Western Ky. vs Wright State Volleyball: Western Ky. Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026

3:0

Western Ky. won at Wright St. 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-21) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026. Kaira Knox led Western Ky. with 10 kills; Wright St.'s Reilly Zegunis had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W KY	25	25	25	3
WRIGHT	21	22	21	0

Win probability

Wright St. above 50 · Western Ky. below

Biggest swing: 6.3% to Western Ky. — set 2, W KY 23-22 WRIGHT. Kill by Alivia Skidmore (set by Kate Rush). WRIGHT win probability 22% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W KY 66.6%33.4% WRIGHT

Western Ky. wins

3-0

21.0%

3-1

25.5%

3-2

20.0%

Wright St. wins

3-0

6.7%

3-1

11.9%

3-2

14.8%

W KY break %: 42.4% vs this opp
WRIGHT break %: 39.1% 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
Alivia SkidmoreKill+6.3%
Kill by Alivia Skidmore (set by Kate Rush)
Set 2 · W KY 23-22 WRIGHT · W KY 78% → 85%
02
Katie SowkoKill+5.7%
Kill by Katie Sowko (set by Lauren Yacobucci)
Set 2 · W KY 21-22 WRIGHT · WRIGHT 20% → 25%
03
Abigail KnightAttack error+5.6%
Attack error by Abigail Knight
Set 2 · W KY 24-22 WRIGHT · W KY 85% → 90%
04
Sonja LaaksonenAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Sonja Laaksonen
Set 2 · W KY 20-20 WRIGHT · WRIGHT 16% → 20%
05
Sonja Laaksonen&Eliza McKnightBlock+3.7%
Abigail Knight stuffed by Sonja Laaksonen & Eliza McKnight
Set 2 · W KY 22-22 WRIGHT · W KY 75% → 78%
06
Mya AyroKill+3.2%
Kill by Mya Ayro (set by Lauren Yacobucci)
Set 2 · W KY 21-21 WRIGHT · WRIGHT 17% → 20%
07
Faith YoungKill+3.2%
Kill by Faith Young (set by Kate Rush)
Set 2 · W KY 21-20 WRIGHT · W KY 80% → 83%
08
Faith YoungAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Faith Young
Set 1 · W KY 8-10 WRIGHT · WRIGHT 36% → 39%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Ky.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Faith YoungOH	3	9	1	16	.500	0	2	1	4	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	10	2	18	.444	2	0	3	4	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	3	9	2	16	.438	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
20Kate RushS	3	2	0	6	.333	33	6	2	3	0	0	2	1	9
21Eliza McKnightOH	3	6	2	15	.267	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	6	2	20	.200	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	8
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	12	2	0	0	0	0
18Aubrey SearsOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	9	91	.363	38	9	10	40	3	1	12	7	75

Wright St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Reilly ZegunisMB	3	12	1	23	.478	1	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	13.5
14Katie SowkoOH	3	8	3	25	.200	0	0	1	2	1	1	0.5	8.5
4Abigail KnightOH	3	5	6	15	-.067	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	7
7Lauren YacobucciS	3	1	0	3	.333	26	0	0	7	0	1	0.5	1.5
1Alisandra HayesOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	5	3	0	0	1
11Olivia SchmidtMB	2	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Mya AyroOH	3	8	5	22	.136	0	0	2	5	2	1	0.5	8.5
9Greta McKeeDS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
3Taygan CorstangeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	2	8	0	0	0	0
17Haley RobinsonMB	2	5	1	7	.571	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
35Ella GaonaDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Ella SeegerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	16	100	.230	32	3	8	34	9	6	3	64

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 5 W KY · WRIGHT 4

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 4 W KYWRIGHT 3

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 4 W KYWRIGHT 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 5 W KYWRIGHT 4

Bars above the line = Wright St. leads, below = Western Ky. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	50%5/10
2	67%6/9	50%6/12
3	63%5/8	44%4/9
4	100%4/4	50%4/8
5	57%4/7	20%1/5
6	57%4/7	20%1/5
All	66%29/44	43%21/49

Wright St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	29%2/7
2	60%6/10	33%3/9
3	36%4/11	40%4/10
4	100%4/4	20%1/5
5	67%4/6	33%2/6
6	80%4/5	43%3/7
All	57%28/49	34%15/44

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 (2 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

139 rallies

#	W KY-WRIGHT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W KY	WRIGHT×3	Kill	Katie Sowko	set Taygan Corstange	+1.7
2	0-2	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Kill	Katie Sowko	set Reilly Zegunis	+2.5
3	0-3	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Reilly Zegunis, Katie Sowko	+2.5
4	1-3	WRIGHT	W KY	Serve err	Wright St.		+1.6
5	1-4	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Katie Sowko		+1.8
6	2-4	WRIGHT	W KY×4	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+1.6
7	3-4	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Tayler Baron	+2.5
8	4-4	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Reilly Zegunis		+2.5
9	5-4	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.5
10	5-5	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.8
11	6-5	WRIGHT	W KY	Serve err	Wright St.		+1.7
12	6-6	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.8
13	7-6	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.8
14	7-7	W KY	WRIGHT	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+1.9
15	7-8	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Kill	Mya Ayro	set Lauren Yacobucci	+2.9
16	8-8	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush		+1.9
17	8-9	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Abigail Knight	set Lauren Yacobucci	+2.1
18	8-10	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Attack err	Faith Young		+3.1
19	9-10	WRIGHT	W KY×3	Serve err	Wright St.		+2.0
20	10-10	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+3.0
21	11-10	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.		+3.0
22	11-11	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Abigail Knight	set Taygan Corstange	+2.1
23	12-11	WRIGHT	W KY×4	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.1
24	13-11	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Abigail Knight	blk Kaira Knox, Eliza McKnight	+3.0
25	14-11	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen		+2.7
26	15-11	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Alisandra Hayes	+2.2
27	15-12	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.3
28	16-12	WRIGHT	W KY	Attack err	Abigail Knight		+1.5
29	16-13	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Lauren Yacobucci	set Taygan Corstange	+1.3
30	16-14	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Reilly Zegunis, Lauren Yacobucci	+2.4
31	17-14	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.0
32	17-15	W KY	WRIGHT	Blocked	Eliza McKnight	blk Reilly Zegunis, Mya Ayro	+1.7
33	18-15	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.1
34	19-15	W KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Lauren Yacobucci	+2.4
35	19-16	W KY	WRIGHT	Bad set	Kate Rush		+1.2
36	20-16	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.6
37	20-17	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Mya Ayro	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.1
38	21-17	WRIGHT	W KY×3	Serve err	Wright St.		+1.6
39	22-17	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Alisandra Hayes	+1.4
40	23-17	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.6
41	23-18	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.1
42	24-18	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.3
43	24-19	W KY	WRIGHT×3	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+0.1
44	24-20	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Bad set	Kate Rush		+0.2
45	24-21	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Kill	Katie Sowko	set Taygan Corstange	+0.5
46	25-21	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.9
Set 2
1	1-0	WRIGHT	W KY×3	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+1.3
2	2-0	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Mya Ayro	blk Faith Young, Kaira Knox	+1.9
3	3-0	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Greta McKee	+1.7
4	3-1	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.1
5	4-1	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.2
6	5-1	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Mya Ayro		+1.6
7	5-2	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Mya Ayro	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.0
8	5-3	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Kill	Haley Robinson	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.7
9	6-3	WRIGHT	W KY	Attack err	Abigail Knight		+1.3
10	6-4	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Abigail Knight	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.2
11	7-4	WRIGHT	W KY	Serve err	Wright St.		+1.3
12	7-5	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Abigail Knight	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.2
13	7-6	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis		+2.0
14	8-6	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.5
15	8-7	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Katie Sowko	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.5
16	9-7	WRIGHT	W KY	Serve err	Wright St.		+1.5
17	10-7	W KY	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+2.0
18	10-8	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.3
19	11-8	WRIGHT	W KY	Attack err	Mya Ayro		+1.4
20	12-8	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.8
21	12-9	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.1
22	13-9	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.2
23	13-10	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Haley Robinson	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.1
24	14-10	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.3
25	15-10	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Haley Robinson		+1.5
26	15-11	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Abigail Knight	set Lauren Yacobucci	+0.8
27	16-11	WRIGHT	W KY	Blocked	Abigail Knight	blk Alivia Skidmore	+1.0
28	16-12	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.8
29	16-13	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.6
30	17-13	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.3
31	18-13	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Katie Sowko	blk Kate Rush, Faith Young	+1.5
32	18-14	W KY	WRIGHT×3	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.7
33	18-15	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Ace	Wright St.		+1.5
34	18-16	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Ace	Wright St.	aced Tayler Baron	+2.2
35	19-16	WRIGHT	W KY	Attack err	Katie Sowko		+1.9
36	19-17	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Katie Sowko	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.5
37	19-18	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Kill	Mya Ayro		+3.0
38	20-18	WRIGHT	W KY	Blocked	Mya Ayro	blk Kate Rush, Faith Young	+2.5
39	20-19	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+2.2
40	20-20	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Attack err	Sonja Laaksonen		+4.2
41	21-20	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+3.2
42	21-21	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Mya Ayro	set Lauren Yacobucci	+3.2
43	21-22	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Kill	Katie Sowko	set Lauren Yacobucci	+5.7
44	22-22	WRIGHT	W KY×4	Blocked	Abigail Knight	blk Sonja Laaksonen, Eliza McKnight	+3.7
45	23-22	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+6.3
46	24-22	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Abigail Knight		+5.6
47	25-22	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox		+2.9
Set 3
1	1-0	W KY	W KY×5	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Mya Ayro	+1.1
2	2-0	W KY	W KY×5	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Mya Ayro	+1.0
3	3-0		W KY	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.0
4	4-0	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.9
5	5-0	W KY	W KY×5	Attack err	Katie Sowko		+0.8
6	5-1	W KY	WRIGHT×3	Kill	Mya Ayro	set Lauren Yacobucci	+0.5
7	5-2	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Kill	Mya Ayro	set Greta McKee	+0.8
8	5-3	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×3	Bad set	Kate Rush		+1.0
9	6-3	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+0.7
10	6-4	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.7
11	6-5	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Kill	Haley Robinson		+1.1
12	7-5	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+0.8
13	7-6	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Haley Robinson	set Lauren Yacobucci	+0.8
14	8-6	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kennedy Cherry	+0.8
15	9-6	W KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.1
16	9-7	W KY	WRIGHT×4	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.7
17	9-8	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×4	Kill	Katie Sowko	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.2
18	9-9	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×4	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.4
19	9-10	WRIGHT	WRIGHT×4	Attack err	Eliza McKnight		+1.5
20	10-10	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.0
21	10-11	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+1.1
22	10-12	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+1.6
23	11-12	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.0
24	12-12	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Alisandra Hayes	+1.5
25	12-13	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.1
26	13-13	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.1
27	14-13	W KY	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kaira Knox	+1.6
28	14-14	W KY	WRIGHT	Attack err	Sonja Laaksonen		+1.1
29	15-14	WRIGHT	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.2
30	16-14	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Katie Sowko	+1.6
31	17-14	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen		+1.4
32	18-14	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Mya Ayro	blk Kaira Knox, Eliza McKnight	+1.1
33	18-15	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Mya Ayro	set Lauren Yacobucci	+0.6
34	19-15	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.8
35	19-16	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Haley Robinson	set Lauren Yacobucci	+0.6
36	19-17	WRIGHT	WRIGHT	Ace	Wright St.	aced Tayler Baron	+1.2
37	20-17	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.1
38	20-18	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.8
39	21-18	WRIGHT	W KY	Serve err	Wright St.		+1.1
40	21-19	W KY	WRIGHT	Kill	Reilly Zegunis	set Lauren Yacobucci	+0.8
41	22-19	WRIGHT	W KY	Serve err	Wright St.		+1.2
42	23-19	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kaira Knox	+1.1
43	23-20	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.3
44	24-20	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+0.6
45	24-21	W KY	WRIGHT	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.2
46	25-21	WRIGHT	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.4

Score shown after each rally, Western Ky. 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).

Western Ky. def. Wright St. 3–0