13 Marilyn Popplewell
Marilyn Popplewell
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    So
  • Hometown:
    Mason, OH
  • High School:
    Mason
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    34
  • k/s
    3.17
  • h %
    .250
  • a/s
    0.07
  • b/s
    0.33
  • sa/s
    0.05
  • d/s
    0.91

Bio

2021: Breakout star of Hillsdale's NCAA DII Tournament, going from barely playing just a month before to one of the most important pieces in the Chargers' tourney run...totaled 54 of her 109 kills in Hillsdale's six postseason matches, including a career-high and team-leading 18 kills in Hillsdale's four-set victory over Ferris State to clinch the NCAA Midwest Regional title (Dec. 4)...also hit .500 with nine kills in Hillsdale's narrow five-set victory over Michigan Tech in the regional semifinal (Dec. 3)...emergence started in a three-set loss to Ferris State on Oct. 26, when Popplewell came off the bench to hit .600 with 10 kills against the Bulldogs...finished sixth on the team in kills despite playing in just 18 matches, and her 2.32 kills per set ranked fourth among Hillsdale players...will contend for a full-time starting role in the fall of 2022.

High School: Two-sport athlete and star for Mason High School (OH)...put up 545 kills in four seasons for the Comets, leading Mason to four straight Greater Miami Conference titles and earning three straight All-Conference and two straight All-District honors, as well as the 2020 GMC Player of the Year Award...also helped lead Mason to the OHSAA state semifinals in basketball in 2018, and earned honorable mention All-Ohio honors in 2021...standout on the club volleyball scene with Elevation...4-year winner of the Mason High Principal's Award for Academic Achievement, and a recipient of the Ohio State Leadership Book Award in 2021...was a part of the Mason High choir and volunteered with the school's peer tutoring program...parents are Matt and Katie Hornung.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 5 Malone W, 3-1
Nov 10 vs. Northwood W, 3-0
Nov 11 vs. Walsh W, 3-1
Nov 12 vs. Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-0
Nov 17 vs. Lewis W, 3-2
Nov 18 vs. Ferris St. L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 34 17
Sets 124 59
Kills 393 188
Kills per set 3.17 3.19
Errors 123 54
Total Attacks 1082 488
Hitting Percentage .250 .275
Assists 9 4
Assists per set 0.07 0.07
Service Aces 6 4
Service Errors 3 1
Service Aces per set 0.05 0.07
Receptions 220 95
Reception Errors 10 5
Digs 113 45
Digs per set 0.91 0.76
Block Solo 4 3
Block Assist 37 20
Block Total 41 23
Blocks per set 0.33 0.39
Block Errors 3 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 421.5 205.0
Points per set 3.4 3.5
Matches started 24 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 26 vs. Minn. St. Mankato W, 3-0 1 3 11 1 22 .455 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 12.0
Aug 26 at Rockhurst L, 3-1 1 4 6 6 22 .000 1 0 1 9 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 7.0
Aug 27 vs. Missouri Western State W, 3-2 - 4 12 8 38 .105 1 0 0 13 1 11 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Aug 27 vs. Black Hills St. W, 3-2 1 4 5 4 24 .042 0 0 0 8 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 1 Ferris St. W, 3-1 1 4 8 5 42 .071 0 0 0 8 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 2 Missouri S&T W, 3-1 1 4 15 2 37 .351 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 16.0
Sep 2 Gannon W, 3-0 - 3 18 4 49 .286 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 18.0
Sep 3 Colorado Mines L, 3-1 1 4 9 2 31 .226 0 0 0 8 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 9.5
Sep 6 Davenport W, 3-2 1 5 17 2 40 .375 1 0 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 18.0
Sep 10 at Lake Erie W, 3-0 1 2 6 1 10 .500 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Sep 11 at Ursuline W, 3-0 - 3 8 1 16 .438 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
Sep 16 at Malone W, 3-0 1 3 13 3 30 .333 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Sep 17 at Walsh W, 3-0 1 3 9 2 14 .500 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 23 Ky. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 2 5 0 13 .385 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 24 Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-0 - 3 12 3 26 .346 0 1 1 7 0 10 0 2 0 2 1 14.0
Sep 27 Northwood W, 3-1 - 4 16 5 34 .324 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 17.5
Sep 30 at Cedarville (Ohio) L, 3-2 - 5 19 4 53 .283 0 0 0 10 2 3 0 2 0 2 0 20.0
Oct 1 at Ohio Dominican W, 3-1 1 4 9 3 30 .200 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Oct 7 at Tiffin W, 3-1 1 4 16 5 29 .379 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Oct 8 at Ashland L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 23 .043 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 14 vs. Grand Valley St. L, 3-2 1 5 12 2 40 .250 0 2 0 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 14.0
Oct 14 vs. Lewis L, 3-2 - 4 12 5 54 .130 0 0 0 6 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 15 vs. Northern Mich. W, 3-0 - 2 5 1 9 .444 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 18 at Northwood W, 3-2 1 5 8 5 41 .073 1 0 0 7 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Oct 21 Lake Erie W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 16 .375 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
Oct 22 Ursuline W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 15 .600 0 2 0 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 28 Findlay W, 3-1 1 4 19 4 53 .283 1 0 0 13 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 20.0
Oct 29 at Findlay W, 3-1 1 4 10 4 31 .194 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 4 Walsh W, 3-1 1 4 16 8 54 .148 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 18.0
Nov 5 Malone W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 10 vs. Northwood W, 3-0 1 3 11 6 27 .185 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Nov 11 vs. Walsh W, 3-1 1 4 14 3 29 .379 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 3 1 3 0 15.5
Nov 12 vs. Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-0 1 3 10 5 23 .217 1 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 17 vs. Lewis W, 3-2 1 5 28 8 69 .290 1 0 0 10 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 28.5
Nov 18 vs. Ferris St. L, 3-1 - 4 12 5 38 .184 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
  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
2021-22 18 47 109 2.32 35 283 .261 2 0.04 0 0.00 24 1 23 0.49 1 9 10 0.21 114.5 2.4
2022-23 34 124 393 3.17 123 1082 .250 9 0.07 6 0.05 220 10 113 0.91 4 37 41 0.33 421.5 3.4
2023-24 34 117 394 3.37 107 1047 .274 21 0.18 34 0.29 545 18 266 2.27 7 25 32 0.27 447.5 3.8
Total 86 288 896 3.11 265 2412 .262 32 0.11 40 0.14 789 29 402 1.40 12 71 83 0.29 983.5 3.4
    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 34 124 393 3.17 123 1082 .250 9 0.07 6 0.05 220 10 113 0.91 4 37 41 0.33 421.5 3.4
Conference 17 59 188 3.19 54 488 .275 4 0.07 4 0.07 95 5 45 0.76 3 20 23 0.39 205.0 3.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 43 152 3.53 37 410 .280 2 0.05 4 0.09 74 3 45 1.05 1 17 18 0.42 165.5 3.8
Away 11 40 109 2.73 38 299 .237 4 0.10 0 0.00 63 3 25 0.63 3 8 11 0.28 116.0 2.9
Neutral 11 41 132 3.22 48 373 .225 3 0.07 2 0.05 83 4 43 1.05 0 12 12 0.29 140.0 3.4
Result Wins 27 95 318 3.35 95 821 .272 8 0.08 4 0.04 161 6 85 0.89 3 31 34 0.36 340.5 3.6
Losses 7 29 75 2.59 28 261 .180 1 0.03 2 0.07 59 4 28 0.97 1 6 7 0.24 81.0 2.8
Month August 4 15 34 2.27 19 106 .142 2 0.13 0 0.00 37 2 22 1.47 1 5 6 0.40 37.5 2.5
September 13 45 155 3.44 34 395 .306 2 0.04 2 0.04 71 5 41 0.91 2 12 14 0.31 165.0 3.7
October 11 41 113 2.76 35 341 .229 3 0.07 4 0.10 65 3 34 0.83 1 10 11 0.27 123.0 3.0
November 6 23 91 3.96 35 240 .233 2 0.09 0 0.00 47 0 16 0.70 0 10 10 0.43 96.0 4.2

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