Abilene Christian def. Austin Peay 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Abilene Christian 60.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Abilene Christian beat visiting Austin Peay 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-18) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. Abilene Christian's Hannah Gonzalez led with 11 kills, and Brennan Ramirez added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
A PEAY	18	19	18	0
ABILCH	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Austin Peay never reached 20 in a set against Abilene Christian.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.1 points. Austin Peay peaked at 39% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Abilene Christian went in as RallyIQ's 61% pick.

Austin PeayAbilene Christian

Break %+19.6 pts
25.044.6
On serve: 33/74 against 14/56 (Austin Peay sideout 55.4%).
Hitting+.132
.145.277
Kills and errors: 48–17 vs 28–16.
Longest run+2
35
5 straight Abilene Christian points in the second set stretched a 5–4 lead to 10–4. Final score of the set: 25–19.

Abilene Christian above 50Austin Peay belowMax swing 3.1%

Austin PeayAbilene Christian

Aces: Austin Peay 3·Abilene Christian 4
Serve err: Austin Peay 6·Abilene Christian 7
Blocks: Austin Peay 4·Abilene Christian 51 BS · 6 BA vs 0 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Austin Peay 38·Abilene Christian 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Abilene Christian above 50 · Austin Peay below

Biggest swing: 3.1% to Abilene Christian — set 2, A PEAY 17-20 ABILCH. Attack error by Remmi Cooke. ABILCH win probability 83% → 86%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

A PEAY 25.5%74.5% ABILCH

Austin Peay wins

3-0

4.5%

3-1

8.8%

3-2

12.2%

Abilene Christian wins

3-0

26.6%

3-1

28.5%

3-2

19.4%

A PEAY break %: 40.5% vs this opp
ABILCH break %: 45.5% 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
Remmi CookeAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Remmi Cooke
Set 2 · A PEAY 17-20 ABILCH · ABILCH 83% → 86%
02
Lauren WallaceKill+3.1%
Kill by Lauren Wallace (set by Sarah Butler)
Set 2 · A PEAY 17-18 ABILCH · A PEAY 17% → 20%
03
Avery ThalerKill+3.1%
Kill by Avery Thaler
Set 1 · A PEAY 12-14 ABILCH · ABILCH 63% → 67%
04
Austin PeayAce+3.1%
Austin Peay ace
Set 1 · A PEAY 12-12 ABILCH · A PEAY 36% → 39%
05
Aubrey BeaverKill+2.9%
Kill by Aubrey Beaver (set by Rachel Koss)
Set 2 · A PEAY 17-19 ABILCH · ABILCH 80% → 83%
06
Cree HollierAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Cree Hollier
Set 1 · A PEAY 12-15 ABILCH · ABILCH 67% → 69%
07
Avery ThalerKill+2.5%
Kill by Avery Thaler (set by Rachel Koss)
Set 1 · A PEAY 12-13 ABILCH · ABILCH 61% → 63%
08
Alyssa ToddKill+2.5%
Kill by Alyssa Todd
Set 1 · A PEAY 13-17 ABILCH · ABILCH 70% → 72%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Austin Peayaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Taly CloydOPP	3	10	3	18	.389	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10
3Lauren WallaceOH	3	6	2	13	.308	0	2	1	4	3	0	1	0.5	8.5
11Nicole OkojieMB	3	3	0	8	.375	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
1Cree HollierOH	3	3	4	14	-.071	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
5Brooklynn MerrellL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
17Alison CoyOPP	2	1	1	6	.000	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	2
7Malena BenzMB	3	1	1	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
12Sarah ButlerS	3	0	0	1	.000	12	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
2Callie GardnerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
4Reagan AndersonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
6Taylor SassOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Kaelynn AshleyOH	1	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
22Remmi CookeOH	1	1	3	4	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		28	16	83	.145	25	3	6	38	4	1	6	4	55

Abilene Christianhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Hannah GonzalezMB	3	11	2	26	.346	0	0	2	5	0	4	2	13
2Avery ThalerMB	3	10	3	15	.467	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
3Alyssa ToddOH	3	9	2	19	.368	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
10Aubrey BeaverOH	3	9	5	22	.182	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
15Hadlee WelchOPP	3	5	4	18	.056	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
4Rachel KossS	3	2	0	7	.286	40	0	1	6	0	1	0.5	2.5
19Maddie FinneganOH	3	2	0	3	.667	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	3
12Abby ChristianL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	6	1	0	0	2
24Brennan RamirezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	1
11Izabelle LarsonOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	17	112	.277	42	4	7	37	3	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.

Austin Peay vs Abilene Christian

Season series · Abilene Christian leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 1, 2026Austin Peay at Abilene Christian · Abilene Christian won 3-0This match
Thu, Oct 15, 2026Abilene Christian at Austin Peay · Abilene Christian won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 A PEAY · ABILCH 5

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 2 A PEAYABILCH 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 A PEAYABILCH 5

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 2 A PEAYABILCH 4

Bars above the line = Abilene Christian leads, below = Austin Peay leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Austin Peay

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	0%0/6
2	53%8/15	20%2/10
3	54%7/13	27%3/11
4	50%7/14	42%5/12
5	67%6/9	22%2/9
6	50%5/10	25%2/8
All	55%41/74	25%14/56

Abilene Christian

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%8/8	36%4/11
2	73%8/11	47%7/15
3	64%7/11	50%7/14
4	58%7/12	13%1/8
5	86%6/7	63%10/16
6	86%6/7	40%4/10
All	75%42/56	45%33/74

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

130 rallies

#	A PEAY-ABILCH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Cree Hollier		+2.3
2	1-1	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+1.8
3	1-2	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+1.8
4	1-3	ABILCH	ABILCH	Blocked	Taly Cloyd	blk Alyssa Todd, Hannah Gonzalez	+2.3
5	2-3	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Nicole Okojie	set Brooklynn Merrell	+1.8
6	2-4	A PEAY	ABILCH	Serve err	Austin Peay		+1.8
7	2-5	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez		+2.2
8	3-5	ABILCH	A PEAY	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+1.7
9	4-5	A PEAY	A PEAY	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver		+2.3
10	4-6	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Rachel Koss	set Brennan Ramirez	+1.9
11	5-6	ABILCH	A PEAY	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+1.9
12	5-7	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+2.0
13	6-7	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver		+1.9
14	6-8	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+2.0
15	7-8	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier	set Sarah Butler	+2.0
16	7-9	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+2.1
17	8-9	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Nicole Okojie	set Brooklynn Merrell	+2.0
18	8-10	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+2.1
19	9-10	ABILCH	A PEAY	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+2.1
20	9-11	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Alyssa Todd	+2.2
21	10-11	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Hannah Gonzalez		+2.1
22	10-12	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+2.3
23	11-12	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Sarah Butler	+2.2
24	12-12	A PEAY	A PEAY	Ace	Austin Peay		+3.1
25	12-13	A PEAY	ABILCH×3	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+2.5
26	12-14	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Kill	Avery Thaler		+3.1
27	12-15	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Attack err	Cree Hollier		+2.8
28	13-15	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Hadlee Welch		+2.0
29	13-16	A PEAY	ABILCH×4	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+2.3
30	13-17	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd		+2.5
31	13-18	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Blocked	Taly Cloyd	blk Hadlee Welch, Avery Thaler	+2.0
32	13-19	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+1.4
33	14-19	ABILCH	A PEAY	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+0.7
34	14-20	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+1.0
35	15-20	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Nicole Okojie	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.6
36	15-21	A PEAY	ABILCH	Serve err	Austin Peay		+1.0
37	16-21	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.5
38	16-22	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.8
39	16-23	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
40	17-23	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver		+0.1
41	17-24	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.2
42	18-24	ABILCH	A PEAY	Serve err	Abilene Christian		·
43	18-25	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+0.1
Set 2
1	0-1	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+1.6
2	0-2	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+2.0
3	1-2	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Alyssa Todd		+1.6
4	1-3	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+1.6
5	1-4	ABILCH	ABILCH	Ace	Abilene Christian	aced Lauren Wallace	+1.9
6	2-4	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Izabelle Larson		+1.5
7	2-5	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+1.5
8	3-5	ABILCH	A PEAY	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+1.5
9	4-5	A PEAY	A PEAY	Ace	Austin Peay	aced Maddie Finnegan	+2.1
10	4-6	A PEAY	ABILCH×5	Serve err	Austin Peay		+1.7
11	4-7	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Attack err	Malena Benz		+2.0
12	4-8	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Attack err	Remmi Cooke		+1.9
13	4-9	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Attack err	Remmi Cooke		+1.6
14	4-10	ABILCH	ABILCH×5	Attack err	Alison Coy		+1.4
15	5-10	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver		+0.9
16	5-11	A PEAY	ABILCH	Serve err	Austin Peay		+1.1
17	6-11	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Sarah Butler	+0.9
18	7-11	A PEAY	A PEAY	Attack err	Avery Thaler		+1.4
19	7-12	A PEAY	ABILCH	Serve err	Austin Peay		+1.3
20	8-12	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+1.1
21	8-13	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+1.3
22	8-14	ABILCH	ABILCH	Blocked	Lauren Wallace	blk Hannah Gonzalez, Hadlee Welch	+1.4
23	9-14	ABILCH	A PEAY×3	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.8
24	10-14	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Reagan Anderson	+1.4
25	11-14	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Attack err	Hadlee Welch		+1.8
26	11-15	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+1.7
27	11-16	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Lauren Wallace	+1.7
28	12-16	ABILCH	A PEAY×3	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Brooklynn Merrell	+1.1
29	13-16	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Ace	Austin Peay	aced Abby Christian	+1.8
30	14-16	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Blocked	Alyssa Todd	blk Alison Coy, Malena Benz	+2.3
31	14-17	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+2.2
32	14-18	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Lauren Wallace		+2.3
33	15-18	ABILCH	A PEAY×3	Kill	Alison Coy	set Sarah Butler	+1.4
34	16-18	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Kill	Remmi Cooke	set Sarah Butler	+2.4
35	17-18	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Sarah Butler	+3.1
36	17-19	A PEAY	ABILCH×4	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+2.9
37	17-20	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Attack err	Remmi Cooke		+3.1
38	17-21	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+2.4
39	17-22	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Maddie Finnegan	set Rachel Koss	+1.6
40	18-22	ABILCH	A PEAY	Blocked	Aubrey Beaver	blk Malena Benz, Alison Coy	+0.7
41	18-23	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+1.1
42	19-23	ABILCH	A PEAY	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+0.5
43	19-24	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+0.9
44	19-25	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Taly Cloyd		+0.3
Set 3
1	0-1	ABILCH	ABILCH	Ace	Abilene Christian	aced Lauren Wallace	+1.2
2	1-1	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Kaelynn Ashley	set Reagan Anderson	+1.0
3	1-2	A PEAY	ABILCH×3	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+1.0
4	1-3	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Ace	Abilene Christian	aced Lauren Wallace	+1.2
5	1-4	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+1.1
6	2-4	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Malena Benz	set Sarah Butler	+0.9
7	2-5	A PEAY	ABILCH×4	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.9
8	2-6	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Attack err	Cree Hollier		+1.1
9	2-7	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Ace	Abilene Christian	aced Taly Cloyd	+0.9
10	2-8	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Maddie Finnegan	set Rachel Koss	+0.8
11	3-8	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Sarah Butler	+0.5
12	4-8	A PEAY	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.8
13	4-9	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+0.8
14	5-9	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.7
15	5-10	A PEAY	ABILCH	Serve err	Austin Peay		+0.8
16	5-11	ABILCH	ABILCH	Serve err	Abilene Christian		+0.8
17	6-11	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.5
18	6-12	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+0.6
19	6-13	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss	+0.6
20	7-13	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.4
21	7-14	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
22	8-14	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Kaelynn Ashley	set Sarah Butler	+0.4
23	8-15	A PEAY	ABILCH×3	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.5
24	8-16	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Blocked	Cree Hollier	blk Rachel Koss, Hannah Gonzalez	+0.4
25	8-17	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Attack err	Kaelynn Ashley		+0.3
26	9-17	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Kaelynn Ashley	set Sarah Butler	+0.1
27	9-18	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Rachel Koss	set Callie Gardner	+0.2
28	10-18	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Sarah Butler	+0.1
29	10-19	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+0.2
30	11-19	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.1
31	12-19	A PEAY	A PEAY	Attack err	Avery Thaler		+0.2
32	12-20	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+0.2
33	13-20	ABILCH	A PEAY	Blocked	Hadlee Welch	blk Lauren Wallace, Nicole Okojie	+0.1
34	14-20	A PEAY	A PEAY	Blocked	Hadlee Welch	blk Nicole Okojie	+0.3
35	14-21	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss	+0.3
36	15-21	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Avery Thaler		+0.2
37	15-22	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss	+0.3
38	15-23	ABILCH	ABILCH	Blocked	Kaelynn Ashley	blk Hadlee Welch, Hannah Gonzalez	+0.1
39	16-23	ABILCH	A PEAY	Attack err	Hannah Gonzalez		·
40	16-24	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss	+0.1
41	17-24	ABILCH	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier	set Sarah Butler	·
42	18-24	A PEAY	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier		·
43	18-25	A PEAY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Austin Peay 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).

Abilene Christian def. Austin Peay 3–0

Austin Peay never reached 20 in a set against Abilene Christian.