Army West Point def. Kent State 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 4)

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Army West Point beat Kent St. 3-0 (25-12, 25-20, 25-17) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at a neutral site. Army West Point's Marlee Lightsey led with 16 kills.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ARMY	25	25	25	3
KENT	12	20	17	0

Win probability

Kent St. above 50 · Army West Point below

Biggest swing: 3.2% to Army West Point — set 2, ARMY 18-17 KENT. Kill by Juliette Myrick (set by Naomi Chinchar). KENT win probability 19% → 16%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ARMY 68.9%31.1% KENT

Army West Point wins

3-0

22.5%

3-1

26.4%

3-2

19.9%

Kent St. wins

3-0

6.0%

3-1

11.0%

3-2

14.1%

ARMY break %: 46.7% vs this opp
KENT break %: 42.9% 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
Juliette MyrickKill+3.2%
Kill by Juliette Myrick (set by Naomi Chinchar)
Set 2 · ARMY 18-17 KENT · ARMY 81% → 84%
02
Marlee LightseyKill+3.1%
Kill by Marlee Lightsey (set by Juliette Myrick)
Set 2 · ARMY 17-17 KENT · ARMY 78% → 81%
03
Marlee LightseyKill+3.0%
Kill by Marlee Lightsey
Set 2 · ARMY 19-17 KENT · ARMY 84% → 87%
04
Vanessa ImohAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Vanessa Imoh
Set 2 · ARMY 16-17 KENT · ARMY 75% → 78%
05
Breelyn BenderKill+2.6%
Kill by Breelyn Bender (set by Juliette Myrick)
Set 2 · ARMY 20-17 KENT · ARMY 87% → 90%
06
Kennedy JonesAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Kennedy Jones
Set 2 · ARMY 11-14 KENT · KENT 23% → 26%
07
Kent St.Ace+2.4%
Kent St. ace on Marlee Lightsey
Set 2 · ARMY 11-15 KENT · KENT 26% → 28%
08
Breelyn BenderKill+2.4%
Kill by Breelyn Bender (set by Christina Vigil)
Set 2 · ARMY 14-16 KENT · ARMY 73% → 75%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Army West Pointaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
3Juliette MyrickS	3	7	1	13	.462	24	3	0	13	0	0	0	10
28Corrine BlackburnMB	3	8	2	17	.353	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
9Kennedy JonesOH	3	5	4	17	.059	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
22Breelyn BenderMB	3	3	0	9	.333	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
24Janie DeapenOH	3	1	2	12	-.083	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6Kealakai BandyOH	2	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3
21Marlee LightseyOH	3	16	0	28	.571	0	2	1	14	3	1	0.5	18.5
14Hannah HankersonOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	2	3	1	9	0	0	0	4
11Nicole StroudL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	2	2	1	13	0	0	0	2
10Naomi ChincharS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
1Ryan LeclairL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
19Audrey St.ClairL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27Liliana FoxOH	1	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
8Allyson OrthS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	13	112	.295	41	10	4	64	3	2	1	75

Kent St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Mercedez BrownOH	3	7	5	30	.067	1	1	1	9	1	1	0	1	9
8Nadia MillerMB	3	8	1	19	.368	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	1	9
16Adalynn GinleyMB	3	5	1	15	.267	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
4Hailey BrennerDS	3	3	0	13	.231	0	1	0	6	2	0	0	0	4
14Christina VigilS	3	2	1	13	.077	23	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	2
12Catie PattersonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	2	13	1	0	0	0	0
1Maggie KachmarikDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
11Vanessa ImohOH	2	0	2	10	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
6Liliana MechuraMB	1	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
10Macie MorelandOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Ashley VerheyOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	10	109	.165	25	3	6	50	10	2	6	5	49

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 8 ARMY · KENT 7

Set 1

25-12

Longest run 5 ARMYKENT 2

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 6 ARMYKENT 4

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 8 ARMYKENT 7

Bars above the line = Kent St. leads, below = Army West Point leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Army West Point

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	40%6/15	58%7/12
2	86%6/7	65%11/17
3	60%6/10	63%10/16
4	71%5/7	64%9/14
5	100%4/4	43%3/7
6	57%4/7	50%4/8
All	62%31/50	59%44/74

Kent St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%6/12	43%3/7
2	35%6/17	50%6/12
3	30%6/20	25%2/8
4	45%5/11	45%5/11
5	57%4/7	0%0/5
6	43%3/7	43%3/7
All	41%30/74	38%19/50

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

124 rallies

#	ARMY-KENT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ARMY	ARMY	Ace	Army West Point	aced Nadia Miller	+2.0
2	1-1	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+1.7
3	2-1	KENT	ARMY×3	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+1.7
4	3-1	ARMY	ARMY×3	Kill	Kennedy Jones	set Juliette Myrick	+2.0
5	4-1	ARMY	ARMY×3	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+1.8
6	4-2	ARMY	KENT	Attack err	Kennedy Jones		+1.5
7	4-3	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.0
8	5-3	KENT	ARMY×5	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.7
9	6-3	ARMY	ARMY×5	Kill	Hannah Hankerson	set Nicole Stroud	+1.9
10	7-3	ARMY	ARMY×5	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+1.7
11	8-3	ARMY	ARMY×5	Blocked	Vanessa Imoh	blk Breelyn Bender, Marlee Lightsey	+1.5
12	9-3	ARMY	ARMY×5	Kill	Kennedy Jones	set Hannah Hankerson	+1.2
13	9-4	ARMY	KENT	Serve err	Army West Point		+0.9
14	10-4	KENT	ARMY×3	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.0
15	11-4	ARMY	ARMY×3	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+1.0
16	12-4	ARMY	ARMY×3	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Naomi Chinchar	+0.7
17	12-5	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+0.5
18	13-5	KENT	ARMY	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.6
19	13-6	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.4
20	14-6	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Juliette Myrick	set Naomi Chinchar	+0.6
21	14-7	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.4
22	15-7	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Juliette Myrick	set Naomi Chinchar	+0.5
23	15-8	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.4
24	16-8	KENT	ARMY	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+0.5
25	16-9	ARMY	KENT	Blocked	Corrine Blackburn	blk Adalynn Ginley	+0.4
26	17-9	KENT	ARMY×5	Kill	Kennedy Jones	set Juliette Myrick	+0.5
27	18-9	ARMY	ARMY×5	Ace	Army West Point		+0.4
28	19-9	ARMY	ARMY×5	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+0.2
29	20-9	ARMY	ARMY×5	Kill	Kennedy Jones	set Hannah Hankerson	+0.1
30	21-9	ARMY	ARMY×5	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		·
31	21-10	ARMY	KENT	Blocked	Kennedy Jones	blk Mercedez Brown	·
32	21-11	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Kennedy Jones		·
33	22-11	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	·
34	23-11	ARMY	ARMY	Kill	Breelyn Bender	set Allyson Orth	·
35	23-12	ARMY	KENT	Attack err	Nicole Stroud		·
36	24-12	KENT	ARMY	Serve err	Kent St.		·
37	25-12	ARMY	ARMY	Bad set	Christina Vigil		·
Set 2
1	0-1	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Lesley Furuta	+1.8
2	1-1	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Juliette Myrick	+1.4
3	2-1	ARMY	ARMY	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+1.7
4	2-2	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Mercedez Brown	+1.5
5	3-2	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+1.4
6	3-3	ARMY	KENT	Serve err	Army West Point		+1.5
7	3-4	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+2.0
8	4-4	KENT	ARMY	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley		+1.5
9	4-5	ARMY	KENT×3	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+1.6
10	4-6	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.1
11	4-7	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Kent St.	aced Marlee Lightsey	+2.1
12	5-7	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Juliette Myrick	set Naomi Chinchar	+1.5
13	6-7	ARMY	ARMY	Ace	Army West Point	aced Hailey Brenner	+2.0
14	6-8	ARMY	KENT	Blocked	Kealakai Bandy	blk Adalynn Ginley, Vanessa Imoh	+1.8
15	7-8	KENT	ARMY	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.7
16	8-8	ARMY	ARMY	Kill	Kealakai Bandy	set Juliette Myrick	+2.1
17	8-9	ARMY	KENT×4	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.8
18	8-10	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+2.3
19	8-11	KENT	KENT×4	Attack err	Corrine Blackburn		+2.3
20	8-12	KENT	KENT×4	Attack err	Juliette Myrick		+2.2
21	9-12	KENT	ARMY×3	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Naomi Chinchar	+1.5
22	10-12	ARMY	ARMY×3	Kill	Kealakai Bandy	set Juliette Myrick	+2.1
23	11-12	ARMY	ARMY×3	Ace	Army West Point	aced Lesley Furuta	+2.3
24	11-13	ARMY	KENT×3	Kill	Hailey Brenner	set Christina Vigil	+2.1
25	11-14	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Kennedy Jones		+2.6
26	11-15	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Kent St.	aced Marlee Lightsey	+2.4
27	12-15	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Juliette Myrick	+1.6
28	12-16	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.0
29	13-16	KENT	ARMY	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.6
30	14-16	ARMY	ARMY	Kill	Breelyn Bender	set Christina Vigil	+2.4
31	14-17	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+2.4
32	15-17	KENT	ARMY×6	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+2.0
33	16-17	ARMY	ARMY×6	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+2.8
34	17-17	ARMY	ARMY×6	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+3.1
35	18-17	ARMY	ARMY×6	Kill	Juliette Myrick	set Naomi Chinchar	+3.2
36	19-17	ARMY	ARMY×6	Kill	Marlee Lightsey		+3.0
37	20-17	ARMY	ARMY×6	Kill	Breelyn Bender	set Juliette Myrick	+2.6
38	20-18	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.7
39	21-18	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Naomi Chinchar	+2.2
40	22-18	ARMY	ARMY	Ace	Army West Point	aced Mercedez Brown	+1.9
41	22-19	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.0
42	23-19	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Kealakai Bandy	set Juliette Myrick	+1.5
43	24-19	ARMY	ARMY	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Christina Vigil	+0.9
44	24-20	ARMY	KENT	Blocked	Kealakai Bandy	blk Vanessa Imoh, Nadia Miller	+0.2
45	25-20	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Juliette Myrick	set Naomi Chinchar	+0.4
Set 3
1	1-0	ARMY	ARMY	Ace	Army West Point	aced Maggie Kachmarik	+0.9
2	2-0	ARMY	ARMY	Bad set	Christina Vigil		+0.9
3	2-1	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Nicole Stroud	+0.7
4	3-1	KENT	ARMY×8	Kill	Janie Deapen	set Juliette Myrick	+0.7
5	4-1	ARMY	ARMY×8	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Juliette Myrick	+0.9
6	5-1	ARMY	ARMY×8	Ace	Army West Point	aced Hailey Brenner	+0.8
7	6-1	ARMY	ARMY×8	Ace	Army West Point	aced Maggie Kachmarik	+0.7
8	7-1	ARMY	ARMY×8	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+0.6
9	8-1	ARMY	ARMY×8	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Juliette Myrick	+0.5
10	9-1	ARMY	ARMY×8	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Juliette Myrick	+0.4
11	10-1	ARMY	ARMY×8	Ace	Army West Point	aced Christina Vigil	+0.3
12	10-2	ARMY	KENT	Serve err	Army West Point		+0.2
13	11-2	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Juliette Myrick	set Nicole Stroud	+0.2
14	12-2	ARMY	ARMY	Ace	Army West Point	aced Catie Patterson	+0.2
15	12-3	ARMY	KENT×3	Kill	Hailey Brenner	set Christina Vigil	+0.1
16	12-4	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Liliana Mechura		+0.2
17	12-5	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Janie Deapen		+0.3
18	13-5	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+0.3
19	13-6	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura		+0.2
20	14-6	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Naomi Chinchar	+0.3
21	14-7	ARMY	KENT	Serve err	Army West Point		+0.2
22	15-7	KENT	ARMY×3	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+0.3
23	16-7	ARMY	ARMY×3	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Naomi Chinchar	+0.2
24	17-7	ARMY	ARMY×3	Kill	Liliana Fox	set Juliette Myrick	+0.1
25	17-8	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+0.1
26	18-8	KENT	ARMY×3	Kill	Juliette Myrick	set Naomi Chinchar	+0.1
27	19-8	ARMY	ARMY×3	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+0.1
28	20-8	ARMY	ARMY×3	Kill	Corrine Blackburn	set Juliette Myrick	·
29	20-9	ARMY	KENT×7	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	·
30	20-10	KENT	KENT×7	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	·
31	20-11	KENT	KENT×7	Attack err	Liliana Fox		·
32	20-12	KENT	KENT×7	Kill	Hailey Brenner	set Christina Vigil	+0.1
33	20-13	KENT	KENT×7	Blocked	Janie Deapen	blk Nadia Miller, Liliana Mechura	+0.1
34	20-14	KENT	KENT×7	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.2
35	20-15	KENT	KENT×7	Ace	Kent St.	aced Marlee Lightsey	+0.3
36	21-15	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Liliana Fox	set Juliette Myrick	+0.4
37	22-15	ARMY	ARMY	Kill	Kennedy Jones	set Juliette Myrick	+0.2
38	22-16	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.1
39	23-16	KENT	ARMY	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+0.2
40	23-17	ARMY	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Christina Vigil	+0.1
41	24-17	KENT	ARMY	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Juliette Myrick	+0.1
42	25-17	ARMY	ARMY	Kill	Marlee Lightsey	set Naomi Chinchar	·

Score shown after each rally, Army West Point 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).

Army West Point def. Kent St. 3–0