Iona vs Louisiana Tech Volleyball: Louisiana Tech Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026

0:3

Louisiana Tech beat visiting Iona 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-21) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. Louisiana Tech's Taylor Woods led with 10 kills, and Riley Steubing added 20 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
IONA	19	23	21	0
LATECH	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Louisiana Tech above 50 · Iona below

Biggest swing: 6.4% to Louisiana Tech — set 2, IONA 23-25 LATECH. Kill by Taylor Woods (set by Riley Steubing). LATECH win probability 88% → 94%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

IONA 29.3%70.7% LATECH

Iona wins

3-0

5.5%

3-1

10.2%

3-2

13.5%

Louisiana Tech wins

3-0

23.8%

3-1

27.1%

3-2

19.8%

IONA break %: 42.0% vs this opp
LATECH break %: 46.1% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Taylor WoodsKill+6.4%
Kill by Taylor Woods (set by Riley Steubing)
Set 2 · IONA 23-25 LATECH · LATECH 88% → 94%
02
Buse TinazAttack error+5.5%
Attack error by Buse Tinaz
Set 2 · IONA 22-23 LATECH · LATECH 81% → 87%
03
Sydnee CarterKill+5.5%
Kill by Sydnee Carter
Set 2 · IONA 23-24 LATECH · LATECH 82% → 88%
04
Buse TinazKill+4.2%
Kill by Buse Tinaz (set by Jaylyn Simon)
Set 2 · IONA 23-23 LATECH · IONA 13% → 18%
05
Kylie RodriguezKill+4.2%
Kill by Kylie Rodriguez
Set 2 · IONA 21-21 LATECH · LATECH 77% → 81%
06
Julia LeonardoKill+3.9%
Kill by Julia Leonardo (set by Jaylyn Simon)
Set 2 · IONA 22-21 LATECH · IONA 19% → 23%
07
Kylie RodriguezKill+3.7%
Kill by Kylie Rodriguez (set by Sydnee Carter)
Set 2 · IONA 22-22 LATECH · LATECH 77% → 81%
08
Kari SmithKill+3.2%
Kill by Kari Smith (set by Jaylyn Simon)
Set 2 · IONA 21-19 LATECH · IONA 22% → 26%

Box score

Official NCAA box

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Reese HendersonOH	3	5	2	16	.188	1	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
4Buse TinazMB	3	2	1	13	.077	0	1	1	4	0	5	2.5	5.5
11Kari SmithOH	3	4	9	34	-.147	1	1	0	12	0	0	0	5
18Ezzie ThompsonMB	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4
12Julia LeonardoOH	2	5	6	26	-.038	0	0	0	8	1	1	0.5	5.5
15Jaylyn SimonS	2	0	1	1	-1.000	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
14Katherine FerngOH	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3
3Grace DanielsS	3	0	0	0	–	7	1	1	3	0	0	0	1
7Avery GaumeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	18	1	0	0	0
2Sanem BasOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Olivia FilipowskiL/DS	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21Mija JegersOH	1	2	2	12	.000	0	0	0	5	0	1	0.5	2.5
17Gabby TaylorMB	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Ava RedingS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Team totals		25	22	120	.025	22	3	4	62	3	10	5	63

Louisiana Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
24Taylor WoodsOH	3	10	4	36	.167	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
2Kylie RodriguezOH	3	9	3	19	.316	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	9.5
3Tyra McKinnieMB	3	7	1	16	.375	0	1	5	3	0	2	1	9
20Megan CooleyOH	3	6	4	21	.095	0	1	2	12	0	0	0	7
1Sydnee CarterS	3	3	1	6	.333	20	0	3	10	0	0	0	3
9Anaya HairstonMB	3	1	2	15	-.067	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Gabrielle HairstonOH	3	5	2	10	.300	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
4Riley SteubingL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	1	1	20	0	0	0	1
0Emerson TraylorS	3	0	0	2	.000	9	0	3	9	0	0	0	0
12Abbi SellsL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Team totals		41	17	127	.189	33	3	16	62	3	6	3	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 IONA · LATECH 12

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 4 IONALATECH 12

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 4 IONALATECH 3

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 3 IONALATECH 4

Bars above the line = Louisiana Tech leads, below = Iona leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Iona

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	36%8/22	42%5/12
2	62%8/13	38%5/13
3	67%8/12	33%4/12
4	60%6/10	33%4/12
5	56%5/9	14%1/7
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	55%40/73	35%23/65

Louisiana Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	33%3/9
2	62%8/13	65%15/23
3	62%8/13	27%3/11
4	78%7/9	42%5/12
5	60%6/10	33%3/9
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	65%42/65	45%33/73

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

138 rallies

#	IONA-LATECH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	IONA	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.2
2	2-0	IONA	IONA	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie		+2.3
3	2-1	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Sydnee Carter	+1.7
4	3-1	LATECH	IONA×4	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.8
5	4-1	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.4
6	5-1	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Kari Smith	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.3
7	6-1	IONA	IONA×4	Blocked	Kylie Rodriguez	blk Buse Tinaz, Julia Leonardo	+2.2
8	6-2	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+1.5
9	7-2	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.8
10	8-2	IONA	IONA	Kill	Reese Henderson	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.1
11	8-3	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+1.3
12	9-3	LATECH	IONA	Attack err	Megan Cooley		+1.7
13	9-4	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+1.3
14	10-4	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Ezzie Thompson	set Kari Smith	+1.7
15	10-5	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Ezzie Thompson	+1.3
16	11-5	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Katherine Ferng	set Grace Daniels	+1.7
17	11-6	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Emerson Traylor	+1.3
18	12-6	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Olivia Filipowski	set Grace Daniels	+1.7
19	12-7	IONA	LATECH×12	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Sydnee Carter	+1.3
20	12-8	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+2.0
21	12-9	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter	+2.3
22	12-10	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+2.6
23	12-11	LATECH	LATECH×12	Blocked	Reese Henderson	blk Taylor Woods, Tyra McKinnie	+2.8
24	12-12	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Taylor Woods		+2.9
25	12-13	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Sydnee Carter	set Kari Smith	+2.9
26	12-14	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+2.7
27	12-15	LATECH	LATECH×12	Attack err	Kari Smith		+2.4
28	12-16	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter	+2.0
29	12-17	LATECH	LATECH×12	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Julia Leonardo	+1.6
30	12-18	LATECH	LATECH×12	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+1.1
31	13-18	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.6
32	14-18	IONA	IONA	Blocked	Taylor Woods	blk Buse Tinaz, Reese Henderson	+1.2
33	14-19	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+1.2
34	14-20	LATECH	LATECH	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+1.0
35	15-20	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+0.5
36	16-20	IONA	IONA	Attack err	Anaya Hairston		+1.0
37	16-21	IONA	LATECH×4	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+1.2
38	16-22	LATECH	LATECH×4	Attack err	Jaylyn Simon		+0.8
39	16-23	LATECH	LATECH×4	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.4
40	16-24	LATECH	LATECH×4	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+0.1
41	17-24	LATECH	IONA×3	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		·
42	18-24	IONA	IONA×3	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Grace Daniels	·
43	19-24	IONA	IONA×3	Ace	Iona		+0.1
44	19-25	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+0.2
Set 2
1	1-0	LATECH	IONA	Attack err	Sydnee Carter		+1.4
2	1-1	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+1.3
3	2-1	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Ezzie Thompson	set Jaylyn Simon	+1.4
4	2-2	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter	+1.4
5	3-2	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.5
6	3-3	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter	+1.4
7	4-3	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.5
8	4-4	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+1.4
9	5-4	LATECH	IONA×4	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.6
10	6-4	IONA	IONA×4	Bad set	Emerson Traylor		+2.0
11	7-4	IONA	IONA×4	Attack err	Megan Cooley		+2.1
12	8-4	IONA	IONA×4	Ace	Iona	aced Abbi Sells	+2.0
13	8-5	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Kari Smith		+1.4
14	8-6	LATECH	LATECH	Ace	Louisiana Tech		+1.9
15	9-6	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+1.7
16	10-6	IONA	IONA	Kill	Reese Henderson	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.1
17	10-7	IONA	LATECH×3	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Emerson Traylor	+1.4
18	10-8	LATECH	LATECH×3	Attack err	Kari Smith		+2.0
19	10-9	LATECH	LATECH×3	Attack err	Kari Smith		+2.1
20	11-9	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.9
21	12-9	IONA	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.4
22	12-10	IONA	LATECH×3	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+1.6
23	12-11	LATECH	LATECH×3	Attack err	Reese Henderson		+2.3
24	12-12	LATECH	LATECH×3	Kill	Tyra McKinnie		+2.4
25	13-12	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Ezzie Thompson	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.0
26	14-12	IONA	IONA	Attack err	Taylor Woods		+2.7
27	14-13	IONA	LATECH	Serve err	Iona		+1.9
28	15-13	LATECH	IONA×3	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+2.2
29	16-13	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Kylie Rodriguez		+2.7
30	17-13	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Kylie Rodriguez		+2.5
31	17-14	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+1.5
32	17-15	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Emerson Traylor	+2.4
33	18-15	LATECH	IONA	Blocked	Taylor Woods	blk Buse Tinaz, Katherine Ferng	+2.4
34	18-16	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+1.9
35	18-17	LATECH	LATECH	Attack err	Kari Smith		+2.9
36	19-17	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Katherine Ferng	set Grace Daniels	+2.8
37	19-18	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Anaya Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+2.4
38	20-18	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Ezzie Thompson	set Grace Daniels	+3.0
39	20-19	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Emerson Traylor	+2.5
40	21-19	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.2
41	21-20	IONA	LATECH	Blocked	Julia Leonardo	blk Kylie Rodriguez, Tyra McKinnie	+2.6
42	21-21	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez		+4.2
43	22-21	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.9
44	22-22	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+3.7
45	22-23	LATECH	LATECH	Attack err	Buse Tinaz		+5.5
46	23-23	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Jaylyn Simon	+4.2
47	23-24	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Sydnee Carter		+5.5
48	23-25	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Riley Steubing	+6.4
Set 3
1	0-1	IONA	LATECH	Bad set	Avery Gaume		+0.7
2	1-1	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Mija Jegers	set Avery Gaume	+0.8
3	1-2	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Mija Jegers	set Grace Daniels	+0.7
4	2-2	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Reese Henderson		+0.8
5	2-3	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Kari Smith		+0.8
6	3-3	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.8
7	3-4	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Mija Jegers		+0.8
8	3-5	LATECH	LATECH	Blocked	Kari Smith	blk Anaya Hairston, Gabrielle Hairston	+1.0
9	4-5	LATECH	IONA	Attack err	Gabrielle Hairston		+0.7
10	5-5	IONA	IONA	Ace	Iona		+1.1
11	5-6	IONA	LATECH	Bad set	Kari Smith		+0.8
12	6-6	LATECH	IONA	Blocked	Megan Cooley	blk Katherine Ferng, Buse Tinaz	+0.9
13	6-7	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Emerson Traylor	+0.8
14	7-7	LATECH	IONA×3	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.9
15	8-7	IONA	IONA×3	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+1.2
16	9-7	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Megan Cooley		+1.3
17	9-8	IONA	LATECH	Serve err	Iona		+0.9
18	10-8	LATECH	IONA	Attack err	Kylie Rodriguez		+1.0
19	10-9	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter	+0.9
20	10-10	LATECH	LATECH	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Avery Gaume	+1.2
21	11-10	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.1
22	11-11	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Sydnee Carter	set Avery Gaume	+1.0
23	12-11	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Reese Henderson	set Grace Daniels	+1.1
24	12-12	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Katherine Ferng		+1.0
25	12-13	LATECH	LATECH	Attack err	Kari Smith		+1.3
26	13-13	LATECH	IONA	Attack err	Anaya Hairston		+1.1
27	13-14	IONA	LATECH×4	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+1.1
28	13-15	LATECH	LATECH×4	Bad set	Kari Smith		+1.3
29	13-16	LATECH	LATECH×4	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Riley Steubing	+1.2
30	13-17	LATECH	LATECH×4	Attack err	Mija Jegers		+1.0
31	14-17	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.6
32	15-17	IONA	IONA	Blocked	Gabrielle Hairston	blk Mija Jegers, Buse Tinaz	+1.1
33	15-18	IONA	LATECH	Serve err	Iona		+1.0
34	15-19	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Riley Steubing	+1.0
35	16-19	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.6
36	16-20	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+0.8
37	16-21	LATECH	LATECH	Attack err	Reese Henderson		+0.7
38	17-21	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Reese Henderson	set Avery Gaume	+0.3
39	17-22	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter	+0.5
40	18-22	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.3
41	19-22	IONA	IONA	Attack err	Taylor Woods		+0.6
42	19-23	IONA	LATECH	Serve err	Iona		+0.8
43	20-23	LATECH	IONA	Kill	Mija Jegers	set Reese Henderson	+0.4
44	20-24	IONA	LATECH	Attack err	Kari Smith		+0.7
45	21-24	LATECH	IONA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+0.2
46	21-25	IONA	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Riley Steubing	+0.5

Score shown after each rally, Iona 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).

Louisiana Tech def. Iona 3–0