The Braves enter Tuesday's match coming off a 3-0 loss to no. 4 Missouri Baptist University on Saturday afternoon in the Mabee Center. Ottawa finished the match with 35 kills, a .107 attacking percentage, 34 assists, 27 digs and seven team blocks. Three Braves had eight kills apiece:
Marko Zolnjan,
Macort Pickup, and
Leo Betin.
Marton Zarka led OU with 32 assists.
Akeil Williams finished the match with five blocks. Pickup led Ottawa with seven digs.
Ottawa is 10-9 overall and 5-7 in the Heart. The Braves are on a two match losing streak with losses to no. 9 Park University last Wednesday and no. 4 Missouri Baptist last Saturday.
Through 19 matches this season, the Braves are averaging 12.2 kills per set, 11.5 assists per set, 2.1 blocks per set, 0.8 service aces per set, and 10.2 digs per set. OU has a .258 attacking percentage.
Ottawa is ranked 16th in the NAIA in kills (834), 16th in kills per set (12.2), 26th in errors (333), 18th in total attacks (1,945), 18th in attacking percentage (.258), 17th in assists (782), 15th in assists per set (11.5), 17th in assists (782), 45th in service errors (188), 26th in receptions (1,151), 31st in reception errors (85), 10th in digs (697), ninth in digs per set (10.2), 37th in solo blocks (29), 10th in block assists (229), 16th in total blocks (144), 21st in blocks per set (2.1), 16th in blocking errors (23), 19th in points (1036.5), and 24th in points per set (15.2).
Marko Zolnjan leads the Braves in kills per set (2.9),
Marton Zarka is OU's leader in assists per set (9.8),
Nazmi Bayoglu is the team's leader in digs per set (2.8), and
Akeil Williams is the Braves' leader in blocks per set (1.1).
The Braves are 4-4 on the road this season. In eight road matches, the Braves are averaging 12.1 kills per set, 11.5 assists per set, 0.7 service aces per set, 11.1 digs per set, and 2.3 blocks per set. OU has a .216 attacking percentage.
Marko Zolnjan is averaging 3.04 kills per set on the road this season.
Tuesday is the 17th match played between Ottawa University and Park University. The Pirates lead the series 12-4 and are on nine match winning streak against the Braves. OU's last victory over Park was on Feb. 21, 2019 in Wilson Field House. OU defeated, then, no. 3 Park 3-1. In OU's 3-1 loss to Park on March 12, Ottawa won set one. That is the first time since Feb. 19, 2019 that OU had taken a set from the Pirates. The Braves have lost six straight to Park in Parkville. OU's least road win over the Pirates was on Feb. 27, 2018. OU defeated, then, no. 5 Park 3-1. The Braves have a road record of 2-7 against the Pirates.
Park University has an overall record of 14-4, a 10-3 mark in the Heart, is ranked no. 9 in the NAIA, and is 9-2 at home this season. The Pirates enter Tuesday's match coming off a 3-2 road loss to Missouri Valley College in Marshall last Saturday.
Through 18 matches this season, Park is averaging 12.7 kills per set, 12.1 assists per set, 2.5 blocks per set, 1.9 service aces per set, and 8.5 digs per set. The Pirates have a .275 attacking percentage.
Nicolas Tenius leads Park in kills per set (2.9), Umberto Caleca is the Pirates' leader in assists per set (9.5), Alessandro Gozzi leads the team in digs per set (2.07), and Moises Ortiz is the team's leader in blocks per set (1.1).
The Pirates are ranked 17th in the NAIA in kills (829), seventh in kills per set (12.7), 27th in errors (332), 23rd in total attacks (1,808), 11th in attacking percentage (.257), 15th in assists (790), sixth in assists per set (12.1), seventh in service aces (124), fourth in service errors (296), 11th in service aces per set (1.9), 24th in receptions (1,156), 27th in digs (554), 43rd in digs per set (8.5), third in solo blocks (66), 19th in block assists (195), seventh in total blocks (164), fifth in blocks per set (2.5), 12th in blocking errors (25), 14th in ball handling errors (3), eighth in points (1116.6) and fourth in points per set (17.2).
