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

FinalSat, Nov 7, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Ky. 88.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 7, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Ky. beat visiting Liberty 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-16) on Sat, Nov 7, 2026. Alivia Skidmore and Kaira Knox led Western Ky. with 11 kills each; Liberty's Paige Overcash had a match-high 17.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LIBRTY	22	15	16	0
W KY	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.429 and 11 kills for Kaira Knox as Western Ky. rolled past Liberty.

Win probability never moved more than 2.4 points on one rally; Liberty topped out at 17% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Western Ky. 88% before first serve.

LibertyWestern Ky.

Break %+19.9 pts
31.551.4
Points won on own serve: 38 of 74 vs 17 of 54. Liberty sided out 48.6% of the time.
Hitting+.260
.119.379
45 K / 9 E against 35 K / 22 E.
Longest run+2
57
Western Ky. scored 7 straight in the third set to open the set 7–0. Final score of the set: 25–16.

Western Ky. above 50Liberty belowMax swing 2.4%

LibertyWestern Ky.

Aces: Liberty 3·Western Ky. 3
Serve err: Liberty 5·Western Ky. 6
Blocks: Liberty 5·Western Ky. 100 BS · 10 BA vs 3 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Liberty 34·Western Ky. 41

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Western Ky. above 50 · Liberty below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to Liberty — set 1, LIBRTY 14-12 W KY. Izzy Van De Wiele stuffed by Laney Daniell & Jenna Otts. W KY win probability 85% → 83%.

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
Laney Daniell&Jenna OttsBlock+2.4%
Izzy Van De Wiele stuffed by Laney Daniell & Jenna Otts
Set 1 · LIBRTY 14-12 W KY · LIBRTY 15% → 17%
02
Kaira KnoxKill+2.3%
Kill by Kaira Knox (set by Kate Rush)
Set 1 · LIBRTY 22-24 W KY · W KY 90% → 93%
03
Addison HartKill+2.2%
Kill by Addison Hart (set by Alison Bierwagen)
Set 1 · LIBRTY 21-22 W KY · LIBRTY 8% → 10%
04
Kendall MellerKill+2.1%
Kill by Kendall Meller (set by Kate Rush)
Set 1 · LIBRTY 14-14 W KY · W KY 84% → 86%
05
Laney DaniellKill+2.1%
Kill by Laney Daniell (set by Alison Bierwagen)
Set 1 · LIBRTY 13-12 W KY · LIBRTY 13% → 15%
06
Kaira KnoxKill+2.0%
Kill by Kaira Knox (set by Kate Rush)
Set 1 · LIBRTY 21-23 W KY · W KY 90% → 92%
07
Laney DaniellAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Laney Daniell
Set 1 · LIBRTY 14-15 W KY · W KY 86% → 88%
08
Addison HartAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Addison Hart
Set 1 · LIBRTY 14-16 W KY · W KY 88% → 90%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Libertyaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
25Paige OvercashOH	3	17	3	36	.389	1	0	2	5	1	1	0.5	17.5
8Jenna OttsOH	3	6	4	23	.087	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	7
0Laney DaniellMB	3	2	5	16	-.188	1	1	0	1	0	4	2	5
16Charli CrowsonS	3	1	0	2	.500	7	1	2	2	0	0	0	2
24Layla CollinsMB	3	1	4	7	-.429	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.5	1.5
13Keira RosenmarkleOH	2	1	3	5	-.400	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2
7Addison HartOH	3	5	2	15	.200	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5
11Alison BierwagenS	3	1	0	1	1.000	16	0	1	11	0	0	0	1
22Molly LittlefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
5Melis UralL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15Charli MorrisS	2	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
1Kayla O'BrienL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
4Addie FielderS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	22	109	.119	32	3	5	34	3	10	5	53

Western Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	11	1	24	.417	0	0	1	4	0	1	2	2	13
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	11	2	21	.429	2	0	1	6	1	0	3	1.5	12.5
22Faith YoungOH	3	6	1	10	.500	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
20Kate RushS	3	5	0	10	.500	33	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	6
25Izzy Van De WieleMB	3	2	2	6	.000	2	0	0	3	0	1	6	4	6
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
13Kendall MellerOH	3	9	3	22	.273	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	11
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	12	1	0	0	0	2
21Eliza McKnightOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Camila AdamsDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	9	95	.379	44	3	6	41	3	3	14	10	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.

Liberty vs Western Ky.

Season series · Western Ky. leads 2-0

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 LIBRTY · W KY 7

Set 1

22-25

Longest run 5 LIBRTYW KY 5

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 2 LIBRTYW KY 6

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 5 LIBRTYW KY 7

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	31%4/13	43%3/7
2	33%4/12	0%0/4
3	36%4/11	20%1/5
4	75%3/4	20%1/5
5	75%3/4	57%4/7
6	60%3/5	25%1/4
All	43%21/49	31%10/32

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	83%5/6	67%8/12
2	80%4/5	50%4/8
3	100%4/4	73%11/15
4	38%3/8	50%3/6
5	100%3/3	0%0/3
6	50%3/6	40%2/5
All	69%22/32	57%28/49

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 (2 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

128 rallies

#	LIBRTY-W KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Izzy Van De Wiele	+1.2
2	0-2	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Layla Collins		+1.0
3	0-3	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+0.9
4	1-3	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.6
5	1-4	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.6
6	2-4	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Alivia Skidmore		+0.6
7	2-5	LIBRTY	W KY	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+0.6
8	3-5	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.6
9	3-6	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.6
10	3-7	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+0.8
11	4-7	W KY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+0.5
12	5-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Addison Hart	set Laney Daniell	+1.0
13	6-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Ace	Laney Daniell		+1.2
14	7-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Paige Overcash, Layla Collins	+1.5
15	8-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.7
16	8-8	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.1
17	9-8	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
18	9-9	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.1
19	10-9	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Faith Young		+1.3
20	10-10		W KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.2
21	10-11	W KY	W KY	Ace	Kate Rush	aced Layla Collins	+1.7
22	11-11	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash		+1.2
23	11-12	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+1.1
24	12-12	W KY	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Izzy Van De Wiele		+1.3
25	13-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+2.1
26	14-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Blocked	Izzy Van De Wiele	blk Laney Daniell, Jenna Otts	+2.4
27	14-13	LIBRTY	W KY×5	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+1.4
28	14-14	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+2.1
29	14-15	W KY	W KY×5	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+2.0
30	14-16	W KY	W KY×5	Attack err	Addison Hart		+1.8
31	14-17	W KY	W KY×5	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Kendall Meller	+1.4
32	15-17	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.9
33	15-18	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+1.0
34	16-18	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Alison Bierwagen	set Paige Overcash	+0.9
35	16-19	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.0
36	17-19	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Molly Littlefield	+0.9
37	17-20	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.1
38	18-20	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Charli Crowson	+0.9
39	18-21	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kennedy Cherry	+1.1
40	19-21	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Keira Rosenmarkle	set Charli Crowson	+0.9
41	19-22	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.2
42	20-22	W KY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Kendall Meller	blk Laney Daniell, Keira Rosenmarkle	+0.8
43	21-22	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+2.2
44	21-23	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.0
45	22-23	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.5
46	22-24	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.3
47	22-25	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kaira Knox	+1.6
Set 2
1	1-0	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.0
2	1-1	LIBRTY	W KY	Blocked	Keira Rosenmarkle	blk Alivia Skidmore, Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.6
3	1-2	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Keira Rosenmarkle		+0.8
4	2-2	W KY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+0.6
5	2-3	LIBRTY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.6
6	2-4	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.8
7	2-5	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.7
8	2-6	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Laney Daniell	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Kendall Meller	+0.6
9	2-7	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Kaira Knox	+0.4
10	2-8	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+0.3
11	3-8	W KY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Kendall Meller	blk Laney Daniell, Keira Rosenmarkle	+0.2
12	3-9	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.2
13	3-10	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	+0.2
14	3-11	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young		+0.2
15	4-11	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1
16	5-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Molly Littlefield	aced Tayler Baron	+0.2
17	5-12	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.2
18	6-12	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+0.1
19	6-13	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Faith Young	+0.2
20	7-13	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1
21	7-14	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kennedy Cherry	+0.2
22	7-15	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Paige Overcash		+0.1
23	8-15	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Faith Young		+0.1
24	8-16	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.1
25	8-17	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Keira Rosenmarkle	blk Alivia Skidmore	+0.1
26	9-17	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Kate Rush		·
27	9-18	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	·
28	9-19	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	·
29	10-19	W KY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Kendall Meller		·
30	10-20	LIBRTY	W KY	Serve err	Liberty		·
31	11-20	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	·
32	11-21	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	·
33	12-21	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Kaira Knox		·
34	12-22	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Tayler Baron	·
35	12-23	W KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	·
36	13-23	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	·
37	14-23	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		·
38	14-24	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	·
39	15-24	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alivia Skidmore	·
40	15-25	LIBRTY	W KY	Serve err	Liberty		·
Set 3
1	0-1	W KY	W KY×7	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Kaira Knox, Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.4
2	0-2	W KY	W KY×7	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.3
3	0-3	W KY	W KY×7	Blocked	Laney Daniell	blk Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.3
4	0-4	W KY	W KY×7	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.2
5	0-5	W KY	W KY×7	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.2
6	0-6	W KY	W KY×7	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kaira Knox	+0.2
7	0-7	W KY	W KY×7	Blocked	Addison Hart	blk Alivia Skidmore, Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.1
8	1-7	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1
9	1-8	LIBRTY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kennedy Cherry	+0.1
10	1-9	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Layla Collins		+0.1
11	1-10	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Layla Collins	blk Kendall Meller, Izzy Van De Wiele	+0.1
12	2-10	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	·
13	3-10	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Charli Crowson	aced Kaira Knox	+0.1
14	3-11	LIBRTY	W KY×6	Serve err	Charli Crowson		+0.1
15	3-12	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Faith Young, Kaira Knox	·
16	3-13	W KY	W KY×6	Attack err	Charli Morris		·
17	3-14	W KY	W KY×6	Ace	Tayler Baron	aced Molly Littlefield	·
18	3-15	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	·
19	3-16	W KY	W KY×6	Ace	Tayler Baron	aced Paige Overcash	·
20	4-16	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Charli Crowson	·
21	4-17	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Kate Rush	·
22	4-18	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Layla Collins		·
23	5-18	W KY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	·
24	6-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Charli Morris	set Melis Ural	·
25	7-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Melis Ural	·
26	8-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	·
27	9-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Laney Daniell, Jenna Otts	·
28	9-19	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Tayler Baron	·
29	10-19	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	·
30	10-20	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	·
31	10-21	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Laney Daniell		·
32	11-21	W KY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	·
33	12-21	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Molly Littlefield	·
34	13-21	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	·
35	13-22	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kennedy Cherry	·
36	14-22	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	·
37	14-23	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	·
38	15-23	W KY	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	·
39	15-24	LIBRTY	W KY	Serve err	Liberty		·
40	16-24	W KY	LIBRTY	Serve err	Tayler Baron		·
41	16-25	LIBRTY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	·

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

.429 and 11 kills for Kaira Knox as Western Ky. rolled past Liberty.