Princeton vs Villanova Volleyball: Villanova Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026

0:3

Villanova beat visiting Princeton 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-18) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026. Taylor Lewis led Villanova with 9 kills; Princeton's Ava Harrington had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PRINCE	21	17	18	0
NOVA	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Villanova above 50 · Princeton below

Biggest swing: 3.7% to Villanova — set 1, PRINCE 18-19 NOVA. Ashtyn Sims stuffed by Reagan McGivern & Taylor Lewis. NOVA win probability 77% → 80%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PRINCE 20.3%79.7% NOVA

Princeton wins

3-0

3.3%

3-1

6.7%

3-2

10.2%

Villanova wins

3-0

31.3%

3-1

30.1%

3-2

18.3%

PRINCE break %: 37.4% vs this opp
NOVA break %: 43.6% 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
Reagan McGivern&Taylor LewisBlock+3.7%
Ashtyn Sims stuffed by Reagan McGivern & Taylor Lewis
Set 1 · PRINCE 18-19 NOVA · NOVA 77% → 80%
02
Shelby BurrissAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Shelby Burriss
Set 1 · PRINCE 19-21 NOVA · NOVA 80% → 84%
03
Abby HarrellAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Abby Harrell
Set 1 · PRINCE 17-15 NOVA · PRINCE 25% → 29%
04
Jackie OnyechiAttack error+3.4%
Attack error by Jackie Onyechi
Set 1 · PRINCE 17-17 NOVA · NOVA 73% → 77%
05
Loren WinnAttack error+3.2%
Attack error by Loren Winn
Set 1 · PRINCE 15-14 NOVA · PRINCE 22% → 25%
06
Ava HarringtonKill+2.9%
Kill by Ava Harrington (set by Sydney Draper)
Set 1 · PRINCE 13-12 NOVA · PRINCE 21% → 24%
07
Loren Winn&Campbell McKinnonBlock+2.7%
Shelby Burriss stuffed by Loren Winn & Campbell McKinnon
Set 1 · PRINCE 13-14 NOVA · NOVA 78% → 80%
08
Taylor LewisKill+2.7%
Kill by Taylor Lewis (set by Alyssa Nelson)
Set 1 · PRINCE 19-22 NOVA · NOVA 84% → 87%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Princetonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
24Ava HarringtonMB	3	12	2	24	.417	0	2	3	4	0	0	0	14
3Ashtyn SimsOH	3	5	4	17	.059	0	1	1	8	2	1	0.5	6.5
9Shelby BurrissMB	3	6	4	12	.167	1	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
10Jackie OnyechiMB	3	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
19Sydney DraperS	3	0	1	5	-.200	26	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
13Erin McNairOH	2	1	2	9	-.111	0	1	0	4	1	1	0.5	2.5
1Sydney BoldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	5	1	0	0	2
7Sarah HomOH	2	5	2	14	.214	0	0	1	3	1	1	0.5	5.5
8Natalie SurgesOH	2	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
14Taylor ClarkeOH	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
12Lia SkufcaS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	19	99	.162	31	6	8	32	8	6	3	56

Villanovahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Taylor LewisOH	3	9	2	17	.412	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	10.5
10Abby HarrellOH	3	7	3	17	.235	1	1	1	10	1	1	0	1	9
0Campbell McKinnonMB	3	7	0	14	.500	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	8
7Alyssa NelsonS	3	3	0	3	1.000	21	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	8
44Reagan McGivernMB	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
9Cat YoungOH	3	3	3	17	.000	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	1	5
14Loren WinnOPP	3	6	2	10	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
21Mina DiggsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	1
8Marikate RitterbuschL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
24Selah O'ConnorS	3	0	0	0	–	9	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
25Annika VeurinkMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
20Sophia StalcupOPP	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	11	89	.326	37	8	4	40	6	2	12	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.

Princeton vs Villanova

Season series · Villanova leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 4, 2026Princeton at Villanova · Villanova won 3-2Result →
Sat, Sep 19, 2026Princeton at Villanova · Villanova won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 PRINCE · NOVA 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 PRINCENOVA 3

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 3 PRINCENOVA 6

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 PRINCENOVA 5

Bars above the line = Villanova leads, below = Princeton leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Princeton

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	11%1/9
2	60%6/10	38%5/13
3	67%6/9	45%5/11
4	60%6/10	40%4/10
5	35%6/17	14%1/7
6	50%6/12	25%2/8
All	52%38/73	31%18/58

Villanova

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	60%9/15
2	57%8/14	33%4/12
3	55%6/11	40%4/10
4	75%6/8	33%3/9
5	86%6/7	57%8/14
6	75%6/8	54%7/13
All	69%40/58	48%35/73

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

131 rallies

#	PRINCE-NOVA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
2	1-1	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ashtyn Sims	set Sydney Draper	+1.2
3	2-1	PRINCE	PRINCE	Kill	Ashtyn Sims	set Sydney Draper	+2.0
4	2-2	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.3
5	2-3	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Loren Winn	set Selah O'Connor	+1.8
6	3-3	NOVA	PRINCE×3	Kill	Shelby Burriss	set Sydney Draper	+1.3
7	4-3	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Blocked	Cat Young	blk Erin McNair, Jackie Onyechi	+2.1
8	5-3	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Attack err	Loren Winn		+2.3
9	5-4	PRINCE	NOVA	Serve err	Princeton		+1.4
10	6-4	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+1.6
11	6-5	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Loren Winn	set Selah O'Connor	+1.4
12	6-6	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Erin McNair		+2.2
13	7-6	NOVA	PRINCE	Serve err	Villanova		+1.6
14	7-7	PRINCE	NOVA	Attack err	Ashtyn Sims		+1.5
15	7-8	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova		+2.1
16	8-8	NOVA	PRINCE×3	Blocked	Taylor Lewis	blk Ashtyn Sims, Jackie Onyechi	+1.5
17	9-8	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Ace	Princeton		+2.5
18	10-8	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Ace	Princeton	aced Marikate Ritterbusch	+2.6
19	10-9	PRINCE	NOVA×3	Serve err	Princeton		+1.6
20	10-10	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Shelby Burriss		+2.5
21	10-11	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.4
22	11-11	NOVA	PRINCE	Attack err	Cat Young		+1.7
23	11-12	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.6
24	12-12	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+1.7
25	13-12	PRINCE	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+2.9
26	13-13	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.8
27	13-14	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Shelby Burriss	blk Loren Winn, Campbell McKinnon	+2.7
28	14-14	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Erin McNair	set Sydney Draper	+1.9
29	15-14	PRINCE	PRINCE	Attack err	Loren Winn		+3.2
30	15-15	PRINCE	NOVA	Serve err	Princeton		+2.0
31	16-15	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Jackie Onyechi	set Sydney Draper	+2.3
32	17-15	PRINCE	PRINCE	Attack err	Abby Harrell		+3.6
33	17-16	PRINCE	NOVA	Serve err	Princeton		+2.1
34	17-17	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Jackie Onyechi		+3.4
35	18-17	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+2.6
36	18-18	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Selah O'Connor	+2.4
37	18-19	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Ashtyn Sims	blk Reagan McGivern, Taylor Lewis	+3.7
38	19-19	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Jackie Onyechi	set Sydney Draper	+2.6
39	19-20	PRINCE	NOVA×3	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.7
40	19-21	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Shelby Burriss		+3.6
41	19-22	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.7
42	20-22	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ashtyn Sims	set Sydney Draper	+1.2
43	20-23	PRINCE	NOVA	Blocked	Jackie Onyechi	blk Reagan McGivern, Cat Young	+1.8
44	20-24	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Campbell McKinnon	+1.3
45	21-24	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Shelby Burriss	set Sydney Draper	+0.3
46	21-25	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
Set 2
1	0-1	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Alyssa Nelson	set Sydney Draper	+1.3
2	1-1	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Sarah Hom	set Sydney Draper	+0.9
3	1-2	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.9
4	2-2	NOVA	PRINCE×3	Serve err	Villanova		+1.0
5	3-2	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Ace	Princeton		+1.5
6	4-2	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Ace	Princeton	aced Marikate Ritterbusch	+1.7
7	4-3	PRINCE	NOVA	Attack err	Shelby Burriss		+1.0
8	4-4	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Mina Diggs	+1.5
9	5-4	NOVA	PRINCE×3	Kill	Shelby Burriss	set Sydney Draper	+1.1
10	6-4	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Kill	Shelby Burriss	set Sydney Draper	+1.8
11	7-4	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Ace	Princeton	aced Abby Harrell	+1.8
12	7-5	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Selah O'Connor	+1.1
13	8-5	NOVA	PRINCE	Serve err	Villanova		+1.3
14	8-6	PRINCE	NOVA	Attack err	Ashtyn Sims		+1.1
15	9-6	NOVA	PRINCE	Attack err	Abby Harrell		+1.3
16	9-7	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.1
17	10-7	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+1.4
18	10-8	PRINCE	NOVA×4	Serve err	Princeton		+1.2
19	10-9	NOVA	NOVA×4	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.8
20	10-10	NOVA	NOVA×4	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.8
21	10-11	NOVA	NOVA×4	Blocked	Ava Harrington	blk Cat Young, Campbell McKinnon	+1.8
22	11-11	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Sarah Hom	set Sydney Draper	+1.3
23	12-11	PRINCE	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+2.1
24	12-12	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.3
25	12-13	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Loren Winn		+1.9
26	13-13	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+1.4
27	13-14	PRINCE	NOVA	Serve err	Princeton		+1.3
28	14-14	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Sarah Hom	set Sydney Draper	+1.4
29	14-15	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Loren Winn	set Marikate Ritterbusch	+1.4
30	14-16	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Sydney Draper	blk Reagan McGivern	+1.9
31	15-16	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Shelby Burriss	set Sydney Draper	+1.3
32	15-17	PRINCE	NOVA×6	Attack err	Ashtyn Sims		+1.4
33	15-18	NOVA	NOVA×6	Ace	Villanova	aced Erin McNair	+1.7
34	15-19	NOVA	NOVA×6	Kill	Alyssa Nelson	set Natalie Surges	+1.3
35	15-20	NOVA	NOVA×6	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.8
36	15-21	NOVA	NOVA×6	Ace	Villanova	aced Ashtyn Sims	+0.5
37	15-22	NOVA	NOVA×6	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Mina Diggs	+0.2
38	16-22	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ashtyn Sims	set Sydney Draper	+0.1
39	16-23	PRINCE	NOVA	Blocked	Erin McNair	blk Reagan McGivern, Taylor Lewis	+0.1
40	16-24	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova		·
41	17-24	NOVA	PRINCE	Serve err	Villanova		·
42	17-25	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	·
Set 3
1	1-0	PRINCE	PRINCE	Attack err	Taylor Lewis		+0.8
2	1-1	PRINCE	NOVA×3	Kill	Alyssa Nelson	set Marikate Ritterbusch	+0.5
3	1-2	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Campbell McKinnon		+0.7
4	1-3	NOVA	NOVA×3	Ace	Villanova	aced Ashtyn Sims	+0.7
5	2-3	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+0.5
6	2-4	PRINCE	NOVA	Attack err	Natalie Surges		+0.4
7	2-5	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Selah O'Connor	+0.6
8	3-5	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+0.4
9	3-6	PRINCE	NOVA×3	Kill	Loren Winn	set Selah O'Connor	+0.4
10	3-7	NOVA	NOVA×3	Ace	Villanova	aced Sarah Hom	+0.5
11	3-8	NOVA	NOVA×3	Blocked	Ava Harrington	blk Abby Harrell	+0.4
12	4-8	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	+0.3
13	4-9	PRINCE	NOVA	Serve err	Princeton		+0.3
14	5-9	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Natalie Surges	set Sydney Draper	+0.3
15	5-10	PRINCE	NOVA×5	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Selah O'Connor	+0.3
16	5-11	NOVA	NOVA×5	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
17	5-12	NOVA	NOVA×5	Ace	Villanova	aced Natalie Surges	+0.2
18	5-13	NOVA	NOVA×5	Attack err	Natalie Surges		+0.2
19	5-14	NOVA	NOVA×5	Ace	Villanova	aced Sydney Bold	+0.1
20	6-14	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Jackie Onyechi	set Sydney Draper	·
21	6-15	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.1
22	7-15	NOVA	PRINCE	Attack err	Abby Harrell		·
23	7-16	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.1
24	8-16	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Shelby Burriss	set Sydney Draper	·
25	8-17	PRINCE	NOVA	Serve err	Princeton		+0.1
26	9-17	NOVA	PRINCE	Attack err	Cat Young		·
27	9-18	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Loren Winn	set Selah O'Connor	·
28	10-18	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Sarah Hom		·
29	11-18	PRINCE	PRINCE	Kill	Ashtyn Sims	set Sydney Bold	+0.1
30	11-19	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Selah O'Connor	+0.1
31	11-20	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Cat Young	·
32	12-20	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Taylor Clarke	set Lia Skufca	·
33	13-20	PRINCE	PRINCE	Ace	Princeton	aced Cat Young	·
34	13-21	PRINCE	NOVA	Attack err	Sarah Hom		·
35	14-21	NOVA	PRINCE	Kill	Taylor Clarke	set Lia Skufca	·
36	14-22	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Alyssa Nelson	·
37	14-23	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Sarah Hom	blk Annika Veurink, Taylor Lewis	·
38	15-23	NOVA	PRINCE	Blocked	Sophia Stalcup	blk Shelby Burriss, Sarah Hom	·
39	15-24	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Annika Veurink	set Alyssa Nelson	·
40	16-24	NOVA	PRINCE×3	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Bold	·
41	17-24	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Kill	Sarah Hom	set Shelby Burriss	·
42	18-24	PRINCE	PRINCE×3	Kill	Ava Harrington	set Sydney Draper	·
43	18-25	PRINCE	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	·

Score shown after each rally, Princeton 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).

Villanova def. Princeton 3–0