Troy def. Mercer 3–0
Troy beat visiting Mercer 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-9) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. Troy's Kalina Calvillo led with 11 kills, and Haley Nash added 14 digs.
Data through · final Aug 28
| Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MERCER | 13 | 21 | 9 | 0 |
| TROY | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Win probability
Biggest swing: 1.8% to Mercer — set 2, MERCER 16-16 TROY. Attack error by Isabella Ruether. TROY win probability 93% → 91%.
Pre-match
Season fit · includes this match
Mercer wins
Troy wins
- MERCER break %
- 38.2% vs this opp
- TROY break %
- 46.2% 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
- 01Isabella RuetherAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Isabella Ruether
Set 2 · MERCER 16-16 TROY · MERCER 7% → 9%
- 02Lara MattaKill+1.7%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 1 · MERCER 4-3 TROY · MERCER 15% → 17%
- 03TroyAce+1.6%
Troy ace on Taylor Timko
Set 2 · MERCER 16-18 TROY · TROY 93% → 94%
- 04TroyAce+1.5%
Troy ace on Aubri Martin
Set 1 · MERCER 4-5 TROY · TROY 85% → 86%
- 05MercerService error+1.4%
Mercer service error
Set 2 · MERCER 12-12 TROY · MERCER 7% → 8%
- 06
- 07
- 08Olivia KwiatkowskiAttack error+1.4%
Attack error by Olivia Kwiatkowski
Set 2 · MERCER 15-16 TROY · MERCER 6% → 7%
Box score
Official NCAA box
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | .158 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -.083 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -.250 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | -.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 15 | 14 | 76 | .013 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 43 |
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 0 | 18 | .611 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 17.5 | |
| 3 | 9 | 0 | 14 | .643 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 10.5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 16 | .438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | .083 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 43 | 8 | 86 | .407 | 40 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 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
Set 1
13-25
Set 2
21-25
Set 3
9-25
Bars above the line = Troy leads, below = Mercer leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.
Rotations
Sideout and break % by rotation slot
Mercer
No clean sets to split.
Troy
No clean sets to split.
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 (0 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
118 rallies
| # | MERCER-TROY | Srv | Point | End | Player | Setter / blockers / passer | WP Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | |||||||
| 1–2 | 1-1 | MERCER · TROY | NCAA feed gap2 points 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. | +0.1 | |||
| 3 | 1-2 | MERCER | TROY | Blocked | Sammi Bergjans | blk Ashlynn Axtell | +1.0 |
| 4 | 2-2 | MERCER | 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. | +1.1 | |||
| 5 | 2-3 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Isabella Ruether | set Madison Marx | +1.0 |
| 6 | 3-3 | MERCER | 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. | +1.1 | |||
| 7 | 4-3 | MERCER | MERCER | Kill | Lara Matta | set Sammi Bergjans | +1.7 |
| 8 | 4-4 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Isabella Ruether | +1.1 | |
| 9 | 4-5 | TROY | TROY | Ace | Troy | aced Aubri Martin | +1.5 |
| 10 | 5-5 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +1.2 | |
| 11 | 5-6 | MERCER | TROY×3 | Serve err | Mercer | +1.1 | |
| 12 | 5-7 | TROY | TROY×3 | Attack err | Ipek Ulukutlu | +1.4 | |
| 13 | 5-8 | TROY | TROY×3 | Blocked | Brooklyn Palmer | blk Sophie Ocampo, Kalina Calvillo | +1.2 |
| 14 | 6-8 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +0.9 | |
| 15 | 6-9 | TROY | 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. | +0.9 | |||
| 16 | 6-10 | TROY | TROY×5 | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | set Madison Marx | +1.1 |
| 17 | 6-11 | TROY | TROY×5 | Kill | Brooke Forkum | set Madison Marx | +0.8 |
| 18 | 6-12 | TROY | TROY×5 | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | set Madison Marx | +0.6 |
| 19 | 6-13 | TROY | TROY×5 | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | set Madison Marx | +0.4 |
| 20 | 7-13 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Joselynn Sanjurjo | set Sammi Bergjans | +0.3 |
| 21 | 8-13 | MERCER | MERCER | Kill | Joselynn Sanjurjo | +0.5 | |
| 22 | 8-14 | MERCER | TROY×3 | Kill | Brooke Forkum | set Haley Nash | +0.4 |
| 23 | 8-15 | TROY | TROY×3 | Kill | Olivia Kwiatkowski | set Madison Marx | +0.4 |
| 24 | 8-16 | TROY | TROY×3 | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | set Madison Marx | +0.3 |
| 25 | 9-16 | MERCER | 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. | +0.1 | |||
| 26 | 10-16 | MERCER | MERCER | Ace | Mercer | aced Olivia Kwiatkowski | +0.3 |
| 27 | 10-17 | MERCER | TROY×6 | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | set Madison Marx | +0.3 |
| 28 | 10-18 | TROY | TROY×6 | Kill | Olivia Kwiatkowski | set Madison Marx | +0.2 |
| 29 | 10-19 | TROY | TROY×6 | Ace | Troy | +0.1 | |
| 30 | 10-20 | TROY | TROY×6 | Serve err | Troy | +0.1 | |
| 31 | 10-21 | TROY | TROY×6 | Serve err | Troy | · | |
| 32 | 10-22 | TROY | TROY×6 | Kill | Isabella Ruether | set Madison Marx | · |
| 33 | 11-22 | TROY | MERCER | Attack err | Isabella Ruether | · | |
| 34 | 11-23 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Isabella Ruether | set Madison Marx | · |
| 35 | 11-24 | TROY | TROY | Ace | Troy | aced Aubri Martin | · |
| 36 | 12-24 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | · | |
| 37 | 13-24 | MERCER | MERCER | Serve err | Mercer | · | |
| 38 | 13-25 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Isabella Ruether | set Josephine Hensley | · |
| Set 2 | |||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +0.8 | |
| 2 | 1-1 | MERCER | TROY | Serve err | Mercer | +0.8 | |
| 3 | 2-1 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Lara Matta | set Brooke Kaoui | +0.8 |
| 4 | 2-2 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | set Madison Marx | +0.8 |
| 5 | 3-2 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Lara Matta | set Sammi Bergjans | +0.9 |
| 6 | 3-3 | MERCER | TROY×4 | Kill | Isabella Ruether | set Madison Marx | +0.8 |
| 7–8 | 3-5 | TROY 2 | NCAA feed gap2 points 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. | +2.0 | |||
| 9 | 3-6 | TROY | TROY×4 | Blocked | Avery Wilks | blk Sophie Ocampo, Isabella Ruether | +0.8 |
| 10 | 4-6 | TROY | MERCER×3 | Serve err | Troy | +0.6 | |
| 11 | 5-6 | MERCER | MERCER×3 | Blocked | Avery Wilks | blk Joselynn Sanjurjo | +1.0 |
| 12 | 6-6 | MERCER | MERCER×3 | Ace | Mercer | +1.2 | |
| 13 | 6-7 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Sophie Ocampo | +0.8 | |
| 14 | 7-7 | TROY | MERCER | Attack err | Sophie Ocampo | +0.9 | |
| 15 | 7-8 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Brooke Forkum | set Josephine Hensley | +0.8 |
| 16 | 8-8 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Joselynn Sanjurjo | set Sammi Bergjans | +0.9 |
| 17 | 9-8 | MERCER | MERCER | Bad set | Haley Nash | +1.4 | |
| 18 | 9-9 | MERCER | TROY×3 | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | set Josephine Hensley | +1.0 |
| 19 | 9-10 | TROY | TROY×3 | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | +1.3 | |
| 20–21 | 10-11 | MERCER · TROY | NCAA feed gap2 points 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. | +0.3 | |||
| 22 | 10-12 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | set Madison Marx | +0.9 |
| 23 | 11-12 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +0.9 | |
| 24 | 12-12 | MERCER | MERCER | Serve err | Mercer | +1.4 | |
| 25 | 12-13 | TROY | 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. | +1.0 | |||
| 26 | 12-14 | TROY | TROY×3 | Ace | Troy | +1.3 | |
| 27 | 12-15 | TROY | TROY×3 | Ace | Troy | aced Aubri Martin | +1.1 |
| 28 | 13-15 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +0.8 | |
| 29 | 13-16 | MERCER | TROY | Bad set | Sammi Bergjans | +0.8 | |
| 30 | 14-16 | TROY | MERCER×3 | Bad set | Sammi Bergjans | +0.8 | |
| 31 | 15-16 | MERCER | MERCER×3 | Attack err | Olivia Kwiatkowski | +1.4 | |
| 32 | 16-16 | MERCER | MERCER×3 | Attack err | Isabella Ruether | +1.8 | |
| 33 | 16-17 | MERCER | TROY×3 | Attack err | Taylor Timko | +1.3 | |
| 34 | 16-18 | TROY | TROY×3 | Ace | Troy | aced Taylor Timko | +1.6 |
| 35 | 16-19 | TROY | TROY×3 | Attack err | Ipek Ulukutlu | +1.3 | |
| 36 | 17-19 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Joselynn Sanjurjo | set Sammi Bergjans | +0.8 |
| 37 | 17-20 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Sophie Ocampo | set Josephine Hensley | +1.0 |
| 38 | 18-20 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +0.8 | |
| 39 | 18-21 | MERCER | TROY | Serve err | Mercer | +1.0 | |
| 40 | 18-22 | TROY | TROY | Blocked | Joselynn Sanjurjo | blk Kalina Calvillo | +0.9 |
| 41 | 19-22 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +0.4 | |
| 42 | 19-23 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Brooke Forkum | +0.6 | |
| 43 | 20-23 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Avery Wilks | +0.3 | |
| 44 | 20-24 | MERCER | TROY | Attack err | Avery Wilks | +0.6 | |
| 45 | 21-24 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | +0.2 | |
| 46 | 21-25 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | set Madison Marx | +0.4 |
| Set 3 | |||||||
| 1 | 0-1 | MERCER | TROY×6 | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | +0.3 | |
| 2 | 0-2 | TROY | TROY×6 | Kill | Olivia Kwiatkowski | set Madison Marx | +0.4 |
| 3 | 0-3 | TROY | TROY×6 | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | set Madison Marx | +0.4 |
| 4 | 0-4 | TROY | TROY×6 | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | set Madison Marx | +0.3 |
| 5 | 0-5 | TROY | TROY×6 | Attack err | Brooke Kaoui | +0.3 | |
| 6 | 0-6 | TROY | TROY×6 | Kill | Brooke Forkum | set Madison Marx | +0.2 |
| 7 | 1-6 | TROY | MERCER | Attack err | Brooke Forkum | +0.1 | |
| 8 | 1-7 | MERCER | TROY×10 | Kill | Ashlynn Axtell | set Madison Marx | +0.2 |
| 9 | 1-8 | TROY | TROY×10 | Ace | Troy | aced Aubri Martin | +0.2 |
| 10 | 1-9 | TROY | TROY×10 | Attack err | Lara Matta | +0.1 | |
| 11 | 1-10 | TROY | TROY×10 | Attack err | Avery Wilks | +0.1 | |
| 12 | 1-11 | TROY | TROY×10 | Ace | Troy | aced Brooke Kaoui | +0.1 |
| 13 | 1-12 | TROY | TROY×10 | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | set Madison Marx | · |
| 14 | 1-13 | TROY | TROY×10 | Kill | Olivia Kwiatkowski | set Brooke Forkum | · |
| 15 | 1-14 | TROY | 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. | · | |||
| 16 | 1-15 | TROY | TROY×10 | Blocked | Avery Wilks | blk Olivia Kwiatkowski | · |
| 17 | 1-16 | TROY | 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. | · | |||
| 18 | 2-16 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Bella Pons | set Sammi Bergjans | · |
| 19 | 3-16 | MERCER | MERCER | Kill | Jasmine Calton | set Sammi Bergjans | · |
| 20 | 3-17 | TROY | 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 | 4-17 | TROY | MERCER | Kill | Jasmine Calton | set Sammi Bergjans | · |
| 22 | 4-18 | MERCER | TROY×3 | Serve err | Mercer | · | |
| 23 | 4-19 | TROY | TROY×3 | Kill | Isabella Ruether | set Josephine Hensley | · |
| 24 | 4-20 | TROY | TROY×3 | Kill | Sophie Ocampo | · | |
| 25 | 5-20 | TROY | MERCER | Attack err | Sophie Ocampo | · | |
| 26 | 5-21 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Brooke Forkum | set Josephine Hensley | · |
| 27 | 6-21 | TROY | MERCER | Blocked | Jasmine Calton | blk Joselynn Sanjurjo, Taylor Timko | · |
| 28 | 6-22 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Kalina Calvillo | · | |
| 29 | 6-23 | TROY | TROY | Ace | Troy | aced Lara Matta | · |
| 30 | 7-23 | TROY | MERCER | Serve err | Troy | · | |
| 31–32 | 8-24 | MERCER · TROY | NCAA feed gap2 points 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. | · | |||
| 33 | 9-24 | MERCER | MERCER | Kill | Lara Matta | set Lexie Stotenbur | · |
| 34 | 9-25 | MERCER | TROY | Kill | Olivia Kwiatkowski | set Madison Marx | · |
Score shown after each rally, Mercer 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).