LIU vs Butler Volleyball: LIU Wins 3-0 (Sep 20, 2026)

FinalSun, Sep 20, 2026

3:0

LIU won at Butler 3-0 (30-28, 25-17, 25-23) on Sun, Sep 20, 2026. LIU's Sara van Gisteren led with 16 kills, and Reese Teves added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 20

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LIU	30	25	25	3
BUTLER	28	17	23	0

Win probability

Butler above 50 · LIU below

Biggest swing: 10.2% to LIU — set 1, LIU 30-28 BUTLER. Kill by Dilara Elmacioglu (set by Sara van Gisteren). BUTLER win probability 61% → 50%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LIU 28.9%71.1% BUTLER

LIU wins

3-0

5.4%

3-1

10.1%

3-2

13.4%

Butler wins

3-0

24.0%

3-1

27.3%

3-2

19.8%

LIU break %: 40.6% vs this opp
BUTLER break %: 44.9% 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
Dilara ElmaciogluKill+10.2%
Kill by Dilara Elmacioglu (set by Sara van Gisteren)
Set 1 · LIU 30-28 BUTLER · LIU 39% → 50%
02
Maria NixAttack error+9.2%
Attack error by Maria Nix
Set 1 · LIU 25-24 BUTLER · LIU 30% → 39%
03
Sara van GisterenKill+8.6%
Kill by Sara van Gisteren (set by Sara Garcia)
Set 3 · LIU 25-23 BUTLER · LIU 91% → 100%
04
Sara van Gisteren&Sara GarciaBlock+8.4%
Chase Lemming stuffed by Sara van Gisteren & Sara Garcia
Set 3 · LIU 24-22 BUTLER · LIU 87% → 95%
05
Bella CorreiaKill+8.4%
Kill by Bella Correia (set by Dilara Elmacioglu)
Set 1 · LIU 24-24 BUTLER · LIU 22% → 30%
06
Elise WardKill+7.0%
Kill by Elise Ward (set by Kaylee Finnegan)
Set 1 · LIU 25-25 BUTLER · BUTLER 61% → 68%
07
Sara GarciaKill+7.0%
Kill by Sara Garcia (set by Dilara Elmacioglu)
Set 1 · LIU 26-25 BUTLER · LIU 32% → 39%
08
Maria Nix&Carly SlusserBlock+7.0%
Bella Correia stuffed by Maria Nix & Carly Slusser
Set 1 · LIU 26-26 BUTLER · BUTLER 61% → 68%

Box score

Official NCAA box

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Sara van GisterenOH	3	16	5	47	.234	2	1	3	12	0	1	2	2	19
15Yasmeen MuhammadMB	3	7	0	15	.467	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	4.5	11.5
3Mia Rojas-AvilaOH	3	3	4	16	-.063	1	7	0	3	2	0	0	0	10
13Bella CorreiaOH	3	7	4	27	.111	0	1	0	8	1	0	2	1	9
24Sara GarciaMB	3	6	0	8	.750	2	1	1	3	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
14Dilara ElmaciogluS	3	4	1	5	.600	30	0	1	9	0	0	4	2	6
5Miabella MusignacL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
6Reese TevesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	14	119	.244	41	10	6	55	4	3	16	11	80

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Maria NixOH	3	6	2	17	.235	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7
17Zoe McDonaldMB	3	5	2	15	.200	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
13Carly SlusserMB	3	4	4	12	.000	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
9Kaylee FinneganS	3	2	0	3	.667	14	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
8Raegan DurbinOH	2	6	3	21	.143	0	2	1	4	2	1	0.5	8.5
16Elise WardOH	2	7	5	24	.083	1	0	2	9	5	0	0	7
12Lucy GrayOH	3	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Sarah KempfS	3	0	0	1	.000	22	0	1	9	0	0	0	0
5Jersey LoyerDS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	21	1	0	0	0
3Chase LemmingOH	1	6	2	14	.286	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6
15Taylor WathenOH	1	6	3	9	.333	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6
18Marin ThaxtonDS	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
6Aesha VogtDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	21	124	.185	43	4	6	51	10	8	4	68

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 LIU · BUTLER 6

Set 1

30-28

Longest run 4 LIUBUTLER 6

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 8 LIUBUTLER 5

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 5 LIUBUTLER 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

LIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	45%5/11
2	64%7/11	22%2/9
3	47%7/15	46%6/13
4	40%6/15	50%6/12
5	60%6/10	75%18/24
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	56%39/70	53%41/78

Butler

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	30%3/10
2	54%7/13	36%4/11
3	55%6/11	56%9/16
4	40%6/15	45%5/11
5	30%6/20	57%8/14
6	71%5/7	25%2/8
All	47%37/78	44%31/70

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

148 rallies

#	LIU-BUTLER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	BUTLER	LIU	Blocked	Raegan Durbin	blk Sara Garcia, Bella Correia	+1.7
2	2-0	LIU	LIU	Kill	Sara Garcia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.3
3	2-1	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.6
4	3-1	BUTLER	LIU×4	Kill	Mia Rojas-Avila	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.8
5	4-1	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.4
6	5-1	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.4
7	6-1	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.3
8	6-2	LIU	BUTLER×4	Serve err	LIU		+1.4
9	6-3	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Attack err	Sara van Gisteren		+2.1
10	6-4	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Elise Ward	set Sarah Kempf	+2.3
11	6-5	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+2.4
12	7-5	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.0
13	7-6	LIU	BUTLER	Serve err	LIU		+1.8
14	8-6	BUTLER	LIU	Serve err	Butler		+2.0
15	9-6	LIU	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.7
16	9-7	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Sarah Kempf	+1.8
17	10-7	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.1
18	10-8	LIU	BUTLER×3	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.8
19	10-9	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Bella Correia		+2.7
20	10-10	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Maria Nix	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.7
21	11-10	BUTLER	LIU	Serve err	Butler		+2.2
22	12-10	LIU	LIU	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+3.1
23	12-11	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.1
24	13-11	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Bella Correia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.4
25	14-11	LIU	LIU	Ace	LIU	aced Elise Ward	+3.1
26	14-12	LIU	BUTLER×3	Kill	Maria Nix	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.0
27	14-13	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+3.0
28	14-14	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Sara van Gisteren	blk Zoe McDonald, Raegan Durbin	+3.2
29	15-14	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara Garcia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.6
30	16-14	LIU	LIU	Ace	LIU	aced Elise Ward	+3.6
31	16-15	LIU	BUTLER×6	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+2.4
32	16-16	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Kill	Elise Ward	set Jersey Loyer	+3.5
33	16-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Attack err	Sara van Gisteren		+3.6
34	16-18	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Ace	Butler	aced Reese Teves	+3.4
35	16-19	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Ace	Butler	aced Bella Correia	+2.9
36	16-20	BUTLER	BUTLER×6	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+2.2
37	17-20	BUTLER	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.2
38	18-20	LIU	LIU×4	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Dilara Elmacioglu, Yasmeen Muhammad	+2.4
39	19-20	LIU	LIU×4	Ace	LIU	aced Raegan Durbin	+3.4
40	20-20	LIU	LIU×4	Attack err	Elise Ward		+4.5
41	20-21	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+3.7
42	21-21	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+3.7
43	22-21	LIU	LIU	Kill	Dilara Elmacioglu	set Yasmeen Muhammad	+6.1
44	22-22	LIU	BUTLER×3	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Sarah Kempf	+4.3
45	22-23	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Bella Correia	blk Maria Nix, Carly Slusser	+6.8
46	22-24	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Maria Nix	set Kaylee Finnegan	+6.0
47	23-24	BUTLER	LIU×3	Kill	Dilara Elmacioglu	set Reese Teves	+2.6
48	24-24	LIU	LIU×3	Kill	Bella Correia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+8.4
49	25-24	LIU	LIU×3	Attack err	Maria Nix		+9.2
50	25-25	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+7.0
51	26-25	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara Garcia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+7.0
52	26-26	LIU	BUTLER	Blocked	Bella Correia	blk Maria Nix, Carly Slusser	+7.0
53	27-26	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Reese Teves	+7.0
54	27-27	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Maria Nix	set Kaylee Finnegan	+7.0
55	28-27	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+7.0
56	28-28	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+7.0
57	29-28	BUTLER	LIU	Blocked	Zoe McDonald	blk Yasmeen Muhammad	+7.0
58	30-28	LIU	LIU	Kill	Dilara Elmacioglu	set Sara van Gisteren	+10.2
Set 2
1	0-1	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.0
2	0-2	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Bella Correia		+2.5
3	1-2	BUTLER	LIU	Serve err	Butler		+1.9
4	1-3	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.9
5	2-3	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.9
6	2-4	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Lucy Gray	set Sarah Kempf	+1.9
7	3-4	BUTLER	LIU	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Sara van Gisteren	+2.0
8	4-4	LIU	LIU	Blocked	Carly Slusser	blk Yasmeen Muhammad	+2.9
9	4-5	LIU	BUTLER×5	Serve err	LIU		+2.2
10	4-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Ace	Butler	aced Mia Rojas-Avila	+2.8
11	4-7	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+2.5
12	4-8	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.2
13	4-9	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Kaylee Finnegan	set Elise Ward	+1.9
14	5-9	BUTLER	LIU×8	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.2
15	6-9	LIU	LIU×8	Ace	LIU	aced Elise Ward	+2.1
16	7-9	LIU	LIU×8	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Bella Correia, Yasmeen Muhammad	+2.5
17	8-9	LIU	LIU×8	Ace	LIU	aced Raegan Durbin	+2.9
18	9-9	LIU	LIU×8	Kill	Bella Correia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+3.3
19	10-9	LIU	LIU×8	Attack err	Carly Slusser		+3.7
20	11-9	LIU	LIU×8	Attack err	Elise Ward		+3.8
21	12-9	LIU	LIU×8	Ace	LIU	aced Elise Ward	+3.8
22	12-10	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.5
23	13-10	BUTLER	LIU	Serve err	Butler		+3.0
24	13-11	LIU	BUTLER	Serve err	LIU		+2.5
25	14-11	BUTLER	LIU×4	Blocked	Raegan Durbin	blk Sara Garcia, Dilara Elmacioglu	+3.1
26	15-11	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Bella Correia	set Sara van Gisteren	+3.8
27	16-11	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Bella Correia	set Reese Teves	+3.3
28	17-11	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.6
29	17-12	LIU	BUTLER	Serve err	LIU		+1.3
30	18-12	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.9
31	18-13	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.2
32	18-14	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Lucy Gray	set Sarah Kempf	+2.3
33	19-14	BUTLER	LIU	Serve err	Butler		+2.5
34	19-15	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.6
35	20-15	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.4
36	20-16	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Sarah Kempf	+1.5
37	21-16	BUTLER	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.4
38	22-16	LIU	LIU×4	Blocked	Maria Nix	blk Dilara Elmacioglu, Yasmeen Muhammad	+1.9
39	23-16	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.9
40	24-16	LIU	LIU×4	Ace	LIU	aced Elise Ward	+0.3
41	24-17	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Jersey Loyer	·
42	25-17	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Dilara Elmacioglu	set Reese Teves	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Sara van Gisteren		+2.3
2	0-2	BUTLER	BUTLER	Ace	Butler	aced Mia Rojas-Avila	+2.2
3	1-2	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara Garcia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.6
4	1-3	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Maria Nix	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.6
5	2-3	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara Garcia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.7
6	2-4	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Kaylee Finnegan	set Jersey Loyer	+1.7
7	3-4	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Mia Rojas-Avila	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.7
8	4-4	LIU	LIU	Attack err	Carly Slusser		+2.5
9	4-5	LIU	BUTLER	Serve err	LIU		+1.9
10	4-6	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Taylor Wathen	set Sarah Kempf	+2.4
11	5-6	BUTLER	LIU×5	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.8
12	6-6	LIU	LIU×5	Blocked	Taylor Wathen	blk Dilara Elmacioglu, Yasmeen Muhammad	+2.6
13	7-6	LIU	LIU×5	Ace	LIU	aced Taylor Wathen	+2.9
14	8-6	LIU	LIU×5	Attack err	Carly Slusser		+3.0
15	9-6	LIU	LIU×5	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Mia Rojas-Avila	+3.0
16	9-7	LIU	BUTLER×3	Kill	Taylor Wathen	set Sarah Kempf	+2.0
17	9-8	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+2.9
18	9-9	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+3.0
19	10-9	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Bella Correia	set Miabella Musignac	+2.4
20	10-10	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+2.3
21	11-10	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Bella Correia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.5
22	11-11	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+2.3
23	11-12	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Jersey Loyer	+3.1
24	12-12	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara Garcia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.4
25	12-13	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.4
26	12-14	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Taylor Wathen	set Kaylee Finnegan	+3.1
27	13-14	BUTLER	LIU×3	Attack err	Zoe McDonald		+2.2
28	14-14	LIU	LIU×3	Blocked	Taylor Wathen	blk Sara van Gisteren, Yasmeen Muhammad	+3.5
29	15-14	LIU	LIU×3	Kill	Mia Rojas-Avila	set Sara Garcia	+3.9
30	15-15	LIU	BUTLER	Attack err	Sara van Gisteren		+2.8
31	16-15	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+3.1
32	16-16	LIU	BUTLER×5	Kill	Maria Nix	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.9
33	16-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Blocked	Mia Rojas-Avila	blk Carly Slusser, Lucy Gray	+4.0
34	16-18	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Taylor Wathen	set Jersey Loyer	+3.8
35	16-19	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Kill	Taylor Wathen	set Jersey Loyer	+3.2
36	16-20	BUTLER	BUTLER×5	Attack err	Dilara Elmacioglu		+2.4
37	17-20	BUTLER	LIU×3	Attack err	Taylor Wathen		+1.3
38	18-20	LIU	LIU×3	Ace	LIU	aced Jersey Loyer	+2.6
39	19-20	LIU	LIU×3	Ace	LIU	aced Chase Lemming	+3.8
40	19-21	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Taylor Wathen	set Sarah Kempf	+3.4
41	20-21	BUTLER	LIU×3	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+3.0
42	21-21	LIU	LIU×3	Attack err	Chase Lemming		+5.6
43	22-21	LIU	LIU×3	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+6.9
44	22-22	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+4.8
45	23-22	BUTLER	LIU	Serve err	Butler		+6.2
46	24-22	LIU	LIU	Blocked	Chase Lemming	blk Sara van Gisteren, Sara Garcia	+8.4
47	24-23	LIU	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+3.5
48	25-23	BUTLER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Sara Garcia	+8.6

Score shown after each rally, LIU 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).

LIU def. Butler 3–0