Western Caro. vs Wofford Volleyball: Wofford Wins 3-0

FinalTue, Oct 6, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Wofford 95.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 6, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Wofford beat visiting Western Caro. 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-18) on Tue, Oct 6, 2026. Wofford's Chloe Smith led with 17 kills, and Laney Klika added 21 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 1:55 AM CT · final Oct 6

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W CAR	16	21	18	0
WOFFRD	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

17 kills in 3 sets for Chloe Smith. Wofford swept Western Caro.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.2 points, and Western Caro.'s high was 7% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Wofford went in as RallyIQ's 95% pick.

Western Caro.Wofford

Break %+19.1 pts
26.845.9
Points won on own serve: 34 of 74 vs 15 of 56. Western Caro. sided out 54.1% of the time.
Hitting+.125
.160.285
50 K / 15 E against 30 K / 11 E.
Longest run+1
56
6 straight Wofford points in the first set turned a 14–15 deficit into a 20–15 lead. Final score of the set: 25–16.

Wofford above 50Western Caro. belowMax swing 1.2%

Western Caro.Wofford

Aces: Western Caro. 4·Wofford 3
Serve err: Western Caro. 11·Wofford 5
Blocks: Western Caro. 8·Wofford 65 BS · 6 BA vs 3 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Western Caro. 49·Wofford 70

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Wofford above 50 · Western Caro. below

Biggest swing: 1.2% to Western Caro. — set 1, W CAR 14-13 WOFFRD. Charlotte Bell stuffed by Zoe Zudans. WOFFRD win probability 94% → 93%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W CAR 4.1%95.9% WOFFRD

Western Caro. wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.1%

3-2

2.5%

Wofford wins

3-0

58.2%

3-1

28.8%

3-2

8.9%

W CAR break %: 35.3% vs this opp
WOFFRD break %: 48.5% 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
Zoe ZudansBlock+1.2%
Charlotte Bell stuffed by Zoe Zudans
Set 1 · W CAR 14-13 WOFFRD · W CAR 6% → 7%
02
Avery WhiteKill+1.1%
Kill by Avery White (set by Taylor Pecht)
Set 1 · W CAR 15-16 WOFFRD · WOFFRD 94% → 95%
03
Ashlyn CobbKill+1.0%
Kill by Ashlyn Cobb (set by Katie Boney)
Set 1 · W CAR 15-14 WOFFRD · W CAR 6% → 7%
04
Ella ColemanKill+1.0%
Kill by Ella Coleman (set by Taylor Pecht)
Set 1 · W CAR 15-17 WOFFRD · WOFFRD 95% → 96%
05
Zoe ZudansKill+0.9%
Kill by Zoe Zudans (set by Katie Boney)
Set 1 · W CAR 11-11 WOFFRD · W CAR 5% → 6%
06
Chloe SmithKill+0.9%
Kill by Chloe Smith (set by Taylor Pecht)
Set 1 · W CAR 15-15 WOFFRD · WOFFRD 93% → 94%
07
Samantha Kranzler&JoJo AbeytaBlock+0.9%
Charlotte Bell stuffed by Samantha Kranzler & JoJo Abeyta
Set 1 · W CAR 7-6 WOFFRD · W CAR 5% → 6%
08
Chloe SmithKill+0.8%
Kill by Chloe Smith (set by Taylor Pecht)
Set 1 · W CAR 14-14 WOFFRD · WOFFRD 93% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Caro.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Ashlyn CobbOH	3	5	3	19	.105	1	3	3	12	1	0	0	0	8
15Samantha KranzlerOH	3	5	4	26	.038	0	0	2	8	1	1	2	2	7
12Tatum SharpMB	3	5	1	19	.211	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
18Katie BoneyS	3	2	1	9	.111	26	0	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
11JoJo AbeytaMB	2	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	5
20Eda YalçinkayaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
22Zoe ZudansOH	3	10	0	37	.270	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	11
6Elise GurleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	18	1	0	0	0	1
2Halley TangL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Aiyana HarrisMB	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Evelyn KeeferL/DS	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Danielle WheatS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Sophia MariniOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	11	119	.160	28	4	11	49	3	5	6	8	55

Woffordhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Chloe SmithOH	3	17	2	39	.385	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	17
23Bradley BrownMB	3	9	3	18	.333	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	11
18Avery WhiteOH	3	9	3	22	.273	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	1	10
8Ella ColemanOH	3	2	0	5	.400	0	1	3	10	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
2Emily NormandOH	3	2	3	8	-.125	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
10Maddy FrazierS	3	1	0	2	.500	16	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	2
12Taylor MendezOH	3	8	0	17	.471	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
15Charlotte BellMB	3	2	4	11	-.182	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4
5Makaylee RuizL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
33Laney KlikaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	7	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
16Taylor PechtS	3	0	0	0	–	22	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	15	123	.285	46	3	5	70	4	3	6	6	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 Wofford

Season series · Wofford leads 2-0

Tue, Oct 6, 2026Western Caro. at Wofford · Wofford won 3-0This match
Tue, Oct 27, 2026Wofford at Western Caro. · Wofford won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 W CAR · WOFFRD 6

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 2 W CARWOFFRD 6

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 5 W CARWOFFRD 5

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 2 W CARWOFFRD 3

Bars above the line = Wofford 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	100%3/3	63%5/8
2	60%3/5	0%0/3
3	33%2/6	0%0/3
4	67%2/3	33%1/3
5	40%2/5	33%1/3
6	100%2/2	0%0/2
All	58%14/24	32%7/22

Wofford

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%3/8	0%0/2
2	100%3/3	0%0/3
3	100%3/3	40%2/5
4	67%2/3	67%4/6
5	67%2/3	33%1/3
6	100%2/2	60%3/5
All	68%15/22	42%10/24

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 (1 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

130 rallies

#	W CAR-WOFFRD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	WOFFRD	WOFFRD	Blocked	Samantha Kranzler	blk Bradley Brown	+0.5
2	1-1	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.5
3	2-1	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Chloe Smith	+0.7
4	2-2	W CAR	WOFFRD	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.5
5	3-2	WOFFRD	W CAR	Serve err	Wofford		+0.6
6	3-3	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Avery White	set Maddy Frazier	+0.5
7	4-3	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.6
8	4-4	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.5
9	4-5	WOFFRD	WOFFRD	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.6
10	5-5	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Katie Boney	set Ashlyn Cobb	+0.5
11	5-6	W CAR	WOFFRD	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.5
12	6-6	WOFFRD	W CAR	Blocked	Zoe Zudans	blk JoJo Abeyta	+0.5
13	7-6	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Charlotte Bell	blk Samantha Kranzler, JoJo Abeyta	+0.9
14	7-7	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Taylor Pecht	+0.6
15	7-8	WOFFRD	WOFFRD	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Taylor Pecht	+0.7
16	8-8	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.6
17	8-9	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Avery White	set Taylor Pecht	+0.5
18	9-9	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.6
19	9-10	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.6
20	9-11	WOFFRD	WOFFRD	Kill	Avery White	set Maddy Frazier	+0.7
21	10-11	WOFFRD	W CAR	Attack err	Bradley Brown		+0.5
22	11-11	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.9
23	11-12	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Maddy Frazier	+0.6
24	12-12		W CAR	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.			+0.7
25	12-13	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Maddy Frazier	+0.7
26	13-13	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.8
27	14-13	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Charlotte Bell	blk Zoe Zudans	+1.2
28	14-14	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.8
29	15-14	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.0
30	15-15	W CAR	WOFFRD×6	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.9
31	15-16	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×6	Kill	Avery White	set Taylor Pecht	+1.1
32	15-17	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×6	Kill	Ella Coleman	set Taylor Pecht	+1.0
33	15-18	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×6	Blocked	Samantha Kranzler	blk Charlotte Bell, Avery White	+0.8
34	15-19	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×6	Blocked	Ashlyn Cobb	blk Charlotte Bell, Ella Coleman	+0.5
35	15-20	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×6	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+0.3
36	16-20	WOFFRD	W CAR	Serve err	Wofford		+0.2
37	16-21	W CAR	WOFFRD×5	Kill	Ella Coleman	set Taylor Pecht	+0.2
38	16-22	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Kill	Avery White	set Laney Klika	+0.2
39	16-23	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Attack err	Tatum Sharp		+0.1
40	16-24	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Kill	Avery White	set Laney Klika	·
41	16-25	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Ace	Wofford	aced Samantha Kranzler	·
Set 2
1	1-0	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Avery White	blk Samantha Kranzler	+0.4
2	1-1	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.3
3	2-1	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.4
4	2-2	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.3
5	3-2	WOFFRD	W CAR	Attack err	Emily Normand		+0.4
6	3-3	W CAR	WOFFRD×5	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Laney Klika	+0.3
7	3-4	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Laney Klika	+0.4
8	3-5	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Attack err	JoJo Abeyta		+0.3
9	3-6	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.3
10	3-7	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×5	Kill	Emily Normand	set Taylor Pecht	+0.2
11	4-7	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+0.2
12	5-7	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.3
13	5-8	W CAR	WOFFRD	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.2
14	6-8	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.2
15	6-9	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Taylor Pecht	+0.2
16	6-10	WOFFRD	WOFFRD	Ace	Wofford	aced Elise Gurley	+0.3
17	7-10	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.2
18	7-11	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Charlotte Bell	set Taylor Pecht	+0.2
19	8-11	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.2
20	8-12	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Laney Klika	+0.2
21	9-12	WOFFRD	W CAR	Attack err	Bradley Brown		+0.2
22	9-13	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.2
23	10-13	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.2
24	10-14	W CAR	WOFFRD	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.2
25	11-14	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.2
26	11-15	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.2
27	11-16	WOFFRD	WOFFRD	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Taylor Pecht	+0.2
28	12-16	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+0.1
29	13-16	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Charlotte Bell	blk JoJo Abeyta	+0.3
30	13-17	W CAR	WOFFRD×3	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+0.2
31	13-18	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Makaylee Ruiz	+0.2
32	13-19	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Taylor Pecht	+0.1
33	14-19	WOFFRD	W CAR	Blocked	Avery White	blk JoJo Abeyta, Samantha Kranzler	+0.1
34	14-20	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Charlotte Bell	set Taylor Pecht	+0.1
35	15-20	WOFFRD	W CAR×5	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.1
36	16-20	W CAR	W CAR×5	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Avery White	+0.1
37	17-20	W CAR	W CAR×5	Attack err	Bradley Brown		+0.3
38	18-20	W CAR	W CAR×5	Ace	Western Caro.		+0.4
39	19-20	W CAR	W CAR×5	Bad set	Maddy Frazier		+0.7
40	19-21	W CAR	WOFFRD	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.6
41	20-21	WOFFRD	W CAR	Blocked	Chloe Smith	blk Tatum Sharp, Katie Boney	+0.6
42	20-22	W CAR	WOFFRD×3	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.7
43	20-23	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.6
44	20-24	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Blocked	Katie Boney	blk Bradley Brown	+0.3
45	21-24	WOFFRD	W CAR	Attack err	Tatum Sharp		+0.1
46	21-25	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Maddy Frazier	set Laney Klika	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	WOFFRD	W CAR	Attack err	Avery White		+0.1
2	1-1	W CAR	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Maddy Frazier	+0.1
3	1-2	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Laney Klika	+0.2
4	1-3	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.1
5	2-3	WOFFRD	W CAR	Serve err	Wofford		+0.1
6	2-4	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Bradley Brown	set Maddy Frazier	+0.1
7	3-4	WOFFRD	W CAR	Attack err	Emily Normand		+0.1
8	3-5	W CAR	WOFFRD	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.1
9	3-6	WOFFRD	WOFFRD	Blocked	Aiyana Harris	blk Charlotte Bell	+0.1
10	4-6	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.1
11	5-6	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Aiyana Harris	set Katie Boney	+0.2
12	5-7	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.1
13	6-7	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.1
14	6-8	W CAR	WOFFRD	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+0.1
15	7-8	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.1
16	8-8	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.2
17	8-9	W CAR	WOFFRD×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Cobb	blk Avery White, Taylor Mendez	+0.2
18	8-10	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Avery White	set Laney Klika	+0.2
19	8-11	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Avery White	set Maddy Frazier	+0.2
20	9-11	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.1
21	9-12	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Avery White	set Maddy Frazier	+0.1
22	10-12	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.1
23	10-13	W CAR	WOFFRD	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.1
24	11-13	WOFFRD	W CAR	Serve err	Wofford		+0.1
25	11-14	W CAR	WOFFRD×3	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.1
26	11-15	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.1
27	11-16	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Taylor Pecht	+0.1
28	12-16	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.1
29	13-16	W CAR	W CAR	Attack err	Charlotte Bell		+0.1
30	13-17	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Emily Normand	set Taylor Pecht	+0.1
31	14-17	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Elise Gurley	+0.1
32	14-18	W CAR	WOFFRD	Kill	Taylor Mendez	set Taylor Pecht	+0.1
33	15-18	WOFFRD	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.1
34–35	16-19		W CAR · WOFFRD	NCAA feed gap2 points 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.			·
36	17-19	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.2
37	17-20	W CAR	WOFFRD×3	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.2
38	17-21	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Avery White	set Maddy Frazier	+0.2
39	17-22	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Ace	Wofford	aced Ashlyn Cobb	+0.1
40	18-22	WOFFRD	W CAR	Serve err	Wofford		·
41	18-23	W CAR	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Maddy Frazier	+0.1
42	18-24	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Chloe Smith	set Maddy Frazier	·
43	18-25	WOFFRD	WOFFRD×3	Kill	Bradley Brown		·

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).

Wofford def. Western Caro. 3–0

17 kills in 3 sets for Chloe Smith. Wofford swept Western Caro.