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34 Zach Rothstein
Zach Rothstein
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    205
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Evergreen Park, Ill.
  • High School:
    Brother Rice
  • Position:
    L
  • Major:
    Sports Management
  • HS Achievements:
    All-Area
  • College Accolades:
    2017 MCVL Defensive Player of the Week; 2017 Fontbonne team Newcomer of the Year; set freshman digs and digs/set records in 2017; finished 2017 ranked #4 w/ 3.31 digs/set; 318 digs in 2017 - 2nd all-time at FBU
  • m
    22
  • k/s
    0.01
  • h %
    .063
  • a/s
    0.55
  • b/s
    0.00
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    3.16

Bio

2020

Earned MCVL Defensive Player of the Year and All-Conference First Team honors for the second time in his career … Ended the season with 156 digs and ranked third in the MCVL with 2.79 digs per set

2019

Named to the MCVL All-Conference Second Team … Appeared in all 29 matches … Totaled 279 digs

2018

Appeared in a career-high 27 matches … Set a single-season record with 331 digs … Named to the MCVL All-Conference First Team and earned Defensive Player of the Year honors … Ranked first nationally and in conference with 3.64 digs per set

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Mar 27 at Mount St. Joseph L, 3-2
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-1
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-0
Apr 9 Trine W, 3-0
Apr 10 vs. Mount Union W, 3-1
Apr 21 vs. Messiah L, 3-2
  Total Conference
Matches 22 16
Sets 77 56
Kills 1 0
Kills per set 0.01 0.00
Errors 0 0
Total Attacks 16 10
Hitting Percentage .063 .000
Assists 42 31
Assists per set 0.55 0.55
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 354 238
Reception Errors 9 6
Digs 243 187
Digs per set 3.16 3.34
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 0 0
Block Total 0 0
Blocks per set 0.00 0.00
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 1.0 0.0
Points per set 0.0 0.0
Matches started - -

Game Log - Offense

Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a pts
Jan 31 at Olivet W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Jan 31 at Olivet W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 1 0.0
Feb 3 Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 2 .500 2 1.0
Feb 6 Mount Union W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Feb 6 Mount Union W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 3 0.0
Feb 9 Augustana (IL) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Feb 14 at Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 1 0.0
Feb 14 at Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 1 0.0
Feb 20 Trine W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 4 .000 5 0.0
Feb 20 Trine W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Feb 24 at Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Feb 28 at Adrian   - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at Adrian   - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 3 0.0
Mar 6 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 3 0.0
Mar 20 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 1 0.0
Mar 20 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 1 0.0
Mar 27 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 0 0.0
Mar 27 at Mount St. Joseph L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 4 0.0
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 2 0.0
Apr 9 Trine W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 2 .000 2 0.0
Apr 10 vs. Mount Union W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 1 0.0
Apr 21 vs. Messiah L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 0 - 4 0.0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score ms s digs bs ba be tot bhe
Jan 31 at Olivet W, 3-0 - 3 8 0 0 0 0 0
Jan 31 at Olivet W, 3-1 - 4 14 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 3 Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 Mount Union W, 3-0 - 3 14 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 6 Mount Union W, 3-1 - 4 10 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 9 Augustana (IL) L, 3-0 - 3 8 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 14 at Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 10 0 0 0 0 1
Feb 14 at Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 11 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 20 Trine W, 3-1 - 4 20 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 20 Trine W, 3-0 - 3 11 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 24 at Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 28 at Adrian   - - - - - - - -
Feb 28 at Adrian   - - - - - - - -
Mar 6 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 6 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 11 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 20 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 - 3 7 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 20 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 - 3 13 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 27 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-2 - 5 9 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 27 at Mount St. Joseph L, 3-2 - 5 15 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-1 - 4 8 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-0 - 3 16 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 9 Trine W, 3-0 - 3 9 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 10 vs. Mount Union W, 3-1 - 4 22 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 21 vs. Messiah L, 3-2 - 5 8 0 0 0 0 0

Game Log - Serve/Receive

Date Opponent Score ms s sa se r re
Jan 31 at Olivet W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 - 1
Jan 31 at Olivet W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 - 1
Feb 3 Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 11 0
Feb 6 Mount Union W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 21 0
Feb 6 Mount Union W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 28 2
Feb 9 Augustana (IL) L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 9 0
Feb 14 at Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 11 0
Feb 14 at Wabash W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 7 0
Feb 20 Trine W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 25 0
Feb 20 Trine W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 16 0
Feb 24 at Ill. Wesleyan W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 19 1
Feb 28 at Adrian   - - - - - -
Feb 28 at Adrian   - - - - - -
Mar 6 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 15 0
Mar 6 Wittenberg W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 9 0
Mar 20 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 14 1
Mar 20 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 11 0
Mar 27 at Mount St. Joseph W, 3-2 - 5 0 0 20 0
Mar 27 at Mount St. Joseph L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 26 0
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 23 1
Apr 3 at Adrian W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 12 0
Apr 9 Trine W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 16 1
Apr 10 vs. Mount Union W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 32 0
Apr 21 vs. Messiah L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 29 1

Career Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
2016-17 26 96 4 0.04 0 34 .118 50 0.52 4.0 0.0
2017-18 27 91 4 0.04 1 27 .111 57 0.63 4.0 0.0
2018-19 29 91 0 0.00 1 18 -.056 53 0.58 0.0 0.0
2019-20 16 56 0 0.00 0 5 .000 19 0.34 0.0 0.0
2020-21 22 77 1 0.01 0 16 .063 42 0.55 1.0 0.0
Total 120 411 9 0.02 2 100 .070 221 0.54 9.0 0.0

Career Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
2016-17 26 96 318 3.31 0 0 0 0.00
2017-18 27 91 331 3.64 0 0 0 0.00
2018-19 29 91 279 3.07 0 0 0 0.00
2019-20 16 56 156 2.79 0 0 0 0.00
2020-21 22 77 243 3.16 0 0 0 0.00
Total 120 411 1327 3.23 0 0 0 0.00

Career Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
2016-17 26 96 0 0.00 584 45
2017-18 27 91 0 0.00 489 13
2018-19 29 91 0 0.00 399 26
2019-20 16 56 0 0.00 307 15
2020-21 22 77 0 0.00 354 9
Total 120 411 0 0.00 2133 108

Splits Stats - Offense

  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s pts pts/s
Event                      
Total 22 77 1 0.01 0 16 .063 42 0.55 1.0 0.0
Conference 16 56 0 0.00 0 10 .000 31 0.55 0.0 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - -
Location                      
Home 11 35 1 0.03 0 11 .091 26 0.74 1.0 0.0
Away 9 33 0 0.00 0 3 .000 11 0.33 0.0 0.0
Neutral 2 9 0 0.00 0 2 .000 5 0.56 0.0 0.0
Result                      
Wins 19 64 1 0.02 0 16 .063 32 0.50 1.0 0.0
Losses 3 13 0 0.00 0 0 - 10 0.77 0.0 0.0
Month                      
January 2 7 0 0.00 0 1 .000 1 0.14 0.0 0.0
February 9 29 1 0.03 0 8 .125 18 0.62 1.0 0.0
March 6 22 0 0.00 0 3 .000 12 0.55 0.0 0.0
April 5 19 0 0.00 0 4 .000 11 0.58 0.0 0.0

Splits Stats - Defense

  m s digs d/s bs ba tot b/s
Event                
Total 22 77 243 3.16 0 0 0 0.00
Conference 16 56 187 3.34 0 0 0 0.00
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 11 35 120 3.43 0 0 0 0.00
Away 9 33 93 2.82 0 0 0 0.00
Neutral 2 9 30 3.33 0 0 0 0.00
Result                
Wins 19 64 212 3.31 0 0 0 0.00
Losses 3 13 31 2.38 0 0 0 0.00
Month                
January 2 7 22 3.14 0 0 0 0.00
February 9 29 93 3.21 0 0 0 0.00
March 6 22 65 2.95 0 0 0 0.00
April 5 19 63 3.32 0 0 0 0.00

Splits Stats - Serve/Receive

  m s sa sa/s r re
Event            
Total 22 77 0 0.00 354 9
Conference 16 56 0 0.00 238 6
Exhibition - - - - - -
Location            
Home 11 35 0 0.00 175 4
Away 9 33 0 0.00 118 4
Neutral 2 9 0 0.00 61 1
Result            
Wins 19 64 0 0.00 290 8
Losses 3 13 0 0.00 64 1
Month            
January 2 7 0 0.00 - 2
February 9 29 0 0.00 147 3
March 6 22 0 0.00 95 1
April 5 19 0 0.00 112 3

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