Top Individual Performances (Week 9 WLAX)

0 Comment April 13, 2021

Each week, we will look back at the games that were to see which players had the largest individual performances. I say largest because the contributions that we can measure (from play by play) tend to be things that are easy to count. This includes, goals, shots, assists, turnovers, penalties, etc. We can’t measure a defender who shuts down an opposing player so completely that she doesn’t even touch the ball. Still, it is interesting to be able to identify the players that really filled it up each weekend and give them a shout out here.
For a bit of background, in order to rank single game performances, we needed a way to condense box score stats to a single number for each player. In order to do this, we relied on our expected goal values methodology, which assigns a goal value to each type of play depending on how often it leads to a goal in the next 60 seconds. By adding up all the expected goals added for each player, we can get to that single number and these rankings.
We have also tagged each performance with the opponent’s ELO rating. The higher the number, the stronger the opponent. This should help to give some context for each performance. Did the player feast on the dregs of D1 or did they put up these numbers against a quality opponent?
A quick note: whenever you see the PRO logo () a click will take you directly to the player’s PRO page. In some cases, you’ll see the “unlocked” PRO logo () which tells you that the player’s team is unlocked and you’ll be able to see all the PRO content.
Top Single Game Scores of the week
#1 – Ashley Britton (High Point) – 11.08 goals added Apr 7 vs Campbell Opp ELO: 1219 This was the best game Britton has had all year and it was the best day that the Panthers’ offense has had all year. Their 41.8% efficiency mark was the highest of the season. For Britton, the 10-point outing found the right mix of opportunity and accuracy. The 16 shots represented a season high and while she’s had better days, as measured by shooting percentage, none of them came with such high volume. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 96th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 98th Excess Goals 0th eGoals/Shot 50th Shooting Percentage 49th Shot-on-Goal Rate 43rd Play Shares 89th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 7 3 16 GBs Draw Controls SOG 2 4 9 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 0 3 1 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 96th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 98th Excess Goals 0th eGoals/Shot 50th Shooting Percentage 49th Shot-on-Goal Rate 43rd Play Shares 89th PRO Definitions
#2 – Charlotte North (Boston College) – 10.63 goals added Apr 10 vs Virginia Tech Opp ELO: 1565 10 goals on 13 shots. There is a lot of excitement to Charlotte North’s game, but the efficiency is remarkable as well. Exhibit A: she is shooting 65.3% this year. She’s averaging fewer shots than she did last year, and yet her goals/gm average is up nearly a goal and a half. The 10.63 EGA mark in this one narrowly bested the 10.2 EGA mark she set for herself against UVA back in March. And let’s not forget, VT has the 25th best defense in the country; so this was no case of running up the score against some pushover. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 88th Shooting Percentage 88th Shot-on-Goal Rate 60th Play Shares 98th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 10 1 13 GBs Draw Controls SOG 1 13 12 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 4 1 2 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 88th Shooting Percentage 88th Shot-on-Goal Rate 60th Play Shares 98th PRO Definitions
#3 – Siena Gore (Kennesaw State) – 9.87 goals added Apr 6 vs Mercer Opp ELO: 1561 In this one, she scored 9 goals and added 1 assist in a game that Kennesaw State lost 20 – 19 to Mercer. Add in 6 ground balls and 6 draw controls and you’ve got a pretty full stat sheet. No trillion-club here. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 89th Shooting Percentage 87th Shot-on-Goal Rate 52nd Play Shares 99th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 9 1 11 GBs Draw Controls SOG 6 6 9 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 3 6 3 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 89th Shooting Percentage 87th Shot-on-Goal Rate 52nd Play Shares 99th PRO Definitions
#4 – Abby Hormes (High Point) – 9.51 goals added Apr 7 vs Campbell Opp ELO: 1219 Score 23 goals, and what do you get? 2 players on the top EGA list is what you get. This is the first time we’ve seen Abby Hormes grace these pages, but a 9.51 EGA day will do that. Her 57.1% shooting mark against Campbell was actually one of her least accurate outings recently. In her past 4 games she has shooting percentages of: 75%, 71%, 57% and 70%. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 87th Shooting Percentage 87th Shot-on-Goal Rate 64th Play Shares 97th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 8 1 14 GBs Draw Controls SOG 3 10 13 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 1 3 0 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 87th Shooting Percentage 87th Shot-on-Goal Rate 64th Play Shares 97th PRO Definitions
#5 – Paige Volkmann (Binghamton) – 9.42 goals added Apr 10 vs Hartford Opp ELO: 635 Volkmann’s 2021 season has been marked by fairly consistent improvement in just about every area. She is shooting 5 percentage points better than last year (42.5% vs 37.5%) on a few more shots per game (8 vs 6). She’s got a few extra assists and her turnover rate is down from .47 to .39. Even her excess shooting mark, which accounts for the probability that an average shooter would eclipse her actual goal total on the same shots, is up from last year. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 84th Total EGA 89th Offensive EGA 91st Excess Goals 8th eGoals/Shot 53rd Shooting Percentage 44th Shot-on-Goal Rate 25th Play Shares 93rd PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 7 3 12 GBs Draw Controls SOG 5 0 8 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 2 0 0 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 84th Total EGA 89th Offensive EGA 91st Excess Goals 8th eGoals/Shot 53rd Shooting Percentage 44th Shot-on-Goal Rate 25th Play Shares 93rd PRO Definitions
#6 – Izzy Scane (Northwestern) – 8.87 goals added Apr 8 vs Ohio State Opp ELO: 1506 Another week, another listing for Izzy Scane on the top EGA leaderboard. Her goal totals are getting a lot of attention, but in this game, she also had a season-high 3 assists. So far, her 2 highest EGA games this year both came against Ohio State. In the first game of the year, she had a 9.29 mark against the Bucks. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 97th Offensive EGA 98th Excess Goals 98th eGoals/Shot 87th Shooting Percentage 88th Shot-on-Goal Rate 50th Play Shares 97th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 8 3 14 GBs Draw Controls SOG 1 5 10 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 2 1 2 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 97th Offensive EGA 98th Excess Goals 98th eGoals/Shot 87th Shooting Percentage 88th Shot-on-Goal Rate 50th Play Shares 97th PRO Definitions
#7 – Blair Pearre (Towson) – 8.48 goals added Apr 10 vs William and Mary Opp ELO: 1362 7 shots, 7 shots-on-goal, 7 goals. How do you like that? Interestingly though, shooting percentage has not been where Pearre has had her biggest strides from last season. Last year, she shot 53.8%; this year…53.3%. Turnovers, though, is where you see the real impact. She has halved her turnover rate since last year (.50 down to .25 this year). Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 84th Offensive EGA 82nd Excess Goals 79th eGoals/Shot 83rd Shooting Percentage 85th Shot-on-Goal Rate 76th Play Shares 95th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 7 0 7 GBs Draw Controls SOG 5 6 7 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 0 4 2 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 84th Offensive EGA 82nd Excess Goals 79th eGoals/Shot 83rd Shooting Percentage 85th Shot-on-Goal Rate 76th Play Shares 95th PRO Definitions
#8 – Abby Hormes (High Point) – 8.44 goals added Apr 10 vs Winthrop Opp ELO: 1233 We had a double-dip on the men’s side this week, and we have one on the women’s side too, courtesy of Abby Hormes. Against Winthrop, she was even more efficient than in her game against Campbell. In her last 4 games, she’s got 23 goals on 35 shots. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 87th Shooting Percentage 87th Shot-on-Goal Rate 64th Play Shares 97th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 7 3 10 GBs Draw Controls SOG 3 6 9 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 1 2 0 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 99th Excess Goals 99th eGoals/Shot 87th Shooting Percentage 87th Shot-on-Goal Rate 64th Play Shares 97th PRO Definitions
#9 – Katie Whelan (Hofstra) – 7.78 goals added Apr 10 vs James Madison Opp ELO: 1968 Alyssa Parrella has gotten most of the headlines for Hofstra this year, but on this day, it was Whelan’s turn in the spotlight. She set season-highs for shots (9), goals (6), points (8). And she did it all without coughing the ball up once. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 92nd Total EGA 94th Offensive EGA 94th Excess Goals 1st eGoals/Shot 38th Shooting Percentage 34th Shot-on-Goal Rate 51st Play Shares 95th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 6 2 9 GBs Draw Controls SOG 1 2 8 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 0 0 0 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 92nd Total EGA 94th Offensive EGA 94th Excess Goals 1st eGoals/Shot 38th Shooting Percentage 34th Shot-on-Goal Rate 51st Play Shares 95th PRO Definitions
#10 – Sydney Watson (UConn) – 7.73 goals added Apr 9 vs Denver Opp ELO: 1992 With the 7.73 EGA game against Denver, Watson has once again vaulted to the top of theseason-long Statistical Tewaaraton table with a 68.64 mark. She now leads Siena Gore (Kennesaw) by a measly 3.16 EGA. Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 97th Excess Goals 10th eGoals/Shot 70th Shooting Percentage 66th Shot-on-Goal Rate 45th Play Shares 98th PRO Definitions Box Score Stats Goals Assists Shots 5 0 11 GBs Draw Controls SOG 2 10 8 Turnovers Penalties Caused TO 4 0 0 Career Stat Percentile EGA/game 99th Total EGA 99th Offensive EGA 97th Excess Goals 10th eGoals/Shot 70th Shooting Percentage 66th Shot-on-Goal Rate 45th Play Shares 98th PRO Definitions