Central Mich. vs Auburn Volleyball: Auburn Wins 3-0 (Sep 12)

FinalSat, Sep 12, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Auburn beat Central Mich. 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-11) on Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at a neutral site. Auburn's Belle Patrick led with 18 kills, and Emily Keiran added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 12

Set	1	2	3	Sets
C MICH	19	19	11	0
AUBURN	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Auburn above 50 · Central Mich. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Auburn stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

C MICH 0.1%99.9% AUBURN

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.1%

Auburn wins

3-0

89.6%

3-1

9.7%

3-2

0.7%

C MICH break %: 31.8% vs this opp
AUBURN break %: 56.2% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Central Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Taylor CripeOH	3	9	9	31	.000	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.5	9.5
9Alexis CarperOH	3	7	6	21	.048	0	1	0	5	0	2	1	9
6Brenna StorzMB	3	2	3	10	-.100	1	0	2	1	0	3	1.5	3.5
13Lilly MullholandMB	3	1	0	10	.100	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
14Brytn LyonS	3	0	0	1	.000	8	1	0	3	0	0	0	1
22Meisha SykesMB	3	0	4	6	-.667	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	0.5
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	3	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
2Audrey HackneyS	3	0	0	2	.000	11	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
10Ceci BustamanteL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
Team totals		23	22	90	.011	21	2	3	32	2	10	5	49

Auburnhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Belle PatrickOH	3	18	4	36	.389	0	0	3	6	0	0	1	0.5	18.5
11Kate MansfieldMB	3	12	3	22	.409	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	14
17Grace HavlicekMB	3	8	0	10	.800	0	0	3	4	0	0	2	1	9
6Anastasija IvkovicOH	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
9Symone SimsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
13Carson EickenloffS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
99Greer ChamblessOH	3	3	3	12	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
14Emily KeiranL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	4	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	1
22Macy McAmisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
23Shanelle PuetzS	3	0	0	2	.000	16	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	10	89	.393	37	2	11	39	2	1	8	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 C MICH · AUBURN 6

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 4 C MICHAUBURN 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 C MICHAUBURN 5

Set 3

11-25

Longest run 3 C MICHAUBURN 6

Bars above the line = Auburn leads, below = Central Mich. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Central Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	14%1/7
2	33%6/18	0%0/7
3	36%5/14	45%5/11
4	45%5/11	29%2/7
5	63%5/8	62%8/13
6	44%4/9	17%1/6
All	44%32/73	33%17/51

Auburn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	88%7/8	64%9/14
2	78%7/9	36%4/11
3	60%6/10	71%15/21
4	50%5/10	55%6/11
5	50%5/10	50%5/10
6	100%4/4	33%2/6
All	67%34/51	56%41/73

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

#	C MICH-AUBURN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Carson Eickenloff
2	0-2	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Meisha Sykes
3	1-2	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Ceci Bustamante
4	1-3	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Carson Eickenloff
5	1-4	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz
6	1-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Symone Sims
7	2-5	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
8	2-6	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz
9	3-6	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
10	4-6	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Belle Patrick
11	4-7	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Shanelle Puetz
12	4-8	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Brenna Storz
13	4-9	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz
14	5-9	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
15	5-10	C MICH	AUBURN	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
16	6-10	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney
17	6-11	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff
18	7-11	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
19	7-12	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff
20	8-12	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
21	8-13	C MICH	AUBURN×4	Kill	Emily Keiran	set Carson Eickenloff
22	8-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Attack err	Alexis Carper
23	8-15	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz
24	8-16	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz
25	9-16	AUBURN	C MICH×4	Serve err	Auburn
26	10-16	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Belle Patrick
27	11-16	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Belle Patrick
28	12-16	C MICH	C MICH×4	Blocked	Kate Mansfield	blk Brenna Storz, Alexis Carper
29	12-17	C MICH	AUBURN	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
30	12-18	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Alexis Carper
31	13-18	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
32	13-19	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Emily Keiran
33	14-19	AUBURN	C MICH×3	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
34	15-19	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe
35	16-19	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Greer Chambless
36	16-20	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Shanelle Puetz
37	17-20	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
38	17-21	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Carson Eickenloff
39	17-22	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Auburn	aced Taylor Cripe
40	17-23	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Grace Havlicek, Anastasija Ivkovic
41	18-23	AUBURN	C MICH	Blocked	Belle Patrick	blk Karla Sanchez George, Meisha Sykes
42	18-24	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Carson Eickenloff
43	19-24	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
44	19-25	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff
Set 2
1	1-0	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
2	1-1	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff
3	1-2	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff
4	1-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Alexis Carper	blk Kate Mansfield, Anastasija Ivkovic
5	2-3	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
6	2-4	C MICH	AUBURN×4	Serve err	Central Mich.
7	2-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz
8	2-6	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran
9	2-7	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz
10	3-7	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
11	3-8	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
12	3-9	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Kate Mansfield
13	3-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Kate Mansfield
14	4-10	AUBURN	C MICH×4	Blocked	Greer Chambless	blk Karla Sanchez George, Brenna Storz
15	5-10	C MICH	C MICH×4	Ace	Central Mich.
16	6-10	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Kate Mansfield
17	7-10	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
18	7-11	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz
19	7-12	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz
20	8-12	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
21	8-13	C MICH	AUBURN	Serve err	Central Mich.
22	9-13	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
23	9-14	C MICH	AUBURN×5	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff
24	9-15	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Attack err	Meisha Sykes
25	9-16	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff
26	9-17	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Grace Havlicek
27	9-18	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Belle Patrick
28	10-18	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
29	10-19	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Brytn Lyon
30	11-19	AUBURN	C MICH×3	Serve err	Auburn
31	12-19	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brenna Storz
32	13-19	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
33	13-20	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff
34	13-21	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran
35	13-22	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper
36	14-22	AUBURN	C MICH	Bad set	Kate Mansfield
37	15-22	C MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Kate Mansfield	blk Brenna Storz, Alexis Carper
38	15-23	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz
39	16-23	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
40	17-23	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
41	17-24	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz
42	18-24	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
43	19-24	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe
44	19-25	C MICH	AUBURN	Bad set	Alexis Carper
Set 3
1	1-0	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Emily Keiran
2	1-1	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff
3	1-2	AUBURN	AUBURN	Blocked	Meisha Sykes	blk Kate Mansfield, Belle Patrick
4	2-2	AUBURN	C MICH	Bad set	Carson Eickenloff
5	2-3	C MICH	AUBURN	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
6	3-3	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
7	3-4	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz
8	3-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Bad set	Brytn Lyon
9	3-6	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
10	4-6	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
11	4-7	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz
12	4-8	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Brenna Storz
13	4-9	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper
14	5-9	AUBURN	C MICH×3	Bad set	Shanelle Puetz
15	6-9	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Greer Chambless	blk Taylor Cripe, Karla Sanchez George
16	7-9	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
17	7-10	C MICH	AUBURN×3	Bad set	Karla Sanchez George
18	7-11	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
19	7-12	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Alexis Carper
20	8-12	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney
21	8-13	C MICH	AUBURN×4	Serve err	Central Mich.
22	8-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Anastasija Ivkovic, Grace Havlicek
23	8-15	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick
24	8-16	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran
25	9-16	AUBURN	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
26	9-17	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff
27	10-17	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
28	10-18	C MICH	AUBURN×6	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff
29	10-19	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Brytn Lyon
30	10-20	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
31	10-21	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Attack err	Meisha Sykes
32	10-22	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Ace	Auburn
33	10-23	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Attack err	Alexis Carper
34	11-23	AUBURN	C MICH	Serve err	Auburn
35	11-24	C MICH	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz
36	11-25	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield

Score shown after each rally, Central Mich. first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Auburn def. Central Mich. 3–0