Dayton vs George Mason Volleyball: Dayton Wins 3-0 (Oct 31)

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Dayton 86.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 10:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Dayton won at George Mason 3-0 (25-18, 30-28, 25-18) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Kamryn Hunt and Gabriela Machin Borges led Dayton with 9 kills each; George Mason's Kiera Hamilton had a match-high 19.

Data through Nov 3, 10:15 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
DAYTON	25	30	25	3
GMU	18	28	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Dayton outhit George Mason .337 to .160.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.0 points, and George Mason's high was 17% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Dayton at 86%.

DaytonGeorge Mason

Break %+13.0 pts
46.833.8
On serve: 37/79 against 22/65 (George Mason sideout 53.2%).
Hitting+.177
.337.160
Kills and errors: 44–10 vs 40–23.

George Mason above 50Dayton belowMax swing 5.0%

DaytonGeorge Mason

Aces: Dayton 4·George Mason 3
Serve err: Dayton 9·George Mason 8
Blocks: Dayton 8·George Mason 20 BS · 16 BA vs 2 BS · 0 BA
Digs: Dayton 37·George Mason 42

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

George Mason above 50 · Dayton below

Biggest swing: 5.0% to George Mason — set 2, DAYTON 25-26 GMU. Attack error by Sidney Sprada. GMU win probability 9% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DAYTON 86.6%13.4% GMU

Dayton wins

3-0

39.2%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

15.9%

George Mason wins

3-0

1.9%

3-1

4.2%

3-2

7.2%

DAYTON break %: 44.3% vs this opp
GMU break %: 35.9% 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
Sidney SpradaAttack error+5.0%
Attack error by Sidney Sprada
Set 2 · DAYTON 25-26 GMU · GMU 9% → 14%
02
Rylee KinnellAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Rylee Kinnell
Set 2 · DAYTON 25-24 GMU · DAYTON 90% → 94%
03
Sidney SpradaKill+4.4%
Kill by Sidney Sprada (set by Rylee Sloss)
Set 2 · DAYTON 28-27 GMU · DAYTON 90% → 94%
04
George MasonAce+4.0%
George Mason ace on Ava Liening
Set 2 · DAYTON 22-23 GMU · GMU 9% → 13%
05
Ava Liening&Rylee SlossBlock+3.6%
Nia Thompson stuffed by Ava Liening & Rylee Sloss
Set 2 · DAYTON 30-28 GMU · DAYTON 94% → 98%
06
George MasonService error+3.5%
George Mason service error
Set 2 · DAYTON 24-24 GMU · DAYTON 86% → 90%
07
Gabriela Machin BorgesKill+3.5%
Kill by Gabriela Machin Borges (set by Rylee Sloss)
Set 2 · DAYTON 26-26 GMU · DAYTON 86% → 90%
08
DaytonService error+3.5%
Dayton service error
Set 2 · DAYTON 26-27 GMU · GMU 10% → 14%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Daytonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Kamryn HuntOH	3	9	2	30	.233	2	1	1	9	0	2	1	11
19Charlotte VinsonOH	3	6	4	18	.111	2	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
22Sidney SpradaOH	3	5	1	9	.444	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	6
20Ava LieningMB	3	4	1	6	.500	0	0	0	0	1	3	1.5	5.5
3Abigail CresseMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	5
9Natalie HarringtonS	3	0	0	1	.000	11	0	2	7	0	0	0	0
16Gabriela Machin BorgesOH	3	9	2	14	.500	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	9
1Kaleigh MerittOH	3	8	0	16	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
12Rylee SlossS	3	0	0	0	–	20	2	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
31Lily BarryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
8Morgan AslesonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	10	0	0	0	0
10Emily HardenS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	10	101	.337	40	4	9	37	3	16	8	80

George Masonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
5Kiera HamiltonOH	3	19	10	41	.220	1	0	0	7	1	1	1	20
11Nia ThompsonOH	3	11	5	29	.207	3	1	0	9	2	0	0	12
12Ava CheneyS	3	1	2	3	-.333	29	1	1	2	0	0	0	2
20Meredith BrownMB	3	1	1	11	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9Avery BookerOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
10Jenna HuntMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Rylee KinnellOH	3	6	3	13	.231	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
1Mia HazelettMB	3	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	2
18Autumn Martinez-RobinsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	2	15	1	0	0	1
4Caroline RodriguezOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Jordan LucasL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	23	106	.160	39	3	8	42	4	2	2	64

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.

Dayton vs George Mason

Season series · Dayton leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 30, 2026Dayton at George Mason · Dayton won 3-1Result →
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Dayton at George Mason · Dayton won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 DAYTON · GMU 3

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 DAYTONGMU 3

Set 2

30-28

Longest run 4 DAYTONGMU 3

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 3 DAYTONGMU 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Dayton

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	89%8/9	30%3/10
2	50%8/16	38%5/13
3	70%7/10	53%8/15
4	58%7/12	46%6/13
5	64%7/11	50%7/14
6	86%6/7	57%8/14
All	66%43/65	47%37/79

George Mason

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	0%0/7
2	54%7/13	33%4/12
3	64%7/11	46%6/13
4	50%7/14	42%5/12
5	50%7/14	30%3/10
6	43%6/14	36%4/11
All	53%42/79	34%22/65

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

144 rallies

#	DAYTON-GMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.3
2	1-1	DAYTON	GMU	Serve err	Dayton		+0.9
3	2-1	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Sidney Sprada	set Lily Barry	+0.9
4	2-2	DAYTON	GMU×3	Serve err	Dayton		+1.0
5	2-3	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason	aced Lily Barry	+1.6
6	2-4	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Nia Thompson	+1.8
7	3-4	GMU	DAYTON×3	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+1.1
8	4-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kamryn Hunt		+1.6
9	5-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.5
10	5-5	DAYTON	GMU	Serve err	Dayton		+1.1
11	5-6	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Charlotte Vinson		+1.8
12	6-6	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+1.1
13	6-7	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.3
14	7-7	GMU	DAYTON×3	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+1.1
15	8-7	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Ava Cheney		+1.7
16	9-7	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.5
17	9-8	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
18	10-8	GMU	DAYTON×3	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+1.0
19	11-8	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Natalie Harrington	+1.3
20	12-8	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Ava Cheney		+1.1
21	12-9	DAYTON	GMU	Serve err	Dayton		+0.6
22	13-9	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.7
23	13-10	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Kiera Hamilton	+0.6
24	13-11	GMU	GMU	Kill	Jenna Hunt	set Ava Cheney	+1.3
25	14-11	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.9
26	14-12	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.9
27	15-12	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Natalie Harrington	+1.0
28	15-13	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.9
29	16-13	GMU	DAYTON×4	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+1.0
30	17-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+1.2
31	18-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.8
32	19-13	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Ace	Rylee Sloss	aced Nia Thompson	+0.5
33	19-14	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.2
34	19-15	GMU	GMU	Bad set	Ava Liening		+0.5
35	20-15	GMU	DAYTON×3	Serve err	George Mason		+0.5
36	21-15	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Ace	Kamryn Hunt	aced Kiera Hamilton	+0.4
37	22-15	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Ava Liening		+0.2
38	22-16	DAYTON	GMU×3	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Ava Cheney	·
39	22-17	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Avery Booker	+0.1
40	22-18	GMU	GMU×3	Blocked	Gabriela Machin Borges	blk Kiera Hamilton	+0.3
41	23-18	GMU	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+0.4
42	24-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Blocked	Meredith Brown	blk Kaleigh Meritt, Abigail Cresse	+0.2
43	25-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Nia Thompson		·
Set 2
1	1-0	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Sidney Sprada	set Charlotte Vinson	+0.6
2	1-1	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Ava Cheney		+0.7
3	1-2	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Charlotte Vinson		+1.1
4	2-2	GMU	DAYTON	Serve err	George Mason		+0.7
5	2-3	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+0.8
6	3-3	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.7
7	3-4	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+0.8
8	3-5	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.3
9	4-5	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+0.8
10	5-5	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.2
11	5-6	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.9
12	5-7	GMU	GMU	Bad set	Rylee Sloss		+1.4
13	6-7	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.8
14	6-8	DAYTON	GMU	Attack err	Gabriela Machin Borges		+1.0
15	7-8	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.9
16	8-8	DAYTON	DAYTON	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Abigail Cresse, Charlotte Vinson	+1.3
17	8-9	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Meredith Brown	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
18	9-9	GMU	DAYTON×3	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.9
19	10-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Ace	Sidney Sprada	aced Nia Thompson	+1.3
20	11-9	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Sidney Sprada	set Charlotte Vinson	+1.2
21	11-10	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.8
22	11-11	GMU	GMU	Ace	George Mason	aced Lily Barry	+1.4
23	12-11	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Natalie Harrington	+0.9
24	12-12	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
25	13-12	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Lily Barry	+0.9
26	13-13	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.0
27	14-13	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Ava Liening	set Rylee Sloss	+1.0
28	14-14	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Ava Cheney	+1.1
29	15-14	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+1.0
30	15-15	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Meredith Brown	+1.1
31	16-15	GMU	DAYTON	Serve err	George Mason		+1.1
32	16-16	DAYTON	GMU	Serve err	Dayton		+1.2
33	17-16	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Kamryn Hunt	+1.2
34	17-17	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+1.3
35	17-18	GMU	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Nia Thompson	+2.3
36	18-18	GMU	DAYTON×4	Kill	Abigail Cresse	set Natalie Harrington	+1.4
37	19-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Attack err	Nia Thompson		+2.1
38	20-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Ava Liening, Charlotte Vinson	+1.9
39	21-18	DAYTON	DAYTON×4	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Ava Liening, Kamryn Hunt	+1.4
40	21-19	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.7
41	21-20	GMU	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+1.7
42	22-20	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+1.4
43	22-21	DAYTON	GMU×3	Serve err	Dayton		+1.2
44	22-22	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+2.9
45	22-23	GMU	GMU×3	Ace	George Mason	aced Ava Liening	+4.0
46	23-23	GMU	DAYTON	Attack err	Gabriela Machin Borges		+2.5
47	23-24	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+3.5
48	24-24	GMU	DAYTON	Serve err	George Mason		+3.5
49	25-24	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Rylee Kinnell		+4.4
50	25-25	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+2.8
51	25-26	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Sidney Sprada		+5.0
52	26-26	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+3.5
53	26-27	DAYTON	GMU	Serve err	Dayton		+3.5
54	27-27	GMU	DAYTON	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+3.5
55	28-27	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Sidney Sprada	set Rylee Sloss	+4.4
56	28-28	DAYTON	GMU	Serve err	Dayton		+2.8
57	29-28	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+2.8
58	30-28	DAYTON	DAYTON	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Ava Liening, Rylee Sloss	+3.6
Set 3
1	0-1	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
2	1-1	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Sidney Sprada	set Lily Barry	+0.3
3	1-2	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Mia Hazelett	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
4	1-3	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Kamryn Hunt		+0.6
5	2-3	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Natalie Harrington	+0.4
6	2-4	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+0.4
7	3-4	GMU	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Rylee Kinnell		+0.4
8	4-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Mia Hazelett		+0.5
9	5-4	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Ace	Rylee Sloss	aced Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+0.5
10	5-5	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	+0.4
11	6-5	GMU	DAYTON	Serve err	George Mason		+0.3
12	7-5	DAYTON	DAYTON	Attack err	Kiera Hamilton		+0.5
13	7-6	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Nia Thompson	+0.3
14	8-6	GMU	DAYTON×3	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	+0.3
15	9-6	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.4
16	10-6	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges		+0.3
17	10-7	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.2
18	11-7	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Kamryn Hunt	+0.2
19	12-7	DAYTON	DAYTON	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Charlotte Vinson, Abigail Cresse	+0.3
20	12-8	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.2
21	13-8	GMU	DAYTON×3	Serve err	George Mason		+0.2
22	14-8	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Blocked	Nia Thompson	blk Charlotte Vinson, Abigail Cresse	+0.2
23	15-8	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Blocked	Kiera Hamilton	blk Charlotte Vinson, Kamryn Hunt	+0.1
24	15-9	DAYTON	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Autumn Martinez-Robinson	+0.1
25	15-10	GMU	GMU×3	Attack err	Charlotte Vinson		+0.1
26	15-11	GMU	GMU×3	Kill	Nia Thompson	set Ava Cheney	+0.2
27	16-11	GMU	DAYTON×3	Serve err	George Mason		+0.2
28	17-11	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Mia Hazelett		+0.2
29	18-11	DAYTON	DAYTON×3	Attack err	Rylee Kinnell		+0.1
30	18-12	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
31	18-13	GMU	GMU	Blocked	Charlotte Vinson	blk Mia Hazelett	+0.1
32	19-13	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Charlotte Vinson	set Lily Barry	+0.1
33	20-13	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Kamryn Hunt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.1
34	20-14	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Rylee Kinnell	set Ava Cheney	·
35	20-15	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Kamryn Hunt		+0.1
36	21-15	GMU	DAYTON	Serve err	George Mason		+0.1
37	22-15	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Morgan Asleson	+0.1
38	22-16	DAYTON	GMU	Serve err	Dayton		·
39	22-17	GMU	GMU	Attack err	Ava Liening		+0.1
40	23-17	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Kaleigh Meritt	set Rylee Sloss	+0.1
41	24-17	DAYTON	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	·
42	24-18	DAYTON	GMU	Kill	Kiera Hamilton	set Ava Cheney	·
43	25-18	GMU	DAYTON	Kill	Gabriela Machin Borges	set Rylee Sloss	·

Score shown after each rally, Dayton 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).

Dayton def. George Mason 3–0

Dayton outhit George Mason .337 to .160.