Brown vs Yale Volleyball: Yale Wins 3-0 (Oct 24, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 24, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Yale 91.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 24, 3:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Yale beat visiting Brown 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-16) on Sat, Oct 24, 2026. Yale's Laurece Abraham led with 10 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 4:00 AM CT · final Oct 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BROWN	19	16	16	0
YALE	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Laurece Abraham hit .563 with 10 kills as Yale rolled past Brown.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.3 points. Brown peaked at 11% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Yale went in as RallyIQ's 92% pick.

BrownYale

Break %+20.3 pts
36.556.8
On serve: 42/74 against 19/52 (Brown sideout 43.2%).
Hitting+.179
.040.219
40 K / 15 E against 26 K / 22 E.
Longest run+3
47
Yale scored 7 straight in the second set to turn a 2–8 deficit into a 9–8 lead. The set finished 25–16.

Yale above 50Brown belowMax swing 1.3%

BrownYale

Aces: Brown 3·Yale 10
Serve err: Brown 2·Yale 5
Blocks: Brown 6·Yale 81 BS · 10 BA vs 1 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Brown 52·Yale 51

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Yale above 50 · Brown below

Biggest swing: 1.3% to Brown — set 1, BROWN 15-16 YALE. Kill by Sarah Shaw (set by Kalyssa Taggart). YALE win probability 93% → 92%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BROWN 5.3%94.7% YALE

Brown wins

3-0

0.6%

3-1

1.5%

3-2

3.2%

Yale wins

3-0

54.6%

3-1

29.9%

3-2

10.2%

BROWN break %: 35.9% vs this opp
YALE break %: 48.2% 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
Sarah ShawKill+1.3%
Kill by Sarah Shaw (set by Kalyssa Taggart)
Set 1 · BROWN 15-16 YALE · BROWN 7% → 8%
02
Ally PanzloffKill+1.3%
Kill by Ally Panzloff (set by Elle Holley)
Set 1 · BROWN 4-2 YALE · BROWN 9% → 11%
03
Cam BolaneAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Cam Bolane
Set 1 · BROWN 6-5 YALE · BROWN 8% → 10%
04
Sarah ShawKill+1.2%
Kill by Sarah Shaw (set by Julia Kakkis)
Set 2 · BROWN 13-11 YALE · BROWN 6% → 7%
05
YaleAce+1.2%
Yale ace on Elle Holley
Set 1 · BROWN 12-14 YALE · YALE 92% → 93%
06
Ava PoinsettKill+1.2%
Kill by Ava Poinsett (set by Kalyssa Taggart)
Set 1 · BROWN 16-19 YALE · YALE 93% → 94%
07
Elle HolleyAttack error+1.1%
Attack error by Elle Holley
Set 1 · BROWN 4-4 YALE · YALE 90% → 91%
08
Elle HolleyAttack error+1.1%
Attack error by Elle Holley
Set 2 · BROWN 13-13 YALE · YALE 94% → 95%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Brownaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Sarah ShawMB	3	6	0	13	.462	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
10Fisayo AfonjaMB	3	5	9	25	-.160	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	1	6
8Kindell WelkerMB	3	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	5
20Elle HolleyOH	3	1	5	16	-.250	1	0	1	7	2	0	0	0	1
13Julia KakkisS	3	0	0	3	.000	19	0	0	10	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
7Yuna YangS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9Ally PanzloffOH	3	9	4	27	.185	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
18Maddy SmithOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
16Sophie HaskellL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	21	2	0	0	0	1
2Madeline van BrederodeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11Lawson MonroeOH	2	2	3	9	-.111	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
3Elle WeaverOH	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		26	22	101	.040	24	3	2	52	10	1	10	6	51

Yalehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
33Betsy GoodenowOH	3	8	4	32	.125	1	2	0	9	1	0	4	2	12
10Cam BolaneMB	3	8	3	15	.333	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	3.5	11.5
4Laurece AbrahamMB	3	10	1	16	.563	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11
2Ava PoinsettOH	3	9	4	28	.179	0	1	1	11	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
23Isabel PattersonOH	3	3	2	14	.071	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
1Kalyssa TaggartS	3	2	1	8	.125	33	0	1	10	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
11Yuri ParkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	4	1	7	2	0	0	0	4
6Arya JueL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	2
16Mila MijailovicOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
20Gaby StasysMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		40	15	114	.219	35	10	5	51	3	1	14	8	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.

Brown vs Yale

Season series · Yale leads 2-0

Sat, Sep 26, 2026Yale at Brown · Yale won 3-1Result →
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Brown at Yale · Yale won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 BROWN · YALE 7

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 2 BROWNYALE 3

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 BROWNYALE 7

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 4 BROWNYALE 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Brown

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%6/10	50%5/10
2	55%6/11	25%2/8
3	33%6/18	25%2/8
4	55%6/11	54%7/13
5	25%4/16	33%3/9
6	50%4/8	0%0/4
All	43%32/74	37%19/52

Yale

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	45%5/11
2	86%6/7	57%8/14
3	43%6/14	50%6/12
4	75%6/8	63%10/16
5	67%4/6	69%9/13
6	80%4/5	50%4/8
All	63%33/52	57%42/74

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

126 rallies

#	BROWN-YALE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Sarah Shaw	set Julia Kakkis	+0.8
2	1-1	BROWN	YALE	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		+0.7
3	2-1	YALE	BROWN	Blocked	Laurece Abraham	blk Fisayo Afonja, Kindell Welker	+0.8
4	2-2	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.7
5	3-2	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Ava Poinsett		+0.8
6	4-2	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Elle Holley	+1.3
7	4-3	BROWN	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
8	4-4	YALE	YALE×3	Attack err	Elle Holley		+1.1
9	4-5	YALE	YALE×3	Ace	Yale	aced Fisayo Afonja	+1.0
10	5-5	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Sophie Haskell	+0.8
11	6-5	BROWN	BROWN	Attack err	Cam Bolane		+1.2
12	6-6	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
13	6-7	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		+1.1
14	7-7	YALE	BROWN	Serve err	Yale		+0.8
15	7-8	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.7
16	8-8	YALE	BROWN	Serve err	Yale		+0.8
17	8-9	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Kalyssa Taggart		+0.8
18	9-9	YALE	BROWN	Serve err	Yale		+0.9
19	9-10	BROWN	YALE	Blocked	Fisayo Afonja	blk Laurece Abraham, Betsy Goodenow	+0.8
20	10-10	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.9
21	10-11	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.9
22	11-11	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Julia Kakkis	+1.0
23	11-12	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.9
24	12-12	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Sophie Haskell	+1.0
25	12-13	BROWN	YALE×3	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.9
26	12-14	YALE	YALE×3	Ace	Yale	aced Elle Holley	+1.2
27	12-15	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.0
28	13-15	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Cam Bolane		+0.6
29	13-16	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.7
30	14-16	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Isabel Patterson		+0.7
31	15-16	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Sarah Shaw	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.3
32	15-17	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.0
33	16-17	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow		+1.0
34	16-18	BROWN	YALE	Serve err	Sophie Haskell		+1.0
35	16-19	YALE	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.2
36	17-19	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Kindell Welker	set Julia Kakkis	+0.7
37	17-20	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.8
38	17-21	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane		+0.8
39	18-21	YALE	BROWN	Blocked	Betsy Goodenow	blk Kindell Welker, Fisayo Afonja	+0.4
40	18-22	BROWN	YALE	Attack err	Elle Holley		+0.5
41	18-23	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.4
42	19-23	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.1
43	19-24	BROWN	YALE	Blocked	Fisayo Afonja	blk Cam Bolane, Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
44	19-25	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Ally Panzloff		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	BROWN	BROWN×3	Blocked	Isabel Patterson	blk Julia Kakkis, Sarah Shaw	+0.7
2	2-0	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Sarah Shaw	set Julia Kakkis	+0.8
3	3-0	BROWN	BROWN×3	Bad set	Kalyssa Taggart		+0.9
4	3-1	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
5	4-1	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Ava Poinsett		+0.7
6	5-1	BROWN	BROWN	Ace	Sophie Haskell	aced Yuri Park	+1.0
7	5-2	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.6
8	6-2	YALE	BROWN×3	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+0.7
9	7-2	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Julia Kakkis	+1.0
10	8-2	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Sophie Haskell	+1.0
11	8-3	BROWN	YALE×7	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
12	8-4	YALE	YALE×7	Attack err	Kindell Welker		+0.9
13	8-5	YALE	YALE×7	Blocked	Ally Panzloff	blk Ava Poinsett, Cam Bolane	+0.9
14	8-6	YALE	YALE×7	Blocked	Elle Holley	blk Cam Bolane	+0.9
15	8-7	YALE	YALE×7	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		+0.9
16	8-8	YALE	YALE×7	Ace	Betsy Goodenow	aced Elle Holley	+0.9
17	8-9	YALE	YALE×7	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		+0.8
18	9-9	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Ava Poinsett		+0.6
19	10-9	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Kindell Welker	set Julia Kakkis	+1.0
20	10-10	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.6
21	10-11	YALE	YALE	Bad set	Kindell Welker		+0.9
22	11-11	YALE	BROWN×3	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Julia Kakkis	+0.7
23	12-11	BROWN	BROWN×3	Ace	Maddy Smith	aced Betsy Goodenow	+1.1
24	13-11	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Sarah Shaw	set Julia Kakkis	+1.2
25	13-12	BROWN	YALE×5	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.7
26	13-13	YALE	YALE×5	Attack err	Elle Holley		+1.1
27	13-14	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.0
28	13-15	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.9
29	13-16	YALE	YALE×5	Ace	Mila Mijailovic	aced Lawson Monroe	+0.7
30	14-16	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow		+0.5
31	14-17	BROWN	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
32	14-18	YALE	YALE×5	Attack err	Lawson Monroe		+0.5
33	14-19	YALE	YALE×5	Blocked	Lawson Monroe	blk Laurece Abraham, Betsy Goodenow	+0.4
34	14-20	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
35	14-21	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
36	15-21	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Elle Holley	set Julia Kakkis	·
37	16-21	BROWN	BROWN	Kill	Fisayo Afonja	set Yuna Yang	+0.1
38	16-22	BROWN	YALE×4	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
39	16-23	YALE	YALE×4	Ace	Yuri Park	aced Fisayo Afonja	+0.1
40	16-24	YALE	YALE×4	Ace	Yuri Park	aced Sophie Haskell	·
41	16-25	YALE	YALE×4	Ace	Yuri Park	aced Sophie Haskell	·
Set 3
1	0-1	YALE	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
2	1-1	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Sarah Shaw	set Julia Kakkis	+0.2
3	2-1	BROWN	BROWN	Blocked	Betsy Goodenow	blk Kindell Welker	+0.3
4	2-2	BROWN	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
5	2-3	YALE	YALE×5	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		+0.3
6	2-4	YALE	YALE×5	Ace	Yuri Park		+0.2
7	2-5	YALE	YALE×5	Attack err	Fisayo Afonja		+0.2
8	2-6	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Betsy Goodenow	+0.2
9	3-6	YALE	BROWN	Serve err	Yuri Park		+0.1
10	3-7	BROWN	YALE×5	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
11	3-8	YALE	YALE×5	Blocked	Fisayo Afonja	blk Cam Bolane, Betsy Goodenow	+0.1
12	3-9	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
13	3-10	YALE	YALE×5	Ace	Arya Jue	aced Fisayo Afonja	+0.1
14	3-11	YALE	YALE×5	Ace	Arya Jue	aced Fisayo Afonja	·
15	4-11	YALE	BROWN×4	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Julia Kakkis	·
16	5-11	BROWN	BROWN×4	Blocked	Ava Poinsett	blk Kindell Welker, Ally Panzloff	+0.1
17	6-11	BROWN	BROWN×4	Ace	Lawson Monroe	aced Yuri Park	+0.1
18	7-11	BROWN	BROWN×4	Bad set	Kalyssa Taggart		+0.1
19	7-12	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
20	8-12	YALE	BROWN	Attack err	Kalyssa Taggart		+0.1
21	8-13	BROWN	YALE×4	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
22	8-14	YALE	YALE×4	Blocked	Ally Panzloff	blk Cam Bolane, Gaby Stasys	+0.1
23	8-15	YALE	YALE×4	Attack err	Elle Holley		+0.1
24	8-16	YALE	YALE×4	Attack err	Ally Panzloff		·
25	9-16	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Sarah Shaw	set Julia Kakkis	·
26	9-17	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Kalyssa Taggart	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
27	10-17	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Elle Weaver	set Julia Kakkis	·
28	10-18	BROWN	YALE	Serve err	Elle Holley		·
29	11-18	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Lawson Monroe	set Julia Kakkis	·
30	11-19	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
31	12-19	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Lawson Monroe	set Julia Kakkis	·
32	12-20	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
33	12-21	YALE	YALE	Blocked	Lawson Monroe	blk Cam Bolane, Betsy Goodenow	·
34	13-21	YALE	BROWN×3	Serve err	Arya Jue		·
35	14-21	BROWN	BROWN×3	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Julia Kakkis	·
36	15-21	BROWN	BROWN×3	Blocked	Cam Bolane	blk Kindell Welker, Elle Weaver	·
37	15-22	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
38	15-23	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Arya Jue	·
39	16-23	YALE	BROWN	Kill	Ally Panzloff	set Julia Kakkis	·
40	16-24	BROWN	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
41	16-25	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	·

Score shown after each rally, Brown 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).

Yale def. Brown 3–0

Laurece Abraham hit .563 with 10 kills as Yale rolled past Brown.