Columbia vs Brown Volleyball: Brown Wins 3-0 (Oct 17, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 17, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Brown 85.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 3:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Brown beat visiting Columbia 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-14) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Brown's Fisayo Afonja led with 15 kills, and Sophie Haskell added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 3:25 AM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
COLUMB	15	15	14	0
BROWN	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Fisayo Afonja hit .481 with 15 kills as Brown rolled past Columbia.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.7 points. Columbia peaked at 17% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Brown 85% before first serve.

ColumbiaBrown

Break %+31.0 pts
24.455.4
On serve: 41/74 against 11/45 (Columbia sideout 44.6%).
Hitting+.263
.146.409
43 K / 7 E against 28 K / 14 E.
Longest run+2
46
Brown opened the set in the second set with 6 straight points for a 6–0 lead. The set finished 25–15.

Brown above 50Columbia belowMax swing 1.7%

ColumbiaBrown

Aces: Columbia 2·Brown 8
Serve err: Columbia 8·Brown 5
Blocks: Columbia 1·Brown 51 BS · 0 BA vs 4 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Columbia 32·Brown 47

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Brown above 50 · Columbia below

Biggest swing: 1.7% to Columbia — set 1, COLUMB 5-4 BROWN. Kill by Alexia Cornea (set by Claire Mo). BROWN win probability 85% → 83%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

COLUMB 14.9%85.1% BROWN

Columbia wins

3-0

2.2%

3-1

4.8%

3-2

7.9%

Brown wins

3-0

37.3%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.5%

COLUMB break %: 38.2% vs this opp
BROWN break %: 46.2% 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
Alexia CorneaKill+1.7%
Kill by Alexia Cornea (set by Claire Mo)
Set 1 · COLUMB 5-4 BROWN · COLUMB 15% → 17%
02
Sophie HaskellBad set+1.6%
Bad set by Sophie Haskell
Set 1 · COLUMB 3-2 BROWN · COLUMB 15% → 16%
03
Fisayo AfonjaKill+1.6%
Kill by Fisayo Afonja (set by Julia Kakkis)
Set 1 · COLUMB 5-6 BROWN · BROWN 84% → 86%
04
Charlotte GravleeAttack error+1.5%
Attack error by Charlotte Gravlee
Set 1 · COLUMB 3-4 BROWN · BROWN 85% → 86%
05
Sophie HaskellAce+1.5%
Ace by Sophie Haskell on Madison Hsieh
Set 1 · COLUMB 6-8 BROWN · BROWN 86% → 87%
06
Fisayo AfonjaKill+1.4%
Kill by Fisayo Afonja (set by Sophie Haskell)
Set 1 · COLUMB 0-1 BROWN · BROWN 85% → 86%
07
Delaney SeamanBad set+1.3%
Bad set by Delaney Seaman
Set 1 · COLUMB 6-9 BROWN · BROWN 87% → 89%
08
Alexia CorneaAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Alexia Cornea
Set 1 · COLUMB 6-6 BROWN · COLUMB 14% → 15%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Columbiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
33Alexia CorneaOH	3	7	2	27	.185	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	7
9Elena MaynuletOH	3	5	4	20	.050	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	6
1Dahlia RobertsOPP	3	6	1	16	.313	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
7Danica NordlichtMB	3	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
16Clara YuS	3	2	0	3	.667	21	1	1	7	0	0	0	3
13Charlotte GravleeOPP	3	1	4	6	-.500	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2
8Madison HsiehL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	3	2	3	0	0	0
11Delaney SeamanS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
10Evie NaumannOH	2	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
15Claire MoS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2Elise HiemstraOH	1	4	0	8	.500	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
14Avery JonesOPP	1	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	14	96	.146	28	2	8	32	8	1	1	44

Brownhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Fisayo AfonjaMB	3	15	2	27	.481	2	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	16
4Sophia WolfsonMB	3	9	0	18	.500	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	1.5	11.5
20Elle HolleyOH	3	9	3	20	.300	3	1	1	6	1	1	0	1	11
8Kindell WelkerMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	7
13Julia KakkisS	3	3	0	7	.429	32	1	1	7	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
7Yuna YangS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	2
16Sophie HaskellL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	1	14	0	0	0	0	2
9Ally PanzloffOH	2	1	1	6	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12Elizabeth SessaOH	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18Maddy SmithOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	7	88	.409	41	8	5	47	2	4	2	5	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.

Columbia vs Brown

Season series · Brown leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 17, 2026Columbia at Brown · Brown won 3-0This match
Fri, Nov 6, 2026Brown at ColumbiaPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 COLUMB · BROWN 6

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 3 COLUMBBROWN 4

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 4 COLUMBBROWN 6

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 2 COLUMBBROWN 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Columbia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	37%7/19	50%5/10
2	50%6/12	36%4/11
3	75%6/8	14%1/7
4	38%5/13	14%1/7
5	45%5/11	0%0/5
6	36%4/11	0%0/5
All	45%33/74	24%11/45

Brown

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	40%4/10
2	60%6/10	67%12/18
3	86%6/7	40%4/10
4	100%6/6	45%5/11
5	100%5/5	58%7/12
6	67%4/6	69%9/13
All	76%34/45	55%41/74

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

119 rallies

#	COLUMB-BROWN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Sophie Haskell	+1.4
2	1-1	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Elena Maynulet	+1.0
3	1-2	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Elle Holley	set Julia Kakkis	+1.0
4	2-2	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	+1.1
5	3-2	COLUMB	COLUMB	Bad set	Sophie Haskell		+1.6
6	3-3	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Elle Holley	+1.1
7	3-4	BROWN	BROWN	Attack err	Charlotte Gravlee		+1.5
8	4-4	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+1.1
9	5-4	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Claire Mo	+1.7
10	5-5	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+1.2
11	5-6	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+1.6
12	6-6	BROWN	COLUMB	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+1.2
13	6-7	COLUMB	BROWN×4	Serve err	Madison Hsieh		+1.1
14	6-8	BROWN	BROWN×4	Ace	Sophie Haskell	aced Madison Hsieh	+1.5
15	6-9	BROWN	BROWN×4	Bad set	Delaney Seaman		+1.3
16	6-10	BROWN	BROWN×4	Ace	Sophie Haskell	aced Madison Hsieh	+1.1
17	7-10	BROWN	COLUMB	Serve err	Sophie Haskell		+0.7
18	7-11	COLUMB	BROWN×3	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	+0.8
19	7-12	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Elle Holley	set Julia Kakkis	+0.9
20	7-13	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Elle Holley	set Yuna Yang	+0.6
21	8-13	BROWN	COLUMB×3	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.4
22	9-13	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Ace	Clara Yu	aced Elle Holley	+0.7
23	10-13	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	+1.0
24	10-14	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Julia Kakkis	set Delaney Seaman	+0.8
25	10-15	BROWN	BROWN	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.9
26	11-15	BROWN	COLUMB	Attack err	Elle Holley		+0.5
27	11-16	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.6
28	12-16	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.5
29	12-17	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Elle Holley	+0.6
30	12-18	BROWN	BROWN	Bad set	Clara Yu		+0.6
31	13-18	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	+0.3
32	13-19	COLUMB	BROWN	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Kindell Welker	+0.4
33	13-20	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Kindell Welker	set Julia Kakkis	+0.3
34	14-20	BROWN	COLUMB	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		+0.1
35	14-21	COLUMB	BROWN	Serve err	Madison Hsieh		+0.2
36	14-22	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Julia Kakkis	+0.1
37	15-22	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	·
38	15-23	COLUMB	BROWN×3	Kill	Elle Holley	set Fisayo Afonja	+0.1
39	15-24	BROWN	BROWN×3	Attack err	Avery Jones		·
40	15-25	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Elle Holley	set Julia Kakkis	·
Set 2
1	0-1	COLUMB	BROWN×6	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	+0.7
2	0-2	BROWN	BROWN×6	Ace	Yuna Yang	aced Alexia Cornea	+0.9
3	0-3	BROWN	BROWN×6	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	+0.8
4	0-4	BROWN	BROWN×6	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Elle Holley	+0.7
5	0-5	BROWN	BROWN×6	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	+0.6
6	0-6	BROWN	BROWN×6	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.4
7	1-6	BROWN	COLUMB×4	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+0.3
8	2-6	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Attack err	Elle Holley		+0.5
9	3-6	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Ace	Elena Maynulet	aced Fisayo Afonja	+0.7
10	4-6	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.8
11	4-7	COLUMB	BROWN×3	Kill	Elle Holley	set Sophie Haskell	+0.6
12	4-8	BROWN	BROWN×3	Blocked	Alexia Cornea	blk Sophia Wolfson, Julia Kakkis	+0.7
13	4-9	BROWN	BROWN×3	Attack err	Dahlia Roberts		+0.6
14	5-9	BROWN	COLUMB	Attack err	Elle Holley		+0.4
15	5-10	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.4
16	6-10	BROWN	COLUMB	Serve err	Sophia Wolfson		+0.4
17	6-11	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Kindell Welker	set Julia Kakkis	+0.4
18	6-12	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.5
19	7-12	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Clara Yu	set Madison Hsieh	+0.3
20	7-13	COLUMB	BROWN×3	Kill	Kindell Welker	set Julia Kakkis	+0.3
21	7-14	BROWN	BROWN×3	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.3
22	7-15	BROWN	BROWN×3	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Kindell Welker	+0.2
23	8-15	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Clara Yu	+0.1
24	8-16	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Elle Holley	set Julia Kakkis	+0.1
25	9-16	BROWN	COLUMB×4	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+0.1
26	10-16	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.2
27	11-16	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+0.3
28	12-16	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Attack err	Ally Panzloff		+0.5
29	12-17	COLUMB	BROWN×4	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.5
30	12-18	BROWN	BROWN×4	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	+0.4
31	12-19	BROWN	BROWN×4	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.3
32	12-20	BROWN	BROWN×4	Ace	Yuna Yang	aced Evie Naumann	+0.1
33	13-20	BROWN	COLUMB	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		·
34	13-21	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	+0.1
35	14-21	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	·
36	14-22	COLUMB	BROWN	Serve err	Delaney Seaman		+0.1
37	15-22	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	·
38	15-23	COLUMB	BROWN×3	Kill	Kindell Welker	set Julia Kakkis	·
39	15-24	BROWN	BROWN×3	Ace	Julia Kakkis	aced Madison Hsieh	·
40	15-25	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	·
Set 3
1	1-0	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.4
2	2-0	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.6
3	2-1	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Julia Kakkis	set Elle Holley	+0.4
4	3-1	BROWN	COLUMB	Blocked	Kindell Welker	blk Charlotte Gravlee	+0.5
5	3-2	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.4
6	4-2	BROWN	COLUMB	Serve err	Julia Kakkis		+0.5
7	4-3	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.4
8	5-3	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Clara Yu	+0.5
9	5-4	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Elle Holley	set Julia Kakkis	+0.4
10	6-4	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Delaney Seaman	+0.5
11	6-5	COLUMB	BROWN	Serve err	Clara Yu		+0.4
12	7-5	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	+0.5
13	7-6	COLUMB	BROWN	Serve err	Elise Hiemstra		+0.4
14	8-6	BROWN	COLUMB	Serve err	Elle Holley		+0.5
15	8-7	COLUMB	BROWN×5	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.5
16	8-8	BROWN	BROWN×5	Attack err	Charlotte Gravlee		+0.6
17	8-9	BROWN	BROWN×5	Ace	Sophia Wolfson	aced Alexia Cornea	+0.6
18	8-10	BROWN	BROWN×5	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+0.6
19	8-11	BROWN	BROWN×5	Kill	Julia Kakkis	set Fisayo Afonja	+0.5
20	9-11	BROWN	COLUMB	Serve err	Sophia Wolfson		+0.3
21	9-12	COLUMB	BROWN	Serve err	Madison Hsieh		+0.3
22	10-12	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Clara Yu	set Madison Hsieh	+0.3
23	10-13	COLUMB	BROWN×4	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Sophie Haskell	+0.4
24	10-14	BROWN	BROWN×4	Ace	Fisayo Afonja	aced Evie Naumann	+0.4
25	10-15	BROWN	BROWN×4	Kill	Kindell Welker		+0.3
26	10-16	BROWN	BROWN×4	Kill	Elizabeth Sessa	set Julia Kakkis	+0.2
27	11-16	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Clara Yu	+0.1
28	11-17	COLUMB	BROWN	Serve err	Claire Mo		+0.1
29	12-17	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.1
30	12-18	COLUMB	BROWN×4	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	+0.1
31	12-19	BROWN	BROWN×4	Blocked	Danica Nordlicht	blk Sophia Wolfson	+0.1
32	12-20	BROWN	BROWN×4	Attack err	Evie Naumann		+0.1
33	12-21	BROWN	BROWN×4	Kill	Elle Holley	set Julia Kakkis	·
34	13-21	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Clara Yu	·
35	13-22	COLUMB	BROWN×3	Serve err	Elise Hiemstra		·
36	13-23	BROWN	BROWN×3	Ace	Elle Holley	aced Elise Hiemstra	·
37	13-24	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	·
38	14-24	BROWN	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	·
39	14-25	COLUMB	BROWN	Kill	Sophia Wolfson	set Julia Kakkis	·

Score shown after each rally, Columbia 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).

Brown def. Columbia 3–0

Fisayo Afonja hit .481 with 15 kills as Brown rolled past Columbia.