Rhode Island vs VCU Volleyball: VCU Wins 3-1 (Oct 9, 2026)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: VCU 85.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

VCU beat visiting Rhode Island 3-1 (25-23, 12-25, 25-16, 25-14) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. VCU's Letizia Galli led with 14 kills, and Jordan Baksh added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 11:05 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
URI	23	25	16	14	1
VCU	25	12	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

VCU won 45 of 86 points on its own serve.

Win probability never moved more than 6.1 points on one rally; Rhode Island topped out at 31% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave VCU 85% before first serve.

Rhode IslandVCU

Longest run+2
46
Down 19–23 in the first set, VCU scored 6 straight to lead 25–23. The set finished 25–23.

VCU above 50Rhode Island belowMax swing 6.1%

Rhode IslandVCU

Hitting: Rhode Island .213·VCU .256
Aces: Rhode Island 7·VCU 11
Serve err: Rhode Island 8·VCU 11
Blocks: Rhode Island 9·VCU 72 BS · 14 BA vs 4 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Rhode Island 48·VCU 43

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

VCU above 50 · Rhode Island below

Biggest swing: 6.1% to VCU — set 1, URI 23-24 VCU. Cara Richter stuffed by Sarah Dibbs-Frantz & Letizia Galli. VCU win probability 81% → 87%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

URI 15.9%84.1% VCU

Rhode Island wins

3-0

2.4%

3-1

5.1%

3-2

8.4%

VCU wins

3-0

36.0%

3-1

31.2%

3-2

16.9%

URI break %: 40.1% vs this opp
VCU break %: 47.8% 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
Sarah Dibbs-Frantz&Letizia GalliBlock+6.1%
Cara Richter stuffed by Sarah Dibbs-Frantz & Letizia Galli
Set 1 · URI 23-24 VCU · VCU 81% → 87%
02
Letizia GalliKill+5.3%
Kill by Letizia Galli (set by Cansin Sendir)
Set 1 · URI 23-23 VCU · VCU 76% → 81%
03
VCUAce+5.1%
VCU ace on Sydney Houchens
Set 1 · URI 23-25 VCU · VCU 87% → 92%
04
Cara RichterAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Cara Richter
Set 1 · URI 23-22 VCU · VCU 72% → 76%
05
Rhode IslandAce+2.8%
Rhode Island ace on Molly McCall
Set 3 · URI 3-1 VCU · URI 23% → 26%
06
Rhode IslandAce+2.6%
Rhode Island ace on Jordan Baksh
Set 1 · URI 15-12 VCU · URI 21% → 23%
07
Grace KeaneyKill+2.5%
Kill by Grace Keaney (set by Dakota Henry)
Set 3 · URI 2-1 VCU · URI 21% → 23%
08
Rhode IslandAce+2.5%
Rhode Island ace on Lara Del Core
Set 1 · URI 16-12 VCU · URI 23% → 26%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Rhode Islandaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Emily SawyerMB	4	12	1	22	.500	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
17Cara RichterOH	4	8	5	25	.120	1	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	11
21Hannah JonickMB	4	3	3	11	.000	0	2	3	2	0	2	6	5	10
7McKenna MeltonOH	4	7	3	20	.200	0	0	0	7	7	0	1	0.5	7.5
25Grace KeaneyOH	4	2	3	13	-.077	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	2	4
16Ema StermenskaS	4	0	0	0	–	16	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
10Erika BraceyOH	4	7	1	14	.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
20Dakota HenryL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	7	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	2
2Jahan LalliS	4	0	1	2	-.500	13	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
5Cansu KornosorL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Sydney HouchensOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	17	108	.213	37	7	8	48	11	2	14	9	78

VCUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Letizia GalliMB	4	14	2	22	.545	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	16
16Nina BoledovicovaMB	4	11	3	31	.258	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	2.5	15.5
24Cansin SendirS	4	2	0	2	1.000	38	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	5
20Dunja MarticOH	4	0	1	4	-.250	1	2	3	7	2	0	0	0	2
7Sarah Dibbs-FrantzMB	2	4	5	11	-.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
6Dominika KasinskaOH	1	1	1	6	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
12Lara Del CoreOPP	4	8	3	17	.294	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	10
2Gabby LaPataOH	4	4	1	18	.167	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	4
19Jordan BakshL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	3	3	9	2	0	0	0	3
10Kayla FoleyDS	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
5Molly McCallOH	3	5	2	10	.300	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
11Maddalena FioloS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Meghan TouheyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	18	121	.256	44	11	11	43	7	4	6	7	87

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.

Rhode Island vs VCU

Season series · VCU leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Rhode Island at VCU · VCU won 3-1This match
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Rhode Island at VCU · VCU won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 URI · VCU 6

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 3 URIVCU 6

Set 2

25-12

Longest run 4 URIVCU 2

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 3 URIVCU 5

Set 4

14-25

Longest run 3 URIVCU 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rhode Island

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	40%4/10
2	53%8/15	50%8/16
3	47%8/17	58%11/19
4	73%8/11	38%5/13
5	42%5/12	50%7/14
6	27%4/15	29%2/7
All	48%41/86	47%37/79

VCU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	50%6/12
2	47%8/17	33%4/12
3	47%8/17	56%10/18
4	73%8/11	38%5/13
5	55%6/11	46%6/13
6	57%4/7	78%14/18
All	53%42/79	52%45/86

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 (4 of 4 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

165 rallies

#	URI-VCU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	VCU	VCU	Kill	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz	set Cansin Sendir	+1.3
2	0-2	VCU	VCU	Attack err	Emily Sawyer		+1.2
3	1-2	VCU	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.0
4	2-2	URI	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.4
5	2-3	URI	VCU	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Lara Del Core	+1.0
6	3-3	VCU	URI×3	Serve err	VCU		+1.1
7	4-3	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz		+1.6
8	5-3	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz		+1.8
9	5-4	URI	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.3
10	6-4	VCU	URI×3	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Dakota Henry	+1.5
11	7-4	URI	URI×3	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Dakota Henry	+2.0
12	8-4	URI	URI×3	Blocked	Nina Boledovicova	blk Hannah Jonick, McKenna Melton	+2.0
13	8-5	URI	VCU	Serve err	Rhode Island		+1.3
14	9-5	VCU	URI	Blocked	Dominika Kasinska	blk Hannah Jonick, Erika Bracey	+1.6
15	10-5	URI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+2.0
16	10-6	URI	VCU	Kill	Cansin Sendir	set Nina Boledovicova	+1.2
17	11-6	VCU	URI	Serve err	VCU		+1.6
18	11-7	URI	VCU×5	Serve err	Rhode Island		+1.3
19	11-8	VCU	VCU×5	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.8
20	11-9	VCU	VCU×5	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
21	11-10	VCU	VCU×5	Ace	VCU	aced McKenna Melton	+2.0
22	11-11	VCU	VCU×5	Kill	Letizia Galli		+2.0
23	12-11	VCU	URI	Serve err	VCU		+1.7
24	13-11	URI	URI	Attack err	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz		+2.4
25	13-12	URI	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.6
26	14-12	VCU	URI×3	Serve err	VCU		+2.0
27	15-12	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Jordan Baksh	+2.6
28	16-12	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Lara Del Core	+2.5
29	16-13	URI	VCU	Serve err	Rhode Island		+1.5
30	17-13	VCU	URI×3	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+2.1
31	18-13	URI	URI×3	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Dakota Henry	+2.3
32	19-13	URI	URI×3	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Ema Stermenska	+1.8
33	19-14	URI	VCU	Kill	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz	set Cansin Sendir	+0.8
34	19-15	VCU	VCU	Attack err	Cara Richter		+1.5
35	20-15	VCU	URI	Kill	Dakota Henry	set Cansin Sendir	+1.8
36	21-15	URI	URI	Blocked	Lara Del Core	blk Hannah Jonick, Erika Bracey	+1.6
37	21-16	URI	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.6
38	21-17	VCU	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.3
39	22-17	VCU	URI	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Cara Richter	+1.7
40	22-18	URI	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.8
41	22-19	VCU	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+1.6
42	23-19	VCU	URI	Kill	Erika Bracey	set Jahan Lalli	+2.2
43	23-20	URI	VCU×6	Kill	Cansin Sendir	set Kayla Foley	+1.0
44	23-21	VCU	VCU×6	Attack err	Jahan Lalli		+2.3
45	23-22	VCU	VCU×6	Attack err	Cara Richter		+3.6
46	23-23	VCU	VCU×6	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+5.3
47	23-24	VCU	VCU×6	Blocked	Cara Richter	blk Sarah Dibbs-Frantz, Letizia Galli	+6.1
48	23-25	VCU	VCU×6	Ace	VCU	aced Sydney Houchens	+5.1
Set 2
1	1-0	URI	URI×3	Kill	Erika Bracey	set Jahan Lalli	+1.1
2	2-0	URI	URI×3	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.2
3	3-0	URI	URI×3	Kill	Cara Richter	set Ema Stermenska	+1.3
4	3-1	URI	VCU	Kill	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz	set Cansin Sendir	+0.9
5	4-1	VCU	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.0
6	5-1	URI	URI	Attack err	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz		+1.3
7	5-2	URI	VCU	Serve err	Rhode Island		+0.9
8	6-2	VCU	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.1
9	7-2	URI	URI	Blocked	Lara Del Core	blk Hannah Jonick, Grace Keaney	+1.4
10	7-3	URI	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.9
11	8-3	VCU	URI	Serve err	VCU		+1.1
12	9-3	URI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+1.3
13	9-4	URI	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+0.8
14	9-5	VCU	VCU	Attack err	Erika Bracey		+1.2
15	10-5	VCU	URI	Serve err	VCU		+1.2
16	10-6	URI	VCU	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.9
17	11-6	VCU	URI×3	Attack err	Letizia Galli		+1.2
18	12-6	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Dunja Martic	+1.4
19	13-6	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Jordan Baksh	+1.2
20	13-7	URI	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+0.7
21	14-7	VCU	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+0.9
22	14-8	URI	VCU	Serve err	Rhode Island		+0.6
23	15-8	VCU	URI×3	Kill	Cara Richter	set Dakota Henry	+0.9
24	16-8	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Letizia Galli		+0.9
25	17-8	URI	URI×3	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Cansin Sendir	+0.7
26	17-9	URI	VCU	Blocked	Grace Keaney	blk Lara Del Core	+0.3
27	18-9	VCU	URI×3	Serve err	VCU		+0.5
28	19-9	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz		+0.4
29	20-9	URI	URI×3	Blocked	Lara Del Core	blk Grace Keaney, Hannah Jonick	+0.2
30	20-10	URI	VCU	Kill	Sarah Dibbs-Frantz	set Cansin Sendir	+0.1
31	20-11	VCU	VCU	Ace	VCU	aced Cara Richter	+0.1
32	21-11	VCU	URI	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Ema Stermenska	+0.2
33	21-12	URI	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Maddalena Fiolo	+0.1
34	22-12	VCU	URI×4	Kill	Erika Bracey	set Jahan Lalli	+0.1
35	23-12	URI	URI×4	Bad set	Jordan Baksh		+0.1
36	24-12	URI	URI×4	Blocked	Nina Boledovicova	blk Hannah Jonick	·
37	25-12	URI	URI×4	Kill	Erika Bracey	set Jahan Lalli	·
Set 3
1	0-1	VCU	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+2.1
2	1-1	VCU	URI×3	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.8
3	2-1	URI	URI×3	Kill	Grace Keaney	set Dakota Henry	+2.5
4	3-1	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Molly McCall	+2.8
5	3-2	URI	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+2.0
6	3-3	VCU	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.5
7	4-3	VCU	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+2.1
8	4-4	URI	VCU×5	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+2.0
9	4-5	VCU	VCU×5	Attack err	Hannah Jonick		+2.4
10	4-6	VCU	VCU×5	Attack err	Grace Keaney		+2.2
11	4-7	VCU	VCU×5	Kill	Gabby LaPata		+1.9
12	4-8	VCU	VCU×5	Ace	VCU	aced McKenna Melton	+1.6
13	5-8	VCU	URI	Serve err	VCU		+1.2
14	5-9	URI	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Dunja Martic	+1.3
15	6-9	VCU	URI	Blocked	Dunja Martic	blk Hannah Jonick	+1.2
16	7-9	URI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Dakota Henry	+2.0
17	7-10	URI	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.6
18	8-10	VCU	URI	Kill	Erika Bracey	set Jahan Lalli	+1.6
19	8-11	URI	VCU×3	Serve err	Rhode Island		+1.7
20	8-12	VCU	VCU×3	Blocked	Cara Richter	blk Letizia Galli, Lara Del Core	+1.8
21	8-13	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Molly McCall	set Cansin Sendir	+1.4
22	9-13	VCU	URI	Attack err	Molly McCall		+1.0
23	9-14	URI	VCU×4	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.1
24	9-15	VCU	VCU×4	Blocked	McKenna Melton	blk Nina Boledovicova	+1.1
25	9-16	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Molly McCall		+0.7
26	9-17	VCU	VCU×4	Ace	VCU	aced McKenna Melton	+0.4
27	10-17	VCU	URI	Serve err	VCU		+0.2
28	10-18	URI	VCU	Kill	Molly McCall	set Cansin Sendir	+0.3
29	10-19	VCU	VCU	Bad set	Ema Stermenska		+0.2
30	11-19	VCU	URI×3	Serve err	VCU		+0.1
31	12-19	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Gabby LaPata	+0.2
32	13-19	URI	URI×3	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Ema Stermenska	+0.4
33	13-20	URI	VCU	Kill	Molly McCall	set Gabby LaPata	+0.4
34	14-20	VCU	URI	Serve err	VCU		+0.3
35	15-20	URI	URI	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Dunja Martic	+0.6
36	15-21	URI	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.6
37	16-21	VCU	URI	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Jahan Lalli	+0.4
38	16-22	URI	VCU×4	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+0.6
39	16-23	VCU	VCU×4	Ace	VCU	aced McKenna Melton	+0.3
40	16-24	VCU	VCU×4	Blocked	Hannah Jonick	blk Letizia Galli	+0.1
41	16-25	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Jahan Lalli	·
Set 4
1	0-1	URI	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.3
2	1-1	VCU	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+1.4
3	1-2	URI	VCU×5	Serve err	Rhode Island		+1.3
4	1-3	VCU	VCU×5	Ace	VCU	aced Dakota Henry	+1.5
5	1-4	VCU	VCU×5	Blocked	Grace Keaney	blk Lara Del Core, Nina Boledovicova	+1.4
6	1-5	VCU	VCU×5	Attack err	McKenna Melton		+1.2
7	1-6	VCU	VCU×5	Ace	VCU	aced McKenna Melton	+1.0
8	2-6	VCU	URI×3	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+0.7
9	3-6	URI	URI×3	Kill	Emily Sawyer		+1.1
10	4-6	URI	URI×3	Kill	Grace Keaney	set Ema Stermenska	+1.4
11	4-7	URI	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.1
12	5-7	VCU	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.1
13	5-8	URI	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.2
14	6-8	VCU	URI×3	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Ema Stermenska	+1.2
15	7-8	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Nina Boledovicova		+1.8
16	8-8	URI	URI×3	Attack err	McKenna Melton		+2.1
17	8-9	URI	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+1.6
18	9-9	VCU	URI	Kill	Erika Bracey	set Jahan Lalli	+1.8
19	9-10	URI	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.7
20	10-10	VCU	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Jahan Lalli	+1.8
21	10-11	URI	VCU×3	Serve err	Rhode Island		+1.7
22	10-12	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.1
23	10-13	VCU	VCU×3	Bad set	Jahan Lalli		+1.8
24	11-13	VCU	URI	Kill	Erika Bracey	set Jahan Lalli	+1.3
25	11-14	URI	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.4
26	11-15	VCU	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.5
27	12-15	VCU	URI	Blocked	Molly McCall	blk Emily Sawyer, Grace Keaney	+1.0
28	12-16	URI	VCU×4	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.2
29	12-17	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Molly McCall	set Cansin Sendir	+1.1
30	12-18	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.8
31	12-19	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.5
32	13-19	VCU	URI	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Dakota Henry	+0.2
33	13-20	URI	VCU	Blocked	Hannah Jonick	blk Nina Boledovicova	+0.3
34	13-21	VCU	VCU	Ace	VCU	aced McKenna Melton	+0.2
35	14-21	VCU	URI	Blocked	Gabby LaPata	blk Hannah Jonick, Grace Keaney	+0.1
36	14-22	URI	VCU×4	Attack err	McKenna Melton		+0.1
37	14-23	VCU	VCU×4	Ace	VCU	aced McKenna Melton	+0.1
38	14-24	VCU	VCU×4	Ace	VCU	aced Cansu Kornosor	·
39	14-25	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	·

Score shown after each rally, Rhode Island 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).

VCU def. Rhode Island 3–1

VCU won 45 of 86 points on its own serve.