Milwaukee vs Northern Ky. Volleyball: Northern Ky. Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026

0:3

Northern Ky. beat visiting Milwaukee 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-21) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. Northern Ky.'s Ava Hoying and Lucia Heid led with 10 kills each, and Sydney Bray added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MILWKE	23	18	21	0
N KY	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Northern Ky. above 50 · Milwaukee below

Biggest swing: 6.1% to Northern Ky. — set 1, MILWKE 23-25 N KY. Attack error by Annie Eschenbach. N KY win probability 83% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MILWKE 19.3%80.7% N KY

Milwaukee wins

3-0

3.1%

3-1

6.4%

3-2

9.8%

Northern Ky. wins

3-0

32.2%

3-1

30.4%

3-2

18.1%

MILWKE break %: 40.6% vs this opp
N KY break %: 47.3% 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
Annie EschenbachAttack error+6.1%
Attack error by Annie Eschenbach
Set 1 · MILWKE 23-25 N KY · N KY 83% → 90%
02
Ivey StocksKill+5.5%
Kill by Ivey Stocks (set by Abbigail Pickard)
Set 1 · MILWKE 23-24 N KY · N KY 78% → 83%
03
MilwaukeeAce+5.4%
Milwaukee ace on Sydney Bray
Set 1 · MILWKE 23-23 N KY · MILWKE 17% → 22%
04
Ella SchuetzKill+3.4%
Kill by Ella Schuetz (set by Emma Duffy)
Set 1 · MILWKE 19-19 N KY · MILWKE 18% → 22%
05
Sydney BrayKill+3.3%
Kill by Sydney Bray (set by Abbigail Pickard)
Set 1 · MILWKE 19-21 N KY · N KY 81% → 85%
06
Abbigail PickardBlock+3.2%
Bella Lipski stuffed by Abbigail Pickard
Set 1 · MILWKE 21-23 N KY · N KY 83% → 86%
07
Emma AdkinsAttack error+2.9%
Attack error by Emma Adkins
Set 1 · MILWKE 15-14 N KY · MILWKE 21% → 24%
08
Sydney BrayKill+2.9%
Kill by Sydney Bray (set by Katie Noschang)
Set 1 · MILWKE 16-17 N KY · N KY 78% → 81%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Milwaukeeaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
6Josie NobleMB	3	9	5	27	.148	0	0	1	2	0	5	2.5	11.5
3Annie EschenbachOPP	3	10	4	27	.222	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10
14Ella SchuetzOH	3	6	2	24	.167	1	0	1	12	0	3	1.5	7.5
4Ella ParkerOH	3	7	2	12	.417	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	7
15Kayla LanderudMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
5Milica TomicS	3	0	0	1	.000	17	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
2Julia KellnerMB	3	2	4	12	-.167	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
1Liv DoerreDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
17Emma DuffyS	3	0	1	3	-.333	15	1	1	3	0	0	0	1
12Bella LipskiMB	3	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9Kati GobaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	0	0	10	1	0	0	0
10Braylin BosetskiDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Hope WagnerOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		38	19	119	.160	37	4	3	43	8	14	7	62

Northern Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Ava HoyingOH	3	10	5	32	.156	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	2	14
12Ivey StocksMB	3	8	6	21	.095	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	3.5	11.5
11Sydney BrayOH	3	9	0	22	.409	1	1	1	13	2	0	2	1	11
4Katie NoschangOH	3	4	0	7	.571	1	1	0	3	0	1	3	2.5	7.5
15Abbigail PickardS	3	3	1	5	.400	33	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	4
8Allison RisleyOH	3	0	2	5	-.400	2	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	4
20Lucia HeidOH	3	10	3	19	.368	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	10
9Emma AdkinsDS	3	1	1	3	.000	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1
13Daisy CluxtonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
17Zy'Aire BarrOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Lainey GreenS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	18	115	.235	43	8	2	49	4	4	12	10	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.

Milwaukee vs Northern Ky.

Season series · Northern Ky. leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026Milwaukee at Northern Ky. · Northern Ky. won 3-1Result →
Sat, Sep 26, 2026Milwaukee at Northern Ky. · Northern Ky. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 MILWKE · N KY 5

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 4 MILWKEN KY 5

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 6 MILWKEN KY 5

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 2 MILWKEN KY 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Milwaukee

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%5/15	0%0/4
2	100%5/5	38%3/8
3	67%4/6	55%6/11
4	30%3/10	67%8/12
5	60%3/5	0%0/3
6	38%3/8	25%1/4
All	47%23/49	43%18/42

Northern Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	83%5/6	76%13/17
2	63%5/8	29%2/7
3	29%5/17	17%1/6
4	75%3/4	67%6/9
5	100%3/3	57%4/7
6	75%3/4	0%0/3
All	57%24/42	53%26/49

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 (2 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

137 rallies

#	MILWKE-N KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Daisy Cluxton	+1.2
2	0-2	N KY	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.5
3	1-2	N KY	MILWKE	Serve err	Northern Ky.		+1.2
4	1-3	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.1
5	2-3	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Kati Goba	+1.2
6	3-3	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Lucia Heid		+1.7
7	3-4	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Abbigail Pickard	set Emma Adkins	+1.3
8	4-4	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	+1.4
9	5-4	MILWKE	MILWKE	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Sydney Bray	+2.0
10	5-5	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.5
11	6-5	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Emma Duffy	+1.6
12	6-6	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.5
13	7-6	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Ella Parker	+1.7
14	7-7	MILWKE	N KY×5	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Daisy Cluxton	+1.5
15	7-8	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.9
16	7-9	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.8
17	7-10	N KY	N KY×5	Blocked	Julia Kellner	blk Ava Hoying, Ivey Stocks	+1.6
18	7-11	N KY	N KY×5	Ace	Northern Ky.		+1.3
19	8-11	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Kayla Landerud	set Emma Duffy	+1.0
20	8-12	MILWKE	N KY	Attack err	Annie Eschenbach		+1.1
21	8-13	N KY	N KY	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ella Parker	+1.1
22	9-13	N KY	MILWKE×3	Attack err	Allison Risley		+0.7
23	10-13	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	+1.2
24	11-13	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Attack err	Ava Hoying		+1.6
25	11-14	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.4
26	12-14	N KY	MILWKE×4	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	+1.3
27	13-14	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Emma Adkins	+2.1
28	14-14	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Allison Risley	+2.5
29	15-14	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Attack err	Emma Adkins		+2.9
30	15-15	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Emma Adkins	set Abbigail Pickard	+2.1
31	16-15	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+2.4
32	16-16	MILWKE	N KY×3	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+2.3
33	16-17	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Katie Noschang	+2.9
34	16-18	N KY	N KY×3	Blocked	Ella Parker	blk Katie Noschang, Sydney Bray	+2.6
35	17-18	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Emma Duffy	+2.0
36	17-19	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+2.2
37	18-19	N KY	MILWKE	Serve err	Northern Ky.		+2.1
38	19-19	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+3.4
39	19-20	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+2.8
40	19-21	N KY	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+3.3
41	20-21	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Emma Duffy	+2.3
42	20-22	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+2.8
43	21-22	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Milica Tomic	+2.4
44	21-23	MILWKE	N KY	Blocked	Bella Lipski	blk Abbigail Pickard	+3.2
45	22-23	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+2.4
46	23-23	MILWKE	MILWKE	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Sydney Bray	+5.4
47	23-24	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+5.5
48	23-25	N KY	N KY	Attack err	Annie Eschenbach		+6.1
Set 2
1	0-1	N KY	N KY×4	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.2
2	0-2	N KY	N KY×4	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ella Parker	+1.1
3	0-3	N KY	N KY×4	Blocked	Annie Eschenbach	blk Ava Hoying, Katie Noschang	+1.0
4	0-4	N KY	N KY×4	Blocked	Annie Eschenbach	blk Katie Noschang, Sydney Bray	+0.8
5	1-4	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+0.6
6	1-5	MILWKE	N KY	Blocked	Josie Noble	blk Katie Noschang	+0.7
7	2-5	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+0.7
8	2-6	MILWKE	N KY	Serve err	Milwaukee		+0.7
9	2-7	N KY	N KY	Attack err	Emma Duffy		+0.7
10	3-7	N KY	MILWKE×3	Attack err	Ava Hoying		+0.5
11	4-7	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Attack err	Ivey Stocks		+0.9
12	5-7	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Blocked	Ava Hoying	blk Julia Kellner, Josie Noble	+1.0
13	5-8	MILWKE	N KY×5	Attack err	Julia Kellner		+0.9
14	5-9	N KY	N KY×5	Attack err	Josie Noble		+0.9
15	5-10	N KY	N KY×5	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ella Parker	+0.8
16	5-11	N KY	N KY×5	Blocked	Josie Noble	blk Ivey Stocks	+0.6
17	5-12	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
18	6-12	N KY	MILWKE	Blocked	Ivey Stocks	blk Josie Noble, Ella Schuetz	+0.3
19	6-13	MILWKE	N KY×3	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.3
20	6-14	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Katie Noschang		+0.3
21	6-15	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.2
22	7-15	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Julia Kellner	set Emma Duffy	+0.1
23	7-16	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Abbigail Pickard	set Emma Adkins	+0.1
24	8-16	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	+0.1
25	8-17	MILWKE	N KY×5	Serve err	Milwaukee		+0.1
26	8-18	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.1
27	8-19	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Allison Risley	·
28	8-20	N KY	N KY×5	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Kati Goba	·
29	8-21	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Daisy Cluxton	·
30	9-21	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	·
31	10-21	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	·
32	10-22	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	·
33	11-22	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Hope Wagner	set Kati Goba	·
34	12-22	MILWKE	MILWKE	Blocked	Ivey Stocks	blk Hope Wagner, Josie Noble	·
35	12-23	MILWKE	N KY	Blocked	Julia Kellner	blk Ivey Stocks, Ava Hoying	·
36	13-23	N KY	MILWKE×6	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	·
37	14-23	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Kati Goba	·
38	15-23	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Kill	Josie Noble	set Emma Duffy	·
39	16-23	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Blocked	Ava Hoying	blk Josie Noble, Julia Kellner	·
40	17-23	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Kill	Josie Noble	set Ella Schuetz	+0.1
41	18-23	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Blocked	Ivey Stocks	blk Ella Schuetz, Josie Noble	+0.1
42	18-24	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Allison Risley	+0.2
43	18-25	N KY	N KY	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Hope Wagner	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
2	1-1	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Emma Duffy	+0.5
3	1-2	MILWKE	N KY×3	Serve err	Milwaukee		+0.5
4	1-3	N KY	N KY×3	Attack err	Julia Kellner		+0.6
5	1-4	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
6	2-4	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Kayla Landerud	set Emma Duffy	+0.4
7	3-4	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz		+0.6
8	3-5	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
9	3-6	N KY	N KY	Attack err	Ella Schuetz		+0.5
10	4-6	N KY	MILWKE	Attack err	Abbigail Pickard		+0.4
11	5-6	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Lucia Heid		+0.6
12	5-7	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
13	6-7	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	+0.5
14	6-8	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Daisy Cluxton	+0.5
15	7-8	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+0.5
16	8-8	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Ava Hoying		+0.8
17	8-9	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Abbigail Pickard	set Sydney Bray	+0.6
18	9-9	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Julia Kellner	set Emma Duffy	+0.6
19	9-10	MILWKE	N KY×4	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.6
20	9-11	N KY	N KY×4	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.7
21	9-12	N KY	N KY×4	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.7
22	9-13	N KY	N KY×4	Blocked	Josie Noble	blk Ivey Stocks	+0.5
23	10-13	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Emma Duffy	+0.4
24	11-13	MILWKE	MILWKE	Blocked	Ivey Stocks	blk Ella Schuetz, Kayla Landerud	+0.6
25	11-14	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
26	12-14	N KY	MILWKE	Blocked	Lucia Heid	blk Kayla Landerud, Julia Kellner	+0.5
27	13-14	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Ivey Stocks		+0.8
28	13-15	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.7
29	14-15	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	+0.7
30	15-15	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+1.0
31	15-16	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.8
32	16-16	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Kayla Landerud	set Milica Tomic	+0.9
33	16-17	MILWKE	N KY×4	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.9
34	16-18	N KY	N KY×4	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ella Parker	+1.0
35	16-19	N KY	N KY×4	Kill	Katie Noschang		+0.9
36	16-20		N KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.6
37	17-20	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Milica Tomic	+0.4
38	18-20	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Emma Duffy	+0.7
39	18-21	MILWKE	N KY	Attack err	Ella Parker		+0.7
40	18-22	N KY	N KY	Blocked	Josie Noble	blk Ivey Stocks, Ava Hoying	+0.6
41	19-22	N KY	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Emma Duffy	+0.3
42	20-22	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Emma Duffy	+0.7
43	20-23	MILWKE	N KY	Attack err	Ella Schuetz		+0.8
44	20-24	N KY	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.6
45	21-24	N KY	MILWKE	Attack err	Allison Risley		+0.1
46	21-25	MILWKE	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.3

Score shown after each rally, Milwaukee 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).

Northern Ky. def. Milwaukee 3–0