LIU vs Rutgers Volleyball: Rutgers Wins 3-1 (Sep 8, 2026)

Final · 4 setsTue, Sep 8, 2026

1:3

Rutgers beat visiting LIU 3-1 (25-8, 25-27, 25-16, 25-18) on Tue, Sep 8, 2026. Malia Romes led Rutgers with 13 kills; LIU's Sara van Gisteren had a match-high 14.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 8

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
LIU	8	27	16	18	1
RUTGER	25	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Rutgers above 50 · LIU below

Biggest swing: 6.3% to LIU — set 2, LIU 27-25 RUTGER. Kill by Dilara Elmacioglu (set by Kenzie Dyrstad). RUTGER win probability 85% → 79%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LIU 15.1%84.9% RUTGER

LIU wins

3-0

2.3%

3-1

4.8%

3-2

8.0%

Rutgers wins

3-0

37.0%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.6%

LIU break %: 38.7% vs this opp
RUTGER break %: 46.5% 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
Dilara ElmaciogluKill+6.3%
Kill by Dilara Elmacioglu (set by Kenzie Dyrstad)
Set 2 · LIU 27-25 RUTGER · LIU 15% → 21%
02
LIUAce+5.2%
LIU ace on Kami Dyrstad
Set 2 · LIU 25-24 RUTGER · LIU 10% → 15%
03
LIUAce+4.3%
LIU ace
Set 2 · LIU 24-24 RUTGER · LIU 5% → 10%
04
LIUAce+4.1%
LIU ace
Set 3 · LIU 14-13 RUTGER · LIU 23% → 28%
05
Malia RomesKill+4.0%
Kill by Malia Romes (set by Lily Bolen)
Set 2 · LIU 25-25 RUTGER · RUTGER 85% → 89%
06
Malia RomesAttack error+4.0%
Attack error by Malia Romes
Set 2 · LIU 26-25 RUTGER · LIU 11% → 15%
07
Mia Rojas-AvilaAttack error+3.8%
Attack error by Mia Rojas-Avila
Set 3 · LIU 14-15 RUTGER · RUTGER 75% → 79%
08
Malia RomesAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Malia Romes
Set 3 · LIU 13-13 RUTGER · LIU 20% → 23%

Box score

Official NCAA box

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Sara van GisterenOH	4	14	5	36	.250	1	4	2	10	0	1	0	1	19
15Yasmeen MuhammadMB	4	5	0	12	.417	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
24Sara GarciaMB	4	1	2	11	-.091	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	3.5	5.5
3Mia Rojas-AvilaOH	4	3	8	21	-.238	0	1	1	8	3	0	1	0.5	4.5
13Bella CorreiaOH	4	3	4	18	-.056	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
7Dilara ElmaciogluS	4	3	1	5	.400	25	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	3
5Miabella MusignacL/DS	4	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	3	7	1	0	0	0	0
2Neela FelibertyL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
6Reese TevesL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	1	0	1	10	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	22	106	.066	28	6	11	42	13	4	4	6	69

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
0Aspen MaxwellOH	4	11	4	20	.350	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	2	13
16Imani HowellMB	4	8	5	14	.214	0	0	4	1	0	1	8	5	13
8Skylar GeorgeOH	4	7	4	32	.094	0	3	1	7	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
13Zharia Harris-WaddyMB	4	8	0	14	.571	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
12Brooke BaldwinS	4	0	0	1	.000	20	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	4
7Kami DyrstadL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
22Malia RomesMB	4	13	4	23	.391	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	14.5
17Avery JesewitzOH	4	6	2	14	.286	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8
11Lily BolenS	4	0	0	0	–	23	5	2	6	0	0	0	0	5
3Kenzie DyrstadL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	2	16	0	0	0	0	0
10Kaila Kalama-BajetL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
6Jenna DeLaMaterL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		53	19	118	.288	49	13	14	50	6	2	20	12	100

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 4 LIU · RUTGER 8

Set 1

8-25

Longest run 1 LIURUTGER 8

Set 2

27-25

Longest run 4 LIURUTGER 5

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 3 LIURUTGER 5

Set 4

18-25

Longest run 4 LIURUTGER 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

LIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	45%9/20	30%3/10
2	53%9/17	44%7/16
3	36%8/22	25%3/12
4	50%8/16	38%5/13
5	60%6/10	30%3/10
6	36%5/14	33%3/9
All	45%45/99	34%24/70

Rutgers

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	61%11/18
2	75%9/12	36%5/14
3	69%9/13	53%10/19
4	64%7/11	62%13/21
5	60%6/10	54%7/13
6	67%6/9	57%8/14
All	66%46/70	55%54/99

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 (4 of 4 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

169 rallies

#	LIU-RUTGER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+1.0
2	0-2	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Bella Correia		+1.2
3	1-2	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.0
4	1-3	LIU	RUTGER	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+0.9
5	1-4	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers		+1.1
6	2-4	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.8
7	2-5	LIU	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+0.8
8	2-6	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+1.0
9	2-7	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Ace	Rutgers	aced Miabella Musignac	+0.8
10	3-7	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.6
11	3-8	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.6
12	3-9	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Bella Correia	blk Imani Howell, Avery Jesewitz	+0.6
13	4-9	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.4
14	4-10	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+0.5
15	5-10	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.4
16	5-11	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
17	6-11	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.4
18	6-12	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
19	7-12	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.4
20	7-13	LIU	RUTGER×5	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
21	7-14	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Ace	Rutgers	aced Bella Correia	+0.5
22	7-15	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Blocked	Mia Rojas-Avila	blk Zharia Harris-Waddy, Malia Romes	+0.3
23	7-16	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Ace	Rutgers	aced Bella Correia	+0.2
24	7-17	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+0.1
25	8-17	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Mia Rojas-Avila	set Dilara Elmacioglu	·
26	8-18	LIU	RUTGER×8	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.1
27	8-19	RUTGER	RUTGER×8	Kill	Malia Romes	set Avery Jesewitz	·
28	8-20	RUTGER	RUTGER×8	Kill	Malia Romes	set Kenzie Dyrstad	·
29	8-21	RUTGER	RUTGER×8	Ace	Rutgers	aced Mia Rojas-Avila	·
30	8-22	RUTGER	RUTGER×8	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Kenzie Dyrstad	·
31	8-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×8	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	·
32	8-24	RUTGER	RUTGER×8	Blocked	Sara van Gisteren	blk Zharia Harris-Waddy, Avery Jesewitz	·
33	8-25	RUTGER	RUTGER×8	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	·
Set 2
1	1-0	RUTGER	LIU	Blocked	Imani Howell	blk Sara Garcia	+0.9
2	1-1	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+0.8
3	2-1	RUTGER	LIU	Attack err	Skylar George		+0.9
4	2-2	LIU	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
5	2-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Reese Teves		+1.0
6	2-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+0.9
7	3-4	RUTGER	LIU	Blocked	Malia Romes	blk Yasmeen Muhammad, Mia Rojas-Avila	+0.7
8	3-5	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.7
9	4-5	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.7
10	4-6	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+0.7
11	5-6	RUTGER	LIU×3	Attack err	Malia Romes		+0.8
12	6-6	LIU	LIU×3	Attack err	Imani Howell		+1.2
13	7-6	LIU	LIU×3	Attack err	Imani Howell		+1.3
14	7-7	LIU	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.9
15	7-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Blocked	Bella Correia	blk Aspen Maxwell, Imani Howell	+1.2
16	7-9	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Ace	Rutgers	aced Neela Feliberty	+1.1
17	7-10	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Avery Jesewitz	+1.0
18	7-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Ace	Rutgers	aced Neela Feliberty	+0.8
19	8-11	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Dilara Elmacioglu	set Sara van Gisteren	+0.5
20	9-11	LIU	LIU	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+0.9
21	9-12	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.7
22	10-12	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Bella Correia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.7
23	11-12	LIU	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.2
24	11-13	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.9
25	11-14	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Sara van Gisteren		+1.1
26	12-14	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.8
27	13-14	LIU	LIU	Attack err	Skylar George		+1.3
28	13-15	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.0
29	13-16	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers	aced Reese Teves	+1.2
30	14-16	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.8
31	14-17	LIU	RUTGER	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+0.9
32	15-17	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.8
33	15-18	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+0.9
34	16-18	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Bella Correia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.8
35	16-19	LIU	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.0
36	16-20	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Bad set	Sara Garcia		+1.0
37	16-21	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Ace	Rutgers	aced Mia Rojas-Avila	+0.6
38	17-21	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.3
39	18-21	LIU	LIU	Kill	Bella Correia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.7
40	18-22	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+0.7
41	19-22	RUTGER	LIU	Blocked	Aspen Maxwell	blk Sara van Gisteren	+0.4
42	19-23	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.7
43	20-23	RUTGER	LIU	Attack err	Aspen Maxwell		+0.3
44	21-23	LIU	LIU	Ace	LIU		+0.9
45	21-24	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.2
46	22-24	RUTGER	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.5
47	23-24	LIU	LIU×4	Ace	LIU		+1.7
48	24-24	LIU	LIU×4	Ace	LIU		+4.3
49	25-24	LIU	LIU×4	Ace	LIU	aced Kami Dyrstad	+5.2
50	25-25	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+4.0
51	26-25	RUTGER	LIU	Attack err	Malia Romes		+4.0
52	27-25	LIU	LIU	Kill	Dilara Elmacioglu	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+6.3
Set 3
1	0-1	LIU	RUTGER×3	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.6
2	0-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.0
3	0-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy		+1.8
4	1-3	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.3
5	2-3	LIU	LIU	Attack err	Aspen Maxwell		+2.1
6	2-4	LIU	RUTGER	Attack err	Miabella Musignac		+1.6
7	3-4	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara Garcia	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.7
8	3-5	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
9	3-6	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers		+1.9
10	4-6	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.4
11	4-7	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+1.4
12	5-7	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.5
13	6-7	LIU	LIU	Ace	LIU		+2.4
14	6-8	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.8
15	7-8	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.8
16	7-9	LIU	RUTGER	Blocked	Bella Correia	blk Imani Howell, Aspen Maxwell	+1.8
17	8-9	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Mia Rojas-Avila	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.9
18	8-10	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+1.9
19	9-10	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Dilara Elmacioglu	set Bella Correia	+2.0
20	9-11	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+2.0
21	9-12	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+2.3
22	10-12	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.7
23	11-12	LIU	LIU	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.8
24	11-13	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+2.1
25	12-13	RUTGER	LIU×3	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+2.2
26	13-13	LIU	LIU×3	Attack err	Malia Romes		+3.5
27	14-13	LIU	LIU×3	Ace	LIU		+4.1
28	14-14	LIU	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.8
29	14-15	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Attack err	Mia Rojas-Avila		+3.8
30	14-16	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Blocked	Mia Rojas-Avila	blk Malia Romes, Imani Howell	+3.4
31	14-17	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.8
32	14-18	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Blocked	Mia Rojas-Avila	blk Malia Romes, Imani Howell	+2.2
33	15-18	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.3
34	15-19	LIU	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
35	15-20	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Ace	Rutgers	aced Mia Rojas-Avila	+1.5
36	15-21	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
37	16-21	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.3
38	16-22	LIU	RUTGER×4	Serve err	LIU		+0.5
39	16-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Imani Howell		+0.3
40	16-24	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.1
41	16-25	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Sara van Gisteren	blk Imani Howell, Skylar George	·
Set 4
1	0-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.7
2	0-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Ace	Rutgers	aced Reese Teves	+1.6
3	0-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.4
4	0-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Blocked	Sara van Gisteren	blk Aspen Maxwell, Imani Howell	+1.2
5	0-5	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.0
6	0-6	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
7	1-6	RUTGER	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Reese Teves	+0.5
8	2-6	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.9
9	3-6	LIU	LIU×4	Attack err	Aspen Maxwell		+1.2
10	4-6	LIU	LIU×4	Kill	Sara van Gisteren	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+1.4
11	4-7	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+1.1
12	4-8	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Kaila Kalama-Bajet	+1.3
13	5-8	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.9
14	5-9	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.0
15	5-10	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers		+1.1
16	6-10	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.7
17	6-11	LIU	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.8
18	6-12	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Dilara Elmacioglu	blk Avery Jesewitz	+0.8
19	6-13	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.6
20	7-13	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.3
21	8-13	LIU	LIU	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+0.7
22	8-14	LIU	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.6
23	8-15	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell		+0.6
24	8-16	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.4
25	9-16	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.2
26	10-16	LIU	LIU	Blocked	Imani Howell	blk Sara Garcia	+0.4
27	10-17	LIU	RUTGER	Attack err	Sara Garcia		+0.4
28	11-17	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.3
29	12-17	LIU	LIU	Blocked	Imani Howell	blk Sara Garcia	+0.6
30	12-18	LIU	RUTGER×3	Serve err	LIU		+0.6
31	12-19	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Sara Garcia	blk Imani Howell	+0.5
32	12-20	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Sara van Gisteren	blk Imani Howell, Aspen Maxwell	+0.2
33	13-20	RUTGER	LIU×3	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Bella Correia, Sara Garcia	+0.1
34	14-20	LIU	LIU×3	Bad set	Imani Howell		+0.2
35	15-20	LIU	LIU×3	Attack err	Skylar George		+0.4
36	15-21	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
37	16-21	RUTGER	LIU	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.3
38	16-22	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.4
39	17-22	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Mia Rojas-Avila	set Dilara Elmacioglu	+0.2
40	17-23	LIU	RUTGER	Serve err	LIU		+0.3
41	17-24	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+0.1
42	18-24	RUTGER	LIU	Kill	Yasmeen Muhammad	set Dilara Elmacioglu	·
43	18-25	LIU	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George		·

Score shown after each rally, LIU 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. LIU 3–1