Youngstown State def. Kent State 3-1 Volleyball (Sep 18)

Final · 4 setsFri, Sep 18, 2026

1:3

Youngstown St. beat visiting Kent St. 3-1 (25-14, 21-25, 26-24, 25-16) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. Kylie Surratt led Youngstown St. with 18 kills; Kent St.'s Mercedez Brown had a match-high 21.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
KENT	14	25	24	16	1
YSU	25	21	26	25	3

Win probability

Youngstown St. above 50 · Kent St. below

Biggest swing: 12.1% to Youngstown St. — set 3, KENT 23-24 YSU. Kill by Kylie Surratt (set by Ava Prince). YSU win probability 61% → 74%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

KENT 29.9%70.1% YSU

Kent St. wins

3-0

5.7%

3-1

10.5%

3-2

13.7%

Youngstown St. wins

3-0

23.4%

3-1

26.9%

3-2

19.9%

KENT break %: 41.9% vs this opp
YSU break %: 46.0% 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
Kylie SurrattKill+12.1%
Kill by Kylie Surratt (set by Ava Prince)
Set 3 · KENT 23-24 YSU · YSU 61% → 74%
02
Wrigley Takats&Korina BarberBlock+11.0%
Mercedez Brown stuffed by Wrigley Takats & Korina Barber
Set 3 · KENT 24-26 YSU · YSU 74% → 85%
03
Hailey BrennerAce+10.2%
Ace by Hailey Brenner on Layne Graffice
Set 3 · KENT 23-22 YSU · KENT 36% → 46%
04
Mercedez BrownKill+9.4%
Kill by Mercedez Brown (set by Christina Vigil)
Set 3 · KENT 24-24 YSU · KENT 26% → 36%
05
Kylie SurrattKill+9.4%
Kill by Kylie Surratt (set by Ava Prince)
Set 3 · KENT 24-25 YSU · YSU 64% → 74%
06
Layne GrafficeKill+7.6%
Kill by Layne Graffice (set by Kylie Surratt)
Set 3 · KENT 23-23 YSU · YSU 54% → 61%
07
Adalynn GinleyBlock+7.0%
Layne Graffice stuffed by Adalynn Ginley
Set 3 · KENT 21-21 YSU · KENT 29% → 36%
08
Mercedez BrownKill+6.2%
Kill by Mercedez Brown (set by Lesley Furuta)
Set 3 · KENT 22-22 YSU · KENT 30% → 36%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Kent St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Mercedez BrownOH	4	21	6	45	.333	0	0	3	13	2	0	1	0.5	21.5
16Adalynn GinleyMB	4	9	3	21	.286	1	0	1	5	0	1	0	1	10
8Nadia MillerMB	4	9	5	22	.182	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
20Ashley VerheyOH	4	5	1	17	.235	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
14Christina VigilS	4	2	1	8	.125	34	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	2
4Hailey BrennerDS	4	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	1
10Macie MorelandOH	4	2	5	27	-.111	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
12Catie PattersonDS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
1Maggie KachmarikDS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
11Vanessa ImohOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Jordyn AndersonS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	21	141	.191	47	1	9	65	11	1	2	2	79

Youngstown St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Kylie SurrattOH	4	18	8	54	.185	1	4	2	13	0	0	0	0	22
22Layne GrafficeOH	4	14	2	36	.333	0	1	0	13	1	0	1	0.5	15.5
14Wrigley TakatsMB	4	6	1	17	.294	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
6Isabelle HenryMB	4	4	0	14	.286	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
21Korina BarberOH	4	2	4	9	-.222	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
2Ava PrinceS	4	0	1	1	-1.000	21	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
15Ava StrattonOH	4	11	3	21	.381	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	12
10Kameron BlizniakS	4	0	0	0	–	22	2	3	10	0	0	0	0	2
9Journey NicolaDS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
8Juliana RiveraDS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		55	19	152	.237	50	11	9	58	1	1	4	3	97

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 4 KENT · YSU 8

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 2 KENTYSU 8

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 4 KENTYSU 3

Set 3

24-26

Longest run 4 KENTYSU 6

Set 4

16-25

Longest run 3 KENTYSU 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Kent St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	50%5/10
2	60%6/10	36%4/11
3	30%6/20	33%3/9
4	50%6/12	33%3/9
5	22%4/18	33%3/9
6	100%4/4	43%3/7
All	44%33/75	38%21/55

Youngstown St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	25%2/8
2	60%6/10	45%5/11
3	67%6/9	68%13/19
4	86%6/7	54%7/13
5	50%5/10	58%7/12
6	67%4/6	67%8/12
All	62%34/55	56%42/75

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 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

176 rallies

#	KENT-YSU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	YSU	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.7
2	1-1	KENT	YSU	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Ava Prince	+1.6
3	2-1	YSU	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.8
4	2-2	KENT	YSU×8	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+1.7
5	2-3	YSU	YSU×8	Kill	Korina Barber	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.1
6	2-4	YSU	YSU×8	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.0
7	2-5	YSU	YSU×8	Ace	Youngstown St.		+1.9
8	2-6	YSU	YSU×8	Ace	Youngstown St.		+1.7
9	2-7	YSU	YSU×8	Bad set	Jordyn Anderson		+1.4
10	2-8	YSU	YSU×8	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+1.2
11	2-9	YSU	YSU×8	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.0
12	3-9	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+0.6
13	4-9	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Korina Barber		+1.0
14	4-10	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.9
15	5-10	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Korina Barber		+0.8
16	5-11	KENT	YSU×3	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.9
17	5-12	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Layne Graffice		+0.9
18	5-13	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.7
19	6-13	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.4
20	6-14	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.5
21	7-14	YSU	KENT	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+0.4
22	8-14	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Adalynn Ginley	+0.7
23	8-15	KENT	YSU	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+0.7
24	8-16	YSU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince	+0.6
25	9-16	YSU	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil	+0.3
26	9-17	KENT	YSU	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+0.4
27	9-18	YSU	YSU	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Mercedez Brown	+0.3
28	10-18	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.2
29	11-18	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Catie Patterson	+0.3
30	11-19	KENT	YSU	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+0.4
31	11-20	YSU	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.2
32	12-20	YSU	KENT	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+0.1
33	13-20	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Lesley Furuta	+0.2
34	13-21	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.3
35	14-21	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Ava Stratton		+0.1
36	14-22	KENT	YSU×4	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.2
37	14-23	YSU	YSU×4	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.1
38	14-24	YSU	YSU×4	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Juliana Rivera	·
39	14-25	YSU	YSU×4	Attack err	Macie Moreland		·
Set 2
1	0-1	KENT	YSU	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley		+1.3
2	1-1	YSU	KENT	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+1.4
3	1-2	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Journey Nicola	+1.3
4	2-2	YSU	KENT	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+1.4
5	2-3	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.4
6	2-4	YSU	YSU	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+1.7
7	3-4	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+1.3
8	3-5	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.3
9	4-5	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Ava Stratton		+1.3
10	4-6	KENT	YSU	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+1.4
11	4-7	YSU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince	+1.6
12	5-7	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+1.2
13	6-7	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.8
14	6-8	KENT	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince	+1.4
15	6-9	YSU	YSU	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Macie Moreland	+1.7
16	7-9	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+1.3
17	8-9	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.9
18	8-10	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+1.5
19	8-11	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt		+1.8
20	9-11	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Hailey Brenner	+1.3
21	9-12	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+1.4
22	10-12	YSU	KENT×4	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.4
23	11-12	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.0
24	12-12	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.4
25	13-12	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Catie Patterson	+2.6
26	13-13	KENT	YSU×3	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Journey Nicola	+1.9
27	13-14	YSU	YSU×3	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+2.5
28–29	14-15		KENT · YSU	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.			+0.6
30	15-15	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+2.7
31	16-15	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Ava Stratton		+3.0
32	16-16	KENT	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.2
33	17-16	YSU	KENT	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+2.5
34	17-17	KENT	YSU	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+2.4
35	18-17	YSU	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	+2.7
36	19-17	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Ava Prince		+3.5
37	20-17	KENT	KENT×3	Bad set	Ava Prince		+3.3
38	20-18	KENT	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince	+2.0
39	21-18	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Wrigley Takats		+2.8
40	21-19	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+2.0
41	22-19	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Isabelle Henry	+2.9
42	22-20	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+1.9
43	23-20	YSU	KENT	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+3.1
44	24-20	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Korina Barber	blk Mercedez Brown, Nadia Miller	+2.4
45	24-21	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.6
46	25-21	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+1.4
Set 3
1	1-0	YSU	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.4
2	2-0	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Hailey Brenner	+3.2
3	3-0	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+3.3
4	3-1	KENT	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince	+2.3
5	3-2	YSU	YSU	Attack err	Ashley Verhey		+3.1
6	4-2	YSU	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+2.7
7	5-2	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+3.4
8	6-2	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+3.4
9	6-3	KENT	YSU×5	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince	+2.3
10	6-4	YSU	YSU×5	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+3.2
11	6-5	YSU	YSU×5	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+3.3
12	6-6	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Kylie Surratt		+3.4
13	6-7	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.3
14	7-7	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.7
15	7-8	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.7
16	8-8	YSU	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Lesley Furuta	+2.8
17	9-8	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+3.8
18	9-9	KENT	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.9
19	9-10	YSU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Juliana Rivera	+3.6
20	10-10	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.9
21	10-11	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+2.9
22	11-11	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+3.0
23	11-12	KENT	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince	+3.0
24	12-12	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+3.2
25	13-12	KENT	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil	+4.4
26	13-13	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+3.3
27	14-13	YSU	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+3.6
28	14-14	KENT	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince	+3.5
29	15-14	YSU	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+3.8
30	16-14	KENT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+5.0
31	16-15	KENT	YSU×6	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.5
32	16-16	YSU	YSU×6	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+4.9
33	16-17	YSU	YSU×6	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Mercedez Brown	+5.0
34	16-18	YSU	YSU×6	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Journey Nicola	+4.7
35	16-19	YSU	YSU×6	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Catie Patterson	+4.1
36	16-20	YSU	YSU×6	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.1
37	17-20	YSU	KENT	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+1.8
38	17-21	KENT	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.5
39	18-21	YSU	KENT×4	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.7
40	19-21	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Lesley Furuta	+3.4
41	20-21	KENT	KENT×4	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+5.1
42	21-21	KENT	KENT×4	Blocked	Layne Graffice	blk Adalynn Ginley	+7.0
43	21-22	KENT	YSU	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Kameron Blizniak	+6.2
44	22-22	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Lesley Furuta	+6.2
45	23-22	KENT	KENT	Ace	Hailey Brenner	aced Layne Graffice	+10.2
46	23-23	KENT	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kylie Surratt	+7.6
47	23-24	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+12.1
48	24-24	YSU	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+9.4
49	24-25	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+9.4
50	24-26	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Wrigley Takats, Korina Barber	+11.0
Set 4
1	1-0	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Lesley Furuta	+2.6
2	2-0	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+2.7
3	3-0	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+2.8
4	3-1	KENT	YSU×3	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Ava Prince	+2.0
5	3-2	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+2.7
6	3-3	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Lesley Furuta	+2.7
7	4-3	YSU	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+2.2
8	5-3	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Hailey Brenner	+2.9
9	5-4	KENT	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince	+2.2
10	6-4	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+2.4
11	6-5	KENT	YSU	Serve err	Kent St.		+2.2
12	6-6	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Nadia Miller	blk Layne Graffice, Korina Barber	+2.9
13	7-6	YSU	KENT	Attack err	Korina Barber		+2.4
14	7-7	KENT	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.3
15	8-7	YSU	KENT×3	Serve err	Youngstown St.		+2.5
16	9-7	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Lesley Furuta	+3.3
17	10-7	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Layne Graffice		+3.3
18	10-8	KENT	YSU×3	Serve err	Kent St.		+2.3
19	10-9	YSU	YSU×3	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+3.2
20	10-10	YSU	YSU×3	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+3.3
21	11-10	YSU	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+2.7
22	11-11	KENT	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Ava Prince	+2.6
23	12-11	YSU	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+2.9
24	12-12	KENT	YSU	Kill	Isabelle Henry	set Ava Prince	+2.7
25	13-12	YSU	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil	+3.0
26	13-13	KENT	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Ava Prince	+2.8
27	13-14	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.7
28	14-14	YSU	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+2.9
29	14-15	KENT	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.0
30	14-16	YSU	YSU	Ace	Youngstown St.		+3.6
31	15-16	YSU	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Maggie Kachmarik	+2.7
32	15-17	KENT	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.0
33	15-18	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Juliana Rivera	+3.3
34	16-18	YSU	KENT	Bad set	Kameron Blizniak		+2.3
35	16-19	KENT	YSU×7	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.7
36	16-20	YSU	YSU×7	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley		+2.7
37	16-21	YSU	YSU×7	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Ava Prince	+1.8
38	16-22	YSU	YSU×7	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Catie Patterson	+1.0
39	16-23	YSU	YSU×7	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+0.4
40	16-24	YSU	YSU×7	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley		+0.1
41	16-25	YSU	YSU×7	Ace	Youngstown St.	aced Maggie Kachmarik	·

Score shown after each rally, Kent St. 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).

Youngstown St. def. Kent St. 3–1