Western Mich. def. Central Mich. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 29)

FinalTue, Sep 29, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Mich. 98.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Sep 29, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Mich. beat visiting Central Mich. 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-18) on Tue, Sep 29, 2026. Western Mich.'s Annalise Patchett led with 16 kills, and Izzy Swiercz added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
C MICH	15	18	18	0
W MICH	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Western Mich. above 50 · Central Mich. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

C MICH 0.8%99.2% W MICH

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.2%

3-2

0.5%

Western Mich. wins

3-0

76.3%

3-1

19.7%

3-2

3.2%

C MICH break %: 32.6% vs this opp
W MICH break %: 51.1% 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.

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	13	7	39	.154	3	0	1	11	1	0	0	13
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	3	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
22Meisha SykesMB	3	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4
6Brenna StorzMB	3	1	1	9	.000	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	2.5
2Audrey HackneyS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Jaliyah CohnesOH	2	1	3	10	-.200	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1
9Alexis CarperOH	3	5	5	23	.000	0	1	1	5	0	1	0.5	6.5
14Brytn LyonS	3	1	0	2	.500	17	1	0	4	0	0	0	2
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	10	2	0	0	0
13Lilly MullholandMB	2	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
8Cheyenne GunnerOH	1	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1Addison SamolinskiL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	21	113	.106	31	2	3	40	3	10	5	51

Western Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Annalise PatchettOH	3	16	2	31	.452	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	1	17
1Izzy SwierczOH	3	9	4	25	.200	2	1	0	14	0	1	0	1	11
11Bri ZimmermanMB	3	8	2	18	.333	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	11
10Gabby WeiheMB	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
4Leah RichmondS	3	2	2	5	.000	42	0	0	10	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Elana EricksonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	10	2	0	0	0	0
21Mia JurkovicOH	3	6	3	15	.200	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	2.5	8.5
19Carley PiercefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		46	14	105	.305	44	3	2	52	2	4	8	8	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.

Central Mich. vs Western Mich.

Season series · Western Mich. leads 1-0

Tue, Sep 29, 2026Central Mich. at Western Mich. · Western Mich. won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026Western Mich. at Central Mich.Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 C MICH · W MICH 9

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 3 C MICHW MICH 8

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 2 C MICHW MICH 9

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 2 C MICHW MICH 6

Bars above the line = Western Mich. 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	50%8/16	45%5/11
2	60%6/10	38%5/13
3	50%6/12	25%2/8
4	38%6/16	25%2/8
5	38%5/13	14%1/7
6	71%5/7	0%0/5
All	49%36/74	29%15/52

Western Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	50%7/14
2	78%7/9	36%4/11
3	67%6/9	50%6/12
4	100%6/6	33%3/9
5	83%5/6	76%16/21
6	63%5/8	29%2/7
All	71%37/52	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

126 rallies

#	C MICH-W MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	W MICH	W MICH×5	Attack err	Jaliyah Cohnes
2	0-2	W MICH	W MICH×5	Blocked	Meisha Sykes	blk Bri Zimmerman
3	0-3	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Audrey Hackney
4	0-4	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
5	0-5	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Izzy Swiercz
6	1-5	W MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Leah Richmond
7	2-5	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Bri Zimmerman
8	2-6	C MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
9	2-7	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
10	2-8	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Izzy Swiercz
11	3-8	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
12	3-9	C MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.
13	4-9	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
14	5-9	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
15	5-10	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
16	6-10	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Taylor Cripe
17	6-11	C MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.
18	7-11	W MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Brenna Storz, Alexis Carper
19	7-12	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond
20	8-12	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
21	9-12	C MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Karla Sanchez George, Meisha Sykes
22	9-13	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
23	9-14	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
24	10-14	W MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Taylor Cripe
25	11-14	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Leah Richmond
26	12-14	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz
27	12-15	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
28	13-15	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Audrey Hackney
29	13-16	C MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe
30	14-16	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
31	14-17	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond
32	15-17	W MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz
33	15-18	C MICH	W MICH×8	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
34	15-19	W MICH	W MICH×8	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
35	15-20	W MICH	W MICH×8	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond
36	15-21	W MICH	W MICH×8	Attack err	Jaliyah Cohnes
37	15-22	W MICH	W MICH×8	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond
38	15-23	W MICH	W MICH×8	Blocked	Cheyenne Gunner	blk Mia Jurkovic
39	15-24	W MICH	W MICH×8	Blocked	Jaliyah Cohnes	blk Izzy Swiercz
40	15-25	W MICH	W MICH×8	Blocked	Cheyenne Gunner	blk Bri Zimmerman, Mia Jurkovic
Set 2
1	0-1	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
2	1-1	W MICH	C MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.
3	1-2	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
4	2-2	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
5	3-2	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Elana Erickson
6	3-3	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
7	4-3	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Brytn Lyon
8	4-4	C MICH	W MICH×9	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond
9	4-5	W MICH	W MICH×9	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
10	4-6	W MICH	W MICH×9	Attack err	Alexis Carper
11	4-7	W MICH	W MICH×9	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Rainey Weidman
12	4-8	W MICH	W MICH×9	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond
13	4-9	W MICH	W MICH×9	Bad set	Brytn Lyon
14	4-10	W MICH	W MICH×9	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Mia Jurkovic
15	4-11	W MICH	W MICH×9	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
16	4-12	W MICH	W MICH×9	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond
17	5-12	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
18	6-12	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz
19	6-13	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond
20	7-13	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
21	7-14	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond
22	8-14	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
23	9-14	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon
24	9-15	C MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.
25	10-15	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
26	11-15	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
27	11-16	C MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
28	11-17	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
29	12-17	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
30	12-18	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond
31	12-19	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
32	13-19	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
33	13-20	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
34	14-20	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
35	14-21	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond
36	15-21	W MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Lilly Mullholand, Brenna Storz
37	15-22	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
38	16-22	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brytn Lyon	set Taylor Cripe
39	17-22	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Elana Erickson
40	17-23	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
41	17-24	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Rainey Weidman
42	18-24	W MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Gabby Weihe
43	18-25	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
Set 3
1	0-1	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
2	1-1	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
3	1-2	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
4	2-2	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
5	2-3	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
6	3-3	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Rainey Weidman
7	3-4	C MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond
8	3-5	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper
9	3-6	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper
10	4-6	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
11	4-7	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond
12	4-8	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond
13	5-8	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Audrey Hackney
14	5-9	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond
15	6-9	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
16	7-9	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
17	7-10	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond
18	8-10	W MICH	C MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.
19	9-10	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Annalise Patchett
20	9-11	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
21	9-12	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond
22	10-12	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Brytn Lyon
23	11-12	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
24	11-13	C MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
25	11-14	W MICH	W MICH×6	Bad set	Brenna Storz
26	11-15	W MICH	W MICH×6	Blocked	Lilly Mullholand	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe
27	11-16	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond
28	11-17	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
29	11-18	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond
30	12-18	W MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Annalise Patchett
31	13-18	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
32	13-19	C MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Alexis Carper
33	14-19	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
34	14-20	C MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
35	15-20	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
36	15-21	C MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper
37	15-22	W MICH	W MICH×3	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Taylor Cripe
38	15-23	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Leah Richmond
39	16-23	W MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Bri Zimmerman
40	17-23	C MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Meisha Sykes, Lilly Mullholand
41	17-24	C MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Bri Zimmerman, Leah Richmond
42	18-24	W MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
43	18-25	C MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond

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).

Western Mich. def. Central Mich. 3–0