Western Ky. def. Jacksonville State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Ky. 99.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Ky. won at Jacksonville St. 3-0 (25-21, 25-11, 25-13) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Western Ky.'s Kaira Knox led with 9 kills, and Tayler Baron added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 11:05 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W KY	25	25	25	3
JAX ST	21	11	13	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Western Ky. broke it open with an 8–0 run in the second set.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.1 points. Jacksonville St. peaked at 1% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Western Ky. at 99%.

Western Ky.Jacksonville St.

Break %+27.7 pts
57.529.8
On serve: 42/73 against 14/47 (Jacksonville St. sideout 42.5%).
Hitting+.280
.402.122
Kills and errors: 40–7 vs 23–14.
Longest run+4
84
Western Ky. scored 8 straight in the second set to stretch a 16–9 lead to 24–9. The set finished 25–11.

Jacksonville St. above 50Western Ky. belowMax swing 0.1%

Western Ky.Jacksonville St.

Aces: Western Ky. 11·Jacksonville St. 2
Serve err: Western Ky. 13·Jacksonville St. 8
Blocks: Western Ky. 7·Jacksonville St. 33 BS · 8 BA vs 2 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Western Ky. 33·Jacksonville St. 32

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Jacksonville St. above 50 · Western Ky. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W KY 99.7%0.3% JAX ST

Western Ky. wins

3-0

82.4%

3-1

15.4%

3-2

1.8%

Jacksonville St. wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.2%

W KY break %: 53.0% vs this opp
JAX ST break %: 32.3% 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

Western Ky.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	9	0	14	.643	0	2	4	4	0	0	2	1	12
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	7	3	19	.211	0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	11
22Faith YoungOH	3	4	0	8	.500	2	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	7
20Kate RushS	3	3	1	6	.333	30	2	3	4	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
21Eliza McKnightOH	3	4	1	9	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
25Izzy Van De WieleMB	3	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	3	2	14	1	0	0	0	4
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
9Camila AdamsDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	2	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
18Aubrey SearsOH	1	4	1	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
13Kendall MellerOH	1	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15Izzie DelacherS	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	7	82	.402	36	11	13	33	2	3	8	7	75

Jacksonville St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Sophia SchweikertOH	3	8	6	21	.095	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	9
9Azavia ThomasOH	3	4	1	14	.214	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
8Lauren BuchananOH	3	5	2	15	.200	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	5
13Taya NordmannMB	3	3	3	12	.000	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
23Sofia VarelaS	3	0	0	0	–	12	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1
6Anna RayOH	3	0	1	5	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Izzy WhittakerOH	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3
4Mia DuongL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0
2Addison StoneS	3	0	0	0	–	7	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
16Delaney MoonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
14Chloe MittelstadtOPP	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Gemma MorrisDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15Riley HuffMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		23	14	74	.122	22	2	8	32	11	2	2	3	45

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.

Western Ky. vs Jacksonville St.

Season series · Western Ky. leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Western Ky. at Jacksonville St. · Western Ky. won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Western Ky. at Jacksonville St. · Western Ky. won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 W KY · JAX ST 4

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 4 W KYJAX ST 4

Set 2

25-11

Longest run 8 W KYJAX ST 3

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 5 W KYJAX ST 2

Bars above the line = Jacksonville St. leads, below = Western Ky. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	50%5/10
2	75%6/8	68%13/19
3	83%5/6	67%10/15
4	83%5/6	44%4/9
5	83%5/6	38%3/8
6	63%5/8	58%7/12
All	70%33/47	58%42/73

Jacksonville St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	43%6/14	57%8/14
2	26%6/23	14%1/7
3	45%5/11	25%2/8
4	63%5/8	17%1/6
5	50%5/10	17%1/6
6	57%4/7	17%1/6
All	42%31/73	30%14/47

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

120 rallies

#	W KY-JAX ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	JAX ST	JAX ST	Ace	Jacksonville St.	aced Tayler Baron
2	1-1	JAX ST	W KY×3	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush
3	2-1	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
4	3-1	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Taya Nordmann	blk Alivia Skidmore
5	3-2	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
6	3-3	JAX ST	JAX ST	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Azavia Thomas
7	4-3	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
8	5-3	W KY	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Tayler Baron
9	5-4	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Sofia Varela
10	6-4	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush
11	7-4	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Lauren Buchanan
12	7-5	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
13	8-5	JAX ST	W KY	Attack err	Izzy Whittaker
14	9-5	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
15	9-6	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
16	10-6	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
17	11-6	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
18	11-7	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
19	12-7	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
20	12-8	W KY	JAX ST×4	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Addison Stone
21	12-9	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore
22	12-10	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Blocked	Eliza McKnight	blk Taya Nordmann
23	12-11	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela
24	13-11	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kennedy Cherry
25	13-12	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Sofia Varela
26	14-12	JAX ST	W KY×4	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
27	15-12	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
28	16-12	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Mia Duong
29	17-12	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Lauren Buchanan
30	17-13	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
31	17-14	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela
32	18-14	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Eliza McKnight
33	18-15	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
34	19-15	JAX ST	W KY	Blocked	Anna Ray	blk Faith Young
35	20-15	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.
36	20-16	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
37	20-17	JAX ST	JAX ST	Ace	Jacksonville St.	aced Cali Foster
38	21-17	JAX ST	W KY×3	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush
39	22-17	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
40	23-17	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
41	23-18	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
42	24-18	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
43	24-19	W KY	JAX ST×3	Kill	Izzy Whittaker	set Addison Stone
44	24-20	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Kill	Lauren Buchanan
45	24-21	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore
46	25-21	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
Set 2
1	1-0	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
2	2-0	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush
3	3-0	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Mia Duong
4	4-0	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush
5	4-1	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela
6	5-1	JAX ST	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
7	6-1	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Sophia Schweikert
8	7-1	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.
9	7-2	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Sofia Varela
10	8-2	JAX ST	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
11	9-2	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Azavia Thomas	blk Faith Young, Aubrey Sears
12	10-2	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Sophia Schweikert
13	10-3	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Mia Duong
14	11-3	JAX ST	W KY	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
15	11-4	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
16	12-4	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Aubrey Sears	set Kate Rush
17	12-5	W KY	JAX ST	Attack err	Kate Rush
18	13-5	JAX ST	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
19	14-5	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
20	15-5	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.
21	15-6	W KY	JAX ST×3	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Addison Stone
22	15-7	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Sofia Varela
23	15-8	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela
24	16-8	JAX ST	W KY	Attack err	Lauren Buchanan
25	16-9	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
26	17-9	JAX ST	W KY×8	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush
27	18-9	W KY	W KY×8	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
28	19-9	W KY	W KY×8	Attack err	Sophia Schweikert
29	20-9	W KY	W KY×8	Kill	Aubrey Sears	set Kate Rush
30	21-9	W KY	W KY×8	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele
31	22-9	W KY	W KY×8	Attack err	Taya Nordmann
32	23-9	W KY	W KY×8	Kill	Aubrey Sears	set Kate Rush
33	24-9	W KY	W KY×8	Blocked	Sophia Schweikert	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Kaira Knox
34	24-10	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela
35	24-11	JAX ST	JAX ST	Attack err	Aubrey Sears
36	25-11	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Aubrey Sears	set Cali Foster
Set 3
1	1-0	JAX ST	W KY	Bad set	Mia Duong
2	1-1	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
3	2-1	JAX ST	W KY	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
4	2-2	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
5	3-2	JAX ST	W KY	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
6	3-3	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Sofia Varela
7	3-4	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Mia Duong
8	4-4	JAX ST	W KY	Kill	Tayler Baron	set Mia Duong
9	4-5	W KY	JAX ST	Serve err	Western Ky.
10	5-5	JAX ST	W KY	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
11	5-6	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Addison Stone
12	5-7	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Izzy Whittaker	set Addison Stone
13	6-7	JAX ST	W KY	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
14	6-8	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Delaney Moon
15	7-8	JAX ST	W KY×3	Kill	Kate Rush	set Taya Nordmann
16	8-8	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Delaney Moon
17	9-8	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Sophia Schweikert
18	9-9	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela
19	10-9	JAX ST	W KY×5	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
20	11-9	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush
21	12-9	W KY	W KY×5	Blocked	Lauren Buchanan	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Kaira Knox
22	13-9	W KY	W KY×5	Attack err	Sophia Schweikert
23	14-9	W KY	W KY×5	Blocked	Taya Nordmann	blk Izzy Van De Wiele
24	14-10	W KY	JAX ST	Blocked	Kendall Meller	blk Taya Nordmann, Azavia Thomas
25	15-10	JAX ST	W KY×4	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush
26	16-10	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Faith Young
27	17-10	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Lauren Buchanan
28	18-10	W KY	W KY×4	Bad set	Sophia Schweikert
29	18-11	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela
30	19-11	JAX ST	W KY	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
31	20-11	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Sophia Schweikert
32	20-12	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Izzy Whittaker	set Addison Stone
33	21-12	JAX ST	W KY×3	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush
34	22-12	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Sophia Schweikert	blk Kate Rush, Faith Young
35	23-12	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kate Rush	set Faith Young
36	23-13	W KY	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Addison Stone
37	24-13	JAX ST	W KY	Serve err	Jacksonville St.
38	25-13	W KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Izzie Delacher

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

Western Ky. def. Jacksonville St. 3–0

Western Ky. broke it open with an 8–0 run in the second set.