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Division 1 - Division Overview

ViPR Division 1 Top 25

Rnk. Team Conference Résumé Recent ViPR Adj SP% Adj SO% Adj Hit Mar.
1st Nebraska Big Ten 1,848.4761 1,768.1937 1,807.8893 57.13 77.92 0.339
2nd Minnesota Big Ten 1,823.4266 1,746.7690 1,784.6863 56.77 74.15 0.295
3rd Stanford Pac-12 1,804.9913 1,736.3308 1,770.3282 55.86 72.73 0.293
4th Wisconsin Big Ten 1,804.3720 1,726.8991 1,765.2106 53.67 75.62 0.286
5th Penn St. Big Ten 1,789.9002 1,719.1044 1,754.1452 54.65 73.99 0.290
6th Texas Big 12 1,776.2949 1,716.3443 1,746.0623 52.76 73.65 0.272
7th Washington Pac-12 1,779.6510 1,706.5040 1,742.6938 54.81 70.52 0.245
8th UCLA Pac-12 1,764.2719 1,691.2072 1,727.3533 53.01 71.48 0.240
9th Hawaii Big West 1,757.5051 1,693.5661 1,725.2394 54.88 70.27 0.231
10th Florida Southeastern 1,759.5142 1,678.3272 1,718.4413 50.47 74.12 0.262
11th BYU West Coast 1,761.9322 1,674.2155 1,717.5140 54.30 70.56 0.230
12th Oregon Pac-12 1,757.7870 1,677.6695 1,717.2611 53.13 70.57 0.249
13th Kansas Big 12 1,745.3409 1,669.0165 1,706.7521 51.83 70.72 0.201
14th Michigan Big Ten 1,742.1434 1,667.2729 1,704.2971 52.80 69.60 0.225
15th Michigan St. Big Ten 1,736.8863 1,669.8409 1,703.0337 53.39 68.19 0.213
16th Creighton Big East 1,736.7139 1,662.3535 1,699.1270 52.73 68.79 0.216
17th Ohio St. Big Ten 1,733.2466 1,664.4965 1,698.5238 52.43 69.43 0.220
18th North Carolina Atlantic Coast 1,734.6923 1,660.2185 1,697.0469 51.98 68.56 0.213
19th Arizona Pac-12 1,735.0140 1,659.2844 1,696.7267 50.82 69.93 0.199
20th Illinois Big Ten 1,728.3976 1,665.1363 1,696.4721 51.82 69.23 0.231
21st Southern California Pac-12 1,725.7423 1,656.4301 1,690.7311 51.33 69.34 0.201
22nd Missouri Southeastern 1,722.1973 1,658.3155 1,689.9546 50.25 69.83 0.194
23rd Purdue Big Ten 1,730.0669 1,649.4175 1,689.2610 49.89 71.06 0.218
24th San Diego West Coast 1,732.6818 1,638.9969 1,685.1884 49.97 70.90 0.193
25th Washington St. Pac-12 1,727.8610 1,640.8372 1,683.7870 51.27 68.82 0.213

ViPR Adjusted Offenses and Defenses are adjusted to expected values against an average team in the same division.

ViPR Division 1 Adjusted Top 10 Offenses

Rnk. Team Conference Hit% Kill% HE% AST% O_DIG% O_BLK% ACE%
1st Texas Big 12 0.3842 47.90 9.47 44.63 41.74 3.17 5.76
2nd Minnesota Big Ten 0.3816 47.39 9.23 44.03 41.08 3.26 5.98
3rd Florida Southeastern 0.3782 48.23 10.41 45.69 41.03 3.95 5.84
4th Nebraska Big Ten 0.3718 47.60 10.42 43.52 41.02 3.61 6.42
5th Penn St. Big Ten 0.3714 47.08 9.94 43.63 41.65 3.86 6.28
6th Stanford Pac-12 0.3633 46.76 10.43 43.29 42.32 4.02 5.96
7th Wisconsin Big Ten 0.3555 46.41 10.86 43.46 41.09 4.77 6.43
8th Oregon Pac-12 0.3542 46.17 10.75 43.23 41.18 3.92 6.75
9th Purdue Big Ten 0.3429 48.04 13.75 44.71 38.48 3.96 5.77
10th Washington Pac-12 0.3417 44.89 10.72 41.22 43.72 3.43 7.74

ViPR Division 1 Adjusted Top 10 Defenses

Rnk. Team Conference O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Nebraska Big Ten 0.0327 23.80 20.53 22.99 59.25 9.34 2.37
2nd Wisconsin Big Ten 0.0695 25.47 18.52 24.29 58.66 8.19 2.30
3rd Stanford Pac-12 0.0700 27.73 20.73 26.55 54.22 10.14 4.00
4th Washington St. Pac-12 0.0815 29.48 21.33 28.01 50.11 10.18 3.49
5th Penn St. Big Ten 0.0817 28.61 20.43 27.60 54.70 8.82 3.72
6th UCLA Pac-12 0.0844 26.26 17.82 25.12 59.58 6.79 3.59
7th Minnesota Big Ten 0.0861 27.78 19.17 26.98 54.56 8.32 3.55
8th Kansas Big 12 0.0886 27.53 18.68 26.07 57.56 7.49 2.93
9th Hawaii Big West 0.0941 28.13 18.72 26.68 55.45 7.99 4.16
10th Michigan St. Big Ten 0.0966 28.82 19.16 27.33 54.24 8.76 4.64

Conference Rankings

Rank Conference Average RM-1 RM-2 RM-3 Composite
1st Big Ten 1,680.1182 1,687.4389 1,687.9529 1,687.7494 1,685.8149
2nd Pac-12 1,680.9158 1,682.7487 1,684.8819 1,686.9377 1,683.8710
3rd Big 12 1,647.3914 1,646.7980 1,647.7001 1,643.4178 1,646.3268
4th West Coast 1,601.7771 1,609.0765 1,605.7912 1,599.4532 1,604.0245
5th Southeastern 1,602.9442 1,600.2107 1,597.5304 1,593.5265 1,598.5530
6th Mountain West 1,569.2450 1,574.1171 1,575.7275 1,576.9024 1,573.9980
7th Atlantic Coast 1,569.4706 1,568.7415 1,570.7210 1,571.0057 1,569.9847
8th Big East 1,569.0799 1,567.6117 1,568.9332 1,565.6152 1,567.8100
9th Big West 1,568.5309 1,567.0842 1,569.1504 1,563.9146 1,567.1700
10th Missouri Valley 1,556.8348 1,560.0978 1,558.9418 1,552.7193 1,557.1484
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Division 1 Point Percentage Leaders

Offense
Team Conference S SP SP%
Seattle U Western Athletic 2,546 1,306 51.30
Alabama St. Southwestern 2,174 1,101 50.64
Texas Southern Southwestern 2,455 1,232 50.18
Radford Big South 2,303 1,123 48.76
Hawaii Big West 2,291 1,116 48.71
Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 2,519 1,226 48.67
BYU West Coast 2,743 1,335 48.67
FGCU ASUN 2,743 1,329 48.45
Howard Mid-Eastern 2,573 1,238 48.12
Towson Colonial 2,696 1,293 47.96
Defense
Team Conference OS SPA SO%
Florida Southeastern 1,961 596 69.61
Nebraska Big Ten 2,196 688 68.67
Wisconsin Big Ten 2,378 802 66.27
Texas Big 12 2,321 798 65.62
Penn St. Big Ten 2,273 782 65.60
Kansas Big 12 2,104 736 65.02
BYU West Coast 2,218 779 64.88
Minnesota Big Ten 2,455 865 64.77
Western Ky. Conference USA 2,326 821 64.70
Missouri Southeastern 2,462 873 64.54

The Best Games in Division 1

Game Link EPIC Game Date Location Teams Sets Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
GAME

85.94

 2016-11-23 Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Nebraska
3
2
21
25
22
25
28
26
25
17
17
15
GAME

85.66

 2016-12-09 Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska
Penn St.
3
2
23
25
23
25
26
24
25
19
15
6
GAME

85.39

 2016-12-09 Minneapolis, Minn.
North Carolina
UCLA
1
3
25
23
22
25
23
25
26
28
GAME

85.30

 2016-09-30 Notre Dame, Ind.
Notre Dame
Duke
3
1
25
23
31
29
24
26
25
17
GAME

85.23

 2016-11-20 Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota
Michigan
3
2
25
23
25
23
23
25
23
25
15
12
GAME

84.67

 2016-11-26 Cedar Falls, Iowa
Missouri St.
Wichita St.
1
3
29
31
19
25
28
26
23
25
GAME

84.61

 2016-09-09 Stanford, Calif.
Stanford
Purdue
2
3
33
31
25
12
23
25
26
28
11
15
GAME

84.21

 2016-12-09 Austin, Texas
Texas
BYU
3
2
25
23
25
14
24
26
22
25
16
14
GAME

84.05

 2016-12-15 Columbus, Ohio
Minnesota
Stanford
1
3
24
26
19
25
25
22
22
25
GAME

83.97

 2016-10-05 University Park, Pa.
Penn St.
Minnesota
3
2
29
27
21
25
23
25
25
14
15
10

HuskerGeek All-Americans

1st Team

Name Team Role
Inky Ajanaku Stanford A
Adora Anae Utah A
Briana Holman Nebraska A
Kathryn Plummer Stanford A
Kadie Rolfzen Nebraska A
Courtney Schwan Washington A
Hannah Tapp Minnesota A
Sarah Wilhite Minnesota A
Morgan Hentz Stanford D
Justine Wong-Orantes Nebraska D
Lauren Carlini Wisconsin S
Lyndie Haddock BYU S
Kelly Hunter Nebraska S
Samantha Swenson Minnesota S

2nd Team

Name Team Role
Rhamat Alhassan Florida A
Amy Boswell BYU A
Teegan Gunst Georgia Tech A
Crissy Jones Washington A
Amber Rolfzen Nebraska A
Katie Staiger Baylor A
Nikki Taylor Hawaii A
Micaya White Texas A
Taylor Formico UCLA D
Dalianliz Rosado Minnesota D
Katie Brand Kansas St. S
Jenna Gray Stanford S
Norene Iosia Hawaii S
Jessica Lucas Western Ky. S

3rd Team

Name Team Role
Nele Barber Long Beach St. A
Abby Cole Michigan A
Audriana Fitzmorris Stanford A
Molly Haggerty Wisconsin A
Jody Larson Wichita St. A
Simone Lee Penn St. A
Molly Lohman Minnesota A
Sierra Nobley Boise St. A
Kelli Bates Wisconsin D
Mary Lake BYU D
Chloe Collins Texas S
Lydia Dimke Creighton S
Heather Hook UNI S
Bailey Tanner Washington S

Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Sarah Wilhite Minnesota
2 Lauren Carlini Wisconsin
3 Kelly Hunter Nebraska
4 Samantha Swenson Minnesota
5 Kadie Rolfzen Nebraska
6 Courtney Schwan Washington
7 Adora Anae Utah
8 Lyndie Haddock BYU
9 Norene Iosia Hawaii
10 Jenna Gray Stanford

Attacker of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Sarah Wilhite Minnesota
2 Kadie Rolfzen Nebraska
3 Courtney Schwan Washington
4 Adora Anae Utah
5 Kathryn Plummer Stanford
6 Katie Staiger Baylor
7 Crissy Jones Washington
8 Micaya White Texas
9 Nikki Taylor Hawaii
10 Teegan Gunst Georgia Tech

Setter of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Lauren Carlini Wisconsin
2 Kelly Hunter Nebraska
3 Samantha Swenson Minnesota
4 Lyndie Haddock BYU
5 Norene Iosia Hawaii
6 Jenna Gray Stanford
7 Katie Brand Kansas St.
8 Jessica Lucas Western Ky.
9 Bailey Tanner Washington
10 Lydia Dimke Creighton

Defensive Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Morgan Hentz Stanford
2 Justine Wong-Orantes Nebraska
3 Taylor Formico UCLA
4 Dalianliz Rosado Minnesota
5 Kelli Bates Wisconsin
6 Mary Lake BYU
7 Cassie Wait Kansas
8 Taylor Whittingham Southern California
9 Kendall White Penn St.
10 Cat McCoy Texas

WPA

Rk. Name Team WPA
1 Katie Staiger Baylor 34.9102
2 Adora Anae Utah 33.1813
3 Teegan Gunst Georgia Tech 31.8520
4 Hayley Farrer Idaho St. 31.3991
5 Anna Logan Butler 30.7613
6 Alexa Filley Auburn 30.6421
7 Katie Brand Kansas St. 30.6307
8 Lauren Jacobsen Northern Ariz. 30.5739
9 Scottie Ingram Murray St. 30.3399
10 Jordan Thompson Cincinnati 30.2319

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 Janey Goodman James Madison 22.8962
2 Katie Staiger Baylor 22.4940
3 Laura Milos Oral Roberts 20.8785
4 Jordan Thompson Cincinnati 20.8752
5 Danielle Rygelski Saint Louis 20.5805
6 Krystal Rivers Alabama 19.9489
7 Sarah Wilhite Minnesota 19.2518
8 Heather Hook UNI 19.1651
9 Adora Anae Utah 19.1429
10 Kayla Armer Houston Baptist 19.1143

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 Taylor Austin James Madison 22.6524
2 Madeline Garda Bowling Green 21.8795
3 Sasha Karelov Duke 21.1848
4 Morgan Hentz Stanford 21.0292
5 Challen Geraghty Kent St. 20.8211
6 Taylor Formico UCLA 20.6779
7 Jesse Earl Auburn 20.6436
8 Arden Fisher Robert Morris 20.6413
9 Gabrielle Eyl Northeastern 20.4971
10 Madison Martin Charleston So. 20.4465

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 Katie Staiger Baylor 0.2815
2 Laura Milos Oral Roberts 0.2752
3 Hayley Farrer Idaho St. 0.2684
4 Adora Anae Utah 0.2633
5 Teegan Gunst Georgia Tech 0.2632
6 Jale Hervey UCF 0.2628
7 Lauren Jacobsen Northern Ariz. 0.2591
8 Brittany Jessen South Dakota 0.2579
9 Katie Brand Kansas St. 0.2574
10 Jordan Thompson Cincinnati 0.2562

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 Janey Goodman James Madison 0.1924
2 Laura Milos Oral Roberts 0.1915
3 Jelena Sunjic Bowling Green 0.1841
4 Katie Staiger Baylor 0.1814
5 Danielle Rygelski Saint Louis 0.1774
6 Jordan Thompson Cincinnati 0.1769
7 Krystal Rivers Alabama 0.1662
8 Jessica Lucas Western Ky. 0.1657
9 Taylor Snyder Northern Ky. 0.1635
10 Jale Hervey UCF 0.1614

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 Madeline Garda Bowling Green 0.2104
2 Taylor Austin James Madison 0.1936
3 Arden Fisher Robert Morris 0.1843
4 Sasha Karelov Duke 0.1811
5 Challen Geraghty Kent St. 0.1795
6 Mikaela Purnell North Dakota St. 0.1789
7 Cassie Wes Columbia 0.1780
8 Christina Gregory UNCG 0.1777
9 Morganne Longoria Valparaiso 0.1747
10 Gabrielle Eyl Northeastern 0.1722

The Best Division Games – A short list of the best games played between two members of the division which is calculated using the EPIC score of each game.  EPIC score is essentially very simple amounting to adding the teams combined ViPR Rating and the total Win Probability Added scored by each team.

All-America Teams – All America teams are calculated using Win Probability Added per Set Played and the quality of the team that the player plays on. Team quality is included because better teams tend to have better players and more of them.  This often means that players on better teams have fewer opportunities than standouts on lesser teams.

Awards Lists – Each awards list uses the same formula that is used to calculate HuskerGeek All-American Teams, and decides based on the focus of the list.  Player of the Year has no limitation on how the player score is added up. While Attacker of the Year must have a higher attack score than any other metric.  Similarly, Setter and Defensive Player must acquire most of their score through those metrics.

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