Columbia vs Yale Volleyball: Yale Wins 3-0 (Oct 16, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 16, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Yale 98.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Yale beat visiting Columbia 3-0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-19) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. Yale's Ava Poinsett led with 13 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 3:25 AM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	Sets
COLUMB	13	14	19	0
YALE	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Columbia never reached 20 in a set against Yale.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.2 points. Columbia peaked at 1% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Yale at 99%.

ColumbiaYale

Break %+27.7 pts
27.755.4
41 of 74 on serve vs 13 of 47, so Columbia's sideout was 44.6%.
Hitting+.278
.055.333
Kills and errors: 45–13 vs 22–17.
Longest run+2
46
6 straight Yale points in the first set stretched a 19–13 lead to 25–13. The set finished 25–13.

Yale above 50Columbia belowMax swing 0.2%

ColumbiaYale

Aces: Columbia 2·Yale 4
Serve err: Columbia 5·Yale 9
Blocks: Columbia 4·Yale 82 BS · 4 BA vs 3 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Columbia 31·Yale 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Yale above 50 · Columbia below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Yale stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

COLUMB 0.7%99.3% YALE

Columbia wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.2%

3-2

0.5%

Yale wins

3-0

76.9%

3-1

19.4%

3-2

3.1%

COLUMB break %: 33.3% vs this opp
YALE break %: 52.0% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Columbiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Charlotte GravleeOPP	3	4	3	13	.077	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
14Avery JonesOPP	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
9Elena MaynuletOH	3	3	2	20	.050	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	3
7Danica NordlichtMB	3	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
16Clara YuS	3	0	0	1	.000	11	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
2Elise HiemstraOH	2	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
15Claire MoS	3	0	0	2	.000	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
11Delaney SeamanS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	2	11	1	0	0	0	0
1Dahlia RobertsOPP	2	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
8Madison HsiehL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33Alexia CorneaOH	1	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
10Evie NaumannOH	1	1	1	5	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
25Kylee EzeOPP	1	1	2	4	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		22	17	91	.055	19	2	5	31	4	2	4	4	46

Yalehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Ava PoinsettOH	3	13	5	28	.286	2	2	1	14	1	0	4	2	17
33Betsy GoodenowOH	3	11	2	21	.429	1	1	1	5	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
4Laurece AbrahamMB	3	5	2	14	.214	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
23Isabel PattersonOH	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	5
1Kalyssa TaggartS	3	2	0	6	.333	27	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	2
10Cam BolaneMB	2	4	2	9	.222	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	6
15Skylar JacksonOH	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1
11Yuri ParkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
6Arya JueL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
16Mila MijailovicOH	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Gaby StasysMB	1	4	0	5	.800	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
3Jaidynn Perkins-MartinOH	1	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5Naya SalfitiOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22Bethanie WuS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	13	96	.333	42	4	9	48	2	3	10	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.

Columbia vs Yale

Season series · Yale leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Columbia at Yale · Yale won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 7, 2026Yale at ColumbiaPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 COLUMB · YALE 6

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 2 COLUMBYALE 6

Set 2

14-25

Longest run 2 COLUMBYALE 5

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 4 COLUMBYALE 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Columbia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	29%2/7
2	55%6/11	22%2/9
3	43%6/14	25%2/8
4	38%5/13	25%2/8
5	36%5/14	44%4/9
6	80%4/5	17%1/6
All	45%33/74	28%13/47

Yale

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	57%8/14
2	75%6/8	50%6/12
3	86%6/7	45%5/11
4	56%5/9	71%12/17
5	71%5/7	64%9/14
6	83%5/6	17%1/6
All	72%34/47	55%41/74

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

121 rallies

#	COLUMB-YALE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
2	0-2	YALE	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart
3	1-2	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Kalyssa Taggart
4	2-2	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Laurece Abraham
5	2-3	COLUMB	YALE	Serve err	Columbia
6	3-3	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu
7	4-3	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
8	4-4	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Arya Jue
9	4-5	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Skylar Jackson
10	5-5	YALE	COLUMB	Blocked	Cam Bolane	blk Charlotte Gravlee
11	5-6	COLUMB	YALE	Bad set	Claire Mo
12	5-7	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
13	6-7	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo
14	6-8	COLUMB	YALE×5	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Arya Jue
15	6-9	YALE	YALE×5	Attack err	Kylee Eze
16	6-10	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Ava Poinsett
17	6-11	YALE	YALE×5	Blocked	Danica Nordlicht	blk Cam Bolane
18	6-12	YALE	YALE×5	Attack err	Elena Maynulet
19	7-12	YALE	COLUMB	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow
20	7-13	COLUMB	YALE	Bad set	Clara Yu
21	8-13	YALE	COLUMB	Blocked	Isabel Patterson	blk Avery Jones, Danica Nordlicht
22	9-13	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht
23	9-14	COLUMB	YALE×4	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra
24	9-15	YALE	YALE×4	Attack err	Avery Jones
25	9-16	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Arya Jue
26	9-17	YALE	YALE×4	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra
27	10-17	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Yale
28	10-18	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart
29	11-18	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Clara Yu
30	11-19	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
31	12-19	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Kylee Eze	set Claire Mo
32	13-19	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Claire Mo
33	13-20	COLUMB	YALE×6	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart
34	13-21	YALE	YALE×6	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Cam Bolane, Ava Poinsett
35	13-22	YALE	YALE×6	Attack err	Kylee Eze
36	13-23	YALE	YALE×6	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Skylar Jackson
37	13-24	YALE	YALE×6	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
38	13-25	YALE	YALE×6	Kill	Kalyssa Taggart	set Skylar Jackson
Set 2
1	0-1	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart
2	1-1	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Clara Yu
3	1-2	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
4	1-3	YALE	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart
5	2-3	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Yale
6	2-4	COLUMB	YALE×5	Serve err	Columbia
7	2-5	YALE	YALE×5	Ace	Yale	aced Delaney Seaman
8	2-6	YALE	YALE×5	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
9	2-7	YALE	YALE×5	Bad set	Elena Maynulet
10	2-8	YALE	YALE×5	Blocked	Dahlia Roberts	blk Cam Bolane, Ava Poinsett
11	3-8	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Clara Yu
12	3-9	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart
13	4-9	YALE	COLUMB	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
14	5-9	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Cam Bolane
15	5-10	COLUMB	YALE	Serve err	Columbia
16	5-11	YALE	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Mila Mijailovic
17	6-11	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Yale
18	6-12	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart
19	6-13	YALE	YALE	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Kalyssa Taggart
20	7-13	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Delaney Seaman
21	8-13	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Columbia	aced Ava Poinsett
22	8-14	COLUMB	YALE×4	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
23	8-15	YALE	YALE×4	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra
24	8-16	YALE	YALE×4	Ace	Yale	aced Elise Hiemstra
25	8-17	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart
26	9-17	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu
27	9-18	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Kalyssa Taggart
28	9-19	YALE	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Yuri Park
29	10-19	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Evie Naumann	set Clara Yu
30	10-20	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart
31	10-21	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Evie Naumann
32	11-21	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu
33	12-21	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Claire Mo
34	12-22	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Bethanie Wu
35	12-23	YALE	YALE	Kill	Naya Salfiti	set Bethanie Wu
36	13-23	YALE	COLUMB	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
37	13-24	COLUMB	YALE	Serve err	Columbia
38	14-24	YALE	COLUMB	Attack err	Jaidynn Perkins-Martin
39	14-25	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Jaidynn Perkins-Martin	set Bethanie Wu
Set 3
1	1-0	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Delaney Seaman
2	1-1	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
3	1-2	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Elena Maynulet
4	2-2	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu
5	3-2	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu
6	3-3	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
7	3-4	YALE	YALE	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Gaby Stasys, Betsy Goodenow
8	4-4	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu
9	4-5	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Gaby Stasys	set Kalyssa Taggart
10	5-5	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Claire Mo
11	5-6	COLUMB	YALE×3	Blocked	Avery Jones	blk Gaby Stasys, Ava Poinsett
12	5-7	YALE	YALE×3	Ace	Yale	aced Elena Maynulet
13	5-8	YALE	YALE×3	Ace	Yale	aced Elena Maynulet
14	6-8	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Yale
15	6-9	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Betsy Goodenow
16	7-9	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Yale
17	7-10	COLUMB	YALE	Serve err	Columbia
18	8-10	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu
19	9-10	COLUMB	COLUMB	Blocked	Laurece Abraham	blk Danica Nordlicht
20	9-11	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
21	10-11	YALE	COLUMB	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
22	10-12	COLUMB	YALE	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Laurece Abraham
23	10-13	YALE	YALE	Kill	Gaby Stasys
24	11-13	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Yale
25	11-14	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Gaby Stasys	set Kalyssa Taggart
26	11-15	YALE	YALE	Blocked	Avery Jones	blk Gaby Stasys, Ava Poinsett
27	12-15	YALE	COLUMB×4	Serve err	Yale
28	13-15	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Blocked	Ava Poinsett	blk Charlotte Gravlee, Avery Jones
29	14-15	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow
30	15-15	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee
31	15-16	COLUMB	YALE×3	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
32	15-17	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Gaby Stasys	set Kalyssa Taggart
33	15-18	YALE	YALE×3	Bad set	Claire Mo
34	16-18	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Claire Mo
35	17-18	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Columbia	aced Betsy Goodenow
36	17-19	COLUMB	YALE	Kill	Kalyssa Taggart
37	18-19	YALE	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo
38	18-20	COLUMB	YALE×3	Kill	Isabel Patterson	set Ava Poinsett
39	18-21	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Yuri Park
40	18-22	YALE	YALE×3	Blocked	Dahlia Roberts	blk Isabel Patterson
41	19-22	YALE	COLUMB	Serve err	Yale
42	19-23	COLUMB	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
43	19-24	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
44	19-25	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart

Score shown after each rally, Columbia first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Yale def. Columbia 3–0

Columbia never reached 20 in a set against Yale.