Niagara vs Marshall Volleyball: Marshall Wins 3-0 (Aug 28)

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026

0:3

Marshall beat visiting Niagara 3-0 (25-18, 25-8, 25-16) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. Marshall's Emma Barnett led with 9 kills, and Maddie Smith added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NIAGRA	18	8	16	0
MARSH	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Marshall above 50 · Niagara below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NIAGRA 0.1%99.9% MARSH

Niagara wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.1%

Marshall wins

3-0

88.5%

3-1

10.6%

3-2

0.8%

NIAGRA break %: 32.2% vs this opp
MARSH break %: 55.9% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Niagaraaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Payton LeeOH	3	8	4	18	.222	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
12Karlotta KattaiOH	3	6	8	17	-.118	1	0	0	5	3	1	0.5	6.5
18Katelynn RottmanOH	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	1	4	0	1	0.5	3.5
10Jakayla BrownMB	3	2	0	7	.286	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
7Taylor JenkinsMB	3	1	1	4	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3Paisley Ka’ahanuiS	3	0	1	3	-.333	15	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
8Kadence GoolsbyOH	3	4	3	14	.071	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
2Ashley MorelandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	5	1	0	0	1
14Noel PerkinsOH	3	0	0	0	–	8	1	0	3	0	0	0	1
9Elyannah SonzaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13Kaitlyn DoyleOH	2	3	2	7	.143	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	3
Team totals		27	22	83	.060	27	2	5	27	7	4	2	42

Marshallhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Emma BarnettOH	3	9	3	23	.261	1	4	2	2	1	0	2	1	14
16Marae ReillyMB	3	8	0	14	.571	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
5Beatrice CiccarelliMB	3	6	0	7	.857	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
15Logan HendersonOPP	3	6	1	13	.385	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7
20Maddie SmithOH	3	6	1	10	.500	2	0	0	9	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
23Kahea CarvalhoS	3	0	0	0	–	16	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1
10Lilly HowellOH	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
4Emma SayreL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
14Isabella Nieves	3	1	0	1	1.000	15	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
17Lia BeverlyMB	2	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
19Addison SaundersL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	6	76	.447	35	7	6	29	2	1	10	6	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 3 NIAGRA · MARSH 10

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 NIAGRAMARSH 4

Set 2

8-25

Longest run 1 NIAGRAMARSH 10

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 2 NIAGRAMARSH 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Niagara

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%7/21	40%4/10
2	47%7/15	22%2/9
3	45%5/11	13%1/8
4	42%5/12	17%1/6
5	50%5/10	0%0/5
6	100%4/4	17%1/6
All	45%33/73	20%9/44

Marshall

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	67%10/15
2	78%7/9	46%6/13
3	86%6/7	57%8/14
4	83%5/6	55%6/11
5	100%5/5	55%6/11
6	83%5/6	44%4/9
All	80%35/44	55%40/73

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

117 rallies

#	NIAGRA-MARSH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
2	2-0	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
3	2-1	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Marae Reilly	set Kahea Carvalho
4	3-1	MARSH	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
5	4-1	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Payton Lee	set Ashley Moreland
6	5-1	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
7	5-2	NIAGRA	MARSH	Serve err	Niagara
8	5-3	MARSH	MARSH	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai
9	6-3	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
10	6-4	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Logan Henderson	set Kahea Carvalho
11	7-4	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
12	7-5	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Maddie Smith	set Isabella Nieves
13	7-6	MARSH	MARSH	Attack err	Kadence Goolsby
14	8-6	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Ashley Moreland
15	8-7	NIAGRA	MARSH×4	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Emma Sayre
16	8-8	MARSH	MARSH×4	Kill	Marae Reilly	set Isabella Nieves
17	8-9	MARSH	MARSH×4	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Isabella Nieves
18	8-10	MARSH	MARSH×4	Kill	Marae Reilly
19	9-10	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins
20	9-11	NIAGRA	MARSH	Blocked	Katelynn Rottman	blk Marae Reilly, Lilly Howell
21	10-11	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
22	11-11	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Serve err	Niagara
23	11-12	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Kill	Marae Reilly	set Kahea Carvalho
24	11-13	MARSH	MARSH×3	Attack err	Paisley Ka’ahanui
25	11-14	MARSH	MARSH×3	Ace	Marshall
26	12-14	MARSH	NIAGRA	Attack err	Emma Barnett
27	12-15	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Kill	Maddie Smith	set Emma Barnett
28	12-16	MARSH	MARSH×3	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai
29	12-17	MARSH	MARSH×3	Kill	Maddie Smith
30	13-17	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
31	13-18	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Kill	Beatrice Ciccarelli	set Kahea Carvalho
32	13-19	MARSH	MARSH×3	Kill	Beatrice Ciccarelli	set Isabella Nieves
33	13-20	MARSH	MARSH×3	Blocked	Payton Lee	blk Maddie Smith, Beatrice Ciccarelli
34	14-20	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
35	15-20	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Ace	Niagara	aced Emma Barnett
36	15-21	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Kill	Beatrice Ciccarelli	set Isabella Nieves
37	15-22	MARSH	MARSH×3	Attack err	Kadence Goolsby
38	15-23	MARSH	MARSH×3	Kill	Lilly Howell	set Isabella Nieves
39	16-23	MARSH	NIAGRA	Attack err	Emma Barnett
40	16-24	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Beatrice Ciccarelli	set Isabella Nieves
41	17-24	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Jakayla Brown	set Noel Perkins
42	18-24	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Ace	Niagara	aced Maddie Smith
43	18-25	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Isabella Nieves
Set 2
1	0-1	MARSH	MARSH	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Kahea Carvalho
2	1-1	MARSH	NIAGRA	Serve err	Marshall
3	1-2	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Maddie Smith
4	2-2	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Taylor Jenkins	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
5	2-3	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Logan Henderson	set Kahea Carvalho
6	2-4	MARSH	MARSH	Kill	Logan Henderson	set Kahea Carvalho
7	3-4	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
8	3-5	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Kill	Beatrice Ciccarelli	set Kahea Carvalho
9	3-6	MARSH	MARSH×3	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai
10	3-7	MARSH	MARSH×3	Kill	Lilly Howell	set Isabella Nieves
11	4-7	MARSH	NIAGRA	Blocked	Maddie Smith	blk Jakayla Brown, Karlotta Kattai
12	4-8	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Maddie Smith	set Isabella Nieves
13	4-9	MARSH	MARSH	Blocked	Kadence Goolsby	blk Emma Barnett, Beatrice Ciccarelli
14	5-9	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Karlotta Kattai
15	5-10	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Beatrice Ciccarelli	set Isabella Nieves
16	6-10	MARSH	NIAGRA	Serve err	Marshall
17	6-11	NIAGRA	MARSH×10	Kill	Marae Reilly	set Isabella Nieves
18	6-12	MARSH	MARSH×10	Attack err	Payton Lee
19	6-13	MARSH	MARSH×10	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai
20	6-14	MARSH	MARSH×10	Kill	Logan Henderson	set Kahea Carvalho
21	6-15	MARSH	MARSH×10	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Kahea Carvalho
22	6-16	MARSH	MARSH×10	Ace	Marshall	aced Karlotta Kattai
23	6-17	MARSH	MARSH×10	Kill	Marae Reilly	set Kahea Carvalho
24	6-18	MARSH	MARSH×10	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman
25	6-19	MARSH	MARSH×10	Attack err	Taylor Jenkins
26	6-20	MARSH	MARSH×10	Kill	Lia Beverly	set Kahea Carvalho
27	7-20	MARSH	NIAGRA	Serve err	Marshall
28	7-21	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Serve err	Niagara
29	7-22	MARSH	MARSH×3	Ace	Marshall	aced Kaitlyn Doyle
30	7-23	MARSH	MARSH×3	Ace	Marshall	aced Ashley Moreland
31	8-23	MARSH	NIAGRA	Serve err	Marshall
32	8-24	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Logan Henderson	set Kahea Carvalho
33	8-25	MARSH	MARSH	Ace	Marshall	aced Kaitlyn Doyle
Set 3
1	1-0	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Logan Henderson
2	1-1	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Marae Reilly	set Kahea Carvalho
3	1-2	MARSH	MARSH	Bad set	Paisley Ka’ahanui
4	2-2	MARSH	NIAGRA	Serve err	Marshall
5	2-3	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Maddie Smith	set Kahea Carvalho
6	3-3	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
7	3-4	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Logan Henderson	set Kahea Carvalho
8	4-4	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
9	4-5	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai
10	4-6	MARSH	MARSH×3	Blocked	Karlotta Kattai	blk Beatrice Ciccarelli, Emma Barnett
11	4-7	MARSH	MARSH×3	Kill	Isabella Nieves	set Maddie Smith
12	5-7	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
13	5-8	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Isabella Nieves
14	6-8	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
15	6-9	NIAGRA	MARSH	Serve err	Niagara
16	7-9	MARSH	NIAGRA	Serve err	Marshall
17	7-10	NIAGRA	MARSH	Attack err	Payton Lee
18	8-10	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
19	8-11	NIAGRA	MARSH×3	Kill	Maddie Smith	set Kahea Carvalho
20	8-12	MARSH	MARSH×3	Blocked	Karlotta Kattai	blk Logan Henderson
21	8-13	MARSH	MARSH×3	Ace	Marshall	aced Karlotta Kattai
22	9-13	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
23	9-14	NIAGRA	MARSH	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai
24	9-15	MARSH	MARSH	Attack err	Payton Lee
25	10-15	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Jakayla Brown
26	10-16	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Lilly Howell	set Isabella Nieves
27	11-16	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Jakayla Brown	set Noel Perkins
28	11-17	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Isabella Nieves
29	11-18	MARSH	MARSH	Attack err	Kaitlyn Doyle
30	12-18	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Kaitlyn Doyle	set Noel Perkins
31	12-19	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Marae Reilly	set Emma Sayre
32	13-19	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Kaitlyn Doyle	set Noel Perkins
33	13-20	NIAGRA	MARSH	Kill	Emma Barnett	set Kahea Carvalho
34	13-21	MARSH	MARSH	Ace	Marshall	aced Karlotta Kattai
35	14-21	MARSH	NIAGRA	Kill	Kaitlyn Doyle	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
36	14-22	NIAGRA	MARSH	Serve err	Niagara
37	14-23	MARSH	MARSH	Attack err	Kaitlyn Doyle
38	15-23	MARSH	NIAGRA	Bad set	Emma Sayre
39	16-23	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Blocked	Lia Beverly	blk Jakayla Brown, Katelynn Rottman
40	16-24	NIAGRA	MARSH	Serve err	Niagara
41	16-25	MARSH	MARSH	Blocked	Katelynn Rottman	blk Lia Beverly, Lilly Howell

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

Marshall def. Niagara 3–0