Oregon vs Western Ky. Volleyball: Oregon Wins 3-0 (Aug 28)

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Oregon beat Western Ky. 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-23) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at a neutral site. Oregon's Dalia Vîrlan led with 8 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
OREGN	25	25	25	3
W KY	23	20	23	0

Win probability

Western Ky. above 50 · Oregon below

Biggest swing: 4.5% to Oregon — set 1, OREGN 23-21 W KY. Kill by Dalia Vîrlan. W KY win probability 20% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

OREGN 79.2%20.8% W KY

Oregon wins

3-0

30.8%

3-1

30.0%

3-2

18.5%

Western Ky. wins

3-0

3.4%

3-1

6.9%

3-2

10.4%

OREGN break %: 43.8% vs this opp
W KY 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
Dalia VîrlanKill+4.5%
Kill by Dalia Vîrlan
Set 1 · OREGN 23-21 W KY · OREGN 80% → 85%
02
Eliza McKnight&Sonja LaaksonenBlock+4.4%
Marlee Arrington stuffed by Eliza McKnight & Sonja Laaksonen
Set 1 · OREGN 21-21 W KY · W KY 19% → 23%
03
Alanah ClementeKill+4.4%
Kill by Alanah Clemente (set by Marina Crownover)
Set 1 · OREGN 25-23 W KY · OREGN 84% → 89%
04
Marlee ArringtonKill+3.7%
Kill by Marlee Arrington (set by Kamden Mitchell)
Set 1 · OREGN 19-18 W KY · OREGN 76% → 80%
05
Dalia VîrlanKill+3.6%
Kill by Dalia Vîrlan (set by Kamden Mitchell)
Set 1 · OREGN 21-19 W KY · OREGN 80% → 84%
06
Alivia Skidmore&Faith YoungBlock+3.6%
Alanah Clemente stuffed by Alivia Skidmore & Faith Young
Set 1 · OREGN 16-17 W KY · W KY 22% → 26%
07
Western Ky.Service error+3.5%
Western Ky. service error
Set 1 · OREGN 24-22 W KY · OREGN 83% → 86%
08
Western Ky.Service error+3.4%
Western Ky. service error
Set 1 · OREGN 22-21 W KY · OREGN 77% → 80%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Oregonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Dalia VîrlanMB	3	8	1	12	.583	0	1	4	1	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
8Valentina VauletOH	3	7	2	14	.357	3	0	3	7	3	1	1	1.5	8.5
7Alanah ClementeOPP	3	6	5	15	.067	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	8
14Iva SucurovicMB	3	6	2	8	.500	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
44Marina CrownoverS	3	0	1	2	-.500	15	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
1Maila RibeiroL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
3Sjakkie DonkersOH	3	4	2	11	.182	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
21Marlena GraciaS	3	2	0	3	.667	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2Reese SheppardL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	2	3	7	1	0	0	0	2
11Marlee ArringtonOPP	2	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5Kamden MitchellS	2	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Laura EichertOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Lizzy RobinsonL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	14	69	.304	33	6	17	23	7	2	2	3	75

Western Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	8	3	13	.385	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
20Kate RushS	3	4	0	8	.500	19	3	6	4	0	1	0	1	8
22Faith YoungOH	3	6	1	10	.500	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	7
21Eliza McKnightOH	3	3	0	7	.429	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	2	1	3	7	-.286	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	6	3	14	.214	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	2
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
9Camila AdamsDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
13Kendall MellerOH	2	0	0	4	.000	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
18Aubrey SearsOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	10	65	.277	26	7	23	18	6	4	6	7	66

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 OREGN · W KY 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 4 OREGNW KY 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 4 OREGNW KY 5

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 3 OREGNW KY 4

Bars above the line = Western Ky. leads, below = Oregon leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Oregon

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	46%6/13
2	69%9/13	36%5/14
3	70%7/10	50%7/14
4	58%7/12	30%3/10
5	55%6/11	60%9/15
6	86%6/7	14%1/7
All	65%44/68	42%31/73

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	47%7/15
2	62%8/13	25%3/12
3	70%7/10	33%4/12
4	43%6/14	42%5/12
5	67%6/9	14%1/7
6	60%6/10	40%4/10
All	58%42/73	35%24/68

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

141 rallies

#	OREGN-W KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Maila Ribeiro	+2.0
2	0-2	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Valentina Vaulet	blk Kaira Knox	+2.1
3	1-2	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.3
4	1-3	OREGN	W KY	Attack err	Dalia Vîrlan		+1.5
5	2-3	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.4
6	3-3	OREGN	OREGN	Attack err	Sonja Laaksonen		+2.0
7	3-4	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.5
8	4-4	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.4
9	4-5	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.5
10	5-5	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Alanah Clemente	set Marina Crownover	+1.4
11	5-6	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.6
12	6-6	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Alanah Clemente	set Marina Crownover	+1.5
13	6-7	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.6
14	7-7	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Iva Sucurovic	set Marlena Gracia	+1.5
15	7-8	OREGN	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.7
16	7-9	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.		+2.6
17	7-10	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Iva Sucurovic		+2.6
18	8-10	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Valentina Vaulet	set Iva Sucurovic	+1.6
19	9-10	OREGN	OREGN	Attack err	Sonja Laaksonen		+2.5
20	9-11	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.9
21	10-11	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Valentina Vaulet	set Marlena Gracia	+1.7
22	11-11	OREGN	OREGN	Attack err	Sonja Laaksonen		+2.6
23	11-12	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.9
24	12-12	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Alanah Clemente	set Marina Crownover	+1.8
25	12-13	OREGN	W KY×3	Serve err	Oregon		+2.0
26	12-14	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Cali Foster	+3.1
27	12-15	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Alanah Clemente	blk Alivia Skidmore	+3.1
28	13-15	W KY	OREGN×4	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.8
29	14-15	OREGN	OREGN×4	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+2.9
30	15-15	OREGN	OREGN×4	Ace	Oregon	aced Cali Foster	+3.1
31	16-15	OREGN	OREGN×4	Kill	Iva Sucurovic	set Marina Crownover	+3.0
32	16-16	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Tayler Baron	+2.1
33	16-17	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Alanah Clemente	blk Alivia Skidmore, Faith Young	+3.6
34	17-17	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Iva Sucurovic	set Marina Crownover	+2.3
35	17-18	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.7
36	18-18	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Valentina Vaulet	set Marina Crownover	+2.5
37	19-18	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Marlee Arrington	set Kamden Mitchell	+3.7
38	19-19	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Tayler Baron	+2.6
39	20-19	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.7
40	21-19	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan	set Kamden Mitchell	+3.6
41	21-20	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.1
42	21-21	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Marlee Arrington	blk Eliza McKnight, Sonja Laaksonen	+4.4
43	22-21	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+3.4
44	23-21	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan		+4.5
45	23-22	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.2
46	24-22	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+3.5
47	24-23	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.9
48	25-23	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Alanah Clemente	set Marina Crownover	+4.4
Set 2
1	0-1	OREGN	W KY	Attack err	Marina Crownover		+1.0
2	1-1	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.0
3	1-2	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.1
4	1-3	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kennedy Cherry	+1.6
5	2-3	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.0
6	2-4	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.2
7	3-4	W KY	OREGN×3	Kill	Alanah Clemente	set Marina Crownover	+1.1
8	4-4	OREGN	OREGN×3	Bad set	Kate Rush		+1.6
9	5-4	OREGN	OREGN×3	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+1.5
10	5-5	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.1
11	6-5	W KY	OREGN×4	Kill	Sjakkie Donkers	set Valentina Vaulet	+1.0
12	7-5	OREGN	OREGN×4	Ace	Oregon		+1.4
13	8-5	OREGN	OREGN×4	Ace	Oregon		+1.2
14	9-5	OREGN	OREGN×4	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Iva Sucurovic	+1.1
15	9-6	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.7
16	10-6	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.7
17	11-6	OREGN	OREGN	Ace	Oregon	aced Cali Foster	+0.9
18	11-7	OREGN	W KY	Attack err	Iva Sucurovic		+0.5
19	11-8	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Valentina Vaulet	+1.0
20	12-8	W KY	OREGN×3	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.8
21	13-8	OREGN	OREGN×3	Ace	Oregon	aced Kennedy Cherry	+0.9
22	14-8	OREGN	OREGN×3	Ace	Oregon	aced Kennedy Cherry	+0.6
23	14-9	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+0.3
24	15-9	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.4
25	15-10	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.3
26	16-10	W KY	OREGN×3	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.4
27	17-10	OREGN	OREGN×3	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan	set Marina Crownover	+0.4
28	18-10	OREGN	OREGN×3	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan	set Marina Crownover	+0.2
29	18-11	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.1
30	19-11	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.1
31	19-12	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.1
32	20-12	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Sjakkie Donkers	set Marina Crownover	+0.1
33	20-13	OREGN	W KY×5	Kill	Kate Rush	set Camila Adams	+0.1
34	20-14	W KY	W KY×5	Attack err	Alanah Clemente		+0.2
35	20-15	W KY	W KY×5	Attack err	Sjakkie Donkers		+0.3
36	20-16	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Kate Rush	set Camila Adams	+0.5
37	20-17	W KY	W KY×5	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Valentina Vaulet	+0.9
38	21-17	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.9
39	21-18	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.6
40	22-18	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Marlee Arrington	set Kamden Mitchell	+0.9
41	23-18	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Valentina Vaulet	set Kamden Mitchell	+0.6
42	23-19	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.2
43	24-19	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.3
44	24-20	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.1
45	25-20	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.2
Set 3
1	1-0	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.5
2	2-0	OREGN	OREGN	Attack err	Faith Young		+0.7
3	2-1	OREGN	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.5
4	2-2	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Valentina Vaulet	+0.7
5	2-3	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.8
6	3-3	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Valentina Vaulet	set Marina Crownover	+0.5
7	3-4	OREGN	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.6
8	3-5	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.		+0.9
9	3-6	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Alanah Clemente		+1.0
10	3-7	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Eliza McKnight	+1.0
11	4-7	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.6
12	4-8	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.7
13	5-8	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.6
14	6-8	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Sjakkie Donkers	set Valentina Vaulet	+0.9
15	6-9	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.7
16	7-9	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Alanah Clemente	set Marina Crownover	+0.6
17	7-10	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.8
18	8-10	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Marlena Gracia	set Sjakkie Donkers	+0.6
19	9-10	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Marlena Gracia	set Valentina Vaulet	+1.0
20	9-11	OREGN	W KY	Blocked	Alanah Clemente	blk Kendall Meller	+0.8
21	9-12	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Reese Sheppard	+1.1
22	10-12	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Iva Sucurovic	set Marlena Gracia	+0.7
23	11-12	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan	set Marlena Gracia	+1.1
24	11-13	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.8
25	12-13	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Valentina Vaulet	set Marlena Gracia	+0.7
26	12-14	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+0.9
27	13-14	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan	set Marina Crownover	+0.8
28	14-14	OREGN	OREGN	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+1.2
29	14-15	OREGN	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.9
30	14-16	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore		+1.4
31	14-17	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Sjakkie Donkers	blk Kate Rush	+1.4
32	14-18	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kennedy Cherry	+1.2
33	15-18	W KY	OREGN×3	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.6
34	16-18	OREGN	OREGN×3	Kill	Iva Sucurovic	set Marina Crownover	+1.1
35	17-18	OREGN	OREGN×3	Kill	Sjakkie Donkers	set Iva Sucurovic	+1.3
36	17-19	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.2
37	18-19	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.9
38	18-20	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.2
39	19-20	W KY	OREGN	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.0
40	20-20	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Valentina Vaulet	set Kate Rush	+1.7
41	20-21	OREGN	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.4
42	20-22	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Valentina Vaulet	blk Faith Young, Kaira Knox	+2.1
43	21-22	W KY	OREGN	Kill	Iva Sucurovic	set Marlena Gracia	+1.1
44	22-22	OREGN	OREGN	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan	set Marlena Gracia	+2.2
45	22-23	OREGN	W KY	Serve err	Oregon		+1.9
46	23-23	W KY	OREGN×3	Kill	Dalia Vîrlan	set Marlena Gracia	+1.7
47	24-23	OREGN	OREGN×3	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Valentina Vaulet	+3.1
48	25-23	OREGN	OREGN×3	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Valentina Vaulet, Dalia Vîrlan	+2.6

Score shown after each rally, Oregon 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).

Oregon def. Western Ky. 3–0