Ga. Southern def. East Carolina 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 13)

FinalSun, Sep 13, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Ga. Southern beat East Carolina 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-16) on Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at a neutral site. Ga. Southern's Anna Powell led with 13 kills, and Maddie Cugino added 21 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 13

Set	1	2	3	Sets
GA SOU	25	25	25	3
E CAR	17	15	16	0

Win probability

East Carolina above 50 · Ga. Southern below

Biggest swing: 2.1% to East Carolina — set 2, GA SOU 12-11 E CAR. Attack error by Anna Powell. E CAR win probability 12% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GA SOU 71.8%28.2% E CAR

Ga. Southern wins

3-0

24.5%

3-1

27.5%

3-2

19.7%

East Carolina wins

3-0

5.2%

3-1

9.8%

3-2

13.2%

GA SOU break %: 42.0% vs this opp
E CAR break %: 37.7% 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
Anna PowellAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Anna Powell
Set 2 · GA SOU 12-11 E CAR · E CAR 12% → 14%
02
Anna PowellKill+2.0%
Kill by Anna Powell
Set 1 · GA SOU 2-0 E CAR · GA SOU 73% → 75%
03
Reagan BarthKill+2.0%
Kill by Reagan Barth (set by Bella Ekeler)
Set 2 · GA SOU 14-11 E CAR · GA SOU 88% → 90%
04
Gabby BabinskiKill+1.9%
Kill by Gabby Babinski (set by Lexi Duffy)
Set 1 · GA SOU 5-2 E CAR · GA SOU 75% → 77%
05
Ga. SouthernAce+1.8%
Ga. Southern ace on Angeles Alderete
Set 1 · GA SOU 10-6 E CAR · GA SOU 77% → 79%
06
Reagan BarthKill+1.8%
Kill by Reagan Barth (set by Bella Ekeler)
Set 2 · GA SOU 2-1 E CAR · GA SOU 84% → 86%
07
Beka PfefferkornAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Beka Pfefferkorn
Set 2 · GA SOU 5-4 E CAR · E CAR 12% → 14%
08
Ellie PateAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Ellie Pate
Set 2 · GA SOU 3-1 E CAR · GA SOU 86% → 87%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Ga. Southernaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
25Reagan BarthOH	3	11	6	29	.172	1	1	3	12	4	2	14
16Anna PowellOH	3	13	3	28	.357	0	1	1	9	0	0	14
7Alex MyersMB	3	8	0	17	.471	0	2	1	1	3	1.5	11.5
12Beka PfefferkornOH	3	4	1	14	.214	0	0	0	1	2	1	5
11Kayla KnowlesOH	3	1	1	5	.000	1	0	0	0	7	3.5	4.5
29Bella EkelerS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	0	3	0	0	0
23Gabby BabinskiOH	3	6	2	14	.286	0	0	0	1	4	2	8
2Lexi DuffyS	3	1	0	1	1.000	15	0	0	10	0	0	1
5Maddie CuginoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	21	0	0	0
4Ava OlsenOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Mayte CamachoDS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Sam BowronOH	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	13	110	.282	41	4	5	58	20	10	75

East Carolinahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Kai BaileyMB	3	8	2	20	.300	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	10
3Angeles AldereteOH	3	7	9	32	-.063	1	2	5	2	0	1	0.5	7.5
19Ellie PateOH	3	6	8	33	-.061	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	6
22Brook WatkinsS	3	1	0	4	.250	23	1	7	1	1	2	2	3
8Allison ButrumL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
6Ekwe AnwahMB	2	2	0	6	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
2Brooklyn AllisonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
4Emma OrtizL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
12Aulie HuffOH	2	2	2	12	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Lhogan WrightOH	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16Clara CloningerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Nina EdwardsMB	1	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
40Naala KasungaOPP	1	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21Jaci HallOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	23	118	.051	27	4	44	4	1	8	5	48

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 6 GA SOU · E CAR 4

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 GA SOUE CAR 3

Set 2

25-15

Longest run 6 GA SOUE CAR 3

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 5 GA SOUE CAR 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Ga. Southern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	17%1/6
2	75%6/8	57%8/14
3	75%6/8	54%7/13
4	67%6/9	50%6/12
5	75%6/8	54%7/13
6	86%6/7	60%9/15
All	74%37/50	52%38/73

East Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%6/12	30%3/10
2	46%6/13	0%0/6
3	60%6/10	33%3/9
4	50%6/12	40%4/10
5	30%6/20	25%2/8
6	83%5/6	14%1/7
All	48%35/73	26%13/50

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

123 rallies

#	GA SOU-E CAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	E CAR	GA SOU	Serve err	East Carolina		+1.4
2	2-0	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell		+2.0
3	2-1	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+1.3
4	3-1	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell	set Bella Ekeler	+1.4
5	3-2	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Brook Watkins	+1.4
6	4-2	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Bella Ekeler	+1.4
7	5-2	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Lexi Duffy	+1.9
8	5-3	GA SOU	E CAR	Attack err	Gabby Babinski		+1.2
9	6-3	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.3
10	6-4	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Angeles Alderete	+1.2
11	7-4	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Kayla Knowles	+1.3
12	7-5	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Aulie Huff	set Brook Watkins	+1.3
13	8-5	E CAR	GA SOU	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+1.3
14	8-6	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+1.3
15	9-6	E CAR	GA SOU×4	Blocked	Angeles Alderete	blk Kayla Knowles, Reagan Barth	+1.4
16	10-6	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Ace	Ga. Southern	aced Angeles Alderete	+1.8
17	11-6	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Kill	Anna Powell	set Bella Ekeler	+1.5
18	12-6	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Kill	Anna Powell	set Bella Ekeler	+1.1
19	12-7	GA SOU	E CAR	Serve err	Ga. Southern		+0.6
20	13-7	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell	set Bella Ekeler	+0.7
21	14-7	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+0.8
22	14-8	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Brook Watkins	set Ellie Pate	+0.4
23	15-8	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Bella Ekeler	+0.5
24	16-8	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell	set Lexi Duffy	+0.5
25	16-9	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Aulie Huff	set Brook Watkins	+0.2
26	17-9	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+0.3
27	17-10	GA SOU	E CAR×3	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Brook Watkins	+0.2
28	17-11	E CAR	E CAR×3	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Brook Watkins	+0.4
29	17-12	E CAR	E CAR×3	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Aulie Huff, Kai Bailey	+0.7
30	18-12	E CAR	GA SOU×5	Kill	Lexi Duffy	set Reagan Barth	+0.7
31	19-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Blocked	Aulie Huff	blk Kayla Knowles, Reagan Barth	+0.6
32	20-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Blocked	Angeles Alderete	blk Kayla Knowles, Gabby Babinski	+0.3
33	21-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Ace	Ga. Southern	aced Brook Watkins	+0.1
34	22-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Attack err	Kai Bailey		·
35	22-13	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	·
36	22-14	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Reagan Barth		·
37	23-14	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Mayte Camacho	·
38	23-15	GA SOU	E CAR×3	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Brook Watkins, Kai Bailey	·
39	23-16	E CAR	E CAR×3	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Kai Bailey, Brook Watkins	·
40	23-17	E CAR	E CAR×3	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Brook Watkins	+0.1
41	24-17	E CAR	GA SOU	Serve err	East Carolina		+0.1
42	25-17	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell	set Sam Bowron	·
Set 2
1	0-1	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+1.3
2	1-1	E CAR	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+1.2
3	2-1	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Bella Ekeler	+1.8
4	3-1	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+1.7
5	3-2	GA SOU	E CAR	Serve err	Ga. Southern		+1.1
6	4-2	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Kayla Knowles	set Bella Ekeler	+1.1
7	5-2	GA SOU	GA SOU	Blocked	Ellie Pate	blk Alex Myers, Beka Pfefferkorn	+1.6
8	5-3	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Brook Watkins	+1.0
9	5-4	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+1.7
10	6-4	E CAR	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Aulie Huff		+1.2
11	7-4	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+1.6
12	8-4	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Anna Powell	set Maddie Cugino	+1.4
13	8-5	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Emma Ortiz	+0.8
14	9-5	E CAR	GA SOU	Serve err	East Carolina		+0.9
15	9-6	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+0.9
16	10-6	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Lexi Duffy	+1.0
17	10-7	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Brook Watkins	+0.9
18	11-7	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+1.0
19	11-8	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+0.9
20	12-8	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Bella Ekeler	+1.0
21	12-9	GA SOU	E CAR×3	Serve err	Ga. Southern		+0.9
22	12-10	E CAR	E CAR×3	Kill	Ekwe Anwah	set Brook Watkins	+1.7
23	12-11	E CAR	E CAR×3	Attack err	Anna Powell		+2.1
24	13-11	E CAR	GA SOU	Serve err	East Carolina		+1.5
25	14-11	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Bella Ekeler	+2.0
26	14-12	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Ekwe Anwah	set Brook Watkins	+1.2
27	15-12	E CAR	GA SOU×3	Kill	Anna Powell	set Bella Ekeler	+1.3
28	16-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+1.7
29	17-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Maddie Cugino	+1.2
30	17-13	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Brook Watkins	+0.6
31	18-13	E CAR	GA SOU×6	Kill	Anna Powell	set Lexi Duffy	+0.8
32	19-13	GA SOU	GA SOU×6	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+0.8
33	20-13	GA SOU	GA SOU×6	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Maddie Cugino	+0.4
34	21-13	GA SOU	GA SOU×6	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Maddie Cugino	+0.2
35	22-13	GA SOU	GA SOU×6	Blocked	Ellie Pate	blk Alex Myers, Reagan Barth	+0.1
36	23-13	GA SOU	GA SOU×6	Ace	Ga. Southern	aced Emma Ortiz	·
37	23-14	GA SOU	E CAR	Serve err	Ga. Southern		·
38	24-14	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	·
39	24-15	GA SOU	E CAR	Serve err	Ga. Southern		·
40	25-15	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	·
Set 3
1	1-0	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Maddie Cugino	+0.6
2	2-0	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+0.9
3	2-1	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Brook Watkins	+0.6
4	3-1	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.6
5	4-1	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.9
6	4-2	GA SOU	E CAR	Attack err	Anna Powell		+0.6
7	4-3	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+1.0
8	5-3	E CAR	GA SOU	Attack err	Naala Kasunga		+0.7
9	5-4	GA SOU	E CAR×4	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Brook Watkins	+0.7
10	5-5	E CAR	E CAR×4	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Brook Watkins	+1.1
11	5-6	E CAR	E CAR×4	Kill	Angeles Alderete	set Kai Bailey	+1.2
12	5-7	E CAR	E CAR×4	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Brook Watkins	+1.3
13	6-7	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell	set Lexi Duffy	+0.8
14	6-8	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Kai Bailey	set Brook Watkins	+0.9
15	7-8	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Gabby Babinski	set Lexi Duffy	+0.8
16	8-8	GA SOU	GA SOU	Ace	Ga. Southern	aced Angeles Alderete	+1.3
17	8-9	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Ellie Pate	set Brook Watkins	+0.9
18	9-9	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+0.8
19	10-9	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+1.3
20	10-10	GA SOU	E CAR	Attack err	Anna Powell		+0.9
21	10-11	E CAR	E CAR	Attack err	Kayla Knowles		+1.4
22	11-11	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Anna Powell		+0.9
23	11-12	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Nina Edwards	set Brook Watkins	+1.0
24	12-12	E CAR	GA SOU×4	Kill	Anna Powell	set Bella Ekeler	+0.9
25	13-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+1.4
26	14-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Blocked	Nina Edwards	blk Alex Myers, Beka Pfefferkorn	+1.3
27	15-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+1.2
28	15-13	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Naala Kasunga	set Brook Watkins	+0.7
29	16-13	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Bella Ekeler	+0.8
30	16-14	GA SOU	E CAR	Blocked	Gabby Babinski	blk Angeles Alderete, Kai Bailey	+0.7
31	17-14	E CAR	GA SOU×3	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+0.8
32	18-14	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.0
33	19-14	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+0.7
34	19-15	GA SOU	E CAR	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+0.3
35	20-15	E CAR	GA SOU×5	Attack err	Ellie Pate		+0.4
36	21-15	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Blocked	Ellie Pate	blk Kayla Knowles, Gabby Babinski	+0.4
37	22-15	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Blocked	Ellie Pate	blk Gabby Babinski, Kayla Knowles	+0.2
38	23-15	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Attack err	Angeles Alderete		+0.1
39	24-15	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Blocked	Kai Bailey	blk Kayla Knowles, Reagan Barth	·
40	24-16	GA SOU	E CAR	Kill	Lhogan Wright	set Brook Watkins	·
41	25-16	E CAR	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Maddie Cugino	·

Score shown after each rally, Ga. Southern 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).

Ga. Southern def. East Carolina 3–0