ETSU vs Western Ky. Volleyball: Western Ky. Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026

0:3

Western Ky. beat visiting ETSU 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-18) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026. Western Ky.'s Kaira Knox led with 13 kills, and Tayler Baron added 8 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ETSU	13	21	18	0
W KY	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Western Ky. above 50 · ETSU below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ETSU 5.7%94.3% W KY

ETSU wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.6%

3-2

3.4%

Western Ky. wins

3-0

53.5%

3-1

30.2%

3-2

10.6%

ETSU break %: 35.2% vs this opp
W KY break %: 47.2% 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

ETSUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Makayla BaysOH	3	12	2	26	.385	0	1	1	10	1	0	0	13
15Karis ChatfieldOH	3	6	1	15	.333	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	6
20Elizabeth AylwardOH	3	4	5	13	-.077	1	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
2Sophia DavisOH	3	3	5	18	-.111	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
1Gianna BlairMB	3	2	3	10	-.100	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	2.5
12Alex KreutzmannS	3	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
9Kennedy BoatmanS	3	0	0	0	–	9	3	0	2	0	0	0	3
18Emma MacferranMB	3	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
7Phoenix FogelMB	3	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Bailey GohlkeS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6Chloe SmithOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Darby FeltsOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Malia BrinkmanOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Melanie MorrisDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
8Raegan WallerMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Ryan JomoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Zeynep ÖzerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0
Team totals		30	18	89	.135	29	4	3	33	7	2	1	52

Western Ky.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Faith YoungOH	3	12	1	23	.478	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	4	16
5Kaira KnoxOH	3	13	2	19	.579	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
21Eliza McknightOH	3	5	0	8	.625	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	3	3	1	11	.182	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2.5	5.5
20Kate RushS	3	2	1	8	.125	38	2	5	5	0	0	2	1	5
8Cali FosterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	3	8	1	15	.467	1	1	2	6	0	0	5	2.5	11.5
25Izzy Van de wieleMB	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
2Tayler BaronL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	8	1	0	0	0	2
18Aubrey SearsOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Camila AdamsDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Izzie DelacherS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Kendall MellerOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	6	88	.443	42	7	11	32	4	4	18	13	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 ETSU · W KY 6

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 3 ETSUW KY 6

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 6 ETSUW KY 6

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 ETSUW KY 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

ETSU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%3/5	25%1/4
2	100%2/2	0%0/3
3	25%2/8	0%0/2
4	100%2/2	50%2/4
5	67%2/3	0%0/2
6	50%2/4	71%5/7
All	54%13/24	36%8/22

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%3/4	50%2/4
2	100%3/3	40%2/5
3	100%2/2	0%0/2
4	50%2/4	75%6/8
5	100%2/2	0%0/2
6	29%2/7	33%1/3
All	64%14/22	46%11/24

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 (1 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

127 rallies

#	ETSU-W KY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
2	1-1	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
3	2-1	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Alex Kreutzmann
4	2-2	ETSU	W KY×3	Kill	Eliza Mcknight	set Kate Rush
5	2-3	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
6	2-4	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Gianna Blair	blk Eliza Mcknight, Alivia Skidmore
7	3-4	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Sophia Davis	set Alex Kreutzmann
8	3-5	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
9	4-5	W KY	ETSU×3	Kill	Emma Macferran	set Bailey Gohlke
10	5-5	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
11	6-5	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
12	6-6	ETSU	W KY×6	Kill	Eliza Mcknight	set Kate Rush
13	6-7	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kate Rush	set Alivia Skidmore
14	6-8	W KY	W KY×6	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Zeynep Özer
15	6-9	W KY	W KY×6	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Karis Chatfield
16	6-10	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
17	6-11	W KY	W KY×6	Blocked	Sophia Davis	blk Faith Young, Alivia Skidmore
18	7-11	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Emma Macferran	set Bailey Gohlke
19	7-12	ETSU	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
20	7-13	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Faith Young
21	7-14	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush
22	7-15	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Karis Chatfield
23	8-15	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
24	8-16	ETSU	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young
25	8-17		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.
26	8-18	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Elizabeth Aylward
27	9-18	W KY	ETSU×3	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Alex Kreutzmann
28	10-18	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Alex Kreutzmann
29	11-18	ETSU	ETSU×3	Ace	ETSU	aced Cali Foster
30	11-19	ETSU	W KY	Serve err	ETSU
31	12-19	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann
32	12-20	ETSU	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
33	12-21	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
34	12-22	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Izzy Van de wiele	set Kate Rush
35	12-23	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Sophia Davis	blk Kaira Knox, Izzy Van de wiele
36	13-23	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Gianna Blair	set Alex Kreutzmann
37	13-24	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
38	13-25	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Makayla Bays
Set 2
1	1-0	ETSU	ETSU	Blocked	Sonja Laaksonen	blk Gianna Blair, Elizabeth Aylward
2	1-1	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
3	1-2	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Melanie Morris
4	2-2	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Elizabeth Aylward
5	2-3	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
6	3-3	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Alex Kreutzmann
7	3-4	ETSU	W KY	Serve err	ETSU
8	3-5	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Gianna Blair	blk Alivia Skidmore, Eliza Mcknight
9	4-5	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
10	5-5	ETSU	ETSU	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Bailey Gohlke
11	5-6	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
12	6-6	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
13	6-7	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kennedy Cherry
14	6-8	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Emma Macferran	blk Faith Young
15	7-8	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
16	7-9	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
17	7-10	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Makayla Bays	blk Sonja Laaksonen
18	8-10	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
19	8-11	ETSU	W KY	Blocked	Elizabeth Aylward	blk Sonja Laaksonen
20	9-11	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
21	9-12	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
22	10-12	W KY	ETSU	Attack err	Kaira Knox	set Eliza Mcknight
23	10-13	ETSU	W KY×6	Kill	Eliza Mcknight	set Kate Rush
24	10-14	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kennedy Cherry
25	10-15	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
26	10-16	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
27	10-17	W KY	W KY×6	Attack err	Gianna Blair
28	10-18	W KY	W KY×6	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
29	11-18	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Eliza Mcknight	set Kate Rush
30	12-18	ETSU	ETSU	Serve err	ETSU
31	12-19	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Eliza Mcknight	set Kate Rush
32	13-19	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
33	13-20	ETSU	W KY	Bad set	Bailey Gohlke
34	14-20	W KY	ETSU×6	Serve err	Western Ky.
35	15-20	ETSU	ETSU×6	Ace	ETSU	aced Cali Foster
36	16-20	ETSU	ETSU×6	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Kennedy Boatman
37	17-20	ETSU	ETSU×6	Ace	ETSU	aced Cali Foster
38	18-20	ETSU	ETSU×6	Attack err	Kate Rush
39	19-20	ETSU	ETSU×6	Ace	ETSU	aced Tayler Baron
40	19-21	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
41	19-22	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Karis Chatfield
42	20-22	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
43	20-23	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
44	20-24	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Elizabeth Aylward	blk Sonja Laaksonen, Izzy Van de wiele
45	21-24	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Kennedy Boatman
46	21-25	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
Set 3
1	1-0	W KY	ETSU×3	Serve err	Western Ky.
2	2-0	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Kennedy Boatman
3	3-0	ETSU	ETSU×3	Attack err	Faith Young
4	3-1	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
5	4-1	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Gianna Blair	set Kennedy Boatman
6	5-1	ETSU	ETSU	Attack err	Kaira Knox
7	5-2	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen
8	5-3	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Karis Chatfield
9	6-3	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Kennedy Boatman
10	6-4	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
11	7-4	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Sophia Davis	set Kennedy Boatman
12	7-5	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
13	7-6	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
14	8-6	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Phoenix Fogel	set Bailey Gohlke
15	8-7	ETSU	W KY	Blocked	Sophia Davis	blk Faith Young, Alivia Skidmore
16	8-8	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Phoenix Fogel	blk Faith Young
17	9-8	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
18	9-9	ETSU	W KY	Attack err	Elizabeth Aylward	set Bailey Gohlke
19	10-9	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
20	11-9	ETSU	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Kennedy Boatman
21	11-10	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
22	12-10	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Kennedy Boatman
23	12-11	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
24	12-12	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Elizabeth Aylward	blk Izzy Van de wiele, Alivia Skidmore
25	13-12	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Kennedy Boatman
26	13-13	ETSU	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
27	13-14	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Izzy Van de wiele
28	13-15	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Zeynep Özer
29	14-15	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Sophia Davis
30	14-16	ETSU	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush
31	14-17	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush
32	14-18	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Sophia Davis	blk Kate Rush, Faith Young
33	14-19	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Sophia Davis
34	15-19	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
35	15-20	ETSU	W KY×3	Serve err	ETSU
36	15-21	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young
37	15-22	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen
38	16-22	W KY	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke
39	16-23	ETSU	W KY	Blocked	Makayla Bays	blk Faith Young, Kate Rush
40	17-23	W KY	ETSU	Serve err	Western Ky.
41	18-23		ETSU	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.
42	18-24	ETSU	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush
43	18-25	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Cali Foster

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

Western Ky. def. ETSU 3–0