West Virginia vs Cincinnati Volleyball: Cincinnati Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Nov 1, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Cincinnati 67.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 1, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Cincinnati beat visiting West Virginia 3-0 (25-13, 25-17, 25-22) on Sun, Nov 1, 2026. Cincinnati's Sydney Nolan led with 13 kills, and Andrea Simovski added 6 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:00 PM CT · final Nov 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WVU	13	17	22	0
CINCY	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.435 and 13 kills for Sydney Nolan as Cincinnati rolled past West Virginia.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.6 points. West Virginia peaked at 33% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Cincinnati 68% before first serve.

West VirginiaCincinnati

Break %+19.6 pts
35.254.8
Points won on own serve: 40 of 73 vs 19 of 54. West Virginia sided out 45.2% of the time.
Hitting+.281
.037.318
40 kills, 13 errors vs 26 kills, 23 errors.
Longest run+5
38
Cincinnati scored 8 straight in the first set to stretch a 13–8 lead to 21–8. Final score of the set: 25–13.

Cincinnati above 50West Virginia belowMax swing 3.6%

West VirginiaCincinnati

Aces: West Virginia 3·Cincinnati 3
Serve err: West Virginia 7·Cincinnati 9
Blocks: West Virginia 6·Cincinnati 110 BS · 12 BA vs 2 BS · 18 BA
Digs: West Virginia 25·Cincinnati 26

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Cincinnati above 50 · West Virginia below

Biggest swing: 3.6% to Cincinnati — set 3, WVU 22-23 CINCY. Nina Horning stuffed by Kate Lijic & Ligia Williams. CINCY win probability 92% → 95%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WVU 28.2%71.8% CINCY

West Virginia wins

3-0

5.2%

3-1

9.8%

3-2

13.1%

Cincinnati wins

3-0

24.6%

3-1

27.5%

3-2

19.7%

WVU break %: 39.2% vs this opp
CINCY break %: 43.6% 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
Kate Lijic&Ligia WilliamsBlock+3.6%
Nina Horning stuffed by Kate Lijic & Ligia Williams
Set 3 · WVU 22-23 CINCY · CINCY 92% → 95%
02
Nina HorningKill+3.2%
Kill by Nina Horning (set by Alexis Finnvold)
Set 3 · WVU 22-21 CINCY · WVU 7% → 11%
03
Andrea SimovskiKill+3.2%
Kill by Andrea Simovski (set by Sydney Nolan)
Set 3 · WVU 22-24 CINCY · CINCY 95% → 98%
04
Cami Huff&Nina HorningBlock+2.4%
Nina Scrucca stuffed by Cami Huff & Nina Horning
Set 3 · WVU 20-20 CINCY · WVU 5% → 7%
05
Anna BarrAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Anna Barr
Set 1 · WVU 1-3 CINCY · CINCY 69% → 71%
06
Ligia WilliamsKill+2.1%
Kill by Ligia Williams (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 3 · WVU 22-22 CINCY · CINCY 89% → 92%
07
Nina HorningAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Nina Horning
Set 1 · WVU 1-4 CINCY · CINCY 71% → 73%
08
Nina ScruccaKill+2.0%
Kill by Nina Scrucca (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 2 · WVU 4-6 CINCY · CINCY 83% → 85%

Box score

Official NCAA box

West Virginiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Anna BarrOH	3	7	5	16	.125	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
13Nina HorningOH	3	7	8	23	-.043	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
22Maddy McGathMB	3	3	2	6	.167	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	5
23Cassie BrunsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	1
5Alexis FinnvoldS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	1	6	0	0	0	0
8Cami HuffMB	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
20Macie SmithOH	3	4	4	18	.000	0	1	1	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
18Trinity SheridanOPP	3	5	2	13	.231	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
0Lauren DuncanS	3	0	0	0	–	7	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
19Reagan TurkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	6	2	0	0	0
7Mirjam Karoliine KaskMB	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
15Sophia FallahMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Lucie ŠmardováL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Saar BertelsOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	23	81	.037	25	3	7	25	3	12	6	52

Cincinnatihome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Sydney NolanOH	3	13	3	23	.435	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	14.5
8Ligia WilliamsOH	3	8	3	11	.455	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	10
5Lilian EntenmannMB	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	3	1	0	1	5	3.5	7.5
6Kate LijicS	3	2	0	4	.500	31	1	2	3	0	0	6	3	6
7Andrea SimovskiOH	3	4	3	20	.050	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	4
1Ava LedebuhrL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
11Nina ScruccaOPP	3	7	2	12	.417	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
21Viktoria NinovaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	3	5	1	0	0	0	2
9Kayla HostetlerL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1
16Izzy BusignaniOH	1	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		40	13	85	.318	37	3	9	26	3	2	18	11	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.

West Virginia vs Cincinnati

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Cincinnati at West Virginia · West Virginia won 3-1Result →
Sun, Nov 1, 2026West Virginia at Cincinnati · Cincinnati won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 WVU · CINCY 8

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 3 WVUCINCY 8

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 2 WVUCINCY 5

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 WVUCINCY 7

Bars above the line = Cincinnati leads, below = West Virginia leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

West Virginia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	50%6/12
2	38%6/16	30%3/10
3	50%6/12	33%3/9
4	71%5/7	25%2/8
5	56%5/9	38%3/8
6	33%4/12	29%2/7
All	45%33/73	35%19/54

Cincinnati

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	55%6/11
2	67%6/9	60%9/15
3	60%6/10	67%12/18
4	75%6/8	33%3/9
5	63%5/8	44%4/9
6	71%5/7	55%6/11
All	65%35/54	55%40/73

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

127 rallies

#	WVU-CINCY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.6
2	1-1	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Viktoria Ninova		+1.6
3	1-2	WVU	CINCY×3	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.6
4	1-3	CINCY	CINCY×3	Attack err	Anna Barr		+2.2
5	1-4	CINCY	CINCY×3	Attack err	Nina Horning		+2.0
6	2-4	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.4
7	2-5	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
8	2-6	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Lilian Entenmann		+1.8
9	3-6	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+1.2
10	4-6	WVU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Reagan Turk	+2.0
11	4-7	WVU	CINCY	Serve err	Nina Horning		+1.5
12	4-8	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Trinity Sheridan		+1.9
13	5-8	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Lilian Entenmann		+1.2
14	5-9	WVU	CINCY×3	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+1.3
15	5-10	CINCY	CINCY×3	Attack err	Trinity Sheridan		+1.6
16	5-11	CINCY	CINCY×3	Blocked	Macie Smith	blk Ligia Williams, Kate Lijic	+1.3
17	6-11	CINCY	WVU	Blocked	Andrea Simovski	blk Trinity Sheridan, Cami Huff	+0.7
18	6-12	WVU	CINCY	Serve err	Alexis Finnvold		+0.9
19	6-13	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Kate Lijic	set Ava Ledebuhr	+1.0
20	7-13	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.5
21	8-13	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Ligia Williams		+1.0
22	8-14	WVU	CINCY×8	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.9
23	8-15	CINCY	CINCY×8	Attack err	Nina Horning		+0.9
24	8-16	CINCY	CINCY×8	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.6
25	8-17	CINCY	CINCY×8	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Lilian Entenmann, Kate Lijic	+0.4
26	8-18	CINCY	CINCY×8	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Lilian Entenmann, Sydney Nolan	+0.2
27	8-19	CINCY	CINCY×8	Ace	Viktoria Ninova	aced Reagan Turk	+0.1
28	8-20	CINCY	CINCY×8	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Lilian Entenmann, Kate Lijic	·
29	8-21	CINCY	CINCY×8	Blocked	Sophia Fallah	blk Lilian Entenmann	·
30	9-21	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	·
31	9-22	WVU	CINCY	Serve err	Reagan Turk		·
32	10-22	CINCY	WVU×3	Serve err	Kate Lijic		·
33	11-22	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	Lilian Entenmann		·
34	12-22	WVU	WVU×3	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	·
35	12-23	WVU	CINCY	Serve err	Lauren Duncan		·
36	13-23	CINCY	WVU	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		·
37	13-24	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Viktoria Ninova	·
38	13-25	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	·
Set 2
1	0-1	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Sydney Nolan	+1.9
2	1-1	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.4
3	1-2	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Kate Lijic	set Ava Ledebuhr	+1.3
4	2-2	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.4
5	2-3	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
6	3-3	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+1.4
7	3-4	WVU	CINCY	Serve err	Macie Smith		+1.4
8	4-4	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+1.5
9	4-5	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Kayla Hostetler		+1.4
10	4-6	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+2.0
11	5-6	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+1.4
12	5-7	WVU	CINCY×5	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
13	5-8	CINCY	CINCY×5	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Ligia Williams, Kate Lijic	+1.9
14	5-9	CINCY	CINCY×5	Attack err	Mirjam Karoliine Kask		+1.6
15	5-10	CINCY	CINCY×5	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
16	5-11	CINCY	CINCY×5	Attack err	Anna Barr		+1.1
17	6-11	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Reagan Turk	+0.6
18	6-12	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.7
19	7-12	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.6
20	7-13	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.7
21	7-14	CINCY	CINCY	Ace	Viktoria Ninova	aced Cassie Bruns	+0.8
22	8-14	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Viktoria Ninova		+0.4
23	8-15	WVU	CINCY×4	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Kate Lijic	+0.5
24	8-16	CINCY	CINCY×4	Ace	Kate Lijic	aced Reagan Turk	+0.5
25	8-17	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
26	8-18	CINCY	CINCY×4	Attack err	Maddy McGath		+0.2
27	9-18	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Kate Lijic		+0.1
28	10-18	WVU	WVU	Ace	West Virginia	aced Andrea Simovski	+0.1
29	10-19	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
30	11-19	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.1
31	12-19	WVU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lucie Šmardová	+0.2
32	12-20	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
33	12-21	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Ligia Williams, Nina Scrucca	+0.1
34	13-21	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Lilian Entenmann		·
35	14-21	WVU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.1
36	14-22	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
37	15-22	CINCY	WVU	Blocked	Izzy Busignani	blk Anna Barr, Mirjam Karoliine Kask	·
38	16-22	WVU	WVU	Bad set	Kate Lijic		+0.1
39	16-23	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Izzy Busignani	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
40	16-24	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
41	17-24	CINCY	WVU	Attack err	Sydney Nolan		·
42	17-25	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	·
Set 3
1	1-0	WVU	WVU×3	Ace	West Virginia	aced Viktoria Ninova	+1.2
2	2-0	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	Ligia Williams		+1.2
3	3-0	WVU	WVU×3	Blocked	Sydney Nolan	blk Anna Barr, Cami Huff	+1.2
4	3-1	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.8
5	3-2	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Macie Smith	blk Lilian Entenmann, Kate Lijic	+1.2
6	4-2	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Viktoria Ninova		+0.9
7	5-2	WVU	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.3
8	5-3	WVU	CINCY×7	Serve err	Reagan Turk		+0.8
9	5-4	CINCY	CINCY×7	Kill	Lilian Entenmann		+1.2
10	5-5	CINCY	CINCY×7	Bad set	Alexis Finnvold		+1.3
11	5-6	CINCY	CINCY×7	Bad set	Alexis Finnvold		+1.3
12	5-7	CINCY	CINCY×7	Attack err	Anna Barr		+1.2
13	5-8	CINCY	CINCY×7	Blocked	Macie Smith	blk Nina Scrucca, Lilian Entenmann	+1.1
14	5-9	CINCY	CINCY×7	Attack err	Maddy McGath		+1.0
15	6-9	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.6
16	7-9	WVU	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Cassie Bruns	+1.0
17	7-10	WVU	CINCY	Serve err	Lauren Duncan		+0.8
18	7-11	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.0
19	8-11	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Lauren Duncan	+0.6
20	8-12	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.7
21	9-12	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lauren Duncan	+0.6
22	10-12	WVU	WVU	Ace	West Virginia	aced Kayla Hostetler	+1.1
23	10-13	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.9
24	11-13	CINCY	WVU	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		+0.8
25	11-14	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.9
26	12-14	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Andrea Simovski		+0.8
27	13-14	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Ligia Williams		+1.4
28	13-15	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.1
29	14-15	CINCY	WVU×3	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.0
30	15-15	WVU	WVU×3	Kill	Anna Barr	set Cassie Bruns	+1.7
31	16-15	WVU	WVU×3	Blocked	Sydney Nolan	blk Anna Barr, Maddy McGath	+1.9
32	16-16	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.3
33	16-17	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.9
34	17-17	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.4
35	17-18	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
36	17-19	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+1.9
37	18-19	CINCY	WVU	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Macie Smith, Maddy McGath	+1.2
38	18-20	WVU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
39	19-20	CINCY	WVU	Serve err	Lilian Entenmann		+1.3
40	20-20	WVU	WVU	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Cami Huff, Nina Horning	+2.4
41	20-21	WVU	CINCY	Attack err	Macie Smith		+1.8
42	21-21	CINCY	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+1.9
43	22-21	WVU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+3.2
44	22-22	WVU	CINCY×4	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+2.1
45	22-23	CINCY	CINCY×4	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Kate Lijic, Ligia Williams	+3.6
46	22-24	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Sydney Nolan	+3.2
47	22-25	CINCY	CINCY×4	Attack err	Nina Horning		+1.6

Score shown after each rally, West Virginia 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).

Cincinnati def. West Virginia 3–0

.435 and 13 kills for Sydney Nolan as Cincinnati rolled past West Virginia.