Youngstown State def. Mercyhurst 3-0 Volleyball (Aug 28)

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026

0:3

Youngstown St. beat visiting Mercyhurst 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-13) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. Youngstown St.'s Ava Stratton led with 12 kills, and Brie Habeeb added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MERCYH	17	16	13	0
YSU	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Youngstown St. above 50 · Mercyhurst below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MERCYH 5.0%95.0% YSU

Mercyhurst wins

3-0

0.6%

3-1

1.4%

3-2

3.0%

Youngstown St. wins

3-0

55.4%

3-1

29.7%

3-2

9.9%

MERCYH break %: 38.0% vs this opp
YSU break %: 50.6% 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

Mercyhurstaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
23Ava CarneyMB	3	6	0	8	.750	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
13Mia MattinglyMB	3	3	0	10	.300	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4
8Madison MinerOH	3	2	4	16	-.125	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	2
16Sarah BarnumMB	3	0	0	2	.000	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
21Alyssa KrauseDS	3	0	0	0	–	13	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
26Anna LoganDS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	2	8	3	0	0	0
14Julia ShepherdOPP	3	8	3	15	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
1Roslyn GuerraOH	3	3	4	16	-.063	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3
7Kalyani OliveOH	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
4Aliyah AngeliciS	3	0	0	0	–	8	2	1	2	0	0	0	2
11Kelsie Gaiter-DavisDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
22Sydney ForchtL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0
12Trinity TatupuOH	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
17Ellie KlevenS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		24	14	78	.128	24	5	10	32	14	2	1	46

Youngstown St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Ava StrattonOH	3	12	0	14	.857	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	13.5
16Kylie SurrattOH	3	7	1	20	.300	1	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	10
22Layne GrafficeOH	3	8	2	20	.300	0	0	1	7	1	0	2	1	9
21Korina BarberOH	3	4	2	12	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
6Isabelle HenryMB	3	4	1	7	.429	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Kameron BlizniakS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
2Ava PrinceS	3	0	0	0	–	10	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	6
1Brie HabeebDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	5	1	12	1	0	0	0	5
14Wrigley TakatsMB	3	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
7Ashlee GnauL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20Hayden RodriguezS	1	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9Journey NicolaDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Juliana RiveraDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	7	80	.375	35	14	10	32	5	1	8	5	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 MERCYH · YSU 7

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 2 MERCYHYSU 5

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 MERCYHYSU 4

Set 3

13-25

Longest run 2 MERCYHYSU 7

Bars above the line = Youngstown St. leads, below = Mercyhurst leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Mercyhurst

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%4/12	0%0/4
2	57%4/7	20%1/5
3	67%4/6	20%1/5
4	44%4/9	43%3/7
5	33%3/9	20%1/5
6	50%3/6	25%1/4
All	45%22/49	23%7/30

Youngstown St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%4/4	40%2/5
2	67%4/6	69%9/13
3	67%4/6	33%2/6
4	67%4/6	43%3/7
5	100%4/4	33%2/6
6	75%3/4	75%9/12
All	77%23/30	55%27/49

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

121 rallies

#	MERCYH-YSU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	MERCYH	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
2	1-1	MERCYH	YSU×5	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Kameron Blizniak
3	1-2	YSU	YSU×5	Attack err	Julia Shepherd
4	1-3	YSU	YSU×5	Attack err	Madison Miner
5	1-4	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Brie Habeeb
6	1-5	YSU	YSU×5	Ace	Youngstown St.
7	2-5	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
8	2-6	MERCYH	YSU	Serve err	Mercyhurst
9	3-6	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
10	3-7	MERCYH	YSU×5	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak
11	3-8	YSU	YSU×5	Attack err	Kalyani Olive
12	3-9	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince
13	3-10	YSU	YSU×5	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Madison Miner
14	3-11	YSU	YSU×5	Ace	Youngstown St.
15	4-11	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
16	4-12	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Ava Prince
17	4-13	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Roslyn Guerra	blk Korina Barber, Wrigley Takats
18	5-13	YSU	MERCYH	Attack err	Korina Barber
19	5-14	MERCYH	YSU	Serve err	Mercyhurst
20	6-14		MERCYH	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.
21	7-14	MERCYH	MERCYH	Attack err	Wrigley Takats
22	7-15	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince
23	7-16	YSU	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton
24	8-16	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
25	8-17	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak
26	9-17	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
27	10-17	MERCYH	MERCYH	Ace	Mercyhurst	aced Kylie Surratt
28	10-18	MERCYH	YSU	Blocked	Madison Miner	blk Ava Stratton
29	11-18	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Madison Miner	set Alyssa Krause
30	12-18	MERCYH	MERCYH	Attack err	Layne Graffice
31	12-19	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Kameron Blizniak
32	12-20	YSU	YSU	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Madison Miner
33	13-20	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Ava Carney	set Aliyah Angelici
34	14-20	MERCYH	MERCYH	Attack err	Korina Barber
35	14-21	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince
36	15-21	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Ava Carney	set Aliyah Angelici
37	15-22	MERCYH	YSU	Serve err	Mercyhurst
38	16-22	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Roslyn Guerra	set Sydney Forcht
39	16-23	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince
40	16-24	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak
41	17-24	YSU	MERCYH	Attack err	Kylie Surratt
42	17-25	MERCYH	YSU	Serve err	Mercyhurst
Set 2
1	0-1	YSU	YSU	Attack err	Anna Logan
2	1-1	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
3	1-2	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak
4	2-2	YSU	MERCYH	Attack err	Isabelle Henry
5	3-2	MERCYH	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
6	3-3	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak
7	3-4	YSU	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Isabelle Henry
8	4-4	YSU	MERCYH×3	Kill	Ava Carney	set Alyssa Krause
9	5-4	MERCYH	MERCYH×3	Ace	Mercyhurst
10	6-4	MERCYH	MERCYH×3	Ace	Mercyhurst	aced Kylie Surratt
11	6-5	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak
12	7-5	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Ava Carney	set Aliyah Angelici
13	7-6	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kylie Surratt
14	8-6	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Ava Carney	set Aliyah Angelici
15	8-7	MERCYH	YSU×3	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince
16	8-8	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Roslyn Guerra
17	8-9	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Roslyn Guerra
18	9-9	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
19	9-10	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince
20	9-11	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak
21	10-11	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
22	10-12	MERCYH	YSU×4	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Kameron Blizniak
23	10-13	YSU	YSU×4	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Anna Logan
24	10-14	YSU	YSU×4	Kill	Ava Stratton
25	10-15	YSU	YSU×4	Attack err	Julia Shepherd
26	11-15	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Mia Mattingly	set Alyssa Krause
27	11-16	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak
28	11-17	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Julia Shepherd	blk Korina Barber, Layne Graffice
29	12-17	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Madison Miner	set Alyssa Krause
30	12-18	MERCYH	YSU×4	Serve err	Mercyhurst
31	12-19	YSU	YSU×4	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Anna Logan
32	12-20	YSU	YSU×4	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Madison Miner
33	12-21	YSU	YSU×4	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Madison Miner
34	13-21	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
35	14-21	MERCYH	MERCYH	Ace	Mercyhurst	aced Brie Habeeb
36	14-22	MERCYH	YSU	Serve err	Mercyhurst
37	15-22	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
38	15-23	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Ava Prince
39	15-24	YSU	YSU	Attack err	Roslyn Guerra
40	16-24	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Mia Mattingly	set Aliyah Angelici
41	16-25	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince
Set 3
1	0-1	MERCYH	YSU×5	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak
2	0-2	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak
3	0-3	YSU	YSU×5	Blocked	Madison Miner	blk Isabelle Henry, Ava Stratton
4	0-4	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Kameron Blizniak
5	0-5	YSU	YSU×5	Attack err	Madison Miner
6	1-5	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
7	2-5	MERCYH	MERCYH	Blocked	Layne Graffice	blk Julia Shepherd, Ava Carney
8	2-6	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak
9	3-6	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
10	3-7	MERCYH	YSU	Blocked	Kalyani Olive	blk Layne Graffice, Korina Barber
11	4-7	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
12	5-7	MERCYH	MERCYH	Kill	Kalyani Olive	set Aliyah Angelici
13	5-8	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Brie Habeeb
14	6-8	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Ava Carney	set Aliyah Angelici
15	6-9	MERCYH	YSU×7	Serve err	Mercyhurst
16	6-10	YSU	YSU×7	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Trinity Tatupu
17	6-11	YSU	YSU×7	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Roslyn Guerra
18	6-12	YSU	YSU×7	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince
19	6-13	YSU	YSU×7	Attack err	Roslyn Guerra
20	6-14	YSU	YSU×7	Attack err	Roslyn Guerra
21	6-15	YSU	YSU×7	Ace	Youngstown St.
22	7-15	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Roslyn Guerra	set Alyssa Krause
23	8-15	MERCYH	MERCYH	Ace	Mercyhurst	aced Layne Graffice
24	8-16	MERCYH	YSU	Serve err	Mercyhurst
25	9-16	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Julia Shepherd	set Alyssa Krause
26	9-17	MERCYH	YSU×3	Serve err	Mercyhurst
27	9-18	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Hayden Rodriguez
28	9-19	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Anna Logan
29	10-19	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
30	10-20	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Hayden Rodriguez
31	11-20	YSU	MERCYH	Serve err	Youngstown St.
32	11-21	MERCYH	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Hayden Rodriguez
33	12-21	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Kalyani Olive	set Ellie Kleven
34	12-22	MERCYH	YSU×3	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Brie Habeeb
35	12-23	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Hayden Rodriguez
36	12-24	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Hayden Rodriguez
37	13-24	YSU	MERCYH	Kill	Roslyn Guerra	set Ellie Kleven
38	13-25	MERCYH	YSU	Serve err	Mercyhurst

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

Youngstown St. def. Mercyhurst 3–0