NCAA stats: Central and Midwest home to great assistants, diggers, killers (in a good way)

Here are the Central and Midwest region players and teams in the top 10 nationally, according to the latest NCAA stats report. Stats are through matches of Oct. 23.

Aces/Set (None)

Assists/Set 1. Ashley Maher, St. Thomas 11.62 2. Krista Stoltz, Northwestern 11.29 4. Emily Ryan, Coe 11.13 6. Marilee Fisher, Washington 11.07 1. Washington 12.84 2. St. Thomas 12.63 7. Saint Benedict 12.30 10. Northwestern 12.17

Blocks/Set 10. Morgan Bartkowiak, UW-Stevens Point 1.34 7. Chicago 2.61

Digs/Set 2. Megan Boschert, Westminster 7.05 3. Catherine Guido, St. Norbert 6.96 4. Kayla Birdsell, Illinois College 6.68 1. Westminster 23.61 4. St. Norbert 20.88 6. UW-Whitewater 20.63 7. Central 20.57

Hitting Percentage 6. Audrey Krajec, Millikin .414 10. Kaia Schwartz, Washington .405 3. Washington .312 8. St. Norbert .285 9. Maranatha .279

Kills/Set 1. Torey DeLozier, Maranatha 6.72 9. Laura Avena, Macalester 4.22 10. Kelsy England, Millikin 4.22 1. Washington 14.16 4. St. Thomas 13.74 7. Concordia-Moorhead 13.41 8. Saint Benedict 13.35

Points/Set 1. Torey DeLozier, Maranatha 7.57 10. Lauren Budde, Washington 5.02

Winning Percentage 5. Washington .960

-Ricky Nelson