Central Mich. vs Akron Volleyball: Akron Wins 3-0 (Nov 7)

FinalSat, Nov 7, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Akron 98.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 7, 2:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Akron beat visiting Central Mich. 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 26-24) on Sat, Nov 7, 2026. Delaney Gash led Akron with 16 kills; Central Mich.'s Taylor Cripe had a match-high 20.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
C MICH	17	15	24	0
AKRON	25	25	26	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Delaney Gash hit .552 with 16 kills as Akron rolled past Central Mich.

Win probability never moved more than 0.3 points on one rally; Central Mich. topped out at 2% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Akron 98% before first serve.

Central Mich.Akron

Break %+18.3 pts
27.645.9
On serve: 34/74 against 16/58 (Central Mich. sideout 54.1%).
Hitting+.255
.209.464
46 kills, 7 errors vs 36 kills, 17 errors.
Longest run+-2
75
Akron scored 5 straight in the first set to stretch a 12–9 lead to 17–9. The set finished 25–17.

Akron above 50Central Mich. belowMax swing 0.3%

Central Mich.Akron

Aces: Central Mich. 3·Akron 7
Serve err: Central Mich. 6·Akron 10
Blocks: Central Mich. 4·Akron 61 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Central Mich. 26·Akron 34

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Akron above 50 · Central Mich. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

C MICH 1.7%98.3% AKRON

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.4%

3-2

1.1%

Akron wins

3-0

68.7%

3-1

24.2%

3-2

5.3%

C MICH break %: 34.9% vs this opp
AKRON 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	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Taylor CripeOH	3	20	6	35	.400	1	1	2	4	2	0	1	0.5	21.5
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	3	7	1	15	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Teyhlor ThomasMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	5
14Brytn LyonS	3	2	1	5	.200	23	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	3
9Alexis CarperOH	3	2	4	15	-.133	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
6Brenna StorzMB	3	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
13Lilly MullholandMB	3	2	2	11	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	1
1Addison SamolinskiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
10Ceci BustamanteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2Audrey HackneyS	1	0	0	0	–	1	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		36	17	91	.209	31	3	6	26	7	1	6	4	56

Akronhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Delaney GashOH	3	16	0	29	.552	3	1	1	4	1	0	1	0.5	17.5
5Jordyn AeschlimanOH	3	11	2	15	.600	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
22Chidera OzohMB	3	4	2	11	.182	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
16Lyndi WolfMB	3	3	0	3	1.000	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	5
7Reilly ChausseL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	2	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	2
4Clara ChristensenS	3	1	0	1	1.000	25	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
14Lauren WilsonOH	3	6	1	10	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
6Noelle ApratiOH	3	5	2	13	.231	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
1Vanessa Del RealL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	3	9	0	0	0	0	1
3Payton EvansS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
11Taylor DonovanL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8Ruby KlusmanOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	7	84	.464	45	7	10	34	3	1	10	6	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 Akron

Season series · Akron leads 2-0

Fri, Nov 6, 2026Central Mich. at Akron · Akron won 3-0Result →
Sat, Nov 7, 2026Central Mich. at Akron · Akron won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 C MICH · AKRON 5

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 2 C MICHAKRON 5

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 3 C MICHAKRON 4

Set 3

24-26

Longest run 7 C MICHAKRON 5

Bars above the line = Akron 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	56%9/16	33%4/12
2	50%7/14	25%3/12
3	55%6/11	0%0/7
4	46%6/13	14%1/7
5	55%6/11	25%2/8
6	67%6/9	50%6/12
All	54%40/74	28%16/58

Akron

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	82%9/11	53%8/15
2	73%8/11	33%4/12
3	100%7/7	42%5/12
4	86%6/7	54%7/13
5	75%6/8	57%8/14
6	43%6/14	25%2/8
All	72%42/58	46%34/74

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

132 rallies

#	C MICH-AKRON	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
2	1-1	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Karla Sanchez George
3	1-2	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen
4	2-2	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
5	2-3	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Reilly Chausse
6	2-4	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Alexis Carper
7	3-4	AKRON	C MICH	Blocked	Noelle Aprati	blk Brenna Storz, Alexis Carper
8	3-5	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Delaney Gash
9	4-5	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
10	5-5	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Noelle Aprati
11	5-6	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Payton Evans
12	5-7	AKRON	AKRON	Ace	Akron	aced Alexis Carper
13	6-7	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
14	6-8	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen
15	7-8	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
16	7-9	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
17	7-10	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
18	8-10	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
19	8-11	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen
20	8-12	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Vanessa Del Real
21	9-12	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
22	9-13	C MICH	AKRON×5	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Reilly Chausse
23	9-14	AKRON	AKRON×5	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Lyndi Wolf, Lauren Wilson
24	9-15	AKRON	AKRON×5	Attack err	Brytn Lyon
25	9-16	AKRON	AKRON×5	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Payton Evans
26	9-17	AKRON	AKRON×5	Ace	Akron	aced Addison Samolinski
27	10-17	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
28	11-17	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe
29	11-18	C MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Central Mich.
30	11-19	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Chidera Ozoh, Noelle Aprati
31	12-19	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
32	13-19	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Payton Evans
33	13-20	C MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Central Mich.
34	14-20	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
35	14-21	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
36	15-21	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
37	15-22	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
38	16-22	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
39	16-23	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
40	16-24	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Clara Christensen	set Lilly Mullholand
41	17-24	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Rainey Weidman
42	17-25	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
Set 2
1	1-0	AKRON	C MICH	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman
2	1-1	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
3	2-1	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Alexis Carper
4	2-2	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
5	3-2	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
6	3-3	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
7	4-3	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Brytn Lyon	set Taylor Cripe
8	4-4	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Vanessa Del Real
9	5-4	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Ceci Bustamante
10	5-5	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Payton Evans
11	6-5	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
12	6-6	C MICH	AKRON×3	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen
13	6-7	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
14	6-8	AKRON	AKRON×3	Blocked	Lilly Mullholand	blk Chidera Ozoh, Delaney Gash
15	7-8	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
16	7-9	C MICH	AKRON×3	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
17	7-10	AKRON	AKRON×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper
18	7-11	AKRON	AKRON×3	Ace	Akron	aced Taylor Cripe
19	8-11	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
20	8-12	C MICH	AKRON	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Jordyn Aeschliman, Lyndi Wolf
21	9-12	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
22	9-13	C MICH	AKRON×3	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Vanessa Del Real
23	9-14	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Payton Evans
24	9-15	AKRON	AKRON×3	Attack err	Teyhlor Thomas
25	10-15	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
26	10-16	C MICH	AKRON×4	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Payton Evans
27	10-17	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Delaney Gash
28	10-18	AKRON	AKRON×4	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Chidera Ozoh
29	10-19	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Alexis Carper
30	11-19	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
31	11-20	C MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Taylor Cripe
32	12-20	AKRON	C MICH×3	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
33	13-20	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Rainey Weidman	aced Delaney Gash
34	14-20	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Chidera Ozoh
35	14-21	C MICH	AKRON×4	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
36	14-22	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Chidera Ozoh
37	14-23	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Rainey Weidman
38	14-24	AKRON	AKRON×4	Attack err	Alexis Carper
39	15-24	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Rainey Weidman
40	15-25	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
Set 3
1	0-1	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
2	1-1	AKRON	C MICH×3	Kill	Teyhlor Thomas	set Brytn Lyon
3	2-1	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Rainey Weidman
4	3-1	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Brytn Lyon
5	3-2	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
6	3-3	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Payton Evans
7	4-3	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
8	4-4	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Payton Evans
9	5-4	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
10	5-5	C MICH	AKRON×5	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
11	5-6	AKRON	AKRON×5	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Payton Evans
12	5-7	AKRON	AKRON×5	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Delaney Gash
13	5-8	AKRON	AKRON×5	Attack err	Alexis Carper
14	5-9	AKRON	AKRON×5	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Lauren Wilson, Chidera Ozoh
15	6-9	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
16	6-10	C MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Brenna Storz
17	6-11	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
18	7-11	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
19	7-12	C MICH	AKRON×4	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Clara Christensen
20	7-13	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Taylor Cripe
21	7-14	AKRON	AKRON×4	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
22	7-15	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen
23	8-15	AKRON	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
24	9-15	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Chidera Ozoh	blk Teyhlor Thomas
25	10-15	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Taylor Cripe	aced Reilly Chausse
26	10-16	C MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Taylor Cripe
27	10-17	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand
28	11-17	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
29	12-17	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
30	12-18	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Lyndi Wolf
31	12-19	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
32	13-19	AKRON	C MICH	Serve err	Akron
33	13-20	C MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Addison Samolinski
34	14-20	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
35	14-21	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Payton Evans
36	15-21	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
37	15-22	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Payton Evans
38	16-22	AKRON	C MICH×7	Kill	Teyhlor Thomas	set Brytn Lyon
39	17-22	C MICH	C MICH×7	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
40	18-22	C MICH	C MICH×7	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Teyhlor Thomas, Taylor Cripe
41	19-22	C MICH	C MICH×7	Blocked	Lauren Wilson	blk Karla Sanchez George, Teyhlor Thomas
42	20-22	C MICH	C MICH×7	Kill	Taylor Cripe
43	21-22	C MICH	C MICH×7	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
44	22-22	C MICH	C MICH×7	Ace	Brytn Lyon
45	22-23	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
46	23-23	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
47	23-24	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen
48	24-24	AKRON	C MICH	Kill	Teyhlor Thomas	set Delaney Gash
49	24-25	C MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen
50	24-26	AKRON	AKRON	Ace	Akron	aced Rainey Weidman

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).

Akron def. Central Mich. 3–0

Delaney Gash hit .552 with 16 kills as Akron rolled past Central Mich.