Davidson vs Dayton Volleyball: Dayton Wins 3-0 (Sep 26)

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

0:3

Dayton beat visiting Davidson 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-12) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. Dayton's Kamryn Hunt led with 13 kills, and Kaleigh Meritt added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
DAVID	23	19	12	0
DAYTON	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Dayton above 50 · Davidson below

Biggest swing: 6.0% to Dayton — set 1, DAVID 23-24 DAYTON. Elena Garcia-Guerrios stuffed by Ava Liening & Gabriela Machin Borges. DAYTON win probability 82% → 88%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DAVID 13.1%86.9% DAYTON

Davidson wins

3-0

1.9%

3-1

4.1%

3-2

7.1%

Dayton wins

3-0

39.7%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.7%

DAVID break %: 37.0% vs this opp
DAYTON break %: 45.5% 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
Ava Liening&Gabriela Machin BorgesBlock+6.0%
Elena Garcia-Guerrios stuffed by Ava Liening & Gabriela Machin Borges
Set 1 · DAVID 23-24 DAYTON · DAYTON 82% → 88%
02
Kamryn HuntKill+5.2%
Kill by Kamryn Hunt (set by Morgan Asleson)
Set 1 · DAVID 23-23 DAYTON · DAYTON 77% → 82%
03
Ava Liening&Gabriela Machin BorgesBlock+4.8%
Mia Compas stuffed by Ava Liening & Gabriela Machin Borges
Set 1 · DAVID 23-25 DAYTON · DAYTON 88% → 93%
04
DavidsonAce+3.9%
Davidson ace
Set 1 · DAVID 23-20 DAYTON · DAVID 24% → 28%
05
Ava LieningKill+3.5%
Kill by Ava Liening (set by Rylee Sloss)
Set 1 · DAVID 23-22 DAYTON · DAYTON 74% → 77%
06
Elena Garcia-GuerriosKill+3.2%
Kill by Elena Garcia-Guerrios (set by Kinsey Smith)
Set 1 · DAVID 22-20 DAYTON · DAVID 21% → 24%
07
Charlotte VinsonKill+3.0%
Kill by Charlotte Vinson (set by Morgan Asleson)
Set 1 · DAVID 20-19 DAYTON · DAYTON 77% → 80%
08
Ariyana JohnsonKill+2.9%
Kill by Ariyana Johnson (set by Kinsey Smith)
Set 1 · DAVID 21-19 DAYTON · DAVID 20% → 23%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Davidsonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Ariyana JohnsonOH	3	12	7	24	.208	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
14Mia CompasMB	3	6	3	12	.250	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
19Elena Garcia-GuerriosOH	3	7	5	27	.074	0	0	1	6	1	1	0.5	7.5
20Melanie TillesMB	3	6	1	9	.556	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	7
15Meile SongailaOH	3	2	2	14	.000	0	1	2	3	2	2	1	4
3Kinsey SmithS	3	0	0	0	–	19	0	1	10	0	0	0	0
5Ngodoo HarrisOH	3	3	4	13	-.077	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
1Adlee GrissettL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
4Ylame DsamouS	3	1	0	1	1.000	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	1
13Brooke BriscoeDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
12Ellie OcampoOH	2	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Team totals		37	24	103	.126	33	3	8	33	5	14	7	54

Daytonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Kamryn HuntOH	3	13	3	29	.345	0	1	1	8	1	1	0.5	14.5
19Charlotte VinsonOH	3	8	2	16	.375	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	9.5
1Kaleigh MerittOH	3	6	1	15	.333	0	2	0	9	0	1	0.5	8.5
20Ava LieningMB	3	5	0	8	.625	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	8
3Abigail CresseMB	3	2	2	10	.000	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3
9Natalie HarringtonS	3	1	0	2	.500	14	0	1	7	0	0	0	1
31Lily BarryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
12Rylee SlossS	3	0	0	0	–	15	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
8Morgan AslesonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
16Gabriela Machin BorgesOH	2	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2
13Sydney BarrettOH	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Emily HardenS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Corrie AndersonOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1
15Isabel SimmonsMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		37	10	87	.310	34	5	3	37	3	18	9	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.

Davidson vs Dayton

Season series · Dayton leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026Davidson at Dayton · Dayton won 3-1Result →
Sat, Sep 26, 2026Davidson at Dayton · Dayton won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 DAVID · DAYTON 7

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 3 DAVIDDAYTON 5

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 DAVIDDAYTON 5

Set 3

12-25

Longest run 2 DAVIDDAYTON 7

Bars above the line = Dayton leads, below = Davidson leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Davidson

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	46%6/13
2	35%7/20	33%4/12
3	33%6/18	22%2/9
4	67%6/9	40%4/10
5	83%5/6	0%0/6
6	83%5/6	17%1/6
All	51%37/73	30%17/56

Dayton

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	25%2/8
2	70%7/10	61%11/18
3	58%7/12	53%8/15
4	86%6/7	63%10/16
5	100%6/6	33%3/9
6	63%5/8	29%2/7
All	70%39/56	49%36/73

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

129 rallies

#	DAVID-DAYTON	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	DAVID	DAVID	Blocked	Abigail Cresse	blk Melanie Tilles, Meile Songaila	+1.5
2	2-0	DAVID	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Brooke Briscoe	+1.6
3	2-1	DAVID	DAYTON	Serve err	Davidson		+1.0
4	2-2	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+1.5
5	3-2	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+1.1
6	4-2	DAVID	DAVID	Ace	Davidson		+1.7
7	4-3	DAVID	DAYTON	Serve err	Davidson		+1.1
8	4-4	DAYTON	DAYTON	Blocked	Ariyana Johnson	blk Ava Liening, Kamryn Hunt	+1.5
9	5-4	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Melanie Tilles	set Kinsey Smith	+1.2
10	5-5	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+1.1
11	6-5	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Mia Compas	set Kinsey Smith	+1.2
12	6-6	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.1
13	7-6	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Mia Compas	set Ylame Dsamou	+1.3
14	7-7	DAVID	DAYTON	Serve err	Davidson		+1.2
15	7-8	DAYTON	DAYTON	Ace	Dayton	aced Elena Garcia-Guerrios	+1.6
16	8-8	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ylame Dsamou		+1.2
17	9-8	DAVID	DAVID	Attack err	Gabriela Machin Borges		+1.9
18	9-9	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.2
19	10-9	DAYTON	DAVID×3	Kill	Melanie Tilles	set Charlotte Vinson	+1.4
20	11-9	DAVID	DAVID×3	Kill	Melanie Tilles	set Kinsey Smith	+2.2
21	12-9	DAVID	DAVID×3	Attack err	Charlotte Vinson		+2.3
22	12-10	DAVID	DAYTON	Attack err	Elena Garcia-Guerrios		+1.4
23	13-10	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+1.7
24	14-10	DAVID	DAVID	Kill	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	set Kinsey Smith	+2.4
25	14-11	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+1.3
26	14-12	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+2.1
27	15-12	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Brooke Briscoe	+1.9
28	16-12	DAVID	DAVID	Ace	Davidson	aced Kamryn Hunt	+2.5
29	16-13	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+1.3
30	17-13	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	set Kinsey Smith	+1.9
31	17-14	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.3
32	18-14	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Mia Compas	set Ylame Dsamou	+1.9
33	18-15	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+1.3
34	19-15	DAYTON	DAVID	Blocked	Gabriela Machin Borges	blk Meile Songaila, Mia Compas	+2.0
35	19-16	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.3
36	20-16	DAYTON	DAVID	Serve err	Dayton		+2.0
37	20-17	DAVID	DAYTON×3	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+1.2
38	20-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+2.4
39	20-19	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Morgan Asleson	+3.0
40	21-19	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+2.9
41	21-20	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+2.2
42	22-20	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	set Kinsey Smith	+3.2
43	23-20	DAVID	DAVID	Ace	Davidson		+3.9
44	23-21	DAVID	DAYTON×5	Serve err	Davidson		+1.4
45	23-22	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+3.5
46	23-23	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Morgan Asleson	+5.2
47	23-24	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Blocked	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	blk Ava Liening, Gabriela Machin Borges	+6.0
48	23-25	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Blocked	Mia Compas	blk Ava Liening, Gabriela Machin Borges	+4.8
Set 2
1	0-1	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Meile Songaila		+0.9
2	0-2	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Natalie Harrington	set Natalie Harrington	+0.8
3	1-2	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+0.6
4	1-3	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.6
5	1-4	DAYTON	DAYTON	Ace	Dayton	aced Meile Songaila	+0.7
6	2-4	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+0.5
7	2-5	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Natalie Harrington	+0.5
8	3-5	DAYTON	DAVID×3	Kill	Mia Compas	set Kinsey Smith	+0.5
9	4-5	DAVID	DAVID×3	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Ngodoo Harris, Mia Compas	+0.9
10	5-5	DAVID	DAVID×3	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Ngodoo Harris, Mia Compas	+1.0
11	5-6	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.7
12	6-6	DAYTON	DAVID	Bad set	Rylee Sloss		+0.8
13	6-7	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.7
14	7-7	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ngodoo Harris	set Ylame Dsamou	+0.8
15	7-8	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.8
16	7-9	DAYTON	DAYTON	Bad set	Ylame Dsamou		+1.0
17	8-9	DAYTON	DAVID	Serve err	Dayton		+0.7
18	9-9	DAVID	DAVID	Attack err	Kaleigh Meritt		+1.2
19	9-10	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Lily Barry	+0.8
20	10-10	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Brooke Briscoe	+0.9
21	11-10	DAVID	DAVID	Blocked	Abigail Cresse	blk Melanie Tilles, Ariyana Johnson	+1.4
22	11-11	DAVID	DAYTON×3	Serve err	Davidson		+0.9
23	11-12	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Ariyana Johnson		+1.3
24	11-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Ace	Dayton	aced Ellie Ocampo	+1.2
25	12-13	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	set Kinsey Smith	+0.8
26	12-14	DAVID	DAYTON×3	Serve err	Davidson		+0.8
27	12-15	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Ava Liening		+1.0
28	12-16	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Mia Compas		+0.8
29	13-16	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	set Kinsey Smith	+0.5
30	14-16	DAVID	DAVID	Blocked	Charlotte Vinson	blk Elena Garcia-Guerrios, Mia Compas	+0.9
31	14-17	DAVID	DAYTON	Attack err	Ngodoo Harris		+0.7
32	15-17	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ngodoo Harris	set Ylame Dsamou	+0.7
33	15-18	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.8
34	16-18	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ngodoo Harris	set Ylame Dsamou	+0.7
35	16-19	DAVID	DAYTON	Serve err	Davidson		+0.8
36	17-19	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Meile Songaila	set Ylame Dsamou	+0.7
37	18-19	DAVID	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+1.5
38	18-20	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Rylee Sloss	+1.2
39	19-20	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+1.1
40	19-21	DAVID	DAYTON×5	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Natalie Harrington	+1.3
41	19-22	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Blocked	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	blk Charlotte Vinson, Abigail Cresse	+1.4
42	19-23	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Attack err	Ariyana Johnson		+0.8
43	19-24	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Blocked	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	blk Abigail Cresse, Charlotte Vinson	+0.3
44	19-25	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Attack err	Ariyana Johnson		+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	DAVID	DAYTON	Serve err	Davidson		+0.3
2	1-1	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Melanie Tilles	set Kinsey Smith	+0.3
3	2-1	DAVID	DAVID	Kill	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	set Adlee Grissett	+0.5
4	2-2	DAVID	DAYTON	Attack err	Ariyana Johnson		+0.3
5	2-3	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.5
6	3-3	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	+0.4
7	3-4	DAVID	DAYTON×7	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.3
8	3-5	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Blocked	Ngodoo Harris	blk Corrie Anderson, Ava Liening	+0.4
9	3-6	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Ace	Dayton		+0.4
10	3-7	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+0.3
11	3-8	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Kamryn Hunt		+0.3
12	3-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.2
13	3-10	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.1
14	4-10	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Mia Compas	set Ylame Dsamou	+0.1
15	4-11	DAVID	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Lily Barry	+0.1
16	4-12	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Ace	Dayton	aced Meile Songaila	+0.1
17	4-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.1
18	5-13	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Meile Songaila	set Ylame Dsamou	·
19	5-14	DAVID	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	·
20	6-14	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Melanie Tilles	set Ylame Dsamou	·
21	6-15	DAVID	DAYTON	Attack err	Meile Songaila		·
22	7-15	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Melanie Tilles	set Kinsey Smith	·
23	7-16	DAVID	DAYTON	Blocked	Ariyana Johnson	blk Isabel Simmons, Kaleigh Meritt	·
24	7-17	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Melanie Tilles		·
25	8-17	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	set Kinsey Smith	·
26	8-18	DAVID	DAYTON×4	Attack err	Ellie Ocampo		·
27	8-19	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Attack err	Ariyana Johnson		·
28	8-20	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Attack err	Mia Compas		·
29	8-21	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Blocked	Elena Garcia-Guerrios	blk Charlotte Vinson, Ava Liening	·
30	9-21	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Ariyana Johnson	set Kinsey Smith	·
31	9-22	DAVID	DAYTON	Attack err	Ngodoo Harris		·
32	10-22	DAYTON	DAVID	Kill	Mia Compas	set Ylame Dsamou	·
33	11-22	DAVID	DAVID	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Mia Compas, Ngodoo Harris	·
34	11-23	DAVID	DAYTON	Blocked	Ellie Ocampo	blk Corrie Anderson, Ava Liening	·
35	11-24	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Sydney Barrett	set Morgan Asleson	·
36	12-24	DAYTON	DAVID	Serve err	Dayton		·
37	12-25	DAVID	DAYTON	Attack err	Ngodoo Harris		·

Score shown after each rally, Davidson 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).

Dayton def. Davidson 3–0