ETSU vs Tennessee Tech Volleyball: Tennessee Tech Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: ETSU 68.6% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Tennessee Tech beat visiting ETSU 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-23) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Tennessee Tech's Alayna Pierce led with 20 kills, and Morgan Petelin added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:35 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ETSU	15	21	23	0
TNTECH	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Alayna Pierce hit .350 on 40 swings as Tennessee Tech edged ETSU.

The match turned once. Numbers are Tennessee Tech's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. RallyIQ had ETSU at 69% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 3 · ETSU 23–21 Tennessee Tech
4 of the last 4 rallies went to Tennessee Tech, enough to take the set 25–23 and win the match 3–0.
Tennessee Tech 68% → >99%

Tennessee Tech above 50ETSU belowMax swing 10.8%

ETSUTennessee Tech

Sideout %: ETSU 53.4·Tennessee Tech 67.2
Break %: ETSU 32.8·Tennessee Tech 46.6
Hitting: ETSU .115·Tennessee Tech .286
Longest run: ETSU 6·Tennessee Tech 5

Alayna Pierce
20 kills on .350, 23 points; 3 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Tennessee Tech above 50 · ETSU below

Biggest swing: 10.8% to Tennessee Tech — set 3, ETSU 23-25 TNTECH. Kill by Alayna Pierce (set by Morgan Petelin). TNTECH win probability 89% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ETSU 64.4%35.6% TNTECH

ETSU wins

3-0

19.6%

3-1

24.7%

3-2

20.0%

Tennessee Tech wins

3-0

7.3%

3-1

12.8%

3-2

15.5%

ETSU break %: 44.1% vs this opp
TNTECH break %: 41.3% 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
Alayna PierceKill+10.8%
Kill by Alayna Pierce (set by Morgan Petelin)
Set 3 · ETSU 23-25 TNTECH · TNTECH 89% → 100%
02
Alayna PierceKill+9.9%
Kill by Alayna Pierce (set by Morgan Petelin)
Set 3 · ETSU 23-24 TNTECH · TNTECH 79% → 89%
03
Alayna PierceKill+7.1%
Kill by Alayna Pierce (set by Morgan Petelin)
Set 2 · ETSU 20-22 TNTECH · TNTECH 61% → 68%
04
Alayna PierceKill+7.0%
Kill by Alayna Pierce (set by Morgan Petelin)
Set 3 · ETSU 23-23 TNTECH · TNTECH 72% → 79%
05
Alayna PierceBlock+6.1%
Makayla Bays stuffed by Alayna Pierce
Set 2 · ETSU 21-24 TNTECH · TNTECH 70% → 76%
06
Alayna PierceKill+6.1%
Kill by Alayna Pierce (set by Morgan Petelin)
Set 2 · ETSU 21-23 TNTECH · TNTECH 64% → 70%
07
Ashlyn GambleAttack error+6.0%
Attack error by Ashlyn Gamble
Set 2 · ETSU 20-20 TNTECH · ETSU 38% → 45%
08
Bella PotempaKill+5.9%
Kill by Bella Potempa (set by Morgan Petelin)
Set 2 · ETSU 18-20 TNTECH · TNTECH 59% → 65%

Box score

Official NCAA box

ETSUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Elizabeth AylwardOH	3	9	5	30	.133	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
1Gianna BlairMB	3	2	1	10	.100	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	4.5
14Makayla BaysOH	3	2	3	16	-.063	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	2
17Bailey GohlkeS	3	1	0	2	.500	12	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2
15Karis ChatfieldOH	2	2	0	6	.333	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	2
8Raegan WallerMB	2	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12Alex KreutzmannS	3	2	0	3	.667	8	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	2
11Melanie MorrisDS	3	0	0	1	.000	5	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	1
13Zeynep ÖzerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Sophia DavisOH	2	4	2	15	.133	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
6Chloe SmithOH	2	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
4Ryan JomoL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Phoenix FogelMB	1	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	4
16Malia BrinkmanOH	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		28	16	104	.115	25	2	4	39	4	4	6	7	59

Tennessee Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
24Alayna PierceOH	3	20	6	40	.350	1	1	3	6	0	1	2	2	23
14Ashlyn GambleOH	3	13	2	28	.393	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	14
12Jordyn MilhouseMB	3	2	2	10	.000	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
8Mallory JenkinsMB	3	1	2	5	-.200	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
11Morgan PetelinS	3	1	2	6	-.167	38	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	1
5Kamya MahornOH	3	0	0	4	.000	1	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0
4Bella PotempaOH	3	10	2	18	.444	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	11
22Shelby HannahL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	2	1	1	9	1	0	0	0	2
6Ella WatfordL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	1
3Brooklyn RappL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	16	112	.286	46	4	12	55	2	3	8	7	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.

ETSU vs Tennessee Tech

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 30, 2026ETSU at Tennessee Tech · ETSU won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 31, 2026ETSU at Tennessee Tech · Tennessee Tech won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 ETSU · TNTECH 5

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 2 ETSUTNTECH 4

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 3 ETSUTNTECH 3

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 6 ETSUTNTECH 5

Bars above the line = Tennessee Tech 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	38%8/21	38%5/13
2	47%7/15	20%2/10
3	67%6/9	36%4/11
4	67%6/9	45%5/11
5	67%6/9	33%3/9
6	60%6/10	14%1/7
All	53%39/73	33%20/61

Tennessee Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	36%4/11
2	100%8/8	65%15/23
3	60%6/10	50%6/12
4	43%6/14	25%2/8
5	100%6/6	25%2/8
6	67%6/9	45%5/11
All	67%41/61	47%34/73

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

134 rallies

#	ETSU-TNTECH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+1.7
2	1-1	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Bailey Gohlke	+1.6
3	1-2	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+1.7
4	2-2	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Raegan Waller	set Bailey Gohlke	+1.7
5	2-3	ETSU	TNTECH	Attack err	Elizabeth Aylward		+1.8
6	2-4	TNTECH	TNTECH	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Makayla Bays	+2.5
7	3-4	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.7
8	3-5	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin	+1.9
9	4-5	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Alex Kreutzmann	set Alex Kreutzmann	+1.8
10	4-6	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+2.0
11	5-6	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Alex Kreutzmann	+1.8
12	5-7	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Mallory Jenkins	+2.0
13	6-7	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.9
14	6-8	ETSU	TNTECH×3	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+2.1
15	6-9	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Shelby Hannah	set Morgan Petelin	+2.7
16	6-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Blocked	Elizabeth Aylward	blk Jordyn Milhouse, Alayna Pierce	+2.6
17	7-10	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Bailey Gohlke	+1.7
18	7-11	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+2.0
19	7-12	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Makayla Bays		+2.4
20	8-12	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.5
21	9-12	ETSU	ETSU	Attack err	Jordyn Milhouse		+2.3
22	9-13	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+2.1
23	10-13	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.7
24	10-14	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+2.2
25	10-15	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Chloe Smith		+2.5
26	11-15	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.4
27	11-16	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+1.9
28	11-17	TNTECH	TNTECH	Bad set	Alex Kreutzmann		+2.0
29	12-17	TNTECH	ETSU	Attack err	Mallory Jenkins		+1.0
30	12-18	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+1.5
31	13-18	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+0.9
32	14-18	ETSU	ETSU	Ace	Bailey Gohlke	aced Shelby Hannah	+1.8
33	14-19	ETSU	TNTECH×4	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Kamya Mahorn	+1.9
34	14-20	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Blocked	Elizabeth Aylward	blk Ashlyn Gamble, Jordyn Milhouse	+1.8
35	14-21	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin	+1.1
36	14-22	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Melanie Morris	+0.5
37	15-22	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Bailey Gohlke	set Shelby Hannah	+0.1
38	15-23	ETSU	TNTECH×3	Serve err	Makayla Bays		+0.3
39	15-24	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.1
40	15-25	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Elizabeth Aylward		·
Set 2
1	0-1	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin	+2.8
2	1-1	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Melanie Morris	+2.1
3	2-1	ETSU	ETSU	Kill	Makayla Bays	set Melanie Morris	+2.7
4	2-2	ETSU	TNTECH×3	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+2.1
5	2-3	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+3.0
6	2-4	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+3.1
7	3-4	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Alex Kreutzmann		+2.2
8	3-5	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+2.4
9	4-5	TNTECH	ETSU	Bad set	Morgan Petelin		+2.2
10	4-6	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+2.5
11	5-6	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Ella Watford		+2.3
12	6-6	ETSU	ETSU	Attack err	Alayna Pierce		+3.1
13	6-7	ETSU	TNTECH	Attack err	Makayla Bays		+2.5
14	7-7	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Alayna Pierce		+2.4
15	7-8	ETSU	TNTECH×3	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+2.6
16	7-9	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Bad set	Elizabeth Aylward		+3.5
17	7-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Blocked	Gianna Blair	blk Mallory Jenkins	+3.5
18	8-10	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Sophia Davis	set Bailey Gohlke	+2.3
19	9-10	ETSU	ETSU	Blocked	Morgan Petelin	blk Gianna Blair	+3.4
20	9-11	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+2.9
21	10-11	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Alex Kreutzmann	+2.6
22	10-12	ETSU	TNTECH	Attack err	Chloe Smith		+3.0
23	10-13	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Morgan Petelin	set Shelby Hannah	+3.9
24	11-13	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Gianna Blair	set Alex Kreutzmann	+2.5
25	11-14	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+3.0
26	12-14	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Mallory Jenkins		+2.6
27	12-15	ETSU	TNTECH	Serve err	Bailey Gohlke		+3.1
28	12-16	TNTECH	TNTECH	Ace	Ella Watford	aced Makayla Bays	+3.8
29	13-16	TNTECH	ETSU×3	Kill	Sophia Davis	set Bailey Gohlke	+2.2
30	14-16	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Sophia Davis	set Bailey Gohlke	+3.6
31	15-16	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Melanie Morris	+4.2
32	15-17	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+3.7
33	16-17	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Bailey Gohlke	+3.2
34	16-18	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+3.9
35	17-18	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Bailey Gohlke	+3.4
36	18-18	ETSU	ETSU	Attack err	Mallory Jenkins		+5.2
37	18-19	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+4.3
38	18-20	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+5.9
39	19-20	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Alex Kreutzmann	+3.7
40	20-20	ETSU	ETSU	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble		+6.0
41	20-21	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+5.2
42	20-22	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+7.1
43	21-22	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Alex Kreutzmann	+4.1
44	21-23	ETSU	TNTECH×3	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+6.1
45	21-24	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Blocked	Makayla Bays	blk Alayna Pierce	+6.1
46	21-25	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Raegan Waller		+2.6
Set 3
1	0-1	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+1.8
2	1-1	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Bailey Gohlke	+1.7
3	1-2	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Shelby Hannah	+1.8
4	1-3	TNTECH	TNTECH	Bad set	Bailey Gohlke		+2.5
5	2-3	TNTECH	ETSU×4	Serve err	Ella Watford		+1.8
6	3-3	ETSU	ETSU×4	Ace	Melanie Morris	aced Ella Watford	+2.4
7	4-3	ETSU	ETSU×4	Blocked	Morgan Petelin	blk Phoenix Fogel	+2.4
8	5-3	ETSU	ETSU×4	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Phoenix Fogel, Sophia Davis	+2.3
9	5-4	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Phoenix Fogel	+1.7
10	6-4	TNTECH	ETSU×6	Kill	Sophia Davis	set Bailey Gohlke	+1.7
11	7-4	ETSU	ETSU×6	Kill	Malia Brinkman	set Bailey Gohlke	+2.1
12	8-4	ETSU	ETSU×6	Attack err	Alayna Pierce		+1.9
13	9-4	ETSU	ETSU×6	Attack err	Bella Potempa		+1.6
14	10-4	ETSU	ETSU×6	Blocked	Bella Potempa	blk Malia Brinkman, Phoenix Fogel	+1.3
15	11-4	ETSU	ETSU×6	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Melanie Morris	+1.0
16	11-5	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.6
17	11-6	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Malia Brinkman		+1.1
18	12-6	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Karis Chatfield	set Alex Kreutzmann	+1.0
19	12-7	ETSU	TNTECH	Serve err	Karis Chatfield		+0.8
20	12-8	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Jordyn Milhouse	+1.4
21	13-8	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Phoenix Fogel	set Alex Kreutzmann	+1.2
22	13-9	ETSU	TNTECH×3	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+1.0
23	13-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Kamya Mahorn	+1.8
24	13-11	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Ace	Bella Potempa	aced Karis Chatfield	+2.3
25	14-11	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Bella Potempa		+1.9
26	14-12	ETSU	TNTECH×3	Blocked	Sophia Davis	blk Alayna Pierce, Mallory Jenkins	+1.8
27	14-13	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Jordyn Milhouse	+2.9
28	14-14	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Alayna Pierce	+3.4
29	15-14	TNTECH	ETSU	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Elizabeth Aylward, Gianna Blair	+2.6
30	15-15	ETSU	TNTECH	Serve err	Elizabeth Aylward		+2.6
31	16-15	TNTECH	ETSU	Blocked	Jordyn Milhouse	blk Gianna Blair	+2.7
32	16-16	ETSU	TNTECH	Blocked	Phoenix Fogel	blk Jordyn Milhouse	+2.8
33	17-16	TNTECH	ETSU	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Phoenix Fogel	+2.9
34	17-17	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin	+2.9
35	18-17	TNTECH	ETSU	Serve err	Shelby Hannah		+3.1
36	18-18	ETSU	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Bella Potempa	+3.1
37	18-19	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+4.8
38	19-19	TNTECH	ETSU	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Melanie Morris	+3.4
39	20-19	ETSU	ETSU	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble		+4.9
40	20-20	ETSU	TNTECH	Attack err	Elizabeth Aylward		+3.7
41	21-20	TNTECH	ETSU×3	Kill	Gianna Blair	set Alex Kreutzmann	+4.0
42	22-20	ETSU	ETSU×3	Kill	Elizabeth Aylward	set Bailey Gohlke	+5.0
43	23-20	ETSU	ETSU×3	Attack err	Sophia Davis		+3.8
44	23-21	ETSU	TNTECH×5	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+1.6
45	23-22	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Blocked	Sophia Davis	blk Jordyn Milhouse, Ashlyn Gamble	+4.1
46	23-23	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+7.0
47	23-24	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+9.9
48	23-25	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+10.8

Score shown after each rally, ETSU 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).

Tennessee Tech def. ETSU 3–0

Alayna Pierce hit .350 on 40 swings as Tennessee Tech edged ETSU.