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ViPR D1 Volleyball Wisconsin 1,727.4764
Football oregon 10.9645
Men's Basketball purdue 11.1116
Women's Basketball south carolina 13.5477
Ice Hockey boston college 8.9396
Men's Soccer stanford 9.2395
Women's Soccer florida st 10.9771
Women's Volleyball nebraska 11.7147
Field Hockey northwestern 9.8733

NSIC - Conference Overview

Conference Division: Division 2
Rnk. Team Résumé Recent ViPR Adj SP% Adj SO% Adj. Hit Mar.
1st Wayne St. (NE) 1,686.8226 1,689.5112 1,688.1664 59.96 65.03 0.235
2nd Concordia-St. Paul 1,680.2967 1,680.7290 1,680.5129 60.24 60.79 0.274
3rd St. Cloud St. 1,646.0065 1,647.5745 1,646.7903 57.37 60.91 0.221
4th Minn. Duluth 1,631.1702 1,635.1301 1,633.1489 57.75 56.56 0.198
5th Southwest Minn. St. 1,608.6368 1,608.3179 1,608.4773 57.29 55.68 0.174
6th Northern St. 1,589.5883 1,588.4620 1,589.0250 56.97 55.30 0.163
7th Sioux Falls 1,585.9152 1,584.0031 1,584.9588 55.72 56.19 0.159
8th Augustana (SD) 1,577.6222 1,575.2002 1,576.4107 57.15 53.12 0.139
9th Upper Iowa 1,568.1449 1,569.1425 1,568.6436 60.24 50.08 0.113
10th Winona St. 1,531.2474 1,531.7890 1,531.5182 55.15 53.88 0.110
11th Minnesota St. 1,502.7175 1,502.0229 1,502.3701 55.02 48.64 0.059
12th MSU Moorhead 1,441.0314 1,436.0666 1,438.5469 52.74 47.99 0.022
13th Bemidji St. 1,405.3167 1,406.8700 1,406.0931 49.47 46.05 -0.022
14th Mary 1,399.5489 1,396.3247 1,397.9359 52.48 45.64 -0.030
15th Minn.-Crookston 1,368.9802 1,373.5431 1,371.2597 51.23 45.20 -0.078
16th Minot St. 1,338.7441 1,336.7926 1,337.7680 49.33 41.75 -0.107

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 Concordia-St. Paul 0.3730 49.19 11.90 46.41 37.90 3.29 10.03
2nd St. Cloud St. 0.3298 45.67 12.69 41.26 39.59 4.99 9.13
3rd Wayne St. (NE) 0.3267 40.91 8.24 37.79 48.13 3.12 7.59
4th Minn. Duluth 0.3072 45.66 14.94 42.31 38.09 5.21 8.70
5th Southwest Minn. St. 0.2934 43.78 14.44 39.91 39.30 6.13 7.91
6th Northern St. 0.2916 42.75 13.60 39.82 42.17 5.20 9.24
7th Sioux Falls 0.2821 43.01 14.80 40.17 41.14 5.50 8.88
8th Augustana (SD) 0.2449 40.13 15.63 36.26 44.31 5.07 9.08
9th Winona St. 0.2359 38.21 14.63 35.39 46.77 5.20 7.74
10th Upper Iowa 0.2255 35.70 13.15 32.40 48.35 3.87 9.59
11th Minnesota St. 0.2119 36.74 15.55 33.64 48.51 5.03 8.87
12th MSU Moorhead 0.1952 32.36 12.85 29.25 55.47 3.48 7.52
13th Bemidji St. 0.1665 33.98 17.33 31.98 49.75 4.72 7.23
14th Minn.-Crookston 0.1545 32.00 16.55 28.30 50.37 6.10 7.36
15th Mary 0.1526 29.25 13.99 26.99 56.68 4.16 8.00
16th Minot St. 0.1297 32.36 19.39 29.63 53.37 4.91 8.01

ViPR Division Adjusted Defenses

Rnk. Team O_Hit% O_Kill% O_HE% O_AST% DIG% BLK% O_ACE%
1st Wayne St. (NE) 0.0915 26.96 17.81 25.83 57.95 6.40 4.25
2nd Concordia-St. Paul 0.0994 27.56 17.62 25.47 58.30 7.08 5.40
3rd Augustana (SD) 0.1064 26.37 15.73 24.62 58.30 5.90 4.34
4th St. Cloud St. 0.1086 28.04 17.18 25.61 58.14 6.96 5.00
5th Minn. Duluth 0.1096 27.18 16.22 24.88 56.88 6.20 4.72
6th Upper Iowa 0.1130 27.06 15.76 25.15 57.77 5.08 4.16
7th Southwest Minn. St. 0.1197 28.39 16.42 26.20 58.14 6.79 4.86
8th Sioux Falls 0.1233 29.44 17.11 27.37 55.71 6.27 6.53
9th Winona St. 0.1261 28.70 16.08 27.18 57.10 5.72 5.59
10th Northern St. 0.1286 29.49 16.63 27.22 54.81 6.77 6.74
11th Minnesota St. 0.1531 31.24 15.92 28.70 53.61 6.05 6.06
12th MSU Moorhead 0.1735 31.88 14.53 29.17 55.04 5.37 6.57
13th Mary 0.1823 32.59 14.36 30.06 51.64 4.57 6.65
14th Bemidji St. 0.1882 33.24 14.42 30.01 52.14 5.10 10.36
15th Minn.-Crookston 0.2326 36.43 13.17 33.10 47.15 3.90 7.44
16th Minot St. 0.2368 37.53 13.84 34.43 49.82 4.19 9.47

Conference Strength

Description Average Remove First and Last Remove Top and Bottom 2 Remove Top and Bottom 3 Composite
Scores 1,535.1016 1,538.2637 1,540.3266 1,543.9193 1,539.4028
Difference 3.1621 5.2250 8.8177 5.7349

Point Totals

Offense Defense
Team Sets S SP SA SE SP% S/SA S/SE OS SPA SAA SEA SO% OS/SAA OS/SEA
Wayne St. (NE) 113 2,645 1,481 167 126 55.99 15.8 21.0 2,058 820 111 220 60.16 18.5 9.4
St. Cloud St. 121 2,824 1,487 221 233 52.66 12.8 12.1 2,364 1,038 140 224 56.09 16.9 10.6
Concordia-St. Paul 136 3,144 1,680 253 280 53.44 12.4 11.2 2,653 1,189 167 158 55.18 15.9 16.8
Northern St. 94 2,125 1,143 170 138 53.79 12.5 15.4 1,928 941 147 134 51.19 13.1 14.4
Minn. Duluth 115 2,604 1,372 192 178 52.69 13.6 14.6 2,262 1,093 132 169 51.68 17.1 13.4
Southwest Minn. St. 109 2,456 1,298 158 139 52.85 15.5 17.7 2,189 1,072 130 158 51.03 16.8 13.9
Sioux Falls 101 2,106 1,085 163 162 51.52 12.9 13.0 1,973 957 152 120 51.50 13.0 16.4
Upper Iowa 100 2,186 1,226 180 169 56.08 12.1 12.9 2,082 1,120 106 148 46.21 19.6 14.1
Augustana (SD) 107 2,359 1,254 180 197 53.16 13.1 12.0 2,212 1,146 118 129 48.19 18.7 17.1
Winona St. 95 2,027 1,033 125 145 50.96 16.2 14.0 2,056 1,048 137 139 49.03 15.0 14.8
MSU Moorhead 99 1,927 967 130 129 50.18 14.8 14.9 2,182 1,215 165 159 44.32 13.2 13.7
Minnesota St. 102 2,001 1,003 151 151 50.13 13.3 13.3 2,213 1,245 159 147 43.74 13.9 15.1
Mary 96 1,889 959 138 196 50.77 13.7 9.6 2,231 1,278 165 186 42.72 13.5 12.0
Minn.-Crookston 103 1,915 945 125 142 49.35 15.3 13.5 2,390 1,389 202 194 41.88 11.8 12.3
Bemidji St. 101 1,929 910 120 166 47.18 16.1 11.6 2,285 1,303 253 212 42.98 9.0 10.8
Minot St. 90 1,519 699 103 145 46.02 14.7 10.5 2,113 1,310 216 162 38.00 9.8 13.0
Conference Average 105 2,229 1,159 161 169 51.67 14.1 13.6 2,199 1,135 156 166 48.37 14.8 13.6
  • 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 NSIC

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

79.65

 2022-11-19
Wayne St. (NE)
St. Cloud St.
1
3
28
30
16
25
25
22
22
25
GAME

77.84

 2022-11-11 Saint Paul, MN
Wayne St. (NE)
Augustana (SD)
2
3
25
23
18
25
25
21
23
25
8
15
GAME

76.97

 2022-10-22
Southwest Minn. St.
Wayne St. (NE)
3
2
27
25
20
25
18
25
25
18
15
13
GAME

76.43

 2022-11-20 Wayne, NE
Concordia-St. Paul
St. Cloud St.
3
2
24
26
17
25
25
19
25
21
15
13
GAME

76.39

 2022-11-13
Concordia-St. Paul
St. Cloud St.
2
3
26
28
20
25
25
18
25
19
13
15
GAME

76.37

 2022-09-17
Winona St.
Wayne St. (NE)
1
3
21
25
25
17
16
25
24
26
GAME

76.27

 2022-09-03 Denver, CO
Wayne St. (NE)
Concordia-St. Paul
3
0
25
17
25
23
25
23
GAME

76.18

 2022-11-04
Minnesota St.
Wayne St. (NE)
1
3
15
25
23
25
25
20
20
25
GAME

75.34

 2022-10-15
Concordia-St. Paul
Minn. Duluth
3
2
23
25
25
21
16
25
25
22
15
4
GAME

75.26

 2022-09-30
Southwest Minn. St.
Minn. Duluth
2
3
17
25
25
15
21
25
26
24
9
15

HuskerGeek NSIC All-Conference

1st Team

Name Team Role
Taya Beller Wayne St. (NE) A
Maggie Brahmer Wayne St. (NE) A
Kelsie Cada Wayne St. (NE) A
Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St. A
Jasmine Mulvihill Concordia-St. Paul A
Erika Bute Augustana (SD) D
Teagan Starkey Concordia-St. Paul S
Rachel Walker Wayne St. (NE) S

2nd Team

Name Team Role
Sally Gaul Northern St. A
Maddy Guetter Augustana (SD) A
Katie Mattson Concordia-St. Paul A
Linsey Rachel St. Cloud St. A
Phebie Rossi St. Cloud St. A
Jessie Brandl Wayne St. (NE) D
Alisa Bengen Southwest Minn. St. S
Keri Walker Northern St. S

Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St.
2 Rachel Walker Wayne St. (NE)
3 Jasmine Mulvihill Concordia-St. Paul
4 Teagan Starkey Concordia-St. Paul
5 Kelsie Cada Wayne St. (NE)

Attacker of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St.
2 Jasmine Mulvihill Concordia-St. Paul
3 Kelsie Cada Wayne St. (NE)
4 Linsey Rachel St. Cloud St.
5 Maggie Brahmer Wayne St. (NE)

Setter of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Rachel Walker Wayne St. (NE)
2 Teagan Starkey Concordia-St. Paul
3 Keri Walker Northern St.
4 Alisa Bengen Southwest Minn. St.
5 Avery Thorson Augustana (SD)

Defensive Player of the Year

Rank Name Team
1 Erika Bute Augustana (SD)
2 Jessie Brandl Wayne St. (NE)
3 Ellie Sieling Concordia-St. Paul
4 Jordan McCormick Wayne St. (NE)
5 Madison Langlie Northern St.

WPA

Rk. Name Team WPA
1 Jasmine Mulvihill Concordia-St. Paul 26.3922
2 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St. 26.3380
3 Teagan Starkey Concordia-St. Paul 25.4448
4 Linsey Rachel St. Cloud St. 25.2482
5 Emma Schmidt Concordia-St. Paul 23.6743
6 Rachel Walker Wayne St. (NE) 23.4186
7 Alisa Bengen Southwest Minn. St. 22.7884
8 Kelsie Cada Wayne St. (NE) 21.9007
9 Avery Thorson Augustana (SD) 21.1114
10 Keri Walker Northern St. 20.4361

Offensive WPA

Rk. Name Team OWPA
1 Alisa Bengen Southwest Minn. St. 16.9840
2 Teagan Starkey Concordia-St. Paul 16.8944
3 Maggie Brahmer Wayne St. (NE) 15.1642
4 Rachel Walker Wayne St. (NE) 15.0679
5 Taya Beller Wayne St. (NE) 14.8690
6 Jasmine Mulvihill Concordia-St. Paul 14.4502
7 Linsey Rachel St. Cloud St. 14.2333
8 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St. 13.6015
9 Madison Gordon Minn. Duluth 13.5398
10 Phebie Rossi St. Cloud St. 13.0921

Defensive WPA

Rk. Name Team DWPA
1 Erika Bute Augustana (SD) 16.8395
2 Kaia Sueker Mary 13.8624
3 Ellie Sieling Concordia-St. Paul 13.8178
4 Kaci Beesecker Upper Iowa 13.3753
5 Emma Schmidt Concordia-St. Paul 13.0703
6 Jessie Brandl Wayne St. (NE) 12.8759
7 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St. 12.7366
8 Keely Kurschner St. Cloud St. 12.0524
9 Jasmine Mulvihill Concordia-St. Paul 11.9419
10 Madison Langlie Northern St. 11.9120

WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team WPA/S
1 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St. 0.2290
2 Linsey Rachel St. Cloud St. 0.2234
3 Keri Walker Northern St. 0.2174
4 Alisa Bengen Southwest Minn. St. 0.2130
5 Rachel Walker Wayne St. (NE) 0.2072
6 Teagan Starkey Concordia-St. Paul 0.2069
7 Sally Gaul Northern St. 0.2018
8 Avery Thorson Augustana (SD) 0.2011
9 Kelsie Cada Wayne St. (NE) 0.1991
10 Jasmine Mulvihill Concordia-St. Paul 0.1970

Offensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team OWPA/S
1 Alisa Bengen Southwest Minn. St. 0.1587
2 Keri Walker Northern St. 0.1381
3 Teagan Starkey Concordia-St. Paul 0.1374
4 Maggie Brahmer Wayne St. (NE) 0.1342
5 Rachel Walker Wayne St. (NE) 0.1333
6 Taya Beller Wayne St. (NE) 0.1316
7 Linsey Rachel St. Cloud St. 0.1260
8 Avery Thorson Augustana (SD) 0.1213
9 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St. 0.1183
10 Madison Gordon Minn. Duluth 0.1177

Defensive WPA Per Set

Rk. Name Team DWPA/S
1 Erika Bute Augustana (SD) 0.1574
2 Kaia Sueker Mary 0.1444
3 Kaci Beesecker Upper Iowa 0.1338
4 Madison Langlie Northern St. 0.1267
5 Casey Volkmann Winona St. 0.1245
6 Macie Wieman MSU Moorhead 0.1170
7 Jessie Brandl Wayne St. (NE) 0.1139
8 Kenzie Foley St. Cloud St. 0.1108
9 Ellie Kline Minnesota St. 0.1049
10 Kaylyn Madison Minn. Duluth 0.1025

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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