Ottawa lost to Kansas Wesleyan University 3-1 last Friday night in Mabee Arena. It was OU's first loss to the Coyotes. The Braves finished the match with 36 kills, a .174 attacking percentage, 36 assists, eight service aces, 48 digs, and eight team blocks.
Grant Younie led OU with 10 kills.
Andrew Salinas had 16 assists and
Kayden Kirby finished with 12 assists.
Kevin Davidson led the Braves with four service aces and 11 digs.
Akeil Williams finished with five blocks.
Akeil Williams leads the Braves in kills (2.37), blocks (1.3), and service aces (0.3) per set.
Kayden Kirby is OU's leader in assists (2.53) per set and
Kevin Davidson is the team's leader in digs (2.1) per set.
Through five matches this season, Ottawa is averaging 7.8 kills per set, 2.1 blocks per set, 7.3 assists per set, 1.4 service aces per set, and 9.3 digs per set. They have a .102 attacking percentage.
The Braves are ranked 40th in the NAIA in kills (150), 32nd in errors (101), 33rd in total attacks (479), 40th in assists (139), 27th in service aces (28), 30th in service errors (67), 34th in service aces per set (1.4), 25th in receptions (363), fourth in reception errors (45), 25th in digs (178) 21st in digs per set (9.3), 37th in solo blocks (9), 13th in block assists (61), 20th in total blocks (40), 13th in blocks per set (2.08), and 36th in points (217.5).
Saturday will be the first meeting between Ottawa and no. 7 Georgetown. Ottawa and Park are meeting for the 14th time. Park leads the series, 9-4. The Pirates are on a six match winning streak against the Braves. The last time Ottawa defeated Park was on Feb. 21, 2019 in Wilson Field House. OU upset no. 3 Park, 3-1; 25-22, 23-25, 25-21, 25-12. OU is 2-5 against the Pirates in Parkville and has lost four straight road matches to Park. The last time Ottawa won at the Breckon Sports Center was on Feb. 27, 2018. Ottawa defeated no. 5 Park 3-1; 21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-19.
Georgetown College is 7-1 overall, 2-0 in conference play, have won three straight matches, and are ranked no. 7 in the latest NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches Top 15 Poll.
Through eight matches this season, the Tigers are averaging 10.8 kills per set, 10.4 assists per set, 2.7 blocks per set, 1.7 service aces per set, and 8.1 digs per set. Georgetown has a .311 attacking percentage.
The Tigers are ranked seventh in the NAIA in kills (304), 26th in kills per set (10.8), 23rd in errors (111), 15th in total attacks (620), ninth in attacking percentage (.311), seventh in assists (293), 24th in assists per set (10.4), ninth in service aces (48), sixth in service errors (116), 23rd in service aces per set (1.7), 17th in receptions (421), 14th in reception errors (37), 12th in digs (228), 41st in digs per set (8.1), first in solo blocks (35), second in block assists (82), first in total blocks (76), third in blocks per set (2.7), fourth in block errors (15), and sixth in points (428).
Ryan Gunn leads the Tigers in kills (3.4) per set. Kacper Dobrowolski leads the team in assists (8.4) per set and service aces (0.5). CJ Bride is GC's leader in digs per set (2.3) and Reece Brown leads the team in blocks (1.1) per set.
Park University has an overall record of 6-0, a HAAC mark of 5-0, have won six straight, and is ranked no. 8 in the NAIA Men's Volleyball Coaches Top 15 Poll. Park has only dropped one set this season, winning five matches 3-0.
The Pirates are averaging 13 kills, 12.3 assists per set, 2.9 blocks per set, 1.6 service aces per set, and 10.2 digs per set. Park has a .318 attacking percentage.
Park is ranked 19th in the NAIA in kills (247), sixth in kills per set (13), 38th in errors (86), 27th in total attacks (507), eighth in attacking percentage (.318), 18th in assists (235), fourth in assists per set (12.3), 22nd in service aces (32), 25th in service errors (70), 25th in service aces per set (1.6), 37th in receptions (293), 49th in reception errors (15), 20th in digs (194), ninth in digs per set (10.2), ninth in solo blocks (16), fifth in block assists (79), fifth in total blocks (56), second in blocks per set (2.9), 13th in block errors (8), and 18th in points (334.5).
Joao Friedrich leads the Pirates in kills (4.1) per set, Eduardo Faquin is the team's leader in assists (10.5) per set, Friedrich leads the team in service aces (0.9) per set, Leonardo Leao is Park's leader in digs (3.3) per set, and Mihailo Ivanvic is the Pirates' leader in blocks (1.5) per set.
