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

FinalFri, Sep 11, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Kent St. beat Niagara 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-20) on Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at a neutral site. Kent St.'s Mercedez Brown led with 12 kills, and Lesley Furuta added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
KENT	25	25	25	3
NIAGRA	21	20	20	0

Win probability

Niagara above 50 · Kent St. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

KENT 97.9%2.1% NIAGRA

Kent St. wins

3-0

66.7%

3-1

25.2%

3-2

5.9%

Niagara wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.3%

KENT break %: 53.1% vs this opp
NIAGRA break %: 37.4% 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

Kent St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Adalynn GinleyMB	3	11	2	16	.563	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	14
7Mercedez BrownOH	3	12	5	30	.233	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	12
6Liliana MechuraMB	3	9	1	17	.471	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	10
11Vanessa ImohOH	3	6	3	14	.214	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
14Christina VigilS	3	3	0	14	.214	33	0	2	4	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
4Hailey BrennerDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	1
10Macie MorelandOH	3	6	3	17	.176	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	6
12Catie PattersonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
5Lesley FurutaL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	3	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	1
8Nadia MillerMB	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	14	113	.292	40	5	6	49	2	1	8	5	75

Niagarahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Payton LeeOH	3	10	2	22	.364	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
18Katelynn RottmanOH	3	8	3	19	.263	0	1	1	10	0	0	3	1.5	10.5
6Sole RancyMB	3	2	2	6	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	4
12Karlotta KattaiOH	3	3	2	13	.077	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
10Jakayla BrownMB	3	2	0	9	.222	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
3Paisley Ka’ahanuiS	3	0	0	4	.000	13	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
8Kadence GoolsbyOH	3	4	0	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
11Chloe MorelandOH	3	3	0	12	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
14Noel PerkinsOH	3	0	0	4	.000	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Ashley MorelandL/DS	3	0	1	5	-.200	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0
4Leah WhiteS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	10	106	.208	28	2	6	37	5	1	10	6	61

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 KENT · NIAGRA 3

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 5 KENTNIAGRA 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 4 KENTNIAGRA 2

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 KENTNIAGRA 3

Bars above the line = Niagara 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	69%9/13	50%7/14
2	82%9/11	36%5/14
3	70%7/10	53%8/15
4	67%6/9	33%3/9
5	50%6/12	57%8/14
6	75%6/8	14%1/7
All	68%43/63	44%32/73

Niagara

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%9/19	27%3/11
2	53%8/15	31%4/13
3	75%6/8	20%2/10
4	46%6/13	33%3/9
5	60%6/10	50%6/12
6	75%6/8	25%2/8
All	56%41/73	32%20/63

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

136 rallies

#	KENT-NIAGRA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	NIAGRA	KENT×3	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
2	2-0	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Christina Vigil
3	3-0	KENT	KENT×3	Ace	Kent St.
4	3-1	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
5	3-2	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Mercedez Brown
6	4-2	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Lesley Furuta
7	4-3	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
8	5-3	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
9	5-4	KENT	NIAGRA×3	Serve err	Kent St.
10	5-5	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
11	5-6	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Attack err	Macie Moreland
12	6-6	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Lesley Furuta
13	7-6	KENT	KENT	Bad set	Karlotta Kattai
14	7-7	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Noel Perkins
15	8-7	NIAGRA	KENT	Serve err	Niagara
16	8-8	KENT	NIAGRA	Attack err	Mercedez Brown
17	8-9	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins
18	9-9	NIAGRA	KENT	Serve err	Niagara
19	9-10	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins
20	10-10	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil
21	10-11	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Chloe Moreland	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
22	11-11	NIAGRA	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
23	12-11	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
24	13-11	KENT	KENT×3	Blocked	Karlotta Kattai	blk Christina Vigil, Liliana Mechura
25	13-12	KENT	NIAGRA	Attack err	Christina Vigil
26	14-12	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Christina Vigil
27	14-13	KENT	NIAGRA	Serve err	Kent St.
28	15-13	NIAGRA	KENT	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman
29	15-14	KENT	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Jakayla Brown	set Noel Perkins
30	15-15	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Ashley Moreland
31	15-16	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins
32	16-16	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
33	16-17	KENT	NIAGRA	Bad set	Macie Moreland
34	17-17	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
35	18-17	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
36	18-18	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins
37	19-18	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
38	19-19	KENT	NIAGRA	Attack err	Mercedez Brown
39	20-19	NIAGRA	KENT×5	Bad set	Karlotta Kattai
40	21-19	KENT	KENT×5	Attack err	Payton Lee
41	22-19	KENT	KENT×5	Serve err	Kent St.
42	23-19	KENT	KENT×5	Ace	Kent St.	aced Ashley Moreland
43	24-19	KENT	KENT×5	Kill	Liliana Mechura
44	24-20	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
45	24-21	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Bad set	Christina Vigil
46	25-21	NIAGRA	KENT	Attack err	Karlotta Kattai
Set 2
1	1-0	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Adalynn Ginley
2	2-0	KENT	KENT×4	Ace	Kent St.	aced Karlotta Kattai
3	3-0	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
4	4-0	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Payton Lee
5	4-1	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
6	4-2	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Blocked	Vanessa Imoh	blk Karlotta Kattai, Sole Rancy
7	5-2	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
8	5-3	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Karlotta Kattai	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
9	6-3	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
10	6-4	KENT	NIAGRA	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Jakayla Brown
11	7-4	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Christina Vigil
12	8-4	KENT	KENT	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Nadia Miller
13	8-5	KENT	NIAGRA	Attack err	Macie Moreland
14	9-5	NIAGRA	KENT×4	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Christina Vigil
15	10-5	KENT	KENT×4	Bad set	Katelynn Rottman
16	11-5	KENT	KENT×4	Ace	Kent St.
17	12-5	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
18	12-6	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
19	13-6	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
20	13-7	KENT	NIAGRA	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman
21	13-8	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Macie Moreland
22	14-8	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Adalynn Ginley
23	14-9	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
24	15-9	NIAGRA	KENT	Serve err	Niagara
25	15-10	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Sole Rancy	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
26	16-10	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Payton Lee
27	17-10	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Sole Rancy	blk Christina Vigil, Adalynn Ginley
28	17-11	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
29	17-12	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Ace	Niagara	aced Lesley Furuta
30	18-12	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Karlotta Kattai
31	19-12	KENT	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Noel Perkins
32	19-13	KENT	NIAGRA	Serve err	Kent St.
33	19-14	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Christina Vigil
34	20-14	NIAGRA	KENT	Serve err	Niagara
35	20-15	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins
36	20-16	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Adalynn Ginley
37	21-16	NIAGRA	KENT	Serve err	Niagara
38	21-17	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
39	22-17	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil
40	23-17	KENT	KENT	Blocked	Sole Rancy	blk Adalynn Ginley
41	23-18	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
42	23-19	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee
43	24-19	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
44	24-20	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
45	25-20	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Liliana Mechura
Set 3
1	0-1	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Blocked	Vanessa Imoh	blk Katelynn Rottman, Sole Rancy
2	1-1	NIAGRA	KENT×4	Serve err	Niagara
3	2-1	KENT	KENT×4	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil
4	3-1	KENT	KENT×4	Blocked	Payton Lee	blk Liliana Mechura, Vanessa Imoh
5	4-1	KENT	KENT×4	Bad set	Paisley Ka’ahanui
6	4-2	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
7	4-3	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Ace	Niagara
8	5-3	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Lesley Furuta
9	5-4	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
10	5-5	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Liliana Mechura
11	6-5	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Liliana Mechura	set Christina Vigil
12	6-6	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Chloe Moreland	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
13	7-6	NIAGRA	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
14	8-6	KENT	KENT×3	Bad set	Ashley Moreland
15	9-6	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Christina Vigil	set Lesley Furuta
16	9-7	KENT	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Jakayla Brown	set Noel Perkins
17	9-8	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Blocked	Adalynn Ginley	blk Jakayla Brown, Katelynn Rottman
18	9-9	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Bad set	Christina Vigil
19	10-9	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
20	11-9	KENT	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Vanessa Imoh
21	11-10	KENT	NIAGRA	Serve err	Kent St.
22	12-10	NIAGRA	KENT	Blocked	Katelynn Rottman	blk Christina Vigil, Adalynn Ginley
23	12-11	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Sole Rancy	set Noel Perkins
24	12-12	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Blocked	Vanessa Imoh	blk Katelynn Rottman, Sole Rancy
25	13-12	NIAGRA	KENT	Attack err	Ashley Moreland
26	13-13	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Ashley Moreland
27	14-13	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
28	15-13	KENT	KENT	Ace	Kent St.	aced Ashley Moreland
29	15-14	KENT	NIAGRA	Blocked	Mercedez Brown	blk Payton Lee, Sole Rancy
30	16-14	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Mercedez Brown	set Christina Vigil
31	17-14	KENT	KENT	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
32	17-15	KENT	NIAGRA	Bad set	Liliana Mechura
33	18-15	NIAGRA	KENT×3	Kill	Macie Moreland	set Christina Vigil
34	19-15	KENT	KENT×3	Bad set	Noel Perkins
35	20-15	KENT	KENT×3	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
36	20-16	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Chloe Moreland	set Noel Perkins
37	20-17	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Macie Moreland
38	21-17	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
39	21-18	KENT	NIAGRA	Serve err	Kent St.
40	22-18	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
41	23-18	KENT	KENT	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman
42	23-19	KENT	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
43	24-19	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Adalynn Ginley	set Christina Vigil
44	24-20	KENT	NIAGRA	Serve err	Kent St.
45	25-20	NIAGRA	KENT	Kill	Vanessa Imoh	set Christina Vigil

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

Kent St. def. Niagara 3–0