Ohio vs Kent State Volleyball: Ohio Wins 3-0 (Nov 3, 2026)

FinalTue, Nov 3, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Ohio 68.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 3, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Ohio won at Kent St. 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-22) on Tue, Nov 3, 2026. Ohio's Rose Mahin led with 17 kills, and Gentry Brown added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 10:20 PM CT · final Nov 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
OHIO	25	25	25	3
KENT	19	16	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.500 and 17 kills for Rose Mahin as Ohio rolled past Kent St.

No single rally moved win probability more than 4.5 points. Kent St. peaked at 41% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Ohio 68% before first serve.

OhioKent St.

Break %+16.4 pts
45.228.8
On serve: 33/73 against 17/59 (Kent St. sideout 54.8%).
Hitting+.209
.398.189
51 kills, 12 errors vs 33 kills, 15 errors.
Longest run+2
64
From 19–19 in the first set, Ohio scored 6 straight to lead 25–19. The set finished 25–19.

Kent St. above 50Ohio belowMax swing 4.5%

OhioKent St.

Aces: Ohio 4·Kent St. 4
Serve err: Ohio 8·Kent St. 5
Blocks: Ohio 3·Kent St. 51 BS · 4 BA vs 0 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Ohio 39·Kent St. 31

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kent St. above 50 · Ohio below

Biggest swing: 4.5% to Ohio — set 1, OHIO 21-19 KENT. Kill by Rose Mahin (set by Rowan Kelly). KENT win probability 30% → 25%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

OHIO 70.9%29.1% KENT

Ohio wins

3-0

23.9%

3-1

27.2%

3-2

19.8%

Kent St. wins

3-0

5.5%

3-1

10.2%

3-2

13.5%

OHIO break %: 43.7% vs this opp
KENT break %: 39.5% 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
Rose MahinKill+4.5%
Kill by Rose Mahin (set by Rowan Kelly)
Set 1 · OHIO 21-19 KENT · OHIO 70% → 75%
02
Rose MahinKill+4.4%
Kill by Rose Mahin (set by Rowan Kelly)
Set 1 · OHIO 19-18 KENT · OHIO 66% → 70%
03
Emily WaddellAttack error+3.9%
Attack error by Emily Waddell
Set 1 · OHIO 15-16 KENT · KENT 33% → 37%
04
Darbi RickettsAce+3.5%
Ace by Darbi Ricketts on Catie Patterson
Set 1 · OHIO 22-19 KENT · OHIO 75% → 78%
05
Emily WaddellKill+3.4%
Kill by Emily Waddell (set by Rowan Kelly)
Set 1 · OHIO 15-14 KENT · OHIO 66% → 70%
06
Olivia GardnerKill+3.4%
Kill by Olivia Gardner (set by Rowan Kelly)
Set 1 · OHIO 20-19 KENT · OHIO 67% → 70%
07
Nadia Miller&Vanessa ImohBlock+3.2%
Rose Mahin stuffed by Nadia Miller & Vanessa Imoh
Set 1 · OHIO 19-19 KENT · KENT 30% → 33%
08
Vanessa ImohKill+3.2%
Kill by Vanessa Imoh (set by Kylee Baranski)
Set 1 · OHIO 17-18 KENT · KENT 34% → 37%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Ohioaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Rose MahinOH	3	17	2	30	.500	0	1	1	7	0	1	0	1	19
17Bailey BlairOPP	3	10	3	18	.389	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	11
3Gentry BrownOH	3	8	3	16	.313	4	0	1	15	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
23Olivia GardnerMB	3	7	2	17	.294	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
11Emily WaddellMB	3	7	2	12	.417	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
10Rowan KellyS	3	2	0	5	.400	40	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
16Darbi RickettsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	7	3	0	0	0	2
6Caroline CurranL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	12	98	.398	46	4	8	39	4	1	4	3	75

Kent St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Vanessa ImohOH	3	9	3	18	.333	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	10.5
7Mercedez BrownOH	3	10	2	17	.471	0	0	2	6	1	1	0.5	10.5
10Macie MorelandOH	3	7	5	31	.065	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	7.5
16Adalynn GinleyMB	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	4
8Nadia MillerMB	3	2	4	15	-.133	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	3.5
3Kylee BaranskiS	2	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
14Christina VigilS	3	2	1	7	.143	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
1Maggie KachmarikDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	5	0	0	0	2
12Catie PattersonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	1	0	8	1	0	0	1
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
4Hailey BrennerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Team totals		33	15	95	.189	33	4	5	31	4	10	5	57

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.

Ohio vs Kent St.

Season series · Ohio leads 2-0

Tue, Oct 27, 2026Kent St. at Ohio · Ohio won 3-1Result →
Tue, Nov 3, 2026Ohio at Kent St. · Ohio won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 OHIO · KENT 4

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 6 OHIOKENT 3

Set 2

25-16

Longest run 5 OHIOKENT 3

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 OHIOKENT 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Ohio

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	14%1/7
2	80%8/10	33%4/12
3	73%8/11	50%8/16
4	60%6/10	73%16/22
5	86%6/7	25%2/8
6	60%6/10	25%2/8
All	71%42/59	45%33/73

Kent St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	89%8/9	27%3/11
2	57%8/14	27%3/11
3	25%6/24	27%3/11
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	75%6/8	33%3/9
6	75%6/8	33%3/9
All	55%40/73	29%17/59

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

132 rallies

#	OHIO-KENT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+1.6
2	1-1	OHIO	KENT×3	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+1.6
3	1-2	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+2.4
4	1-3	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Gentry Brown	blk Vanessa Imoh, Nadia Miller	+2.5
5	2-3	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+1.7
6	2-4	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Nadia Miller	+1.9
7	3-4	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+1.7
8	4-4	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+2.5
9	4-5	OHIO	KENT	Attack err	Rose Mahin		+1.9
10	5-5	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+1.8
11	5-6	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Bailey Blair		+1.9
12	6-6	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Darbi Ricketts	+1.8
13	6-7	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+2.0
14	6-8	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+2.8
15	7-8	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+1.9
16	7-9	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Kylee Baranski	+2.1
17	7-10	KENT	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+2.9
18	8-10	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+1.8
19	8-11	OHIO	KENT	Attack err	Gentry Brown		+2.2
20	9-11	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+1.9
21	10-11	OHIO	OHIO	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+2.9
22	10-12	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+2.3
23	11-12	KENT	OHIO	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+2.1
24	12-12	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+3.1
25	12-13	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Kylee Baranski	+2.4
26	13-13	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+2.3
27	13-14	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Bailey Blair		+2.5
28	14-14	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+2.4
29	15-14	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly	+3.4
30	15-15	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Rose Mahin		+2.5
31	15-16	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Emily Waddell		+3.9
32	16-16	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+2.7
33	16-17	OHIO	KENT	Attack err	Olivia Gardner		+3.0
34	17-17	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+2.8
35	17-18	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Kylee Baranski	+3.2
36	18-18	KENT	OHIO	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+3.0
37	19-18	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+4.4
38	19-19	OHIO	KENT	Blocked	Rose Mahin	blk Nadia Miller, Vanessa Imoh	+3.2
39	20-19	KENT	OHIO×6	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly	+3.4
40	21-19	OHIO	OHIO×6	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+4.5
41	22-19	OHIO	OHIO×6	Ace	Darbi Ricketts	aced Catie Patterson	+3.5
42	23-19	OHIO	OHIO×6	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+2.2
43	24-19	OHIO	OHIO×6	Kill	Rowan Kelly	set Christina Vigil	+1.0
44	25-19	OHIO	OHIO×6	Ace	Darbi Ricketts	aced Mercedez Brown	+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+1.4
2	0-2	KENT	KENT	Ace	Catie Patterson		+2.0
3	1-2	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly	+1.4
4	1-3	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Gentry Brown		+1.5
5	2-3	KENT	OHIO×5	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+1.4
6	3-3	OHIO	OHIO×5	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+2.0
7	4-3	OHIO	OHIO×5	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Darbi Ricketts	+2.0
8	5-3	OHIO	OHIO×5	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+1.9
9	6-3	OHIO	OHIO×5	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+1.7
10	6-4	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.2
11	7-4	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly	+1.3
12	8-4	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+1.6
13	8-5	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Bailey Blair		+1.0
14	9-5	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly	+1.1
15	10-5	OHIO	OHIO	Ace	Rose Mahin	aced Hailey Brenner	+1.3
16	10-6	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.8
17	11-6	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+1.0
18	12-6	OHIO	OHIO	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Rowan Kelly, Olivia Gardner	+1.1
19	12-7	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Emily Waddell		+0.6
20	12-8	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Olivia Gardner		+1.1
21	13-8	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+1.0
22	13-9	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+0.8
23	14-9	KENT	OHIO×4	Blocked	Vanessa Imoh	blk Olivia Gardner, Gentry Brown	+1.0
24	15-9	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Olivia Gardner		+1.0
25	16-9	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Gentry Brown	+0.7
26	17-9	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Gentry Brown	+0.5
27	17-10	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Kylee Baranski	+0.2
28	18-10	KENT	OHIO	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+0.3
29	19-10	OHIO	OHIO	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+0.2
30	19-11	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Catie Patterson	+0.1
31	20-11	KENT	OHIO×3	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly	+0.1
32	21-11	OHIO	OHIO×3	Ace	Bailey Blair	aced Hailey Brenner	+0.1
33	22-11	OHIO	OHIO×3	Kill	Rowan Kelly	set Gentry Brown	·
34	22-12	OHIO	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Catie Patterson	·
35	22-13	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	·
36	22-14	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	·
37	23-14	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	·
38	23-15	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	·
39	24-15	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly	·
40	24-16	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Catie Patterson	·
41	25-16	KENT	OHIO	Serve err	Mercedez Brown		·
Set 3
1	1-0	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly	+0.8
2	1-1	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil	+0.8
3	2-1	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly	+0.8
4	3-1	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+1.0
5	3-2	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil	+0.7
6	4-2	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+0.8
7	5-2	OHIO	OHIO	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+1.0
8	5-3	OHIO	KENT	Blocked	Bailey Blair	blk Macie Moreland, Nadia Miller	+0.7
9	5-4	KENT	KENT	Ace	Lesley Furuta	aced Darbi Ricketts	+1.1
10	6-4	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Bailey Blair	set Rowan Kelly	+0.8
11	7-4	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly	+1.0
12	7-5	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Bailey Blair		+0.7
13	7-6	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+1.1
14	8-6	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+0.8
15	8-7	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+0.8
16	9-7	KENT	OHIO	Serve err	Christina Vigil		+0.9
17	10-7	OHIO	OHIO	Kill	Gentry Brown	set Rowan Kelly	+1.1
18	10-8	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil	+0.7
19	11-8	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly	+0.8
20	12-8	OHIO	OHIO	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+1.0
21	12-9	OHIO	KENT	Serve err	Rowan Kelly		+0.6
22	13-9	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Olivia Gardner	set Rowan Kelly	+0.7
23	13-10	OHIO	KENT×4	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	+0.6
24	13-11	KENT	KENT×4	Ace	Maggie Kachmarik	aced Darbi Ricketts	+1.1
25	13-12	KENT	KENT×4	Attack err	Bailey Blair		+1.3
26	13-13	KENT	KENT×4	Ace	Maggie Kachmarik	aced Darbi Ricketts	+1.5
27	14-13	KENT	OHIO×4	Serve err	Maggie Kachmarik		+1.1
28	15-13	OHIO	OHIO×4	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+1.5
29	16-13	OHIO	OHIO×4	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Rose Mahin	+1.3
30	17-13	OHIO	OHIO×4	Kill	Bailey Blair		+1.1
31	17-14	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	+0.6
32	17-15	KENT	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Maggie Kachmarik	+1.2
33	18-15	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+1.0
34	18-16	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.9
35	19-16	KENT	OHIO	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Gentry Brown	+1.1
36	19-17	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.9
37	19-18	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Emily Waddell	blk Adalynn Ginley, Mercedez Brown	+1.7
38	20-18	KENT	OHIO	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.4
39	20-19	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil	+1.3
40	20-20	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Gentry Brown	blk Adalynn Ginley, Vanessa Imoh	+2.3
41	21-20	KENT	OHIO	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.8
42	21-21	OHIO	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil	+1.9
43	22-21	KENT	OHIO	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+2.1
44	22-22	OHIO	KENT	Attack err	Bailey Blair		+2.1
45	23-22	KENT	OHIO×3	Kill	Rose Mahin	set Rowan Kelly	+2.5
46	24-22	OHIO	OHIO×3	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+3.1
47	25-22	OHIO	OHIO×3	Kill	Emily Waddell	set Rowan Kelly	+1.6

Score shown after each rally, Ohio 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).

Ohio def. Kent St. 3–0

.500 and 17 kills for Rose Mahin as Ohio rolled past Kent St.