The Braves fell 3-1 to Dordt University and 3-0 to no. 9 University of Jamestown last weekend in Wilson Field House.
In the loss to Dordt, Ottawa finished the match with 38 kills, a .070 attacking percentage, 37 assists, two service aces, 52 digs, and three team blocks.
Akeil Williams led OU with 18 kills. He had a .382 attacking percentage, five digs, and two blocks.
Grant Younie was the other Brave with double digit kills. He had 10 kills and 10 digs to finish with a double-double.
Andrew Salinas led the Braves with 19 assists and
Kade Zrna had 14 assists.
Nazmi Bayoglu finished with 11 digs.
Against Jamestown, Ottawa finished the match with 28 kills, had a .129 attacking percentage, 28 assists, two service aces, 38 digs, and four team blocks.
Akeil Williams led OU with 14 kills. He had nine digs and two blocks.
Andrew Salinas finished the match with 14 assists and
Kade Zrna had 10 assistgs.
Kadeem Morris led the Braves with three blocks.
This season, Ottawa is averaging 10.2 kills per set, 9.7 assists per set, 2.1 blocks per set, 1.2 service aces per set, and 10.7 digs per set. OU has a .145 attacking percentage.
Ottawa is ranked 50th in the NAIA in kills (543), 44th in kills per set (10.2), 31st in errors (316), 40th in total attacks (1,566), 50th in attacking percentage (.145), 48th in assists (517), 42nd in assists per set (9.7), 42nd in service aces per set (1.2), 44th in receptions (1,008), 29th in reception errors (88), 37th in digs (570), ninth in digs per set (10.7), 33rd in solo blocks (35), 30th in block assists (158), 34th in total blocks (114), 13th in blocks per set (2.15), 36th in block errors (13), 22nd in ball handling errors (7), 48th in points (723.0), and 43rd in points per set (13.6).
Akeil Williams leads the Braves in kills per set (3.1) and blocks per set (1.4).
Kade Zrna is OU's leader in assists per set (4.9) and
Nazmi Bayoglu is the Braves' leader in digs per set (2.1).
Friday is the 18th meeting between Ottawa University and Morningside University. The Braves lead the series, 10-7. Morningside is on a three match winning streak against the Braves. The last time Ottawa defeated Morningside was on Feb. 24, 2022 in Sioux City. Ottawa won the match 3-1. The Braves last win in Wilson Field House against the Mustangs was on Jan. 25, 2022. Ottawa won the match 3-0. Morningside won the first match this season in Sioux City, Iowa on Feb. 29. The Mustangs took a 3-1 victory over the Braves.
Morningside University has a record of 11-11, a GPAC mark of 3-2, is 3-4 on the road this season, and has lost three straight matches. The Mustangs have lost to Kansas Wesleyan (3-2), Jamestown (3-0), and Dordt (3-2).
This season, Morningside is averaging 11.7 kills per set, 11.1 assists per set, 1.6 blocks per set, 1.6 service aces per set, and 10.6 digs per set. They have a .192 attacking percentage.
Morningside is ranke4d fourth in the NAIA in kills (998), 25th in kills per set (11.7), first in errors (505), second in total attacks (2,566), 38th in attacking percentage (.192), fourth in assistsw (941), 24th in assists per set (11.1), seventh in service aces (139), seventh in service errors (306), 18th in service aces per set (1.6), third in receptions (1,513), 20th in reception errors (102), third in digs (901), 11th in digs per set (10.6), 30th in solo blocks (37), 14th in block assists (205), 18th in total blocks (140), 42nd in blocks per set (1.6), 23rd in blocking errors (18), 33rd in ball handling errors (5), fourth in points (1276.5), and 27th in points per set (15.0).
Natan Alves leads the team in kills per set (3.9), Jacob DePauw leads the Mustangs in assists per set (9.4), Owen Anderson is the team's leader in digs per set (2.7), and Tharen Cox leads Morningside in blocks per set (0.8).
