Merrimack vs Sacred Heart Volleyball: Sacred Heart Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Sacred Heart 97.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Sacred Heart beat visiting Merrimack 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-18) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Sacred Heart's Abbie Hagedorn and Lauren Hubert led with 9 kills each, and Addy Franz added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MERMCK	16	17	18	0
SACHRT	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Sacred Heart held Merrimack under 20 in every set.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.8 points, and Merrimack's high was 6% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Sacred Heart at 97%.

MerrimackSacred Heart

Break %+21.9 pts
30.852.7
On serve: 39/74 against 16/52 (Merrimack sideout 47.3%).
Hitting+.211
.010.221
39 kills, 18 errors vs 18 kills, 17 errors.
Longest run+1
45
Down 4–8 in the first set, Sacred Heart scored 5 straight to lead 9–8. The set finished 25–16.

Sacred Heart above 50Merrimack belowMax swing 0.8%

MerrimackSacred Heart

Aces: Merrimack 4·Sacred Heart 4
Serve err: Merrimack 14·Sacred Heart 10
Blocks: Merrimack 9·Sacred Heart 62 BS · 14 BA vs 0 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Merrimack 33·Sacred Heart 56

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Sacred Heart above 50 · Merrimack below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Sacred Heart stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MERMCK 4.2%95.8% SACHRT

Merrimack wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.1%

3-2

2.6%

Sacred Heart wins

3-0

58.0%

3-1

28.9%

3-2

8.9%

MERMCK break %: 39.0% vs this opp
SACHRT break %: 52.4% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Merrimackaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Mia IzzoMB	3	4	0	10	.400	0	0	3	2	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
8Jocelyn HammerstrandOPP	3	4	4	24	.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Mckenna ShotwellOH	3	3	3	17	.000	0	0	2	9	1	0	2	1	4
1Naomi VajdaMB	3	0	1	5	-.200	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3
3Sophia DeBonisS	3	0	0	2	.000	10	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	1
18Sienna Franks	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	1
14Maiella Blandin	3	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
22Devon Lowe	3	0	0	1	.000	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
12Ella MaldonadoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0
15Gabrielle Moore	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Vaia TsioutsioulasOH	2	5	4	20	.050	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
9Avry BryantOPP	2	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
19Elizabeth KenneyS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Fabiola BetancourtOH	1	0	1	8	-.125	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
7Tamilore Afolalu	1	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Maddy FennessyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		18	17	100	.010	18	4	14	33	4	2	14	9	51

Sacred Hearthome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
27Abbie HagedornOH	3	9	3	17	.353	0	3	1	11	1	0	0	12
4Lauren HubertOH	3	9	7	33	.061	1	1	1	5	0	2	1	11
11Raissa AntonioMB	3	5	3	9	.222	0	0	1	3	0	4	2	7
16Molly NewtonMB	3	6	0	7	.857	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
6Addy FranzS	3	2	1	4	.250	24	0	1	14	0	1	0.5	2.5
14Ryleigh ShortOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	4	5	1	0	0	0
18Renata MontiniOH	3	8	4	25	.160	1	0	0	5	2	3	1.5	9.5
5Miliani VillarrealL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
13Kelli EnnisDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	18	95	.221	38	4	10	56	4	12	6	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.

Merrimack vs Sacred Heart

Season series · Sacred Heart leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Merrimack at Sacred Heart · Sacred Heart won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Sacred Heart at Merrimack · Sacred Heart won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 MERMCK · SACHRT 5

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 4 MERMCKSACHRT 5

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 3 MERMCKSACHRT 5

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 4 MERMCKSACHRT 3

Bars above the line = Sacred Heart leads, below = Merrimack leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Merrimack

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	14%1/7
2	33%7/21	30%3/10
3	75%6/8	30%3/10
4	26%5/19	54%7/13
5	63%5/8	29%2/7
6	63%5/8	0%0/5
All	47%35/74	31%16/52

Sacred Heart

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	30%3/10
2	78%7/9	53%8/15
3	43%6/14	60%9/15
4	63%5/8	69%11/16
5	100%5/5	55%6/11
6	100%5/5	29%2/7
All	69%36/52	53%39/74

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

126 rallies

#	MERMCK-SACHRT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Addy Franz
2	1-1	SACHRT	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis
3	2-1	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Blocked	Abbie Hagedorn	blk Jocelyn Hammerstrand, Mia Izzo
4	3-1	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Jocelyn Hammerstrand
5	3-2	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
6	4-2	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
7	4-3	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Renata Montini	set Addy Franz
8	4-4	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Addy Franz
9	5-4	SACHRT	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Renata Montini
10	6-4	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Raissa Antonio
11	7-4	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Renata Montini
12	8-4	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Ace	Merrimack	aced Abbie Hagedorn
13	8-5	MERMCK	SACHRT×5	Serve err	Merrimack
14	8-6	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Kill	Renata Montini
15	8-7	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Blocked	Fabiola Betancourt	blk Renata Montini, Raissa Antonio
16	8-8	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Addy Franz
17	8-9	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Kill	Addy Franz	set Renata Montini
18	9-9	SACHRT	MERMCK×3	Blocked	Raissa Antonio	blk Fabiola Betancourt, Naomi Vajda
19	10-9	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Ace	Merrimack	aced Renata Montini
20	11-9	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Blocked	Lauren Hubert	blk Naomi Vajda, Mckenna Shotwell
21	11-10	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
22	11-11	SACHRT	SACHRT	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
23	12-11	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Avry Bryant	set Devon Lowe
24	12-12	MERMCK	SACHRT×3	Kill	Raissa Antonio	set Addy Franz
25	12-13	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Addy Franz
26	12-14	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Bad set	Devon Lowe
27	13-14	SACHRT	MERMCK	Attack err	Abbie Hagedorn
28	13-15	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Molly Newton	set Addy Franz
29	14-15	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis
30	14-16	MERMCK	SACHRT×5	Kill	Molly Newton	set Addy Franz
31	14-17	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Ace	Sacred Heart	aced Ella Maldonado
32	14-18	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Blocked	Tamilore Afolalu	blk Molly Newton, Lauren Hubert
33	14-19	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Ace	Sacred Heart	aced Mckenna Shotwell
34	14-20	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Attack err	Tamilore Afolalu
35	15-20	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
36	15-21	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Addy Franz	set Miliani Villarreal
37	16-21	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
38	16-22	MERMCK	SACHRT×4	Kill	Renata Montini	set Miliani Villarreal
39	16-23	SACHRT	SACHRT×4	Kill	Raissa Antonio	set Addy Franz
40	16-24	SACHRT	SACHRT×4	Ace	Sacred Heart	aced Fabiola Betancourt
41	16-25	SACHRT	SACHRT×4	Attack err	Naomi Vajda
Set 2
1	1-0	MERMCK	MERMCK	Ace	Merrimack	aced Ryleigh Short
2	1-1	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
3	2-1	SACHRT	MERMCK	Blocked	Lauren Hubert	blk Mia Izzo
4	2-2	MERMCK	SACHRT×5	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Miliani Villarreal
5	2-3	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Kill	Renata Montini	set Miliani Villarreal
6	2-4	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Addy Franz
7	2-5	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Miliani Villarreal
8	2-6	SACHRT	SACHRT×5	Kill	Renata Montini	set Lauren Hubert
9	3-6	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis
10	3-7	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Addy Franz
11	4-7	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
12	4-8	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Raissa Antonio	set Addy Franz
13	4-9	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Miliani Villarreal
14	5-9	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
15	5-10	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
16	6-10	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
17	6-11	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Miliani Villarreal
18	6-12	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Miliani Villarreal
19	7-12	SACHRT	MERMCK	Blocked	Abbie Hagedorn	blk Maiella Blandin, Mia Izzo
20	7-13	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Molly Newton	set Addy Franz
21	7-14	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Renata Montini	set Miliani Villarreal
22	8-14	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Sophia DeBonis
23	9-14	MERMCK	MERMCK	Blocked	Lauren Hubert	blk Mia Izzo, Vaia Tsioutsioulas
24	9-15	MERMCK	SACHRT×4	Serve err	Merrimack
25	9-16	SACHRT	SACHRT×4	Kill	Raissa Antonio	set Addy Franz
26	9-17	SACHRT	SACHRT×4	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
27	9-18	SACHRT	SACHRT×4	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Addy Franz
28	10-18	SACHRT	MERMCK×3	Kill	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	set Sophia DeBonis
29	11-18	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Attack err	Addy Franz
30	12-18	MERMCK	MERMCK×3	Attack err	Lauren Hubert
31	12-19	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
32	13-19	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	set Sophia DeBonis
33	14-19	MERMCK	MERMCK	Attack err	Lauren Hubert
34	14-20	MERMCK	SACHRT×3	Attack err	Avry Bryant
35	14-21	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Ryleigh Short
36	14-22	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Attack err	Vaia Tsioutsioulas
37	15-22	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
38	15-23	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
39	16-23	SACHRT	MERMCK	Blocked	Lauren Hubert	blk Naomi Vajda, Mckenna Shotwell
40	16-24	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Molly Newton	set Addy Franz
41	17-24	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Devon Lowe
42	17-25	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Addy Franz
Set 3
1	1-0	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Mckenna Shotwell	set Sophia DeBonis
2	1-1	MERMCK	SACHRT×3	Kill	Molly Newton	set Addy Franz
3	1-2	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
4	1-3	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Ace	Sacred Heart	aced Ella Maldonado
5	2-3	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	set Ella Maldonado
6	2-4	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
7	3-4	SACHRT	MERMCK	Blocked	Lauren Hubert	blk Naomi Vajda
8	3-5	MERMCK	SACHRT×3	Serve err	Merrimack
9	3-6	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Attack err	Vaia Tsioutsioulas
10	3-7	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Miliani Villarreal
11	4-7	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	set Devon Lowe
12	4-8	MERMCK	SACHRT	Blocked	Maiella Blandin	blk Raissa Antonio, Renata Montini
13	4-9	SACHRT	SACHRT	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
14	5-9	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
15	5-10	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Abbie Hagedorn	set Addy Franz
16	6-10	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
17	6-11	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
18	6-12	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Addy Franz
19	7-12	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Mia Izzo	set Sophia DeBonis
20	7-13	MERMCK	SACHRT	Attack err	Jocelyn Hammerstrand
21	8-13	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	set Ella Maldonado
22	9-13	MERMCK	MERMCK	Kill	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	set Naomi Vajda
23	9-14	MERMCK	SACHRT	Blocked	Jocelyn Hammerstrand	blk Renata Montini, Molly Newton
24	10-14	SACHRT	MERMCK×4	Attack err	Raissa Antonio
25	11-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Blocked	Renata Montini	blk Naomi Vajda, Maiella Blandin
26	12-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Bad set	Addy Franz
27	13-14	MERMCK	MERMCK×4	Ace	Merrimack	aced Renata Montini
28	13-15	MERMCK	SACHRT×3	Kill	Renata Montini	set Addy Franz
29	13-16	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Blocked	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	blk Addy Franz, Raissa Antonio
30	13-17	SACHRT	SACHRT×3	Attack err	Mckenna Shotwell
31	14-17	SACHRT	MERMCK	Kill	Maiella Blandin	set Devon Lowe
32	14-18	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
33	14-19	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Raissa Antonio	set Addy Franz
34	15-19	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
35	15-20	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
36	16-20	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
37	16-21	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Molly Newton	set Addy Franz
38	17-21	SACHRT	MERMCK	Serve err	Sacred Heart
39	17-22	MERMCK	SACHRT	Kill	Lauren Hubert	set Addy Franz
40	17-23	SACHRT	SACHRT	Kill	Renata Montini	set Miliani Villarreal
41	18-23	SACHRT	MERMCK	Attack err	Renata Montini
42	18-24	MERMCK	SACHRT	Serve err	Merrimack
43	18-25	SACHRT	SACHRT	Blocked	Vaia Tsioutsioulas	blk Lauren Hubert, Raissa Antonio

Score shown after each rally, Merrimack first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Sacred Heart def. Merrimack 3–0

Sacred Heart held Merrimack under 20 in every set.