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4 Sara Novak
Sara Novak
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Burrell, PA
  • High School:
    Burrell
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    23
  • k/s
    0.24
  • h %
    .231
  • a/s
    0.05
  • b/s
    0.03
  • sa/s
    0.50
  • d/s
    0.41
Bio

Career Highlights

2020

* Academic All-AMCC
* No official season due to covid

At Penn State Behrend

* Majoring in industrial engineering

Personal

* Daughter of Debra and Jeffrey Novak
* Two-sport athlete at Burrell High School
* Three-year letterwinner in volleyball and four in track and field
* Two-time captain
* Two-time First Team All-Section
* Second Team All-WPIAL
* 2018 WPIAL Champions in track and field
* Student Government
* Interact
* National Honor Society
* Relay For Life
* Art and Spanish Club

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Oct 23 at Wooster L, 3-0
Oct 26 Medaille W, 3-0
Oct 30 at Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0
Nov 6 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-0
Nov 7 Alfred St. W, 3-0
Nov 11 at Calvin L, 3-0
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 23 8
Sets 58 21
Kills 14 7
Kills per set 0.24 0.33
Errors 5 0
Total Attacks 39 16
Total Attacks per set 0.67 0.76
Hitting Percentage .231 .438
Assists 3 2
Assists per set 0.05 0.10
Service Aces 29 8
Service Errors 16 6
Service Aces per set 0.50 0.38
Receptions 14 10
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 24 7
Digs per set 0.41 0.33
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 2 0
Block Total 2 0
Blocks per set 0.03 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 44.0 15.0
Points per set 0.8 0.7
Matches started - -
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Sep 1 at Thiel W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 vs. Potsdam W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Sep 4 vs. SUNY Canton W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 1 7.0
Sep 4 at Alfred W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 John Carroll L, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Bluffton L, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 - 1 1 0 5 .200 0 1.0
Sep 11 Westminster L, 3-0 - 1 1 2 4 -.250 0 1.5
Sep 15 Grove City W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Sep 18 at Kean W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 0 1.0
Sep 18 at Brooklyn W, 3-0 - 2 2 2 9 .000 0 2.5
Sep 21 Fredonia W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Pitt-Greensburg W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 2 .000 0 0.0
Sep 25 Oberlin W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Sep 28 at Hilbert W, 3-0 - 2 7 0 12 .583 1 7.0
Sep 30 Houghton W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1.0
Oct 6 at Pitt-Bradford W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 1.0
Oct 9 Penn State Altoona W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 0.0
Oct 12 at Allegheny W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 7.0
Oct 16 at La Roche W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 1 1.0
Oct 20 Alfred St. W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Oct 23 vs. Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 1.0
Oct 23 at Wooster L, 3-0 - 1 2 0 2 1.000 0 3.0
Oct 26 Medaille W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 - 0 1.0
Oct 30 at Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 5.0
Nov 6 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 2.0
Nov 7 Alfred St. W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Nov 11 at Calvin L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 2.0
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Sep 1 at Thiel W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 vs. Potsdam W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 4 vs. SUNY Canton W, 3-0 - 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 4 at Alfred W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 John Carroll L, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Bluffton L, 3-2 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 11 Westminster L, 3-0 - 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 15 Grove City W, 3-1 - 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 18 at Kean W, 3-1 - 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 18 at Brooklyn W, 3-0 - 2 3 0 1 0 1 0
Sep 21 Fredonia W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Pitt-Greensburg W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 25 Oberlin W, 3-1 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 28 at Hilbert W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 Houghton W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 6 at Pitt-Bradford W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 9 Penn State Altoona W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 12 at Allegheny W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 16 at La Roche W, 3-1 - 4 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 20 Alfred St. W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 23 vs. Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 23 at Wooster L, 3-0 - 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 26 Medaille W, 3-0 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 30 at Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 6 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 7 Alfred St. W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 11 at Calvin L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Sep 1 at Thiel W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 3 vs. Potsdam W, 3-0 - 1 2 0 0 0 0
Sep 4 vs. SUNY Canton W, 3-0 - 3 12 6 1 2 0
Sep 4 at Alfred W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 10 John Carroll L, 3-2 - - - - - - -
Sep 10 Bluffton L, 3-2 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Baldwin Wallace L, 3-0 - 1 4 0 0 0 0
Sep 11 Westminster L, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 15 Grove City W, 3-1 - 4 6 0 0 0 0
Sep 18 at Kean W, 3-1 - 4 15 1 1 0 0
Sep 18 at Brooklyn W, 3-0 - 2 4 0 0 2 0
Sep 21 Fredonia W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Pitt-Greensburg W, 3-0 - 1 3 0 1 2 0
Sep 25 Oberlin W, 3-1 - 2 7 0 1 0 0
Sep 28 at Hilbert W, 3-0 - 2 6 0 1 2 0
Sep 30 Houghton W, 3-0 - 3 10 1 0 0 0
Oct 6 at Pitt-Bradford W, 3-0 - 3 13 1 1 0 0
Oct 9 Penn State Altoona W, 3-0 - 3 15 0 0 0 0
Oct 12 at Allegheny W, 3-0 - 3 17 7 0 0 0
Oct 16 at La Roche W, 3-1 - 4 19 1 2 6 0
Oct 20 Alfred St. W, 3-0 - 3 9 0 0 0 0
Oct 23 vs. Hiram W, 3-0 - 3 8 1 1 0 0
Oct 23 at Wooster L, 3-0 - 1 4 1 0 0 0
Oct 26 Medaille W, 3-0 - 2 8 1 0 0 0
Oct 30 at Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0 - 3 14 5 1 0 0
Nov 6 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-0 - 3 17 2 2 0 0
Nov 7 Alfred St. W, 3-0 - 3 9 0 4 0 0
Nov 11 at Calvin L, 3-0 - 3 12 2 0 0 0
  m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 23 58 14 0.24 5 39 0.67 .231 3 0.05 44.0 0.8
2022-23 26 96 34 0.35 29 167 1.74 .030 23 0.24 66.0 0.7
2023-24 28 100 198 1.98 75 662 6.62 .186 15 0.15 237.5 2.4
Total 77 254 246 0.97 109 868 3.42 .158 41 0.16 347.5 1.4

Career Stats: Offense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 23 58 24 0.41 0 2 2 0.03
2022-23 26 96 181 1.89 2 2 4 0.04
2023-24 28 100 148 1.48 3 21 24 0.24
Total 77 254 353 1.39 5 25 30 0.12

Career Stats: Defense

  m s ta sa sa/s se r re
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 23 58 214 29 0.50 16 14 0
2022-23 26 96 295 29 0.30 39 309 27
2023-24 28 100 253 26 0.26 32 172 14
Total 77 254 762 84 0.33 87 495 41

Career Stats: Serve/Receive

  m s k k/s e ta ta/s pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event                        
Total 23 58 14 0.24 5 39 0.67 .231 3 0.05 44.0 0.8
Conference 8 21 7 0.33 0 16 0.76 .438 2 0.10 15.0 0.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location                        
Home 11 26 2 0.08 2 12 0.46 .000 0 0.00 6.5 0.3
Away 9 25 11 0.44 2 24 0.96 .375 2 0.08 29.5 1.2
Neutral 3 7 1 0.14 1 3 0.43 .000 1 0.14 8.0 1.1
Result                        
Wins 19 52 10 0.19 3 28 0.54 .250 3 0.06 36.5 0.7
Losses 4 6 4 0.67 2 11 1.83 .182 0 0.00 7.5 1.3
Month                        
September 11 24 12 0.50 4 34 1.42 .235 2 0.08 21.0 0.9
October 9 25 2 0.08 1 5 0.20 .200 1 0.04 19.0 0.8
November 3 9 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 0 0.00 4.0 0.4

Splits Stats: Offense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event                
Total 23 58 24 0.41 0 2 2 0.03
Conference 8 21 7 0.33 0 0 0 0.00
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 26 7 0.27 0 1 1 0.04
Away 9 25 14 0.56 0 1 1 0.04
Neutral 3 7 3 0.43 0 0 0 0.00
Result                
Wins 19 52 20 0.38 0 1 1 0.02
Losses 4 6 4 0.67 0 1 1 0.17
Month                
September 11 24 10 0.42 0 2 2 0.08
October 9 25 12 0.48 0 0 0 0.00
November 3 9 2 0.22 0 0 0 0.00

Splits Stats: Defense

  m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event                
Total 23 58 214 29 0.50 16 14 0
Conference 8 21 87 8 0.38 6 10 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 26 88 4 0.15 8 2 0
Away 9 25 104 18 0.72 6 10 0
Neutral 3 7 22 7 1.00 2 2 0
Result                
Wins 19 52 194 26 0.50 16 14 0
Losses 4 6 20 3 0.50 0 0 0
Month                
September 11 24 69 8 0.33 5 8 0
October 9 25 107 17 0.68 5 6 0
November 3 9 38 4 0.44 6 0 0

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

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