2021 NCAA stats: Regions VIII/IX well represented

Five weeks into the season seems like a decent amount of time for stats to settle, even if a certain New York team has not yet played a match. Below are Region VIII/IX players and teams among the top 10 in the division in each statistical category.

National leaders not from Region VIII/IX are listed in italics. Stats are through Oct. 3.

Aces/Set 1. Alyssa Bizzarro, Centenary (N.J.), 1.151. Bridgewater St. 3.96

Total Aces 1. Jackie Wolf, Mount St. Mary, 55 9. Joslynn Perala, Finlandia 45 1. Scranton 200

Assists/Set 1. Carlie Craycraft, Otterbein, 11.24 4. Anna Schreimer, Earlham, 10.95 5. Sydney Schwitters, Northwestern, 10.88 1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 14.23 4. Earlham 13.21

Total Assists 1. Elli Teeple, Coe, 759 6. Erin Wagner, Earlham, 668 8. Charlie Nelson, UW-Eau Claire, 660 9. Claire Marsh, Wartburg, 658 10. Billie Jarrett, Franklin, 637 1. Coe 872 2. Grinnell 865 6. Carthage 814 8. UW-Eau Claire 812 9. Earlham 808 10. Transylvania 785

Blocks/Set 1. Paige Sfiroudis, Susquehanna, 1.31 5. Kendra Baierl, UW-Eau Claire, 1.20 7. Quinn Borchert, MSOE, 1.17 1. Susquehanna 2.54 2. UW-Eau Claire 2.50 4. UW-Whitewater 2.44 8. Bethel 2.19

Total Blocks 1. Kendra Baierl, UW-Eau Claire, 77 2. Kaite Ashe, UW-Platteville, 70 2. Quinn Borchert, MSOE, 70 6. Jade Fullerton, Augsburg, 67 10. Courtney McAuliffe, Illinois Wesleyan, 67 1. UW-Eau Claire 170 3. UW-Oshkosh 147.5 4. UW-Platteville 138 5. Wartburg 136.5 7. Carthage 133 9. Bethel 129.5

Digs/Set 1. Alyson Johnson, Waynesburg, 7.87 2. Alcia Draper, St. Scholastica 7.54 3. Liz Maastricht, St. Norbert, 6.19 9. Katie Foster, Wartburg, 5.95 1. Waynesburg 21.89 2. Earlham 21.08 3. Wartburg 20.86 6. Concordia (Minn.) 20.06 7. St. Scholastica 20.00 10. Loras 19.57

Total Digs 1. Liz Maastricht, St. Norbert, 390 3. Katie Foster, Wartburg, 381 4. Majda Suljic, Coe, 377 6. Brooke Voigt, UW-River Falls, 363 7. Brooke Kleman, Bluffton, 358 8. Micaela Encarnacion, Ripon, 349 9. Amelia Hust, UW-Oshkosh, 345 10. Hailey Embacher, Gustavus Adolphus, 344 1. Berea 1,385 2. Wartburg 1,335 3. Coe 1,300 4. Earlham 1,286 5. Grinnell 1,285 6. St. Norbert 1,269 10. Loras 1,233

Hitting Percentage 1. Valerie Nilan, Gordon, .522 6. Kylie Bildstein, Wartburg, .439 1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps .333 9. Northwestern .269

Opponent Hitting Percentage 1. Alfred St. .019

Kills/Set 1. Nicole Doerges, Wellesley, 5.85 3. Abby Glanzer, Northwestern, 4.67 7. Emma Lawrence, UW-La Crosse, 4.38 1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15.28 2. Earlham 14.33

Total Kills 1. Haley Horner, Carthage, 301 2. Emma Lawrence, UW-La Crosse, 285 3. Kaylin Kuhn, Grinnell, 282 4. Kate Tidman, Coe, 272 5. Ashley Kopp, UW-Stevens Point, 261 9. Kate Holtan, Gustavus Adolphus, 248 1. Grinnell 959 2. Coe 940 4. Carthage 904 6. UW-Eau Claire 895 7. Gustavus Adolphus 888 8. Earlham 874 10. Wartburg 859

Point/Set 1. Nicole Doerges, Wellesley, 6.56 2. Abby Glanzer, Northwestern, 5.34 7. Kaylin Kuhn, Grinnell, 5.04 10. Emma Lawrence, UW-La Crosse, 4.95

-Ricky Nelson