Western Mich. vs Kent State Volleyball: Kent State Wins 3-2

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

2:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Mich. 84.9% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 2:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Kent St. beat visiting Western Mich. 3-2 (25-15, 23-25, 25-17, 20-25, 15-13) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Vanessa Imoh and Macie Moreland led Kent St. with 14 kills each, and Catie Patterson added 23 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:55 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
W MICH	15	25	17	25	13	2
KENT	25	23	25	20	15	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Catie Patterson served 4 aces, and Kent St. needed every one.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Kent St.'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Pre-match, Western Mich. was RallyIQ's 85% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 5 · Western Mich. 5–8 Kent St.
4 straight Western Mich. points turned a 5–8 deficit into a 9–8 lead. The match swung to Western Mich.
Kent St. 68% → 27%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Western Mich. 10–9 Kent St.
3 straight Kent St. points turned a 9–10 deficit into a 12–10 lead. The match swung to Kent St.
Kent St. 27% → 71%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Western Mich. 12–12 Kent St.
Kent St. won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 15–13 and win the match 3–2.
Kent St. 43% → >99%

Kent St. above 50Western Mich. belowMax swing 34.0%

Western Mich.Kent St.

Sideout %: Western Mich. 57.0·Kent St. 64.6
Break %: Western Mich. 35.4·Kent St. 43.0
Hitting: Western Mich. .172·Kent St. .250
Longest run: Western Mich. 4·Kent St. 5

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kent St. above 50 · Western Mich. below

Biggest swing: 34.0% to Kent St. — set 5, W MICH 13-15 KENT. Attack error by Gabby Weihe. KENT win probability 66% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W MICH 82.5%17.5% KENT

Western Mich. wins

3-0

34.2%

3-1

30.8%

3-2

17.5%

Kent St. wins

3-0

2.7%

3-1

5.7%

3-2

9.0%

W MICH break %: 45.6% vs this opp
KENT break %: 38.4% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Gabby WeiheAttack error+34.0%
Attack error by Gabby Weihe
Set 5 · W MICH 13-15 KENT · KENT 66% → 100%
02
Macie MorelandKill+21.1%
Kill by Macie Moreland (set by Kylee Baranski)
Set 5 · W MICH 13-14 KENT · KENT 45% → 66%
03
Vanessa Imoh&Nadia MillerBlock+17.8%
Annalise Patchett stuffed by Vanessa Imoh & Nadia Miller
Set 5 · W MICH 10-12 KENT · KENT 53% → 71%
04
Bri ZimmermanAce+17.7%
Ace by Bri Zimmerman on Macie Moreland
Set 5 · W MICH 12-12 KENT · W MICH 39% → 57%
05
Nadia MillerKill+16.7%
Kill by Nadia Miller (set by Kylee Baranski)
Set 5 · W MICH 12-13 KENT · KENT 43% → 60%
06
Vanessa ImohBlock+16.3%
Annalise Patchett stuffed by Vanessa Imoh
Set 5 · W MICH 10-11 KENT · KENT 37% → 53%
07
Gabby WeiheKill+15.1%
Kill by Gabby Weihe (set by Leah Richmond)
Set 5 · W MICH 13-13 KENT · W MICH 40% → 55%
08
Cassidy PratleyKill+11.8%
Kill by Cassidy Pratley (set by Leah Richmond)
Set 5 · W MICH 8-8 KENT · W MICH 49% → 61%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Izzy SwierczOH	5	20	6	57	.246	1	2	1	13	0	2	1	23
6Annalise PatchettOH	5	20	10	50	.200	0	0	1	15	1	1	0.5	20.5
10Gabby WeiheMB	5	12	7	30	.167	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	13
11Bri ZimmermanMB	5	5	2	19	.158	0	3	2	7	0	1	0.5	8.5
2Elana EricksonL/DS	5	2	3	15	-.067	0	3	1	21	2	0	0	5
4Leah RichmondS	5	0	2	12	-.167	62	2	1	14	0	1	0.5	2.5
21Mia JurkovicOH	5	6	3	14	.214	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	6
19Carley PiercefieldL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	19	3	0	0	0
12Cassidy PratleyMB	2	4	1	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
9Ella GuilfoyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		69	34	204	.172	68	10	6	95	10	8	4	95

Kent St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Nadia MillerMB	5	11	1	25	.400	0	2	1	1	0	2	7	5.5	18.5
11Vanessa ImohOH	5	14	2	34	.353	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	3.5	17.5
10Macie MorelandOH	5	14	1	49	.265	2	0	0	4	4	1	1	1.5	15.5
7Mercedez BrownOH	5	11	4	48	.146	1	0	0	17	0	0	5	2.5	13.5
16Adalynn GinleyMB	5	5	3	18	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	7.5
3Kylee BaranskiS	5	0	0	2	.000	45	2	0	16	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
12Catie PattersonDS	5	0	0	0	–	5	4	2	23	3	0	0	0	4
4Hailey BrennerDS	5	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	2
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Maggie KachmarikDS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	16	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		55	11	176	.250	55	10	4	87	10	4	24	16	108

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 4 W MICH · KENT 5

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 2 W MICHKENT 3

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 4 W MICHKENT 4

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 2 W MICHKENT 3

Set 4

25-20

Longest run 4 W MICHKENT 5

Set 5

13-15

Longest run 4 W MICHKENT 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%13/21	45%10/22
2	55%12/22	37%7/19
3	50%9/18	21%3/14
4	60%9/15	18%2/11
5	50%9/18	31%4/13
6	69%9/13	47%8/17
All	57%61/107	35%34/96

Kent St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	59%13/22	23%3/13
2	60%12/20	46%11/24
3	77%10/13	48%10/21
4	82%9/11	50%9/18
5	64%9/14	36%5/14
6	56%9/16	47%8/17
All	65%62/96	43%46/107

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 (5 of 5 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

203 rallies

#	W MICH-KENT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	KENT	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+1.6
2	1-1	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+1.1
3	1-2	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+1.2
4	1-3	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Kylee Baranski, Nadia Miller	+1.8
5	2-3	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.2
6	2-4	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+1.4
7	2-5	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Mercedez Brown, Nadia Miller	+1.9
8	3-5	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.2
9	3-6	W MICH	KENT	Bad set	Leah Richmond		+1.5
10	3-7	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Elana Erickson		+2.1
11	4-7	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
12	4-8	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Kylee Baranski	+1.6
13	5-8	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
14	6-8	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Hailey Brenner	+1.9
15	6-9	W MICH	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+1.6
16	6-10	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Bri Zimmerman		+2.2
17	6-11	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+2.1
18	7-11	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+1.2
19	8-11	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Macie Moreland	+1.9
20	8-12	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Catie Patterson	+1.7
21	9-12	KENT	W MICH	Serve err	Catie Patterson		+1.4
22	9-13	W MICH	KENT	Serve err	Bri Zimmerman		+1.8
23	10-13	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.4
24	10-14	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Catie Patterson	+1.8
25	10-15	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Nadia Miller	+2.3
26	11-15	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.2
27	11-16	W MICH	KENT×3	Attack err	Mia Jurkovic		+1.7
28	11-17	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+1.9
29	11-18	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Kent St.		+1.5
30	12-18	KENT	W MICH	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+0.6
31	12-19	W MICH	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Catie Patterson	+1.0
32	12-20	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+0.9
33	12-21	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Elana Erickson		+0.5
34	13-21	KENT	W MICH	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+0.1
35	14-21	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.3
36	14-22	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+0.4
37	14-23	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Vanessa Imoh, Adalynn Ginley	+0.2
38	15-23	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	·
39	15-24	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+0.1
40	15-25	KENT	KENT	Ace	Kent St.	aced Elana Erickson	·
Set 2
1	1-0	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
2	1-1	W MICH	KENT	Attack err	Gabby Weihe		+1.8
3	2-1	KENT	W MICH×4	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Carley Piercefield	+1.7
4	3-1	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Carley Piercefield	+2.2
5	4-1	W MICH	W MICH×4	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+1.9
6	5-1	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
7	5-2	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+1.2
8	6-2	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Carley Piercefield	+1.2
9	6-3	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Macie Moreland	+1.2
10	6-4	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Mercedez Brown, Nadia Miller	+2.0
11	7-4	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.5
12	7-5	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+1.5
13	7-6	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Hailey Brenner	+2.5
14	8-6	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
15	8-7	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+1.9
16	9-7	KENT	W MICH×4	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.9
17	10-7	W MICH	W MICH×4	Ace	Elana Erickson	aced Catie Patterson	+2.3
18	11-7	W MICH	W MICH×4	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley		+1.9
19	12-7	W MICH	W MICH×4	Blocked	Adalynn Ginley	blk Annalise Patchett, Bri Zimmerman	+1.5
20	12-8	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+0.9
21	12-9	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Adalynn Ginley, Vanessa Imoh	+1.7
22	13-9	KENT	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.4
23	14-9	W MICH	W MICH×3	Ace	Bri Zimmerman	aced Catie Patterson	+1.5
24	15-9	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.1
25	15-10	W MICH	KENT×4	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Adalynn Ginley, Macie Moreland	+0.6
26	15-11	KENT	KENT×4	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Vanessa Imoh, Nadia Miller	+1.2
27	15-12	KENT	KENT×4	Ace	Catie Patterson		+1.8
28	15-13	KENT	KENT×4	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+2.5
29	16-13	KENT	W MICH	Serve err	Catie Patterson		+2.0
30	16-14	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+1.9
31	16-15	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Gabby Weihe		+3.4
32	17-15	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.7
33	17-16	W MICH	KENT	Attack err	Mia Jurkovic		+2.6
34	18-16	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.8
35	18-17	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+2.8
36	19-17	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+3.0
37	19-18	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+2.9
38	19-19	KENT	KENT	Ace	Kylee Baranski	aced Annalise Patchett	+5.2
39	20-19	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+4.0
40	20-20	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+4.3
41	21-20	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+4.5
42	21-21	W MICH	KENT	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+4.7
43	22-21	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+5.1
44	23-21	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Leah Richmond	aced Catie Patterson	+6.2
45	23-22	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+3.3
46	23-23	KENT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+8.2
47	24-23	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+7.7
48	25-23	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Macie Moreland	blk Gabby Weihe, Izzy Swiercz	+9.0
Set 3
1	1-0	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
2	1-1	W MICH	KENT×3	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+1.8
3	1-2	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Catie Patterson		+2.7
4	1-3	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+2.9
5	2-3	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.9
6	2-4	W MICH	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Mercedez Brown	+2.3
7	2-5	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Leah Richmond	blk Macie Moreland	+3.2
8	2-6	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+3.3
9	3-6	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
10	4-6	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Leah Richmond	aced Maggie Kachmarik	+2.9
11	4-7	W MICH	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+2.5
12	4-8	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Hailey Brenner	aced Carley Piercefield	+3.5
13	4-9	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+3.4
14	5-9	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
15	5-10	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+2.6
16	6-10	KENT	W MICH	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Gabby Weihe, Izzy Swiercz	+2.0
17	6-11	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Kylee Baranski	+2.6
18	7-11	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
19	7-12	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Catie Patterson	+2.7
20	8-12	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
21	8-13	W MICH	KENT×3	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+2.7
22	8-14	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Macie Moreland	+3.2
23	8-15	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+2.7
24	9-15	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
25	9-16	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+2.0
26	9-17	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Leah Richmond		+1.9
27	10-17	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.8
28	10-18	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+1.3
29	11-18	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
30	12-18	W MICH	W MICH	Bad set	Nadia Miller		+1.4
31	12-19	W MICH	KENT×3	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Nadia Miller	+1.7
32	12-20	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+1.4
33	12-21	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Nadia Miller		+0.8
34	13-21	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.2
35	13-22	W MICH	KENT	Bad set	Leah Richmond		+0.4
36	14-22	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
37	14-23	W MICH	KENT	Blocked	Elana Erickson	blk Vanessa Imoh, Adalynn Ginley	+0.3
38	15-23	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
39	15-24	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+0.1
40	16-24	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	·
41	17-24	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Bri Zimmerman	aced Macie Moreland	+0.1
42	17-25	W MICH	KENT	Serve err	Bri Zimmerman		+0.1
Set 4
1	1-0	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+3.6
2	1-1	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+2.8
3	2-1	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.6
4	2-2	W MICH	KENT×3	Serve err	Leah Richmond		+2.9
5	2-3	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+4.3
6	2-4	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+4.8
7	3-4	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+3.2
8	4-4	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+4.3
9	4-5	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+3.4
10	5-5	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+3.1
11	6-5	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Carley Piercefield	+4.1
12	6-6	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+3.2
13	7-6	KENT	W MICH×4	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+3.0
14	8-6	W MICH	W MICH×4	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley		+3.9
15	9-6	W MICH	W MICH×4	Ace	Izzy Swiercz	aced Maggie Kachmarik	+3.4
16	10-6	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+2.8
17	10-7	W MICH	KENT×5	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Hailey Brenner	+1.9
18	10-8	KENT	KENT×5	Ace	Kylee Baranski	aced Carley Piercefield	+3.3
19	10-9	KENT	KENT×5	Attack err	Bri Zimmerman		+4.1
20	10-10	KENT	KENT×5	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+4.9
21	10-11	KENT	KENT×5	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Kylee Baranski	+5.7
22	11-11	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+3.9
23	11-12	W MICH	KENT	Serve err	Elana Erickson		+4.4
24	12-12	KENT	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+4.1
25	13-12	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+5.4
26	14-12	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+4.9
27	14-13	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Kylee Baranski	+3.6
28	14-14	KENT	KENT	Ace	Catie Patterson	aced Elana Erickson	+5.9
29	15-14	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+4.3
30	16-14	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+5.4
31	16-15	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+3.9
32	17-15	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+4.1
33	17-16	W MICH	KENT	Serve err	Annalise Patchett		+4.0
34	18-16	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+4.3
35	18-17	W MICH	KENT	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Mercedez Brown, Nadia Miller	+4.2
36	19-17	KENT	W MICH	Serve err	Nadia Miller		+4.6
37	19-18	W MICH	KENT	Serve err	Izzy Swiercz		+4.4
38	20-18	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+5.0
39	20-19	W MICH	KENT	Attack err	Cassidy Pratley		+4.7
40	21-19	KENT	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Izzy Swiercz	+5.4
41	22-19	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+5.7
42	23-19	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+3.4
43	23-20	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+1.2
44	24-20	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.1
45	25-20	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Carley Piercefield	+0.3
Set 5
1	1-0	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Elana Erickson	aced Macie Moreland	+7.4
2	1-1	W MICH	KENT	Bad set	Leah Richmond		+5.7
3	2-1	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+5.5
4	2-2	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Catie Patterson	+6.0
5	2-3	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+9.2
6	3-3	KENT	W MICH	Serve err	Maggie Kachmarik		+6.3
7	3-4	W MICH	KENT×3	Attack err	Gabby Weihe		+7.2
8	3-5	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Mercedez Brown, Nadia Miller	+10.6
9	3-6	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Hailey Brenner	aced Carley Piercefield	+10.9
10	4-6	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+6.4
11	4-7	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+8.5
12	5-7	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+6.6
13	5-8	W MICH	KENT	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Adalynn Ginley, Mercedez Brown	+9.0
14	6-8	KENT	W MICH×4	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+6.8
15	7-8	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+11.0
16	8-8	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+11.8
17	9-8	W MICH	W MICH×4	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Leah Richmond, Cassidy Pratley	+11.6
18	9-9	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Kylee Baranski	+8.9
19	10-9	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+9.1
20	10-10	W MICH	KENT×3	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+9.7
21	10-11	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Vanessa Imoh	+16.3
22	10-12	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Vanessa Imoh, Nadia Miller	+17.8
23	11-12	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+9.8
24	12-12	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Bri Zimmerman	aced Macie Moreland	+17.7
25	12-13	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+16.7
26	13-13	KENT	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+15.1
27	13-14	W MICH	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+21.1
28	13-15	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Gabby Weihe		+34.0

Score shown after each rally, Western 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).

Kent St. def. Western Mich. 3–2

Catie Patterson served 4 aces, and Kent St. needed every one.