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12 Cailie Kowal
Cailie Kowal
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    Onalaska, Wis.
  • High School:
    Onalaska HS
  • Position:
    DS
  • m
    37
  • k/s
    0.07
  • h %
    .195
  • a/s
    5.02
  • b/s
    0.02
  • sa/s
    0.16
  • d/s
    2.07

Bio

2023 (Senior):

  • CSC Academic All-District
  • NAIA Scholar-Athlete
  • NSAA Scholar-Athlete
  • Recorded the second-most assists on the team with 480
  • Posted 260 digs on the year to go with 20 service aces
  • Dished a career-high 28 assists against Dakota State (SD)

2022 (Junior): 

  • Second on the team with a career-high 445 assists
  • Career-highs in digs (191) and service aces (27)
  • Played in 132 sets over 38 matches on the year

2021 (Sophomore):

  • Appeared in all 143 sets for the V-Hawks
  • Set a career-high in assists with 69
  • Served a career-high 25 aces
  • Defensively, collected a career-best 105 digs on the season
  • Dished out career-best 27 assists on November 6th vs Dakota State

2020 (Freshman):

  • NSAA Scholar-Athlete
  • Appeared in 55 sets in her first season as a V-Hawks
  • Served 15 aces on the season
  • Defensively, collected 25 digs

Club:

  • V-Hawk Extreme

High School:

  • Four-year letter winner and threee-year starter on the Onalaska HS volleyball team at setter & right side
  • 2019 All-La Crosse Tribune Honorable Mention
  • Second-team all-conference as a senior (2019)
  • Totaled 1,000 assists during her high school career
  • 2019 Great River Sprawl All-Tournament Team
  • OHS rookie of the year (2016)
  • Also started three seasons at right field & third base on the softball team
  • x2 all-conference honorable mention (2018, 2019)
  • Member of link crew, Spanish club, and Spanish honors society

Personal:

  • Parents are Craig and Heather Kowal
  • Majoring in Nursing
  • Why Viterbo? - "I knew I would be getting some of the best education around. I also loved the family feeling you see with the volleyball team along with the coaches?"

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 12 Trinity Christian (IL) W, 3-0
Nov 14 St. Ambrose (IA) W, 3-0
Nov 16 Saint Xavier (IL) W, 3-0
Nov 23 Morningside W, 3-1
Dec 5 vs. Nelson (Texas) L, 3-1
Dec 6 vs. Southern Oregon L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 37 14
Sets 126 45
Kills 9 4
Kills per set 0.07 0.09
Errors 1 1
Total Attacks 41 10
Total Attacks per set 0.33 0.22
Hitting Percentage .195 .300
Assists 632 252
Assists per set 5.02 5.60
Service Aces 20 12
Service Errors 34 13
Service Aces per set 0.16 0.27
Receptions 6 2
Reception Errors 1 1
Digs 261 94
Digs per set 2.07 2.09
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 2 0
Block Total 2 0
Blocks per set 0.02 0.00
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 2 1
Points 30.0 16.0
Points per set 0.2 0.4
Matches started 3 1
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 16 vs. #15 Montana Western (MT) L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 1 .000 19 0 1 1 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Aug 16 vs. #3 Eastern Oregon L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 15 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 17 Arizona Christian (AZ) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 14 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 17 at (RV) College of Idaho L, 3-0 1 3 0 0 2 .000 13 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 23 #6 Midland L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 3 .000 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 23 #12 Corban (OR) L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 11 1 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Aug 24 #11 Missouri Baptist W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 19 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 30 vs. Peru State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 15 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Aug 30 at College of Saint Mary (NE) W, 3-0 - 3 2 0 3 .667 13 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Aug 31 vs. Concordia (NE) L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 16 2 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Aug 31 vs. Saint Francis (Ind.) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 16 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 5 Judson (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 15 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 6 Jamestown L, 3-2 - 5 0 0 2 .000 25 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 7 Dakota State (SD) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 4 .000 29 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 7 Valley City State W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 1 .000 18 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Sep 10 at St. Francis (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 18 1 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 2.0
Sep 13 at St. Ambrose (IA) W, 3-2 - 5 1 0 1 1.000 25 1 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Sep 14 vs. Park L, 3-1 - 4 2 0 3 .667 16 2 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 14 vs. Mount Mercy W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 21 Indiana South Bend (IN) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 19 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 24 at Olivet Nazarene (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 1 0 1 1.000 20 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 26 Trinity Christian (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 10 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 2 at Northwestern L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 14 at Calumet (IN) W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 22 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 15 at Indiana Northwest W, 3-0 - 3 0 1 4 -.250 22 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 1.0
Oct 18 Saint Xavier (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 18 1 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 23 Governors State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 20 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 29 at Judson (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 16 1 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 2 St. Francis (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 14 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 5 at Governors State W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 13 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 6 at Indiana South Bend (IN) W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 0 - 20 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 12 Trinity Christian (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 18 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 14 St. Ambrose (IA) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 1 .000 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 16 Saint Xavier (IL) W, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 22 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Nov 23 Morningside W, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 21 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 1 0 0.5
Dec 5 vs. Nelson (Texas) L, 3-1 - 4 0 0 2 .000 17 0 1 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Dec 6 vs. Southern Oregon L, 3-0 - 3 0 0 0 - 16 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
  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 2 8 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 0.13 4 0.50 0 0 3 0.38 0 0 0 0.00 4.0 0.5
2021-22 41 141 3 0.02 0 7 .429 69 0.49 25 0.18 67 3 105 0.74 0 0 0 0.00 28.0 0.2
2022-23 38 132 4 0.03 4 25 .000 445 3.37 27 0.20 22 9 191 1.45 0 0 0 0.00 31.0 0.2
2023-24 39 138 2 0.01 3 22 -.045 480 3.48 20 0.14 8 2 260 1.88 0 0 0 0.00 22.0 0.2
2024-25 37 126 9 0.07 1 41 .195 632 5.02 20 0.16 6 1 261 2.07 0 2 2 0.02 30.0 0.2
Total 157 545 18 0.03 8 95 .105 1627 2.99 96 0.18 103 15 820 1.50 0 2 2 0.00 115.0 0.2
    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 37 126 9 0.07 1 41 .195 632 5.02 20 0.16 6 1 261 2.07 0 2 2 0.02 30.0 0.2
Conference 14 45 4 0.09 1 10 .300 252 5.60 12 0.27 2 1 94 2.09 0 0 0 0.00 16.0 0.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 17 57 1 0.02 0 18 .056 296 5.19 10 0.18 0 0 112 1.96 0 1 1 0.02 11.5 0.2
Away 11 36 5 0.14 1 14 .286 194 5.39 5 0.14 4 1 81 2.25 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 0.3
Neutral 9 33 3 0.09 0 9 .333 142 4.30 5 0.15 2 0 68 2.06 0 1 1 0.03 8.5 0.3
Result Wins 26 84 7 0.08 1 23 .261 463 5.51 14 0.17 2 1 172 2.05 0 1 1 0.01 21.5 0.3
Losses 11 42 2 0.05 0 18 .111 169 4.02 6 0.14 4 0 89 2.12 0 1 1 0.02 8.5 0.2
Month August 11 38 3 0.08 0 15 .200 160 4.21 6 0.16 4 0 75 1.97 0 1 1 0.03 9.5 0.3
September 11 40 6 0.15 0 14 .429 207 5.17 5 0.13 2 1 74 1.85 0 0 0 0.00 11.0 0.3
October 6 18 0 0.00 1 6 -.167 110 6.11 6 0.33 0 0 44 2.44 0 0 0 0.00 6.0 0.3
November 7 23 0 0.00 0 4 .000 122 5.30 3 0.13 0 0 50 2.17 0 1 1 0.04 3.5 0.2
December 2 7 0 0.00 0 2 .000 33 4.71 0 0.00 0 0 18 2.57 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 0.0

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V-Hawks Claim Day Two of Invitational with DeLongs 600th Win

LA CROSSE, Wis. – The Viterbo University Women’s Volleyball overpower (RV) Dakota State University (25-18, 25-21, 19-25, 25-17) on...

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Connor Supplies 1500th assist in #9 Jamestown Match

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