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Defensive Specialist · #3
Taylor Mercado
HS: Long Beach Polytechnic
D/S
1.92
RE%
3.5%
SA/S
0.25
Team in her matches
8-3
Season
2026 · final matches
MP
11
S
36
K
0
E
1
TA
4
HIT%
-.250
AST
24
SA
9
SE
5
DIG
69
RA
144
RE
5
BS
0
BA
0
BLK
0
PTS
9
K/S
0.00
A/S
0.67
D/S
1.92
B/S
0.00
SA/S
0.25
PTS/S
0.25
ACE%
9.2%
SE%
5.1%
RE%
3.5%
Percentile Rankings
vs 778 liberos & DS with 20+ sets
Digs / set
avg 2.30
48
1.92
Reception err %
avg 6.3%↓
85
3.5%
Receptions / set
avg 3.53
59
4.00
Aces / set
avg 0.18
74
0.25
Serve err %
avg 8.9%↓
81
5.1%
Bubble = percentile within position. ↓ = lower is better (percentile already flipped). Rate stats need 20+ attempts.
Rally Splits
11 matches with play-by-play
Assist distribution
26 assisted kills- OH81%21
- S12%3
- MB8%2
Entropy
2.15
bits (Shannon)
Evenness
83%
of max 2.58 bits
11 42%
6 23%
4 15%
3 12%
1 4%
1 4%
Share of kills where this player is credited with the set, by hitter. Higher entropy = harder to read. Team hit% on this setter's sets isn't shown: PBP credits setters only on kills, not on errors or dug balls.
Serve receive
aced-on rateTimes aced
5
named in PBP
Receptions
144
box, PBP games
Aced-on rate
3.5%
aced / receptions
Share of team aces
8%
59 team aced
Rally splits come from NCAA play-by-play and may miss a few rallies; names are matched to the box score. Season totals above come from box scores.
Game Log
* = started
| Date | Opponent | Result | S | K | E | TA | HIT% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vsGeorge Washington | W 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | @Howard | W 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 13 | @UMBC | L 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | vsLoyola Maryland | W 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 11 | @Morgan St. | W 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | @Wake Forest | W 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 5 | vsDavidson | W 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 4 | vsUCF | L 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 30 | vsNorthwestern | L 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 29 | vsGeorge Mason | W 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 28 | @American | W 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |