The Citadel vs ETSU Volleyball: ETSU Wins 3-0 (Nov 6, 2026)

FinalFri, Nov 6, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: ETSU 98.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 9:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

ETSU beat visiting The Citadel 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-17) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. ETSU's Elizabeth Aylward led with 10 kills.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CITDEL	14	10	17	0
ETSU	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

5 aces from Makayla Bays in a ETSU rout.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.2 points. The Citadel peaked at 2% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave ETSU 99% before first serve.

The CitadelETSU

Break %+29.2 pts
35.764.9
Points won on own serve: 48 of 74 vs 15 of 42. The Citadel sided out 35.1% of the time.
Hitting+.329
.013.342
34 K / 8 E against 22 K / 21 E.
Longest run+5
49
9 straight ETSU points in the first set stretched a 14–10 lead to 23–10. The set finished 25–14.

ETSU above 50The Citadel belowMax swing 0.2%

The CitadelETSU

Aces: The Citadel 3·ETSU 11
Serve err: The Citadel 9·ETSU 6
Blocks: The Citadel 0·ETSU 110 BS · 0 BA vs 1 BS · 20 BA
Digs: The Citadel 28·ETSU 34

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

ETSU above 50 · The Citadel below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CITDEL 1.1%98.9% ETSU

The Citadel wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.3%

3-2

0.7%

ETSU wins

3-0

73.4%

3-1

21.6%

3-2

4.0%

CITDEL break %: 36.1% vs this opp
ETSU break %: 53.8% 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

The Citadelaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	PTS
12Luci LippelgoosMB	3	7	3	13	.308	0	1	2	0	0	8
18Emma PastusicOH	3	5	4	19	.053	0	0	0	1	1	5
17Jordyn SimsOH	3	3	7	18	-.222	0	0	0	3	0	3
21Samantha WeiseMB	3	3	3	12	.000	0	0	0	0	0	3
6Greta PleussS	3	1	0	3	.333	19	0	1	4	0	1
9Megan StoneL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	4	2	0
2Cameron ReeseOH	3	0	2	4	-.500	1	1	3	3	4	1
22Emerson HillL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	1
5Gwen BerryOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	10	2	0
7Rachel ReiningerOH	2	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	1	1	3
3Mia WatsonL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		22	21	79	.013	21	3	9	28	11	41

ETSUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Makayla BaysOH	3	8	3	16	.313	1	5	2	6	2	0	2	1	14
20Elizabeth AylwardOH	3	10	1	15	.600	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
1Gianna BlairMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	1	1	1	0	1	9	5.5	10.5
12Alex KreutzmannS	3	0	0	0	–	16	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
15Karis ChatfieldOH	2	2	0	6	.333	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
8Raegan WallerMB	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
17Bailey GohlkeS	3	0	0	1	.000	8	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
5Darby FeltsOH	2	5	2	9	.333	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
6Chloe SmithOH	2	3	0	9	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
11Melanie MorrisDS	2	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
2Sophia DavisOH	1	1	1	5	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
18Emma MacFerranMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16Malia BrinkmanOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
7Phoenix FogelMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Zeynep ÖzerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	8	76	.342	31	11	6	34	3	1	20	11	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.

The Citadel vs ETSU

Season series · ETSU leads 2-0

Thu, Nov 5, 2026The Citadel at ETSU · ETSU won 3-0Result →
Fri, Nov 6, 2026The Citadel at ETSU · ETSU won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 CITDEL · ETSU 9

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 3 CITDELETSU 9

Set 2

10-25

Longest run 3 CITDELETSU 7

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 4 CITDELETSU 5

Bars above the line = ETSU leads, below = The Citadel leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

The Citadel

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	27%6/22	20%1/5
2	56%5/9	40%4/10
3	44%4/9	38%3/8
4	29%4/14	43%3/7
5	57%4/7	43%3/7
6	23%3/13	20%1/5
All	35%26/74	36%15/42

ETSU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	74%14/19
2	60%6/10	57%8/14
3	57%4/7	60%6/10
4	80%4/5	71%10/14
5	57%4/7	20%1/5
6	75%3/4	75%9/12
All	64%27/42	65%48/74

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

116 rallies

#	CITDEL-ETSU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	ETSU	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
2	1-1	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss
3	2-1	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Gwen Berry
4	2-2	CITDEL	ETSU	Serve err	Gwen Berry
5	3-2	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss
6	3-3	CITDEL	ETSU×3	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
7	3-4	ETSU	ETSU×3	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Raegan Waller, Karis Chatfield
8	3-5	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
9	4-5	ETSU	CITDEL	Serve err	Bailey Gohlke
10	5-5	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Cameron Reese
11	5-6	CITDEL	ETSU×5	Serve err	Cameron Reese
12	5-7	ETSU	ETSU×5	Ace	Karis Chatfield	aced Cameron Reese
13	5-8	ETSU	ETSU×5	Ace	Karis Chatfield	aced Cameron Reese
14	5-9	ETSU	ETSU×5	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
15	5-10	ETSU	ETSU×5	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
16	6-10	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss
17	7-10	CITDEL	CITDEL	Bad set	Bailey Gohlke
18	7-11	CITDEL	ETSU	Serve err	Luci Lippelgoos
19	8-11	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Greta Pleuss
20	9-11	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Makayla Bays
21	9-12	CITDEL	ETSU×3	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Bailey Gohlke
22	9-13	ETSU	ETSU×3	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Gianna Blair, Elizabeth Aylward
23	9-14	ETSU	ETSU×3	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Elizabeth Aylward, Gianna Blair
24	10-14	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss
25	10-15	CITDEL	ETSU×9	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
26	10-16	ETSU	ETSU×9	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Melanie Morris
27	10-17	ETSU	ETSU×9	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Gianna Blair, Elizabeth Aylward
28	10-18	ETSU	ETSU×9	Kill	Gianna Blair
29	10-19	ETSU	ETSU×9	Ace	Makayla Bays	aced Megan Stone
30	10-20	ETSU	ETSU×9	Ace	Makayla Bays	aced Gwen Berry
31	10-21	ETSU	ETSU×9	Ace	Makayla Bays	aced Emma Pastusic
32	10-22	ETSU	ETSU×9	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Melanie Morris
33	10-23	ETSU	ETSU×9	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Makayla Bays
34	11-23	ETSU	CITDEL×3	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss
35	12-23	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss
36	13-23	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss
37	13-24	CITDEL	ETSU	Serve err	Gwen Berry
38	14-24	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
39	14-25	CITDEL	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
Set 2
1	0-1	CITDEL	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
2	1-1	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss
3	1-2	CITDEL	ETSU×3	Kill	Gianna Blair	set Alex Kreutzmann
4	1-3	ETSU	ETSU×3	Attack err	Jordyn Sims
5	1-4	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Emma MacFerran	set Alex Kreutzmann
6	2-4	ETSU	CITDEL	Serve err	Gianna Blair
7	2-5	CITDEL	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Melanie Morris
8	2-6	ETSU	ETSU	Attack err	Emma Pastusic
9	3-6	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
10	3-7	CITDEL	ETSU	Attack err	Rachel Reininger
11	3-8	ETSU	ETSU	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Bailey Gohlke
12	4-8	ETSU	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
13	5-8	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	Luci Lippelgoos	aced Makayla Bays
14	6-8	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Makayla Bays
15	6-9	CITDEL	ETSU×4	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
16	6-10	ETSU	ETSU×4	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Bailey Gohlke
17	6-11	ETSU	ETSU×4	Blocked	Rachel Reininger	blk Gianna Blair, Chloe Smith
18	6-12	ETSU	ETSU×4	Blocked	Samantha Weise	blk Makayla Bays, Gianna Blair
19	7-12	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Samantha Weise	set Greta Pleuss
20	7-13	CITDEL	ETSU×5	Serve err	Greta Pleuss
21	7-14	ETSU	ETSU×5	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Alex Kreutzmann
22	7-15	ETSU	ETSU×5	Ace	Alex Kreutzmann	aced Rachel Reininger
23	7-16	ETSU	ETSU×5	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
24	7-17	ETSU	ETSU×5	Kill	Gianna Blair	set Alex Kreutzmann
25	8-17	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Samantha Weise	set Greta Pleuss
26	8-18	CITDEL	ETSU×7	Serve err	Megan Stone
27	8-19	ETSU	ETSU×7	Ace	Makayla Bays	aced Megan Stone
28	8-20	ETSU	ETSU×7	Attack err	Jordyn Sims
29	8-21	ETSU	ETSU×7	Attack err	Samantha Weise
30	8-22	ETSU	ETSU×7	Kill	Darby Felts	set Melanie Morris
31	8-23	ETSU	ETSU×7	Ace	Makayla Bays
32	8-24	ETSU	ETSU×7	Kill	Darby Felts
33	9-24	ETSU	CITDEL	Serve err	Makayla Bays
34	10-24	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Gianna Blair
35	10-25	CITDEL	ETSU	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Gianna Blair, Darby Felts
Set 3
1	1-0	ETSU	CITDEL	Serve err	Makayla Bays
2	1-1	CITDEL	ETSU×3	Attack err	Cameron Reese
3	1-2	ETSU	ETSU×3	Attack err	Jordyn Sims
4	1-3	ETSU	ETSU×3	Ace	Gianna Blair	aced Gwen Berry
5	2-3	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss
6	2-4	CITDEL	ETSU	Kill	Darby Felts	set Alex Kreutzmann
7	3-4	ETSU	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Sophia Davis
8	4-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
9	5-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	Cameron Reese	aced Darby Felts
10	5-5	CITDEL	ETSU×3	Serve err	Cameron Reese
11	5-6	ETSU	ETSU×3	Ace	Darby Felts	aced Cameron Reese
12	5-7	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
13	6-7	ETSU	CITDEL	Serve err	Darby Felts
14	6-8	CITDEL	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Sophia Davis
15	7-8	ETSU	CITDEL	Serve err	Zeynep Özer
16	7-9	CITDEL	ETSU	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Gianna Blair, Sophia Davis
17	8-9	ETSU	CITDEL	Attack err	Makayla Bays
18	9-9	CITDEL	CITDEL	Bad set	Alex Kreutzmann
19	9-10	CITDEL	ETSU	Blocked	Cameron Reese	blk Gianna Blair, Makayla Bays
20	9-11	ETSU	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
21	10-11	ETSU	CITDEL	Attack err	Darby Felts
22	10-12	CITDEL	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
23	11-12	ETSU	CITDEL×4	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
24	12-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
25	13-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Elizabeth Aylward
26	14-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Ace	Emerson Hill	aced Makayla Bays
27	14-13	CITDEL	ETSU×3	Kill	Darby Felts	set Alex Kreutzmann
28	14-14	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Darby Felts	set Zeynep Özer
29	14-15	ETSU	ETSU×3	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos
30	15-15	ETSU	CITDEL	Attack err	Darby Felts
31	15-16	CITDEL	ETSU×4	Serve err	Cameron Reese
32	15-17	ETSU	ETSU×4	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos
33	15-18	ETSU	ETSU×4	Ace	Darby Felts	aced Cameron Reese
34	15-19	ETSU	ETSU×4	Attack err	Emma Pastusic
35	16-19	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
36	16-20	CITDEL	ETSU	Serve err	Luci Lippelgoos
37	17-20	ETSU	CITDEL	Kill	Samantha Weise	set Greta Pleuss
38	17-21	CITDEL	ETSU×5	Kill	Sophia Davis	set Bailey Gohlke
39	17-22	ETSU	ETSU×5	Kill	Gianna Blair	set Alex Kreutzmann
40	17-23	ETSU	ETSU×5	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Gianna Blair, Malia Brinkman
41	17-24	ETSU	ETSU×5	Blocked	Samantha Weise	blk Gianna Blair
42	17-25	ETSU	ETSU×5	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Alex Kreutzmann

Score shown after each rally, The Citadel first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

ETSU def. The Citadel 3–0

5 aces from Makayla Bays in a ETSU rout.