Cornell vs Columbia Volleyball: Cornell Wins 3-0 (Oct 24)

FinalSat, Oct 24, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Cornell 91.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 24, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Cornell won at Columbia 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-20) on Sat, Oct 24, 2026. Cornell's Mackenzie Parsons led with 18 kills, and Sarita Pomar added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 3:25 AM CT · final Oct 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CORN	25	25	25	3
COLUMB	18	23	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

18 kills in 3 sets for Mackenzie Parsons. Cornell swept Columbia.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.1 points. Columbia peaked at 11% in Set 2. These are the numbers behind it. Cornell went in as RallyIQ's 91% pick.

CornellColumbia

Break %+11.5 pts
48.637.1
On serve: 36/74 against 23/62 (Columbia sideout 51.4%).
Hitting+.116
.260.144
42 K / 16 E against 33 K / 18 E.
Longest run+3
85
Cornell scored 8 straight in the third set to turn a 10–11 deficit into an 18–11 lead. That set ended 25–20.

Columbia above 50Cornell belowMax swing 3.1%

CornellColumbia

Aces: Cornell 10·Columbia 6
Serve err: Cornell 6·Columbia 5
Blocks: Cornell 7·Columbia 73 BS · 8 BA vs 3 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Cornell 45·Columbia 35

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Columbia above 50 · Cornell below

Biggest swing: 3.1% to Cornell — set 2, CORN 24-23 COLUMB. Charlotte Gravlee stuffed by Ava Bogan. COLUMB win probability 7% → 4%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CORN 90.9%9.1% COLUMB

Cornell wins

3-0

46.1%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

13.4%

Columbia wins

3-0

1.2%

3-1

2.7%

3-2

5.2%

CORN break %: 48.5% vs this opp
COLUMB break %: 38.3% 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
Ava BoganBlock+3.1%
Charlotte Gravlee stuffed by Ava Bogan
Set 2 · CORN 24-23 COLUMB · CORN 93% → 96%
02
Elise HiemstraAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Elise Hiemstra
Set 2 · CORN 25-23 COLUMB · CORN 96% → 99%
03
Mary WolcottService error+2.3%
Service error by Mary Wolcott
Set 2 · CORN 22-23 COLUMB · COLUMB 7% → 9%
04
Danica NordlichtService error+2.1%
Service error by Danica Nordlicht
Set 2 · CORN 23-23 COLUMB · CORN 91% → 93%
05
Elena MaynuletKill+1.9%
Kill by Elena Maynulet (set by Claire Mo)
Set 2 · CORN 21-22 COLUMB · COLUMB 6% → 8%
06
Elena MaynuletAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Elena Maynulet
Set 2 · CORN 20-20 COLUMB · CORN 92% → 94%
07
Jaida SioneKill+1.7%
Kill by Jaida Sione (set by Mary Wolcott)
Set 2 · CORN 22-22 COLUMB · CORN 92% → 93%
08
Elena MaynuletKill+1.7%
Kill by Elena Maynulet (set by Claire Mo)
Set 2 · CORN 20-21 COLUMB · COLUMB 6% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Cornellaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Mackenzie ParsonsMB	3	18	4	26	.538	0	2	0	3	0	1	2	2	22
7Ava BoganMB	3	10	1	17	.529	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	13
24Jaida SioneOH	3	6	4	28	.071	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
21Kiran RioOH	3	2	2	9	.000	1	3	0	10	1	0	0	0	5
8Trinidy TienL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	2
12Mary WolcottS	3	0	1	3	-.333	31	0	2	5	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
3Sydney ZancaOH	3	5	1	8	.500	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	6
9Haley ClarkOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2
2Sarita PomarL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	18	1	0	0	0	0
16Charlotte NowakOH	2	1	1	6	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15Nevaeh TienS	1	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
11Sophia AhrensOH	1	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	16	100	.260	37	10	6	45	6	3	8	7	75

Columbiahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Elena MaynuletOH	3	12	4	32	.250	1	1	0	11	2	1	1	1.5	14.5
13Charlotte GravleeOPP	3	3	3	8	.000	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4
7Danica NordlichtMB	3	1	1	8	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	3	4
14Avery JonesOPP	3	2	1	11	.091	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
16Clara YuS	3	2	0	2	1.000	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
2Elise HiemstraOH	3	0	3	8	-.375	1	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	1
33Alexia CorneaOH	3	10	4	25	.240	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	10
11Delaney SeamanS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	10	5	0	0	0	2
15Claire MoS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
1Dahlia RobertsOPP	2	2	2	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
8Madison HsiehL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
3Josie ZynczakOH	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Evie NaumannOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	18	104	.144	29	6	5	35	10	3	8	7	61

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.

Cornell vs Columbia

Season series · Cornell leads 2-0

Sat, Sep 26, 2026Columbia at Cornell · Cornell won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Cornell at Columbia · Cornell won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 CORN · COLUMB 5

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 CORNCOLUMB 2

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 4 CORNCOLUMB 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 8 CORNCOLUMB 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Cornell

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	61%11/18
2	78%7/9	53%8/15
3	78%7/9	22%2/9
4	50%6/12	60%9/15
5	67%6/9	14%1/7
6	56%5/9	50%5/10
All	63%39/62	49%36/74

Columbia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	45%5/11
2	44%7/16	38%5/13
3	60%6/10	13%1/8
4	50%6/12	25%2/8
5	75%6/8	45%5/11
6	36%5/14	45%5/11
All	51%38/74	37%23/62

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

136 rallies

#	CORN-COLUMB	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	CORN	CORN	Ace	Kiran Rio	aced Delaney Seaman	+0.9
2	2-0	CORN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons		+0.8
3	2-1	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+0.6
4	3-1	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.6
5	3-2	CORN	COLUMB	Attack err	Mackenzie Parsons		+0.6
6	4-2	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Kiran Rio	+0.6
7	4-3	CORN	COLUMB	Serve err	Mary Wolcott		+0.7
8	5-3	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.6
9	6-3	CORN	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
10	6-4	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.6
11	6-5	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Claire Mo	aced Sydney Zanca	+0.9
12	7-5	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
13	8-5	CORN	CORN	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Mackenzie Parsons	+0.8
14	8-6	CORN	COLUMB	Serve err	Sarita Pomar		+0.6
15	8-7	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts		+1.0
16	9-7	COLUMB	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
17	10-7	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
18	11-7	CORN	CORN×4	Ace	Trinidy Tien	aced Delaney Seaman	+0.7
19	12-7	CORN	CORN×4	Ace	Trinidy Tien		+0.5
20	12-8	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.4
21	12-9	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Mackenzie Parsons		+0.6
22	13-9	COLUMB	CORN×4	Serve err	Charlotte Gravlee		+0.5
23	14-9	CORN	CORN×4	Blocked	Dahlia Roberts	blk Mackenzie Parsons, Jaida Sione	+0.5
24	15-9	CORN	CORN×4	Ace	Kiran Rio	aced Delaney Seaman	+0.4
25	16-9	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons		+0.3
26	16-10	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.1
27	17-10	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
28	18-10	CORN	CORN	Ace	Mackenzie Parsons	aced Elise Hiemstra	+0.1
29	18-11	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+0.1
30	19-11	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
31	19-12	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.1
32	19-13	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Delaney Seaman	aced Jaida Sione	+0.1
33	20-13	COLUMB	CORN	Serve err	Delaney Seaman		+0.2
34	21-13	CORN	CORN	Kill	Charlotte Nowak	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
35	21-14	CORN	COLUMB	Serve err	Haley Clark		·
36	22-14	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
37	22-15	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Claire Mo	·
38	22-16	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Sydney Zanca		+0.1
39	23-16	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.1
40	23-17	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	·
41	24-17	COLUMB	CORN	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Mackenzie Parsons, Mary Wolcott	+0.1
42	24-18	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	·
43	25-18	COLUMB	CORN	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra		·
Set 2
1	1-0	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.4
2	1-1	CORN	COLUMB×3	Blocked	Mary Wolcott	blk Elena Maynulet	+0.5
3	1-2	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Avery Jones	+0.7
4	1-3	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Attack err	Kiran Rio		+0.8
5	2-3	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.6
6	2-4	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.7
7	2-5	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Madison Hsieh	aced Kiran Rio	+0.9
8	3-5	COLUMB	CORN	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+0.6
9	4-5	CORN	CORN	Ace	Haley Clark	aced Elena Maynulet	+0.8
10	4-6	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.7
11	4-7	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Kiran Rio		+1.0
12	5-7	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
13	5-8	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Claire Mo	+0.8
14	6-8	COLUMB	CORN	Serve err	Elise Hiemstra		+0.7
15	6-9	CORN	COLUMB×3	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Claire Mo	+0.9
16	6-10	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Ace	Delaney Seaman	aced Sarita Pomar	+1.1
17	6-11	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+1.1
18	7-11	COLUMB	CORN×4	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
19	8-11	CORN	CORN×4	Attack err	Dahlia Roberts		+1.0
20	9-11	CORN	CORN×4	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Claire Mo	+1.0
21	10-11	CORN	CORN×4	Ace	Kiran Rio	aced Delaney Seaman	+1.0
22	10-12	CORN	COLUMB×4	Blocked	Mackenzie Parsons	blk Elena Maynulet, Danica Nordlicht	+0.9
23	10-13	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Kill	Avery Jones	set Clara Yu	+1.3
24	10-14	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Attack err	Mackenzie Parsons		+1.3
25	10-15	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Blocked	Jaida Sione	blk Danica Nordlicht	+1.2
26	11-15	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
27	11-16	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Clara Yu		+1.0
28	12-16	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.7
29	13-16	CORN	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Jaida Sione	+1.1
30	13-17	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+1.1
31	14-17	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
32	14-18	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Clara Yu	+1.2
33	15-18	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Ava Bogan	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
34	15-19	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Elena Maynulet	+1.2
35	16-19	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.8
36	17-19	CORN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.3
37	17-20	CORN	COLUMB	Serve err	Trinidy Tien		+1.4
38	18-20	COLUMB	CORN×3	Kill	Kiran Rio	set Mary Wolcott	+1.0
39	19-20	CORN	CORN×3	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Sarita Pomar	+1.6
40	20-20	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+1.8
41	20-21	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+1.7
42	21-21	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+1.5
43	21-22	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+1.9
44	22-22	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Mary Wolcott	+1.7
45	22-23	CORN	COLUMB	Serve err	Mary Wolcott		+2.3
46	23-23	COLUMB	CORN×3	Serve err	Danica Nordlicht		+2.1
47	24-23	CORN	CORN×3	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Ava Bogan	+3.1
48	25-23	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra		+2.4
Set 3
1	0-1	CORN	COLUMB	Attack err	Jaida Sione		+0.3
2	1-1	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Jaida Sione	set Sarita Pomar	+0.2
3	1-2	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Clara Yu	+0.3
4	2-2	COLUMB	CORN	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Ava Bogan	+0.2
5	2-3	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+0.3
6	3-3	COLUMB	CORN×3	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
7	4-3	CORN	CORN×3	Blocked	Alexia Cornea	blk Ava Bogan, Sydney Zanca	+0.3
8	5-3	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+0.3
9	5-4	CORN	COLUMB	Blocked	Ava Bogan	blk Charlotte Gravlee	+0.2
10	6-4	COLUMB	CORN	Blocked	Elena Maynulet	blk Ava Bogan, Sydney Zanca	+0.2
11	6-5	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Josie Zynczak	set Claire Mo	+0.2
12	7-5	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
13	8-5	CORN	CORN	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+0.2
14	8-6	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.2
15	8-7	COLUMB	COLUMB	Blocked	Charlotte Nowak	blk Avery Jones, Danica Nordlicht	+0.3
16	9-7	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
17	10-7	CORN	CORN	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.3
18	10-8	CORN	COLUMB×4	Kill	Clara Yu	set Delaney Seaman	+0.2
19	10-9	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Blocked	Jaida Sione	blk Danica Nordlicht, Avery Jones	+0.3
20	10-10	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Ace	Elena Maynulet		+0.4
21	10-11	COLUMB	COLUMB×4	Attack err	Jaida Sione		+0.5
22	11-11	COLUMB	CORN×8	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.3
23	12-11	CORN	CORN×8	Attack err	Avery Jones		+0.4
24	13-11	CORN	CORN×8	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.4
25	14-11	CORN	CORN×8	Attack err	Danica Nordlicht		+0.3
26	15-11	CORN	CORN×8	Kill	Mackenzie Parsons	set Mary Wolcott	+0.2
27	16-11	CORN	CORN×8	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+0.2
28	17-11	CORN	CORN×8	Ace	Mackenzie Parsons	aced Alexia Cornea	+0.1
29	18-11	CORN	CORN×8	Kill	Ava Bogan		+0.1
30	18-12	CORN	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	·
31	19-12	COLUMB	CORN	Serve err	Madison Hsieh		+0.1
32	20-12	CORN	CORN	Ace	Nevaeh Tien	aced Delaney Seaman	·
33	20-13	CORN	COLUMB	Serve err	Nevaeh Tien		·
34	21-13	COLUMB	CORN×3	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Nevaeh Tien	·
35	22-13	CORN	CORN×3	Ace	Haley Clark	aced Elena Maynulet	·
36	23-13	CORN	CORN×3	Attack err	Elise Hiemstra		·
37	23-14	CORN	COLUMB×5	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee	set Claire Mo	·
38	23-15	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Ace	Elise Hiemstra	aced Haley Clark	·
39	23-16	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	·
40	23-17	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Kill	Elena Maynulet		·
41	23-18	COLUMB	COLUMB×5	Kill	Charlotte Gravlee		·
42	24-18	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Nevaeh Tien	·
43	24-19	CORN	COLUMB	Attack err	Sophia Ahrens		·
44	24-20	COLUMB	COLUMB	Blocked	Sophia Ahrens	blk Josie Zynczak, Danica Nordlicht	·
45	25-20	COLUMB	CORN	Kill	Sydney Zanca	set Nevaeh Tien	·

Score shown after each rally, Cornell 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. Columbia 3–0

18 kills in 3 sets for Mackenzie Parsons. Cornell swept Columbia.