YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS 2014 @YSUVOLLEYBALL GAME NOTES Media Contact: John Vogel Email: javogel@ysu.edu Office: (330) 941-1480 Twitter: @javogel34 YSUsports.com Twitter: @YSUsports, @YSUVolleyball YSUsports.com/social Fri. Nov. 21 7:30 p.m. Athletics O rena Rochester, Mich. vs. CLEVELAND STATE Record: 14-13, 7-7 Horizon Last Match: W, 3-1 at YSU (Nov. 14) PENGUINS HAVE SIGHTS SET ON TOURNAMENT RUN THIS WEEKEND The fourth-seeded Youngstown State volleyball team will try to rekindle its magic from the first-half of conference play to make a run in this week s Horizon League Tournament. The Penguins will play Cleveland State in the first round on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Oakland Athletic Center O rena. All of the tournament s matches will be streamed on ESPN3 and the Watch ESPN app. The Penguins had their best regular season in 15 years, with their 16 wins being the most since 1999 and a school-record-tying seven conference victories. YSU entered the second half of Horizon League play in a three-way tie for first, and it had a 7-3 conference mark at the end of October. The Penguins hit a slide in the four November matches to finish the regular season, but their play early in the season is indicative of their potential for a hot streak this week. Sophomore Val Jeffery was voted the Horizon League Setter of the Year, and Lexi Egler and she were named All-Horizon League. Sam Brown was also honored as a member of the allfreshman team. Egler is the first Penguin to earn all-league honors in back-to-back seasons, and YSU has had a pair of all-leaguers in each of the past two years. YSU is one of only two league teams (Valpo is the other) to have a player rank in the top five in the Horizon League in all six major categories kills, assists, digs, blocks, aces and hitting percentage. PROGRAM CONTINUES TO RISE Youngstown State is enjoying one of its best three-year runs in program history. The Penguins are 47-42 since Mark Hardaway took over prior to the 2012 season, and they have recorded three straight winning seasons for the first time in program history. Prior to going 15-14 in 2012, YSU had not posted a wining record since 1999. The Penguins were 7-51 combined in the two years prior to his arrival, and the team s two seniors (Lexi Egler and Shannon Watson) were freshmen on the 2011 team that went 5-24. YSU has won 19 Horizon League matches over the last three years after having 20 in its first 11 years combined in the conference. Youngstown State has also qualified for the Horizon League Tournament in each of the last three seasons and earned a spot in the semifinals for the first time in 2013. ANOTHER IMMEDIATE REMATCH Youngstown State is playing the same team in the first round of the conference tournament that it ended the regular season with for the second straight season. YSU lost in four sets to Cleveland State on Friday to set up the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup to start the tournament. The Penguins are hoping that recent history repeats itself. After being swept by Green Bay in the 2013 regular-season finale, YSU beat the Phoenix in five sets in the conference tournament in Milwaukee. Youngstown State and Cleveland State played back-to-back in 2007, and the Vikings won both of those matches. AUGUST 29 Fri vs. Evansville % W, 3-0 30 Sat at Belmont % W, 3-0 30 Sat vs. Kennesaw State % W, 3-0 SEPTEMBER 5 Fri vs. UMass Lowell & W, 3-0 5 Fri at Robert Morris & W, 3-1 6 Sat vs. Indiana State + W, 3-1 6 Sat at Duquesne + L, 2-3 9 Tue at Saint Francis U W, 3-1 12 Fri at Northwestern # L, 0-3 12 Fri vs. Virginia # W, 3-2 13 Sat vs. Loyola Chicago # W, 3-1 16 Tue at Kent State L, 2-3 19 Fri at Michigan $ L, 0-3 19 Fri vs. Eastern Michigan $ L, 0-3 20 Sat vs. Kansas State $ L, 1-3 26 Fri Oakland * L, 0-3 27 Sat Wright State * W, 3-0 OCTOBER 3 Fri at Valparaiso * L, 1-3 4 Sat at UIC * W, 3-1 10 Fri Green Bay * W, 3-2 11 Sat Milwaukee * W, 3-0 17 Fri at Cleveland State * W, 3-1 24 Fri at Wright State * W, 3-1 25 Sat at Oakland * L, 2-3 31 Fri UIC * W, 3-1 NOVEMBER 1 Sat Valparaiso * L, 0-3 7 Fri at Milwaukee * L, 1-3 8 Sat at Green Bay * L, 2-3 14 Fri Cleveland State * L, 1-3 21 Fri Cleveland State ^ 7:30 p.m. CAPS - home matches at Beeghly Center All times Eastern and subject to change % Belmont Invitational (Nashville, Tenn.) & Duquesne/Robert Morris Invite (at RMU) + Duquesne/Robert Morris Invite (at DU) # Wildcat Classic (Evanston, Ill.) $ Michigan Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.) * Horizon League match ^ Horizon League Tournament match
HONORS AND AWARDS Sam Brown Horizon League All-Freshman Team Lexi Egler All-Horizon League Belmont Invitational All-Tournament Team Val Jeffery Horizon League Setter of the Year All-Horizon League Belmont Invitational All-Tournament Team (MVP) Duquesne/RMU Invitational All-Tournament Team Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team Michigan Invitational All-Tournament Team Horizon Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 13 Aly Ryan Belmont Invitational All-Tournament Team Wildcat Classic All-Tournament Team Horizon Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 27 Nikki Thompson Horizon Defensive POW Sept. 2; Oct. 13 Shannon Watson Horizon Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 8 DOUBLE FIGURES 2014 / Career K D A B Dana Borsz -- 2/2 -- -- Sam Brown 15/15 10/10 -- -- Lexi Egler 23/60 17/58 -- -- Jessie Gerig -- 11/13 3/14 -- Val Jeffery -- 9/9 27/27 -- Aly Ryan 8/10 -- -- -- Lauren Thompson 7/7 -- -- -- Nikki Thompson -- 24/34 -- -- Shannon Watson 16/41 -- -- 2/2 MATCH LEADERS K A D B Dana Borsz 1 -- 1 -- Sam Brown 6 -- -- -- Lexi Egler 12 -- 1 5 Jessie Gerig -- 3 2 -- Val Jeffery -- 26 2 4 Aly Ryan 3 -- -- 13 Lauren Thompson 3 -- -- 2 Nikki Thompson -- -- 22 -- Shannon Watson 6 -- -- 16 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown /High School/Previous 1 Jessie Gerig * DS/S 5-7 Jr. Towanda, Ill./Normal Community/Broward 2 Lexi Egler * OH 5-11 Sr. Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston 3 Lauren Blanco OH 5-10 Fr. El Paso, Texas/Franklin 4 Dana Borsz DS 5-8 R-Fr. Columbia Station, Ohio/North Olmsted 5 Shannon Watson MB 6-1 Sr. Bolivar, Ohio/Tuscarawas Valley 6 Aly Ryan * MB 6-1 Jr. Novi, Mich./Novi 7 Halle Oatridge DS 5-5 So. Cortland, Ohio/Mathews 10 Nikki Thompson DS 5-6 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Warren Central 11 Heather Splinter S 5-8 Fr. Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead 12 Val Jeffery S 6-0 So. Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North/High Point 14 Morgan Tippie RS 6-3 Fr. Willoughby, Ohio/Willoughby South 15 Lauren Thompson RS 6-1 Jr. Valley City, Ohio/Lutheran West 16 Rachelle Calvin DS 5-5 Fr. Cortland, Ohio/Lakeview 20 Sam Brown OH 6-1 Fr. Chicago, Ill/Nazareth Academy 23 Paige Saunders OH 5-10 Fr. Streetsboro, Ohio Head Coach: Mark Hardaway (Missouri Southern State, 1998) Third Season Assistant Coach: Saram Smith (Bryant, 2003) First Season Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brian Sklenar (Youngstown State, 2012) First Season Athletic Trainer: Martha Dettl (East Stroudsburg, 2011) Second Season * - Team Captain THREE PLAYERS EARN LEAGUE RECOGNITION Youngstown State sophomore Val Jeffery was named the Horizon League Setter of the Year, and Penguins teammates Lexi Egler and Sam Brown were also recognized in a postseason vote of the conference s coaches. Jeffery, who transferred to YSU in January, helped lead the Penguins to their best regular season in 15 years and their highest finish ever in the Horizon League. Jeffery averaged 10.40 assists, the second-most in program history, while running an efficient offense that posted its best hitting percentage since 1999. Egler was one of only two Horizon League players to register both 300 kills and 300 digs during the regular season, and she ranked fifth in the conference with 346 kills. Also an allleague honoree in 2013, she is just the second Penguin to be named All-Horizon League twice, and she is the first to earn the honor in back-to-back seasons. Brown is YSU s first selection on the All-Freshman Team, which was instituted a year ago. She led the Horizon League with 40 aces, and she had 38 more kills than any other league freshman. She was one of only two league freshmen to post both 200 kills and 200 digs. YSU has now had a pair of All-Horizon League honorees in back-to-back seasons, and Penguins have received all-league recognition five times in the last three years. There were only three YSU honorees in the school s first 11 years in the conference. YSU VS. THE TOURNAMENT FIELD Youngstown State beat three of the other five teams in the field during the regular season, and it was very competitive with the other two. The Penguins swept sixth-seeded UIC while earning splits with No. 2 Milwaukee and No. 5 Cleveland State. YSU was up 2-0 at Oakland before losing in five sets on Oct. 25 when the teams were tied for the Horizon League s top record. YSU took just one set off Valparaiso in two meetings but scored at least 22 points in three of the lost sets.
COACH HARDAWAY Mark Hardaway came to Youngstown State with an extensive background in winning, and it hasn t taken long for him to immediately turn the Penguins into a team to be reckoned with in the Horizon League. In just two seasons, Hardaway has led a complete turnaround. The Penguins have posted back-to-back winning records for the first time since 1998-99, and they ve had their two best seasons in the Horizon League under Hardaway. This year, Hardaway earned his 200th victory as a head coach in the season opener against Evansville. In 2013, his second season, Hardaway led the Penguins to 16-15 overall mark and a school best 7-7 record in Horizon League play. YSU earned a berth in the conference tournament for the second straight season, and it advanced to the tournament semifinals for the first time since joining the conference in 2001. The Penguins beat regional rivals Kent State, Akron and Cleveland State in the same year for the first time in school history, and they added a win over Robert Morris to go 5-0 against teams located within 75 miles of campus. Hardaway led YSU to a 15-14 record YSU in his first season, which was the program's best mark in 13 years. The Penguins won more matches in 2012 than they did in their previous three seasons combined, and their 10-win improvement tied for the 10th-best improvement in the country. Further, their 99- spot improvement in the RPI was 15th-best in the country. Hardaway came to Youngstown State having been on the bench for 344 victories at the Division I level. He was most recently an assistant at Bowling Green, and he spent his career developing ties in Ohio and throughout the Midwest. Hardaway Timeline 1987 Assistant, Missouri Southern State 1988 Assistant, Pittsburg State 1989-90 Head Coach, Defiance College 1991-92 Assistant, Bowling Green 1993-94 Head Coach, Western Kentucky 1995-02 Head Coach, Evansville 2004-11 Assistant, Bowling Green 2012-14 Head Coach, Youngstown State GUINS WERE REGULAR PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK WINNERS Youngstown State led the Horizon League with four different Penguins earning conference player-of-the-week awards during the 2014 season. YSU had an honoree five times, which was second in the league to only Valparaiso. Libero Nikki Thompson was twice named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week (on Aug. 25 and Oct. 6), and Shannon Watson (Sept. 1) and Aly Ryan (Oct. 20) were also defensive players of the week. YSU claimed four of the league s 13 weekly defensive awards. Val Jeffery shared the league s Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 6. PENGUINS RANKED 161ST IN RPI The Youngstown State volleyball team is ranked 161st in the latest release of the NCAA s RPI. The Penguins are fourth among Horizon League teams (Milwaukee is 99, Valparaiso is 115 and Oakland is 119). According to the RPI, YSU s best victory so far is against 56thranked Virginia. Youngstown State was 193rd in the RPI last year and 201st in 2012. That s a monumental improvement from the 300 ranking in 2011, which was the year prior to head coach Mark Hardaway s arrival and the freshman season for Lexi Egler and Shannon Watson. EGLER AMONG YSU S ALL-TIME BEST Youngstown State senior outside hitter Lexi Egler will go down as one of the top six-rotation players in program history. Egler is one of only five players in program history to record both 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. She reached both milestones in YSU s match at Valpo on Oct. 3. Vickie Robinson was the previous Penguin to reach the milestone in 199. She is one of only four Penguins with back-to-back seasons with 300 kills and 300 digs. Egler is one of only two Penguins with four consecutive 200/200 seasons. Egler will finish her career ranking fourth in program history in kills with 1,135, and she is currently 11th in career digs. BROWN S 200/200 RARE FOR FRESHMAN Freshman outside hitter Sam Brown has shown the potential to be a star for the duration of her Penguins career. The Chicago native finished the regular season with 275 kills and 237 digs, making her one of only two YSU freshmen in the last 10 seasons to reach 200 of each current senior Lexi Egler is the other. Brown s 275 kills are the fifth-most by a freshman in program history, and her 40 aces are the second-most by a freshman. Brown was named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team after leading the circuit in aces and having 38 more kills than any other freshman in the league. JEFFERY EMERGES AS QUALITY SETTER Val Jeffery s emergence as YSU s starting setter has been a main storyline this season. Jeffery transferred to Youngstown State from High Point in January and won a fierce battle with teammate and close friend Jessie Gerig in camp to earn the starting spot. Jeffery made four all-tournament teams during the non-conference season and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Belmont Invitational. She went on to be named the Horizon League Setter of the Year. Jeffery ranked fourth in the Horizon League during the regular season with 10.40 assists per set, which is the most by a YSU setter since 2005 and the eighth-best mark in school history. Jeffery s 1,040 total assists are the ninth-most in program history. The Penguins.220 attack percentage is their best since 1999, and their 13.01 kills per set are the most since 2007. In addition to averaging 10.58 assists per set, Jeffery is also averaging 0.55 blocks, 0.96 kills and 2.33 digs per set. Her blocks per set average is the highest by a Penguins setter in school history, and Karla Everhart is the only setter to average more kills per set (in 2008 and 2006).
UPCOMING MILESTONES Sam Brown Needs 25 kills to reach 300, 13 digs to reach 250 and 8 blocks to reach 50. Lexi Egler Needs 33 digs to move into the top 10 in school history for career digs... Needs 4 kills to become the 10th Penguin to reach 350 in a season. Jessie Gerig Needs 5 digs to reach 250 for the season. Val Jeffery Needs 4 kills to reach 100 for the season. Aly Ryan Needs 20 kills to reach 500 for her career. Nikki Thompson Needs 20 digs to reach 500 for the season... Needs 10 digs to reach 800 for her career. Shannon Watson Needs 10 kills to reach 850 for her career. RECORDS WATCH Career Kills 4. 1,135 Lexi Egler...... 2011-Present ----- 16. 886 Amber Nagy........ 1997-00 17. 840 Shannon Watson....2011-Present Career Attempts 3. 3,295 Missy Hundelt...... 2010-13 4. 3,289 Vickie Robinson..... 1996-99 5. 3,280 Lexi Egler.......2011-Present Career Digs 9. 1,156 Heather Luben...... 1993-96 10. 1,151 Erika West.........2011-13 11. 1,118 Lexi Egler...... 2011-Present DOUBLE-DOUBLES Sam Brown (9 in 2014; 9 in Career) Lexi Egler (16 in 2014; 40 in Career) Jessie Gerig (3 in 2014; 4 in Career) Val Jeffery (9 in 2014; 9 in Career) Shannon Watson (2 in 2014; 2 in Career) THOMPSON SETS SEASON DIGS RECORD YSU MATCH HIGHS Junior Nikki Thompson is Youngstown State s record holder for digs in a season with 480. Her record-breaking dig came at Green Bay on Nov. 8 as part of a career-best 30-digs effort. In her first season serving as the Penguins libero, she is averaging an impressive 4.57 digs per set for the year and 4.58 digs per set against league teams. Thompson s 4.58 digs per set average is the second-best for a season for school history, behind on Jill Raslevich s nation-leading 4.95 digs per set in 1995. Thompson had 310 digs in 185 sets over the first two years of her career for an average of 1.68 per set. Those 30 digs at Green Bay are tied for the second-most for a Penguin since rally scoring began in 2001, and her 27 digs at Valparaiso on Oct. 3 are the second-most by a YSU player in a four-set match since 2001. WATSON, RYAN AMONG LEAGUE S TOP BLOCKERS Youngstown State middle blockers Shannon Watson and Aly Ryan rank second and third, respectively, in the Horizon League in blocks, and the Penguins are the conference s top blocking team for the second straight season. Watson tied for the league lead in total blocks with 123, and her 1.1 blocks per set were second only to Kelsey Victor from Valparaiso s 1.4 per set. Ryan was third in the league with 112 total blocks and 1.01 blocks per set. Both Watson and Ryan are moving up the program s all-time blocking list. Watson ranks eighth in school history with 328 total blocks, and she s sixth with 297 block assist. Ryan is right behind her in both categories with 317 total blocks and 295 block assists. Ryan s average of 1.00 blocks per set is the fifth-best mark in program history. A NICE SHOWING IN NON-CONFERENCE PLAY Youngstown State ended its non-conference schedule with a 9-6 record, which was the second-best mark in the Horizon League. Among the victories were three wins over Missouri Valley Conference teams, a road win over a Belmont team that won 19 matches a year ago and a win over Virginia for the program s first defeat of an ACC school in 12 years. YSU was 6-0 for the first time in program history and had its best record through 12 matches since 1995 at 9-3. Individual Highs Team Highs Attack Pct..714 (10-0-14) Aly Ryan at Cleveland State, 10/17.416 vs. Kennesaw State, 8/30 Kills 22 Lexi Egler vs. Virginia, 9/12 72 vs. Virginia, 9/12 Attempts 51 Lexi Egler twice 187 vs. Virginia, 9/12 Points 23.5 Lexi Egler vs. Virginia, 9/12 Assists 54 Val Jeffery vs. Virginia, 9/12 68 vs. Virginia, 9/12 Digs 30 Nikki Thompson at Green Bay, 11/8 93 at Green Bay, 11/8 Aces 5 Sam Brown vs. Virginia, 9/12 11 at UIC, 10/4 Blocks 12 Shannon Watson at Saint Francis U, 9/9 18.0 at Saint Francis U, 9/9 YSU SET HIGHS Individual Highs Team Highs Attack Pct. 1.0 (6-0-6) Aly Ryan at Cleveland State (1), 10/17.542 vs. UMass Lowell (3), 9/5 Kills 7 Egler at RMU (2), 9/5, Brown vs. UWM (1), 10/11 20 Twice Attempts 17 Lexi Egler at Wright State (2), 10/24 58 vs. Valparaiso (3), 11/1 Points 8.0 Sam Brown vs. Virginia (1), 9/12 23.0 vs. Virginia (1), 9/12 Assists 19 Val Jeffery at Cleveland State (1), 10/17 20 Twice Digs 11 Nikki Thompson at Valparaiso (1), 10/3 31 vs. Valparaiso (3), 11/1 Aces 3 Sam Brown vs. Virginia (1), 9/12 5 vs. Virginia (1), 9/12 Blocks 9 Shannon Watson at Saint Francis U (2), 9/9 10 at Saint Francis U (2), 9/9
PLAYER CAPSULES Lauren BLANCO OH Fr. 5 10 El Paso, Texas #3 Has appeared in 25 matches... Notched six digs in one set as the libero against Kennesaw State (8/30)... Also six digs at Wright State... Two kills three times... Had 564 kills as HS senior. Career Highs Kills: 2; Asts: 3; Digs: 6; Blocks: 1 Dana BORSZ DS RFr. 5 8 Columbia Station, Ohio #4 Had 12 digs in back-to-back wins over Kennesaw State and UMass Lowell... Had the first two aces of her career at the Michigan Invitational... Redshirted in 2013... Four year starter in high school. Career Highs Digs: 12; Aces: 1 Sam BROWN OH Fr. 6 1 Chicago, Ill. #20 Starter every match... Horizon League All-Freshman Team... Leads league with 40 aces and leads all HL freshmen with 275 kills... Nine double-doubles... 15 matches with 10+ kills... Five aces vs. Virginia tied for most by a Penguin since 2006. Career Highs Kills: 16; Aces: 5; Digs: 18; Blks: 4 Rachelle CALVIN DS Fr. 5 5 Cortland, Ohio Has appeared in four matches... Second-Team All-District 1 honoree as a senior at Lakeview HS... Older sister, Becca, played for YSU in 2012. Lexi EGLER OH Sr. 5 11 Clarkston, Mich. #16 #2 Team captain... All-Horizon League in 2013 and 2014... Fifth player in school history to get 1,000 career kills and digs... Backto-back 300 kill/300 dig seasons... Fifth in the Horizon League in kills per set... All-Tournament Team at Belmont Invite... 16 double-doubles and 23 matches with 10+ kills... Fourth in career kills and 11th in career digs in YSU history. Career Highs Kills: 22; Aces: 4; Digs: 22; Blks: 6 Jessie GERIG DS/S Jr. 5 7 Towanda, Ill. #1 Team captain... Has been a DS in 26 matches and setter in the other three... Averaging 2.21 digs per set with a career high of 15 twice... 11 matches with 10+ digs... Played in 17 of final 20 matches in 2013 in 6-2 offense... Named YSU s Rookie of the Year in 2013. Career Highs Kills: 4; Asts: 46; Aces: 2; Digs: 15 Val JEFFERY S So. 6 0 Pickerington, Ohio Halle OATRIDGE DS So. 5 5 Cortland, Ohio #7 Played in two non-conference matches as a freshman... Set Mathews High School record with 449 digs her senior year. Career Highs Digs: 2 Aly RYAN MB Jr. 6 1 Novi, Mich. #6 Team captain... Third in HL in blocks per set (1.01) and fourth in hitting percentage (.306)... School record.714 attack pct. (10-0-14) at Cleveland State... HL Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 27... 300th career block came at Oakland as part of career-high nine-block match... Fifth Penguin junior to reach 300 career blocks. Career Highs Kills: 15; Aces: 3; Digs: 7; Blocks: 9 Paige SAUNDERS OH Fr. 5 10 Streetsboro, Ohio #23 Voted conference player of the year as a senior... Set school records with 372 career kills and 369 career blocks... Mother is a police officer at YSU. #12 Horizon League Setter of the Year... MVP of the Belmont Invitational and all-tournament team at three other tournaments... HL Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 13... Averaging 10.40 assists, the best by a Penguin since 2005... Fourth in the HL in assists per set... YSU s team attack pct. is best since 1999... Nine doubledoubles... Had eight kills vs. Virginia. Career Highs K: 8; A: 54; SA: 3; D: 18; B: 6 Heather SPLINTER S Fr. 5 8 Dubuque, Iowa Two-time honorable mention allstate pick in Class 5A... Helped club team to a championship in 2010 at the USA Junior National Volleyball Tournament. Lauren THOMPSON RS Jr. 6 1 Valley City, Ohio #15 Starter every match... 10+ kills seven times, including three straight vs. Virginia, Loyola and Kent State... Averaging a career-high 1.80 kills per set on a.237attack percentage... Four-plus blocks in eight matches... YSU s Most Improved Player in 2013. Career Highs Kills: 14; Asts: 5; Digs: 14; Blocks: 7 Nikki THOMPSON DS Jr. 5 6 Indianapolis, Ind. #10 Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 2 and Oct. 13... YSU record holder for blocks in a season... Double digits in digs in 24 matches... 20+ digs 10 times, including 30 at Green Bay and 29 vs. Virginia... Averaging 4.57 digs, up from 1.72 last year. Career Highs Kills: 2; Asts: 4; Aces: 3; Digs: 30 Morgan TIPPIE RS Fr. 6 3 Willoughby, Ohio #14 Honorable Mention All-Ohio as a senior... Set school records with 364 kills and 97 blocks as a senior... Two-time first-team allconference selection. #11 Shannon WATSON MB Sr. 6 1 Bolivar, Ohio #5 Second in the Horizon League with 1.11 blocks per set... Playing middle blocker full time for the first time since her freshman year... All-tournament team at Duquesne/Robert Morris Invite... HL Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 8... Had nine blocks in one set vs. Saint Francis and finished with 12 in the match... Eighth in school history with 328 career total blocks. Career Highs Kills: 18; Aces 3; Digs: 6; Blks: 12
Youngstown State Volleyball Youngstown State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2014) All matches Overall record: 16-13 Conf: 7-7 Home: 4-3 Away: 6-8 Neutral: 6-2 Attack Set Serve ## Player sp mp-ms k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se 2 EGLER, Lexi 111 29-29 346 3.12 178 954.176 40 0.36 17 0.15 31 5 WATSON, Shannon 111 29-29 278 2.50 95 718.255 12 0.11 0 0.00 0 20 BROWN, Sam 110 29-29 275 2.50 131 823.175 11 0.10 40 0.36 30 6 RYAN, Aly 111 29-29 217 1.95 42 572.306 7 0.06 14 0.13 6 15 THOMPSON, Lauren 111 29-12 200 1.80 68 558.237 42 0.38 1 0.01 1 12 JEFFERY, Val 100 27-26 96 0.96 21 272.276 1040 10.40 18 0.18 22 3 BLANCO, Lauren 43 25-0 12 0.28 11 60.017 10 0.23 3 0.07 3 1 GERIG, Jessie 111 29-20 11 0.10 6 55.091 153 1.38 13 0.12 19 10 THOMPSON, Nikki 105 27-0 9 0.09 4 20.250 44 0.42 12 0.11 29 4 BORSZ, Dana 22 12-0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 0.00 2 0.09 10 16 CALVIN, Rachelle 5 4-0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 111 29-29 1444 13.01 556 4032.220 1359 12.24 120 1.08 151 Opponents 111 29-29 1476 13.30 653 4134.199 1407 12.68 145 1.31 198 Dig Blocking Points ## Player sp re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe pts pts/s 2 EGLER, Lexi 111 35 313 2.82 6 55 61 0.55 3 2 396.5 3.57 5 WATSON, Shannon 111 1 40 0.36 15 108 123 1.11 12 0 347.0 3.13 20 BROWN, Sam 110 31 237 2.15 10 32 42 0.38 2 0 341.0 3.10 6 RYAN, Aly 111 0 71 0.64 11 101 112 1.01 3 2 292.5 2.64 15 THOMPSON, Lauren 111 3 56 0.50 3 75 78 0.70 5 9 241.5 2.18 12 JEFFERY, Val 100 0 233 2.33 4 51 55 0.55 3 24 143.5 1.43 3 BLANCO, Lauren 43 8 37 0.86 0 3 3 0.07 0 1 16.5 0.38 1 GERIG, Jessie 111 13 245 2.21 0 5 5 0.05 1 2 26.5 0.24 10 THOMPSON, Nikki 105 34 480 4.57 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 21.0 0.20 16 CALVIN, Rachelle 5 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 4 BORSZ, Dana 22 5 27 1.23 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.09 - TEAM - 15 - - - - - - - - - - YOUNGSTOWN STATE... 111 145 1739 15.67 49 430 264.0 2.38 29 41 1828.0 16.47 Opponents... 111 120 1790 16.13 58 353 234.5 2.11 62 33 1855.5 16.72
Youngstown State Volleyball Youngstown State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 14, 2014) Conference matches Overall record: 7-7 Conf: 7-7 Home: 4-3 Away: 3-4 Neutral: 0-0 Attack Set Serve ## Player sp mp-ms k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se 2 EGLER, Lexi 55 14-14 168 3.05 92 469.162 22 0.40 8 0.15 14 20 BROWN, Sam 55 14-14 140 2.55 71 430.160 4 0.07 21 0.38 13 5 WATSON, Shannon 55 14-14 136 2.47 45 370.246 4 0.07 0 0.00 0 6 RYAN, Aly 55 14-14 102 1.85 21 259.313 3 0.05 8 0.15 2 15 THOMPSON, Lauren 55 14-5 101 1.84 35 273.242 17 0.31 0 0.00 0 12 JEFFERY, Val 47 13-12 47 1.00 13 131.260 484 10.30 10 0.21 9 1 GERIG, Jessie 55 14-11 6 0.11 4 32.062 102 1.85 7 0.13 8 10 THOMPSON, Nikki 55 14-0 5 0.09 2 10.300 24 0.44 6 0.11 16 3 BLANCO, Lauren 19 12-0 2 0.11 4 17 -.118 5 0.26 0 0.00 2 16 CALVIN, Rachelle 4 3-0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 4 BORSZ, Dana 13 8-0 0 0.00 0 0.000 0 0.00 0 0.00 4 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 55 14-14 707 12.85 287 1991.211 665 12.09 60 1.09 68 Opponents 55 14-14 776 14.11 332 2079.214 737 13.40 64 1.16 95 Dig Blocking Points ## Player sp re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe pts pts/s 2 EGLER, Lexi 55 19 148 2.69 4 26 30 0.55 2 0 193.0 3.51 20 BROWN, Sam 55 9 121 2.20 6 16 22 0.40 1 0 175.0 3.18 5 WATSON, Shannon 55 1 22 0.40 7 50 57 1.04 5 0 168.0 3.05 6 RYAN, Aly 55 0 33 0.60 8 51 59 1.07 1 0 143.5 2.61 15 THOMPSON, Lauren 55 3 26 0.47 2 36 38 0.69 2 1 121.0 2.20 12 JEFFERY, Val 47 0 96 2.04 1 24 25 0.53 2 10 70.0 1.49 1 GERIG, Jessie 55 5 129 2.35 0 4 4 0.07 1 2 15.0 0.27 10 THOMPSON, Nikki 55 12 252 4.58 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 11.0 0.20 3 BLANCO, Lauren 19 4 16 0.84 0 1 1 0.05 0 1 2.5 0.13 4 BORSZ, Dana 13 0 1 0.08 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 16 CALVIN, Rachelle 4 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 - TEAM - 11 - - - - - - - - - - YOUNGSTOWN STATE... 55 64 844 15.35 28 208 132.0 2.40 14 15 899.0 16.35 Opponents... 55 60 888 16.15 23 173 109.5 1.99 29 15 949.5 17.26