Western Ky. vs FIU Volleyball: Western Ky. Wins 3-0 (Oct 31)

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Ky. 78.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 10:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Ky. won at FIU 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-20) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Faith Young led Western Ky. with 10 kills; FIU's Lana Sesar had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W KY	25	25	25	3
FIU	17	23	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

FIU hit .089. Western Ky. held them there all match.

Win probability never moved more than 3.9 points on one rally; FIU topped out at 24% in Set 2. RallyIQ gave Western Ky. 79% before first serve.

Western Ky.FIU

Break %+12.4 pts
47.935.5
On serve: 35/73 against 22/62 (FIU sideout 52.1%).
Hitting+.130
.219.089
Kills and errors: 35–12 vs 34–24.
Longest run+1
54
5 straight Western Ky. points in the first set turned a 2–3 deficit into a 7–3 lead. That set ended 25–17.

FIU above 50Western Ky. belowMax swing 3.9%

Western Ky.FIU

Aces: Western Ky. 8·FIU 4
Serve err: Western Ky. 9·FIU 7
Blocks: Western Ky. 9·FIU 101 BS · 16 BA vs 3 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Western Ky. 49·FIU 55

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

FIU above 50 · Western Ky. below

Biggest swing: 3.9% to Western Ky. — set 2, W KY 24-22 FIU. Lana Sesar stuffed by Izzy Van De Wiele & Kaira Knox. FIU win probability 10% → 6%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W KY 79.6%20.4% FIU

Western Ky. wins

3-0

31.2%

3-1

30.1%

3-2

18.4%

FIU wins

3-0

3.3%

3-1

6.8%

3-2

10.3%

W KY break %: 45.8% vs this opp
FIU break %: 39.5% 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
Izzy Van De Wiele&Kaira KnoxBlock+3.9%
Lana Sesar stuffed by Izzy Van De Wiele & Kaira Knox
Set 2 · W KY 24-22 FIU · W KY 90% → 94%
02
Faith YoungAce+3.8%
Ace by Faith Young on Jillian Huckabey
Set 2 · W KY 22-21 FIU · W KY 86% → 90%
03
Jillian HuckabeyAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Jillian Huckabey
Set 2 · W KY 25-23 FIU · W KY 93% → 96%
04
Lana SesarAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Lana Sesar
Set 2 · W KY 21-21 FIU · W KY 83% → 86%
05
Eliza McKnightKill+3.3%
Kill by Eliza McKnight (set by Kate Rush)
Set 2 · W KY 23-22 FIU · W KY 87% → 90%
06
Teodora SkocajicAttack error+2.9%
Attack error by Teodora Skocajic
Set 2 · W KY 20-21 FIU · W KY 80% → 83%
07
Eliza McKnightAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Eliza McKnight
Set 2 · W KY 22-22 FIU · FIU 10% → 13%
08
Rayne WilliamsKill+2.3%
Kill by Rayne Williams (set by Ivona Lazovic)
Set 2 · W KY 18-21 FIU · FIU 20% → 22%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Ky.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Faith YoungOH	3	10	3	26	.269	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	13.5
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	6	2	17	.235	1	2	4	9	0	0	4	2	10
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	6	2	16	.250	0	0	2	4	0	1	2	2	8
25Izzy Van De WieleMB	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
20Kate RushS	3	1	0	8	.125	29	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
13Kendall MellerOH	3	4	1	15	.200	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	5
21Eliza McKnightOH	3	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	3	2	13	0	0	0	0	3
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	12	105	.219	32	8	9	49	4	1	16	9	75

FIUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Lana SesarOH	3	12	6	33	.182	0	0	1	4	2	0	3	1.5	13.5
2Jillian HuckabeyOH	3	7	5	27	.074	1	0	1	7	1	0	3	1.5	8.5
13Teodora SkocajicMB	3	3	1	10	.200	0	1	0	2	1	2	3	3.5	7.5
15Rayne WilliamsMB	3	2	2	6	.000	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
6Mariana SilvaS	3	1	0	3	.333	13	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1
16Gina FedrigoOPP	1	1	3	7	-.286	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
14Marla ValentinOH	3	2	2	9	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
1Ivona LazovicS	3	0	0	1	.000	10	3	3	10	0	0	0	0	3
7Marta LazzarinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	0
18Tiyana CisseOPP	2	5	5	13	.000	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
21Kamryn ItzenMB	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
Team totals		34	24	112	.089	32	4	7	55	8	3	14	10	60

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.

Western Ky. vs FIU

Season series · Western Ky. leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 30, 2026Western Ky. at FIU · Western Ky. won 3-2Result →
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Western Ky. at FIU · Western Ky. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 W KY · FIU 4

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 W KYFIU 4

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 4 W KYFIU 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 W KYFIU 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	40%4/10
2	78%7/9	42%5/12
3	58%7/12	36%4/11
4	60%6/10	70%14/20
5	60%6/10	45%5/11
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	65%40/62	48%35/73

FIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	22%2/9
2	70%7/10	27%3/11
3	30%6/20	30%3/10
4	60%6/10	57%8/14
5	67%6/9	40%4/10
6	45%5/11	25%2/8
All	52%38/73	35%22/62

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

#	W KY-FIU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	FIU	FIU	Bad set	Tayler Baron		+1.9
2	1-1	FIU	W KY	Blocked	Gina Fedrigo	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Alivia Skidmore	+1.3
3	1-2	W KY	FIU	Kill	Gina Fedrigo	set Rayne Williams	+1.5
4	2-2	FIU	W KY	Serve err	Lana Sesar		+1.4
5	2-3	W KY	FIU	Serve err	Alivia Skidmore		+1.5
6	3-3	FIU	W KY×5	Serve err	Marta Lazzarin		+1.4
7	4-3	W KY	W KY×5	Attack err	Gina Fedrigo		+1.8
8	5-3	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.7
9	6-3	W KY	W KY×5	Ace	Tayler Baron	aced Teodora Skocajic	+1.5
10	7-3	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.3
11	7-4	W KY	FIU	Serve err	Tayler Baron		+0.9
12	7-5	FIU	FIU	Kill	Jillian Huckabey	set Marta Lazzarin	+1.5
13	8-5	FIU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.2
14	9-5	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Jillian Huckabey		+1.4
15	9-6	W KY	FIU×4	Serve err	Kaira Knox		+1.0
16	9-7	FIU	FIU×4	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Marta Lazzarin	+1.6
17	9-8	FIU	FIU×4	Attack err	Faith Young		+1.9
18	9-9	FIU	FIU×4	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Ivona Lazovic	+2.2
19	10-9	FIU	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+1.6
20	10-10	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Marta Lazzarin	+1.7
21	11-10	FIU	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.7
22	12-10	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.1
23	13-10	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Lana Sesar		+1.9
24	13-11	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Ivona Lazovic	+1.3
25	14-11	FIU	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.4
26	15-11	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+1.6
27	16-11	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Kate Rush	aced Lana Sesar	+1.2
28	17-11	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.9
29	17-12	W KY	FIU	Serve err	Kate Rush		+0.5
30	18-12	FIU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.6
31	18-13	W KY	FIU	Kill	Jillian Huckabey	set Mariana Silva	+0.4
32	19-13	FIU	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Tayler Baron	+0.6
33	20-13	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Tayler Baron	+0.5
34	21-13	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+0.2
35	22-13	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Gina Fedrigo	blk Kendall Meller, Faith Young	+0.1
36	22-14	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Mariana Silva	·
37	22-15	FIU	FIU	Blocked	Kendall Meller	blk Marla Valentin	+0.1
38	23-15	FIU	W KY	Serve err	Ivona Lazovic		+0.1
39	23-16	W KY	FIU	Serve err	Kaira Knox		·
40	24-16	FIU	W KY	Serve err	Jillian Huckabey		+0.1
41	24-17	W KY	FIU	Attack err	Faith Young		·
42	25-17	FIU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	·
Set 2
1	0-1	W KY	FIU×4	Kill	Tiyana Cisse	set Mariana Silva	+1.1
2	0-2	FIU	FIU×4	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Teodora Skocajic	+1.6
3	0-3	FIU	FIU×4	Blocked	Izzy Van De Wiele	blk Teodora Skocajic	+1.6
4	0-4	FIU	FIU×4	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Teodora Skocajic, Jillian Huckabey	+1.6
5	1-4	FIU	W KY	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+1.1
6	1-5	W KY	FIU	Kill	Teodora Skocajic	set Mariana Silva	+1.3
7	2-5	FIU	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.1
8	3-5	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Rayne Williams	blk Kaira Knox, Faith Young	+1.5
9	3-6	W KY	FIU×3	Kill	Tiyana Cisse	set Mariana Silva	+1.3
10	3-7	FIU	FIU×3	Kill	Jillian Huckabey	set Marla Valentin	+1.7
11	3-8	FIU	FIU×3	Ace	Ivona Lazovic	aced Cali Foster	+1.7
12	4-8	FIU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.0
13	5-8	W KY	W KY	Ace	Kaira Knox		+1.5
14	5-9	W KY	FIU	Serve err	Kaira Knox		+1.4
15	6-9	FIU	W KY×3	Attack err	Lana Sesar		+1.1
16	7-9	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.7
17	8-9	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Marla Valentin		+1.7
18	8-10	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Ivona Lazovic	+1.5
19	9-10	FIU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.3
20	9-11	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Ivona Lazovic	+1.5
21	9-12	FIU	FIU	Blocked	Eliza McKnight	blk Teodora Skocajic, Lana Sesar	+2.1
22	10-12	FIU	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.3
23	10-13	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Mariana Silva	+1.6
24	11-13	FIU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.4
25	12-13	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Tiyana Cisse		+2.0
26	12-14	W KY	FIU×3	Serve err	Alivia Skidmore		+1.7
27	12-15	FIU	FIU×3	Kill	Jillian Huckabey	set Tiyana Cisse	+2.3
28	12-16	FIU	FIU×3	Ace	Teodora Skocajic		+2.2
29	13-16	FIU	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.2
30	14-16	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.0
31	14-17	W KY	FIU×3	Serve err	Tayler Baron		+1.9
32	14-18	FIU	FIU×3	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Rayne Williams, Jillian Huckabey	+2.3
33	14-19	FIU	FIU×3	Ace	Ivona Lazovic		+1.9
34	15-19	FIU	W KY	Serve err	Ivona Lazovic		+0.9
35	16-19	W KY	W KY	Ace	Kaira Knox		+1.7
36	16-20	W KY	FIU	Kill	Jillian Huckabey	set Marta Lazzarin	+1.8
37	17-20	FIU	W KY	Attack err	Jillian Huckabey		+1.2
38	18-20	W KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kaira Knox	+2.2
39	18-21	W KY	FIU	Kill	Rayne Williams	set Ivona Lazovic	+2.3
40	19-21	FIU	W KY×4	Attack err	Lana Sesar		+1.6
41	20-21	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Teodora Skocajic		+2.9
42	21-21	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Lana Sesar		+3.5
43	22-21	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Faith Young	aced Jillian Huckabey	+3.8
44	22-22	W KY	FIU	Attack err	Eliza McKnight		+2.8
45	23-22	FIU	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+3.3
46	24-22	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Lana Sesar	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Kaira Knox	+3.9
47	24-23	W KY	FIU	Kill	Tiyana Cisse	set Mariana Silva	+1.7
48	25-23	FIU	W KY	Attack err	Jillian Huckabey		+3.6
Set 3
1	1-0	FIU	W KY	Blocked	Tiyana Cisse	blk Alivia Skidmore, Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.5
2	2-0	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Lana Sesar		+0.6
3	2-1	W KY	FIU	Kill	Teodora Skocajic	set Mariana Silva	+0.5
4	3-1	FIU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.5
5	3-2	W KY	FIU	Kill	Teodora Skocajic	set Mariana Silva	+0.5
6	4-2	FIU	W KY	Bad set	Mariana Silva		+0.5
7	5-2	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Rayne Williams		+0.6
8	5-3	W KY	FIU×3	Kill	Tiyana Cisse	set Mariana Silva	+0.4
9	5-4	FIU	FIU×3	Kill	Marla Valentin	set Ivona Lazovic	+0.7
10	5-5	FIU	FIU×3	Ace	Ivona Lazovic		+0.8
11	6-5	FIU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.6
12	6-6	W KY	FIU	Kill	Jillian Huckabey	set Ivona Lazovic	+0.6
13	6-7	FIU	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Marta Lazzarin	+0.9
14	7-7	FIU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.6
15	7-8	W KY	FIU	Kill	Marla Valentin	set Ivona Lazovic	+0.7
16	8-8	FIU	W KY	Blocked	Marla Valentin	blk Alivia Skidmore	+0.7
17	9-8	W KY	W KY	Ace	Faith Young		+0.9
18	9-9	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Marta Lazzarin	+0.7
19	10-9	FIU	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.7
20	10-10	W KY	FIU	Kill	Mariana Silva	set Jillian Huckabey	+0.7
21	11-10	FIU	W KY	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+0.7
22	11-11	W KY	FIU	Kill	Kamryn Itzen	set Marta Lazzarin	+0.7
23	12-11	FIU	W KY×4	Attack err	Tiyana Cisse		+0.7
24	13-11	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Tayler Baron		+0.9
25	14-11	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Tiyana Cisse		+0.8
26	15-11	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Jillian Huckabey	blk Faith Young, Kaira Knox	+0.6
27	15-12	W KY	FIU	Kill	Tiyana Cisse	set Mariana Silva	+0.4
28	16-12	FIU	W KY	Serve err	Ivona Lazovic		+0.5
29	17-12	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.5
30	17-13	W KY	FIU	Serve err	Kaira Knox		+0.3
31	18-13	FIU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.4
32	18-14	W KY	FIU×3	Kill	Rayne Williams	set Ivona Lazovic	+0.3
33	18-15	FIU	FIU×3	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Kamryn Itzen, Lana Sesar	+0.5
34	18-16	FIU	FIU×3	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Kamryn Itzen, Marla Valentin	+0.8
35	19-16	FIU	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.7
36	19-17	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Ivona Lazovic	+0.6
37	20-17	FIU	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Marta Lazzarin	+0.7
38	20-18	W KY	FIU	Kill	Lana Sesar	set Mariana Silva	+0.6
39	21-18	FIU	W KY×3	Blocked	Jillian Huckabey	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Kaira Knox	+0.8
40	22-18	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Tiyana Cisse	blk Kendall Meller, Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.7
41	23-18	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+0.4
42	23-19	W KY	FIU	Blocked	Izzy Van De Wiele	blk Kamryn Itzen, Jillian Huckabey	+0.1
43	23-20	FIU	FIU	Kill	Jillian Huckabey	set Mariana Silva	+0.3
44	24-20	FIU	W KY	Serve err	Kamryn Itzen		+0.4
45	25-20	W KY	W KY	Ace	Tayler Baron	aced Lana Sesar	+0.2

Score shown after each rally, Western Ky. 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).

Western Ky. def. FIU 3–0

FIU hit .089. Western Ky. held them there all match.