Eastern Ky. vs UT Arlington Volleyball: Eastern Ky. Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Eastern Ky. 90.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Eastern Ky. won at UT Arlington 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Eastern Ky.'s Emma Closurdo led with 15 kills, and Cassidy Trahan added 22 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
E KY	25	25	25	3
TX ARL	18	22	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

15 kills in 3 sets for Emma Closurdo. Eastern Ky. swept UT Arlington.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.4 points. UT Arlington peaked at 8% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Eastern Ky. 91% before first serve.

Eastern Ky.UT Arlington

Break %+15.4 pts
45.930.5
On serve: 34/74 against 18/59 (UT Arlington sideout 54.1%).
Longest run+1
54
Eastern Ky. opened the set in the third set with 5 straight points for a 5–0 lead. Final score of the set: 25–18.

UT Arlington above 50Eastern Ky. belowMax swing 1.4%

Eastern Ky.UT Arlington

Hitting: Eastern Ky. .188·UT Arlington .115
Aces: Eastern Ky. 4·UT Arlington 0
Serve err: Eastern Ky. 1·UT Arlington 5
Blocks: Eastern Ky. 14·UT Arlington 62 BS · 24 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Eastern Ky. 65·UT Arlington 61

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UT Arlington above 50 · Eastern Ky. below

Biggest swing: 1.4% to Eastern Ky. — set 2, E KY 24-22 TX ARL. Kill by Emilee Hill (set by Cooper Abney). TX ARL win probability 4% → 2%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

E KY 88.7%11.3% TX ARL

Eastern Ky. wins

3-0

42.3%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.8%

UT Arlington wins

3-0

1.5%

3-1

3.5%

3-2

6.2%

E KY break %: 45.6% vs this opp
TX ARL break %: 36.4% 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
Emilee HillKill+1.4%
Kill by Emilee Hill (set by Cooper Abney)
Set 2 · E KY 24-22 TX ARL · E KY 96% → 98%
02
Audrey HudsonAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Audrey Hudson
Set 2 · E KY 23-22 TX ARL · TX ARL 3% → 4%
03
Emilee Hill&Caitlyn FleesBlock+1.1%
Evyn Snook stuffed by Emilee Hill & Caitlyn Flees
Set 2 · E KY 14-13 TX ARL · E KY 94% → 95%
04
Dixie NesslBlock+1.0%
Alexis Bull stuffed by Dixie Nessl
Set 2 · E KY 8-9 TX ARL · TX ARL 5% → 6%
05
Emilee SikoraAttack error+1.0%
Attack error by Emilee Sikora
Set 2 · E KY 15-13 TX ARL · E KY 95% → 96%
06
Alexis Bull&Emma ClosurdoBlock+1.0%
Emilee Sikora stuffed by Alexis Bull & Emma Closurdo
Set 1 · E KY 1-0 TX ARL · E KY 91% → 92%
07
Alexis BullKill+0.9%
Kill by Alexis Bull (set by Cooper Abney)
Set 2 · E KY 25-22 TX ARL · E KY 98% → 99%
08
Emilee SikoraKill+0.9%
Kill by Emilee Sikora (set by Erica Dellesky)
Set 2 · E KY 12-13 TX ARL · TX ARL 6% → 7%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Eastern Ky.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Emma ClosurdoOH	3	15	4	32	.344	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	19
21Addison BurkeOH	3	10	2	30	.267	0	0	1	9	0	1	0.5	10.5
7Emilee HillS	3	7	3	22	.182	19	2	0	12	0	2	1	10
13Alexis BullMB	3	4	1	21	.143	0	0	0	2	1	8	5	9
11Audrey HudsonOH	3	5	6	23	-.043	2	2	0	15	0	3	1.5	8.5
12Caitlyn FleesMB	3	2	1	9	.111	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	4
6Cassidy TrahanDS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	0	0	22	0	0	0	0
10Cooper AbneyS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	17	138	.188	39	4	1	65	2	24	14	75

UT Arlingtonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Emilee SikoraOH	3	13	6	40	.175	0	1	4	1	0	2	1	14
12Evyn SnookOH	3	8	7	34	.029	0	1	11	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
55Dixie NesslMB	3	5	3	17	.118	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	7
1Hana AianaOH	3	5	2	14	.214	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	6
2Erica DelleskyS	3	0	0	0	–	35	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
13Megan DoughertyOH	1	2	2	9	.000	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
4Eliana CollinsOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
83Samantha GlennOH	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	22	0	0	0	0	0
10Mazi SmithOH	2	3	2	18	.056	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
5Lily HopkinsL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
17Camryn McMinnOH	1	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
14Milica PeciMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		39	23	139	.115	39	5	61	4	1	10	6	58

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.

Eastern Ky. vs UT Arlington

Season series · Eastern Ky. leads 2-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Eastern Ky. at UT Arlington · Eastern Ky. won 3-0This match
Thu, Oct 29, 2026UT Arlington at Eastern Ky. · Eastern Ky. won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 E KY · TX ARL 4

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 E KYTX ARL 3

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 4 E KYTX ARL 2

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 5 E KYTX ARL 4

Bars above the line = UT Arlington leads, below = Eastern Ky. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Eastern Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	89%8/9	67%14/21
2	67%8/12	58%11/19
3	62%8/13	0%0/8
4	67%6/9	25%2/8
5	60%6/10	40%4/10
6	83%5/6	38%3/8
All	69%41/59	46%34/74

UT Arlington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%8/24	14%1/7
2	50%8/16	20%2/10
3	100%8/8	27%3/11
4	60%6/10	33%4/12
5	56%5/9	40%4/10
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	54%40/74	31%18/59

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

133 rallies

#	E KY-TX ARL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	E KY	E KY	Blocked	Emilee Sikora	blk Alexis Bull, Emma Closurdo	+1.0
2	2-0	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.9
3	2-1	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Megan Dougherty	set Erica Dellesky	+0.6
4	3-1	TX ARL	E KY×3	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.6
5	4-1	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Megan Dougherty		+0.7
6	5-1	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Evyn Snook		+0.6
7	5-2	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.4
8	6-2	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.4
9	6-3	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.4
10	7-3	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Audrey Hudson	+0.4
11	7-4	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Erica Dellesky	+0.4
12	8-4	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+0.5
13	9-4	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Evyn Snook		+0.5
14	9-5	E KY	TX ARL	Blocked	Emilee Hill	blk Dixie Nessl, Evyn Snook	+0.3
15	10-5	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cooper Abney	+0.4
16	11-5	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Megan Dougherty		+0.4
17	11-6	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Erica Dellesky	+0.2
18	12-6	TX ARL	E KY×4	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.3
19	13-6	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.3
20	14-6	E KY	E KY×4	Ace	Eastern Ky.		+0.2
21	15-6	E KY	E KY×4	Attack err	Dixie Nessl		+0.1
22	15-7	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	·
23	16-7	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Emilee Hill	+0.1
24	16-8	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	·
25	17-8	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.1
26	17-9	E KY	TX ARL	Blocked	Emma Closurdo	blk Hana Aiana, Emilee Sikora	·
27	18-9	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.1
28	18-10	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Hana Aiana	set Erica Dellesky	·
29	19-10	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	·
30	19-11	E KY	TX ARL×3	Serve err	Addison Burke		·
31	19-12	TX ARL	TX ARL×3	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Samantha Glenn	+0.1
32	19-13	TX ARL	TX ARL×3	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Erica Dellesky	+0.1
33	20-13	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Audrey Hudson	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.1
34	20-14	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Erica Dellesky	+0.1
35	21-14	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney	+0.1
36	21-15	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Megan Dougherty	set Erica Dellesky	+0.1
37	22-15	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.1
38	23-15	E KY	E KY	Blocked	Hana Aiana	blk Alexis Bull	·
39	23-16	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Samantha Glenn	·
40	24-16	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	·
41	24-17	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	·
42	24-18	TX ARL	TX ARL	Serve err	UT Arlington		·
43	25-18	TX ARL	E KY	Serve err	UT Arlington		·
Set 2
1	0-1	TX ARL	TX ARL	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+0.8
2	1-1	TX ARL	E KY×4	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.5
3	2-1	E KY	E KY×4	Blocked	Emilee Sikora	blk Alexis Bull, Emma Closurdo	+0.7
4	3-1	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Audrey Hudson	+0.6
5	4-1	E KY	E KY×4	Blocked	Emilee Sikora	blk Alexis Bull, Emma Closurdo	+0.5
6	4-2	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Dixie Nessl	set Erica Dellesky	+0.4
7	4-3	TX ARL	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.6
8	5-3	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.4
9	5-4	E KY	TX ARL	Attack err	Caitlyn Flees		+0.5
10	5-5	TX ARL	TX ARL	Blocked	Emma Closurdo	blk Hana Aiana, Emilee Sikora	+0.8
11	6-5	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.5
12	6-6	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Hana Aiana	set Erica Dellesky	+0.6
13	7-6	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+0.5
14	7-7	E KY	TX ARL	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+0.6
15	8-7	TX ARL	E KY	Serve err	UT Arlington		+0.6
16	8-8	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Dixie Nessl	set Erica Dellesky	+0.6
17	8-9	TX ARL	TX ARL	Blocked	Alexis Bull	blk Dixie Nessl	+1.0
18	9-9	TX ARL	E KY	Serve err	UT Arlington		+0.7
19	9-10	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Samantha Glenn	+0.8
20	10-10	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	+0.7
21	10-11	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Dixie Nessl	set Erica Dellesky	+0.8
22	11-11	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.7
23	11-12	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Mazi Smith	set Erica Dellesky	+0.9
24	12-12	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Emilee Hill	+0.8
25	12-13	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.9
26	13-13	TX ARL	E KY×3	Kill	Caitlyn Flees	set Cooper Abney	+0.8
27	14-13	E KY	E KY×3	Blocked	Evyn Snook	blk Emilee Hill, Caitlyn Flees	+1.1
28	15-13	E KY	E KY×3	Attack err	Emilee Sikora		+1.0
29	15-14	E KY	TX ARL	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+0.7
30	16-14	TX ARL	E KY	Serve err	UT Arlington		+0.7
31	17-14	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+0.8
32	17-15	E KY	TX ARL	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+0.5
33	18-15	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+0.6
34	19-15	E KY	E KY	Blocked	Mazi Smith	blk Audrey Hudson, Alexis Bull	+0.6
35	19-16	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Erica Dellesky	+0.3
36	20-16	TX ARL	E KY	Serve err	UT Arlington		+0.4
37	20-17	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Samantha Glenn	+0.3
38	20-18	TX ARL	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.7
39	21-18	TX ARL	E KY	Attack err	Emilee Sikora		+0.7
40	21-19	E KY	TX ARL	Attack err	Emma Closurdo		+0.5
41	22-19	TX ARL	E KY	Blocked	Emilee Sikora	blk Emma Closurdo, Caitlyn Flees	+0.7
42	22-20	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Hana Aiana	set Erica Dellesky	+0.5
43	23-20	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.7
44	23-21	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Evyn Snook	set Erica Dellesky	+0.4
45	23-22	TX ARL	TX ARL	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+1.3
46	24-22	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	+1.4
47	25-22	E KY	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Cooper Abney	+0.9
Set 3
1	1-0	E KY	E KY×5	Blocked	Dixie Nessl	blk Alexis Bull, Audrey Hudson	+0.3
2	2-0	E KY	E KY×5	Kill	Audrey Hudson		+0.3
3	3-0	E KY	E KY×5	Blocked	Evyn Snook	blk Emma Closurdo, Alexis Bull	+0.2
4	4-0	E KY	E KY×5	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Emilee Sikora	+0.2
5	5-0	E KY	E KY×5	Blocked	Evyn Snook	blk Emma Closurdo	+0.2
6	5-1	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Dixie Nessl	set Erica Dellesky	+0.1
7	6-1	TX ARL	E KY×5	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.1
8	7-1	E KY	E KY×5	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Cassidy Trahan	+0.1
9	8-1	E KY	E KY×5	Attack err	Camryn McMinn		+0.1
10	9-1	E KY	E KY×5	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.1
11	10-1	E KY	E KY×5	Ace	Eastern Ky.		·
12	10-2	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Mazi Smith	set Erica Dellesky	·
13	10-3	TX ARL	TX ARL	Blocked	Addison Burke	blk Dixie Nessl, Mazi Smith	·
14	11-3	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	·
15	11-4	E KY	TX ARL×4	Kill	Dixie Nessl	set Erica Dellesky	·
16	11-5	TX ARL	TX ARL×4	Attack err	Addison Burke		+0.1
17	11-6	TX ARL	TX ARL×4	Kill	Hana Aiana	set Erica Dellesky	+0.1
18	11-7	TX ARL	TX ARL×4	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.1
19	12-7	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.1
20	13-7	E KY	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney	+0.1
21	13-8	E KY	TX ARL×4	Kill	Mazi Smith	set Erica Dellesky	+0.1
22	13-9	TX ARL	TX ARL×4	Attack err	Emilee Hill		+0.1
23	13-10	TX ARL	TX ARL×4	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.2
24	13-11	TX ARL	TX ARL×4	Attack err	Emilee Hill		+0.3
25	14-11	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Addison Burke	set Cooper Abney	+0.2
26	15-11	E KY	E KY	Attack err	Hana Aiana		+0.3
27	15-12	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Emilee Sikora	set Erica Dellesky	+0.2
28	15-13	TX ARL	TX ARL	Attack err	Audrey Hudson		+0.3
29	16-13	TX ARL	E KY	Blocked	Evyn Snook	blk Emilee Hill, Caitlyn Flees	+0.2
30	16-14	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Hana Aiana	set Erica Dellesky	+0.2
31	17-14	TX ARL	E KY×4	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Cooper Abney	+0.3
32	18-14	E KY	E KY×4	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.3
33	19-14	E KY	E KY×4	Blocked	Dixie Nessl	blk Alexis Bull, Audrey Hudson	+0.2
34	20-14	E KY	E KY×4	Blocked	Evyn Snook	blk Emma Closurdo, Alexis Bull	+0.1
35	20-15	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Camryn McMinn	set Erica Dellesky	·
36	21-15	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Emma Closurdo	set Emilee Hill	+0.1
37	22-15	E KY	E KY	Ace	Eastern Ky.	aced Camryn McMinn	·
38	22-16	E KY	TX ARL	Blocked	Emma Closurdo	blk Milica Peci, Camryn McMinn	·
39	22-17	TX ARL	TX ARL	Kill	Camryn McMinn	set Erica Dellesky	·
40	23-17	TX ARL	E KY	Kill	Alexis Bull	set Emilee Hill	·
41	23-18	E KY	TX ARL	Kill	Camryn McMinn	set Erica Dellesky	·
42	24-18	TX ARL	E KY	Blocked	Mazi Smith	blk Caitlyn Flees, Addison Burke	·
43	25-18	E KY	E KY	Kill	Emilee Hill	set Cooper Abney	·

Score shown after each rally, Eastern Ky. 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).

Eastern Ky. def. UT Arlington 3–0

15 kills in 3 sets for Emma Closurdo. Eastern Ky. swept UT Arlington.