In a crucial battle for first place in the MPSF, BYU and USC split two MPSF matches this week. The MPSF leader depends on the results of the match between Pepperdine and UC – Irvine tonight at Irvine at 7:00 PM California time. Live video of this match is available.
Public Service Announcement (PSA).
Our continuing PSA about all six of the men’s Volleyball Championships. Please try to support these events by video or any other method you can find. If we don’t watch Volleyball it won’t grow. The CIS tournament is only 12 days away and it will undoubtedly have streaming video available, as well as great volleyball.
| EVENT | DATES | LOCATION |
| CIS – Canadian Universities Tournament | 2/26 – 2 /28 | University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| CCAA – Canadian Colleges Tournament | 3/12 – 3/14 | Holland College
Prince Edward Island |
| NAIA Men’s National Invitational Championship | 4/23 – 4/25 | Missouri Baptist University
St. Louis, Missouri |
| CCCAA – California
Junior College |
4/23 – 4 / 25 | San Diego City College
San Diego, California |
| NCAA D3 Men’s National Championship | 4/24 – 4/26 | Stevens Technical Institute
Hoboken, New Jersey |
| NCAA D1-D2 Men’s National Championship | 5/5 – 5/10 | Stanford University
Palo Alto, California |
USC vs BYU Matches.
USC and BYU split the two matches, one each.
USC won first match 2/12/2015 (at USC) 3–2 (20-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23, and 16-14).
| Attack Statistics 2/12 | |||||||
| TEAM | SP | K | K/S | KE | KE/S | TA | PCT |
| USC | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 34 | 6.8 | 158 | .209 |
| BYU | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 21 | 4.2 | 131 | .229 |
| Table Legend Below | |||||||
| K=Kills, K/S=Kills/Set, TA=Total Attempts, KE=Hitting Errors, KE/S=KE/Set, PCT= % (Attack)
% (Attack) equals (K-KE)/TA |
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Attack Results: Advantage USC, although the USC KE/S negates
much of the advantage.
| Serve Statistics 2/12 | |||||||
| TEAM | SP | SA | SA/S | SE | SE/S | TA | PCT |
| USC | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 18 | 3.6 | 107 | .832 |
| BYU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.4 | 103 | .932 |
| Table Legend Below | |||||||
| SA=Service Aces, SA/S=SA/Set, SE=Service Errors,
SE/S = SE/Set, TA=Total Attempts, PCT= % (Serve) % (Serve) equals (TA-SE)/TA |
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Serve Results: Even. Although BYU had a better PCT, the SA/S
and the SE/S cancel each other completely.
| Assist Statistics 2/12 | |||||||
| TEAM | SP | A | A/S | AE | AE/S | TA | PCT |
| USC | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | .417 |
| BYU | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 128 | .383 |
| Table Legend Below | |||||||
| A=Assists, A/S=A/Set, AE=Assist Errors, AE/S=AE/Set, TA=Total Attempts, PCT=% (Assist)
% (Assist) equals (A-AE)/TA |
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Assist Results: Advantage USC, both in quantity and quality.
| Block Statistics 2/12 | ||||||||
| TEAM | SP | BS | BA | TTB | BPS | BE | BE/S | PCT |
| USC | 5 | 1 | 8 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | .2 | .800 |
| BYU | 5 | 5 | 31 | 20.5 | 4.1 | 1 | .2 | .951 |
| Table Legend Below | ||||||||
| BS=Solo Blocks, BA=Block Assists, TTB=Total Team Blocks, BPS=Blocks/Set, BE=Block Errors, BE/S=BE/Set, PCT=% (Block)
% (Block) equals (TTB-BE)/TTB |
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Block Results: Advantage BYU.
| Dig Statistics 2/12 | ||||||
| TEAM | SP | Digs | DPS | BHE | BHE/S | PCT |
| USC | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| BYU | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Table Legend Below | ||||||
| Digs=Digs, DPS=Digs per Set, BHE=Ball Handling Errors, BHE/S=BHE/Set, PCT=% (Digs)
PCT (Digs) equals (Digs-BHE)/Digs |
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Dig Results: Statistically even, slight USC numerical edge.
| Reception Statistics 2/12 | ||||||
| TEAM | SP | 0 R | RE | RE/S | TA | PCT |
| USC | 5 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 1.000 |
| BYU | 5 | 78 | 11 | 2.2 | 89 | .876 |
| Table Legend Below | ||||||
| 0 R= 0 Reception (ball passed), RE=Reception Error, RE/S=RE/Set, TA=Total Attempts, PCT=% (Reception)
% (Reception) = 0 R/TA |
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Reception Results: Advantage USC.
| Error Statistics 2/12 | ||||||||||
| TEAM | SP | KE | AE | SE | RE | BE | BHE | TME | EPS | PCT |
| USC | 5 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 10.6 | .252 |
| BYU | 5 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 8.0 | .193 |
| KE=Hitting Errors, AE=Assist Errors, SE=Service Errors, RE=Reception Errors, BE=Block Errors, BHE=Ball Handling Errors, TME=Total Match Errors, EPS=Errors/Set, PCT=% Errors
% Errors = TME/Total Points in Match |
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Error Results: Advantage BYU.
We have a mixed bag of statistics for this match. BYU had advantages in blocking and errors, while USC had advantages in assists and serve reception. As the final score and the stats indicate, this was an extremely close five set match.
BYU won the second match (at USC) 2/13/2015 3–1 (25-20, 25-19, 23-25, and 25-19).
| Attack Statistics 2/13 | |||||||
| TEAM | SP | K | K/S | KE | KE/S | TA | PCT |
| BYU | 4 | 47 | 11.75 | 20 | 5.00 | 113 | .239 |
| USC | 4 | 50 | 12.50 | 29 | 7.25 | 141 | .149 |
| Table Legend Below | |||||||
| K=Kills, K/S=Kills/Set, TA=Total Attempts, KE=Hitting Errors, KE/S=KE/Set, PCT= % (Attack)
% (Attack) equals (K-KE)/TA |
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Attack Results: Advantage BYU. The USC KE/S far outweighs any
benefit in the USC raw numbers.
| Serve Statistics 2/13 | |||||||
| TEAM | SP | SA | SA/S | SE | SE/S | TA | PCT |
| BYU | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 9 | 2.25 | 97 | .907 |
| USC | 4 | 2 | .500 | 16 | 4.00 | 84 | .810 |
| Table Legend Below | |||||||
| SA=Service Aces, SA/S=SA/Set, SE=Service Errors,
SE/S = SE/Set, TA=Total Attempts, PCT= % (Serve) % (Serve) equals (TA-SE)/TA |
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Serve Results: Advantage BYU.
| Assist Statistics 2/13 | |||||||
| TEAM | SP | A | A/S | AE | AE/S | TA | PCT |
| BYU | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 112 | .393 |
| USC | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 0 | 0 | 138 | .355 |
| Table Legend Below | |||||||
| A=Assists, A/S=A/Set, AE=Assist Errors, AE/S=AE/Set, TA=Total Attempts, PCT=% (Assist)
% (Assist) equals (A-AE)/TA |
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Assist Results: Statistically even. USC won the quantity battle
in A/S while BYU won the quality battle with a better PCT.
| Block Statistics 2/13 | ||||||||
| TEAM | SP | BS | BA | TTB | BPS | BE | BE/S | PCT |
| BYU | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15.5 | 3.875 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| USC | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8.0 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Table Legend Below | ||||||||
| BS=Solo Blocks, BA=Block Assists, TTB=Total Team Blocks, BPS=Blocks/Set, BE=Block Errors, BE/S=BE/Set, PCT=% (Block)
% (Block) equals (TTB-BE)/TTB |
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Block Results: Advantage BYU.
| Dig Statistics 2/13 | ||||||
| TEAM | SP | Digs | DPS | BHE | BHE/S | PCT |
| BYU | 4 | 46 | 11.50 | 2 | .500 | .957 |
| USC | 4 | 41 | 10.25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Table Legend Below | ||||||
| Digs=Digs, DPS=Digs per Set, BHE=Ball Handling Errors, BHE/S=BHE/Set, PCT=% (Digs)
PCT (Digs) equals (Digs-BHE)/Digs |
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Dig Results: Advantage BYU, although 2 BHEs negate much of the benefit.
| Reception Statistics 2/13 | ||||||
| TEAM | SP | 0 R | RE | RE/S | TA | PCT |
| BYU | 4 | 66 | 2 | .500 | 68 | .971 |
| USC | 4 | 84 | 4 | 1.000 | 88 | .955 |
| Table Legend Below | ||||||
| 0 R= 0 Reception (ball passed), RE=Reception Error, RE/S=RE/Set, TA=Total Attempts, PCT=% (Reception)
% (Reception) = 0 R/TA |
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Reception Results: Statistically even.
| Error Statistics 2/13 | ||||||||||
| TEAM | SP | KE | AE | SE | RE | BE | BHE | TME | EPS | PCT |
| BYU | 4 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 8.25 | .182 |
| USC | 4 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12.25 | .271 |
| KE=Hitting Errors, AE=Assist Errors, SE=Service Errors, RE=Reception Errors, BE=Block Errors, BHE=Ball Handling Errors, TME=Total Match Errors, EPS=Errors/Set, PCT=% Errors
% Errors = TME/Total Points in Match |
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Error Results: Advantage BYU, by a large margin per set.
In this second match, BYU did not lose a single statistical category to USC, although the teams were even in assists and reception. And, as the score and the statistics indicate, BYU won in four sets.
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