Western Ky. def. Jacksonville State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 10)

FinalSat, Oct 10, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Ky. 99.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 10, 12:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Ky. won at Jacksonville St. 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-14) on Sat, Oct 10, 2026. Alivia Skidmore led Western Ky. with 9 kills; Jacksonville St.'s Sophia Schweikert had a match-high 10.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 10

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W KY	25	25	25	3
JAX ST	20	21	14	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

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

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.1 points, and Jacksonville St.'s high was <1% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave Western Ky. >99% before first serve.

Western Ky.Jacksonville St.

Break %+16.2 pts
54.838.6
Points won on own serve: 40 of 73 vs 22 of 57. Jacksonville St. sided out 45.2% of the time.
Hitting+.230
.305.075
40 kills, 11 errors vs 26 kills, 19 errors.
Longest run+4
84
Western Ky. opened the set in the first set with 8 straight points for an 8–0 lead. Final score of the set: 25–20.

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

Western Ky.Jacksonville St.

Aces: Western Ky. 8·Jacksonville St. 5
Serve err: Western Ky. 10·Jacksonville St. 7
Blocks: Western Ky. 9·Jacksonville St. 22 BS · 14 BA vs 0 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Western Ky. 45·Jacksonville St. 39

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

82.3%

3-1

15.5%

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
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	9	4	23	.217	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	11
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	6	1	12	.417	1	2	3	7	0	0	6	3	11
20Kate RushS	3	7	1	14	.429	31	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	9
25Izzy Van De WieleMB	3	4	0	6	.667	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	5	9
22Faith YoungOH	3	7	2	17	.294	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	2	11	3	0	0	0	1
21Eliza McKnightOH	3	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
18Aubrey SearsOH	1	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
13Kendall MellerOH	1	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	1	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9Camila AdamsDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15Izzie DelacherS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	11	95	.305	38	8	10	45	5	2	14	9	75

Jacksonville St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Sophia SchweikertOH	3	10	4	26	.231	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	10
5Izzy WhittakerOH	3	5	5	20	.000	1	1	0	3	0	1	0.5	6.5
8Lauren BuchananOH	3	6	4	18	.111	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	6
13Taya NordmannMB	3	2	0	7	.286	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	5
23Sofia VarelaS	3	0	0	0	–	9	1	2	4	0	0	0	1
6Anna RayOH	1	0	3	4	-.750	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Azavia ThomasOH	3	3	2	13	.077	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
17D'Yanna SpicerMB	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1
4Mia DuongL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	5	0	2	12	1	0	0	0
2Addison StoneS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	0	1	6	0	0	0	0
16Delaney MoonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
7Gemma MorrisDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals		26	19	93	.075	23	5	7	39	8	4	2	55

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 W KY · JAX ST 4

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 8 W KYJAX ST 4

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 6 W KYJAX ST 4

Set 3

25-14

Longest run 4 W KYJAX ST 4

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	50%7/14	67%10/15
2	75%6/8	65%11/17
3	67%6/9	63%10/16
4	67%6/9	25%2/8
5	63%5/8	44%4/9
6	56%5/9	38%3/8
All	61%35/57	55%40/73

Jacksonville St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	26%6/23	46%6/13
2	35%6/17	25%2/8
3	75%6/8	40%4/10
4	56%5/9	40%4/10
5	56%5/9	0%0/5
6	71%5/7	55%6/11
All	45%33/73	39%22/57

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

130 rallies

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