Final · 4 setsSat, Aug 29, 2026

AwaySUN-BELT

1:3

HomeWCC

San Diego def. Ga. Southern 3–1

(25-17, 26-24, 17-25, 25-9)

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
GA SOU	17	24	25	9	1
USD	25	26	17	25	3

RallyIQ model

Win probability

USD above 50 · GA SOU below

Biggest swing: 5.9% to Ga. Southern — set 2, GA SOU 24-24 USD. Ga. Southern ace on Lauren Lynch. USD win probability 92% → 86%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

GA SOU 23.1%76.9% USD

Ga. Southern wins

3-0

4.0%

3-1

7.8%

3-2

11.3%

San Diego wins

3-0

28.6%

3-1

29.3%

3-2

19.0%

GA SOU break %: 39.9% vs this opp
USD break %: 45.5% 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
GA SOU serverAce+5.9%
Ga. Southern ace on Lauren Lynch
Set 2 · GA SOU 24-24 USD · GA SOU 8% → 14%
02
Nemo BeachKill+5.3%
Kill by Nemo Beach
Set 2 · GA SOU 24-26 USD · USD 90% → 96%
03
Nemo BeachKill+4.4%
Kill by Nemo Beach (set by BayLea Sparks)
Set 2 · GA SOU 24-25 USD · USD 86% → 90%
04
GA SOU serverAce+2.3%
Ga. Southern ace on Lauren Lynch
Set 2 · GA SOU 23-24 USD · GA SOU 6% → 8%
05
Meghan ScholzKill+2.0%
Kill by Meghan Scholz (set by Kylie Munday)
Set 4 · GA SOU 0-2 USD · USD 89% → 91%
06
Ryann KnuthKill+1.8%
Kill by Ryann Knuth (set by Nemo Beach)
Set 1 · GA SOU 1-2 USD · USD 77% → 79%
07
Beka PfefferkornAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Beka Pfefferkorn
Set 4 · GA SOU 0-3 USD · USD 91% → 93%
08
Sam BowronAttack error+1.7%
Sam Bowron stuffed by Kierstyn Barton & Meghan Scholz
Set 1 · GA SOU 1-3 USD · USD 79% → 80%

Official NCAA box

Box score

Ga. Southernaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Beka PfefferkornOH	4	9	7	28	.071	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	1.5	13.5
7Alex MyersMB	4	7	0	13	.538	0	4	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	13.5
8Sam BowronOH	4	11	1	32	.313	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	0.5	11.5
11Kayla KnowlesOH	4	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	4.5
2Lexi DuffyS	4	0	0	1	.000	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
25Reagan BarthOH	2	2	5	18	-.167	1	0	2	7	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
23Gabby BabinskiOH	4	5	3	13	.154	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
5Maddie CuginoL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	1	2	12	0	0	0	0	1
3Mayte CamachoDS	4	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
29Bella EkelerS	4	0	0	0	–	17	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
16Anna PowellOH	2	3	0	9	.333	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	3
Team totals		39	19	126	.159	33	8	8	43	7	1	16	9	75

San Diegohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Ryann KnuthOH	4	12	7	34	.147	1	4	3	5	2	1	0.5	16.5
7Kierstyn BartonOH	4	12	5	26	.269	0	1	0	6	0	3	1.5	14.5
1Nemo BeachOH	4	13	5	35	.229	3	1	1	5	3	0	0	14
15Meghan ScholzMB	4	10	0	15	.667	0	0	0	1	0	5	2.5	12.5
18BayLea SparksMB	4	7	1	11	.545	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Kylie MundayS	4	1	1	4	.000	42	1	2	19	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Lauren LynchL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	18	2	0	0	0
5Kalli LipoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4Reese BatesDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Emma BrewerOH	2	4	1	7	.429	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
3Ella FultonMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		59	20	132	.295	52	7	8	57	8	12	6	93

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 5 GA SOU · USD 8

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 4 GA SOUUSD 5

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 5 GA SOUUSD 4

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 4 GA SOUUSD 4

Set 4

9-25

Longest run 3 GA SOUUSD 8

Bars above the line = San Diego leads, below = Ga. Southern leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

Ga. Southern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	36%9/25	36%5/14
2	47%8/17	38%5/13
3	67%8/12	38%5/13
4	44%7/16	38%5/13
5	88%7/8	22%2/9
6	50%7/14	50%7/14
All	50%46/92	38%29/76

San Diego

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%9/13	50%8/16
2	62%8/13	68%17/25
3	67%8/12	38%5/13
4	57%8/14	50%8/16
5	50%7/14	36%4/11
6	70%7/10	36%4/11
All	62%47/76	50%46/92

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 (4 of 4 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.

168 rallies

Rally log

#	GA SOU-USD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+1.5
2	1-1	GA SOU	USD×5	Serve err	GA SOU server		+1.4
3	1-2	USD	USD×5	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Nemo Beach	+1.8
4	1-3	USD	USD×5	Attack err	Sam Bowron	blk Kierstyn Barton, Meghan Scholz	+1.7
5	1-4	USD	USD×5	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+1.5
6	1-5	USD	USD×5	Attack err	Kayla Knowles		+1.4
7	2-5	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Maddie Cugino	+1.0
8	3-5	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth	blk Alex Myers, Beka Pfefferkorn	+1.5
9	3-6	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+1.2
10	3-7	USD	USD	Ace	USD server	aced Reagan Barth	+1.4
11	4-7	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.0
12	4-8	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.1
13	4-9	USD	USD	Ace	USD server	aced Sam Bowron	+1.2
14	5-9	USD	GA SOU	Serve err	USD server		+0.8
15	5-10	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Ryann Knuth	+0.9
16	6-10	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Bella Ekeler	+0.8
17	6-11	GA SOU	USD×3	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+0.9
18	6-12	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Kayla Knowles		+1.0
19	6-13	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Reagan Barth	blk Kierstyn Barton, BayLea Sparks	+0.7
20	7-13	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+0.4
21	8-13	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+0.8
22	8-14	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.7
23	9-14	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+0.6
24	9-15	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Lauren Lynch	+0.7
25	9-16	USD	USD	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn	blk Ryann Knuth, Meghan Scholz	+0.7
26	10-16	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Kayla Knowles	set Meghan Scholz	+0.3
27	10-17	GA SOU	USD	Serve err	GA SOU server		+0.5
28	11-17	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Lexi Duffy	+0.3
29	11-18	GA SOU	USD×5	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+0.4
30	11-19	USD	USD×5	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.3
31	11-20	USD	USD×5	Attack err	Gabby Babinski	blk Kylie Munday, Meghan Scholz	+0.2
32	11-21	USD	USD×5	Kill	Nemo Beach		+0.1
33	11-22	USD	USD×5	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Lauren Lynch	+0.0
34	12-22	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Bella Ekeler	+0.0
35	12-23	GA SOU	USD	Serve err	GA SOU server		+0.0
36	13-23	USD	GA SOU×4	Kill	Alex Myers	set Bella Ekeler	+0.0
37	14-23	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Team	+0.0
38	15-23	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+0.0
39	16-23	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Ryann Knuth	+0.0
40	16-24	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.1
41	17-24	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Bella Ekeler	+0.0
42	17-25	GA SOU	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+0.0
Set 2
1	0-1	GA SOU	USD×4	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+1.0
2	0-2	USD	USD×4	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.3
3	0-3	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Reagan Barth	blk Kierstyn Barton, Meghan Scholz	+1.2
4	0-4	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+1.0
5	1-4	USD	GA SOU	Serve err	USD server		+0.7
6	1-5	GA SOU	USD	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+0.8
7	2-5	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Reagan Barth	+0.7
8	2-6	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.8
9	3-6	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Kylie Munday	blk Alex Myers	+0.8
10	3-7	GA SOU	USD×3	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.8
11	3-8	USD	USD×3	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.9
12	3-9	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+0.7
13	4-9	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+0.5
14	4-10	GA SOU	USD	Serve err	GA SOU server		+0.5
15	5-10	USD	GA SOU	Serve err	USD server		+0.5
16	5-11	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.5
17	6-11	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	BayLea Sparks		+0.5
18	6-12	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Lauren Lynch	+0.5
19	6-13	USD	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+0.5
20	7-13	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Kayla Knowles	set Bella Ekeler	+0.3
21	8-13	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+0.6
22	8-14	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+0.5
23	8-15	USD	USD	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.5
24	9-15	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth	blk Kayla Knowles, Beka Pfefferkorn	+0.3
25	9-16	GA SOU	USD	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+0.4
26	10-16	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Bella Ekeler	+0.3
27	10-17	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.4
28	11-17	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Lexi Duffy	+0.2
29	11-18	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.3
30	12-18	USD	GA SOU	Serve err	USD server		+0.2
31	12-19	GA SOU	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+0.3
32	12-20	USD	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth		+0.2
33	13-20	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth	blk Kayla Knowles, Gabby Babinski	+0.1
34	14-20	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton	blk Kayla Knowles, Reagan Barth	+0.2
35	14-21	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+0.2
36	14-22	USD	USD	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+0.1
37	15-22	USD	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.0
38	16-22	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Ryann Knuth	blk Kayla Knowles, Beka Pfefferkorn	+0.1
39	17-22	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+0.2
40	17-23	GA SOU	USD	Serve err	GA SOU server		+0.3
41	18-23	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.1
42	19-23	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Beka Pfefferkorn	+0.3
43	19-24	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.4
44	20-24	USD	GA SOU×5	Serve err	USD server		+0.1
45	21-24	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Nemo Beach	+0.4
46	22-24	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Attack err	Nemo Beach	blk Alex Myers, Gabby Babinski	+0.9
47	23-24	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Lauren Lynch	+2.3
48	24-24	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Lauren Lynch	+5.9
49	24-25	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set BayLea Sparks	+4.4
50	24-26	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach		+5.3
Set 3
1	0-1	USD	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Lauren Lynch	+0.7
2	1-1	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Bella Ekeler	+0.6
3	1-2	GA SOU	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+0.5
4	2-2	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.6
5	2-3	GA SOU	USD	Serve err	GA SOU server		+0.6
6	3-3	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+0.6
7	4-3	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Lexi Duffy	+0.9
8	4-4	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.6
9	5-4	USD	GA SOU	Serve err	USD server		+0.7
10	6-4	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+0.9
11	6-5	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.6
12	7-5	USD	GA SOU×4	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Lexi Duffy	+0.7
13	8-5	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+1.0
14	9-5	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Nemo Beach	+1.0
15	10-5	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Nemo Beach	+0.9
16	10-6	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.6
17	11-6	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+0.7
18	11-7	GA SOU	USD×4	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Nemo Beach	+0.6
19	11-8	USD	USD×4	Ace	USD server	aced Team	+0.9
20	11-9	USD	USD×4	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Bella Ekeler	+1.0
21	11-10	USD	USD×4	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Lauren Lynch	+1.0
22	12-10	USD	GA SOU	Serve err	USD server		+0.9
23	12-11	GA SOU	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+0.8
24	13-11	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell	set Bella Ekeler	+0.9
25	14-11	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers		+1.2
26	14-12	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.8
27	15-12	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.9
28	15-13	GA SOU	USD	Serve err	GA SOU server		+0.8
29	16-13	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.0
30	17-13	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Lexi Duffy	+1.2
31	17-14	GA SOU	USD	Attack err	Gabby Babinski		+0.7
32	18-14	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Lexi Duffy	+0.9
33	19-14	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+1.0
34	19-15	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.5
35	19-16	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.9
36	20-16	USD	GA SOU×3	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Maddie Cugino	+1.0
37	21-16	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+1.0
38	22-16	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Bella Ekeler	+0.6
39	22-17	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.2
40	23-17	USD	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.4
41	24-17	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Anna Powell	set Kylie Munday	+0.2
42	25-17	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+0.0
Set 4
1	0-1	GA SOU	USD×8	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.6
2	0-2	USD	USD×8	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+2.0
3	0-3	USD	USD×8	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+1.8
4	0-4	USD	USD×8	Attack err	Kayla Knowles		+1.6
5	0-5	USD	USD×8	Ace	USD server	aced Anna Powell	+1.4
6	0-6	USD	USD×8	Ace	USD server	aced Anna Powell	+1.1
7	0-7	USD	USD×8	Ace	USD server	aced Anna Powell	+0.9
8	0-8	USD	USD×8	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.7
9	1-8	USD	GA SOU	Serve err	USD server		+0.4
10	1-9	GA SOU	USD×4	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday	+0.5
11	1-10	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+0.5
12	1-11	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+0.3
13	1-12	USD	USD×4	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.2
14	2-12	USD	GA SOU×3	Kill	Anna Powell	set Maddie Cugino	+0.1
15	3-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.2
16	4-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Ace	GA SOU server	aced Ryann Knuth	+0.3
17	4-13	GA SOU	USD×4	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+0.3
18	4-14	USD	USD×4	Ace	USD server	aced Anna Powell	+0.3
19	4-15	USD	USD×4	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.2
20	4-16	USD	USD×4	Kill	BayLea Sparks		+0.1
21	5-16	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Bella Ekeler	+0.0
22	5-17	GA SOU	USD	Serve err	GA SOU server		+0.1
23	5-18	USD	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Lauren Lynch	+0.0
24	6-18	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Emma Brewer	blk Gabby Babinski, Alex Myers	+0.0
25	6-19	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.0
26	6-20	USD	USD	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Kylie Munday	+0.0
27	7-20	USD	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Lauren Lynch	+0.0
28	7-21	GA SOU	USD×4	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Kylie Munday	+0.0
29	7-22	USD	USD×4	Kill	Kylie Munday	set Nemo Beach	+0.0
30	7-23	USD	USD×4	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.0
31	7-24	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Gabby Babinski	blk Meghan Scholz, Emma Brewer	+0.0
32	8-24	USD	GA SOU	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton	blk Kayla Knowles, Sam Bowron	+0.0
33	9-24	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron		+0.0
34	9-25	GA SOU	USD	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Kylie Munday	+0.0

Score shown after each rally, Ga. Southern 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.