Merrimack vs UConn Volleyball: UConn Wins 3-1 (Sep 19, 2026)

Final · 4 setsSat, Sep 19, 2026

1:3

UConn beat visiting Merrimack 3-1 (25-12, 25-15, 22-25, 25-22) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026. UConn's Helena Einarsdottir and Sydney Borowy led with 13 kills each, and Maja Daca added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
MERMCK	12	15	25	22	1
UCONN	25	25	22	25	3

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MERMCK 1.0%99.0% UCONN

Merrimack wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.2%

3-2

0.7%

UConn wins

3-0

73.9%

3-1

21.3%

3-2

3.8%

MERMCK break %: 35.7% vs this opp
UCONN break %: 53.6% 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.

The NCAA play-by-play for this match doesn’t reproduce the official result (it stops early or credits a set to the wrong side), so there’s no point-by-point win-probability chart. The result, set scores and box score are official.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Merrimackaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Mckenna ShotwellOH	2	11	2	32	.281	0	2	3	12	1	0	0	0	13
7Tamilore AfolaluOH	2	11	4	33	.212	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	11
8Jocelyn HammerstrandOPP	2	7	5	17	.118	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	8
17Kaitlyn OxceusOH	2	1	3	6	-.333	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
13Mia IzzoMB	2	2	4	7	-.286	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Sophia DebonisS	2	0	0	2	.000	16	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
9Avry BryantOPP	2	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
12Ella MaldonadoL/DS	2	1	0	1	1.000	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
5Maddy FennessyL/DS	2	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
20Devon LoweS	2	0	0	0	–	12	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	1
14Maiella BlandinOH	2	0	2	6	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
2Natalia ZelubowskiOH	2	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Elizabeth KenneyS	2	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21Ella GizmuntOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Fabiola BetancourtOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Gabrielle MooreS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Naomi VajdaMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Sienna FranksL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
4Vaia TsioutsioulasOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	23	112	.107	33	6	10	49	10	2	4	4	74

UConnhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Helena EinarsdottirOH	2	13	1	23	.522	0	1	4	4	0	0	4	2	16
14Maja DacaOH	2	10	6	29	.138	0	2	3	9	1	0	4	2	14
11Sydney BorowyOH	2	13	3	28	.357	1	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	14
7Courtney GraysonMB	2	4	2	13	.154	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	6	10
5Olivia GrenadierMB	2	6	2	14	.286	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
4Isabella SohlS	2	2	0	3	.667	18	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
8Audrey JensenS	2	2	0	2	1.000	19	1	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
2Maggie CarleyS	2	0	0	0	–	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
3Hazuna AkishigeL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	2	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	2
15Grace MariaOH	2	0	2	5	-.400	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	0
18Abigail BucknerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Anna HermanMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Elizabeth DeckerOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Hailey MaesMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Isabella SuhyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Jordyn HughesMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Megan EvansOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Olivia PasternakOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	16	117	.291	41	10	15	42	6	3	18	12	97

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 2 MERMCK · UCONN 7

Set 1

12-25

Longest run 2 MERMCKUCONN 6

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 2 MERMCKUCONN 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Merrimack

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%2/3	0%0/1
2	29%2/7	33%1/3
3	100%2/2	33%1/3
4	100%2/2	33%1/3
5	67%2/3	33%1/3
6	13%1/8	0%0/2
All	44%11/25	27%4/15

UConn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%2/3	33%1/3
2	67%2/3	71%5/7
3	67%2/3	0%0/2
4	67%2/3	0%0/2
5	100%2/2	33%1/3
6	100%1/1	88%7/8
All	73%11/15	56%14/25

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 (1 of 4 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

76 rallies

#	MERMCK-UCONN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia Debonis
2	1-1	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Olivia Grenadier	set Isabella Sohl
3	2-1	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia Debonis
4	2-2	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Isabella Sohl
5	3-2	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia Debonis
6	3-3	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Isabella Sohl
7	3-4	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Isabella Sohl
8	4-4	UCONN	MERMCK	Serve err	UConn
9	5-4		MERMCK	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.
10	5-5	MERMCK	UCONN	Attack err	Mia Izzo	set Elizabeth Kenney
11	5-6	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Isabella Sohl
12	6-6	UCONN	MERMCK	Serve err	UConn
13	6-7	MERMCK	UCONN×3	Kill	Sydney Borowy
14	6-8	UCONN	UCONN×3	Attack err	Maiella Blandin
15	6-9	UCONN	UCONN×3	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Isabella Sohl
16	7-9	UCONN	MERMCK	Serve err	UConn
17	7-10	MERMCK	UCONN	Serve err	Merrimack
18	8-10	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Kaitlyn Oxceus	set Sophia Debonis
19	8-11	MERMCK	UCONN	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell	set Ella Maldonado
20	8-12	UCONN	UCONN	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Helena Einarsdottir, Olivia Grenadier
21	9-12	UCONN	MERMCK	Serve err	UConn
22	9-13	MERMCK	UCONN×3	Serve err	Merrimack
23	9-14	UCONN	UCONN×3	Kill	Maja Daca	set Isabella Sohl
24	9-15	UCONN	UCONN×3	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Courtney Grayson, Maja Daca
25	10-15	UCONN	MERMCK	Blocked	Maja Daca	blk Jocelyn Hammerstrand
26	10-16	MERMCK	UCONN×3	Kill	Maja Daca	set Isabella Sohl
27	10-17	UCONN	UCONN×3	Ace	UConn	aced Tamilore Afolalu
28	10-18		UCONN	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.
29	11-18	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Elizabeth Kenney
30	12-18	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack	aced Grace Maria
31	12-19	MERMCK	UCONN×6	Serve err	Merrimack
32	12-20	UCONN	UCONN×6	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Isabella Sohl
33	12-21	UCONN	UCONN×6	Blocked	Mia Izzo	blk Courtney Grayson
34	12-22	UCONN	UCONN×6	Ace	UConn	aced Sienna Franks
35	12-23	UCONN	UCONN×6	Ace	UConn
36	12-24	UCONN	UCONN×6	Attack err	Maddy Fennessy
Set 2
1	0-1	UCONN	UCONN	Ace	UConn	aced Tamilore Afolalu
2	1-1	UCONN	MERMCK	Attack err	Courtney Grayson	set Isabella Sohl
3	2-1	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack	aced Grace Maria
4	2-2	MERMCK	UCONN×5	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Isabella Sohl
5	2-3	UCONN	UCONN×5	Kill	Maja Daca
6	2-4	UCONN	UCONN×5	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Maja Daca, Courtney Grayson
7	2-5	UCONN	UCONN×5	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Courtney Grayson, Maja Daca
8	2-6	UCONN	UCONN×5	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Isabella Sohl
9	3-6	UCONN	MERMCK	Serve err	UConn
10	4-6	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe
11	4-7	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe
12	5-7	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
13	6-7	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Maja Daca
14	6-8	MERMCK	UCONN	Serve err	Merrimack
15	7-8	UCONN	MERMCK	Serve err	UConn
16	8-8	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Sydney Borowy
17	8-9	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Sydney Borowy
18	8-10	UCONN	UCONN	Kill	Sydney Borowy
19	9-10	UCONN	MERMCK	Blocked	Sydney Borowy	blk Maiella Blandin, Kaitlyn Oxceus
20	9-11	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Maja Daca
21	9-12	UCONN	UCONN	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
22	10-12	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sienna Franks
23	10-13	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Olivia Grenadier	set Isabella Sohl
24	11-13	UCONN	MERMCK	Serve err	UConn
25	11-14	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Isabella Sohl
26	11-15	UCONN	UCONN	Ace	UConn	aced Sienna Franks
27	12-15	UCONN	MERMCK	Blocked	Courtney Grayson	blk Kaitlyn Oxceus
28	12-16	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir
29	13-16	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia Debonis
30	13-17	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Isabella Sohl
31	14-17	UCONN	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe
32	14-18	MERMCK	UCONN	Kill	Courtney Grayson	set Isabella Sohl
33	15-18	UCONN	MERMCK	Attack err	Sydney Borowy	set Olivia Grenadier
34	15-19	MERMCK	UCONN×7	Kill	Olivia Grenadier	set Isabella Sohl
35	15-20	UCONN	UCONN×7	Attack err	Maiella Blandin
36	15-21	UCONN	UCONN×7	Kill	Olivia Grenadier
37	15-22	UCONN	UCONN×7	Kill	Sydney Borowy	set Hazuna Akishige
38	15-23	UCONN	UCONN×7	Blocked	UConn	blk Olivia Grenadier, Helena Einarsdottir
39	15-24	UCONN	UCONN×7	Attack err	Kaitlyn Oxceus
40	15-25	UCONN	UCONN×7	Kill	Helena Einarsdottir	set Isabella Sohl

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

UConn def. Merrimack 3–1