Liberty vs Western Ky. Volleyball: Western Ky. Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Nov 6, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Ky. 87.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Ky. beat visiting Liberty 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 28-26) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. Kaira Knox and Alivia Skidmore led Western Ky. with 10 kills each; Liberty's Jenna Otts had a match-high 11.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 6

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LIBRTY	14	18	26	0
W KY	25	25	28	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.435 and 10 kills for Alivia Skidmore as Western Ky. rolled past Liberty.

Win probability never moved more than 2.3 points on one rally; Liberty topped out at 12% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Western Ky. 87% before first serve.

LibertyWestern Ky.

Break %+15.5 pts
39.054.5
42 of 77 on serve vs 23 of 59, so Liberty's sideout was 45.5%.
Hitting+.128
.175.303
Kills and errors: 47–11 vs 40–20.
Longest run+0
66
Up 12–9 in the second set, Western Ky. scored 6 straight to make it 18–9. That set ended 25–18.

Western Ky. above 50Liberty belowMax swing 2.3%

LibertyWestern Ky.

Aces: Liberty 3·Western Ky. 7
Serve err: Liberty 2·Western Ky. 3
Blocks: Liberty 7·Western Ky. 140 BS · 14 BA vs 4 BS · 20 BA
Digs: Liberty 53·Western Ky. 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Western Ky. above 50 · Liberty below

Biggest swing: 2.3% to Liberty — set 3, LIBRTY 25-24 W KY. Ace by Melis Ural on Kennedy Cherry. W KY win probability 97% → 95%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LIBRTY 10.5%89.5% W KY

Liberty wins

3-0

1.4%

3-1

3.2%

3-2

5.9%

Western Ky. wins

3-0

43.6%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.3%

LIBRTY break %: 35.9% vs this opp
W KY break %: 45.3% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Melis UralAce+2.3%
Ace by Melis Ural on Kennedy Cherry
Set 3 · LIBRTY 25-24 W KY · LIBRTY 3% → 5%
02
Kaira KnoxBlock+2.0%
Jenna Otts stuffed by Kaira Knox
Set 3 · LIBRTY 23-24 W KY · W KY 96% → 98%
03
Faith YoungKill+2.0%
Kill by Faith Young (set by Kate Rush)
Set 3 · LIBRTY 26-27 W KY · W KY 96% → 98%
04
Kendall Meller&Faith YoungBlock+1.6%
Laney Daniell stuffed by Kendall Meller & Faith Young
Set 3 · LIBRTY 26-28 W KY · W KY 98% → 100%
05
Alivia SkidmoreKill+1.6%
Kill by Alivia Skidmore (set by Kate Rush)
Set 3 · LIBRTY 25-25 W KY · W KY 95% → 96%
06
Alivia SkidmoreService error+1.6%
Service error by Alivia Skidmore
Set 3 · LIBRTY 26-25 W KY · LIBRTY 4% → 5%
07
Jenna OttsAttack error+1.6%
Attack error by Jenna Otts
Set 3 · LIBRTY 26-26 W KY · W KY 95% → 96%
08
Izzy Van De WieleKill+1.3%
Kill by Izzy Van De Wiele (set by Kate Rush)
Set 1 · LIBRTY 0-1 W KY · W KY 87% → 88%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Libertyaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Jenna OttsOH	3	11	4	35	.200	0	0	0	3	1	4	2	13
0Laney DaniellMB	3	5	3	13	.154	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	7
24Layla CollinsMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	5.5
15Charli MorrisS	3	5	4	15	.067	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
1Kayla O'BrienL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16Charli CrowsonS	2	0	0	0	–	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
25Paige OvercashOH	3	10	3	27	.259	0	0	0	7	2	3	1.5	11.5
7Addison HartOH	3	5	5	14	.000	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	5
22Molly LittlefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	2
5Melis UralL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	0	10	4	0	0	1
11Alison BierwagenS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
4Addie FielderS	2	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
3VB TrostOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	20	114	.175	36	3	2	53	7	14	7	58

Western Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	10	3	20	.350	0	1	0	7	1	1	2	2	13
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	10	0	23	.435	0	0	1	3	0	2	1	2.5	12.5
22Faith YoungOH	3	7	4	23	.130	1	1	1	0	0	1	7	4.5	12.5
20Kate RushS	3	4	0	11	.364	34	3	0	6	0	0	4	2	9
25Izzy Van De WieleMB	3	6	0	10	.600	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	1
13Kendall MellerOH	3	7	1	22	.273	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
21Eliza McKnightOH	3	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	17	1	0	0	0	1
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9Camila AdamsDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	11	119	.303	42	7	3	48	3	4	20	14	78

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.

Liberty vs Western Ky.

Season series · Western Ky. leads 2-0

Fri, Nov 6, 2026Liberty at Western Ky. · Western Ky. won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 7, 2026Liberty at Western Ky. · Western Ky. won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 LIBRTY · W KY 6

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 3 LIBRTYW KY 4

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 4 LIBRTYW KY 6

Set 3

26-28

Longest run 6 LIBRTYW KY 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Liberty

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	37%7/19	14%1/7
2	70%7/10	36%4/11
3	40%6/15	46%6/13
4	36%5/14	50%6/12
5	45%5/11	50%5/10
6	63%5/8	17%1/6
All	45%35/77	39%23/59

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	65%11/17
2	64%7/11	36%4/11
3	43%6/14	54%7/13
4	67%6/9	60%9/15
5	56%5/9	44%4/9
6	100%5/5	58%7/12
All	61%36/59	55%42/77

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

136 rallies

#	LIBRTY-W KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W KY	W KY	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+1.3
2	0-2	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Melis Ural	+1.1
3	1-2	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Charli Morris	set Charli Crowson	+0.8
4	1-3	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.8
5	2-3	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.8
6	2-4	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.8
7	2-5	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.0
8	2-6	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Addison Hart	blk Kaira Knox, Faith Young	+0.9
9	3-6	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.5
10	3-7	LIBRTY	W KY	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Kaira Knox, Faith Young	+0.6
11	3-8	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.7
12	4-8	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.4
13	4-9	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.5
14	5-9	W KY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Layla Collins, Paige Overcash	+0.4
15	5-10	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.5
16	5-11	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Charli Morris	blk Alivia Skidmore	+0.5
17	5-12	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore		+0.4
18	6-12	W KY	LIBRTY	Bad set	Kaira Knox		+0.2
19	6-13	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Kate Rush, Eliza McKnight	+0.2
20	6-14	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+0.2
21	6-15	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+0.1
22	7-15	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.1
23	7-16	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Tayler Baron	+0.1
24	8-16	W KY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+0.1
25	9-16	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Addison Hart	set Melis Ural	+0.1
26	10-16	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Melis Ural	+0.2
27	10-17	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+0.2
28	11-17	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1
29	11-18	LIBRTY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Melis Ural	+0.2
30	11-19	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Melis Ural	+0.2
31	11-20	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.1
32	11-21	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kendall Meller		·
33	12-21	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	·
34	12-22	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	·
35	12-23	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Paige Overcash	·
36	13-23	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	·
37	13-24	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kennedy Cherry	·
38	14-24	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Charli Crowson	·
39	14-25	LIBRTY	W KY	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Kate Rush, Eliza McKnight	·
Set 2
1	1-0	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.0
2	1-1	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.6
3	1-2	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+0.9
4	1-3	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele		+0.8
5	2-3	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Charli Morris	set Charli Crowson	+0.6
6	2-4	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.6
7	3-4	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Charli Morris	set Charli Crowson	+0.6
8	3-5	LIBRTY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.6
9	3-6	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Jenna Otts	+0.8
10	3-7	W KY	W KY×4	Bad set	Alison Bierwagen		+0.6
11	3-8	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+0.5
12	4-8	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
13	5-8	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Molly Littlefield	aced Kaira Knox	+0.6
14	5-9	LIBRTY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.4
15	5-10	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Addison Hart	blk Faith Young, Kendall Meller	+0.5
16	5-11	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Faith Young		+0.4
17	5-12	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Kate Rush, Faith Young	+0.3
18	6-12	W KY	LIBRTY×4	Attack err	Faith Young		+0.1
19	7-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
20	8-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Paige Overcash, Layla Collins	+0.4
21	9-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.6
22	9-13	LIBRTY	W KY×6	Serve err	Liberty		+0.5
23	9-14	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Layla Collins	blk Faith Young	+0.5
24	9-15	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Kate Rush, Faith Young	+0.4
25	9-16	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Addison Hart	blk Alivia Skidmore	+0.2
26	9-17	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kate Rush	set Tayler Baron	+0.1
27	9-18	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.1
28	10-18	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	·
29	10-19	LIBRTY	W KY	Attack err	Charli Morris		·
30	10-20	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Paige Overcash	·
31	11-20	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Western Ky.		·
32	11-21	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Tayler Baron	·
33	12-21	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Charli Morris	set Addie Fielder	·
34	13-21	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Eliza McKnight		·
35	13-22	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	·
36	13-23	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	·
37	14-23	W KY	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Eliza McKnight	blk Laney Daniell, Jenna Otts	·
38	15-23	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Jenna Otts		·
39	16-23	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Laney Daniell, Jenna Otts	·
40	17-23	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Eliza McKnight	blk Laney Daniell, Jenna Otts	·
41	17-24	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	·
42	18-24	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Western Ky.		·
43	18-25	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	·
Set 3
1	0-1	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Melis Ural	+0.4
2	0-2	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.4
3	0-3	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Melis Ural	+0.3
4	0-4	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+0.3
5	1-4	W KY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Addie Fielder	+0.2
6	2-4	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Laney Daniell		+0.3
7	3-4	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Melis Ural	+0.4
8	3-5	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Attack err	Charli Morris		+0.3
9	3-6	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+0.4
10	3-7	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.3
11	4-7	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Addie Fielder	+0.2
12	5-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Kayla O'Brien	+0.3
13	5-8	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.2
14	5-9	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Cali Foster	+0.3
15	5-10	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Addison Hart		+0.2
16	6-10	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1
17	6-11	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+0.2
18	7-11	W KY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1
19	8-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Molly Littlefield	+0.3
20	9-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Addison Hart	set Kate Rush	+0.4
21	9-12	LIBRTY	W KY	Bad set	Laney Daniell		+0.3
22	10-12	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
23	11-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+0.5
24	11-13	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.4
25	12-13	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Addie Fielder	+0.4
26	12-14	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.4
27	12-15	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Charli Morris	blk Alivia Skidmore, Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.5
28	13-15	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Charli Morris	set Addie Fielder	+0.3
29	13-16	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.3
30	14-16	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Addie Fielder	+0.3
31	14-17	LIBRTY	W KY	Serve err	Liberty		+0.3
32	15-17	W KY	LIBRTY×6	Kill	Addison Hart	set Melis Ural	+0.3
33	16-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.6
34	17-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Ace	Molly Littlefield	aced Tayler Baron	+0.8
35	18-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Attack err	Kendall Meller		+1.0
36	19-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Laney Daniell, Paige Overcash	+1.1
37	20-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+1.1
38	20-18	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.5
39	20-19	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Addison Hart	blk Faith Young, Kendall Meller	+1.0
40	20-20	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kate Rush	set Faith Young	+1.2
41	21-20	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.9
42	21-21	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.8
43	22-21	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.1
44	22-22	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.9
45	23-22	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Addie Fielder	+1.3
46	23-23	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kennedy Cherry	+1.1
47	23-24	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Kaira Knox	+2.0
48	24-24	W KY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Jenna Otts, Layla Collins	+1.3
49	25-24	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Melis Ural	aced Kennedy Cherry	+2.3
50	25-25	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.6
51	26-25	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Alivia Skidmore		+1.6
52	26-26	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+1.6
53	26-27	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.0
54	26-28	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Laney Daniell	blk Kendall Meller, Faith Young	+1.6

Score shown after each rally, Liberty 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).

Western Ky. def. Liberty 3–0

.435 and 10 kills for Alivia Skidmore as Western Ky. rolled past Liberty.