Holy Cross vs Navy Volleyball: Holy Cross Wins 3-0 (Oct 23)

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026ESPN+Patriot League TV

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Navy 63.9% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Holy Cross won at Navy 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Holy Cross' Emma Sorensen led with 18 kills, and Elizabeth Hall added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOLYCR	25	25	25	3
NAVY	19	21	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Holy Cross won 6 of the last 8 rallies to close out Navy.

The match turned twice; each line shows Holy Cross's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Navy went in at 64% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Holy Cross 16–17 Navy
Down 16–17, Holy Cross scored 4 straight to lead 20–17.
Holy Cross 34% → 50%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · Holy Cross 20–20 Navy
From 20–20, Holy Cross scored 5 straight to lead 25–20.
Holy Cross 83% → >99%

Navy above 50Holy Cross belowMax swing 5.1%

Holy CrossNavy

Sideout %: Holy Cross 72.1·Navy 58.1
Break %: Holy Cross 41.9·Navy 27.9
Hitting: Holy Cross .265·Navy .128
Longest run: Holy Cross 5·Navy 3

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Navy above 50 · Holy Cross below

Biggest swing: 5.1% to Holy Cross — set 3, HOLYCR 22-20 NAVY. Ace by Emma Sorensen. NAVY win probability 13% → 8%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOLYCR 39.7%60.3% NAVY

Holy Cross wins

3-0

8.6%

3-1

14.5%

3-2

16.6%

Navy wins

3-0

17.4%

3-1

23.0%

3-2

19.9%

HOLYCR break %: 43.0% vs this opp
NAVY break %: 45.0% 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
Emma SorensenAce+5.1%
Ace by Emma Sorensen
Set 3 · HOLYCR 22-20 NAVY · HOLYCR 87% → 92%
02
Drew FlanaganAce+5.0%
Ace by Drew Flanagan on Baylee Doolan
Set 2 · HOLYCR 21-18 NAVY · HOLYCR 69% → 74%
03
Avery Maddux&Grace BurgoyneBlock+4.5%
Emma Sorensen stuffed by Avery Maddux & Grace Burgoyne
Set 2 · HOLYCR 19-18 NAVY · NAVY 31% → 36%
04
Paige BuzzerioAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Paige Buzzerio
Set 2 · HOLYCR 23-20 NAVY · HOLYCR 72% → 77%
05
Emma SorensenKill+4.4%
Kill by Emma Sorensen (set by Drew Flanagan)
Set 2 · HOLYCR 20-18 NAVY · HOLYCR 64% → 69%
06
Emma SorensenKill+4.4%
Kill by Emma Sorensen (set by Drew Flanagan)
Set 1 · HOLYCR 19-17 NAVY · HOLYCR 41% → 46%
07
Lacey MurphyKill+4.3%
Kill by Lacey Murphy
Set 1 · HOLYCR 18-17 NAVY · HOLYCR 37% → 41%
08
Kat TeepeKill+4.3%
Kill by Kat Teepe (set by Elizabeth Hall)
Set 3 · HOLYCR 23-20 NAVY · HOLYCR 92% → 97%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Holy Crossaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Emma SorensenOH	3	18	6	45	.267	2	2	1	10	0	0	3	1.5	21.5
8Lacey MurphyMB	3	8	1	17	.412	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	10
19Kyla HarrisMB	3	2	0	10	.200	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	3	6
22Drew FlanaganS	3	2	0	5	.400	29	1	1	8	0	0	2	1	4
16Georgia MurphyOH	3	0	0	4	.000	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0
9Savannah BaronDS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
1KK GreenOH	3	7	2	16	.313	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	8
11Kat TeepeOH	3	6	3	19	.158	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
15Elizabeth HallDS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	12	117	.265	40	4	9	46	2	1	16	9	75

Navyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Paige BuzzerioOH	3	10	5	31	.161	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	10
17Avery MadduxMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	5
24Siena MorganMB	3	3	3	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
15Baylee DoolanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0
6Isa BoydS	3	0	0	0	–	19	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
22Grace BurgoyneMB	2	2	4	14	-.143	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3
4Farrah EikeOH	3	10	2	33	.242	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	11
21Amara ChambersL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	5	2	2	11	1	0	0	2
13Caroline AdamsS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
12Ellen GundlachMB	2	3	4	10	-.100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
8Simone LawsonS	2	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
18Izzy PicardOH	1	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
1Madeline BildeauxMB	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
3Hailey JacobusOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	22	117	.128	37	2	5	52	4	10	5	60

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.

Holy Cross vs Navy

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Sat, Sep 19, 2026Navy at Holy Cross · Navy won 3-0Result →
Fri, Oct 23, 2026Holy Cross at Navy · Holy Cross won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 HOLYCR · NAVY 3

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 4 HOLYCRNAVY 3

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 3 HOLYCRNAVY 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 5 HOLYCRNAVY 3

Bars above the line = Navy leads, below = Holy Cross leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Holy Cross

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	20%2/10
2	67%8/12	38%5/13
3	80%8/10	43%6/14
4	78%7/9	46%6/13
5	75%6/8	40%4/10
6	86%6/7	57%8/14
All	72%44/61	42%31/74

Navy

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	82%9/11	0%0/7
2	47%8/17	47%8/17
3	73%8/11	33%4/12
4	46%6/13	11%1/9
5	60%6/10	14%1/7
6	50%6/12	33%3/9
All	58%43/74	28%17/61

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

135 rallies

#	HOLYCR-NAVY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Savannah Baron	+2.3
2	1-1	HOLYCR	NAVY×3	Serve err	Georgia Murphy		+1.8
3	1-2	NAVY	NAVY×3	Ace	Amara Chambers	aced Georgia Murphy	+2.3
4	1-3	NAVY	NAVY×3	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Isa Boyd	+2.2
5	2-3	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Lacey Murphy	set Drew Flanagan	+1.7
6	3-3	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Attack err	Grace Burgoyne		+2.3
7	3-4	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Amara Chambers	+1.9
8	4-4	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+1.9
9	5-4	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+2.5
10	5-5	HOLYCR	NAVY	Blocked	Emma Sorensen	blk Simone Lawson, Avery Maddux	+2.0
11	6-5	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+2.1
12	6-6	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Holy Cross		+2.0
13	7-6	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Drew Flanagan	set Emma Sorensen	+2.1
14	7-7	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Holy Cross		+2.1
15	7-8	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+2.6
16	8-8	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Kat Teepe	set Lacey Murphy	+2.1
17	9-8	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Kill	KK Green	set Elizabeth Hall	+2.9
18	9-9	HOLYCR	NAVY	Blocked	KK Green	blk Grace Burgoyne, Siena Morgan	+2.2
19	10-9	NAVY	HOLYCR	Attack err	Siena Morgan		+2.3
20	10-10	HOLYCR	NAVY×3	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Isa Boyd	+2.3
21	10-11	NAVY	NAVY×3	Attack err	Lacey Murphy		+2.9
22	10-12	NAVY	NAVY×3	Kill	Grace Burgoyne	set Amara Chambers	+2.8
23	11-12	NAVY	HOLYCR	Serve err	Navy		+2.1
24	11-13	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Isa Boyd	+2.3
25	12-13	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Kyla Harris	set Drew Flanagan	+2.2
26	13-13	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+3.2
27	13-14	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Caroline Adams	+2.6
28	14-14	NAVY	HOLYCR	Blocked	Farrah Eike	blk Kyla Harris	+2.6
29	14-15	HOLYCR	NAVY	Blocked	Kat Teepe	blk Farrah Eike, Avery Maddux	+2.7
30	14-16	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Caroline Adams	+3.3
31	15-16	NAVY	HOLYCR	Serve err	Navy		+2.5
32	16-16	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Attack err	Simone Lawson		+3.6
33	16-17	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Simone Lawson	set Caroline Adams	+3.0
34	17-17	NAVY	HOLYCR×4	Kill	Lacey Murphy	set Drew Flanagan	+3.1
35	18-17	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×4	Kill	Lacey Murphy		+4.3
36	19-17	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×4	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+4.4
37	20-17	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×4	Blocked	Farrah Eike	blk Drew Flanagan, Lacey Murphy	+4.1
38	20-18	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Isa Boyd	+2.5
39	21-18	NAVY	HOLYCR	Blocked	Paige Buzzerio	blk Drew Flanagan, Lacey Murphy	+3.4
40	21-19	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Siena Morgan	set Isa Boyd	+2.5
41	22-19	NAVY	HOLYCR×4	Kill	Lacey Murphy	set Drew Flanagan	+3.6
42	23-19	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×4	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Elizabeth Hall	+3.2
43	24-19	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×4	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Savannah Baron	+1.6
44	25-19	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×4	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+0.4
Set 2
1	1-0	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Elizabeth Hall	+2.2
2	1-1	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Grace Burgoyne	set Amara Chambers	+2.1
3	2-1	NAVY	HOLYCR×3	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Isa Boyd	+2.2
4	3-1	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×3	Blocked	Avery Maddux	blk Kyla Harris, Emma Sorensen	+2.9
5	4-1	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×3	Blocked	Grace Burgoyne	blk Kyla Harris, Emma Sorensen	+2.9
6	4-2	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Drew Flanagan		+2.1
7	5-2	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Elizabeth Hall	+2.3
8	5-3	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Amara Chambers	+2.1
9	6-3	NAVY	HOLYCR×3	Kill	KK Green	set Drew Flanagan	+2.4
10	7-3	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×3	Kill	Lacey Murphy		+2.9
11	8-3	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×3	Ace	Kyla Harris	aced Paige Buzzerio	+2.7
12	8-4	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Caroline Adams	+1.8
13	9-4	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Kat Teepe	set Drew Flanagan	+2.2
14	10-4	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Blocked	Simone Lawson	blk Lacey Murphy, KK Green	+2.4
15	10-5	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Kat Teepe		+1.5
16	11-5	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Lacey Murphy	set Drew Flanagan	+1.9
17	11-6	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+1.5
18	12-6	NAVY	HOLYCR	Bad set	Paige Buzzerio		+1.9
19	12-7	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Siena Morgan	set Isa Boyd	+1.5
20	13-7	NAVY	HOLYCR	Attack err	Grace Burgoyne		+1.9
21	13-8	HOLYCR	NAVY	Attack err	Emma Sorensen		+1.5
22	13-9	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Avery Maddux	set Isa Boyd	+2.3
23	14-9	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Kat Teepe	set Drew Flanagan	+2.3
24	14-10	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Ellen Gundlach	set Caroline Adams	+1.8
25	14-11	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Caroline Adams	+2.8
26	15-11	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Kat Teepe	set Drew Flanagan	+2.7
27	15-12	HOLYCR	NAVY	Attack err	KK Green		+2.2
28	16-12	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Lacey Murphy	set Drew Flanagan	+2.8
29	17-12	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Blocked	Ellen Gundlach	blk KK Green, Lacey Murphy	+3.0
30	17-13	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Ellen Gundlach	set Caroline Adams	+1.7
31	17-14	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+2.8
32	18-14	NAVY	HOLYCR	Attack err	Siena Morgan		+2.9
33	18-15	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Siena Morgan	set Isa Boyd	+2.2
34	19-15	NAVY	HOLYCR	Attack err	Siena Morgan		+3.0
35	19-16	HOLYCR	NAVY×3	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Isa Boyd	+2.2
36	19-17	NAVY	NAVY×3	Ace	Amara Chambers		+3.6
37	19-18	NAVY	NAVY×3	Blocked	Emma Sorensen	blk Avery Maddux, Grace Burgoyne	+4.5
38	20-18	NAVY	HOLYCR×3	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+4.4
39	21-18	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×3	Ace	Drew Flanagan	aced Baylee Doolan	+5.0
40	22-18	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×3	Blocked	Grace Burgoyne	blk Emma Sorensen, Kyla Harris	+3.9
41	22-19	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Isa Boyd	+1.8
42	22-20	NAVY	NAVY	Attack err	Emma Sorensen		+3.6
43	23-20	NAVY	HOLYCR	Attack err	Paige Buzzerio		+4.4
44	24-20	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Blocked	Paige Buzzerio	blk Kat Teepe, Kyla Harris	+3.4
45	24-21	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Avery Maddux	set Isa Boyd	+0.9
46	25-21	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Kyla Harris	set Drew Flanagan	+2.0
Set 3
1	0-1	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Georgia Murphy		+1.6
2	1-1	NAVY	HOLYCR	Serve err	Amara Chambers		+1.6
3	2-1	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Attack err	Ellen Gundlach		+2.1
4	2-2	HOLYCR	NAVY	Attack err	Emma Sorensen		+1.6
5	2-3	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Avery Maddux	set Caroline Adams	+2.1
6	3-3	NAVY	HOLYCR	Serve err	Caroline Adams		+1.7
7	3-4	HOLYCR	NAVY	Blocked	Kat Teepe	blk Farrah Eike, Avery Maddux	+1.7
8	4-4	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Kat Teepe	set Drew Flanagan	+1.7
9	4-5	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Caroline Adams	+1.7
10	5-5	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	KK Green	set Drew Flanagan	+1.8
11	5-6	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Kyla Harris		+1.8
12	5-7	NAVY	NAVY	Attack err	Kat Teepe		+2.2
13	6-7	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	KK Green	set Drew Flanagan	+1.7
14	7-7	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Attack err	Ellen Gundlach		+2.3
15	7-8	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Kat Teepe		+1.9
16	8-8	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	KK Green	set Drew Flanagan	+1.9
17	8-9	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Ellen Gundlach	set Isa Boyd	+1.9
18	9-9	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Drew Flanagan	set Emma Sorensen	+2.0
19	9-10	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Madeline Bildeaux	set Isa Boyd	+2.0
20	9-11	NAVY	NAVY	Attack err	Emma Sorensen		+2.4
21	10-11	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+1.9
22	10-12	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Izzy Picard	set Caroline Adams	+2.0
23	11-12	NAVY	HOLYCR	Serve err	Farrah Eike		+1.9
24	12-12	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Attack err	Paige Buzzerio		+2.7
25	12-13	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Izzy Picard	set Caroline Adams	+2.2
26	13-13	NAVY	HOLYCR	Attack err	Paige Buzzerio		+2.3
27	14-13	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Kill	Lacey Murphy	set Drew Flanagan	+3.1
28	14-14	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Izzy Picard	set Caroline Adams	+2.4
29	15-14	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	KK Green	set Drew Flanagan	+2.6
30	16-14	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Attack err	Ellen Gundlach		+3.3
31	16-15	HOLYCR	NAVY	Serve err	Kat Teepe		+2.4
32	17-15	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	KK Green	set Drew Flanagan	+2.8
33	18-15	HOLYCR	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+3.3
34	18-16	HOLYCR	NAVY×3	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+2.1
35	18-17	NAVY	NAVY×3	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+3.3
36	18-18	NAVY	NAVY×3	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Amara Chambers	+3.7
37	19-18	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+3.3
38	19-19	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+3.2
39	20-19	NAVY	HOLYCR	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Drew Flanagan	+3.6
40	20-20	HOLYCR	NAVY	Kill	Madeline Bildeaux	set Caroline Adams	+3.4
41	21-20	NAVY	HOLYCR×5	Kill	Emma Sorensen	set Elizabeth Hall	+4.0
42	22-20	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×5	Ace	Emma Sorensen		+5.1
43	23-20	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×5	Kill	Kat Teepe	set Elizabeth Hall	+4.3
44	24-20	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×5	Attack err	Caroline Adams		+2.6
45	25-20	HOLYCR	HOLYCR×5	Ace	Emma Sorensen	aced Amara Chambers	+0.9

Score shown after each rally, Holy Cross 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).

Holy Cross def. Navy 3–0

Holy Cross won 6 of the last 8 rallies to close out Navy.