Colgate vs American Volleyball: American Wins 3-0 (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: American 86.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

American beat visiting Colgate 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-15) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. American's Salme Hollas led with 15 kills, and Bella Marrero added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:50 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
COLGAT	18	19	15	0
AMER	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Salme Hollas hit .448 with 15 kills as American rolled past Colgate.

Win probability never moved more than 1.7 points on one rally; Colgate topped out at 16% in Set 1. American went in as RallyIQ's 86% pick.

ColgateAmerican

Break %+21.2 pts
30.251.4
38 of 74 on serve vs 16 of 53, so Colgate's sideout was 48.6%.
Hitting+.227
.186.413
48 kills, 10 errors vs 27 kills, 11 errors.
Longest run+1
45
Up 8–6 in the second set, American scored 5 straight to make it 13–6. That set ended 25–19.

American above 50Colgate belowMax swing 1.7%

ColgateAmerican

Aces: Colgate 4·American 8
Serve err: Colgate 7·American 11
Blocks: Colgate 6·American 50 BS · 12 BA vs 2 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Colgate 30·American 42

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

American above 50 · Colgate below

Biggest swing: 1.7% to Colgate — set 1, COLGAT 6-5 AMER. Kill by Tiana Owens (set by Aubrey Anders). AMER win probability 86% → 84%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

COLGAT 14.6%85.4% AMER

Colgate wins

3-0

2.1%

3-1

4.7%

3-2

7.8%

American wins

3-0

37.6%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

16.4%

COLGAT break %: 38.3% vs this opp
AMER break %: 46.3% 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
Tiana OwensKill+1.7%
Kill by Tiana Owens (set by Aubrey Anders)
Set 1 · COLGAT 6-5 AMER · COLGAT 14% → 16%
02
ColgateAce+1.6%
Colgate ace on Salme Hollas
Set 2 · COLGAT 15-15 AMER · COLGAT 7% → 8%
03
Salme HollasKill+1.6%
Kill by Salme Hollas (set by Ava Schabes)
Set 1 · COLGAT 7-8 AMER · AMER 85% → 87%
04
Carly SciborskiKill+1.5%
Kill by Carly Sciborski (set by Deniz Dakak)
Set 2 · COLGAT 15-17 AMER · AMER 93% → 94%
05
AmericanAce+1.4%
American ace on Hannah Langton
Set 1 · COLGAT 4-5 AMER · AMER 86% → 87%
06
Prinzez ZeckKill+1.4%
Kill by Prinzez Zeck (set by Deniz Dakak)
Set 1 · COLGAT 7-9 AMER · AMER 87% → 88%
07
Reagan KniplingKill+1.3%
Kill by Reagan Knipling (set by Morgan Reese)
Set 1 · COLGAT 7-6 AMER · COLGAT 15% → 16%
08
Aubrey Anders&Stella LabrecqueBlock+1.3%
Prinzez Zeck stuffed by Aubrey Anders & Stella Labrecque
Set 2 · COLGAT 14-15 AMER · COLGAT 5% → 7%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Colgateaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
20Tiana OwensOH	3	8	4	28	.143	0	0	1	5	4	2	1	9
23Morgan ReeseOH	3	5	3	22	.091	1	1	0	2	0	1	0.5	6.5
26Stella LabrecqueMB	3	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
4Ava SchabesS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	1	0	9	0	0	0	1
6Aubrey AndersOH	2	4	1	12	.250	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	5
8Julia HeadleyMB	2	2	2	7	.000	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	3
3Reagan KniplingS	3	1	0	1	1.000	7	1	3	2	0	0	0	2
9Charlotte GoldfederOPP	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
2Julia OsterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
12Hannah LangtonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	7	3	0	0	0
14Nina GannonMB	1	3	0	4	.750	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
18Jordyn MooreS	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
10Gabrielle EmchL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Sydney RaszewskiL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	11	86	.186	25	4	7	30	8	12	6	52

Americanhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Salme HollasOH	3	15	2	29	.448	1	0	3	7	1	0	0	0	15
14Elise SterlingMB	3	8	2	17	.353	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	2.5	12.5
20Prinzez ZeckMB	3	7	4	14	.214	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
23Carly SciborskiOPP	3	7	1	13	.462	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
5Deniz DakakS	3	2	0	5	.400	32	0	1	7	0	1	2	2	4
10Alex IoannouL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	3	6	1	0	0	0	2
11Sophie DufourOH	3	8	1	13	.538	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8
3Bella MarreroL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	5	2	2	13	1	0	0	0	3
19Olivia MillerDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
18Zedo YilmazOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4Emma BlankenshipMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	10	92	.413	43	8	11	42	4	2	6	5	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.

Colgate vs American

Season series · American leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Colgate at American · American won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 17, 2026American at Colgate · American won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 COLGAT · AMER 5

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 2 COLGATAMER 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 COLGATAMER 5

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 4 COLGATAMER 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Colgate

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	39%7/18	38%3/8
2	47%7/15	36%4/11
3	47%7/15	13%1/8
4	40%6/15	30%3/10
5	71%5/7	33%3/9
6	100%4/4	29%2/7
All	49%36/74	30%16/53

American

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%7/14	50%6/12
2	100%7/7	61%11/18
3	78%7/9	56%9/16
4	75%6/8	45%5/11
5	55%6/11	50%6/12
6	100%4/4	20%1/5
All	70%37/53	51%38/74

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

127 rallies

#	COLGAT-AMER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Ava Schabes	+1.1
2	1-1	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+1.0
3	2-1	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Stella Labrecque	set Ava Schabes	+1.1
4	2-2	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+1.0
5	3-2	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Morgan Reese	set Ava Schabes	+1.2
6	3-3	COLGAT	AMER	Serve err	Colgate		+1.1
7	4-3	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+1.2
8	4-4	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+1.1
9	4-5	AMER	AMER	Ace	American	aced Hannah Langton	+1.4
10	5-5	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Ava Schabes	+1.1
11	6-5	COLGAT	COLGAT	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Aubrey Anders	+1.7
12	6-6	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+1.2
13	7-6	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Reagan Knipling	set Morgan Reese	+1.3
14	7-7	COLGAT	AMER×4	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+1.2
15	7-8	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Ava Schabes	+1.6
16	7-9	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+1.4
17	7-10	AMER	AMER×4	Ace	American	aced Tiana Owens	+1.2
18	8-10	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.9
19	8-11	COLGAT	AMER×3	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+0.9
20	8-12	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Bella Marrero	+1.1
21	8-13	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Bella Marrero	set Carly Sciborski	+0.8
22	9-13	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.5
23	9-14	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+0.6
24	9-15	AMER	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+0.6
25	10-15	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Aubrey Anders	set Ava Schabes	+0.3
26	11-15	COLGAT	COLGAT	Attack err	Elise Sterling		+0.7
27	11-16	COLGAT	AMER	Blocked	Julia Headley	blk Deniz Dakak	+0.6
28	12-16	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Morgan Reese	set Hannah Langton	+0.5
29	12-17	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Salme Hollas	+0.6
30	13-17	AMER	COLGAT	Attack err	Prinzez Zeck		+0.5
31	13-18	COLGAT	AMER	Serve err	Colgate		+0.6
32	14-18	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Reagan Knipling	+0.5
33	14-19	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.6
34	14-20	AMER	AMER	Attack err	Aubrey Anders		+0.5
35	15-20	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Aubrey Anders	set Ava Schabes	+0.2
36	16-20	COLGAT	COLGAT	Kill	Morgan Reese	set Ava Schabes	+0.5
37	16-21	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Carly Sciborski	+0.6
38	17-21	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.4
39	17-22	COLGAT	AMER×3	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+0.5
40	17-23	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Bella Marrero	+0.3
41	17-24	AMER	AMER×3	Blocked	Morgan Reese	blk Elise Sterling, Deniz Dakak	+0.1
42	18-24	AMER	COLGAT	Attack err	Elise Sterling		·
43	18-25	COLGAT	AMER	Serve err	Colgate		·
Set 2
1	0-1	COLGAT	AMER×4	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.7
2	0-2	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Bella Marrero	+0.8
3	0-3	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+0.7
4	0-4	AMER	AMER×4	Attack err	Tiana Owens		+0.6
5	1-4	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Ava Schabes	+0.4
6	1-5	COLGAT	AMER×3	Serve err	Colgate		+0.5
7	1-6	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Stella Labrecque	+0.5
8	1-7	AMER	AMER×3	Bad set	Ava Schabes		+0.4
9	2-7	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Aubrey Anders	set Ava Schabes	+0.3
10	3-7	COLGAT	COLGAT	Blocked	Salme Hollas	blk Julia Headley, Aubrey Anders	+0.5
11	3-8	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+0.4
12	4-8	AMER	COLGAT×3	Kill	Aubrey Anders	set Ava Schabes	+0.4
13	5-8	COLGAT	COLGAT×3	Ace	Colgate	aced Alex Ioannou	+0.6
14	6-8	COLGAT	COLGAT×3	Kill	Julia Headley		+0.8
15	6-9	COLGAT	AMER×5	Attack err	Morgan Reese		+0.6
16	6-10	AMER	AMER×5	Attack err	Charlotte Goldfeder		+0.7
17	6-11	AMER	AMER×5	Attack err	Morgan Reese		+0.6
18	6-12	AMER	AMER×5	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+0.4
19	6-13	AMER	AMER×5	Kill	Sophie Dufour		+0.3
20	7-13	AMER	COLGAT×4	Kill	Julia Headley	set Reagan Knipling	+0.2
21	8-13	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Blocked	Sophie Dufour	blk Charlotte Goldfeder, Julia Headley	+0.3
22	9-13	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Hannah Langton	+0.5
23	10-13	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Ace	Colgate	aced Bella Marrero	+0.7
24	10-14	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Olivia Miller	+0.6
25	11-14	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.5
26	11-15	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+0.6
27	12-15	AMER	COLGAT×4	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Reagan Knipling	+0.5
28	13-15	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Attack err	Prinzez Zeck		+1.0
29	14-15	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Blocked	Prinzez Zeck	blk Aubrey Anders, Stella Labrecque	+1.3
30	15-15	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Ace	Colgate	aced Salme Hollas	+1.6
31	15-16	COLGAT	AMER×3	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+1.2
32	15-17	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+1.5
33	15-18	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+1.2
34	16-18	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.8
35	16-19	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.9
36	17-19	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Morgan Reese	set Ava Schabes	+0.8
37	17-20	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+1.0
38	17-21	AMER	AMER	Blocked	Tiana Owens	blk Elise Sterling, Deniz Dakak	+0.9
39	18-21	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.5
40	18-22	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+0.7
41	18-23	AMER	AMER	Blocked	Julia Headley	blk Elise Sterling	+0.5
42	19-23	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.1
43	19-24	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+0.3
44	19-25	AMER	AMER	Ace	American	aced Julia Oster	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	AMER	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.4
2	1-1	AMER	COLGAT×4	Serve err	American		+0.3
3	2-1	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Blocked	Carly Sciborski	blk Tiana Owens, Nina Gannon	+0.5
4	3-1	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Kill	Nina Gannon		+0.6
5	4-1	COLGAT	COLGAT×4	Ace	Colgate		+0.6
6	4-2	COLGAT	AMER×4	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.4
7	4-3	AMER	AMER×4	Ace	American	aced Hannah Langton	+0.5
8	4-4	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+0.5
9	4-5	AMER	AMER×4	Ace	American	aced Tiana Owens	+0.5
10	5-5	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Nina Gannon	set Reagan Knipling	+0.4
11	5-6	COLGAT	AMER×4	Serve err	Colgate		+0.4
12	5-7	AMER	AMER×4	Ace	American	aced Tiana Owens	+0.5
13	5-8	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Elise Sterling		+0.4
14	5-9	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Bella Marrero	+0.3
15	6-9	AMER	COLGAT	Blocked	Salme Hollas	blk Tiana Owens, Charlotte Goldfeder	+0.2
16	6-10	COLGAT	AMER×4	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+0.2
17	6-11	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+0.3
18	6-12	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Deniz Dakak	set Bella Marrero	+0.2
19	6-13	AMER	AMER×4	Blocked	Tiana Owens	blk Olivia Miller, Elise Sterling	+0.1
20	7-13	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Tiana Owens	set Hannah Langton	+0.1
21	7-14	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+0.1
22	8-14	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Jordyn Moore	set Ava Schabes	+0.1
23	8-15	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Deniz Dakak	set Olivia Miller	+0.1
24	9-15	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		+0.1
25	9-16	COLGAT	AMER	Serve err	Colgate		+0.1
26	9-17	AMER	AMER	Ace	American	aced Hannah Langton	+0.1
27	10-17	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Morgan Reese	set Reagan Knipling	·
28	10-18	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Reagan Knipling	+0.1
29	10-19	AMER	AMER	Attack err	Tiana Owens		·
30	11-19	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Nina Gannon	set Reagan Knipling	·
31	11-20	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	·
32	11-21	AMER	AMER	Ace	American	aced Tiana Owens	·
33	12-21	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Stella Labrecque	set Reagan Knipling	·
34	12-22	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Alex Ioannou	·
35	12-23	AMER	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	·
36	13-23	AMER	COLGAT	Serve err	American		·
37	13-24	COLGAT	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	·
38	14-24	AMER	COLGAT	Kill	Jordyn Moore	set Ava Schabes	·
39	15-24	COLGAT	COLGAT	Blocked	Prinzez Zeck	blk Nina Gannon, Morgan Reese	·
40	15-25	COLGAT	AMER	Serve err	Colgate		·

Score shown after each rally, Colgate 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).

American def. Colgate 3–0

Salme Hollas hit .448 with 15 kills as American rolled past Colgate.