13 Megan Oldenburger
13 Megan Oldenburger
Height: 5-11
Year: Senior
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
High School: Prairie
Position: OH
m 11
k/s 3.40
h % .229
a/s 0.14
b/s 0.14
sa/s 0.40
d/s 3.21
POSTSEASON AWARDS:
* Spring 2021 First-Team All-SAC
* 2019 NCAA All-Southeast Region Tournament Team
* 2019 SAC All-Tournament Team
* 2018 Second-Team All-SAC
* 2017 SAC All-Freshman Team
PRESEASON AWARDS:
* 2021 Preseason First-Team All-SAC
* 2019 Preseason Second-Team All-SAC
* 2018 Preseason Second-Team All-SAC
WEEKLY AWARDS:
* SAC Player of the Week - March 2, 2021
* SAC Player of the Week - March 9, 2021
 
Spring 2021 (Senior): The Cedar Rapids, Iowa native gave the Eagles 25 first-team selections in the history of the program and one for the fourth straight season. She is an all-conference selection for the third time in her career being on the rookie roster in 2017 and the second unit in 2018. Oldenburger produced her 1,000th career kill behind a team-high 20 smashes in a five-set win over Lincoln Memorial on March 26, 2021. She became the 14th player in history to hit quadruple digits. The senior was the fourth player to cross 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. Jenna Rust is second in kills and fifth in digs, Kendra Rickersten is sixth and seventh while Melissa Miller ranks ninth and eight on the all-time list. On the program's all-time ledger, she has tallied 1,050 smashes needing five more to move in 13th. The outside hitter has 1,240 scoops to rank ninth while her 121 service aces put her two behind of the No. 8 position. The two-time SAC Player of the Week had five double-doubles this season and 41 for her career with 51 double-digit kill night and 53 efforts with at least 10 digs. She has led the team in kills on 43 occasions including eight times in 11 affairs as a senior. With 3.40 kills per set in 2021, she ranked fifth in the conference in the category producing the second-most total kills with 143. She was third in the league with 17 service aces while her 135 total digs are good for 12th. In a five-set victory over Queens in the second match of the season, Oldenburger tallied a career-high 24 kills posting a .300 hitting percentage with 14 digs. It was one of two night with 20-plus smashes adding 20 and 18 scoops in a five-set win at Lincoln Memorial on March 26.
 

2019 (Junior): Once again filled up the stat sheet finishing the year third on the team in kills (331), second in digs (437), first in double-doubles (12) and first in service aces (50)… She led the conference with 50 aces ranking 30th in Division II… The junior ranked seventh in the SAC in kills, eighth in aces per set and ninth in digs… On the season, Oldenburger had 16 double-digit kill efforts, 22 double-digit dig outings with a dozen double-doubles leading the team in kills 11 times… Posted a career-high 23 points against Emmanuel on Sept. 7 with 18 kills, three aces and two blocks adding 22 digs… In a sweep of Catawba in the regular-season finale, she posted a program-record nine service aces besting the prior mark of seven that achieved seven times, most recently by Kristen Pickett at Milligan on Oct. 4, 2012… Tallied 16 kills and 25 digs in a SAC semifinal win over No. 22 Wingate on Nov. 22… Guiding the Eagles in the Southeast Region semifinals, the outside tallied 17 kills and 16 digs in a four-set win over Flagler on Dec. 6.

2018 (Sophomore): After being on the All-Freshman team a year ago, Oldenburger joins teammate Marnie Streeter as the only two Eagles to be on an all-conference team as a sophomore after being one of the top rookies the year prior. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa native has stuffed the stat sheet this season ranking sixth in the SAC with 2.99 kills per set and ninth total smashes with 302, adding 33 aces and 3.54 digs per set. On the year, she produced 17 double-digit kill efforts leading the team 14 times, 20 matches with at least 10 digs and a team-high 14 double-doubles. It is the most double-doubles for an outside hitter since Molly Locke registered 18 over 36 matches in 2015. In a sweep of Emmanuel on Sept. 1, Oldenburger notched a career-high .419 hitting clip pounding out 15 kills in the match. It was one of six outings where she notched at least 10 kills with a .250 attack percentage or better. On Oct. 26 against Catawba, the sophomore had 18 kills, 17 digs and a career-high four service aces while hitting .357.

2017 (Freshman): The rookie played in 31 of the 32 contests in 2017 garnering SAC All-Freshman team honors…Finished second on the team in double-doubles (10) and kills (274)…In a five-set win over Augusta on Oct. 14, Megan Oldenburger pounded out a career-high 21 kills on 99 swings. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa native tallied second-most attacks in SAC history and 11th-highest in a five-set match in Division II history. The league record is 100 set by Brevard’s Fatima Gharachorloo versus Lenoir-Rhyne on Oct. 27, 2015…Overall she racked up 10 double-digit kill efforts and 14 contests with at least 10 digs.

HIGH SCHOOL: Oldenburger comes to Jefferson City after being an honorable mention all-state pick in Iowa in 2016 piling up 316 kills and 219 digs. She had been a first-team all-metro pick as a junior and a second team honoree as a sophomore. She was a member of the National Honor Society, the Honor Roll and Student Council. The Cedar Rapids native also participated in tennis.

Recent Games
Mar 20 at Mars Hill L, 3-2
Mar 26 at Lincoln Memorial W, 3-2
Apr 2 Newberry W, 3-0
Apr 3 Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-1
Apr 6 Limestone W, 3-0
Apr 8 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 11 9
Sets 42 36
Kills 143 132
Kills per set 3.40 3.67
Errors 45 42
Total Attacks 428 403
Hitting Percentage .229 .223
Assists 6 5
Assists per set 0.14 0.14
Service Aces 17 13
Service Errors 11 10
Service Aces per set 0.40 0.36
Receptions 266 225
Reception Errors 17 14
Digs 135 121
Digs per set 3.21 3.36
Block Solo 2 2
Block Assist 4 3
Block Total 6 5
Blocks per set 0.14 0.14
Block Errors 0 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 164.0 148.5
Points per set 3.9 4.1
Matches started 9 7
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Feb 27 Catawba W, 3-1 1 4 18 4 54 .259 1 2 0 24 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 20.0
Mar 5 Queens (N.C.) W, 3-2 1 5 24 6 60 .300 0 1 2 17 1 14 0 1 0 1 0 25.5
Mar 6 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 34 .147 0 1 2 16 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Mar 9 at Virginia-Wise W, 3-1 1 4 14 4 36 .278 1 3 2 16 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Mar 19 at Lenoir-Rhyne L, 3-0 - 3 9 6 35 .086 0 0 0 30 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Mar 20 at Mars Hill L, 3-2 1 5 14 4 54 .185 1 0 2 31 2 26 2 0 0 2 0 16.0
Mar 26 at Lincoln Memorial W, 3-2 - 5 20 7 59 .220 1 4 0 36 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 24.0
Apr 2 Newberry W, 3-0 1 3 10 4 23 .261 0 0 2 13 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Apr 3 Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-1 1 4 15 4 48 .229 1 2 0 42 5 12 0 2 0 2 0 18.0
Apr 6 Limestone W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 12 .500 0 4 1 9 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Apr 8 at Anderson (S.C.) L, 3-0 1 3 5 3 13 .154 1 0 0 32 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
  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
2017-18 31 109 274 2.51 142 1161 .114 20 0.18 21 0.19 706 79 310 2.84 7 26 33 0.30 315.0 2.9
2018-19 28 101 302 2.99 132 1060 .160 21 0.21 33 0.33 720 65 358 3.54 0 23 23 0.23 346.5 3.4
2019-20 36 125 331 2.65 148 1105 .166 24 0.19 50 0.40 713 48 437 3.50 2 41 43 0.34 403.5 3.2
2020-21 11 42 143 3.40 45 428 .229 6 0.14 17 0.40 266 17 135 3.21 2 4 6 0.14 164.0 3.9
Total 106 377 1050 2.79 467 3754 .155 71 0.19 121 0.32 2405 209 1240 3.29 11 94 105 0.28 1229.0 3.3
  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 11 42 143 3.40 45 428 .229 6 0.14 17 0.40 266 17 135 3.21 2 4 6 0.14 164.0 3.9
Conference 9 36 132 3.67 42 403 .223 5 0.14 13 0.36 225 14 121 3.36 2 3 5 0.14 148.5 4.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 6 22 81 3.68 21 231 .260 2 0.09 10 0.45 121 8 74 3.36 0 4 4 0.18 93.0 4.2
Away 5 20 62 3.10 24 197 .193 4 0.20 7 0.35 145 9 61 3.05 2 0 2 0.10 71.0 3.5
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 7 27 100 3.70 28 278 .259 3 0.11 15 0.56 131 6 86 3.19 0 2 2 0.07 116.0 4.3
Losses 4 15 43 2.87 17 150 .173 3 0.20 2 0.13 135 11 49 3.27 2 2 4 0.27 48.0 3.2
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February 1 4 18 4.50 4 54 .259 1 0.25 2 0.50 24 0 19 4.75 0 0 0 0.00 20.0 5.0
March 6 25 89 3.56 30 278 .212 3 0.12 9 0.36 146 8 81 3.24 2 1 3 0.12 100.5 4.0
April 4 13 36 2.77 11 96 .260 2 0.15 6 0.46 96 9 35 2.69 0 3 3 0.23 43.5 3.3