Harvard vs Merrimack Volleyball: Harvard Wins 3-0 (Sep 15)

FinalTue, Sep 15, 2026

3:0

Harvard won at Merrimack 3-0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-20) on Tue, Sep 15, 2026. Harvard's Sofia Rossi led with 10 kills, and Yvette Easton added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 15

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HARV	25	25	25	3
MERMCK	10	16	20	0

Win probability

Merrimack above 50 · Harvard below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HARV 98.2%1.8% MERMCK

Harvard wins

3-0

68.1%

3-1

24.5%

3-2

5.5%

Merrimack wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.2%

HARV break %: 54.3% vs this opp
MERMCK break %: 38.1% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Harvardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Sofia RossiOH	3	10	4	25	.240	1	4	1	7	1	0	2	1	15
13Ali FarquharOH	3	9	2	21	.333	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	10.5
21Ryleigh PattersonMB	3	6	0	11	.545	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
18Riley ResmerMB	3	6	0	8	.750	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
19Kayla NwabuezeMB	3	3	3	14	.000	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3
1Sophia WeiS	3	1	0	1	1.000	18	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	3
4Masina OgbechieOH	3	4	1	10	.300	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
16Yvette EastonL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	3	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
2Catlin ShaoS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
44Jordan ShelorL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Bridget EganOH	2	0	0	1	.000	0	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	2
11Alicia GuoOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	10	94	.309	37	8	5	51	6	1	8	5	75

Merrimackhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Mckenna ShotwellOH	3	6	5	24	.042	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	7
8Jocelyn HammerstrandOPP	3	6	4	22	.091	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
17Kaitlyn OxceusOH	3	2	0	5	.400	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0.5	5.5
7Tamilore Afolalu	3	4	3	16	.063	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	4
13Mia IzzoMB	3	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Sophia DeBonisS	3	0	0	1	.000	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
20Devon Lowe	3	1	1	4	.000	7	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2
12Ella MaldonadoL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
15Gabrielle Moore	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
14Maiella Blandin	2	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
5Maddy FennessyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Sienna Franks	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9Avry BryantOPP	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
6Fabiola BetancourtOH	1	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
2Natalia Zelubowski	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Elizabeth KenneyS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		24	19	99	.051	23	6	6	39	8	1	4	3	46

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 12 HARV · MERMCK 4

Set 1

25-10

Longest run 9 HARVMERMCK 3

Set 2

25-16

Longest run 12 HARVMERMCK 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 3 HARVMERMCK 4

Bars above the line = Merrimack 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	67%6/9	84%21/25
2	45%5/11	67%10/15
3	71%5/7	29%2/7
4	80%4/5	43%3/7
5	50%4/8	73%11/15
6	50%4/8	0%0/4
All	58%28/48	64%47/73

Merrimack

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	18%5/28	38%3/8
2	71%5/7	38%3/8
3	56%5/9	44%4/9
4	27%4/15	17%1/6
5	100%4/4	43%3/7
6	30%3/10	60%6/10
All	36%26/73	42%20/48

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

121 rallies

#	HARV-MERMCK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	MERMCK	HARV×5	Blocked	Mckenna Shotwell	blk Ali Farquhar
2	2-0	HARV	HARV×5	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei
3	3-0	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
4	4-0	HARV	HARV×5	Ace	Harvard	aced Tamilore Afolalu
5	5-0	HARV	HARV×5	Ace	Harvard
6	5-1	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
7	5-2	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
8	6-2	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei
9	6-3	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Gabrielle Moore
10	6-4	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Ali Farquhar
11	7-4	MERMCK	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton
12	8-4	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao
13	9-4	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sofia Rossi
14	9-5	HARV	MERMCK	Serve err	Harvard
15	10-5	MERMCK	HARV×9	Serve err	Merrimack
16	11-5	HARV	HARV×9	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Riley Resmer, Masina Ogbechie
17	12-5	HARV	HARV×9	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
18	13-5	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao
19	14-5	HARV	HARV×9	Attack err	Mia Izzo
20	15-5	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao
21	16-5	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao
22	17-5	HARV	HARV×9	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Masina Ogbechie
23	18-5	HARV	HARV×9	Ace	Harvard	aced Tamilore Afolalu
24	18-6	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Devon Lowe
25	18-7	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Devon Lowe
26	19-7	MERMCK	HARV	Serve err	Merrimack
27	19-8	HARV	MERMCK×3	Kill	Avry Bryant	set Devon Lowe
28	19-9	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
29	19-10	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Bad set	Catlin Shao
30	20-10	MERMCK	HARV×6	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao
31	21-10	HARV	HARV×6	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
32	22-10	HARV	HARV×6	Attack err	Avry Bryant
33	23-10	HARV	HARV×6	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei
34	24-10	HARV	HARV×6	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei
35	25-10	HARV	HARV×6	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
Set 2
1	1-0	HARV	HARV×12	Blocked	Natalia Zelubowski	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Sofia Rossi
2	2-0	HARV	HARV×12	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Ali Farquhar, Ryleigh Patterson
3	3-0	HARV	HARV×12	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei
4	4-0	HARV	HARV×12	Ace	Harvard	aced Tamilore Afolalu
5	5-0	HARV	HARV×12	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei
6	6-0	HARV	HARV×12	Bad set	Sophia DeBonis
7	7-0	HARV	HARV×12	Ace	Harvard	aced Tamilore Afolalu
8	8-0	HARV	HARV×12	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Ryleigh Patterson
9	9-0	HARV	HARV×12	Kill	Sophia Wei	set Sophia DeBonis
10	10-0	HARV	HARV×12	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei
11	11-0	HARV	HARV×12	Bad set	Sophia DeBonis
12	12-0	HARV	HARV×12	Attack err	Fabiola Betancourt
13	12-1	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Elizabeth Kenney
14	13-1	MERMCK	HARV	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
15	13-2	HARV	MERMCK	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze
16	14-2	MERMCK	HARV	Serve err	Merrimack
17	15-2	HARV	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei
18	15-3	HARV	MERMCK	Blocked	Ali Farquhar	blk Fabiola Betancourt
19	16-3	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei
20	16-4	HARV	MERMCK	Serve err	Harvard
21	16-5	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Ella Maldonado
22	17-5	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao
23	17-6	HARV	MERMCK×3	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Ella Maldonado
24	17-7	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Attack err	Sofia Rossi
25	17-8	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Devon Lowe	set Catlin Shao
26	18-8	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao
27	18-9	HARV	MERMCK	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze
28	19-9	MERMCK	HARV×3	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao
29	20-9	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton
30	21-9	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei
31	21-10	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis
32	22-10	MERMCK	HARV	Serve err	Merrimack
33	23-10	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Fabiola Betancourt
34	23-11	HARV	MERMCK×4	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Ella Maldonado
35	23-12	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Blocked	Kayla Nwabueze	blk Mia Izzo, Jocelyn Hammerstrand
36	23-13	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Ace	Merrimack	aced Alicia Guo
37	23-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Ace	Merrimack	aced Kayla Nwabueze
38	24-14	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei
39	24-15	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
40	24-16	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack
41	25-16	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sophia Wei
Set 3
1	1-0	MERMCK	HARV×3	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu
2	2-0	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei
3	3-0	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard
4	3-1	HARV	MERMCK×3	Serve err	Harvard
5	3-2	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
6	3-3	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Ace	Merrimack	aced Sofia Rossi
7	4-3	MERMCK	HARV	Serve err	Merrimack
8	5-3	HARV	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer
9	5-4	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis
10	6-4	MERMCK	HARV	Serve err	Merrimack
11	7-4	HARV	HARV	Bad set	Tamilore Afolalu
12	7-5	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Mckenna Shotwell
13	8-5	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao
14	9-5	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Maiella Blandin
15	9-6	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
16	9-7	MERMCK	MERMCK	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Maiella Blandin, Kaitlyn Oxceus
17	10-7	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao
18	10-8	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
19	10-9	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack	aced Bridget Egan
20	11-9	MERMCK	HARV	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Sofia Rossi
21	12-9	HARV	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton
22	12-10	HARV	MERMCK×4	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
23	12-11	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Kill	Kaitlyn Oxceus	set Sophia DeBonis
24	12-12	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Sofia Rossi
25	12-13	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Ace	Merrimack	aced Yvette Easton
26	13-13	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei
27	14-13	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu
28	14-14	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Kaitlyn Oxceus	set Sophia DeBonis
29	15-14	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei
30	15-15	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Tamilore Afolalu	set Sophia DeBonis
31	16-15	MERMCK	HARV	Attack err	Devon Lowe
32	16-16	HARV	MERMCK	Attack err	Masina Ogbechie
33	17-16	MERMCK	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao
34	18-16	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard
35	19-16	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao
36	19-17	HARV	MERMCK	Serve err	Harvard
37	20-17	MERMCK	HARV	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
38	20-18	HARV	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Devon Lowe
39	20-19	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Sofia Rossi
40	21-19	MERMCK	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao
41	22-19	HARV	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei
42	22-20	HARV	MERMCK	Serve err	Harvard
43	23-20	MERMCK	HARV×3	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei
44	24-20	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard	aced Kaitlyn Oxceus
45	25-20	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei

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

Harvard def. Merrimack 3–0