Eastern Ky. def. Abilene Christian 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 17)

FinalSat, Oct 17, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Eastern Ky. 92.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 10:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Eastern Ky. beat visiting Abilene Christian 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-20) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Eastern Ky.'s Addison Burke led with 12 kills, and Cassidy Trahan added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:05 PM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ABILCH	18	20	20	0
E KY	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No set was closer than 5 points: Eastern Ky. swept Abilene Christian.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.8 points, and Abilene Christian's high was 7% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Eastern Ky. at 92%.

Abilene ChristianEastern Ky.

Break %+15.5 pts
28.343.8
32 of 73 on serve vs 17 of 60, so Abilene Christian's sideout was 56.2%.
Hitting+.140
.156.296
46 K / 12 E against 38 K / 19 E.
Longest run+2
46
6 straight Eastern Ky. points in the second set turned a 3–4 deficit into a 9–4 lead. That set ended 25–20.

Eastern Ky. above 50Abilene Christian belowMax swing 0.8%

Abilene ChristianEastern Ky.

Aces: Abilene Christian 3·Eastern Ky. 2
Serve err: Abilene Christian 8·Eastern Ky. 4
Blocks: Abilene Christian 3·Eastern Ky. 70 BS · 6 BA vs 0 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Abilene Christian 51·Eastern Ky. 57

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Eastern Ky. above 50 · Abilene Christian below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Eastern Ky. stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ABILCH 8.7%91.3% E KY

Abilene Christian wins

3-0

1.1%

3-1

2.6%

3-2

5.0%

Eastern Ky. wins

3-0

46.7%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

13.1%

ABILCH break %: 37.3% vs this opp
E KY break %: 47.6% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Abilene Christianaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Hannah GonzalezMB	3	9	0	17	.529	0	0	3	3	0	1	0.5	9.5
3Alyssa ToddOH	3	8	3	32	.156	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.5	8.5
15Hadlee WelchOH	3	6	3	17	.176	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
2Avery ThalerMB	3	5	5	13	.000	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
4Rachel KossS	3	0	0	5	.000	33	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
11Izabelle LarsonOH	2	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
10Aubrey BeaverOH	3	9	8	32	.031	0	0	1	10	0	1	0.5	9.5
12Abby ChristianL/DS	3	1	0	2	.500	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	2
24Brennan RamirezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	10	0	0	0	2
19Maddie FinneganOH	3	0	0	3	.000	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	19	122	.156	37	3	8	51	2	6	3	58

Eastern Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Addison BurkeOH	3	12	5	27	.259	0	0	0	6	0	3	1.5	13.5
7Emilee HillS	3	11	3	24	.333	18	0	2	13	0	3	1.5	12.5
22Emma ClosurdoOH	3	10	2	26	.308	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	10.5
13Alexis BullMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	1	1	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
12Caitlyn FleesMB	3	3	0	10	.300	3	0	0	2	0	6	3	6
8Lydia StephensDS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
11Audrey HudsonOH	3	5	1	19	.211	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	5
10Cooper AbneyS	3	0	0	0	–	14	1	1	11	0	0	0	1
6Cassidy TrahanDS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	15	2	0	0	0
Team totals		46	12	115	.296	42	2	4	57	3	14	7	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.

Abilene Christian vs Eastern Ky.

Season series · Eastern Ky. leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 17, 2026Abilene Christian at Eastern Ky. · Eastern Ky. won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026Eastern Ky. at Abilene ChristianPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 ABILCH · E KY 6

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 ABILCHE KY 5

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 3 ABILCHE KY 6

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 4 ABILCHE KY 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Abilene Christian

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	20%2/10
2	62%8/13	25%3/12
3	40%6/15	20%2/10
4	50%6/12	14%1/7
5	75%6/8	40%4/10
6	75%6/8	45%5/11
All	56%41/73	28%17/60

Eastern Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%9/13	30%3/10
2	82%9/11	44%7/16
3	100%7/7	56%9/16
4	86%6/7	63%10/16
5	60%6/10	25%2/8
6	50%6/12	14%1/7
All	72%43/60	44%32/73

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

133 rallies

#	ABILCH-E KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	ABILCH	E KY×5	Serve err	Brennan Ramirez
2	0-2	E KY	E KY×5	Attack err	Alyssa Todd
3	0-3	E KY	E KY×5	Kill	Addison Burke	set Lydia Stephens
4	0-4	E KY	E KY×5	Ace	Alexis Bull
5	0-5	E KY	E KY×5	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Caitlyn Flees
6	1-5	E KY	ABILCH	Attack err	Emma Closurdo
7	1-6	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill
8	1-7	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Alyssa Todd
9	2-7	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
10	2-8	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney
11	2-9	E KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney
12	3-9	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
13	4-9	ABILCH	ABILCH	Blocked	Emilee Hill	blk Aubrey Beaver, Avery Thaler
14	4-10	ABILCH	E KY	Attack err	Avery Thaler
15	5-10	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss
16	5-11	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Cooper Abney
17	5-12	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Rachel Koss
18	6-12	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss
19	6-13	ABILCH	E KY×3	Serve err	Izabelle Larson
20	6-14	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Avery Thaler
21	6-15	E KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Hadlee Welch	blk Addison Burke, Alexis Bull
22	7-15	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss
23	8-15	ABILCH	ABILCH	Attack err	Addison Burke
24	8-16	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill
25	9-16	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Brennan Ramirez
26	9-17	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill
27	9-18	E KY	E KY	Blocked	Alyssa Todd	blk Caitlyn Flees, Emilee Hill
28	10-18	E KY	ABILCH	Attack err	Emilee Hill
29	10-19	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney
30	11-19	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
31	11-20	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney
32	12-20	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss
33	12-21	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney
34	13-21	E KY	ABILCH×3	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss
35	14-21	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Brennan Ramirez
36	15-21	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Bad set	Audrey Hudson
37	15-22	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill
38	16-22	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss
39	16-23	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill
40	17-23	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss
41	17-24	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Emilee Hill
42	18-24	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
43	18-25	ABILCH	E KY	Serve err	Maddie Finnegan
Set 2
1	1-0	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss
2	2-0	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Maddie Finnegan
3	2-1	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill
4	3-1	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss
5	3-2	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill
6	3-3	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Audrey Hudson
7	4-3	E KY	ABILCH	Serve err	Alexis Bull
8	4-4	ABILCH	E KY×6	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill
9	4-5	E KY	E KY×6	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Rachel Koss
10	4-6	E KY	E KY×6	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Caitlyn Flees
11	4-7	E KY	E KY×6	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney
12	4-8	E KY	E KY×6	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver
13	4-9	E KY	E KY×6	Attack err	Hadlee Welch
14	5-9	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
15	5-10	ABILCH	E KY	Serve err	Abby Christian
16	5-11	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver
17	6-11	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
18	6-12	ABILCH	E KY	Blocked	Aubrey Beaver	blk Caitlyn Flees, Emilee Hill
19	7-12	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
20	8-12	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Izabelle Larson
21	8-13	ABILCH	E KY	Serve err	Hannah Gonzalez
22	9-13	E KY	ABILCH×3	Serve err	Emilee Hill
23	10-13	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss
24	11-13	ABILCH	ABILCH×3	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss
25	11-14	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Cooper Abney
26	12-14	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss
27	13-14	ABILCH	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss
28	13-15	ABILCH	E KY×4	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill
29	13-16	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill
30	13-17	E KY	E KY×4	Blocked	Hadlee Welch	blk Addison Burke, Caitlyn Flees
31	13-18	E KY	E KY×4	Attack err	Avery Thaler
32	14-18	E KY	ABILCH	Attack err	Emma Closurdo
33	14-19	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Cassidy Trahan
34	15-19	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss
35	15-20	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney
36	16-20	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
37	16-21	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Caitlyn Flees
38	17-21	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss
39	17-22	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney
40	17-23	E KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Emilee Hill
41	18-23	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Aubrey Beaver	set Rachel Koss
42	18-24	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill
43	19-24	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss
44	20-24	ABILCH	ABILCH	Blocked	Addison Burke	blk Hadlee Welch, Avery Thaler
45	20-25	ABILCH	E KY	Serve err	Aubrey Beaver
Set 3
1	0-1	ABILCH	E KY×4	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cassidy Trahan
2	0-2	E KY	E KY×4	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver
3	0-3	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Alexis Bull
4	0-4	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill
5	1-4	E KY	ABILCH	Attack err	Addison Burke
6	1-5	ABILCH	E KY	Serve err	Hannah Gonzalez
7	1-6	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver
8	2-6	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Abby Christian	set Rachel Koss
9	2-7	ABILCH	E KY×4	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill
10	2-8	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cassidy Trahan
11	2-9	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cassidy Trahan
12	2-10	E KY	E KY×4	Ace	Cooper Abney
13	3-10	E KY	ABILCH	Serve err	Cooper Abney
14	3-11	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney
15	4-11	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss
16	5-11	ABILCH	ABILCH	Ace	Brennan Ramirez	aced Cassidy Trahan
17	5-12	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney
18	6-12	E KY	ABILCH	Attack err	Audrey Hudson
19	6-13	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney
20	7-13	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss
21	7-14	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Emilee Hill
22	8-14	E KY	ABILCH	Attack err	Addison Burke
23	8-15	ABILCH	E KY	Serve err	Hannah Gonzalez
24	9-15	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss
25	9-16	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill
26	9-17	E KY	E KY	Blocked	Aubrey Beaver	blk Emilee Hill, Caitlyn Flees
27	10-17	E KY	ABILCH	Kill	Avery Thaler	set Rachel Koss
28	10-18	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney
29	10-19	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Avery Thaler
30	11-19	E KY	ABILCH×4	Kill	Hadlee Welch	set Rachel Koss
31	12-19	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Blocked	Emilee Hill	blk Alyssa Todd, Hannah Gonzalez
32	13-19	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Ace	Brennan Ramirez	aced Audrey Hudson
33	14-19	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss
34	14-20	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney
35	15-20	E KY	ABILCH×4	Kill	Hannah Gonzalez	set Rachel Koss
36	16-20	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Ace	Abby Christian	aced Cassidy Trahan
37	17-20	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Attack err	Alexis Bull
38	18-20	ABILCH	ABILCH×4	Kill	Alyssa Todd	set Rachel Koss
39	18-21	ABILCH	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cassidy Trahan
40	19-21	E KY	ABILCH	Serve err	Emilee Hill
41	19-22	ABILCH	E KY	Attack err	Aubrey Beaver
42	20-22	E KY	ABILCH	Attack err	Addison Burke
43	20-23	ABILCH	E KY×3	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill
44	20-24	E KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Avery Thaler	blk Caitlyn Flees, Addison Burke
45	20-25	E KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Aubrey Beaver	blk Emma Closurdo, Caitlyn Flees

Score shown after each rally, Abilene Christian first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Eastern Ky. def. Abilene Christian 3–0

No set was closer than 5 points: Eastern Ky. swept Abilene Christian.