UWRF’s Suda new assist leader
Two days ago Edgewood’s Lindsey Swansby had 66 assists in five sets to set a season high in the Midwest and Central regions. Swansby’s lead lasted all of one day, according to last night’s box scores.
UW-River Falls setter Mackenzie Suda had 68 in four sets (a ridiculous 17 per) yesterday in a win over NAC champion Concordia (Wis.) yesterday. Can that be correct? If so, wow.
We’ll see if Suda’s mark lasts more than a day. But I’d say 68 is a safe bet to be tops in four sets at the end of the year. Check in with the Standout Stats page to see Suda’s listing and many, many others.
-Ricky Nelson
Not to rain on this girls parade but there is no way this can be correct. The team was only credited with 59 kills (according to the individual set). So how can you have 68 assist if there are only 59 or 60 kills.
This is my beef with D-III and stats. Most of these stats are taken from teammates (most likely freshman) who sit onn the bench. Most of them do not officially know how to take stats. Stats should be taken from off the bench and by people who are not wearing a uniform. Also stats should be taken by the same people for both teams. That way the same basis or judgement goes both ways for each team. Lastly stats should be done live as they play happens on a computer. Stat programs catch errors and balances everything out. This is college athletics not high school, not club. It is done this way at every other NCAA level so way not D-III.
Anonymous said this on October 31, 2010 at 8:10 am
I agree that stats should have some sort of uniformity. In a perfect world one person, preferably not a player, would record stats. Some day we’ll get there at the D-III level, but many schools still struggle to post box scores within five days. It makes me really appreciate the school and conference SIDs who do their jobs well. There are many in the two regions who do.
I’m not sure if it’s a matter of resources, priorities or a combination, but the numbers can be frustrating to decipher. Without using names, one school from the two regions says its team is hitting -.385 on the year with one player having eight kills and 114 errors. I assume it’s incorrect because a random sample box from that teams reads as follows:
Set 1: 4 K, 14 E, 9 TA
Set 2: 4 K, 14 E, 9 TA
Set 3: 4 K, 14 E, 9 TA
That’s just one extreme example, but I sometimes have to rely on intuition when looking at purported facts. With a wink I include the Midwest Region rankings in the purported facts column. No, I’m still not over that. I and everyone else who cares shouldn’t be.
-Ricky
uwoshvball said this on October 31, 2010 at 10:13 am
The funny thing is that (I would think) every D-III basketball program both men and wonme do basketball stats at the scores table. It should be sopmething that caoaches should be lobbing for. The athletes are there to play and not be responsible for the teams official stats.
We played a team and we do live stats for all our home matches. The next day this said team changes her teams and individual players stats to reflect those that her payers had for their teammates. That would never happen in any other sport.
Anonymous said this on October 31, 2010 at 1:42 pm