Cornell vs Penn Volleyball: Cornell Wins 3-0 (Oct 2, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Penn 74.6% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Cornell won at Penn 3-0 (25-23, 31-29, 25-23) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Cornell's Jaida Sione led with 12 kills, and Sarita Pomar added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CORN	25	31	25	3
PENN	23	29	23	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Cornell beat Penn from a 25% pre-match call.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Cornell's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Pre-match, Penn was RallyIQ's 75% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Cornell 19–21 Penn
Down 19–21, Cornell scored 5 straight to lead 24–21.
Cornell 20% → 44%
Turning point 2: Set 2 · Cornell 13–18 Penn
6 straight Cornell points turned a 13–18 deficit into a 19–18 lead. The match swung to Cornell.
Cornell 33% → 54%
Turning point 3: Set 2 · Cornell 28–28 Penn
Cornell won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 31–29 and lead 2–0.
Cornell 51% → 75%

Penn above 50Cornell belowMax swing 13.7%

CornellPenn

Sideout %: Cornell 57.9·Penn 53.8
Break %: Cornell 46.3·Penn 42.1
Hitting: Cornell .124·Penn .082
Longest run: Cornell 7·Penn 5

Jaida Sione
12 kills on .171, 14.5 points; 3 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Penn above 50 · Cornell below

Biggest swing: 13.7% to Cornell — set 2, CORN 31-29 PENN. Attack error by Haley Kerstetter. PENN win probability 39% → 25%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CORN 57.7%42.3% PENN

Cornell wins

3-0

16.0%

3-1

22.0%

3-2

19.7%

Penn wins

3-0

9.5%

3-1

15.5%

3-2

17.2%

CORN break %: 44.7% vs this opp
PENN break %: 43.3% 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
Haley KerstetterAttack error+13.7%
Attack error by Haley Kerstetter
Set 2 · CORN 31-29 PENN · CORN 61% → 75%
02
Zada SangerAttack error+12.2%
Attack error by Zada Sanger
Set 2 · CORN 26-25 PENN · CORN 49% → 61%
03
Jaida SioneKill+12.2%
Kill by Jaida Sione (set by Mackenzie Parsons)
Set 2 · CORN 28-27 PENN · CORN 49% → 61%
04
Ava BoganKill+12.2%
Kill by Ava Bogan (set by Mary Wolcott)
Set 2 · CORN 30-29 PENN · CORN 49% → 61%
05
Zada Sanger&Haley KerstetterBlock+11.2%
Mackenzie Parsons stuffed by Zada Sanger & Haley Kerstetter
Set 2 · CORN 26-27 PENN · PENN 49% → 60%
06
Haley Kerstetter&Skylar GreeneBlock+11.2%
Jaida Sione stuffed by Haley Kerstetter & Skylar Greene
Set 2 · CORN 28-29 PENN · PENN 49% → 60%
07
CornellService error+9.4%
Cornell service error
Set 2 · CORN 26-26 PENN · PENN 39% → 49%
08
Zada SangerKill+9.4%
Kill by Zada Sanger (set by Emery Moore)
Set 2 · CORN 28-28 PENN · PENN 39% → 49%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Cornellaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
24Jaida SioneOH	3	12	6	35	.171	1	0	0	4	1	3	2.5	14.5
20Mackenzie ParsonsMB	3	11	3	29	.276	2	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	12.5
7Ava BoganMB	3	7	5	30	.067	0	0	0	2	1	5	3.5	10.5
21Kiran RioOH	3	9	2	39	.179	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	9
12Mary WolcottS	3	2	1	6	.167	27	1	0	11	0	0	0	3
3Sydney ZancaOH	2	4	7	13	-.231	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
9Haley ClarkOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	2
2Sarita PomarL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	2	18	0	0	0	1
10Amrit DhaliwalMB	2	0	0	5	.000	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1
11Sophia AhrensOH	2	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1
18Mikayla GrayOH	2	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
8Trinidy TienL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	25	161	.124	41	4	6	71	2	16	10	81

Pennhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Haley KerstetterMB	3	11	6	29	.172	1	0	2	0	4	2	13
2Jenna GarnerOH	3	7	8	32	-.031	0	0	17	0	2	1	8
13Adell MurrayMB	3	4	1	21	.143	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	5.5
12Emery MooreS	3	2	0	4	.500	27	1	6	0	0	0	2
22Hailey HilsabeckOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	8	1	0	0	0
19Ellie SiskinOH	2	4	5	19	-.053	0	0	8	0	0	0	4
8Zada SangerOH	3	9	3	41	.146	0	3	4	0	4	2	11
18Addison PollockL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	0	28	0	0	0	0
10Skylar GreeneOH	2	2	3	8	-.125	0	0	2	1	3	1.5	3.5
14Lauren Van WieL/DS	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
17Reese StringerS	1	1	0	1	1.000	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
24Pilar KelleyOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	27	158	.082	37	4	80	4	16	8	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.

Cornell vs Penn

Season series · Cornell leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Cornell at Penn · Cornell won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Penn at Cornell · Cornell won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 CORN · PENN 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 7 CORNPENN 5

Set 2

31-29

Longest run 6 CORNPENN 4

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 4 CORNPENN 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Cornell

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	38%5/13
2	62%8/13	56%10/18
3	50%7/14	13%1/8
4	50%7/14	30%3/10
5	64%7/11	36%4/11
6	67%6/9	70%14/20
All	58%44/76	46%37/80

Penn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	46%6/13
2	53%8/15	25%3/12
3	70%7/10	43%6/14
4	70%7/10	56%9/16
5	40%6/15	36%4/11
6	46%6/13	40%4/10
All	54%43/80	42%32/76

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

156 rallies

#	CORN-PENN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	CORN	PENN	Attack err	Ava Bogan		+1.4
2	1-1	PENN	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mikayla Gray	+1.5
3	1-2	CORN	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+1.4
4	2-2	PENN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mikayla Gray	+1.5
5	2-3	CORN	PENN×5	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	+1.5
6	2-4	PENN	PENN×5	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+1.9
7	2-5	PENN	PENN×5	Bad set	Mikayla Gray		+1.7
8	2-6	PENN	PENN×5	Attack err	Kiran Rio		+1.5
9	2-7	PENN	PENN×5	Blocked	Sydney Zanca	blk Haley Kerstetter, Zada Sanger	+1.3
10	3-7	PENN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Sarita Pomar	+0.9
11	3-8	CORN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+1.0
12	3-9	PENN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+1.0
13	4-9	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Kiran Rio	+0.7
14	4-10	CORN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+0.8
15	5-10	PENN	CORN×7	Serve err	Penn		+0.7
16	6-10	CORN	CORN×7	Attack err	Ellie Siskin		+1.1
17	7-10	CORN	CORN×7	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+1.5
18	8-10	CORN	CORN×7	Blocked	Jenna Garner	blk Ava Bogan, Sophia Ahrens	+1.8
19	9-10	CORN	CORN×7	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+2.2
20	10-10	CORN	CORN×7	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+2.5
21	11-10	CORN	CORN×7	Attack err	Haley Kerstetter		+2.8
22	11-11	CORN	PENN	Kill	Ellie Siskin	set Addison Pollock	+2.0
23	12-11	PENN	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+2.2
24	12-12	CORN	PENN	Kill	Ellie Siskin	set Emery Moore	+2.1
25	13-12	PENN	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mikayla Gray	+2.3
26	13-13	CORN	PENN×5	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+2.2
27	13-14	PENN	PENN×5	Attack err	Ava Bogan		+2.9
28	13-15	PENN	PENN×5	Blocked	Sydney Zanca	blk Zada Sanger, Adell Murray	+2.7
29	13-16	PENN	PENN×5	Kill	Emery Moore	set Mikayla Gray	+2.3
30	13-17	PENN	PENN×5	Attack err	Sydney Zanca		+1.9
31	14-17	PENN	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mikayla Gray	+1.2
32	14-18	CORN	PENN	Serve err	Cornell		+1.4
33	15-18	PENN	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mikayla Gray	+1.2
34	15-19	CORN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+1.5
35	16-19	PENN	CORN×3	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.1
36	17-19	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons		+2.2
37	18-19	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+3.0
38	18-20	CORN	PENN	Kill	Ellie Siskin	set Emery Moore	+2.7
39	19-20	PENN	CORN	Blocked	Jenna Garner	blk Mackenzie Parsons, Sophia Ahrens	+2.4
40	19-21	CORN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+2.9
41	20-21	PENN	CORN×5	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+2.6
42	21-21	CORN	CORN×5	Blocked	Adell Murray	blk Ava Bogan, Sydney Zanca	+4.7
43	22-21	CORN	CORN×5	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+5.9
44	23-21	CORN	CORN×5	Blocked	Ellie Siskin	blk Ava Bogan, Jaida Sione	+6.2
45	24-21	CORN	CORN×5	Blocked	Ellie Siskin	blk Jaida Sione	+4.8
46	24-22	CORN	PENN	Attack err	Sydney Zanca		+1.4
47	24-23	PENN	PENN	Attack err	Sydney Zanca		+4.2
48	25-23	PENN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mikayla Gray	+7.7
Set 2
1	0-1	PENN	PENN	Blocked	Ava Bogan	blk Skylar Greene, Adell Murray	+2.6
2	1-1	PENN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+2.0
3	2-1	CORN	CORN	Ace	Cornell	aced Skylar Greene	+2.9
4	2-2	CORN	PENN	Kill	Skylar Greene	set Emery Moore	+2.1
5	2-3	PENN	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Hailey Hilsabeck	+2.7
6	3-3	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+2.1
7	3-4	CORN	PENN×3	Bad set	Mikayla Gray		+2.1
8	3-5	PENN	PENN×3	Attack err	Mackenzie Parsons		+2.6
9	3-6	PENN	PENN×3	Bad set	Sophia Ahrens		+2.4
10	4-6	PENN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mikayla Gray	+1.8
11	4-7	CORN	PENN×4	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+1.8
12	4-8	PENN	PENN×4	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+2.1
13	4-9	PENN	PENN×4	Kill	Emery Moore		+1.8
14	4-10	PENN	PENN×4	Blocked	Sophia Ahrens	blk Jenna Garner, Zada Sanger	+1.4
15	5-10	PENN	CORN	Attack err	Haley Kerstetter		+0.9
16	6-10	CORN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+1.6
17	6-11	CORN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Addison Pollock	+1.4
18	7-11	PENN	CORN	Blocked	Haley Kerstetter	blk Ava Bogan	+1.2
19	7-12	CORN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+1.4
20	8-12	PENN	CORN	Serve err	Penn		+1.2
21	8-13	CORN	PENN	Serve err	Cornell		+1.4
22	8-14	PENN	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+1.4
23	9-14	PENN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+0.9
24	9-15	CORN	PENN	Kill	Skylar Greene	set Addison Pollock	+1.1
25	10-15	PENN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
26	10-16	CORN	PENN	Serve err	Cornell		+1.0
27	11-16	PENN	CORN	Attack err	Zada Sanger		+0.8
28	12-16	CORN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+1.5
29	12-17	CORN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+1.4
30	13-17	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mary Wolcott	set Jaida Sione	+1.1
31	13-18	CORN	PENN	Attack err	Ava Bogan		+1.4
32	14-18	PENN	CORN×6	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Sarita Pomar	+1.1
33	15-18	CORN	CORN×6	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+2.1
34	16-18	CORN	CORN×6	Attack err	Skylar Greene		+3.0
35	17-18	CORN	CORN×6	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+4.0
36	18-18	CORN	CORN×6	Blocked	Haley Kerstetter	blk Ava Bogan, Jaida Sione	+5.0
37	19-18	CORN	CORN×6	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+5.8
38	19-19	CORN	PENN	Attack err	Sydney Zanca		+4.2
39	19-20	PENN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+5.8
40	20-20	PENN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+4.5
41	20-21	CORN	PENN×3	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+4.8
42	20-22	PENN	PENN×3	Blocked	Sydney Zanca	blk Jenna Garner, Adell Murray	+5.9
43	20-23	PENN	PENN×3	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+4.4
44	21-23	PENN	CORN×3	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+1.9
45	22-23	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Sarita Pomar	+4.8
46	23-23	CORN	CORN×3	Bad set	Emery Moore		+8.5
47	23-24	CORN	PENN	Attack err	Kiran Rio		+8.3
48	24-24	PENN	CORN	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+8.3
49	24-25	CORN	PENN	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	+8.3
50	25-25	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+8.3
51	26-25	CORN	CORN	Attack err	Zada Sanger		+12.2
52	26-26	CORN	PENN	Serve err	Cornell		+9.4
53	26-27	PENN	PENN	Blocked	Mackenzie Parsons	blk Zada Sanger, Haley Kerstetter	+11.2
54	27-27	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+8.3
55	28-27	CORN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mackenzie Parsons	+12.2
56	28-28	CORN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+9.4
57	28-29	PENN	PENN	Blocked	Jaida Sione	blk Haley Kerstetter, Skylar Greene	+11.2
58	29-29	PENN	CORN×3	Serve err	Penn		+8.3
59	30-29	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+12.2
60	31-29	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Haley Kerstetter		+13.7
Set 3
1	0-1	CORN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Emery Moore	+1.7
2	1-1	PENN	CORN×4	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+1.8
3	2-1	CORN	CORN×4	Attack err	Ellie Siskin		+2.6
4	3-1	CORN	CORN×4	Ace	Cornell		+2.7
5	4-1	CORN	CORN×4	Ace	Cornell	aced Lauren Van Wie	+2.8
6	4-2	CORN	PENN	Kill	Haley Kerstetter	set Reese Stringer	+1.9
7	5-2	PENN	CORN	Blocked	Zada Sanger	blk Ava Bogan, Amrit Dhaliwal	+2.2
8	5-3	CORN	PENN	Kill	Reese Stringer	set Addison Pollock	+1.9
9	5-4	PENN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Haley Kerstetter	+2.7
10	6-4	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+2.3
11	6-5	CORN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Reese Stringer	+2.1
12	7-5	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mary Wolcott	set Sarita Pomar	+2.3
13	7-6	CORN	PENN×4	Attack err	Mackenzie Parsons		+2.1
14	7-7	PENN	PENN×4	Attack err	Jaida Sione		+2.9
15	7-8	PENN	PENN×4	Attack err	Jaida Sione		+2.8
16	7-9	PENN	PENN×4	Attack err	Jaida Sione		+2.6
17	8-9	PENN	CORN	Blocked	Skylar Greene	blk Mackenzie Parsons, Jaida Sione	+2.0
18	8-10	CORN	PENN	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	+2.0
19	9-10	PENN	CORN	Attack err	Skylar Greene		+2.0
20	10-10	CORN	CORN	Ace	Cornell	aced Hailey Hilsabeck	+3.0
21	10-11	CORN	PENN	Blocked	Jaida Sione	blk Haley Kerstetter, Skylar Greene	+2.3
22	11-11	PENN	CORN×4	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+2.4
23	12-11	CORN	CORN×4	Attack err	Ellie Siskin		+3.5
24	13-11	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+3.7
25	14-11	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+3.7
26	14-12	CORN	PENN	Kill	Ellie Siskin	set Reese Stringer	+2.4
27	15-12	PENN	CORN	Attack err	Pilar Kelley		+2.9
28	16-12	CORN	CORN	Blocked	Haley Kerstetter	blk Mackenzie Parsons, Amrit Dhaliwal	+3.6
29	16-13	CORN	PENN	Serve err	Cornell		+2.1
30	17-13	PENN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+2.8
31	18-13	CORN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Reese Stringer	+3.1
32	18-14	CORN	PENN×3	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Reese Stringer	+1.6
33	18-15	PENN	PENN×3	Serve err	Penn		+2.8
34	18-16	PENN	PENN×3	Attack err	Mary Wolcott		+3.5
35	19-16	PENN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+3.5
36	19-17	CORN	PENN	Bad set	Mary Wolcott		+2.7
37	20-17	PENN	CORN	Serve err	Penn		+3.7
38	21-17	CORN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mackenzie Parsons	+4.0
39	21-18	CORN	PENN×3	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	+1.9
40	21-19	PENN	PENN×3	Attack err	Jaida Sione		+3.6
41	21-20	PENN	PENN×3	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+4.9
42	22-20	PENN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+5.0
43	22-21	CORN	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+3.8
44	22-22	PENN	PENN	Attack err	Ava Bogan		+6.8
45	23-22	PENN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+6.5
46	24-22	CORN	CORN	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+8.9
47	24-23	CORN	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+3.8
48	25-23	PENN	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+9.3

Score shown after each rally, Cornell 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).

Cornell def. Penn 3–0

Cornell beat Penn from a 25% pre-match call.