Kent State vs Columbia Volleyball: Kent State Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Sep 12, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Kent St. beat Columbia 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-16) on Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at a neutral site. Kent St.'s Mercedez Brown led with 11 kills, and Lesley Furuta added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Sep 12

Set	1	2	3	Sets
KENT	25	25	25	3
COLUMB	23	14	16	0

Win probability

Columbia above 50 · Kent St. below

Biggest swing: 7.3% to Kent St. — set 1, KENT 25-23 COLUMB. Attack error by Elena Maynulet. COLUMB win probability 22% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

KENT 74.3%25.7% COLUMB

Kent St. wins

3-0

26.5%

3-1

28.4%

3-2

19.4%

Columbia wins

3-0

4.6%

3-1

8.8%

3-2

12.3%

KENT break %: 46.3% vs this opp
COLUMB break %: 41.3% 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
Elena MaynuletAttack error+7.3%
Attack error by Elena Maynulet
Set 1 · KENT 25-23 COLUMB · KENT 78% → 86%
02
ColumbiaService error+6.2%
Columbia service error
Set 1 · KENT 24-23 COLUMB · KENT 72% → 78%
03
Elena MaynuletKill+6.2%
Kill by Elena Maynulet (set by Clara Yu)
Set 1 · KENT 23-23 COLUMB · COLUMB 22% → 28%
04
Mercedez BrownBlock+5.3%
Avery Jones stuffed by Mercedez Brown
Set 1 · KENT 22-21 COLUMB · KENT 71% → 76%
05
Mercedez BrownKill+4.8%
Kill by Mercedez Brown (set by Christina Vigil)
Set 1 · KENT 23-21 COLUMB · KENT 76% → 81%
06
Macie MorelandAttack error+4.6%
Attack error by Macie Moreland
Set 1 · KENT 19-20 COLUMB · COLUMB 28% → 32%
07
Kent St.Service error+4.0%
Kent St. service error
Set 1 · KENT 20-21 COLUMB · COLUMB 29% → 33%
08
ColumbiaService error+3.9%
Columbia service error
Set 1 · KENT 19-19 COLUMB · COLUMB 24% → 28%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Kent St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Mercedez BrownOH	3	11	2	33	.273	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1.5	13.5
8Nadia MillerMB	3	8	3	17	.294	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	9
16Adalynn GinleyMB	3	5	0	11	.455	1	1	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
14Christina VigilS	3	2	1	10	.100	24	0	2	7	0	1	0	1	3
4Hailey BrennerDS	3	0	0	3	.000	1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0
11Vanessa ImohOH	2	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
10Macie MorelandOH	3	9	3	15	.400	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	3	0	0	6	.000	4	2	2	15	3	0	0	0	2
12Catie PattersonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
20Ashley VerheyOH	2	8	1	13	.538	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8
13Jordyn AndersonS	2	0	0	3	.000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	10	115	.287	35	4	7	54	5	2	6	5	75

Columbiahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Elena MaynuletOH	3	8	1	27	.259	0	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	9
33Alexia CorneaOH	3	4	5	22	-.045	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
7Danica NordlichtMB	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
1Dahlia RobertsOPP	3	3	1	14	.143	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	4
16Clara YuS	3	2	0	3	.667	8	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	4
13Charlotte GravleeOPP	2	0	1	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Josie ZynczakOH	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
11Delaney SeamanS	3	0	0	2	.000	2	1	2	10	0	0	0	0	1
15Claire MoS	3	0	0	0	–	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
8Madison HsiehL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
14Avery JonesOPP	2	1	3	9	-.222	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
25Kylee EzeOPP	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
5Allie AbernathyMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19Ava WangL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	14	104	.115	21	5	6	48	4	1	6	4	53

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 7 KENT · COLUMB 3

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 5 KENTCOLUMB 3

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 7 KENTCOLUMB 2

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 4 KENTCOLUMB 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Kent St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	56%5/9
2	67%4/6	69%9/13
3	57%4/7	56%5/9
4	100%4/4	50%4/8
5	100%4/4	20%1/5
6	100%3/3	40%2/5
All	77%24/31	53%26/49

Columbia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%4/5	0%0/4
2	27%4/15	43%3/7
3	57%4/7	50%4/8
4	50%4/8	0%0/4
5	80%4/5	0%0/4
6	33%3/9	0%0/4
All	47%23/49	23%7/31

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 (2 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

128 rallies

#	KENT-COLUMB	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Ace	Columbia	aced Hailey Brenner	+2.1
2	0-2	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Bad set	Adalynn Ginley		+2.2
3	0-3	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Ace	Columbia	aced Lesley Furuta	+2.2
4	1-3	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Lesley Furuta	+1.6
5	1-4	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+1.8
6	2-4	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+1.6
7	2-5	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Delaney Seaman	+1.8
8	3-5	COLUMB	KENT×3	Serve err	Columbia		+1.6
9	4-5	KENT	KENT×3	Bad set	Clara Yu		+2.2
10	5-5	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+2.2
11	5-6	KENT	COLUMB×3	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Claire Mo	+1.8
12	5-7	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Ace	Columbia	aced Lesley Furuta	+2.5
13	5-8	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Blocked	Nadia Miller	blk Alexia Cornea	+2.5
14	6-8	COLUMB	KENT×5	Serve err	Columbia		+1.7
15	7-8	KENT	KENT×5	Ace	Kent St.		+2.4
16	8-8	KENT	KENT×5	Ace	Kent St.		+2.4
17	9-8		KENT	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.3
18	10-8	KENT	KENT×5	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Catie Patterson	+2.2
19	10-9	KENT	COLUMB	Serve err	Kent St.		+1.7
20	10-10	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+2.5
21	11-10	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	+1.9
22	12-10	KENT	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown		+2.4
23	12-11	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+1.8
24	12-12	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	+2.7
25	13-12	COLUMB	KENT	Blocked	Charlotte Gravlee	blk Vanessa Imoh, Adalynn Ginley	+2.1
26	13-13	KENT	COLUMB×3	Attack err	Christina Vigil		+2.2
27	13-14	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Bad set	Nadia Miller		+3.1
28	13-15	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+3.3
29	14-15	COLUMB	KENT	Blocked	Dahlia Roberts	blk Nadia Miller, Mercedez Brown	+2.3
30	15-15	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+3.2
31	15-16	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Clara Yu	+2.7
32	16-16	COLUMB	KENT	Serve err	Columbia		+2.6
33	16-17	KENT	COLUMB	Serve err	Kent St.		+2.9
34	17-17	COLUMB	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+2.7
35	18-17	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	+3.6
36	19-17	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Avery Jones	blk Christina Vigil	+3.3
37	19-18	KENT	COLUMB×3	Kill	Avery Jones	set Lesley Furuta	+2.4
38	19-19	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Serve err	Columbia		+3.9
39	19-20	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+4.6
40	20-20	COLUMB	KENT	Serve err	Columbia		+3.4
41	20-21	KENT	COLUMB	Serve err	Kent St.		+4.0
42	21-21	COLUMB	KENT×3	Attack err	Team		+3.8
43	22-21	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Avery Jones	blk Mercedez Brown	+5.3
44	23-21	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+4.8
45	23-22	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+2.8
46	23-23	COLUMB	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+6.2
47	24-23	COLUMB	KENT	Serve err	Columbia		+6.2
48	25-23	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Elena Maynulet		+7.3
Set 2
1	0-1	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Clara Yu	+1.3
2	0-2	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Columbia	aced Hailey Brenner	+1.7
3	1-2	COLUMB	KENT×3	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.2
4	2-2	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Hailey Brenner	+1.6
5	3-2	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Dahlia Roberts		+1.6
6	3-3	KENT	COLUMB	Attack err	Vanessa Imoh		+1.3
7	4-3	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Delaney Seaman	+1.2
8	4-4	KENT	COLUMB	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Dahlia Roberts, Danica Nordlicht	+1.3
9	5-4	COLUMB	KENT	Serve err	Columbia		+1.3
10	5-5	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Alexia Cornea	set Claire Mo	+1.3
11	6-5	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Lesley Furuta	+1.3
12	6-6	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Claire Mo	+1.4
13	7-6	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil		+1.3
14	8-6	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.6
15	8-7	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+1.3
16	9-7	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	+1.3
17	9-8	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Clara Yu		+1.3
18	9-9	COLUMB	COLUMB	Bad set	Jordyn Anderson		+1.9
19	10-9	COLUMB	KENT×7	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+1.5
20	11-9	KENT	KENT×7	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+1.8
21	12-9	KENT	KENT×7	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Clara Yu	+1.6
22	13-9	KENT	KENT×7	Bad set	Dahlia Roberts		+1.4
23	14-9	KENT	KENT×7	Ace	Kent St.	aced Elena Maynulet	+1.1
24	15-9	KENT	KENT×7	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.8
25	16-9	KENT	KENT×7	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+0.6
26	16-10	KENT	COLUMB	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.3
27	16-11	COLUMB	COLUMB	Attack err	Ashley Verhey		+0.6
28	17-11	COLUMB	KENT×3	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil	+0.6
29	18-11	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.5
30	19-11	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Nadia Miller	+0.3
31	19-12	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Dahlia Roberts	set Clara Yu	+0.1
32	20-12	COLUMB	KENT×4	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+0.2
33	21-12	KENT	KENT×4	Ace	Kent St.	aced Elena Maynulet	+0.1
34	22-12	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.1
35	23-12	KENT	KENT×4	Blocked	Avery Jones	blk Macie Moreland, Nadia Miller	·
36	23-13	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht	set Claire Mo	·
37	24-13	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	·
38	24-14	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Josie Zynczak	set Claire Mo	·
39	25-14	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	·
Set 3
1	1-0	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Lesley Furuta	+0.6
2	2-0	KENT	KENT	Bad set	Clara Yu		+0.8
3	2-1	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Clara Yu		+0.6
4	2-2	COLUMB	COLUMB	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Danica Nordlicht, Dahlia Roberts	+0.9
5	3-2	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil	+0.7
6	3-3	KENT	COLUMB	Blocked	Nadia Miller	blk Alexia Cornea, Danica Nordlicht	+0.7
7	3-4	COLUMB	COLUMB	Ace	Columbia	aced Lesley Furuta	+1.0
8	4-4	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.7
9	5-4	KENT	KENT	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.9
10	5-5	KENT	COLUMB	Attack err	Nadia Miller		+0.7
11	6-5	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Catie Patterson	+0.7
12	6-6	KENT	COLUMB	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.8
13	7-6	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil	+0.7
14	8-6	KENT	KENT	Bad set	Elena Maynulet		+0.9
15	8-7	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Josie Zynczak	set Claire Mo	+0.7
16	9-7	COLUMB	KENT×3	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil	+0.7
17	10-7	KENT	KENT×3	Attack err	Josie Zynczak		+0.8
18	11-7	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.7
19	11-8	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Elena Maynulet	set Claire Mo	+0.5
20	12-8	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil	+0.6
21	12-9	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Danica Nordlicht		+0.5
22	13-9	COLUMB	KENT×4	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Christina Vigil	+0.6
23	14-9	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Nadia Miller	set Christina Vigil	+0.6
24	15-9	KENT	KENT×4	Attack err	Danica Nordlicht		+0.5
25	16-9	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil	+0.3
26	16-10	KENT	COLUMB×3	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.2
27	16-11	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Kill	Kylee Eze	set Clara Yu	+0.3
28	16-12	COLUMB	COLUMB×3	Kill	Kylee Eze	set Claire Mo	+0.5
29	17-12	COLUMB	KENT	Attack err	Jordyn Anderson		+0.5
30	17-13	KENT	COLUMB	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+0.4
31	18-13	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Lesley Furuta	+0.5
32	19-13	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Alexia Cornea		+0.4
33	19-14	KENT	COLUMB	Serve err	Kent St.		+0.2
34	20-14	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Jordyn Anderson	+0.3
35	20-15	KENT	COLUMB	Attack err	Macie Moreland		+0.2
36	21-15	COLUMB	KENT×4	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Jordyn Anderson	+0.3
37	22-15	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Mercedez Brown		+0.2
38	23-15	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Adalynn Ginley	+0.1
39	24-15	KENT	KENT×4	Bad set	Josie Zynczak		·
40	24-16	KENT	COLUMB	Kill	Josie Zynczak	set Delaney Seaman	·
41	25-16	COLUMB	KENT	Kill	Ashley Verhey	set Jordyn Anderson	·

Score shown after each rally, Kent St. 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).

Kent St. def. Columbia 3–0