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2 Danyel Lipps
Danyel Lipps
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    West Alexandria, Ohio
  • High School:
    Twin Valley
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Integrated Mathematics
  • m
    33
  • k/s
    3.07
  • h %
    .234
  • a/s
    0.17
  • b/s
    0.39
  • sa/s
    0.25
  • d/s
    2.68

Bio

2008 at Defiance: Logged third-straight year with at least 100 sets played, 280 kills and 300 digs … Notched 14 double-doubles, accomplishing the feat in seven-of-eight Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference matches … Had at least 10 kills in 15 matches and collected at least 10 digs in 22 outings … Led DC with 25 aces … Ranked second with 299 kills and 376 digs … Ranked among the HCAC’s top-10 players with 3.1 kills per set, a .254 hitting percentage and 3.7 digs per set … Named to DC Invitational and HCAC All-Tournament Teams … Earned HCAC Player-of-the-Week honors on October 27 … Named to All-HCAC Team … Ended season as DC’s all-time career leader in attempts with 3,068 and just 168 kills shy of program’s top mark. 

2007 at Defiance: Built on a strong freshman campaign by setting new career highs with 108 sets played, 387 kills, 47 service aces and 403 digs … Led the Jackets in kills and aces, while ranking second in digs and third with 38 total blocks … Continued assault on the HCAC by ranking among the top-six players in the league in kills and aces per set … Named to DC Invitational All-Tournament Team … Named Second-Team All-HCAC. 

2006 at Defiance: Wasted little time making an impact during rookie season … Was one of two Lady Jackets to play in all 103 sets … Second on squad with 273 kills … Added 305 digs and 52 total blocks to cement status as one of the top all-around threats in the HCAC … Posted seven double-doubles … Topped 20 digs six times and turned in 15-or-more kills five times. 

High School: Lettered all four seasons during career at Twin Valley South High … Named Third-Team All-Ohio as a senior … Two-time Division III Player of the Year … Member of National Honor Society … Named to Dean’s List … Valedictorian of graduating class … Winner of Rae Burick Award for academic women in sports … Nominated for Heisman Award. 

Personal: Majoring in integrated mathematics … Daughter of Todd and Rhonda Baker and Mike Lipps. 

 

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 24 at Kenyon W, 3-0
Oct 24 vs. Allegheny W, 3-1
Nov 1 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0
Nov 3 at Bluffton L, 3-0
Nov 7 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-2
Nov 7 at Bluffton L, 3-1
  Total Conference
Matches 33 8
Sets 114 28
Kills 350 101
Kills per set 3.07 3.61
Errors 114 26
Total Attacks 1009 293
Hitting Percentage .234 .256
Assists 19 5
Assists per set 0.17 0.18
Service Aces 29 6
Service Errors 38 5
Service Aces per set 0.25 0.21
Receptions 100 28
Reception Errors 37 15
Digs 305 69
Digs per set 2.68 2.46
Block Solo 7 0
Block Assist 37 12
Block Total 44 12
Blocks per set 0.39 0.43
Block Errors 12 1
Ball Handling Errors 3 0
Points 404.5 113.0
Points per set 3.5 4.0
Matches started 16 5

Game Log - Offense

Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Sep 4 vs. Oberlin W, 3-2 - 5 12 6 36 .167 0 14.5
Sep 4 vs. Alma (Mich.) L, 3-0 - 3 9 5 21 .190 0 10.0
Sep 5 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 11 2 21 .429 0 12.5
Sep 5 vs. Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 4 1 15 .200 1 5.0
Sep 8 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 6 5 27 .037 0 6.0
Sep 11 Siena Heights W, 3-1 1 4 13 4 42 .214 0 15.5
Sep 11 Huntington W, 3-2 1 5 8 5 30 .100 1 9.5
Sep 12 Concordia (MI) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 Concordia W, 3-0 1 3 14 4 33 .303 0 18.0
Sep 12 Marygrove W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 11 .000 0 2.0
Sep 15 Heidelberg L, 3-1 1 4 11 3 35 .229 1 14.5
Sep 16 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 8 0 14 .571 1 9.0
Sep 18 vs. Carlow W, 3-0 - 3 12 4 38 .211 0 14.0
Sep 18 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 - 3 14 3 34 .324 0 16.5
Sep 19 vs. Ohio Valley W, 3-0 - 3 8 3 20 .250 0 11.0
Sep 19 at Marietta L, 3-0 - 3 7 2 30 .167 1 9.0
Sep 25 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 10 2 25 .320 1 14.0
Sep 26 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 3-2 - 5 17 7 59 .169 2 20.0
Oct 3 Mt. St. Joseph L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 29 .069 0 5.5
Oct 3 Kenyon W, 3-1 1 2 5 2 11 .273 0 5.5
Oct 4 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 16 4 41 .293 1 17.5
Oct 4 Kalamazoo W, 3-2 1 5 21 9 57 .211 0 21.5
Oct 9 at Centre (Ky.) L, 3-2 - 5 19 6 48 .271 1 20.0
Oct 10 at Transylvania (Ky.) W, 3-0 - 3 7 3 35 .114 0 9.0
Oct 10 vs. Cincinnati-Clermont W, 3-0 - 3 7 1 20 .300 0 7.5
Oct 14 Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 19 1 42 .429 0 20.5
Oct 17 Marygrove W, 3-0 1 2 5 4 17 .059 2 5.0
Oct 22 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 16 1 32 .469 0 18.0
Oct 24 at Kenyon W, 3-0 - 2 5 0 12 .417 0 5.0
Oct 24 vs. Allegheny W, 3-1 - 4 13 4 52 .173 0 15.0
Nov 1 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 24 .292 1 11.5
Nov 3 at Bluffton L, 3-0 1 3 11 4 31 .226 1 11.0
Nov 7 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-2 1 5 16 7 47 .191 5 21.0
Nov 7 at Bluffton L, 3-1 1 4 9 4 20 .250 0 10.0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Sep 4 vs. Oberlin W, 3-2 - 5 30 0 1 0 1 2
Sep 4 vs. Alma (Mich.) L, 3-0 - 3 10 1 0 0 1 0
Sep 5 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 2 0 1 2 1 0
Sep 5 vs. Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 8 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 12 0 0 1 0 0
Sep 11 Siena Heights W, 3-1 1 4 14 0 3 1 3 0
Sep 11 Huntington W, 3-2 1 5 16 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 12 Concordia (MI) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 12 Concordia W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 4 0 6 0
Sep 12 Marygrove W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 15 Heidelberg L, 3-1 1 4 19 0 5 0 5 0
Sep 16 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 18 vs. Carlow W, 3-0 - 3 8 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 18 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 - 3 4 1 1 0 2 0
Sep 19 vs. Ohio Valley W, 3-0 - 3 7 1 2 0 3 0
Sep 19 at Marietta L, 3-0 - 3 6 0 2 3 2 1
Sep 25 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 26 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 3-2 - 5 14 0 2 1 2 0
Oct 3 Mt. St. Joseph L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 3 Kenyon W, 3-1 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 0
Oct 4 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 10 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 4 Kalamazoo W, 3-2 1 5 12 0 1 1 1 0
Oct 9 at Centre (Ky.) L, 3-2 - 5 6 1 0 1 1 0
Oct 10 at Transylvania (Ky.) W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 10 vs. Cincinnati-Clermont W, 3-0 - 3 4 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 14 Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 17 Marygrove W, 3-0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 22 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 8 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 24 at Kenyon W, 3-0 - 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 24 vs. Allegheny W, 3-1 - 4 7 1 0 0 1 0
Nov 1 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 14 0 1 0 1 0
Nov 3 at Bluffton L, 3-0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 7 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-2 1 5 23 0 2 1 2 0
Nov 7 at Bluffton L, 3-1 1 4 17 0 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Serve/Receive

Date Opponent Score ms s sa se r re
Sep 4 vs. Oberlin W, 3-2 - 5 2 3 0 1
Sep 4 vs. Alma (Mich.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 1
Sep 5 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 1 2 0 0
Sep 5 vs. Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0
Sep 8 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 0 2 19 2
Sep 11 Siena Heights W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 1 1
Sep 11 Huntington W, 3-2 1 5 1 3 0 0
Sep 12 Concordia (MI) W, 3-0 - - - - - -
Sep 12 Concordia W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0
Sep 12 Marygrove W, 3-0 1 3 0 2 0 1
Sep 15 Heidelberg L, 3-1 1 4 1 1 2 2
Sep 16 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0
Sep 18 vs. Carlow W, 3-0 - 3 2 2 0 0
Sep 18 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0
Sep 19 vs. Ohio Valley W, 3-0 - 3 1 2 0 1
Sep 19 at Marietta L, 3-0 - 3 1 1 0 2
Sep 25 at Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 4 2 0 2
Sep 26 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 3-2 - 5 2 2 0 2
Oct 3 Mt. St. Joseph L, 3-0 1 3 0 2 3 3
Oct 3 Kenyon W, 3-1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Oct 4 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 0 0 3 3
Oct 4 Kalamazoo W, 3-2 1 5 0 0 3 3
Oct 9 at Centre (Ky.) L, 3-2 - 5 0 2 0 2
Oct 10 at Transylvania (Ky.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 1
Oct 10 vs. Cincinnati-Clermont W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 0
Oct 14 Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 0 0
Oct 17 Marygrove W, 3-0 1 2 0 1 0 0
Oct 22 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 1 0 1
Oct 24 at Kenyon W, 3-0 - 2 0 1 0 0
Oct 24 vs. Allegheny W, 3-1 - 4 1 3 0 2
Nov 1 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 4 4
Nov 3 at Bluffton L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 18 1
Nov 7 vs. Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-2 1 5 4 1 19 0
Nov 7 at Bluffton L, 3-1 1 4 1 3 28 2

Career Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
2008-09 28 107 299 2.79 107 936 .205 5 0.05 340.0 3.2
2009-10 33 114 350 3.07 114 1009 .234 19 0.17 404.5 3.5
Total 61 221 649 2.94 221 1945 .220 24 0.11 744.5 3.4

Career Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2008-09 28 107 376 3.51 7 18 25 0.23
2009-10 33 114 305 2.68 7 37 44 0.39
Total 61 221 681 3.08 14 55 69 0.31

Career Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
2008-09 28 107 25 0.23 16 41
2009-10 33 114 29 0.25 100 37
Total 61 221 54 0.24 116 78

Splits Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event                      
Total 33 114 350 3.07 114 1009 .234 19 0.17 404.5 3.5
Conference 8 28 101 3.61 26 293 .256 5 0.18 113.0 4.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - -
Location                      
Home 12 42 129 3.07 44 372 .228 6 0.14 146.5 3.5
Away 11 37 115 3.11 34 333 .243 7 0.19 131.0 3.5
Neutral 10 35 106 3.03 36 304 .230 6 0.17 127.0 3.6
Result                      
Wins 22 73 229 3.14 69 647 .247 12 0.16 268.5 3.7
Losses 11 41 121 2.95 45 362 .210 7 0.17 136.0 3.3
Month                      
September 17 59 166 2.81 58 491 .220 8 0.14 201.0 3.4
October 12 40 138 3.45 38 396 .253 4 0.10 150.0 3.8
November 4 15 46 3.07 18 122 .230 7 0.47 53.5 3.6

Splits Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event                
Total 33 114 305 2.68 7 37 44 0.39
Conference 8 28 69 2.46 0 12 12 0.43
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 12 42 123 2.93 2 21 23 0.55
Away 11 37 80 2.16 1 8 9 0.24
Neutral 10 35 102 2.91 4 8 12 0.34
Result                
Wins 22 73 204 2.79 5 23 28 0.38
Losses 11 41 101 2.46 2 14 16 0.39
Month                
September 17 59 168 2.85 5 22 27 0.46
October 12 40 80 2.00 2 12 14 0.35
November 4 15 57 3.80 0 3 3 0.20

Splits Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
Event            
Total 33 114 29 0.25 100 37
Conference 8 28 6 0.21 28 15
Exhibition - - - - - -
Location            
Home 12 42 5 0.12 16 17
Away 11 37 11 0.30 65 15
Neutral 10 35 13 0.37 19 5
Result            
Wins 22 73 23 0.32 27 17
Losses 11 41 6 0.15 73 20
Month            
September 17 59 19 0.32 22 15
October 12 40 4 0.10 9 15
November 4 15 6 0.40 69 7

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Lipps Sets DC Kills Record as Jackets Split Pair of Matches

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September 25, 2009

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Lipps Nets HCAC Player-of-the-Week Honor

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September 21, 2009

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Volleyball Wins DC Invitational, Rolander Named MVP

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