Yale vs Penn Volleyball: Yale Wins 3-0 (Oct 10, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 10, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Yale 67.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 10, 3:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Yale won at Penn 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-12) on Sat, Oct 10, 2026. Yale's Ava Poinsett led with 16 kills, and Kalyssa Taggart added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:30 PM CT · final Oct 10

Set	1	2	3	Sets
YALE	25	25	25	3
PENN	17	17	12	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Ava Poinsett needed just 3 sets for 16 kills. Yale swept Penn.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.4 points. Penn peaked at 31% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Yale went in as RallyIQ's 67% pick.

YalePenn

Break %+27.7 pts
55.427.7
Points won on own serve: 41 of 74 vs 13 of 47. Penn sided out 44.6% of the time.
Hitting+.269
.343.074
45 K / 10 E against 29 K / 21 E.
Longest run+9
134
From 8–8 in the third set, Yale scored 13 straight to lead 21–8. The set finished 25–12.

Penn above 50Yale belowMax swing 2.4%

YalePenn

Aces: Yale 3·Penn 0
Serve err: Yale 7·Penn 5
Blocks: Yale 9·Penn 23 BS · 12 BA vs 1 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Yale 48·Penn 42

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Penn above 50 · Yale below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to Penn — set 1, YALE 8-7 PENN. Attack error by Isabel Patterson. PENN win probability 28% → 30%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

YALE 84.8%15.2% PENN

Yale wins

3-0

36.9%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.7%

Penn wins

3-0

2.3%

3-1

4.9%

3-2

8.1%

YALE break %: 47.3% vs this opp
PENN break %: 39.4% 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
Isabel PattersonAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Isabel Patterson
Set 1 · YALE 8-7 PENN · PENN 28% → 30%
02
Laurece Abraham&Isabel PattersonBlock+2.3%
Lauren Van wie stuffed by Laurece Abraham & Isabel Patterson
Set 1 · YALE 11-8 PENN · YALE 72% → 74%
03
Jenna GarnerAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Jenna Garner
Set 1 · YALE 1-0 PENN · YALE 67% → 69%
04
Betsy GoodenowKill+2.1%
Kill by Betsy Goodenow (set by Kalyssa Taggart)
Set 1 · YALE 2-0 PENN · YALE 69% → 71%
05
Laurece AbrahamKill+2.0%
Kill by Laurece Abraham
Set 1 · YALE 12-8 PENN · YALE 74% → 76%
06
Jenna GarnerKill+2.0%
Kill by Jenna Garner (set by Emery Moore)
Set 1 · YALE 8-6 PENN · PENN 26% → 28%
07
Cam BolaneBlock+2.0%
Zada Sanger stuffed by Cam Bolane
Set 2 · YALE 4-3 PENN · YALE 81% → 83%
08
Cam BolaneKill+2.0%
Kill by Cam Bolane
Set 1 · YALE 4-1 PENN · YALE 71% → 73%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Yaleaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Ava PoinsettOH	3	16	3	37	.351	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	17
33Betsy GoodenowOH	3	13	1	23	.522	0	0	0	5	0	1	0.5	13.5
10Cam BolaneMB	3	6	3	13	.231	1	0	0	2	2	4	4	10
4Laurece AbrahamMB	3	5	2	13	.231	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	7
11Yuri ParkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	1	8	0	0	0	2
1Kalyssa TaggartS	3	0	0	5	.000	31	0	2	12	0	3	1.5	1.5
23Isabel PattersonOH	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
6Arya JueL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
22Bethanie WuS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Callie FunkMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28Cara LehmitzOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Caroline HusemanOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Gaby StasysMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Jaidynn Perkins-martinOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Mila MijailovicOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0
5Naya SalfitiOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Skylar JacksonOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	10	102	.343	40	3	7	48	3	12	9	75

Pennhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Jenna GarnerOH	3	8	4	24	.167	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	8
8Zada SangerOH	3	7	7	30	.000	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	7
13Adell MurrayMB	3	4	1	16	.188	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
24Pilar KelleyOH	3	3	0	5	.600	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
12Emery MooreS	3	1	1	3	.000	18	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
9Haley KerstetterMB	3	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Ellie SiskinOH	3	3	2	12	.083	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Lauryn LewisOH	3	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	5	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
10Skylar GreeneOH	3	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
16Bella RittenbergOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22Hailey HilsabeckOH	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Lauren Van wieL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
11Elsa McdermottL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	0
7Nathalie TsaiS	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
17Reese StringerS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Taylor RoloffOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	21	108	.074	27	5	42	3	1	2	2	46

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.

Yale vs Penn

Season series · Yale leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 10, 2026Yale at Penn · Yale won 3-0This match
Fri, Nov 13, 2026Penn at YalePreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 13 YALE · PENN 4

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 YALEPENN 4

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 6 YALEPENN 2

Set 3

25-12

Longest run 13 YALEPENN 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Yale

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	71%15/21
2	70%7/10	50%7/14
3	100%6/6	33%3/9
4	56%5/9	67%10/15
5	63%5/8	17%1/6
6	100%4/4	56%5/9
All	72%34/47	55%41/74

Penn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	30%7/23	29%2/7
2	50%6/12	30%3/10
3	46%6/13	14%1/7
4	45%5/11	0%0/6
5	83%5/6	44%4/9
6	44%4/9	38%3/8
All	45%33/74	28%13/47

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

121 rallies

#	YALE-PENN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+2.2
2	2-0	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+2.1
3	2-1	YALE	PENN	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	+1.5
4	3-1	PENN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.6
5	4-1	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane		+2.0
6	4-2	YALE	PENN	Serve err	Yale		+1.4
7	5-2	PENN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.5
8	5-3	YALE	PENN	Kill	Emery Moore		+1.4
9	6-3	PENN	YALE×3	Bad set	Elsa Mcdermott		+1.5
10	7-3	YALE	YALE×3	Attack err	Jenna Garner		+1.8
11	8-3	YALE	YALE×3	Blocked	Haley Kerstetter	blk Isabel Patterson, Cam Bolane	+1.6
12	8-4	YALE	PENN×4	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Hailey Hilsabeck	+1.0
13	8-5	PENN	PENN×4	Attack err	Cam Bolane		+1.7
14	8-6	PENN	PENN×4	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+2.0
15	8-7	PENN	PENN×4	Attack err	Isabel Patterson		+2.4
16	9-7	PENN	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.8
17	9-8	YALE	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+1.8
18	10-8	PENN	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.9
19	11-8	YALE	YALE×5	Blocked	Lauren Van wie	blk Laurece Abraham, Isabel Patterson	+2.3
20	12-8	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham		+2.0
21	13-8	YALE	YALE×5	Attack err	Emery Moore		+1.7
22	14-8	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Arya Jue	+1.3
23	14-9	YALE	PENN	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	+0.7
24	15-9	PENN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.9
25	15-10	YALE	PENN	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	+0.7
26	16-10	PENN	YALE×3	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Arya Jue	+0.9
27	17-10	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Yuri Park	+0.9
28	18-10	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
29	18-11	YALE	PENN	Serve err	Yale		+0.2
30	19-11	PENN	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.4
31	19-12	YALE	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+0.2
32	20-12	PENN	YALE×4	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
33	21-12	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
34	22-12	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Ava Poinsett		+0.1
35	23-12	YALE	YALE×4	Ace	Yale		·
36	23-13	YALE	PENN	Serve err	Yale		·
37	24-13	PENN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Arya Jue	·
38	24-14	YALE	PENN×4	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	·
39	24-15	PENN	PENN×4	Attack err	Ava Poinsett		·
40	24-16	PENN	PENN×4	Kill	Pilar Kelley	set Emery Moore	·
41	24-17	PENN	PENN×4	Attack err	Laurece Abraham		·
42	25-17	PENN	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
Set 2
1	0-1	PENN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Betsy Goodenow	+2.0
2	1-1	PENN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.4
3	1-2	YALE	PENN	Kill	Ellie Siskin	set Emery Moore	+1.5
4	2-2	PENN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.4
5	2-3	YALE	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Elsa Mcdermott	+1.5
6	3-3	PENN	YALE×6	Kill	Cam Bolane		+1.5
7	4-3	YALE	YALE×6	Blocked	Zada Sanger	blk Cam Bolane	+2.0
8	5-3	YALE	YALE×6	Attack err	Lauryn Lewis		+1.9
9	6-3	YALE	YALE×6	Blocked	Zada Sanger	blk Kalyssa Taggart, Cam Bolane	+1.8
10	7-3	YALE	YALE×6	Attack err	Lauryn Lewis		+1.6
11	8-3	YALE	YALE×6	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.3
12	8-4	YALE	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Nathalie Tsai	+0.9
13	9-4	PENN	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.0
14	9-5	YALE	PENN	Kill	Pilar Kelley	set Nathalie Tsai	+0.9
15	10-5	PENN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Ava Poinsett	+1.0
16	10-6	YALE	PENN	Serve err	Yale		+0.9
17	11-6	PENN	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.0
18	12-6	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Ellie Siskin		+1.1
19	12-7	YALE	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+0.7
20	13-7	PENN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
21	14-7	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
22	14-8	YALE	PENN	Attack err	Cam Bolane	set Elsa Mcdermott	+0.5
23	14-9	PENN	PENN	Blocked	Ava Poinsett	blk Lauryn Lewis, Ellie Siskin	+0.8
24	15-9	PENN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
25	16-9	YALE	YALE	Kill	Ellie Siskin		+0.8
26	16-10	YALE	PENN	Kill	Lauryn Lewis	set Emery Moore	+0.4
27	17-10	PENN	YALE	Attack err	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+0.5
28	17-11	YALE	PENN	Serve err	Yale		+0.4
29	18-11	PENN	YALE	Serve err	Penn		+0.5
30	19-11	YALE	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Cam Bolane	+0.4
31	19-12	YALE	PENN	Kill	Pilar Kelley	set Nathalie Tsai	+0.2
32	20-12	PENN	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
33	21-12	YALE	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Arya Jue	+0.2
34	21-13	YALE	PENN	Serve err	Yale		+0.1
35	22-13	PENN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
36	22-14	YALE	PENN	Kill	Adell Murray	set Emery Moore	·
37	22-15	PENN	PENN	Kill	Ellie Siskin	set Emery Moore	+0.1
38	23-15	PENN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
39	24-15	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
40	24-16	YALE	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Elsa Mcdermott	·
41	24-17	PENN	PENN	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow		·
42	25-17	PENN	YALE	Serve err	Penn		·
Set 3
1	0-1	YALE	PENN	Kill	Ellie Siskin	set Emery Moore	+0.8
2	1-1	PENN	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
3	2-1	YALE	YALE×3	Blocked	Jenna Garner	blk Cam Bolane	+1.1
4	3-1	YALE	YALE×3	Attack err	Zada Sanger		+1.0
5	3-2	YALE	PENN	Attack err	Ava Poinsett	set Elsa Mcdermott	+0.8
6	3-3	PENN	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger	set Emery Moore	+1.1
7	4-3	PENN	YALE	Serve err	Penn		+0.8
8	5-3	YALE	YALE	Blocked	Zada Sanger	blk Cam Bolane, Kalyssa Taggart	+1.1
9	5-4	YALE	PENN	Kill	Zada Sanger		+0.8
10	6-4	PENN	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
11	6-5	YALE	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Nathalie Tsai	+0.8
12	6-6	PENN	PENN	Attack err	Cam Bolane		+1.2
13	7-6	PENN	YALE	Blocked	Jenna Garner	blk Cam Bolane, Kalyssa Taggart	+0.9
14	7-7	YALE	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Nathalie Tsai	+0.9
15	8-7	PENN	YALE	Attack err	Ellie Siskin	set Emery Moore	+0.9
16	8-8	YALE	PENN	Kill	Jenna Garner	set Emery Moore	+0.9
17	9-8	PENN	YALE×13	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.9
18	10-8	YALE	YALE×13	Ace	Yale	aced Zada Sanger	+1.2
19	11-8	YALE	YALE×13	Attack err	Zada Sanger		+1.1
20	12-8	YALE	YALE×13	Attack err	Zada Sanger		+1.0
21	13-8	YALE	YALE×13	Blocked	Adell Murray	blk Laurece Abraham	+0.8
22	14-8	YALE	YALE×13	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.6
23	15-8	YALE	YALE×13	Kill	Adell Murray		+0.5
24	16-8	YALE	YALE×13	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Yuri Park	+0.3
25	17-8	YALE	YALE×13	Kill	Ava Poinsett		+0.2
26	18-8	YALE	YALE×13	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Jenna Garner	+0.1
27	19-8	YALE	YALE×13	Blocked	Skylar Greene	blk Betsy Goodenow, Laurece Abraham	+0.1
28	20-8	YALE	YALE×13	Kill	Betsy Goodenow		·
29	21-8	YALE	YALE×13	Ace	Yale	aced Skylar Greene	·
30	21-9	YALE	PENN	Serve err	Yale		·
31	21-10	PENN	PENN	Blocked	Laurece Abraham	blk Lauryn Lewis	·
32	22-10	PENN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
33	22-11	YALE	PENN	Kill	Bella Rittenberg	set Emery Moore	·
34	23-11	PENN	YALE	Serve err	Penn		·
35	24-11	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Skylar Greene		·
36	24-12	YALE	PENN	Kill	Skylar Greene	set Jenna Garner	·
37	25-12	PENN	YALE	Serve err	Penn		·

Score shown after each rally, Yale 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).

Yale def. Penn 3–0

Ava Poinsett needed just 3 sets for 16 kills. Yale swept Penn.