Northwestern State vs West Ga. Volleyball: West Ga. Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026

0:3

West Ga. beat visiting Northwestern St. 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-23) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. West Ga.'s Valiree Schmus led with 14 kills, and Giorgia Mandotti added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NW ST	17	19	23	0
W GA	25	25	25	3

Win probability

West Ga. above 50 · Northwestern St. below

Biggest swing: 3.4% to West Ga. — set 3, NW ST 23-25 W GA. Attack error by Amber Craig. W GA win probability 97% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW ST 35.6%64.4% W GA

Northwestern St. wins

3-0

7.3%

3-1

12.8%

3-2

15.5%

West Ga. wins

3-0

19.7%

3-1

24.7%

3-2

20.0%

NW ST break %: 42.4% vs this opp
W GA break %: 45.3% 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
Amber CraigAttack error+3.4%
Attack error by Amber Craig
Set 3 · NW ST 23-25 W GA · W GA 97% → 100%
02
Valiree SchmusAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Valiree Schmus
Set 2 · NW ST 12-12 W GA · NW ST 18% → 21%
03
West Ga.Ace+2.6%
West Ga. ace
Set 2 · NW ST 12-14 W GA · W GA 81% → 84%
04
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+2.6%
Point Northwestern St. (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 2 · NW ST 14-15 W GA · NW ST 16% → 18%
05
West Ga.Ace+2.6%
West Ga. ace on Valerie Brown
Set 2 · NW ST 14-17 W GA · W GA 84% → 87%
06
Valiree SchmusKill+2.5%
Kill by Valiree Schmus (set by Anezka Ourednikova)
Set 2 · NW ST 10-11 W GA · W GA 79% → 81%
07
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+2.5%
Point West Ga. (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 2 · NW ST 10-10 W GA · W GA 76% → 79%
08
Grace-Blythe CornettKill+2.4%
Kill by Grace-Blythe Cornett (set by Anezka Ourednikova)
Set 2 · NW ST 10-12 W GA · W GA 81% → 84%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwestern St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
17Elsie SanchezOH	3	8	6	30	.067	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	9
22Olivia NziokiMB	3	9	4	21	.238	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9
6Amber CraigOH	3	9	3	20	.300	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
4Kenadii WinfreyMB	3	6	2	13	.308	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	7
11Jade LongladS	3	1	0	5	.200	31	2	0	3	0	1	1	4
7Harper CauleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0
16Anna Claire HebertS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
2Emmarie McFarlandL/DS	3	0	1	2	-.500	3	0	2	17	0	0	0	0
12Valerie BrownL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0
14Ana GjorgjievskaOH	2	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5Gillian WolfOH	1	1	0	8	.125	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Team totals		36	17	105	.181	35	4	8	45	9	1	1	59

West Ga.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Valiree SchmusOH	3	14	5	35	.257	2	2	1	7	0	1	0	1	17
10Grace-Blythe CornettOH	3	10	0	15	.667	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	10
1Brooke McCallOH	3	9	5	28	.143	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
24Maddy KirmerMB	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
12Milena CetkovicMB	3	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3.5	3.5
18Anezka OurednikovaS	3	2	0	4	.500	29	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	2
9Adriana MedranoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	4	1	8	0	0	0	0	4
7Cassie ThayseOPP	3	0	0	2	.000	0	2	3	7	0	0	0	0	2
15Giorgia MandottiL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	2	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	1
20Allison BowserOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	10	95	.295	37	9	7	46	4	5	2	6	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 4 NW ST · W GA 5

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 NW STW GA 5

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 NW STW GA 5

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 3 NW STW GA 5

Bars above the line = West Ga. leads, below = Northwestern St. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern St.

No clean sets to split.

West Ga.

No clean sets to split.

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 (0 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

134 rallies

#	NW ST-W GA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W GA	W GA×4	Ace	West Ga.	aced Elsie Sanchez	+2.2
2	0-2	W GA	W GA×4	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+2.1
3	0-3	W GA	W GA×4	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+2.0
4	0-4	W GA	W GA×4	Serve err	West Ga.		+1.8
5	1-4	W GA	NW ST	Serve err	West Ga.		+1.3
6	1-5		W GA	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.4
7	2-5	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+1.3
8	2-6	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.5
9	3-6	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig		+1.4
10	4-6	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
11	4-7	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.7
12	5-7	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.6
13	6-7	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+2.3
14	6-8	NW ST	W GA×3	Kill	Valiree Schmus		+1.9
15	6-9	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+2.3
16	6-10	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+2.0
17	7-10	W GA	NW ST	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+1.4
18	7-11		W GA	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.6
19	8-11	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.5
20	8-12	NW ST	W GA×3	Attack err	Emmarie McFarland		+1.6
21	8-13	W GA	W GA×3	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Milena Cetkovic	+1.8
22	8-14	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+1.4
23	9-14	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+0.9
24	9-15	NW ST	W GA	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.1
25	9-16	W GA	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.0
26	10-16	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+0.6
27	10-17	NW ST	W GA	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+0.7
28	11-17	W GA	NW ST	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.5
29	11-18	NW ST	W GA×5	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+0.7
30	11-19	W GA	W GA×5	Ace	West Ga.	aced Elsie Sanchez	+0.6
31	11-20	W GA	W GA×5	Kill	Maddy Kirmer	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.3
32	11-21	W GA	W GA×5	Attack err	Ana Gjorgjievska		+0.1
33	11-22	W GA	W GA×5	Ace	West Ga.	aced Valerie Brown	+0.1
34	12-22	W GA	NW ST×3	Serve err	West Ga.		·
35	13-22		NW ST	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			·
36	14-22	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.1
37	14-23	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Maddy Kirmer		+0.1
38	15-23	W GA	NW ST	Attack err	Maddy Kirmer		·
39	16-23	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Emmarie McFarland	+0.1
40	16-24	NW ST	W GA	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+0.1
41	17-24	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	·
42	17-25	NW ST	W GA	Serve err	Northwestern St.		·
Set 2
1	1-0	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Brooke McCall	+2.0
2	2-0	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Emmarie McFarland	+2.1
3	2-1	NW ST	W GA	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Brooke McCall, Milena Cetkovic	+1.5
4	3-1	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+1.7
5	4-1	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Grace-Blythe Cornett	+2.1
6	4-2	NW ST	W GA×3	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.5
7	4-3	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Amber Craig		+2.1
8–9	5-4		NW ST · W GA	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.4
10	6-4	NW ST	NW ST×4	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+2.3
11	7-4	NW ST	NW ST×4	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+2.3
12	8-4		NW ST	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.2
13	8-5	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.5
14	9-5	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
15	9-6		W GA	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.5
16	9-7	W GA	W GA	Ace	West Ga.	aced Elsie Sanchez	+2.2
17	10-7	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Jade Longlad	set Giorgia Mandotti	+1.9
18	10-8	NW ST	W GA×5	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.7
19	10-9	W GA	W GA×5	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Adriana Medrano	+2.4
20	10-10		W GA	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.5
21	10-11	W GA	W GA×5	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+2.5
22	10-12	W GA	W GA×5	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+2.4
23	11-12	W GA	NW ST	Serve err	West Ga.		+1.8
24	12-12	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+2.6
25	12-13	NW ST	W GA×3	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+2.1
26	12-14	W GA	W GA×3	Ace	West Ga.		+2.6
27–29	14-15		NW ST 2 · W GA	NCAA feed gap3 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.9
30	14-16	NW ST	W GA×3	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+2.2
31	14-17	W GA	W GA×3	Ace	West Ga.	aced Valerie Brown	+2.6
32	14-18	W GA	W GA×3	Bad set	Jade Longlad		+2.1
33	15-18	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+1.3
34	16-18	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.		+2.3
35	16-19		W GA	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.2
36	16-20	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+2.2
37–38	17-21		NW ST · W GA	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.8
39	17-22	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.1
40	18-22	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.6
41	18-23	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.0
42	18-24		W GA	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.5
43	19-24	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+0.1
44	19-25	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
Set 3
1	1-0	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.9
2	1-1	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.9
3	1-2	W GA	W GA	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+1.1
4	2-2	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.9
5	2-3	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.9
6	3-3	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.9
7	4-3	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+1.2
8	4-4	NW ST	W GA×5	Kill	Anezka Ourednikova		+0.9
9	4-5	W GA	W GA×5	Ace	West Ga.	aced Elsie Sanchez	+1.2
10	4-6	W GA	W GA×5	Kill	Valiree Schmus		+1.2
11	4-7	W GA	W GA×5	Ace	West Ga.		+1.1
12	4-8	W GA	W GA×5	Kill	Valiree Schmus		+1.0
13	5-8		NW ST	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.7
14	6-8	NW ST	NW ST×3	Bad set	Anezka Ourednikova		+1.1
15	7-8	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+1.2
16	7-9	NW ST	W GA×4	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.0
17	7-10	W GA	W GA×4	Bad set	Jade Longlad		+1.2
18	7-11	W GA	W GA×4	Blocked	Kenadii Winfrey	blk Valiree Schmus	+1.0
19	7-12	W GA	W GA×4	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.9
20	8-12	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+0.6
21	8-13	NW ST	W GA	Attack err	Amber Craig		+0.7
22	9-13	W GA	NW ST×3	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+0.6
23	10-13		NW ST	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.9
24	11-13	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.2
25	11-14	NW ST	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+1.0
26–27	12-15		NW ST · W GA	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.4
28	12-16	NW ST	W GA	Blocked	Olivia Nzioki	blk Maddy Kirmer	+0.9
29	12-17	W GA	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+0.9
30	13-17	W GA	NW ST	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.5
31	14-17	NW ST	NW ST	Bad set	Anezka Ourednikova		+1.0
32	14-18	NW ST	W GA	Bad set	Anezka Ourednikova		+0.9
33	14-19	W GA	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall		+0.9
34	15-19	W GA	NW ST	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.5
35	16-19	NW ST	NW ST	Blocked	Brooke McCall	blk Jade Longlad	+0.9
36	16-20	NW ST	W GA	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.0
37	17-20	W GA	NW ST×3	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+0.7
38	18-20	NW ST	NW ST×3	Ace	Northwestern St.		+1.3
39	19-20	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+1.9
40	19-21		W GA	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.8
41	20-21	W GA	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.5
42	20-22	NW ST	W GA×3	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+2.0
43	20-23	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+1.9
44	20-24	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+1.1
45	21-24		NW ST	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.3
46	22-24	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+0.8
47	23-24	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+1.9
48	23-25	NW ST	W GA	Attack err	Amber Craig		+3.4

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern St. 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).

West Ga. def. Northwestern St. 3–0