Butler vs Seton Hall Volleyball: Butler Wins 3-0 (Oct 2)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Butler 82.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 3:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Butler won at Seton Hall 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-18) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Butler's Chase Lemming led with 14 kills, and Jersey Loyer added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BUTLER	25	25	25	3
SETON	22	19	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Chase Lemming hit .542 with 14 kills as Butler rolled past Seton Hall.

Win probability never moved more than 4.0 points on one rally; Seton Hall topped out at 21% in Set 1. Butler went in as RallyIQ's 82% pick.

ButlerSeton Hall

Break %+13.1 pts
51.438.3
Points won on own serve: 38 of 74 vs 23 of 60. Seton Hall sided out 48.6% of the time.
Hitting+.202
.383.181
Kills and errors: 43–7 vs 32–15.
Longest run+0
55
Butler scored 5 straight in the third set to turn an 8–12 deficit into a 13–12 lead. Final score of the set: 25–18.

Seton Hall above 50Butler belowMax swing 4.0%

ButlerSeton Hall

Aces: Butler 6·Seton Hall 9
Serve err: Butler 9·Seton Hall 10
Blocks: Butler 3·Seton Hall 31 BS · 4 BA vs 2 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Butler 37·Seton Hall 35

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Seton Hall above 50 · Butler below

Biggest swing: 4.0% to Butler — set 1, BUTLER 23-21 SETON. Kill by Chase Lemming (set by Jersey Loyer). SETON win probability 16% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BUTLER 80.8%19.2% SETON

Butler wins

3-0

32.3%

3-1

30.4%

3-2

18.0%

Seton Hall wins

3-0

3.1%

3-1

6.4%

3-2

9.8%

BUTLER break %: 44.9% vs this opp
SETON break %: 38.3% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Chase LemmingKill+4.0%
Kill by Chase Lemming (set by Jersey Loyer)
Set 1 · BUTLER 23-21 SETON · BUTLER 84% → 88%
02
Samantha SheltonKill+3.6%
Kill by Samantha Shelton (set by Emilee Fuller)
Set 1 · BUTLER 20-20 SETON · SETON 16% → 19%
03
Elise WardKill+3.1%
Kill by Elise Ward (set by Ava Hunter)
Set 1 · BUTLER 22-21 SETON · BUTLER 81% → 84%
04
Samantha SheltonKill+2.9%
Kill by Samantha Shelton (set by Gwen Adler)
Set 1 · BUTLER 21-21 SETON · SETON 17% → 19%
05
Seton HallService error+2.8%
Seton Hall service error
Set 1 · BUTLER 21-20 SETON · BUTLER 81% → 83%
06
Seton HallAce+2.6%
Seton Hall ace
Set 1 · BUTLER 20-19 SETON · SETON 13% → 16%
07
Carly Slusser&Chase LemmingBlock+2.5%
Daria Safian stuffed by Carly Slusser & Chase Lemming
Set 1 · BUTLER 24-21 SETON · BUTLER 88% → 90%
08
Seton HallAce+2.1%
Seton Hall ace
Set 1 · BUTLER 6-7 SETON · SETON 18% → 20%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Butleraway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Chase LemmingOH	3	14	1	24	.542	0	1	2	5	3	0	1	0.5	15.5
8Raegan DurbinOH	3	9	0	20	.450	0	3	2	5	2	0	1	0.5	12.5
17Zoe McDonaldMB	3	5	0	14	.357	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	6
16Elise WardOH	3	5	2	12	.250	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
13Carly SlusserMB	3	4	1	8	.375	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
4Ava HunterS	3	1	0	3	.333	15	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
10Maria NixOH	3	5	3	11	.182	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
5Jersey LoyerDS	3	0	0	2	.000	6	2	2	14	0	0	0	0	2
1Sarah KempfS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
6Aesha VogtDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
18Marin ThaxtonDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15Taylor WathenOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	7	94	.383	40	6	9	37	9	1	4	3	75

Seton Hallhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Samantha SheltonOH	3	13	4	32	.281	1	1	1	4	2	1	1	1.5	15.5
4Alondra VillanuevaOH	3	11	4	29	.241	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	12
6Mia ClyburnMB	3	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
15Gwen AdlerS	3	0	0	3	.000	21	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
8Alexis OplandS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
20Daria SafianOH	2	5	4	18	.056	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	6
11Rylee NelsonL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	2	1	2	5	2	0	0	0	2
3Kennedy CumminsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	2
10Rylee WooldridgeOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
14Emilee FullerS	2	0	0	0	–	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
13Madison LoiselleOH	2	1	2	5	-.200	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		32	15	94	.181	30	9	10	35	6	2	2	3	59

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Butler vs Seton Hall

Season series · Butler leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Butler at Seton Hall · Butler won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Seton Hall at Butler · Butler won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 BUTLER · SETON 5

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 4 BUTLERSETON 5

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 3 BUTLERSETON 4

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 5 BUTLERSETON 5

Bars above the line = Seton Hall leads, below = Butler leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Butler

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	89%8/9	56%9/16
2	44%7/16	46%6/13
3	64%7/11	46%6/13
4	83%5/6	55%6/11
5	50%5/10	29%2/7
6	63%5/8	64%9/14
All	62%37/60	51%38/74

Seton Hall

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	14%1/7
2	58%7/12	33%4/12
3	55%6/11	46%6/13
4	45%5/11	40%4/10
5	63%5/8	17%1/6
6	38%5/13	58%7/12
All	49%36/74	38%23/60

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

134 rallies

#	BUTLER-SETON	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Daria Safian	set Gwen Adler	+1.3
2	1-1	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+1.1
3	1-2	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+1.3
4	1-3	SETON	SETON	Attack err	Chase Lemming		+1.9
5	2-3	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Seton Hall		+1.2
6	2-4	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+1.4
7	3-4	SETON	BUTLER×3	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+1.3
8	4-4	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.8
9	5-4	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Ace	Butler	aced Kennedy Cummins	+1.7
10	5-5	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Rylee Nelson	+1.3
11	6-5	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.2
12	6-6	BUTLER	SETON	Attack err	Maria Nix		+1.3
13	6-7	SETON	SETON	Ace	Seton Hall		+2.1
14	7-7	SETON	BUTLER×4	Kill	Maria Nix	set Jersey Loyer	+1.4
15	8-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Attack err	Alondra Villanueva		+1.9
16	9-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Carly Slusser	+1.7
17	10-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Elise Ward	+1.5
18	10-8	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Rylee Nelson	+1.0
19	11-8	SETON	BUTLER×4	Kill	Elise Ward	set Ava Hunter	+1.1
20	12-8	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Attack err	Daria Safian		+1.3
21	13-8	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Ace	Butler	aced Alondra Villanueva	+1.0
22	14-8	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Ace	Butler	aced Rylee Nelson	+0.7
23	14-9	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Daria Safian	set Gwen Adler	+0.4
24	15-9	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Ava Hunter	+0.5
25	15-10	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Mia Clyburn	set Gwen Adler	+0.4
26	15-11	SETON	SETON	Ace	Seton Hall		+0.8
27	16-11	SETON	BUTLER	Blocked	Alondra Villanueva	blk Zoe McDonald	+0.7
28	17-11	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.7
29	17-12	BUTLER	SETON×3	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.3
30	17-13	SETON	SETON×3	Bad set	Maria Nix		+0.8
31	17-14	SETON	SETON×3	Ace	Seton Hall	aced Chase Lemming	+1.1
32	18-14	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+1.0
33	18-15	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.8
34	19-15	SETON	BUTLER	Attack err	Samantha Shelton		+1.0
35	20-15	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.0
36	20-16	BUTLER	SETON×5	Serve err	Butler		+0.4
37	20-17	SETON	SETON×5	Bad set	Sarah Kempf		+1.0
38	20-18	SETON	SETON×5	Kill	Daria Safian	set Emilee Fuller	+1.7
39	20-19	SETON	SETON×5	Ace	Seton Hall		+2.6
40	20-20	SETON	SETON×5	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Emilee Fuller	+3.6
41	21-20	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Seton Hall		+2.8
42	21-21	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+2.9
43	22-21	SETON	BUTLER×3	Kill	Elise Ward	set Ava Hunter	+3.1
44	23-21	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Jersey Loyer	+4.0
45	24-21	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Daria Safian	blk Carly Slusser, Chase Lemming	+2.5
46	24-22	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Daria Safian	set Gwen Adler	+0.7
47	25-22	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+1.5
Set 2
1	1-0	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.8
2	2-0	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Alondra Villanueva		+1.0
3	2-1	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.8
4	3-1	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.7
5	4-1	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Elise Ward	+1.0
6	4-2	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Samantha Shelton	+0.7
7	5-2	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+0.7
8	5-3	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.7
9	6-3	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Maria Nix	set Sarah Kempf	+0.7
10	6-4	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.7
11	7-4	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.7
12	8-4	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Jersey Loyer	+0.9
13	8-5	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.6
14	8-6	SETON	SETON	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Alexis Opland	+1.0
15	9-6	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Jersey Loyer	+0.7
16	10-6	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Alexis Opland		+0.9
17	10-7	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.6
18	11-7	SETON	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.6
19	12-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Daria Safian		+0.7
20	13-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Elise Ward	set Ava Hunter	+0.5
21	13-8	BUTLER	SETON×4	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.3
22	13-9	SETON	SETON×4	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Emilee Fuller	+0.6
23	13-10	SETON	SETON×4	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Madison Loiselle	+0.8
24	13-11	SETON	SETON×4	Ace	Seton Hall	aced Chase Lemming	+1.1
25	14-11	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.9
26	14-12	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Emilee Fuller	+0.8
27	15-12	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+0.9
28	15-13	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.8
29	16-13	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Maria Nix	set Sarah Kempf	+0.9
30	17-13	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Samantha Shelton		+1.1
31	17-14	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Alondra Villanueva	+0.6
32	18-14	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Sarah Kempf	+0.7
33	19-14	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Daria Safian		+0.7
34	19-15	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Rylee Nelson	set Ava Hunter	+0.4
35	19-16	SETON	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.8
36	20-16	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.8
37	20-17	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Daria Safian	set Gwen Adler	+0.6
38	21-17	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Ava Hunter	set Jersey Loyer	+0.8
39	21-18	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.5
40	22-18	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.8
41	23-18	BUTLER	BUTLER	Bad set	Emilee Fuller		+0.6
42	23-19	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.2
43	24-19	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Maria Nix	set Sarah Kempf	+0.3
44	25-19	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Madison Loiselle		+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Samantha Shelton		+0.6
2	1-1	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.4
3	1-2	SETON	SETON	Ace	Seton Hall	aced Chase Lemming	+0.7
4	2-2	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.4
5	2-3	BUTLER	SETON×5	Serve err	Butler		+0.5
6	2-4	SETON	SETON×5	Ace	Seton Hall	aced Raegan Durbin	+0.7
7	2-5	SETON	SETON×5	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.8
8	2-6	SETON	SETON×5	Ace	Seton Hall	aced Raegan Durbin	+0.8
9	2-7	SETON	SETON×5	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Mia Clyburn, Samantha Shelton	+0.8
10	3-7	SETON	BUTLER×3	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.4
11	4-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Samantha Shelton		+0.7
12	5-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Jersey Loyer	+0.7
13	5-8	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.6
14	5-9	SETON	SETON	Attack err	Maria Nix		+0.8
15	6-9	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Maria Nix	set Sarah Kempf	+0.5
16	7-9	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald		+0.8
17	7-10	BUTLER	SETON	Attack err	Maria Nix		+0.6
18	7-11	SETON	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.9
19	8-11	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+0.5
20	8-12	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.6
21	9-12	SETON	BUTLER×5	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Sarah Kempf	+0.5
22	10-12	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Blocked	Alondra Villanueva	blk Raegan Durbin, Carly Slusser	+0.8
23	11-12	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Attack err	Madison Loiselle		+0.9
24	12-12	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Ava Hunter	+0.9
25	13-12	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Ava Hunter	+0.8
26	13-13	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Gwen Adler	+0.6
27	13-14	SETON	SETON	Blocked	Carly Slusser	blk Samantha Shelton	+1.0
28	14-14	SETON	BUTLER×3	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.7
29	15-14	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Ace	Butler	aced Rylee Nelson	+0.9
30	16-14	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.8
31	16-15	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.6
32	17-15	SETON	BUTLER×4	Serve err	Seton Hall		+0.6
33	18-15	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Ace	Butler	aced Samantha Shelton	+0.7
34	19-15	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Elise Ward		+0.5
35	20-15	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Ace	Butler	aced Samantha Shelton	+0.4
36	20-16	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.2
37	21-16	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Ava Hunter	+0.2
38	22-16	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ava Hunter	+0.2
39	22-17	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.1
40	22-18	SETON	SETON	Ace	Seton Hall		+0.2
41	23-18	SETON	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+0.2
42	24-18	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Zoe McDonald		+0.1
43	25-18	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	·

Score shown after each rally, Butler first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Butler def. Seton Hall 3–0

Chase Lemming hit .542 with 14 kills as Butler rolled past Seton Hall.