Auburn vs Akron Volleyball: Auburn Wins 3-0 (Aug 29, 2026)

FinalSat, Aug 29, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Auburn beat Akron 3-0 (25-16, 28-26, 25-15) on Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at a neutral site. Auburn's Belle Patrick led with 14 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Aug 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
AUBURN	25	28	25	3
AKRON	16	26	15	0

Win probability

Akron above 50 · Auburn below

Biggest swing: 3.0% to Auburn — set 2, AUBURN 24-23 AKRON. Attack error by Sarah Bettis. AKRON win probability 7% → 4%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

AUBURN 91.8%8.2% AKRON

Auburn wins

3-0

47.8%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

12.7%

Akron wins

3-0

1.0%

3-1

2.4%

3-2

4.7%

AUBURN break %: 48.1% vs this opp
AKRON break %: 37.5% 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
Sarah BettisAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Sarah Bettis
Set 2 · AUBURN 24-23 AKRON · AUBURN 93% → 96%
02
AuburnService error+2.3%
Auburn service error
Set 2 · AUBURN 28-26 AKRON · AUBURN 96% → 99%
03
Jessie MusselmanKill+2.2%
Kill by Jessie Musselman (set by Payton Evans)
Set 2 · AUBURN 22-23 AKRON · AKRON 6% → 9%
04
Jessie MusselmanKill+2.1%
Kill by Jessie Musselman (set by Vanessa Del Real)
Set 2 · AUBURN 24-24 AKRON · AKRON 4% → 6%
05
Kate MansfieldKill+2.1%
Kill by Kate Mansfield (set by Carson Eickenloff)
Set 2 · AUBURN 25-24 AKRON · AUBURN 94% → 96%
06
Sarah BettisKill+2.1%
Kill by Sarah Bettis (set by Payton Evans)
Set 2 · AUBURN 25-25 AKRON · AKRON 4% → 6%
07
AkronService error+2.1%
Akron service error
Set 2 · AUBURN 26-25 AKRON · AUBURN 94% → 96%
08
Lauren WilsonKill+2.1%
Kill by Lauren Wilson (set by Payton Evans)
Set 2 · AUBURN 26-26 AKRON · AKRON 4% → 6%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Auburnaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Belle PatrickOH	3	14	3	35	.314	0	2	4	11	0	0	1	0.5	16.5
2Lauren DrevesOH	3	12	7	39	.128	0	2	0	7	0	1	2	2	16
99Greer ChamblessOH	3	6	1	18	.278	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1.5	7.5
17Grace HavlicekMB	3	6	0	6	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
11Kate MansfieldMB	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
13Carson EickenloffS	3	0	0	1	.000	37	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	1
14Emily KeiranL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	1
22Macy McAmisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
9Symone SimsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	1
8Eden BowerOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	14	111	.243	38	7	6	48	4	1	16	9	78

Akronhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Jessie MusselmanOH	3	10	6	28	.143	1	0	2	10	2	0	1	0.5	10.5
22Chidera OzohMB	3	6	0	15	.400	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	7
5Jordyn AeschlimanOH	3	2	5	15	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
15Vanessa WashingtonMB	3	1	0	5	.200	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
4Clara ChristensenS	3	0	0	1	.000	11	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
14Lauren WilsonOH	2	7	5	25	.080	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	9
2Sarah BettisOH	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3
1Vanessa Del RealL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	1
7Reilly ChausseL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	1
3Payton EvansS	3	0	0	4	.000	14	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
10Chiara GennariOH	2	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
6Noelle ApratiOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	20	112	.107	29	4	7	45	7	1	6	4	57

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 AUBURN · AKRON 5

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 3 AUBURNAKRON 2

Set 2

28-26

Longest run 3 AUBURNAKRON 5

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 6 AUBURNAKRON 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Auburn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	45%5/11
2	88%7/8	56%9/16
3	88%7/8	50%7/14
4	70%7/10	56%9/16
5	50%5/10	38%3/8
6	71%5/7	55%6/11
All	66%39/59	51%39/76

Akron

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	42%5/12
2	39%7/18	42%5/12
3	50%7/14	13%1/8
4	60%6/10	22%2/9
5	50%5/10	25%2/8
6	56%5/9	50%5/10
All	49%37/76	34%20/59

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

#	AUBURN-AKRON	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Serve err	Akron		+0.6
2	2-0	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.8
3	3-0	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.6
4	3-1	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Clara Christensen	+0.5
5	4-1	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.5
6	4-2	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+0.5
7	5-2	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.5
8	5-3	AUBURN	AKRON	Attack err	Belle Patrick		+0.5
9	6-3	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.5
10	7-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.6
11	8-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran	+0.5
12	8-4	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Payton Evans	+0.3
13	9-4	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.3
14	9-5	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Payton Evans	+0.3
15	9-6	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+0.6
16	10-6	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.5
17	11-6	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Greer Chambless		+0.5
18	11-7	AUBURN	AKRON	Serve err	Auburn		+0.3
19	11-8	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Lauren Dreves	blk Jordyn Aeschliman, Vanessa Washington	+0.6
20	12-8	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Serve err	Akron		+0.5
21	13-8	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Kate Mansfield, Lauren Dreves	+0.5
22	14-8	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Lauren Wilson	blk Greer Chambless, Kate Mansfield	+0.4
23	14-9	AUBURN	AKRON	Attack err	Lauren Dreves		+0.2
24	14-10	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.4
25	15-10	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.4
26	16-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.4
27	17-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+0.2
28	17-11	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Clara Christensen	+0.1
29	18-11	AKRON	AUBURN	Attack err	Lauren Wilson		+0.2
30	19-11	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.1
31	19-12	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Sarah Bettis	set Payton Evans	+0.1
32	19-13	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Payton Evans	+0.1
33	20-13	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.1
34	20-14	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Payton Evans	+0.1
35	21-14	AKRON	AUBURN	Serve err	Akron		+0.1
36	21-15	AUBURN	AKRON	Serve err	Auburn		+0.1
37	22-15	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.1
38	23-15	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	·
39	23-16	AUBURN	AKRON	Serve err	Auburn		·
40	24-16	AKRON	AUBURN	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Lauren Dreves	·
41	25-16	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Lauren Wilson		·
Set 2
1	1-0	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+0.6
2	1-1	AUBURN	AKRON×5	Serve err	Auburn		+0.5
3	1-2	AKRON	AKRON×5	Attack err	Lauren Dreves		+0.7
4	1-3	AKRON	AKRON×5	Attack err	Lauren Dreves		+0.8
5	1-4	AKRON	AKRON×5	Blocked	Lauren Dreves	blk Chidera Ozoh, Jordyn Aeschliman	+0.9
6	1-5	AKRON	AKRON×5	Ace	Akron	aced Emily Keiran	+1.0
7	2-5	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Jessie Musselman	blk Grace Havlicek, Greer Chambless	+0.6
8	3-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+0.8
9	4-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Grace Havlicek, Greer Chambless	+0.8
10	4-6	AUBURN	AKRON	Blocked	Lauren Dreves	blk Jessie Musselman, Chidera Ozoh	+0.7
11	5-6	AKRON	AUBURN	Blocked	Lauren Wilson	blk Kate Mansfield, Carson Eickenloff	+0.6
12	5-7	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Payton Evans	+0.7
13	6-7	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.6
14	7-7	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Lauren Wilson		+0.8
15	8-7	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Auburn	aced Lauren Wilson	+0.7
16	8-8	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Vanessa Del Real	+0.6
17	8-9	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Vanessa Washington	set Clara Christensen	+0.9
18	9-9	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.6
19	9-10	AUBURN	AKRON×3	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Vanessa Del Real	+0.7
20	9-11	AKRON	AKRON×3	Attack err	Belle Patrick		+1.1
21	9-12	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Chiara Gennari	set Clara Christensen	+1.2
22	10-12	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.7
23	10-13	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Chiara Gennari	set Clara Christensen	+0.9
24	10-14	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh		+1.3
25	11-14	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.7
26	12-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Auburn	aced Jessie Musselman	+1.1
27	13-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Chiara Gennari	blk Lauren Dreves, Kate Mansfield	+1.1
28	13-15	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Clara Christensen	+1.0
29	14-15	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.8
30	15-15	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.2
31	15-16	AUBURN	AKRON	Serve err	Auburn		+1.0
32	16-16	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.9
33	16-17	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Jessie Musselman	+1.1
34	17-17	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.0
35	17-18	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Payton Evans	+1.2
36	18-18	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.0
37	18-19	AUBURN	AKRON×3	Attack err	Greer Chambless		+1.3
38	18-20	AKRON	AKRON×3	Ace	Akron		+1.9
39	18-21	AKRON	AKRON×3	Ace	Akron		+1.9
40	19-21	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.0
41	20-21	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Auburn		+1.7
42	21-21	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Auburn		+1.9
43	21-22	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Payton Evans	+1.8
44	22-22	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Greer Chambless	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.6
45	22-23	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Payton Evans	+2.2
46	23-23	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.9
47	24-23	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Sarah Bettis		+3.0
48	24-24	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Vanessa Del Real	+2.1
49	25-24	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff	+2.1
50	25-25	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Sarah Bettis	set Payton Evans	+2.1
51	26-25	AKRON	AUBURN	Serve err	Akron		+2.1
52	26-26	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Payton Evans	+2.1
53	27-26	AKRON	AUBURN	Serve err	Akron		+2.1
54	28-26	AUBURN	AUBURN	Serve err	Auburn		+2.3
Set 3
1	0-1	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Chiara Gennari	set Clara Christensen	+0.3
2	0-2	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Clara Christensen	+0.4
3	0-3	AKRON	AKRON×3	Ace	Akron	aced Greer Chambless	+0.4
4	1-3	AKRON	AUBURN	Serve err	Akron		+0.3
5	1-4	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Clara Christensen	+0.3
6	2-4	AKRON	AUBURN×6	Serve err	Akron		+0.3
7	3-4	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Ace	Auburn	aced Reilly Chausse	+0.4
8	4-4	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Attack err	Chiara Gennari		+0.3
9	5-4	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.3
10	6-4	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+0.3
11	7-4	AUBURN	AUBURN×6	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+0.2
12	7-5	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Clara Christensen	+0.2
13	7-6	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Kate Mansfield		+0.3
14	8-6	AKRON	AUBURN×5	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.2
15	9-6	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Ace	Auburn	aced Reilly Chausse	+0.2
16	10-6	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Belle Patrick		+0.2
17	11-6	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Serve err	Auburn		+0.2
18	12-6	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Ace	Auburn	aced Jessie Musselman	+0.1
19	12-7	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Payton Evans	+0.1
20	12-8	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Belle Patrick		+0.1
21	13-8	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.1
22	13-9	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Sarah Bettis	set Payton Evans	+0.1
23	13-10	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Lauren Dreves	blk Vanessa Washington	+0.2
24	14-10	AKRON	AUBURN×5	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.2
25	15-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Belle Patrick, Grace Havlicek	+0.2
26	16-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.1
27	17-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.1
28	18-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Attack err	Sarah Bettis		·
29	18-11	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Payton Evans	·
30	19-11	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Carson Eickenloff	·
31	19-12	AUBURN	AKRON	Serve err	Auburn		·
32	20-12	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	·
33	20-13	AUBURN	AKRON	Attack err	Eden Bower		·
34	21-13	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	·
35	21-14	AUBURN	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	·
36	22-14	AKRON	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Jessie Musselman	blk Kate Mansfield, Carson Eickenloff	·
37	23-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	·
38	24-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Serve err	Auburn		·
39	24-15	AUBURN	AKRON	Attack err	Kate Mansfield		·
40	25-15	AKRON	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff	·

Score shown after each rally, Auburn 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).

Auburn def. Akron 3–0