Two. That’s how many aces Hope Lodell needs to be the first Wolf to hit 100 in a season. (John Fisken photo)
Hope Lodell is pretty much the best server playing high school volleyball in Washington state.
At least among players whose coaches have submitted stats to MaxPreps.
As Coupeville (11-4 overall) prepares to host the district tourney this Saturday, a look at the regular season numbers finds the Wolves popping up 13 times among the best 1A has to offer.
From Valen Trujillo (#5 in digs) to Emma Smith (#17 in blocks), CHS players can stand with the best in their division.
But one Wolf is taking her name to a higher level, and that’s Lodell.
The junior has ripped off 98 service aces this season — a school single-season record — which puts her #1 in 1A and #3 across all divisions (2B-4A).
But, she trails Mollie Olson of Napavine and Samantha Johnson of Northwest Christian by just a piddly two aces, despite having way less opportunities at the line than either of her fellow snipers.
Olson has fired off 366 serves, Johnson 320 and Lodell just a relatively modest 260.
And yet she trails by just TWO aces.
That’s largely because Lodell is cranking out an ace on 37.7% of her serves, the best figure compiled by anyone in the top 50.
As you count down the hours until the first district match (1:30 PM Saturday), some statsy stat stats to peruse:
Sets Played:
Katrina McGranahan 54
Ashley Menges 54
Lauren Rose 54
Emma Smith 54
Valen Trujillo 54
Payton Aparicio 53
Hope Lodell 52
Tiffany Briscoe 51
Mikayla Elfrank 49
Ally Roberts 38
Sarah Wright 12
Allison Wenzel 6
Maddy Hilkey 1
Scout Smith 1
Kills:
McGranahan 78 (#14 in 1A)
Elfrank 63 (#20 in 1A)
Lodell 62
Aparicio 40
E. Smith 40
Briscoe 38
Wright 16
Roberts 9
Wenzel 5
Trujillo 4
Menges 2
Rose 2
Kill Percentage:
Menges 66.7
Wright 38.1
E. Smith 37.4
McGranahan 36.4
Roberts 36.0
Elfrank 35.8
Briscoe 30.2
Lodell 29.5
Wenzel 29.4
Rose 25.0
Aparicio 24.7
Trujillo 18.2
Hitting Percentage:
Menges .333
Wenzel .235
Wright .214
Roberts .200
McGranahan .173
Briscoe .135
E. Smith .103
Elfrank .023
Digs:
Trujillo 175 (#5 in 1A)
Lodell 118 (#11 in 1A)
Aparicio 66
Rose 38
Roberts 37
McGranahan 24
Menges 17
Briscoe 11
Elfrank 9
E. Smith 9
Wenzel 4
Wright 3
Blocks:
E. Smith 14 (#17 in 1A)
McGranahan 12
Elfrank 4
Aparicio 3
Wright 3
Briscoe 1
Lodell 1
Service Returns:
Trujillo 291
Lodell 192
Aparicio 123
Roberts 47
Wenzel 12
Briscoe 4
E. Smith 4
Elfrank 3
McGranahan 3
Menges 3
Rose 2
Wright 1
Assists:
Rose 163 (#10 in 1A)
Menges 124 (#11 in 1A)
Trujillo 6
Lodell 4
Roberts 3
Aparicio 2
Briscoe 2
Elfrank 1
McGranahan 1
Wright 1
Serving Percentage:
Elfrank 100.0
Rose 92.8
Trujillo 90.3
Aparicio 87.2
Lodell 83.8
McGranahan 82.3
Menges 82.3
Roberts 40.0
Service Points:
Lodell 161
Rose 122
McGranahan 121
Menges 103
Aparicio 91
Trujillo 85
Elfrank 3
Roberts 2
Service Aces:
Lodell 98 (#1 in 1A, #3 in all divisions)
McGranahan 56 (#3 in 1A, #18 in all divisions)
Aparicio 49 (#6 in 1A)
Menges 42 (#8 in 1A)
Trujillo 34 (#14 in 1A)
Rose 33 (#16 in 1A)
Elfrank 1
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