Ottawa fell 3-0 to Missouri Valley College on Tuesday night. OU finished the match with 27 kills, a .065 attacking percentage, 26 assists, two service aces, 30 digs, and seven team blocks.
This season, OU is averaging 9.6 kills per set, 8.9 assists per set, 2.4 blocks per set, 1.4 service aces per set, and 9.4 digs per set. The Braves have a .203 attacking percentage.
The Braves are ranked ninth in the NAIA in kills (272), 38th in kills per set (10.4), third in errors (160), third in total attacks (790), 45th in attacking percentage (.142), eighth in assists (260), 32nd in assists per set (10), 21st in service aces (26), 25th in service errors (68), 46th in service aces per set (1), third in receptions (526), third in reception errors (51), second in digs (293), sixth in digs per set (11.2), 11th in solo blocks (16), second in blocks assists (88), third in total blocks (60), eighth in blocks per set (2.3), fifth in ball handling errors (4), seventh in points (358), and 36th in points per set (13.8).
Akeil Williams leads OU in kills per set (2.96),
Kade Zrna is OU's leader in assists (4.8) per set,
Max Baumann leads Ottawa in digs (2.1) per set, and Williams leads the team in blocks (1.4) per set.
Friday is the 17th meeting between Ottawa University and Park University. The Pirates lead the series, 10-6, and are on a seven match winning streak against the Braves. The last time OU defeated Park was on Feb. 21, 2019 in Wilson Field House. Ottawa defeated, then no. 3, Park 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-21, 25-12). The first match between the two teams happened on March 17, 2016 in Wilson Field House. Park won the match 3-0. OU has lost five straight road matches to Park. Ottawa's last win in Parkville was on Feb. 27, 2018. Ottawa won the match 3-1 (21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-19).
Park University has an overall record of 6-1, is ranked no. 2 in the NAIA, and enters Friday night's game coming off a 3-1 win over Arizona Christian.
The Pirates are averaging 12.6 kills, 11.5 assists, 1.8 blocks, 1.7 service aces, 8.4 digs per set. Park has a .305 attacking percentage.
Park is ranked fifth in the NAIA in kills (290), eighth in kills per set (12.6), 19th in errors (107), 12th in total attacks (600), 10th in attacking percentage (.305), seventh in assists (266), 13th in assists per set (11.5), seventh in service aces (39), seventh in service errors (92), 19th in service aces per set (1.7), 14th in receptions (371), ninth in reception errors (37), 14th in digs (195), 40th in digs per set (8.4), sixth in solo blocks (22), 23rd in block assists (41), 12th in total blocks (43), 28th in blocks per set (1.8), 13th in blocking errors (7), sixth in points (371.5), and 12th in points per set (16.2).
Joao Infante leads Park in kills (3.5) per set, Eduardo Sabi is the Pirates' leader in assists (10.1) per set, Joao Bonanoni is Park's leader in digs (2.5) per set, and Mihailo Ivanvic leads the team in blocks (0.6) per set.
