Rhode Island vs George Mason: George Mason Wins 3-0 (Sep 26)

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

0:3

George Mason beat visiting Rhode Island 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-12) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. George Mason's Kiera Hamilton led with 15 kills, and Autumn Martinez-Robinson added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
URI	20	15	12	0
GMU	25	25	25	3

Win probability

George Mason above 50 · Rhode Island below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to Rhode Island — set 1, URI 20-21 GMU. Attack error by Gabriella Gelfound. GMU win probability 89% → 87%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

URI 14.3%85.7% GMU

Rhode Island wins

3-0

2.1%

3-1

4.6%

3-2

7.7%

George Mason wins

3-0

38.0%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

16.3%

URI break %: 38.2% vs this opp
GMU break %: 46.3% 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
Gabriella GelfoundAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Gabriella Gelfound
Set 1 · URI 20-21 GMU · URI 11% → 13%
02
Emily SawyerAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Emily Sawyer
Set 1 · URI 20-22 GMU · GMU 87% → 89%
03
Sydney HouchensAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Sydney Houchens
Set 1 · URI 20-23 GMU · GMU 89% → 91%
04
Emily SawyerKill+1.9%
Kill by Emily Sawyer (set by Ema Stermenska)
Set 1 · URI 15-16 GMU · URI 12% → 14%
05
Nia ThompsonKill+1.9%
Kill by Nia Thompson (set by Autumn Martinez-Robinson)
Set 1 · URI 17-20 GMU · GMU 88% → 90%
06
Rhode IslandService error+1.7%
Rhode Island service error
Set 1 · URI 17-19 GMU · GMU 86% → 88%
07
Ava CheneyKill+1.6%
Kill by Ava Cheney
Set 1 · URI 16-18 GMU · GMU 86% → 88%
08
George MasonService error+1.6%
George Mason service error
Set 1 · URI 17-18 GMU · URI 12% → 14%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Rhode Islandaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Cara RichterOH	3	6	5	22	.045	0	1	2	3	2	1	0.5	7.5
13Havyn RolleOH	3	4	4	13	.000	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	4
18Emily SawyerMB	3	3	3	12	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
12Chloe AbutoOH	2	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
6KJ JohnsonMB	2	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
16Ema StermenskaS	2	0	0	0	–	8	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
21Hannah JonickMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
23Carly ThomasS	3	2	0	3	.667	10	1	0	3	0	0	0	3
3Sydney HouchensOH	3	0	1	6	-.167	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
20Dakota HenryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
4Reagan NisbetDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Erika BraceyOH	2	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
7McKenna MeltonOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14Sophia ChinettiOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Cansu KornosorL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Jahan LalliS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		24	16	82	.098	21	3	3	25	5	8	4	47

George Masonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kiera HamiltonOH	3	15	1	25	.560	1	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	17
11Nia ThompsonOH	3	13	3	30	.333	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	14
20Meredith BrownMB	3	7	0	10	.700	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2.5	9.5
10Jenna HuntMB	3	7	1	8	.750	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
15Gabriella GelfoundOPP	3	6	2	11	.364	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6
12Ava CheneyS	3	2	0	3	.667	37	0	2	6	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
18Autumn Martinez-RobinsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	3	10	0	0	0	0	1
9Avery BookerOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0
1Mia HazelettMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
6Mckenna ReynoldsS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	7	87	.494	43	5	12	36	3	2	6	5	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.

Rhode Island vs George Mason

Season series · George Mason leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026Rhode Island at George Mason · George Mason won 3-1Result →
Sat, Sep 26, 2026Rhode Island at George Mason · George Mason won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 URI · GMU 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 URIGMU 4

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 3 URIGMU 4

Set 3

12-25

Longest run 2 URIGMU 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rhode Island

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	42%5/12
2	33%6/18	14%1/7
3	60%6/10	25%2/8
4	38%6/16	0%0/6
5	56%5/9	45%5/11
6	71%5/7	0%0/5
All	47%34/73	27%13/49

George Mason

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	38%3/8
2	100%6/6	57%8/14
3	75%6/8	65%11/17
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	67%6/9	54%7/13
6	100%5/5	44%4/9
All	73%36/49	53%39/73

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

122 rallies

#	URI-GMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	URI	URI	Kill	Chloe Abuto	set Ema Stermenska	+1.5
2	1-1	URI	GMU×3	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
3	1-2	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Havyn Rolle		+1.4
4	1-3	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Havyn Rolle		+1.2
5	2-3	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.9
6	2-4	URI	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Kiera Hamilton	+0.9
7	2-5	GMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
8	3-5	GMU	URI	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Ema Stermenska	+0.8
9	3-6	URI	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.8
10	3-7	GMU	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
11	4-7	GMU	URI	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk KJ Johnson, Emily Sawyer	+0.7
12	4-8	URI	GMU×4	Attack err	Hannah Jonick		+0.7
13	4-9	GMU	GMU×4	Ace	George Mason	aced Havyn Rolle	+0.8
14	4-10	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.6
15	4-11	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
16	5-11	GMU	URI×3	Serve err	George Mason		+0.3
17	6-11	URI	URI×3	Kill	Cara Richter	set Dakota Henry	+0.5
18	7-11	URI	URI×3	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Nia Thompson	+0.7
19	7-12	URI	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.6
20	8-12	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.5
21	8-13	URI	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.6
22	9-13	GMU	URI×3	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Carly Thomas	+0.5
23	10-13	URI	URI×3	Blocked	Jenna Hunt	blk Cara Richter, Chloe Abuto	+1.0
24	11-13	URI	URI×3	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.3
25	11-14	URI	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
26	12-14	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+1.0
27	12-15	URI	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
28	12-16	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.2
29	13-16	GMU	URI×3	Kill	Chloe Abuto	set Ema Stermenska	+0.8
30	14-16	URI	URI×3	Kill	Cara Richter	set Ema Stermenska	+1.4
31	15-16	URI	URI×3	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+1.9
32	15-17	URI	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.5
33	16-17	GMU	URI	Kill	KJ Johnson	set Ema Stermenska	+1.5
34	16-18	URI	GMU	Kill	Ava Cheney		+1.6
35	17-18	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+1.6
36	17-19	URI	GMU	Serve err	Rhode Island		+1.7
37	17-20	GMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+1.9
38	18-20	GMU	URI	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Carly Thomas	+1.1
39	18-21	URI	GMU	Attack err	Chloe Abuto		+1.4
40	19-21	GMU	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Carly Thomas	+1.1
41	20-21	URI	URI	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound		+2.4
42	20-22	URI	GMU×4	Attack err	Emily Sawyer		+2.2
43	20-23	GMU	GMU×4	Attack err	Sydney Houchens		+2.2
44	20-24	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ema Stermenska	+1.1
45	20-25	GMU	GMU×4	Ace	George Mason	aced Cara Richter	+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	GMU	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Ema Stermenska	+0.8
2	1-1	URI	GMU×4	Serve err	Rhode Island		+0.7
3	1-2	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
4	1-3	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.9
5	1-4	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Gabriella Gelfound	+0.8
6	2-4	GMU	URI	Bad set	Ava Cheney		+0.6
7	2-5	URI	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+0.6
8	2-6	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Nia Thompson	+0.7
9	3-6	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.5
10	3-7	URI	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.5
11	3-8	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.6
12	3-9	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
13	4-9	GMU	URI	Kill	Carly Thomas		+0.3
14	4-10	URI	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.3
15	5-10	GMU	URI	Kill	KJ Johnson	set Carly Thomas	+0.3
16	5-11	URI	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.3
17	6-11	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.3
18	6-12	URI	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.3
19	6-13	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason		+0.3
20	7-13	GMU	URI	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound		+0.2
21	8-13	URI	URI	Ace	Rhode Island		+0.3
22	8-14	URI	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+0.3
23	9-14	GMU	URI	Kill	McKenna Melton	set Ema Stermenska	+0.3
24	9-15	URI	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.3
25	9-16	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Avery Booker	+0.3
26	10-16	GMU	URI	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Ema Stermenska	+0.1
27	10-17	URI	GMU×3	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+0.2
28	10-18	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason	aced Havyn Rolle	+0.2
29	10-19	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason	aced Cara Richter	+0.1
30	11-19	GMU	URI×3	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Carly Thomas	·
31	12-19	URI	URI×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Hannah Jonick, Erika Bracey	+0.1
32	13-19	URI	URI×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Hannah Jonick, Erika Bracey	+0.1
33	13-20	URI	GMU	Kill	Ava Cheney		+0.2
34	13-21	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.1
35	14-21	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		·
36	14-22	URI	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
37	14-23	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Hannah Jonick		·
38	15-23	GMU	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Carly Thomas	·
39	15-24	URI	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	·
40	15-25	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Cara Richter		·
Set 3
1	1-0	URI	URI	Ace	Rhode Island	aced Nia Thompson	+0.5
2	1-1	URI	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
3	2-1	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.4
4	2-2	URI	GMU×5	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
5	2-3	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Emily Sawyer	blk Meredith Brown	+0.5
6	2-4	GMU	GMU×5	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.5
7	2-5	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
8	2-6	GMU	GMU×5	Blocked	Emily Sawyer	blk Meredith Brown	+0.3
9	3-6	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.2
10	3-7	URI	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton		+0.2
11	4-7	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.2
12	4-8	URI	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+0.3
13	4-9	GMU	GMU×3	Blocked	Cara Richter	blk Jenna Hunt, Ava Cheney	+0.3
14	4-10	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Cara Richter		+0.2
15	5-10	GMU	URI	Serve err	George Mason		+0.1
16	5-11	URI	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Carly Thomas	+0.2
17	5-12	GMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.2
18	6-12	GMU	URI	Kill	Carly Thomas		+0.1
19	6-13	URI	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
20	6-14	GMU	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
21	7-14	GMU	URI	Kill	Havyn Rolle	set Carly Thomas	+0.1
22	7-15	URI	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
23	8-15	GMU	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Carly Thomas	+0.1
24	8-16	URI	GMU×4	Serve err	Rhode Island		+0.1
25	8-17	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
26	8-18	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
27	8-19	GMU	GMU×4	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
28	9-19	GMU	URI	Kill	Emily Sawyer	set Carly Thomas	·
29	9-20	URI	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
30	9-21	GMU	GMU	Blocked	Hannah Jonick	blk Meredith Brown, Ava Cheney	·
31	10-21	GMU	URI	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Carly Thomas	·
32	10-22	URI	GMU	Attack err	Havyn Rolle		·
33	10-23	GMU	GMU	Blocked	Havyn Rolle	blk Ava Cheney, Jenna Hunt	·
34	11-23	GMU	URI	Kill	Hannah Jonick	set Jahan Lalli	·
35	12-23	URI	URI	Kill	Cara Richter	set Dakota Henry	·
36	12-24	URI	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	·
37	12-25	GMU	GMU	Kill	Gabriella Gelfound	set Ava Cheney	·

Score shown after each rally, Rhode Island 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. Rhode Island 3–0