UConn vs Villanova Volleyball: Villanova Wins 3-0 (Oct 3)

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Villanova 78.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Villanova beat visiting UConn 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-19) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Villanova's Campbell McKinnon led with 13 kills, and Mina Diggs added 12 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UCONN	20	19	19	0
NOVA	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Villanova swept UConn, and no set was closer than 5 points.

Win probability never moved more than 2.4 points on one rally; UConn topped out at 22% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Villanova 78% before first serve.

UConnVillanova

Break %+14.0 pts
36.750.7
On serve: 37/73 against 22/60 (UConn sideout 49.3%).
Hitting+.092
.115.207
Kills and errors: 35–17 vs 31–20.
Longest run+2
46
6 straight Villanova points in the second set turned an 11–12 deficit into a 17–12 lead. That set ended 25–19.

Villanova above 50UConn belowMax swing 2.4%

UConnVillanova

Aces: UConn 2·Villanova 6
Serve err: UConn 11·Villanova 8
Blocks: UConn 9·Villanova 93 BS · 12 BA vs 3 BS · 12 BA
Digs: UConn 27·Villanova 41

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Villanova above 50 · UConn below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to UConn — set 1, UCONN 14-15 NOVA. Kill by Helena Einarsdottir. NOVA win probability 82% → 80%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCONN 21.8%78.2% NOVA

UConn wins

3-0

3.7%

3-1

7.4%

3-2

10.8%

Villanova wins

3-0

29.8%

3-1

29.7%

3-2

18.7%

UCONN break %: 39.1% vs this opp
NOVA 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
Helena EinarsdottirKill+2.4%
Kill by Helena Einarsdottir
Set 1 · UCONN 14-15 NOVA · UCONN 18% → 20%
02
Reagan McGivernKill+2.3%
Kill by Reagan McGivern (set by Alyssa Nelson)
Set 1 · UCONN 14-17 NOVA · NOVA 81% → 84%
03
Jordyn HughesKill+2.1%
Kill by Jordyn Hughes (set by Audrey Jensen)
Set 1 · UCONN 5-5 NOVA · UCONN 20% → 22%
04
Sydney BorowyAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Sydney Borowy
Set 2 · UCONN 12-13 NOVA · NOVA 87% → 89%
05
Courtney GraysonAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Courtney Grayson
Set 2 · UCONN 11-11 NOVA · NOVA 85% → 87%
06
Loren Winn&Reagan McGivernBlock+2.0%
Maja Daca stuffed by Loren Winn & Reagan McGivern
Set 2 · UCONN 11-10 NOVA · NOVA 83% → 85%
07
Jordyn HughesBlock+2.0%
Cat Young stuffed by Jordyn Hughes
Set 1 · UCONN 16-18 NOVA · UCONN 16% → 17%
08
Taylor LewisKill+1.9%
Kill by Taylor Lewis (set by Alyssa Nelson)
Set 1 · UCONN 5-7 NOVA · NOVA 79% → 81%

Box score

Official NCAA box

UConnaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Helena EinarsdottirOH	3	9	3	19	.316	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	9
13Jordyn HughesMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	7
11Sydney BorowyOH	3	5	7	27	-.074	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
7Courtney GraysonMB	3	5	4	13	.077	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
8Audrey JensenS	3	0	0	1	.000	25	0	3	4	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
14Maja DacaOH	2	5	4	17	.059	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	5
3Hazuna AkishigeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	3	9	1	0	0	0	1
15Grace MariaOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
1Isabella SuhyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
10Olivia PasternakOH	2	3	0	7	.429	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
19Hailey MaesMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Maggie CarleyS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	20	96	.115	28	2	11	27	6	3	12	9	58

Villanovahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
0Campbell McKinnonMB	3	13	5	31	.258	0	3	2	3	0	1	1	1.5	17.5
9Cat YoungOH	3	7	6	20	.050	0	1	1	6	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
44Reagan McGivernMB	3	5	0	7	.714	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
25Annika VeurinkMB	3	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	5
7Alyssa NelsonS	3	0	0	1	.000	27	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
8Marikate RitterbuschL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
4Taylor LewisOH	3	6	3	17	.176	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
10Abby HarrellOH	3	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
21Mina DiggsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	1
14Loren WinnOPP	2	2	1	4	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Ava HarrisS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24Selah O'ConnorS	2	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	17	87	.207	34	6	8	41	2	3	12	9	75

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.

UConn vs Villanova

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Sat, Oct 3, 2026UConn at Villanova · Villanova won 3-0This match
Fri, Oct 30, 2026Villanova at UConn · UConn won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 UCONN · NOVA 6

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 UCONNNOVA 3

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 UCONNNOVA 6

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 2 UCONNNOVA 4

Bars above the line = Villanova leads, below = UConn leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UConn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	36%4/11
2	64%7/11	42%5/12
3	46%6/13	46%6/13
4	46%6/13	40%4/10
5	50%5/10	25%2/8
6	56%5/9	17%1/6
All	49%36/73	37%22/60

Villanova

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	54%7/13
2	64%7/11	53%8/15
3	54%7/13	22%2/9
4	60%6/10	57%8/14
5	100%5/5	58%7/12
6	83%5/6	50%5/10
All	63%38/60	51%37/73

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

133 rallies

#	UCONN-NOVA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
2	0-2	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.7
3	1-2	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+1.2
4	1-3	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+1.2
5	1-4	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova	aced Maja Daca	+1.6
6	2-4	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+1.0
7	3-4	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Jordyn Hughes		+1.8
8	3-5	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+1.2
9	4-5	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen	+1.3
10	5-5	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Jordyn Hughes	set Audrey Jensen	+2.1
11	5-6	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.4
12	5-7	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.9
13	6-7	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen	+1.3
14	6-8	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.3
15	6-9	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.8
16	7-9	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen	+1.2
17	7-10	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.2
18	7-11	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Courtney Grayson	blk Annika Veurink	+1.5
19	8-11	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen	+0.9
20	9-11	UCONN	UCONN	Blocked	Annika Veurink	blk Courtney Grayson	+1.7
21	9-12	UCONN	NOVA×3	Serve err	UConn		+1.3
22	9-13	NOVA	NOVA×3	Blocked	Maja Daca	blk Annika Veurink	+1.6
23	9-14	NOVA	NOVA×3	Bad set	Audrey Jensen		+1.2
24	10-14	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Sydney Borowy	set Audrey Jensen	+0.7
25	11-14	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Sydney Borowy	set Audrey Jensen	+1.4
26	11-15	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Annika Veurink	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.1
27	12-15	NOVA	UCONN×3	Blocked	Taylor Lewis	blk Audrey Jensen	+1.0
28	13-15	UCONN	UCONN×3	Kill	Jordyn Hughes	set Audrey Jensen	+1.9
29	14-15	UCONN	UCONN×3	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir		+2.4
30	14-16	UCONN	NOVA×3	Serve err	UConn		+1.8
31	14-17	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+2.3
32	14-18	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Abby Harrell	set Mina Diggs	+1.8
33	15-18	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen	+0.9
34	16-18	UCONN	UCONN	Blocked	Cat Young	blk Jordyn Hughes	+2.0
35	16-19	UCONN	NOVA×3	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.7
36	16-20	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.8
37	16-21	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Maja Daca		+1.1
38	17-21	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen	+0.4
39	17-22	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+0.7
40	18-22	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen	+0.3
41	18-23	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
42	18-24	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova	aced Grace Maria	+0.3
43	19-24	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen	·
44	20-24	UCONN	UCONN	Attack err	Annika Veurink		+0.2
45	20-25	UCONN	NOVA	Blocked	Courtney Grayson	blk Campbell McKinnon	+0.2
Set 2
1	1-0	NOVA	UCONN×4	Kill	Sydney Borowy	set Audrey Jensen	+1.1
2	2-0	UCONN	UCONN×4	Ace	UConn	aced Marikate Ritterbusch	+1.7
3	3-0	UCONN	UCONN×4	Kill	Sydney Borowy	set Maja Daca	+1.7
4	4-0	UCONN	UCONN×4	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+1.7
5	4-1	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.0
6	4-2	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Jordyn Hughes		+1.6
7	5-2	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+1.3
8	6-2	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Sydney Borowy	set Audrey Jensen	+1.8
9	6-3	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+1.1
10	6-4	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Sydney Borowy	blk Annika Veurink, Campbell McKinnon	+1.7
11	7-4	NOVA	UCONN×3	Blocked	Campbell McKinnon	blk Jordyn Hughes, Sydney Borowy	+1.3
12	8-4	UCONN	UCONN×3	Attack err	Taylor Lewis		+1.9
13	9-4	UCONN	UCONN×3	Attack err	Cat Young		+1.8
14	9-5	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+1.0
15	9-6	NOVA	NOVA	Ace	Villanova		+1.6
16	10-6	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca	set Audrey Jensen	+1.4
17	10-7	UCONN	NOVA	Attack err	Maja Daca		+1.1
18	10-8	NOVA	NOVA	Bad set	Audrey Jensen		+1.8
19	11-8	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen	+1.5
20	11-9	UCONN	NOVA×3	Serve err	UConn		+1.2
21	11-10	NOVA	NOVA×3	Blocked	Maja Daca	blk Loren Winn, Reagan McGivern	+2.0
22	11-11	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Courtney Grayson		+2.0
23	12-11	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen	+1.5
24	12-12	UCONN	NOVA×6	Kill	Cat Young	set Selah O'Connor	+1.4
25	12-13	NOVA	NOVA×6	Attack err	Sydney Borowy		+2.0
26	12-14	NOVA	NOVA×6	Attack err	Sydney Borowy		+1.9
27	12-15	NOVA	NOVA×6	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Selah O'Connor	+1.6
28	12-16	NOVA	NOVA×6	Ace	Villanova	aced Helena Einarsdottir	+1.3
29	12-17	NOVA	NOVA×6	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Selah O'Connor	+0.9
30	13-17	NOVA	UCONN	Blocked	Campbell McKinnon	blk Courtney Grayson, Audrey Jensen	+0.5
31	13-18	UCONN	NOVA×3	Kill	Loren Winn	set Loren Winn	+0.6
32	13-19	NOVA	NOVA×3	Ace	Villanova	aced Maja Daca	+0.6
33	13-20	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Sydney Borowy		+0.3
34	14-20	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen	+0.1
35	15-20	UCONN	UCONN	Blocked	Loren Winn	blk Sydney Borowy, Jordyn Hughes	+0.3
36	15-21	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Loren Winn	set Selah O'Connor	+0.3
37	16-21	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+0.2
38	16-22	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
39	16-23	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Helena Einarsdottir	blk Annika Veurink, Cat Young	+0.2
40	17-23	NOVA	UCONN×3	Kill	Olivia Pasternak	set Audrey Jensen	·
41	18-23	UCONN	UCONN×3	Attack err	Cat Young		+0.1
42	19-23	UCONN	UCONN×3	Blocked	Taylor Lewis	blk Olivia Pasternak	+0.3
43	19-24	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
44	19-25	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	UCONN	NOVA×3	Bad set	Audrey Jensen		+0.5
2	0-2	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Sydney Borowy		+0.7
3	0-3	NOVA	NOVA×3	Attack err	Courtney Grayson		+0.6
4	1-3	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen	+0.4
5	2-3	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Olivia Pasternak	set Audrey Jensen	+0.7
6	2-4	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.5
7	3-4	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Jordyn Hughes	set Audrey Jensen	+0.5
8	4-4	UCONN	UCONN	Attack err	Campbell McKinnon		+0.8
9	4-5	UCONN	NOVA×4	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.6
10	4-6	NOVA	NOVA×4	Blocked	Jordyn Hughes	blk Annika Veurink, Taylor Lewis	+0.8
11	4-7	NOVA	NOVA×4	Ace	Villanova	aced Hazuna Akishige	+0.7
12	4-8	NOVA	NOVA×4	Attack err	Sydney Borowy		+0.6
13	5-8	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+0.4
14	5-9	UCONN	NOVA×3	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.4
15	5-10	NOVA	NOVA×3	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.5
16	5-11	NOVA	NOVA×3	Blocked	Helena Einarsdottir	blk Cat Young, Reagan McGivern	+0.4
17	6-11	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen	+0.2
18	6-12	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Taylor Lewis	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
19	6-13	NOVA	NOVA	Attack err	Helena Einarsdottir		+0.3
20	7-13	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+0.1
21	8-13	UCONN	UCONN	Attack err	Cat Young		+0.3
22	8-14	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Selah O'Connor	+0.2
23	9-14	NOVA	UCONN	Blocked	Campbell McKinnon	blk Audrey Jensen, Olivia Pasternak	+0.2
24	10-14	UCONN	UCONN	Ace	UConn		+0.4
25	10-15	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Selah O'Connor	+0.3
26	11-15	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Audrey Jensen	+0.3
27	11-16	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+0.3
28	12-16	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+0.3
29	12-17	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
30	13-17	NOVA	UCONN	Blocked	Cat Young	blk Sydney Borowy, Jordyn Hughes	+0.3
31	13-18	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
32	14-18	NOVA	UCONN	Attack err	Cat Young		+0.2
33	14-19	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Reagan McGivern	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
34	14-20	NOVA	NOVA	Kill	Cat Young	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.3
35	15-20	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Olivia Pasternak	set Hazuna Akishige	+0.1
36	15-21	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+0.2
37	16-21	NOVA	UCONN	Serve err	Villanova		+0.1
38	17-21	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson		+0.3
39	17-22	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+0.3
40	18-22	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Audrey Jensen	+0.1
41	18-23	UCONN	NOVA	Serve err	UConn		+0.2
42	19-23	NOVA	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Hazuna Akishige	+0.1
43	19-24	UCONN	NOVA	Kill	Campbell McKinnon	set Alyssa Nelson	+0.2
44	19-25	NOVA	NOVA	Blocked	Sydney Borowy	blk Cat Young, Annika Veurink	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, UConn 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).

Villanova def. UConn 3–0

Villanova swept UConn, and no set was closer than 5 points.