16 Rachel Pohlod
Rachel Pohlod
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School:
    Oakland Catholic
  • Position:
    S
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    0.99
  • h %
    .257
  • a/s
    10.90
  • b/s
    0.19
  • sa/s
    0.32
  • d/s
    3.26

Bio

2014: Took over setting responsibilities during her sophomore campaign ... Named to the GLIAC Academic All-Excellence Team and won Tech's Academic Excellence Award with back-to-back 4.0 semesters ... Led the team in assists with 585 and assists per set with 8.13 ... Saw action in 20 matches and 72 sets after returning from injury at the start of the season ... Recorded 19 service aces on the year ... Was fourth on the team in digs with 200, averaging 2.78 per set ... Recorded 10 or more digs 11 times on the year ... Had a season-high 17 digs at Lake Erie (Sept. 20) 2013:  Appeared in all 30 matches and 115 sets … Ranked 12th in the GLIAC in overall service aces with 37 … Second on the team with 341 digs and averaged 2.97 per set … Added 49 kills, 30 assists and 11 total blocks … Tallied double digit digs in 20 matches, including a season-high 20 at Hillsdale (Nov. 9) … Served seven aces vs. Illinois-Springfield (Oct. 26) … Recorded nine kills, 12 digs and two blocks at Ohio Dominican (Oct. 19).

Prior to Michigan Tech Led Oakland Catholic High School to its best season in school history with a perfect 12-0 record in league play and the first birth in the AAA Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Tournament in program history ... A four-year starter and three-time captain for Oakland Catholic ... Played club volleyball for Renaissance VBC and Pittsburgh Elite where she was coached by Matt Jennings ... Qualified for the 2012 Pennsylvania State Track and Field Meet in the 4x800 relay and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal:  Born on March 28, 1995 … Daughter of Paul and Elizabeth Pohlod … Has three older siblings, Emily, Andrew and Mary, and three younger siblings, Michael, David and Audrey … Enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing beach volleyball, and playing tennis and badminton … Older bother Andrew played volleyball at Thiel College (Penn.) ... Majoring in mechanical engineering and carries an overall GPA of 3.97.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 3 Northern Michigan L, 3-1
Nov 6 at Saginaw Valley State W, 3-1
Nov 7 at Wayne State L, 3-1
Nov 13 at Northwood L, 3-2
Nov 14 at Lake Superior State W, 3-0
Nov 18 at Ferris State L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 31 18
Sets 105 62
Kills 104 58
Kills per set 0.99 0.94
Errors 24 15
Total Attacks 311 186
Hitting Percentage .257 .231
Assists 1145 678
Assists per set 10.90 10.94
Service Aces 34 20
Service Errors 24 18
Service Aces per set 0.32 0.32
Receptions 8 1
Reception Errors 3 0
Digs 342 206
Digs per set 3.26 3.32
Block Solo 1 0
Block Assist 19 7
Block Total 20 7
Blocks per set 0.19 0.11
Block Errors 5 4
Ball Handling Errors 20 14
Points 148.5 81.5
Points per set 1.4 1.3
Matches started 31 18
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 4 vs. Upper Iowa W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 14 .286 42 0 1 0 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 4 vs. Fort Hays St. W, 3-0 1 3 7 0 12 .583 38 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 0 11.0
Sep 5 vs. Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 10 .400 30 0 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 5 vs. Cedarville W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 5 .600 39 2 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 10 at Upper Iowa W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 8 .500 36 0 0 1 1 11 0 1 1 1 1 4.5
Sep 11 vs. Minot St. W, 3-0 1 3 1 2 9 -.111 35 3 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Sep 12 vs. St. Cloud State W, 3-1 1 4 2 1 10 .100 41 2 1 2 0 12 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Sep 12 vs. South Dakota Mines W, 3-1 1 4 5 0 10 .500 48 1 0 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 6.0
Sep 18 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 6 .667 34 1 1 - 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 6.0
Sep 19 Northwood W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 12 .417 34 1 5 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 6.0
Sep 22 at Parkside L, 3-0 1 3 2 1 10 .100 29 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 2 0 3.0
Sep 25 Ashland L, 3-0 1 3 4 0 10 .400 28 1 1 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 26 Lake Erie W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 12 .333 33 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 6.0
Sep 29 at Northern Michigan W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 11 .273 42 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 3.0
Oct 2 at Findlay L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 5 .000 36 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 3.5
Oct 3 at Hillsdale L, 3-0 1 3 4 2 11 .182 32 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 1 4.0
Oct 9 Walsh W, 3-0 1 3 1 1 9 .000 36 0 4 - 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 10 Malone W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 9 .889 37 1 0 - 0 14 0 0 0 0 2 9.0
Oct 16 vs. Ohio Valley W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 8 .500 31 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 16 vs. Lewis L, 3-2 1 5 6 1 13 .385 42 2 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 2 8.0
Oct 17 vs. Parkside L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 7 .000 29 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 1 2.5
Oct 23 at Tiffin W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 8 .500 49 2 2 - 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 24 at Ohio Dominican W, 3-1 1 4 1 0 10 .100 52 3 0 - 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 4.0
Oct 30 Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 3 1 12 .167 33 1 0 - 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 4.0
Oct 31 Grand Valley State L, 3-1 1 4 3 0 12 .250 35 1 0 - 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Nov 3 Northern Michigan L, 3-1 1 4 2 2 16 .000 38 3 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Nov 6 at Saginaw Valley State W, 3-1 1 4 2 3 16 -.063 37 2 2 0 0 15 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Nov 7 at Wayne State L, 3-1 1 4 4 0 7 .571 33 0 0 - 0 18 0 0 0 0 3 4.0
Nov 13 at Northwood L, 3-2 1 5 3 4 17 -.059 57 1 0 0 0 20 0 1 0 1 2 4.5
Nov 14 at Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 1 0 3 .333 32 0 1 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Nov 18 at Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 9 .000 27 0 2 0 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 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
2013-14 29 109 44 0.40 35 213 .042 139 1.28 33 0.30 19 4 320 2.94 1 10 11 0.10 83.0 0.8
2014-15 20 72 69 0.96 13 207 .271 585 8.13 19 0.26 0 0 200 2.78 2 12 14 0.19 96.0 1.3
2015-16 31 105 104 0.99 24 311 .257 1145 10.90 34 0.32 8 3 342 3.26 1 19 20 0.19 148.5 1.4
2016-17 31 119 90 0.76 23 284 .236 1238 10.40 32 0.27 3 0 361 3.03 2 27 29 0.24 137.5 1.2
Total 111 405 307 0.76 95 1015 .209 3107 7.67 118 0.29 30 7 1223 3.02 6 68 74 0.18 465.0 1.1
    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 31 105 104 0.99 24 311 .257 1145 10.90 34 0.32 8 3 342 3.26 1 19 20 0.19 148.5 1.4
Conference 18 62 58 0.94 15 186 .231 678 10.94 20 0.32 1 0 206 3.32 0 7 7 0.11 81.5 1.3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 29 35 1.21 5 98 .306 308 10.62 10 0.34 0 0 89 3.07 0 3 3 0.10 46.5 1.6
Away 12 42 30 0.71 12 115 .157 462 11.00 10 0.24 2 1 154 3.67 0 8 8 0.19 44.0 1.0
Neutral 10 34 39 1.15 7 98 .327 375 11.03 14 0.41 6 2 99 2.91 1 8 9 0.26 58.0 1.7
Result Wins 19 62 70 1.13 10 182 .330 726 11.71 22 0.35 8 3 188 3.03 1 12 13 0.21 99.0 1.6
Losses 12 43 34 0.79 14 129 .155 419 9.74 12 0.28 0 0 154 3.58 0 7 7 0.16 49.5 1.2
Month September 14 44 55 1.25 7 139 .345 509 11.57 14 0.32 6 2 130 2.95 1 13 14 0.32 76.5 1.7
October 11 38 36 0.95 7 104 .279 412 10.84 14 0.37 2 1 129 3.39 0 2 2 0.05 51.0 1.3
November 6 23 13 0.57 10 68 .044 224 9.74 6 0.26 0 0 83 3.61 0 4 4 0.17 21.0 0.9