Harvard vs Cornell Volleyball: Cornell Wins 3-0 (Oct 10)

FinalSat, Oct 10, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Cornell 55.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 10, 3:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Cornell beat visiting Harvard 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-10) on Sat, Oct 10, 2026. Cornell's Mackenzie Parsons led with 14 kills, and Trinidy Tien added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 10

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HARV	20	19	10	0
CORN	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Mackenzie Parsons hit .400 with 14 kills as Cornell rolled past Harvard.

The biggest single-rally swing was 3.0 points, and Harvard's high was 52% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Cornell at 55%.

HarvardCornell

Break %+23.4 pts
32.055.4
41 of 74 on serve vs 16 of 50, so Harvard's sideout was 44.6%.
Hitting+.219
.050.269
37 K / 12 E against 27 K / 22 E.
Longest run+5
38
Cornell scored 8 straight in the first set to turn an 8–10 deficit into a 16–10 lead. That set ended 25–20.

Cornell above 50Harvard belowMax swing 3.0%

HarvardCornell

Aces: Harvard 2·Cornell 10
Serve err: Harvard 2·Cornell 8
Blocks: Harvard 4·Cornell 101 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 18 BA
Digs: Harvard 41·Cornell 40

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Cornell above 50 · Harvard below

Biggest swing: 3.0% to Cornell — set 1, HARV 10-11 CORN. Attack error by Sofia Rossi. CORN win probability 55% → 58%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HARV 34.0%66.0% CORN

Harvard wins

3-0

6.9%

3-1

12.2%

3-2

15.0%

Cornell wins

3-0

20.6%

3-1

25.3%

3-2

20.0%

HARV break %: 43.2% vs this opp
CORN break %: 46.3% 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
Sofia RossiAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Sofia Rossi
Set 1 · HARV 10-11 CORN · CORN 55% → 58%
02
Jaida Sione&Mackenzie ParsonsBlock+3.0%
Sofia Rossi stuffed by Jaida Sione & Mackenzie Parsons
Set 1 · HARV 10-12 CORN · CORN 58% → 61%
03
Mary Wolcott&Mackenzie ParsonsBlock+3.0%
Sofia Rossi stuffed by Mary Wolcott & Mackenzie Parsons
Set 1 · HARV 10-10 CORN · CORN 52% → 55%
04
Mary WolcottAttack error+2.9%
Attack error by Mary Wolcott
Set 1 · HARV 10-8 CORN · HARV 47% → 50%
05
Mackenzie ParsonsKill+2.8%
Kill by Mackenzie Parsons (set by Mary Wolcott)
Set 1 · HARV 10-13 CORN · CORN 61% → 64%
06
Kiran RioKill+2.7%
Kill by Kiran Rio (set by Sara Pomar)
Set 1 · HARV 7-7 CORN · CORN 52% → 55%
07
HarvardService error+2.7%
Harvard service error
Set 1 · HARV 7-5 CORN · HARV 47% → 50%
08
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+2.5%
Point Cornell (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 1 · HARV 4-4 CORN · CORN 53% → 55%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Harvardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Kayla NwabuezeMB	3	8	5	24	.125	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	1	10
23Sofia RossiOH	3	9	9	26	.000	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	9
21Ryleigh PattersonMB	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
18Riley ResmerMB	3	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2
13Ali FarquharOH	3	1	3	14	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
1Sophia WeiS	3	0	0	0	–	8	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
4Masina OgbechieOH	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
2Catlin ShaoS	3	2	0	3	.667	13	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
14Bennett TrubeyMB	3	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
16Yvette EastonL/DS	3	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0
10Bridget EganOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0
44Jordan ShelorL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Alicia GuoOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Madeline PankowskiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Nicole CornellS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	22	100	.050	21	2	2	41	10	1	6	4	49

Cornellhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Mackenzie ParsonsMB	3	14	4	25	.400	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	2	20
7Ava BoganMB	3	9	1	14	.571	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3.5	12.5
24Jaida SioneOH	3	5	4	26	.038	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	7
21Kiran RioOH	3	4	0	14	.286	0	2	2	7	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
12Mary WolcottS	3	2	1	4	.250	31	2	1	6	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
8Trinidy TienL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
3Sydney ZancaOH	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
2Sara PomarL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	2
10Amrit DhaliwalMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Avarie AdamsMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Caroline HoldsworthL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Charlotte NowakOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Ellery WilliamsonOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Haley ClarkOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
25Madison WoodL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Nevaeh TienS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Sophia AhrensOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	12	93	.269	34	10	8	40	2	1	18	10	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.

Harvard vs Cornell

Season series · Cornell leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 10, 2026Harvard at Cornell · Cornell won 3-0This match
Fri, Nov 13, 2026Cornell at HarvardPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 HARV · CORN 8

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 HARVCORN 8

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 HARVCORN 6

Set 3

10-25

Longest run 2 HARVCORN 6

Bars above the line = Cornell 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	40%2/5	50%1/2
2	20%2/10	0%0/2
3	25%1/4	0%0/2
4	100%1/1	50%1/2
5	100%1/1	0%0/1
6	25%1/4	0%0/1
All	32%8/25	20%2/10

Cornell

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%2/2	60%3/5
2	100%2/2	80%8/10
3	50%1/2	75%3/4
4	100%1/1	0%0/1
5	100%1/1	0%0/1
6	50%1/2	75%3/4
All	80%8/10	68%17/25

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

124 rallies

#	HARV-CORN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	CORN	HARV×3	Kill	Sofia Rossi		+1.9
2	2-0	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Jaida Sione		+2.4
3	3-0	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze		+2.4
4	3-1	HARV	CORN	Serve err	Harvard		+1.8
5	4-1	CORN	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+2.0
6	4-2	HARV	CORN×3	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+1.8
7	4-3	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+2.4
8	4-4		CORN	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
9	5-4	CORN	HARV	Attack err	Jaida Sione	set Sara Pomar	+2.1
10	5-5	HARV	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+2.1
11	6-5	CORN	HARV	Bad set	Masina Ogbechie		+2.2
12	7-5	HARV	HARV	Serve err	Harvard		+2.7
13	7-6	HARV	CORN	Serve err	Harvard		+2.1
14	7-7	CORN	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Sara Pomar	+2.7
15	8-7	CORN	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+2.3
16	8-8	HARV	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+2.3
17	9-8	CORN	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Catlin Shao	+2.4
18	10-8	HARV	HARV	Attack err	Mary Wolcott		+2.9
19	10-9	HARV	CORN×8	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+2.3
20	10-10	CORN	CORN×8	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Mary Wolcott, Mackenzie Parsons	+3.0
21	10-11	CORN	CORN×8	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+3.0
22	10-12	CORN	CORN×8	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Jaida Sione, Mackenzie Parsons	+3.0
23	10-13	CORN	CORN×8	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+2.8
24	10-14	CORN	CORN×8	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+2.5
25	10-15	CORN	CORN×8	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+2.1
26	10-16	CORN	CORN×8	Ace	Cornell	aced Yvette Easton	+1.7
27	11-16	CORN	HARV	Blocked	Jaida Sione	blk Ryleigh Patterson, Ali Farquhar	+1.0
28	11-17	HARV	CORN	Attack err	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+1.3
29–30	12-18		HARV · CORN	NCAA feed gap2 points 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.			+0.5
31	12-19	HARV	CORN	Ace	Harvard	aced Bridget Egan	+0.9
32	12-20		CORN	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.			+0.6
33	13-20	CORN	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Sophia Wei	+0.3
34	14-20	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.6
35	15-20	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Sydney Zanca		+0.9
36	15-21	HARV	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+1.1
37	15-22	CORN	CORN	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.7
38	16-22	CORN	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.3
39	17-22	HARV	HARV×3	Attack err	Sydney Zanca		+0.6
40	18-22	HARV	HARV×3	Ace	Harvard		+1.0
41	18-23	HARV	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+1.4
42	19-23	CORN	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.6
43	19-24	HARV	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.1
44	20-24	CORN	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi		+0.3
45	20-25	HARV	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
Set 2
1	0-1	HARV	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+1.8
2	0-2	CORN	CORN	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Mary Wolcott, Ava Bogan	+2.2
3	1-2	CORN	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+1.7
4	1-3		CORN	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.			+1.8
5	1-4	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+2.1
6	1-5	CORN	CORN×3	Ball handling	Ryleigh Patterson		+2.0
7	2-5	CORN	HARV	Serve err	Cornell		+1.5
8	2-6	HARV	CORN	Blocked	Kayla Nwabueze	blk Ava Bogan	+1.6
9	3-6	CORN	HARV	Serve err	Cornell		+1.5
10	4-6	HARV	HARV	Kill	Riley Resmer		+2.1
11	4-7	HARV	CORN×6	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+1.9
12	4-8	CORN	CORN×6	Ace	Cornell	aced Yvette Easton	+2.1
13	4-9	CORN	CORN×6	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Sara Pomar	+1.9
14	4-10	CORN	CORN×6	Attack err	Masina Ogbechie		+1.6
15	4-11	CORN	CORN×6	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.3
16	4-12	CORN	CORN×6	Ace	Cornell	aced Bridget Egan	+1.0
17	5-12	CORN	HARV×3	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.6
18	6-12	HARV	HARV×3	Blocked	Mackenzie Parsons	blk Riley Resmer	+1.0
19	7-12	HARV	HARV×3	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+1.3
20	7-13	HARV	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.3
21	8-13	CORN	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+1.0
22	8-14	HARV	CORN	Kill	Mary Wolcott		+1.3
23	9-14	CORN	HARV	Serve err	Cornell		+1.0
24	9-15	HARV	CORN×3	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.3
25	9-16	CORN	CORN×3	Ace	Cornell		+1.2
26	9-17	CORN	CORN×3	Ace	Cornell	aced Yvette Easton	+0.8
27	10-17	CORN	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.4
28	11-17	HARV	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.8
29	11-18	HARV	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.9
30	12-18	CORN	HARV	Kill	Ryleigh Patterson	set Sophia Wei	+0.6
31	12-19	HARV	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
32	13-19	CORN	HARV	Kill	Ali Farquhar	set Sophia Wei	+0.5
33	13-20	HARV	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
34	13-21	CORN	CORN	Blocked	Kayla Nwabueze	blk Kiran Rio, Mackenzie Parsons	+0.5
35	14-21	CORN	HARV	Serve err	Cornell		+0.2
36	15-21	HARV	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	+0.4
37	15-22	HARV	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.6
38	16-22	CORN	HARV	Kill	Catlin Shao		+0.2
39	17-22	HARV	HARV	Kill	Masina Ogbechie	set Catlin Shao	+0.5
40	17-23	HARV	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Sara Pomar	+0.8
41	18-23	CORN	HARV	Serve err	Cornell		+0.3
42	18-24	HARV	CORN	Attack err	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.6
43	19-24	CORN	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Sophia Wei	+0.1
44	19-25	HARV	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.3
Set 3
1	0-1	CORN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Jaida Sione	+1.4
2	1-1	CORN	HARV	Kill	Bennett Trubey	set Catlin Shao	+1.1
3	1-2	HARV	CORN×6	Kill	Mary Wolcott		+1.2
4	1-3	CORN	CORN×6	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		+1.4
5	1-4	CORN	CORN×6	Ace	Cornell	aced Sofia Rossi	+1.3
6	1-5	CORN	CORN×6	Ace	Cornell	aced Bridget Egan	+1.3
7	1-6	CORN	CORN×6	Attack err	Masina Ogbechie		+1.1
8	1-7	CORN	CORN×6	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+1.0
9	2-7	CORN	HARV	Serve err	Cornell		+0.7
10	2-8	HARV	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
11	2-9	CORN	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
12	3-9	CORN	HARV	Kill	Catlin Shao		+0.5
13	4-9	HARV	HARV	Ace	Harvard	aced Kiran Rio	+0.8
14	4-10	HARV	CORN	Blocked	Ali Farquhar	blk Jaida Sione, Ava Bogan	+0.8
15	5-10	CORN	HARV	Serve err	Cornell		+0.7
16	5-11	HARV	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
17	6-11	CORN	HARV	Attack err	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
18	6-12	HARV	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
19	6-13	CORN	CORN×4	Attack err	Ali Farquhar		+0.8
20	6-14	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.6
21	6-15	CORN	CORN×4	Blocked	Kayla Nwabueze	blk Mackenzie Parsons, Mary Wolcott	+0.4
22	7-15	CORN	HARV	Attack err	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
23	8-15	HARV	HARV	Blocked	Mackenzie Parsons	blk Kayla Nwabueze, Bennett Trubey	+0.4
24	8-16	HARV	CORN×3	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons		+0.4
25	8-17	CORN	CORN×3	Ace	Cornell	aced Bridget Egan	+0.4
26	8-18	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Kayla Nwabueze		+0.2
27	9-18	CORN	HARV	Kill	Kayla Nwabueze	set Catlin Shao	+0.1
28	9-19	HARV	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
29	9-20	CORN	CORN×4	Blocked	Masina Ogbechie	blk Jaida Sione, Ava Bogan	+0.1
30	9-21	CORN	CORN×4	Attack err	Sofia Rossi		·
31	9-22	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	·
32	10-22	CORN	HARV	Kill	Sofia Rossi	set Catlin Shao	·
33	10-23	HARV	CORN×3	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	·
34	10-24	CORN	CORN×3	Blocked	Sofia Rossi	blk Ava Bogan, Sydney Zanca	·
35	10-25	CORN	CORN×3	Ace	Cornell	aced Kayla Nwabueze	·

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).

Cornell def. Harvard 3–0

Mackenzie Parsons hit .400 with 14 kills as Cornell rolled past Harvard.