Elon vs Eastern Mich. Volleyball: Eastern Mich. Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Sep 5, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Eastern Mich. beat Elon 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-20) on Sat, Sep 5, 2026 at a neutral site. Eastern Mich.'s Haley Trosky led with 17 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 5

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ELON	16	24	20	0
E MICH	25	26	25	3

Win probability

Eastern Mich. above 50 · Elon below

Biggest swing: 9.2% to Elon — set 2, ELON 24-24 E MICH. Elon ace. E MICH win probability 82% → 73%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ELON 45.1%54.9% E MICH

Elon wins

3-0

10.6%

3-1

16.7%

3-2

17.8%

Eastern Mich. wins

3-0

14.7%

3-1

20.8%

3-2

19.4%

ELON break %: 43.8% vs this opp
E MICH break %: 44.7% 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
ElonAce+9.2%
Elon ace
Set 2 · ELON 24-24 E MICH · ELON 18% → 27%
02
Anna SewellAttack error+9.1%
Attack error by Anna Sewell
Set 2 · ELON 24-26 E MICH · E MICH 80% → 89%
03
Haley TroskyKill+7.4%
Kill by Haley Trosky (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · ELON 24-25 E MICH · E MICH 73% → 80%
04
Haley TroskyKill+6.9%
Kill by Haley Trosky (set by Azra Eriç)
Set 2 · ELON 22-24 E MICH · E MICH 78% → 85%
05
Natalie SlusherKill+5.7%
Kill by Natalie Slusher (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · ELON 22-23 E MICH · E MICH 73% → 78%
06
Catherine RuckerAttack error+5.3%
Attack error by Catherine Rucker
Set 2 · ELON 20-21 E MICH · E MICH 71% → 77%
07
Natalie SlusherKill+4.8%
Kill by Natalie Slusher (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · ELON 21-22 E MICH · E MICH 73% → 77%
08
Cameron Lanier&Catherine RuckerBlock+4.7%
Natalie Slusher stuffed by Cameron Lanier & Catherine Rucker
Set 2 · ELON 22-22 E MICH · ELON 23% → 27%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Elonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Cameron LanierOH	3	11	5	33	.182	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
17Catherine RuckerMB	3	6	3	14	.214	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
11Caroline BerlekampMB	3	4	2	12	.167	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6
5Alexandra SchultzOH	3	2	3	14	-.071	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
19Lindsey MurphyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	11	2	0	0	0	2
12Kayla PalmerS	3	0	0	0	–	10	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
14Anna SewellOH	3	6	4	23	.087	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6
4Casey BrowerL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	1
7April RiceS	3	0	3	6	-.500	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
9Shannon O'LaughlinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	7	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	20	103	.087	26	5	4	41	9	2	6	5	60

Eastern Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Haley TroskyOH	3	17	4	36	.361	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	1.5	18.5
18Azra EriçMB	3	5	3	16	.125	1	3	2	4	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
3Natalie SlusherOH	3	9	4	26	.192	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	9
17Taeley MahlerOH	3	6	1	9	.556	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
5Maddie HermanMB	3	5	2	12	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
1Lina GovoniS	3	1	0	2	.500	34	1	0	7	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
9Mia SchaeferL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	2
12Olivia BeaudrieOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	2
16Surabhi SrinivasanDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	3	10	0	0	0	0	1
6Madelyn SipeDS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	14	102	.284	39	9	12	48	5	1	10	6	76

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 4 ELON · E MICH 6

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 2 ELONE MICH 6

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 4 ELONE MICH 4

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 4 ELONE MICH 5

Bars above the line = Eastern Mich. leads, below = Elon leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Elon

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%7/14	50%6/12
2	50%7/14	13%1/8
3	70%7/10	42%5/12
4	70%7/10	13%1/8
5	55%6/11	36%4/11
6	31%5/16	40%4/10
All	52%39/75	34%21/61

Eastern Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	57%8/14
2	64%7/11	30%3/10
3	78%7/9	50%7/14
4	70%7/10	13%1/8
5	70%7/10	42%5/12
6	56%5/9	71%12/17
All	66%40/61	48%36/75

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

#	ELON-E MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky		+2.4
2	1-1	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+1.9
3	1-2	ELON	E MICH×3	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+1.9
4	1-3	E MICH	E MICH×3	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Lindsey Murphy	+2.4
5	1-4	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Cameron Lanier	blk Maddie Herman, Taeley Mahler	+2.3
6	2-4	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.7
7	2-5	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.8
8	3-5	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.8
9	3-6	ELON	E MICH	Attack err	Caroline Berlekamp		+1.9
10	4-6	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.8
11	5-6	ELON	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+2.5
12	5-7	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+2.1
13	6-7	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Anna Sewell	+2.0
14	7-7	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Azra Eriç		+2.7
15	7-8	ELON	E MICH×6	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+2.2
16	7-9	E MICH	E MICH×6	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Anna Sewell	+2.8
17	7-10	E MICH	E MICH×6	Blocked	Alexandra Schultz	blk Lina Govoni, Maddie Herman	+2.6
18	7-11	E MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Alexandra Schultz		+2.4
19	7-12	E MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Alexandra Schultz		+2.1
20	7-13	E MICH	E MICH×6	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Anna Sewell	+1.7
21	8-13	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.1
22	8-14	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
23	8-15	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Lindsey Murphy	+1.3
24	9-15	E MICH	ELON	Attack err	Maddie Herman		+0.7
25	9-16	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.0
26	10-16	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.7
27	11-16	ELON	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+1.2
28	11-17	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
29	11-18	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Shannon O'Laughlin	+1.1
30	12-18	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.6
31	13-18	ELON	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+1.1
32	13-19	ELON	E MICH	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+1.2
33	14-19	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+0.8
34	15-19	ELON	ELON	Ace	Elon	aced Natalie Slusher	+1.5
35	15-20	ELON	E MICH×4	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
36	15-21	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
37	15-22	E MICH	E MICH×4	Blocked	Catherine Rucker	blk Haley Trosky, Azra Eriç	+0.7
38	15-23	E MICH	E MICH×4	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Shannon O'Laughlin	+0.3
39	16-23	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set April Rice	+0.1
40	16-24	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+0.1
41	16-25	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	·
Set 2
1	1-0	ELON	ELON	Ace	Elon	aced Natalie Slusher	+2.3
2	1-1	ELON	E MICH	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+1.8
3	2-1	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+1.9
4	2-2	ELON	E MICH×4	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.8
5	2-3	E MICH	E MICH×4	Blocked	Cameron Lanier	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+2.4
6	2-4	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.3
7	2-5	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	April Rice		+2.2
8	3-5	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set April Rice	+1.7
9	3-6	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.8
10	4-6	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.7
11	4-7	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Lina Govoni	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.8
12	4-8	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Anna Sewell	+2.1
13	5-8	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set Kayla Palmer	+1.5
14	5-9	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
15	5-10	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Caroline Berlekamp		+1.9
16	6-10	E MICH	ELON×3	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+1.3
17	7-10	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Anna Sewell	set April Rice	+2.0
18	8-10	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+2.3
19	8-11	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+2.0
20	9-11	E MICH	ELON×4	Kill	Anna Sewell	set April Rice	+1.9
21	10-11	ELON	ELON×4	Ace	Elon	aced Lina Govoni	+2.7
22	11-11	ELON	ELON×4	Attack err	Haley Trosky		+2.9
23	12-11	ELON	ELON×4	Blocked	Haley Trosky	blk Caroline Berlekamp, April Rice	+3.1
24	12-12	ELON	E MICH	Attack err	April Rice		+2.4
25	13-12	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+2.6
26	13-13	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+2.5
27	14-13	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set April Rice	+2.7
28	15-13	ELON	ELON	Kill	Alexandra Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+3.4
29	15-14	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+2.5
30	16-14	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Alexandra Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+2.8
31	16-15	ELON	E MICH	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+2.6
32	17-15	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+3.0
33	17-16	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+2.7
34	18-16	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+3.1
35	18-17	ELON	E MICH	Serve err	Elon		+2.8
36	18-18	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+4.1
37	19-18	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+3.6
38	19-19	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+3.5
39	20-19	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+3.9
40	20-20	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+3.8
41	20-21	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Catherine Rucker		+5.3
42	21-21	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+4.2
43	21-22	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+4.8
44	22-22	E MICH	ELON	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Cameron Lanier, Catherine Rucker	+4.7
45	22-23	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+5.7
46	22-24	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Azra Eriç	+6.9
47	23-24	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Anna Sewell	set April Rice	+3.2
48	24-24	ELON	ELON	Ace	Elon		+9.2
49	24-25	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+7.4
50	24-26	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+9.1
Set 3
1	0-1	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.4
2	1-1	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+1.1
3	2-1	ELON	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set April Rice	+1.5
4	2-2	ELON	E MICH	Blocked	April Rice	blk Haley Trosky	+1.2
5	3-2	E MICH	ELON	Blocked	Taeley Mahler	blk Catherine Rucker	+1.2
6	3-3	ELON	E MICH×3	Serve err	Elon		+1.2
7	3-4	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Catherine Rucker	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+1.5
8	3-5	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
9	4-5	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+1.2
10	4-6	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Madelyn Sipe	+1.2
11	4-7	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+1.5
12	5-7	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.1
13	5-8	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.2
14	6-8	E MICH	ELON	Attack err	Azra Eriç		+1.1
15	6-9	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
16	7-9	E MICH	ELON×3	Attack err	Haley Trosky		+1.1
17	8-9	ELON	ELON×3	Attack err	Haley Trosky		+1.6
18	9-9	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+1.7
19	9-10	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.4
20	10-10	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+1.4
21	10-11	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
22	10-12	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Casey Brower	+1.8
23	11-12	E MICH	ELON×4	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.4
24	12-12	ELON	ELON×4	Attack err	Maddie Herman		+1.9
25	13-12	ELON	ELON×4	Ace	Elon	aced Olivia Beaudrie	+2.0
26	14-12	ELON	ELON×4	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+2.0
27	14-13	ELON	E MICH	Serve err	Elon		+1.5
28	15-13	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+1.7
29	15-14	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.6
30	16-14	E MICH	ELON	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+1.8
31	17-14	ELON	ELON	Blocked	Natalie Slusher	blk Caroline Berlekamp, Alexandra Schultz	+2.1
32	17-15	ELON	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.4
33	18-15	E MICH	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+1.7
34	19-15	ELON	ELON	Blocked	Azra Eriç	blk Caroline Berlekamp	+1.8
35	19-16	ELON	E MICH×5	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+1.1
36	19-17	E MICH	E MICH×5	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+1.8
37	19-18	E MICH	E MICH×5	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Shannon O'Laughlin	+2.3
38	19-19	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+2.8
39	19-20	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Maddie Herman		+3.0
40	20-20	E MICH	ELON	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+2.4
41	20-21	ELON	E MICH×5	Serve err	Elon		+2.7
42	20-22	E MICH	E MICH×5	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+3.3
43	20-23	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Haley Trosky	set Lina Govoni	+2.6
44	20-24	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
45	20-25	E MICH	E MICH×5	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+0.5

Score shown after each rally, Elon 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).

Eastern Mich. def. Elon 3–0