FinalTue, Sep 1, 2026

AwaySUN-BELT

3:0

HomeMEAC

Old Dominion def. Norfolk St. 3–0

(25-20, 25-14, 25-22)

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ODU	25	25	25	3
NORFLK	20	14	22	0

RallyIQ model

Win probability

NORFLK above 50 · ODU below

Biggest swing: 3.6% to Old Dominion — set 1, ODU 17-16 NORFLK. Attack error by Gabrielle Gilbert. NORFLK win probability 35% → 31%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

ODU 66.4%33.6% NORFLK

Old Dominion wins

3-0

20.9%

3-1

25.5%

3-2

20.0%

Norfolk St. wins

3-0

6.7%

3-1

12.0%

3-2

14.9%

ODU break %: 47.4% vs this opp
NORFLK break %: 44.1% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
Gabrielle GilbertAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Gabrielle Gilbert
Set 1 · ODU 17-16 NORFLK · ODU 65% → 69%
02
Gabrielle GilbertAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Gabrielle Gilbert
Set 1 · ODU 16-16 NORFLK · ODU 62% → 65%
03
ODU serverAce+3.4%
Old Dominion ace on Jazeli Vandenburgh
Set 1 · ODU 18-16 NORFLK · ODU 69% → 72%
04
Briana EllisAttack error+3.2%
Briana Ellis stuffed by Erica Duffy & Emma Schelah
Set 1 · ODU 15-16 NORFLK · ODU 58% → 62%
05
Rita BenidioAttack error+3.2%
Rita Benidio stuffed by Catori Crawford & Gabrielle Gilbert
Set 1 · ODU 12-15 NORFLK · NORFLK 40% → 44%
06
Gabrielle GilbertKill+3.1%
Kill by Gabrielle Gilbert (set by Nehir Erimez)
Set 1 · ODU 11-13 NORFLK · NORFLK 37% → 40%
07
Gabrielle GilbertAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Gabrielle Gilbert
Set 3 · ODU 24-22 NORFLK · ODU 95% → 98%
08
ODU serverAce+3.0%
Old Dominion ace on Gabrielle Gilbert
Set 1 · ODU 19-16 NORFLK · ODU 72% → 75%

Official NCAA box

Box score

Old Dominionaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Leilani LawrenceOH	3	11	4	30	.233	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
17Rita BenidioOH	3	8	5	21	.143	0	3	1	7	2	1	0	1	12
4Elisa MaggiOH	3	8	2	17	.353	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
11Emma SchelahMB	3	3	0	6	.500	1	2	1	2	0	2	2	3	8
3Erica DuffyS	3	3	2	5	.200	24	2	0	8	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
14Emma DiRoccoMB	3	1	2	8	-.125	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
0Adrienne PejiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
13Ashlyn GentL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	15	87	.218	30	11	4	40	5	5	6	8	75

Norfolk St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Gabrielle GilbertOH	3	7	4	27	.111	1	2	2	5	2	0	2	1	10
4Kyleigh MooreOH	3	5	4	17	.059	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
22Ava BerryMB	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	5.5
7Isis CastilleOH	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
10Briana EllisMB	3	3	2	8	.125	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
9Nehir ErimezS	3	1	0	2	.500	17	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
12Catori CrawfordOPP	3	3	3	15	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	5
2Jasmine MatairaS	3	2	1	7	.143	4	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	2
3Jazeli VandenburghL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	8	7	0	0	0	1
24Jala DixonMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Kaden SandersOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Kailia PhillipsOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	17	93	.129	26	5	11	32	11	2	8	6	56

Starters listed first. BLK = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

Longest run 9 ODU · NORFLK 5

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 9 ODUNORFLK 3

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 5 ODUNORFLK 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 6 ODUNORFLK 5

Bars above the line = Norfolk St. leads, below = Old Dominion leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

Old Dominion

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%6/12	38%3/8
2	43%6/14	54%7/13
3	67%6/9	0%0/6
4	86%6/7	45%5/11
5	44%4/9	81%17/21
6	67%4/6	73%11/15
All	56%32/57	58%43/74

Norfolk St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%6/8	44%4/9
2	55%6/11	54%7/13
3	86%6/7	45%5/11
4	36%5/14	33%3/9
5	20%4/20	17%1/6
6	29%4/14	56%5/9
All	42%31/74	44%25/57

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.

131 rallies

Rally log

#	ODU-NORFLK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ODU	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Nehir Erimez	+1.9
2	0-2	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+2.3
3	0-3	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Emma DiRocco		+2.3
4	1-3	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Erica Duffy	set Ashlyn Gent	+1.8
5	2-3	ODU	ODU	Kill	Rita Benidio	set Erica Duffy	+2.2
6	2-4	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+2.0
7	3-4	NORFLK	ODU	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore	blk Emma DiRocco	+1.9
8	3-5	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Nehir Erimez	set Kyleigh Moore	+2.1
9	4-5	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+1.9
10	4-6	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.1
11	5-6	NORFLK	ODU×3	Serve err	NORFLK server		+2.0
12	6-6	ODU	ODU×3	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+2.4
13	7-6	ODU	ODU×3	Kill	Emma Schelah	set Erica Duffy	+2.4
14	7-7	ODU	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Gabrielle Gilbert	+2.1
15	7-8	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Rita Benidio		+2.6
16	7-9	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Leilani Lawrence		+2.7
17	8-9	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+2.1
18	9-9	ODU	ODU	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+2.6
19	9-10	ODU	NORFLK	Serve err	ODU server		+2.4
20	10-10	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+2.3
21	10-11	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Nehir Erimez	+2.5
22	11-11	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+2.4
23	11-12	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Nehir Erimez	+2.5
24	11-13	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+3.1
25	12-13	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Elisa Maggi	set Erica Duffy	+2.4
26	12-14	ODU	NORFLK	Attack err	Erica Duffy		+2.7
27	12-15	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Rita Benidio	blk Catori Crawford, Gabrielle Gilbert	+3.2
28	13-15	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Elisa Maggi	set Erica Duffy	+2.3
29	13-16	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Briana Ellis	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.8
30	14-16	NORFLK	ODU×9	Kill	Rita Benidio	set Erica Duffy	+2.4
31	15-16	ODU	ODU×9	Attack err	Briana Ellis	blk Erica Duffy, Emma Schelah	+3.2
32	16-16	ODU	ODU×9	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+3.5
33	17-16	ODU	ODU×9	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+3.6
34	18-16	ODU	ODU×9	Ace	ODU server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+3.4
35	19-16	ODU	ODU×9	Ace	ODU server	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+3.0
36	20-16	ODU	ODU×9	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+2.4
37	21-16	ODU	ODU×9	Ace	ODU server	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+1.7
38	22-16	ODU	ODU×9	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+1.0
39	22-17	ODU	NORFLK	Attack err	Rita Benidio		+0.4
40	22-18	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Erica Duffy		+0.9
41	23-18	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+1.2
42	24-18	ODU	ODU	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+0.6
43	24-19	ODU	NORFLK	Attack err	Leilani Lawrence	blk Ava Berry, Catori Crawford	+0.1
44	24-20	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Emma DiRocco	blk Ava Berry, Kyleigh Moore	+0.3
45	25-20	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.6
Set 2
1	0-1	NORFLK	NORFLK	Bad set	Elisa Maggi		+1.9
2	0-2	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Nehir Erimez	+1.9
3	1-2	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+1.6
4	2-2	ODU	ODU	Ace	ODU server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.9
5	2-3	ODU	NORFLK×4	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+1.7
6	2-4	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Nehir Erimez	+2.0
7	2-5	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+2.0
8	2-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Ava Berry		+2.0
9	3-6	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Elisa Maggi	set Erica Duffy	+1.5
10	3-7	ODU	NORFLK	Serve err	ODU server		+1.7
11	4-7	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Rita Benidio	set Ashlyn Gent	+1.5
12	4-8	ODU	NORFLK	Attack err	Elisa Maggi		+1.8
13	5-8	NORFLK	ODU×4	Kill	Elisa Maggi	set Erica Duffy	+1.5
14	6-8	ODU	ODU×4	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore	blk Erica Duffy	+2.0
15	7-8	ODU	ODU×4	Kill	Rita Benidio	set Erica Duffy	+2.1
16	8-8	ODU	ODU×4	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+2.2
17	8-9	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Jasmine Mataira		+2.0
18	9-9	NORFLK	ODU×5	Kill	Rita Benidio	set Erica Duffy	+1.9
19	10-9	ODU	ODU×5	Attack err	Briana Ellis	blk Leilani Lawrence, Emma Schelah	+2.3
20	11-9	ODU	ODU×5	Attack err	Jala Dixon	blk Emma Schelah	+2.2
21	12-9	ODU	ODU×5	Bad set	Kyleigh Moore		+2.0
22	13-9	ODU	ODU×5	Bad set	Briana Ellis		+1.8
23	13-10	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.3
24	14-10	NORFLK	ODU×4	Serve err	NORFLK server		+1.5
25	15-10	ODU	ODU×4	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+1.5
26	16-10	ODU	ODU×4	Attack err	Jasmine Mataira		+1.1
27	17-10	ODU	ODU×4	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.8
28	17-11	ODU	NORFLK	Attack err	Leilani Lawrence	blk Ava Berry	+0.5
29	18-11	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Erica Duffy	set Emma DiRocco	+0.7
30	19-11	ODU	ODU	Ace	ODU server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.5
31	19-12	ODU	NORFLK	Attack err	Leilani Lawrence	blk Gabrielle Gilbert, Ava Berry	+0.2
32	20-12	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.4
33	20-13	ODU	NORFLK	Serve err	ODU server		+0.2
34	21-13	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+0.3
35	22-13	ODU	ODU	Attack err	Isis Castille		+0.2
36	22-14	ODU	NORFLK	Bad set	Erica Duffy		+0.1
37	23-14	NORFLK	ODU×3	Kill	Emma Schelah	set Erica Duffy	+0.1
38	24-14	ODU	ODU×3	Ace	ODU server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.0
39	25-14	ODU	ODU×3	Kill	Rita Benidio	set Adrienne Peji	+0.0
Set 3
1	0-1	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Nehir Erimez	+0.9
2	1-1	NORFLK	ODU×4	Kill	Elisa Maggi	set Ashlyn Gent	+0.9
3	2-1	ODU	ODU×4	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+1.0
4	3-1	ODU	ODU×4	Ace	ODU server	aced Team	+1.0
5	4-1	ODU	ODU×4	Ace	ODU server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.9
6	4-2	ODU	NORFLK×5	Kill	Briana Ellis	set Nehir Erimez	+0.8
7	4-3	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Rita Benidio	+1.0
8	4-4	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+1.1
9	4-5	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Kill	Isis Castille		+1.2
10	4-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Ashlyn Gent	+1.2
11	5-6	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Elisa Maggi	set Erica Duffy	+1.0
12	5-7	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+1.1
13	6-7	NORFLK	ODU×4	Kill	Emma Schelah	set Erica Duffy	+1.0
14	7-7	ODU	ODU×4	Kill	Rita Benidio	set Erica Duffy	+1.2
15	8-7	ODU	ODU×4	Ace	ODU server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.2
16	9-7	ODU	ODU×4	Attack err	Ava Berry	blk Emma Schelah	+1.2
17	9-8	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.0
18	10-8	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+1.0
19	10-9	ODU	NORFLK×3	Serve err	ODU server		+1.0
20	10-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.3
21	10-11	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Team	+1.4
22	11-11	NORFLK	ODU×6	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+1.2
23	12-11	ODU	ODU×6	Ace	ODU server	aced Kailia Phillips	+1.4
24	13-11	ODU	ODU×6	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Emma Schelah	+1.3
25	14-11	ODU	ODU×6	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Emma DiRocco, Elisa Maggi	+1.2
26	15-11	ODU	ODU×6	Ace	ODU server	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.0
27	16-11	ODU	ODU×6	Kill	Erica Duffy		+0.9
28	16-12	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.6
29	16-13	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Nehir Erimez	+0.9
30	17-13	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+0.9
31	17-14	ODU	NORFLK×3	Kill	Isis Castille	set Nehir Erimez	+0.8
32	17-15	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Ashlyn Gent	+1.2
33	17-16	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	NORFLK server	aced Rita Benidio	+1.5
34	18-16	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Emma DiRocco	set Erica Duffy	+1.4
35	19-16	ODU	ODU	Kill	Elisa Maggi	set Erica Duffy	+1.5
36	19-17	ODU	NORFLK	Kill	Briana Ellis	set Nehir Erimez	+1.1
37	20-17	NORFLK	ODU	Kill	Rita Benidio		+1.3
38	20-18	ODU	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Elisa Maggi		+1.1
39	20-19	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.7
40	20-20	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Rita Benidio	blk Catori Crawford	+2.2
41	21-20	NORFLK	ODU	Serve err	NORFLK server		+2.1
42	22-20	ODU	ODU	Kill	Elisa Maggi		+2.3
43	22-21	ODU	NORFLK	Attack err	Rita Benidio		+1.6
44	22-22	NORFLK	NORFLK	Bad set	Erica Duffy		+2.8
45	23-22	NORFLK	ODU×3	Attack err	Catori Crawford	blk Rita Benidio	+2.8
46	24-22	ODU	ODU×3	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+3.1
47	25-22	ODU	ODU×3	Kill	Leilani Lawrence	set Erica Duffy	+1.8

Score shown after each rally, Old Dominion first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.