The Braves defeated the University of Health, Sciences & Pharmacy of St. Louis last Friday, 3-1 but fell 3-0 to no. 11 Missouri Baptist University on Saturday. OU has an overall record of 6-3 and a Heart mark of 2-1.
This season, Ottawa is averaging 12.7 kills per set, 11.9 assists per set, 2.2 blocks per set, 1.03 service aces per set, and 10.6 digs per set. They have a .287 attacking percentage.
Macort Pickup leads the Braves in kills per set (3.04),
Marton Zarka is OU's leader in assists per set (8.4),
Nazmi Bayoglu is the Braves' leader in digs per set (2.8),
Akeil Williams is the team's leader in blocks per set (1.2).
Ottawa is ranked 20th in the NAIA in kills (381), seventh in kills per set (12.7), 34th in errors (141), 29th in total attacks (836), ninth in attacking percentage (.287), 17th in assists (358), fifth in assists per set (11.9), 49th in service aces (39), 38th in service errors (94), 35th in receptions (497), 30th in reception errors (41), 16th in digs (318), ninth in digs per set (10.6), 33rd in solo blocks (13), 16th in block assists (111), 22nd in total blocks (69), 18th in blocks per set (2.2), 11th in blocking errors (12), 14th in ball handling errors (1), 22nd in points (480.5), and 16th in points per set (16.0).
The Braves are 2-2 on the road this season. Ottawa is averaging 12.2 kills per set, 11.6 assists per set, 11.7 digs per set, and 2.3 blocks per set. OU has a .189 attacking percentage.
Friday is the seventh match between Ottawa University and Clarke University. The Braves won the match last season in Wilson Field House 3-0 on March 4. This will be just the second match that the teams have played on Clarke's home floor. Ottawa won that match against, then no. 7, Clarke 3-1 on March 11, 2016. The first ever meeting between the two teams happened on Feb. 6, 2016. Ottawa lost to, then no. 3, Clarke 3-0.
Saturday will be the sixth match played between Ottawa University and Mount Mercy University. MMU leads the series 4-1. The Mustangs, then ranked no. 7, won last years match on March 8, 2023, 3-0. This will be the first match between the team games played on Mount Mercy's home court. Ottawa's long victory over the Mustangs came on February 4, 2022, 3-1. The first ever meeting between the two teams happened on January 27, 2017. MMU won the match.
Clarke University is 1-7 overall and 1-2 in the Heart. The Pride are 1-3 at home this season and enter Friday's match coming off a 3-0 loss to William Penn on Tuesday night. CU's victory this season came on Feb. 15 against Graceland University, 3-0.
This season the Pride are averaging 7.9 kills per set, 7.5 assists per set, 1.1 blocks per set, 1.4 service aces per set, and 6.5 digs per set. They have a .099 attacking percentage.
CU is ranked 38th in the NAIA in errors (137), 42nd in service aces (34), 42nd in service errors (89), 34th in service aces per set (1.4), 36th in receptions (485), third in reception errors (81), and sixth in ball handling errors (2).
Justin Hernandez leads the team in kills per set (3.1), Benjamin Reiser is CU's leader in assists (6.7) per set, AJ Matsumoto leads the Pride in digs per set (1.2), and Hernandez is Clarke's leader in blocks per st (0.5).
Mount Mercy University is 7-2 overall and 2-1 in the Heart. The Mustangs are 5-1 at home this season and enter the match coming off a 3-1 loss to Grand View University on Tuesday.
The Mustangs are averaging 11.7 kills per set, 11.2 assists per set, 1.6 blocks per set, 1.4 service aces per set, and 11.3 digs per set. They have a .247 attacking percentage.
Gabor Toth leads MMU in kills per set (3.1). Gustavo Kehl Bauer is the Mustangs' leader in assists per set (8.2) and digs per set (2.3). Raphael Massara is the team's leader in blocks per set (0.6).
Mount Mercy is ranked 24th in the NAIA in kills (352), 24th in kills per set (11.7), 33rd in errors (142), 27th in total attacks (850), 19th in attacking percentage (.247), 25th in assists (336), 20th in assists per set (11.2), 29th in service aces (44), 22nd in service erorrs (124), 28th in service aces per set (1.4), 39th in receptions (464), 10th in digs (341), second in digs per set (11.3), 24th in solo blocks (18), 36th in block assists (65), 36th in total blocks (51), 47th in blocks per set (1.6), 28th in blocking errors (7), 26th in points (446.5), and 32nd in points per set (14.9).
