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ViPR D1 Volleyball Wisconsin 1,711.3731

Big Sky - Conference Overview

Conference Division: Division 1
Rnk. Team Résumé Recent ViPR Adj SP% Adj SO% Adj. Hit Mar.
1st Northern Colo. 1,509.2197 1,497.7628 1,503.4803 47.50 63.22 0.124
2nd Northern Ariz. 1,511.7170 1,487.9339 1,499.7783 46.91 63.61 0.106
3rd Portland St. 1,504.5526 1,475.6634 1,490.0380 46.91 63.18 0.089
4th Idaho St. 1,502.3389 1,476.4722 1,489.3494 45.54 63.77 0.096
5th North Dakota 1,440.5118 1,414.9112 1,427.6541 44.16 59.62 0.042
6th Sacramento St. 1,427.7181 1,409.5738 1,418.6169 44.01 58.58 0.020
7th Montana St. 1,428.8568 1,394.5167 1,411.5823 43.54 58.95 0.035
8th Eastern Wash. 1,350.8006 1,373.3089 1,362.0082 41.02 56.05 -0.012
9th Southern Utah 1,368.0755 1,344.9305 1,356.4536 40.77 56.07 0.008
10th Montana 1,350.8777 1,320.0466 1,335.3732 41.31 55.43 -0.008
11th Weber St. 1,327.9746 1,301.5261 1,314.6839 39.13 53.90 -0.065

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

ViPR Division Adjusted Offenses

Rnk. Team Hit% Kill% HE% AST% O_DIG% O_BLK% ACE%
1st Northern Colo. 0.2821 41.05 12.84 37.99 45.54 4.60 5.80
2nd Northern Ariz. 0.2654 37.85 11.31 35.34 48.86 5.91 5.19
3rd Idaho St. 0.2617 39.71 13.54 36.91 44.18 5.65 5.94
4th Portland St. 0.2235 36.56 14.21 34.00 49.91 5.37 6.79
5th North Dakota 0.2211 37.51 15.40 35.51 47.86 5.90 6.05
6th Montana St. 0.2202 37.58 15.56 35.09 47.44 6.14 5.40
7th Montana 0.2056 34.78 14.22 32.18 51.08 6.02 4.44
8th Southern Utah 0.2028 35.62 15.34 32.78 52.38 5.19 4.49
9th Sacramento St. 0.2012 33.01 12.89 30.70 52.46 6.07 6.64
10th Eastern Wash. 0.1901 34.22 15.21 31.45 50.25 6.18 4.61
11th Weber St. 0.1400 35.26 21.27 32.84 46.84 7.46 6.06

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Portland St. 0.1349 29.78 16.29 27.82 55.19 6.42 5.01
2nd Northern Colo. 0.1580 32.65 16.85 29.78 51.74 6.03 4.59
3rd Northern Ariz. 0.1595 33.97 18.02 32.68 50.32 6.46 4.15
4th Idaho St. 0.1662 33.72 17.10 31.49 52.04 6.79 4.30
5th North Dakota 0.1787 34.24 16.37 32.12 51.04 6.40 5.08
6th Sacramento St. 0.1807 34.21 16.14 32.37 51.44 7.80 4.99
7th Montana St. 0.1854 35.11 16.56 32.85 48.74 6.33 4.82
8th Southern Utah 0.1949 36.80 17.31 34.43 46.90 7.57 6.06
9th Eastern Wash. 0.2026 36.00 15.74 33.64 48.79 6.01 5.68
10th Weber St. 0.2053 39.35 18.82 36.64 43.07 8.04 5.55
11th Montana 0.2134 36.93 15.59 34.87 46.89 6.57 6.06

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,419.0017 1,421.2060 1,422.2432 1,421.8422 1,421.0733
Difference 2.2043 3.2416 2.8405 2.7621

Point Totals

Offense Defense
Team Sets S SP SA SE SP% S/SA S/SE OS SPA SAA SEA SO% OS/SAA OS/SEA
Northern Ariz. 117 2,718 1,253 137 136 46.10 19.8 20.0 2,407 922 109 173 61.70 22.1 13.9
Idaho St. 119 2,706 1,215 158 224 44.90 17.1 12.1 2,468 953 113 200 61.39 21.8 12.3
Northern Colo. 129 2,927 1,329 160 212 45.41 18.3 13.8 2,694 1,072 130 240 60.21 20.7 11.2
Portland St. 118 2,644 1,176 169 200 44.48 15.6 13.2 2,457 988 133 195 59.79 18.5 12.6
Montana St. 118 2,541 1,102 134 203 43.37 19.0 12.5 2,526 1,079 127 186 57.28 19.9 13.6
North Dakota 121 2,641 1,135 154 224 42.98 17.1 11.8 2,618 1,120 135 206 57.22 19.4 12.7
Sacramento St. 119 2,573 1,099 165 216 42.71 15.6 11.9 2,603 1,140 138 226 56.20 18.9 11.5
Southern Utah 117 2,404 983 109 241 40.89 22.1 10.0 2,578 1,174 168 200 54.46 15.3 12.9
Eastern Wash. 107 2,271 897 100 164 39.50 22.7 13.8 2,502 1,161 151 190 53.60 16.6 13.2
Montana 115 2,281 900 92 151 39.46 24.8 15.1 2,584 1,216 165 185 52.94 15.7 14.0
Weber St. 119 2,211 881 155 289 39.85 14.3 7.7 2,516 1,195 150 217 52.50 16.8 11.6
Conference Average 118 2,538 1,088 139 205 42.69 18.8 12.9 2,541 1,093 138 202 57.03 18.7 12.7
  • Sets - Team Sets Played
  • S - Serves
  • SP - Service Points
  • SA - Service Aces
  • SE - Service Errors
  • SP% - Service Point Percentage
  • S/SA - Serves Per Service Ace
  • S/SE - Serves Per Service Error
  • OS - Opponent Serves
  • SPA - Service Points Allowed
  • SAA - Service Aces Allowed
  • SEA - Service Errors Against
  • SO% - Team Sideout Percentage
  • OS/SAA - Serves Per Ace Allowed
  • OS/SEA - Serves Per Error Against

The Best Games in the Big Sky

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

75.05

 2012-09-21 Pocatello, Idaho
Idaho St.
Northern Colo.
3
2
21
25
22
25
25
21
28
26
15
11
GAME

72.83

 2012-11-23 Greeley, Colo.
Idaho St.
Northern Ariz.
3
1
20
25
25
19
26
24
29
27
GAME

72.10

 2012-11-01 Sacramento, Calif.
Sacramento St.
Northern Colo.
2
3
25
19
25
22
22
25
16
25
12
15
GAME

71.51

 2012-11-15 Flagstaff, Ariz.
Northern Ariz.
North Dakota
3
2
25
23
25
27
25
17
21
25
15
13
GAME

71.08

 2012-10-27 Sacramento, Calif.
Sacramento St.
Northern Ariz.
3
2
20
25
19
25
25
18
25
20
15
12
GAME

70.76

 2012-09-28 Cheney, Wash.
Eastern Wash.
Northern Ariz.
1
3
22
25
18
25
30
28
26
28
GAME

70.73

 2012-11-10 Greeley, Colo.
Northern Colo.
Portland St.
2
3
25
19
18
25
25
15
24
26
10
15
GAME

70.51

 2012-11-10 Bozeman, MT
Montana St.
Northern Ariz.
2
3
23
25
15
25
25
13
25
19
17
19
GAME

70.37

 2012-10-20 Flagstaff, Ariz.
Northern Ariz.
Idaho St.
3
1
25
23
25
19
23
25
25
21
GAME

70.15

 2012-10-19 Bozeman, MT
Montana St.
Northern Colo.
0
3
24
26
27
29
24
26

HuskerGeek Big Sky All-Conference

1st Team

Name Team Role
Kelley Arnold Northern Colo. A
Payton Bock Northern Ariz. A
Brooke Bray Montana A
Sarah Horton Montana St. A
Anna Gott Northern Ariz. D
Kalee Kirby Northern Ariz. S
Lori Mendenhall Idaho St. S

2nd Team

Name Team Role
Breanne Every Idaho St. A
Sydney Kemper Northern Ariz. A
Tressa Lyman Idaho St. A
Lisa Parlich North Dakota A
Sydney Kordic Sacramento St. D
Marissa Hughes Northern Colo. S
Garyn Schlatter Portland St. S

Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Lori Mendenhall Idaho St.
2 Kalee Kirby Northern Ariz.
3 Marissa Hughes Northern Colo.
4 Sarah Horton Montana St.
5 Garyn Schlatter Portland St.

Attacker of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Sarah Horton Montana St.
2 Kelley Arnold Northern Colo.
3 Breanne Every Idaho St.
4 Tressa Lyman Idaho St.
5 Jaclyn Hone-Hawkins Idaho St.

Setter of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Lori Mendenhall Idaho St.
2 Kalee Kirby Northern Ariz.
3 Marissa Hughes Northern Colo.
4 Garyn Schlatter Portland St.
5 Nikki Husfeldt North Dakota

Defensive Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Anna Gott Northern Ariz.
2 Sydney Kordic Sacramento St.
3 Kasi Clark Portland St.
4 Lauren Clarke North Dakota
5 Merideth Johnson Northern Colo.

WPA

Rk. Name Team WPA
1 Lori Mendenhall Idaho St. 29.7335
2 Kelley Arnold Northern Colo. 26.2401
3 Sarah Horton Montana St. 26.2233
4 Marissa Hughes Northern Colo. 25.4325
5 Kalee Kirby Northern Ariz. 25.3011
6 Breanne Every Idaho St. 24.6533
7 Nikki Husfeldt North Dakota 24.5013
8 Garyn Schlatter Portland St. 24.1023
9 Tambre Haddock Northern Colo. 23.8228
10 Janae Ploeg Northern Ariz. 22.9190

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 Lori Mendenhall Idaho St. 18.9555
2 Marissa Hughes Northern Colo. 18.3706
3 Nikki Husfeldt North Dakota 16.1443
4 Kalee Kirby Northern Ariz. 15.7186
5 Sarah Horton Montana St. 15.5357
6 Janae Ploeg Northern Ariz. 14.5781
7 Breanne Every Idaho St. 14.3761
8 Kelley Arnold Northern Colo. 14.0911
9 Garyn Schlatter Portland St. 13.8207
10 Jennifer Lundquist Montana St. 13.7459

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 Sydney Kordic Sacramento St. 19.4758
2 Kasi Clark Portland St. 19.2140
3 Anna Gott Northern Ariz. 18.9549
4 Lauren Clarke North Dakota 16.6559
5 Merideth Johnson Northern Colo. 16.5252
6 Tambre Haddock Northern Colo. 13.6934
7 Nicole Baker Montana St. 13.6911
8 Lexi Robinson North Dakota 12.6193
9 Kylee Searle Idaho St. 12.5707
10 Janelle Currey Sacramento St. 12.3693

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 Lori Mendenhall Idaho St. 0.2586
2 Sarah Horton Montana St. 0.2222
3 Kalee Kirby Northern Ariz. 0.2162
4 Marissa Hughes Northern Colo. 0.2102
5 Kelley Arnold Northern Colo. 0.2083
6 Breanne Every Idaho St. 0.2072
7 Garyn Schlatter Portland St. 0.2043
8 Nikki Husfeldt North Dakota 0.2042
9 Janae Ploeg Northern Ariz. 0.1959
10 Kelli Dallmann Northern Ariz. 0.1940

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 Lori Mendenhall Idaho St. 0.1648
2 Marissa Hughes Northern Colo. 0.1518
3 Nikki Husfeldt North Dakota 0.1345
4 Kalee Kirby Northern Ariz. 0.1343
5 Sarah Horton Montana St. 0.1317
6 Janae Ploeg Northern Ariz. 0.1246
7 Breanne Every Idaho St. 0.1208
8 Garyn Schlatter Portland St. 0.1171
9 Jennifer Lundquist Montana St. 0.1165
10 Laney Brown Eastern Wash. 0.1163

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 Sydney Kordic Sacramento St. 0.1637
2 Kasi Clark Portland St. 0.1628
3 Anna Gott Northern Ariz. 0.1620
4 Lauren Clarke North Dakota 0.1377
5 Merideth Johnson Northern Colo. 0.1281
6 Nicole Baker Montana St. 0.1160
7 Megan Murphey Montana 0.1125
8 Shelby Puckett Eastern Wash. 0.1095
9 Cora Kellerman Eastern Wash. 0.1073
10 Tambre Haddock Northern Colo. 0.1070

Explanations

Conference Strength – The Conference Strength table has two parts.  The first row is a list of averages of the scores for a selection of teams in the conference ranging from all of them under the heading “Average” to an average of teams in the conference if we remove the top and bottom three teams.  This is designed to check if a conference is propped up by its elite teams of held down by its weakest teams.  The Composite score on the far right is an average of those scores.  It is a weighted score where the middle teams have a higher value than the edge teams.  The second row containing difference is simply a measure of how different removing the edge teams makes the conference from its initial average.  If the numbers are positive, then removing the edge teams increases the conferences rating.  If a value grows from the value before it, then the team removed at the bottom of the ratings was rated farther outside of the mean than the team removed at the top of the ratings.  It was weighing the average down so to speak.  The Composite difference at the far right is simply an average of the differences.

The Best Conference Games – A short list of the best games played between two members of the conference 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-Conference Teams – All-conference 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 All-Conference 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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