Eastern Ky. vs Western Ky. Volleyball: Eastern Ky. Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsSat, Sep 12, 2026

3:1

Eastern Ky. won at Western Ky. 3-1 (16-25, 25-23, 25-13, 25-20) on Sat, Sep 12, 2026. Addison Burke led Eastern Ky. with 13 kills; Western Ky.'s Faith Young had a match-high 17.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 12

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
E KY	16	25	25	25	3
W KY	25	23	13	20	1

Win probability

Western Ky. above 50 · Eastern Ky. below

Biggest swing: 6.2% to Eastern Ky. — set 2, E KY 25-23 W KY. Western Ky. service error. W KY win probability 70% → 64%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

E KY 32.0%68.0% W KY

Eastern Ky. wins

3-0

6.3%

3-1

11.4%

3-2

14.4%

Western Ky. wins

3-0

21.9%

3-1

26.1%

3-2

20.0%

E KY break %: 39.0% vs this opp
W KY break %: 42.6% 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
Western Ky.Service error+6.2%
Western Ky. service error
Set 2 · E KY 25-23 W KY · E KY 30% → 36%
02
Kendall MellerAttack error+5.4%
Attack error by Kendall Meller
Set 4 · E KY 22-19 W KY · E KY 86% → 92%
03
Emma ClosurdoKill+5.2%
Kill by Emma Closurdo (set by Emilee Hill)
Set 4 · E KY 23-19 W KY · E KY 92% → 97%
04
Faith YoungKill+5.2%
Kill by Faith Young (set by Kate Rush)
Set 4 · E KY 21-19 W KY · W KY 8% → 14%
05
Alivia SkidmoreAttack error+4.6%
Attack error by Alivia Skidmore
Set 4 · E KY 7-4 W KY · E KY 74% → 78%
06
Kaira KnoxAttack error+4.5%
Attack error by Kaira Knox
Set 2 · E KY 21-19 W KY · E KY 23% → 28%
07
Eastern Ky.Ace+4.5%
Eastern Ky. ace on Kennedy Cherry
Set 4 · E KY 9-5 W KY · E KY 79% → 83%
08
Emilee HillKill+4.4%
Kill by Emilee Hill (set by Cassidy Trahan)
Set 4 · E KY 5-3 W KY · E KY 69% → 73%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Eastern Ky.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Addison BurkeOH	4	13	1	44	.273	1	1	1	7	0	2	1	15
11Audrey HudsonOH	4	10	4	29	.207	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	11
7Emilee HillS	4	7	2	20	.250	19	2	2	13	0	4	2	11
12Caitlyn FleesMB	4	7	0	12	.583	1	2	1	1	0	4	2	11
13Alexis BullMB	4	7	2	21	.238	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
22Emma ClosurdoOH	4	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	4
6Cassidy TrahanDS	4	0	0	0	–	5	1	2	17	4	0	0	1
10Cooper AbneyS	4	0	0	0	–	18	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
8Lydia StephensDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	0
Team totals		47	12	136	.257	45	7	8	53	7	14	7	91

Western Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Faith YoungOH	4	17	2	26	.577	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	18
5Kaira KnoxOH	4	12	7	40	.125	2	5	3	10	0	0	0	0	17
21Eliza McKnightOH	4	10	1	24	.375	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
20Kate RushS	4	4	0	8	.500	44	0	2	8	0	2	1	2.5	6.5
8Cali FosterL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0
18Aubrey SearsOH	2	1	4	8	-.375	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	4	8	7	25	.040	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
2Tayler BaronL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	21	0	0	0	0	1
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	8	3	0	0	0	0
13Kendall MellerOH	2	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		53	23	139	.216	52	7	12	64	7	2	6	5	81

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 E KY · W KY 6

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 2 E KYW KY 6

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 4 E KYW KY 3

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 4 E KYW KY 3

Set 4

25-20

Longest run 4 E KYW KY 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Eastern Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	13%1/8
2	89%8/9	43%6/14
3	88%7/8	56%9/16
4	64%7/11	50%7/14
5	55%6/11	54%7/13
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	72%41/57	46%34/74

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	25%2/8
2	53%8/15	27%3/11
3	44%7/16	11%1/9
4	47%7/15	30%3/10
5	56%5/9	30%3/10
6	56%5/9	44%4/9
All	54%40/74	28%16/57

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 4 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

172 rallies

#	E KY-W KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Tayler Baron	+2.2
2	1-1	W KY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Cassidy Trahan	+1.6
3	1-2	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.6
4	2-2	W KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	+1.6
5	2-3	E KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.6
6	3-3	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.7
7	4-3	E KY	E KY	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Caitlyn Flees, Emilee Hill	+2.5
8	4-4	E KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.7
9	4-5	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.5
10	4-6	W KY	W KY×6	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Audrey Hudson	+2.3
11	4-7	W KY	W KY×6	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Audrey Hudson	+2.1
12	4-8	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.9
13	4-9	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Addison Burke	blk Kate Rush, Eliza McKnight	+1.6
14	5-9	W KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+0.9
15	5-10	E KY	W KY	Attack err	Emilee Hill		+1.1
16	6-10	W KY	E KY	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+0.9
17	6-11		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.			+1.1
18	7-11	W KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Cooper Abney	+0.9
19	7-12	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+1.1
20	7-13	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+1.3
21	8-13	W KY	E KY	Attack err	Aubrey Sears		+0.7
22	9-13	E KY	E KY	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Cali Foster	+1.3
23	9-14	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.1
24	9-15	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+1.2
25	10-15	W KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	+0.6
26	10-16	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+0.8
27	11-16	W KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.6
28	11-17	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.8
29	12-17	W KY	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+0.6
30	12-18	E KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Eliza McKnight	+0.8
31	13-18	W KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	+0.5
32	13-19	E KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.7
33	13-20	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kaira Knox	+0.6
34	13-21	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.3
35	14-21	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.1
36	15-21	E KY	E KY	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Cali Foster	+0.2
37	15-22	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.3
38	16-22	W KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.1
39	16-23	E KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.2
40	16-24	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.1
41	16-25	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Cassidy Trahan	·
Set 2
1	0-1	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+1.3
2	1-1	W KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	+1.3
3	2-1	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Aubrey Sears		+2.1
4	2-2	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.4
5	2-3	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Alexis Bull		+2.0
6	3-3	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.4
7	3-4	E KY	W KY	Blocked	Emma Closurdo	blk Eliza McKnight, Aubrey Sears	+1.4
8	4-4	W KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+1.4
9	4-5	E KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.4
10	5-5	W KY	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+1.5
11	5-6	E KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.5
12	5-7	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Cassidy Trahan	+2.0
13	6-7	W KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	+1.4
14	6-8	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+1.4
15	6-9	W KY	W KY	Kill	Aubrey Sears	set Tayler Baron	+1.9
16	7-9	W KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	+1.2
17	7-10	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Aubrey Sears	+1.3
18	8-10	W KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Emilee Hill	+1.2
19	9-10	E KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	+2.1
20	9-11	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+1.6
21	10-11	W KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Aubrey Sears	blk Alexis Bull, Emma Closurdo	+1.5
22	11-11	E KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Aubrey Sears	blk Addison Burke, Emma Closurdo	+2.5
23	12-11	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke	set Lydia Stephens	+2.7
24	12-12	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+1.8
25	13-12	W KY	E KY×3	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Emilee Hill	+2.0
26	14-12	E KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Caitlyn Flees, Emilee Hill	+3.0
27	15-12	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+2.9
28	15-13	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.7
29	16-13	W KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+2.1
30	16-14	E KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.7
31	17-14	W KY	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+2.2
32	17-15	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.7
33	18-15	W KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+2.3
34	18-16	E KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+1.8
35	18-17	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+3.2
36	18-18	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+3.6
37	19-18	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.8
38	19-19	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.6
39	20-19	W KY	E KY×4	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	+3.1
40	21-19	E KY	E KY×4	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+4.5
41	22-19	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Addison Burke	set Caitlyn Flees	+3.9
42	23-19	E KY	E KY×4	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Cali Foster	+2.6
43	23-20	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.8
44	24-20	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.6
45	24-21	E KY	W KY×3	Bad set	Cooper Abney		+0.4
46	24-22	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kaira Knox	+1.5
47	24-23	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Lydia Stephens	+3.6
48	25-23	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+6.2
Set 3
1	1-0	W KY	E KY×3	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+2.3
2	2-0	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cassidy Trahan	+3.4
3	3-0	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Faith Young		+3.5
4	3-1	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+2.2
5	4-1	W KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+2.5
6	5-1	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Addison Burke	+3.4
7	5-2	E KY	W KY	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+2.1
8	6-2	W KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+2.5
9	7-2	E KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Emilee Hill, Caitlyn Flees	+3.3
10	8-2	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+2.9
11	8-3	E KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.6
12	8-4	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Emilee Hill	blk Alivia Skidmore, Eliza McKnight	+2.8
13	8-5	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+3.2
14	9-5	W KY	E KY×4	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.6
15	10-5	E KY	E KY×4	Attack err	Eliza McKnight		+3.4
16	11-5	E KY	E KY×4	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Emilee Hill, Caitlyn Flees	+2.9
17	12-5	E KY	E KY×4	Bad set	Tayler Baron		+2.4
18	12-6	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.2
19	12-7	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.2
20	13-7	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.0
21	13-8	E KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.5
22	14-8	W KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+2.0
23	15-8	E KY	E KY	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Cali Foster	+2.2
24	15-9	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.0
25	16-9	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.5
26	16-10	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.9
27	17-10	W KY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+1.4
28	18-10	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+1.4
29	19-10	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.8
30	19-11	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kendall Meller	set Emilee Hill	+0.3
31	20-11	W KY	E KY	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+0.5
32	21-11	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+0.3
33	21-12	E KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+0.1
34	22-12	W KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney	+0.1
35	23-12	E KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson		+0.1
36	23-13	E KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	·
37	24-13	W KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	·
38	25-13	E KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Cooper Abney	·
Set 4
1	0-1	E KY	W KY	Blocked	Audrey Hudson	blk Kate Rush	+2.6
2	1-1	W KY	E KY	Attack err	Kendall Meller		+2.7
3	1-2	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.6
4	2-2	W KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+2.7
5	3-2	E KY	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Kendall Meller	+4.2
6	3-3	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.8
7	4-3	W KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+3.0
8	5-3	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cassidy Trahan	+4.4
9	5-4	E KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+2.9
10	6-4	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+3.2
11	7-4	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+4.6
12	7-5	E KY	W KY	Serve err	Eastern Ky.		+2.8
13	8-5	W KY	E KY×4	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	+3.3
14	9-5	E KY	E KY×4	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Kennedy Cherry	+4.5
15	10-5	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	+4.1
16	11-5	E KY	E KY×4	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Kennedy Cherry	+3.5
17	11-6	E KY	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kennedy Cherry	+1.9
18	11-7	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+3.3
19	12-7	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.9
20	12-8	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.3
21	13-8	W KY	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Emilee Hill	+2.9
22	13-9	E KY	W KY	Blocked	Alexis Bull	blk Kate Rush	+2.2
23	14-9	W KY	E KY	Bad set	Kate Rush		+3.0
24	14-10	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.2
25	14-11	W KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+4.0
26	15-11	W KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+3.5
27	16-11	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cassidy Trahan	+4.3
28	16-12	E KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+2.1
29	17-12	W KY	E KY×3	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+3.0
30	18-12	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+3.2
31	19-12	E KY	E KY×3	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Kennedy Cherry	+2.1
32	19-13	E KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.8
33	19-14	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Cassidy Trahan	+1.8
34	19-15	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Cassidy Trahan	+2.7
35	19-16	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+3.9
36	20-16	W KY	E KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+3.9
37	20-17	E KY	W KY	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+2.5
38	21-17	W KY	E KY	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+3.9
39	21-18	E KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.3
40	21-19	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+5.2
41	22-19	W KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Kendall Meller		+5.4
42	23-19	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+5.2
43	24-19	E KY	E KY×3	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+2.4
44	24-20	E KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.4
45	25-20	W KY	E KY	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Alexis Bull, Addison Burke	+0.9

Score shown after each rally, Eastern 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).

Eastern Ky. def. Western Ky. 3–1