19 Blayne Koster
Blayne Koster
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    St. Ansgar, Iowa
  • High School:
    St. Ansgar
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    19
  • k/s
    1.93
  • h %
    .111
  • a/s
    0.00
  • b/s
    0.15
  • sa/s
    0.05
  • d/s
    0.80

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Two-time American Rivers Conference All-Academic Team (2022, 23)
  • Best Teammate Award (2023)
  • Three-time letterwinner (2021, 22, 23)
2023 | junior
  • Voted to the All-A-R-C Academic Team
  • Named Best Teammate
  • Appeared in 19 matches and 40 sets
  • Recorded 77 kills for 1.93 per set
  • Added 32 digs, six blocks, and two aces
2022 | sophomore
  • Recorded 14 kills in 13 sets for 1.08/set
  • Added one ace and eight digs
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 physical education with a minor in special education

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 19 Grinnell L, 3-1
Oct 27 at Coe L, 3-0
Oct 28 at Wartburg L, 3-1
Nov 1 at Luther W, 3-0
Nov 7 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1
Nov 9 at Dubuque L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 19 6
Sets 40 15
Kills 77 35
Kills per set 1.93 2.33
Errors 52 19
Total Attacks 226 96
Total Attacks per set 5.65 6.40
Hitting Percentage .111 .167
Assists 0 0
Assists per set 0.00 0.00
Service Aces 2 0
Service Errors 6 1
Service Aces per set 0.05 0.00
Receptions 101 58
Reception Errors 15 9
Digs 32 13
Digs per set 0.80 0.87
Block Solo 2 2
Block Assist 4 0
Block Total 6 2
Blocks per set 0.15 0.13
Block Errors 2 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 83.0 37.0
Points per set 2.1 2.5
Matches started 7 2
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 vs. Concordia (Tex.) W, 3-0 - 1 1 1 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Sep 1 at Mary Hardin-Baylor L, 3-0 - 1 0 2 5 -.400 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 vs. Schreiner W, 3-2 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 vs. Concordia-M'head L, 3-0 1 1 4 4 11 .000 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 8 vs. Saint Benedict L, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 at Wis.-River Falls L, 3-0 - 2 1 2 6 -.167 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 9 vs. Martin Luther W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 vs. St. Olaf L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 vs. Macalester L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 15 at Wis.-La Crosse L, 3-2 - 1 3 2 5 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 16 vs. Minn.-Morris L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 vs. Augsburg L, 3-1 1 3 11 4 23 .304 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 22 vs. North Central (Ill.) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 22 at Aurora L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 vs. Ripon W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 3-0 - 2 6 2 13 .308 0 1 3 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 27 Neb. Wesleyan L, 3-0 - 1 2 0 4 .500 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 29 at Cornell College L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 6 Loras W, 3-1 - 3 9 1 16 .500 0 0 1 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
Oct 7 Dubuque L, 3-1 1 4 11 6 41 .122 0 0 0 14 2 6 1 0 1 1 0 12.0
Oct 11 Central (Iowa) W, 3-2 1 5 13 11 34 .059 0 0 0 27 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Oct 13 vs. No. 2 Wis.-Oshkosh L, 3-0 1 3 3 5 17 -.118 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 14 at No. 12 Washington (Mo.) L, 3-0 1 3 5 7 23 -.087 0 0 0 9 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 14 vs. DePauw W, 3-2 1 5 6 3 17 .176 0 0 0 7 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 18 at Buena Vista W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Grinnell L, 3-1 - 1 2 1 7 .143 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 27 at Coe L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 28 at Wartburg L, 3-1 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 1 at Luther W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 at Dubuque L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  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 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
Conference 6 15 35 2.33 19 96 .167 0 0.00 0 0.00 58 9 13 0.87 2 0 2 0.13 37.0 2.5
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 5 14 37 2.64 19 102 .176 0 0.00 0 0.00 57 8 11 0.79 2 0 2 0.14 39.0 2.8
Away 8 12 15 1.25 16 53 -.019 0 0.00 1 0.08 24 4 13 1.08 0 1 1 0.08 16.5 1.4
Neutral 6 14 25 1.79 17 71 .113 0 0.00 1 0.07 20 3 8 0.57 0 3 3 0.21 27.5 2.0
Result Wins 5 15 29 1.93 16 70 .186 0 0.00 0 0.00 45 7 10 0.67 1 2 3 0.20 31.0 2.1
Losses 14 25 48 1.92 36 156 .077 0 0.00 2 0.08 56 8 22 0.88 1 2 3 0.12 52.0 2.1
Month September 10 14 28 2.00 17 70 .157 0 0.00 2 0.14 20 4 11 0.79 0 2 2 0.14 31.0 2.2
October 9 26 49 1.88 35 156 .090 0 0.00 0 0.00 81 11 21 0.81 2 2 4 0.15 52.0 2.0

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