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.......LEAGUE(Jr-L) Ken Day leads the league in digs with 131.......TOP 10 MOVE(Sr-S) Luka Butler cracks the top 10 on Ames's all-time digs list — now 10th (281).......POSITIONAmong liberos league-wide, Ken Day is No. 1 in digs (131).......CAREER BEST(Fr-MB) Frisco Torres's 9 kills in the 3–2 win over Antioch was a career high.......CAREER BEST(Jr-L) Ken Day's 16 digs in the 3–2 win over Antioch was a career high.......CAREER BEST(Jr-MB) Dominic Bates's 4 digs in the 3–0 win over the Gargoyles was a career high.......CAREER BEST(So-OH) Gianfranco Spagnolo's 21 kills in the 3–2 win over the Anglerfish was a career high.......STREAK(So-OH) Gianfranco Spagnolo has posted 10+ kills in 4 straight matches.......SESSION 7(So-OH) Gianfranco Spagnolo piled up 21 kills in the 3–2 win over the Anglerfish.......SESSION 7(Jr-MB) Dominic Bates posted a team-best 10 match rating (13 kills) in the 3–0 win over the Gargoyles.......SESSION 7(Sr-S) Luka Butler added a 9.94 match rating (8 digs) in the 3–0 win over Manitowoc.......SESSION 7(Jr-L) Ken Day piled up 16 digs in the 3–2 win over Antioch.......TEAM HISTORY(Jr-L) Ken Day's 16 digs was the 5th-best single match in Ames history (Artichokes record: 23, Zane Jacobs, S7).......TEAM HISTORY(Jr-L) Ken Day's 15 digs was the 9th-best single match in Ames history (Artichokes record: 23, Zane Jacobs, S7).......MILESTONE(Sr-S) Luka Butler needs 4 aces to reach 100 for his career.......MILESTONE(Sr-S) Luka Butler needs 9 blocks to reach 150 for his career.......MILESTONE(Sr-RS) Robbie Cornell needs 10 digs to reach 250 for his career.......MILESTONE(Sr-OH) Antoine Prevost needs 9 aces to reach 50 for his career.......STREAKAmes has won 2 straight matches.......TEAMThe Artichokes rank 7th of 32 in team blocks (342)
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Historical Records & Career Statistics
210–239
All-Time W-L
.468
Win%
35,810
Pts Scored
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Match Records
Biggest Point-Margin Wins
OpponentSsn CompScore (sets) +/-
Pekin 6 T-WGM 75–34 (3–0 sets) +41
Portland 6 C-3 75–36 (3–0 sets) +39
Starkville 15 T-TC 75–36 (3–0 sets) +39
St. Charles 14 C-3 75–41 (3–0 sets) +34
Portland 15 C-3 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
Baton Rouge 10 T-WGM 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
Sheboygan 11 T-WGM 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
Baton Rouge 17 NC 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
St. Charles 8 C-3 75–43 (3–0 sets) +32
Portland 13 C-3 75–43 (3–0 sets) +32
Biggest Point-Margin Losses
OpponentSsn CompScore (sets) +/-
Columbia 6 C-3 34–75 (0–3 sets) -41
Dallas 10 C-3 34–75 (0–3 sets) -41
Quincy 14 C-3 35–75 (0–3 sets) -40
Nashville 18 T-WGM 36–75 (0–3 sets) -39
Portland 11 C-3 37–75 (0–3 sets) -38
Columbia 18 C-3 37–75 (0–3 sets) -38
St. Charles 9 C-3 39–75 (0–3 sets) -36
Arlington 15 C-3 40–75 (0–3 sets) -35
Dallas 5 C-3 41–75 (0–3 sets) -34
Pekin 17 C-3 43–75 (0–3 sets) -32
Highest Combined Point Totals
OpponentSsn CompResult Score (sets)Combined
Mat-Su 17 T-TS W 125–123 (3–2 sets) 248
Portland 16 T-3 L 119–126 (2–3 sets) 245
Kentucky 9 T-HO L 118–119 (2–3 sets) 237
Pekin 8 C-3 W 117–115 (3–2 sets) 232
St. Charles 15 C-3 W 119–113 (3–2 sets) 232
Baton Rouge 7 T-WGM L 116–113 (2–3 sets) 229
Portland 17 T-WGM W 115–112 (3–2 sets) 227
St. Charles 13 C-3 L 107–120 (2–3 sets) 227
San Jose 9 T-WGM L 111–116 (2–3 sets) 227
Mendon 6 T-TS W 113–112 (3–2 sets) 225
Set Records
Sweep & Five-Set Summary
CategoryCount% of all matches
W  Sweep wins — won 3-0 108 24.1%
L  Sweep losses — lost 0-3 129 28.7%
W  Five-set wins — won 3-2 41 9.1%
L  Five-set losses — lost 2-3 48 10.7%
Most Dominant Sweep Wins (3-0)
OpponentSsnScore+/-
Pekin 6 75–34 (3–0 sets) +41
Portland 6 75–36 (3–0 sets) +39
Starkville 15 75–36 (3–0 sets) +39
St. Charles 14 75–41 (3–0 sets) +34
Sheboygan 11 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
Portland 15 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
Baton Rouge 10 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
Baton Rouge 17 75–42 (3–0 sets) +33
Arlington 16 75–43 (3–0 sets) +32
Carlsbad 16 75–43 (3–0 sets) +32
Recent Five-Set Wins (3-2)
OpponentSsnScore
Antioch 18 109–108 (3–2 sets)
Burlington 18 114–97 (3–2 sets)
Dallas 17 107–107 (3–2 sets)
Mat-Su 17 125–123 (3–2 sets)
Manitowoc 17 111–91 (3–2 sets)
Portland 17 115–112 (3–2 sets)
San Diego 17 111–101 (3–2 sets)
Kentucky 17 112–107 (3–2 sets)
Teutopolis 16 108–101 (3–2 sets)
Pekin 16 106–109 (3–2 sets)
Recent Five-Set Losses (2-3)
OpponentSsnScore
Nashville 18 104–110 (2–3 sets)
Columbia 17 100–110 (2–3 sets)
Portland 17 105–104 (2–3 sets)
Schenectady 16 100–114 (2–3 sets)
Dallas 16 103–95 (2–3 sets)
Quincy 16 96–107 (2–3 sets)
Quincy 16 91–112 (2–3 sets)
Portland 16 119–126 (2–3 sets)
Albuquerque 16 110–109 (2–3 sets)
Dallas 15 93–109 (2–3 sets)
Season by Season
Best Season (Win%)
Season 15 19-14 .576
Worst Season (Win%)
Season 12 13-21 .382
Most Wins in a Season
Season 15 19 wins 19-14
Most Losses in a Season
Season 12 21 losses 13-21
All Seasons
 MATCHES   SETS   POINTS 
SeasonW-L WLG SWSL PFPA Win%
Season 5 13-18 13 18 31 47 63 2,354 2,445 .419  
Season 6 17-16 17 16 33 60 59 2,649 2,621 .515  
Season 7 13-19 13 19 32 53 65 2,599 2,662 .406  
Season 8 14-18 14 18 32 52 69 2,654 2,697 .438  
Season 9 14-18 14 18 32 59 64 2,698 2,766 .438  
Season 10 16-17 16 17 33 60 61 2,592 2,641 .485  
Season 11 13-20 13 20 33 54 68 2,619 2,755 .394  
Season 12 ▼ worst 13-21 13 21 34 46 66 2,376 2,544 .382  
Season 13 14-19 14 19 33 59 62 2,612 2,632 .424  
Season 14 16-17 16 17 33 58 70 2,703 2,807 .485  
Season 15 ▲ best 19-14 19 14 33 66 57 2,667 2,623 .576  
Season 16 18-16 18 16 34 70 57 2,799 2,781 .529  
Season 17 18-17 18 17 35 65 67 2,937 2,920 .514  
Season 18 12-9 12 9 21 39 32 1,551 1,508 .571  
Head-to-Head Records (All-Time)
 ALL-TIME 
Opponent WL GW% Last Season
Quincy 7 32 39 .179 Season 18
Portland 14 20 34 .412 Season 18
Pekin 15 17 32 .469 Season 18
St. Charles 11 21 32 .344 Season 18
Columbia 11 21 32 .344 Season 18
Arlington 15 16 31 .484 Season 18
Dallas 14 17 31 .452 Season 18
Albuquerque 11 4 15 .733 Season 18
Kentucky 10 5 15 .667 Season 17
San Diego 11 2 13 .846 Season 17
Sheboygan 6 6 12 .500 Season 17
Antioch 9 2 11 .818 Season 18
Alton 5 6 11 .455 Season 17
Nashville 5 6 11 .455 Season 18
Manitowoc 7 3 10 .700 Season 18
Denali 3 7 10 .300 Season 17
Mendon 6 3 9 .667 Season 17
Carlsbad 5 4 9 .556 Season 16
Burlington 3 6 9 .333 Season 18
Cincinnati 2 7 9 .222 Season 16
Baton Rouge 6 2 8 .750 Season 17
Mat-Su 5 3 8 .625 Season 17
Spokane 2 6 8 .250 Season 16
Merritt Island 5 2 7 .714 Season 17
Schenectady 4 3 7 .571 Season 18
Santa Clara 4 3 7 .571 Season 14
Starkville 4 3 7 .571 Season 15
New Orleans 4 2 6 .667 Season 17
Teutopolis 3 3 6 .500 Season 16
Tucson 2 3 5 .400 Season 16
San Jose 1 4 5 .200 Season 15
Records by Competition
 MATCHES   SETS   POINTS 
CompetitionType WL GW% SWSL PFPA
L
C-3 L 72 120 192 .375 276 408 14,368 15,514
N
NC N 48 34 82 .585 171 124 6,653 6,361
T
T-3 T 3 14 17 .176 22 43 1,353 1,482
T-HO T 8 9 17 .471 33 37 1,526 1,488
T-NC T 1 4 5 .200 6 13 391 431
T-TC T 23 19 42 .548 85 78 3,650 3,529
T-TS T 15 9 24 .625 51 39 2,021 1,999
T-WGM T 40 30 70 .571 144 118 5,848 5,598