James Madison def. George Mason 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 20)

FinalSun, Sep 20, 2026

0:3

James Madison beat visiting George Mason 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-20) on Sun, Sep 20, 2026. James Madison's Kennedy Louisell led with 13 kills, and Sydney Lewis added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 20

Set	1	2	3	Sets
GMU	14	18	20	0
JMU	25	25	25	3

Win probability

James Madison above 50 · George Mason below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: James Madison stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GMU 8.9%91.1% JMU

George Mason wins

3-0

1.2%

3-1

2.7%

3-2

5.1%

James Madison wins

3-0

46.4%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

13.3%

GMU break %: 35.8% vs this opp
JMU break %: 46.0% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

George Masonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kiera HamiltonOH	3	10	9	36	.028	0	0	1	5	2	1	0.5	10.5
15Gabriella GelfoundOPP	3	3	5	12	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
11Nia ThompsonOH	3	3	8	23	-.217	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	3
20Meredith BrownMB	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
12Ava CheneyS	3	1	1	6	.000	20	2	0	4	0	0	0	3
10Jenna HuntMB	3	0	5	9	-.556	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1Mia HazelettMB	3	2	0	5	.400	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
9Avery BookerOH	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	2	9	0	0	0	1
18Autumn Martinez-RobinsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	17	1	0	0	1
2Rylee KinnellOH	2	2	4	8	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		24	34	109	-.092	24	4	6	45	4	4	2	52

James Madisonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Kennedy LouisellOH	3	13	2	42	.262	0	0	3	9	0	1	3	2.5	15.5
9Ayen NhialMB	3	4	1	7	.429	0	0	3	2	0	0	9	4.5	8.5
8Anna WilsonMB	3	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	5
4Ella Grace HollowayOH	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	5
16Shelby DavisL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	1
5Lindsey LargeS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
6Addie NormanOH	3	7	4	17	.176	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	3.5	10.5
13Ana ToumazatosOH	3	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
3Ava PetersS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	2
17Sydney LewisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		31	10	91	.231	27	4	11	45	4	2	30	17	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 GMU · JMU 6

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 3 GMUJMU 5

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 2 GMUJMU 3

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 6 GMUJMU 6

Bars above the line = James Madison 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	70%7/10	33%3/9
2	41%7/17	30%3/10
3	70%7/10	46%6/13
4	43%6/14	22%2/9
5	38%5/13	14%1/7
6	44%4/9	17%1/6
All	49%36/73	30%16/54

James Madison

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	78%7/9	44%4/9
2	64%7/11	30%3/10
3	54%7/13	56%9/16
4	86%6/7	25%2/8
5	86%6/7	63%10/16
6	71%5/7	64%9/14
All	70%38/54	51%37/73

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

127 rallies

#	GMU-JMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	GMU	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Lindsey Large
2	0-2	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Jenna Hunt	blk Anna Wilson
3	1-2	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
4	1-3	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Sydney Lewis
5	2-3	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
6	2-4	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Ava Peters
7	2-5	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Addie Norman, Anna Wilson
8	3-5	JMU	GMU	Attack err	Anna Wilson
9	3-6	GMU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Ava Peters
10	4-6	JMU	GMU	Bad set	Ava Peters
11	4-7	GMU	JMU×5	Kill	Addie Norman	set Ava Peters
12	4-8	JMU	JMU×5	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Ella Grace Holloway, Ayen Nhial
13	4-9	JMU	JMU×5	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Ella Grace Holloway, Ayen Nhial
14	4-10	JMU	JMU×5	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton
15	4-11	JMU	JMU×5	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large
16	5-11	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
17	5-12	GMU	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Lindsey Large
18	6-12	JMU	GMU	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell
19	7-12	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
20	7-13	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large
21	8-13	JMU	GMU×3	Serve err	James Madison
22	9-13	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell
23	10-13	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason
24	10-14	GMU	JMU×3	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Lindsey Large
25	10-15	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound
26	10-16	JMU	JMU×3	Ace	James Madison
27	11-16	JMU	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney
28	11-17	GMU	JMU	Attack err	Nia Thompson
29	11-18	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Addie Norman, Anna Wilson
30	12-18	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
31	12-19	GMU	JMU×3	Serve err	George Mason
32	12-20	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Addie Norman, Ayen Nhial
33	12-21	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Meredith Brown
34	13-21	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
35	13-22	GMU	JMU	Serve err	George Mason
36	13-23	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Jenna Hunt	blk Ayen Nhial, Ana Toumazatos
37	14-23	JMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
38	14-24	GMU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Lindsey Large
39	14-25	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Gabriella Gelfound	blk Ayen Nhial, Kennedy Louisell
Set 2
1	1-0	JMU	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney
2	1-1	GMU	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Lindsey Large
3	2-1	JMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson
4	3-1	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason	aced Shelby Davis
5	3-2	GMU	JMU	Serve err	George Mason
6	4-2	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
7	4-3	GMU	JMU	Attack err	Nia Thompson
8	5-3	JMU	GMU	Kill	Ava Cheney	set Avery Booker
9	5-4	GMU	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Ava Peters
10	6-4	JMU	GMU	Attack err	Addie Norman
11	6-5	GMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Addie Norman, Ayen Nhial
12	6-6	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Ayen Nhial
13	6-7	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Ayen Nhial, Ella Grace Holloway
14	7-7	JMU	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney
15	8-7	GMU	GMU	Blocked	Ayen Nhial	blk Jenna Hunt, Gabriella Gelfound
16	8-8	GMU	JMU×3	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Lindsey Large
17	8-9	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound
18	8-10	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large
19	9-10	JMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
20	9-11	GMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton
21	9-12	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Gabriella Gelfound	blk Anna Wilson, Kennedy Louisell
22	9-13	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound
23	10-13	JMU	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney
24	10-14	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large
25	10-15	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Meredith Brown	blk Anna Wilson, Kennedy Louisell
26	11-15	JMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney
27	11-16	GMU	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Kiera Hamilton
28	12-16	JMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson
29	12-17	GMU	JMU×3	Serve err	George Mason
30	12-18	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Ayen Nhial, Addie Norman
31	12-19	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton
32	13-19	JMU	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Ava Cheney
33	13-20	GMU	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Ava Peters
34	13-21	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Rylee Kinnell
35	14-21	JMU	GMU	Bad set	Sydney Lewis
36	14-22	GMU	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Lindsey Large
37	15-22	JMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney
38	15-23	GMU	JMU	Serve err	George Mason
39	16-23	JMU	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney
40	16-24	GMU	JMU	Attack err	Nia Thompson
41	17-24	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
42	18-24	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
43	18-25	GMU	JMU	Attack err	Ava Cheney
Set 3
1	0-1	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large
2	1-1	JMU	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney
3	2-1	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
4	2-2	GMU	JMU×5	Attack err	Jenna Hunt
5	2-3	JMU	JMU×5	Kill	Kennedy Louisell
6	2-4	JMU	JMU×5	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Addie Norman, Anna Wilson
7	2-5	JMU	JMU×5	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Addie Norman, Anna Wilson
8	2-6	JMU	JMU×5	Blocked	Jenna Hunt	blk Kennedy Louisell
9	3-6	JMU	GMU×6	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
10	4-6	GMU	GMU×6	Blocked	Addie Norman	blk Jenna Hunt, Kiera Hamilton
11	5-6	GMU	GMU×6	Ace	George Mason	aced Shelby Davis
12	6-6	GMU	GMU×6	Ace	George Mason
13	7-6	GMU	GMU×6	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson
14	8-6	GMU	GMU×6	Bad set	Addie Norman
15	8-7	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Ava Peters
16	9-7	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
17	9-8	GMU	JMU×6	Kill	Addie Norman	set Ava Peters
18	9-9	JMU	JMU×6	Attack err	Jenna Hunt
19	9-10	JMU	JMU×6	Attack err	Rylee Kinnell
20	9-11	JMU	JMU×6	Kill	Addie Norman	set Ava Peters
21	9-12	JMU	JMU×6	Kill	Addie Norman	set Ava Cheney
22	9-13	JMU	JMU×6	Ace	James Madison	aced Kiera Hamilton
23	10-13	JMU	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney
24	11-13	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Addie Norman
25	11-14	GMU	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Ava Peters
26	11-15	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Rylee Kinnell
27	12-15	JMU	GMU	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos
28	13-15	GMU	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Ava Cheney
29	13-16	GMU	JMU	Serve err	George Mason
30	13-17	JMU	JMU	Ace	James Madison	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson
31	14-17	JMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
32	15-17	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Ella Grace Holloway
33	15-18	GMU	JMU	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Ayen Nhial, Ella Grace Holloway
34	16-18	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
35	16-19	GMU	JMU×3	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large
36	16-20	JMU	JMU×3	Ace	James Madison	aced Kiera Hamilton
37	16-21	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Addie Norman	set Ava Peters
38	17-21	JMU	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney
39	17-22	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Ava Peters
40	18-22	JMU	GMU	Serve err	James Madison
41	19-22	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Addie Norman
42	19-23	GMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Ava Peters
43	19-24	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Ava Peters
44	20-24	JMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney
45	20-25	GMU	JMU	Attack err	Rylee Kinnell

Score shown after each rally, George Mason first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

James Madison def. George Mason 3–0