Wake Forest vs NC State Volleyball: NC State Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026ACCNX

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: NC State 77.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 5:06 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

NC State beat visiting Wake Forest 3-0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-23) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. NC State's Britni Silver led with 11 kills, and Zuzanna Maciejewicz added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:00 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WAKE	19	10	23	0
NC ST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

On its own serve, NC State won 37 of 73 points.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.1 points. Wake Forest peaked at 25% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave NC State 78% before first serve.

Wake ForestNC State

Break %+21.1 pts
29.650.7
On serve: 37/73 against 16/54 (Wake Forest sideout 49.3%).
Hitting+.166
.182.348
Kills and errors: 44–13 vs 28–12.
Longest run+3
36
6 straight NC State points in the second set stretched an 11–7 lead to 17–7. That set ended 25–10.

NC State above 50Wake Forest belowMax swing 2.1%

Wake ForestNC State

Aces: Wake Forest 1·NC State 7
Serve err: Wake Forest 12·NC State 10
Blocks: Wake Forest 4·NC State 50 BS · 8 BA vs 1 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Wake Forest 28·NC State 43

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

NC State above 50 · Wake Forest below

Biggest swing: 2.1% to Wake Forest — set 1, WAKE 3-2 NC ST. Attack error by Britni Silver. NC ST win probability 77% → 75%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WAKE 23.5%76.5% NC ST

Wake Forest wins

3-0

4.1%

3-1

8.0%

3-2

11.5%

NC State wins

3-0

28.3%

3-1

29.1%

3-2

19.1%

WAKE break %: 39.0% vs this opp
NC ST break %: 44.5% 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
Britni SilverAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Britni Silver
Set 1 · WAKE 3-2 NC ST · WAKE 23% → 25%
02
Talia FrancomKill+2.0%
Kill by Talia Francom (set by Eva Long)
Set 3 · WAKE 23-25 NC ST · NC ST 98% → 100%
03
Norah BuschAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Norah Busch
Set 1 · WAKE 16-18 NC ST · WAKE 16% → 18%
04
Jordan SmithKill+1.9%
Kill by Jordan Smith (set by Eva Long)
Set 1 · WAKE 3-4 NC ST · NC ST 77% → 79%
05
Wake ForestService error+1.9%
Wake Forest service error
Set 1 · WAKE 17-20 NC ST · NC ST 82% → 84%
06
NC StateAce+1.8%
NC State ace on Lyla Stewart
Set 1 · WAKE 4-6 NC ST · NC ST 79% → 81%
07
Ryleigh WhitekettleAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Ryleigh Whitekettle
Set 1 · WAKE 17-21 NC ST · NC ST 84% → 86%
08
Wake ForestService error+1.8%
Wake Forest service error
Set 1 · WAKE 16-19 NC ST · NC ST 82% → 84%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Wake Forestaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Lyla StewartOH	3	7	1	17	.353	0	0	4	7	3	0	0	7
22Ryleigh WhitekettleOH	3	5	3	19	.105	1	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	6.5
10Catherine BurkeMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5
15Amina NdiayeOH	3	3	3	23	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
18Becca BellowsS	3	0	2	3	-.667	9	1	2	2	0	0	0	1
23Sanaa WilliamsMB	2	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
16Laiya EboOH	3	5	1	7	.571	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
9Andrea RomanDS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	2	8	0	0	0	0
1Dhru LalajiDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0
8Emma KeepingS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
14Kelis HawkinsMB	2	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
3Ava RoddeyS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Mattea SaundersL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Team totals		28	12	88	.182	26	1	12	28	7	8	4	52

NC Statehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
42Britni SilverOH	3	11	6	23	.217	2	0	3	6	0	0	2	1	12
17Talia FrancomMB	3	7	0	9	.778	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	9
14Norah BuschMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	7
22Eva LongS	3	4	0	7	.571	27	0	1	10	0	0	2	1	5
31Elaisa VillarL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	4	1	7	0	0	0	0	4
7Kate KilpatrickL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
3Clara VondranOH	3	9	4	20	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
23Jordan SmithOPP	3	8	2	18	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
1Zuzanna MaciejewiczL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	7	1	1	12	1	0	0	0	1
12Makenna KowrenOPP	1	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5Alyssa ForelliS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27Rebecca RingOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	13	89	.348	40	7	10	43	1	1	8	5	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.

Wake Forest vs NC State

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Wake Forest at NC State · NC State won 3-0This match
Sun, Oct 25, 2026NC State at Wake Forest · Wake Forest won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 WAKE · NC ST 6

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 WAKENC ST 3

Set 2

10-25

Longest run 2 WAKENC ST 6

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 3 WAKENC ST 4

Bars above the line = NC State leads, below = Wake Forest leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Wake Forest

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	30%3/10
2	42%8/19	20%2/10
3	38%5/13	38%5/13
4	45%5/11	29%2/7
5	63%5/8	17%1/6
6	45%5/11	38%3/8
All	49%36/73	30%16/54

NC State

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	33%3/9
2	89%8/9	50%8/16
3	58%7/12	50%7/14
4	71%5/7	50%5/10
5	71%5/7	55%6/11
6	71%5/7	62%8/13
All	70%38/54	51%37/73

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

127 rallies

#	WAKE-NC ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long	+1.3
2	1-1	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+1.4
3	1-2	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+1.3
4	2-2	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	+1.4
5	3-2	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Britni Silver		+2.1
6	3-3	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long	+1.4
7	3-4	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long	+1.9
8	4-4	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	+1.5
9	4-5	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long	+1.4
10	4-6	NC ST	NC ST	Ace	NC State	aced Lyla Stewart	+1.8
11	5-6	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping	+1.4
12	5-7	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+1.4
13	5-8	NC ST	NC ST	Ace	NC State	aced Lyla Stewart	+1.7
14	6-8	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping	+1.2
15	6-9	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Eva Long		+1.2
16	7-9	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Laiya Ebo	set Emma Keeping	+1.2
17	7-10	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+1.3
18	7-11	NC ST	NC ST	Ace	NC State	aced Lyla Stewart	+1.5
19	8-11	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows	+1.0
20	8-12	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Eva Long	set Talia Francom	+1.1
21	9-12	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Ryleigh Whitekettle	+1.0
22	10-12	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Jordan Smith	blk Ryleigh Whitekettle, Sanaa Williams	+1.8
23	10-13	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Britni Silver	+1.4
24	10-14	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Eva Long	+1.6
25	11-14	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+1.0
26	11-15	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long	+1.2
27	11-16	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Norah Busch	set Eva Long	+1.3
28	12-16	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping	+0.7
29	12-17	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Eva Long	+0.9
30	13-17	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Laiya Ebo	set Emma Keeping	+0.7
31	13-18	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz	+0.9
32	14-18	NC ST	WAKE×3	Kill	Catherine Burke	set Emma Keeping	+0.7
33	15-18	WAKE	WAKE×3	Attack err	Britni Silver		+1.4
34	16-18	WAKE	WAKE×3	Attack err	Norah Busch		+2.0
35	16-19	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+1.8
36	17-19	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+1.5
37	17-20	WAKE	NC ST×3	Serve err	Wake Forest		+1.9
38	17-21	NC ST	NC ST×3	Attack err	Ryleigh Whitekettle		+1.8
39	17-22	NC ST	NC ST×3	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long	+1.1
40	18-22	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Catherine Burke	set Becca Bellows	+0.4
41	19-22	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Britni Silver	blk Sanaa Williams, Amina Ndiaye	+1.0
42	19-23	WAKE	NC ST×3	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long	+1.2
43	19-24	NC ST	NC ST×3	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Eva Long	+0.7
44	19-25	NC ST	NC ST×3	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Britni Silver	+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	NC ST	NC ST	Attack err	Ryleigh Whitekettle		+1.4
2	1-1	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Catherine Burke	set Becca Bellows	+1.1
3	2-1	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	+1.6
4	2-2	WAKE	NC ST×5	Kill	Britni Silver	set Kate Kilpatrick	+1.1
5	2-3	NC ST	NC ST×5	Blocked	Ryleigh Whitekettle	blk Britni Silver, Talia Francom	+1.4
6	2-4	NC ST	NC ST×5	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long	+1.3
7	2-5	NC ST	NC ST×5	Blocked	Amina Ndiaye	blk Eva Long, Talia Francom	+1.2
8	2-6	NC ST	NC ST×5	Kill	Britni Silver	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz	+1.1
9	3-6	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+0.7
10	3-7	WAKE	NC ST×3	Kill	Britni Silver	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz	+0.8
11	3-8	NC ST	NC ST×3	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long	+0.9
12	3-9	NC ST	NC ST×3	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long	+0.7
13	4-9	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Laiya Ebo	set Andrea Roman	+0.4
14	4-10	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long	+0.5
15	5-10	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+0.4
16	5-11	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+0.5
17	6-11	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping	+0.4
18	7-11	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle		+0.8
19	7-12	WAKE	NC ST×6	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz	+0.7
20	7-13	NC ST	NC ST×6	Attack err	Lyla Stewart		+0.7
21	7-14	NC ST	NC ST×6	Ace	NC State	aced Dhru Lalaji	+0.5
22	7-15	NC ST	NC ST×6	Ace	NC State	aced Dhru Lalaji	+0.3
23	7-16	NC ST	NC ST×6	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Eva Long	+0.2
24	7-17	NC ST	NC ST×6	Ace	NC State		+0.1
25	8-17	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Ava Roddey	·
26	8-18	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+0.1
27	8-19	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Norah Busch	set Eva Long	·
28	9-19	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Ava Roddey	·
29	9-20	WAKE	NC ST×4	Serve err	Wake Forest		·
30	9-21	NC ST	NC ST×4	Kill	Eva Long	set Ava Roddey	·
31	9-22	NC ST	NC ST×4	Attack err	Kelis Hawkins		·
32	9-23	NC ST	NC ST×4	Kill	Britni Silver	set Elaisa Villar	·
33	10-23	NC ST	WAKE	Attack err	Britni Silver		·
34	10-24	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Elaisa Villar	·
35	10-25	NC ST	NC ST	Ace	NC State	aced Mattea Saunders	·
Set 3
1	1-0	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Britni Silver		+0.8
2	1-1	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Norah Busch	set Eva Long	+0.6
3	2-1	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping	+0.6
4	2-2	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long	+0.6
5	2-3	NC ST	NC ST	Blocked	Catherine Burke	blk Talia Francom	+0.8
6	3-3	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Laiya Ebo	set Emma Keeping	+0.6
7	4-3	WAKE	WAKE	Ace	Becca Bellows	aced Zuzanna Maciejewicz	+0.9
8	4-4	WAKE	NC ST	Attack err	Becca Bellows		+0.6
9	5-4	NC ST	WAKE×3	Serve err	NC State		+0.7
10	6-4	WAKE	WAKE×3	Kill	Catherine Burke	set Becca Bellows	+1.0
11	7-4	WAKE	WAKE×3	Attack err	Jordan Smith		+1.0
12	7-5	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long	+0.6
13	7-6	NC ST	NC ST	Attack err	Becca Bellows		+0.9
14	8-6	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+0.8
15	8-7	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+0.7
16	8-8	NC ST	NC ST	Blocked	Amina Ndiaye	blk Eva Long, Norah Busch	+1.0
17	9-8	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+0.8
18	9-9	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Norah Busch	set Eva Long	+0.7
19	10-9	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Emma Keeping	+0.8
20	10-10	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz	+0.7
21	11-10	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Laiya Ebo	set Emma Keeping	+0.8
22	11-11	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+0.8
23	11-12	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long	+1.0
24	12-12	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+0.8
25	12-13	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long	+0.8
26	12-14	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Eva Long	+1.0
27	13-14	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Catherine Burke	set Becca Bellows	+0.7
28	13-15	WAKE	NC ST×4	Serve err	Wake Forest		+0.8
29	13-16	NC ST	NC ST×4	Kill	Norah Busch		+0.9
30	13-17	NC ST	NC ST×4	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long	+0.7
31	13-18	NC ST	NC ST×4	Attack err	Amina Ndiaye		+0.5
32	14-18	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	+0.3
33	15-18	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Clara Vondran	blk Ryleigh Whitekettle, Kelis Hawkins	+0.6
34	15-19	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long	+0.5
35	15-20	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Eva Long	+0.5
36	16-20	NC ST	WAKE×3	Blocked	Clara Vondran	blk Ryleigh Whitekettle, Kelis Hawkins	+0.2
37	17-20	WAKE	WAKE×3	Attack err	Clara Vondran		+0.5
38	18-20	WAKE	WAKE×3	Attack err	Clara Vondran		+0.8
39	18-21	WAKE	NC ST	Serve err	Wake Forest		+0.8
40	18-22	NC ST	NC ST	Blocked	Laiya Ebo	blk Britni Silver, Norah Busch	+0.8
41	19-22	NC ST	WAKE	Serve err	NC State		+0.3
42	19-23	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz	+0.5
43	20-23	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Andrea Roman	+0.2
44	21-23	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Britni Silver		+0.7
45	21-24	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Eva Long		+0.9
46	22-24	NC ST	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping	+0.4
47	23-24	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows	+1.2
48	23-25	WAKE	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long	+2.0

Score shown after each rally, Wake Forest 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).

NC State def. Wake Forest 3–0

On its own serve, NC State won 37 of 73 points.