Dayton vs Fordham Volleyball: Dayton Wins 3-0 (Oct 2, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Dayton 94.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 3:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Dayton won at Fordham 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Dayton's Kaleigh Meritt led with 8 kills, and Morgan Asleson added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
DAYTON	25	25	25	3
FORDHM	18	13	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No set was closer than 5 points: Dayton swept Fordham.

Win probability never moved more than 1.5 points on one rally; Fordham topped out at 10% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Dayton 94% before first serve.

DaytonFordham

Break %+21.9 pts
52.130.2
38 of 73 on serve vs 16 of 53, so Fordham's sideout was 47.9%.
Hitting+.220
.357.137
Kills and errors: 37–7 vs 33–17.
Longest run+9
134
Dayton scored 13 straight in the second set to turn an 8–9 deficit into a 21–9 lead. Final score of the set: 25–13.

Fordham above 50Dayton belowMax swing 1.5%

DaytonFordham

Aces: Dayton 7·Fordham 3
Serve err: Dayton 8·Fordham 11
Blocks: Dayton 6·Fordham 54 BS · 4 BA vs 4 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Dayton 49·Fordham 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Fordham above 50 · Dayton below

Biggest swing: 1.5% to Dayton — set 1, DAYTON 16-16 FORDHM. Kill by Kaleigh Meritt (set by Morgan Asleson). FORDHM win probability 9% → 8%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DAYTON 92.2%7.8% FORDHM

Dayton wins

3-0

48.5%

3-1

31.2%

3-2

12.5%

Fordham wins

3-0

1.0%

3-1

2.3%

3-2

4.5%

DAYTON break %: 47.7% vs this opp
FORDHM break %: 36.9% 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
Kaleigh MerittKill+1.5%
Kill by Kaleigh Meritt (set by Morgan Asleson)
Set 1 · DAYTON 16-16 FORDHM · DAYTON 91% → 92%
02
Bridget WoodruffKill+1.4%
Kill by Bridget Woodruff (set by Giada Ianuale)
Set 1 · DAYTON 10-12 FORDHM · FORDHM 8% → 9%
03
Mila MicunovicAttack error+1.4%
Attack error by Mila Micunovic
Set 1 · DAYTON 17-16 FORDHM · DAYTON 92% → 94%
04
Johanna FranzenKill+1.4%
Kill by Johanna Franzen (set by Giada Ianuale)
Set 1 · DAYTON 14-16 FORDHM · FORDHM 9% → 10%
05
Sophia KuynKill+1.3%
Kill by Sophia Kuyn (set by Giada Ianuale)
Set 1 · DAYTON 13-15 FORDHM · FORDHM 9% → 10%
06
Sophia OliveiraAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Sophia Oliveira
Set 1 · DAYTON 19-17 FORDHM · DAYTON 94% → 95%
07
Johanna FranzenKill+1.2%
Kill by Johanna Franzen (set by Bridget Woodruff)
Set 1 · DAYTON 12-14 FORDHM · FORDHM 8% → 10%
08
FordhamAce+1.2%
Fordham ace on Kamryn Hunt
Set 1 · DAYTON 10-11 FORDHM · FORDHM 7% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Daytonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Kaleigh MerittOH	3	8	1	21	.333	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	10
3Abigail CresseMB	3	6	0	10	.600	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	9
20Ava LieningMB	3	6	1	12	.417	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
2Kamryn HuntOH	3	4	3	12	.083	1	0	2	8	3	0	0	0	4
9Natalie HarringtonS	3	0	0	0	–	14	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
19Charlotte VinsonOH	2	7	1	15	.400	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
16Gabriela Machin BorgesOH	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
8Morgan AslesonL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	7	3	0	15	0	0	0	0	3
22Sidney SpradaOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
12Rylee SlossS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
31Lily BarryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Corrie AndersonOH	2	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
13Sydney BarrettOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Isabel SimmonsMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	7	84	.357	35	7	8	49	3	4	4	6	75

Fordhamhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Bridget WoodruffOH	3	7	1	16	.375	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Sophia OliveiraMB	3	3	3	10	.000	2	0	0	0	1	4	1	4.5	7.5
8Sophia KuynMB	3	6	2	13	.308	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	7
23Mila MicunovicOH	3	6	7	35	-.029	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	6
33Johanna FranzenOH	3	6	2	23	.174	2	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	6
19Giada IanualeS	3	3	0	10	.300	19	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	4
15Ana Del Angel AguilarS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
6Ozge OzaslanL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0
2Lola FernandezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22Whitney WoodrowS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	7	1	0	0	0	0
21Avery BootheS	2	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
10Erynn SweeneyOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Addison NewblattL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	17	117	.137	32	3	11	39	7	4	2	5	51

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.

Dayton vs Fordham

Season series · Dayton leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Dayton at Fordham · Dayton won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 3, 2026Dayton at Fordham · Dayton won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 13 DAYTON · FORDHM 4

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 5 DAYTONFORDHM 4

Set 2

25-13

Longest run 13 DAYTONFORDHM 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 5 DAYTONFORDHM 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Dayton

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	40%4/10
2	88%7/8	53%8/15
3	70%7/10	22%2/9
4	71%5/7	17%1/6
5	71%5/7	44%4/9
6	63%5/8	79%19/24
All	70%37/53	52%38/73

Fordham

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	36%4/11
2	64%7/11	22%2/9
3	100%6/6	30%3/10
4	56%5/9	14%1/7
5	38%5/13	17%1/6
6	24%5/21	50%5/10
All	48%35/73	30%16/53

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

126 rallies

#	DAYTON-FORDHM	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	FORDHM	FORDHM	Kill	Bridget Woodruff	set Giada Ianuale	+0.8
2	1-1	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.5
3	1-2	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Giada Ianuale	set Bridget Woodruff	+0.6
4	2-2	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.6
5	2-3	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Johanna Franzen	set Ozge Ozaslan	+0.7
6	3-3	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Morgan Asleson	+0.6
7	3-4	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Bridget Woodruff	set Giada Ianuale	+0.7
8	4-4	FORDHM	DAYTON×4	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.6
9	5-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Attack err	Johanna Franzen		+0.7
10	6-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Blocked	Sophia Kuyn	blk Ava Liening	+0.6
11	7-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Morgan Asleson	+0.5
12	7-5	DAYTON	FORDHM	Serve err	Dayton		+0.4
13	8-5	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.4
14	8-6	DAYTON	FORDHM×4	Serve err	Dayton		+0.4
15	8-7	FORDHM	FORDHM×4	Attack err	Kaleigh Meritt		+0.7
16	8-8	FORDHM	FORDHM×4	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Sophia Oliveira	+0.9
17	8-9	FORDHM	FORDHM×4	Ace	Fordham	aced Kamryn Hunt	+1.1
18	9-9	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.7
19	10-9	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.9
20	10-10	DAYTON	FORDHM×3	Kill	Giada Ianuale	set Johanna Franzen	+0.8
21	10-11	FORDHM	FORDHM×3	Ace	Fordham	aced Kamryn Hunt	+1.2
22	10-12	FORDHM	FORDHM×3	Kill	Bridget Woodruff	set Giada Ianuale	+1.4
23	11-12	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.9
24	11-13	DAYTON	FORDHM	Serve err	Dayton		+1.1
25	12-13	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+1.0
26	12-14	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Johanna Franzen	set Bridget Woodruff	+1.2
27	13-14	FORDHM	DAYTON	Blocked	Ana Del Angel Aguilar	blk Charlotte Vinson	+1.0
28	13-15	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Sophia Kuyn	set Giada Ianuale	+1.3
29	14-15	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+1.1
30	14-16	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Johanna Franzen	set Giada Ianuale	+1.4
31	15-16	FORDHM	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.1
32	16-16	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Morgan Asleson	+1.5
33	17-16	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Mila Micunovic		+1.4
34	17-17	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Giada Ianuale	set Johanna Franzen	+1.2
35	18-17	FORDHM	DAYTON×3	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Rylee Sloss	+1.1
36	19-17	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Sophia Oliveira		+1.3
37	20-17	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Morgan Asleson	+1.0
38	20-18	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Mila Micunovic	set Giada Ianuale	+0.6
39	21-18	FORDHM	DAYTON×5	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.8
40	22-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Morgan Asleson	+0.6
41	23-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Morgan Asleson	+0.3
42	24-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Ace	Dayton	aced Mila Micunovic	+0.1
43	25-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Blocked	Mila Micunovic	blk Charlotte Vinson, Abigail Cresse	·
Set 2
1	0-1	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Mila Micunovic	set Giada Ianuale	+0.4
2	0-2	FORDHM	FORDHM	Blocked	Charlotte Vinson	blk Sophia Oliveira, Bridget Woodruff	+0.6
3	1-2	FORDHM	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.4
4	2-2	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Sophia Oliveira		+0.5
5	3-2	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Natalie Harrington	+0.4
6	3-3	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Sophia Oliveira	set Giada Ianuale	+0.4
7	4-3	FORDHM	DAYTON	Blocked	Bridget Woodruff	blk Abigail Cresse	+0.3
8	4-4	DAYTON	FORDHM	Blocked	Ava Liening	blk Sophia Oliveira	+0.4
9	5-4	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Morgan Asleson	+0.4
10	6-4	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Kamryn Hunt	+0.4
11	6-5	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Sophia Kuyn	set Giada Ianuale	+0.3
12	6-6	FORDHM	FORDHM	Kill	Sophia Kuyn		+0.5
13	7-6	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.4
14	8-6	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.4
15	8-7	DAYTON	FORDHM×3	Kill	Sophia Kuyn	set Giada Ianuale	+0.4
16	8-8	FORDHM	FORDHM×3	Kill	Mila Micunovic	set Sophia Kuyn	+0.6
17	8-9	FORDHM	FORDHM×3	Kill	Mila Micunovic	set Giada Ianuale	+0.7
18	9-9	FORDHM	DAYTON×13	Bad set	Giada Ianuale		+0.5
19	10-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Attack err	Johanna Franzen		+0.6
20	11-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Blocked	Mila Micunovic	blk Abigail Cresse	+0.5
21	12-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Rylee Sloss	+0.4
22	13-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Ace	Dayton	aced Ozge Ozaslan	+0.3
23	14-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Ace	Dayton	aced Mila Micunovic	+0.2
24	15-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Ace	Dayton	aced Mila Micunovic	+0.2
25	16-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Giada Ianuale	+0.1
26	17-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.1
27	18-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Bad set	Giada Ianuale		·
28	19-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Attack err	Sophia Kuyn		·
29	20-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Blocked	Mila Micunovic	blk Abigail Cresse, Gabriela Machin Borges	·
30	21-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×13	Attack err	Erynn Sweeney		·
31	21-10	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Avery Boothe	set Sophia Kuyn	·
32	22-10	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		·
33	22-11	DAYTON	FORDHM	Serve err	Dayton		·
34	23-11	FORDHM	DAYTON	Attack err	Sophia Oliveira		·
35	23-12	DAYTON	FORDHM	Serve err	Dayton		·
36	24-12	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	·
37	24-13	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Sophia Oliveira	set Giada Ianuale	·
38	25-13	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	·
Set 3
1	0-1	FORDHM	FORDHM	Kill	Bridget Woodruff	set Sophia Oliveira	+0.2
2	1-1	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.2
3	1-2	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Bridget Woodruff	set Giada Ianuale	+0.2
4	2-2	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Natalie Harrington	+0.2
5	2-3	DAYTON	FORDHM×4	Kill	Sophia Oliveira	set Giada Ianuale	+0.2
6	2-4	FORDHM	FORDHM×4	Ace	Fordham	aced Kamryn Hunt	+0.3
7	2-5	FORDHM	FORDHM×4	Kill	Sophia Kuyn	set Giada Ianuale	+0.3
8	2-6	FORDHM	FORDHM×4	Kill	Bridget Woodruff	set Sophia Kuyn	+0.4
9	3-6	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Corrie Anderson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.2
10	3-7	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Sophia Kuyn	set Giada Ianuale	+0.3
11	4-7	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.2
12	4-8	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Johanna Franzen	set Ozge Ozaslan	+0.3
13	5-8	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.2
14	6-8	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Mila Micunovic		+0.3
15	6-9	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Mila Micunovic	set Whitney Woodrow	+0.3
16	7-9	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.2
17	7-10	DAYTON	FORDHM	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Sophia Oliveira	+0.3
18	8-10	FORDHM	DAYTON×3	Serve err	Fordham		+0.3
19	9-10	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Ace	Dayton	aced Johanna Franzen	+0.3
20	10-10	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Ace	Dayton	aced Sophia Oliveira	+0.3
21	10-11	DAYTON	FORDHM	Serve err	Dayton		+0.3
22	11-11	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.2
23	12-11	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening		+0.3
24	12-12	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Johanna Franzen	set Sophia Oliveira	+0.3
25	13-12	FORDHM	DAYTON	Bad set	Johanna Franzen		+0.2
26	13-13	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Bridget Woodruff	set Giada Ianuale	+0.3
27	13-14	FORDHM	FORDHM	Kill	Johanna Franzen	set Giada Ianuale	+0.4
28	14-14	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+0.3
29	14-15	DAYTON	FORDHM	Serve err	Dayton		+0.4
30	15-15	FORDHM	DAYTON×5	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+0.3
31	16-15	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Attack err	Mila Micunovic		+0.4
32	17-15	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.3
33	18-15	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Attack err	Mila Micunovic		+0.3
34	19-15	DAYTON	DAYTON×5	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Rylee Sloss	+0.2
35	19-16	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Avery Boothe	set Whitney Woodrow	+0.1
36	20-16	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.1
37	21-16	DAYTON	DAYTON	Ace	Dayton	aced Whitney Woodrow	+0.1
38	21-17	DAYTON	FORDHM	Kill	Mila Micunovic	set Giada Ianuale	+0.1
39	22-17	FORDHM	DAYTON	Serve err	Fordham		+0.1
40	22-18	DAYTON	FORDHM	Serve err	Dayton		·
41	22-19	FORDHM	FORDHM	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Sophia Oliveira	+0.1
42	23-19	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.1
43	24-19	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Corrie Anderson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.1
44	24-20	DAYTON	FORDHM	Attack err	Corrie Anderson		·
45	25-20	FORDHM	DAYTON	Kill	Corrie Anderson	set Natalie Harrington	·

Score shown after each rally, Dayton 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. Fordham 3–0

No set was closer than 5 points: Dayton swept Fordham.