15 Lindsey Mertz
Lindsey Mertz
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Frankenmuth, Mich.
  • High School:
    Frankenmuth
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    11
  • k/s
    0.48
  • h %
    .174
  • a/s
    11.32
  • b/s
    0.32
  • sa/s
    0.23
  • d/s
    2.10

Bio

2019: Named First-Team All-Conference for the third consecutive season after a record-breaking season as Hillsdale’s starting setter…Her 1,264 assists are a single-season school record in the 25-point rally score era (2008-present)…Averaged a conference-best 11.39 assists per set…Set an NCAA Division II season-high with 52 assists in a three-set match in a win at Tiffin Oct. 11…Had a season-high 59 assists in a 3-2 win over nationally ranked Palm Beach Atlantic Sept. 14…Also set a single-season career-high with 252 digs on the season, recording 14 matches with 10 or more…Notched season-best 15 digs in a win over Clarion Sept. 14…Had 44 assists and 12 digs in the regional quarterfinal win over Indianapolis.

2018: Brilliant setter who improved her court coverage and accuracy as a sophomore…Named First-Team All-Conference for the second year in a row…Already ranks sixth in school history with 2,361 assists in just two seasons…Tied Apryl Schmucker’s single-season school record with 1,258 assists in 2018…Set a single-match school record (rally score era) with 61 assists in a G-MAC Tournament Semifinal win over Lake Erie Nov. 9…Had six matches of double-digit kills, with a career-high of 19 in a road win over Lake Erie Oct. 21…Named G-MAC West Player of the Week Sept. 17…Also named to the Midwest Region Crossover All-Tournament Team in October…Had six matches of 50 or more assists.

2017: Stepped in as the starting setter in her freshman season and put together a remarkable campaign…Named the G-MAC Freshman of the Year and the AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year…No Charger player had ever been named regional freshman of the year previously…Directed Hillsdale to a team hitting percentage of .278 which ranked in the top 10 in the nation…Ranked second in the conference with 1,103 assists…Had 50 or more assists in three matches, including two postseason contests…Reached a season-high of 55 assists in a 3-1 win over eventual GLIAC champion Ferris State Oct. 13 and in the G-MAC Tournament Semifinal against Walsh…Second on the team with 38 service aces and had eight double digit dig matches…Had a season-high 17 digs in a match at Findlay Sept. 12…Dished out 46 assists and had 4 block assists in the 3-0 win over Findlay Nov. 10 that clinched the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament for Hillsdale…The G-MAC Player of the Week on Oct. 16 after being named to the Midwest Region Crossover All-Tournament Tea.

High School: Shattered Frankenmuth's school record for career assists (4,436), which is third-most in Michigan state history...Had more than 1,000 assists in all four of her seasons with the Eagles...First-Team All-Conference, All-Region and Second-Team All-State...Named to the Saginaw News Dream Team...Named one of the 250 best juniors in the country by Prep Volleyball Magazine in 2015...Had 158 blocks and 176 service aces in her prep career...Played club volleyball for Oakland Elite 15-1 and 16-1, and Legacy North 16-1 and 17-1...Vice president of the National Honor Society...Graduated in the top five of her class with a 4.1 grade point average...Volunteered for area tennis, basketball and volleyball camps...Born February 6, 1999...Parents are James and Andrea.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Apr 14 vs. Flagler L, 3-0
Apr 14 vs. Wingate L, 3-2
Apr 15 vs. Gannon W, 3-2
Apr 15 vs. Texas Woman's W, 3-0
Apr 16 vs. Henderson St. W, 3-1
Apr 17 vs. Gannon W, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 11 6
Sets 31 16
Kills 15 8
Kills per set 0.48 0.50
Errors 7 4
Total Attacks 46 26
Hitting Percentage .174 .154
Assists 351 172
Assists per set 11.32 10.75
Service Aces 7 1
Service Errors 2 1
Service Aces per set 0.23 0.06
Receptions 2 2
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 65 27
Digs per set 2.10 1.69
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 10 7
Block Total 10 7
Blocks per set 0.32 0.44
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 27.0 12.5
Points per set 0.9 0.8
Matches started 9 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 22 Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-0 1 2 2 0 2 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Jan 23 Ky. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 2 0 1 2 -.500 21 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Jan 29 at Malone W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 1 .000 34 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 30 at Walsh W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 11 .182 46 1 0 1 0 7 0 2 1 2 0 5.0
Feb 5 at Ursuline W, 3-0 1 2 1 0 3 .333 24 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Feb 6 at Gannon   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 10 Ashland W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 48 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Feb 12 Davenport W, 3-0 1 2 2 1 5 .200 20 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 4.0
Feb 13 Lake Erie W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 7 .000 25 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Feb 23 Tiffin W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 26 Ohio Dominican W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 27 Gannon L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 2 Findlay W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 5 at Cedarville W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 at Ohio Valley W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 9 Ursuline W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 12 Cedarville W, 3-2 1 5 1 1 6 .000 51 2 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Mar 13 Tiffin W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 6 .333 55 0 1 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Apr 14 vs. Flagler L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 14 vs. Wingate L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 15 vs. Gannon W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 15 vs. Texas Woman's W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 16 vs. Henderson St. W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 17 vs. Gannon W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  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
2017-18 31 103 42 0.41 12 103 .291 1103 10.71 38 0.37 2 0 223 2.17 1 21 22 0.21 91.5 0.9
2018-19 31 103 37 0.36 13 98 .245 1259 12.22 26 0.25 2 1 222 2.16 2 28 30 0.29 79.0 0.8
2019-20 32 111 44 0.40 19 173 .145 1264 11.39 30 0.27 5 1 252 2.27 4 37 41 0.37 96.5 0.9
2020-21 11 31 15 0.48 7 46 .174 351 11.32 7 0.23 2 0 65 2.10 0 10 10 0.32 27.0 0.9
2021-22 35 107 58 0.54 11 188 .250 1232 11.51 16 0.15 6 0 244 2.28 3 34 37 0.35 94.0 0.9
Total 140 455 196 0.43 62 608 .220 5209 11.45 117 0.26 17 2 1006 2.21 10 130 140 0.31 388.0 0.9
    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 11 31 15 0.48 7 46 .174 351 11.32 7 0.23 2 0 65 2.10 0 10 10 0.32 27.0 0.9
Conference 6 16 8 0.50 4 26 .154 172 10.75 1 0.06 2 0 27 1.69 0 7 7 0.44 12.5 0.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 8 22 11 0.50 6 31 .161 247 11.23 6 0.27 0 0 48 2.18 0 7 7 0.32 20.5 0.9
Away 3 9 4 0.44 1 15 .200 104 11.56 1 0.11 2 0 17 1.89 0 3 3 0.33 6.5 0.7
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 11 31 15 0.48 7 46 .174 351 11.32 7 0.23 2 0 65 2.10 0 10 10 0.32 27.0 0.9
Losses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Month January 4 11 5 0.45 2 16 .188 123 11.18 1 0.09 2 0 19 1.73 0 3 3 0.27 7.5 0.7
February 4 10 6 0.60 3 18 .167 117 11.70 4 0.40 0 0 23 2.30 0 4 4 0.40 12.0 1.2
March 3 10 4 0.40 2 12 .167 111 11.10 2 0.20 0 0 23 2.30 0 3 3 0.30 7.5 0.8

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