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4 Sara Novak
Sara Novak
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Lower Burrell, PA
  • High School:
    Burrell
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    0.35
  • h %
    .030
  • a/s
    0.24
  • b/s
    0.04
  • sa/s
    0.30
  • d/s
    1.89
Bio

Career Highlights

2021

* Ranked third on the team in service aces (29)
* Posted season-high seven aces in win over Allegheny
* Played in 23 matches and 58 sets
* Added 24 digs, 14 kills and three assists
* Helped the Behrend Lions capture the AMCC Championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament

2020

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

At Penn State Behrend

* Majoring in project and supply chain management
* Minor in management information systems

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 26 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-1
Oct 29 Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0
Nov 5 vs. Mt. Aloysius W, 3-1
Nov 6 at Alfred St. L, 3-0
Nov 12 vs. Grove City W, 3-1
Nov 13 vs. Cabrini L, 3-2
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Matches 26 7
Sets 96 25
Kills 34 3
Kills per set 0.35 0.12
Errors 29 1
Total Attacks 167 14
Total Attacks per set 1.74 0.56
Hitting Percentage .030 .143
Assists 23 5
Assists per set 0.24 0.20
Service Aces 29 12
Service Errors 39 9
Service Aces per set 0.30 0.48
Receptions 309 67
Reception Errors 27 5
Digs 181 60
Digs per set 1.89 2.40
Block Solo 2 0
Block Assist 2 0
Block Total 4 0
Blocks per set 0.04 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 66.0 15.0
Points per set 0.7 0.6
Matches started 9 4
Game Log - Offense
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Sep 1 at Hiram L, 3-2 - 3 0 0 8 .000 1 0.0
Sep 3 vs. Buffalo State W, 3-2 - 5 3 5 23 -.087 2 7.0
Sep 3 at Rochester L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 11 -.091 1 2.0
Sep 7 at Fredonia W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 1.0
Sep 9 Oswego W, 3-2 - 5 5 3 17 .118 0 6.0
Sep 10 Geneva W, 3-2 - 5 11 4 30 .233 1 13.0
Sep 10 Grove City L, 3-2 1 5 0 0 3 .000 1 0.0
Sep 14 Allegheny L, 3-0 - 3 1 2 5 -.200 1 2.0
Sep 16 vs. Lasell L, 3-0 - 3 4 5 22 -.045 1 7.0
Sep 16 at St. John Fisher L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Nazareth W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at RIT L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at York L, 3-1 - 4 3 2 7 .143 0 4.0
Sep 24 vs. Alfred W, 3-0 1 3 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0.0
Sep 30 John Carroll L, 3-1 - 4 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0.0
Oct 4 at Medaille W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Oct 7 at La Roche W, 3-1 - 4 1 0 3 .333 1 3.0
Oct 8 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 1 1 12 .000 1 1.0
Oct 8 at Westminster W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 4 .000 3 0.0
Oct 12 at Alfred St. L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 4 .500 1 5.0
Oct 15 Penn State Altoona L, 3-2 - 5 0 1 4 -.250 0 1.0
Oct 18 at Hilbert W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 0 1.0
Oct 22 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 0 3.0
Oct 26 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 2 .000 0 1.0
Oct 29 Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 3 1.0
Nov 5 vs. Mt. Aloysius W, 3-1 1 4 0 0 3 .000 0 2.0
Nov 6 at Alfred St. L, 3-0 - 3 0 1 2 -.500 0 0.0
Nov 12 vs. Grove City W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 1 5.0
Nov 13 vs. Cabrini L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 3 .000 3 1.0
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Sep 1 at Hiram L, 3-2 - 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 3 vs. Buffalo State W, 3-2 - 5 15 0 2 0 2 0
Sep 3 at Rochester L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 7 at Fredonia W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 9 Oswego W, 3-2 - 5 7 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 10 Geneva W, 3-2 - 5 9 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 10 Grove City L, 3-2 1 5 13 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 14 Allegheny L, 3-0 - 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 16 vs. Lasell L, 3-0 - 3 3 2 0 0 2 0
Sep 16 at St. John Fisher L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Nazareth W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at RIT L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at York L, 3-1 - 4 7 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 24 vs. Alfred W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Sep 30 John Carroll L, 3-1 - 4 6 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 4 at Medaille W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 7 at La Roche W, 3-1 - 4 15 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 8 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 8 at Westminster W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 12 at Alfred St. L, 3-0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 15 Penn State Altoona L, 3-2 - 5 16 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 18 at Hilbert W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 22 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 26 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0
Oct 29 Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 5 vs. Mt. Aloysius W, 3-1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 6 at Alfred St. L, 3-0 - 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 12 vs. Grove City W, 3-1 - 4 12 0 0 0 0 0
Nov 13 vs. Cabrini L, 3-2 - 5 8 0 0 0 0 1
Game Log - Serve/Receive
Date Opponent Score ms s ta sa se r re
Sep 1 at Hiram L, 3-2 - 3 1 0 0 3 0
Sep 3 vs. Buffalo State W, 3-2 - 5 16 3 4 25 1
Sep 3 at Rochester L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 1 6 1
Sep 7 at Fredonia W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 0 6 1
Sep 9 Oswego W, 3-2 - 5 17 1 3 8 4
Sep 10 Geneva W, 3-2 - 5 13 2 1 7 1
Sep 10 Grove City L, 3-2 1 5 2 0 2 16 2
Sep 14 Allegheny L, 3-0 - 3 8 1 1 5 1
Sep 16 vs. Lasell L, 3-0 - 3 7 1 1 16 2
Sep 16 at St. John Fisher L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Nazareth W, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at RIT L, 3-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at York L, 3-1 - 4 9 1 1 27 2
Sep 24 vs. Alfred W, 3-0 1 3 18 0 3 8 1
Sep 30 John Carroll L, 3-1 - 4 8 0 0 15 2
Oct 4 at Medaille W, 3-0 1 3 11 0 3 11 1
Oct 7 at La Roche W, 3-1 - 4 20 2 3 14 0
Oct 8 vs. Case Western Reserve L, 3-0 - 3 5 0 2 12 0
Oct 8 at Westminster W, 3-0 - 3 3 0 1 12 1
Oct 12 at Alfred St. L, 3-0 1 3 18 3 1 8 1
Oct 15 Penn State Altoona L, 3-2 - 5 20 1 0 14 0
Oct 18 at Hilbert W, 3-0 1 3 9 1 0 6 2
Oct 22 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 3-0 - 3 14 3 2 5 0
Oct 26 Pitt-Bradford W, 3-1 1 4 11 1 3 6 0
Oct 29 Mt. Aloysius W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 0 14 2
Nov 5 vs. Mt. Aloysius W, 3-1 1 4 9 2 2 15 0
Nov 6 at Alfred St. L, 3-0 - 3 15 0 0 14 0
Nov 12 vs. Grove City W, 3-1 - 4 24 5 2 14 0
Nov 13 vs. Cabrini L, 3-2 - 5 21 1 3 22 2
  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 26 96 34 0.35 29 167 1.74 .030 23 0.24 66.0 0.7
Conference 7 25 3 0.12 1 14 0.56 .143 5 0.20 15.0 0.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location                        
Home 8 34 17 0.50 11 62 1.82 .097 7 0.21 24.0 0.7
Away 11 35 9 0.26 6 41 1.17 .073 8 0.23 19.0 0.5
Neutral 7 27 8 0.30 12 64 2.37 -.063 8 0.30 23.0 0.9
Result                        
Wins 14 52 21 0.40 13 85 1.63 .094 12 0.23 43.0 0.8
Losses 12 44 13 0.30 16 82 1.86 -.037 11 0.25 23.0 0.5
Month                        
September 12 46 30 0.65 26 129 2.80 .031 9 0.20 42.0 0.9
October 10 34 4 0.12 2 30 0.88 .067 10 0.29 16.0 0.5
November 4 16 0 0.00 1 8 0.50 -.125 4 0.25 8.0 0.5

Splits Stats: Offense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event                
Total 26 96 181 1.89 2 2 4 0.04
Conference 7 25 60 2.40 0 0 0 0.00
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 8 34 61 1.79 0 0 0 0.00
Away 11 35 71 2.03 0 0 0 0.00
Neutral 7 27 49 1.81 2 2 4 0.15
Result                
Wins 14 52 106 2.04 0 2 2 0.04
Losses 12 44 75 1.70 2 0 2 0.05
Month                
September 12 46 77 1.67 2 2 4 0.09
October 10 34 75 2.21 0 0 0 0.00
November 4 16 29 1.81 0 0 0 0.00

Splits Stats: Defense

  m s ta sa sa/s se r re
Event                
Total 26 96 295 29 0.30 39 309 27
Conference 7 25 105 12 0.48 9 67 5
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 8 34 92 7 0.21 10 85 12
Away 11 35 103 10 0.29 12 112 9
Neutral 7 27 100 12 0.44 17 112 6
Result                
Wins 14 52 179 21 0.40 27 151 14
Losses 12 44 116 8 0.18 12 158 13
Month                
September 12 46 102 9 0.20 17 142 18
October 10 34 124 12 0.35 15 102 7
November 4 16 69 8 0.50 7 65 2

Splits Stats: Serve/Receive

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