8 MacAulay Petersen
MacAulay Petersen
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Year:
    R Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Paw Paw, Mich.
  • High School:
    Paw Paw
  • Position:
    OH
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    2.93
  • h %
    .241
  • a/s
    0.01
  • b/s
    0.34
  • sa/s
    0.02
  • d/s
    0.65

Bio

2018: Team captain … Received the Harold Meese Sportsmanship Award … Had a season-ending injury in the first match of the season.

2017: Named All-GLIAC Second Team... Played in 30 matches as a sophomore outside hitter... Top 5 in the GLIAC in kills/set (3.42) and total kills (378)... Lead in the team in points (384.5) and points/set (3.5)... Had a .223 hitting percentage... Recorded 23 double-digit kill matches including a season-high 19 kills in a home win against Lake Superior State on Sept. 15... Selected team captain for 2018 season. 

2016: Played in all 31 matches and all 120 sets as a freshman outside hitter and primary passer… Most kills as a freshman in over eight years … Second on the team in kills (297), kills/set (2.48), points (322.5) and points/s (2.78) … Made the top 25 in the GLiAC in kills … Recorded double-digit kills 12 times including 22 in a home win over Lake Erie on Oct. 21.

High School: Four-year varsity player at Paw Paw High School … Had over 1,000 career kills and a hitting percentage of .582 in 2015 … Named to the 2015 MIVCA Class B All-State Honorable Mention team … Also selected All-Region and two-time Wolverine West All-Conference First Team and all-conference honorable mention in 2013 … Team was Wolverine Conference Tournament champs in 2015 and two-time district champs … Played Club for DFFO and was included on the 2015 Junior Volleyball Association's Watch List.

Personal: Enjoys spending time with friends and family, watching the Red Wings, going to the beach, and taking fun trips to new places … Daughter of Curt and Molly Petersen … Has a younger sister Maggie and a younger brother Joe … Grandfather Richard Pins played football at Western Michigan … Born on January 7, 1998 … Majoring in environmental engineering.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 16 at Saginaw Valley State L, 3-2
Nov 20 Grand Valley State W, 3-1
Nov 23 vs. Northern Michigan W, 3-0
Nov 24 at Ferris State L, 3-0
Dec 5 vs. Missouri-St. Louis W, 3-0
Dec 6 vs. Hillsdale L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 16
Sets 112 57
Kills 328 174
Kills per set 2.93 3.05
Errors 120 61
Total Attacks 863 455
Hitting Percentage .241 .248
Assists 1 1
Assists per set 0.01 0.02
Service Aces 2 2
Service Errors 3 3
Service Aces per set 0.02 0.04
Receptions 45 9
Reception Errors 4 0
Digs 73 49
Digs per set 0.65 0.86
Block Solo 4 3
Block Assist 34 24
Block Total 38 27
Blocks per set 0.34 0.47
Block Errors 3 2
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 351.0 191.0
Points per set 3.1 3.4
Matches started 17 12
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 5 Southwest Minnesota State W, 3-0 1 3 4 5 14 -.071 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Sep 6 University of Mary W, 3-0 - 2 4 2 10 .200 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 6 Minnesota Crookston W, 3-0 - 3 10 1 15 .600 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Sep 7 Upper Iowa L, 3-2 - 5 3 6 26 -.115 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Sep 12 vs. Minnesota Duluth L, 3-0 - 3 4 1 12 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 13 vs. Bemidji State W, 3-1 - 4 8 6 26 .077 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Sep 13 at St. Cloud State L, 3-1 - 4 12 2 34 .294 0 0 0 10 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 14 vs. Minnesota Crookston W, 3-0 - 3 11 2 29 .310 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 12.0
Sep 20 at Davenport W, 3-1 1 4 18 2 37 .432 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 18.5
Sep 21 at Grand Valley State W, 3-0 - 3 11 7 25 .160 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Sep 24 Northern Michigan W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 17 .294 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 27 Saginaw Valley State W, 3-0 1 3 13 5 23 .348 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Sep 28 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 11 4 20 .350 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 4 at Northwood W, 3-1 1 4 17 2 31 .484 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 19.5
Oct 5 at Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 31 .000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 11 Wayne State W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 23 .174 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Oct 12 Ashland W, 3-1 1 4 6 4 25 .080 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 18 vs. Drury W, 3-1 - 4 12 4 29 .276 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Oct 19 vs. Cedarville W, 3-1 - 4 15 3 31 .387 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 15.5
Oct 19 vs. Illinois-Springfield W, 3-0 1 3 10 4 27 .222 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Oct 25 at Parkside W, 3-0 - 3 14 1 26 .500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Oct 26 at Purdue Northwest W, 3-0 - 3 6 4 22 .091 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
Nov 2 at Northern Michigan W, 3-0 - 3 11 5 30 .200 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 3 0 13.0
Nov 8 Ferris State L, 3-2 1 5 12 3 45 .200 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 14.0
Nov 9 Northwood W, 3-1 1 4 9 4 28 .179 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Nov 15 at Lake Superior State W, 3-1 1 4 11 3 30 .267 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 7 0 14.5
Nov 16 at Saginaw Valley State L, 3-2 1 5 17 8 42 .214 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 4 0 5 0 20.0
Nov 20 Grand Valley State W, 3-1 1 4 20 7 42 .310 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 20.0
Nov 23 vs. Northern Michigan W, 3-0 1 3 10 3 23 .304 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Nov 24 at Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 6 5 22 .045 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Dec 5 vs. Missouri-St. Louis W, 3-0 - 3 10 2 20 .400 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Dec 6 vs. Hillsdale L, 3-1 - 4 15 6 48 .188 0 0 0 16 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
  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
2016-17 31 120 297 2.48 149 934 .158 11 0.09 4 0.03 315 17 117 0.97 2 39 41 0.34 322.5 2.7
2017-18 30 109 373 3.42 136 1064 .223 3 0.03 0 0.00 113 12 52 0.48 3 17 20 0.18 384.5 3.5
2018-19 1 2 10 5.00 2 32 .250 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 10.0 5.0
2019-20 32 112 328 2.93 120 863 .241 1 0.01 2 0.02 45 4 73 0.65 4 34 38 0.34 351.0 3.1
Total 94 343 1008 2.94 407 2893 .208 15 0.04 6 0.02 473 33 242 0.71 9 90 99 0.29 1068.0 3.1
    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 32 112 328 2.93 120 863 .241 1 0.01 2 0.02 45 4 73 0.65 4 34 38 0.34 351.0 3.1
Conference 16 57 174 3.05 61 455 .248 1 0.02 2 0.04 9 0 49 0.86 3 24 27 0.47 191.0 3.4
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 42 106 2.52 46 288 .208 1 0.02 0 0.00 5 0 27 0.64 1 10 11 0.26 112.0 2.7
Away 11 39 127 3.26 43 330 .255 0 0.00 2 0.05 18 1 34 0.87 2 20 22 0.56 141.0 3.6
Neutral 9 31 95 3.06 31 245 .261 0 0.00 0 0.00 22 3 12 0.39 1 4 5 0.16 98.0 3.2
Result Wins 24 80 255 3.19 85 603 .282 1 0.01 2 0.03 15 0 50 0.63 3 20 23 0.29 270.0 3.4
Losses 8 32 73 2.28 35 260 .146 0 0.00 0 0.00 30 4 23 0.72 1 14 15 0.47 81.0 2.5
Month September 13 43 116 2.70 45 288 .247 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 1 21 0.49 2 9 11 0.26 122.5 2.8
October 9 31 91 2.94 29 245 .253 0 0.00 2 0.06 5 0 16 0.52 0 6 6 0.19 96.0 3.1
November 8 31 96 3.10 38 262 .221 1 0.03 0 0.00 10 0 33 1.06 2 19 21 0.68 107.5 3.5
December 2 7 25 3.57 8 68 .250 0 0.00 0 0.00 19 3 3 0.43 0 0 0 0.00 25.0 3.6