Georgetown vs Howard Volleyball: Georgetown Wins 3-0

FinalThu, Sep 17, 2026

3:0

Georgetown won at Howard 3-0 (26-24, 25-11, 25-19) on Thu, Sep 17, 2026. Berkeley Ploder led Georgetown with 8 kills; Howard's Addison Buckner had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
GTOWN	26	25	25	3
HOWARD	24	11	19	0

Win probability

Howard above 50 · Georgetown below

Biggest swing: 5.4% to Howard — set 1, GTOWN 24-24 HOWARD. Grace Albaugh stuffed by Haarachi Umenwaliri & Alexys James. HOWARD win probability 10% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GTOWN 87.3%12.7% HOWARD

Georgetown wins

3-0

40.2%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.5%

Howard wins

3-0

1.8%

3-1

4.0%

3-2

6.9%

GTOWN break %: 46.6% vs this opp
HOWARD break %: 37.9% 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
Haarachi Umenwaliri&Alexys JamesBlock+5.4%
Grace Albaugh stuffed by Haarachi Umenwaliri & Alexys James
Set 1 · GTOWN 24-24 HOWARD · HOWARD 10% → 15%
02
Alexys JamesAttack error+4.7%
Attack error by Alexys James
Set 1 · GTOWN 26-24 HOWARD · GTOWN 89% → 94%
03
Juleigh UrbinaKill+4.1%
Kill by Juleigh Urbina (set by Juleigh Urbina)
Set 1 · GTOWN 25-24 HOWARD · GTOWN 85% → 89%
04
Grace AlbaughAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Grace Albaugh
Set 1 · GTOWN 19-19 HOWARD · HOWARD 12% → 15%
05
HowardService error+2.6%
Howard service error
Set 1 · GTOWN 24-22 HOWARD · GTOWN 89% → 92%
06
Addison BucknerAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Addison Buckner
Set 1 · GTOWN 21-19 HOWARD · GTOWN 87% → 90%
07
Avery LewisAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Avery Lewis
Set 1 · GTOWN 23-22 HOWARD · HOWARD 8% → 11%
08
Avery LewisKill+2.1%
Kill by Avery Lewis (set by Juleigh Urbina)
Set 1 · GTOWN 20-19 HOWARD · GTOWN 85% → 87%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Georgetownaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Berkeley PloderMB	3	8	1	17	.412	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	5.5	13.5
4Avery LewisOPP	3	6	3	18	.167	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	2	9
15Grace AlbaughOH	3	6	4	11	.182	2	1	2	5	1	0	2	1	8
9Kamryn Lee-CaracciMB	3	5	1	7	.571	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	7.5
11Katherine McGregorOH	3	5	1	13	.308	1	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	7
20Juleigh UrbinaS	3	4	0	7	.571	23	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	4
3Taylor MercadoDS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	1	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	2
5Jessica LeeL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
1Alexis AndersonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Natalie NguyenS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	11	76	.303	28	4	8	29	2	5	16	13	76

Howardhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Addison BucknerOH	3	12	8	34	.118	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	12
18Zenai JethroeMB	3	7	4	16	.188	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
5Alexys JamesS	3	5	6	17	-.059	16	1	2	5	0	2	1	7
0Haarachi UmenwaliriMB	2	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
6Sydnei JonesS	2	0	0	0	–	9	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
20Gabby AllenL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
13Dayion JohnsonOH	3	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0
2Estrella VazquezS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17Tiana StubbsMB	2	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
7Easnadh Nobel TooloOH	2	1	1	4	.000	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
33Kennedi WrightOH	2	0	1	2	-.500	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0
22Corinne HowardOH	1	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Team totals		32	22	88	.114	27	2	15	26	4	8	4	54

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 5 GTOWN · HOWARD 4

Set 1

26-24

Longest run 4 GTOWNHOWARD 3

Set 2

25-11

Longest run 5 GTOWNHOWARD 2

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 3 GTOWNHOWARD 4

Bars above the line = Howard leads, below = Georgetown leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Georgetown

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	59%10/17
2	64%7/11	53%8/15
3	100%7/7	50%7/14
4	78%7/9	13%1/8
5	75%6/8	45%5/11
6	63%5/8	50%5/10
All	73%40/55	48%36/75

Howard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%8/18	40%4/10
2	44%7/16	27%3/11
3	64%7/11	36%4/11
4	55%6/11	0%0/7
5	55%6/11	33%3/9
6	63%5/8	14%1/7
All	52%39/75	27%15/55

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

130 rallies

#	GTOWN-HOWARD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+1.0
2	0-2	HOWARD	HOWARD	Bad set	Grace Albaugh		+1.5
3	1-2	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+1.0
4	1-3	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe		+1.2
5	2-3	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Avery Lewis	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.0
6	2-4	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.2
7	3-4	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+1.1
8	3-5	GTOWN	HOWARD	Serve err	Georgetown		+1.3
9	4-5	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+1.1
10	5-5	GTOWN	GTOWN	Bad set	Alexys James		+1.5
11	5-6	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+1.2
12	6-6	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Grace Albaugh	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.1
13	6-7	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+1.3
14	7-7	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Kill	Berkeley Ploder	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.1
15	8-7	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Avery Lewis	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.5
16	9-7	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Attack err	Alexys James		+1.3
17	9-8	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+1.0
18	9-9	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe		+1.6
19	10-9	HOWARD	GTOWN×4	Kill	Berkeley Ploder	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.1
20	11-9	GTOWN	GTOWN×4	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.4
21	12-9	GTOWN	GTOWN×4	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Berkeley Ploder	+1.2
22	13-9	GTOWN	GTOWN×4	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Katherine McGregor, Berkeley Ploder	+1.0
23	13-10	GTOWN	HOWARD×3	Serve err	Georgetown		+0.7
24	13-11	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Howard		+1.2
25	13-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Katherine McGregor		+1.5
26	14-12	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Avery Lewis	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.2
27	14-13	GTOWN	HOWARD	Blocked	Kamryn Lee-Caracci	blk Zenai Jethroe, Easnadh Nobel Toolo	+1.2
28	15-13	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Katherine McGregor	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.2
29	15-14	GTOWN	HOWARD	Serve err	Georgetown		+1.3
30	16-14	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Juleigh Urbina	set Grace Albaugh	+1.3
31	16-15	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Alexys James	+1.3
32	17-15	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Juleigh Urbina	set Jessica Lee	+1.4
33	17-16	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+1.4
34	18-16	HOWARD	GTOWN	Attack err	Alexys James		+1.5
35	18-17	GTOWN	HOWARD	Serve err	Georgetown		+1.4
36	19-17	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Berkeley Ploder	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.6
37	19-18	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+1.5
38	19-19	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Grace Albaugh		+2.8
39	20-19	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Kill	Avery Lewis	set Juleigh Urbina	+2.1
40	21-19	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+2.6
41	22-19	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Avery Lewis	set Grace Albaugh	+1.9
42	22-20	GTOWN	HOWARD	Attack err	Taylor Mercado		+1.0
43	23-20	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Katherine McGregor	set Juleigh Urbina	+1.4
44	23-21	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Camryn Shelton	+0.9
45	23-22	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Avery Lewis		+2.3
46	24-22	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+2.6
47	24-23	GTOWN	HOWARD	Blocked	Grace Albaugh	blk Haarachi Umenwaliri, Easnadh Nobel Toolo	+1.5
48	24-24	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Grace Albaugh	blk Haarachi Umenwaliri, Alexys James	+5.4
49	25-24	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Juleigh Urbina	set Juleigh Urbina	+4.1
50	26-24	GTOWN	GTOWN	Attack err	Alexys James		+4.7
Set 2
1	0-1	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+1.0
2	1-1	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Berkeley Ploder, Katherine McGregor	+0.7
3	2-1	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Grace Albaugh	set Katherine McGregor	+0.9
4	3-1	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Alexys James	blk Berkeley Ploder, Avery Lewis	+0.8
5	3-2	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.6
6	4-2	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.6
7	5-2	GTOWN	GTOWN	Kill	Katherine McGregor	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.7
8	5-3	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.5
9	6-3	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.5
10	6-4	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.5
11	7-4	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Kill	Kamryn Lee-Caracci	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.5
12	8-4	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Ace	Georgetown		+0.6
13	9-4	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Kamryn Lee-Caracci		+0.5
14	9-5	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Alexys James	+0.3
15	9-6	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+0.6
16	10-6	HOWARD	GTOWN×5	Kill	Grace Albaugh	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.5
17	11-6	GTOWN	GTOWN×5	Kill	Grace Albaugh	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.5
18	12-6	GTOWN	GTOWN×5	Kill	Berkeley Ploder		+0.4
19	13-6	GTOWN	GTOWN×5	Blocked	Haarachi Umenwaliri	blk Berkeley Ploder	+0.3
20	14-6	GTOWN	GTOWN×5	Blocked	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	blk Grace Albaugh, Berkeley Ploder	+0.2
21	14-7	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.1
22	15-7	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Kill	Berkeley Ploder	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.1
23	16-7	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Alexys James	blk Berkeley Ploder, Grace Albaugh	+0.1
24	17-7	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Katherine McGregor	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.1
25	17-8	GTOWN	HOWARD	Serve err	Georgetown		·
26	18-8	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		·
27	18-9	GTOWN	HOWARD	Serve err	Georgetown		·
28	19-9	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Kennedi Wright	blk Katherine McGregor, Berkeley Ploder	·
29	20-9	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		·
30	21-9	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Ace	Georgetown	aced Kennedi Wright	·
31	21-10	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	·
32	22-10	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		·
33	22-11	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Easnadh Nobel Toolo	·
34	23-11	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Attack err	Addison Buckner		·
35	24-11	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Kamryn Lee-Caracci	set Juleigh Urbina	·
36	25-11	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Alexys James	blk Kamryn Lee-Caracci	·
Set 3
1	1-0	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Berkeley Ploder		+0.4
2	2-0	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Katherine McGregor	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.4
3	3-0	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Ace	Georgetown	aced Addison Buckner	+0.3
4	3-1	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.2
5	4-1	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Berkeley Ploder	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.2
6	5-1	GTOWN	GTOWN	Ace	Georgetown	aced Lauryn Wiley	+0.3
7	5-2	GTOWN	HOWARD	Serve err	Georgetown		+0.2
8	5-3	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Avery Lewis		+0.3
9	6-3	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.2
10	7-3	GTOWN	GTOWN	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.3
11	7-4	GTOWN	HOWARD	Serve err	Georgetown		+0.2
12	8-4	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.2
13	9-4	GTOWN	GTOWN	Kill	Kamryn Lee-Caracci	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.2
14	9-5	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.2
15	10-5	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.2
16	10-6	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Kennedi Wright	+0.2
17	11-6	HOWARD	GTOWN	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.2
18	11-7	GTOWN	HOWARD×4	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.2
19	11-8	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.3
20	11-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Alexys James	+0.4
21	11-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Grace Albaugh	+0.5
22	12-10	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Kill	Grace Albaugh	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.4
23	13-10	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Kill	Berkeley Ploder		+0.4
24	14-10	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Corinne Howard	blk Avery Lewis, Berkeley Ploder	+0.3
25	14-11	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.2
26	14-12	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.4
27	15-12	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.3
28	15-13	GTOWN	HOWARD	Attack err	Avery Lewis		+0.3
29	16-13	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.3
30	17-13	GTOWN	GTOWN	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Avery Lewis	+0.4
31	17-14	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.2
32	18-14	HOWARD	GTOWN	Serve err	Howard		+0.3
33	18-15	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.2
34	18-16	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Grace Albaugh	blk Alexys James, Tiana Stubbs	+0.4
35	19-16	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Kamryn Lee-Caracci	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.4
36	19-17	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Alexys James	+0.3
37	20-17	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Juleigh Urbina	set Taylor Mercado	+0.4
38	20-18	GTOWN	HOWARD	Attack err	Berkeley Ploder		+0.3
39	21-18	HOWARD	GTOWN	Kill	Grace Albaugh	set Juleigh Urbina	+0.4
40	22-18	GTOWN	GTOWN	Kill	Avery Lewis	set Alexys James	+0.4
41	22-19	GTOWN	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.2
42	23-19	HOWARD	GTOWN×3	Serve err	Howard		+0.3
43	24-19	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Kamryn Lee-Caracci, Katherine McGregor	+0.2
44	25-19	GTOWN	GTOWN×3	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Kamryn Lee-Caracci	·

Score shown after each rally, Georgetown 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).

Georgetown def. Howard 3–0