George Washington def. George Mason 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 28)

FinalWed, Oct 28, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: George Washington 59.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 28, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

George Washington beat visiting George Mason 3-0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-18) on Wed, Oct 28, 2026. George Washington's Cayla Cogan led with 14 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 10:15 PM CT · final Oct 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
GMU	25	18	18	0
G WASH	27	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Cayla Cogan hit .360 on 25 swings as George Washington edged George Mason.

2 stretches decided it. Percentages are George Washington's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. RallyIQ gave George Washington 60% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · George Mason 23–19 George Washington
4 straight George Washington points erased a 19–23 deficit: 23–23. The match swung to George Washington.
George Washington 41% → 57%
Turning point 2: Set 1 · George Mason 24–24 George Washington
George Washington won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 27–25 and lead 1–0.
George Washington 57% → 76%

George Washington above 50George Mason belowMax swing 9.8%

George MasonGeorge Washington

Sideout %: George Mason 52.6·George Washington 66.1
Break %: George Mason 33.9·George Washington 47.4
Hitting: George Mason .132·George Washington .309
Longest run: George Mason 5·George Washington 4

Nicanora Clarke
7 kills on .130, 9.5 points; 2 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

George Washington above 50 · George Mason below

Biggest swing: 9.8% to George Washington — set 1, GMU 25-26 G WASH. Kill by Nicanora Clarke (set by Evie Huang). G WASH win probability 57% → 67%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GMU 33.7%66.3% G WASH

George Mason wins

3-0

6.8%

3-1

12.0%

3-2

14.9%

George Washington wins

3-0

20.8%

3-1

25.4%

3-2

20.0%

GMU break %: 39.5% vs this opp
G WASH break %: 42.7% 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
Nicanora ClarkeKill+9.8%
Kill by Nicanora Clarke (set by Evie Huang)
Set 1 · GMU 25-26 G WASH · G WASH 57% → 67%
02
Kiera HamiltonAttack error+9.3%
Attack error by Kiera Hamilton
Set 1 · GMU 25-27 G WASH · G WASH 67% → 76%
03
Nicanora ClarkeKill+7.6%
Kill by Nicanora Clarke (set by Ava Cheney)
Set 1 · GMU 23-23 G WASH · G WASH 50% → 57%
04
Ava CheneyKill+7.0%
Kill by Ava Cheney (set by Avery Booker)
Set 1 · GMU 24-23 G WASH · GMU 43% → 50%
05
Nicanora ClarkeKill+7.0%
Kill by Nicanora Clarke (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 1 · GMU 24-24 G WASH · G WASH 50% → 57%
06
Sadee GedseService error+7.0%
Service error by Sadee Gedse
Set 1 · GMU 25-24 G WASH · GMU 43% → 50%
07
Alexis RodriguezKill+7.0%
Kill by Alexis Rodriguez (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 1 · GMU 25-25 G WASH · G WASH 50% → 57%
08
Cayla CoganKill+4.7%
Kill by Cayla Cogan (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 1 · GMU 23-22 G WASH · G WASH 45% → 50%

Box score

Official NCAA box

George Masonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kiera HamiltonOH	3	14	7	39	.179	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	15
11Nia ThompsonOH	3	7	5	25	.080	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	8
10Jenna HuntMB	3	7	3	18	.222	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Ava CheneyS	3	2	1	8	.125	27	1	0	6	0	1	0.5	3.5
20Meredith BrownMB	3	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Avery BookerOH	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
1Mia HazelettMB	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1
18Autumn Martinez-RobinsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	10	1	0	0	0
2Rylee KinnellOH	2	3	0	3	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
15Gabriella GelfoundOPP	2	0	3	6	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
16Adalynn BollingerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	20	106	.132	31	5	5	33	8	4	2	61

George Washingtonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Cayla CoganOH	3	14	5	25	.360	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	15
8Alexis RodriguezOH	3	11	3	26	.308	1	2	0	10	1	0	1	0.5	13.5
0Nicanora ClarkeOH	3	7	4	23	.130	0	1	0	4	1	0	3	1.5	9.5
11Riley SamuelMB	3	5	2	13	.231	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	8
7Abby MarkworthS	3	4	0	6	.667	33	1	2	12	0	0	0	0	5
23Simone AssasieMB	3	3	0	4	.750	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	5
9Evie HuangL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
3Jaelyn ConnoleS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
15Lydia ZengL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0
24Sadee GedseL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
13Emilia ArvidsonOPP	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	14	97	.309	40	8	7	47	5	2	12	8	77

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.

George Mason vs George Washington

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Wed, Oct 7, 2026George Washington at George Mason · George Mason won 3-0Result →
Wed, Oct 28, 2026George Mason at George Washington · George Washington won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 GMU · G WASH 4

Set 1

25-27

Longest run 5 GMUG WASH 4

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 4 GMUG WASH 4

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 GMUG WASH 4

Bars above the line = George Washington 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	62%8/13	30%3/10
2	73%8/11	33%4/12
3	46%6/13	33%4/12
4	67%6/9	45%5/11
5	38%6/16	14%1/7
6	43%6/14	40%4/10
All	53%40/76	34%21/62

George Washington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	50%8/16
2	67%8/12	11%1/9
3	75%6/8	54%7/13
4	67%6/9	40%4/10
5	55%6/11	54%7/13
6	86%6/7	60%9/15
All	66%41/62	47%36/76

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

138 rallies

#	GMU-G WASH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+2.5
2	1-1	G WASH	GMU×5	Serve err	Abby Markworth		+1.7
3	2-1	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+2.6
4	3-1	GMU	GMU×5	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+2.6
5	4-1	GMU	GMU×5	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+2.6
6	5-1	GMU	GMU×5	Ace	Kiera Hamilton	aced Nicanora Clarke	+2.5
7	5-2	GMU	G WASH	Serve err	George Mason		+1.5
8	6-2	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.8
9	6-3	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.5
10	7-3	G WASH	GMU×3	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.8
11	8-3	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	Ava Cheney	aced Lydia Zeng	+2.3
12	9-3	GMU	GMU×3	Blocked	Alexis Rodriguez	blk Jenna Hunt, Gabriella Gelfound	+2.0
13	9-4	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Abby Markworth	+1.1
14	9-5	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Ava Cheney	+2.0
15	10-5	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.7
16	10-6	GMU	G WASH×3	Serve err	George Mason		+1.3
17	10-7	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	Alexis Rodriguez	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+2.3
18	10-8	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+2.7
19	11-8	G WASH	GMU×3	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+2.1
20	12-8	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+2.8
21	13-8	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	Mia Hazelett	aced Alexis Rodriguez	+2.4
22	13-9	GMU	G WASH	Serve err	George Mason		+1.3
23	13-10	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Gabriella Gelfound		+2.4
24	14-10	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+2.0
25	14-11	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.6
26	15-11	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+2.1
27	15-12	GMU	G WASH	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Cayla Cogan, Simone Assasie	+1.7
28	16-12	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+2.1
29	17-12	GMU	GMU	Bad set	Lydia Zeng		+2.5
30	17-13	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Alexis Rodriguez	+1.2
31	17-14	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	Evie Huang	aced Avery Booker	+2.4
32	18-14	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Kiera Hamilton	+2.2
33	18-15	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.6
34	19-15	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+2.2
35	19-16	GMU	G WASH	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.6
36	19-17	G WASH	G WASH	Blocked	Gabriella Gelfound	blk Cayla Cogan, Riley Samuel	+3.1
37	20-17	G WASH	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+2.9
38	21-17	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+3.2
39	22-17	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+2.1
40	22-18	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Simone Assasie	+0.7
41	22-19	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.7
42	23-19	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+2.1
43	23-20	GMU	G WASH×4	Kill	Abby Markworth		+0.9
44	23-21	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Nia Thompson		+2.6
45	23-22	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+4.7
46	23-23	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Ava Cheney	+7.6
47	24-23	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Ava Cheney	set Avery Booker	+7.0
48	24-24	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Abby Markworth	+7.0
49	25-24	G WASH	GMU	Serve err	Sadee Gedse		+7.0
50	25-25	GMU	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+7.0
51	25-26	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Evie Huang	+9.8
52	25-27	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+9.3
Set 2
1	1-0	GMU	GMU	Blocked	Nicanora Clarke	blk Ava Cheney, Meredith Brown	+2.3
2	1-1	GMU	G WASH	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.6
3	2-1	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.6
4	2-2	GMU	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Simone Assasie	+1.6
5	2-3	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Jenna Hunt		+2.3
6	2-4	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+2.3
7	3-4	G WASH	GMU	Serve err	Evie Huang		+1.5
8	3-5	GMU	G WASH	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Riley Samuel, Nicanora Clarke	+1.6
9	4-5	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.6
10	4-6	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Lydia Zeng	+1.6
11	5-6	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.6
12	5-7	GMU	G WASH×4	Serve err	George Mason		+1.7
13	5-8	G WASH	G WASH×4	Ace	Jaelyn Connole		+2.3
14	5-9	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Jaelyn Connole	+2.0
15	5-10	G WASH	G WASH×4	Blocked	Meredith Brown	blk Simone Assasie	+1.7
16	6-10	G WASH	GMU	Serve err	Jaelyn Connole		+1.0
17	6-11	GMU	G WASH×4	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.2
18	6-12	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.4
19	6-13	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.1
20	6-14	G WASH	G WASH×4	Ace	Abby Markworth		+0.7
21	7-14	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Ava Cheney		+0.4
22	7-15	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+0.5
23	8-15	G WASH	GMU	Serve err	Sadee Gedse		+0.3
24	8-16	GMU	G WASH	Serve err	George Mason		+0.5
25	9-16	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.3
26	9-17	GMU	G WASH×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Nicanora Clarke, Riley Samuel	+0.4
27	9-18	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Jenna Hunt		+0.4
28	9-19	G WASH	G WASH×3	Blocked	Gabriella Gelfound	blk Alexis Rodriguez, Riley Samuel	+0.2
29	10-19	G WASH	GMU×4	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
30	11-19	GMU	GMU×4	Ace	Nia Thompson	aced Lydia Zeng	+0.1
31	12-19	GMU	GMU×4	Attack err	Riley Samuel		+0.3
32	13-19	GMU	GMU×4	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+0.4
33	13-20	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.5
34	13-21	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	Alexis Rodriguez		+0.3
35	14-21	G WASH	GMU	Attack err	Riley Samuel		+0.1
36	15-21	GMU	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Mia Hazelett	+0.3
37	15-22	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.3
38	15-23	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+0.2
39	16-23	G WASH	GMU	Serve err	Jaelyn Connole		·
40	16-24	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
41	17-24	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	·
42	18-24	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		·
43	18-25	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	G WASH	G WASH	Blocked	Ava Cheney	blk Simone Assasie, Nicanora Clarke	+1.3
2	1-1	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.9
3	1-2	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
4	2-2	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
5	2-3	GMU	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Cayla Cogan	+1.0
6	2-4	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	Evie Huang		+1.4
7	2-5	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.3
8	3-5	G WASH	GMU	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+0.8
9	3-6	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
10	3-7	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	Nicanora Clarke		+1.2
11	4-7	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
12	4-8	GMU	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.8
13	4-9	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Jenna Hunt		+1.0
14	4-10	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.8
15	5-10	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.5
16	5-11	GMU	G WASH×4	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Riley Samuel	+0.6
17	5-12	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+0.6
18	5-13	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.5
19	5-14	G WASH	G WASH×4	Ace	Jaelyn Connole		+0.3
20	6-14	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
21	7-14	GMU	GMU	Ace	Rylee Kinnell		+0.3
22	7-15	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.3
23	8-15	G WASH	GMU	Serve err	Abby Markworth		+0.2
24	8-16	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Abby Markworth	+0.3
25	8-17	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+0.2
26	9-17	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
27	10-17	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Nia Thompson	+0.2
28	10-18	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.2
29	11-18	G WASH	GMU	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+0.1
30	11-19	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Abby Markworth	+0.2
31	12-19	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+0.1
32	12-20	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.2
33	12-21	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
34	13-21	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
35	13-22	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
36	14-22	G WASH	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
37	14-23	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	·
38	15-23	G WASH	GMU	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		·
39	15-24	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Abby Markworth	·
40	16-24	G WASH	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	·
41	17-24	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		·
42	18-24	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
43	18-25	GMU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	·

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 Washington def. George Mason 3–0

Cayla Cogan hit .360 on 25 swings as George Washington edged George Mason.