Loyola Chicago def. Rhode Island 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 4)

FinalSun, Oct 4, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Loyola Chicago 88.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 4, 11:56 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Loyola Chicago won at Rhode Island 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-20) on Sun, Oct 4, 2026. Loyola Chicago's Leyna Nguyen and Katie Scherer led with 9 kills each, and Sam Falk added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LOYCHI	25	25	25	3
URI	14	17	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Loyola Chicago swept Rhode Island, and no set was closer than 5 points.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.5 points, and Rhode Island's high was 15% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave Loyola Chicago 88% before first serve.

Loyola ChicagoRhode Island

Break %+22.9 pts
49.326.4
36 of 73 on serve vs 14 of 53, so Rhode Island's sideout was 50.7%.
Hitting+.261
.356.095
42 kills, 11 errors vs 30 kills, 21 errors.
Longest run+3
63
Down 6–9 in the third set, Loyola Chicago scored 6 straight to lead 12–9. Final score of the set: 25–20.

Rhode Island above 50Loyola Chicago belowMax swing 1.5%

Loyola ChicagoRhode Island

Aces: Loyola Chicago 9·Rhode Island 2
Serve err: Loyola Chicago 8·Rhode Island 1
Blocks: Loyola Chicago 9·Rhode Island 62 BS · 14 BA vs 2 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Loyola Chicago 36·Rhode Island 29

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Rhode Island above 50 · Loyola Chicago below

Biggest swing: 1.5% to Rhode Island — set 1, LOYCHI 1-3 URI. Attack error by Leyna Nguyen. URI win probability 13% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LOYCHI 92.9%7.1% URI

Loyola Chicago wins

3-0

50.2%

3-1

30.9%

3-2

11.8%

Rhode Island wins

3-0

0.9%

3-1

2.1%

3-2

4.1%

LOYCHI break %: 49.2% vs this opp
URI break %: 37.9% 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
Leyna NguyenAttack error+1.5%
Attack error by Leyna Nguyen
Set 1 · LOYCHI 1-3 URI · URI 13% → 15%
02
Dakota HenryBad set+1.4%
Bad set by Dakota Henry
Set 1 · LOYCHI 4-4 URI · LOYCHI 86% → 87%
03
Havyn RolleKill+1.4%
Kill by Havyn Rolle (set by Carly Thomas)
Set 1 · LOYCHI 1-2 URI · URI 12% → 13%
04
Leyna NguyenKill+1.3%
Kill by Leyna Nguyen (set by Emma Henry)
Set 1 · LOYCHI 5-4 URI · LOYCHI 87% → 89%
05
Havyn RolleKill+1.2%
Kill by Havyn Rolle (set by Carly Thomas)
Set 1 · LOYCHI 2-4 URI · URI 14% → 15%
06
Kate Maley&Avary DeBlieckBlock+1.2%
Cara Richter stuffed by Kate Maley & Avary DeBlieck
Set 1 · LOYCHI 7-5 URI · LOYCHI 88% → 90%
07
Hannah JonickAttack error+1.1%
Attack error by Hannah Jonick
Set 1 · LOYCHI 3-4 URI · LOYCHI 85% → 86%
08
Loyola ChicagoService error+1.1%
Loyola Chicago service error
Set 1 · LOYCHI 5-5 URI · URI 11% → 13%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Loyola Chicagoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Leyna NguyenDS	3	9	7	25	.080	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
12Katie SchererOH	3	9	1	17	.471	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
11Chloe Morgan	3	6	1	8	.625	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
8Claire Van Den HerikOH	3	6	1	14	.357	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
15Avary DeBlieckMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3.5	6.5
6Mya BallS	3	0	0	1	.000	22	4	3	6	0	0	0	0	4
7Kate MaleyOH	3	8	0	13	.615	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	10
1Jae FittingL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	2
4Sam FalkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	12	0	0	0	0	2
5Emma HenryS	3	0	0	1	.000	14	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
3Camryn HughesMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		42	11	87	.356	41	9	8	36	2	2	14	9	75

Rhode Islandhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Cara RichterOH	3	7	5	29	.069	1	1	1	8	3	0	0	0	8
13Havyn RolleOH	3	7	2	16	.313	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
18Emily SawyerMB	3	5	2	16	.188	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
23Carly ThomasS	2	1	0	4	.250	14	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
21Hannah JonickMB	2	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14Sophia ChinettiOH	1	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Chloe AbutoOH	3	3	3	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5
6KJ JohnsonMB	3	2	2	7	.000	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	5
20Dakota HenryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0
7McKenna MeltonOH	2	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
3Sydney HouchensOH	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
5Cansu KornosorL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
16Ema StermenskaS	2	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2Jahan LalliS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10Erika BraceyOH	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Autumn TomblineS	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Kiara CopelandDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Reagan NisbetDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	21	95	.095	27	2	1	29	9	2	8	6	51

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.

Loyola Chicago vs Rhode Island

Season series · Loyola Chicago leads 2-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Loyola Chicago at Rhode Island · Loyola Chicago won 3-0Result →
Sun, Oct 4, 2026Loyola Chicago at Rhode Island · Loyola Chicago won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 LOYCHI · URI 3

Set 1

25-14

Longest run 4 LOYCHIURI 3

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 4 LOYCHIURI 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 6 LOYCHIURI 3

Bars above the line = Rhode Island leads, below = Loyola Chicago leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Loyola Chicago

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	67%12/18
2	78%7/9	36%4/11
3	78%7/9	30%3/10
4	67%6/9	54%7/13
5	60%6/10	33%3/9
6	100%5/5	58%7/12
All	74%39/53	49%36/73

Rhode Island

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%7/14	13%1/8
2	100%7/7	36%4/11
3	46%6/13	13%1/8
4	50%6/12	25%2/8
5	75%6/8	45%5/11
6	26%5/19	14%1/7
All	51%37/73	26%14/53

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

126 rallies

#	LOYCHI-URI	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	URI	LOYCHI	Attack err	Sophia Chinetti		+0.8
2	1-1	LOYCHI	URI×3	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.9
3	1-2	URI	URI×3	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Carly Thomas	+1.4
4	1-3	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+1.5
5	2-3	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+1.1
6	2-4	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Carly Thomas	+1.2
7	3-4	URI	LOYCHI×3	Attack err	Hannah Jonick		+1.1
8	4-4	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Bad set	Dakota Henry		+1.4
9	5-4	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Emma Henry	+1.3
10	5-5	LOYCHI	URI	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+1.1
11	6-5	URI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Emma Henry	+1.0
12	7-5	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Blocked	Cara Richter	blk Kate Maley, Avary DeBlieck	+1.2
13	8-5	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+1.0
14	9-5	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.9
15	9-6	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Carly Thomas	+0.6
16	10-6	URI	LOYCHI	Serve err	Cara Richter		+0.7
17	11-6	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Cara Richter	+0.7
18	11-7	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Carly Thomas	+0.5
19	12-7	URI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+0.5
20	13-7	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.5
21	14-7	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Sophia Chinetti		+0.4
22	15-7	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Havyn Rolle		+0.2
23	15-8	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Carly Thomas	+0.1
24	16-8	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Mya Ball	+0.2
25	17-8	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Havyn Rolle	+0.1
26	17-9	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Carly Thomas	+0.1
27	18-9	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.1
28	18-10	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Sydney Houchens	set Carly Thomas	+0.1
29	19-10	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Mya Ball	+0.1
30	20-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Jae Fitting	·
31	20-11	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Carly Thomas	·
32	21-11	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Emma Henry	·
33	21-12	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Dakota Henry	·
34	22-12	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	·
35	22-13	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Ema Stermenska	·
36	23-13	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Camryn Hughes	set Sam Falk	·
37	24-13	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Cara Richter	·
38	24-14	LOYCHI	URI	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		·
39	25-14	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Mya Ball	·
Set 2
1	1-0	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Ace	Loyola Chicago		+0.8
2	2-0	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Bad set	Jahan Lalli		+0.7
3	3-0	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Blocked	Hannah Jonick	blk Katie Scherer, Claire Van Den Herik	+0.6
4	3-1	LOYCHI	URI×3	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.5
5	3-2	URI	URI×3	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+0.7
6	3-3	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+0.9
7	4-3	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.6
8	4-4	LOYCHI	URI	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+0.7
9	5-4	URI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.7
10	6-4	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Blocked	KJ Johnson	blk Avary DeBlieck	+0.8
11	7-4	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Jae Fitting	+0.7
12	8-4	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.6
13	8-5	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+0.4
14	8-6	URI	URI	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Leyna Nguyen	+0.7
15	9-6	URI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.6
16	10-6	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced McKenna Melton	+0.6
17	11-6	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Attack err	Emily Sawyer		+0.5
18	11-7	LOYCHI	URI×3	Kill	Cara Richter	set Ema Stermenska	+0.3
19	11-8	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Jae Fitting	+0.6
20	11-9	URI	URI×3	Blocked	Leyna Nguyen	blk Emily Sawyer, Chloe Abuto	+0.8
21	12-9	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+0.6
22	12-10	LOYCHI	URI	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.6
23	13-10	URI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+0.6
24	14-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Attack err	Chloe Abuto		+0.7
25	15-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Cara Richter	+0.5
26	15-11	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Dakota Henry	+0.3
27	16-11	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Emma Henry	+0.4
28	16-12	LOYCHI	URI	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.3
29	17-12	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.4
30	17-13	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+0.3
31	18-13	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.4
32	18-14	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Ema Stermenska	+0.3
33	19-14	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.4
34	20-14	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.3
35	20-15	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Ema Stermenska	+0.2
36	21-15	URI	LOYCHI	Attack err	Chloe Abuto		+0.2
37	21-16	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+0.1
38	21-17	URI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+0.3
39	22-17	URI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+0.4
40	23-17	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Blocked	McKenna Melton	blk Chloe Morgan, Kate Maley	+0.2
41	24-17	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Erika Bracey		+0.1
42	25-17	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Blocked	Autumn Tombline	blk Chloe Morgan, Kate Maley	·
Set 3
1	0-1	URI	URI	Blocked	Claire Van Den Herik	blk KJ Johnson, Emily Sawyer	+0.5
2	1-1	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Sam Falk	+0.3
3	2-1	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.4
4	2-2	LOYCHI	URI	Blocked	Katie Scherer	blk Havyn Rolle, KJ Johnson	+0.3
5	3-2	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.3
6	3-3	LOYCHI	URI	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+0.3
7	3-4	URI	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set KJ Johnson	+0.5
8	4-4	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.4
9	4-5	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Carly Thomas	+0.4
10	4-6	URI	URI	Blocked	Leyna Nguyen	blk Carly Thomas, Chloe Abuto	+0.6
11	5-6	URI	LOYCHI	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.4
12	5-7	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Chloe Abuto	set Carly Thomas	+0.5
13	5-8	URI	URI	Kill	Carly Thomas		+0.6
14	6-8	URI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Chloe Abuto	blk Avary DeBlieck	+0.4
15	6-9	LOYCHI	URI	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.5
16	7-9	URI	LOYCHI×6	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Emma Henry	+0.4
17	8-9	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×6	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Cansu Kornosor	+0.6
18	9-9	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×6	Blocked	KJ Johnson	blk Chloe Morgan, Claire Van Den Herik	+0.6
19	10-9	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×6	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Mya Ball	+0.5
20	11-9	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×6	Ace	Loyola Chicago		+0.5
21	12-9	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×6	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.4
22	12-10	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Carly Thomas	+0.3
23	13-10	URI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Mya Ball	+0.3
24	14-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Dakota Henry	+0.3
25	15-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Katie Scherer	+0.3
26	15-11	LOYCHI	URI	Blocked	Chloe Morgan	blk KJ Johnson	+0.2
27	16-11	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.2
28	16-12	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	KJ Johnson	set Cara Richter	+0.2
29	17-12	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.2
30	18-12	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Emily Sawyer	blk Leyna Nguyen, Avary DeBlieck	+0.2
31	18-13	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Chloe Abuto	set Carly Thomas	+0.1
32	19-13	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Emma Henry	+0.1
33	19-14	LOYCHI	URI×3	Blocked	Avary DeBlieck	blk Chloe Abuto	+0.1
34	19-15	URI	URI×3	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Cara Richter	+0.2
35	19-16	URI	URI×3	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Carly Thomas	+0.3
36	20-16	URI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Havyn Rolle	blk Avary DeBlieck, Kate Maley	+0.3
37	21-16	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+0.2
38	21-17	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	Chloe Abuto	set Carly Thomas	+0.1
39	22-17	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+0.2
40	22-18	LOYCHI	URI	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+0.1
41	23-18	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.2
42	23-19	LOYCHI	URI	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.1
43	24-19	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Sam Falk	+0.1
44	24-20	LOYCHI	URI	Kill	KJ Johnson	set Carly Thomas	·
45	25-20	URI	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Loyola Chicago 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).

Loyola Chicago def. Rhode Island 3–0

Loyola Chicago swept Rhode Island, and no set was closer than 5 points.