago (MIVA) 12.93

 

Hitting Percentage
Team Pct.
1  Long Beach St. (Big West) 0.409
2  Hawaii (Big West) 0.349
3  UCLA (MPSF) 0.347
4  UC Irvine (Big West) 0.343
5  Ohio St. (MIVA) 0.337

 

Aces Per Set
Team Per Set
1  Coker (DI Independent) 2.09
2  Pepperdine (MPSF) 1.93
3  Ohio St. (MIVA) 1.86
4  CSUN (Big West) 1.84
5  UCLA (MPSF) 1.81

 

Assists Per Set
Team Per Set
1  Hawaii (Big West) 12.70
2  Long Beach St. (Big West) 12.67
3  UCLA (MPSF) 12.49
4  Ohio St. (MIVA) 12.04
5  UC San Diego (Big West) 11.95

 

Blocks Per Set
Team Per Set
1  BYU (MPSF) 2.89
2  Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) 2.82
3  UC Irvine (Big West) 2.68
4  Concordia (CA) (MPSF) 2.64
5  Lewis (MIVA) 2.63

 

Digs Per Set
Team Per Set
1  Queens (NC) (DI Independent) 10.43
2  Erskine (Conference Carolinas) 10.30
3  Limestone (Conference Carolinas) 10.18
4  Harvard (EIVA) 10.18
5  Charleston (WV) (EIVA) 10.16

 

Opponent Hitting Percentage
Team Opp Pct
1  King (TN) (Conference Carolinas) 0.158
2  Long Beach St. (Big West) 0.171
3  Barton (Conference Carolinas) 0.198
4  Lincoln Memorial (DI Independent) 0.201
5  Ohio St. (MIVA) 0.202

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Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

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