Northwestern State def. Louisiana Tech 3-0 (Sep 15)

FinalTue, Sep 15, 2026

0:3

Northwestern St. beat visiting Louisiana Tech 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-23) on Tue, Sep 15, 2026. Northwestern St.'s Olivia Nzioki led with 10 kills, and Jade Longlad added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 15

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LATECH	22	20	23	0
NW ST	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Northwestern St. above 50 · Louisiana Tech below

Biggest swing: 7.4% to Northwestern St. — set 3, LATECH 23-25 NW ST. Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Jade Longlad). NW ST win probability 93% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LATECH 54.6%45.4% NW ST

Louisiana Tech wins

3-0

14.5%

3-1

20.7%

3-2

19.4%

Northwestern St. wins

3-0

10.7%

3-1

16.8%

3-2

17.9%

LATECH break %: 42.9% vs this opp
NW ST break %: 42.1% 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
Olivia NziokiKill+7.4%
Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 3 · LATECH 23-25 NW ST · NW ST 93% → 100%
02
Olivia NziokiKill+7.2%
Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Valerie Brown)
Set 3 · LATECH 23-24 NW ST · NW ST 85% → 93%
03
Taylor WoodsKill+4.2%
Kill by Taylor Woods (set by Sydnee Carter)
Set 3 · LATECH 23-22 NW ST · LATECH 14% → 19%
04
Kenadii WinfreyBlock+4.1%
Tyra McKinnie stuffed by Kenadii Winfrey
Set 3 · LATECH 21-21 NW ST · NW ST 82% → 86%
05
Olivia NziokiKill+4.0%
Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 3 · LATECH 23-23 NW ST · NW ST 81% → 85%
06
Gabrielle HairstonAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Gabrielle Hairston
Set 2 · LATECH 11-13 NW ST · NW ST 68% → 72%
07
Olivia NziokiKill+3.5%
Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 2 · LATECH 11-12 NW ST · NW ST 65% → 68%
08
Taylor WoodsKill+3.5%
Kill by Taylor Woods (set by Megan Cooley)
Set 3 · LATECH 22-21 NW ST · LATECH 14% → 18%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Louisiana Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
20Megan CooleyOH	3	9	5	30	.133	2	4	3	13	1	1	0.5	13.5
3Tyra McKinnieMB	3	5	6	19	-.053	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
13Violet MorrandezMB	3	4	2	14	.143	0	0	1	2	0	4	2	6
2Kylie RodriguezOH	3	4	4	17	.000	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	5
1Sydnee CarterS	3	1	0	1	1.000	15	1	1	4	0	0	0	2
12Abbi SellsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0
10Gabrielle HairstonOH	3	8	3	21	.238	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	8
24Taylor WoodsOH	3	6	2	20	.200	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	7
4Riley SteubingL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	14	1	0	0	1
0Emerson TraylorS	3	0	0	3	.000	17	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	22	125	.120	36	7	11	53	4	9	4.5	65

Northwestern St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Kenadii WinfreyMB	3	8	4	17	.235	0	2	1	4	0	3	2	4	14
22Olivia NziokiMB	3	10	3	21	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	12
17Elsie SanchezOH	3	5	3	29	.069	1	1	1	3	3	0	2	1	7
5Gillian Grace WolfOH	3	6	4	23	.087	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	6
11Jade LongladS	3	2	0	4	.500	24	0	0	16	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
16Anna Claire HebertS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1
6Amber CraigOH	3	7	2	19	.263	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
2Emmarie McFarlandL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
7Harper CauleyL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
12Valerie BrownL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	16	116	.190	32	4	5	56	7	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 LATECH · NW ST 9

Set 1

22-25

Longest run 2 LATECHNW ST 5

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 5 LATECHNW ST 9

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 5 LATECHNW ST 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Louisiana Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%7/14	0%0/6
2	70%7/10	42%5/12
3	70%7/10	22%2/9
4	60%6/10	65%13/20
5	22%5/23	50%6/12
6	71%5/7	29%2/7
All	50%37/74	42%28/66

Northwestern St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	54%7/13
2	70%7/10	13%1/8
3	44%7/16	46%6/13
4	55%6/11	33%3/9
5	46%6/13	65%11/17
6	100%5/5	64%9/14
All	58%38/66	50%37/74

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

140 rallies

#	LATECH-NW ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Sydnee Carter	+1.8
2	1-1	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
3	2-1	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+1.9
4	3-1	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Emerson Traylor	+2.5
5	3-2	LATECH	NW ST×3	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.8
6	3-3	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
7	3-4	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Anna Claire Hebert	+2.7
8	4-4	NW ST	LATECH	Attack err	Gillian Grace Wolf		+2.0
9	4-5	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+2.0
10	5-5	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Tyra McKinnie	+2.0
11	6-5	LATECH	LATECH	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Violet Morrandez, Taylor Woods	+2.8
12	6-6	LATECH	NW ST×5	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
13	6-7	NW ST	NW ST×5	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf		+2.9
14	6-8	NW ST	NW ST×5	Attack err	Gabrielle Hairston		+2.9
15	6-9	NW ST	NW ST×5	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Taylor Woods	+2.8
16	6-10	NW ST	NW ST×5	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey		+2.6
17	7-10	NW ST	LATECH	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.7
18	8-10	LATECH	LATECH	Blocked	Gillian Grace Wolf	blk Violet Morrandez, Kylie Rodriguez	+2.6
19	8-11	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.2
20	8-12	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Taylor Woods	+2.7
21	9-12	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Sydnee Carter	set Megan Cooley	+1.7
22	9-13	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
23	10-13	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Sydnee Carter	+1.7
24	10-14	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+2.1
25	11-14	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+1.7
26	12-14	LATECH	LATECH	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+2.8
27	12-15	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Jade Longlad	set Elsie Sanchez	+2.5
28	13-15	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+2.1
29	13-16	LATECH	NW ST	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie		+2.6
30	13-17	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+3.0
31	14-17	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+1.7
32	14-18	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+2.3
33	15-18	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+1.7
34	16-18	LATECH	LATECH	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Gillian Grace Wolf	+3.1
35	16-19	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.9
36	17-19	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Riley Steubing	+2.3
37	17-20	LATECH	NW ST×3	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+3.0
38	17-21	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Kylie Rodriguez		+3.2
39	17-22	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Megan Cooley		+2.1
40	18-22	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+0.8
41	19-22	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Sydnee Carter	+1.8
42	19-23	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.2
43	20-23	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter	+1.0
44	20-24	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
45	21-24	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Emerson Traylor	+0.6
46	22-24	LATECH	LATECH	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Elsie Sanchez	+1.9
47	22-25	LATECH	NW ST	Blocked	Tyra McKinnie	blk Kenadii Winfrey	+3.3
Set 2
1	0-1	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.9
2	1-1	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Sydnee Carter	+1.9
3	1-2	LATECH	NW ST	Blocked	Kylie Rodriguez	blk Elsie Sanchez, Olivia Nzioki	+2.0
4	1-3	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Megan Cooley		+2.7
5	2-3	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+1.9
6	2-4	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
7	3-4	NW ST	LATECH×5	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Emerson Traylor	+1.9
8	4-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+2.8
9	5-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Elsie Sanchez	+2.8
10	6-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+2.8
11	7-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Emerson Traylor	+2.6
12	7-5	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.8
13	8-5	NW ST	LATECH×4	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Tyra McKinnie, Taylor Woods	+2.0
14	9-5	LATECH	LATECH×4	Kill	Violet Morrandez	set Sydnee Carter	+2.5
15	10-5	LATECH	LATECH×4	Ace	Louisiana Tech		+2.1
16	11-5	LATECH	LATECH×4	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+1.8
17	11-6	LATECH	NW ST×9	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+1.1
18	11-7	NW ST	NW ST×9	Attack err	Gabrielle Hairston		+1.8
19	11-8	NW ST	NW ST×9	Kill	Amber Craig	set Valerie Brown	+2.2
20	11-9	NW ST	NW ST×9	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.7
21	11-10	NW ST	NW ST×9	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Megan Cooley	+3.0
22	11-11	NW ST	NW ST×9	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Valerie Brown	+3.4
23	11-12	NW ST	NW ST×9	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+3.5
24	11-13	NW ST	NW ST×9	Attack err	Gabrielle Hairston		+3.6
25	11-14	NW ST	NW ST×9	Blocked	Violet Morrandez	blk Olivia Nzioki	+3.4
26	12-14	NW ST	LATECH	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.2
27	12-15	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
28	12-16	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+3.1
29	13-16	NW ST	LATECH	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.8
30	13-17	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Jade Longlad	set Valerie Brown	+2.3
31	13-18	NW ST	NW ST	Blocked	Kylie Rodriguez	blk Elsie Sanchez, Olivia Nzioki	+2.5
32	14-18	NW ST	LATECH	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+1.3
33	15-18	LATECH	LATECH	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+2.4
34	15-19	LATECH	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.4
35	15-20	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Kylie Rodriguez		+2.4
36	15-21	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie		+1.5
37	16-21	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter	+0.6
38	16-22	LATECH	NW ST	Blocked	Megan Cooley	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Jade Longlad	+1.0
39	17-22	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Emerson Traylor	+0.4
40	17-23	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Emmarie McFarland	+0.8
41	17-24	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Valerie Brown	+0.4
42	18-24	NW ST	LATECH×3	Attack err	Gillian Grace Wolf		·
43	19-24	LATECH	LATECH×3	Kill	Violet Morrandez	set Emerson Traylor	+0.2
44	20-24	LATECH	LATECH×3	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+0.4
45	20-25	LATECH	NW ST	Blocked	Taylor Woods	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Amber Craig	+0.6
Set 3
1	0-1	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Riley Steubing	+1.8
2	1-1	NW ST	LATECH	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.3
3	1-2	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.4
4	2-2	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Sydnee Carter	+1.3
5	2-3	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.4
6	2-4	NW ST	NW ST	Blocked	Megan Cooley	blk Kenadii Winfrey	+1.9
7	3-4	NW ST	LATECH×5	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Emerson Traylor	+1.3
8	4-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Kylie Rodriguez, Violet Morrandez	+1.9
9	5-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Emerson Traylor	+1.9
10	6-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Kill	Violet Morrandez	set Emmarie McFarland	+1.9
11	7-4	LATECH	LATECH×5	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+1.8
12	7-5	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+1.2
13	7-6	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Violet Morrandez		+1.9
14	8-6	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Emerson Traylor	+1.5
15	8-7	LATECH	NW ST×6	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.4
16	8-8	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
17	8-9	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Amber Craig	set Emmarie McFarland	+2.2
18	8-10	NW ST	NW ST×6	Attack err	Taylor Woods		+2.2
19	8-11	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey		+2.1
20	8-12	NW ST	NW ST×6	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie		+1.9
21	9-12	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Emerson Traylor	+1.2
22	9-13	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+1.5
23	10-13	NW ST	LATECH	Attack err	Gillian Grace Wolf		+1.2
24	10-14	LATECH	NW ST	Attack err	Megan Cooley		+1.5
25	10-15	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie		+1.7
26	11-15	NW ST	LATECH×4	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Sydnee Carter	+1.0
27	12-15	LATECH	LATECH×4	Blocked	Olivia Nzioki	blk Violet Morrandez, Megan Cooley	+1.7
28	13-15	LATECH	LATECH×4	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Sydnee Carter	+2.1
29	14-15	LATECH	LATECH×4	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Anna Claire Hebert	+2.4
30	14-16	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+2.0
31	15-16	NW ST	LATECH	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.9
32	15-17	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.2
33	16-17	NW ST	LATECH×5	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Emerson Traylor	+1.9
34	17-17	LATECH	LATECH×5	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+3.0
35	18-17	LATECH	LATECH×5	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Elsie Sanchez	+3.2
36	19-17	LATECH	LATECH×5	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Harper Cauley	+3.1
37	20-17	LATECH	LATECH×5	Kill	Violet Morrandez	set Emerson Traylor	+2.8
38	20-18	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+1.6
39	20-19	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.9
40	21-19	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Emerson Traylor	+2.7
41	21-20	LATECH	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.3
42	21-21	NW ST	NW ST	Blocked	Tyra McKinnie	blk Kenadii Winfrey	+4.1
43	22-21	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Megan Cooley	+3.5
44	22-22	LATECH	NW ST	Serve err	Louisiana Tech		+3.4
45	23-22	NW ST	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter	+4.2
46	23-23	LATECH	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+4.0
47	23-24	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Valerie Brown	+7.2
48	23-25	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+7.4

Score shown after each rally, Louisiana Tech 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).

Northwestern St. def. Louisiana Tech 3–0