14 Rachel Steele
14 - Rachel Steele
Height: 6-1
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Eaton Rapids, Mich.
High School: Eaton Rapids High School
Position: Outside Hitter
Major: Nursing
m 25
k/s 1.38
h % .059
a/s 0.03
b/s 0.21
sa/s 0.00
d/s 0.68

First Year (2023): Competed in 25 matches for the Lakers... Recorded nine kills on a hitting percentage of .429 in her debut against the No. 2 ranked team in the country at the time, Concordia-St. Paul... Totaled 98 kills, 48 digs, 15 blocks, and a pair of assists.

High School: Competed for Eaton Rapids High School in the CAAC White Division 2... All-Conference and All-Region honoree... Named to the All-Area team... All-State honorable mention in 2020... Four-time All-Academic honors... Named her team's MVP in 2022... Set her school record for kills in a season in 2020 before besting her own record again in 2023... School record-holder for career kills... Named Female Athlete of the Year in 2023... Also competed in basketball and was a member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Bernie and Bethany Steele... Has one sibling, Ben, who plays baseball at Concordia of Ann Arbor... Majoring in nursing.

Career Match Highs
Kills - 10 (vs. Winona State, 9/2/23)#
Attempts - 31 (at Michigan Tech, 9/29/23)
Assists - 1 (twice - vs. Wayne State, 10/6/23)
Service Aces - None
Block Solos - 2 (vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 9/9/23)#
Block Assists - 2 (three times - vs. Wisconsin-Parkside, 11/3/23)
Digs - 5 (three times - at Ferris State, 10/23/23)

# Neutral Site

Recent Games
Oct 28 Purdue Northwest L, 3-1
Nov 3 Wisconsin-Parkside W, 3-2
Nov 5 Grand Valley State L, 3-0
Nov 10 Northern Michigan L, 3-1
Nov 11 Michigan Tech W, 3-2
Nov 15 at #1 Grand Valley State L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 25 14
Sets 71 39
Kills 98 44
Kills per set 1.38 1.13
Errors 75 38
Total Attacks 391 217
Hitting Percentage .059 .028
Assists 2 1
Assists per set 0.03 0.03
Service Aces 0 0
Service Errors 1 0
Service Aces per set 0.00 0.00
Receptions 23 14
Reception Errors 3 3
Digs 48 26
Digs per set 0.68 0.67
Block Solo 4 1
Block Assist 11 8
Block Total 15 9
Blocks per set 0.21 0.23
Block Errors 4 0
Ball Handling Errors 3 0
Points 107.5 49.0
Points per set 1.5 1.3
Matches started 10 6
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 31 vs. #2 Concordia-St. Paul L, 3-0 1 3 9 0 21 .429 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
Sep 1 vs. Northwood L, 3-1 - 2 0 3 8 -.375 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0.0
Sep 1 vs. Minnesota-Crookston L, 3-1 - 1 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sep 2 vs. Winona State L, 3-1 - 4 10 6 30 .133 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 11.0
Sep 8 vs. Emporia St. L, 3-1 1 4 8 6 25 .080 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 9.0
Sep 8 at Missouri S&T L, 3-0 - 3 5 4 18 .056 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5.0
Sep 9 vs. Union (Tenn.) W, 3-0 - 3 5 1 11 .364 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 9 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan L, 3-1 - 4 6 5 23 .043 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 8.0
Sep 14 at Purdue Northwest L, 3-1 1 4 3 0 17 .176 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 4.0
Sep 16 Saginaw Valley State W, 3-2 - 3 4 6 16 -.125 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 22 at Davenport L, 3-1 - 2 1 3 8 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Sep 23 at Wayne State W, 3-2 1 4 5 5 25 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 29 at Michigan Tech L, 3-1 - 4 7 5 31 .065 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 30 at Northern Michigan L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 #21 Ferris State L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 Wayne State W, 3-0 - 3 2 2 9 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Oct 7 Davenport L, 3-1 1 4 2 3 14 -.071 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 13 vs. Malone W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 12 .333 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 14 vs. Southwest Baptist L, 3-2 - 1 0 3 3 -1.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 14 vs. Lake Erie W, 3-1 1 4 5 6 22 -.045 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Oct 20 at Grand Valley State L, 3-0 1 3 3 3 12 .000 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Oct 21 at Wisconsin-Parkside L, 3-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 at #17 Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 6 6 22 .000 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 27 at Saginaw Valley State L, 3-0 - 1 0 1 6 -.167 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oct 28 Purdue Northwest L, 3-1 1 4 6 2 29 .138 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
Nov 3 Wisconsin-Parkside W, 3-2 - 2 1 1 11 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 2.0
Nov 5 Grand Valley State L, 3-0 - 1 3 0 6 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Nov 10 Northern Michigan L, 3-1 - 1 1 1 11 .000 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Nov 11 Michigan Tech W, 3-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at #1 Grand Valley State L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  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
2023-24 25 71 98 1.38 75 391 .059 2 0.03 0 0.00 23 3 48 0.68 4 11 15 0.21 107.5 1.5
Total 25 71 98 1.38 75 391 .059 2 0.03 0 0.00 23 3 48 0.68 4 11 15 0.21 107.5 1.5
  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
Total 25 71 98 1.38 75 391 .059 2 0.03 0 0.00 23 3 48 0.68 4 11 15 0.21 107.5 1.5
Conference 14 39 44 1.13 38 217 .028 1 0.03 0 0.00 14 3 26 0.67 1 8 9 0.23 49.0 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 18 19 1.06 15 96 .042 1 0.06 0 0.00 3 0 12 0.67 0 5 5 0.28 21.5 1.2
Away 8 24 30 1.25 27 139 .022 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 3 15 0.63 1 3 4 0.17 32.5 1.4
Neutral 10 29 49 1.69 33 156 .103 1 0.03 0 0.00 9 0 21 0.72 3 3 6 0.21 53.5 1.8
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Wins 7 22 28 1.27 23 106 .047 1 0.05 0 0.00 7 0 9 0.41 0 5 5 0.23 30.5 1.4
Losses 18 49 70 1.43 52 285 .063 1 0.02 0 0.00 16 3 39 0.80 4 6 10 0.20 77.0 1.6
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August 1 3 9 3.00 0 21 .429 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 5 1.67 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 3.0
September 12 38 54 1.42 45 213 .042 1 0.03 0 0.00 4 0 20 0.53 4 4 8 0.21 60.0 1.6
October 9 26 30 1.15 28 129 .016 1 0.04 0 0.00 18 3 18 0.69 0 5 5 0.19 32.5 1.3
November 3 4 5 1.25 2 28 .107 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 5 1.25 0 2 2 0.50 6.0 1.5