Lindsey Mertz

15 Lindsey Mertz

Height:

5-11
Year:

Sr
Hometown:

Frankenmuth, Mich.
High School:

Frankenmuth
Position:

S

m

35
k/s

0.54
h %

.250
a/s

11.51
b/s

0.35
sa/s

0.15
d/s

2.28

Bio

2020-21: One of the best setters in program history, missed six of the 17 matches the Chargers played in the Spring 2021 season but returned in time to help Hillsdale capture a fourth-straight G-MAC tournament title...her assists per set of 11.32 led the G-MAC for the Spring 2021 season and was tops in the nation at one point during the year...played her best matches in the G-MAC tournament, putting up a new season high 51 assists in the Chargers' five-set victory over Cedarville in the semifinal (March 12), then surpassing that total with 55 assists in a four-set victory over Tiffin in the final to clinch the crown...also an excellent student, earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors for the 2020-21 season...returns for a fifth season in the fall of 2021 thanks to the waiver granted by the NCAA to athletes affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and has a real chance to become Hillsdale's all-time assists leader -- she's currently fourth with 3,977, 663 behind current record-holder Stephanie Booms ('04-'08).

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
Nov 19	Trevecca Nazarene	W, 3-0
Nov 20	Ashland	W, 3-1
Dec 2	vs. Grand Valley St.	W, 3-0
Dec 3	vs. Michigan Tech	W, 3-2
Dec 4	at Ferris St.	W, 3-1
Dec 9	vs. Gannon	L, 3-1

	Overall	Conf
Matches	35	16
Sets	107	41
Kills	58	30
Kills per set	0.54	0.73
Errors	11	3
Total Attacks	188	93
Hitting Percentage	.250	.290
Assists	1232	467
Assists per set	11.51	11.39
Service Aces	16	10
Service Errors	12	6
Service Aces per set	0.15	0.24
Receptions	6	5
Reception Errors	0	0
Digs	244	94
Digs per set	2.28	2.29
Block Solo	3	0
Block Assist	34	14
Block Total	37	14
Blocks per set	0.35	0.34
Block Errors	6	1
Ball Handling Errors	11	1
Points	94.0	47.0
Points per set	0.9	1.1
Matches started	18	5

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	sa	se	r	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe	pts
Sep 3	vs. Mo.-St. Louis	W, 3-2	1	5	0	1	4	-.250	57	0	0	0	11	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Sep 3	vs. Saint Leo	W, 3-0	1	3	1	0	5	.200	34	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	2	1.5
Sep 4	vs. Winona St.	L, 3-1	1	4	5	1	10	.400	35	1	1	0	8	0	2	0	2	0	7.0
Sep 4	vs. Okla. Baptist	L, 3-1	1	3	0	0	2	.000	37	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.5
Sep 10	vs. Lenoir-Rhyne	W, 3-0	-	3	2	0	5	.400	46	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Sep 10	vs. Emmanuel (Ga.)	W, 3-0	-	2	2	0	3	.667	21	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	2.5
Sep 11	vs. American Int'l	W, 3-0	1	3	1	0	2	.500	38	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	1.5
Sep 11	at Palm Beach Atl.	W, 3-0	-	3	2	0	2	1.000	40	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	2	0	3.0
Sep 17	Malone	W, 3-1	-	3	1	0	4	.250	37	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Sep 18	Walsh	W, 3-1	-	4	2	0	9	.222	42	0	1	0	9	0	2	0	2	0	3.0
Sep 24	at Ky. Wesleyan	W, 3-1	-	3	3	0	4	.750	24	0	0	1	11	0	1	0	1	0	3.5
Sep 25	at Trevecca Nazarene	W, 3-1	1	4	3	1	8	.250	42	1	1	0	9	0	1	0	1	0	4.5
Sep 28	at Findlay	W, 3-0	1	3	2	0	5	.400	35	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	2	0	3.0
Oct 1	at Lake Erie	W, 3-0	-	1	0	0	0	-	13	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Oct 2	at Ursuline	W, 3-0	-	3	3	0	10	.300	30	3	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	6.0
Oct 5	at Davenport	W, 3-2	1	5	1	0	2	.500	48	0	0	0	9	0	1	1	1	1	1.5
Oct 8	Cedarville	W, 3-0	-	3	2	0	6	.333	38	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Oct 9	Ohio Dominican	W, 3-0	-	2	3	0	3	1.000	22	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6.0
Oct 15	vs. Indianapolis	W, 3-0	-	3	2	1	6	.167	36	0	1	0	12	1	2	0	3	0	4.0
Oct 15	vs. Lewis	W, 3-0	1	3	3	0	7	.429	34	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	3.0
Oct 16	vs. Michigan Tech	L, 3-0	1	3	1	0	5	.200	34	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Oct 22	Ashland	W, 3-0	-	3	2	0	7	.286	45	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	3.5
Oct 23	Tiffin	W, 3-0	-	1	1	0	1	1.000	12	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	1.5
Oct 26	Ferris St.	L, 3-0	-	3	3	0	8	.375	38	1	1	0	10	0	2	0	2	1	5.0
Oct 29	at Malone	W, 3-0	-	1	1	1	4	.000	11	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2.0
Oct 30	at Walsh	W, 3-0	1	3	4	0	25	.160	28	1	1	1	7	0	2	0	2	0	6.0
Nov 5	Findlay	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	-	36	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1.5
Nov 12	Lake Erie	W, 3-0	-	1	1	0	1	1.000	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Nov 13	Ursuline	W, 3-0	1	3	2	1	6	.167	39	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	2.5
Nov 19	Trevecca Nazarene	W, 3-0	1	3	1	0	3	.333	25	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	2.5
Nov 20	Ashland	W, 3-1	1	4	1	1	9	.000	53	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	2	1.0
Dec 2	vs. Grand Valley St.	W, 3-0	-	3	2	2	7	.000	41	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Dec 3	vs. Michigan Tech	W, 3-2	1	5	0	2	3	-.667	52	0	1	0	14	0	1	1	1	0	0.5
Dec 4	at Ferris St.	W, 3-1	1	4	1	0	6	.167	57	2	0	1	7	1	2	0	3	0	5.0
Dec 9	vs. Gannon	L, 3-1	1	4	0	0	6	.000	39	1	0	0	7	1	1	0	2	1	2.5

	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
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	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
	Conference	16	41	30	0.73	3	93	.290	467	11.39	10	0.24	5	0	94	2.29	0	14	14	0.34	47.0	1.1
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	12	33	19	0.58	2	57	.298	400	12.12	6	0.18	0	0	77	2.33	0	11	11	0.33	30.5	0.9
	Away	10	30	20	0.67	2	66	.273	328	10.93	7	0.23	6	0	61	2.03	1	13	14	0.47	34.5	1.1
	Neutral	13	44	19	0.43	7	65	.185	504	11.45	3	0.07	0	0	106	2.41	2	10	12	0.27	29.0	0.7
Result	Wins	30	90	49	0.54	10	157	.248	1049	11.66	12	0.13	6	0	210	2.33	2	28	30	0.33	77.0	0.9
Result	Losses	5	17	9	0.53	1	31	.258	183	10.76	4	0.24	0	0	34	2.00	1	6	7	0.41	17.0	1.0
Month	September	13	43	24	0.56	3	63	.333	488	11.35	3	0.07	1	0	98	2.28	0	14	14	0.33	34.0	0.8
	October	13	34	26	0.76	2	84	.286	389	11.44	9	0.26	4	0	82	2.41	1	11	12	0.35	41.5	1.2
	November	5	14	5	0.36	2	19	.158	166	11.86	1	0.07	0	0	27	1.93	0	5	5	0.36	8.5	0.6
	December	4	16	3	0.19	4	22	-.045	189	11.81	3	0.19	1	0	37	2.31	2	4	6	0.38	10.0	0.6

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