Line Up Question and a Look at Rotations

The B1G season has ended and the results by rotation for the conference matches are complete.  So what rotations have been the most successful? 

If Penn State really needs a point on serve, which rotation has the best shot?  The answer is rotation 1 with Bryanna Weiskercher serving.  Bryanna has a 47.5% success rate when serving, which is the best on the team.

It the team needs the point when receiving serve, then the best shot comes with rotation 3.  That rotation has scored 68.6% of the time when receiving serve. 

Who do you not want serving?  That would be rotations 2 and 4 with Kendall, Jonni, or Gabby serving as they have won less than 40% of the time.

Who do you not want receiving?  Rotation 2 is the only rotation that has won fewer than 60% of the points when receiving serve.

Here is a listing of the rotations:

      Rotation             Back Row                                            Front Row

           1                  Weiskercher, White, Leath                     Reed, Gray, Parker
         
           2                  White, Leath, Parker                             Weiskercher, Reed, Gray

           3                  Leath, Parker, White                             Hord, Weiskercher, Reed

           4                  Parker/Blossom, White, Hampton           Leath, Hord, Weiskercher

           5                  Gray/White, Hampton, Weiskercher        Parker, Leath, Hord

           6                  Hampton, Weiskercher, White                Gray, Parker, Leath 
    


Results:

                              Winning Percentage                
               Points 
               Played  Serving   Receiving  Total     

     Ro 1     612      47.5         65.3       55.6

     Ro 2     503      39.7         58.0       49.5

     Ro 3     458      43.5         68.6       55.0

     Ro 4     469      39.2         63.4       50.7

     Ro 5     513      42.1         67.4       53.6

     Ro 6     569      43.2         66.7       54.0


While the final two matches went against the overall trend, the team ended up the B1G season with stats that show them holding serve at a decreasing rate each set 


               Points Won When Serving

                   Set 1 - 49.2%

                   Set 2 - 42.2%

                   Set 3 - 40.0%

                   Set 4 - 38.5%

                   Set 5 - 37.1%




And finally, here are the winning percentages by server for the B1G season :



                   Starters



                         Won    Lost    %-won

   Weiskercher    158     176      47.5%

    Leath              78       94      45.3%

    Gray               91      115      44.2%

    Hampton        133     175      43.2%

    Parker             58       79      42.3%

    White              97      142      40.6%

    Blossom          49        79      38.3%



                        Subs

                       Won      Lost    %-won

    Cathey           8         10       44.4%

    Hill                4           6       40.0%

    Sciorra          27        43       38.6%

    Gorrell           5          11       31.3%

    Hoffman         5          15      25.0%

    Krause           0           6         0.0%