Harvard vs Columbia Volleyball: Harvard Wins 3-0 (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026SNYESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Harvard 88.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Harvard won at Columbia 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Ryleigh Patterson and Kayla Nwabueze led Harvard with 7 kills each; Columbia's Avery Jones had a match-high 9.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HARV	25	25	25	3
COLUMB	19	21	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Columbia hit .112. Harvard held them there all match.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.7 points, and Columbia's high was 13% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave Harvard 89% before first serve.

HarvardColumbia

Break %+12.9 pts
47.334.4
35 of 74 on serve vs 21 of 61, so Columbia's sideout was 52.7%.
Hitting+.146
.258.112
Kills and errors: 35–12 vs 37–25.
Longest run+0
55
From 13–13 in the first set, Harvard scored 5 straight to lead 18–13. The set finished 25–19.

Columbia above 50Harvard belowMax swing 1.7%

HarvardColumbia

Aces: Harvard 7·Columbia 5
Serve err: Harvard 6·Columbia 8
Blocks: Harvard 11·Columbia 81 BS · 20 BA vs 1 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Harvard 36·Columbia 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Columbia above 50 · Harvard below

Biggest swing: 1.7% to Columbia — set 1, HARV 13-13 COLUMB. Kill by Charlotte Gravlee (set by Claire Mo). COLUMB win probability 11% → 13%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HARV 86.8%13.2% COLUMB

Harvard wins

3-0

39.5%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.7%

Columbia wins

3-0

1.9%

3-1

4.1%

3-2

7.1%

HARV break %: 48.3% vs this opp
COLUMB break %: 39.7% 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
Charlotte GravleeKill+1.7%
Kill by Charlotte Gravlee (set by Claire Mo)
Set 1 · HARV 13-13 COLUMB · COLUMB 11% → 13%
02
Riley ResmerKill+1.5%
Kill by Riley Resmer (set by Catlin Shao)
Set 1 · HARV 15-13 COLUMB · HARV 89% → 90%
03
Riley ResmerKill+1.4%
Kill by Riley Resmer (set by Sophia Wei)
Set 1 · HARV 14-13 COLUMB · HARV 87% → 89%
04
ColumbiaAce+1.3%
Columbia ace on Bridget Egan
Set 1 · HARV 12-11 COLUMB · COLUMB 9% → 11%
05
Elise HiemstraAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Elise Hiemstra
Set 1 · HARV 16-13 COLUMB · HARV 90% → 92%
06
Elise HiemstraKill+1.2%
Kill by Elise Hiemstra (set by Clara Yu)
Set 1 · HARV 13-12 COLUMB · COLUMB 10% → 11%
07
Elise HiemstraAttack error+1.1%
Attack error by Elise Hiemstra
Set 1 · HARV 13-11 COLUMB · HARV 89% → 90%
08
Ryleigh PattersonKill+1.0%
Kill by Ryleigh Patterson (set by Sophia Wei)
Set 1 · HARV 1-0 COLUMB · HARV 89% → 90%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Harvardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Ryleigh PattersonMB	3	7	3	13	.308	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	11
23Sofia RossiOH	3	6	4	23	.087	0	3	4	6	2	0	3	1.5	10.5
19Kayla NwabuezeMB	3	7	2	18	.278	0	1	0	7	2	0	1	0.5	8.5
18Riley ResmerMB	3	5	0	7	.714	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	8
13Ali FarquharOH	3	4	1	15	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	6
1Sophia WeiS	3	0	0	0	–	17	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
4Masina OgbechieOH	3	6	2	13	.308	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
2Catlin ShaoS	3	0	0	0	–	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
10Bridget EganOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
44Jordan ShelorL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Yvette EastonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	12	89	.258	33	7	6	36	5	1	20	11	75

Columbiahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Charlotte GravleeOPP	3	7	1	15	.400	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	2.5	9.5
14Avery JonesOPP	3	9	2	12	.583	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
9Elena MaynuletOH	3	7	11	36	-.111	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0.5	8.5
7Danica NordlichtMB	3	6	2	9	.444	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	8
2Elise HiemstraOH	3	3	3	12	.000	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	1.5	5.5
16Clara YuS	3	1	0	1	1.000	15	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
10Evie NaumannOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	0	1
11Delaney SeamanS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	12	1	0	0	0	1
15Claire MoS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
8Madison HsiehL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3Josie ZynczakOH	2	2	2	11	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
25Kylee EzeOPP	1	2	3	8	-.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
Team totals		37	25	107	.112	32	5	8	39	7	1	14	8	60

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.

Harvard vs Columbia

Season series · Harvard leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Harvard at Columbia · Harvard won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026Columbia at HarvardPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 HARV · COLUMB 5

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 5 HARVCOLUMB 3

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 5 HARVCOLUMB 5

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 HARVCOLUMB 4

Bars above the line = Columbia 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%8/12	61%11/18
2	67%8/12	56%10/18
3	86%6/7	25%2/8
4	55%6/11	60%9/15
5	60%6/10	25%2/8
6	67%6/9	14%1/7
All	66%40/61	47%35/74

Columbia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%8/21	36%4/11
2	58%7/12	38%5/13
3	86%6/7	22%2/9
4	40%6/15	45%5/11
5	75%6/8	25%2/8
6	55%6/11	33%3/9
All	53%39/74	34%21/61

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

135 rallies

#	HARV-COLUMB	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	HARV	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+1.0
2	1-1	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.9
3	2-1	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.9
4	3-1	HARV	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson		+1.0
5	3-2	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.8
6	4-2	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.8
7	5-2	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra		+0.9
8	5-3	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+0.7
9	6-3	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Yvette Easton	+0.7
10	7-3	HARV	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+0.8
11	7-4	HARV	COLUMB	Serve err	Harvard		+0.6
12	8-4	COLUMB	HARV	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.6
13	9-4	HARV	HARV	Ace	Harvard	aced Evie Naumann	+0.6
14	9-5	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.5
15	10-5	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.5
16	10-6	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.5
17	11-6	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Delaney Seaman	+0.5
18	11-7	HARV	COLUMB×3	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Clara Yu	+0.5
19	11-8	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Kill	Avery Jones		+0.8
20	11-9	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Ace	Columbia	aced Kayla Nwabueze	+1.0
21	12-9	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.9
22	12-10	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.9
23	12-11	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Columbia	aced Bridget Egan	+1.3
24	13-11	COLUMB	HARV	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra		+1.1
25	13-12	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Clara Yu	+1.2
26	13-13	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Claire Mo	+1.7
27	14-13	COLUMB	HARV×5	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Sophia Wei	+1.4
28	15-13	HARV	HARV×5	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+1.5
29	16-13	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra		+1.3
30	17-13	HARV	HARV×5	Blocked	Josie Zynczak	blk Riley Resmer, Kayla Nwabueze	+1.0
31	18-13	HARV	HARV×5	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.7
32	18-14	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Catlin Shao	+0.5
33	19-14	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.6
34	20-14	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Masina Ogbechie, Riley Resmer	+0.5
35	20-15	HARV	COLUMB	Blocked	Masina Ogbechie	blk Elena Maynulet, Charlotte Gravlee	+0.2
36	21-15	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+0.3
37	21-16	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Josie Zynczak	set Claire Mo	+0.2
38	22-16	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+0.3
39	22-17	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Clara Yu	set Evie Naumann	+0.2
40	22-18	COLUMB	COLUMB	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Elise Hiemstra, Danica Nordlicht	+0.4
41	23-18	COLUMB	HARV	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.5
42	24-18	HARV	HARV	Ace	Harvard		+0.2
43	24-19	HARV	COLUMB	Serve err	Harvard		·
44	25-19	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	COLUMB	HARV×5	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.6
2	2-0	HARV	HARV×5	Attack err	Danica Nordlicht		+0.7
3	3-0	HARV	HARV×5	Ace	Harvard	aced Elise Hiemstra	+0.6
4	4-0	HARV	HARV×5	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.5
5	5-0	HARV	HARV×5	Ace	Harvard	aced Delaney Seaman	+0.4
6	5-1	HARV	COLUMB	Serve err	Harvard		+0.3
7	6-1	COLUMB	HARV	Attack err	Avery Jones		+0.3
8	7-1	HARV	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
9	7-2	HARV	COLUMB	Serve err	Harvard		+0.2
10	8-2	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.3
11	8-3	HARV	COLUMB×5	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+0.2
12	8-4	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Blocked	Kayla Nwabueze	blk Elise Hiemstra, Charlotte Gravlee	+0.4
13	8-5	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Claire Mo	+0.5
14	8-6	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Kill	Josie Zynczak	set Claire Mo	+0.7
15	8-7	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Blocked	Kayla Nwabueze	blk Josie Zynczak	+0.8
16	9-7	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.7
17	9-8	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Delaney Seaman	+0.7
18	9-9	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Columbia	aced Sofia Rossi	+1.0
19	10-9	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.8
20	10-10	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Claire Mo	+0.9
21	11-10	COLUMB	HARV×3	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.8
22	12-10	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Josie Zynczak		+0.9
23	13-10	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.8
24	13-11	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Claire Mo	+0.6
25	13-12	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+1.0
26	14-12	COLUMB	HARV×3	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Ali Farquhar	+0.8
27	15-12	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Yvette Easton	+0.9
28	16-12	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Danica Nordlicht		+0.7
29	16-13	HARV	COLUMB	Serve err	Harvard		+0.5
30	16-14	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Delaney Seaman	+0.8
31	17-14	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.7
32	17-15	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elise Hiemstra	set Clara Yu	+0.7
33	18-15	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.8
34	18-16	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+0.7
35	19-16	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+0.8
36	19-17	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Claire Mo	+0.7
37	20-17	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.9
38	20-18	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Josie Zynczak	set Claire Mo	+0.8
39	21-18	COLUMB	HARV×3	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.9
40	22-18	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.8
41	23-18	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Evie Naumann		+0.4
42	23-19	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Claire Mo	+0.2
43	24-19	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
44	24-20	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+0.1
45	24-21	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+0.2
46	25-21	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.4
Set 3
1	1-0	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Kylee Eze	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Sofia Rossi	+0.3
2	2-0	HARV	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Yvette Easton	+0.3
3	2-1	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.3
4	3-1	COLUMB	HARV	Blocked	Kylee Eze	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Sofia Rossi	+0.3
5	4-1	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Ali Farquhar	+0.3
6	4-2	HARV	COLUMB	Serve err	Harvard		+0.2
7	4-3	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Ryleigh Patterson		+0.3
8	5-3	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.3
9	5-4	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+0.3
10	6-4	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
11	7-4	HARV	HARV	Ace	Harvard	aced Elena Maynulet	+0.3
12	7-5	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+0.2
13	7-6	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Columbia	aced Kayla Nwabueze	+0.4
14	8-6	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.3
15	8-7	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+0.3
16	8-8	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Kylee Eze	set Claire Mo	+0.5
17	9-8	COLUMB	HARV	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Riley Resmer	+0.4
18	10-8	HARV	HARV	Ace	Harvard	aced Elise Hiemstra	+0.4
19	10-9	HARV	COLUMB×4	Kill	Kylee Eze	set Claire Mo	+0.3
20	10-10	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Ace	Columbia	aced Sofia Rossi	+0.5
21	10-11	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee		+0.6
22	10-12	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Blocked	Ryleigh Patterson	blk Charlotte Gravlee, Kylee Eze	+0.6
23	11-12	COLUMB	HARV×4	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Masina Ogbechie, Ryleigh Patterson	+0.5
24	12-12	HARV	HARV×4	Blocked	Kylee Eze	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Sofia Rossi	+0.6
25	13-12	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.5
26	14-12	HARV	HARV×4	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.5
27	14-13	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.4
28	15-13	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.4
29	16-13	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Ali Farquhar, Ryleigh Patterson	+0.4
30	16-14	HARV	COLUMB	Blocked	Ryleigh Patterson	blk Kylee Eze, Danica Nordlicht	+0.3
31	17-14	COLUMB	HARV	Serve err	Columbia		+0.4
32	17-15	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.3
33	18-15	COLUMB	HARV×4	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.4
34	19-15	HARV	HARV×4	Ace	Harvard	aced Elena Maynulet	+0.3
35	20-15	HARV	HARV×4	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.2
36	21-15	HARV	HARV×4	Attack err	Avery Jones		+0.1
37	21-16	HARV	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Elena Maynulet	+0.1
38	22-16	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.1
39	22-17	HARV	COLUMB×3	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+0.1
40	22-18	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Blocked	Masina Ogbechie	blk Elise Hiemstra, Charlotte Gravlee	+0.1
41	22-19	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Charlotte Gravlee, Kylee Eze	+0.2
42	23-19	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer	set Catlin Shao	+0.3
43	23-20	HARV	COLUMB	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+0.2
44	24-20	COLUMB	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.3
45	25-20	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Ali Farquhar	+0.1

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. Columbia 3–0

Columbia hit .112. Harvard held them there all match.