Western Caro. def. Chattanooga 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 17)

FinalSat, Oct 17, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Chattanooga 51.6% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 2:06 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Caro. won at Chattanooga 3-0 (25-18, 25-12, 25-21) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Western Caro.'s Tatum Sharp led with 12 kills, and Ashlyn Cobb added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 1:55 AM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W CAR	25	25	25	3
CHAT	18	12	21	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Tatum Sharp hit .440 with 12 kills as Western Caro. rolled past Chattanooga.

Win probability never moved more than 3.6 points on one rally; Chattanooga topped out at 50% in Set 1. Chattanooga went in at 52% by RallyIQ.

Western Caro.Chattanooga

Break %+20.4 pts
56.235.8
On serve: 41/73 against 19/53 (Chattanooga sideout 43.8%).
Hitting+.139
.203.064
Kills and errors: 42–16 vs 29–21.
Longest run+0
66
Down 6–8 in the third set, Western Caro. scored 6 straight to lead 12–8. The set finished 25–21.

Chattanooga above 50Western Caro. belowMax swing 3.6%

Western Caro.Chattanooga

Aces: Western Caro. 6·Chattanooga 0
Serve err: Western Caro. 5·Chattanooga 6
Blocks: Western Caro. 7·Chattanooga 81 BS · 12 BA vs 1 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Western Caro. 72·Chattanooga 60

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Chattanooga above 50 · Western Caro. below

Biggest swing: 3.6% to Western Caro. — set 3, W CAR 21-19 CHAT. Gracie Rose stuffed by Katie Boney & JoJo Abeyta. CHAT win probability 10% → 6%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W CAR 53.4%46.6% CHAT

Western Caro. wins

3-0

14.0%

3-1

20.2%

3-2

19.2%

Chattanooga wins

3-0

11.1%

3-1

17.3%

3-2

18.1%

W CAR break %: 44.4% vs this opp
CHAT break %: 43.8% 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
Katie Boney&JoJo AbeytaBlock+3.6%
Gracie Rose stuffed by Katie Boney & JoJo Abeyta
Set 3 · W CAR 21-19 CHAT · W CAR 90% → 94%
02
Tatum SharpKill+3.3%
Kill by Tatum Sharp (set by Katie Boney)
Set 3 · W CAR 19-18 CHAT · W CAR 86% → 90%
03
JoJo AbeytaKill+3.0%
Kill by JoJo Abeyta (set by Katie Boney)
Set 3 · W CAR 22-19 CHAT · W CAR 94% → 97%
04
Western Caro.Ace+2.9%
Western Caro. ace on Finley Hilliard
Set 2 · W CAR 8-6 CHAT · W CAR 70% → 73%
05
Zoe ZudansKill+2.8%
Kill by Zoe Zudans (set by Katie Boney)
Set 3 · W CAR 20-19 CHAT · W CAR 87% → 90%
06
Sophia GarridoKill+2.8%
Kill by Sophia Garrido (set by Ashley Reynolds)
Set 2 · W CAR 6-6 CHAT · CHAT 29% → 32%
07
Kynli KirkendollAttack error+2.7%
Attack error by Kynli Kirkendoll
Set 2 · W CAR 9-6 CHAT · W CAR 73% → 76%
08
Ashlyn Cobb&Tatum SharpBlock+2.7%
Destiny Wiggins stuffed by Ashlyn Cobb & Tatum Sharp
Set 3 · W CAR 16-16 CHAT · W CAR 84% → 86%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Caro.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Tatum SharpMB	3	12	1	25	.440	0	2	2	8	1	2	2	16
1Ashlyn CobbOH	3	9	5	34	.118	0	2	2	13	0	1	0.5	11.5
11JoJo AbeytaMB	3	6	3	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	8
18Katie BoneyS	3	1	1	5	.000	31	2	0	9	0	3	1.5	4.5
16Sophia MariniOH	3	3	4	13	-.077	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.5	3.5
15Samantha KranzlerOH	3	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
22Zoe ZudansOH	3	10	2	30	.267	0	0	0	5	0	1	0.5	10.5
2Halley TangL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
6Elise GurleyL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	2	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
10Peri SubatOH	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		42	16	128	.203	36	6	5	72	1	12	7	75

Chattanoogahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Gracie RoseOH	3	8	5	25	.120	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	8
5Jordin GlassMB	3	5	3	15	.133	2	1	3	0	0	6	3	8
11Kynli KirkendollMB	3	5	2	22	.136	1	0	3	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
16Ashley ReynoldsS	3	2	1	5	.200	13	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
12Sophia GarridoOH	2	3	3	10	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
39Elena VukmanovOH	2	2	4	19	-.105	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	2
0Bailey BurgessMB	3	3	1	16	.125	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	4
9Caiti BarthelL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
4Mallory MerzS	3	0	0	1	.000	10	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
21Finley HilliardL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
6Delaney WingenbachOH	2	0	1	7	-.143	0	2	3	1	0	3	1.5	1.5
15Destiny WigginsOH	2	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
17Caroline PetersonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
2Ryan OdenL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	21	125	.064	28	6	60	6	1	14	8	51

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 Chattanooga

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Western Caro. at Chattanooga · Chattanooga won 3-1Result →
Sat, Oct 17, 2026Western Caro. at Chattanooga · Western Caro. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 W CAR · CHAT 6

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 5 W CARCHAT 3

Set 2

25-12

Longest run 5 W CARCHAT 2

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 6 W CARCHAT 6

Bars above the line = Chattanooga 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	64%7/11	55%6/11
2	86%6/7	65%11/17
3	60%6/10	54%7/13
4	67%6/9	63%10/16
5	100%5/5	55%6/11
6	36%4/11	20%1/5
All	64%34/53	56%41/73

Chattanooga

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	29%6/21	33%3/9
2	86%6/7	25%2/8
3	29%6/21	40%4/10
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	57%4/7	14%1/7
6	57%4/7	64%7/11
All	44%32/73	36%19/53

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

126 rallies

#	W CAR-CHAT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	CHAT	W CAR×5	Attack err	Sophia Garrido		+1.9
2	2-0	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+2.4
3	3-0	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+2.4
4	4-0	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+2.2
5	5-0	W CAR	W CAR×5	Blocked	Sophia Garrido	blk Tatum Sharp	+2.1
6	5-1	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Kynli Kirkendoll	set Ashley Reynolds	+1.4
7	6-1	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.6
8	6-2	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Ashley Reynolds		+1.4
9	7-2	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.6
10	7-3	W CAR	CHAT×3	Kill	Sophia Garrido	set Ashley Reynolds	+1.4
11	7-4	CHAT	CHAT×3	Kill	Elena Vukmanov	set Ashley Reynolds	+2.1
12	7-5	CHAT	CHAT×3	Attack err	Katie Boney		+2.4
13	8-5	CHAT	W CAR×4	Attack err	Elena Vukmanov		+2.0
14	9-5	W CAR	W CAR×4	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Caroline Peterson	+2.5
15	10-5	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	Sophia Marini	set Katie Boney	+2.2
16	11-5	W CAR	W CAR×4	Blocked	Elena Vukmanov	blk JoJo Abeyta, Sophia Marini	+1.9
17	11-6	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Ashley Reynolds	set Caroline Peterson	+1.2
18	12-6	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Elise Gurley	+1.4
19	12-7	W CAR	CHAT	Blocked	Ashlyn Cobb	blk Jordin Glass, Ashley Reynolds	+1.1
20	13-7	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.4
21	13-8	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Kynli Kirkendoll	set Ashley Reynolds	+1.1
22	13-9	CHAT	CHAT	Blocked	Tatum Sharp	blk Kynli Kirkendoll	+1.8
23	14-9	CHAT	W CAR×3	Kill	Sophia Marini	set Katie Boney	+1.8
24	15-9	W CAR	W CAR×3	Attack err	Ashley Reynolds		+1.8
25	16-9	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Halley Tang	+1.4
26	16-10	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Ashley Reynolds	+0.7
27	16-11	CHAT	CHAT	Kill	Sophia Garrido	set Kynli Kirkendoll	+1.3
28	17-11	CHAT	W CAR	Serve err	Chattanooga		+1.4
29	17-12	W CAR	CHAT	Serve err	Western Caro.		+1.0
30	18-12	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+1.3
31	19-12	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Sophia Garrido	blk Zoe Zudans, JoJo Abeyta	+1.2
32	19-13	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Jordin Glass	set Ashley Reynolds	+0.5
33	20-13	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Elise Gurley	+0.8
34	20-14	W CAR	CHAT	Attack err	JoJo Abeyta		+0.4
35	21-14	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+0.7
36	21-15	W CAR	CHAT×3	Kill	Bailey Burgess	set Mallory Merz	+0.4
37	21-16	CHAT	CHAT×3	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Mallory Merz	+0.8
38	21-17	CHAT	CHAT×3	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+1.3
39	22-17	CHAT	W CAR	Serve err	Chattanooga		+1.6
40	23-17	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.1
41	23-18	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Mallory Merz	+0.3
42	24-18	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Sophia Marini	set Katie Boney	+0.6
43	25-18	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Gracie Rose	blk Tatum Sharp, Katie Boney	+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Bailey Burgess	set Mallory Merz	+1.9
2	0-2	CHAT	CHAT	Attack err	Sophia Marini		+2.5
3	1-2	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.8
4	1-3	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Jordin Glass	set Mallory Merz	+1.9
5	2-3	CHAT	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.9
6	3-3	W CAR	W CAR×3	Attack err	Elena Vukmanov		+2.6
7	4-3	W CAR	W CAR×3	Attack err	Gracie Rose		+2.6
8	4-4	W CAR	CHAT	Attack err	Zoe Zudans		+2.0
9	5-4	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Ashley Reynolds	+2.1
10	6-4	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Elena Vukmanov	+2.7
11	6-5	W CAR	CHAT	Serve err	Western Caro.		+2.0
12	6-6	CHAT	CHAT	Kill	Sophia Garrido	set Ashley Reynolds	+2.8
13	7-6	CHAT	W CAR×4	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+2.2
14	8-6	W CAR	W CAR×4	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Finley Hilliard	+2.9
15	9-6	W CAR	W CAR×4	Attack err	Kynli Kirkendoll		+2.7
16	10-6	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Ashley Reynolds	+2.5
17	10-7	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Elena Vukmanov	set Ashley Reynolds	+1.7
18	11-7	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+2.0
19	12-7	W CAR	W CAR	Attack err	Jordin Glass		+2.3
20	12-8	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Jordin Glass	set Ashley Reynolds	+1.5
21	13-8	CHAT	W CAR×5	Attack err	Jordin Glass		+1.8
22	14-8	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp		+1.9
23	15-8	W CAR	W CAR×5	Attack err	Elena Vukmanov		+1.4
24	16-8	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.0
25	17-8	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.7
26	17-9	W CAR	CHAT	Attack err	Sophia Marini		+0.3
27	18-9	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.5
28	18-10	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Bailey Burgess	set Mallory Merz	+0.3
29	19-10	CHAT	W CAR×5	Kill	Katie Boney		+0.4
30	20-10	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.3
31	21-10	W CAR	W CAR×5	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Elena Vukmanov	+0.1
32	22-10	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp		·
33	23-10	W CAR	W CAR×5	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Ryan Oden	·
34	23-11	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Caiti Barthel	·
35	24-11	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	·
36	24-12	W CAR	CHAT	Serve err	Western Caro.		·
37	25-12	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	·
Set 3
1	0-1	CHAT	CHAT	Blocked	Ashlyn Cobb	blk Bailey Burgess, Jordin Glass	+1.7
2	0-2	CHAT	CHAT	Bad set	Katie Boney		+1.7
3	1-2	CHAT	W CAR×5	Serve err	Chattanooga		+1.3
4	2-2	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.7
5	3-2	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.8
6	4-2	W CAR	W CAR×5	Attack err	Jordin Glass		+1.8
7	5-2	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.7
8	5-3	W CAR	CHAT	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+1.2
9	6-3	CHAT	W CAR	Serve err	Chattanooga		+1.4
10	6-4	W CAR	CHAT×5	Serve err	Western Caro.		+1.3
11	6-5	CHAT	CHAT×5	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Jordin Glass	+1.8
12	6-6	CHAT	CHAT×5	Blocked	Zoe Zudans	blk Kynli Kirkendoll, Bailey Burgess	+1.9
13	6-7	CHAT	CHAT×5	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Jordin Glass	+2.0
14	6-8	CHAT	CHAT×5	Kill	Kynli Kirkendoll	set Mallory Merz	+1.9
15	7-8	CHAT	W CAR×6	Kill	Zoe Zudans		+1.4
16	8-8	W CAR	W CAR×6	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Halley Tang	+2.0
17	9-8	W CAR	W CAR×6	Ace	Western Caro.	aced Delaney Wingenbach	+2.1
18	10-8	W CAR	W CAR×6	Attack err	Delaney Wingenbach		+2.1
19	11-8	W CAR	W CAR×6	Blocked	Gracie Rose	blk JoJo Abeyta, Katie Boney	+2.0
20	12-8	W CAR	W CAR×6	Attack err	Bailey Burgess		+1.8
21	12-9	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Kynli Kirkendoll	set Mallory Merz	+1.2
22	13-9	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Halley Tang	+1.4
23	13-10	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Ashley Reynolds	+1.2
24	14-10	CHAT	W CAR	Serve err	Chattanooga		+1.5
25	14-11	W CAR	CHAT×6	Kill	Destiny Wiggins	set Ashley Reynolds	+1.2
26	14-12	CHAT	CHAT×6	Blocked	Sophia Marini	blk Delaney Wingenbach, Jordin Glass	+1.9
27	14-13	CHAT	CHAT×6	Kill	Jordin Glass	set Ashley Reynolds	+2.2
28	14-14	CHAT	CHAT×6	Blocked	Sophia Marini	blk Delaney Wingenbach, Jordin Glass	+2.5
29	14-15	CHAT	CHAT×6	Blocked	JoJo Abeyta	blk Jordin Glass, Delaney Wingenbach	+2.6
30	14-16	CHAT	CHAT×6	Blocked	Ashlyn Cobb	blk Jordin Glass, Destiny Wiggins	+2.6
31	15-16	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.8
32	16-16	W CAR	W CAR	Blocked	Destiny Wiggins	blk Ashlyn Cobb, Tatum Sharp	+2.7
33	16-17	W CAR	CHAT	Serve err	Elise Gurley		+2.2
34	17-17	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Peri Subat	set Katie Boney	+2.2
35	17-18	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Jordin Glass	set Mallory Merz	+2.4
36	18-18	CHAT	W CAR	Serve err	Delaney Wingenbach		+2.4
37	19-18	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+3.3
38	19-19	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Gracie Rose	set Mallory Merz	+2.6
39	20-19	CHAT	W CAR×4	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+2.8
40	21-19	W CAR	W CAR×4	Blocked	Gracie Rose	blk Katie Boney, JoJo Abeyta	+3.6
41	22-19	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+3.0
42	23-19	W CAR	W CAR×4	Attack err	Kynli Kirkendoll		+2.1
43	23-20	W CAR	CHAT	Attack err	JoJo Abeyta		+0.8
44	24-20	CHAT	W CAR	Attack err	Gracie Rose		+1.4
45	24-21	W CAR	CHAT	Kill	Kynli Kirkendoll	set Ashley Reynolds	+0.5
46	25-21	CHAT	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+1.0

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).

Western Caro. def. Chattanooga 3–0

Tatum Sharp hit .440 with 12 kills as Western Caro. rolled past Chattanooga.