Little Rock def. Northwestern State 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 5)

FinalSat, Sep 5, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Little Rock beat Northwestern St. 3-0 (25-8, 25-18, 25-11) on Sat, Sep 5, 2026 at a neutral site. Little Rock's Bella Cherry led with 10 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 5

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NW ST	8	18	11	0
UALR	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Little Rock above 50 · Northwestern St. below

Biggest swing: 1.3% to Little Rock — set 2, NW ST 12-13 UALR. Kill by Lovina Teel (set by Avery Fearnley). UALR win probability 93% → 94%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW ST 12.5%87.5% UALR

Northwestern St. wins

3-0

1.8%

3-1

3.9%

3-2

6.8%

Little Rock wins

3-0

40.5%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.4%

NW ST break %: 38.9% vs this opp
UALR break %: 47.7% 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
Lovina TeelKill+1.3%
Kill by Lovina Teel (set by Avery Fearnley)
Set 2 · NW ST 12-13 UALR · UALR 93% → 94%
02
Olivia Nzioki&Camila TorquatiBlock+1.2%
Avery Fearnley stuffed by Olivia Nzioki & Camila Torquati
Set 2 · NW ST 9-8 UALR · NW ST 7% → 8%
03
Lovina TeelKill+1.2%
Kill by Lovina Teel (set by Lily King)
Set 1 · NW ST 1-2 UALR · UALR 87% → 89%
04
Lovina TeelBlock+1.2%
Julia Whitfield stuffed by Lovina Teel
Set 2 · NW ST 13-15 UALR · UALR 94% → 95%
05
Northwestern St.Ace+1.1%
Northwestern St. ace on Avery Fearnley
Set 2 · NW ST 6-5 UALR · NW ST 7% → 8%
06
Little RockService error+1.1%
Little Rock service error
Set 2 · NW ST 12-11 UALR · NW ST 7% → 8%
07
Olivia NziokiBlock+1.1%
Alyssa Boyte stuffed by Olivia Nzioki
Set 2 · NW ST 8-8 UALR · NW ST 6% → 7%
08
Little RockAce+1.1%
Little Rock ace on Ana Gjorgjievska
Set 1 · NW ST 1-3 UALR · UALR 89% → 90%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwestern St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Gillian WolfOH	3	6	2	19	.211	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	6
4Kenadii WinfreyMB	3	4	5	15	-.067	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
14Ana GjorgjievskaOH	3	4	5	22	-.045	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	5
22Olivia NziokiMB	3	1	1	6	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3
6Amber CraigOH	1	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Jade LongladS	1	0	0	1	.000	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
7Harper CauleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	2
16Anna Claire HebertS	3	1	0	2	.500	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
2Emmarie McFarlandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	10	1	0	0	0	1
12Valerie BrownL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18Camila TorquatiS	2	0	0	1	.000	6	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
1Julia WhitfieldMB	2	1	3	7	-.286	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		19	17	77	.026	18	4	5	28	9	2	6	5	37

Little Rockhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Lovina TeelOH	3	7	1	17	.353	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	2	9
14Avery FearnleyOH	3	7	4	17	.176	1	1	2	6	2	0	0	0	8
12Alyssa BoyteMB	3	6	1	10	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
17Lorena KeseljMB	3	3	0	5	.600	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
5Lily KingS	3	1	0	1	1.000	17	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
13Morgan CreerOH	2	4	0	6	.667	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
8Bella CherryOH	3	10	0	17	.588	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
6Victoria FontenotL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	4	2	7	0	0	0	0	4
2Skyler PerezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	3
4Alayna VaethS	3	0	0	0	–	14	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
10Polianna HernandezOH	2	5	0	6	.833	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1Miranda BledsoeL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	6	79	.468	39	9	8	36	4	3	6	6	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 NW ST · UALR 8

Set 1

8-25

Longest run 3 NW STUALR 7

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 3 NW STUALR 5

Set 3

11-25

Longest run 4 NW STUALR 8

Bars above the line = Little Rock leads, below = Northwestern St. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%5/13	38%3/8
2	24%4/17	17%1/6
3	29%4/14	0%0/4
4	33%4/12	33%2/6
5	57%4/7	33%2/6
6	36%4/11	50%4/8
All	34%25/74	32%12/38

Little Rock

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	86%6/7	62%8/13
2	80%4/5	76%13/17
3	80%4/5	67%8/12
4	80%4/5	56%5/9
5	44%4/9	69%9/13
6	57%4/7	60%6/10
All	68%26/38	66%49/74

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

112 rallies

#	NW ST-UALR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Ana Gjorgjievska	set Emmarie McFarland	+1.1
2	1-1	NW ST	UALR×5	Kill	Avery Fearnley	set Lily King	+1.0
3	1-2	UALR	UALR×5	Kill	Lovina Teel	set Lily King	+1.2
4	1-3	UALR	UALR×5	Ace	Little Rock	aced Ana Gjorgjievska	+1.1
5	1-4	UALR	UALR×5	Kill	Morgan Creer	set Lily King	+0.9
6	1-5	UALR	UALR×5	Attack err	Ana Gjorgjievska		+0.8
7	2-5	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Ana Gjorgjievska	set Jade Longlad	+0.6
8	2-6	NW ST	UALR×6	Kill	Lovina Teel	set Morgan Creer	+0.6
9	2-7	UALR	UALR×6	Blocked	Olivia Nzioki	blk Lovina Teel, Alyssa Boyte	+0.7
10	2-8	UALR	UALR×6	Kill	Alyssa Boyte		+0.5
11	2-9	UALR	UALR×6	Blocked	Gillian Wolf	blk Morgan Creer	+0.4
12	2-10	UALR	UALR×6	Kill	Morgan Creer	set Lorena Keselj	+0.3
13	2-11	UALR	UALR×6	Kill	Lovina Teel	set Anna Claire Hebert	+0.2
14	3-11	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+0.1
15	3-12	NW ST	UALR×3	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+0.1
16	3-13	UALR	UALR×3	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Skyler Perez	+0.1
17	3-14	UALR	UALR×3	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.1
18	4-14	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	·
19	4-15	NW ST	UALR×3	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Bella Cherry, Alyssa Boyte	·
20	4-16	UALR	UALR×3	Kill	Avery Fearnley	set Alayna Vaeth	·
21	4-17	UALR	UALR×3	Kill	Alyssa Boyte	set Alayna Vaeth	·
22	5-17	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	·
23	5-18	NW ST	UALR×7	Kill	Avery Fearnley	set Alayna Vaeth	·
24	5-19	UALR	UALR×7	Ace	Little Rock		·
25	5-20	UALR	UALR×7	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Alayna Vaeth	·
26	5-21	UALR	UALR×7	Ace	Little Rock	aced Ana Gjorgjievska	·
27	5-22	UALR	UALR×7	Ace	Little Rock		·
28	5-23	UALR	UALR×7	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Alayna Vaeth	·
29	5-24	UALR	UALR×7	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Lorena Keselj	·
30	6-24	UALR	NW ST×3	Blocked	Avery Fearnley	blk Ana Gjorgjievska	·
31	7-24	NW ST	NW ST×3	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Avery Fearnley	·
32	8-24	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Amber Craig	set Harper Cauley	·
33	8-25	NW ST	UALR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		·
Set 2
1	1-0	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey		+1.0
2	1-1	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Avery Fearnley	set Lily King	+0.7
3	1-2	UALR	UALR	Attack err	Ana Gjorgjievska		+0.8
4	2-2	UALR	NW ST	Serve err	Little Rock		+0.7
5	3-2	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Julia Whitfield	set Emmarie McFarland	+1.0
6	3-3	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Morgan Creer	set Lily King	+0.7
7	4-3	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Anna Claire Hebert	+0.8
8	4-4	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Alyssa Boyte	set Lily King	+0.7
9	4-5	UALR	UALR	Attack err	Ana Gjorgjievska		+0.9
10	5-5	UALR	NW ST	Serve err	Little Rock		+0.8
11	6-5	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Avery Fearnley	+1.1
12	6-6	NW ST	UALR×3	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.8
13	6-7	UALR	UALR×3	Ace	Little Rock	aced Harper Cauley	+1.0
14	6-8	UALR	UALR×3	Kill	Avery Fearnley	set Alyssa Boyte	+0.9
15	7-8	UALR	NW ST×3	Kill	Ana Gjorgjievska	set Camila Torquati	+0.7
16	8-8	NW ST	NW ST×3	Blocked	Alyssa Boyte	blk Olivia Nzioki	+1.1
17	9-8	NW ST	NW ST×3	Blocked	Avery Fearnley	blk Olivia Nzioki, Camila Torquati	+1.2
18	9-9	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.9
19	10-9	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Wolf	set Camila Torquati	+1.0
20	10-10	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Lorena Keselj	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.9
21	11-10	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Wolf	set Camila Torquati	+1.0
22	11-11	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Lily King	set Skyler Perez	+0.9
23	12-11	UALR	NW ST	Serve err	Little Rock		+1.1
24	12-12	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Lovina Teel	set Lily King	+1.0
25	12-13	UALR	UALR	Kill	Lovina Teel	set Avery Fearnley	+1.3
26	13-13	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Ana Gjorgjievska	set Anna Claire Hebert	+1.0
27	13-14	NW ST	UALR×3	Kill	Morgan Creer	set Lily King	+1.0
28	13-15	UALR	UALR×3	Blocked	Julia Whitfield	blk Lovina Teel	+1.2
29	13-16	UALR	UALR×3	Attack err	Julia Whitfield		+1.0
30	14-16	UALR	NW ST	Serve err	Little Rock		+0.7
31	14-17	NW ST	UALR×5	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+0.8
32	14-18	UALR	UALR×5	Bad set	Camila Torquati		+0.8
33	14-19	UALR	UALR×5	Ace	Little Rock	aced Gillian Wolf	+0.5
34	14-20	UALR	UALR×5	Ace	Little Rock	aced Gillian Wolf	+0.3
35	14-21	UALR	UALR×5	Ace	Little Rock	aced Emmarie McFarland	+0.2
36	15-21	UALR	NW ST	Serve err	Little Rock		+0.1
37	15-22	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Alyssa Boyte	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.1
38	16-22	UALR	NW ST	Blocked	Avery Fearnley	blk Olivia Nzioki, Camila Torquati	·
39	17-22	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Wolf	set Emmarie McFarland	+0.1
40	17-23	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.2
41	17-24	UALR	UALR	Attack err	Gillian Wolf		+0.1
42	18-24	UALR	NW ST	Serve err	Little Rock		·
43	18-25	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Polianna Hernandez	set Lily King	·
Set 3
1	0-1	UALR	UALR×5	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+0.4
2	0-2	UALR	UALR×5	Kill	Lorena Keselj	set Lily King	+0.3
3	0-3	UALR	UALR×5	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+0.3
4	0-4	UALR	UALR×5	Kill	Avery Fearnley		+0.3
5	0-5	UALR	UALR×5	Kill	Polianna Hernandez	set Lily King	+0.2
6	1-5	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Anna Claire Hebert	set Julia Whitfield	+0.2
7	1-6	NW ST	UALR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+0.2
8	1-7	UALR	UALR	Blocked	Kenadii Winfrey	blk Lorena Keselj	+0.2
9	2-7	UALR	NW ST	Attack err	Lovina Teel		+0.1
10	2-8	NW ST	UALR×3	Kill	Avery Fearnley	set Lily King	+0.1
11	2-9	UALR	UALR×3	Ace	Little Rock	aced Ana Gjorgjievska	+0.1
12	2-10	UALR	UALR×3	Kill	Polianna Hernandez	set Lily King	+0.1
13	3-10	UALR	NW ST	Serve err	Little Rock		+0.1
14	4-10	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Lovina Teel	+0.1
15	4-11	NW ST	UALR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+0.1
16	5-11	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Camila Torquati	+0.1
17	5-12	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Alyssa Boyte	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.1
18	5-13	UALR	UALR	Kill	Alyssa Boyte	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.1
19	6-13	UALR	NW ST×4	Serve err	Little Rock		+0.1
20	7-13	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Gillian Wolf	set Camila Torquati	+0.1
21	8-13	NW ST	NW ST×4	Ace	Northwestern St.		+0.1
22	9-13	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Camila Torquati	+0.2
23	9-14	NW ST	UALR	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Alayna Vaeth	+0.2
24	10-14	UALR	NW ST	Blocked	Avery Fearnley	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Camila Torquati	+0.2
25	10-15	NW ST	UALR×3	Kill	Bella Cherry	set Skyler Perez	+0.2
26	10-16	UALR	UALR×3	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+0.2
27	10-17	UALR	UALR×3	Attack err	Julia Whitfield		+0.1
28	11-17	UALR	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Wolf	set Anna Claire Hebert	+0.1
29	11-18	NW ST	UALR×8	Kill	Polianna Hernandez	set Lily King	+0.1
30	11-19	UALR	UALR×8	Kill	Lorena Keselj	set Lily King	+0.1
31	11-20	UALR	UALR×8	Kill	Polianna Hernandez	set Lily King	·
32	11-21	UALR	UALR×8	Attack err	Ana Gjorgjievska		·
33	11-22	UALR	UALR×8	Kill	Lovina Teel	set Lily King	·
34	11-23	UALR	UALR×8	Blocked	Kenadii Winfrey	blk Lovina Teel, Lorena Keselj	·
35	11-24	UALR	UALR×8	Kill	Lovina Teel	set Lily King	·
36	11-25	UALR	UALR×8	Attack err	Ana Gjorgjievska		·

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern St. 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).

Little Rock def. Northwestern St. 3–0