1 Samuel Essilfie
Samuel Essilfie
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Hometown:
    Tema, Ghana
  • Position:
    OPP
  • Year:
    JR
  • m
    23
  • k/s
    3.66
  • h %
    .278
  • a/s
    0.17
  • b/s
    0.53
  • sa/s
    0.19
  • d/s
    1.95

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 7 Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-0
Apr 8 Ottawa W, 3-1
Apr 12 Ottawa L, 3-1
Apr 30 vs. Georgetown W, 3-2
May 1 vs. Lawrence Tech L, 3-1
May 2 vs. Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 23 17
Sets 80 56
Kills 293 223
Kills per set 3.66 3.98
Errors 117 78
Total Attacks 634 448
Total Attacks per set 7.92 8.00
Hitting Percentage .278 .324
Assists 14 10
Assists per set 0.17 0.18
Service Total Attempts 270 198
Service Aces 15 11
Service Errors 19 15
Service Aces per set 0.19 0.20
Receptions 282 228
Reception Errors 7 6
Digs 156 113
Digs per set 1.95 2.02
Block Solo 9 9
Block Assist 33 16
Block Total 42 25
Blocks per set 0.53 0.45
Block Errors 8 3
Ball Handling Errors 2 2
Points 333.5 251.0
Points per set 4.2 4.5
Matches started 22 16
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Oct 4 at Rockhurst   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 17 at UHSP   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 6 vs. Simpson (CA) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 7 vs. Benedictine Mesa (AZ) W, 3-1 1 4 16 7 30 .300 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 5 0 5 0 19.5
Feb 7 at Jamestown W, 3-0 1 3 4 2 15 .133 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Feb 8 vs. Viterbo W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 11 at Missouri Baptist L, 3-2 1 5 12 10 34 .059 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 13.0
Feb 15 at Park L, 3-1 1 4 14 8 27 .222 1 0 2 27 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Feb 25 at Ottawa W, 3-1 1 4 20 3 38 .447 3 0 1 38 0 11 1 2 0 3 0 22.0
Feb 28 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-0 1 3 12 7 28 .179 0 1 1 34 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 13.0
Mar 1 UHSP W, 3-0 1 3 16 3 26 .500 1 0 1 12 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Mar 7 at William Penn (IA) W, 3-1 1 4 21 9 51 .235 1 0 1 35 0 14 0 2 0 2 0 22.0
Mar 8 at Grand View W, 3-1 1 2 5 3 8 .250 0 1 0 9 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Mar 11 Missouri Baptist W, 3-1 1 4 10 6 26 .154 0 0 1 12 0 4 1 4 0 5 0 13.0
Mar 13 at Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 15 Park W, 3-2 1 5 19 7 40 .300 0 1 3 0 0 8 2 4 1 6 0 24.0
Mar 21 Dordt (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 16 2 22 .636 1 0 0 24 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 16.0
Mar 22 Morningside W, 3-1 1 3 9 2 14 .500 0 3 1 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Mar 25 at UHSP W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 28 at Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 1 at Graceland W, 3-1 1 2 5 1 10 .400 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Apr 4 Clarke (IA) W, 3-1 1 3 10 6 19 .211 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 12.5
Apr 5 Mount Mercy W, 3-0 1 3 16 4 27 .444 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Apr 7 Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 22 .409 2 0 1 20 1 4 2 1 1 3 0 13.5
Apr 8 Ottawa W, 3-1 1 4 27 5 56 .393 0 2 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 30.0
Apr 12 Ottawa L, 3-1 1 4 10 8 31 .065 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 12.0
Apr 30 vs. Georgetown W, 3-2 1 5 20 7 50 .260 2 2 0 12 0 15 0 2 2 2 0 23.0
May 1 vs. Lawrence Tech L, 3-1 1 4 10 9 32 .031 0 1 1 36 1 9 0 2 2 2 0 12.0
May 2 vs. Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-1 1 4 10 6 28 .143 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 11.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2023-24 20 55 174 3.16 85 429 .207 6 0.11 5 0.09 79 8 76 1.38 5 22 27 0.49 195.0 3.5
2024-25 23 80 293 3.66 117 634 .278 14 0.17 15 0.19 282 7 156 1.95 9 33 42 0.53 333.5 4.2
Total 43 135 467 3.46 202 1063 .249 20 0.15 20 0.15 361 15 232 1.72 14 55 69 0.51 528.5 3.9
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 23 80 293 3.66 117 634 .278 14 0.17 15 0.19 282 7 156 1.95 9 33 42 0.53 333.5 4.2
Conference 17 56 223 3.98 78 448 .324 10 0.18 11 0.20 228 6 113 2.02 9 16 25 0.45 251.0 4.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 38 156 4.11 52 311 .334 5 0.13 9 0.24 115 4 74 1.95 7 16 23 0.61 180.0 4.7
Away 8 25 81 3.24 36 183 .246 6 0.24 2 0.08 114 2 49 1.96 2 5 7 0.28 87.5 3.5
Neutral 4 17 56 3.29 29 140 .193 3 0.18 4 0.24 53 1 33 1.94 0 12 12 0.71 66.0 3.9
Result Wins 18 59 237 4.02 76 482 .334 11 0.19 13 0.22 212 6 123 2.08 9 24 33 0.56 271.0 4.6
Losses 5 21 56 2.67 41 152 .099 3 0.14 2 0.10 70 1 33 1.57 0 9 9 0.43 62.5 3.0
Month February 6 23 78 3.39 37 172 .238 6 0.26 3 0.13 100 1 54 2.35 1 8 9 0.39 86.0 3.7
March 8 25 96 3.84 32 187 .342 3 0.12 5 0.20 104 4 47 1.88 3 11 14 0.56 109.5 4.4
April 7 24 99 4.13 33 215 .307 5 0.21 6 0.25 37 1 45 1.88 5 9 14 0.58 114.5 4.8
May 2 8 20 2.50 15 60 .083 0 0.00 1 0.13 41 1 10 1.25 0 5 5 0.63 23.5 2.9

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