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9 Alex Kratzenstein
Alex Kratzenstein
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Hometown:
    Littleton, Colo.
  • Position:
    OH
  • Year:
    Jr
  • High School:
    Heritage HS
  • 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
Total Attacks per set 3.59 3.51
Hitting Percentage .173 .103
Assists 4 2
Assists per set 0.04 0.04
Service Total Attempts 19 4
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 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
2024-25 34 119 270 2.27 139 781 .168 10 0.08 0 0.00 255 17 53 0.45 6 24 30 0.25 288.0 2.4
Total 101 348 587 1.69 283 1600 .190 17 0.05 0 0.00 276 20 111 0.32 33 166 199 0.57 703.0 2.0
    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
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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