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

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Yale 95.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 3:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Yale beat visiting Dartmouth 3-0 (28-26, 25-21, 25-17) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Yale's Betsy Goodenow led with 17 kills, and Yuri Park added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
DART	26	21	17	0
YALE	28	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

17 kills in 3 sets for Betsy Goodenow. Yale swept Dartmouth.

Win probability never moved more than 3.2 points on one rally; Dartmouth topped out at 12% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Yale at 95%.

DartmouthYale

Break %+12.4 pts
25.838.2
On serve: 29/76 against 17/66 (Dartmouth sideout 61.8%).

Yale above 50Dartmouth belowMax swing 3.2%

DartmouthYale

Hitting: Dartmouth .274·Yale .328
Aces: Dartmouth 1·Yale 8
Serve err: Dartmouth 7·Yale 10
Blocks: Dartmouth 5·Yale 33 BS · 4 BA vs 1 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Dartmouth 42·Yale 53

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Yale above 50 · Dartmouth below

Biggest swing: 3.2% to Dartmouth — set 1, DART 24-23 YALE. Kill by Zori Brown (set by Sophia Gagnepain). YALE win probability 92% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DART 2.0%98.0% YALE

Dartmouth wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.3%

Yale wins

3-0

66.9%

3-1

25.2%

3-2

5.9%

DART break %: 34.7% vs this opp
YALE break %: 50.3% 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
Zori BrownKill+3.2%
Kill by Zori Brown (set by Sophia Gagnepain)
Set 1 · DART 24-23 YALE · DART 8% → 11%
02
Ava PoinsettKill+3.2%
Kill by Ava Poinsett (set by Kalyssa Taggart)
Set 1 · DART 24-24 YALE · YALE 89% → 92%
03
Clementine TebbeBlock+3.2%
Ava Poinsett stuffed by Clementine Tebbe
Set 1 · DART 25-24 YALE · DART 8% → 11%
04
Sophia GagnepainBad set+3.2%
Bad set by Sophia Gagnepain
Set 1 · DART 25-25 YALE · YALE 89% → 92%
05
Isabel PattersonKill+3.1%
Kill by Isabel Patterson (set by Laurece Abraham)
Set 1 · DART 25-26 YALE · YALE 92% → 95%
06
Maddie LaFataKill+3.0%
Kill by Maddie LaFata (set by Sloan Balsley)
Set 1 · DART 23-21 YALE · DART 9% → 12%
07
Cam BolaneKill+2.9%
Kill by Cam Bolane (set by Kalyssa Taggart)
Set 1 · DART 23-23 YALE · YALE 89% → 92%
08
YaleService error+2.4%
Yale service error
Set 1 · DART 26-26 YALE · DART 5% → 7%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Dartmouthaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Zori BrownOH	3	12	1	32	.344	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	12
7Elle McCreeryMB	3	8	0	14	.571	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
8Riley ImamuraOH	3	8	2	24	.250	0	0	1	4	2	0	2	1	9
17Maddie LaFataOH	3	8	3	24	.208	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	8
4Clementine TebbeMB	3	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	2.5
11Sophia GagnepainS	3	0	0	3	.000	13	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
22Julia YorkS	3	1	0	1	1.000	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
10Sloan BalsleyOH	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	2	7	2	0	0	0	1
23Raeli SmithMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Audrey KalorinS	1	0	1	2	-.500	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	8	106	.274	36	1	7	42	8	3	4	5	64

Yalehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Ava PoinsettOH	3	13	3	33	.303	0	3	2	4	0	1	1	1.5	17.5
33Betsy GoodenowOH	3	17	5	29	.414	1	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	17
10Cam BolaneMB	3	12	3	19	.474	0	3	2	3	0	0	2	1	16
4Laurece AbrahamMB	3	4	3	15	.067	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
1Kalyssa TaggartS	3	2	0	6	.333	46	1	1	8	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
11Yuri ParkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	2	14	0	0	0	0	1
23Isabel PattersonOH	3	6	1	16	.313	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
16Mila MijailovicOH	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0
6Arya JueL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20Gaby StasysMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		54	15	119	.328	52	8	10	53	1	1	4	3	78

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.

Dartmouth vs Yale

Season series · Yale leads 2-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Dartmouth at Yale · Yale won 3-0This match
Fri, Oct 30, 2026Yale at Dartmouth · Yale won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 DART · YALE 4

Set 1

26-28

Longest run 7 DARTYALE 4

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 2 DARTYALE 3

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 3 DARTYALE 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Dartmouth

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	40%6/15
2	73%8/11	31%4/13
3	67%8/12	20%2/10
4	53%8/15	27%3/11
5	70%7/10	11%1/9
6	50%7/14	13%1/8
All	62%47/76	26%17/66

Yale

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	56%9/16
2	82%9/11	31%4/13
3	73%8/11	20%2/10
4	80%8/10	47%7/15
5	89%8/9	38%5/13
6	88%7/8	22%2/9
All	74%49/66	38%29/76

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

142 rallies

#	DART-YALE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.4
2	0-2	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane		+0.4
3	1-2	YALE	DART	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow		+0.4
4	2-2	DART	DART	Attack err	Cam Bolane		+0.6
5	2-3	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.4
6	3-3	YALE	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Maddie LaFata	+0.5
7	3-4	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.4
8	3-5	YALE	YALE	Ace	Yale	aced Riley Imamura	+0.5
9	4-5	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.4
10	4-6	DART	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.4
11	4-7	YALE	YALE	Ace	Yale		+0.4
12	5-7	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.4
13	5-8	DART	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
14	6-8	YALE	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.4
15	7-8	DART	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Julia York	+0.6
16	7-9	DART	YALE	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.4
17	8-9	YALE	DART	Attack err	Laurece Abraham		+0.5
18	8-10	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
19	9-10	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.5
20	9-11	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
21	10-11	YALE	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sloan Balsley	+0.5
22	10-12	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
23	10-13	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Maddie LaFata		+0.6
24	11-13	YALE	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.4
25	11-14	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.4
26	12-14	YALE	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.5
27	13-14	DART	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Sloan Balsley	+0.8
28	13-15	DART	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.6
29	13-16	YALE	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.7
30	14-16	YALE	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.5
31	14-17	DART	YALE×4	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.5
32	14-18	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.5
33	14-19	YALE	YALE×4	Attack err	Maddie LaFata		+0.3
34	14-20	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
35	15-20	YALE	DART×7	Blocked	Betsy Goodenow	blk Elle McCreery	+0.1
36	16-20	DART	DART×7	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow		+0.2
37	17-20	DART	DART×7	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow		+0.4
38	18-20	DART	DART×7	Kill	Zori Brown	set Julia York	+0.7
39	19-20	DART	DART×7	Blocked	Laurece Abraham	blk Clementine Tebbe	+1.1
40	20-20	DART	DART×7	Kill	Zori Brown	set Julia York	+1.6
41	21-20	DART	DART×7	Attack err	Ava Poinsett		+2.2
42	21-21	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Mila Mijailovic	+1.5
43	22-21	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Julia York	+2.0
44	23-21	DART	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sloan Balsley	+3.0
45	23-22	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+1.6
46	23-23	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+2.9
47	24-23	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Sophia Gagnepain	+3.2
48	24-24	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+3.2
49	25-24	YALE	DART	Blocked	Ava Poinsett	blk Clementine Tebbe	+3.2
50	25-25	DART	YALE	Bad set	Sophia Gagnepain		+3.2
51	25-26	YALE	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Laurece Abraham	+3.1
52	26-26	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+2.4
53	26-27	DART	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+2.4
54	26-28	YALE	YALE	Ace	Yale	aced Sloan Balsley	+2.3
Set 2
1	0-1	YALE	YALE	Blocked	Clementine Tebbe	blk Ava Poinsett	+0.3
2	0-2	YALE	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
3	1-2	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.2
4	1-3	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
5	2-3	YALE	DART	Attack err	Ava Poinsett		+0.3
6	2-4	DART	YALE	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.2
7	3-4	YALE	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.3
8	3-5	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
9	3-6	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
10	4-6	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.2
11	4-7	DART	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
12	5-7	YALE	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Julia York	+0.2
13	5-8	DART	YALE	Kill	Kalyssa Taggart	set Yuri Park	+0.2
14	6-8	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Julia York	+0.2
15	6-9	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
16	7-9	YALE	DART	Attack err	Laurece Abraham		+0.2
17	8-9	DART	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Maddie LaFata	+0.4
18	8-10	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
19	9-10	YALE	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sloan Balsley	+0.3
20	9-11	DART	YALE	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.3
21	10-11	YALE	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.3
22	10-12	DART	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.3
23	10-13	YALE	YALE×3	Blocked	Riley Imamura	blk Kalyssa Taggart, Cam Bolane	+0.4
24	10-14	YALE	YALE×3	Ace	Yale	aced Zori Brown	+0.3
25	11-14	YALE	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Julia York	+0.2
26	11-15	DART	YALE	Kill	Kalyssa Taggart		+0.2
27	11-16	YALE	YALE	Ace	Yale	aced Sloan Balsley	+0.2
28	12-16	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Julia York	+0.1
29	12-17	DART	YALE	Attack err	Zori Brown		+0.2
30	13-17	YALE	DART	Kill	Julia York	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
31	13-18	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
32	14-18	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.1
33	15-18	DART	DART	Blocked	Betsy Goodenow	blk Clementine Tebbe, Riley Imamura	+0.3
34	15-19	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
35	15-20	YALE	YALE	Ace	Yale	aced Riley Imamura	+0.2
36	16-20	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.1
37	16-21	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.2
38	17-21	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.1
39	18-21	DART	DART	Blocked	Cam Bolane	blk Riley Imamura, Elle McCreery	+0.2
40	18-22	DART	YALE	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.3
41	19-22	YALE	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.2
42	19-23	DART	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Betsy Goodenow	+0.3
43	20-23	YALE	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.1
44	20-24	DART	YALE	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.2
45	21-24	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Julia York	+0.1
46	21-25	DART	YALE	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.2
Set 3
1	0-1	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
2	0-2	YALE	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Yuri Park	+0.1
3	1-2	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.1
4	1-3	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
5	2-3	YALE	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.1
6	3-3	DART	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.2
7	3-4	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
8	3-5	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
9	4-5	YALE	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.1
10	4-6	DART	YALE×3	Attack err	Riley Imamura		+0.1
11	4-7	YALE	YALE×3	Ace	Yale	aced Maddie LaFata	+0.1
12	4-8	YALE	YALE×3	Attack err	Audrey Kalorin		+0.1
13	5-8	YALE	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Audrey Kalorin	+0.1
14	5-9	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
15	6-9	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Audrey Kalorin	+0.1
16	6-10	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
17	6-11	YALE	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Yuri Park	+0.1
18	7-11	YALE	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Audrey Kalorin	+0.1
19	7-12	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
20	8-12	YALE	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.1
21	8-13	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
22	8-14	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
23	9-14	YALE	DART	Bad set	Kalyssa Taggart		·
24	10-14	DART	DART	Ace	Sloan Balsley	aced Betsy Goodenow	+0.1
25	10-15	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
26	10-16	YALE	YALE	Ace	Yale		+0.1
27	11-16	YALE	DART×3	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Sophia Gagnepain	·
28	12-16	DART	DART×3	Attack err	Isabel Patterson		+0.1
29	13-16	DART	DART×3	Attack err	Cam Bolane		+0.1
30	13-17	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
31	14-17	YALE	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.1
32	14-18	DART	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
33	15-18	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		+0.1
34	15-19	DART	YALE×4	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
35	15-20	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
36	15-21	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart	+0.1
37	15-22	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
38	16-22	YALE	DART	Serve err	Yale		·
39	16-23	DART	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart	·
40	16-24	YALE	YALE	Blocked	Maddie LaFata	blk Ava Poinsett, Cam Bolane	·
41	17-24	YALE	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Sophia Gagnepain	·
42	17-25	DART	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart	·

Score shown after each rally, Dartmouth 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. Dartmouth 3–0

17 kills in 3 sets for Betsy Goodenow. Yale swept Dartmouth.