Rutgers vs Ohio State Volleyball: Rutgers Wins 3-0 (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026B1G+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Ohio St. 61.4% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Rutgers won at Ohio St. 3-0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-23) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. Rutgers' Imani Howell led with 13 kills, and Kenzie Dyrstad added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
RUTGER	25	25	25	3
OHIOST	21	14	23	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Down 3–7 in the first, Rutgers took the set and then the match.

One stretch decided it. Percentages are Rutgers's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Pre-match, Ohio St. was RallyIQ's 61% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 3 · Rutgers 21–23 Ohio St.
Rutgers won 4 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 25–23 and win the match 3–0.
Rutgers 73% → >99%

Ohio St. above 50Rutgers belowMax swing 8.9%

RutgersOhio St.

Sideout %: Rutgers 62.7·Ohio St. 48.6
Break %: Rutgers 51.4·Ohio St. 37.3
Hitting: Rutgers .350·Ohio St. .179
Longest run: Rutgers 5·Ohio St. 6

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Ohio St. above 50 · Rutgers below

Biggest swing: 8.9% to Rutgers — set 3, RUTGER 25-23 OHIOST. Kill by Malia Romes (set by Lily Bolen). OHIOST win probability 9% → 0%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

RUTGER 42.6%57.4% OHIOST

Rutgers wins

3-0

9.6%

3-1

15.7%

3-2

17.3%

Ohio St. wins

3-0

15.9%

3-1

21.8%

3-2

19.7%

RUTGER break %: 40.0% vs this opp
OHIOST break %: 41.4% 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
Malia RomesKill+8.9%
Kill by Malia Romes (set by Lily Bolen)
Set 3 · RUTGER 25-23 OHIOST · RUTGER 91% → 100%
02
RutgersAce+8.4%
Rutgers ace on Kalli Jioshvili Ravva
Set 3 · RUTGER 24-23 OHIOST · RUTGER 83% → 91%
03
Zharia Harris-WaddyKill+6.2%
Kill by Zharia Harris-Waddy (set by Lily Bolen)
Set 3 · RUTGER 23-23 OHIOST · RUTGER 76% → 83%
04
Kalli Jioshvili RavvaAttack error+4.8%
Attack error by Kalli Jioshvili Ravva
Set 1 · RUTGER 23-20 OHIOST · RUTGER 51% → 56%
05
Naomy Govou&Aneta ValentovaBlock+4.5%
Natalie Robinson stuffed by Naomy Govou & Aneta Valentova
Set 1 · RUTGER 21-20 OHIOST · OHIOST 48% → 53%
06
Naomy GovouAttack error+4.1%
Attack error by Naomy Govou
Set 1 · RUTGER 22-20 OHIOST · RUTGER 47% → 51%
07
Kalli Jioshvili RavvaAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Kalli Jioshvili Ravva
Set 1 · RUTGER 13-11 OHIOST · RUTGER 42% → 46%
08
Navea GauthierAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Navea Gauthier
Set 3 · RUTGER 22-23 OHIOST · RUTGER 73% → 76%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Rutgersaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
16Imani HowellMB	3	13	2	19	.579	0	0	2	2	0	4	2	15
8Skylar GeorgeOH	3	10	2	23	.348	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	11
9Natalie RobinsonMB	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4
0Aspen MaxwellOH	3	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	4
12Brooke BaldwinS	3	0	0	2	.000	17	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
7Kami DyrstadL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
22Malia RomesMB	3	11	0	16	.688	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	13
14Addison WiemannOH	3	6	2	17	.235	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
11Lily BolenS	3	0	0	0	–	19	1	2	9	0	0	0	1
3Kenzie DyrstadL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	14	0	0	0	0
13Zharia Harris-WaddyMB	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		48	12	103	.350	43	3	6	43	2	12	6	75

Ohio St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Naomy GovouOH	3	11	7	35	.114	2	1	1	7	0	1	0.5	12.5
20Hannah JonesOH	3	10	1	25	.360	2	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	10.5
8Alia SchoonoverMB	3	5	0	10	.500	1	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
12Kalli Jioshvili RavvaOH	3	3	5	18	-.111	1	0	0	4	1	1	0.5	3.5
21Aneta ValentovaMB	2	2	2	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
4Bailey NakaneluaS	2	1	0	2	.500	16	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
1Bella HumphreyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Emily AvshalomovL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
16Mia StahlerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
9Mia TumanS	1	2	0	2	1.000	10	0	0	5	0	0	0	2
11Navea GauthierOH	1	1	3	6	-.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
5Jojo MillerMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Kelly McAuleyOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Team totals		37	18	106	.179	34	2	5	37	3	6	3	58

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 5 RUTGER · OHIOST 6

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 4 RUTGEROHIOST 6

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 5 RUTGEROHIOST 3

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 5 RUTGEROHIOST 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rutgers

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	45%5/11
2	41%7/17	22%2/9
3	88%7/8	50%7/14
4	60%6/10	63%10/16
5	67%6/9	45%5/11
6	100%4/4	69%9/13
All	63%37/59	51%38/74

Ohio St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	29%2/7
2	54%7/13	22%2/9
3	54%7/13	59%10/17
4	38%6/16	22%2/9
5	50%5/10	40%4/10
6	36%4/11	29%2/7
All	49%36/74	37%22/59

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

133 rallies

#	RUTGER-OHIOST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Aneta Valentova	blk Imani Howell, Aspen Maxwell	+2.6
2	1-1	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.7
3	2-1	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.8
4	3-1	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.7
5	3-2	RUTGER	OHIOST×6	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.7
6	3-3	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Kill	Bailey Nakanelua		+2.7
7	3-4	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.7
8	3-5	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+2.6
9	3-6	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Attack err	Skylar George		+2.4
10	3-7	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.1
11	4-7	OHIOST	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.3
12	5-7	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.3
13	6-7	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	blk Natalie Robinson, Malia Romes	+2.6
14	7-7	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Ace	Rutgers	aced Mia Stahler	+2.9
15	7-8	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.9
16	8-8	OHIOST	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.0
17	9-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Malia Romes, Natalie Robinson	+3.2
18	10-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+3.2
19	10-9	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	+2.0
20	10-10	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.2
21	11-10	OHIOST	RUTGER	Serve err	Ohio St.		+2.3
22	11-11	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.2
23	12-11	OHIOST	RUTGER×4	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Malia Romes	+2.3
24	13-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Attack err	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva		+3.6
25	14-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Attack err	Aneta Valentova		+3.4
26	15-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.0
27	15-12	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.6
28	16-12	OHIOST	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.1
29	17-12	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell		+2.5
30	18-12	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva		+1.8
31	18-13	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.7
32	18-14	OHIOST	OHIOST	Attack err	Aspen Maxwell		+1.7
33	19-14	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.6
34	19-15	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.0
35	19-16	OHIOST	OHIOST	Blocked	Aspen Maxwell	blk Kalli Jioshvili Ravva, Alia Schoonover	+2.3
36	20-16	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
37	20-17	RUTGER	OHIOST	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.4
38	20-18	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.2
39	21-18	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+3.0
40	21-19	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Alia Schoonover	+2.0
41	21-20	OHIOST	OHIOST	Blocked	Natalie Robinson	blk Naomy Govou, Aneta Valentova	+4.5
42	22-20	OHIOST	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+4.1
43	23-20	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva		+4.8
44	24-20	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Malia Romes, Imani Howell	+2.6
45	24-21	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.5
46	25-21	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.2
Set 2
1	1-0	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.0
2	1-1	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.9
3	2-1	OHIOST	RUTGER×5	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.0
4	3-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Natalie Robinson		+3.1
5	4-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Bad set	Bailey Nakanelua		+3.0
6	5-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.9
7	6-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Attack err	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva		+2.6
8	6-2	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.5
9	7-2	OHIOST	RUTGER×4	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.8
10	8-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Natalie Robinson		+2.3
11	9-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+1.9
12	10-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Malia Romes	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+1.5
13	10-3	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.7
14	10-4	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Kelly McAuley	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.4
15	11-4	OHIOST	RUTGER×4	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+1.3
16	12-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Lily Bolen	+1.4
17	13-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.0
18	14-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Malia Romes, Imani Howell	+0.7
19	14-5	RUTGER	OHIOST	Bad set	Lily Bolen		+0.3
20	15-5	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.4
21	16-5	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.4
22	16-6	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.1
23	17-6	OHIOST	RUTGER	Serve err	Ohio St.		+0.2
24	18-6	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers	aced Kelly McAuley	+0.2
25	18-7	RUTGER	OHIOST×3	Blocked	Aspen Maxwell	blk Hannah Jones, Aneta Valentova	·
26	18-8	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.1
27	18-9	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Ace	Ohio St.		+0.2
28	19-9	OHIOST	RUTGER	Serve err	Ohio St.		+0.2
29	19-10	RUTGER	OHIOST	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.1
30	20-10	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.2
31	20-11	RUTGER	OHIOST	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+0.1
32	21-11	OHIOST	RUTGER	Attack err	Hannah Jones		+0.1
33	21-12	RUTGER	OHIOST	Serve err	Rutgers		·
34	22-12	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Lily Bolen	+0.1
35	22-13	RUTGER	OHIOST	Serve err	Rutgers		·
36	22-14	OHIOST	OHIOST	Attack err	Imani Howell		+0.1
37	23-14	OHIOST	RUTGER×3	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Lily Bolen	+0.1
38	24-14	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	·
39	25-14	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Aspen Maxwell, Imani Howell	·
Set 3
1	0-1	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Jojo Miller	set Mia Tuman	+1.4
2	1-1	OHIOST	RUTGER	Attack err	Navea Gauthier		+1.4
3	2-1	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
4	2-2	RUTGER	OHIOST×5	Attack err	Skylar George		+1.4
5	2-3	OHIOST	OHIOST×5	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Kami Dyrstad	+2.2
6	2-4	OHIOST	OHIOST×5	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Mia Tuman	+2.1
7	2-5	OHIOST	OHIOST×5	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bella Humphrey	+1.9
8	2-6	OHIOST	OHIOST×5	Kill	Navea Gauthier	set Naomy Govou	+1.7
9	3-6	OHIOST	RUTGER	Attack err	Navea Gauthier		+1.0
10	3-7	RUTGER	OHIOST	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.2
11	4-7	OHIOST	RUTGER	Serve err	Ohio St.		+1.1
12	5-7	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+1.9
13	5-8	RUTGER	OHIOST	Attack err	Addison Wiemann		+1.4
14	6-8	OHIOST	RUTGER	Serve err	Ohio St.		+1.3
15	6-9	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Mia Tuman	+1.4
16	6-10	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Hannah Jones	+1.9
17	7-10	OHIOST	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.1
18	8-10	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.0
19	9-10	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.3
20	9-11	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Mia Tuman	set Hannah Jones	+1.7
21	10-11	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.6
22	10-12	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Mia Tuman	+1.7
23	11-12	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.6
24	11-13	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Mia Tuman	+1.8
25	12-13	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.7
26	12-14	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Mia Tuman	+1.8
27	13-14	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.8
28	13-15	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Mia Tuman	+1.9
29	13-16	OHIOST	OHIOST	Attack err	Addison Wiemann		+2.6
30	14-16	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.5
31	14-17	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Mia Tuman	+1.8
32	14-18	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Mia Tuman	set Naomy Govou	+2.2
33	15-18	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.1
34	16-18	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+2.3
35	16-19	RUTGER	OHIOST	Attack err	Imani Howell		+1.9
36	17-19	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.5
37	18-19	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+3.1
38	18-20	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Mia Tuman	+2.5
39	18-21	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Mia Tuman	+3.2
40	19-21	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+1.5
41	19-22	RUTGER	OHIOST	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.2
42	20-22	OHIOST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.4
43	20-23	RUTGER	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Emily Avshalomov	+2.2
44	21-23	OHIOST	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.2
45	22-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Attack err	Navea Gauthier		+3.5
46	23-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+6.2
47	24-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Ace	Rutgers	aced Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	+8.4
48	25-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+8.9

Score shown after each rally, Rutgers 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).

Rutgers def. Ohio St. 3–0

Down 3–7 in the first, Rutgers took the set and then the match.