Quinnipiac vs Niagara Volleyball: Quinnipiac Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 17, 2026

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Quinnipiac 85.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 12:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Quinnipiac won at Niagara 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-12) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Quinnipiac's Giulia Ragusa led with 16 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 9:00 AM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
QUINN	25	25	25	3
NIAGRA	18	17	12	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Giulia Ragusa needed just 3 sets for 16 kills. Quinnipiac swept Niagara.

Win probability never moved more than 1.4 points on one rally; Niagara topped out at 15% in Set 1. Quinnipiac went in as RallyIQ's 86% pick.

QuinnipiacNiagara

Break %+24.1 pts
59.535.4
Points won on own serve: 44 of 74 vs 17 of 48. Niagara sided out 40.5% of the time.
Hitting+.208
.290.082
Kills and errors: 45–16 vs 24–16.
Longest run+2
75
Quinnipiac scored 7 straight in the third set to open the set 7–0. That set ended 25–12.

Niagara above 50Quinnipiac belowMax swing 1.4%

QuinnipiacNiagara

Aces: Quinnipiac 5·Niagara 3
Serve err: Quinnipiac 3·Niagara 5
Blocks: Quinnipiac 6·Niagara 45 BS · 2 BA vs 1 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Quinnipiac 51·Niagara 30

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Niagara above 50 · Quinnipiac below

Biggest swing: 1.4% to Niagara — set 2, QUINN 4-7 NIAGRA. Attack error by Giulia Ragusa. NIAGRA win probability 10% → 11%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

QUINN 90.4%9.6% NIAGRA

Quinnipiac wins

3-0

45.1%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

13.7%

Niagara wins

3-0

1.3%

3-1

2.9%

3-2

5.4%

QUINN break %: 49.1% vs this opp
NIAGRA break %: 39.1% 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
Giulia RagusaAttack error+1.4%
Attack error by Giulia Ragusa
Set 2 · QUINN 4-7 NIAGRA · NIAGRA 10% → 11%
02
Sila YildizKill+1.4%
Kill by Sila Yildiz (set by Sophia Gisslen)
Set 1 · QUINN 4-3 NIAGRA · QUINN 86% → 87%
03
Vittoria TonelliAttack error+1.4%
Attack error by Vittoria Tonelli
Set 1 · QUINN 15-13 NIAGRA · NIAGRA 10% → 11%
04
Karlotta KattaiAce+1.3%
Ace by Karlotta Kattai on Giulia Ragusa
Set 2 · QUINN 4-6 NIAGRA · NIAGRA 9% → 10%
05
Katelynn RottmanAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Katelynn Rottman
Set 1 · QUINN 5-3 NIAGRA · QUINN 87% → 88%
06
Asia BelliBlock+1.2%
Katelynn Rottman stuffed by Asia Belli
Set 2 · QUINN 6-7 NIAGRA · QUINN 90% → 91%
07
Giulia RagusaKill+1.2%
Kill by Giulia Ragusa (set by Sophia Gisslen)
Set 2 · QUINN 7-7 NIAGRA · QUINN 91% → 92%
08
Katelynn RottmanBad set+1.2%
Bad set by Katelynn Rottman
Set 1 · QUINN 17-13 NIAGRA · QUINN 90% → 91%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Quinnipiacaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Vittoria TonelliOH	3	15	3	33	.364	1	1	2	11	1	1	0	1	17
7Giulia RagusaOH	3	16	4	33	.364	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	16
8Sophia MinlendOH	3	8	6	17	.118	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	8
11Asia BelliMB	3	3	1	10	.200	1	3	0	5	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
18Sila YildizMB	3	3	1	6	.333	1	0	0	5	1	3	0	3	6
6Sophia GisslenS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	39	1	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Carola Negron DiazL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
13Didar BulbulL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	16	100	.290	43	5	3	51	3	5	2	6	75

Niagarahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Karlotta KattaiOH	3	10	2	29	.276	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	11
3Paisley Ka’ahanuiS	3	2	0	3	.667	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
7Taylor JenkinsMB	3	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
17Payton LeeOH	3	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
18Katelynn RottmanOH	2	1	6	23	-.217	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Jakayla BrownMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
8Kadence GoolsbyOH	3	7	2	17	.294	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
2Ashley MorelandL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	0	1	8	2	0	0	0	0
14Noel PerkinsOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1Natasa LjubicicMB	2	1	3	5	-.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
9Elyannah SonzaL/DS	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
13Kaitlyn DoyleOH	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		24	16	97	.082	24	3	5	30	5	1	6	4	47

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 7 QUINN · NIAGRA 5

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 5 QUINNNIAGRA 5

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 5 QUINNNIAGRA 3

Set 3

25-12

Longest run 7 QUINNNIAGRA 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Quinnipiac

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%6/6	78%18/23
2	40%6/15	50%6/12
3	83%5/6	38%3/8
4	63%5/8	62%8/13
5	56%5/9	55%6/11
6	100%4/4	43%3/7
All	65%31/48	59%44/74

Niagara

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	35%6/17	0%0/4
2	50%6/12	14%1/7
3	56%5/9	60%9/15
4	33%5/15	17%1/6
5	50%5/10	50%5/10
6	27%3/11	17%1/6
All	41%30/74	35%17/48

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

122 rallies

#	QUINN-NIAGRA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Ashley Moreland	+1.1
2	1-1	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.0
3	1-2	QUINN	NIAGRA	Serve err	Sophia Gisslen		+1.2
4	2-2	NIAGRA	QUINN	Serve err	Noel Perkins		+1.1
5	2-3	QUINN	NIAGRA	Serve err	Vittoria Tonelli		+1.2
6	3-3	NIAGRA	QUINN×3	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.1
7	4-3	QUINN	QUINN×3	Kill	Sila Yildiz	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.4
8	5-3	QUINN	QUINN×3	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman		+1.3
9	5-4	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins	+1.0
10	6-4	NIAGRA	QUINN×4	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.9
11	7-4	QUINN	QUINN×4	Blocked	Katelynn Rottman	blk Sophia Gisslen, Asia Belli	+1.1
12	8-4	QUINN	QUINN×4	Attack err	Noel Perkins		+0.9
13	9-4	QUINN	QUINN×4	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman		+0.8
14	9-5	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins	+0.5
15	9-6	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Ace	Paisley Ka’ahanui	aced Vittoria Tonelli	+0.9
16	10-6	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.7
17	10-7	QUINN	NIAGRA	Attack err	Sila Yildiz		+0.7
18	11-7	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
19	12-7	QUINN	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Vittoria Tonelli	+0.8
20	12-8	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	+0.5
21	13-8	NIAGRA	QUINN×3	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.6
22	14-8	QUINN	QUINN×3	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai		+0.6
23	15-8	QUINN	QUINN×3	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.4
24	15-9	QUINN	NIAGRA×5	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	+0.2
25	15-10	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×5	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Noel Perkins	+0.5
26	15-11	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×5	Blocked	Sophia Minlend	blk Jakayla Brown, Kadence Goolsby	+0.7
27	15-12	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×5	Attack err	Sophia Gisslen		+1.0
28	15-13	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×5	Attack err	Vittoria Tonelli		+1.4
29	16-13	NIAGRA	QUINN×3	Kill	Sila Yildiz	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.1
30	17-13	QUINN	QUINN×3	Bad set	Katelynn Rottman		+1.2
31	18-13	QUINN	QUINN×3	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.9
32	18-14	QUINN	NIAGRA	Serve err	Vittoria Tonelli		+0.5
33	19-14	NIAGRA	QUINN×5	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.6
34	20-14	QUINN	QUINN×5	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.5
35	21-14	QUINN	QUINN×5	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.3
36	22-14	QUINN	QUINN×5	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.1
37	23-14	QUINN	QUINN×5	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sila Yildiz	·
38	23-15	QUINN	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins	·
39	23-16	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Blocked	Sophia Minlend	blk Katelynn Rottman, Taylor Jenkins	·
40	23-17	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Attack err	Asia Belli		+0.1
41	24-17	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.1
42	24-18	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins	·
43	25-18	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	·
Set 2
1	1-0	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.7
2	1-1	QUINN	NIAGRA	Bad set	Sophia Gisslen		+0.7
3	1-2	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Ace	Katelynn Rottman	aced Sila Yildiz	+1.1
4	2-2	NIAGRA	QUINN	Serve err	Katelynn Rottman		+0.8
5	2-3	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	+0.9
6	3-3	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
7	3-4	QUINN	NIAGRA	Attack err	Vittoria Tonelli		+0.9
8	4-4	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
9	4-5	QUINN	NIAGRA×3	Attack err	Giulia Ragusa		+0.9
10	4-6	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Ace	Karlotta Kattai	aced Giulia Ragusa	+1.3
11	4-7	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Attack err	Giulia Ragusa		+1.4
12	5-7	NIAGRA	QUINN×3	Attack err	Kadence Goolsby		+0.9
13	6-7	QUINN	QUINN×3	Blocked	Katelynn Rottman	blk Asia Belli	+1.2
14	7-7	QUINN	QUINN×3	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.2
15	7-8	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins	+1.0
16	8-8	NIAGRA	QUINN×5	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.9
17	9-8	QUINN	QUINN×5	Blocked	Kadence Goolsby	blk Vittoria Tonelli	+1.2
18	10-8	QUINN	QUINN×5	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.1
19	11-8	QUINN	QUINN×5	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.9
20	12-8	QUINN	QUINN×5	Kill	Asia Belli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
21	12-9	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins	+0.5
22	13-9	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Asia Belli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.6
23	13-10	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Taylor Jenkins	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	+0.5
24	14-10	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.6
25	14-11	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	+0.5
26	14-12	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Sophia Minlend		+0.9
27	15-12	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
28	16-12	QUINN	QUINN	Ace	Vittoria Tonelli	aced Ashley Moreland	+0.8
29	16-13	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	+0.5
30	16-14	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Noel Perkins	+1.0
31	17-14	NIAGRA	QUINN×4	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
32	18-14	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Asia Belli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.9
33	19-14	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.6
34	20-14	QUINN	QUINN×4	Bad set	Noel Perkins		+0.4
35	20-15	QUINN	NIAGRA	Blocked	Giulia Ragusa	blk Natasa Ljubicic, Kadence Goolsby	+0.2
36	20-16	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Blocked	Sophia Minlend	blk Natasa Ljubicic	+0.4
37	21-16	NIAGRA	QUINN	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman		+0.4
38	21-17	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Ashley Moreland	+0.3
39	22-17	NIAGRA	QUINN×4	Serve err	Ashley Moreland		+0.4
40	23-17	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Carola Negron Diaz	+0.2
41	24-17	QUINN	QUINN×4	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman		+0.1
42	25-17	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	·
Set 3
1	1-0	QUINN	QUINN×7	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.4
2	2-0	QUINN	QUINN×7	Attack err	Payton Lee		+0.4
3	3-0	QUINN	QUINN×7	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.3
4	4-0	QUINN	QUINN×7	Ace	Asia Belli		+0.3
5	5-0	QUINN	QUINN×7	Ace	Asia Belli	aced Ashley Moreland	+0.2
6	6-0	QUINN	QUINN×7	Blocked	Karlotta Kattai	blk Sila Yildiz	+0.2
7	7-0	QUINN	QUINN×7	Kill	Sila Yildiz	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.2
8	7-1	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Paisley Ka’ahanui	set Ashley Moreland	+0.1
9	8-1	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.1
10	9-1	QUINN	QUINN	Blocked	Natasa Ljubicic	blk Sila Yildiz	+0.1
11	9-2	QUINN	NIAGRA×4	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	+0.1
12	9-3	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Attack err	Sophia Minlend		+0.1
13	9-4	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Ashley Moreland	+0.2
14	9-5	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Attack err	Sophia Minlend		+0.2
15	10-5	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.2
16	10-6	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins	+0.2
17	11-6	NIAGRA	QUINN	Serve err	Karlotta Kattai		+0.2
18	12-6	QUINN	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.2
19	12-7	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Natasa Ljubicic	set Noel Perkins	+0.1
20	13-7	NIAGRA	QUINN	Bad set	Ashley Moreland		+0.2
21	13-8	QUINN	NIAGRA	Attack err	Giulia Ragusa		+0.1
22	14-8	NIAGRA	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.2
23	15-8	QUINN	QUINN	Attack err	Kaitlyn Doyle		+0.1
24	15-9	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Kaitlyn Doyle	set Ashley Moreland	+0.1
25	16-9	NIAGRA	QUINN×4	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.1
26	17-9	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.1
27	18-9	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Asia Belli	·
28	19-9	QUINN	QUINN×4	Ace	Asia Belli	aced Elyannah Sonza	·
29	19-10	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Paisley Ka’ahanui	set Ashley Moreland	·
30	20-10	NIAGRA	QUINN×4	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	·
31	21-10	QUINN	QUINN×4	Ace	Sophia Gisslen		·
32	22-10	QUINN	QUINN×4	Bad set	Payton Lee		·
33	23-10	QUINN	QUINN×4	Blocked	Natasa Ljubicic	blk Sila Yildiz	·
34	23-11	QUINN	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui	·
35	23-12	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Vittoria Tonelli		·
36	24-12	NIAGRA	QUINN	Serve err	Noel Perkins		·
37	25-12	QUINN	QUINN	Attack err	Natasa Ljubicic		·

Score shown after each rally, Quinnipiac 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).

Quinnipiac def. Niagara 3–0

Giulia Ragusa needed just 3 sets for 16 kills. Quinnipiac swept Niagara.