Iona vs Merrimack Volleyball: Iona Wins 3-2 (Nov 6, 2026)

Final · 5 setsFri, Nov 6, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Iona 62.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Iona won at Merrimack 3-2 (18-25, 25-20, 25-17, 13-25, 15-13) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. Iona's Julia Leonardo led with 16 kills, and Avery Gaume added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 6

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
IONA	18	25	25	13	15	3
MERMCK	25	20	17	25	13	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Outhit .138 to .099, Iona won anyway.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Iona's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. RallyIQ gave Iona 63% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 5 · Iona 1–0 Merrimack
Down 0–1, Merrimack scored 4 straight to lead 4–1. The match swung to Merrimack.
Iona 63% → 30%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Iona 8–9 Merrimack
3 straight Iona points turned an 8–9 deficit into an 11–9 lead. The match swung to Iona.
Iona 43% → 78%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Iona 13–11 Merrimack
Iona closed it, 2 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 15–13 and win the match 3–2.
Iona 84% → >99%

Merrimack above 50Iona belowMax swing 24.0%

IonaMerrimack

Sideout %: Iona 56.4·Merrimack 58.9
Break %: Iona 41.1·Merrimack 43.6
Hitting: Iona .099·Merrimack .138
Longest run: Iona 6·Merrimack 6

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Merrimack above 50 · Iona below

Biggest swing: 24.0% to Iona — set 5, IONA 15-13 MERMCK. Kill by Emma Koceja (set by Grace Daniels). MERMCK win probability 24% → 0%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

IONA 62.2%37.8% MERMCK

Iona wins

3-0

18.4%

3-1

23.8%

3-2

20.0%

Merrimack wins

3-0

8.0%

3-1

13.7%

3-2

16.1%

IONA break %: 47.3% vs this opp
MERMCK break %: 44.9% 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
Emma KocejaKill+24.0%
Kill by Emma Koceja (set by Grace Daniels)
Set 5 · IONA 15-13 MERMCK · IONA 76% → 100%
02
Mia IzzoAttack error+21.5%
Attack error by Mia Izzo
Set 5 · IONA 14-13 MERMCK · IONA 55% → 76%
03
Mckenna ShotwellKill+19.2%
Kill by Mckenna Shotwell (set by Sophia DeBonis)
Set 5 · IONA 13-13 MERMCK · MERMCK 26% → 45%
04
Buse TinazKill+15.5%
Kill by Buse Tinaz (set by Grace Daniels)
Set 5 · IONA 13-11 MERMCK · IONA 68% → 84%
05
Maiella Blandin&Mia IzzoBlock+14.4%
Julia Leonardo stuffed by Maiella Blandin & Mia Izzo
Set 5 · IONA 11-11 MERMCK · MERMCK 31% → 46%
06
Buse Tinaz&Julia LeonardoBlock+13.9%
Maiella Blandin stuffed by Buse Tinaz & Julia Leonardo
Set 5 · IONA 12-11 MERMCK · IONA 54% → 68%
07
Mckenna ShotwellAttack error+12.9%
Attack error by Mckenna Shotwell
Set 5 · IONA 10-9 MERMCK · IONA 53% → 66%
08
Buse Tinaz&Katherine FerngBlock+12.4%
Mckenna Shotwell stuffed by Buse Tinaz & Katherine Ferng
Set 5 · IONA 11-9 MERMCK · IONA 66% → 78%

Box score

Official NCAA box

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Julia LeonardoOH	5	16	10	62	.097	0	0	0	17	3	0	1	0.5	16.5
4Buse TinazMB	5	10	2	20	.400	2	0	1	11	0	1	4	3	13
11Kari SmithOH	5	10	10	54	.000	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	12
8Emma KocejaOH	5	10	5	35	.143	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
3Grace DanielsS	5	0	0	3	.000	25	1	1	13	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
18Ezzie ThompsonMB	2	0	0	6	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Katherine FerngOH	5	6	4	20	.100	0	0	0	6	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
7Avery GaumeL/DS	5	0	1	3	-.333	1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0
15Jaylyn SimonS	5	0	0	0	–	21	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
2Sanem BasOH	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Gabby TaylorMB	2	2	2	7	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
5Anissa CooperMB	2	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
16Joy HoudreL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		55	34	212	.099	50	3	3	105	4	2	12	8	96

Merrimackhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Mckenna ShotwellOH	5	15	4	48	.229	3	2	2	23	1	1	2	2	19
13Mia IzzoMB	5	4	2	13	.154	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	4	9
8Jocelyn HammerstrandOPP	5	6	5	35	.029	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
1Naomi VajdaMB	5	4	1	12	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
3Sophia DeBonisS	5	2	0	7	.286	24	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	3
18Sienna Franks	5	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0
14Maiella Blandin	5	12	6	35	.171	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	3	15
12Ella MaldonadoL/DS	5	0	0	3	.000	7	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0
19Elizabeth KenneyS	5	0	0	2	.000	21	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0
15Gabrielle Moore	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Tamilore Afolalu	3	11	6	30	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11
6Fabiola BetancourtOH	2	2	2	13	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5Maddy FennessyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Vaia TsioutsioulasOH	1	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		58	29	210	.138	56	4	8	106	3	2	20	12	100

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.

Iona vs Merrimack

Season series · Iona leads 2-0

Sat, Sep 26, 2026Merrimack at Iona · Iona won 3-0Result →
Fri, Nov 6, 2026Iona at Merrimack · Iona won 3-2This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 IONA · MERMCK 6

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 4 IONAMERMCK 4

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 4 IONAMERMCK 5

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 6 IONAMERMCK 3

Set 4

13-25

Longest run 4 IONAMERMCK 6

Set 5

15-13

Longest run 3 IONAMERMCK 4

Bars above the line = Merrimack 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	57%13/23	23%3/13
2	43%10/23	48%10/21
3	59%10/17	55%12/22
4	53%8/15	36%5/14
5	80%8/10	27%3/11
6	62%8/13	43%6/14
All	56%57/101	41%39/95

Merrimack

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%12/17	35%6/17
2	38%10/26	56%14/25
3	64%9/14	29%4/14
4	69%9/13	53%10/19
5	73%8/11	38%5/13
6	57%8/14	38%5/13
All	59%56/95	44%44/101

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 (5 of 5 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

196 rallies

#	IONA-MERMCK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+1.8
2	1-1	IONA	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+1.9
3	1-2	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Ella Maldonado	+2.3
4	1-3	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.4
5	2-3	MERMCK	IONA×4	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+1.9
6	3-3	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.3
7	4-3	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+2.3
8	5-3	IONA	IONA×4	Attack err	Fabiola Betancourt		+2.2
9	5-4	IONA	MERMCK	Blocked	Kari Smith	blk Mia Izzo, Naomi Vajda	+1.9
10	6-4	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Grace Daniels	+1.9
11	7-4	IONA	IONA	Attack err	Naomi Vajda		+2.2
12	7-5	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Naomi Vajda	set Sophia DeBonis	+1.8
13	7-6	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.3
14	8-6	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+2.1
15	9-6	IONA	IONA	Kill	Katherine Ferng	set Avery Gaume	+2.3
16	9-7	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Fabiola Betancourt	set Elizabeth Kenney	+1.8
17	9-8	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.4
18	10-8	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.2
19	10-9	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.1
20	11-9	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.3
21	11-10	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.2
22	11-11	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Ella Maldonado	+2.9
23	12-11	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.5
24	12-12	IONA	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.6
25	12-13	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+3.2
26	12-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Ace	Merrimack	aced Julia Leonardo	+3.3
27	12-15	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Blocked	Julia Leonardo	blk Jocelyn Hammerstrand, Mia Izzo	+3.2
28	13-15	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand		+2.4
29	13-16	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.8
30	14-16	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+2.4
31	14-17	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Fabiola Betancourt	set Ella Maldonado	+3.0
32	15-17	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Merrimack		+2.5
33	15-18	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Kari Smith		+3.1
34	16-18	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.6
35	16-19	IONA	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney	+3.2
36	16-20	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Blocked	Katherine Ferng	blk Mckenna Shotwell, Mia Izzo	+3.2
37	16-21	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.4
38	16-22	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Gabrielle Moore	+1.5
39	17-22	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Merrimack		+0.6
40	17-23	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Elizabeth Kenney	+1.1
41	17-24	MERMCK	MERMCK	Blocked	Julia Leonardo	blk Mia Izzo, Jocelyn Hammerstrand	+0.5
42	18-24	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Jaylyn Simon	+0.1
43	18-25	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.2
Set 2
1	1-0	IONA	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.5
2	1-1	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.2
3	2-1	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.2
4	2-2	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.2
5	3-2	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.2
6	3-3	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Naomi Vajda	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.3
7	4-3	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Grace Daniels	+2.3
8	4-4	IONA	MERMCK	Blocked	Kari Smith	blk Maiella Blandin, Naomi Vajda	+2.3
9	5-4	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell		+2.3
10	6-4	IONA	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+2.6
11	6-5	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.2
12	7-5	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Grace Daniels	+2.3
13	7-6	IONA	MERMCK	Blocked	Kari Smith	blk Mia Izzo, Maiella Blandin	+2.3
14	8-6	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Katherine Ferng	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.4
15	8-7	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+2.4
16	9-7	MERMCK	IONA×4	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.4
17	10-7	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.7
18	11-7	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.4
19	12-7	IONA	IONA×4	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand		+2.1
20	12-8	IONA	MERMCK	Serve err	Sanem Bas		+1.5
21	13-8	MERMCK	IONA×3	Blocked	Fabiola Betancourt	blk Katherine Ferng	+1.8
22	14-8	IONA	IONA×3	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Grace Daniels	+1.7
23	15-8	IONA	IONA×3	Ace	Grace Daniels		+1.3
24	15-9	IONA	MERMCK×3	Kill	Naomi Vajda	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.8
25	15-10	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Blocked	Julia Leonardo	blk Maiella Blandin	+1.3
26	15-11	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Elizabeth Kenney	+1.8
27	16-11	MERMCK	IONA×3	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+1.9
28	17-11	IONA	IONA×3	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Emma Koceja, Buse Tinaz	+1.7
29	18-11	IONA	IONA×3	Kill	Buse Tinaz		+1.2
30	18-12	IONA	MERMCK×5	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Elizabeth Kenney	+0.7
31	18-13	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Attack err	Emma Koceja		+1.2
32	18-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Attack err	Buse Tinaz		+1.7
33	18-15	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.3
34	18-16	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Attack err	Kari Smith		+3.1
35	19-16	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+3.1
36	19-17	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.7
37	20-17	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Maiella Blandin		+3.3
38	21-17	IONA	IONA	Kill	Katherine Ferng	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.0
39	21-18	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney	+1.8
40	21-19	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Katherine Ferng		+3.2
41	22-19	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.7
42	22-20	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Ella Maldonado	+2.7
43	23-20	MERMCK	IONA×3	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.9
44	24-20	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand		+2.7
45	25-20	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		+0.9
Set 3
1	1-0	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.5
2	2-0	IONA	IONA	Ace	Kari Smith	aced Mckenna Shotwell	+2.8
3	2-1	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Sophia DeBonis	set Ella Maldonado	+2.4
4	2-2	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack	aced Julia Leonardo	+3.0
5	3-2	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Vaia Tsioutsioulas		+2.6
6	3-3	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+2.7
7	4-3	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.7
8	4-4	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	set Mckenna Shotwell	+2.7
9	5-4	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Grace Daniels	+2.7
10	6-4	IONA	IONA	Attack err	Maiella Blandin		+3.1
11	6-5	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Emma Koceja		+2.6
12	7-5	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Grace Daniels	+2.7
13	7-6	IONA	MERMCK	Serve err	Buse Tinaz		+2.7
14	8-6	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Gabrielle Moore		+2.8
15	8-7	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.8
16	9-7	MERMCK	IONA×3	Bad set	Ella Maldonado		+2.9
17	10-7	IONA	IONA×3	Ace	Kari Smith	aced Sienna Franks	+3.2
18	11-7	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Mia Izzo		+2.8
19	11-8	IONA	MERMCK	Blocked	Katherine Ferng	blk Mckenna Shotwell, Mia Izzo	+2.2
20	12-8	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Mckenna Shotwell		+2.5
21	12-9	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.2
22	13-9	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+2.5
23	13-10	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Emma Koceja		+2.3
24	14-10	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Elizabeth Kenney		+2.6
25	14-11	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Emma Koceja		+2.3
26	15-11	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Kari Smith	set Grace Daniels	+2.7
27	15-12	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.3
28	16-12	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+2.7
29	17-12	IONA	IONA	Attack err	Maiella Blandin		+2.6
30	17-13	IONA	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney	+1.7
31	17-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.7
32	17-15	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+3.5
33	18-15	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Gabby Taylor	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.5
34	18-16	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis	+3.1
35	19-16	MERMCK	IONA×6	Kill	Gabby Taylor	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.7
36	20-16	IONA	IONA×6	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Jaylyn Simon	+3.5
37	21-16	IONA	IONA×6	Attack err	Vaia Tsioutsioulas		+2.5
38	22-16	IONA	IONA×6	Kill	Kari Smith	set Jaylyn Simon	+1.5
39	23-16	IONA	IONA×6	Kill	Katherine Ferng	set Sanem Bas	+0.7
40	24-16	IONA	IONA×6	Kill	Katherine Ferng		+0.2
41	24-17	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	set Mckenna Shotwell	·
42	25-17	MERMCK	IONA	Blocked	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	blk Katherine Ferng, Buse Tinaz	+0.1
Set 4
1	0-1	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.4
2	0-2	MERMCK	MERMCK	Blocked	Kari Smith	blk Jocelyn Hammerstrand, Mia Izzo	+2.8
3	1-2	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand		+2.3
4	1-3	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Kari Smith		+2.5
5	1-4	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Avery Gaume		+2.9
6	2-4	MERMCK	IONA	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Katherine Ferng, Gabby Taylor	+2.3
7	2-5	IONA	MERMCK×6	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.5
8	2-6	MERMCK	MERMCK×6	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+2.9
9	2-7	MERMCK	MERMCK×6	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	+2.7
10	2-8	MERMCK	MERMCK×6	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Mckenna Shotwell	+2.4
11	2-9	MERMCK	MERMCK×6	Attack err	Katherine Ferng		+2.1
12	2-10	MERMCK	MERMCK×6	Ace	Merrimack	aced Julia Leonardo	+1.8
13	3-10	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Mia Izzo		+1.2
14	3-11	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	+1.5
15	4-11	MERMCK	IONA	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+1.1
16	4-12	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Elizabeth Kenney	+1.5
17	4-13	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Ella Maldonado	+1.4
18	5-13	MERMCK	IONA×4	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+0.8
19	6-13	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Kari Smith	set Buse Tinaz	+1.2
20	7-13	IONA	IONA×4	Attack err	Maiella Blandin		+1.6
21	8-13	IONA	IONA×4	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Buse Tinaz	+2.0
22	8-14	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+2.2
23	9-14	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Maiella Blandin		+1.6
24	9-15	IONA	MERMCK×5	Bad set	Emma Koceja		+2.2
25	9-16	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Ace	Merrimack	aced Avery Gaume	+2.0
26	9-17	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Attack err	Kari Smith		+1.5
27	9-18	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Blocked	Gabby Taylor	blk Mckenna Shotwell	+1.0
28	9-19	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.6
29	10-19	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand		+0.3
30	11-19	IONA	IONA	Kill	Julia Leonardo	set Grace Daniels	+0.5
31	11-20	IONA	MERMCK×4	Kill	Sophia DeBonis	set Sophia DeBonis	+0.6
32	11-21	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Gabby Taylor		+0.4
33	11-22	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+0.2
34	11-23	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Ella Maldonado	+0.1
35	12-23	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Mckenna Shotwell		·
36	12-24	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	·
37	13-24	MERMCK	IONA	Serve err	Mia Izzo		·
38	13-25	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Emma Koceja		+0.6
Set 5
1	1-0	MERMCK	IONA	Blocked	Mckenna Shotwell	blk Buse Tinaz	+6.6
2	1-1	IONA	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+6.8
3	1-2	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	+8.5
4	1-3	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Kari Smith		+8.7
5	1-4	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Buse Tinaz		+8.5
6	2-4	MERMCK	IONA×3	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Grace Daniels	+6.4
7	3-4	IONA	IONA×3	Kill	Anissa Cooper	set Grace Daniels	+8.4
8	4-4	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		+9.0
9	4-5	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis	+8.3
10	5-5	MERMCK	IONA×3	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+8.0
11	6-5	IONA	IONA×3	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+9.7
12	7-5	IONA	IONA×3	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Grace Daniels, Anissa Cooper	+9.4
13	7-6	IONA	MERMCK×3	Kill	Naomi Vajda	set Sophia DeBonis	+7.6
14	7-7	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Blocked	Kari Smith	blk Naomi Vajda, Maiella Blandin	+10.4
15	7-8	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney	+11.5
16	8-8	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu		+9.6
17	8-9	IONA	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Elizabeth Kenney	+10.6
18	9-9	MERMCK	IONA×3	Kill	Katherine Ferng	set Jaylyn Simon	+10.3
19	10-9	IONA	IONA×3	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell		+12.9
20	11-9	IONA	IONA×3	Blocked	Mckenna Shotwell	blk Buse Tinaz, Katherine Ferng	+12.4
21	11-10	IONA	MERMCK	Attack err	Julia Leonardo		+9.3
22	11-11	MERMCK	MERMCK	Blocked	Julia Leonardo	blk Maiella Blandin, Mia Izzo	+14.4
23	12-11	MERMCK	IONA	Blocked	Maiella Blandin	blk Buse Tinaz, Julia Leonardo	+13.9
24	13-11	IONA	IONA	Kill	Buse Tinaz	set Grace Daniels	+15.5
25	13-12	IONA	MERMCK	Serve err	Grace Daniels		+10.2
26	13-13	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis	+19.2
27	14-13	MERMCK	IONA	Attack err	Mia Izzo		+21.5
28	15-13	IONA	IONA	Kill	Emma Koceja	set Grace Daniels	+24.0

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).

Iona def. Merrimack 3–2

Outhit .138 to .099, Iona won anyway.