3 Maria Vukaj
3 - Maria Vukaj
Height: 5-11
Year: Jr
Hometown: Davison, Mich.
Position: OH
Previous School: Davison HS
m 17
k/s 3.52
h % .154
a/s 0.25
b/s 0.39
sa/s 0.17
d/s 3.25

2019

  • Competed in 27 matches and 102 sets for the Cardinals
  • Totaled 239 kills, 36 assists and 16 service aces
  • Tallied 296 digs and 53 total blocks
  • Averaged 2.34 kills and 2.90 digs per set
  • Had a season-high 16 kills vs Davenport on Oct. 25

2018

  • Participated in 28 matches for the Cardinals, averaging 2.39 kills per set, totalling 239 kills
  • Producing 293 digs averaging 2.93
  • Totaling 42 blocks and 285.5 points
  • Recorded 22 aces   

Prior to SVSU/Personal:

  • Prepped at Davison High School where she dedicated her time to volleyball and academics
  • A three-time first-team All-Saginaw Valley League and district champ team member as well as a two-time regional finalist.
  • Received Saginaw Valley All-Academic honors for three seasons. 
  • Maria Vulaj is sisters of previous SVSU Volleyball team member, Leze Vukaj. 
  • Daughter of Noah and Vera Vukaj
  • Majoring in Bio-Chemistry
Recent Games
Mar 27 at Ashland W, 3-1
Apr 2 at Ferris State L, 3-0
Apr 3 at Ferris State L, 3-0
Apr 9 vs. Parkside L, 3-2
Apr 10 Purdue Northwest W, 3-2
Apr 10 at Davenport L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 17 14
Sets 64 51
Kills 225 189
Kills per set 3.52 3.71
Errors 110 89
Total Attacks 746 613
Hitting Percentage .154 .163
Assists 16 15
Assists per set 0.25 0.29
Service Aces 11 10
Service Errors 15 12
Service Aces per set 0.17 0.20
Receptions 440 341
Reception Errors 13 9
Digs 208 168
Digs per set 3.25 3.29
Block Solo 5 4
Block Assist 20 17
Block Total 25 21
Blocks per set 0.39 0.41
Block Errors 10 9
Ball Handling Errors 3 3
Points 251.0 211.5
Points per set 3.9 4.1
Matches started 8 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Oct 2 Ashland   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 18 at GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 21 at GLIAC Tournament Semifinal   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 22 at GLIAC Tournament Final   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 3 at NCAA Division II Midwest Regionals   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 10 at NCAA Division II Finals   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 19 Northwood L, 3-0 - 3 9 10 42 -.024 0 1 1 29 1 12 0 0 1 0 0 10.0
Feb 20 Northwood L, 3-2 - 5 18 11 53 .132 2 2 2 35 0 14 0 4 4 4 1 22.0
Feb 26 at Northern Michigan L, 3-1 - 4 15 5 37 .270 0 1 2 30 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Feb 27 at Northern Michigan L, 3-1 - 4 13 5 44 .182 1 1 1 18 1 6 1 2 0 3 0 16.0
Mar 5 Grand Valley State L, 3-2 - 5 19 6 67 .194 1 1 1 27 0 21 0 2 1 2 1 21.0
Mar 6 Grand Valley State L, 3-1 1 4 17 5 53 .226 2 1 1 31 2 11 0 3 2 3 1 19.5
Mar 12 at Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 13 6 37 .189 0 0 1 13 0 15 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
Mar 14 Lake Superior State W, 3-0 1 3 15 5 37 .270 1 0 2 18 1 12 1 0 1 1 0 16.0
Mar 19 Michigan Tech L, 3-0 - 3 5 5 39 .000 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Mar 20 Michigan Tech L, 3-0 - 3 11 3 31 .258 0 0 0 17 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Mar 26 at Ashland W, 3-1 - 4 19 8 61 .180 3 1 1 32 0 19 0 3 0 3 0 21.5
Mar 27 at Ashland W, 3-1 - 4 17 8 48 .188 3 1 0 40 1 25 1 0 0 1 0 19.0
Apr 2 at Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 10 8 36 .056 0 0 0 22 1 9 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Apr 3 at Ferris State L, 3-0 1 3 8 4 28 .143 2 1 0 17 1 14 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Apr 9 vs. Parkside L, 3-2 1 5 13 10 50 .060 0 0 1 31 4 17 0 1 1 1 0 13.5
Apr 10 Purdue Northwest W, 3-2 1 5 21 6 64 .234 1 1 0 53 0 16 1 2 0 3 0 24.0
Apr 10 at Davenport L, 3-0 1 3 2 5 19 -.158 0 0 2 15 0 7 0 0 0 0 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
2018-19 28 100 241 2.41 119 813 .150 20 0.20 22 0.22 510 20 295 2.95 7 35 42 0.42 287.5 2.9
2019-20 27 102 239 2.34 115 730 .170 36 0.35 16 0.16 475 14 296 2.90 2 51 53 0.52 282.5 2.8
2020-21 17 64 225 3.52 110 746 .154 16 0.25 11 0.17 440 13 208 3.25 5 20 25 0.39 251.0 3.9
2021-22 27 97 230 2.37 116 784 .145 27 0.28 21 0.22 497 15 302 3.11 10 33 43 0.44 277.5 2.9
Total 99 363 935 2.58 460 3073 .155 99 0.27 70 0.19 1922 62 1101 3.03 24 139 163 0.45 1098.5 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
Total 17 64 225 3.52 110 746 .154 16 0.25 11 0.17 440 13 208 3.25 5 20 25 0.39 251.0 3.9
Conference 14 51 189 3.71 89 613 .163 15 0.29 10 0.20 341 9 168 3.29 4 17 21 0.41 211.5 4.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 8 31 115 3.71 51 386 .166 7 0.23 6 0.19 222 5 90 2.90 2 12 14 0.45 129.0 4.2
Away 8 28 97 3.46 49 310 .155 9 0.32 5 0.18 187 4 101 3.61 3 7 10 0.36 108.5 3.9
Neutral 1 5 13 2.60 10 50 .060 0 0.00 0 0.00 31 4 17 3.40 0 1 1 0.20 13.5 2.7
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Wins 5 19 85 4.47 33 247 .211 8 0.42 3 0.16 156 2 87 4.58 4 5 9 0.47 94.5 5.0
Losses 12 45 140 3.11 77 499 .126 8 0.18 8 0.18 284 11 121 2.69 1 15 16 0.36 156.5 3.5
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February 4 16 55 3.44 31 176 .136 3 0.19 5 0.31 112 2 38 2.38 1 6 7 0.44 64.0 4.0
March 8 29 116 4.00 46 373 .188 10 0.34 4 0.14 190 5 107 3.69 3 9 12 0.41 127.5 4.4
April 5 19 54 2.84 33 197 .107 3 0.16 2 0.11 138 6 63 3.32 1 5 6 0.32 59.5 3.1