Rhode Island vs VCU Volleyball: VCU Wins 3-0 (Oct 10, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 10, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: VCU 84.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 10, 10:56 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

VCU beat visiting Rhode Island 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-22) on Sat, Oct 10, 2026. VCU's Nina Boledovicova led with 12 kills, and Cansin Sendir added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 10:40 PM CT · final Oct 10

Set	1	2	3	Sets
URI	21	17	22	0
VCU	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

VCU served Rhode Island off the court: 10 aces.

The biggest single-rally swing was 2.5 points, and Rhode Island's high was 18% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had VCU at 84%.

Rhode IslandVCU

Break %+12.7 pts
33.946.6
On serve: 34/73 against 21/62 (Rhode Island sideout 53.4%).
Longest run+2
46
From 16–16 in the first set, VCU scored 6 straight to lead 22–16. Final score of the set: 25–21.

VCU above 50Rhode Island belowMax swing 2.5%

Rhode IslandVCU

Hitting: Rhode Island .155·VCU .188
Aces: Rhode Island 3·VCU 10
Serve err: Rhode Island 8·VCU 5
Blocks: Rhode Island 7.5·VCU 42 BS · 11 BA vs 2 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Rhode Island 32·VCU 43

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

VCU above 50 · Rhode Island below

Biggest swing: 2.5% to Rhode Island — set 1, URI 16-16 VCU. Rhode Island ace on Gabby LaPata. VCU win probability 85% → 82%.

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
Rhode IslandAce+2.5%
Rhode Island ace on Gabby LaPata
Set 1 · URI 16-16 VCU · URI 15% → 18%
02
VCUAce+2.3%
VCU ace on Dakota Henry
Set 1 · URI 16-18 VCU · VCU 84% → 87%
03
Rhode IslandAce+2.0%
Rhode Island ace on Jordan Baksh
Set 1 · URI 12-12 VCU · URI 15% → 17%
04
Jahan LalliBad set+2.0%
Bad set by Jahan Lalli
Set 1 · URI 16-17 VCU · VCU 82% → 84%
05
Letizia GalliBlock+1.9%
Erika Bracey stuffed by Letizia Galli
Set 1 · URI 16-19 VCU · VCU 87% → 89%
06
VCUAce+1.9%
VCU ace on Cara Richter
Set 1 · URI 12-14 VCU · VCU 85% → 86%
07
Letizia GalliAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Letizia Galli
Set 1 · URI 9-9 VCU · URI 15% → 17%
08
McKenna MeltonKill+1.7%
Kill by McKenna Melton (set by Dakota Henry)
Set 1 · URI 5-4 VCU · URI 16% → 18%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Rhode Islandaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Cara RichterOH	3	9	1	30	.267	0	1	0	4	5	0	1	0.5	10.5
18Emily SawyerMB	3	10	2	21	.381	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10
21Hannah JonickMB	3	4	1	7	.429	0	0	2	3	0	1	4	3	7
16Ema StermenskaS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
7McKenna MeltonOH	2	3	3	10	.000	0	1	1	8	1	0	2	1	5
25Grace KeaneyOH	2	0	3	7	-.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
10Erika BraceyOH	3	4	6	16	-.125	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6
2Jahan LalliS	3	0	0	0	–	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
20Dakota HenryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	10	3	0	0	0	0
13Havyn RolleOH	1	2	1	5	.200	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
14Sophia ChinettiOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
5Cansu KornosorL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Jessica ParkerS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Kiara CopelandDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	17	97	.155	27	3	8	32	10	2	11	7.5	60

VCUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Nina BoledovicovaMB	3	12	3	24	.375	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
1Letizia GalliMB	3	11	5	21	.286	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	12.5
24Cansin SendirS	3	4	0	4	1.000	27	4	0	11	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
2Gabby LaPataOH	3	4	3	16	.063	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	4
12Lara Del CoreOPP	3	2	4	14	-.143	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	4
20Dunja MarticOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	2	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
5Molly McCallOH	3	4	4	15	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
19Jordan BakshL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	2
10Kayla FoleyDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
3Meghan TouheyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	20	96	.188	34	10	5	43	3	2	4	4	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.

Rhode Island vs VCU

Season series · VCU leads 2-0

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 URI · VCU 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 URIVCU 6

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 4 URIVCU 5

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 4 URIVCU 3

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	47%8/17	38%5/13
2	58%7/12	20%2/10
3	67%6/9	30%3/10
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	46%6/13	45%5/11
6	50%6/12	40%4/10
All	53%39/73	34%21/62

VCU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	40%4/10
2	73%8/11	47%7/15
3	78%7/9	36%4/11
4	55%6/11	54%7/13
5	75%6/8	0%0/6
6	55%6/11	67%12/18
All	66%41/62	47%34/73

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

135 rallies

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

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 3–0

VCU served Rhode Island off the court: 10 aces.