Dartmouth vs Cornell Volleyball: Cornell Wins 3-0 (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Cornell 78.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Cornell beat visiting Dartmouth 3-0 (25-12, 25-8, 25-15) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Cornell's Mackenzie Parsons led with 14 kills, and Kiran Rio added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:45 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
DART	12	8	15	0
CORN	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Mackenzie Parsons hit .706 with 14 kills as Cornell rolled past Dartmouth.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.9 points, and Dartmouth's high was 23% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Cornell went in as RallyIQ's 79% pick.

DartmouthCornell

Break %+41.3 pts
22.263.5
On serve: 47/74 against 8/36 (Dartmouth sideout 36.5%).
Hitting+.464
.022.486
Kills and errors: 42–6 vs 20–18.
Longest run+8
210
10 straight Cornell points in the second set stretched a 12–6 lead to 22–6. The set finished 25–8.

Cornell above 50Dartmouth belowMax swing 1.9%

DartmouthCornell

Aces: Dartmouth 2·Cornell 6
Serve err: Dartmouth 6·Cornell 7
Blocks: Dartmouth 4·Cornell 81 BS · 6 BA vs 4 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Dartmouth 27·Cornell 45

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Cornell above 50 · Dartmouth below

Biggest swing: 1.9% to Dartmouth — set 1, DART 2-1 CORN. Jaida Sione stuffed by Clementine Tebbe & Maddie LaFata. CORN win probability 79% → 77%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DART 9.7%90.3% CORN

Dartmouth wins

3-0

1.3%

3-1

2.9%

3-2

5.5%

Cornell wins

3-0

45.0%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

13.8%

DART break %: 38.4% vs this opp
CORN break %: 48.3% 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
Clementine Tebbe&Maddie LaFataBlock+1.9%
Jaida Sione stuffed by Clementine Tebbe & Maddie LaFata
Set 1 · DART 2-1 CORN · DART 21% → 23%
02
Mackenzie ParsonsKill+1.8%
Kill by Mackenzie Parsons (set by Mary Wolcott)
Set 1 · DART 2-3 CORN · CORN 79% → 80%
03
Mackenzie ParsonsKill+1.7%
Kill by Mackenzie Parsons (set by Mary Wolcott)
Set 1 · DART 0-1 CORN · CORN 79% → 81%
04
Ava BoganAttack error+1.6%
Attack error by Ava Bogan
Set 1 · DART 2-4 CORN · CORN 80% → 82%
05
CornellAce+1.5%
Cornell ace on Sloan Balsley
Set 1 · DART 2-5 CORN · CORN 82% → 84%
06
Sophia GagnepainKill+1.5%
Kill by Sophia Gagnepain (set by Mary Wolcott)
Set 2 · DART 2-1 CORN · DART 11% → 13%
07
Mary WolcottKill+1.4%
Kill by Mary Wolcott
Set 1 · DART 2-2 CORN · CORN 77% → 79%
08
Sydney ZancaKill+1.4%
Kill by Sydney Zanca (set by Mary Wolcott)
Set 2 · DART 2-3 CORN · CORN 88% → 90%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Dartmouthaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Zori BrownOH	3	7	4	18	.167	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
7Elle McCreeryMB	3	3	3	9	.000	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
8Riley ImamuraOH	3	3	4	18	-.056	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	1	4
17Maddie LaFataOH	3	1	5	16	-.250	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Sophia GagnepainS	3	1	0	3	.333	11	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
4Clementine TebbeMB	2	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
23Raeli SmithMB	3	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
20Irmak MakasciOH	3	1	1	9	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
3Julia GojcajS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0
10Sloan BalsleyOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
22Julia YorkS	2	0	0	3	.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Jaida CekicOH	1	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2Audrey KalorinS	1	0	0	1	.000	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		20	18	92	.022	18	2	6	27	6	1	6	4	35

Cornellhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Mackenzie ParsonsMB	3	14	2	17	.706	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	16
24Jaida SioneOH	3	11	2	23	.391	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	12
7Ava BoganMB	3	7	1	14	.429	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	11
12Mary WolcottS	3	2	0	2	1.000	32	2	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
21Kiran RioOH	3	2	1	8	.125	0	1	1	11	1	0	0	0	3
8Trinidy TienL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
3Sydney ZancaOH	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
9Haley ClarkOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
2Sarita PomarL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
15Nevaeh TienS	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11Sophia AhrensOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
16Charlotte NowakOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Ellery WilliamsonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	6	74	.486	37	6	7	45	2	4	8	8	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.

Dartmouth vs Cornell

Season series · Cornell leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Dartmouth at Cornell · Cornell won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026Cornell at DartmouthPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 2 DART · CORN 10

Set 1

12-25

Longest run 2 DARTCORN 7

Set 2

8-25

Longest run 2 DARTCORN 10

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 2 DARTCORN 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Dartmouth

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	29%2/7
2	31%5/16	33%3/9
3	36%4/11	0%0/5
4	33%4/12	33%2/6
5	36%4/11	0%0/4
6	27%4/15	20%1/5
All	36%27/74	22%8/36

Cornell

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%6/8	69%11/16
2	86%6/7	63%10/16
3	67%4/6	67%8/12
4	100%4/4	60%6/10
5	80%4/5	69%9/13
6	67%4/6	43%3/7
All	78%28/36	64%47/74

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

110 rallies

#	DART-CORN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	CORN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.7
2	1-1	CORN	DART	Kill	Clementine Tebbe	set Sophia Gagnepain	+1.3
3	2-1	DART	DART	Blocked	Jaida Sione	blk Clementine Tebbe, Maddie LaFata	+1.9
4	2-2	DART	CORN×7	Kill	Mary Wolcott		+1.4
5	2-3	CORN	CORN×7	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.8
6	2-4	CORN	CORN×7	Attack err	Ava Bogan		+1.6
7	2-5	CORN	CORN×7	Ace	Cornell	aced Sloan Balsley	+1.5
8	2-6	CORN	CORN×7	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+1.3
9	2-7	CORN	CORN×7	Blocked	Riley Imamura	blk Ava Bogan, Mary Wolcott	+1.1
10	2-8	CORN	CORN×7	Kill	Ava Bogan		+0.9
11	3-8	CORN	DART	Kill	Maddie LaFata	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.6
12	3-9	DART	CORN	Blocked	Elle McCreery	blk Ava Bogan	+0.7
13	4-9	CORN	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.6
14	5-9	DART	DART	Attack err	Ava Bogan		+1.0
15	5-10	DART	CORN×5	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
16	5-11	CORN	CORN×5	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.9
17	5-12	CORN	CORN×5	Blocked	Riley Imamura	blk Ava Bogan, Sydney Zanca	+0.7
18	5-13	CORN	CORN×5	Bad set	Julia York		+0.5
19	5-14	CORN	CORN×5	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Sarita Pomar	+0.3
20	6-14	CORN	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.2
21	6-15	DART	CORN×3	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
22	6-16	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Elle McCreery		+0.2
23	6-17	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Zori Brown		+0.1
24	7-17	CORN	DART	Serve err	Cornell		·
25	8-17	DART	DART	Ace	Dartmouth		+0.1
26	8-18	DART	CORN	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.1
27	9-18	CORN	DART	Serve err	Cornell		+0.1
28	10-18	DART	DART	Blocked	Mackenzie Parsons	blk Zori Brown, Clementine Tebbe	+0.1
29	10-19	DART	CORN	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
30	11-19	CORN	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.1
31	11-20	DART	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
32	11-21	CORN	CORN	Blocked	Maddie LaFata	blk Ava Bogan, Jaida Sione	+0.1
33	12-21	CORN	DART	Kill	Irmak Makasci	set Sophia Gagnepain	·
34	12-22	DART	CORN×4	Serve err	Dartmouth		·
35	12-23	CORN	CORN×4	Ace	Cornell		·
36	12-24	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Mary Wolcott	set Sophia Gagnepain	·
37	12-25	CORN	CORN×4	Attack err	Maddie LaFata		·
Set 2
1	0-1	DART	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.0
2	1-1	CORN	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Sophia Gagnepain	+1.0
3	2-1	DART	DART	Kill	Sophia Gagnepain	set Mary Wolcott	+1.5
4	2-2	DART	CORN×3	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+1.1
5	2-3	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+1.4
6	2-4	CORN	CORN×3	Ace	Cornell	aced Irmak Makasci	+1.3
7	3-4	CORN	DART	Serve err	Cornell		+1.0
8	3-5	DART	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+1.0
9	3-6	CORN	CORN	Attack err	Irmak Makasci		+1.2
10	4-6	CORN	DART	Serve err	Cornell		+0.9
11	4-7	DART	CORN×4	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.9
12	4-8	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+1.0
13	4-9	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Haley Clark	set Sarita Pomar	+0.8
14	4-10	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons		+0.7
15	5-10	CORN	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.4
16	5-11	DART	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.5
17	5-12	CORN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.5
18	6-12	CORN	DART	Kill	Elle McCreery	set Julia York	+0.3
19	6-13	DART	CORN×10	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.4
20	6-14	CORN	CORN×10	Attack err	Zori Brown		+0.3
21	6-15	CORN	CORN×10	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
22	6-16	CORN	CORN×10	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
23	6-17	CORN	CORN×10	Blocked	Clementine Tebbe	blk Mackenzie Parsons	+0.1
24	6-18	CORN	CORN×10	Ace	Cornell	aced Julia Gojcaj	·
25	6-19	CORN	CORN×10	Bad set	Irmak Makasci		·
26	6-20	CORN	CORN×10	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	·
27	6-21	CORN	CORN×10	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons		·
28	6-22	CORN	CORN×10	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	·
29	7-22	CORN	DART	Serve err	Cornell		·
30	7-23	DART	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	·
31	7-24	CORN	CORN	Attack err	Maddie LaFata		·
32	8-24	CORN	DART	Attack err	Jaida Sione		·
33	8-25	DART	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	·
Set 3
1	1-0	CORN	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.6
2	1-1	DART	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.5
3	1-2	CORN	CORN	Attack err	Riley Imamura		+0.7
4	2-2	CORN	DART	Kill	Raeli Smith	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.5
5	2-3	DART	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.5
6	3-3	CORN	DART	Kill	Jaida Cekic	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.5
7	3-4	DART	CORN	Attack err	Maddie LaFata		+0.5
8	4-4	CORN	DART	Serve err	Cornell		+0.6
9	4-5	DART	CORN×5	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.5
10	4-6	CORN	CORN×5	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
11	4-7	CORN	CORN×5	Ace	Cornell	aced Julia Gojcaj	+0.6
12	4-8	CORN	CORN×5	Attack err	Maddie LaFata		+0.5
13	4-9	CORN	CORN×5	Attack err	Riley Imamura		+0.4
14	5-9	CORN	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Audrey Kalorin	+0.3
15	5-10	DART	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.3
16	6-10	CORN	DART	Serve err	Cornell		+0.3
17	7-10	DART	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.5
18	7-11	DART	CORN	Attack err	Zori Brown		+0.4
19	8-11	CORN	DART	Kill	Raeli Smith	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.4
20	9-11	DART	DART	Blocked	Mackenzie Parsons	blk Riley Imamura	+0.6
21	9-12	DART	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.5
22	9-13	CORN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.6
23	10-13	CORN	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Zori Brown	+0.4
24	10-14	DART	CORN×4	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.4
25	10-15	CORN	CORN×4	Attack err	Elle McCreery		+0.5
26	10-16	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.3
27	10-17	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
28	11-17	CORN	DART	Kill	Riley Imamura	set Sophia Gagnepain	+0.1
29	12-17	DART	DART	Ace	Dartmouth	aced Kiran Rio	+0.2
30	12-18	DART	CORN	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.2
31	12-19	CORN	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
32	13-19	CORN	DART	Blocked	Kiran Rio	blk Elle McCreery, Irmak Makasci	+0.1
33	13-20	DART	CORN	Serve err	Dartmouth		+0.1
34	14-20	CORN	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Audrey Kalorin	+0.1
35	14-21	DART	CORN×3	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Sarita Pomar	+0.1
36	14-22	CORN	CORN×3	Blocked	Zori Brown	blk Sophia Ahrens	+0.1
37	14-23	CORN	CORN×3	Ace	Cornell	aced Julia Gojcaj	·
38	15-23	CORN	DART	Kill	Zori Brown	set Audrey Kalorin	·
39	15-24	DART	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Nevaeh Tien	·
40	15-25	CORN	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Sarita Pomar	·

Score shown after each rally, Dartmouth 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. Dartmouth 3–0

Mackenzie Parsons hit .706 with 14 kills as Cornell rolled past Dartmouth.