West Ga. vs Kennesaw State: Kennesaw State Wins 3-0 (Sep 4)

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026

0:3

Kennesaw St. beat visiting West Ga. 3-0 (25-23, 25-9, 25-21) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026. Kennesaw St.'s Haley Patterson led with 14 kills, and Alexis Sowers added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W GA	23	9	21	0
KENSAW	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Kennesaw St. above 50 · West Ga. below

Biggest swing: 1.7% to Kennesaw St. — set 1, W GA 23-25 KENSAW. Kill by Haley Patterson (set by Kourtney Brown). KENSAW win probability 96% → 98%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W GA 4.4%95.6% KENSAW

West Ga. wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.2%

3-2

2.7%

Kennesaw St. wins

3-0

57.1%

3-1

29.2%

3-2

9.3%

W GA break %: 37.7% vs this opp
KENSAW break %: 50.8% 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
Haley PattersonKill+1.7%
Kill by Haley Patterson (set by Kourtney Brown)
Set 1 · W GA 23-25 KENSAW · KENSAW 96% → 98%
02
Olivia BurrageKill+1.4%
Kill by Olivia Burrage (set by Kourtney Brown)
Set 1 · W GA 22-24 KENSAW · KENSAW 96% → 97%
03
Ava GarnerKill+1.2%
Kill by Ava Garner (set by Kourtney Brown)
Set 1 · W GA 21-23 KENSAW · KENSAW 95% → 97%
04
Haley PattersonAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Haley Patterson
Set 1 · W GA 21-22 KENSAW · W GA 3% → 5%
05
Grace-Blythe CornettKill+1.1%
Kill by Grace-Blythe Cornett (set by Anezka Ourednikova)
Set 1 · W GA 12-10 KENSAW · W GA 6% → 7%
06
Ashley TheissKill+1.0%
Kill by Ashley Theiss (set by Kourtney Brown)
Set 1 · W GA 13-13 KENSAW · KENSAW 93% → 94%
07
Grace-Blythe Cornett&Milena CetkovicBlock+1.0%
Haley Patterson stuffed by Grace-Blythe Cornett & Milena Cetkovic
Set 1 · W GA 22-23 KENSAW · W GA 3% → 4%
08
Valiree SchmusKill+1.0%
Kill by Valiree Schmus (set by Anezka Ourednikova)
Set 1 · W GA 13-11 KENSAW · W GA 7% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

West Ga.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Brooke McCallOH	3	11	3	25	.320	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	11
10Grace-Blythe CornettOH	3	7	3	24	.167	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
13Valiree SchmusOH	3	8	5	29	.103	0	0	1	11	4	0	0	0	8
12Milena CetkovicMB	3	2	0	11	.182	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
24Maddy KirmerMB	3	2	2	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
18Anezka OurednikovaS	3	0	0	2	.000	26	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
9Adriana MedranoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6Cassie ThayseOPP	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15Giorgia MandottiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
3Giovana RibeiroOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
4Courtney JosephMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	13	102	.167	27	1	7	32	5	1	6	4	53

Kennesaw St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Haley PattersonMB	3	14	8	38	.158	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
14Olivia BurrageMB	3	12	1	16	.688	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	14
13Ashley TheissOH	3	6	2	17	.235	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
6Kourtney BrownS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	41	3	2	8	0	1	2	2	5
7Ava GarnerMB	3	3	1	5	.400	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
12Gracie PynesDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
16Ashlyn AndersonOH	3	10	0	14	.714	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
5Alexis SowersDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	18	0	0	0	0	1
9Abby KaminskiDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4Maggie ByrdMB	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
2Ava HoltzDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Hunter CookOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Kaeley WalzS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Madelyn LincicumMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	13	95	.358	46	5	9	45	1	1	10	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 3 W GA · KENSAW 6

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 3 W GAKENSAW 5

Set 2

9-25

Longest run 2 W GAKENSAW 6

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 2 W GAKENSAW 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

West Ga.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	46%6/13
2	40%8/20	33%4/12
3	60%6/10	20%2/10
4	63%5/8	25%2/8
5	100%5/5	17%1/6
6	36%5/14	17%1/6
All	51%37/73	29%16/55

Kennesaw St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	60%9/15
2	73%8/11	58%11/19
3	78%7/9	46%6/13
4	75%6/8	40%4/10
5	83%5/6	29%2/7
6	83%5/6	44%4/9
All	71%39/55	49%36/73

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

128 rallies

#	W GA-KENSAW	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	W GA	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Kourtney Brown	+0.6
2	1-1	W GA	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Ava Garner	+0.4
3	1-2	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.5
4	1-3	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Valiree Schmus	+0.4
5	2-3	KENSAW	W GA×3	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.4
6	3-3	W GA	W GA×3	Blocked	Haley Patterson	blk Milena Cetkovic, Grace-Blythe Cornett	+0.6
7	4-3	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.7
8	4-4	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.5
9	5-4	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.6
10	6-4	W GA	W GA	Blocked	Olivia Burrage	blk Maddy Kirmer	+0.9
11	6-5	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.6
12	6-6	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Ashley Theiss	set Kourtney Brown	+0.7
13	7-6	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Maddy Kirmer	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.7
14	7-7	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.6
15	7-8	KENSAW	KENSAW	Blocked	Maddy Kirmer	blk Ashley Theiss, Ava Garner	+0.7
16	8-8	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.6
17	8-9	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.5
18	9-9	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.6
19	9-10	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ava Garner	set Kourtney Brown	+0.6
20	10-10	KENSAW	W GA×3	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.7
21	11-10	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Kourtney Brown		+1.0
22	12-10	W GA	W GA×3	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.1
23	12-11	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.8
24	13-11	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+1.0
25	13-12	W GA	KENSAW×5	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.8
26	13-13	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Kill	Ashley Theiss	set Kourtney Brown	+1.0
27	13-14	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.9
28	13-15	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Valiree Schmus	+0.8
29	13-16	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Alexis Sowers	+0.6
30	14-16	KENSAW	W GA	Attack err	Haley Patterson		+0.5
31	14-17	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.5
32	15-17	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.5
33	16-17	W GA	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.9
34	16-18	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.7
35	17-18	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.8
36	17-19	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.8
37	18-19	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.8
38	18-20	W GA	KENSAW×3	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.9
39	18-21	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.8
40	18-22	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Ashley Theiss	set Kourtney Brown	+0.5
41	19-22	KENSAW	W GA×3	Attack err	Haley Patterson		+0.3
42	20-22	W GA	W GA×3	Blocked	Haley Patterson	blk Milena Cetkovic, Grace-Blythe Cornett	+0.7
43	21-22	W GA	W GA×3	Attack err	Haley Patterson		+1.2
44	21-23	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ava Garner	set Kourtney Brown	+1.2
45	22-23	KENSAW	W GA	Blocked	Haley Patterson	blk Grace-Blythe Cornett, Milena Cetkovic	+1.0
46	22-24	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+1.4
47	23-24	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.9
48	23-25	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+1.7
Set 2
1	0-1	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.3
2	0-2	KENSAW	KENSAW	Blocked	Grace-Blythe Cornett	blk Olivia Burrage, Kourtney Brown	+0.3
3	1-2	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.2
4	1-3	W GA	KENSAW×3	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.2
5	1-4	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Blocked	Brooke McCall	blk Olivia Burrage, Ashlyn Anderson	+0.2
6	1-5	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Valiree Schmus	+0.2
7	2-5	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
8	2-6	W GA	KENSAW	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.2
9	3-6	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
10	3-7	W GA	KENSAW	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.2
11	3-8	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
12	4-8	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.1
13	4-9	W GA	KENSAW	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+0.1
14	5-9	KENSAW	W GA	Attack err	Ava Garner		+0.1
15	5-10	W GA	KENSAW×5	Kill	Ashley Theiss	set Kourtney Brown	+0.1
16	5-11	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Blocked	Valiree Schmus	blk Kourtney Brown	+0.1
17	5-12	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Bad set	Anezka Ourednikova		+0.1
18	5-13	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Kill	Ava Garner	set Kourtney Brown	+0.1
19	5-14	KENSAW	KENSAW×5	Bad set	Milena Cetkovic		·
20	6-14	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		·
21	6-15	W GA	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	·
22	6-16	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	·
23	6-17	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	·
24	7-17	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	·
25	8-17	W GA	W GA	Attack err	Haley Patterson		·
26	8-18	W GA	KENSAW×6	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	·
27	8-19	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	·
28	8-20	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	·
29	8-21	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Ashlyn Anderson	·
30	8-22	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Valiree Schmus	·
31	8-23	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	·
32	9-23	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	·
33	9-24	W GA	KENSAW	Serve err	West Ga.		·
34	9-25	KENSAW	KENSAW	Attack err	Maddy Kirmer		·
Set 3
1	1-0	W GA	W GA	Kill	Milena Cetkovic	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
2	1-1	W GA	KENSAW	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+0.1
3	2-1	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
4	3-1	W GA	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
5	3-2	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
6	4-2	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Milena Cetkovic	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
7	4-3	W GA	KENSAW	Serve err	West Ga.		+0.2
8	5-3	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Maddy Kirmer	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
9	6-3	W GA	W GA	Attack err	Ashley Theiss		+0.3
10	6-4	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
11	6-5	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Maggie Byrd	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
12	7-5	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.2
13	7-6	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashley Theiss	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
14	8-6	KENSAW	W GA	Attack err	Haley Patterson		+0.2
15	9-6	W GA	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.3
16	9-7	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
17	10-7	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.3
18	10-8	W GA	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
19	10-9	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Attack err	Grace-Blythe Cornett		+0.3
20	10-10	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
21	11-10	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.2
22	11-11	W GA	KENSAW	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.2
23	12-11	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
24	12-12	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
25	12-13	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Maggie Byrd	set Kourtney Brown	+0.3
26	13-13	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Grace-Blythe Cornett	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
27	13-14	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
28	14-14	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
29	15-14	W GA	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.4
30	15-15	W GA	KENSAW	Bad set	Anezka Ourednikova		+0.3
31	16-15	KENSAW	W GA	Attack err	Ashley Theiss		+0.3
32	16-16	W GA	KENSAW×4	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Alexis Sowers	+0.3
33	16-17	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Blocked	Valiree Schmus	blk Kourtney Brown, Olivia Burrage	+0.3
34	16-18	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.3
35	16-19	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Attack err	Valiree Schmus		+0.2
36	17-19	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Cassie Thayse	+0.2
37	17-20	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown	+0.2
38	18-20	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Valiree Schmus	set Anezka Ourednikova	+0.2
39	18-21	W GA	KENSAW	Blocked	Grace-Blythe Cornett	blk Olivia Burrage, Haley Patterson	+0.2
40	18-22	KENSAW	KENSAW	Attack err	Brooke McCall		+0.2
41	19-22	KENSAW	W GA	Serve err	Kennesaw St.		+0.1
42	20-22	W GA	W GA	Ace	Giovana Ribeiro		+0.2
43	20-23	W GA	KENSAW	Serve err	Giovana Ribeiro		+0.2
44	20-24	KENSAW	KENSAW	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Anezka Ourednikova	+0.1
45	21-24	KENSAW	W GA	Kill	Brooke McCall	set Anezka Ourednikova	·
46	21-25	W GA	KENSAW	Kill	Ashley Theiss	set Alexis Sowers	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, West Ga. 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).

Kennesaw St. def. West Ga. 3–0