In their last match, Braves fell 3-1 to Morningside University on Feb. 29 in Sioux City, Iowa. Ottawa finished the match with 45 kills, a .128 attacking percentage, 44 assists, six service aces, 39 digs, and 14 team blocks.
Grant Younie led OU with 14 kills. He had a .375 attacking percentage and five digs.
Kadeem Morris was the other Brave with double figure kills. He finished the match with 10 kills and five blocks.
Kade Zrna led the Braves with 22 assists. Andrew Salina had 20 assists.
Nazmi Bayoglu finished the match with 12 digs
Akeil Williams led OU with nine blocks.
Ottawa has an overall record of 4-9, a GPAC mark of 2-1, and has a record of 2-2 in Wilson Field House this season. This season the Braves are averaging 10.3 kills per set, 9.8 assists per set, 2.3 blocks per set, 1.3 service aces per set, and 10.4 digs per set. OU has a .153 attacking percentage.
OU is ranked 49th in the NAIA in kills (477), 42nd in kills per set (10.3), 33rd in errors (271), 42nd in total attacks (1,344), 50th in attacking percentage (.153), 49th in assists (452), 42nd in assists per set (9.8), 46th in service aces (62), 34th in service aces per set (1.3), 46th in receptions (869), 30th in reception errors (78), 38th in digs (480), 14th in digs per set (10.4), 28th in solo blocks (35), 26th in block assists (144), 27th in total blocks (107), eighth in blocks per set (2.3), 40th in blocking errors (10), 21st in ball handling errors (7), 46th in points (646.0) and 40th in points per set (14.0).
Akeil Williams leads OU in kills per set (2.9) and blocks per set (1.5).
Kade Zrna is Ottawa's leader in assists per set (4.8), and
Nazmi Bayoglu is the team's leader in digs per set (2.1).
Ottawa has a record of 2-2 in Wilson Field House this season. The Braves are averaging 10.7 kills per set, 9.9 assists per set, have a .204 attacking percentage, a 2.3 service aces per set, 9.1 digs per set, and 1.6 blocks per set.
In Wilson Field House this season,
Akeil Williams is averaging 3.2 kills per set, 1.4 digs per set, and 1.3 blocks per set.
Friday is the 19th meeting between Ottawa University and Dordt University. The Braves lead the series, 13-5 and Ottawa is 3-2 in the last five matches against the Defenders. The teams split the two matches played last season. Dordt won 3-0 on Feb. 18, 2023 in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Braves defeated Dordt 3-0 on March 18 in Wilson Field House. The first match between the two teams happened on February 13, 2016 in Sioux Center, Iowa. The Defenders won the match 3-2. Ottawa has a record of 7-1 against Dordt in Wilson Field House.
Saturday is the 13th match between Ottawa University and the University of Jamestown. Jamestown leads the series 12-0. The Jimmies defeated OU 3-0 on March 11, 2023 in Wilson Field House, 3-2 on March 15, 2023 in Jamestown, N.D., and 3-1 on March 29, 2024 in Jamestown. The first match between the two teams happened on February 29, 2020 in Wilson Field House. Jamestown won the match 3-0.
Dordt University has an overall record of 3-9, a GPAC mark of 1-3, is on a two match losing streak, and has a record of 1-2 on the road this season. They are averaging 12 kills per set, 10.8 assists per set, 1.3 blocks per set, 1.5 service aces per set, and 11.5 digs per set. The Defenders have a .181 attacking percentage.
The Defenders are ranked 20th in the NAIA in kills per set (12.03), 47th in errors (242), 46th in total attacks (1,252), 41st in attacking percentage (.181), 27th in assists per set (10.8), 50th in service aces (59), 24th in service aces per set (1.5), 42nd in digs (451), third in digs per set (11.5), 50th in blocking errors (7), 40th in ball handling errors (3), and 29th in points per set (14.9).
Nicodemus Elliott leads DU in kills per set (4.1), Lukas Van Groningen is the team's leader in assists per set (9), Robert Piekarz is the Defenders' leader in digs per set (2.6), and Lance Vermeer leads Dordt in blocks per set (0.7).
University of Jamestown has an overall record of 12-1, a GPAC mark of 3-0, is on a four match winning streak, is 6-0 on the road this season, and is ranked no. 9 in the latest NAIA Poll. The Jimmies are averaging 12.4 kills per set, 11.6 assists per set, 2.5 blocks per set, 1.4 service aces per set, and 11.1 digs per set.
The Jimmies are ranked 12th in the NAIA in kills per set (12.4), 47th in total attacks (1,228), 15th in attacking percentage (.280), 42nd in assists (502), 14th in assists per set (11.6), 47th in service aces (61), 33rd in service aces per set (1.4), 39th in digs (479), fourth in digs per set (11.10, ninth in solo blocks (49), 41st in block assists (119), 26th in total blocks (109), and fourth in blocks per set (2.5).
Caydann Cox leads Jamestown in kills per set (3.3), Gabriel Ocasio is the Jimmies' leader in assists per set (5.2), Sebastian Ignaczak leads the team in digs per set (2.8), and Tysen Myers is Jamestown's leader in blocks per set (1.2).
