Harvard vs UNCW Volleyball: Harvard Wins 3-0 (Sep 12, 2026)

FinalSat, Sep 12, 2026

3:0

Harvard won at UNCW 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-15) on Sat, Sep 12, 2026. Harvard's Kayla Nwabueze led with 8 kills, and Sophia Wei added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Sep 12

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HARV	25	25	25	3
UNCW	21	19	15	0

Win probability

UNCW above 50 · Harvard below

Biggest swing: 2.8% to Harvard — set 1, HARV 23-20 UNCW. Kill by Kayla Nwabueze (set by Sophia Wei). UNCW win probability 24% → 22%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HARV 67.1%32.9% UNCW

Harvard wins

3-0

21.4%

3-1

25.8%

3-2

20.0%

UNCW wins

3-0

6.5%

3-1

11.7%

3-2

14.7%

HARV break %: 45.2% vs this opp
UNCW break %: 41.8% 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
Kayla NwabuezeKill+2.8%
Kill by Kayla Nwabueze (set by Sophia Wei)
Set 1 · HARV 23-20 UNCW · HARV 76% → 78%
02
Sofia RossiKill+2.7%
Kill by Sofia Rossi (set by Sophia Wei)
Set 1 · HARV 22-19 UNCW · HARV 75% → 77%
03
UNCWAce+2.6%
UNCW ace on Yvette Easton
Set 2 · HARV 13-13 UNCW · UNCW 17% → 19%
04
Sam VandaAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Sam Vanda
Set 1 · HARV 21-18 UNCW · HARV 74% → 77%
05
HarvardAce+2.6%
Harvard ace on Morgan Esmie
Set 2 · HARV 15-13 UNCW · HARV 83% → 85%
06
Gaby ZovkoKill+2.5%
Kill by Gaby Zovko (set by Sam Vanda)
Set 1 · HARV 18-16 UNCW · UNCW 24% → 27%
07
Masina OgbechieKill+2.5%
Kill by Masina Ogbechie (set by Catlin Shao)
Set 1 · HARV 20-17 UNCW · HARV 74% → 76%
08
Masina OgbechieKill+2.4%
Kill by Masina Ogbechie (set by Catlin Shao)
Set 2 · HARV 13-11 UNCW · HARV 83% → 85%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Harvardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Kayla NwabuezeMB	3	8	2	20	.300	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	9
13Ali FarquharOH	3	7	5	20	.100	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
23Sofia RossiOH	3	7	1	20	.300	1	0	3	7	1	0	0	0	7
18Riley ResmerMB	3	5	0	6	.833	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	7
21Ryleigh PattersonMB	3	5	0	7	.714	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6
1Sophia WeiS	3	2	0	3	.667	15	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	2
4Masina OgbechieOH	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
2Catlin ShaoS	3	0	0	0	–	11	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	2
44Jordan ShelorL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
10Bridget EganOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
16Yvette EastonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	8	85	.365	36	5	9	39	5	2	8	6	75

UNCWhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Courtney GrahamMB	3	7	2	17	.294	0	1	1	3	0	1	0.5	8.5
16Elaina MurphyOH	3	3	3	11	.000	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	4
10Gaby ZovkoS	3	3	1	8	.250	21	0	1	5	0	0	0	3
8Meredith KeeferOPP	2	2	4	7	-.286	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.5	2.5
18Lauren Lewis	2	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Nadia WasilewskiOH	1	0	3	7	-.429	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1Sam VandaOH	3	6	8	19	-.105	3	2	2	6	1	0	0	8
20Anna HarneyDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0
5Morgan EsmieDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0
12Lilly SullivanMB	2	7	1	16	.375	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
2Macon ButlerOH	2	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
19Lora ColeMB	2	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Addi VaughnS	1	0	0	0	–	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Team totals		32	25	100	.070	32	5	5	33	5	2	1	55

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 HARV · UNCW 4

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 4 HARVUNCW 4

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 3 HARVUNCW 3

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 8 HARVUNCW 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Harvard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	25%2/8
2	100%8/8	0%0/8
3	73%8/11	68%17/25
4	54%7/13	53%8/15
5	86%6/7	33%3/9
6	63%5/8	38%3/8
All	74%42/57	45%33/73

UNCW

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	89%8/9	36%4/11
2	33%8/24	0%0/8
3	54%7/13	27%3/11
4	70%7/10	42%5/12
5	50%5/10	22%2/9
6	71%5/7	17%1/6
All	55%40/73	26%15/57

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

130 rallies

#	HARV-UNCW	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sophia Wei	set Kayla Nwabueze	+1.6
2	1-1	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		+1.7
3	2-1	UNCW	HARV	Attack err	Nadia Wasilewski		+1.7
4	3-1	HARV	HARV	Ace	Harvard	aced Meredith Keefer	+2.1
5	3-2	HARV	UNCW	Blocked	Ali Farquhar	blk Courtney Graham, Meredith Keefer	+1.6
6	3-3	UNCW	UNCW	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+2.3
7	4-3	UNCW	HARV×3	Blocked	Nadia Wasilewski	blk Kayla Nwabueze	+1.8
8	5-3	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze		+2.2
9	6-3	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Meredith Keefer		+2.0
10	6-4	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		+1.5
11	6-5	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+2.2
12	7-5	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+1.8
13	7-6	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		+1.8
14	8-6	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+1.8
15	9-6	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Elaina Murphy	blk Masina Ogbechie, Ryleigh Patterson	+2.2
16	9-7	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Sam Vanda	+1.6
17	10-7	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+1.7
18	11-7	HARV	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sophia Wei	+2.0
19	11-8	HARV	UNCW	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+1.4
20	12-8	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+1.5
21	12-9	HARV	UNCW	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+1.4
22	13-9	UNCW	HARV×4	Blocked	Meredith Keefer	blk Ali Farquhar, Ryleigh Patterson	+1.6
23	14-9	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Meredith Keefer		+1.7
24	15-9	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+1.3
25	16-9	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Nadia Wasilewski		+0.9
26	16-10	HARV	UNCW×3	Kill	Meredith Keefer	set Anna Harney	+0.5
27	16-11	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Meredith Keefer	set Gaby Zovko	+1.0
28	16-12	UNCW	UNCW×3	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze		+1.3
29	17-12	UNCW	HARV	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+1.3
30	18-12	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Meredith Keefer		+1.2
31	18-13	HARV	UNCW×4	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+0.7
32	18-14	UNCW	UNCW×4	Ace	UNCW	aced Kayla Nwabueze	+1.3
33	18-15	UNCW	UNCW×4	Ace	UNCW	aced Sofia Rossi	+1.8
34	18-16	UNCW	UNCW×4	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Sam Vanda	+2.5
35	19-16	UNCW	HARV	Serve err	UNCW		+2.4
36	19-17	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+2.0
37	20-17	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+2.5
38	20-18	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		+2.0
39	21-18	UNCW	HARV	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+2.6
40	21-19	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+2.0
41	22-19	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+2.7
42	22-20	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		+1.9
43	23-20	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+2.8
44	24-20	HARV	HARV	Bad set	Gaby Zovko		+2.1
45	24-21	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+0.5
46	25-21	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+1.1
Set 2
1	0-1	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Lilly Sullivan	set Gaby Zovko	+1.5
2	1-1	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+1.4
3	1-2	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		+1.5
4	2-2	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+1.5
5	2-3	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.6
6	3-3	UNCW	HARV	Serve err	UNCW		+1.5
7	3-4	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		+1.6
8	4-4	UNCW	HARV	Serve err	UNCW		+1.5
9	5-4	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Gaby Zovko	blk Riley Resmer	+2.0
10	5-5	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Sam Vanda	+1.6
11	6-5	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Yvette Easton	+1.6
12	7-5	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Elaina Murphy		+2.0
13	7-6	HARV	UNCW×3	Kill	Lilly Sullivan	set Gaby Zovko	+1.5
14	7-7	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+2.1
15	7-8	UNCW	UNCW×3	Ace	UNCW	aced Bridget Egan	+2.3
16	8-8	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+1.7
17	9-8	HARV	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson		+2.2
18	9-9	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
19	10-9	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+1.8
20	10-10	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
21	11-10	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+1.8
22	11-11	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.9
23	12-11	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+1.9
24	13-11	HARV	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+2.4
25	13-12	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
26	13-13	UNCW	UNCW	Ace	UNCW	aced Yvette Easton	+2.6
27	14-13	UNCW	HARV×3	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Yvette Easton	+2.1
28	15-13	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard	aced Morgan Esmie	+2.6
29	16-13	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Lauren Lewis		+2.3
30	16-14	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Morgan Esmie	+1.6
31	17-14	UNCW	HARV	Serve err	UNCW		+1.8
32	17-15	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Lilly Sullivan	set Gaby Zovko	+1.6
33	18-15	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Catlin Shao	+1.9
34	18-16	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Lilly Sullivan	set Gaby Zovko	+1.6
35	19-16	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Ryleigh Patterson	+2.0
36	19-17	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Lilly Sullivan	set Gaby Zovko	+1.7
37	20-17	UNCW	HARV	Serve err	UNCW		+2.1
38	21-17	HARV	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+2.0
39	21-18	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+1.1
40	22-18	UNCW	HARV×3	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sophia Wei	+1.5
41	23-18	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+1.1
42	24-18	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard	aced Anna Harney	+0.4
43	24-19	HARV	UNCW	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.1
44	25-19	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Bridget Egan	+0.2
Set 3
1	1-0	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.8
2	1-1	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Anna Harney	+0.8
3	2-1	UNCW	HARV×8	Attack err	Elaina Murphy		+0.8
4	3-1	HARV	HARV×8	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+1.0
5	4-1	HARV	HARV×8	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Jordan Shelor	+1.0
6	5-1	HARV	HARV×8	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sophia Wei	+0.9
7	6-1	HARV	HARV×8	Attack err	Lilly Sullivan		+0.8
8	7-1	HARV	HARV×8	Blocked	Sam Vanda	blk Ali Farquhar, Riley Resmer	+0.6
9	8-1	HARV	HARV×8	Ace	Harvard	aced Sam Vanda	+0.5
10	9-1	HARV	HARV×8	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.4
11	9-2	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Lilly Sullivan	set Addi Vaughn	+0.2
12	10-2	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sophia Wei	set Sofia Rossi	+0.3
13	10-3	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Addi Vaughn	+0.2
14	11-3	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+0.3
15	11-4	HARV	UNCW	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+0.2
16	11-5	UNCW	UNCW	Bad set	Catlin Shao		+0.4
17	12-5	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+0.4
18	12-6	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Macon Butler	set Addi Vaughn	+0.3
19	12-7	UNCW	UNCW	Ace	UNCW	aced Bridget Egan	+0.5
20	13-7	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Catlin Shao	+0.5
21	13-8	HARV	UNCW×3	Serve err	Harvard		+0.4
22	13-9	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Lora Cole	set Addi Vaughn	+0.7
23	13-10	UNCW	UNCW×3	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+0.9
24	14-10	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.8
25	14-11	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Lilly Sullivan	set Addi Vaughn	+0.7
26	15-11	UNCW	HARV×5	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+0.8
27	16-11	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+0.9
28	17-11	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+0.6
29	18-11	HARV	HARV×5	Blocked	Sam Vanda	blk Ali Farquhar, Riley Resmer	+0.4
30	19-11	HARV	HARV×5	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Jordan Shelor	+0.3
31	19-12	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+0.1
32	20-12	UNCW	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.2
33	21-12	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Macon Butler		+0.1
34	22-12	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard	aced Morgan Esmie	·
35	22-13	HARV	UNCW	Serve err	Harvard		·
36	22-14	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Macon Butler	set Gaby Zovko	·
37	23-14	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	·
38	23-15	HARV	UNCW	Kill	Macon Butler	set Gaby Zovko	·
39	24-15	UNCW	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	·
40	25-15	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Lora Cole		·

Score shown after each rally, Harvard 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).

Harvard def. UNCW 3–0