American vs Navy Volleyball: American Wins 3-0 (Nov 6, 2026)

FinalFri, Nov 6, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: American 88.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

American won at Navy 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-16) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. Elise Sterling and Prinzez Zeck led American with 10 kills each; Navy's Farrah Eike had a match-high 11.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 6

Set	1	2	3	Sets
AMER	25	25	25	3
NAVY	22	16	16	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Prinzez Zeck hit .571 with 10 kills as American rolled past Navy.

Win probability never moved more than 3.0 points on one rally; Navy topped out at 22% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave American 89% before first serve.

AmericanNavy

Break %+15.3 pts
60.845.5
Points won on own serve: 45 of 74 vs 25 of 55. Navy sided out 39.2% of the time.
Hitting+.205
.306.101
42 kills, 12 errors vs 30 kills, 19 errors.
Longest run+3
118
American scored 11 straight in the third set to turn a 4–7 deficit into a 15–7 lead. That set ended 25–16.

Navy above 50American belowMax swing 3.0%

AmericanNavy

Aces: American 6·Navy 2
Serve err: American 4·Navy 6
Blocks: American 8·Navy 61 BS · 14 BA vs 3 BS · 6 BA
Digs: American 40·Navy 32

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Navy above 50 · American below

Biggest swing: 3.0% to American — set 1, AMER 21-20 NAVY. Kill by Deniz Dakak (set by Kinamoni Jerome). NAVY win probability 14% → 11%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

AMER 90.3%9.7% NAVY

American wins

3-0

45.0%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

13.8%

Navy wins

3-0

1.3%

3-1

2.9%

3-2

5.5%

AMER break %: 48.9% vs this opp
NAVY break %: 38.9% 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
Deniz DakakKill+3.0%
Kill by Deniz Dakak (set by Kinamoni Jerome)
Set 1 · AMER 21-20 NAVY · AMER 86% → 89%
02
Paige BuzzerioAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Paige Buzzerio
Set 1 · AMER 20-20 NAVY · AMER 83% → 86%
03
Deniz DakakKill+2.9%
Kill by Deniz Dakak (set by Sophie Dufour)
Set 1 · AMER 23-21 NAVY · AMER 89% → 92%
04
Farrah EikeKill+2.7%
Kill by Farrah Eike (set by Isa Boyd)
Set 1 · AMER 15-18 NAVY · NAVY 17% → 20%
05
Sophie DufourKill+2.5%
Kill by Sophie Dufour (set by Deniz Dakak)
Set 1 · AMER 22-21 NAVY · AMER 87% → 89%
06
NavyService error+2.5%
Navy service error
Set 1 · AMER 24-22 NAVY · AMER 90% → 93%
07
Farrah EikeKill+2.5%
Kill by Farrah Eike (set by Kinamoni Jerome)
Set 1 · AMER 18-20 NAVY · NAVY 17% → 19%
08
Elise Sterling&Salme HollasBlock+2.4%
Ellen Gundlach stuffed by Elise Sterling & Salme Hollas
Set 1 · AMER 17-18 NAVY · AMER 82% → 84%

Box score

Official NCAA box

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Elise SterlingMB	3	10	2	15	.533	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	12
20Prinzez ZeckMB	3	10	2	14	.571	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	12
5Deniz DakakS	3	3	1	11	.182	33	1	0	6	0	1	4	3	7
17Salme HollasOH	3	4	2	16	.125	0	1	0	8	0	0	2	1	6
23Carly SciborskiOPP	3	4	2	12	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Alex IoannouL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
11Sophie DufourOH	3	8	2	24	.250	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	11
3Bella MarreroL/DS	3	1	0	2	.500	2	0	1	12	1	0	0	0	1
19Olivia MillerDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
4Emma BlankenshipMB	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
12Monyay CrowderMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
7Maddy StewartS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Zedo YilmazOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	12	98	.306	37	6	4	40	2	1	14	8	75

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Farrah EikeOH	3	11	5	27	.222	0	0	2	5	0	1	1	1.5	12.5
1Madeline BildeauxMB	3	1	0	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
6Isa BoydS	3	0	0	0	–	10	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
15Baylee DoolanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
12Ellen GundlachMB	2	3	5	14	-.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
17Avery MadduxMB	2	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Paige BuzzerioOH	3	3	3	20	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6
22Grace BurgoyneMB	3	3	1	10	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
21Amara ChambersL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	1	1	8	4	0	0	0	1
2Ally AlessioL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18Izzy PicardOH	2	4	1	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
9Caroline BuffumOH	2	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
10Kinamoni JeromeS	2	1	0	4	.250	7	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
11Mackenzie PalumboOH	1	1	2	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3Hailey JacobusOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13Caroline AdamsS	1	0	0	2	.000	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24Siena MorganMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	19	109	.101	28	2	6	32	6	3	6	6	54

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.

American vs Navy

Season series · American leads 2-0

Sun, Oct 4, 2026Navy at American · American won 3-0Result →
Fri, Nov 6, 2026American at Navy · American won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 11 AMER · NAVY 8

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 4 AMERNAVY 8

Set 2

25-16

Longest run 10 AMERNAVY 3

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 11 AMERNAVY 3

Bars above the line = Navy leads, below = American leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

American

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	35%6/17	69%11/16
2	86%6/7	45%5/11
3	55%6/11	33%3/9
4	71%5/7	79%19/24
5	50%4/8	33%2/6
6	60%3/5	63%5/8
All	55%30/55	61%45/74

Navy

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	20%1/5
2	60%6/10	63%10/16
3	43%6/14	33%3/9
4	22%4/18	33%3/9
5	67%4/6	50%4/8
6	18%3/17	50%4/8
All	39%29/74	45%25/55

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

129 rallies

#	AMER-NAVY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	AMER	AMER	Blocked	Farrah Eike	blk Prinzez Zeck, Carly Sciborski	+1.1
2	2-0	AMER	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.9
3	2-1	AMER	NAVY×8	Serve err	American		+0.8
4	2-2	NAVY	NAVY×8	Attack err	Prinzez Zeck		+1.2
5	2-3	NAVY	NAVY×8	Kill	Farrah Eike		+1.3
6	2-4	NAVY	NAVY×8	Kill	Ellen Gundlach	set Amara Chambers	+1.5
7	2-5	NAVY	NAVY×8	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+1.6
8	2-6	NAVY	NAVY×8	Ace	Navy	aced Alex Ioannou	+1.7
9	2-7	NAVY	NAVY×8	Bad set	Prinzez Zeck		+1.7
10	2-8	NAVY	NAVY×8	Bad set	Deniz Dakak		+1.7
11	3-8	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+1.0
12	3-9	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+1.3
13	4-9	NAVY	AMER×4	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+1.0
14	5-9	AMER	AMER×4	Blocked	Farrah Eike	blk Deniz Dakak	+1.5
15	6-9	AMER	AMER×4	Attack err	Grace Burgoyne		+1.5
16	7-9	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Bella Marrero	+1.6
17	7-10	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Kinamoni Jerome	+1.5
18	8-10	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+1.2
19	9-10	AMER	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+1.7
20	9-11	AMER	NAVY×3	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Kinamoni Jerome	+1.5
21	9-12	NAVY	NAVY×3	Attack err	Sophie Dufour		+2.0
22	9-13	NAVY	NAVY×3	Blocked	Deniz Dakak	blk Madeline Bildeaux, Paige Buzzerio	+2.1
23	10-13	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+1.2
24	10-14	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Grace Burgoyne	set Kinamoni Jerome	+1.7
25	10-15	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Ellen Gundlach	set Amara Chambers	+2.0
26	11-15	NAVY	AMER×4	Attack err	Ellen Gundlach		+1.1
27	12-15	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+1.7
28	13-15	AMER	AMER×4	Ace	American		+1.9
29	14-15	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+2.0
30	14-16	AMER	NAVY	Blocked	Carly Sciborski	blk Paige Buzzerio	+1.9
31	15-16	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+1.6
32	15-17	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Madeline Bildeaux	set Isa Boyd	+2.0
33	15-18	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+2.7
34	16-18	NAVY	AMER	Attack err	Ellen Gundlach		+1.6
35	17-18	AMER	AMER	Blocked	Ellen Gundlach	blk Elise Sterling, Salme Hollas	+2.4
36	17-19	AMER	NAVY	Serve err	American		+2.3
37	18-19	NAVY	AMER	Serve err	Navy		+1.9
38	18-20	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Kinamoni Jerome	+2.5
39	19-20	NAVY	AMER×3	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+2.0
40	20-20	AMER	AMER×3	Attack err	Paige Buzzerio		+3.0
41	21-20	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Deniz Dakak	set Kinamoni Jerome	+3.0
42	21-21	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Grace Burgoyne	set Kinamoni Jerome	+2.4
43	22-21	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+2.5
44	23-21	AMER	AMER	Kill	Deniz Dakak	set Sophie Dufour	+2.9
45	23-22	AMER	NAVY	Blocked	Prinzez Zeck	blk Madeline Bildeaux	+1.7
46	24-22	NAVY	AMER	Serve err	Navy		+2.5
47	25-22	AMER	AMER	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+1.6
Set 2
1	1-0	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+0.5
2	1-1	AMER	NAVY	Serve err	American		+0.6
3	2-1	NAVY	AMER	Bad set	Amara Chambers		+0.6
4	2-2	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Ellen Gundlach	set Isa Boyd	+0.6
5	3-2	NAVY	AMER×3	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.6
6	4-2	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Bella Marrero	+0.7
7	5-2	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+0.6
8	5-3	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Grace Burgoyne	set Kinamoni Jerome	+0.5
9	6-3	NAVY	AMER	Serve err	Navy		+0.5
10	6-4	AMER	NAVY×3	Bad set	Bella Marrero		+0.5
11	6-5	NAVY	NAVY×3	Attack err	Carly Sciborski		+0.8
12	6-6	NAVY	NAVY×3	Attack err	Salme Hollas		+0.9
13	7-6	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+0.7
14	7-7	AMER	NAVY×3	Serve err	American		+0.7
15	7-8	NAVY	NAVY×3	Ace	Navy	aced Bella Marrero	+1.1
16	7-9	NAVY	NAVY×3	Attack err	Salme Hollas		+1.2
17	8-9	NAVY	AMER×10	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+0.8
18	9-9	AMER	AMER×10	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+1.1
19	10-9	AMER	AMER×10	Blocked	Paige Buzzerio	blk Deniz Dakak, Elise Sterling	+1.0
20	11-9	AMER	AMER×10	Attack err	Ellen Gundlach		+0.9
21	12-9	AMER	AMER×10	Attack err	Paige Buzzerio		+0.8
22	13-9	AMER	AMER×10	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	+0.6
23	14-9	AMER	AMER×10	Ace	American	aced Amara Chambers	+0.5
24	15-9	AMER	AMER×10	Kill	Bella Marrero	set Isa Boyd	+0.3
25	16-9	AMER	AMER×10	Attack err	Ellen Gundlach		+0.2
26	17-9	AMER	AMER×10	Kill	Sophie Dufour		+0.1
27	17-10	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Izzy Picard	set Isa Boyd	+0.1
28	17-11	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	+0.1
29	18-11	NAVY	AMER	Serve err	Navy		+0.2
30	19-11	AMER	AMER	Attack err	Farrah Eike		+0.1
31	19-12	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Izzy Picard	set Amara Chambers	+0.1
32	20-12	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.1
33	20-13	AMER	NAVY×3	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Isa Boyd	·
34	20-14	NAVY	NAVY×3	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Kinamoni Jerome	+0.1
35	20-15	NAVY	NAVY×3	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Baylee Doolan	+0.2
36	21-15	NAVY	AMER×4	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.2
37	22-15	AMER	AMER×4	Ace	American	aced Baylee Doolan	+0.1
38	23-15	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Prinzez Zeck		·
39	24-15	AMER	AMER×4	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	·
40	24-16	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Kinamoni Jerome	set Amara Chambers	·
41	25-16	NAVY	AMER	Serve err	Navy		·
Set 3
1	0-1	AMER	NAVY×3	Attack err	Sophie Dufour		+0.3
2	0-2	NAVY	NAVY×3	Blocked	Elise Sterling	blk Farrah Eike	+0.5
3	0-3	NAVY	NAVY×3	Blocked	Elise Sterling	blk Madeline Bildeaux, Farrah Eike	+0.5
4	1-3	NAVY	AMER×3	Serve err	Navy		+0.3
5	2-3	AMER	AMER×3	Blocked	Farrah Eike	blk Deniz Dakak, Prinzez Zeck	+0.4
6	3-3	AMER	AMER×3	Ace	American	aced Amara Chambers	+0.4
7	3-4	AMER	NAVY	Bad set	Deniz Dakak		+0.3
8	3-5	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Caroline Buffum	set Caroline Adams	+0.5
9	4-5	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.3
10	4-6	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Farrah Eike	set Caroline Adams	+0.4
11	4-7	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Caroline Buffum	set Amara Chambers	+0.6
12	5-7	NAVY	AMER×11	Kill	Sophie Dufour	set Deniz Dakak	+0.4
13	6-7	AMER	AMER×11	Ace	American	aced Amara Chambers	+0.5
14	7-7	AMER	AMER×11	Attack err	Caroline Buffum		+0.5
15	8-7	AMER	AMER×11	Attack err	Caroline Buffum		+0.4
16	9-7	AMER	AMER×11	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak	+0.4
17	10-7	AMER	AMER×11	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	+0.3
18	11-7	AMER	AMER×11	Bad set	Farrah Eike		+0.3
19	12-7	AMER	AMER×11	Attack err	Farrah Eike		+0.2
20	13-7	AMER	AMER×11	Blocked	Mackenzie Palumbo	blk Salme Hollas, Prinzez Zeck	+0.2
21	14-7	AMER	AMER×11	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak	+0.1
22	15-7	AMER	AMER×11	Ace	American	aced Amara Chambers	+0.1
23	15-8	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Mackenzie Palumbo	set Caroline Adams	·
24	16-8	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Sophie Dufour	·
25	17-8	AMER	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	·
26	17-9	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Caroline Adams	·
27	17-10	NAVY	NAVY	Kill	Izzy Picard	set Isa Boyd	·
28	18-10	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	·
29	19-10	AMER	AMER	Kill	Deniz Dakak	set Bella Marrero	·
30	19-11	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Paige Buzzerio	set Amara Chambers	·
31	20-11	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak	·
32	20-12	AMER	NAVY	Kill	Izzy Picard	set Isa Boyd	·
33	21-12	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Emma Blankenship	set Deniz Dakak	·
34	22-12	AMER	AMER	Attack err	Izzy Picard		·
35	22-13	AMER	NAVY	Serve err	American		·
36	23-13	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak	·
37	23-14	AMER	NAVY×3	Kill	Hailey Jacobus	set Caroline Adams	·
38	23-15	NAVY	NAVY×3	Blocked	Monyay Crowder	blk Paige Buzzerio	·
39	23-16	NAVY	NAVY×3	Bad set	Prinzez Zeck		·
40	24-16	NAVY	AMER	Kill	Emma Blankenship	set Deniz Dakak	·
41	25-16	AMER	AMER	Blocked	Mackenzie Palumbo	blk Monyay Crowder, Deniz Dakak	·

Score shown after each rally, American 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).

American def. Navy 3–0

Prinzez Zeck hit .571 with 10 kills as American rolled past Navy.