Tulsa vs East Carolina Volleyball: Tulsa Wins 3-0 (Nov 8)

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Tulsa 67.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 10:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Tulsa won at East Carolina 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-20) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Tulsa's Olivia Vance led with 16 kills, and Lauren Patterson added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TULSA	25	26	25	3
E CAR	22	24	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Olivia Vance needed just 3 sets for 16 kills. Tulsa swept East Carolina.

The biggest single-rally swing was 7.6 points, and East Carolina's high was 33% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Tulsa at 67%.

TulsaEast Carolina

Hitting+.101
.236.135
49 K / 20 E against 31 K / 17 E.
Longest run+1
65
Up 4–3 in the third set, Tulsa scored 6 straight to make it 10–3. Final score of the set: 25–20.

East Carolina above 50Tulsa belowMax swing 7.6%

TulsaEast Carolina

Aces: Tulsa 6·East Carolina 4
Serve err: Tulsa 9·East Carolina 3
Blocks: Tulsa 5·East Carolina 92 BS · 6 BA vs 2 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Tulsa 45·East Carolina 45

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

East Carolina above 50 · Tulsa below

Biggest swing: 7.6% to East Carolina — set 2, TULSA 24-24 E CAR. Kill by Ellie Pate (set by Taryn Gilreath). E CAR win probability 12% → 19%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TULSA 68.3%31.7% E CAR

Tulsa wins

3-0

22.1%

3-1

26.2%

3-2

20.0%

East Carolina wins

3-0

6.2%

3-1

11.2%

3-2

14.3%

TULSA break %: 42.3% vs this opp
E CAR break %: 38.7% 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
Ellie PateKill+7.6%
Kill by Ellie Pate (set by Taryn Gilreath)
Set 2 · TULSA 24-24 E CAR · E CAR 12% → 19%
02
Lexi DahlAce+7.2%
Ace by Lexi Dahl on Ellie Pate
Set 2 · TULSA 26-24 E CAR · TULSA 86% → 93%
03
Campbell HagueKill+5.2%
Kill by Campbell Hague (set by Meg Goodwin)
Set 2 · TULSA 25-24 E CAR · TULSA 81% → 86%
04
Taryn Gilreath&Nina EdwardsBlock+2.9%
Maegan Mills stuffed by Taryn Gilreath & Nina Edwards
Set 2 · TULSA 24-23 E CAR · E CAR 9% → 12%
05
Ava SteffeAttack error+2.5%
Attack error by Ava Steffe
Set 1 · TULSA 4-4 E CAR · E CAR 30% → 33%
06
Olivia VanceKill+2.5%
Kill by Olivia Vance (set by Meg Goodwin)
Set 1 · TULSA 24-21 E CAR · TULSA 77% → 80%
07
Angeles AldereteKill+2.4%
Kill by Angeles Alderete
Set 1 · TULSA 16-14 E CAR · E CAR 24% → 27%
08
Campbell HagueKill+2.4%
Kill by Campbell Hague (set by Meg Goodwin)
Set 1 · TULSA 6-4 E CAR · TULSA 69% → 71%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Tulsaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Olivia VanceOH	3	16	3	37	.351	0	1	1	5	1	1	1	1.5	18.5
10Campbell HagueMB	3	12	2	24	.417	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	12
5Jill HansonMB	3	8	2	14	.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
13Maegan MillsOH	3	6	3	23	.130	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	7
18Emma BlaineOPP	3	3	7	15	-.267	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	5
16Brittany BacornS	3	1	0	1	1.000	20	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	1
2Lauren PattersonL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	5	3	2	16	3	0	0	0	4
11Ava SteffeOPP	3	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Meg GoodwinS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1Lexi DahlS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Kat CooperMB	1	2	2	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		49	20	123	.236	41	6	9	45	4	2	6	5	76

East Carolinahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Ellie PateOH	3	9	4	29	.172	1	1	1	6	3	0	4	2	12
3Angeles AldereteOH	3	10	3	29	.241	0	1	1	10	1	0	0	0	11
7Nina EdwardsMB	3	4	2	9	.222	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
11Kai BaileyMB	3	3	3	12	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5
12Aulie HuffOH	3	3	5	18	-.111	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	4
1Taryn GilreathS	3	1	0	4	.250	20	0	0	7	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
2Brooklyn AllisonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	2
8Allison ButrumL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4Emma OrtizL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
6Ekwe AnwahMB	2	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
16Clara CloningerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
40Naala KasungaOPP	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
22Brook WatkinsS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	17	104	.135	27	4	3	45	6	2	14	9	66

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 6 TULSA · E CAR 5

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 3 TULSAE CAR 2

Set 2

26-24

Longest run 5 TULSAE CAR 5

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 6 TULSAE CAR 4

Bars above the line = East Carolina leads, below = Tulsa leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Tulsa

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	40%4/10
2	54%7/13	61%11/18
3	78%7/9	61%11/18
4	54%7/13	22%2/9
5	50%7/14	42%5/12
6	83%5/6	29%2/7
All	60%41/68	47%35/74

East Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	30%3/10
2	35%7/20	36%4/11
3	64%7/11	36%4/11
4	54%7/13	46%6/13
5	75%6/8	46%6/13
6	56%5/9	40%4/10
All	53%39/74	40%27/68

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

142 rallies

#	TULSA-E CAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Emma Blaine	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.5
2	2-0	TULSA	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Lauren Patterson	+2.2
3	2-1	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Tulsa		+1.5
4	3-1	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.5
5	3-2	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Tulsa		+1.5
6	4-2	E CAR	TULSA	Attack err	Aulie Huff		+1.5
7	4-3	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Nina Edwards	set Taryn Gilreath	+1.5
8	4-4	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Ava Steffe		+2.5
9	5-4	E CAR	TULSA×3	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Lauren Patterson	+1.7
10	6-4	TULSA	TULSA×3	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+2.4
11	7-4	TULSA	TULSA×3	Attack err	Aulie Huff		+2.2
12	7-5	TULSA	E CAR	Attack err	Olivia Vance		+1.4
13	8-5	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+1.5
14	9-5	TULSA	TULSA	Kill	Jill Hanson		+2.0
15	9-6	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Campbell Hague		+1.2
16	10-6	E CAR	TULSA	Serve err	Aulie Huff		+1.3
17	10-7	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Taryn Gilreath	+1.2
18	11-7	E CAR	TULSA	Serve err	Angeles Alderete		+1.4
19	11-8	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Taryn Gilreath		+1.2
20	11-9	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Emma Blaine		+2.2
21	12-9	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.7
22	13-9	TULSA	TULSA	Kill	Lauren Patterson	set Taryn Gilreath	+2.1
23	13-10	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+1.2
24	14-10	E CAR	TULSA	Attack err	Aulie Huff		+1.4
25	14-11	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Meg Goodwin		+1.2
26	15-11	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Meg Goodwin	+1.5
27	15-12	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Taryn Gilreath	+1.2
28	16-12	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Maegan Mills	set Meg Goodwin	+1.5
29	16-13	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Emma Ortiz	+1.2
30	16-14	E CAR	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete		+2.4
31	17-14	E CAR	TULSA×3	Kill	Jill Hanson	set Meg Goodwin	+2.0
32	18-14	TULSA	TULSA×3	Blocked	Angeles Alderete	blk Emma Blaine, Jill Hanson	+2.3
33	19-14	TULSA	TULSA×3	Kill	Brittany Bacorn	set Taryn Gilreath	+1.6
34	19-15	TULSA	E CAR	Blocked	Jill Hanson	blk Kai Bailey	+0.7
35	19-16	E CAR	E CAR	Blocked	Emma Blaine	blk Kai Bailey, Ellie Pate	+1.7
36	20-16	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Emma Blaine	set Lauren Patterson	+1.6
37	21-16	TULSA	TULSA	Blocked	Kai Bailey	blk Olivia Vance	+1.5
38	21-17	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.6
39	21-18	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Jill Hanson		+1.5
40	22-18	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.5
41	22-19	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Nina Edwards	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.9
42	23-19	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.5
43	23-20	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.7
44	23-21	E CAR	E CAR	Kill	Aulie Huff	set Taryn Gilreath	+2.0
45	24-21	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Meg Goodwin	+2.5
46	24-22	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Olivia Vance		+0.9
47	25-22	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+2.2
Set 2
1	1-0	TULSA	TULSA	Kill	Jill Hanson	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.9
2	1-1	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Brittany Bacorn		+1.3
3	1-2	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Maegan Mills		+2.1
4	2-2	E CAR	TULSA×5	Kill	Jill Hanson	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.4
5	3-2	TULSA	TULSA×5	Ace	Maegan Mills	aced Ellie Pate	+2.0
6	4-2	TULSA	TULSA×5	Bad set	Taryn Gilreath		+1.9
7	5-2	TULSA	TULSA×5	Blocked	Nina Edwards	blk Emma Blaine	+1.8
8	6-2	TULSA	TULSA×5	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.6
9	6-3	TULSA	E CAR	Attack err	Emma Blaine		+1.0
10	7-3	E CAR	TULSA×5	Kill	Jill Hanson	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.1
11	8-3	TULSA	TULSA×5	Ace	Lauren Patterson	aced Angeles Alderete	+1.4
12	9-3	TULSA	TULSA×5	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+1.1
13	10-3	TULSA	TULSA×5	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+0.8
14	11-3	TULSA	TULSA×5	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.6
15	11-4	TULSA	E CAR	Blocked	Olivia Vance	blk Aulie Huff	+0.3
16	12-4	E CAR	TULSA×3	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.4
17	13-4	TULSA	TULSA×3	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+0.4
18	14-4	TULSA	TULSA×3	Attack err	Kai Bailey		+0.2
19	14-5	TULSA	E CAR×3	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Emma Ortiz	+0.1
20	14-6	E CAR	E CAR×3	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.2
21	14-7	E CAR	E CAR×3	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.4
22	15-7	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+0.3
23	15-8	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.2
24	16-8	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Maegan Mills	set Meg Goodwin	+0.3
25	16-9	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.2
26	17-9	E CAR	TULSA	Attack err	Aulie Huff		+0.3
27	17-10	TULSA	E CAR	Attack err	Emma Blaine		+0.2
28	17-11	E CAR	E CAR	Ace	East Carolina	aced Lauren Patterson	+0.4
29	18-11	E CAR	TULSA×3	Serve err	Ellie Pate		+0.4
30	19-11	TULSA	TULSA×3	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+0.4
31	20-11	TULSA	TULSA×3	Kill	Emma Blaine	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.2
32	20-12	TULSA	E CAR×5	Kill	Nina Edwards	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.1
33	20-13	E CAR	E CAR×5	Bad set	Olivia Vance		+0.1
34	20-14	E CAR	E CAR×5	Ace	East Carolina	aced Lauren Patterson	+0.3
35	20-15	E CAR	E CAR×5	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.5
36	20-16	E CAR	E CAR×5	Ace	East Carolina	aced Olivia Vance	+0.8
37	21-16	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Jill Hanson	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.8
38	21-17	TULSA	E CAR×3	Kill	Ekwe Anwah	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.5
39	21-18	E CAR	E CAR×3	Attack err	Emma Blaine		+1.2
40	21-19	E CAR	E CAR×3	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Taryn Gilreath	+2.1
41	22-19	E CAR	TULSA	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+2.0
42	22-20	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Emma Ortiz	+1.3
43	23-20	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+2.1
44	24-20	TULSA	TULSA	Ace	Olivia Vance	aced Emma Ortiz	+1.6
45	24-21	TULSA	E CAR×4	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.3
46	24-22	E CAR	E CAR×4	Kill	Nina Edwards		+1.1
47	24-23	E CAR	E CAR×4	Blocked	Maegan Mills	blk Taryn Gilreath, Nina Edwards	+2.9
48	24-24	E CAR	E CAR×4	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Taryn Gilreath	+7.6
49	25-24	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+5.2
50	26-24	TULSA	TULSA	Ace	Lexi Dahl	aced Ellie Pate	+7.2
Set 3
1	0-1	E CAR	E CAR	Blocked	Kat Cooper	blk Ellie Pate, Nina Edwards	+1.2
2	0-2	E CAR	E CAR	Kill	Aulie Huff	set Taryn Gilreath	+1.3
3	1-2	E CAR	TULSA×4	Kill	Jill Hanson	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.8
4	2-2	TULSA	TULSA×4	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Lauren Patterson	+1.2
5	3-2	TULSA	TULSA×4	Kill	Kat Cooper	set Lauren Patterson	+1.2
6	4-2	TULSA	TULSA×4	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+1.1
7	4-3	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Aulie Huff	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.8
8	5-3	E CAR	TULSA×6	Blocked	Aulie Huff	blk Olivia Vance, Jill Hanson	+0.8
9	6-3	TULSA	TULSA×6	Kill	Olivia Vance		+1.1
10	7-3	TULSA	TULSA×6	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Maegan Mills	+0.9
11	8-3	TULSA	TULSA×6	Ace	Lauren Patterson	aced Ellie Pate	+0.8
12	9-3	TULSA	TULSA×6	Kill	Olivia Vance		+0.6
13	10-3	TULSA	TULSA×6	Ace	Lauren Patterson		+0.5
14	10-4	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Taryn Gilreath	+0.3
15	11-4	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Olivia Vance	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.3
16	11-5	TULSA	E CAR	Attack err	Emma Blaine		+0.3
17	12-5	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+0.3
18	13-5	TULSA	TULSA	Kill	Maegan Mills	set Meg Goodwin	+0.3
19	13-6	TULSA	E CAR	Attack err	Campbell Hague		+0.2
20	13-7	E CAR	E CAR	Blocked	Emma Blaine	blk Ekwe Anwah, Ellie Pate	+0.3
21	14-7	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Maegan Mills	set Meg Goodwin	+0.3
22	14-8	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Campbell Hague		+0.2
23	15-8	E CAR	TULSA	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+0.3
24	16-8	TULSA	TULSA	Attack err	Kai Bailey		+0.3
25	16-9	TULSA	E CAR	Blocked	Kat Cooper	blk Ellie Pate, Nina Edwards	+0.1
26	17-9	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Maegan Mills	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.2
27	17-10	TULSA	E CAR	Bad set	Olivia Vance		+0.1
28	18-10	E CAR	TULSA	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+0.2
29	19-10	TULSA	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.1
30	19-11	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Lauren Patterson		·
31	20-11	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Kat Cooper	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.1
32	20-12	TULSA	E CAR×3	Blocked	Olivia Vance	blk Naala Kasunga, Ekwe Anwah	·
33	20-13	E CAR	E CAR×3	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Ellie Pate	+0.1
34	20-14	E CAR	E CAR×3	Attack err	Campbell Hague		+0.2
35	21-14	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.2
36	22-14	TULSA	TULSA	Kill	Maegan Mills	set Meg Goodwin	+0.1
37	22-15	TULSA	E CAR×4	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	·
38	22-16	E CAR	E CAR×4	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+0.1
39	22-17	E CAR	E CAR×4	Ace	East Carolina	aced Lauren Patterson	+0.2
40	22-18	E CAR	E CAR×4	Blocked	Maegan Mills	blk Ekwe Anwah, Kai Bailey	+0.3
41	23-18	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Campbell Hague	set Meg Goodwin	+0.4
42	23-19	TULSA	E CAR	Serve err	Lexi Dahl		+0.1
43	24-19	E CAR	TULSA	Blocked	Nina Edwards	blk Jill Hanson, Emma Blaine	+0.3
44	24-20	TULSA	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+0.1
45	25-20	E CAR	TULSA	Kill	Jill Hanson	set Brittany Bacorn	+0.2

Score shown after each rally, Tulsa 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).

Tulsa def. East Carolina 3–0

Olivia Vance needed just 3 sets for 16 kills. Tulsa swept East Carolina.