Fairfield vs Quinnipiac Volleyball: Fairfield Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Fairfield 81.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Fairfield won at Quinnipiac 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 28-26) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Fairfield's Emma Bortolotti led with 17 kills, and Katelyn Cook added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:45 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
FAIR	27	25	28	3
QUINN	25	20	26	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.464 on 28 swings: Emma Bortolotti and Fairfield edged Quinnipiac.

The match turned once. Numbers are Fairfield's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. RallyIQ gave Fairfield 81% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Fairfield 24–25 Quinnipiac
Down 24–25, Fairfield scored 3 straight to lead 27–25.
Fairfield 71% → 90%

Quinnipiac above 50Fairfield belowMax swing 8.3%

FairfieldQuinnipiac

Sideout %: Fairfield 58.9·Quinnipiac 52.6
Break %: Fairfield 47.4·Quinnipiac 41.1
Hitting: Fairfield .296·Quinnipiac .253
Longest run: Fairfield 8·Quinnipiac 4

Aislin Oldach
13 kills on .135, 14.5 points; 2 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Quinnipiac above 50 · Fairfield below

Biggest swing: 8.3% to Fairfield — set 1, FAIR 24-24 QUINN. Fairfield ace on Vittoria Tonelli. QUINN win probability 31% → 23%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

FAIR 80.9%19.1% QUINN

Fairfield wins

3-0

32.5%

3-1

30.5%

3-2

18.0%

Quinnipiac wins

3-0

3.1%

3-1

6.3%

3-2

9.7%

FAIR break %: 45.8% vs this opp
QUINN break %: 39.1% 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
FairfieldAce+8.3%
Fairfield ace on Vittoria Tonelli
Set 1 · FAIR 24-24 QUINN · FAIR 69% → 77%
02
Harlan Wyche&Zofia SykutBlock+7.1%
Giulia Ragusa stuffed by Harlan Wyche & Zofia Sykut
Set 1 · FAIR 26-25 QUINN · FAIR 77% → 84%
03
Aislin OldachKill+6.0%
Kill by Aislin Oldach (set by Zofia Sykut)
Set 1 · FAIR 27-25 QUINN · FAIR 84% → 90%
04
Giulia RagusaKill+6.0%
Kill by Giulia Ragusa (set by Sophia Gisslen)
Set 1 · FAIR 24-25 QUINN · QUINN 23% → 29%
05
Aislin OldachKill+6.0%
Kill by Aislin Oldach (set by Zofia Sykut)
Set 1 · FAIR 25-25 QUINN · FAIR 71% → 77%
06
FairfieldService error+5.1%
Fairfield service error
Set 1 · FAIR 22-24 QUINN · QUINN 29% → 34%
07
Zofia SykutBad set+5.0%
Bad set by Zofia Sykut
Set 1 · FAIR 20-22 QUINN · QUINN 26% → 31%
08
QuinnipiacAce+4.3%
Quinnipiac ace on Katelyn Cook
Set 1 · FAIR 20-23 QUINN · QUINN 31% → 35%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Fairfieldaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Emma BortolottiOH	3	17	4	28	.464	0	2	1	6	2	1	0	1	20
7Aislin OldachOH	3	13	8	37	.135	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	14.5
12Julie DufourtL/DS	3	8	2	20	.300	0	1	2	7	1	0	0	0	9
3Sophia NagyMB	3	6	1	9	.556	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
22Harlan WycheMB	3	4	1	9	.333	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	6
11Zofia SykutS	3	1	1	5	.000	36	2	1	6	0	1	2	2	5
8Katelyn CookOH	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	1	13	2	0	0	0	2
15Daniella SuarezOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Natalie CarlinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	17	108	.296	43	8	5	35	7	3	6	6	80

Quinnipiachome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Sophia MinlendOH	3	11	3	24	.333	0	3	2	9	0	1	0	1	15
7Giulia RagusaOH	3	13	5	34	.235	2	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	13
11Asia BelliMB	3	4	0	7	.571	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
18Sila YildizMB	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5
6Sophia GisslenS	3	0	0	0	–	25	2	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Vittoria TonelliOH	2	5	4	19	.053	0	1	2	5	1	1	0	1	7
9Carola Negron DiazL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
13Didar BulbulL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14Klara OlszewskaS	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Farah SherifOPP	1	3	0	6	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
20Sahra OzbiltekinOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19Azra OzbiltekinOPP	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	14	99	.253	36	7	8	33	8	3	6	6	71

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.

Fairfield vs Quinnipiac

Season series · Fairfield leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Quinnipiac at Fairfield · Fairfield won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Fairfield at Quinnipiac · Fairfield won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 FAIR · QUINN 4

Set 1

27-25

Longest run 4 FAIRQUINN 4

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 8 FAIRQUINN 3

Set 3

28-26

Longest run 6 FAIRQUINN 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Fairfield

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	13%1/8
2	57%8/14	53%9/17
3	58%7/12	30%3/10
4	88%7/8	50%7/14
5	46%6/13	45%5/11
6	67%6/9	67%12/18
All	59%43/73	47%37/78

Quinnipiac

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	47%7/15
2	67%8/12	43%6/14
3	50%7/14	47%7/15
4	55%6/11	13%1/8
5	75%6/8	50%6/12
6	35%6/17	33%3/9
All	53%41/78	41%30/73

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

151 rallies

#	FAIR-QUINN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	QUINN	QUINN×3	Attack err	Sophia Nagy		+1.8
2	0-2	QUINN	QUINN×3	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.9
3	0-3	QUINN	QUINN×3	Attack err	Emma Bortolotti		+2.0
4	1-3	QUINN	FAIR×4	Kill	Sophia Nagy	set Asia Belli	+1.3
5	2-3	FAIR	FAIR×4	Blocked	Giulia Ragusa	blk Aislin Oldach	+1.9
6	3-3	FAIR	FAIR×4	Ace	Fairfield	aced Giulia Ragusa	+1.8
7	4-3	FAIR	FAIR×4	Attack err	Giulia Ragusa		+1.7
8	4-4	FAIR	QUINN	Serve err	Fairfield		+1.3
9	5-4	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Harlan Wyche	set Zofia Sykut	+1.3
10	5-5	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Carola Negron Diaz	+1.4
11	5-6	QUINN	QUINN	Blocked	Emma Bortolotti	blk Vittoria Tonelli	+2.0
12	6-6	QUINN	FAIR×3	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Katelyn Cook	+1.4
13	7-6	FAIR	FAIR×3	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.9
14	8-6	FAIR	FAIR×3	Attack err	Vittoria Tonelli		+1.7
15	8-7	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.3
16	9-7	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.3
17	10-7	FAIR	FAIR	Ace	Fairfield	aced Giulia Ragusa	+1.6
18	10-8	FAIR	QUINN×4	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.1
19	10-9	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.8
20	10-10	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Asia Belli	set Zofia Sykut	+2.1
21	10-11	QUINN	QUINN×4	Bad set	Zofia Sykut		+2.4
22	11-11	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+1.7
23	11-12	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.9
24	11-13	QUINN	QUINN	Ace	Quinnipiac	aced Katelyn Cook	+2.7
25	12-13	QUINN	FAIR	Serve err	Quinnipiac		+1.8
26	12-14	FAIR	QUINN×3	Attack err	Aislin Oldach		+2.2
27	12-15	QUINN	QUINN×3	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+2.9
28	12-16	QUINN	QUINN×3	Attack err	Emma Bortolotti		+2.8
29	13-16	QUINN	FAIR	Serve err	Quinnipiac		+1.6
30	13-17	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Carola Negron Diaz	+2.1
31	13-18	QUINN	QUINN	Ace	Quinnipiac	aced Emma Bortolotti	+2.4
32	14-18	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+1.2
33	15-18	FAIR	FAIR	Ace	Fairfield	aced Giulia Ragusa	+2.2
34	15-19	FAIR	QUINN	Serve err	Fairfield		+2.3
35	16-19	QUINN	FAIR	Blocked	Giulia Ragusa	blk Aislin Oldach, Harlan Wyche	+1.5
36	16-20	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Carola Negron Diaz	+2.3
37	17-20	QUINN	FAIR×4	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.5
38	18-20	FAIR	FAIR×4	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+2.8
39	19-20	FAIR	FAIR×4	Attack err	Sophia Minlend		+3.4
40	20-20	FAIR	FAIR×4	Attack err	Vittoria Tonelli		+4.0
41	20-21	FAIR	QUINN×3	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+3.5
42	20-22	QUINN	QUINN×3	Bad set	Zofia Sykut		+5.0
43	20-23	QUINN	QUINN×3	Ace	Quinnipiac	aced Katelyn Cook	+4.3
44	21-23	QUINN	FAIR	Serve err	Quinnipiac		+1.7
45	22-23	FAIR	FAIR	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+4.0
46	22-24	FAIR	QUINN	Serve err	Fairfield		+5.1
47	23-24	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Katelyn Cook	+2.7
48	24-24	FAIR	FAIR	Ace	Fairfield	aced Vittoria Tonelli	+8.3
49	24-25	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+6.0
50	25-25	QUINN	FAIR×3	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+6.0
51	26-25	FAIR	FAIR×3	Blocked	Giulia Ragusa	blk Harlan Wyche, Zofia Sykut	+7.1
52	27-25	FAIR	FAIR×3	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+6.0
Set 2
1	0-1	FAIR	QUINN	Serve err	Fairfield		+1.0
2	0-2	QUINN	QUINN	Attack err	Zofia Sykut		+1.4
3	1-2	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+1.0
4	2-2	FAIR	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach		+1.3
5	2-3	FAIR	QUINN	Attack err	Aislin Oldach		+1.0
6	3-3	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+1.0
7	3-4	FAIR	QUINN	Attack err	Emma Bortolotti		+1.1
8	4-4	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Katelyn Cook	+1.0
9	4-5	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.1
10	5-5	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.0
11	5-6	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Vittoria Tonelli	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.1
12	6-6	QUINN	FAIR×4	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+1.0
13	7-6	FAIR	FAIR×4	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.4
14	8-6	FAIR	FAIR×4	Kill	Sophia Nagy	set Zofia Sykut	+1.3
15	9-6	FAIR	FAIR×4	Attack err	Sophia Minlend		+1.1
16	9-7	FAIR	QUINN	Blocked	Julie Dufourt	blk Asia Belli, Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
17	9-8	QUINN	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.3
18	10-8	QUINN	FAIR	Serve err	Vittoria Tonelli		+1.0
19	10-9	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.0
20	10-10	QUINN	QUINN	Blocked	Aislin Oldach	blk Sila Yildiz	+1.6
21	11-10	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Sophia Nagy	+1.2
22	11-11	FAIR	QUINN×3	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.2
23	11-12	QUINN	QUINN×3	Blocked	Aislin Oldach	blk Sophia Minlend	+1.9
24	11-13	QUINN	QUINN×3	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Aislin Oldach	+2.0
25	12-13	QUINN	FAIR	Serve err	Sophia Gisslen		+1.3
26	12-14	FAIR	QUINN	Serve err	Fairfield		+1.6
27	13-14	QUINN	FAIR	Serve err	Giulia Ragusa		+1.4
28	13-15	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Sila Yildiz	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.7
29	14-15	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.4
30	14-16	FAIR	QUINN	Attack err	Julie Dufourt		+1.8
31	14-17	QUINN	QUINN	Kill	Asia Belli	set Zofia Sykut	+2.3
32	15-17	QUINN	FAIR×8	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.4
33	16-17	FAIR	FAIR×8	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Natalie Carlin	+2.2
34	17-17	FAIR	FAIR×8	Blocked	Vittoria Tonelli	blk Zofia Sykut, Sophia Nagy	+2.3
35	18-17	FAIR	FAIR×8	Kill	Sophia Nagy	set Zofia Sykut	+2.3
36	19-17	FAIR	FAIR×8	Ace	Emma Bortolotti	aced Giulia Ragusa	+2.1
37	20-17	FAIR	FAIR×8	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+1.7
38	21-17	FAIR	FAIR×8	Blocked	Vittoria Tonelli	blk Zofia Sykut	+1.2
39	22-17	FAIR	FAIR×8	Ace	Emma Bortolotti		+0.7
40	22-18	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Carola Negron Diaz	+0.3
41	23-18	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+0.4
42	23-19	FAIR	QUINN	Attack err	Aislin Oldach		+0.2
43	24-19	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Sophia Nagy	set Zofia Sykut	+0.3
44	24-20	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Sila Yildiz	set Klara Olszewska	+0.1
45	25-20	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+0.2
Set 3
1	0-1	QUINN	QUINN	Ace	Asia Belli		+0.7
2	1-1	QUINN	FAIR	Serve err	Asia Belli		+0.5
3	1-2	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.5
4	2-2	QUINN	FAIR	Attack err	Sila Yildiz		+0.5
5	3-2	FAIR	FAIR	Ace	Zofia Sykut	aced Didar Bulbul	+0.6
6	3-3	FAIR	QUINN×4	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Giulia Ragusa	+0.5
7	3-4	QUINN	QUINN×4	Kill	Sila Yildiz	set Farah Sherif	+0.7
8	3-5	QUINN	QUINN×4	Blocked	Aislin Oldach	blk Sila Yildiz, Farah Sherif	+0.8
9	3-6	QUINN	QUINN×4	Ace	Sophia Minlend		+0.8
10	4-6	QUINN	FAIR×6	Serve err	Sophia Minlend		+0.5
11	5-6	FAIR	FAIR×6	Kill	Harlan Wyche	set Zofia Sykut	+0.8
12	6-6	FAIR	FAIR×6	Blocked	Giulia Ragusa	blk Emma Bortolotti	+0.8
13	7-6	FAIR	FAIR×6	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Didar Bulbul	+0.7
14	8-6	FAIR	FAIR×6	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+0.7
15	9-6	FAIR	FAIR×6	Kill	Harlan Wyche		+0.6
16	9-7	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.4
17	9-8	QUINN	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.7
18	10-8	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+0.5
19	10-9	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Farah Sherif	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.5
20	10-10	QUINN	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.8
21	11-10	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+0.6
22	11-11	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Asia Belli	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.6
23	11-12	QUINN	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Giulia Ragusa	+1.0
24	12-12	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Sophia Nagy	set Zofia Sykut	+0.7
25	12-13	FAIR	QUINN	Serve err	Fairfield		+0.8
26	13-13	QUINN	FAIR×4	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+0.7
27	14-13	FAIR	FAIR×4	Ace	Katelyn Cook		+1.0
28	15-13	FAIR	FAIR×4	Attack err	Sophia Minlend		+0.9
29	16-13	FAIR	FAIR×4	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Harlan Wyche	+0.7
30	16-14	FAIR	QUINN	Bad set	Aislin Oldach		+0.5
31	16-15	QUINN	QUINN	Attack err	Aislin Oldach		+0.9
32	17-15	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Zofia Sykut		+0.7
33	17-16	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Farah Sherif	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.7
34	17-17	QUINN	QUINN	Ace	Sophia Minlend	aced Emma Bortolotti	+1.2
35	18-17	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Harlan Wyche	set Zofia Sykut	+0.9
36	18-18	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.9
37	19-18	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Katelyn Cook	+0.9
38	19-19	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Asia Belli	set Sophia Gisslen	+1.0
39	20-19	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+1.0
40	21-19	FAIR	FAIR	Attack err	Azra Ozbiltekin		+1.3
41	21-20	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Klara Olszewska	+0.8
42	22-20	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Julie Dufourt	set Zofia Sykut	+1.0
43	22-21	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Giulia Ragusa	set Asia Belli	+0.9
44	23-21	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Sophia Nagy	set Zofia Sykut	+1.1
45	23-22	FAIR	QUINN×3	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Sophia Gisslen	+0.9
46	23-23	QUINN	QUINN×3	Ace	Sophia Gisslen	aced Julie Dufourt	+2.1
47	23-24	QUINN	QUINN×3	Blocked	Aislin Oldach	blk Farah Sherif, Sila Yildiz	+3.1
48	24-24	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+2.3
49	25-24	FAIR	FAIR	Bad set	Sophia Gisslen		+2.7
50	25-25	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Sophia Minlend	set Didar Bulbul	+2.0
51	26-25	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Aislin Oldach	set Zofia Sykut	+2.0
52	26-26	FAIR	QUINN	Kill	Farah Sherif	set Sophia Gisslen	+2.0
53	27-26	QUINN	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+2.0
54	28-26	FAIR	FAIR	Kill	Emma Bortolotti	set Zofia Sykut	+2.3

Score shown after each rally, Fairfield 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).

Fairfield def. Quinnipiac 3–0

.464 on 28 swings: Emma Bortolotti and Fairfield edged Quinnipiac.