Final · 4 setsFri, Sep 11, 2026

AwayMEAC

1:3

HomeIVY-LEAGUE

Harvard def. Norfolk St. 3–1

(25-8, 14-25, 25-22, 25-19)

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
NORFLK	8	25	22	19	1
HARV	25	14	25	25	3

RallyIQ model

Win probability

HARV above 50 · NORFLK below

Biggest swing: 4.3% to Norfolk St. — set 3, NORFLK 21-20 HARV. Sofia Rossi stuffed by Briana Ellis & Jala Dixon. HARV win probability 88% → 84%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

NORFLK 3.1%96.9% HARV

Norfolk St. wins

3-0

0.3%

3-1

0.8%

3-2

1.9%

Harvard wins

3-0

62.0%

3-1

27.4%

3-2

7.5%

NORFLK break %: 39.5% vs this opp
HARV break %: 53.9% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
Sofia RossiAttack error+4.3%
Sofia Rossi stuffed by Briana Ellis & Jala Dixon
Set 3 · NORFLK 21-20 HARV · NORFLK 12% → 16%
02
Sofia RossiKill+4.0%
Kill by Sofia Rossi (set by Sophia Wei)
Set 3 · NORFLK 22-23 HARV · HARV 87% → 91%
03
Gabrielle GilbertAttack error+3.9%
Gabrielle Gilbert stuffed by Ryleigh Patterson
Set 3 · NORFLK 21-22 HARV · HARV 87% → 91%
04
Gabrielle GilbertAttack error+3.7%
Gabrielle Gilbert stuffed by Ryleigh Patterson
Set 3 · NORFLK 22-24 HARV · HARV 91% → 95%
05
Gabrielle GilbertKill+3.7%
Kill by Gabrielle Gilbert (set by Nehir Erimez)
Set 3 · NORFLK 22-22 HARV · NORFLK 9% → 13%
06
Sofia RossiKill+3.4%
Kill by Sofia Rossi (set by Catlin Shao)
Set 3 · NORFLK 21-21 HARV · HARV 84% → 87%
07
Gabrielle GilbertKill+3.2%
Kill by Gabrielle Gilbert (set by Nehir Erimez)
Set 3 · NORFLK 20-20 HARV · NORFLK 9% → 12%
08
NORFLK serverAce+2.7%
Norfolk St. ace on Sofia Rossi
Set 3 · NORFLK 18-18 HARV · NORFLK 8% → 11%

Official NCAA box

Box score

Norfolk St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Gabrielle GilbertOH	4	15	10	45	.111	1	2	1	6	5	0	1	0.5	17.5
7Isis CastilleOH	4	6	4	12	.167	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
13Reagan ChisholmMB	4	2	3	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
10Briana EllisMB	4	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	2
9Nehir ErimezS	4	0	0	1	.000	18	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
12Catori CrawfordOPP	3	2	1	15	.067	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
4Kyleigh MooreOH	4	7	1	16	.375	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
22Ava BerryMB	4	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
2Jasmine MatairaS	4	1	0	3	.333	13	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	4
3Jazeli VandenburghL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	4	3	9	3	0	0	0	4
18Kaden SandersOH	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	8	2	0	0	0	1
8Aliyah TorresL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
24Jala DixonMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		37	19	105	.171	36	12	9	38	15	2	4	4	74

Harvardhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Sofia RossiOH	4	8	3	29	.172	0	10	2	8	4	0	0	0	18
13Ali FarquharOH	4	12	3	25	.360	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1.5	13.5
21Ryleigh PattersonMB	4	6	2	13	.308	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	5	11
19Kayla NwabuezeMB	4	9	2	18	.389	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
18Riley ResmerMB	4	3	2	7	.143	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
1Sophia WeiS	4	0	0	0	–	23	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
4Masina OgbechieOH	4	5	3	13	.154	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
10Bridget EganOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3
44Jordan ShelorL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Catlin ShaoS	4	0	0	0	–	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
16Yvette EastonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0
8Nicole CornellS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	15	105	.267	40	15	7	43	12	6	6	9	89

Starters listed first. BLK = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

Longest run 6 NORFLK · HARV 6

Set 1

8-25

Longest run 2 NORFLKHARV 6

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 5 NORFLKHARV 3

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 6 NORFLKHARV 4

Set 4

19-25

Longest run 3 NORFLKHARV 4

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

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

Norfolk St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	32%7/22	38%5/13
2	35%7/20	36%4/11
3	54%7/13	30%3/10
4	58%7/12	46%6/13
5	67%6/9	65%11/17
6	50%6/12	45%5/11
All	45%40/88	45%34/75

Harvard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	59%10/17
2	78%7/9	72%18/25
3	50%7/14	50%7/14
4	50%6/12	42%5/12
5	50%6/12	45%5/11
6	46%6/13	33%3/9
All	55%41/75	55%48/88

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 (4 of 4 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.

163 rallies

Rally log

#	NORFLK-HARV	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+0.5
2	1-1	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
3	1-2	HARV	HARV	Ace	HARV server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.4
4	2-2	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+0.4
5	2-3	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
6	2-4	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Isis Castille	blk Riley Resmer	+0.3
7	3-4	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Nehir Erimez	+0.3
8	4-4	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Team	+0.4
9	4-5	NORFLK	HARV×5	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.4
10	4-6	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.4
11	4-7	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.3
12	4-8	HARV	HARV×5	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+0.2
13	4-9	HARV	HARV×5	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.2
14	5-9	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.2
15	5-10	NORFLK	HARV×3	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.2
16	5-11	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	HARV server	aced Team	+0.1
17	5-12	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	HARV server	aced Kaden Sanders	+0.1
18	6-12	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.1
19	6-13	NORFLK	HARV	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.1
20	6-14	HARV	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Kyleigh Moore	+0.1
21	7-14	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.0
22	7-15	NORFLK	HARV×5	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.1
23	7-16	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Ali Farquhar, Ryleigh Patterson	+0.0
24	7-17	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+0.0
25	7-18	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.0
26	7-19	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.0
27	8-19	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Nehir Erimez	+0.0
28	8-20	NORFLK	HARV×6	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.0
29	8-21	HARV	HARV×6	Ace	HARV server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.0
30	8-22	HARV	HARV×6	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.0
31	8-23	HARV	HARV×6	Ace	HARV server	aced Aliyah Torres	+0.0
32	8-24	HARV	HARV×6	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.0
33	8-25	HARV	HARV×6	Ace	HARV server	aced Aliyah Torres	+0.0
Set 2
1	0-1	HARV	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+0.2
2	1-1	HARV	NORFLK×5	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+0.2
3	2-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+0.3
4	3-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Kill	Isis Castille		+0.3
5	4-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Attack err	Ryleigh Patterson		+0.4
6	5-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Kayla Nwabueze	+0.4
7	5-2	NORFLK	HARV×3	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
8	5-3	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Reagan Chisholm	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+0.4
9	5-4	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	HARV server	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.3
10	6-4	HARV	NORFLK	Serve err	HARV server		+0.4
11	6-5	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
12	6-6	HARV	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
13	7-6	HARV	NORFLK×3	Kill	Ava Berry	set Nehir Erimez	+0.3
14	8-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+0.4
15	9-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+0.5
16	9-7	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.4
17	10-7	HARV	NORFLK	Attack err	Riley Resmer	blk Briana Ellis	+0.5
18	10-8	NORFLK	HARV	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.4
19	10-9	HARV	HARV	Ace	HARV server	aced Team	+0.4
20	11-9	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.5
21	12-9	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+0.6
22	12-10	NORFLK	HARV	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.4
23	13-10	HARV	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.5
24	14-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.7
25	15-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+0.7
26	15-11	NORFLK	HARV	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.4
27	16-11	HARV	NORFLK	Serve err	HARV server		+0.6
28	16-12	NORFLK	HARV	Attack err	Reagan Chisholm		+0.4
29	17-12	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+0.6
30	17-13	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Ryleigh Patterson	+0.4
31	18-13	HARV	NORFLK×4	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Nehir Erimez	+0.7
32	19-13	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Sofia Rossi	+0.7
33	20-13	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Attack err	Riley Resmer	blk Ava Berry	+0.5
34	21-13	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Isis Castille	+0.4
35	21-14	NORFLK	HARV	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.1
36	22-14	HARV	NORFLK×4	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.3
37	23-14	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.2
38	24-14	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Kaden Sanders	+0.1
39	25-14	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.0
Set 3
1	0-1	NORFLK	HARV×3	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.8
2	0-2	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.8
3	0-3	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Isis Castille		+0.7
4	1-3	HARV	NORFLK	Serve err	HARV server		+0.6
5	1-4	NORFLK	HARV×4	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.6
6	1-5	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.6
7	1-6	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	HARV server	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.4
8	1-7	HARV	HARV×4	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.3
9	2-7	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+0.3
10	2-8	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
11	3-8	HARV	NORFLK	Bad set	Nicole Cornell		+0.3
12	3-9	NORFLK	HARV×3	Bad set	Jasmine Mataira		+0.3
13	3-10	HARV	HARV×3	Bad set	Jasmine Mataira		+0.3
14	3-11	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Riley Resmer, Masina Ogbechie	+0.2
15	4-11	HARV	NORFLK	Serve err	HARV server		+0.1
16	4-12	NORFLK	HARV	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.2
17	5-12	HARV	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.1
18	6-12	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.2
19	7-12	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Bridget Egan	+0.4
20	7-13	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Nicole Cornell	+0.3
21	8-13	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+0.3
22	9-13	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Bridget Egan	+0.5
23	9-14	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.5
24	10-14	HARV	NORFLK	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.5
25	10-15	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.5
26	10-16	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Isis Castille		+0.4
27	11-16	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Jala Dixon	set Nehir Erimez	+0.3
28	11-17	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Yvette Easton	+0.4
29	12-17	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.3
30	12-18	NORFLK	HARV	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.4
31	13-18	HARV	NORFLK×6	Serve err	HARV server		+0.3
32	14-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×6	Attack err	Masina Ogbechie	blk Briana Ellis, Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.5
33	15-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×6	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Team	+0.9
34	16-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×6	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.3
35	17-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×6	Bad set	Nicole Cornell		+1.9
36	18-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×6	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Sofia Rossi	+2.7
37	18-19	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Yvette Easton	+2.2
38	18-20	HARV	HARV	Ace	HARV server	aced Kaden Sanders	+2.2
39	19-20	HARV	NORFLK×3	Serve err	HARV server		+2.0
40	20-20	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+3.2
41	21-20	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Sofia Rossi	blk Briana Ellis, Jala Dixon	+4.3
42	21-21	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+3.4
43	21-22	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+3.9
44	22-22	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+3.7
45	22-23	NORFLK	HARV×3	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+4.0
46	22-24	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+3.7
47	22-25	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	HARV server	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+1.8
Set 4
1	0-1	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.6
2	0-2	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.5
3	0-3	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.5
4	1-3	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Nehir Erimez	+0.4
5	1-4	NORFLK	HARV×4	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.4
6	1-5	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	HARV server	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.4
7	1-6	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	HARV server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.3
8	1-7	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore	blk Kayla Nwabueze, Ryleigh Patterson	+0.2
9	2-7	HARV	NORFLK×3	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+0.2
10	3-7	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Sofia Rossi	+0.3
11	4-7	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Yvette Easton	+0.4
12	4-8	NORFLK	HARV	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.4
13	5-8	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+0.4
14	6-8	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Sofia Rossi	+0.6
15	6-9	NORFLK	HARV	Bad set	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.5
16	7-9	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.6
17	8-9	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Yvette Easton	+0.8
18	8-10	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.7
19	9-10	HARV	NORFLK	Attack err	Masina Ogbechie		+0.8
20	9-11	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Yvette Easton	+0.7
21	9-12	HARV	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.7
22	10-12	HARV	NORFLK	Attack err	Ryleigh Patterson		+0.6
23	10-13	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Catlin Shao	+0.6
24	11-13	HARV	NORFLK	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+0.7
25	11-14	NORFLK	HARV×4	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.7
26	11-15	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Reagan Chisholm	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+0.6
27	11-16	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	HARV server	aced Isis Castille	+0.4
28	11-17	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	HARV server	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.3
29	12-17	HARV	NORFLK	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+0.2
30	12-18	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.2
31	12-19	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Isis Castille	blk Ali Farquhar	+0.2
32	13-19	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.1
33	13-20	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.1
34	13-21	HARV	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.1
35	14-21	HARV	NORFLK×3	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.0
36	15-21	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Masina Ogbechie		+0.1
37	16-21	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Bad set	Catlin Shao		+0.2
38	16-22	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.2
39	17-22	HARV	NORFLK	Serve err	HARV server		+0.1
40	17-23	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+0.2
41	18-23	HARV	NORFLK	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.1
42	19-23	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Bridget Egan	+0.2
43	19-24	NORFLK	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.3
44	19-25	HARV	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Norfolk St. first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.