Sara Novak

4 Sara Novak

Height:

5-8
Year:

Sr.
Hometown:

Lower Burrell, PA
High School:

Burrell
Position:

OH

m

28
k/s

1.98
h %

.186
a/s

0.15
b/s

0.24
sa/s

0.26
d/s

1.48

Bio

Career Highlights

2022

* Team Most Improved Player
* Played in 26 matches
* Ranked fourth on the team in digs (181)
* Ranked second in service aces (29)
* Added 34 kills and 23 assists
* Posted season-best digs vs. Penn State Altoona

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
* Black School of Business Ambassador

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 28	Oberlin	W, 3-1
Oct 31	at Wells	W, 3-0
Nov 2	Hiram	W, 3-0
Nov 4	at La Roche	W, 3-0
Nov 11	Alfred St.	L, 3-0
Nov 18	vs. Allegheny	L, 3-0

Season Statistics

	Overall	Conference
Matches	28	9
Sets	100	31
Kills	198	69
Kills per set	1.98	2.23
Errors	75	23
Total Attacks	662	208
Total Attacks per set	6.62	6.71
Hitting Percentage	.186	.221
Assists	15	3
Assists per set	0.15	0.10
Service Aces	26	11
Service Errors	32	8
Service Aces per set	0.26	0.35
Receptions	172	9
Reception Errors	14	1
Digs	148	24
Digs per set	1.48	0.77
Block Solo	3	0
Block Assist	21	5
Block Total	24	5
Blocks per set	0.24	0.16
Block Errors	2	2
Ball Handling Errors	1	0
Points	237.5	82.5
Points per set	2.4	2.7
Matches started	17	5

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	k	e	ta	pct	a	pts
Sep 2	vs. Widener	W, 3-1	-	4	6	2	20	.200	1	9.5
Sep 2	at Geneva	W, 3-1	-	4	5	3	21	.095	2	8.5
Sep 3	at Morrisville St.	W, 3-1	-	4	8	1	15	.467	1	9.0
Sep 8	Fredonia	W, 3-0	1	3	4	1	17	.176	0	7.0
Sep 8	Grove City	L, 3-0	1	3	2	3	27	-.037	0	2.5
Sep 9	Utica	W, 3-0	1	3	7	2	21	.238	3	8.0
Sep 9	Westminster	W, 3-1	1	4	10	3	33	.212	2	12.5
Sep 13	at Allegheny	L, 3-0	1	3	5	4	18	.056	0	5.0
Sep 15	at Buffalo State	L, 3-2	1	5	13	2	36	.306	0	16.0
Sep 16	at Alfred	W, 3-2	1	5	8	3	29	.172	0	8.5
Sep 16	at Houghton	W, 3-0	1	3	2	2	17	.000	1	3.0
Sep 19	Thiel	W, 3-1	1	4	8	1	21	.333	0	8.0
Sep 23	at Ursinus	W, 3-0	1	3	7	3	20	.200	0	8.5
Sep 23	vs. Wm. Paterson	W, 3-2	1	5	5	4	25	.040	0	5.5
Sep 27	at John Carroll	L, 3-0	-	3	6	1	13	.385	0	7.0
Oct 3	at Pitt-Bradford	W, 3-0	-	3	4	1	11	.273	0	4.5
Oct 7	at Mt. Aloysius	W, 3-2	1	5	5	7	35	-.057	1	5.5
Oct 11	Alfred St.	W, 3-1	-	4	8	1	24	.292	1	11.5
Oct 14	at Penn State Altoona	L, 3-0	-	3	6	4	22	.091	1	6.0
Oct 21	Carlow	W, 3-0	1	3	9	0	15	.600	0	12.0
Oct 25	Hilbert	W, 3-0	1	3	5	2	18	.167	0	6.0
Oct 28	Pitt-Greensburg	W, 3-1	-	4	17	2	36	.417	0	18.0
Oct 28	Oberlin	W, 3-1	-	4	12	6	37	.162	0	12.0
Oct 31	at Wells	W, 3-0	1	3	9	3	23	.261	0	12.0
Nov 2	Hiram	W, 3-0	1	3	9	3	34	.176	1	11.0
Nov 4	at La Roche	W, 3-0	1	3	6	3	24	.125	0	7.0
Nov 11	Alfred St.	L, 3-0	-	3	3	4	16	-.063	1	4.5
Nov 18	vs. Allegheny	L, 3-0	-	3	9	4	34	.147	0	9.0

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	digs	bs	ba	be	tot	bhe
Sep 2	vs. Widener	W, 3-1	-	4	16	0	1	0	1	0
Sep 2	at Geneva	W, 3-1	-	4	6	0	3	0	3	0
Sep 3	at Morrisville St.	W, 3-1	-	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	Fredonia	W, 3-0	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	Grove City	L, 3-0	1	3	9	0	1	0	1	0
Sep 9	Utica	W, 3-0	1	3	13	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 9	Westminster	W, 3-1	1	4	11	0	1	0	1	0
Sep 13	at Allegheny	L, 3-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 15	at Buffalo State	L, 3-2	1	5	7	1	4	0	5	0
Sep 16	at Alfred	W, 3-2	1	5	13	0	1	0	1	0
Sep 16	at Houghton	W, 3-0	1	3	8	1	0	0	1	0
Sep 19	Thiel	W, 3-1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 23	at Ursinus	W, 3-0	1	3	1	1	1	0	2	1
Sep 23	vs. Wm. Paterson	W, 3-2	1	5	2	0	1	0	1	0
Sep 27	at John Carroll	L, 3-0	-	3	3	0	2	0	2	0
Oct 3	at Pitt-Bradford	W, 3-0	-	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
Oct 7	at Mt. Aloysius	W, 3-2	1	5	4	0	1	0	1	0
Oct 11	Alfred St.	W, 3-1	-	4	1	0	3	1	3	0
Oct 14	at Penn State Altoona	L, 3-0	-	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 21	Carlow	W, 3-0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 25	Hilbert	W, 3-0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 28	Pitt-Greensburg	W, 3-1	-	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 28	Oberlin	W, 3-1	-	4	5	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 31	at Wells	W, 3-0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 2	Hiram	W, 3-0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 4	at La Roche	W, 3-0	1	3	8	0	0	1	0	0
Nov 11	Alfred St.	L, 3-0	-	3	5	0	1	0	1	0
Nov 18	vs. Allegheny	L, 3-0	-	3	5	0	0	0	0	0

Date	Opponent	Score	ms	s	ta	sa	se	r	re
Sep 2	vs. Widener	W, 3-1	-	4	18	3	2	23	1
Sep 2	at Geneva	W, 3-1	-	4	13	2	2	13	0
Sep 3	at Morrisville St.	W, 3-1	-	4	10	1	1	4	0
Sep 8	Fredonia	W, 3-0	1	3	12	3	1	7	0
Sep 8	Grove City	L, 3-0	1	3	7	0	1	22	2
Sep 9	Utica	W, 3-0	1	3	10	1	1	4	1
Sep 9	Westminster	W, 3-1	1	4	20	2	2	17	1
Sep 13	at Allegheny	L, 3-0	1	3	5	0	0	4	0
Sep 15	at Buffalo State	L, 3-2	1	5	18	0	1	28	3
Sep 16	at Alfred	W, 3-2	1	5	9	0	3	9	0
Sep 16	at Houghton	W, 3-0	1	3	10	0	1	10	1
Sep 19	Thiel	W, 3-1	1	4	5	0	2	7	3
Sep 23	at Ursinus	W, 3-0	1	3	1	0	1	4	0
Sep 23	vs. Wm. Paterson	W, 3-2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 27	at John Carroll	L, 3-0	-	3	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 3	at Pitt-Bradford	W, 3-0	-	3	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	at Mt. Aloysius	W, 3-2	1	5	0	0	0	1	0
Oct 11	Alfred St.	W, 3-1	-	4	13	2	0	0	0
Oct 14	at Penn State Altoona	L, 3-0	-	3	3	0	1	3	0
Oct 21	Carlow	W, 3-0	1	3	5	3	1	3	1
Oct 25	Hilbert	W, 3-0	1	3	8	1	0	0	0
Oct 28	Pitt-Greensburg	W, 3-1	-	4	10	1	2	0	0
Oct 28	Oberlin	W, 3-1	-	4	13	0	3	1	0
Oct 31	at Wells	W, 3-0	1	3	15	3	2	1	0
Nov 2	Hiram	W, 3-0	1	3	16	2	1	0	0
Nov 4	at La Roche	W, 3-0	1	3	13	1	2	1	0
Nov 11	Alfred St.	L, 3-0	-	3	12	1	1	0	0
Nov 18	vs. Allegheny	L, 3-0	-	3	7	0	1	10	1

	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	28	100	198	1.98	75	662	6.62	.186	15	0.15	237.5	2.4
Conference	9	31	69	2.23	23	208	6.71	.221	3	0.10	82.5	2.7
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	12	41	94	2.29	28	299	7.29	.221	8	0.20	113.0	2.8
Away	13	47	84	1.79	37	284	6.04	.165	6	0.13	100.5	2.1
Neutral	3	12	20	1.67	10	79	6.58	.127	1	0.08	24.0	2.0
Result
Wins	21	77	154	2.00	53	496	6.44	.204	13	0.17	187.5	2.4
Losses	7	23	44	1.91	22	166	7.22	.133	2	0.09	50.0	2.2
Month
September	15	56	96	1.71	35	333	5.95	.183	10	0.18	118.5	2.1
October	9	32	75	2.34	26	221	6.91	.222	3	0.09	87.5	2.7
November	4	12	27	2.25	14	108	9.00	.120	2	0.17	31.5	2.6

Splits Stats: Offense

	m	s	digs	d/s	bs	ba	tot	b/s
Event
Total	28	100	148	1.48	3	21	24	0.24
Conference	9	31	24	0.77	0	5	5	0.16
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	12	41	60	1.46	0	6	6	0.15
Away	13	47	65	1.38	3	13	16	0.34
Neutral	3	12	23	1.92	0	2	2	0.17
Result
Wins	21	77	112	1.45	2	13	15	0.19
Losses	7	23	36	1.57	1	8	9	0.39
Month
September	15	56	106	1.89	3	15	18	0.32
October	9	32	21	0.66	0	5	5	0.16
November	4	12	21	1.75	0	1	1	0.08

Splits Stats: Defense

	m	s	ta	sa	sa/s	se	r	re
Event
Total	28	100	253	26	0.26	32	172	14
Conference	9	31	67	11	0.35	8	9	1
Exhibition	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Location
Home	12	41	131	16	0.39	15	61	8
Away	13	47	97	7	0.15	14	78	4
Neutral	3	12	25	3	0.25	3	33	2
Result
Wins	21	77	201	25	0.32	27	105	8
Losses	7	23	52	1	0.04	5	67	6
Month
September	15	56	138	12	0.21	18	152	12
October	9	32	67	10	0.31	9	9	1
November	4	12	48	4	0.33	5	11	1