Eastern Mich. def. Central Mich. 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 3)

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Eastern Mich. 93.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Eastern Mich. beat visiting Central Mich. 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-10) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. AshleeKay Christensen led Eastern Mich. with 9 kills; Central Mich.'s Taylor Cripe had a match-high 10.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
C MICH	20	24	10	0
E MICH	25	26	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Central Mich. hit .026. Eastern Mich. held them there all match.

Win probability never moved more than 3.3 points on one rally; Central Mich. topped out at 11% in Set 1. Eastern Mich. went in as RallyIQ's 93% pick.

Central Mich.Eastern Mich.

Break %+18.4 pts
35.754.1
On serve: 40/74 against 20/56 (Central Mich. sideout 45.9%).
Hitting+.203
.026.229
36 K / 14 E against 28 K / 25 E.
Longest run+0
66
Down 7–11 in the second set, Eastern Mich. scored 6 straight to lead 13–11. Final score of the set: 26–24.

Eastern Mich. above 50Central Mich. belowMax swing 3.3%

Central Mich.Eastern Mich.

Aces: Central Mich. 5·Eastern Mich. 8
Serve err: Central Mich. 5·Eastern Mich. 6
Blocks: Central Mich. 5·Eastern Mich. 101 BS · 8 BA vs 3 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Central Mich. 43·Eastern Mich. 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Eastern Mich. above 50 · Central Mich. below

Biggest swing: 3.3% to Eastern Mich. — set 2, C MICH 24-24 E MICH. Attack error by Teyhlor Thomas. E MICH win probability 91% → 94%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

C MICH 6.8%93.2% E MICH

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

2.0%

3-2

4.0%

Eastern Mich. wins

3-0

50.7%

3-1

30.8%

3-2

11.6%

C MICH break %: 39.0% vs this opp
E MICH break %: 50.4% 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
Teyhlor ThomasAttack error+3.3%
Attack error by Teyhlor Thomas
Set 2 · C MICH 24-24 E MICH · E MICH 91% → 94%
02
Teyhlor ThomasKill+2.8%
Kill by Teyhlor Thomas (set by Audrey Hackney)
Set 2 · C MICH 24-22 E MICH · C MICH 7% → 10%
03
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+2.6%
Point Eastern Mich. (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 2 · C MICH 24-25 E MICH · E MICH 94% → 97%
04
Central Mich.Ace+2.4%
Central Mich. ace on AshleeKay Christensen
Set 2 · C MICH 23-22 E MICH · C MICH 5% → 7%
05
Maddie HermanKill+2.0%
Kill by Maddie Herman
Set 2 · C MICH 24-26 E MICH · E MICH 97% → 99%
06
Haley TroskyAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Haley Trosky
Set 2 · C MICH 22-22 E MICH · C MICH 3% → 5%
07
Teyhlor ThomasKill+1.5%
Kill by Teyhlor Thomas
Set 1 · C MICH 16-16 E MICH · C MICH 7% → 8%
08
Central Mich.Ace+1.4%
Central Mich. ace on AshleeKay Christensen
Set 1 · C MICH 13-12 E MICH · C MICH 8% → 9%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Central Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Taylor CripeOH	3	10	8	36	.056	0	1	1	6	3	0	0	0	11
6Brenna StorzMB	3	4	3	17	.059	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
12Teyhlor ThomasMB	3	3	1	10	.200	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	5.5
9Alexis CarperOH	3	4	3	12	.083	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	5
14Brytn LyonS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	2	1	1	3	.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2Audrey HackneyS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	13	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	2
13Lilly MullholandMB	3	0	3	12	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	15	3	0	0	0	0
3Jaliyah CohnesOH	2	4	4	17	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
8Cheyenne GunnerOH	2	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1Addison SamolinskiL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10Ceci BustamanteL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Meisha SykesMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	25	116	.026	24	5	5	43	8	1	8	5	54

Eastern Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Natalie SlusherOH	3	8	4	20	.200	0	5	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
20AshleeKay ChristensenOH	3	9	4	23	.217	0	0	1	10	3	1	0	1	10
17Taeley MahlerOH	3	5	3	17	.118	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	2.5	7.5
5Maddie HermanMB	3	5	0	11	.455	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
18Azra EriçMB	3	2	1	7	.143	2	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	5
7Kaylin SchroederS	3	0	1	4	-.250	20	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
10Haley TroskyOH	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
16Surabhi SrinivasanDS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	3	0	15	1	0	0	0	3
1Lina GovoniS	3	0	0	1	.000	7	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
9Mia SchaeferL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Lily SparkOH	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
6Madelyn SipeDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	14	96	.229	34	8	6	48	5	3	14	10	76

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 Eastern Mich.

Season series · Eastern Mich. leads 2-0

Tue, Sep 22, 2026Eastern Mich. at Central Mich. · Eastern Mich. won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 3, 2026Central Mich. at Eastern Mich. · Eastern Mich. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 C MICH · E MICH 6

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 C MICHE MICH 4

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 6 C MICHE MICH 6

Set 3

10-25

Longest run 2 C MICHE MICH 5

Bars above the line = Eastern 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	75%3/4	40%2/5
2	29%2/7	40%2/5
3	100%2/2	50%2/4
4	50%2/4	0%0/2
5	67%2/3	33%1/3
6	50%2/4	0%0/2
All	54%13/24	33%7/21

Eastern Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%3/5	50%2/4
2	60%3/5	25%1/4
3	50%2/4	71%5/7
4	100%2/2	0%0/2
5	67%2/3	50%2/4
6	100%2/2	33%1/3
All	67%14/21	46%11/24

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 (1 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

130 rallies

#	C MICH-E MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.5
2	1-1	E MICH	C MICH	Attack err	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.6
3	2-1	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Surabhi Srinivasan	+0.9
4	2-2	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.7
5	2-3	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Brenna Storz		+0.8
6	3-3	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon	+0.7
7	4-3	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brenna Storz	+1.0
8	4-4	C MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.		+0.7
9	5-4	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+0.8
10	5-5	C MICH	E MICH	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Azra Eriç, Haley Trosky	+0.7
11	6-5	E MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Teyhlor Thomas	+0.9
12	6-6	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+0.8
13	7-6	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney	+0.9
14	7-7	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+0.8
15	8-7	E MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney	+0.9
16	9-7	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon	+1.3
17	10-7	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Taeley Mahler		+1.4
18	10-8	C MICH	E MICH	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Maddie Herman, Natalie Slusher	+1.0
19	11-8	E MICH	C MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.2
20	11-9	C MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Taylor Cripe	set Karla Sanchez George	+1.0
21	11-10	E MICH	E MICH×4	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Rainey Weidman	+1.3
22	11-11	E MICH	E MICH×4	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk AshleeKay Christensen	+1.2
23	11-12	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Schroeder	+1.1
24	12-12	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+1.0
25	13-12	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced AshleeKay Christensen	+1.4
26	13-13	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Azra Eriç	+1.0
27	14-13	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+1.2
28	14-14	C MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Mia Schaefer	+1.1
29	14-15	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper		+1.3
30	14-16	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand		+1.1
31	15-16	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Teyhlor Thomas	set Audrey Hackney	+0.9
32	16-16	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Teyhlor Thomas		+1.5
33	16-17	C MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.		+1.2
34	16-18	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand		+1.3
35	17-18	E MICH	C MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.0
36	17-19	C MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.1
37	17-20	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Kaylin Schroeder	+1.1
38	17-21	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.7
39	18-21	E MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Taeley Mahler	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.4
40	18-22	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.6
41	18-23	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.4
42	19-23	E MICH	C MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.1
43	20-23	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Alexis Carper	+0.4
44	20-24	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.5
45	20-25	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Alexis Carper	+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Alexis Carper		+0.5
2	1-1	E MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Audrey Hackney	+0.4
3	2-1	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Kaylin Schroeder	+0.6
4	3-1	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Lilly Mullholand, Teyhlor Thomas	+0.7
5	3-2	C MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney	+0.5
6	3-3	E MICH	E MICH×3	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Taylor Cripe	+0.6
7	3-4	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Jaliyah Cohnes	blk Taeley Mahler, Maddie Herman	+0.5
8	4-4	E MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Kaylin Schroeder	set AshleeKay Christensen	+0.5
9	5-4	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	AshleeKay Christensen		+0.7
10	6-4	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Audrey Hackney	+0.7
11	6-5	C MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.		+0.5
12	7-5	E MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Brenna Storz		+0.6
13	8-5	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	AshleeKay Christensen		+0.9
14	9-5	C MICH	C MICH×4	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Brenna Storz, Jaliyah Cohnes	+0.9
15	10-5	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+0.9
16	10-6	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.6
17	10-7	E MICH	E MICH	Blocked	Jaliyah Cohnes	blk Haley Trosky, Azra Eriç	+0.8
18	11-7	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Brytn Lyon	+0.8
19	11-8	C MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Taylor Cripe	set Rainey Weidman	+0.6
20	11-9	E MICH	E MICH×6	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Lina Govoni	+0.8
21	11-10	E MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Brytn Lyon		+0.8
22	11-11	E MICH	E MICH×6	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+0.8
23	11-12	E MICH	E MICH×6	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+0.7
24	11-13	E MICH	E MICH×6	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Azra Eriç, Haley Trosky	+0.6
25	12-13	E MICH	C MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.5
26	12-14	C MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.		+0.5
27	13-14	E MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+0.6
28	13-15	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+0.5
29	13-16	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand		+0.6
30	14-16	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney	+0.4
31	14-17	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.5
32	15-17	E MICH	C MICH	Blocked	AshleeKay Christensen	blk Lilly Mullholand, Teyhlor Thomas	+0.5
33	15-18	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.5
34	15-19	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Audrey Hackney		+0.5
35	16-19	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney	+0.3
36	16-20	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.4
37	17-20	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney	+0.3
38	17-21	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+0.4
39	18-21	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney	+0.3
40	18-22	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+0.4
41	19-22	E MICH	C MICH×6	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.3
42	20-22	C MICH	C MICH×6	Ace	Central Mich.	aced AshleeKay Christensen	+0.6
43	21-22	C MICH	C MICH×6	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney	+1.0
44	22-22	C MICH	C MICH×6	Attack err	Haley Trosky		+1.7
45	23-22	C MICH	C MICH×6	Ace	Central Mich.	aced AshleeKay Christensen	+2.4
46	24-22	C MICH	C MICH×6	Kill	Teyhlor Thomas	set Audrey Hackney	+2.8
47	24-23	C MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney	+1.3
48	24-24	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Teyhlor Thomas		+3.3
49	24-25		E MICH	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.6
50	24-26	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Maddie Herman		+2.0
Set 3
1	0-1	C MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.2
2	0-2	E MICH	E MICH×5	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Taylor Cripe	+0.2
3	0-3	E MICH	E MICH×5	Blocked	Jaliyah Cohnes	blk Taeley Mahler, Maddie Herman	+0.2
4	0-4	E MICH	E MICH×5	Attack err	Taylor Cripe		+0.1
5	0-5	E MICH	E MICH×5	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Taylor Cripe	+0.1
6	1-5	E MICH	C MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.1
7	2-5	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe		+0.1
8	2-6	C MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Kaylin Schroeder	+0.1
9	2-7		E MICH	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
10	2-8	E MICH	E MICH×5	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Rainey Weidman	+0.1
11	2-9	E MICH	E MICH×5	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Azra Eriç, Taeley Mahler	+0.1
12	2-10	E MICH	E MICH×5	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Azra Eriç	·
13	3-10	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon	·
14	3-11	C MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Kaylin Schroeder	·
15	3-12	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Surabhi Srinivasan	·
16	3-13	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper		·
17	4-13	E MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	·
18	4-14	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	·
19	5-14	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney	·
20	5-15	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Azra Eriç	·
21	6-15	E MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Lilly Mullholand, Teyhlor Thomas	·
22	6-16	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher		·
23	6-17	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Schroeder	·
24	7-17	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Audrey Hackney	·
25	7-18	C MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Kaylin Schroeder	·
26	7-19	E MICH	E MICH×5	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Alexis Carper	·
27	7-20	E MICH	E MICH×5	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Rainey Weidman	·
28	7-21	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Kaylin Schroeder	·
29	7-22	E MICH	E MICH×5	Blocked	Jaliyah Cohnes	blk Taeley Mahler	·
30	8-22	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner		·
31	8-23	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Lily Spark	set Kaylin Schroeder	·
32	9-23	E MICH	C MICH	Ball handling	Surabhi Srinivasan		·
33	9-24	C MICH	E MICH	Kill	Lily Spark	set Kaylin Schroeder	·
34	10-24	E MICH	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Karla Sanchez George	·
35	10-25	C MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Central Mich.		·

Score shown after each rally, Central Mich. 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).

Eastern Mich. def. Central Mich. 3–0

Central Mich. hit .026. Eastern Mich. held them there all match.