Furman vs Western Caro. Volleyball: Furman Wins 3-0 (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Furman 59.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Furman won at Western Caro. 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-14) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Furman's Amber Watson led with 12 kills, and Kennedy Seekford added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
FURMAN	25	25	25	3
W CAR	18	17	14	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.458 and 12 kills for Amber Watson as Furman rolled past Western Caro.

Win probability never moved more than 2.9 points on one rally; Western Caro. topped out at 45% in Set 1. Furman went in as RallyIQ's 59% pick.

FurmanWestern Caro.

Break %+23.4 pts
55.432.0
On serve: 41/74 against 16/50 (Western Caro. sideout 44.6%).
Hitting+.177
.359.182
47 K / 10 E against 32 K / 12 E.
Longest run+4
95
9 straight Furman points in the first set turned a 6–7 deficit into a 15–7 lead. The set finished 25–18.

Western Caro. above 50Furman belowMax swing 2.9%

FurmanWestern Caro.

Aces: Furman 11·Western Caro. 3
Serve err: Furman 4·Western Caro. 4
Blocks: Furman 7·Western Caro. 23 BS · 8 BA vs 1 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Furman 59·Western Caro. 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Western Caro. above 50 · Furman below

Biggest swing: 2.9% to Furman — set 1, FURMAN 8-7 W CAR. Furman ace. W CAR win probability 41% → 38%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

FURMAN 61.0%39.0% W CAR

Furman wins

3-0

17.7%

3-1

23.3%

3-2

20.0%

Western Caro. wins

3-0

8.4%

3-1

14.2%

3-2

16.4%

FURMAN break %: 44.4% vs this opp
W CAR break %: 42.3% 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
FurmanAce+2.9%
Furman ace
Set 1 · FURMAN 8-7 W CAR · FURMAN 59% → 62%
02
Tennyson Gorman&Emily NavarroBlock+2.8%
Zoe Zudans stuffed by Tennyson Gorman & Emily Navarro
Set 1 · FURMAN 9-7 W CAR · FURMAN 62% → 65%
03
Kacie MooreKill+2.7%
Kill by Kacie Moore (set by Emily Navarro)
Set 1 · FURMAN 5-5 W CAR · FURMAN 56% → 59%
04
Western Caro.Ace+2.6%
Western Caro. ace on Kennedy Seekford
Set 1 · FURMAN 2-4 W CAR · W CAR 43% → 45%
05
Amber WatsonKill+2.6%
Kill by Amber Watson (set by Emily Navarro)
Set 1 · FURMAN 10-7 W CAR · FURMAN 65% → 67%
06
Zoe ZudansKill+2.5%
Kill by Zoe Zudans (set by Katie Boney)
Set 1 · FURMAN 0-2 W CAR · W CAR 42% → 45%
07
Kacie MooreKill+2.5%
Kill by Kacie Moore (set by Morgan Baldridge)
Set 1 · FURMAN 2-2 W CAR · FURMAN 57% → 59%
08
Emily NavarroKill+2.3%
Kill by Emily Navarro (set by Campbell Woods)
Set 1 · FURMAN 11-7 W CAR · FURMAN 67% → 70%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Furmanaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Kacie MooreMB	3	10	1	15	.600	0	3	1	1	0	2	2	3	16
16Lauren HaynesOH	3	6	0	17	.353	1	2	2	9	0	1	0	1	9
5Izzy CastelloeOH	3	8	2	20	.300	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
20Tennyson GormanMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
13Ashtan DodsonOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	2
4Morgan BaldridgeS	3	1	0	1	1.000	16	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
15Amber WatsonOH	3	12	1	24	.458	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	12
9Campbell WoodsOPP	3	4	3	11	.091	1	3	0	4	0	0	2	1	8
7Emily NavarroS	3	2	0	2	1.000	21	0	0	7	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Kennedy SeekfordL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	1
Team totals		47	10	103	.359	44	11	4	59	3	3	8	7	75

Western Caro.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Ashlyn CobbOH	3	7	2	16	.313	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	9
12Tatum SharpMB	3	7	2	23	.217	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	7
22Zoe ZudansOH	3	6	3	33	.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
11JoJo AbeytaMB	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
15Samantha KranzlerOH	3	3	3	14	.000	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	3
18Katie BoneyS	3	2	0	3	.667	28	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
20Eda YalçinkayaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	1
6Elise GurleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
2Halley TangL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
8Taylor BaggettOH	2	3	1	12	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
17Evelyn KeeferL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	12	110	.182	30	3	4	39	11	1	2	2	49

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.

Furman vs Western Caro.

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Furman at Western Caro. · Furman won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Furman at Western Caro. · Western Caro. won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 9 FURMAN · W CAR 5

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 9 FURMANW CAR 4

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 4 FURMANW CAR 3

Set 3

25-14

Longest run 5 FURMANW CAR 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Furman

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%6/8	58%7/12
2	86%6/7	57%8/14
3	75%6/8	0%0/6
4	60%6/10	57%8/14
5	56%5/9	50%5/10
6	63%5/8	72%13/18
All	68%34/50	55%41/74

Western Caro.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%6/16	29%2/7
2	60%6/10	14%1/7
3	67%6/9	33%3/9
4	50%6/12	14%1/7
5	38%5/13	33%3/9
6	29%4/14	55%6/11
All	45%33/74	32%16/50

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

124 rallies

#	FURMAN-W CAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Katie Boney	set Samantha Kranzler	+1.8
2	0-2	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+2.5
3	1-2	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.7
4	2-2	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.5
5	2-3	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+1.9
6	2-4	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Kennedy Seekford	+2.6
7	3-4	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.8
8	3-5	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+2.0
9	4-5	W CAR	FURMAN	Blocked	Tatum Sharp	blk Kacie Moore	+1.9
10	5-5	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Emily Navarro	+2.7
11	5-6	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+2.0
12	6-6	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Campbell Woods	set Emily Navarro	+2.0
13	6-7	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+2.1
14	7-7	W CAR	FURMAN×9	Kill	Campbell Woods	set Emily Navarro	+2.0
15	8-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Ace	Furman		+2.9
16	9-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Blocked	Zoe Zudans	blk Tennyson Gorman, Emily Navarro	+2.8
17	10-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+2.6
18	11-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Kill	Emily Navarro	set Campbell Woods	+2.3
19	12-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+1.9
20	13-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Ace	Furman	aced Ashlyn Cobb	+1.5
21	14-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Emily Navarro	+1.2
22	15-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×9	Kill	Emily Navarro	set Katie Boney	+0.8
23	15-8	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.4
24	16-8	W CAR	FURMAN	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.6
25	16-9	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.4
26	17-9	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
27	17-10	FURMAN	W CAR	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+0.3
28	18-10	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Izzy Castelloe	+0.5
29	18-11	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.3
30	19-11	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Emily Navarro	+0.4
31	19-12	FURMAN	W CAR×4	Kill	Samantha Kranzler	set Katie Boney	+0.2
32	19-13	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.5
33	19-14	W CAR	W CAR×4	Ace	Western Caro.		+0.8
34	19-15	W CAR	W CAR×4	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Amber Watson	+1.3
35	20-15	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Emily Navarro	+1.4
36	20-16	FURMAN	W CAR	Serve err	Furman		+0.9
37	21-16	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Campbell Woods	set Kennedy Seekford	+1.3
38	21-17	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.8
39	21-18	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Izzy Castelloe	blk Katie Boney, JoJo Abeyta	+1.7
40	22-18	W CAR	FURMAN×4	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Lauren Haynes	+1.9
41	23-18	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Ace	Furman		+1.5
42	24-18	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.6
43	25-18	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	W CAR	FURMAN×3	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.6
2	2-0	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Katie Boney	+2.1
3	3-0	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Bad set	JoJo Abeyta		+2.0
4	3-1	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+1.4
5	4-1	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.5
6	4-2	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.4
7	5-2	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Kennedy Seekford	+1.5
8	6-2	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Samantha Kranzler	blk Kacie Moore, Campbell Woods	+1.9
9	6-3	FURMAN	W CAR	Serve err	Furman		+1.3
10	6-4	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+2.0
11	7-4	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+1.6
12	8-4	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+2.0
13	8-5	FURMAN	W CAR	Attack err	Campbell Woods		+1.3
14	9-5	W CAR	FURMAN×4	Attack err	Zoe Zudans		+1.5
15	10-5	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+1.7
16	11-5	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Ace	Furman	aced Halley Tang	+1.4
17	12-5	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+1.1
18	12-6	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.6
19	12-7	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Tennyson Gorman	blk JoJo Abeyta	+1.1
20	13-7	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.0
21	14-7	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Zoe Zudans	blk Izzy Castelloe, Tennyson Gorman	+1.1
22	14-8	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+0.6
23	14-9	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.1
24	15-9	W CAR	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+1.0
25	16-9	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.0
26	17-9	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	JoJo Abeyta	blk Kacie Moore	+0.7
27	17-10	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.3
28	18-10	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.4
29	18-11	FURMAN	W CAR×3	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.3
30	18-12	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Taylor Baggett	set Katie Boney	+0.5
31	18-13	W CAR	W CAR×3	Attack err	Campbell Woods		+0.9
32	19-13	W CAR	FURMAN×3	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Emily Navarro	+0.9
33	20-13	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Furman		+0.7
34	21-13	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+0.4
35	21-14	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.1
36	22-14	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Emily Navarro	+0.2
37	22-15	FURMAN	W CAR	Attack err	Amber Watson		+0.1
38	23-15	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+0.1
39	24-15	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+0.1
40	24-16	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	·
41	24-17	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	·
42	25-17	W CAR	FURMAN	Serve err	Western Caro.		·
Set 3
1	1-0	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Tatum Sharp	blk Lauren Haynes	+1.3
2	1-1	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.0
3	2-1	W CAR	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+1.0
4	3-1	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.3
5	4-1	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.2
6	4-2	FURMAN	W CAR	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+0.9
7	5-2	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.9
8	5-3	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.9
9	6-3	W CAR	FURMAN	Serve err	Western Caro.		+0.9
10	7-3	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+1.2
11	7-4	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Taylor Baggett	set Katie Boney	+0.8
12	8-4	W CAR	FURMAN×5	Kill	Campbell Woods	set Emily Navarro	+0.9
13	9-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Ace	Furman	aced Elise Gurley	+1.0
14	10-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Ace	Furman	aced Eda Yalçinkaya	+0.9
15	11-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Ace	Furman	aced Eda Yalçinkaya	+0.7
16	12-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+0.5
17	12-5	FURMAN	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.3
18	12-6	W CAR	W CAR×5	Attack err	Tennyson Gorman		+0.5
19	12-7	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Taylor Baggett	set Elise Gurley	+0.7
20	12-8	W CAR	W CAR×5	Attack err	Campbell Woods		+0.9
21	12-9	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Katie Boney		+1.1
22	13-9	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	+0.9
23	14-9	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Emily Navarro	+1.1
24	14-10	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.6
25	15-10	W CAR	FURMAN×3	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.8
26	16-10	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Kennedy Seekford	+0.8
27	17-10	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Furman	aced Samantha Kranzler	+0.6
28	17-11	FURMAN	W CAR	Attack err	Ashtan Dodson		+0.3
29	18-11	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Kennedy Seekford	+0.4
30	19-11	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Furman		+0.3
31	19-12	FURMAN	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.1
32	20-12	W CAR	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.2
33	20-13	FURMAN	W CAR	Serve err	Furman		+0.1
34	21-13	W CAR	FURMAN×4	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Emily Navarro	+0.2
35	22-13	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Blocked	Taylor Baggett	blk Campbell Woods, Kacie Moore	+0.1
36	23-13	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Ace	Furman	aced Evelyn Keefer	·
37	24-13	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Amber Watson	set Emily Navarro	·
38	24-14	FURMAN	W CAR	Serve err	Furman		·
39	25-14	W CAR	FURMAN	Serve err	Western Caro.		·

Score shown after each rally, Furman 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).

Furman def. Western Caro. 3–0

.458 and 12 kills for Amber Watson as Furman rolled past Western Caro.