Notre Dame vs Syracuse Volleyball: Notre Dame Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Sep 27, 2026ACCNX

3:0

Notre Dame won at Syracuse 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-14) on Sun, Sep 27, 2026. Notre Dame's Mae Kordas led with 9 kills, and Maya Evens added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 27

Set	1	2	3	Sets
N DAME	25	25	25	3
SYR	17	18	14	0

Win probability

Syracuse above 50 · Notre Dame below

Biggest swing: 2.6% to Notre Dame — set 2, N DAME 15-15 SYR. Kill by Isabella Sangha (set by Maya Baker). SYR win probability 18% → 16%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

N DAME 74.2%25.8% SYR

Notre Dame wins

3-0

26.4%

3-1

28.4%

3-2

19.4%

Syracuse wins

3-0

4.6%

3-1

8.9%

3-2

12.3%

N DAME break %: 45.4% vs this opp
SYR break %: 40.5% 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
Isabella SanghaKill+2.6%
Kill by Isabella Sangha (set by Maya Baker)
Set 2 · N DAME 15-15 SYR · N DAME 82% → 84%
02
Isabella Sangha&Grace LangerBlock+2.5%
Marie Laurio stuffed by Isabella Sangha & Grace Langer
Set 2 · N DAME 16-15 SYR · N DAME 84% → 87%
03
Sydney HelmersAttack error+2.5%
Attack error by Sydney Helmers
Set 2 · N DAME 12-15 SYR · SYR 20% → 22%
04
Anna BjorkKill+2.5%
Kill by Anna Bjork
Set 2 · N DAME 18-16 SYR · N DAME 87% → 89%
05
Marie LaurioAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Marie Laurio
Set 2 · N DAME 14-15 SYR · N DAME 79% → 82%
06
Kiernan StameyKill+2.4%
Kill by Kiernan Stamey (set by Charis Burge)
Set 2 · N DAME 10-13 SYR · SYR 19% → 22%
07
Sydney HelmersAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Sydney Helmers
Set 2 · N DAME 10-12 SYR · SYR 17% → 19%
08
Marie LaurioKill+2.3%
Kill by Marie Laurio (set by Charis Burge)
Set 1 · N DAME 4-5 SYR · SYR 26% → 28%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Notre Dameaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
31Anna BjorkMB	3	7	0	12	.583	0	0	0	4	0	2	5	4.5	11.5
15Mae KordasOH	3	9	1	27	.296	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	11
11Isabella SanghaMB	3	6	4	12	.167	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
33Grace LangerMB	3	4	1	6	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
2Chloe HookerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
23Maya BakerS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
14Sydney HelmersOH	3	8	2	18	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
19Chichi NnajiOH	3	6	2	11	.364	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
8Maya EvensL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	4	16	0	0	0	0	2
4Lily FentonS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
10Angie DesamoursOH	2	4	0	4	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
24Kailyn Greene- GordonOPP	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Carla MercadoL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	11	93	.355	40	4	10	41	1	3	14	10	75

Syracusehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	9	6	26	.115	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	0.5	9.5
6Marie LaurioOH	3	6	6	29	.000	0	0	2	8	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	5	2	13	.231	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
10Bo NijenhuisMB	3	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
1Charis BurgeS	3	0	0	1	.000	19	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
12Keila GabrielOPP	2	2	3	9	-.111	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
14Anna SmithL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0
19Emma WilliamsOH	2	3	1	5	.400	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
21Bella RodriguezOH	2	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
15Emma FaerberMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Shalena Queen HowseL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	19	90	.089	25	1	8	33	4	2	4	4	49

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.

Notre Dame vs Syracuse

Season series · Notre Dame leads 1-0

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Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 9 N DAME · SYR 3

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 N DAMESYR 3

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 5 N DAMESYR 3

Set 3

25-14

Longest run 9 N DAMESYR 3

Bars above the line = Syracuse leads, below = Notre Dame leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Notre Dame

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%6/8	56%5/9
2	50%6/12	63%10/16
3	55%6/11	33%3/9
4	100%6/6	54%7/13
5	100%6/6	68%13/19
6	63%5/8	29%2/7
All	69%35/51	55%40/73

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	35%6/17	33%3/9
2	75%6/8	40%4/10
3	50%6/12	40%4/10
4	35%6/17	33%3/9
5	42%5/12	0%0/6
6	57%4/7	29%2/7
All	45%33/73	31%16/51

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

124 rallies

#	N DAME-SYR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Isabella Sangha	+1.4
2	2-0	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Anna Bjork	+1.8
3	2-1	N DAME	SYR×3	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.4
4	2-2	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+2.0
5	2-3	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Isabella Sangha	blk Abby Nicholson, Kiernan Stamey	+2.2
6	3-3	SYR	N DAME	Attack err	Keila Gabriel		+1.6
7	4-3	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+2.1
8	4-4	N DAME	SYR	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.6
9	4-5	SYR	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+2.3
10	5-5	SYR	N DAME	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Anna Bjork	+1.7
11	5-6	N DAME	SYR	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.8
12	6-6	SYR	N DAME×5	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+1.7
13	7-6	N DAME	N DAME×5	Attack err	Marie Laurio		+2.2
14	8-6	N DAME	N DAME×5	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+2.1
15	9-6	N DAME	N DAME×5	Kill	Grace Langer	set Lily Fenton	+1.9
16	10-6	N DAME	N DAME×5	Kill	Chichi Nnaji		+1.6
17	10-7	N DAME	SYR	Attack err	Grace Langer		+1.1
18	11-7	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+1.2
19	12-7	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Isabella Sangha, Grace Langer	+1.4
20	12-8	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Yuka Urano	+0.9
21	13-8	SYR	N DAME×3	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+1.0
22	14-8	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Keila Gabriel		+1.1
23	15-8	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Bo Nijenhuis		+0.8
24	15-9	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.4
25	15-10	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.8
26	16-10	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.8
27	16-11	N DAME	SYR	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.6
28	17-11	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+0.8
29	17-12	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.6
30	17-13	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+1.1
31	18-13	SYR	N DAME×4	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+1.1
32	19-13	N DAME	N DAME×4	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Sydney Helmers, Anna Bjork	+1.0
33	20-13	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+0.6
34	21-13	N DAME	N DAME×4	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Yuka Urano	+0.3
35	21-14	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.1
36	22-14	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Lily Fenton	+0.2
37	23-14	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+0.1
38	23-15	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	·
39	24-15	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Lily Fenton	·
40	24-16	N DAME	SYR	Blocked	Isabella Sangha	blk Marie Laurio	·
41	24-17	SYR	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	·
42	25-17	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker	·
Set 2
1	0-1	N DAME	SYR	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+1.3
2	1-1	SYR	N DAME	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Chichi Nnaji, Anna Bjork	+1.2
3	2-1	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Mae Kordas	+1.6
4	2-2	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+1.2
5	3-2	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Sydney Helmers	+1.2
6	4-2	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Mae Kordas	+1.5
7	4-3	N DAME	SYR×3	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.1
8	4-4	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Yuka Urano	+1.7
9	4-5	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Isabella Sangha		+1.8
10	5-5	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+1.3
11	5-6	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+1.4
12	6-6	SYR	N DAME	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.4
13	7-6	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+1.8
14	7-7	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge	+1.4
15	8-7	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+1.4
16	8-8	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge	+1.4
17	8-9	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Bo Nijenhuis	+2.1
18	9-9	SYR	N DAME	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.5
19	9-10	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge	+1.6
20	10-10	SYR	N DAME	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.5
21	10-11	N DAME	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+1.7
22	10-12	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.3
23	10-13	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+2.4
24	11-13	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+1.5
25	12-13	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+2.2
26	12-14	N DAME	SYR	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.9
27	12-15	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.5
28	13-15	SYR	N DAME×4	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Evens	+1.6
29	14-15	N DAME	N DAME×4	Attack err	Marie Laurio		+2.4
30	15-15	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+2.6
31	16-15	N DAME	N DAME×4	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Isabella Sangha, Grace Langer	+2.5
32	16-16	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+2.0
33	17-16	SYR	N DAME×5	Serve err	Syracuse		+2.0
34	18-16	N DAME	N DAME×5	Kill	Anna Bjork		+2.5
35	19-16	N DAME	N DAME×5	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+2.1
36	20-16	N DAME	N DAME×5	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+1.6
37	21-16	N DAME	N DAME×5	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Anna Bjork, Isabella Sangha	+1.1
38	21-17	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge	+0.5
39	22-17	SYR	N DAME	Attack err	Keila Gabriel		+0.7
40	22-18	N DAME	SYR	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.4
41	23-18	SYR	N DAME×3	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Yuka Urano	+0.6
42	24-18	N DAME	N DAME×3	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Yuka Urano	+0.3
43	25-18	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Lily Fenton	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	SYR	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Yuka Urano	+0.9
2	1-1	SYR	N DAME×9	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.7
3	2-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.9
4	3-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Evens	+0.8
5	4-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Isabella Sangha, Anna Bjork	+0.7
6	5-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Kiernan Stamey	+0.7
7	6-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Kiernan Stamey	+0.6
8	7-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Anna Bjork, Isabella Sangha	+0.5
9	8-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Attack err	Emma Williams		+0.4
10	9-1	N DAME	N DAME×9	Kill	Anna Bjork		+0.3
11	9-2	N DAME	SYR×3	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.2
12	9-3	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+0.3
13	9-4	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Emma Williams	aced Chloe Hooker	+0.4
14	10-4	SYR	N DAME	Serve err	Emma Williams		+0.3
15	10-5	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Bella Rodriguez	+0.3
16	11-5	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Lily Fenton	+0.3
17	11-6	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+0.3
18	12-6	SYR	N DAME×4	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.3
19	13-6	N DAME	N DAME×4	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.3
20	14-6	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+0.2
21	15-6	N DAME	N DAME×4	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Chichi Nnaji	+0.2
22	15-7	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Yuka Urano	+0.1
23	16-7	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Lily Fenton	+0.1
24	17-7	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+0.1
25	17-8	N DAME	SYR	Blocked	Isabella Sangha	blk Bo Nijenhuis, Marie Laurio	·
26	17-9	SYR	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams		+0.1
27	18-9	SYR	N DAME	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.1
28	19-9	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+0.1
29	19-10	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano	·
30	20-10	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	·
31	20-11	N DAME	SYR	Serve err	Notre Dame		·
32	21-11	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	·
33	21-12	N DAME	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	·
34	22-12	SYR	N DAME	Serve err	Syracuse		·
35	23-12	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Maya Evens	·
36	23-13	N DAME	SYR	Serve err	Notre Dame		·
37	24-13	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Maya Evens	·
38	24-14	N DAME	SYR	Attack err	Kailyn Greene- Gordon		·
39	25-14	SYR	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Mae Kordas	·

Score shown after each rally, Notre Dame 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).

Notre Dame def. Syracuse 3–0