Cincinnati vs Syracuse Volleyball: Cincinnati Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Aug 29, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Cincinnati beat Syracuse 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-11) on Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at a neutral site. Andrea Simovski led Cincinnati with 11 kills, and Viktoria Ninova added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Aug 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CINCY	27	25	25	3
SYR	25	19	11	0

Win probability

Syracuse above 50 · Cincinnati below

Biggest swing: 2.3% to Cincinnati — set 1, CINCY 27-25 SYR. Attack error by Emma Faerber. SYR win probability 5% → 2%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CINCY 95.5%4.5% SYR

Cincinnati wins

3-0

56.8%

3-1

29.3%

3-2

9.4%

Syracuse wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.3%

3-2

2.8%

CINCY break %: 49.1% vs this opp
SYR break %: 36.2% 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
Emma FaerberAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Emma Faerber
Set 1 · CINCY 27-25 SYR · CINCY 95% → 98%
02
Andrea SimovskiKill+2.2%
Kill by Andrea Simovski (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 1 · CINCY 24-23 SYR · CINCY 93% → 95%
03
Abby NicholsonBlock+2.2%
Andrea Simovski stuffed by Abby Nicholson
Set 1 · CINCY 24-24 SYR · SYR 5% → 7%
04
Andrea SimovskiKill+2.2%
Kill by Andrea Simovski (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 1 · CINCY 25-24 SYR · CINCY 93% → 95%
05
Kiernan StameyKill+2.2%
Kill by Kiernan Stamey (set by Yuka Urano)
Set 1 · CINCY 25-25 SYR · SYR 5% → 7%
06
Andrea SimovskiKill+2.2%
Kill by Andrea Simovski (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 1 · CINCY 26-25 SYR · CINCY 93% → 95%
07
Nina ScruccaAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Nina Scrucca
Set 1 · CINCY 20-21 SYR · SYR 6% → 9%
08
CincinnatiAce+2.0%
Cincinnati ace on Yuka Urano
Set 1 · CINCY 22-21 SYR · CINCY 93% → 95%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Cincinnatiaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Andrea SimovskiOH	3	11	1	20	.500	0	4	1	3	1	1	1	1.5	16.5
11Nina ScruccaOPP	3	9	2	19	.368	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	10
4Audrey RomeMB	3	6	2	9	.444	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	9
2Sydney NolanOH	3	6	1	12	.417	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	7
5Lilian EntenmannMB	3	5	0	6	.833	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	5
6Kate LijicS	3	2	1	4	.250	34	2	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
21Viktoria NinovaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	1	3	14	0	0	0	0	1
1Ava LedebuhrL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
9Kayla HostetlerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16Izzy BusignaniOH	1	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
8Ligia WilliamsOH	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	8	76	.447	36	8	11	26	2	2	8	6	77

Syracusehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	13	6	30	.233	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1.5	14.5
6Marie LaurioOH	3	13	5	28	.286	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	0	13
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
15Emma FaerberMB	3	2	3	6	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
13Aileen McAllisterOH	3	2	4	9	-.222	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	2
1Charis BurgeS	3	0	1	2	-.500	25	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
22Mira LedermuellerS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	1	1	6	2	0	0	0	1
14Anna SmithL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Bella RodriguezOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	21	87	.138	31	2	6	23	8	2	4	4	55

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 6 CINCY · SYR 5

Set 1

27-25

Longest run 3 CINCYSYR 5

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 4 CINCYSYR 3

Set 3

25-11

Longest run 6 CINCYSYR 1

Bars above the line = Syracuse leads, below = Cincinnati leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Cincinnati

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	88%7/8	72%13/18
2	70%7/10	46%6/13
3	78%7/9	22%2/9
4	88%7/8	22%2/9
5	64%7/11	30%3/10
6	64%7/11	56%9/16
All	74%42/57	47%35/75

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	39%7/18	13%1/8
2	78%7/9	30%3/10
3	78%7/9	0%0/7
4	70%7/10	22%2/9
5	50%7/14	13%1/8
6	33%5/15	53%8/15
All	53%40/75	26%15/57

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

132 rallies

#	CINCY-SYR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SYR	SYR	Kill	Aileen McAllister	set Charis Burge	+0.7
2	1-1	SYR	CINCY×3	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.4
3	2-1	CINCY	CINCY×3	Blocked	Emma Faerber	blk Sydney Nolan, Audrey Rome	+0.5
4	3-1	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Sydney Nolan		+0.5
5	3-2	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.4
6	3-3	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson		+0.6
7	4-3	SYR	CINCY	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.4
8	4-4	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+0.5
9	5-4	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Kate Lijic	+0.4
10	6-4	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Kate Lijic	+0.5
11	6-5	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.4
12	7-5	SYR	CINCY	Blocked	Charis Burge	blk Andrea Simovski	+0.4
13	7-6	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.4
14	8-6	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Kate Lijic	+0.4
15	9-6	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+0.5
16	9-7	CINCY	SYR	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Emma Faerber, Kiernan Stamey	+0.4
17	10-7	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.4
18	11-7	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Marie Laurio		+0.4
19	11-8	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.3
20	12-8	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
21	12-9	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.3
22	13-9	SYR	CINCY	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Audrey Rome, Kate Lijic	+0.3
23	13-10	CINCY	SYR	Attack err	Yuka Urano		+0.3
24	14-10	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
25	14-11	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.3
26	15-11	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
27	16-11	CINCY	CINCY	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Marie Laurio	+0.3
28	16-12	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.2
29	17-12	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.2
30	17-13	CINCY	SYR×5	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.2
31	17-14	SYR	SYR×5	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.4
32	17-15	SYR	SYR×5	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+0.6
33	17-16	SYR	SYR×5	Kill	Aileen McAllister	set Yuka Urano	+0.9
34	17-17	SYR	SYR×5	Ace	Syracuse	aced Ava Ledebuhr	+1.3
35	18-17	SYR	CINCY	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.9
36	18-18	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+1.0
37	19-18	SYR	CINCY	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+1.0
38	20-18	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Aileen McAllister		+1.2
39	20-19	CINCY	SYR×3	Attack err	Audrey Rome		+0.8
40	20-20	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Andrea Simovski	+1.6
41	20-21	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Nina Scrucca		+2.2
42	21-21	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.5
43	22-21	CINCY	CINCY	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Yuka Urano	+2.0
44	22-22	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+1.6
45	23-22	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.7
46	23-23	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+1.8
47	24-23	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+2.2
48	24-24	CINCY	SYR	Blocked	Andrea Simovski	blk Abby Nicholson	+2.2
49	25-24	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+2.2
50	25-25	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano	+2.2
51	26-25	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+2.2
52	27-25	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Emma Faerber		+2.3
Set 2
1	0-1	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.3
2	1-1	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
3	2-1	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Marie Laurio		+0.3
4	2-2	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.3
5	3-2	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan		+0.3
6	4-2	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Kate Lijic	set Charis Burge	+0.3
7	4-3	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.2
8	5-3	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
9	6-3	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Andrea Simovski, Audrey Rome	+0.3
10	6-4	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.2
11	7-4	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
12	7-5	CINCY	SYR×3	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+0.2
13	7-6	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.4
14	7-7	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.5
15	8-7	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Kate Lijic		+0.3
16	9-7	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Marie Laurio		+0.4
17	9-8	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.3
18	10-8	SYR	CINCY×4	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
19	11-8	CINCY	CINCY×4	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Kiernan Stamey	+0.3
20	12-8	CINCY	CINCY×4	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Kiernan Stamey	+0.3
21	13-8	CINCY	CINCY×4	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Marie Laurio	+0.2
22	13-9	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.1
23	14-9	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
24	14-10	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.1
25	15-10	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
26	15-11	CINCY	SYR×3	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.1
27	15-12	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Sydney Nolan	blk Charis Burge, Abby Nicholson	+0.3
28	15-13	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Audrey Rome		+0.4
29	16-13	SYR	CINCY	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.3
30	16-14	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.3
31	16-15	SYR	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.5
32	17-15	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.4
33	18-15	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Aileen McAllister		+0.5
34	18-16	CINCY	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.3
35	18-17	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Ligia Williams		+0.6
36	18-18	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Kate Lijic	blk Kiernan Stamey	+0.9
37	19-18	SYR	CINCY×3	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+0.6
38	20-18	CINCY	CINCY×3	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.7
39	21-18	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Yuka Urano	+0.5
40	21-19	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.3
41	22-19	SYR	CINCY×4	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.4
42	23-19	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
43	24-19	CINCY	CINCY×4	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.1
44	25-19	CINCY	CINCY×4	Attack err	Marie Laurio		·
Set 3
1	1-0	SYR	CINCY×3	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
2	2-0	CINCY	CINCY×3	Blocked	Aileen McAllister	blk Sydney Nolan, Audrey Rome	+0.1
3	3-0	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Audrey Rome		+0.1
4	3-1	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.1
5	4-1	SYR	CINCY	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Audrey Rome	+0.1
6	4-2	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.1
7	5-2	SYR	CINCY	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.1
8	5-3	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge	+0.1
9	6-3	SYR	CINCY	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.1
10	6-4	CINCY	SYR	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.1
11	7-4	SYR	CINCY×6	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
12	8-4	CINCY	CINCY×6	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Marie Laurio	+0.1
13	9-4	CINCY	CINCY×6	Kill	Andrea Simovski		+0.1
14	10-4	CINCY	CINCY×6	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+0.1
15	11-4	CINCY	CINCY×6	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		·
16	12-4	CINCY	CINCY×6	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Kate Lijic	·
17	12-5	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	·
18	13-5	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Kate Lijic	·
19	13-6	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Emma Faerber	set Charis Burge	·
20	14-6	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Kate Lijic	·
21	14-7	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Emma Faerber	set Charis Burge	·
22	15-7	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	·
23	15-8	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Yuka Urano	·
24	16-8	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Izzy Busignani	set Kate Lijic	·
25	16-9	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Yuka Urano	·
26	17-9	SYR	CINCY	Serve err	Syracuse		·
27	18-9	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Aileen McAllister		·
28	18-10	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	·
29	19-10	SYR	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	·
30	19-11	CINCY	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	·
31	20-11	SYR	CINCY×6	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	·
32	21-11	CINCY	CINCY×6	Attack err	Emma Faerber		·
33	22-11	CINCY	CINCY×6	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Bella Rodriguez	·
34	23-11	CINCY	CINCY×6	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		·
35	24-11	CINCY	CINCY×6	Kill	Izzy Busignani	set Kate Lijic	·
36	25-11	CINCY	CINCY×6	Kill	Izzy Busignani	set Kate Lijic	·

Score shown after each rally, Cincinnati 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).

Cincinnati def. Syracuse 3–0