Final · 5 setsFri, Oct 2, 2026Watch on ESPN+

Brown def. Dartmouth 3–2

RallyIQ pre-match: Brown 64.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Brown beat visiting Dartmouth 3-2 (20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 15-12) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Brown's Fisayo Afonja led with 20 kills, and Sophie Haskell added 23 digs.

Data through · final Oct 2

Set12345Sets
DART25222516122
BROWN20252225153

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Julia Kakkis had 50 assists, and Brown outlasted Dartmouth.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Brown's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. RallyIQ gave Brown 65% before first serve.

  1. Turning point 1: Set 3 · Dartmouth 12–12 Brown

    From 12–12, Dartmouth scored 7 straight to lead 19–12. The match swung to Dartmouth.

    Brown 60% → 35%

  2. Turning point 2: Set 5 · Dartmouth 2–2 Brown

    3 straight Brown points broke a 2–2 tie and made it 5–2.

    Brown 58% → 81%

  3. Turning point 3: Set 5 · Dartmouth 4–5 Brown

    3 straight Brown points stretched a 5–4 lead to 8–4.

    Brown 67% → 89%

Brown above 50Dartmouth belowMax swing 10.9%

DartmouthBrown

Sideout %
Dartmouth 56.1·Brown 60.0
Break %
Dartmouth 40.0·Brown 43.9
Hitting
Dartmouth .236·Brown .287
Longest run
Dartmouth 7·Brown 7

Fisayo Afonja
20 kills on .245, 21.5 points; 2 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Brown above 50 · Dartmouth below
SET 1SET 2SET 3SET 4SET 510050100+10.9% BROWNrally 207 · set 5

Biggest swing: 10.9% to Brown — set 5, DART 10-13 BROWN. Brown ace on Sloan Balsley. BROWN win probability 82% → 93%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DART 26.6%73.4% BROWN

Dartmouth wins

3-0
4.8%
3-1
9.2%
3-2
12.6%

Brown wins

3-0
25.8%
3-1
28.1%
3-2
19.5%
DART break %
39.7% vs this opp
BROWN break %
44.5% 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

  1. 01
    BrownAce+10.9%

    Brown ace on Sloan Balsley

    Set 5 · DART 10-13 BROWN · BROWN 82% → 93%

  2. 02
    Clementine TebbeBlock+10.5%

    Sarah Shaw stuffed by Clementine Tebbe

    Set 5 · DART 9-10 BROWN · DART 19% → 30%

  3. 03
    Zori BrownAttack error+10.1%

    Attack error by Zori Brown

    Set 5 · DART 10-12 BROWN · BROWN 72% → 82%

  4. 04
    Ally PanzloffKill+9.2%

    Kill by Ally Panzloff (set by Julia Kakkis)

    Set 5 · DART 9-11 BROWN · BROWN 70% → 80%

  5. 05

    Kill by Sophia Wolfson (set by Julia Kakkis)

    Set 5 · DART 2-4 BROWN · BROWN 64% → 73%

  6. 06
    DartmouthAce+8.6%

    Dartmouth ace on Sophie Haskell

    Set 5 · DART 4-5 BROWN · DART 24% → 33%

  7. 07
    Sophia GagnepainBad set+8.6%

    Bad set by Sophia Gagnepain

    Set 5 · DART 0-1 BROWN · BROWN 55% → 64%

  8. 08
    BrownAce+8.5%

    Brown ace on Maddie LaFata

    Set 5 · DART 4-7 BROWN · BROWN 74% → 82%

Box score

Official NCAA box

PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
517740.25011110002119
515949.122211191010.516.5
513036.3610116102115
57119.3162133012210
5529.333000001438
5003.00028001300000
5000–5051020000
4329.111110020010.53.5
4000–021000002
2000–700000000
1000–000000000
Team totals6021165.236566126342128100
Brownhome
PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
520849.24521183010.521.5
514424.41700220031.515.5
510319.36800210212.512.5
58333.152021181010.510.5
54010.4005000900004
5000–2031000000
512425.3200001002113
5000–4112320001
Team totals6822160.28758410726286107

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.

Dartmouth vs Brown

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 DART · BROWN 7

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 5 DARTBROWN 3

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 DARTBROWN 2

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 7 DARTBROWN 4

Set 4

16-25

Longest run 3 DARTBROWN 7

Set 5

12-15

Longest run 3 DARTBROWN 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Dartmouth

SlotSideout %Break %
1
52%12/23
44%7/16
2
79%11/14
31%5/16
3
67%10/15
39%7/18
4
56%10/18
41%7/17
5
50%9/18
33%5/15
6
42%8/19
50%9/18
All
56%60/107
40%40/100

Brown

SlotSideout %Break %
1
69%11/16
66%19/29
2
58%11/19
8%1/12
3
67%10/15
41%7/17
4
67%10/15
33%5/15
5
63%10/16
50%10/20
6
42%8/19
36%5/14
All
60%60/100
44%47/107

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

207 rallies

#DART-BROWNSrvPointEndPlayerSetter / blockers / passerWP Δ
Set 1
10-1BROWNBROWNKillJulia Kakkisset Sophie Haskell+2.3
20-2BROWNBROWNKillJulia Kakkisset Yuna Yang+2.2
31-2BROWNDARTServe errBrown+1.5
41-3DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+1.6
52-3BROWNDARTBlockedAlly Panzloffblk Clementine Tebbe, Riley Imamura+1.6
63-3DARTDARTAttack errAlly Panzloff+2.4
73-4DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+1.7
84-4BROWNDARTKillElle McCreeryset Sophia Gagnepain+1.8
94-5DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+1.8
105-5BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Audrey Kalorin+1.8
116-5DARTDARTBad setSophie Haskell+2.7
126-6DARTBROWNKillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+1.9
136-7BROWNBROWNKillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+2.7
147-7BROWNDARTKillAudrey Kalorinset Zori Brown+1.9
158-7DARTDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Audrey Kalorin+2.9
168-8DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+2.0
179-8BROWNDARTServe errBrown+2.1
1810-8DARTDARTKillZori Brownset Sloan Balsley+3.1
1910-9DARTBROWN×3KillElle Holleyset Julia Kakkis+2.0
2010-10BROWNBROWN×3KillJulia Kakkis+3.0
2110-11BROWNBROWN×3Attack errZori Brown+3.1
2211-11BROWNDART×3Serve errBrown+2.2
2312-11DARTDART×3Attack errFisayo Afonja+3.3
2413-11DARTDART×3AceDartmouthaced Fisayo Afonja+3.4
2513-12DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+2.2
2614-12BROWNDARTKillClementine Tebbeset Sophia Gagnepain+2.5
2714-13DARTBROWN×3Serve errDartmouth+2.3
2814-14BROWNBROWN×3KillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+3.5
2914-15BROWNBROWN×3KillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+3.6
3015-15BROWNDART×3KillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+2.5
3116-15DARTDART×3AceDartmouthaced Sophie Haskell+4.0
3217-15DARTDART×3KillRiley Imamuraset Audrey Kalorin+4.1
3317-16DARTBROWNKillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+2.5
3417-17BROWNBROWNAceBrownaced Sloan Balsley+4.1
3518-17BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Audrey Kalorin+3.2
3619-17DARTDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Audrey Kalorin+4.6
3719-18DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+2.8
3819-19BROWNBROWNBad setAudrey Kalorin+4.7
3920-19BROWNDARTServe errBrown+3.7
4020-20DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+3.5
4121-20BROWNDART×5KillAudrey Kalorinset Sloan Balsley+4.1
4222-20DARTDART×5Attack errFisayo Afonja+5.9
4323-20DARTDART×5KillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+4.8
4424-20DARTDART×5Attack errFisayo Afonja+2.7
4525-20DARTDART×5KillZori Brownset Sophia Gagnepain+0.8
Set 2
10-1DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonja+1.9
21-1BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Sophia Gagnepain+2.0
32-1DARTDARTAttack errSophia Wolfson+3.0
42-2DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+2.0
52-3BROWNBROWNAttack errRiley Imamura+2.9
63-3BROWNDARTKillClementine Tebbeset Sophia Gagnepain+2.1
73-4DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+2.0
84-4BROWNDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Elle McCreery+2.1
94-5DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+2.1
105-5BROWNDARTKillElle McCreeryset Audrey Kalorin+2.2
115-6DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+2.2
126-6BROWNDARTKillElle McCreeryset Riley Imamura+2.2
136-7DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+2.2
146-8BROWNBROWNKillFisayo Afonja+3.1
157-8BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Julia Kakkis+2.1
167-9DARTBROWNKillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+2.2
178-9BROWNDARTBad setJulia Kakkis+2.1
188-10DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+2.2
198-11BROWNBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+3.0
209-11BROWNDARTKillClementine Tebbeset Sophia Gagnepain+1.9
219-12DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+2.1
229-13BROWNBROWNBlockedRiley Imamurablk Ally Panzloff, Sophia Wolfson+2.6
2310-13BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sloan Balsley+1.6
2411-13DARTDARTBlockedAlly Panzloffblk Elle McCreery, Riley Imamura+2.8
2511-14DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+2.2
2611-15BROWNBROWNKillAlly Panzloff+2.7
2712-15BROWNDART×3Serve errBrown+1.6
2813-15DARTDART×3AceDartmouthaced Elle Holley+2.9
2914-15DARTDART×3KillElle McCreery+3.6
3014-16DARTBROWNAttack errElle McCreery+2.8
3114-17BROWNBROWNBlockedZori Brownblk Sarah Shaw+3.6
3215-17BROWNDART×3Serve errBrown+2.1
3316-17DARTDART×3BlockedElle Holleyblk Audrey Kalorin, Clementine Tebbe+3.9
3417-17DARTDART×3BlockedSarah Shawblk Zori Brown, Clementine Tebbe+4.8
3517-18DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+3.5
3617-19BROWNBROWNBlockedClementine Tebbeblk Sarah Shaw+4.8
3718-19BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Audrey Kalorin+3.0
3818-20DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+3.6
3919-20BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Sophia Gagnepain+3.1
4019-21DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+3.9
4119-22BROWNBROWNAttack errRiley Imamura+4.4
4220-22BROWNDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+2.0
4320-23DARTBROWNAttack errRiley Imamura+3.2
4421-23BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+1.8
4521-24DARTBROWNKillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+3.2
4622-24BROWNDARTKillElle McCreeryset Audrey Kalorin+1.2
4722-25DARTBROWNKillElle Holleyset Julia Kakkis+2.9
Set 3
10-1BROWNBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Yuna Yang+3.2
21-1BROWNDARTKillClementine Tebbeset Sophia Gagnepain+2.3
31-2DARTBROWNAttack errRiley Imamura+2.3
42-2BROWNDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+2.3
52-3DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+2.3
63-3BROWNDART×3KillMaddie LaFataset Elle McCreery+2.4
74-3DARTDART×3Attack errElle Holley+3.6
85-3DARTDART×3AceDartmouthaced Fisayo Afonja+3.7
95-4DARTBROWNKillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+2.4
105-5BROWNBROWNKillElle Holleyset Julia Kakkis+3.6
116-5BROWNDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Audrey Kalorin+2.7
126-6DARTBROWNKillJulia Kakkisset Fisayo Afonja+2.6
137-6BROWNDARTAttack errFisayo Afonja+2.7
147-7DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+2.6
157-8BROWNBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Sarah Shaw+3.8
168-8BROWNDARTKillAudrey Kalorinset Zori Brown+2.7
179-8DARTDARTKillZori Brownset Sloan Balsley+4.1
189-9DARTBROWN×3KillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+2.8
199-10BROWNBROWN×3Attack errZori Brown+4.0
209-11BROWNBROWN×3Attack errZori Brown+3.9
2110-11BROWNDART×3KillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+2.6
2211-11DARTDART×3Attack errSophia Wolfson+4.2
2312-11DARTDART×3Attack errFisayo Afonja+4.6
2412-12DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+3.1
2513-12BROWNDART×7KillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+3.4
2614-12DARTDART×7KillElle McCreeryset Sophia Gagnepain+4.9
2715-12DARTDART×7BlockedSophia Wolfsonblk Elle McCreery+4.7
2816-12DARTDART×7KillRiley Imamuraset Sloan Balsley+4.2
2917-12DARTDART×7BlockedAlly Panzloffblk Elle McCreery, Maddie LaFata+3.5
3018-12DARTDART×7Attack errSophia Wolfson+2.6
3119-12DARTDART×7KillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+1.7
3219-13DARTBROWNKillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+0.7
3320-13BROWNDARTServe errBrown+1.1
3420-14DARTBROWNKillAlly Panzloffset Sophie Haskell+0.5
3521-14BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Audrey Kalorin+0.9
3621-15DARTBROWN×4KillElle Holleyset Julia Kakkis+0.4
3721-16BROWNBROWN×4Attack errAudrey Kalorin+1.0
3821-17BROWNBROWN×4Attack errZori Brown+1.7
3921-18BROWNBROWN×4KillFisayo Afonjaset Zori Brown+2.8
4022-18BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Audrey Kalorin+3.1
4123-18DARTDARTAceDartmouthaced Fisayo Afonja+2.6
4223-19DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+0.7
4323-20BROWNBROWNBlockedAudrey Kalorinblk Sophia Wolfson, Fisayo Afonja+1.9
4424-20BROWNDARTServe errBrown+2.7
4524-21DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+0.7
4624-22BROWNBROWNAttack errZori Brown+2.5
4725-22BROWNDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+4.3
Set 4
11-0DARTDARTKillClementine Tebbeset Sophia Gagnepain+3.9
21-1DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+2.6
31-2BROWNBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+3.8
42-2BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+2.7
52-3DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+2.7
63-3BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+2.7
73-4DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+2.7
84-4BROWNDARTServe errBrown+2.8
94-5DARTBROWN×4KillElle Holleyset Sophie Haskell+2.8
104-6BROWNBROWN×4KillAlly Panzloffset Fisayo Afonja+3.9
114-7BROWNBROWN×4KillElle Holleyset Julia Kakkis+3.6
124-8BROWNBROWN×4KillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+3.2
135-8BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Julia York+2.0
145-9DARTBROWNBlockedClementine Tebbeblk Sarah Shaw, Elle Holley+2.3
156-9BROWNDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Riley Imamura+2.0
167-9DARTDARTAttack errElle Holley+3.5
177-10DARTBROWNAttack errRiley Imamura+2.7
187-11BROWNBROWNAttack errZori Brown+3.4
198-11BROWNDARTBlockedFisayo Afonjablk Clementine Tebbe, Maddie LaFata+2.1
208-12DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+2.4
219-12BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+2.1
229-13DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+2.4
2310-13BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+2.1
2410-14DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+2.5
2511-14BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Julia York+2.1
2612-14DARTDARTAttack errFisayo Afonja+3.8
2712-15DARTBROWNServe errDartmouth+3.1
2813-15BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Julia York+2.8
2913-16DARTBROWN×3KillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+3.2
3013-17BROWNBROWN×3KillSarah Shaw+3.8
3113-18BROWNBROWN×3KillElle Holleyset Julia Kakkis+2.8
3214-18BROWNDART×3Serve errBrown+1.4
3315-18DARTDART×3Attack errSarah Shaw+2.9
3416-18DARTDART×3Attack errFisayo Afonja+4.1
3516-19DARTBROWN×7KillElle Holleyset Julia Kakkis+3.6
3616-20BROWNBROWN×7Attack errZori Brown+4.0
3716-21BROWNBROWN×7KillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+2.6
3816-22BROWNBROWN×7KillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+1.4
3916-23BROWNBROWN×7KillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+0.6
4016-24BROWNBROWN×7KillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+0.2
4116-25BROWNBROWN×7AceBrownaced Zori Brown+1.3
Set 5
10-1BROWNBROWNBad setSophia Gagnepain+8.6
21-1BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Sophia Gagnepain+6.1
31-2DARTBROWNKillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+6.2
42-2BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+6.3
52-3DARTBROWN×3Serve errDartmouth+6.4
62-4BROWNBROWN×3KillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+8.8
72-5BROWNBROWN×3KillFisayo Afonjaset Sophie Haskell+7.9
83-5BROWNDARTKillRiley Imamuraset Sophia Gagnepain+4.9
94-5DARTDARTAceDartmouthaced Sophie Haskell+8.6
104-6DARTBROWN×3KillFisayo Afonjaset Julia Kakkis+6.7
114-7BROWNBROWN×3AceBrownaced Maddie LaFata+8.5
124-8BROWNBROWN×3BlockedRiley Imamurablk Sophia Wolfson, Ally Panzloff+6.8
135-8BROWNDARTKillElle McCreeryset Julia York+3.7
146-8DARTDARTKillZori Brownset Julia York+7.3
156-9DARTBROWNKillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+6.4
166-10BROWNBROWNKillSarah Shaw+7.0
177-10BROWNDART×3KillZori Brownset Julia York+3.4
188-10DARTDART×3KillZori Brown+7.3
199-10DARTDART×3BlockedSarah Shawblk Clementine Tebbe+10.5
209-11DARTBROWNKillAlly Panzloffset Julia Kakkis+9.2
2110-11BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Julia York+7.8
2210-12DARTBROWNAttack errZori Brown+10.1
2310-13BROWNBROWNAceBrownaced Sloan Balsley+10.9
2411-13BROWNDARTKillZori Brownset Sophia Gagnepain+4.2
2511-14DARTBROWNKillSarah Shawset Julia Kakkis+7.6
2612-14BROWNDARTKillMaddie LaFataset Sophia Gagnepain+2.9
2712-15DARTBROWNKillSophia Wolfsonset Julia Kakkis+6.8

Score shown after each rally, Dartmouth 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).