George Mason def. Delaware State 3-1 Volleyball (Sep 18)

Final · 4 setsFri, Sep 18, 2026 · Neutral site

3:1

George Mason beat Delaware St. 3-1 (25-15, 25-21, 19-25, 25-13) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at a neutral site. George Mason's Kiera Hamilton led with 18 kills, and Nia Thompson added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
GMU	25	25	19	25	3
DEL ST	15	21	25	13	1

Win probability

Delaware St. above 50 · George Mason below

Biggest swing: 2.2% to George Mason — set 4, GMU 5-3 DEL ST. Kill by Jenna Hunt (set by Ava Cheney). DEL ST win probability 11% → 9%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GMU 76.3%23.7% DEL ST

George Mason wins

3-0

28.1%

3-1

29.1%

3-2

19.1%

Delaware St. wins

3-0

4.1%

3-1

8.1%

3-2

11.5%

GMU break %: 45.0% vs this opp
DEL ST break %: 39.6% 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
Jenna HuntKill+2.2%
Kill by Jenna Hunt (set by Ava Cheney)
Set 4 · GMU 5-3 DEL ST · GMU 89% → 91%
02
Delaware St.Ace+2.1%
Delaware St. ace
Set 4 · GMU 10-8 DEL ST · DEL ST 6% → 8%
03
Jenna Hunt&Ava CheneyBlock+2.0%
Aaliyah Mitchell stuffed by Jenna Hunt & Ava Cheney
Set 4 · GMU 6-3 DEL ST · GMU 91% → 93%
04
Jalia DublinAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Jalia Dublin
Set 4 · GMU 12-8 DEL ST · GMU 93% → 95%
05
Kiera Hamilton&Jenna HuntBlock+1.8%
Jalia Dublin stuffed by Kiera Hamilton & Jenna Hunt
Set 1 · GMU 1-0 DEL ST · GMU 76% → 78%
06
Jalia DublinKill+1.8%
Kill by Jalia Dublin (set by Ailena Mykins)
Set 2 · GMU 2-6 DEL ST · DEL ST 18% → 20%
07
George MasonAce+1.8%
George Mason ace on Courtney Nix
Set 2 · GMU 7-7 DEL ST · GMU 85% → 86%
08
Aaliyah MitchellAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Aaliyah Mitchell
Set 2 · GMU 6-7 DEL ST · GMU 83% → 85%

Box score

Official NCAA box

George Masonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kiera HamiltonOH	4	18	6	35	.343	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	1	22
11Nia ThompsonOH	4	10	4	26	.231	1	1	0	9	1	0	1	0.5	11.5
15Gabriella GelfoundOPP	4	7	3	14	.286	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2.5	9.5
10Jenna HuntMB	4	5	1	10	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	9
12Ava CheneyS	4	1	0	3	.333	42	1	2	5	0	0	2	1	3
20Meredith BrownMB	2	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Mia HazelettMB	4	6	0	9	.667	0	4	5	3	0	1	2	2	12
18Autumn Martinez-RobinsonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	2	2	6	5	0	0	0	2
9Avery BookerOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
6Mckenna ReynoldsS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		48	14	99	.343	44	13	12	29	10	1	20	11	94

Delaware St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Aaliyah MitchellOH	4	15	4	28	.393	0	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	17
4Hannah SandersMB	4	7	4	14	.214	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
14Jalia DublinOH	4	5	7	18	-.111	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	6
25Duura KpeaMB	4	2	2	10	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
15Ailena MykinsS	4	0	0	1	.000	22	2	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
5Haley CrawfordOH	1	0	3	4	-.750	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
6Courtney NixL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	4	3	2	12	2	0	0	0	3
1Maria Fernanda Cisneros SalasOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
11Mikayla MooreMB	3	1	0	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
20Riley ParkerS	3	0	0	0	–	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
7Myracle DavisMB	2	2	0	2	1.000	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
22Emma PatmonOH	1	5	1	8	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
10Autumn RichardsonL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	21	93	.172	34	10	9	31	13	1	4	3	74

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 GMU · DEL ST 4

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 5 GMUDEL ST 3

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 5 GMUDEL ST 3

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 3 GMUDEL ST 4

Set 4

25-13

Longest run 5 GMUDEL ST 2

Bars above the line = Delaware St. leads, below = George Mason leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

George Mason

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	61%11/18
2	62%8/13	50%8/16
3	53%8/15	27%3/11
4	73%8/11	43%6/14
5	89%8/9	62%13/21
6	50%5/10	54%7/13
All	61%46/75	52%48/93

Delaware St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	40%8/20	56%9/16
2	67%8/12	20%2/10
3	57%8/14	50%8/16
4	42%8/19	33%4/12
5	50%7/14	33%4/12
6	43%6/14	22%2/9
All	48%45/93	39%29/75

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 (4 of 4 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

168 rallies

#	GMU-DEL ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Kiera Hamilton, Jenna Hunt	+1.8
2	2-0	GMU	GMU×5	Attack err	Haley Crawford		+1.7
3	3-0	GMU	GMU×5	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+1.6
4	4-0	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+1.4
5	5-0	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Haley Crawford	blk Jenna Hunt, Gabriella Gelfound	+1.2
6	5-1	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+0.8
7	6-1	DEL ST	GMU	Attack err	Hannah Sanders		+0.8
8	7-1	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Haley Crawford		+1.0
9	7-2	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+0.6
10	7-3	DEL ST	DEL ST	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Haley Crawford	+1.1
11	8-3	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.9
12	9-3	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason		+1.0
13	9-4	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+0.6
14	10-4	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
15	10-5	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Riley Parker	+0.6
16	10-6	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+1.1
17	11-6	DEL ST	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.9
18	12-6	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
19	13-6	GMU	GMU×3	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Jenna Hunt, Ava Cheney	+0.7
20	13-7	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+0.4
21	14-7	DEL ST	GMU×5	Bad set	Duura Kpea		+0.5
22	15-7	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Hannah Sanders	blk Jenna Hunt, Gabriella Gelfound	+0.5
23	16-7	GMU	GMU×5	Ace	George Mason		+0.3
24	17-7	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.2
25	18-7	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Jenna Hunt, Gabriella Gelfound	+0.1
26	18-8	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Mikayla Moore	set Riley Parker	·
27	19-8	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	·
28	19-9	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	·
29	20-9	DEL ST	GMU	Serve err	Delaware St.		·
30	20-10	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	·
31	21-10	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
32	21-11	GMU	DEL ST×3	Serve err	George Mason		·
33	21-12	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Kiera Hamilton	·
34	21-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Nia Thompson		+0.1
35	22-13	DEL ST	GMU	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.1
36	22-14	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	·
37	23-14	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	·
38	24-14	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason	aced Jalia Dublin	·
39	24-15	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		·
40	25-15	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	·
Set 2
1	0-1	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+1.6
2	0-2	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Jenna Hunt		+1.7
3	0-3	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound		+1.7
4	1-3	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
5	1-4	GMU	DEL ST	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound		+1.3
6	2-4	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+1.2
7	2-5	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+1.4
8	2-6	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+1.8
9	3-6	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
10	4-6	GMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson		+1.7
11	4-7	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+1.4
12	5-7	DEL ST	GMU×5	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+1.2
13	6-7	GMU	GMU×5	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+1.8
14	7-7	GMU	GMU×5	Ace	George Mason	aced Courtney Nix	+1.8
15	8-7	GMU	GMU×5	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+1.7
16	9-7	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.6
17	9-8	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+1.2
18	10-8	DEL ST	GMU	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.2
19	11-8	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Hannah Sanders		+1.5
20	11-9	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+1.0
21	12-9	DEL ST	GMU×3	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
22	13-9	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason		+1.3
23	14-9	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
24	14-10	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+0.6
25	15-10	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
26	15-11	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+0.6
27	16-11	DEL ST	GMU	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Gabriella Gelfound, Mia Hazelett	+0.7
28	16-12	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Ailena Mykins	+0.6
29	16-13	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+1.1
30	17-13	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
31	18-13	GMU	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett		+1.0
32	18-14	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+0.6
33	19-14	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
34	19-15	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+0.5
35	19-16	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.1
36	20-16	DEL ST	GMU	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+1.1
37	20-17	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+0.8
38	20-18	DEL ST	DEL ST	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Duura Kpea, Ailena Mykins	+1.6
39	21-18	DEL ST	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.6
40	22-18	GMU	GMU×3	Blocked	Duura Kpea	blk Jenna Hunt, Kiera Hamilton	+1.5
41	23-18	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.8
42	23-19	GMU	DEL ST×3	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Courtney Nix	+0.2
43	23-20	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Courtney Nix	+0.7
44	23-21	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.4
45	24-21	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+1.7
46	25-21	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason		+0.9
Set 3
1	1-0	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
2	2-0	GMU	GMU	Bad set	Courtney Nix		+0.7
3	2-1	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+0.5
4	3-1	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.5
5	3-2	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+0.5
6	3-3	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Nia Thompson	+0.8
7	4-3	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney	+0.6
8	5-3	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.8
9	5-4	GMU	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+0.6
10	5-5	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Riley Parker	+0.8
11	5-6	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Bad set	Ava Cheney		+0.9
12	6-6	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
13	7-6	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason	aced Riley Parker	+0.9
14	7-7	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Riley Parker	+0.7
15	7-8	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+1.0
16	8-8	DEL ST	GMU	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.7
17	8-9	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Riley Parker	+0.8
18	9-9	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
19	9-10	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+0.8
20	10-10	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
21	10-11	GMU	DEL ST×3	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+0.8
22	10-12	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+1.2
23	10-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+1.2
24	11-13	DEL ST	GMU×3	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
25	12-13	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
26	13-13	GMU	GMU×3	Blocked	Hannah Sanders	blk Mia Hazelett	+1.2
27	13-14	GMU	DEL ST×4	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+0.9
28	13-15	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Myracle Davis, Mikayla Moore	+1.3
29	13-16	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Kiera Hamilton	+1.3
30	13-17	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+1.2
31	14-17	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
32	14-18	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Myracle Davis	set Ailena Mykins	+0.9
33	15-18	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
34	16-18	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason	aced Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	+1.2
35	16-19	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Riley Parker	+1.1
36	16-20	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Nia Thompson		+1.3
37	17-20	DEL ST	GMU	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.6
38	18-20	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Nia Thompson	+1.2
39	18-21	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+1.2
40	19-21	DEL ST	GMU	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.9
41	19-22	GMU	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Nia Thompson		+1.3
42	19-23	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.3
43	19-24	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound		+0.6
44	19-25	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+0.2
Set 4
1	1-0	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+1.6
2	1-1	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+1.7
3	2-1	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.6
4	2-2	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+1.7
5	3-2	DEL ST	GMU	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.7
6	3-3	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Myracle Davis	set Ailena Mykins	+1.8
7	4-3	DEL ST	GMU×5	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.7
8	5-3	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+2.2
9	6-3	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Jenna Hunt, Ava Cheney	+2.0
10	7-3	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Ava Cheney	set Riley Parker	+1.8
11	8-3	GMU	GMU×5	Ace	George Mason	aced Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	+1.5
12	8-4	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+1.0
13	9-4	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
14	9-5	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Riley Parker	+1.0
15	9-6	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.		+1.7
16	10-6	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+1.3
17	10-7	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Riley Parker	+1.2
18	10-8	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.		+2.1
19	11-8	DEL ST	GMU×5	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.7
20	12-8	GMU	GMU×5	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+1.9
21	13-8	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Mia Hazelett, Gabriella Gelfound	+1.6
22	14-8	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+1.2
23	15-8	GMU	GMU×5	Ace	George Mason	aced Aaliyah Mitchell	+0.8
24	15-9	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+0.4
25	16-9	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney	+0.6
26	17-9	GMU	GMU	Bad set	Ailena Mykins		+0.5
27	17-10	GMU	DEL ST	Serve err	George Mason		+0.2
28	17-11	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+0.5
29	18-11	DEL ST	GMU×3	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.5
30	19-11	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason	aced Aaliyah Mitchell	+0.4
31	20-11	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+0.2
32	20-12	GMU	DEL ST	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+0.1
33	21-12	DEL ST	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
34	22-12	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason		+0.1
35	22-13	GMU	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Riley Parker	·
36	23-13	DEL ST	GMU×3	Serve err	Delaware St.		·
37	24-13	GMU	GMU×3	Blocked	Duura Kpea	blk Jenna Hunt, Nia Thompson	·
38	25-13	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason	aced Courtney Nix	·

Score shown after each rally, George Mason 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).

George Mason def. Delaware St. 3–1