Western Caro. def. The Citadel 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 30)

FinalFri, Oct 30, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Caro. 87.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Caro. won at The Citadel 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-22) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Western Caro.'s Tatum Sharp led with 22 kills, and Elise Gurley added 22 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 1:55 AM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W CAR	25	25	25	3
CITDEL	16	18	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Tatum Sharp hit .500 with 22 kills as Western Caro. rolled past The Citadel.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.3 points. The Citadel peaked at 12% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Western Caro. 87% before first serve.

Western Caro.The Citadel

Break %+15.1 pts
54.839.7
40 of 73 on serve vs 23 of 58, so The Citadel's sideout was 45.2%.
Hitting+.123
.274.151
47 kills, 13 errors vs 34 kills, 16 errors.
Longest run+2
64
Western Caro. scored 6 straight in the second set to turn a 10–11 deficit into a 16–11 lead. The set finished 25–18.

The Citadel above 50Western Caro. belowMax swing 1.3%

Western Caro.The Citadel

Aces: Western Caro. 7·The Citadel 1
Serve err: Western Caro. 7·The Citadel 3
Blocks: Western Caro. 6·The Citadel 41 BS · 10 BA vs 2 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Western Caro. 61·The Citadel 57

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

The Citadel above 50 · Western Caro. below

Biggest swing: 1.3% to The Citadel — set 2, W CAR 10-11 CITDEL. Kill by Gwen Berry (set by Allie Davison). CITDEL win probability 7% → 8%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W CAR 86.6%13.4% CITDEL

Western Caro. wins

3-0

39.3%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

15.8%

The Citadel wins

3-0

1.9%

3-1

4.2%

3-2

7.2%

W CAR break %: 49.2% vs this opp
CITDEL break %: 40.6% 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
Gwen BerryKill+1.3%
Kill by Gwen Berry (set by Allie Davison)
Set 2 · W CAR 10-11 CITDEL · CITDEL 7% → 8%
02
Katie BoneyBad set+1.3%
Bad set by Katie Boney
Set 1 · W CAR 9-8 CITDEL · CITDEL 11% → 12%
03
Tatum SharpKill+1.2%
Kill by Tatum Sharp (set by Elise Gurley)
Set 1 · W CAR 12-9 CITDEL · W CAR 89% → 90%
04
Rachel ReiningerKill+1.2%
Kill by Rachel Reininger (set by Allie Davison)
Set 1 · W CAR 6-5 CITDEL · CITDEL 11% → 12%
05
Peri SubatAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Peri Subat
Set 1 · W CAR 13-11 CITDEL · CITDEL 9% → 11%
06
Luci LippelgoosKill+1.2%
Kill by Luci Lippelgoos (set by Allie Davison)
Set 2 · W CAR 2-5 CITDEL · CITDEL 9% → 10%
07
Allie DavisonBad set+1.2%
Bad set by Allie Davison
Set 2 · W CAR 12-11 CITDEL · W CAR 93% → 94%
08
Cameron ReeseKill+1.1%
Kill by Cameron Reese (set by Allie Davison)
Set 2 · W CAR 10-10 CITDEL · CITDEL 6% → 7%

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	22	3	38	.500	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	24
1Ashlyn CobbOH	3	6	2	25	.160	2	2	2	7	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
18Katie BoneyS	3	4	1	10	.300	33	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	5
11JoJo AbeytaMB	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
10Peri SubatOH	2	3	2	6	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
20Eda YalçinkayaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
22Zoe ZudansOH	3	7	1	25	.240	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	8
2Halley TangL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	2
6Elise GurleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	2	2	22	0	0	0	0	2
16Sophia MariniOH	2	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15Samantha KranzlerOH	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
17Evelyn KeeferL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	13	124	.274	43	7	7	61	1	1	10	6	75

The Citadelhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Rachel ReiningerOH	3	11	1	27	.370	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
12Luci LippelgoosMB	3	9	3	19	.316	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
17Jordyn SimsOH	3	3	2	20	.050	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
1Allie DavisonS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	31	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
9Megan StoneL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	8	2	0	0	0	0
23Elizabeth MillerMB	2	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
5Gwen BerryOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
22Emerson HillL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	1
10Jess MartinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0
2Cameron ReeseOH	2	5	4	33	.030	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	6
18Emma PastusicOH	1	2	4	8	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
21Samantha WeiseMB	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		34	16	119	.151	33	1	3	57	7	2	4	4	56

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 The Citadel

Season series · Western Caro. leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 30, 2026Western Caro. at The Citadel · Western Caro. won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Western Caro. at The Citadel · Western Caro. won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 W CAR · CITDEL 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 4 W CARCITDEL 3

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 6 W CARCITDEL 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 6 W CARCITDEL 4

Bars above the line = The Citadel 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	70%7/10	64%9/14
2	40%6/15	68%13/19
3	75%6/8	57%8/14
4	67%6/9	45%5/11
5	67%6/9	33%3/9
6	57%4/7	33%2/6
All	60%35/58	55%40/73

The Citadel

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	26%6/23	45%5/11
2	55%6/11	50%6/12
3	38%6/16	40%4/10
4	67%6/9	40%4/10
5	83%5/6	25%2/8
6	50%4/8	29%2/7
All	45%33/73	40%23/58

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

131 rallies

#	W CAR-CITDEL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	CITDEL	W CAR×4	Serve err	Megan Stone		+0.9
2	2-0	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.0
3	3-0	W CAR	W CAR×4	Blocked	Rachel Reininger	blk Tatum Sharp, Katie Boney	+0.9
4	4-0	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	Katie Boney	set Halley Tang	+0.8
5	4-1	W CAR	CITDEL×3	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.6
6	4-2	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Tatum Sharp		+0.9
7	4-3	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+1.1
8	5-3	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.9
9	6-3	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.0
10	6-4	W CAR	CITDEL	Serve err	Ashlyn Cobb		+0.8
11	6-5	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+1.2
12	7-5	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.0
13	8-5	W CAR	W CAR	Attack err	Allie Davison		+1.0
14	8-6	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.9
15	9-6	CITDEL	W CAR	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.9
16	9-7	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Allie Davison	+0.9
17	9-8	CITDEL	CITDEL	Bad set	Katie Boney		+1.3
18	10-8	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Ashlyn Cobb	+1.1
19	10-9	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison	+1.1
20	11-9	CITDEL	W CAR×3	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk JoJo Abeyta, Ashlyn Cobb	+1.1
21	12-9	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Elise Gurley	+1.2
22	13-9	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Peri Subat	set Katie Boney	+1.0
23	13-10	W CAR	CITDEL	Serve err	Elise Gurley		+0.7
24	13-11	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Peri Subat		+1.2
25	14-11	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.0
26	15-11	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Halley Tang	aced Megan Stone	+1.0
27	15-12	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.8
28	16-12	CITDEL	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.9
29	17-12	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.8
30	18-12	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.5
31	18-13	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Jess Martin	+0.3
32	19-13	CITDEL	W CAR	Serve err	Emerson Hill		+0.4
33	19-14	W CAR	CITDEL	Serve err	Tatum Sharp		+0.3
34	20-14	CITDEL	W CAR×4	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+0.4
35	21-14	W CAR	W CAR×4	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.3
36	22-14	W CAR	W CAR×4	Kill	JoJo Abeyta		+0.1
37	23-14	W CAR	W CAR×4	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk JoJo Abeyta, Peri Subat	·
38	23-15	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Allie Davison	·
39	23-16	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	JoJo Abeyta		·
40	24-16	CITDEL	W CAR	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Peri Subat, JoJo Abeyta	·
41	25-16	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Peri Subat	set Katie Boney	·
Set 2
1	1-0	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.8
2	1-1	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison	+0.7
3	2-1	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.6
4	2-2	W CAR	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+0.7
5	2-3	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Ace	Emerson Hill		+1.0
6	2-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+1.1
7	2-5	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+1.2
8	3-5	CITDEL	W CAR×5	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.8
9	4-5	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Halley Tang	+1.0
10	5-5	W CAR	W CAR×5	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+1.0
11	6-5	W CAR	W CAR×5	Ace	Ashlyn Cobb	aced Jess Martin	+0.9
12	7-5	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	Tatum Sharp		+0.8
13	7-6	W CAR	CITDEL	Attack err	Tatum Sharp		+0.7
14	8-6	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.7
15	8-7	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.7
16	9-7	CITDEL	W CAR	Attack err	Elizabeth Miller		+0.7
17	9-8	W CAR	CITDEL	Attack err	JoJo Abeyta		+0.8
18	10-8	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.7
19	10-9	W CAR	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Peri Subat		+0.8
20	10-10	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison	+1.1
21	10-11	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Gwen Berry	set Allie Davison	+1.3
22	11-11	CITDEL	W CAR×6	Kill	Peri Subat	set Katie Boney	+1.0
23	12-11	W CAR	W CAR×6	Bad set	Allie Davison		+1.2
24	13-11	W CAR	W CAR×6	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Elise Gurley	+1.1
25	14-11	W CAR	W CAR×6	Ace	Elise Gurley		+0.9
26	15-11	W CAR	W CAR×6	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.7
27	16-11	W CAR	W CAR×6	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.6
28	16-12	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Gwen Berry	+0.4
29	17-12	CITDEL	W CAR×3	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+0.4
30	18-12	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Katie Boney	set Halley Tang	+0.4
31	19-12	W CAR	W CAR×3	Kill	Katie Boney	set Katie Boney	+0.2
32	19-13	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison	+0.1
33	20-13	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.2
34	21-13	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Ashlyn Cobb	aced Jess Martin	+0.1
35	21-14	W CAR	CITDEL	Blocked	Tatum Sharp	blk Allie Davison, Luci Lippelgoos	·
36	21-15	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.1
37	22-15	CITDEL	W CAR	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.1
38	22-16	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.1
39	23-16	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.1
40	23-17	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	·
41	23-18	CITDEL	CITDEL	Blocked	Zoe Zudans	blk Elizabeth Miller	+0.1
42	24-18	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.1
43	25-18	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Sophia Marini	set Katie Boney	·
Set 3
1	0-1	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Samantha Kranzler		+0.5
2	0-2	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Samantha Weise	set Allie Davison	+0.5
3	1-2	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Elise Gurley	+0.4
4	2-2	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Halley Tang	aced Megan Stone	+0.4
5	2-3	W CAR	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Cobb		+0.4
6	2-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.5
7	2-5	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison	+0.6
8	2-6	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison	+0.6
9	3-6	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.4
10	3-7	W CAR	CITDEL	Serve err	Ashlyn Cobb		+0.5
11	4-7	CITDEL	W CAR×5	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.4
12	5-7	W CAR	W CAR×5	Bad set	Allie Davison		+0.5
13	6-7	W CAR	W CAR×5	Kill	JoJo Abeyta	set Katie Boney	+0.5
14	7-7	W CAR	W CAR×5	Ace	Tatum Sharp	aced Jess Martin	+0.5
15	8-7	W CAR	W CAR×5	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Zoe Zudans	+0.5
16	8-8	W CAR	CITDEL×3	Serve err	Tatum Sharp		+0.4
17	8-9	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.6
18	8-10	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.7
19	9-10	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Katie Boney	+0.5
20	9-11	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.6
21	10-11	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Elise Gurley	+0.5
22	10-12	W CAR	CITDEL	Serve err	Samantha Kranzler		+0.6
23	11-12	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Sophia Marini	set Katie Boney	+0.5
24	11-13	W CAR	CITDEL	Serve err	Elise Gurley		+0.6
25	12-13	CITDEL	W CAR×6	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.5
26	13-13	W CAR	W CAR×6	Attack err	Jordyn Sims		+0.7
27	14-13	W CAR	W CAR×6	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.6
28	15-13	W CAR	W CAR×6	Blocked	Cameron Reese	blk Tatum Sharp, Katie Boney	+0.6
29	16-13	W CAR	W CAR×6	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.5
30	17-13	W CAR	W CAR×6	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Elise Gurley	+0.4
31	17-14	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison	+0.3
32	17-15	CITDEL	CITDEL	Blocked	Katie Boney	blk Cameron Reese	+0.5
33	18-15	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.4
34	18-16	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison	+0.4
35	19-16	CITDEL	W CAR	Serve err	Emerson Hill		+0.4
36	19-17	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.4
37	19-18	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.7
38	20-18	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Katie Boney	set Ashlyn Cobb	+0.6
39	20-19	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.6
40	21-19	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Zoe Zudans	set Elise Gurley	+0.7
41	21-20	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.6
42	21-21	CITDEL	CITDEL	Blocked	Sophia Marini	blk Samantha Weise, Rachel Reininger	+1.1
43	22-21	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Ashlyn Cobb	set Katie Boney	+1.0
44	23-21	W CAR	W CAR	Ace	Elise Gurley	aced Jess Martin	+1.1
45	23-22	W CAR	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison	+0.7
46	24-22	CITDEL	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+1.0
47	25-22	W CAR	W CAR	Kill	Tatum Sharp	set Katie Boney	+0.6

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. The Citadel 3–0

Tatum Sharp hit .500 with 22 kills as Western Caro. rolled past The Citadel.