The Braves fell 3-0 to nationally ranked Dordt University, 3-0; 25-21, 25-16, 25-22; last Saturday in De Witt Gymnasium. Ottawa finished the match with 30 kills, a .192 attacking percentage, 26 assists, two service aces, 34 digs, and two team blocks.
Akeil Williams had 13 kills and finished the match with a .385 attacking percentage.
Andrew Salinas led OU with 13 assists and
Kayden Kirby finished with 11.
Kevin Davidson tallied nine digs to lead the Braves.
Akeil Williams leads the Braves in kills (2.69), service aces (0.3), and blocks (1.0) per set.
Andrew Salinas is OU's leader in assists per set (4.1) and
Kevin Davidson leads the team in digs (2.4) per set.
Through eight matches this season, Ottawa is averaging 8.2 kills per set, 7.6 assists per set, 1.7 blocks per set, 1.2 service aces per set, and 9.3 digs per set. The Braves have a .126 attacking percentage.
Ottawa is ranked 50th in the NAIA in kills (239), 43rd in errors (150), 45th in total attacks (709), 48th in attacking percentage (.126), 50th in assists (223), 44th in service aces (37), 50th in service errors (93), 38th in service aces per set (1.2), 37th in receptions (560), ninth in reception errors (73), 41st in digs (271), 27th in digs per set (9.3), 41st in solo blocks (16), 38th in block assists (71), 41st in total blocks (52), 33rd in blocks per set (1.7), fourth in ball handling errors (13), and 49th in points (327.5).
Thursday's match is the 16th meeting between Ottawa University and Morningside University. Ottawa leads the series, 10-5, but MU took the first meeting this season on Feb. 1 in Sioux City, Iowa, 3-1; 25-21, 25-22, 18-25 25-17. The first ever meeting between the two teams happened on Jan. 15, 2016 in Wilson Field House. OU lost 3-2 to Morningside in the first match in program history.
The Braves are 5-1 against the Mustangs in Wilson Field House and have won five straight matches at home against MU.
Morningside University is 4-7 overall and 3-2 in the GPAC. The Mustangs are on a four match losing streak with losses to Park (3-0) and Georgetown (3-0) on Feb. 10, Dordt (3-0) on Feb. 16, and Jamestown (3-0) on Feb. 19.
The Mustangs are averaging 9.8 kills per set, 9.1 assists per set, 1.1 blocks per set, 2.2 service aces per set, and 8.6 digs per set. Morningside has a .152 attacking percentage.
Morningside is ranked 31st in the NAIA in kills (376), 40th in kills per set (9.8), 19th in errors (225), 26th in total attacks (994), 41st in attacking percentage (.152), 29th in assists (348), 42nd in assists per set (9.1), fifth in service aces (85), 10th in service errors (172), third in service aces per set (2.2), 26th in receptions (698), 14th in reception errors (64), 25th in digs (328), 40th in digs per set (8.6) 38th in block assists (71), 49th in total blocks (43), 28th in block errors (9), 30th in points (503), and 41st in points per set (13.2).
Natan Alves leads Morningside in kills (2.8) per set. Jacob DePauw is MU's leader in assists (8.3) and service aces (0.5) per set. Kahakai Kahoiwai is the Mustangs' leader in digs (1.5) per set and Tharen Cox leads the team in blocks (0.6) per set.
