Some Final Volleyball Stats From OCS

[vantheman1976]

OK....the out of conference portion of the volleyball schedule is over. The NCAA volleyball stat page is up to date through yesterday. I need to add a caveat. There are 346 universities that play division 1 volleyball. The NCAA does not separate out the stats by conference and they only provide a top 50 statistic for each team or individual athlete. How did Pitt do? Here are the highlights.

Here are some team stats..

• 10 wins....no losses....30 sets in a row won....ranked #1 by the AVCA.
• Putting up a remarkable average of 19.43 pts/set
• My favorite stat....Pitt has won by an average score of 25 -16 for each of the 30 sets they have played. That 9 point difference is obscene.
• Aces/set...#5 in the country
• Assists/set....#7 in the country
• Hitting %....#1 in the country
• Opposition Hitting %....#6 in the country (which means they are holding the opposition to the 6th lowest % in the country)

Here are some individual stats..

• Aces/set....Babcock #20 and Gomez tied for #43 in the country
• Assists/set....Fairbanks #6 in the country
• Hitting %....Stafford #34 in the country. She is the only OH in the country in the top 50....all others are middle blockers as expected.
• Kills/set....Stafford #7 and Babcock #22 in the country
• Pts/set....Babcock #5 and Stafford #11 in the country. They have combined for almost 11 pts/set or nearly 60% of Pitt's point production each and every set.

The season is officially 1/3 finished....now we'll see if they can continue this domination through the conference schedule. That's all.

 

[phijo]

• Hitting %....Stafford #34 in the country. She is the only OH in the country in the top 50....all others are middle blockers as expected.

That particular stat is outrageous. She was pretty damn good last year and she is significantly better this year.

 

[vantheman1976]

• Hitting %....Stafford #34 in the country. She is the only OH in the country in the top 50....all others are middle blockers as expected.

That particular stat is outrageous. She was pretty damn good last year and she is significantly better this year.

To your point....she's clipping along at .409% as an OH. C'mon....really!

 

[persp]

• Hitting %....Stafford #34 in the country. She is the only OH in the country in the top 50....all others are middle blockers as expected.

That particular stat is outrageous. She was pretty damn good last year and she is significantly better this year.

Considering the level of recruit our pins were, this kind of improvement shows just how good of a teacher of the game Fisher is.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

I’d love to see her hitting percentage on good passes vs ok passes vs out of system crap that just gets tossed towards and outside

 

[phijo]

I’d love to see her hitting percentage on good passes vs ok passes vs out of system crap that just gets tossed towards and outside

I have often wondered why a statistical metric hasn't been created that looks at just this.

 

[pittdan77]

I have often wondered why a statistical metric hasn't been created that looks at just this.

I don't think there is a direct stat but they do grade passes and sets. You can sort of look at those for some clue but it's very subjective.

 

[pittdan77]

Pts/set....Babcock #5 and Stafford #11 in the country.

Babcock is an opposite and is #5 in points per set. For as mind boggling as some of those stats are, this one is the wildest.

 

[Chaos]

Considering the level of recruit our pins were, this kind of improvement shows just how good of a teacher of the game Fisher is.

And how good of a setter Fairbanks is. The opponents' blockers have to pause because she's deceptive with her sets. It also helps Stafford to be playing with Babcock on the front line. Having saud that, Stafford has definitely learned to use different shots this year-line, deep cross court, hitting the high hands of the blockers, etc. So fun to watch!

 

[vantheman1976]

And how good of a setter Fairbanks is. The opponents' blockers have to pause because she's deceptive with her sets. It also helps Stafford to be playing with Babcock on the front line. Having saud that, Stafford has definitely learned to use different shots this year-line, deep cross court, hitting the high hands of the blockers, etc. So fun to watch!

Fairbanks would do very well as a contestant on 'Dancing With The Stars'.....the combination of her graceful fluidity and athleticism is amazing to watch

 

[HOF Coach]

Fairbanks would do very well as a contestant on 'Dancing With The Stars'.....the combination of her graceful fluidity and athleticism is amazing to watch

Also what stands out about Rachel is her intelligence and strong desire to win.

All eyes are on her from her teammates when they huddle on the court and she has something to say. Then you can see them nod their heads and it's on to the next point.

 

[Ghost of Champions Past]

They are so fun to watch. I have seen Nebraska, Wisconsin, Stanford, Texas, Louisville. Creighton, USC, UCLA and
Oregon play this year and none of them can play with Pitt. We have too many weapons and very few week spots.
Our Pins and Middles are all outstanding and out defense with Klicka, Stafford, Fairbanks et al is better than any one I have
seen so far. I saw the Penn State drubbing of Louisville and I was a little concerned about them but Pitt drubbed them.
Fisher is an outstanding coach and recruiter. We have girls on the bench that would start for 80 - 90 % of D1 teams (Bayless
and others). This could be the year.