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9 Alex Kratzenstein
Alex Kratzenstein
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Littleton, Colo.
  • High School:
    Heritage HS
  • Position:
    MH
  • m
    26
  • k/s
    1.76
  • h %
    .284
  • a/s
    0.02
  • b/s
    0.81
  • sa/s
    0.00
  • d/s
    0.32

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 23 vs. Siena Heights L, 3-0
Mar 28 UW-Stevens Point W, 3-1
Apr 5 at Judson (IL) L, 3-0
Apr 6 at #7 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-0
Apr 6 vs. (RV) Cornerstone (MI) L, 3-1
Apr 9 St. Ambrose (IA) L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 26 10
Sets 90 37
Kills 158 63
Kills per set 1.76 1.70
Errors 50 16
Total Attacks 380 141
Hitting Percentage .284 .333
Assists 2 2
Assists per set 0.02 0.05
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 0 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 2 1
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 29 8
Digs per set 0.32 0.22
Block Solo 9 5
Block Assist 64 28
Block Total 73 33
Blocks per set 0.81 0.89
Block Errors 8 2
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 199.0 82.0
Points per set 2.2 2.2
Matches started 26 10
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 26 vs. Brescia W, 3-0 1 3 3 2 11 .091 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 6.0
Jan 26 vs. Missouri S&T L, 3-0 1 2 4 2 8 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Jan 27 vs. Rio Grande W, 3-1 1 4 7 3 20 .200 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 8.5
Jan 27 vs. Westcliff (CA) L, 3-0 1 2 5 1 6 .667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Feb 3 at Clarke (IA) W, 3-1 1 4 7 1 11 .545 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Feb 3 vs. Roosevelt (IL) W, 3-1 1 3 4 3 9 .111 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Feb 6 at #15 Mount Mercy L, 3-0 1 3 6 1 12 .417 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 7.5
Feb 9 #7 Jamestown L, 3-0 1 3 3 6 15 -.200 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 5.5
Feb 10 #13 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-1 1 4 2 3 13 -.077 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Feb 14 #15 Mount Mercy L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 8 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Feb 16 at Dordt (IA) L, 3-1 1 4 8 3 26 .192 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 9.5
Feb 17 at Morningside W, 3-1 1 4 7 2 19 .263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Feb 20 at Maranatha Baptist W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 22 Edgewood L, 3-2 1 5 14 3 32 .344 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 0 16.0
Feb 24 at UW-Stevens Point L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 16 .125 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Feb 26 Judson (IL) L, 3-2 1 5 16 2 30 .467 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 5 0 18.5
Mar 1 Roosevelt (IL) W, 3-2 1 5 7 1 19 .316 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 8 0 11.5
Mar 1 Maranatha Baptist W, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 2 at St. Ambrose (IA) W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 10 .300 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6.5
Mar 9 Olivet Nazarene (IL) L, 3-1 1 4 12 5 29 .241 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 14.5
Mar 9 Dordt (IA) W, 3-1 1 3 9 3 19 .316 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 11.5
Mar 22 at Trinity Christian (IL) L, 3-0 1 3 3 1 10 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4.5
Mar 23 at Calumet (IN) L, 3-0 1 3 6 1 10 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Mar 23 vs. Siena Heights L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 13 .308 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Mar 28 UW-Stevens Point W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 14 .286 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 5.5
Apr 5 at Judson (IL) L, 3-0 1 3 6 0 8 .750 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Apr 6 at #7 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Apr 6 vs. (RV) Cornerstone (MI) L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 9 St. Ambrose (IA) L, 3-1 1 4 5 1 9 .444 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 4 2 6 0 9.0
  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 26 90 158 1.76 50 380 .284 2 0.02 0 0.00 2 0 29 0.32 9 64 73 0.81 199.0 2.2
Total 67 229 317 1.38 144 819 .211 7 0.03 0 0.00 21 3 58 0.25 27 142 169 0.74 415.0 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 90 158 1.76 50 380 .284 2 0.02 0 0.00 2 0 29 0.32 9 64 73 0.81 199.0 2.2
Conference 10 37 63 1.70 16 141 .333 2 0.05 0 0.00 1 0 8 0.22 5 28 33 0.89 82.0 2.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 10 40 77 1.93 25 188 .277 1 0.03 0 0.00 1 0 13 0.33 4 41 45 1.13 101.5 2.5
Away 10 33 53 1.61 13 125 .320 1 0.03 0 0.00 0 0 11 0.33 2 16 18 0.55 63.0 1.9
Neutral 6 17 28 1.65 12 67 .239 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 5 0.29 3 7 10 0.59 34.5 2.0
Result Wins 9 33 53 1.61 17 132 .273 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 8 0.24 5 25 30 0.91 70.5 2.1
Losses 17 57 105 1.84 33 248 .290 2 0.04 0 0.00 2 0 21 0.37 4 39 43 0.75 128.5 2.3
Month January 4 11 19 1.73 8 45 .244 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.27 3 4 7 0.64 24.0 2.2
February 11 41 76 1.85 27 191 .257 1 0.02 0 0.00 0 0 19 0.46 1 31 32 0.78 92.5 2.3
March 8 28 51 1.82 14 124 .298 1 0.04 0 0.00 1 0 3 0.11 3 24 27 0.96 66.0 2.4
April 3 10 12 1.20 1 20 .550 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 4 0.40 2 5 7 0.70 16.5 1.6

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Trolls Sweep V-Hawks

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March 23, 2024

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WHITING, Ind. – The Viterbo University Men’s Volleyball team dropped a pair of matches at a Tri-Match hosted by Calumet College (Ind.)...

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