Kent State vs Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech Wins 3-0 (Aug 28)

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026

0:3

Virginia Tech beat visiting Kent St. 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 25-23) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. Virginia Tech's Reese Hazelton led with 13 kills, and Ivy Cooper added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
KENT	20	24	23	0
VT	25	26	25	3

Win probability

Virginia Tech above 50 · Kent St. below

Biggest swing: 6.9% to Virginia Tech — set 2, KENT 24-25 VT. Virginia Tech ace on Avrey Rigney. VT win probability 81% → 88%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

KENT 28.4%71.6% VT

Kent St. wins

3-0

5.3%

3-1

9.9%

3-2

13.2%

Virginia Tech wins

3-0

24.4%

3-1

27.5%

3-2

19.7%

KENT break %: 42.0% vs this opp
VT break %: 46.4% 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
Virginia TechAce+6.9%
Virginia Tech ace on Avrey Rigney
Set 2 · KENT 24-25 VT · VT 81% → 88%
02
Paloma ZubiriKill+6.2%
Kill by Paloma Zubiri (set by Camdynn Gonzalez)
Set 2 · KENT 24-26 VT · VT 88% → 94%
03
Nadia MillerKill+5.9%
Kill by Nadia Miller (set by Christina Vigil)
Set 2 · KENT 24-23 VT · KENT 19% → 25%
04
Reese HazeltonKill+5.9%
Kill by Reese Hazelton (set by Camdynn Gonzalez)
Set 2 · KENT 24-24 VT · VT 75% → 81%
05
Virginia TechAce+4.7%
Virginia Tech ace on Lesley Furuta
Set 2 · KENT 22-22 VT · VT 77% → 82%
06
Avrey RigneyKill+4.6%
Kill by Avrey Rigney (set by Christina Vigil)
Set 2 · KENT 23-22 VT · KENT 18% → 23%
07
Isabella MishlerKill+4.3%
Kill by Isabella Mishler (set by Camilla Brandalise)
Set 2 · KENT 23-23 VT · VT 77% → 81%
08
Destiny WalkerAttack error+4.0%
Attack error by Destiny Walker
Set 2 · KENT 21-19 VT · KENT 21% → 25%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Kent St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Nadia MillerMB	3	8	0	18	.444	1	0	1	2	0	2	2	3	11
2Avrey RigneyOH	3	7	7	24	.000	1	0	3	6	2	0	1	0.5	7.5
14Christina VigilS	3	4	1	14	.214	17	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
16Adalynn GinleyMB	3	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
4Hailey BrennerDS	3	1	0	2	.500	1	1	1	6	2	0	0	0	2
10Macie MorelandOH	1	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Mercedez BrownOH	3	3	4	14	-.071	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	13	3	0	0	0	1
12Catie PattersonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
11Vanessa ImohOH	2	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
1Maggie KachmarikDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	14	89	.157	21	2	10	36	9	3	8	7	67

Virginia Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
24Reese HazeltonOH	3	13	6	33	.212	0	2	3	3	0	3	1.5	16.5
6Destiny WalkerOH	3	9	7	27	.074	0	4	1	11	0	0	0	13
4Isabella MishlerMB	3	7	5	17	.118	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	9
7Camilla BrandaliseS	3	0	0	3	.000	21	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
8Adeline HundlOH	2	2	4	9	-.222	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
16Frances TorresOH	2	1	1	6	.000	0	0	1	3	0	1	0.5	1.5
26Layla MooreMB	3	5	0	10	.500	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
23Ivy CooperL/DS	3	0	0	5	.000	3	1	0	17	0	0	0	1
10Camdynn GonzalezS	3	0	0	2	.000	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
11Paloma ZubiriOH	2	1	1	5	.000	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
9Isabela LopezOH	1	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
Team totals		40	25	121	.124	37	9	9	39	2	14	7	76

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 3 KENT · VT 7

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 KENTVT 7

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 3 KENTVT 5

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 3 KENTVT 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Kent St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	46%6/13
2	50%8/16	43%6/14
3	54%7/13	33%4/12
4	64%7/11	46%6/13
5	60%6/10	13%1/8
6	56%5/9	33%3/9
All	55%41/74	38%26/69

Virginia Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	33%3/9
2	57%8/14	60%12/20
3	67%8/12	38%5/13
4	64%7/11	36%4/11
5	86%6/7	50%6/12
6	55%6/11	33%3/9
All	62%43/69	45%33/74

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

143 rallies

#	KENT-VT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	KENT	KENT	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Hailey Brenner	+2.1
2	1-1	KENT	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.6
3	2-1	VT	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil		+1.7
4	3-1	KENT	KENT	Ace	Kent St.		+2.3
5	3-2	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.7
6	4-2	VT	KENT	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+1.9
7	4-3	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.7
8	5-3	VT	KENT	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Nadia Miller	+1.9
9	5-4	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.8
10	6-4	VT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Layla Moore	+2.0
11	6-5	KENT	VT×3	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+1.8
12	6-6	VT	VT×3	Attack err	Avrey Rigney		+2.3
13	6-7	VT	VT×3	Bad set	Avrey Rigney		+2.3
14	7-7	VT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+1.9
15	7-8	KENT	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+1.9
16	7-9	VT	VT	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Isabella Mishler, Frances Torres	+2.2
17	8-9	VT	KENT	Bad set	Frances Torres		+1.8
18	8-10	KENT	VT	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+1.8
19	9-10	VT	KENT	Attack err	Isabella Mishler		+1.8
20	10-10	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Destiny Walker		+2.6
21	10-11	KENT	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camilla Brandalise	+2.1
22	10-12	VT	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise	+2.5
23	11-12	VT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.9
24	11-13	KENT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+2.0
25	12-13	VT	KENT×3	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Nadia Miller	+2.0
26	13-13	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+2.9
27	14-13	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Adeline Hundl		+3.2
28	14-14	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+2.4
29	15-14	VT	KENT	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+2.7
30	15-15	KENT	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Ivy Cooper	+2.6
31	16-15	VT	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil		+2.8
32	17-15	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Destiny Walker		+3.7
33	17-16	KENT	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+2.6
34	18-16	VT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+3.1
35	18-17	KENT	VT×7	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise	+2.7
36	18-18	VT	VT×7	Attack err	Avrey Rigney		+3.9
37	18-19	VT	VT×7	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise	+4.0
38	18-20	VT	VT×7	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+3.7
39	18-21	VT	VT×7	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Hailey Brenner	+3.1
40	18-22	VT	VT×7	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise	+2.2
41	18-23	VT	VT×7	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Maggie Kachmarik	+1.2
42	19-23	VT	KENT	Attack err	Reese Hazelton		+0.4
43	19-24	KENT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.8
44	20-24	VT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.2
45	20-25	KENT	VT	Blocked	Avrey Rigney	blk Reese Hazelton, Isabella Mishler	+0.4
Set 2
1	1-0	VT	KENT	Attack err	Reese Hazelton		+1.4
2	2-0	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+1.8
3	2-1	KENT	VT×5	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.3
4	2-2	VT	VT×5	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.7
5	2-3	VT	VT×5	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Vanessa Imoh	+1.7
6	2-4	VT	VT×5	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.6
7	2-5	VT	VT×5	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.5
8	3-5	VT	KENT×3	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+1.1
9	4-5	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Reese Hazelton	blk Nadia Miller, Christina Vigil	+1.6
10	5-5	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Adeline Hundl	blk Avrey Rigney, Nadia Miller	+1.8
11	5-6	KENT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.4
12	5-7	VT	VT	Attack err	Avrey Rigney		+1.7
13	6-7	VT	KENT	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Christina Vigil	+1.4
14	7-7	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Frances Torres		+1.9
15	7-8	KENT	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Ivy Cooper	+1.5
16	8-8	VT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.6
17	8-9	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.6
18	9-9	VT	KENT	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+1.6
19	9-10	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.6
20	9-11	VT	VT	Kill	Layla Moore		+1.9
21	10-11	VT	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil	+1.5
22	10-12	KENT	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+1.6
23	11-12	VT	KENT	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+1.6
24	11-13	KENT	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.6
25	11-14	VT	VT	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Lesley Furuta	+1.9
26	12-14	VT	KENT	Attack err	Adeline Hundl		+1.4
27	12-15	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.5
28	13-15	VT	KENT	Kill	Hailey Brenner	set Avrey Rigney	+1.4
29	14-15	KENT	KENT	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Christina Vigil	+2.2
30	14-16	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.9
31	15-16	VT	KENT	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+1.8
32	15-17	KENT	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton		+2.0
33	16-17	VT	KENT	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+1.9
34	16-18	KENT	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+2.1
35	17-18	VT	KENT×3	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+2.0
36	18-18	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Adeline Hundl		+3.1
37	19-18	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Camilla Brandalise	+3.5
38	19-19	KENT	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+2.7
39	20-19	VT	KENT	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Christina Vigil	+3.1
40	21-19	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Destiny Walker		+4.0
41	21-20	KENT	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise	+2.6
42	22-20	VT	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil	+3.6
43	22-21	KENT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+2.8
44	22-22	VT	VT	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Lesley Furuta	+4.7
45	23-22	VT	KENT	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Christina Vigil	+4.6
46	23-23	KENT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+4.3
47	24-23	VT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+5.9
48	24-24	KENT	VT×3	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+5.9
49	24-25	VT	VT×3	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Avrey Rigney	+6.9
50	24-26	VT	VT×3	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+6.2
Set 3
1	1-0	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Isabella Mishler		+1.0
2	2-0	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.0
3	3-0	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Kent St.		+1.0
4	3-1	KENT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.8
5	4-1	VT	KENT	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Christina Vigil	+0.9
6	5-1	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Isabella Mishler		+1.1
7	5-2	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.7
8	6-2	VT	KENT	Kill	Avrey Rigney	set Lesley Furuta	+0.9
9	6-3	KENT	VT	Blocked	Avrey Rigney	blk Isabella Mishler, Reese Hazelton	+0.7
10	7-3	VT	KENT	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+0.9
11	7-4	KENT	VT×5	Kill	Isabela Lopez	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+0.8
12	7-5	VT	VT×5	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Avrey Rigney	+1.0
13	7-6	VT	VT×5	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+1.1
14	7-7	VT	VT×5	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+1.1
15	7-8	VT	VT×5	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Isabela Lopez, Layla Moore	+1.1
16	8-8	VT	KENT	Attack err	Isabela Lopez		+0.9
17	8-9	KENT	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+0.9
18	9-9	VT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.9
19	10-9	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Mercedez Brown, Adalynn Ginley	+1.2
20	10-10	KENT	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+0.9
21	10-11	VT	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Ivy Cooper	+1.2
22	11-11	VT	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil		+1.0
23	11-12	KENT	VT	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.0
24	11-13	VT	VT	Bad set	Christina Vigil		+1.2
25	12-13	VT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+0.9
26	13-13	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Isabella Mishler		+1.3
27	13-14	KENT	VT×3	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.1
28	13-15	VT	VT×3	Blocked	Vanessa Imoh	blk Reese Hazelton, Isabella Mishler	+1.3
29	13-16	VT	VT×3	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Lesley Furuta	+1.1
30	14-16	VT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.8
31	15-16	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Reese Hazelton		+1.3
32	16-16	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Isabella Mishler	blk Nadia Miller	+1.5
33	16-17	KENT	VT×5	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.2
34	16-18	VT	VT×5	Blocked	Avrey Rigney	blk Isabela Lopez, Layla Moore	+1.5
35	16-19	VT	VT×5	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Hailey Brenner	+1.3
36	16-20	VT	VT×5	Bad set	Christina Vigil		+1.0
37	16-21	VT	VT×5	Blocked	Avrey Rigney	blk Layla Moore, Isabela Lopez	+0.7
38	17-21	VT	KENT×3	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+0.3
39	18-21	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Reese Hazelton	blk Mercedez Brown	+0.7
40	19-21	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.1
41	19-22	KENT	VT	Attack err	Mercedez Brown		+1.2
42	20-22	VT	KENT	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+0.8
43	21-22	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Destiny Walker		+1.7
44	21-23	KENT	VT	Kill	Isabela Lopez	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+1.8
45	22-23	VT	KENT	Attack err	Reese Hazelton		+1.4
46	23-23	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Adalynn Ginley, Vanessa Imoh	+2.9
47	23-24	KENT	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camdynn Gonzalez	+3.0
48	23-25	VT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+3.5

Score shown after each rally, Kent 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).

Virginia Tech def. Kent St. 3–0