Harvard vs UNC Asheville Volleyball: Harvard Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 11, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Harvard beat UNC Asheville 3-0 (25-12, 25-20, 25-21) on Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at a neutral site. Harvard's Sofia Rossi led with 11 kills, and Sophia Wei added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HARV	25	25	25	3
UNC A	12	20	21	0

Win probability

UNC Asheville above 50 · Harvard below

Biggest swing: 3.4% to Harvard — set 2, HARV 22-19 UNC A. Albertine van der Goot stuffed by Ryleigh Patterson. UNC A win probability 15% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HARV 62.3%37.7% UNC A

Harvard wins

3-0

18.4%

3-1

23.8%

3-2

20.0%

UNC Asheville wins

3-0

8.0%

3-1

13.7%

3-2

16.1%

HARV break %: 44.5% vs this opp
UNC A break %: 42.1% 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
Ryleigh PattersonBlock+3.4%
Albertine van der Goot stuffed by Ryleigh Patterson
Set 2 · HARV 22-19 UNC A · HARV 85% → 88%
02
Sarah WadsworthBlock+3.4%
Masina Ogbechie stuffed by Sarah Wadsworth
Set 2 · HARV 20-19 UNC A · UNC A 15% → 18%
03
Ryleigh PattersonKill+3.2%
Kill by Ryleigh Patterson (set by Catlin Shao)
Set 2 · HARV 21-19 UNC A · HARV 82% → 85%
04
Masina OgbechieKill+2.9%
Kill by Masina Ogbechie (set by Riley Resmer)
Set 2 · HARV 19-16 UNC A · HARV 83% → 86%
05
UNC AshevilleAce+2.9%
UNC Asheville ace
Set 2 · HARV 17-16 UNC A · UNC A 16% → 19%
06
Ryleigh PattersonKill+2.8%
Kill by Ryleigh Patterson (set by Sophia Wei)
Set 2 · HARV 12-11 UNC A · HARV 77% → 80%
07
Albertine van der GootKill+2.7%
Kill by Albertine van der Goot (set by Elise Jensen)
Set 2 · HARV 9-11 UNC A · UNC A 25% → 28%
08
Ryleigh PattersonBlock+2.7%
Lydia Pate stuffed by Ryleigh Patterson
Set 2 · HARV 11-11 UNC A · HARV 74% → 77%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Harvardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Sofia RossiOH	3	11	3	30	.267	1	3	3	8	0	0	0	0	14
21Ryleigh PattersonMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	6.5	11.5
13Ali FarquharOH	3	7	2	19	.263	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	3	10
19Kayla NwabuezeMB	3	7	2	18	.278	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
18Riley ResmerMB	3	3	0	5	.600	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
1Sophia WeiS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
4Masina OgbechieOH	3	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
10Bridget EganOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
2Catlin ShaoS	3	0	0	0	–	9	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
44Jordan ShelorL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Yvette EastonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	9	87	.310	33	4	7	48	3	7	8	11	75

UNC Ashevillehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Sarah WadsworthOH	3	9	5	33	.121	0	1	3	5	2	1	1	1.5	11.5
14Lydia PateMB	3	8	3	21	.238	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
5Addie BrookbankOH	3	8	6	19	.105	1	0	1	9	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
13Cadence NicholsMB	3	4	2	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	6.5
32Albertine van der GootOH	3	4	4	20	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
18Elise JensenS	3	0	0	0	–	19	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
4Izzy PerkinsL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	1
22Olivia CallipoS	3	0	0	0	–	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Lily BannisterOH	2	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25Maddie ConnellyOH	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Catherine HubiakL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
15Olivia PhilpotL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	22	107	.103	29	3	12	39	4	3	4	5	53

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 9 HARV · UNC A 4

Set 1

25-12

Longest run 9 HARVUNC A 2

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 4 HARVUNC A 4

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 4 HARVUNC A 4

Bars above the line = UNC Asheville leads, below = Harvard leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Harvard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%5/9	71%10/14
2	80%4/5	69%9/13
3	100%4/4	20%1/5
4	100%4/4	0%0/4
5	67%4/6	50%4/8
6	60%3/5	40%2/5
All	73%24/33	53%26/49

UNC Asheville

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%5/10	33%2/6
2	40%4/10	50%5/10
3	80%4/5	0%0/4
4	57%4/7	0%0/4
5	75%3/4	20%1/5
6	23%3/13	25%1/4
All	47%23/49	27%9/33

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

128 rallies

#	HARV-UNC A	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UNC A	HARV	Attack err	Albertine van der Goot		+1.7
2	1-1	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Elise Jensen	+1.8
3	1-2	UNC A	UNC A	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze		+2.4
4	2-2	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+1.8
5	2-3	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Albertine van der Goot	set Elise Jensen	+1.9
6	3-3	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+1.9
7	3-4	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Addie Brookbank	set Elise Jensen	+2.0
8	4-4	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+1.9
9	4-5	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Cadence Nichols	set Addie Brookbank	+2.0
10	5-5	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+2.0
11	5-6	HARV	UNC A	Serve err	Harvard		+2.1
12	6-6	UNC A	HARV×9	Blocked	Lydia Pate	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+2.0
13	7-6	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+2.7
14	8-6	HARV	HARV×9	Blocked	Lily Bannister	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+2.6
15	9-6	HARV	HARV×9	Attack err	Lydia Pate		+2.4
16	10-6	HARV	HARV×9	Blocked	Sarah Wadsworth	blk Ali Farquhar	+2.1
17	11-6	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Olivia Callipo	+1.8
18	12-6	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+1.5
19	13-6	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+1.1
20	14-6	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Yvette Easton	+0.8
21	14-7	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Elise Jensen	+0.4
22	15-7	UNC A	HARV×4	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.6
23	16-7	HARV	HARV×4	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+0.5
24	17-7	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	Harvard		+0.3
25	18-7	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Sarah Wadsworth		+0.2
26	18-8	HARV	UNC A	Serve err	Harvard		+0.1
27	19-8	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.1
28	19-9	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Elise Jensen	·
29	20-9	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sophia Wei	+0.1
30	20-10	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Addie Brookbank	set Elise Jensen	·
31	21-10	UNC A	HARV×4	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+0.1
32	22-10	HARV	HARV×4	Blocked	Addie Brookbank	blk Riley Resmer, Masina Ogbechie	·
33	23-10	HARV	HARV×4	Kill	Sofia Rossi		·
34	24-10	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Cadence Nichols		·
35	24-11	HARV	UNC A	Serve err	Harvard		·
36	24-12	UNC A	UNC A	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth		·
37	25-12	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	·
Set 2
1	1-0	HARV	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+2.0
2	1-1	HARV	UNC A	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+1.6
3	1-2	UNC A	UNC A	Attack err	Ryleigh Patterson		+2.2
4	2-2	UNC A	HARV	Blocked	Sarah Wadsworth	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+1.6
5	3-2	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Addie Brookbank		+2.1
6	3-3	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Elise Jensen	+1.6
7	4-3	UNC A	HARV	Blocked	Albertine van der Goot	blk Kayla Nwabueze, Ryleigh Patterson	+1.6
8	5-3	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Cadence Nichols		+2.1
9	5-4	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Albertine van der Goot	set Izzy Perkins	+1.6
10	6-4	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+1.6
11	6-5	HARV	UNC A	Serve err	Harvard		+1.6
12	7-5	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sofia Rossi	+1.7
13	7-6	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Olivia Callipo	+1.7
14	8-6	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+1.7
15	8-7	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Olivia Callipo	+1.7
16	9-7	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Yvette Easton	+1.8
17	9-8	HARV	UNC A×4	Blocked	Ali Farquhar	blk Lydia Pate, Sarah Wadsworth	+1.7
18	9-9	UNC A	UNC A×4	Ace	UNC Asheville	aced Bridget Egan	+2.5
19	9-10	UNC A	UNC A×4	Kill	Addie Brookbank	set Elise Jensen	+2.7
20	9-11	UNC A	UNC A×4	Kill	Albertine van der Goot	set Elise Jensen	+2.7
21	10-11	UNC A	HARV×4	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+2.0
22	11-11	HARV	HARV×4	Blocked	Lydia Pate	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+2.7
23	12-11	HARV	HARV×4	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+2.8
24	13-11	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	Harvard	aced Sarah Wadsworth	+2.7
25	13-12	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Albertine van der Goot	set Elise Jensen	+2.0
26	14-12	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+2.1
27	14-13	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Cadence Nichols	set Elise Jensen	+2.0
28	15-13	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+2.2
29	15-14	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Cadence Nichols	set Olivia Callipo	+2.1
30	16-14	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+2.3
31	17-14	HARV	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer		+2.7
32	17-15	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Addie Brookbank	set Olivia Callipo	+1.8
33	17-16	UNC A	UNC A	Ace	UNC Asheville		+2.9
34	18-16	UNC A	HARV×3	Attack err	Lily Bannister		+2.5
35	19-16	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Riley Resmer	+2.9
36	20-16	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard	aced Addie Brookbank	+2.3
37	20-17	HARV	UNC A×3	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Olivia Callipo	+1.3
38	20-18	UNC A	UNC A×3	Ace	UNC Asheville	aced Bridget Egan	+2.4
39	20-19	UNC A	UNC A×3	Blocked	Masina Ogbechie	blk Sarah Wadsworth	+3.4
40	21-19	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Catlin Shao	+3.2
41	22-19	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Albertine van der Goot	blk Ryleigh Patterson	+3.4
42	22-20	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Elise Jensen	+1.8
43	23-20	UNC A	HARV×3	Attack err	Addie Brookbank		+2.7
44	24-20	HARV	HARV×3	Blocked	Addie Brookbank	blk Ali Farquhar, Ryleigh Patterson	+2.0
45	25-20	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.6
Set 3
1	1-0	UNC A	HARV×3	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.9
2	2-0	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard	aced Sarah Wadsworth	+1.2
3	3-0	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+1.1
4	3-1	HARV	UNC A	Serve err	Harvard		+0.8
5	4-1	UNC A	HARV×4	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+0.9
6	5-1	HARV	HARV×4	Blocked	Addie Brookbank	blk Ali Farquhar	+1.0
7	6-1	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Albertine van der Goot		+0.9
8	7-1	HARV	HARV×4	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.8
9	7-2	HARV	UNC A	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+0.5
10	8-2	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+0.6
11	8-3	HARV	UNC A×3	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Elise Jensen	+0.5
12	8-4	UNC A	UNC A×3	Blocked	Kayla Nwabueze	blk Cadence Nichols	+0.8
13	8-5	UNC A	UNC A×3	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Cadence Nichols	+1.0
14	9-5	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+0.9
15	9-6	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Cadence Nichols	set Olivia Callipo	+0.8
16	10-6	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Yvette Easton	+0.9
17	11-6	HARV	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Riley Resmer	+1.0
18	11-7	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Olivia Callipo	+0.6
19	12-7	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Catlin Shao	+0.8
20	12-8	HARV	UNC A×4	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Olivia Callipo	+0.6
21	12-9	UNC A	UNC A×4	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Elise Jensen	+1.0
22	12-10	UNC A	UNC A×4	Bad set	Sophia Wei		+1.3
23	12-11	UNC A	UNC A×4	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Elise Jensen	+1.5
24	13-11	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+1.2
25	13-12	HARV	UNC A	Serve err	Harvard		+1.2
26	13-13	UNC A	UNC A	Kill	Addie Brookbank	set Elise Jensen	+1.8
27	14-13	UNC A	HARV	Blocked	Addie Brookbank	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Ali Farquhar	+1.4
28	14-14	HARV	UNC A×3	Kill	Lydia Pate	set Elise Jensen	+1.4
29	14-15	UNC A	UNC A×3	Kill	Addie Brookbank		+2.0
30	14-16	UNC A	UNC A×3	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Cadence Nichols, Addie Brookbank	+2.0
31	15-16	UNC A	HARV	Serve err	UNC Asheville		+1.4
32	15-17	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Addie Brookbank	set Elise Jensen	+1.6
33	16-17	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+1.5
34	17-17	HARV	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+2.2
35	17-18	HARV	UNC A	Serve err	Harvard		+1.8
36	18-18	UNC A	HARV	Attack err	Sarah Wadsworth		+1.8
37	19-18	HARV	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+2.4
38	19-19	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Addie Brookbank	set Olivia Callipo	+1.9
39	20-19	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+2.0
40	21-19		HARV	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.			+2.5
41	21-20	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Olivia Callipo	+1.7
42	22-20	UNC A	HARV×3	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+2.1
43	23-20	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Sarah Wadsworth		+2.2
44	24-20	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+1.2
45	24-21	HARV	UNC A	Kill	Sarah Wadsworth	set Elise Jensen	+0.3
46	25-21	UNC A	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.6

Score shown after each rally, Harvard 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).

Harvard def. UNC Asheville 3–0