Northeastern vs Towson Volleyball: Towson Wins 3-0 (Sep 18)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026

0:3

Towson beat visiting Northeastern 3-0 (25-13, 28-26, 25-19) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. Towson's Anna Rice led with 13 kills, and Kayla Zanon added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NOEAST	13	26	19	0
TOWSON	25	28	25	3

Win probability

Towson above 50 · Northeastern below

Biggest swing: 6.3% to Northeastern — set 2, NOEAST 25-24 TOWSON. Kill by Emma Rowell (set by Arina Sosinovica). TOWSON win probability 87% → 81%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NOEAST 20.8%79.2% TOWSON

Northeastern wins

3-0

3.4%

3-1

7.0%

3-2

10.4%

Towson wins

3-0

30.7%

3-1

30.0%

3-2

18.5%

NOEAST break %: 39.6% vs this opp
TOWSON break %: 45.8% 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
Emma RowellKill+6.3%
Kill by Emma Rowell (set by Arina Sosinovica)
Set 2 · NOEAST 25-24 TOWSON · NOEAST 13% → 19%
02
Destini PickettKill+5.7%
Kill by Destini Pickett (set by Kaitlyn Moran)
Set 2 · NOEAST 26-27 TOWSON · TOWSON 86% → 91%
03
Beatrice GennariKill+5.4%
Kill by Beatrice Gennari (set by Arina Sosinovica)
Set 2 · NOEAST 24-24 TOWSON · NOEAST 7% → 13%
04
Anna RiceKill+4.9%
Kill by Anna Rice (set by Kaitlyn Moran)
Set 2 · NOEAST 26-28 TOWSON · TOWSON 91% → 96%
05
Destini PickettKill+4.8%
Kill by Destini Pickett (set by Kaitlyn Moran)
Set 2 · NOEAST 25-25 TOWSON · TOWSON 81% → 86%
06
Beatrice Gennari&Brynn SmithBlock+4.8%
Anna Rice stuffed by Beatrice Gennari & Brynn Smith
Set 2 · NOEAST 26-25 TOWSON · NOEAST 14% → 19%
07
Anna RiceKill+4.8%
Kill by Anna Rice (set by Kaitlyn Moran)
Set 2 · NOEAST 26-26 TOWSON · TOWSON 81% → 86%
08
Kaitlyn MoranKill+2.8%
Kill by Kaitlyn Moran (set by Anna Rice)
Set 2 · NOEAST 22-24 TOWSON · TOWSON 91% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northeasternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Brynn SmithOH	3	7	4	32	.094	0	0	1	7	2	0	2	1	8
12Valentina MeirellesOH	3	8	3	23	.217	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	8
9Beatrice GennariMB	3	4	3	12	.083	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
11Kaylin DanielsMB	3	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
18Cayenne CemanOH	2	3	3	14	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
3Sofia KingS	2	0	0	0	–	5	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
5Emma RowellOPP	3	7	5	27	.074	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	7
17Iris CankoDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	7	2	0	0	0	2
13Arina SosinovicaS	3	1	0	3	.333	18	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
2Abbie CallawayOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	20	117	.103	28	3	4	42	9	1	6	4	58

Towsonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Anna RiceOH	3	13	6	35	.200	1	4	0	5	0	1	3	2.5	19.5
18Destini PickettOH	3	8	5	24	.125	2	1	0	9	2	1	2	2	11
23Clara VorelMB	3	8	0	14	.571	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	3	11
6Malinah Purcell-TelefoniOPP	3	5	3	11	.182	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
22Kaitlyn MoranS	3	4	1	8	.375	38	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	5
16Taylor PaganOH	2	5	2	15	.200	0	1	2	6	1	0	0	0	6
12Kayla ZanonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
2Megan PlattL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
14Evi PriniotakiOH	2	1	0	2	.500	1	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	3
3Natalia PebenitoL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	17	109	.248	43	9	6	49	3	3	10	8	78

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.

Northeastern vs Towson

Season series · Towson leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 18, 2026Northeastern at Towson · Towson won 3-0This match
Sat, Sep 19, 2026Northeastern at Towson · Towson won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 NOEAST · TOWSON 11

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 4 NOEASTTOWSON 11

Set 2

26-28

Longest run 4 NOEASTTOWSON 5

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 3 NOEASTTOWSON 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northeastern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%8/21	33%3/9
2	57%8/14	38%5/13
3	42%5/12	33%4/12
4	83%5/6	38%3/8
5	100%5/5	38%3/8
6	26%5/19	44%4/9
All	47%36/77	37%22/59

Towson

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	65%13/20
2	73%8/11	50%8/16
3	55%6/11	50%6/12
4	56%5/9	44%4/9
5	83%5/6	0%0/5
6	63%5/8	67%10/15
All	63%37/59	53%41/77

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

136 rallies

#	NOEAST-TOWSON	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	TOWSON	TOWSON	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.7
2	0-2	TOWSON	TOWSON	Attack err	Beatrice Gennari		+1.6
3	1-2	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Beatrice Gennari	+1.2
4	2-2	NOEAST	NOEAST	Attack err	Destini Pickett		+1.8
5	2-3	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Clara Vorel	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.3
6	3-3	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Cayenne Ceman	set Sofia King	+1.4
7	3-4	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.3
8	3-5	TOWSON	TOWSON	Ace	Towson	aced Valentina Meirelles	+1.7
9	4-5	TOWSON	NOEAST	Attack err	Anna Rice		+1.3
10	4-6	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.3
11	5-6	TOWSON	NOEAST×4	Blocked	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni	blk Kaylin Daniels, Brynn Smith	+1.3
12	6-6	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Ace	Northeastern	aced Destini Pickett	+2.0
13	7-6	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Kill	Beatrice Gennari		+2.2
14	8-6	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Kill	Brynn Smith	set Arina Sosinovica	+2.4
15	8-7	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Taylor Pagan	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.6
16	9-7	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Emma Rowell	set Arina Sosinovica	+1.9
17	10-7	NOEAST	NOEAST	Attack err	Anna Rice		+2.5
18	10-8	NOEAST	TOWSON×11	Kill	Taylor Pagan	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.6
19	10-9	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+2.3
20	10-10	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Kill	Clara Vorel		+2.3
21	10-11	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Kill	Clara Vorel	set Kaitlyn Moran	+2.3
22	10-12	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Blocked	Cayenne Ceman	blk Anna Rice, Clara Vorel	+2.1
23	10-13	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Kill	Clara Vorel	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.8
24	10-14	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Attack err	Brynn Smith		+1.5
25	10-15	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Attack err	Brynn Smith		+1.2
26	10-16	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Ace	Towson	aced Brynn Smith	+0.8
27	10-17	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Attack err	Cayenne Ceman		+0.6
28	10-18	TOWSON	TOWSON×11	Attack err	Abbie Callaway		+0.3
29	11-18	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Brynn Smith	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.2
30	11-19	NOEAST	TOWSON×4	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.2
31	11-20	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Blocked	Beatrice Gennari	blk Destini Pickett, Clara Vorel	+0.2
32	11-21	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Attack err	Valentina Meirelles		+0.1
33	11-22	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Attack err	Valentina Meirelles		·
34	12-22	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Emma Rowell	·
35	12-23	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	·
36	13-23	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Arina Sosinovica	set Iris Canko	·
37	13-24	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	·
38	13-25	TOWSON	TOWSON	Ace	Towson	aced Iris Canko	·
Set 2
1	0-1	NOEAST	TOWSON×4	Kill	Clara Vorel	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.9
2	0-2	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kayla Zanon	+1.2
3	0-3	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.1
4	0-4	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Ace	Towson	aced Iris Canko	+0.9
5	1-4	TOWSON	NOEAST	Serve err	Towson		+0.7
6	1-5	NOEAST	TOWSON×3	Blocked	Brynn Smith	blk Anna Rice, Clara Vorel	+0.7
7	1-6	TOWSON	TOWSON×3	Bad set	Brynn Smith		+0.8
8	1-7	TOWSON	TOWSON×3	Blocked	Emma Rowell	blk Destini Pickett	+0.6
9	2-7	TOWSON	NOEAST	Attack err	Taylor Pagan		+0.4
10	2-8	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Kaitlyn Moran	set Destini Pickett	+0.5
11	2-9	TOWSON	TOWSON	Ace	Towson	aced Abbie Callaway	+0.5
12	3-9	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Brynn Smith	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.3
13	4-9	NOEAST	NOEAST	Ace	Northeastern	aced Destini Pickett	+0.6
14	4-10	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Kaitlyn Moran	set Destini Pickett	+0.5
15	5-10	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Kaylin Daniels	set Sofia King	+0.4
16	5-11	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.5
17	6-11	TOWSON	NOEAST×3	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Sofia King	+0.4
18	7-11	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Ace	Northeastern	aced Taylor Pagan	+0.7
19	8-11	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Attack err	Kaitlyn Moran		+1.0
20	8-12	NOEAST	TOWSON	Blocked	Beatrice Gennari	blk Clara Vorel	+0.8
21	9-12	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Cayenne Ceman	set Iris Canko	+0.7
22	9-13	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Clara Vorel	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.8
23	9-14	TOWSON	TOWSON	Blocked	Emma Rowell	blk Anna Rice	+0.9
24	10-14	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.6
25	10-15	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.7
26	11-15	TOWSON	NOEAST×4	Kill	Emma Rowell	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.5
27	12-15	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Kill	Brynn Smith	set Arina Sosinovica	+1.0
28	13-15	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Kill	Emma Rowell	set Arina Sosinovica	+1.4
29	14-15	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Kill	Emma Rowell	set Beatrice Gennari	+1.7
30	14-16	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.4
31	15-16	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Brynn Smith	set Arina Sosinovica	+1.4
32	15-17	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.5
33	16-17	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Cayenne Ceman	set Sofia King	+1.4
34	16-18	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Taylor Pagan	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.6
35	17-18	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Sofia King	+1.5
36	18-18	NOEAST	NOEAST	Attack err	Taylor Pagan		+2.5
37	18-19	NOEAST	TOWSON×5	Kill	Taylor Pagan	set Kaitlyn Moran	+2.0
38	18-20	TOWSON	TOWSON×5	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+2.4
39	18-21	TOWSON	TOWSON×5	Attack err	Cayenne Ceman		+2.0
40	18-22	TOWSON	TOWSON×5	Kill	Taylor Pagan	set Kaitlyn Moran	+1.3
41	18-23	TOWSON	TOWSON×5	Kill	Clara Vorel	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.7
42	19-23	TOWSON	NOEAST×4	Serve err	Towson		+0.2
43	20-23	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Kill	Beatrice Gennari		+0.6
44	21-23	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Attack err	Anna Rice		+1.2
45	22-23	NOEAST	NOEAST×4	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Arina Sosinovica	+2.4
46	22-24	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Kaitlyn Moran	set Anna Rice	+2.8
47	23-24	TOWSON	NOEAST×3	Serve err	Towson		+1.6
48	24-24	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Kill	Beatrice Gennari	set Arina Sosinovica	+5.4
49	25-24	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Kill	Emma Rowell	set Arina Sosinovica	+6.3
50	25-25	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	+4.8
51	26-25	TOWSON	NOEAST	Blocked	Anna Rice	blk Beatrice Gennari, Brynn Smith	+4.8
52	26-26	NOEAST	TOWSON×3	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+4.8
53	26-27	TOWSON	TOWSON×3	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	+5.7
54	26-28	TOWSON	TOWSON×3	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+4.9
Set 3
1	0-1	TOWSON	TOWSON	Blocked	Valentina Meirelles	blk Destini Pickett, Clara Vorel	+0.6
2	1-1	TOWSON	NOEAST	Serve err	Towson		+0.5
3	1-2	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.5
4	1-3	TOWSON	TOWSON	Kill	Evi Priniotaki	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.6
5	2-3	TOWSON	NOEAST	Attack err	Anna Rice		+0.5
6	3-3	NOEAST	NOEAST	Attack err	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni		+0.7
7	3-4	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Destini Pickett	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.5
8	4-4	TOWSON	NOEAST	Attack err	Anna Rice		+0.5
9	4-5	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.5
10	5-5	TOWSON	NOEAST	Attack err	Destini Pickett		+0.6
11	5-6	NOEAST	TOWSON	Serve err	Northeastern		+0.5
12	6-6	TOWSON	NOEAST	Serve err	Towson		+0.6
13	6-7	NOEAST	TOWSON	Attack err	Emma Rowell		+0.6
14	7-7	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Emma Rowell	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.6
15	7-8	NOEAST	TOWSON×4	Serve err	Northeastern		+0.6
16	7-9	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.7
17	7-10	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Ace	Towson	aced Brynn Smith	+0.6
18	7-11	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Ace	Towson	aced Valentina Meirelles	+0.5
19	8-11	TOWSON	NOEAST×3	Serve err	Towson		+0.4
20	9-11	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Kill	Brynn Smith	set Beatrice Gennari	+0.6
21	10-11	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Attack err	Destini Pickett		+0.8
22	10-12	NOEAST	TOWSON×4	Serve err	Northeastern		+0.6
23	10-13	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.7
24	10-14	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.6
25	10-15	TOWSON	TOWSON×4	Blocked	Brynn Smith	blk Malinah Purcell-Telefoni, Anna Rice	+0.5
26	11-15	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Emma Rowell	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.3
27	11-16	NOEAST	TOWSON	Attack err	Emma Rowell		+0.3
28	12-16	TOWSON	NOEAST×3	Kill	Brynn Smith	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.3
29	13-16	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Attack err	Destini Pickett		+0.5
30	14-16	NOEAST	NOEAST×3	Blocked	Destini Pickett	blk Arina Sosinovica, Kaylin Daniels	+0.7
31	14-17	NOEAST	TOWSON	Serve err	Northeastern		+0.6
32	14-18	TOWSON	TOWSON	Ace	Towson	aced Abbie Callaway	+0.6
33	15-18	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Kaylin Daniels	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.4
34	15-19	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.5
35	16-19	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.4
36	16-20	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Clara Vorel	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.5
37	17-20	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Valentina Meirelles	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.4
38	17-21	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Kaitlyn Moran	set Evi Priniotaki	+0.5
39	18-21	TOWSON	NOEAST	Kill	Beatrice Gennari	set Arina Sosinovica	+0.3
40	18-22	NOEAST	TOWSON	Kill	Anna Rice	set Kaitlyn Moran	+0.5
41	19-22	TOWSON	NOEAST	Blocked	Malinah Purcell-Telefoni	blk Beatrice Gennari	+0.3
42	19-23	NOEAST	TOWSON×3	Attack err	Emma Rowell		+0.5
43	19-24	TOWSON	TOWSON×3	Ace	Towson	aced Abbie Callaway	+0.3
44	19-25	TOWSON	TOWSON×3	Attack err	Kaylin Daniels		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Northeastern 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).

Towson def. Northeastern 3–0