Seton Hall vs Butler Volleyball: Butler Wins 3-0 (Oct 31)

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Butler 89.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Butler beat visiting Seton Hall 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-22) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Butler's Karen Dutro led with 11 kills, and Jersey Loyer added 20 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SETON	21	21	22	0
BUTLER	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Butler swept Seton Hall without a set decided by more than four.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.9 points. Seton Hall peaked at 12% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Butler at 90%.

Seton HallButler

Break %+8.5 pts
39.447.9
On serve: 35/73 against 26/66 (Seton Hall sideout 52.1%).
Longest run+3
36
Butler scored 6 straight in the second set to open the set 6–0. Final score of the set: 25–21.

Butler above 50Seton Hall belowMax swing 1.9%

Seton HallButler

Hitting: Seton Hall .135·Butler .165
Aces: Seton Hall 5·Butler 8
Serve err: Seton Hall 10·Butler 11
Blocks: Seton Hall 8·Butler 52 BS · 12 BA vs 0 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Seton Hall 48·Butler 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Butler above 50 · Seton Hall below

Biggest swing: 1.9% to Seton Hall — set 2, SETON 20-20 BUTLER. Kill by Madison Loiselle (set by Emilee Fuller). BUTLER win probability 95% → 93%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SETON 10.6%89.4% BUTLER

Seton Hall wins

3-0

1.4%

3-1

3.3%

3-2

5.9%

Butler wins

3-0

43.4%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.4%

SETON break %: 36.9% vs this opp
BUTLER break %: 46.4% 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
Madison LoiselleKill+1.9%
Kill by Madison Loiselle (set by Emilee Fuller)
Set 2 · SETON 20-20 BUTLER · SETON 5% → 7%
02
Loukia PapadakosAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Loukia Papadakos
Set 2 · SETON 20-22 BUTLER · BUTLER 95% → 96%
03
Loukia PapadakosAttack error+1.4%
Attack error by Loukia Papadakos
Set 2 · SETON 20-21 BUTLER · BUTLER 93% → 95%
04
Alondra VillanuevaKill+1.3%
Kill by Alondra Villanueva (set by Madison Loiselle)
Set 2 · SETON 19-20 BUTLER · SETON 4% → 5%
05
Loukia PapadakosKill+1.3%
Kill by Loukia Papadakos (set by Gwen Adler)
Set 1 · SETON 1-0 BUTLER · SETON 10% → 12%
06
Raegan DurbinKill+1.2%
Kill by Raegan Durbin (set by Sarah Kempf)
Set 1 · SETON 20-23 BUTLER · BUTLER 92% → 94%
07
Alondra VillanuevaAce+1.2%
Ace by Alondra Villanueva on Jersey Loyer
Set 1 · SETON 19-21 BUTLER · SETON 7% → 8%
08
Alondra VillanuevaAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Alondra Villanueva
Set 2 · SETON 20-23 BUTLER · BUTLER 96% → 98%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Seton Hallaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Loukia PapadakosMB	3	6	3	14	.214	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
4Alondra VillanuevaOH	3	5	5	21	.000	0	1	2	9	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
7Samantha SheltonOH	3	2	2	6	.000	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	2
15Gwen AdlerS	3	0	0	2	.000	16	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
12Kennedy HornMB	2	2	1	5	.200	1	2	2	4	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
20Daria SafianOH	2	3	4	11	-.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
13Madison LoiselleOH	3	7	0	19	.368	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
10Rylee WooldridgeOH	3	0	0	2	.000	1	1	1	12	1	0	0	0	1
14Emilee FullerS	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	2	12	1	0	0	0	1
5Hanna LabanowskaOH	2	4	1	15	.200	1	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	6
6Mia ClyburnMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1
3Kennedy CumminsL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	16	96	.135	27	5	10	48	8	2	12	8	64

Butlerhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Karen DutroMB	3	11	2	17	.529	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
17Zoe McDonaldMB	3	10	0	19	.526	0	0	2	6	0	2	1	11
8Raegan DurbinOH	3	6	4	27	.074	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	10
10Maria NixOH	3	1	4	8	-.375	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
1Sarah KempfS	3	0	0	1	.000	16	1	1	5	0	0	0	1
18Marin ThaxtonDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
16Elise WardOH	3	5	3	21	.095	0	0	3	3	3	1	0.5	5.5
9Kaylee FinneganS	3	0	0	0	–	15	3	2	4	0	1	0.5	3.5
5Jersey LoyerDS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	1	20	1	0	0	0
7Ellery ReesMB	2	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
6Aesha VogtDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15Taylor WathenOH	1	1	3	10	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		38	19	115	.165	31	8	11	48	5	10	5	75

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.

Seton Hall vs Butler

Season series · Butler leads 2-0

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 SETON · BUTLER 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 2 SETONBUTLER 4

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 3 SETONBUTLER 6

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 SETONBUTLER 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Seton Hall

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	38%5/13
2	64%7/11	30%3/10
3	46%6/13	22%2/9
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	55%6/11	50%6/12
All	52%38/73	39%26/66

Butler

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	60%9/15
2	78%7/9	30%3/10
3	70%7/10	46%6/13
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	43%6/14	33%3/9
6	75%6/8	57%8/14
All	61%40/66	48%35/73

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

139 rallies

#	SETON-BUTLER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SETON	SETON	Kill	Loukia Papadakos	set Gwen Adler	+1.3
2	1-1	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+0.8
3	2-1	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Daria Safian	set Gwen Adler	+0.9
4	2-2	SETON	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Samantha Shelton	blk Zoe McDonald, Maria Nix	+0.8
5	2-3	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Kennedy Horn		+1.1
6	2-4	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Ace	Kaylee Finnegan	aced Samantha Shelton	+1.0
7	3-4	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Kennedy Horn	set Gwen Adler	+0.7
8	3-5	SETON	BUTLER×4	Serve err	Emilee Fuller		+0.7
9	3-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Bad set	Emilee Fuller		+0.9
10	3-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Zoe McDonald		+0.7
11	3-8	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Bad set	Emilee Fuller		+0.6
12	4-8	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Emilee Fuller	+0.4
13	5-8	SETON	SETON	Attack err	Taylor Wathen		+0.7
14	5-9	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.5
15	5-10	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Taylor Wathen	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.6
16	6-10	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.4
17	7-10	SETON	SETON	Blocked	Taylor Wathen	blk Loukia Papadakos, Madison Loiselle	+0.7
18	7-11	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Kennedy Horn		+0.6
19	8-11	BUTLER	SETON	Attack err	Taylor Wathen		+0.5
20	8-12	SETON	BUTLER	Blocked	Alondra Villanueva	blk Maria Nix, Karen Dutro	+0.6
21	8-13	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Sarah Kempf	+0.6
22	9-13	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.4
23	10-13	SETON	SETON	Kill	Daria Safian	set Gwen Adler	+0.8
24	10-14	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Alondra Villanueva		+0.6
25	11-14	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.6
26	11-15	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+0.6
27	11-16	BUTLER	BUTLER	Ace	Kaylee Finnegan	aced Samantha Shelton	+0.7
28	12-16	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.4
29	13-16	SETON	SETON	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Emilee Fuller	+0.8
30	13-17	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.7
31	14-17	BUTLER	SETON	Attack err	Jersey Loyer		+0.6
32	14-18	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.7
33	15-18	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Emilee Fuller	+0.6
34	16-18	SETON	SETON	Attack err	Karen Dutro		+1.2
35	16-19	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.0
36	16-20	BUTLER	BUTLER	Blocked	Alondra Villanueva	blk Karen Dutro, Kaylee Finnegan	+1.0
37	17-20	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.5
38	17-21	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Gwen Adler		+0.7
39	18-21	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.5
40	19-21	SETON	SETON	Ace	Alondra Villanueva	aced Jersey Loyer	+1.2
41	19-22	SETON	BUTLER	Attack err	Loukia Papadakos		+1.2
42	20-22	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Daria Safian	set Loukia Papadakos	+0.8
43	20-23	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.2
44	20-24	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Samantha Shelton		+0.8
45	21-24	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Samantha Shelton	set Gwen Adler	+0.2
46	21-25	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.4
Set 2
1	0-1	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Sarah Kempf	+0.7
2	0-2	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Ace	Raegan Durbin	aced Rylee Wooldridge	+0.6
3	0-3	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Attack err	Daria Safian		+0.6
4	0-4	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Ace	Raegan Durbin	aced Samantha Shelton	+0.5
5	0-5	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Blocked	Alondra Villanueva	blk Maria Nix, Karen Dutro	+0.4
6	0-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Attack err	Daria Safian		+0.3
7	1-6	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.2
8	1-7	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Alondra Villanueva		+0.2
9	2-7	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Loukia Papadakos	set Gwen Adler	+0.2
10	2-8	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Rylee Wooldridge		+0.2
11	3-8	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.2
12	3-9	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Samantha Shelton	+0.2
13	4-9	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.2
14	4-10	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.2
15	5-10	BUTLER	SETON×3	Serve err	Butler		+0.2
16	6-10	SETON	SETON×3	Ace	Kennedy Horn		+0.4
17	7-10	SETON	SETON×3	Ace	Kennedy Horn	aced Elise Ward	+0.5
18	7-11	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Kennedy Horn		+0.4
19	8-11	BUTLER	SETON	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+0.4
20	8-12	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Sarah Kempf	+0.4
21	8-13	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Maria Nix	set Sarah Kempf	+0.4
22	9-13	BUTLER	SETON×3	Attack err	Elise Ward		+0.3
23	10-13	SETON	SETON×3	Attack err	Maria Nix		+0.5
24	11-13	SETON	SETON×3	Blocked	Maria Nix	blk Hanna Labanowska	+0.7
25	11-14	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Sarah Kempf	+0.5
26	12-14	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Hanna Labanowska	set Gwen Adler	+0.5
27	13-14	SETON	SETON	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Kennedy Horn, Daria Safian	+1.0
28	13-15	SETON	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Daria Safian	blk Elise Ward, Zoe McDonald	+0.7
29	13-16	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Ace	Kaylee Finnegan	aced Hanna Labanowska	+0.9
30	13-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Daria Safian		+0.7
31	14-17	BUTLER	SETON×3	Serve err	Butler		+0.4
32	15-17	SETON	SETON×3	Kill	Kennedy Horn		+0.8
33	16-17	SETON	SETON×3	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Rylee Wooldridge	+1.1
34	16-18	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Emilee Fuller		+0.9
35	16-19	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.0
36	17-19	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.6
37	17-20	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.7
38	18-20	BUTLER	SETON×3	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Kennedy Horn	+0.6
39	19-20	SETON	SETON×3	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Madison Loiselle	+1.3
40	20-20	SETON	SETON×3	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Emilee Fuller	+1.9
41	20-21	SETON	BUTLER×4	Attack err	Loukia Papadakos		+1.4
42	20-22	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Attack err	Loukia Papadakos		+1.7
43	20-23	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Attack err	Alondra Villanueva		+1.2
44	20-24	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Karen Dutro		+0.6
45	21-24	BUTLER	SETON	Serve err	Butler		+0.1
46	21-25	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+0.3
Set 3
1	0-1	SETON	BUTLER×3	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+0.2
2	0-2	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.3
3	0-3	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Zoe McDonald		+0.3
4	1-3	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Hanna Labanowska	set Kennedy Cummins	+0.2
5	1-4	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Hanna Labanowska		+0.2
6	2-4	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Gwen Adler	+0.2
7	2-5	SETON	BUTLER×3	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.2
8	2-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Ellery Rees		+0.2
9	2-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.2
10	3-7	BUTLER	SETON	Blocked	Raegan Durbin	blk Madison Loiselle, Loukia Papadakos	+0.1
11	4-7	SETON	SETON	Attack err	Ellery Rees		+0.2
12	4-8	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.2
13	4-9	BUTLER	BUTLER	Ace	Sarah Kempf	aced Samantha Shelton	+0.2
14	5-9	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Loukia Papadakos	set Gwen Adler	+0.1
15	6-9	SETON	SETON	Blocked	Raegan Durbin	blk Loukia Papadakos	+0.2
16	6-10	SETON	BUTLER×5	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Sarah Kempf	+0.2
17	6-11	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Karen Dutro		+0.2
18	6-12	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Karen Dutro		+0.1
19	6-13	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Ace	Raegan Durbin	aced Kennedy Cummins	+0.1
20	6-14	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Ace	Raegan Durbin	aced Emilee Fuller	+0.1
21	7-14	BUTLER	SETON×3	Kill	Loukia Papadakos	set Gwen Adler	·
22	8-14	SETON	SETON×3	Attack err	Maria Nix		+0.1
23	9-14	SETON	SETON×3	Ace	Rylee Wooldridge	aced Elise Ward	+0.1
24	9-15	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Sarah Kempf	+0.1
25	10-15	BUTLER	SETON×3	Attack err	Elise Ward		+0.1
26	11-15	SETON	SETON×3	Kill	Hanna Labanowska	set Gwen Adler	+0.2
27	12-15	SETON	SETON×3	Blocked	Maria Nix	blk Mia Clyburn, Hanna Labanowska	+0.3
28	12-16	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+0.2
29	13-16	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Gwen Adler	+0.2
30	14-16	SETON	SETON	Kill	Madison Loiselle	set Ellery Rees	+0.4
31	14-17	SETON	BUTLER	Serve err	Hanna Labanowska		+0.3
32	15-17	BUTLER	SETON	Blocked	Ellery Rees	blk Alondra Villanueva, Mia Clyburn	+0.3
33	15-18	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.3
34	16-18	BUTLER	SETON×3	Kill	Alondra Villanueva	set Hanna Labanowska	+0.3
35	17-18	SETON	SETON×3	Ace	Emilee Fuller	aced Elise Ward	+0.6
36	18-18	SETON	SETON×3	Kill	Loukia Papadakos	set Gwen Adler	+0.8
37	18-19	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.6
38	18-20	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Alondra Villanueva		+0.7
39	19-20	BUTLER	SETON	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+0.5
40	20-20	SETON	SETON	Blocked	Karen Dutro	blk Loukia Papadakos, Hanna Labanowska	+0.9
41	20-21	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+0.7
42	21-21	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Loukia Papadakos	set Gwen Adler	+0.7
43	21-22	SETON	BUTLER	Kill	Karen Dutro	set Sarah Kempf	+0.8
44	21-23	BUTLER	BUTLER	Bad set	Gwen Adler		+1.0
45	22-23	BUTLER	SETON	Kill	Hanna Labanowska	set Emilee Fuller	+0.5
46	22-24	SETON	BUTLER	Attack err	Hanna Labanowska		+0.8
47	22-25	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+0.5

Score shown after each rally, Seton Hall 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

Butler swept Seton Hall without a set decided by more than four.