Western Mich. def. Eastern Mich. 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 2)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Mich. 81.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Mich. beat visiting Eastern Mich. 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-17) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Western Mich.'s Annalise Patchett led with 8 kills, and Carley Piercefield added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
E MICH	12	11	17	0
W MICH	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Eastern Mich. never reached 20 in a set against Western Mich.

Win probability never moved more than 1.7 points on one rally; Eastern Mich. topped out at 19% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Western Mich. 81% before first serve.

Eastern Mich.Western Mich.

Break %+34.0 pts
26.860.8
Points won on own serve: 45 of 74 vs 11 of 41. Eastern Mich. sided out 39.2% of the time.
Hitting+.275
.018.293
36 K / 7 E against 25 K / 23 E.
Longest run+1
56
Up 13–10 in the first set, Western Mich. scored 6 straight to make it 19–10. Final score of the set: 25–12.

Western Mich. above 50Eastern Mich. belowMax swing 1.7%

Eastern Mich.Western Mich.

Aces: Eastern Mich. 2·Western Mich. 7
Serve err: Eastern Mich. 7·Western Mich. 6
Blocks: Eastern Mich. 4·Western Mich. 131 BS · 6 BA vs 2 BS · 22 BA
Digs: Eastern Mich. 45·Western Mich. 56

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Western Mich. above 50 · Eastern Mich. below

Biggest swing: 1.7% to Eastern Mich. — set 1, E MICH 8-9 W MICH. Ace by Lina Govoni on Izzy Swiercz. W MICH win probability 84% → 83%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

E MICH 12.3%87.7% W MICH

Eastern Mich. wins

3-0

1.7%

3-1

3.8%

3-2

6.7%

Western Mich. wins

3-0

40.8%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.3%

E MICH break %: 38.0% vs this opp
W MICH break %: 46.8% 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
Lina GovoniAce+1.7%
Ace by Lina Govoni on Izzy Swiercz
Set 1 · E MICH 8-9 W MICH · E MICH 16% → 17%
02
Western Mich.Ace+1.6%
Western Mich. ace on Natalie Slusher
Set 1 · E MICH 8-11 W MICH · W MICH 84% → 86%
03
Annalise PatchettKill+1.5%
Kill by Annalise Patchett (set by Carley Piercefield)
Set 1 · E MICH 0-1 W MICH · W MICH 81% → 83%
04
Annalise Patchett&Gabby WeiheBlock+1.5%
Taeley Mahler stuffed by Annalise Patchett & Gabby Weihe
Set 1 · E MICH 1-3 W MICH · W MICH 83% → 84%
05
Lina GovoniAce+1.4%
Ace by Lina Govoni on Izzy Swiercz
Set 1 · E MICH 7-9 W MICH · E MICH 14% → 16%
06
Mia JurkovicKill+1.4%
Kill by Mia Jurkovic (set by Gabby Weihe)
Set 1 · E MICH 3-6 W MICH · W MICH 84% → 85%
07
Lina GovoniService error+1.4%
Service error by Lina Govoni
Set 1 · E MICH 8-10 W MICH · W MICH 83% → 84%
08
Leah RichmondKill+1.4%
Kill by Leah Richmond (set by Elana Erickson)
Set 1 · E MICH 9-13 W MICH · W MICH 86% → 87%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Eastern Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Natalie SlusherOH	3	5	6	24	-.042	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	5
18Azra EriçMB	3	4	2	15	.133	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Haley TroskyOH	3	4	6	18	-.111	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4
5Maddie HermanMB	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
1Lina GovoniS	3	1	0	5	.200	14	2	2	6	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
17Taeley MahlerOH	3	1	4	13	-.231	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
16Surabhi SrinivasanDS	3	1	0	1	1.000	5	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	1
9Mia SchaeferL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
12Olivia BeaudrieOH	2	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
6Madelyn SipeDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
20AshleeKay ChristensenOH	1	6	1	11	.455	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6
19Lily SparkOH	1	0	1	4	-.250	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
14Julia JohnsonS	1	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		25	23	109	.018	23	2	7	45	7	1	6	4	40

Western Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Annalise PatchettOH	3	8	2	26	.231	1	2	0	5	0	0	6	3	13
10Gabby WeiheMB	3	7	1	16	.375	2	0	0	0	0	2	7	5.5	12.5
11Bri ZimmermanMB	3	7	1	16	.375	1	1	1	3	0	0	4	2	10
4Leah RichmondS	3	6	0	9	.667	23	2	2	10	0	0	4	2	10
1Izzy SwierczOH	3	2	2	20	.000	2	1	2	12	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
2Elana EricksonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	1
21Mia JurkovicOH	3	6	1	12	.417	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
19Carley PiercefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	7	99	.293	35	7	6	56	2	2	22	13	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.

Eastern Mich. vs Western Mich.

Season series · Western Mich. leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Eastern Mich. at Western Mich. · Western Mich. won 3-0This match
Tue, Nov 3, 2026Western Mich. at Eastern Mich.Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 E MICH · W MICH 6

Set 1

12-25

Longest run 4 E MICHW MICH 6

Set 2

11-25

Longest run 3 E MICHW MICH 5

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 5 E MICHW MICH 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Eastern Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	30%6/20	0%0/5
2	33%6/18	14%1/7
3	50%5/10	0%0/6
4	36%4/11	29%2/7
5	67%4/6	50%4/8
6	44%4/9	50%4/8
All	39%29/74	27%11/41

Western Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%6/6	72%13/18
2	86%6/7	67%12/18
3	100%6/6	57%8/14
4	40%4/10	69%9/13
5	50%4/8	33%2/6
6	100%4/4	20%1/5
All	73%30/41	61%45/74

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

115 rallies

#	E MICH-W MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Carley Piercefield	+1.5
2	1-1	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
3	1-2	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+1.2
4	1-3	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+1.5
5	2-3	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
6	2-4	E MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+1.1
7	3-4	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
8	3-5	E MICH	W MICH×4	Blocked	Haley Trosky	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+1.2
9	3-6	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Gabby Weihe	+1.4
10	3-7	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.2
11	3-8	W MICH	W MICH×4	Ace	Western Mich.		+1.0
12	4-8	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Lina Govoni	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+0.7
13	4-9	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.8
14	5-9	W MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+0.7
15	6-9	E MICH	E MICH×4	Blocked	Bri Zimmerman	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+1.1
16	7-9	E MICH	E MICH×4	Ace	Lina Govoni	aced Izzy Swiercz	+1.4
17	8-9	E MICH	E MICH×4	Ace	Lina Govoni	aced Izzy Swiercz	+1.7
18	8-10	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Lina Govoni		+1.4
19	8-11	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Natalie Slusher	+1.6
20	9-11	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.2
21	9-12	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+1.2
22	9-13	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Elana Erickson	+1.4
23	10-13	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.		+1.0
24	10-14	E MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Carley Piercefield	+1.1
25	10-15	W MICH	W MICH×6	Attack err	Maddie Herman		+1.1
26	10-16	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.8
27	10-17	W MICH	W MICH×6	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Haley Trosky	+0.5
28	10-18	W MICH	W MICH×6	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Leah Richmond, Gabby Weihe	+0.3
29	10-19	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Izzy Swiercz	+0.2
30	11-19	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+0.1
31	11-20	E MICH	W MICH×3	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.1
32	11-21	W MICH	W MICH×3	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Olivia Beaudrie	+0.1
33	11-22	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		·
34	12-22	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.		·
35	12-23	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·
36	12-24	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·
37	12-25	W MICH	W MICH×3	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Madelyn Sipe	·
Set 2
1	0-1	E MICH	W MICH×5	Blocked	Haley Trosky	blk Leah Richmond, Bri Zimmerman	+0.9
2	0-2	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.1
3	0-3	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.0
4	0-4	W MICH	W MICH×5	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Gabby Weihe	+0.8
5	0-5	W MICH	W MICH×5	Blocked	Haley Trosky	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+0.7
6	1-5	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.		+0.5
7	2-5	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Surabhi Srinivasan	set Leah Richmond	+0.8
8	2-6	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
9	2-7	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Gabby Weihe	+0.7
10	3-7	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+0.5
11	3-8	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
12	3-9	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+0.6
13	3-10	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.4
14	4-10	W MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+0.3
15	5-10	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Lina Govoni, Maddie Herman	+0.5
16	6-10	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+0.7
17	6-11	E MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Izzy Swiercz, Gabby Weihe	+0.6
18	7-11	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+0.5
19	7-12	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
20	8-12	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.		+0.5
21	8-13	E MICH	W MICH×5	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.6
22	8-14	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
23	8-15	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.4
24	8-16	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Izzy Swiercz	+0.3
25	8-17	W MICH	W MICH×5	Ace	Western Mich.		+0.2
26	9-17	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+0.1
27	9-18	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Bri Zimmerman	+0.1
28	9-19	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Elana Erickson	+0.1
29	10-19	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	·
30	10-20	E MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	·
31	10-21	W MICH	W MICH×5	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Surabhi Srinivasan	·
32	10-22	W MICH	W MICH×5	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	·
33	10-23	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	·
34	10-24	W MICH	W MICH×5	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		·
35	11-24	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.		·
36	11-25	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		·
Set 3
1	0-1	W MICH	W MICH×6	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+0.6
2	0-2	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.5
3	0-3	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Annalise Patchett	+0.5
4	0-4	W MICH	W MICH×6	Attack err	Haley Trosky		+0.4
5	0-5	W MICH	W MICH×6	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Annalise Patchett, Bri Zimmerman	+0.4
6	0-6	W MICH	W MICH×6	Blocked	Haley Trosky	blk Leah Richmond, Bri Zimmerman	+0.3
7	1-6	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+0.2
8	1-7	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.2
9	2-7	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Lina Govoni	+0.2
10	2-8	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Elana Erickson	+0.2
11	3-8	W MICH	E MICH	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Lily Spark, Maddie Herman	+0.2
12	3-9	E MICH	W MICH	Bad set	Surabhi Srinivasan		+0.2
13	4-9	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lily Spark	+0.2
14	4-10	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.2
15	4-11	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.2
16	4-12	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Taeley Mahler		+0.2
17	5-12	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Julia Johnson	+0.1
18	5-13	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
19	6-13	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Julia Johnson	+0.1
20	6-14	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
21	7-14	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+0.1
22	7-15	E MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Haley Trosky		+0.1
23	7-16	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Elana Erickson	+0.1
24	8-16	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	·
25	8-17	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
26	8-18	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Lily Spark		·
27	9-18	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	·
28	9-19	E MICH	W MICH×3	Blocked	Maddie Herman	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	·
29	9-20	W MICH	W MICH×3	Bad set	Julia Johnson		·
30	9-21	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Carley Piercefield	·
31	10-21	W MICH	E MICH×5	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		·
32	11-21	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Mia Schaefer	·
33	12-21	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Surabhi Srinivasan	·
34	13-21	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Julia Johnson	·
35	14-21	E MICH	E MICH×5	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Taeley Mahler	·
36	14-22	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		·
37	15-22	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Surabhi Srinivasan	·
38	16-22	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Surabhi Srinivasan	·
39	16-23	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
40	17-23	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Western Mich.		·
41	17-24	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		·
42	17-25	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	AshleeKay Christensen	blk Leah Richmond, Bri Zimmerman	·

Score shown after each rally, Eastern Mich. 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 Mich. def. Eastern Mich. 3–0

Eastern Mich. never reached 20 in a set against Western Mich.