19 Blayne Koster
Blayne Koster
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Fr.
  • Hometown:
    St. Ansgar, Iowa
  • High School:
    St. Ansgar
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    23
  • k/s
    0.94
  • h %
    .057
  • a/s
    0.12
  • b/s
    0.04
  • sa/s
    0.19
  • d/s
    1.36

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Letterwinner (2021)
2021 | freshman
  • Played in 23 matches
  • Recorded 73 kills in 78 sets (0.94/set)
  • Ranked fourth on the team in digs (106) and aces (15)
  • Added nine assists and three blocks
  • Reached double-digit digs on three occasions including a season-high 17 against Central on Sept. 29
  • Knocked down a season-high 13 kills against Westminster on Oct. 16
  • Served up three aces two times
High School
  • A 2021 graduate of St. Ansgar High School
  • Named second team all-conference three times and honorable mention once
  • Earned four letters
  • Member of National Honor Society and student council
Personal
  • Daughter of Kevin and Delores Koster
  • Has three siblings, Logan, Amelia and Kyndall
  • Majoring in elementary education with a minor in special education

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 23 at Coe L, 3-0
Oct 27 at Buena Vista L, 3-2
Oct 29 vs. Benedictine (Ill.) L, 3-0
Oct 29 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 3-0
Oct 30 vs. Dominican (Ill.) W, 3-1
Nov 2 at Loras L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 23 8
Sets 78 30
Kills 73 32
Kills per set 0.94 1.07
Errors 56 29
Total Attacks 300 155
Total Attacks per set 3.85 5.17
Hitting Percentage .057 .019
Assists 9 6
Assists per set 0.12 0.20
Service Aces 15 8
Service Errors 39 21
Service Aces per set 0.19 0.27
Receptions 141 52
Reception Errors 17 4
Digs 106 58
Digs per set 1.36 1.93
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 3 1
Block Total 3 1
Blocks per set 0.04 0.03
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 3 1
Points 89.5 40.5
Points per set 1.1 1.4
Matches started 10 6
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 Grinnell L, 3-2 - 5 1 0 3 .333 0 3 2 10 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 3 vs. Minn.-Morris L, 3-1 - 4 1 1 10 .000 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 3 vs. Wis.-Superior W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 4 vs. Dominican (Ill.) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 15 Neb. Wesleyan W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 1 5 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 17 at Wis.-La Crosse L, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 17 vs. Wis.-Stevens Point L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 1 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 18 vs. Hamline L, 3-0 1 3 0 1 4 -.250 1 1 0 14 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 18 vs. Elmhurst L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 21 at Luther W, 3-0 - 3 1 1 3 .000 1 1 2 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 29 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1 1 4 5 6 32 -.031 2 2 2 26 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 7.0
Oct 8 Dubuque L, 3-0 1 3 7 1 30 .200 2 1 2 - 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 8.5
Oct 9 Loras W, 3-2 1 5 7 6 24 .042 1 0 2 - 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 15 vs. Trine L, 3-0 - 3 2 6 12 -.333 0 0 3 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 16 vs. Westminster (Mo.) W, 3-0 1 3 13 2 28 .393 0 1 3 - 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 15.0
Oct 16 vs. Albion L, 3-0 - 3 2 2 11 .000 0 0 4 - 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 22 at Wartburg L, 3-0 1 3 1 4 18 -.167 0 0 3 - 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 23 at Coe L, 3-0 1 3 2 6 10 -.400 0 3 2 - 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 27 at Buena Vista L, 3-2 1 5 9 5 38 .105 0 0 3 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 29 vs. Benedictine (Ill.) L, 3-0 - 2 1 1 7 .000 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 29 at Augustana (Ill.) L, 3-0 - 3 7 4 22 .136 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Oct 30 vs. Dominican (Ill.) W, 3-1 1 2 5 4 14 .071 2 0 2 - 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5.0
Nov 2 at Loras L, 3-2 - 5 9 5 27 .148 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 9.0
  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 23 78 73 0.94 56 300 .057 9 0.12 15 0.19 141 17 106 1.36 0 3 3 0.04 89.5 1.1
2022-23 7 13 14 1.08 15 62 -.016 0 0.00 1 0.08 26 1 8 0.62 0 0 0 0.00 15.0 1.2
2023-24 19 40 77 1.93 52 226 .111 0 0.00 2 0.05 101 15 32 0.80 2 4 6 0.15 83.0 2.1
2024-25 6 15 19 1.27 22 81 -.037 0 0.00 2 0.13 17 6 6 0.40 0 2 2 0.13 22.0 1.5
Total 55 146 183 1.25 145 669 .057 9 0.06 20 0.14 285 39 152 1.04 2 9 11 0.08 209.5 1.4
    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 23 78 73 0.94 56 300 .057 9 0.12 15 0.19 141 17 106 1.36 0 3 3 0.04 89.5 1.1
Conference 8 30 32 1.07 29 155 .019 6 0.20 8 0.27 52 4 58 1.93 0 1 1 0.03 40.5 1.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 21 20 0.95 13 89 .079 5 0.24 7 0.33 47 3 49 2.33 0 1 1 0.05 27.5 1.3
Away 7 24 29 1.21 25 118 .034 1 0.04 4 0.17 19 5 21 0.88 0 0 0 0.00 33.0 1.4
Neutral 11 33 24 0.73 18 93 .065 3 0.09 4 0.12 75 9 36 1.09 0 2 2 0.06 29.0 0.9
Result Wins 8 28 31 1.11 19 102 .118 6 0.21 6 0.21 67 2 45 1.61 0 2 2 0.07 38.0 1.4
Losses 15 50 42 0.84 37 198 .025 3 0.06 9 0.18 74 15 61 1.22 0 1 1 0.02 51.5 1.0
Month September 11 38 8 0.21 10 59 -.034 4 0.11 10 0.26 125 7 55 1.45 0 0 0 0.00 18.0 0.5
October 11 35 56 1.60 41 214 .070 5 0.14 5 0.14 16 9 47 1.34 0 3 3 0.09 62.5 1.8
November 1 5 9 1.80 5 27 .148 0 0.00 0 0.00 - 1 4 0.80 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 1.8

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