Dayton vs Saint Louis Volleyball: Dayton Wins 3-0 (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Dayton 85.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Dayton won at Saint Louis 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-17) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Dayton's Kamryn Hunt led with 12 kills, and Natalie Harrington added 8 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
DAYTON	25	25	25	3
ST LOU	20	11	17	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Kamryn Hunt hit .455 with 12 kills as Dayton rolled past Saint Louis.

Win probability never moved more than 2.3 points on one rally; Saint Louis topped out at 17% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Dayton at 86%.

DaytonSaint Louis

Break %+25.5 pts
54.128.6
40 of 74 on serve vs 14 of 49, so Saint Louis's sideout was 45.9%.
Hitting+.291
.258-.033
38 kills, 14 errors vs 24 kills, 27 errors.
Longest run+3
74
7 straight Dayton points in the second set stretched a 4–3 lead to 11–3. Final score of the set: 25–11.

Saint Louis above 50Dayton belowMax swing 2.3%

DaytonSaint Louis

Aces: Dayton 5·Saint Louis 2
Serve err: Dayton 8·Saint Louis 5
Blocks: Dayton 9·Saint Louis 70 BS · 18 BA vs 1 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Dayton 35·Saint Louis 28

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Saint Louis above 50 · Dayton below

Biggest swing: 2.3% to Saint Louis — set 1, DAYTON 20-19 ST LOU. Kill by Ellie Rink (set by Lara Zigic). ST LOU win probability 11% → 13%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DAYTON 82.2%17.8% ST LOU

Dayton wins

3-0

33.9%

3-1

30.8%

3-2

17.6%

Saint Louis wins

3-0

2.8%

3-1

5.8%

3-2

9.2%

DAYTON break %: 44.6% vs this opp
ST LOU break %: 37.6% 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
Ellie RinkKill+2.3%
Kill by Ellie Rink (set by Lara Zigic)
Set 1 · DAYTON 20-19 ST LOU · ST LOU 11% → 13%
02
Ellie RinkAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Ellie Rink
Set 1 · DAYTON 22-19 ST LOU · DAYTON 89% → 91%
03
Gabriela Machin BorgesKill+1.9%
Kill by Gabriela Machin Borges (set by Rylee Sloss)
Set 1 · DAYTON 21-19 ST LOU · DAYTON 87% → 89%
04
Tamia MaddoxKill+1.7%
Kill by Tamia Maddox (set by Jetta Brenning)
Set 1 · DAYTON 0-2 ST LOU · ST LOU 15% → 17%
05
Abigail Cresse&Charlotte VinsonBlock+1.5%
Tamia Maddox stuffed by Abigail Cresse & Charlotte Vinson
Set 1 · DAYTON 2-2 ST LOU · DAYTON 84% → 86%
06
Kayla JansenBlock+1.5%
Kamryn Hunt stuffed by Kayla Jansen
Set 1 · DAYTON 20-18 ST LOU · ST LOU 9% → 11%
07
Tamia MaddoxAttack error+1.4%
Attack error by Tamia Maddox
Set 1 · DAYTON 3-2 ST LOU · DAYTON 86% → 87%
08
Kamryn HuntKill+1.3%
Kill by Kamryn Hunt (set by Natalie Harrington)
Set 1 · DAYTON 4-2 ST LOU · DAYTON 87% → 88%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Daytonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Kamryn HuntOH	3	12	2	22	.455	0	3	1	7	1	1	0.5	15.5
19Charlotte VinsonOH	3	5	4	16	.063	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	7.5
3Abigail CresseMB	3	2	0	7	.286	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	5
9Natalie HarringtonS	3	0	0	0	–	14	1	0	8	0	0	0	1
1Kaleigh MerittOH	2	5	2	18	.167	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
20Ava LieningMB	2	4	1	8	.375	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
16Gabriela Machin BorgesOH	3	8	3	14	.357	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
8Morgan AslesonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	7	0	0	0	1
31Lily BarryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
22Sidney SpradaOH	2	0	1	3	-.333	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	1
5Corrie AndersonOH	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Rylee SlossS	2	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
13Sydney BarrettOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15Isabel SimmonsMB	1	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
10Emily HardenS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	14	93	.258	37	5	8	35	2	18	9	75

Saint Louishome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16J'La SparksMB	3	7	2	14	.357	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	8
19Ellie RinkOH	3	6	8	23	-.087	0	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	7
21Kayla JansenMB	3	3	1	9	.222	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	6
14Jetta BrenningS	3	3	3	8	.000	20	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	3
12Tamia MaddoxOH	3	2	5	14	-.214	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
22Lucy RankinS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	1
11Anna AlexanderOH	3	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
23Lara ZigicL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	1
7Avery BoehmOH	2	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2
6Tea KalajdzicOH	2	1	5	16	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
2Athena TsalapatanisDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		24	27	91	-.033	22	2	5	28	5	1	12	7	48

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 Saint Louis

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Dayton at Saint Louis · Dayton won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Dayton at Saint Louis · Saint Louis won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 DAYTON · ST LOU 4

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 DAYTONST LOU 4

Set 2

25-11

Longest run 7 DAYTONST LOU 2

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 7 DAYTONST LOU 3

Bars above the line = Saint Louis 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	75%6/8	64%9/14
2	86%6/7	40%4/10
3	100%6/6	25%2/8
4	100%6/6	40%4/10
5	38%6/16	67%12/18
6	83%5/6	64%9/14
All	71%35/49	54%40/74

Saint Louis

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	43%6/14	14%1/7
2	50%6/12	25%2/8
3	100%6/6	14%1/7
4	38%6/16	0%0/6
5	31%5/16	14%1/7
6	50%5/10	64%9/14
All	46%34/74	29%14/49

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

123 rallies

#	DAYTON-ST LOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+1.1
2	0-2	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+1.7
3	1-2	ST LOU	DAYTON×4	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+1.1
4	2-2	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Blocked	Tamia Maddox	blk Abigail Cresse, Charlotte Vinson	+1.5
5	3-2	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Attack err	Tamia Maddox		+1.4
6	4-2	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+1.3
7	4-3	DAYTON	ST LOU	Serve err	Dayton		+0.9
8	5-3	ST LOU	DAYTON	Attack err	Tamia Maddox		+0.9
9	5-4	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.9
10	6-4	ST LOU	DAYTON×4	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.9
11	7-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.2
12	8-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.0
13	9-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Blocked	Tea Kalajdzic	blk Kamryn Hunt, Ava Liening	+0.8
14	9-5	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+0.5
15	10-5	ST LOU	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Tea Kalajdzic		+0.5
16	11-5	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.6
17	12-5	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.4
18	12-6	DAYTON	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Kaleigh Meritt		+0.2
19	12-7	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Ava Liening		+0.5
20	12-8	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Gabriela Machin Borges		+0.7
21	12-9	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Kaleigh Meritt		+0.9
22	13-9	ST LOU	DAYTON	Attack err	Ellie Rink		+0.8
23	14-9	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Kaleigh Meritt	+0.8
24	14-10	DAYTON	ST LOU	Serve err	Dayton		+0.5
25	15-10	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.6
26	15-11	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Jetta Brenning		+0.5
27	16-11	ST LOU	DAYTON	Attack err	Ellie Rink		+0.6
28	16-12	DAYTON	ST LOU	Attack err	Charlotte Vinson		+0.5
29	16-13	ST LOU	ST LOU	Attack err	Charlotte Vinson		+1.0
30	17-13	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.8
31	17-14	DAYTON	ST LOU	Serve err	Dayton		+0.7
32	18-14	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Natalie Harrington	+0.9
33	18-15	DAYTON	ST LOU	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Tea Kalajdzic, J'La Sparks	+0.7
34	19-15	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.9
35	20-15	DAYTON	DAYTON	Ace	Dayton	aced J'La Sparks	+0.8
36	20-16	DAYTON	ST LOU×4	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.4
37	20-17	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Blocked	Gabriela Machin Borges	blk Kayla Jansen, Ellie Rink	+0.9
38	20-18	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Blocked	Kamryn Hunt	blk Kayla Jansen	+1.5
39	20-19	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Lara Zigic	+2.3
40	21-19	ST LOU	DAYTON×3	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+1.9
41	22-19	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Ellie Rink		+2.1
42	23-19	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Blocked	Ellie Rink	blk Abigail Cresse, Gabriela Machin Borges	+1.2
43	23-20	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning	+0.4
44	24-20	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.7
45	25-20	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Jetta Brenning		+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.7
2	1-1	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Jetta Brenning	set Lucy Rankin	+0.7
3	2-1	ST LOU	DAYTON	Attack err	Kayla Jansen		+0.7
4	3-1	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Tamia Maddox		+0.9
5	3-2	DAYTON	ST LOU	Serve err	Dayton		+0.6
6	4-2	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Natalie Harrington	+0.6
7	4-3	DAYTON	ST LOU	Blocked	Gabriela Machin Borges	blk Tamia Maddox, J'La Sparks	+0.7
8	5-3	ST LOU	DAYTON×7	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Lily Barry	+0.6
9	6-3	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Attack err	Tea Kalajdzic		+0.8
10	7-3	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Attack err	Tea Kalajdzic		+0.7
11	8-3	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.5
12	9-3	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Attack err	Anna Alexander		+0.4
13	10-3	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Ava Liening		+0.3
14	11-3	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Morgan Asleson	+0.2
15	11-4	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
16	11-5	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+0.2
17	12-5	ST LOU	DAYTON	Serve err	Saint Louis		+0.2
18	12-6	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+0.2
19	13-6	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Rylee Sloss	+0.2
20	14-6	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Jetta Brenning		+0.2
21	14-7	DAYTON	ST LOU	Blocked	Charlotte Vinson	blk Ellie Rink, Kayla Jansen	+0.1
22	15-7	ST LOU	DAYTON	Serve err	Saint Louis		+0.1
23	15-8	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
24	16-8	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Lily Barry	+0.1
25	17-8	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.1
26	17-9	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Alexander	set Jetta Brenning	·
27	18-9	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Lily Barry	+0.1
28	18-10	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	·
29	19-10	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+0.1
30	19-11	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	·
31	20-11	ST LOU	DAYTON×6	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	·
32	21-11	DAYTON	DAYTON×6	Attack err	J'La Sparks		·
33	22-11	DAYTON	DAYTON×6	Blocked	Tea Kalajdzic	blk Abigail Cresse, Sidney Sprada	·
34	23-11	DAYTON	DAYTON×6	Attack err	Anna Alexander		·
35	24-11	DAYTON	DAYTON×6	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Morgan Asleson	·
36	25-11	DAYTON	DAYTON×6	Ace	Dayton	aced Lara Zigic	·
Set 3
1	1-0	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Natalie Harrington	+0.5
2	2-0	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.4
3	3-0	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Morgan Asleson	+0.4
4	4-0	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Attack err	Jetta Brenning		+0.3
5	5-0	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Ace	Dayton	aced Anna Alexander	+0.2
6	6-0	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.2
7	7-0	DAYTON	DAYTON×7	Blocked	Tamia Maddox	blk Abigail Cresse, Charlotte Vinson	+0.1
8	7-1	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Jetta Brenning	set Morgan Asleson	+0.1
9	8-1	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.1
10	8-2	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Kayla Jansen	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
11	9-2	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.1
12	9-3	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
13	10-3	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.1
14	11-3	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	J'La Sparks		+0.1
15	11-4	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
16	12-4	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Isabel Simmons	set Emily Harden	+0.1
17	12-5	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Avery Boehm	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
18	12-6	ST LOU	ST LOU	Blocked	Sidney Sprada	blk Kayla Jansen, Avery Boehm	+0.1
19	13-6	ST LOU	DAYTON	Kill	Isabel Simmons	set Emily Harden	+0.1
20	14-6	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Emily Harden	+0.1
21	14-7	DAYTON	ST LOU	Serve err	Dayton		·
22	14-8	ST LOU	ST LOU	Ace	Saint Louis	aced Kamryn Hunt	+0.1
23	15-8	ST LOU	DAYTON	Serve err	Saint Louis		+0.1
24	15-9	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Kayla Jansen	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
25	15-10	ST LOU	ST LOU	Attack err	Charlotte Vinson		+0.2
26	16-10	ST LOU	DAYTON	Attack err	Ellie Rink		+0.1
27	17-10	DAYTON	DAYTON	Blocked	Ellie Rink	blk Abigail Cresse, Charlotte Vinson	+0.1
28	17-11	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Kayla Jansen	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
29	18-11	ST LOU	DAYTON	Blocked	Ellie Rink	blk Charlotte Vinson, Abigail Cresse	+0.1
30	18-12	DAYTON	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.1
31	19-12	ST LOU	DAYTON	Blocked	Ellie Rink	blk Isabel Simmons, Charlotte Vinson	+0.1
32	19-13	DAYTON	ST LOU	Serve err	Dayton		·
33	20-13	ST LOU	DAYTON×4	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Sidney Sprada	+0.1
34	21-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Blocked	Avery Boehm	blk Sidney Sprada, Isabel Simmons	·
35	22-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Ace	Dayton	aced Tamia Maddox	·
36	23-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Ace	Dayton	aced Athena Tsalapatanis	·
37	23-14	DAYTON	ST LOU×3	Serve err	Dayton		·
38	23-15	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Ace	Saint Louis	aced Lily Barry	·
39	23-16	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Blocked	Isabel Simmons	blk Avery Boehm, Kayla Jansen	·
40	24-16	ST LOU	DAYTON	Serve err	Saint Louis		·
41	24-17	DAYTON	ST LOU	Serve err	Dayton		·
42	25-17	ST LOU	DAYTON	Serve err	Saint Louis		·

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. Saint Louis 3–0

Kamryn Hunt hit .455 with 12 kills as Dayton rolled past Saint Louis.