Saint Louis vs Merrimack Volleyball: Saint Louis Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Saint Louis beat Merrimack 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 28-26) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at a neutral site. Saint Louis' Tea Kalajdzic led with 15 kills, and Jetta Brenning added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ST LOU	25	25	28	3
MERMCK	18	19	26	0

Win probability

Merrimack above 50 · Saint Louis below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Saint Louis stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ST LOU 98.2%1.8% MERMCK

Saint Louis wins

3-0

68.4%

3-1

24.4%

3-2

5.4%

Merrimack wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.4%

3-2

1.2%

ST LOU break %: 52.6% vs this opp
MERMCK break %: 36.4% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Saint Louisaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Tea KalajdzicOH	3	15	3	25	.480	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	1.5	17.5
12Tamia MaddoxOH	3	7	5	18	.111	2	2	2	5	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
15Anna BoatnerMB	3	5	1	12	.333	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	8
14Jetta BrenningS	3	3	1	8	.250	23	1	0	17	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
21Kayla JansenMB	3	1	0	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
19Ellie RinkOH	2	2	0	9	.222	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
22Lucy RankinS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
23Lara ZigicL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
11Anna AlexanderOH	2	8	3	15	.333	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
7Avery BoehmOH	2	1	2	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Athena TsalapatanisDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Justina AsamoaMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
16J'La SparksMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	15	99	.273	35	8	10	38	3	2	14	9	78

Merrimackhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Mckenna ShotwellOH	3	11	6	32	.156	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	13
8Jocelyn HammerstrandOPP	3	9	3	23	.261	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	10
13Mia IzzoMB	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3
1Naomi VajdaMB	3	1	1	3	.000	0	1	4	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Sophia DeBonisS	3	0	1	2	-.500	16	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
7Tamilore Afolalu	2	5	4	14	.071	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5
12Ella MaldonadoL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0
18Sienna Franks	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0
14Maiella Blandin	2	3	1	9	.222	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
20Devon Lowe	2	0	0	0	–	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
9Avry BryantOPP	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Vaia TsioutsioulasOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
19Elizabeth KenneyS	1	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15Gabrielle Moore	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Maddy FennessyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Natalia Zelubowski	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	18	94	.138	29	3	7	39	8	6	3	63

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 ST LOU · MERMCK 5

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 ST LOUMERMCK 5

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 6 ST LOUMERMCK 4

Set 3

28-26

Longest run 3 ST LOUMERMCK 5

Bars above the line = Merrimack leads, below = Saint Louis leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Saint Louis

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	68%13/19
2	58%7/12	42%5/12
3	78%7/9	42%5/12
4	64%7/11	42%5/12
5	78%7/9	42%5/12
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	63%41/65	49%37/76

Merrimack

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	37%7/19	46%6/13
2	54%7/13	53%8/15
3	54%7/13	13%1/8
4	70%7/10	22%2/9
5	50%6/12	36%4/11
6	56%5/9	33%3/9
All	51%39/76	37%24/65

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

141 rallies

#	ST LOU-MERMCK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	MERMCK	MERMCK	Bad set	Jetta Brenning
2	1-1	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Boatner	set Jetta Brenning
3	2-1	ST LOU	ST LOU	Blocked	Mckenna Shotwell	blk Ellie Rink, Kayla Jansen
4	2-2	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Ella Maldonado
5	3-2	MERMCK	ST LOU×3	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning
6	4-2	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Ace	Saint Louis	aced Tamilore Afolalu
7	5-2	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
8	5-3	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
9	6-3	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning
10	7-3	ST LOU	ST LOU	Ace	Saint Louis	aced Mckenna Shotwell
11	7-4	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
12	8-4	MERMCK	ST LOU	Serve err	Merrimack
13	9-4	ST LOU	ST LOU	Attack err	Avry Bryant
14	9-5	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe
15	10-5	MERMCK	ST LOU×3	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning
16	11-5	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning
17	12-5	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Lara Zigic
18	12-6	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Naomi Vajda	set Devon Lowe
19	12-7	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack
20	13-7	MERMCK	ST LOU×4	Kill	Anna Boatner	set Jetta Brenning
21	14-7	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Ace	Saint Louis
22	15-7	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Tea Kalajdzic
23	16-7	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Ace	Saint Louis
24	16-8	ST LOU	MERMCK×5	Serve err	Saint Louis
25	16-9	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis
26	16-10	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
27	16-11	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Ellie Rink
28	16-12	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Jocelyn Hammerstrand
29	17-12	MERMCK	ST LOU	Blocked	Mia Izzo	blk Anna Boatner, Tea Kalajdzic
30	17-13	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis
31	18-13	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Lara Zigic
32	19-13	ST LOU	ST LOU	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu
33	19-14	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis
34	20-14	MERMCK	ST LOU×4	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Justina Asamoa, Jetta Brenning
35	21-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Jetta Brenning	set Tamia Maddox
36	22-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Bad set	Sophia DeBonis
37	23-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Blocked	Naomi Vajda	blk Justina Asamoa
38	23-15	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
39	23-16	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
40	24-16	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning
41	24-17	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
42	24-18	MERMCK	MERMCK	Serve err	Merrimack
43	25-18	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Boatner	set Jetta Brenning
Set 2
1	1-0	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Anna Boatner
2	2-0	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
3	3-0	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
4	4-0	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Anna Boatner
5	4-1	ST LOU	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Tamia Maddox
6	4-2	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Ace	Merrimack	aced Tea Kalajdzic
7	4-3	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Tea Kalajdzic
8	4-4	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Blocked	Tea Kalajdzic	blk Jocelyn Hammerstrand, Mia Izzo
9	5-4	MERMCK	ST LOU×3	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Anna Alexander
10	6-4	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Kill	Anna Alexander
11	7-4	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Kill	Anna Alexander	set Lara Zigic
12	7-5	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
13	8-5	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Alexander	set Lara Zigic
14	9-5	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
15	9-6	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
16	9-7	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Anna Alexander
17	10-7	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Kayla Jansen	set Jetta Brenning
18	10-8	ST LOU	MERMCK×4	Serve err	Saint Louis
19	10-9	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Anna Alexander
20	10-10	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney
21	10-11	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney
22	11-11	MERMCK	ST LOU	Serve err	Merrimack
23	12-11	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Elizabeth Kenney
24	12-12	ST LOU	MERMCK	Attack err	Tamia Maddox
25	12-13	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Jetta Brenning
26	13-13	MERMCK	ST LOU	Serve err	Merrimack
27	13-14	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney
28	14-14	MERMCK	ST LOU×6	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
29	15-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×6	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
30	16-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×6	Ace	Saint Louis	aced Sienna Franks
31	17-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×6	Blocked	Mckenna Shotwell	blk Anna Boatner, Tamia Maddox
32	18-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×6	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Anna Boatner
33	19-14	ST LOU	ST LOU×6	Attack err	Sophia DeBonis
34	19-15	ST LOU	MERMCK	Attack err	Tea Kalajdzic
35	20-15	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
36	20-16	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis
37	21-16	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
38	21-17	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
39	22-17	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Alexander	set Jetta Brenning
40	22-18	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Elizabeth Kenney
41	23-18	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Avery Boehm	set Lucy Rankin
42	24-18	ST LOU	ST LOU	Ace	Saint Louis
43	24-19	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
44	25-19	MERMCK	ST LOU	Serve err	Merrimack
Set 3
1	0-1	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis
2	1-1	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
3	1-2	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
4	1-3	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack	aced Lara Zigic
5	2-3	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning
6	2-4	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
7	3-4	MERMCK	ST LOU	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Tea Kalajdzic, Anna Boatner
8	3-5	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
9	4-5	MERMCK	ST LOU×3	Blocked	Maiella Blandin	blk Kayla Jansen, Anna Alexander
10	5-5	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Ace	Saint Louis
11	6-5	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu
12	6-6	ST LOU	MERMCK	Attack err	Anna Alexander
13	7-6	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Jetta Brenning	set Lara Zigic
14	8-6	ST LOU	ST LOU	Ace	Saint Louis	aced Ella Maldonado
15	8-7	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
16	8-8	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
17	9-8	MERMCK	ST LOU	Serve err	Merrimack
18	9-9	ST LOU	MERMCK	Attack err	Tamia Maddox
19	10-9	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Jetta Brenning	set Tamia Maddox
20	11-9	ST LOU	ST LOU	Bad set	Sophia DeBonis
21	11-10	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis
22	12-10	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning
23	13-10	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Alexander	set Lara Zigic
24	13-11	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis
25	13-12	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Anna Boatner
26	14-12	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Alexander
27	14-13	ST LOU	MERMCK	Attack err	Kayla Jansen
28	15-13	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
29	15-14	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe
30	16-14	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Alexander	set Jetta Brenning
31	17-14	ST LOU	ST LOU	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
32	17-15	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Devon Lowe
33	18-15	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning
34	18-16	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
35	19-16	MERMCK	ST LOU	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
36	19-17	ST LOU	MERMCK×5	Attack err	Tamia Maddox
37	19-18	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Attack err	Avery Boehm
38	19-19	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Attack err	Avery Boehm
39	19-20	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Blocked	Avery Boehm	blk Mia Izzo, Jocelyn Hammerstrand
40	19-21	MERMCK	MERMCK×5	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis
41	20-21	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
42	20-22	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
43	21-22	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
44	22-22	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Lara Zigic
45	22-23	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
46	23-23	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning
47	23-24	ST LOU	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe
48	24-24	MERMCK	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Alexander	set Jetta Brenning
49	24-25	ST LOU	MERMCK	Attack err	Tamia Maddox
50	25-25	MERMCK	ST LOU	Serve err	Merrimack
51	26-25	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	Anna Boatner
52	26-26	ST LOU	MERMCK	Serve err	Saint Louis
53	27-26	MERMCK	ST LOU	Serve err	Merrimack
54	28-26	ST LOU	ST LOU	Blocked	Mckenna Shotwell	blk Tea Kalajdzic, Anna Boatner

Score shown after each rally, Saint Louis first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Saint Louis def. Merrimack 3–0