Austin Peay vs Eastern Ky. Volleyball: Eastern Ky. Wins 3-0

FinalTue, Oct 6, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Eastern Ky. 93.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 6, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Eastern Ky. beat visiting Austin Peay 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-20) on Tue, Oct 6, 2026. Addison Burke led Eastern Ky. with 12 kills; Austin Peay's Taly Cloyd had a match-high 13.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 6

Set	1	2	3	Sets
A PEAY	23	16	20	0
E KY	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Addison Burke hit .417 with 12 kills as Eastern Ky. rolled past Austin Peay.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.7 points. Austin Peay peaked at 11% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Eastern Ky. at 93%.

Austin PeayEastern Ky.

Break %+14.6 pts
30.044.6
33 of 74 on serve vs 18 of 60, so Austin Peay's sideout was 55.4%.
Hitting+.112
.237.349
47 kills, 10 errors vs 38 kills, 15 errors.

Eastern Ky. above 50Austin Peay belowMax swing 2.7%

Austin PeayEastern Ky.

Aces: Austin Peay 3·Eastern Ky. 6
Serve err: Austin Peay 6·Eastern Ky. 8
Blocks: Austin Peay 5·Eastern Ky. 92 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 16 BA
Digs: Austin Peay 39·Eastern Ky. 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Eastern Ky. above 50 · Austin Peay below

Biggest swing: 2.7% to Austin Peay — set 1, A PEAY 21-20 E KY. Kill by Taly Cloyd (set by Brooklynn Merrell). E KY win probability 91% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

A PEAY 3.8%96.2% E KY

Austin Peay wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

1.0%

3-2

2.4%

Eastern Ky. wins

3-0

59.1%

3-1

28.5%

3-2

8.6%

A PEAY break %: 35.7% vs this opp
E KY break %: 49.1% 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
Taly CloydKill+2.7%
Kill by Taly Cloyd (set by Brooklynn Merrell)
Set 1 · A PEAY 21-20 E KY · A PEAY 9% → 11%
02
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+2.5%
Point Eastern Ky. (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 1 · A PEAY 21-22 E KY · E KY 91% → 93%
03
Addison BurkeKill+2.4%
Kill by Addison Burke (set by Cooper Abney)
Set 1 · A PEAY 22-24 E KY · E KY 93% → 96%
04
Addison BurkeKill+2.2%
Kill by Addison Burke (set by Emilee Hill)
Set 1 · A PEAY 22-23 E KY · E KY 91% → 93%
05
Addison BurkeKill+2.1%
Kill by Addison Burke (set by Cooper Abney)
Set 1 · A PEAY 23-25 E KY · E KY 95% → 97%
06
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+2.0%
Point Austin Peay (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 1 · A PEAY 20-20 E KY · A PEAY 7% → 9%
07
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+1.9%
Point Austin Peay (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 1 · A PEAY 22-22 E KY · A PEAY 7% → 9%
08
Emma ClosurdoKill+1.8%
Kill by Emma Closurdo (set by Emilee Hill)
Set 1 · A PEAY 21-21 E KY · E KY 89% → 91%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Austin Peayaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Taly CloydOPP	3	13	2	25	.440	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13
1Cree HollierOH	3	7	6	25	.040	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0.5	7.5
11Nicole OkojieMB	3	6	1	9	.556	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
3Lauren WallaceOH	3	5	5	16	.000	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	6
17Alison CoyOPP	3	2	0	10	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
5Brooklynn MerrellL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	21	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
7Malena BenzMB	3	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	7.5
4Reagan AndersonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	2
2Callie GardnerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
12Sarah ButlerS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	15	97	.237	37	3	6	39	6	2	6	5	59

Eastern Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Emilee HillS	3	9	1	17	.471	19	2	2	12	0	0	5	2.5	13.5
21Addison BurkeOH	3	12	2	24	.417	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	12
13Alexis BullMB	3	6	1	12	.417	1	2	0	0	0	1	4	3	11
22Emma ClosurdoOH	3	8	4	26	.154	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
11Audrey HudsonOH	3	7	1	18	.333	0	2	1	4	2	0	0	0	9
12Caitlyn FleesMB	3	4	1	7	.429	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	2	6
6Cassidy TrahanDS	3	1	0	2	.500	3	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	1
10Cooper AbneyS	3	0	0	0	–	20	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	10	106	.349	44	6	8	39	3	1	16	9	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.

Austin Peay vs Eastern Ky.

Season series · Eastern Ky. leads 1-0

Tue, Oct 6, 2026Austin Peay at Eastern Ky. · Eastern Ky. won 3-0This match
Tue, Nov 3, 2026Eastern Ky. at Austin PeayPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 A PEAY · E KY 4

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 3 A PEAYE KY 3

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 4 A PEAYE KY 4

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 4 A PEAYE KY 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Austin Peay

No clean sets to split.

Eastern Ky.

No clean sets to split.

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 (0 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

134 rallies

#	A PEAY-E KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.7
2	1-1	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Addison Burke	+0.6
3	2-1	E KY	A PEAY×3	Kill	Nicole Okojie		+0.7
4	3-1		A PEAY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.0
5	4-1	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+1.2
6	4-2		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.7
7	4-3	E KY	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees		+1.0
8	5-3	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Alison Coy	set Reagan Anderson	+0.9
9	5-4	A PEAY	E KY	Blocked	Cree Hollier	blk Caitlyn Flees, Emma Closurdo	+0.7
10	6-4	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Malena Benz	set Sarah Butler	+0.9
11–15	8-7		A PEAY 2 · E KY 3	NCAA feed gap5 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.8
16	8-8	A PEAY	E KY	Ace	Austin Peay	aced Cree Hollier	+0.8
17	9-8	E KY	A PEAY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+0.9
18	9-9		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.8
19	9-10	E KY	E KY×3	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+1.0
20	9-11	E KY	E KY×3	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Callie Gardner	+0.9
21	10-11	E KY	A PEAY×3	Kill	Taly Cloyd		+0.7
22	11-11	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Ace	Austin Peay	aced Audrey Hudson	+1.1
23	12-11	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Kill	Nicole Okojie		+1.4
24	12-12	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo		+0.9
25	13-12		A PEAY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.1
26	13-13	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Emilee Hill	+1.0
27	14-13	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Malena Benz	set Callie Gardner	+1.2
28	15-13	A PEAY	A PEAY	Kill	Malena Benz		+1.7
29	15-14	A PEAY	E KY×3	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+1.1
30	15-15	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Lauren Wallace		+1.5
31	15-16	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	+1.4
32	16-16	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Sarah Butler	+1.1
33	16-17	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+1.1
34	17-17	E KY	A PEAY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+1.2
35	17-18		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.2
36	17-19	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Taly Cloyd		+1.4
37	18-19	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Nicole Okojie	set Brooklynn Merrell	+1.0
38–40	20-20		A PEAY 2 · E KY	NCAA feed gap3 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.0
41	21-20	A PEAY	A PEAY×3	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+2.7
42	21-21	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+1.8
43–44	22-22		A PEAY · E KY	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.6
45	22-23	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+2.2
46	22-24	E KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney	+2.4
47	23-24	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier	set Sarah Butler	+1.0
48	23-25	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney	+2.1
Set 2
1	0-1	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.3
2	1-1	E KY	A PEAY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+0.4
3	1-2	A PEAY	E KY	Serve err	Austin Peay		+0.3
4	2-2	E KY	A PEAY×4	Kill	Nicole Okojie		+0.4
5	3-2		A PEAY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.6
6	4-2	A PEAY	A PEAY×4	Ace	Austin Peay	aced Audrey Hudson	+0.7
7	5-2	A PEAY	A PEAY×4	Kill	Cree Hollier	set Reagan Anderson	+0.8
8	5-3	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.5
9	5-4	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+0.7
10	6-4	E KY	A PEAY	Attack err	Emilee Hill		+0.6
11–12	7-5		A PEAY · E KY	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
13	7-6	A PEAY	E KY×4	Serve err	Austin Peay		+0.5
14	7-7	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Emilee Hill		+0.7
15	7-8	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Cassidy Trahan	set Sarah Butler	+0.6
16–17	8-9		A PEAY · E KY	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
18	8-10	A PEAY	E KY×3	Kill	Audrey Hudson		+0.4
19	8-11		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.5
20	8-12	E KY	E KY×3	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Cree Hollier	+0.4
21	9-12	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Sarah Butler	+0.3
22	10-12	A PEAY	A PEAY	Kill	Lauren Wallace	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.5
23	10-13	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Emilee Hill	+0.4
24	10-14	E KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull		+0.4
25	11-14		A PEAY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.3
26	12-14	A PEAY	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.5
27	12-15	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	+0.4
28	12-16	E KY	E KY	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Callie Gardner	+0.4
29	13-16	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd		+0.3
30	13-17	A PEAY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke		+0.3
31	13-18	E KY	E KY×3	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+0.3
32	13-19	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.2
33	14-19	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.1
34	14-20	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke		+0.1
35	14-21	E KY	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+0.1
36	15-21	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Malena Benz	set Sarah Butler	·
37	15-22	A PEAY	E KY	Attack err	Cree Hollier		+0.1
38	15-23		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			·
39	16-23	E KY	A PEAY	Attack err	Alexis Bull		·
40	16-24	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull		·
41	16-25	E KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Emilee Hill	·
Set 3
1	0-1	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.2
2	1-1	E KY	A PEAY	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+0.2
3	2-1	A PEAY	A PEAY	Ace	Austin Peay	aced Cassidy Trahan	+0.3
4	2-2		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.2
5	2-3	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Cree Hollier		+0.2
6	2-4		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.2
7	3-4	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.2
8	3-5	A PEAY	E KY×3	Serve err	Austin Peay		+0.1
9	3-6	E KY	E KY×3	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Lauren Wallace	+0.2
10	3-7	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke	set Alexis Bull	+0.1
11	4-7	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Alison Coy	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.1
12–14	5-9		A PEAY · E KY 2	NCAA feed gap3 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
15	6-9	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier	set Sarah Butler	+0.1
16	6-10	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney	+0.1
17	7-10		A PEAY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
18	7-11	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson		+0.1
19	8-11	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier		+0.1
20	8-12		E KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
21	8-13	E KY	E KY	Blocked	Nicole Okojie	blk Alexis Bull	+0.1
22	9-13	E KY	A PEAY×4	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.1
23	10-13	A PEAY	A PEAY×4	Kill	Nicole Okojie	set Brooklynn Merrell	+0.2
24	11-13	A PEAY	A PEAY×4	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+0.2
25	12-13		A PEAY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.3
26	12-14	A PEAY	E KY	Attack err	Taly Cloyd		+0.2
27	12-15	E KY	E KY	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Callie Gardner	+0.2
28	13-15	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd	set Reagan Anderson	+0.2
29	13-16	A PEAY	E KY	Blocked	Cree Hollier	blk Emma Closurdo, Alexis Bull	+0.2
30	14-16	E KY	A PEAY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+0.2
31	14-17	A PEAY	E KY	Serve err	Austin Peay		+0.2
32	15-17	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Cree Hollier		+0.2
33–35	16-19		A PEAY · E KY 2	NCAA feed gap3 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.3
36	16-20	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.1
37–38	17-21		A PEAY · E KY	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
39	17-22	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill		+0.1
40	18-22		A PEAY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			·
41	18-23	A PEAY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill		+0.1
42	19-23	E KY	A PEAY	Kill	Taly Cloyd		·
43	20-23	A PEAY	A PEAY	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+0.1
44	20-24	A PEAY	E KY	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+0.1
45	20-25	E KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	·

Score shown after each rally, Austin Peay 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).

Eastern Ky. def. Austin Peay 3–0

Addison Burke hit .417 with 12 kills as Eastern Ky. rolled past Austin Peay.