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3 Marissa Windau
Marissa Windau
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Castalia, Ohio
  • High School:
    Margaretta
  • Position:
    OH
  • Major:
    Exercise Science
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    2.12
  • h %
    .160
  • a/s
    0.07
  • b/s
    0.51
  • sa/s
    0.37
  • d/s
    0.95

Bio

Sophomore (2016):  HCAC All-Sportsmanship Team ...  Tom Bohlsen Academic All-HCAC ... Played in all 25 matches and 94 sets ... Was second on the team in kills with 199 (2.12 kills per set) and third overall in hitting percentage at .160 ... Recorded 10 or more kills in six matches, including a season-high 13 kills in the season finale against Manchester (Ind.) in the HCAC Tournament ...  Led the team in aces with 35 ... Recorded 89 digs (0.95 digs per set) ... Was second in total blocks with 48 (three solo and 45 assisted) ... Her 45 assisted blocks were second most on the team.

Freshman (2015):  HCAC All-Freshman Team ... Played in all 30 matches and 114 sets ... Recorded 274 kills for the season averaging 2.40 k/s ... Her 274 kills were the 12th most in the conference overall and second highest among freshmen ... Had 14 matches with 10 or more kills ... Had a season-high 15 kills against PSU_Behrend ... Had five assists and 24 service aces ... Tallied 100 digs on the season ... Had 31 total blocks (six solo and 25 assists). 

Prep:  Four-year varsity letterwinner at Margaretta High School … Holds two single-match records in kills and digs ... Two-time team captain (2013-14) ... Recipient of team's "Coaches Award" as a sophomore and received team's "Competitive Greatness Award" during her junior season … SBC All-Academic Team ... Honor Roll student ... Also four-year letterwinner in softball and swimming.

Personal:  Daughter of Gene and Mary-Beth Windau … Majoring in exercise science.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 22 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-1
Oct 26 Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0
Oct 29 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 3-2
Oct 29 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0
Oct 30 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-2
Nov 2 Manchester (Ind.) L, 3-1
  Total Conference
Matches 25 9
Sets 94 37
Kills 199 84
Kills per set 2.12 2.27
Errors 93 37
Total Attacks 661 290
Hitting Percentage .160 .162
Assists 7 2
Assists per set 0.07 0.05
Service Aces 35 14
Service Errors 34 16
Service Aces per set 0.37 0.38
Receptions 36 10
Reception Errors 4 0
Digs 89 44
Digs per set 0.95 1.19
Block Solo 3 1
Block Assist 45 24
Block Total 48 25
Blocks per set 0.51 0.68
Block Errors 11 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 259.5 111.0
Points per set 2.8 3.0
Matches started 23 9

Game Log - Offense

Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Sep 2 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 3 2 4 8 -.250 0 3.5
Sep 3 vs. Trine (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 8 0 18 .444 2 10.0
Sep 3 vs. Thomas More L, 3-1 1 4 6 5 23 .043 0 13.0
Sep 9 at Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 1 3 9 1 21 .381 0 9.0
Sep 9 vs. Mount Union L, 3-0 1 3 2 5 22 -.136 0 3.5
Sep 10 at Case Western Reserve L, 3-1 1 4 6 6 24 .000 0 8.5
Sep 10 vs. Denison W, 3-0 1 3 5 3 20 .100 1 8.0
Sep 13 Heidelberg L, 3-1 1 4 9 4 25 .200 1 10.0
Sep 16 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-1 1 4 9 1 29 .276 0 10.0
Sep 17 vs. Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 4 2 12 .167 0 5.5
Sep 17 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-2 - 5 10 6 31 .129 0 11.0
Sep 27 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 9 4 31 .161 0 12.5
Oct 1 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 3-1 1 4 9 2 34 .206 0 12.0
Oct 1 vs. Otterbein W, 3-0 1 3 5 4 16 .063 0 6.0
Oct 5 Bluffton L, 3-0 1 3 7 3 26 .154 1 9.5
Oct 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 3-1 1 4 10 6 36 .111 0 11.5
Oct 12 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-2 1 5 8 2 22 .273 1 13.0
Oct 14 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 3-1 1 4 9 6 34 .088 1 9.5
Oct 19 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 12 7 46 .109 0 15.0
Oct 22 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 9 6 34 .088 0 10.0
Oct 26 Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 10 1 22 .409 0 14.0
Oct 29 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 10 5 32 .156 0 14.5
Oct 29 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 20 .450 0 12.0
Oct 30 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 9 5 38 .105 0 11.5
Nov 2 Manchester (Ind.) L, 3-1 1 4 13 5 37 .216 0 16.5

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Sep 2 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 3 0 3 0
Sep 3 vs. Trine (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 8 0 0 1 0 0
Sep 3 vs. Thomas More L, 3-1 1 4 4 1 4 2 5 0
Sep 9 at Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0
Sep 9 vs. Mount Union L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 10 at Case Western Reserve L, 3-1 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 0
Sep 10 vs. Denison W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
Sep 13 Heidelberg L, 3-1 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0
Sep 16 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 17 vs. Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 6 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 17 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-2 - 5 1 0 2 0 2 0
Sep 27 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 0
Oct 1 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 3-1 1 4 13 0 4 1 4 0
Oct 1 vs. Otterbein W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
Oct 5 Bluffton L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 3-1 1 4 4 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 12 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-2 1 5 6 1 4 0 5 0
Oct 14 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 3-1 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 0
Oct 19 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 2 0 2 1 2 0
Oct 22 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 26 Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 29 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 7 0 3 0 3 0
Oct 29 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
Oct 30 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 4 0 3 0 3 0
Nov 2 Manchester (Ind.) L, 3-1 1 4 1 0 3 0 3 0

Game Log - Serve/Receive

Date Opponent Score ms s sa se r re
Sep 2 vs. Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 - 2
Sep 3 vs. Trine (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 2 1 4 0
Sep 3 vs. Thomas More L, 3-1 1 4 4 2 1 1
Sep 9 at Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 3 0
Sep 9 vs. Mount Union L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 0
Sep 10 at Case Western Reserve L, 3-1 1 4 2 2 1 0
Sep 10 vs. Denison W, 3-0 1 3 2 1 - 0
Sep 13 Heidelberg L, 3-1 1 4 1 4 10 0
Sep 16 at Ohio Wesleyan L, 3-1 1 4 1 0 3 0
Sep 17 vs. Westminster (Pa.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 1 0 0
Sep 17 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-2 - 5 0 2 0 0
Sep 27 at Ohio Northern L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 0 0
Oct 1 at Mt. St. Joseph W, 3-1 1 4 1 1 0 0
Oct 1 vs. Otterbein W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 0
Oct 5 Bluffton L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 0 0
Oct 7 Transylvania (Ky.) L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 1 0
Oct 12 at Manchester (Ind.) W, 3-2 1 5 2 3 - 0
Oct 14 at Adrian (Mich.) L, 3-1 1 4 0 0 - 1
Oct 19 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 2 3 1 0
Oct 22 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) W, 3-1 1 4 1 3 1 0
Oct 26 Earlham (Ind.) W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 1 0
Oct 29 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 3 3 0 0
Oct 29 vs. Kenyon W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 0 0
Oct 30 Hanover (Ind.) L, 3-2 1 5 1 1 6 0
Nov 2 Manchester (Ind.) L, 3-1 1 4 2 0 1 0

Career Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
2015-16 30 114 274 2.40 131 926 .154 5 0.04 314.0 2.8
2016-17 25 94 199 2.12 93 661 .160 7 0.07 259.5 2.8
2017-18 23 73 155 2.12 89 572 .115 10 0.14 186.0 2.5
2018-19 23 78 106 1.36 67 468 .083 18 0.23 140.5 1.8
Total 101 359 734 2.04 380 2627 .135 40 0.11 900.0 2.5

Career Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2015-16 30 114 100 0.88 5 22 27 0.24
2016-17 25 94 89 0.95 3 45 48 0.51
2017-18 23 73 198 2.71 3 12 15 0.21
2018-19 23 78 184 2.36 1 13 14 0.18
Total 101 359 571 1.59 12 92 104 0.29

Career Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
2015-16 30 114 24 0.21 7 3
2016-17 25 94 35 0.37 36 4
2017-18 23 73 22 0.30 323 50
2018-19 23 78 27 0.35 340 40
Total 101 359 108 0.30 706 97

Splits Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event                      
Total 25 94 199 2.12 93 661 .160 7 0.07 259.5 2.8
Conference 9 37 84 2.27 37 290 .162 2 0.05 111.0 3.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - -
Location                      
Home 7 27 67 2.48 30 218 .170 2 0.07 83.0 3.1
Away 9 36 81 2.25 34 273 .172 2 0.06 104.0 2.9
Neutral 9 31 51 1.65 29 170 .129 3 0.10 72.5 2.3
Result                      
Wins 10 36 79 2.19 27 244 .213 4 0.11 105.5 2.9
Losses 15 58 120 2.07 66 417 .129 3 0.05 154.0 2.7
Month                      
September 12 43 79 1.84 41 264 .144 4 0.09 104.5 2.4
October 12 47 107 2.28 47 360 .167 3 0.06 138.5 2.9
November 1 4 13 3.25 5 37 .216 0 0.00 16.5 4.1

Splits Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event                
Total 25 94 89 0.95 3 45 48 0.51
Conference 9 37 44 1.19 1 24 25 0.68
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 7 27 19 0.70 0 14 14 0.52
Away 9 36 42 1.17 1 16 17 0.47
Neutral 9 31 28 0.90 2 15 17 0.55
Result                
Wins 10 36 42 1.17 2 17 19 0.53
Losses 15 58 47 0.81 1 28 29 0.50
Month                
September 12 43 37 0.86 1 15 16 0.37
October 12 47 51 1.09 2 27 29 0.62
November 1 4 1 0.25 0 3 3 0.75

Splits Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
Event            
Total 25 94 35 0.37 36 4
Conference 9 37 14 0.38 10 0
Exhibition - - - - - -
Location            
Home 7 27 9 0.33 20 0
Away 9 36 14 0.39 8 1
Neutral 9 31 12 0.39 8 3
Result            
Wins 10 36 16 0.44 7 0
Losses 15 58 19 0.33 29 4
Month            
September 12 43 17 0.40 25 3
October 12 47 16 0.34 10 1
November 1 4 2 0.50 1 0

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