When arguing a point — the best this, the greatest that — no doubt you’ve used the persuasive power of numbers to bolster your argument. Opinions fall into three categories: lies, damned lies and statistics. Here are the nation’s best, presented without editorial comment, from a statistics standpoint:

HITTING PERCENTAGE	RANK	SCHOOL	H PCT
	1	Springfield	.393
	2	Nazareth	.327
	3	New Paltz State	.323
	4	Stevens	.303
	5	Baruch	.298
	6	Juniata	.295
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DIGS PER SET	RANK	PLAYER, SCHOOL	DPS
	1	Mauro Salinas, UC Santa Cruz	3.42
	2	Brendan Chang, MIT	3.35
	3	Adam Thatcher, Stevenson	3.20
	4	Ryan Ratajczak, Hilbert	3.08
	5	James Wilson, Gallaudet	3.00
	6	Rob Shade, Elmira	2.84
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ACES PER SET	RANK	SCHOOL	APS
	1	Lehman	2.18
	2	CCNY	1.98
	3	Baruch	1.91
	4	John Jay	1.91
	5	Ramapo	1.88
	6	Sage Colleges	1.83
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Related:
• Complete NCAA DIII Men’s Volleyball Statistics