Coppin State vs Merrimack Volleyball: Coppin State Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Coppin St. beat Merrimack 3-0 (25-20, 28-26, 25-11) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at a neutral site. Coppin St.'s Cherisse Atilano led with 15 kills, and Coco Figueroa added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
COPPIN	25	28	25	3
MERMCK	20	26	11	0

Win probability

Merrimack above 50 · Coppin St. below

Biggest swing: 1.5% to Merrimack — set 2, COPPIN 25-26 MERMCK. Kill by Mckenna Shotwell (set by Devon Lowe). MERMCK win probability 2% → 4%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

COPPIN 97.9%2.1% MERMCK

Coppin St. wins

3-0

66.8%

3-1

25.2%

3-2

5.9%

Merrimack wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.3%

COPPIN break %: 53.5% vs this opp
MERMCK break %: 37.8% 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
Mckenna ShotwellKill+1.5%
Kill by Mckenna Shotwell (set by Devon Lowe)
Set 2 · COPPIN 25-26 MERMCK · MERMCK 2% → 4%
02
Ivanna LunaKill+1.3%
Kill by Ivanna Luna (set by Eva Rovello)
Set 2 · COPPIN 26-26 MERMCK · COPPIN 96% → 98%
03
Kayden CupidKill+1.1%
Kill by Kayden Cupid
Set 2 · COPPIN 27-26 MERMCK · COPPIN 98% → 99%
04
Mckenna ShotwellKill+1.1%
Kill by Mckenna Shotwell
Set 2 · COPPIN 24-24 MERMCK · MERMCK 1% → 2%
05
Pamela De Jesus TejedorKill+0.9%
Kill by Pamela De Jesus Tejedor (set by Eva Rovello)
Set 2 · COPPIN 25-24 MERMCK · COPPIN 98% → 99%
06
Kaitlyn OxceusKill+0.9%
Kill by Kaitlyn Oxceus (set by Devon Lowe)
Set 2 · COPPIN 25-25 MERMCK · MERMCK 1% → 2%
07
Coppin St.Ace+0.8%
Coppin St. ace
Set 2 · COPPIN 28-26 MERMCK · COPPIN 99% → 100%
08
Jocelyn HammerstrandKill+0.6%
Kill by Jocelyn Hammerstrand (set by Sophia DeBonis)
Set 1 · COPPIN 19-18 MERMCK · MERMCK 2% → 2%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Coppin St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
6Cherisse AtilanoOH	3	15	6	33	.273	1	0	0	9	0	1	0.5	15.5
7Ivanna LunaOPP	3	10	3	26	.269	0	0	1	7	0	1	0.5	10.5
3Eva RovelloS	3	6	0	11	.545	37	0	0	7	0	2	1	7
17Kayden CupidMB	3	4	0	9	.444	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	5.5
10Karina DiazL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	1
15McKenzie ParksMB	2	2	2	5	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Coco FigueroaL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	2	1	2	10	0	0	0	1
9Aya RawlinsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Pamela De Jesus TejedorOH	2	8	1	13	.538	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
11Andrea CintronS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
8Rori GrayMB	1	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
5Deviana WalkerOH	1	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
21Isabella OrtizOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	14	113	.310	41	3	5	47	1	12	6	78

Merrimackhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Mckenna ShotwellOH	3	12	3	27	.333	0	1	2	8	2	0	0	0	13
7Tamilore AfolaluOH	3	6	7	23	-.043	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
8Jocelyn HammerstrandOPP	3	6	3	29	.103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
13Mia IzzoMB	3	4	1	10	.300	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
17Kaitlyn OxceusOH	3	4	0	5	.800	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	5
3Sophia DeBonisS	3	2	0	5	.400	11	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	2
9Avry BryantOPP	3	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
12Ella MaldonadoL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
20Devon LoweS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
18Sienna FranksL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
6Fabiola BetancourtOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Gabrielle MooreS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Maddy FennessyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	16	107	.178	30	1	5	42	3	1	6	4	57

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 6 COPPIN · MERMCK 4

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 5 COPPINMERMCK 4

Set 2

28-26

Longest run 4 COPPINMERMCK 4

Set 3

25-11

Longest run 6 COPPINMERMCK 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Coppin St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	60%9/15
2	88%7/8	53%8/15
3	64%7/11	53%8/15
4	50%6/12	50%6/12
5	60%6/10	0%0/6
6	63%5/8	62%8/13
All	66%39/59	51%39/76

Merrimack

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	22%2/9
2	50%7/14	0%0/7
3	50%6/12	22%2/9
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	67%6/9	45%5/11
6	28%5/18	45%5/11
All	49%37/76	34%20/59

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

#	COPPIN-MERMCK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Cherisse Atilano		+0.3
2	1-1	MERMCK	COPPIN	Serve err	Merrimack		+0.2
3	2-1	COPPIN	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.3
4	2-2	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.3
5	3-2	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Eva Rovello		+0.2
6	4-2	COPPIN	COPPIN	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		+0.2
7	4-3	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.2
8	5-3	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
9	5-4	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe	+0.2
10	6-4	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Deviana Walker	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
11	6-5	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Devon Lowe	+0.2
12	7-5	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
13	8-5	COPPIN	COPPIN	Kill	McKenzie Parks	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
14	8-6	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Avry Bryant	set Ella Maldonado	+0.2
15	9-6	MERMCK	COPPIN×3	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk McKenzie Parks, Deviana Walker	+0.2
16	10-6	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
17	11-6	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Kill	Eva Rovello	set Cherisse Atilano	+0.1
18	11-7	COPPIN	MERMCK	Bad set	Cherisse Atilano		+0.1
19	12-7	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
20	13-7	COPPIN	COPPIN	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Kayden Cupid, Eva Rovello	+0.1
21	13-8	COPPIN	MERMCK	Serve err	Coppin St.		+0.1
22	14-8	MERMCK	COPPIN	Serve err	Merrimack		+0.1
23	15-8	COPPIN	COPPIN	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
24	15-9	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis	·
25	16-9	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Kayden Cupid	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
26	16-10	COPPIN	MERMCK×3	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe	·
27	16-11	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+0.1
28	16-12	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Attack err	Deviana Walker		+0.1
29	17-12	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
30	17-13	COPPIN	MERMCK	Attack err	Deviana Walker		+0.1
31	17-14	MERMCK	MERMCK	Bad set	Eva Rovello		+0.2
32	18-14	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
33	19-14	COPPIN	COPPIN	Bad set	Devon Lowe		+0.2
34	19-15	COPPIN	MERMCK×4	Serve err	Coppin St.		+0.1
35	19-16	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.2
36	19-17	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	McKenzie Parks		+0.4
37	19-18	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.6
38	20-18	MERMCK	COPPIN×5	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.5
39	21-18	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Kill	McKenzie Parks		+0.5
40	22-18	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Kill	Eva Rovello	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.3
41	23-18	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
42	24-18	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
43	24-19	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell		·
44	24-20	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Mckenna Shotwell		·
45	25-20	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	COPPIN	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
2	1-1	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Kaitlyn Oxceus	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.1
3	2-1	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
4	2-2	COPPIN	MERMCK	Blocked	Ivanna Luna	blk Mia Izzo, Tamilore Afolalu	+0.2
5	2-3	MERMCK	MERMCK	Blocked	Cherisse Atilano	blk Mia Izzo, Avry Bryant	+0.2
6	3-3	MERMCK	COPPIN	Attack err	Coco Figueroa		+0.2
7	3-4	COPPIN	MERMCK	Attack err	Cherisse Atilano		+0.2
8	4-4	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Rori Gray	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
9	4-5	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Devon Lowe	+0.2
10	5-5	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
11	5-6	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+0.2
12	5-7	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.3
13	6-7	MERMCK	COPPIN×4	Bad set	Mckenna Shotwell		+0.2
14	7-7	COPPIN	COPPIN×4	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell		+0.2
15	8-7	COPPIN	COPPIN×4	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
16	9-7	COPPIN	COPPIN×4	Kill	Kayden Cupid	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
17	9-8	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Sophia DeBonis		+0.2
18	10-8	MERMCK	COPPIN	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Kayden Cupid, Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	+0.2
19	10-9	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Kaitlyn Oxceus	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.2
20	11-9	MERMCK	COPPIN	Serve err	Merrimack		+0.2
21	12-9	COPPIN	COPPIN	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
22	12-10	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Ella Maldonado	+0.1
23	13-10	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
24	14-10	COPPIN	COPPIN	Kill	Rori Gray	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
25	14-11	COPPIN	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Cherisse Atilano		+0.1
26	14-12	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Blocked	Cherisse Atilano	blk Mia Izzo, Avry Bryant	+0.2
27	14-13	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+0.3
28	14-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Ivanna Luna		+0.3
29	15-14	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Rori Gray	set Eva Rovello	+0.3
30	15-15	COPPIN	MERMCK	Attack err	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor		+0.3
31	16-15	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.3
32	16-16	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Kaitlyn Oxceus	set Devon Lowe	+0.3
33	17-16	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Kayden Cupid	set Eva Rovello	+0.3
34	17-17	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Sophia DeBonis		+0.4
35	18-17	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Eva Rovello	+0.3
36	18-18	COPPIN	MERMCK	Serve err	Coppin St.		+0.4
37	19-18	MERMCK	COPPIN	Bad set	Mckenna Shotwell		+0.4
38	19-19	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.4
39	20-19	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Rori Gray	set Avry Bryant	+0.4
40	21-19	COPPIN	COPPIN	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		+0.4
41	21-20	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Devon Lowe	+0.4
42	22-20	MERMCK	COPPIN×3	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Coco Figueroa	+0.4
43	23-20	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Blocked	Mckenna Shotwell	blk Ivanna Luna, Rori Gray	+0.3
44	24-20	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+0.2
45	24-21	COPPIN	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	·
46	24-22	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+0.2
47	24-23	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+0.4
48	24-24	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell		+1.1
49	25-24	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Eva Rovello	+0.9
50	25-25	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Kaitlyn Oxceus	set Devon Lowe	+0.9
51	25-26	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+1.5
52	26-26	MERMCK	COPPIN×3	Kill	Ivanna Luna	set Eva Rovello	+1.3
53	27-26	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Kill	Kayden Cupid		+1.1
54	28-26	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Ace	Coppin St.		+0.8
Set 3
1	1-0	MERMCK	COPPIN	Serve err	Merrimack		+0.1
2	1-1	COPPIN	MERMCK	Attack err	Cherisse Atilano		+0.1
3	2-1	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
4	3-1	COPPIN	COPPIN	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		+0.1
5	3-2	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.1
6	4-2	MERMCK	COPPIN	Serve err	Merrimack		+0.1
7	4-3	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Mia Izzo	+0.1
8	4-4	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Ivanna Luna		+0.1
9	5-4	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Karina Diaz	+0.1
10	5-5	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+0.1
11	5-6	MERMCK	MERMCK	Blocked	McKenzie Parks	blk Kaitlyn Oxceus	+0.1
12	6-6	MERMCK	COPPIN	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
13	7-6	COPPIN	COPPIN	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell		+0.1
14	7-7	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe	+0.1
15	8-7	MERMCK	COPPIN×3	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Coco Figueroa	+0.1
16	9-7	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
17	10-7	COPPIN	COPPIN×3	Bad set	Sienna Franks		+0.1
18	10-8	COPPIN	MERMCK	Serve err	Coppin St.		+0.1
19	11-8	MERMCK	COPPIN×6	Kill	Pamela De Jesus Tejedor	set Eva Rovello	+0.1
20	12-8	COPPIN	COPPIN×6	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand		+0.1
21	13-8	COPPIN	COPPIN×6	Ace	Coppin St.	aced Mckenna Shotwell	·
22	14-8	COPPIN	COPPIN×6	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Eva Rovello, Kayden Cupid	·
23	15-8	COPPIN	COPPIN×6	Bad set	Kaitlyn Oxceus		·
24	16-8	COPPIN	COPPIN×6	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Karina Diaz	·
25	16-9	COPPIN	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	·
26	17-9	MERMCK	COPPIN×4	Kill	Eva Rovello		·
27	18-9	COPPIN	COPPIN×4	Ace	Coppin St.	aced Mckenna Shotwell	·
28	19-9	COPPIN	COPPIN×4	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		·
29	20-9	COPPIN	COPPIN×4	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	·
30	20-10	COPPIN	MERMCK	Serve err	Coppin St.		·
31	20-11	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe	·
32	21-11	MERMCK	COPPIN×5	Kill	Cherisse Atilano	set Eva Rovello	·
33	22-11	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Attack err	Mia Izzo		·
34	23-11	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Attack err	Avry Bryant		·
35	24-11	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Kill	Eva Rovello	set Devon Lowe	·
36	25-11	COPPIN	COPPIN×5	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		·

Score shown after each rally, Coppin 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).

Coppin St. def. Merrimack 3–0