UNC Greensboro def. Western Caro. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 25)

FinalFri, Sep 25, 2026ESPN+

0:3

UNC Greensboro beat visiting Western Caro. 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-21) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. UNC Greensboro's Allie Sweet led with 19 kills, and Chloe Nussbaum added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W CAR	22	14	21	0
UNC G	25	25	25	3

Win probability

UNC Greensboro above 50 · Western Caro. below

Biggest swing: 4.4% to UNC Greensboro — set 1, W CAR 22-24 UNC G. Attack error by Samantha Kranzler. UNC G win probability 84% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W CAR 16.8%83.2% UNC G

Western Caro. wins

3-0

2.6%

3-1

5.4%

3-2

8.7%

UNC Greensboro wins

3-0

35.0%

3-1

31.0%

3-2

17.2%

W CAR break %: 39.4% vs this opp
UNC G break %: 46.7% 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
Samantha KranzlerAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Samantha Kranzler
Set 1 · W CAR 22-24 UNC G · UNC G 84% → 89%
02
Samantha KranzlerKill+4.4%
Kill by Samantha Kranzler (set by Katie Boney)
Set 1 · W CAR 22-22 UNC G · W CAR 15% → 19%
03
Allie SweetKill+3.9%
Kill by Allie Sweet (set by Izora Gragg)
Set 1 · W CAR 22-23 UNC G · UNC G 81% → 84%
04
Tatum Sharp&Katie BoneyBlock+3.3%
Kendall Lanclos stuffed by Tatum Sharp & Katie Boney
Set 1 · W CAR 18-17 UNC G · W CAR 19% → 22%
05
Akila Hardie&Kendall LanclosBlock+3.1%
Tatum Sharp stuffed by Akila Hardie & Kendall Lanclos
Set 1 · W CAR 18-19 UNC G · UNC G 80% → 83%
06
Hailey CliftonKill+3.1%
Kill by Hailey Clifton
Set 1 · W CAR 19-21 UNC G · UNC G 84% → 87%
07
Tatum SharpKill+2.8%
Kill by Tatum Sharp (set by Katie Boney)
Set 1 · W CAR 17-17 UNC G · W CAR 16% → 19%
08
Akila HardieKill+2.5%
Kill by Akila Hardie (set by Izora Gragg)
Set 1 · W CAR 19-20 UNC G · UNC G 81% → 84%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Caro.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Tatum SharpMB	3	6	4	16	.125	0	4	2	1	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
1Ashlyn CobbOH	3	9	3	23	.261	0	1	1	8	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
22Zoe ZudansOH	3	10	3	36	.194	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10
7Aiyana HarrisMB	3	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6
15Samantha KranzlerOH	3	3	3	14	.000	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	4
18Katie BoneyS	3	0	1	4	-.250	29	0	1	4	0	0	4	2	2
20Eda YalçinkayaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
6Elise GurleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
8Taylor BaggettOH	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	17	103	.136	30	7	5	40	2	2	10	7	57

UNC Greensborohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Allie SweetOH	3	19	4	43	.349	3	1	0	11	1	1	0	1	21
44Connore' Siler-NixonMB	3	13	1	25	.480	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1.5	14.5
17Hailey CliftonOH	3	4	3	10	.100	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
21Akila HardieMB	3	4	1	8	.375	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
3Izora GraggS	3	0	1	2	-.500	35	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
5Ella BurdL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
18Kendall LanclosOH	3	11	4	29	.241	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0.5	11.5
10Chloe NussbaumL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0
9Mia NicklasDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14Graylinn SergeL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	14	117	.316	45	2	4	43	7	3	4	5	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.

Western Caro. vs UNC Greensboro

Season series · UNC Greensboro leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026Western Caro. at UNC Greensboro · UNC Greensboro won 3-0This match
Sat, Sep 26, 2026Western Caro. at UNC Greensboro · UNC Greensboro won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 W CAR · UNC G 7

Set 1

22-25

Longest run 4 W CARUNC G 3

Set 2

14-25

Longest run 2 W CARUNC G 7

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 4 W CARUNC G 4

Bars above the line = UNC Greensboro leads, below = Western Caro. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Caro.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	30%3/10
2	55%6/11	30%3/10
3	40%6/15	14%1/7
4	46%6/13	33%3/9
5	63%5/8	40%4/10
6	56%5/9	62%8/13
All	48%35/73	37%22/59

UNC Greensboro

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	57%8/14
2	70%7/10	46%6/13
3	100%6/6	67%12/18
4	67%6/9	50%6/12
5	50%5/10	38%3/8
6	38%5/13	38%3/8
All	63%37/59	52%38/73

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

132 rallies

#	W CAR-UNC G	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W CAR	UNC G×3	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Chloe Nussbaum	+1.1
2	0-2	UNC G	UNC G×3	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+1.3
3	0-3	UNC G	UNC G×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Cobb	blk Hailey Clifton, Connore' Siler-Nixon	+1.2
4	1-3	UNC G	W CAR	Attack err	Hailey Clifton		+0.9
5	2-3	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Chloe Nussbaum	+1.4
6	2-4	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Ella Burd	+1.0
7	3-4	UNC G	W CAR	Serve err	UNC Greensboro		+1.1
8	3-5	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+1.1
9	4-5	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.1
10	4-6	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+1.1
11	4-7	UNC G	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Mia Nicklas	+1.3
12	5-7	UNC G	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.0
13	6-7	W CAR	W CAR×3	Blocked	Kendall Lanclos	blk Katie Boney	+1.5
14	7-7	W CAR	W CAR×3	Bad set	Kendall Lanclos		+1.8
15	7-8	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Izora Gragg	+1.3
16	7-9	UNC G	UNC G	Blocked	Tatum Sharp	blk Akila Hardie	+1.6
17	8-9	UNC G	W CAR×4	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+1.3
18	9-9	W CAR	W CAR×4	Blocked	Kendall Lanclos	blk Katie Boney, Aiyana Harris	+1.9
19	10-9	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+2.2
20	11-9	W CAR	W CAR×4	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Chloe Nussbaum	+2.4
21	11-10	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Allie Sweet	+1.6
22	11-11	UNC G	UNC G	Attack err	Zoe Zudans		+2.2
23	12-11	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+1.8
24	12-12	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet		+1.7
25	12-13	UNC G	UNC G	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+2.2
26	13-13	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Elise Gurley	+1.7
27	13-14	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+1.7
28	13-15	UNC G	UNC G	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+2.1
29	14-15	UNC G	W CAR	Serve err	UNC Greensboro		+1.6
30	14-16	W CAR	UNC G	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+1.6
31	15-16	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.6
32	15-17	W CAR	UNC G	Serve err	Western Caro.		+1.7
33	16-17	UNC G	W CAR×3	Attack err	Allie Sweet		+1.7
34	17-17	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+2.8
35	18-17	W CAR	W CAR×3	Blocked	Kendall Lanclos	blk Tatum Sharp, Katie Boney	+3.3
36	18-18	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Akila Hardie	set Izora Gragg	+2.3
37	18-19	UNC G	UNC G	Blocked	Tatum Sharp	blk Akila Hardie, Kendall Lanclos	+3.1
38	19-19	UNC G	W CAR	Attack err	Hailey Clifton		+2.5
39	19-20	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Akila Hardie	set Izora Gragg	+2.5
40	19-21	UNC G	UNC G	Kill	Hailey Clifton		+3.1
41	20-21	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+2.1
42	20-22	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+2.5
43	21-22	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+2.1
44	22-22	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+4.4
45	22-23	W CAR	UNC G×3	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+3.9
46	22-24	UNC G	UNC G×3	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+4.4
47	22-25	UNC G	UNC G×3	Ace	UNC Greensboro		+2.2
Set 2
1	0-1	UNC G	UNC G×3	Blocked	Tatum Sharp	blk Allie Sweet	+1.1
2	0-2	UNC G	UNC G×3	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+1.0
3	0-3	UNC G	UNC G×3	Attack err	Zoe Zudans		+0.9
4	1-3	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.7
5	2-3	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Ella Burd	+1.0
6	2-4	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Hailey Clifton	set Izora Gragg	+0.8
7	3-4	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.8
8	4-4	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Aiyana Harris	set Chloe Nussbaum	+1.2
9	4-5	W CAR	UNC G×7	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+0.9
10	4-6	UNC G	UNC G×7	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+1.1
11	4-7	UNC G	UNC G×7	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Chloe Nussbaum	+1.0
12	4-8	UNC G	UNC G×7	Attack err	Zoe Zudans		+0.8
13	4-9	UNC G	UNC G×7	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+0.7
14	4-10	UNC G	UNC G×7	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+0.5
15	4-11	UNC G	UNC G×7	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+0.4
16	5-11	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.2
17	5-12	W CAR	UNC G×5	Attack err	Aiyana Harris		+0.3
18	5-13	UNC G	UNC G×5	Attack err	Taylor Baggett		+0.3
19	5-14	UNC G	UNC G×5	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Allie Sweet	+0.2
20	5-15	UNC G	UNC G×5	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Allie Sweet	+0.1
21	5-16	UNC G	UNC G×5	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon		+0.1
22	6-16	UNC G	W CAR	Blocked	Izora Gragg	blk Aiyana Harris	·
23	6-17	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Izora Gragg	·
24	7-17	UNC G	W CAR	Serve err	UNC Greensboro		·
25	8-17	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Western Caro.		·
26	8-18	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Izora Gragg	+0.1
27	9-18	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	·
28	10-18	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Kendall Lanclos	+0.1
29	10-19	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Akila Hardie	set Izora Gragg	+0.1
30	10-20	UNC G	UNC G	Attack err	Katie Boney		+0.1
31	11-20	UNC G	W CAR	Attack err	Allie Sweet		·
32	11-21	W CAR	UNC G	Serve err	Western Caro.		·
33	12-21	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans		·
34	12-22	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	·
35	12-23	UNC G	UNC G	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Katie Boney	·
36	13-23	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	·
37	13-24	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	·
38	14-24	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	·
39	14-25	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Izora Gragg	·
Set 3
1	1-0	W CAR	W CAR	Attack err	Hailey Clifton		+0.6
2	1-1	W CAR	UNC G	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.4
3	2-1	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Aiyana Harris	set Katie Boney	+0.5
4	2-2	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Chloe Nussbaum	+0.5
5	3-2	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.5
6	3-3	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Mia Nicklas	+0.5
7	4-3	UNC G	W CAR×3	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.5
8	5-3	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.7
9	6-3	W CAR	W CAR×3	Attack err	Connore' Siler-Nixon		+0.8
10	6-4	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+0.5
11	6-5	UNC G	UNC G	Kill	Akila Hardie	set Izora Gragg	+0.7
12	7-5	UNC G	W CAR	Serve err	UNC Greensboro		+0.6
13	7-6	W CAR	UNC G	Attack err	Tatum Sharp		+0.5
14	7-7	UNC G	UNC G	Kill	Hailey Clifton	set Tatum Sharp	+0.7
15	8-7	UNC G	W CAR×4	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.6
16	9-7	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.8
17	10-7	W CAR	W CAR×4	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Allie Sweet	+0.9
18	11-7	W CAR	W CAR×4	Ace	Western Caro.		+0.9
19	11-8	W CAR	UNC G×3	Kill	Hailey Clifton	set Izora Gragg	+0.5
20	11-9	UNC G	UNC G×3	Attack err	Aiyana Harris		+0.8
21	11-10	UNC G	UNC G×3	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+0.8
22	12-10	UNC G	W CAR	Blocked	Akila Hardie	blk Aiyana Harris	+0.7
23	12-11	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+0.6
24	13-11	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.7
25	13-12	W CAR	UNC G×3	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.6
26	13-13	UNC G	UNC G×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Cobb	blk Connore' Siler-Nixon	+0.9
27	13-14	UNC G	UNC G×3	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+0.9
28	14-14	UNC G	W CAR	Blocked	Allie Sweet	blk Aiyana Harris, Ashlyn Cobb	+0.7
29	14-15	W CAR	UNC G×3	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+0.7
30	14-16	UNC G	UNC G×3	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Izora Gragg	+0.8
31	14-17	UNC G	UNC G×3	Ace	UNC Greensboro	aced Eda Yalçinkaya	+0.7
32	15-17	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.5
33	16-17	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Kendall Lanclos	blk Tatum Sharp, Katie Boney	+0.8
34	16-18	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Izora Gragg	+0.7
35	16-19	UNC G	UNC G	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+0.8
36	17-19	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.5
37	17-20	W CAR	UNC G	Kill	Kendall Lanclos	set Izora Gragg	+0.6
38	18-20	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.5
39	19-20	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Aiyana Harris	set Katie Boney	+0.9
40	19-21	W CAR	UNC G	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.9
41	20-21	UNC G	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.8
42	21-21	W CAR	W CAR	Attack err	Allie Sweet		+1.4
43	21-22	W CAR	UNC G×4	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+1.2
44	21-23	UNC G	UNC G×4	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon		+1.4
45	21-24	UNC G	UNC G×4	Kill	Allie Sweet	set Izora Gragg	+0.9
46	21-25	UNC G	UNC G×4	Kill	Connore' Siler-Nixon	set Izora Gragg	+0.3

Score shown after each rally, Western Caro. 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).

UNC Greensboro def. Western Caro. 3–0