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8 Ari Mahaffey
Ari Mahaffey
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Fr
  • Hometown:
    Porter, Ind.
  • High School:
    Chesterton
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Early Childhood Education
  • m
    21
  • k/s
    0.86
  • h %
    .051
  • a/s
    0.12
  • b/s
    0.14
  • sa/s
    0.19
  • d/s
    0.43

Bio

Freshman (2013):  Appeared in 21 matches, with 42 sets played … Recorded 36 kills, averaging 0.86 per set … Had 158 total attacks, with 28 attacking errors, finishing with a .051 attacking percentage ... Recorded five assists … Had eight service aces ... Had 30 serve attempts with 10 service errors, a .667 serve percentage ... Recorded 18 digs, averaging 0.43 digs per set ... Made six total blocks ... Made three solo blocks ... Made three assisted blocks ... Averaged 0.14 blocks per set ... Scored 48.5 total points, averaging 1.15 points per set.

Prep:  Attended Chesterton High and played volleyball for head coach T.R. Harlan … Also participated in basketball and in track, where the team won sectionals in both 2011 and 2012 … Was the 2012 track and field Chesterton Relays Most Valuable Player … Scholar-athlete.

Personal:  Daughter of Michael and Suzanne Mahaffey … Majoring in early childhood education.

 

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 23 Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0
Oct 26 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-0
Oct 26 vs. Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-1
Oct 30 at Bluffton W, 3-1
Nov 2 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 3-0
Nov 9 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-0
  Total Conference
Matches 21 7
Sets 42 11
Kills 36 8
Kills per set 0.86 0.73
Errors 28 6
Total Attacks 158 35
Hitting Percentage .051 .057
Assists 5 0
Assists per set 0.12 0.00
Service Aces 8 0
Service Errors 10 0
Service Aces per set 0.19 0.00
Receptions 8 0
Reception Errors 5 0
Digs 18 5
Digs per set 0.43 0.45
Block Solo 3 0
Block Assist 3 0
Block Total 6 0
Blocks per set 0.14 0.00
Block Errors 2 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 48.5 8.0
Points per set 1.2 0.7
Matches started - -

Game Log - Offense

Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Aug 30 at Capital W, 3-2 - 2 1 2 5 -.200 0 1.0
Aug 30 vs. Denison W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at Otterbein L, 3-2 - 2 0 1 2 -.500 1 0.0
Aug 31 vs. Kenyon W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 - 4 2.0
Sep 4 Northwestern Ohio L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 2 .500 0 2.0
Sep 7 vs. Muskingum W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 4 .000 0 0.0
Sep 8 vs. Webster W, 3-0 - 2 3 1 10 .200 0 3.0
Sep 8 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 - 2 3 3 13 .000 0 5.5
Sep 10 at Heidelberg W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hiram L, 3-2 - 3 1 1 7 .000 0 1.5
Sep 14 vs. Baldwin Wallace W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 vs. Wilmington (Ohio) W, 3-0 - 2 2 0 7 .286 0 3.0
Sep 21 at Mount Union L, 3-0 - 2 0 1 7 -.143 0 1.0
Sep 28 vs. Wooster W, 3-0 - 2 1 0 1 1.000 0 1.0
Sep 28 at DePauw L, 3-0 - 3 5 5 22 .000 0 5.5
Oct 5 Mt. St. Joseph W, 3-1 - 1 1 2 4 -.250 0 1.0
Oct 5 Trine (Ind.) W, 3-1 - 4 4 6 21 -.095 0 8.0
Oct 9 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Transylvania (Ky.) W, 3-1 - 2 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0.0
Oct 12 vs. Washington and Lee W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 2 1 7 .143 0 2.0
Oct 18 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 1 2 8 -.125 0 1.0
Oct 23 Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 2 .000 0 0.0
Oct 26 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 4 0 13 .308 0 4.0
Oct 26 vs. Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Bluffton W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Nov 9 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-0 - 3 7 2 22 .227 0 7.0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Aug 30 at Capital W, 3-2 - 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Aug 30 vs. Denison W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at Otterbein L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Aug 31 vs. Kenyon W, 3-1 - 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 4 Northwestern Ohio L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
Sep 7 vs. Muskingum W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 8 vs. Webster W, 3-0 - 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 8 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 10 at Heidelberg W, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hiram L, 3-2 - 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 14 vs. Baldwin Wallace W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 vs. Wilmington (Ohio) W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 21 at Mount Union L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 28 vs. Wooster W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 28 at DePauw L, 3-0 - 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 5 Mt. St. Joseph W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 5 Trine (Ind.) W, 3-1 - 4 2 2 0 0 2 0
Oct 9 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Transylvania (Ky.) W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 12 vs. Washington and Lee W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 18 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 23 Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Oct 26 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 26 vs. Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Bluffton W, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 9 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-0 - 3 2 0 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Serve/Receive

Date Opponent Score ms s sa se r re
Aug 30 at Capital W, 3-2 - 2 0 0 6 0
Aug 30 vs. Denison W, 3-1 - - - - - -
Aug 31 at Otterbein L, 3-2 - 2 0 0 2 0
Aug 31 vs. Kenyon W, 3-1 - 2 2 3 - 0
Sep 4 Northwestern Ohio L, 3-1 - - - - - -
Sep 7 vs. Ohio Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 1 0 1 0 0
Sep 7 vs. Muskingum W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 - 0
Sep 8 vs. Webster W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 - 0
Sep 8 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 - 2 2 0 - 0
Sep 10 at Heidelberg W, 3-2 - - - - - -
Sep 14 at Hiram L, 3-2 - 3 0 0 0 1
Sep 14 vs. Baldwin Wallace W, 3-1 - - - - - -
Sep 21 vs. Wilmington (Ohio) W, 3-0 - 2 1 0 - 0
Sep 21 at Mount Union L, 3-0 - 2 1 1 - 0
Sep 28 vs. Wooster W, 3-0 - 2 0 1 0 0
Sep 28 at DePauw L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 - 3
Oct 5 Mt. St. Joseph W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 0
Oct 5 Trine (Ind.) W, 3-1 - 4 2 3 0 0
Oct 9 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 - - - - - -
Oct 12 at Transylvania (Ky.) W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 - 0
Oct 12 vs. Washington and Lee W, 3-1 - - - - - -
Oct 16 Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0
Oct 18 Franklin (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0
Oct 23 Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 0
Oct 26 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 - 0
Oct 26 vs. Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-1 - - - - - -
Oct 30 at Bluffton W, 3-1 - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0
Nov 9 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 - 1

Career Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
2013-14 21 42 36 0.86 28 158 .051 5 0.12 48.5 1.2
2014-15 30 103 218 2.12 138 806 .099 9 0.09 244.5 2.4
2015-16 30 114 90 0.79 37 297 .178 918 8.05 149.0 1.3
2016-17 24 88 65 0.74 31 249 .137 779 8.85 111.5 1.3
Total 105 347 409 1.18 234 1510 .116 1711 4.93 553.5 1.6

Career Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2013-14 21 42 18 0.43 3 3 6 0.14
2014-15 30 103 121 1.17 7 13 20 0.19
2015-16 30 114 297 2.61 13 18 31 0.27
2016-17 24 88 239 2.72 7 25 32 0.36
Total 105 347 675 1.95 30 59 89 0.26

Career Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
2013-14 21 42 8 0.19 8 5
2014-15 30 103 13 0.13 98 24
2015-16 30 114 37 0.32 0 3
2016-17 24 88 27 0.31 14 2
Total 105 347 85 0.24 120 34

Splits Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event                      
Total 21 42 36 0.86 28 158 .051 5 0.12 48.5 1.2
Conference 7 11 8 0.73 6 35 .057 0 0.00 8.0 0.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - -
Location                      
Home 6 12 15 1.25 13 64 .031 0 0.00 19.0 1.6
Away 8 18 11 0.61 11 57 .000 1 0.06 13.0 0.7
Neutral 7 12 10 0.83 4 37 .162 4 0.33 16.5 1.4
Result                      
Wins 16 29 23 0.79 18 98 .051 4 0.14 33.5 1.2
Losses 5 13 13 1.00 10 60 .050 1 0.08 15.0 1.2
Month                      
August 3 6 1 0.17 3 7 -.286 5 0.83 3.0 0.5
September 9 18 16 0.89 11 73 .068 0 0.00 22.5 1.3
October 7 14 12 0.86 12 56 .000 0 0.00 16.0 1.1
November 2 4 7 1.75 2 22 .227 0 0.00 7.0 1.8

Splits Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event                
Total 21 42 18 0.43 3 3 6 0.14
Conference 7 11 5 0.45 0 0 0 0.00
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 6 12 7 0.58 2 0 2 0.17
Away 8 18 8 0.44 0 2 2 0.11
Neutral 7 12 3 0.25 1 1 2 0.17
Result                
Wins 16 29 12 0.41 3 1 4 0.14
Losses 5 13 6 0.46 0 2 2 0.15
Month                
August 3 6 4 0.67 0 0 0 0.00
September 9 18 5 0.28 1 3 4 0.22
October 7 14 7 0.50 2 0 2 0.14
November 2 4 2 0.50 0 0 0 0.00

Splits Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
Event            
Total 21 42 8 0.19 8 5
Conference 7 11 0 0.00 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - -
Location            
Home 6 12 2 0.17 0 1
Away 8 18 1 0.06 8 4
Neutral 7 12 5 0.42 0 0
Result            
Wins 16 29 7 0.24 6 0
Losses 5 13 1 0.08 2 5
Month            
August 3 6 2 0.33 8 0
September 9 18 4 0.22 0 4
October 7 14 2 0.14 0 0
November 2 4 0 0.00 0 1

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