George Washington def. Howard 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 19)

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026

0:3

George Washington beat visiting Howard 3-0 (25-18, 27-25, 25-21) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026. Cayla Cogan and Riley Samuel led George Washington with 10 kills each; Howard's Addison Buckner had a match-high 13.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOWARD	18	25	21	0
G WASH	25	27	25	3

Win probability

George Washington above 50 · Howard below

Biggest swing: 3.8% to George Washington — set 2, HOWARD 25-26 G WASH. Attack error by Dayion Johnson. G WASH win probability 91% → 95%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOWARD 11.7%88.3% G WASH

Howard wins

3-0

1.6%

3-1

3.6%

3-2

6.4%

George Washington wins

3-0

41.7%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.0%

HOWARD break %: 38.0% vs this opp
G WASH break %: 47.1% 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
Dayion JohnsonAttack error+3.8%
Attack error by Dayion Johnson
Set 2 · HOWARD 25-26 G WASH · G WASH 91% → 95%
02
George WashingtonService error+3.4%
George Washington service error
Set 2 · HOWARD 24-23 G WASH · HOWARD 9% → 12%
03
Riley SamuelKill+3.4%
Kill by Riley Samuel (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 2 · HOWARD 24-24 G WASH · G WASH 88% → 91%
04
Alexys James&Zenai JethroeBlock+3.4%
Nicanora Clarke stuffed by Alexys James & Zenai Jethroe
Set 2 · HOWARD 25-24 G WASH · HOWARD 9% → 12%
05
Riley SamuelKill+3.4%
Kill by Riley Samuel (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 2 · HOWARD 25-25 G WASH · G WASH 88% → 91%
06
George WashingtonAce+3.3%
George Washington ace
Set 2 · HOWARD 23-23 G WASH · G WASH 88% → 91%
07
Addison BucknerKill+3.3%
Kill by Addison Buckner (set by Alexys James)
Set 2 · HOWARD 23-21 G WASH · HOWARD 11% → 14%
08
Abby Markworth&Riley SamuelBlock+3.1%
Dayion Johnson stuffed by Abby Markworth & Riley Samuel
Set 2 · HOWARD 25-27 G WASH · G WASH 95% → 98%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Howardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Addison BucknerOH	3	13	5	40	.200	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	13
18Zenai JethroeMB	3	6	3	16	.188	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	8
22Corinne HowardOH	3	3	5	16	-.125	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
17Tiana StubbsMB	3	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
5Alexys JamesS	3	2	0	5	.400	27	0	1	10	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
20Gabby AllenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
13Dayion JohnsonOH	3	7	6	30	.033	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
2Estrella VazquezS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	2	14	0	0	0	0	0
33Kennedi WrightOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
19Briana PaganOH	1	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
0Haarachi UmenwaliriMB	1	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	23	124	.089	29	3	13	53	3	2	4	4	64

George Washingtonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Cayla CoganOH	3	10	6	27	.148	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	12
11Riley SamuelMB	3	10	1	18	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
4Alexis BaduOPP	3	6	2	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
2Yazmyn BillingsMB	3	3	2	9	.111	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
0Nicanora ClarkeOH	3	4	7	27	-.111	1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	4
7Abby MarkworthS	3	3	0	11	.273	25	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
8Alexis RodriguezOH	3	1	1	5	.000	2	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
3Jaelyn ConnoleS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
9Evie HuangL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Tessa de AlbergariaL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
15Lydia ZengL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0
25Marin HarveyOH	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
23Simone AssasieMB	1	0	2	6	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Mackenzie KrzusS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	22	121	.124	34	3	5	56	3	2	8	6	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 HOWARD · G WASH 6

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 4 HOWARDG WASH 6

Set 2

25-27

Longest run 4 HOWARDG WASH 3

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 5 HOWARDG WASH 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Howard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	46%6/13
2	62%8/13	47%7/15
3	70%7/10	11%1/9
4	38%6/16	30%3/10
5	38%6/16	50%6/12
6	67%6/9	0%0/6
All	54%41/76	35%23/65

George Washington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	36%4/11
2	57%8/14	20%2/10
3	78%7/9	42%5/12
4	58%7/12	50%7/14
5	75%6/8	65%11/17
6	60%6/10	50%6/12
All	65%42/65	46%35/76

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

141 rallies

#	HOWARD-G WASH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Lydia Zeng	+1.1
2	1-1	G WASH	HOWARD	Attack err	Alexis Badu		+0.9
3	1-2	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+0.8
4	2-2	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.9
5	2-3	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+0.8
6	2-4	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.1
7	3-4	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.8
8	4-4	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe		+1.3
9	4-5	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
10	5-5	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+1.0
11	6-5	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Estrella Vazquez	+1.5
12	6-6	HOWARD	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.0
13	6-7	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.3
14	6-8	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.2
15	7-8	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.9
16	7-9	HOWARD	G WASH	Attack err	Tiana Stubbs		+0.9
17	8-9	G WASH	HOWARD	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+1.0
18	8-10	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
19	9-10	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+1.0
20	9-11	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+1.0
21	9-12	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke		+1.1
22	10-12	G WASH	HOWARD	Blocked	Nicanora Clarke	blk Zenai Jethroe, Corinne Howard	+0.8
23	11-12	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+1.4
24	11-13	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+1.1
25	12-13	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Camryn Shelton	+1.1
26	12-14	HOWARD	G WASH×6	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+1.1
27	12-15	G WASH	G WASH×6	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Lydia Zeng	+1.3
28	12-16	G WASH	G WASH×6	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Abby Markworth	+1.0
29	12-17	G WASH	G WASH×6	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.7
30	12-18	G WASH	G WASH×6	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.5
31	12-19	G WASH	G WASH×6	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+0.3
32	13-19	G WASH	HOWARD×4	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.1
33	14-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Lydia Zeng	+0.3
34	15-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+0.5
35	16-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+0.8
36	16-20	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+0.8
37	16-21	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+0.7
38	17-21	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.3
39	17-22	HOWARD	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.5
40	17-23	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.3
41	17-24	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+0.1
42	18-24	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	·
43	18-25	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	·
Set 2
1	0-1	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+0.6
2	1-1	G WASH	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Alexis Badu		+0.6
3	2-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Blocked	Yazmyn Billings	blk Zenai Jethroe	+0.9
4	3-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+1.1
5	4-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Nicanora Clarke	+1.1
6	4-2	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+0.7
7	4-3	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	George Washington	aced Lauryn Wiley	+1.0
8	5-3	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.9
9	5-4	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+0.7
10	5-5	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.0
11	6-5	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.8
12	7-5	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs		+1.2
13	7-6	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Alexis Rodriguez	+0.8
14	7-7	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.1
15	8-7	G WASH	HOWARD×3	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.9
16	9-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+1.3
17	10-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Blocked	Cayla Cogan	blk Tiana Stubbs	+1.4
18	10-8	HOWARD	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
19	10-9	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington		+1.2
20	10-10	G WASH	G WASH×3	Bad set	Alexys James		+1.2
21	11-10	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James		+1.0
22	11-11	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Jaelyn Connole	+0.9
23	12-11	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson		+1.0
24	13-11	HOWARD	HOWARD	Ace	Howard		+1.5
25	13-12	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+1.0
26	14-12	G WASH	HOWARD	Serve err	George Washington		+1.2
27	14-13	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+1.0
28	14-14	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Evie Huang	+1.4
29	15-14	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+1.2
30	15-15	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+1.1
31	16-15	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+1.3
32	16-16	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Alexis Rodriguez	+1.1
33	16-17	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+1.5
34	17-17	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+1.2
35	17-18	HOWARD	G WASH	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.2
36	17-19	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.4
37	18-19	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Alexys James	+1.0
38	18-20	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+1.1
39	19-20	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+1.1
40	20-20	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Yazmyn Billings		+2.0
41	20-21	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.6
42	21-21	G WASH	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+1.7
43	22-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+2.9
44	23-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+3.3
45	23-22	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.7
46	23-23	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	George Washington		+3.3
47	24-23	G WASH	HOWARD	Serve err	George Washington		+3.4
48	24-24	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+3.4
49	25-24	G WASH	HOWARD	Blocked	Nicanora Clarke	blk Alexys James, Zenai Jethroe	+3.4
50	25-25	HOWARD	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+3.4
51	25-26	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+3.8
52	25-27	G WASH	G WASH×3	Blocked	Dayion Johnson	blk Abby Markworth, Riley Samuel	+3.1
Set 3
1	1-0	G WASH	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.3
2	2-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Simone Assasie		+0.5
3	3-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Simone Assasie		+0.5
4	3-1	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+0.3
5	4-1	G WASH	HOWARD	Serve err	George Washington		+0.4
6	4-2	HOWARD	G WASH	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.3
7	4-3	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Alexis Rodriguez	+0.5
8	5-3	G WASH	HOWARD	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+0.4
9	5-4	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+0.3
10	6-4	G WASH	HOWARD	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+0.4
11	6-5	HOWARD	G WASH×4	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.4
12	6-6	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Corinne Howard		+0.5
13	6-7	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.4
14	6-8	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Corinne Howard		+0.4
15	7-8	G WASH	HOWARD	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+0.3
16	7-9	HOWARD	G WASH	Blocked	Corinne Howard	blk Riley Samuel, Cayla Cogan	+0.3
17	7-10	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Tessa de Albergaria	+0.4
18	8-10	G WASH	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+0.3
19	9-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.4
20	10-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.5
21	11-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+0.6
22	12-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.7
23	12-11	HOWARD	G WASH×4	Serve err	Howard		+0.4
24	12-12	G WASH	G WASH×4	Blocked	Corinne Howard	blk Yazmyn Billings, Cayla Cogan	+0.6
25	12-13	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.6
26	12-14	G WASH	G WASH×4	Blocked	Corinne Howard	blk Cayla Cogan	+0.5
27	13-14	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.4
28	13-15	HOWARD	G WASH	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.4
29	13-16	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Alexys James	+0.4
30	14-16	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.3
31	14-17	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+0.3
32	15-17	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.3
33	16-17	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs		+0.6
34	16-18	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+0.5
35	16-19	G WASH	G WASH	Blocked	Tiana Stubbs	blk Riley Samuel, Marin Harvey	+0.5
36	17-19	G WASH	HOWARD	Attack err	Riley Samuel		+0.3
37	17-20	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+0.4
38	17-21	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Mackenzie Krzus	+0.4
39	18-21	G WASH	HOWARD	Attack err	Marin Harvey		+0.2
40	18-22	HOWARD	G WASH	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Marin Harvey	+0.3
41	19-22	G WASH	HOWARD	Serve err	George Washington		+0.2
42	19-23	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Nicanora Clarke	+0.2
43	20-23	G WASH	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.1
44	20-24	HOWARD	G WASH	Serve err	Howard		+0.2
45	21-24	G WASH	HOWARD	Serve err	George Washington		+0.1
46	21-25	HOWARD	G WASH	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Howard 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. Howard 3–0