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9 Alex Kratzenstein
Alex Kratzenstein
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Year:
    Jr
  • Hometown:
    Littleton, Colo.
  • High School:
    Heritage HS
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    1.39
  • h %
    .173
  • a/s
    0.04
  • b/s
    0.72
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.24

Bio

2023 (Junior)

  • Second on the team with 125 kills
  • Led the team with 65 blocks, 16 solo
  • Played in all 26 matches

2022 (Sophomore):

  • Did not participate

2021 (Freshman):

  • Appeared in 68 sets on the season
  • Collected 54 kills for the year
  • Defensively, contributed 46 blocks on the season
  • Had a personal-best 6 kills on March 16th vs Maranatha Baptist

High School

  • Played Basketball at Hertitage High School (Volleyball was only ever an intramural sport)
  • Captain of the Basketball team- 1 year
  • Started all 3 years on the volleyball team
  • National Honors Society Member
  • Honor Roll

Personal

  • James and Dondi Kratzenstein
  • Majoring in Engineering
  • Why Viterbo? "I was given the opportunity to continue to pursue my passion for sports while studying Engineering and living in a cool city with friendly people."

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 12 at South Mountain CC
Mar 13 at Park- Gilbert L, 3-0
Mar 14 at Benedictine Mesa (AZ) L, 3-0
Mar 15 at OUAZ L, 3-1
Mar 21 at Judson L, 3-1
Mar 23 Cardinal Stritch (WI) W, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 26 13
Sets 90 47
Kills 125 59
Kills per set 1.39 1.26
Errors 69 42
Total Attacks 323 165
Hitting Percentage .173 .103
Assists 4 2
Assists per set 0.04 0.04
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 2 1
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 18 8
Reception Errors 3 1
Digs 22 10
Digs per set 0.24 0.21
Block Solo 16 11
Block Assist 49 24
Block Total 65 35
Blocks per set 0.72 0.74
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 165.5 82.0
Points per set 1.8 1.7
Matches started 26 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 26 St. Ambrose L, 3-2 1 5 5 3 13 .154 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 5 1 8.0
Jan 28 Morningside W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 11 .545 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 8.0
Jan 28 Lakeland University W, 3-1 1 4 7 0 10 .700 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Feb 3 at Trinity International W, 3-0 1 2 2 1 5 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0
Feb 4 at Trinity Christian L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 9 .444 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 7.0
Feb 4 vs. Aquinas (MI) L, 3-0 1 3 6 0 13 .462 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Feb 7 Judson L, 3-2 1 5 11 6 23 .217 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 7 0 15.0
Feb 11 vs. Dordt (IA) L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 7 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Feb 11 vs. UC Merced L, 3-1 1 4 7 4 13 .231 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Feb 12 at Jamestown L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 10 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Feb 14 Clarke (IA) L, 3-1 1 4 7 2 13 .385 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 8.5
Feb 18 Olivet Nazarene L, 3-2 1 5 6 6 18 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Feb 20 at Edgewood College L, 3-1 1 4 5 1 11 .364 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Feb 23 Maranatha Baptist   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 25 at Calumet (IN) L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 13 .154 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Feb 27 at Cardinal Stritch (WI) W, 3-1 1 4 4 3 13 .077 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5.5
Mar 2 Roosevelt W, 3-0 1 3 6 3 10 .300 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 7.5
Mar 4 Saint Xavier L, 3-0 1 3 3 2 5 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 5.0
Mar 4 Jamestown L, 3-0 1 3 6 6 24 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Mar 6 at Maranatha Baptist W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 13 .308 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Mar 9 at St. Ambrose W, 3-0 1 4 2 4 14 -.143 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Mar 10 Trinity International W, 3-0 1 3 3 3 11 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
Mar 12 at South Mountain CC   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 13 at Park- Gilbert L, 3-0 1 3 2 3 10 -.100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 5.0
Mar 14 at Benedictine Mesa (AZ) L, 3-0 1 2 1 1 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Mar 15 at OUAZ L, 3-1 1 4 8 3 18 .278 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 11.5
Mar 21 at Judson L, 3-1 1 4 4 2 8 .250 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 8.0
Mar 23 Cardinal Stritch (WI) W, 3-0 1 3 4 6 23 -.087 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Mar 29 at CCAC Tournament   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2020-21 14 48 34 0.71 25 115 .078 1 0.02 0 0.00 1 0 7 0.15 2 29 31 0.65 50.5 1.1
2021-22 1 1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0
2022-23 26 90 125 1.39 69 323 .173 4 0.04 0 0.00 18 3 22 0.24 16 49 65 0.72 165.5 1.8
2023-24 22 76 142 1.87 49 344 .270 2 0.03 0 0.00 1 0 23 0.30 7 56 63 0.83 177.0 2.3
Total 63 215 301 1.40 143 783 .202 7 0.03 0 0.00 20 3 52 0.24 25 134 159 0.74 393.0 1.8
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 26 90 125 1.39 69 323 .173 4 0.04 0 0.00 18 3 22 0.24 16 49 65 0.72 165.5 1.8
Conference 13 47 59 1.26 42 165 .103 2 0.04 0 0.00 8 1 10 0.21 11 24 35 0.74 82.0 1.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 11 41 64 1.56 37 161 .168 1 0.02 0 0.00 9 1 13 0.32 5 28 33 0.80 83.0 2.0
Away 12 39 47 1.21 27 129 .155 3 0.08 0 0.00 8 1 7 0.18 11 14 25 0.64 65.0 1.7
Neutral 3 10 14 1.40 5 33 .273 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1 2 0.20 0 7 7 0.70 17.5 1.8
Result Wins 9 29 41 1.41 23 110 .164 3 0.10 0 0.00 8 1 9 0.31 4 10 14 0.48 50.0 1.7
Losses 17 61 84 1.38 46 213 .178 1 0.02 0 0.00 10 2 13 0.21 12 39 51 0.84 115.5 1.9
Month January 3 12 18 1.50 3 34 .441 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 7 0.58 2 9 11 0.92 24.5 2.0
February 12 43 61 1.42 30 148 .209 1 0.02 0 0.00 7 2 11 0.26 4 28 32 0.74 79.0 1.8
March 11 35 46 1.31 36 141 .071 3 0.09 0 0.00 11 1 4 0.11 10 12 22 0.63 62.0 1.8

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