Marilyn Popplewell

13 Marilyn Popplewell

Height:

5-11
Year:

Jr
Hometown:

Mason, OH
High School:

Mason
Position:

OH

m

34
k/s

3.37
h %

.274
a/s

0.18
b/s

0.27
sa/s

0.29
d/s

2.27

Bio

2022: One of Hillsdale's top offensive weapons in her first full season as a starter, earning first-team All-G-MAC honors while finishing in the top 10 in the conference in kills per set and points per set...also earned CSC Academic All-District honors as one of the volleyball team's top student-athletes off the court as well as on it...second on the team in 2022 with 393 kills, the eighth-most in a single season in Hillsdale College history under the current scoring rules...had one of the greatest single-match performances in Chargers history in Hillsdale's five-set upset of second-seeded Lewis in the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 17), breaking the program record for kills in a single match with 28...finished with double-digit kills in 20 of the 34 matches she played in, including the final eight matches of the season to help Hillsdale clinch the G-MAC North Division title, win the G-MAC Tournament for the sixth-straight year, and make a run in the NCAA Tournament.

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 10	at Tiffin	W, 3-0
Nov 11	at Findlay	L, 3-2
Nov 14	Cedarville	W, 3-0
Nov 17	Findlay	W, 3-0
Nov 18	Ohio Dominican	W, 3-2
Nov 30	vs. Ferris St.	L, 3-2

	Overall	Conf
Matches	34	19
Sets	117	61
Kills	394	189
Kills per set	3.37	3.10
Errors	107	56
Total Attacks	1047	524
Hitting Percentage	.274	.254
Assists	21	14
Assists per set	0.18	0.23
Service Aces	34	19
Service Errors	11	6
Service Aces per set	0.29	0.31
Receptions	545	278
Reception Errors	18	10
Digs	266	142
Digs per set	2.27	2.33
Block Solo	7	3
Block Assist	25	15
Block Total	32	18
Blocks per set	0.27	0.30
Block Errors	7	1
Ball Handling Errors	4	1
Points	447.5	218.5
Points per set	3.8	3.6
Matches started	27	18

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	sa	se	r	re	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe	pts
Sep 1	at Northern Mich.	W, 3-0	1	3	11	1	20	.500	0	1	0	9	0	7	0	0	0	0	2	12.0
Sep 1	vs. Winona St.	L, 3-2	-	5	16	7	48	.188	0	0	0	17	0	9	1	0	2	1	0	17.0
Sep 2	vs. Concordia-St. Paul	L, 3-0	-	3	10	4	25	.240	0	0	1	18	1	7	0	1	0	1	0	10.5
Sep 2	vs. Michigan Tech	W, 3-2	-	5	15	5	40	.250	1	1	0	12	0	11	1	0	1	1	0	17.0
Sep 7	vs. Indiana (Pa.)	W, 3-1	-	4	14	4	33	.303	2	0	0	4	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	14.5
Sep 8	vs. Wayne St. (Mich.)	W, 3-1	1	4	15	2	35	.371	0	8	1	24	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	23.0
Sep 9	vs. Bloomsburg	W, 3-0	-	3	5	0	14	.357	0	1	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.0
Sep 9	vs. Saginaw Valley	W, 3-0	-	3	13	2	26	.423	1	0	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	13.0
Sep 15	Ursuline	W, 3-0	1	3	6	1	14	.357	3	0	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	6.5
Sep 16	Lake Erie	W, 3-0	1	3	11	3	23	.348	1	0	2	14	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	12.0
Sep 20	Northwood	W, 3-2	1	5	7	4	33	.091	0	0	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0
Sep 22	Cedarville	W, 3-0	1	3	14	2	32	.375	0	0	0	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	14.0
Sep 23	Thomas More	W, 3-0	1	2	6	3	26	.115	0	1	0	10	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.0
Sep 29	at Lake Erie	W, 3-0	1	3	9	2	20	.350	0	0	0	14	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	9.0
Sep 30	at Ursuline	W, 3-0	1	2	3	0	9	.333	0	2	0	11	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5.5
Oct 1	at Walsh	L, 3-2	1	5	22	4	48	.375	1	3	1	30	2	13	0	1	0	1	0	25.5
Oct 6	at Northwood	W, 3-1	-	4	15	2	35	.371	3	1	0	11	0	6	1	2	1	3	0	18.0
Oct 13	vs. Maryville (Mo.)	W, 3-1	1	4	15	2	35	.371	1	0	0	30	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	15.5
Oct 13	vs. Michigan Tech	W, 3-0	1	3	20	8	43	.279	1	0	0	21	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	20.0
Oct 14	vs. Quincy	L, 3-0	1	3	10	6	31	.129	0	0	1	24	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	11.0
Oct 20	Ashland	W, 3-0	1	3	8	3	20	.250	2	1	0	4	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	9.5
Oct 21	Ohio Dominican	W, 3-0	1	3	8	2	20	.300	1	5	0	13	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	13.5
Oct 22	Findlay	L, 3-2	1	5	17	8	45	.200	1	1	1	36	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	18.5
Oct 27	at Ky. Wesleyan	W, 3-0	1	3	5	7	30	-.067	0	0	1	15	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	5.5
Oct 28	at Trevecca Nazarene	W, 3-0	1	3	14	3	36	.306	0	0	0	16	2	14	1	2	0	3	0	16.0
Nov 3	Malone	W, 3-0	1	2	7	1	11	.545	2	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.0
Nov 4	Walsh	W, 3-0	1	3	11	2	33	.273	0	3	0	10	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	14.5
Nov 9	at Malone	W, 3-0	1	1	5	1	16	.250	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	5.5
Nov 10	at Tiffin	W, 3-0	1	3	10	3	30	.233	0	1	0	24	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	11.0
Nov 11	at Findlay	L, 3-2	1	5	11	5	43	.140	0	0	1	41	3	12	0	2	0	2	0	12.0
Nov 14	Cedarville	W, 3-0	1	3	17	1	28	.571	1	1	0	11	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	18.0
Nov 17	Findlay	W, 3-0	1	3	11	0	32	.344	0	3	0	37	2	15	0	2	0	2	0	15.0
Nov 18	Ohio Dominican	W, 3-2	1	5	13	5	51	.157	0	0	1	16	0	6	1	4	2	5	0	16.0
Nov 30	vs. Ferris St.	L, 3-2	1	5	20	4	62	.258	0	0	0	26	1	13	0	1	0	1	1	20.5

	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	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
	Conference	19	61	189	3.10	56	524	.254	14	0.23	19	0.31	278	10	142	2.33	3	15	18	0.30	218.5	3.6
	Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location	Home	13	43	136	3.16	35	368	.274	11	0.26	16	0.37	177	4	87	2.02	2	11	13	0.30	159.5	3.7
	Away	10	32	105	3.28	28	287	.268	4	0.13	8	0.25	174	8	88	2.75	2	10	12	0.38	120.0	3.8
	Neutral	11	42	153	3.64	44	392	.278	6	0.14	10	0.24	194	6	91	2.17	3	4	7	0.17	168.0	4.0
Result	Wins	27	86	288	3.35	69	745	.294	19	0.22	30	0.35	353	10	189	2.20	5	19	24	0.28	332.5	3.9
Result	Losses	7	31	106	3.42	38	302	.225	2	0.06	4	0.13	192	8	77	2.48	2	6	8	0.26	115.0	3.7
Month	September	15	51	155	3.04	40	398	.289	8	0.16	14	0.27	171	5	97	1.90	3	4	7	0.14	174.0	3.4
	October	10	36	134	3.72	45	343	.259	10	0.28	11	0.31	200	7	98	2.72	3	10	13	0.36	153.0	4.3
	November	9	30	105	3.50	22	306	.271	3	0.10	9	0.30	174	6	71	2.37	1	11	12	0.40	120.5	4.0

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