1 Nik Bates
Nik Bates
  • Height:
    6'1"
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hampden, MA
  • High School:
    Minnechaug
  • Position:
    Middle Hitter/Outside Hitter
  • Major:
    CIT
  • m
    6
  • k/s
    1.00
  • h %
    .011
  • a/s
    0.10
  • b/s
    0.71
  • sa/s
    0.24
  • d/s
    1.14

Bio

2020*: During the shortened Covid-19 Season he appeared in 13 matches and 37 sets, while producing 22 kills on a .113 hitting percentage, also adding 12 total blocks, 18 digs and 31 points for the season. 

2019: While playing in 26 matches and 61 sets for the Blazers, he produced a career high 64 kills with a hitting percentage of .290... while adding 7 service aces,  11 digs, 14 total blocks and 79 points for the season. 

2018: In his first year with the Blazers he played in 17 matches and 29 sets... posting a career high .390 hitting percentage off of 40 kills with 77 total attempts... also added 12 service aces, 7 digs, 10 total blocks, and 57 points. 

*Season cancelled to Covid-19 Outbreak. For more information please visit https://www.elms.edu/elms-safe/

Prior to Elms College: 

Club/Travel: Pioneer Valley, NERVA 

 

Personal: 

Birthday: March 20th 

Parent/Guardian: Jeffery and Danielle Bates 

 

Fun Facts: 

Dream Job: Working at Microsoft 

#1 Song: One

Favorite Sports Memory: Beating Endicott 

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 27 at Endicott
Mar 31 at Springfield
Apr 2 at Nichols W, 3-2
Apr 3 Nichols W, 3-1
Apr 7 Eastern Nazarene
Apr 10 at Endicott L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 6 4
Sets 21 15
Kills 21 16
Kills per set 1.00 1.07
Errors 20 13
Total Attacks 90 69
Hitting Percentage .011 .043
Assists 2 2
Assists per set 0.10 0.13
Service Aces 5 2
Service Errors 23 15
Service Aces per set 0.24 0.13
Receptions 14 0
Reception Errors 8 4
Digs 24 23
Digs per set 1.14 1.53
Block Solo 4 4
Block Assist 11 7
Block Total 15 11
Blocks per set 0.71 0.73
Block Errors 1 1
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 35.5 25.5
Points per set 1.7 1.7
Matches started 5 3
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Mar 13 at Johnson State W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 8 .500 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Mar 13 at Johnson State W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 7 .286 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Mar 19 Eastern Nazarene   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 20 at Eastern Nazarene   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 24 Springfield L, 3-0 1 3 1 3 9 -.222 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.5
Mar 26 Endicott   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 27 at Endicott   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 31 at Springfield   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 2 at Nichols W, 3-2 1 5 5 6 25 -.040 1 1 6 - 2 12 2 2 0 4 0 9.0
Apr 3 Nichols W, 3-1 - 4 4 6 29 -.069 0 0 4 - 2 6 2 2 1 4 0 7.0
Apr 7 Eastern Nazarene   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 10 at Endicott L, 3-0 1 3 4 4 12 .000 0 1 5 14 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
  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
2017-18 17 29 40 1.38 10 77 .390 1 0.03 12 0.41 0 0 7 0.24 0 10 10 0.34 57.0 2.0
2018-19 26 61 64 1.05 22 145 .290 1 0.02 7 0.11 0 0 11 0.18 2 12 14 0.23 79.0 1.3
2019-20 13 37 22 0.59 14 71 .113 3 0.08 3 0.08 4 1 18 0.49 0 12 12 0.32 31.0 0.8
2020-21 6 21 21 1.00 20 90 .011 2 0.10 5 0.24 14 8 24 1.14 4 11 15 0.71 35.5 1.7
Total 62 148 147 0.99 66 383 .211 7 0.05 27 0.18 18 9 60 0.41 6 45 51 0.34 202.5 1.4
    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 6 21 21 1.00 20 90 .011 2 0.10 5 0.24 14 8 24 1.14 4 11 15 0.71 35.5 1.7
Conference 4 15 16 1.07 13 69 .043 2 0.13 2 0.13 0 4 23 1.53 4 7 11 0.73 25.5 1.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 2 7 5 0.71 9 38 -.105 0 0.00 2 0.29 0 2 7 1.00 2 3 5 0.71 10.5 1.5
Away 4 14 16 1.14 11 52 .096 2 0.14 3 0.21 14 6 17 1.21 2 8 10 0.71 25.0 1.8
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 4 15 16 1.07 13 69 .043 2 0.13 2 0.13 0 4 23 1.53 4 7 11 0.73 25.5 1.7
Losses 2 6 5 0.83 7 21 -.095 0 0.00 3 0.50 14 4 1 0.17 0 4 4 0.67 10.0 1.7
Month March 3 9 8 0.89 4 24 .167 1 0.11 3 0.33 0 0 6 0.67 0 4 4 0.44 13.0 1.4
April 3 12 13 1.08 16 66 -.045 1 0.08 2 0.17 14 8 18 1.50 4 7 11 0.92 22.5 1.9

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