Ohio vs Central Mich. Volleyball: Ohio Wins 3-0 (Sep 26)

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

3:0

Ohio won at Central Mich. 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-19) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. Ohio's Emily Waddell led with 10 kills, and Gentry Brown added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
OHIO	25	25	25	3
C MICH	19	20	19	0

Win probability

Central Mich. above 50 · Ohio below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

OHIO 95.5%4.5% C MICH

Ohio wins

3-0

56.9%

3-1

29.3%

3-2

9.4%

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.3%

3-2

2.8%

OHIO break %: 47.8% vs this opp
C MICH break %: 35.0% 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

Ohioaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Emily WaddellMB	3	10	2	19	.421	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	13
7Rose MahinOH	3	8	4	18	.222	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	2	11
23Olivia GardnerMB	3	8	3	14	.357	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	11
3Gentry BrownOH	3	6	3	14	.214	0	3	1	13	2	0	2	1	10
10Rowan KellyS	3	2	0	5	.400	36	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	2
2Kendall HickeyL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
4Torre KildowOH	3	9	2	25	.280	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	10
16Darbi RickettsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	3	1	6	0	0	0	0	3
22Lacy MarxL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
6Caroline CurranL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	14	97	.299	39	8	5	37	5	3	12	9	75

Central Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Brenna StorzMB	3	5	3	12	.167	0	1	3	0	0	3	1	3.5	9.5
5Taylor CripeOH	3	8	4	27	.148	2	0	1	5	5	0	0	0	8
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	3	7	1	15	.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
22Meisha SykesMB	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5
14Brytn LyonS	3	2	1	4	.250	15	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
9Alexis CarperOH	2	1	2	4	-.250	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
3Jaliyah CohnesOH	3	5	2	13	.231	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	0	2	0	11	2	0	0	0	2
1Addison SamolinskiL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
2Audrey HackneyS	3	0	0	2	.000	13	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
10Ceci BustamanteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
8Cheyenne GunnerOH	2	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		32	17	92	.163	31	5	6	33	8	4	6	7	58

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 6 OHIO · C MICH 4

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 6 OHIOC MICH 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 4 OHIOC MICH 3

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 5 OHIOC MICH 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Ohio

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	30%3/10
2	64%7/11	56%9/16
3	75%6/8	68%13/19
4	50%6/12	14%1/7
5	75%6/8	33%3/9
6	100%6/6	50%6/12
All	67%40/60	48%35/73

Central Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	20%2/10
2	27%6/22	47%7/15
3	55%6/11	25%2/8
4	67%6/9	54%7/13
5	50%6/12	14%1/7
6	75%6/8	14%1/7
All	52%38/73	33%20/60

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

133 rallies

#	OHIO-C MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
2	1-1	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
3	2-1	OHIO	OHIO	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Rose Mahin, Olivia Gardner
4	2-2	OHIO	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
5	2-3	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Lacy Marx
6	2-4	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Rose Mahin
7	3-4	C MICH	OHIO	Serve err	Central Mich.
8	4-4	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell
9	4-5	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
10	5-5	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
11	6-5	OHIO	OHIO	Ace	Ohio	aced Alexis Carper
12	6-6	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Brytn Lyon	set Alexis Carper
13	6-7	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Torre Kildow
14	7-7	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
15	7-8	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
16	8-8	C MICH	OHIO×6	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly
17	9-8	OHIO	OHIO×6	Attack err	Alexis Carper
18	10-8	OHIO	OHIO×6	Attack err	Brenna Storz
19	11-8	OHIO	OHIO×6	Ace	Ohio	aced Taylor Cripe
20	12-8	OHIO	OHIO×6	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
21	13-8	OHIO	OHIO×6	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
22	13-9	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
23	14-9	C MICH	OHIO	Blocked	Alexis Carper	blk Olivia Gardner
24	14-10	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Taylor Cripe
25	14-11	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Gentry Brown
26	15-11	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly
27	15-12	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
28	15-13	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
29	16-13	C MICH	OHIO	Serve err	Central Mich.
30	16-14	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Brytn Lyon
31	17-14	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
32	17-15	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
33	18-15	C MICH	OHIO	Serve err	Central Mich.
34	18-16	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
35	19-16	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
36	20-16	OHIO	OHIO	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Gentry Brown, Olivia Gardner
37	20-17	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Brytn Lyon
38	21-17	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Rowan Kelly	set Kendall Hickey
39	22-17	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Darbi Ricketts
40	22-18	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon
41	23-18	C MICH	OHIO	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
42	23-19	OHIO	C MICH	Blocked	Rose Mahin	blk Brenna Storz
43	24-19	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly
44	25-19	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
Set 2
1	1-0	OHIO	OHIO	Attack err	Jaliyah Cohnes
2	1-1	OHIO	C MICH	Serve err	Ohio
3	1-2	C MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Gentry Brown	blk Brenna Storz, Karla Sanchez George
4	2-2	C MICH	OHIO×4	Serve err	Central Mich.
5	3-2	OHIO	OHIO×4	Ace	Ohio	aced Taylor Cripe
6	4-2	OHIO	OHIO×4	Blocked	Brytn Lyon	blk Rose Mahin, Olivia Gardner
7	5-2	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Brytn Lyon
8	5-3	OHIO	C MICH	Serve err	Ohio
9	6-3	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly
10	7-3	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
11	7-4	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
12	8-4	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
13	8-5	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Audrey Hackney
14	9-5	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
15	9-6	OHIO	C MICH	Blocked	Emily Waddell	blk Jaliyah Cohnes, Meisha Sykes
16	9-7	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Rose Mahin
17	10-7	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly
18	10-8	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
19	11-8	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly
20	11-9	OHIO	C MICH	Blocked	Olivia Gardner	blk Brenna Storz
21	11-10	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
22	12-10	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly
23	13-10	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner
24	13-11	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
25	13-12	C MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Olivia Gardner	blk Meisha Sykes
26	14-12	C MICH	OHIO×4	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
27	15-12	OHIO	OHIO×4	Ace	Ohio	aced Rainey Weidman
28	16-12	OHIO	OHIO×4	Ace	Ohio	aced Taylor Cripe
29	17-12	OHIO	OHIO×4	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Emily Waddell, Rose Mahin
30	17-13	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
31	17-14	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Rose Mahin
32	18-14	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
33	18-15	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Audrey Hackney
34	19-15	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
35	19-16	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
36	20-16	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
37	20-17	OHIO	C MICH	Serve err	Ohio
38	21-17	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly
39	21-18	OHIO	C MICH×3	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
40	21-19	C MICH	C MICH×3	Bad set	Rowan Kelly
41	21-20	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
42	22-20	C MICH	OHIO×4	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly
43	23-20	OHIO	OHIO×4	Ace	Ohio	aced Rainey Weidman
44	24-20	OHIO	OHIO×4	Attack err	Addison Samolinski
45	25-20	OHIO	OHIO×4	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Torre Kildow
Set 3
1	1-0	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
2	2-0	OHIO	OHIO	Ace	Ohio	aced Taylor Cripe
3	2-1	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
4	3-1	C MICH	OHIO×5	Serve err	Central Mich.
5	4-1	OHIO	OHIO×5	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Emily Waddell, Gentry Brown
6	5-1	OHIO	OHIO×5	Ace	Ohio	aced Taylor Cripe
7	6-1	OHIO	OHIO×5	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
8	7-1	OHIO	OHIO×5	Blocked	Meisha Sykes	blk Emily Waddell
9	7-2	OHIO	C MICH	Serve err	Ohio
10	8-2	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
11	8-3	OHIO	C MICH×4	Serve err	Ohio
12	8-4	C MICH	C MICH×4	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Gentry Brown
13	8-5	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Gentry Brown
14	8-6	C MICH	C MICH×4	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Gentry Brown
15	9-6	C MICH	OHIO×4	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
16	10-6	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Rowan Kelly	set Darbi Ricketts
17	11-6	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
18	12-6	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
19	12-7	OHIO	C MICH	Blocked	Gentry Brown	blk Brytn Lyon, Meisha Sykes
20	12-8	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.
21	13-8	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
22	13-9	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Brytn Lyon
23	14-9	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly
24	14-10	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Audrey Hackney
25	15-10	C MICH	OHIO	Serve err	Central Mich.
26	15-11	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
27	16-11	C MICH	OHIO×4	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly
28	17-11	OHIO	OHIO×4	Attack err	Meisha Sykes
29	18-11	OHIO	OHIO×4	Attack err	Cheyenne Gunner
30	19-11	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Torre Kildow	set Rowan Kelly
31	19-12	OHIO	C MICH	Attack err	Rose Mahin
32	19-13	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
33	20-13	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
34	20-14	OHIO	C MICH×3	Attack err	Emily Waddell
35	20-15	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Torre Kildow
36	20-16	C MICH	C MICH×3	Bad set	Rowan Kelly
37	21-16	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly
38	21-17	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Brytn Lyon	set Taylor Cripe
39	22-17	C MICH	OHIO	Attack err	Brenna Storz
40	22-18	OHIO	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Brytn Lyon
41	23-18	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly
42	24-18	OHIO	OHIO	Blocked	Jaliyah Cohnes	blk Rose Mahin, Olivia Gardner
43	24-19	OHIO	C MICH	Blocked	Olivia Gardner	blk Brenna Storz
44	25-19	C MICH	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly

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

Ohio def. Central Mich. 3–0