Western Mich. def. Eastern Mich. 3-0 Volleyball (Nov 3)

FinalTue, Nov 3, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Mich. 78.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 3, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Mich. won at Eastern Mich. 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-15) on Tue, Nov 3, 2026. Western Mich.'s Izzy Swiercz led with 11 kills.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W MICH	25	25	25	3
E MICH	14	22	15	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Western Mich. put up 14 blocks and shut down Eastern Mich.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.2 points. Eastern Mich. peaked at 20% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Western Mich. at 78%.

Western Mich.Eastern Mich.

Break %+22.6 pts
51.428.8
On serve: 38/74 against 15/52 (Eastern Mich. sideout 48.6%).
Hitting+.275
.257-.018
Kills and errors: 44–15 vs 22–24.
Longest run+2
64
Western Mich. scored 6 straight in the third set to stretch an 11–7 lead to 17–7. The set finished 25–15.

Eastern Mich. above 50Western Mich. belowMax swing 2.2%

Western Mich.Eastern Mich.

Aces: Western Mich. 3·Eastern Mich. 3
Serve err: Western Mich. 10·Eastern Mich. 3
Blocks: Western Mich. 14·Eastern Mich. 40 BS · 28 BA vs 2 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Western Mich. 55·Eastern Mich. 46

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Eastern Mich. above 50 · Western Mich. below

Biggest swing: 2.2% to Western Mich. — set 2, W MICH 14-14 E MICH. Attack error by AshleeKay Christensen. E MICH win probability 15% → 13%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W MICH 83.6%16.4% E MICH

Western Mich. wins

3-0

35.4%

3-1

31.1%

3-2

17.1%

Eastern Mich. wins

3-0

2.5%

3-1

5.3%

3-2

8.6%

W MICH break %: 46.0% vs this opp
E MICH break %: 38.6% 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
AshleeKay ChristensenAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by AshleeKay Christensen
Set 2 · W MICH 14-14 E MICH · W MICH 85% → 87%
02
Annalise PatchettAce+2.2%
Ace by Annalise Patchett on Madelyn Sipe
Set 2 · W MICH 15-14 E MICH · W MICH 87% → 89%
03
Annalise Patchett&Gabby WeiheBlock+2.1%
Maddie Herman stuffed by Annalise Patchett & Gabby Weihe
Set 2 · W MICH 22-19 E MICH · W MICH 92% → 94%
04
Cassidy PratleyAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Cassidy Pratley
Set 2 · W MICH 9-12 E MICH · E MICH 16% → 18%
05
Eastern Mich.Ace+2.1%
Eastern Mich. ace on Carley Piercefield
Set 2 · W MICH 9-11 E MICH · E MICH 14% → 16%
06
Eastern Mich.Ace+2.0%
Eastern Mich. ace on Annalise Patchett
Set 2 · W MICH 18-17 E MICH · E MICH 8% → 10%
07
Annalise PatchettKill+2.0%
Kill by Annalise Patchett (set by Leah Richmond)
Set 2 · W MICH 21-19 E MICH · W MICH 90% → 92%
08
Gabby WeiheKill+2.0%
Kill by Gabby Weihe (set by Leah Richmond)
Set 2 · W MICH 16-14 E MICH · W MICH 89% → 91%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Izzy SwierczOH	3	11	4	26	.269	0	1	1	11	1	2	1	13
6Annalise PatchettOH	3	9	4	27	.185	1	1	3	6	1	5	2.5	12.5
10Gabby WeiheMB	3	6	1	22	.227	0	0	0	4	0	10	5	11
12Cassidy PratleyMB	3	8	3	15	.333	1	0	2	3	0	4	2	10
4Leah RichmondS	3	5	0	9	.556	36	0	2	8	0	4	2	7
2Elana EricksonL/DS	3	1	2	5	-.200	3	1	1	10	0	0	0	2
21Mia JurkovicOH	3	4	1	8	.375	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	5.5
19Carley PiercefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0
3Riley MessengerDS	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
9Ella GuilfoyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	15	113	.257	43	3	10	55	3	28	14	75

Eastern Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Taeley MahlerOH	3	6	6	19	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
18Azra EriçMB	3	4	5	14	-.071	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	6
1Lina GovoniS	3	2	1	10	.100	14	1	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
5Maddie HermanMB	3	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
12Olivia BeaudrieOH	3	0	4	15	-.267	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
6Madelyn SipeDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
3Natalie SlusherOH	3	5	5	21	.000	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
16Surabhi SrinivasanDS	3	0	0	2	.000	3	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	1
7Kaylin RichterS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
20AshleeKay ChristensenOH	2	4	1	20	.150	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
19Lily SparkOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		22	24	111	-.018	20	3	3	46	3	2	4	4	51

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.

Western Mich. vs Eastern Mich.

Season series · Western Mich. leads 2-0

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 W MICH · E MICH 4

Set 1

25-14

Longest run 4 W MICHE MICH 2

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 4 W MICHE MICH 4

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 6 W MICHE MICH 4

Bars above the line = Eastern Mich. 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	70%7/10	65%11/17
2	70%7/10	53%8/15
3	64%7/11	46%6/13
4	100%6/6	50%6/12
5	63%5/8	44%4/9
6	71%5/7	38%3/8
All	71%37/52	51%38/74

Eastern Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%7/21	40%4/10
2	54%7/13	0%0/7
3	43%6/14	36%4/11
4	55%6/11	33%3/9
5	63%5/8	33%3/9
6	71%5/7	17%1/6
All	49%36/74	29%15/52

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

126 rallies

#	W MICH-E MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.7
2	2-0	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
3	3-0	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Annalise Patchett	+1.5
4	4-0	W MICH	W MICH×4	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.3
5	4-1	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+0.9
6	5-1	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.9
7	5-2	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Cassidy Pratley		+0.9
8	5-3	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Lina Govoni	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.5
9	6-3	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.1
10	7-3	W MICH	W MICH×3	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+1.3
11	8-3	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.1
12	8-4	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+0.7
13	9-4	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.8
14	9-5	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Annalise Patchett		+0.7
15	10-5	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.8
16	11-5	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Izzy Swiercz, Cassidy Pratley	+0.9
17	11-6	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Elana Erickson		+0.6
18	12-6	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
19	13-6	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Taeley Mahler		+0.7
20	14-6	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley		+0.4
21	14-7	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+0.2
22	14-8	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Elana Erickson		+0.5
23	15-8	E MICH	W MICH	Serve err	Madelyn Sipe		+0.5
24	15-9	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Cassidy Pratley		+0.3
25	16-9	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.4
26	17-9	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+0.4
27	17-10	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+0.2
28	18-10	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.3
29	18-11	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+0.2
30	19-11	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.2
31	20-11	W MICH	W MICH×3	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Mia Jurkovic, Gabby Weihe	+0.2
32	21-11	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+0.1
33	21-12	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Annalise Patchett		·
34	22-12	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·
35	22-13	W MICH	E MICH	Blocked	Cassidy Pratley	blk Maddie Herman	·
36	23-13	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·
37	23-14	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	·
38	24-14	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	·
39	25-14	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Olivia Beaudrie	blk Cassidy Pratley, Leah Richmond	·
Set 2
1	1-0	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.0
2	1-1	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.0
3	2-1	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Elana Erickson	+1.0
4	3-1	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+1.3
5	3-2	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Gabby Weihe		+0.9
6	4-2	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.9
7	4-3	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.0
8	5-3	E MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Lina Govoni	blk Mia Jurkovic, Gabby Weihe	+1.0
9	6-3	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.2
10	6-4	W MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+0.9
11	6-5	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+1.4
12	6-6	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Azra Eriç, Lina Govoni	+1.6
13	7-6	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.1
14	8-6	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Izzy Swiercz	aced Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.5
15	8-7	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Olivia Beaudrie	+1.1
16	8-8	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
17	9-8	E MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Leah Richmond, Cassidy Pratley	+1.2
18	9-9	W MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Lina Govoni	set Natalie Slusher	+1.3
19	9-10	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.9
20	9-11	E MICH	E MICH×4	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Carley Piercefield	+2.1
21	9-12	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Cassidy Pratley		+2.1
22	10-12	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
23	11-12	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Leah Richmond, Gabby Weihe	+2.0
24	11-13	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Cassidy Pratley		+1.7
25	12-13	E MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+1.5
26	12-14	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
27	13-14	E MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.5
28	14-14	W MICH	W MICH×4	Attack err	AshleeKay Christensen		+2.2
29	15-14	W MICH	W MICH×4	Ace	Annalise Patchett	aced Madelyn Sipe	+2.2
30	16-14	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
31	16-15	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+1.4
32	17-15	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.5
33	18-15	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
34	18-16	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Lina Govoni	+1.1
35	18-17	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Annalise Patchett	+2.0
36	19-17	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.7
37	19-18	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.6
38	20-18	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Cassidy Pratley	+1.8
39	20-19	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+1.7
40	21-19	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
41	22-19	W MICH	W MICH×3	Blocked	Maddie Herman	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+2.1
42	23-19	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
43	23-20	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+0.5
44	24-20	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.8
45	24-21	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Leah Richmond		+0.3
46	24-22	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+0.9
47	25-22	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.4
Set 3
1	1-0	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Elana Erickson	aced Natalie Slusher	+0.7
2	1-1	W MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+0.5
3	2-1	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+0.5
4	3-1	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Maddie Herman		+0.6
5	4-1	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Taeley Mahler		+0.6
6	4-2	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Riley Messenger		+0.4
7	4-3	E MICH	E MICH	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+0.7
8	5-3	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.5
9	6-3	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
10	7-3	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.5
11	7-4	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Leah Richmond		+0.4
12	8-4	E MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Azra Eriç		+0.4
13	8-5	W MICH	E MICH	Bad set	Annalise Patchett		+0.4
14	9-5	E MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Mia Jurkovic, Gabby Weihe	+0.4
15	10-5	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Carley Piercefield	+0.5
16	10-6	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+0.3
17	11-6	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+0.3
18	11-7	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Izzy Swiercz		+0.3
19	12-7	E MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.3
20	13-7	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+0.4
21	14-7	W MICH	W MICH×6	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Leah Richmond, Cassidy Pratley	+0.3
22	15-7	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Elana Erickson	+0.2
23	16-7	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
24	17-7	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
25	17-8	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Elana Erickson		·
26	18-8	E MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Carley Piercefield	·
27	19-8	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·
28	20-8	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Taeley Mahler		·
29	20-9	W MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	·
30	20-10	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Izzy Swiercz	·
31	21-10	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	·
32	22-10	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Izzy Swiercz, Gabby Weihe	·
33	22-11	W MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Lina Govoni	·
34	22-12	E MICH	E MICH×4	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Azra Eriç	·
35	22-13	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	AshleeKay Christensen	set Kaylin Richter	·
36	22-14	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		·
37	23-14	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Elana Erickson	·
38	24-14	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	AshleeKay Christensen		·
39	24-15	W MICH	E MICH	Serve err	Annalise Patchett		·
40	25-15	E MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·

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).

Western Mich. def. Eastern Mich. 3–0

Western Mich. put up 14 blocks and shut down Eastern Mich.