Ga. Southern def. James Madison 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 23)

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Ga. Southern 60.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Ga. Southern beat visiting James Madison 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-21) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Ga. Southern's Beka Pfefferkorn led with 13 kills, and Reagan Barth added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:10 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
JMU	23	17	21	0
GA SOU	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

All three sets were decided by eight or fewer, and Ga. Southern won each one.

The biggest single-rally swing was 7.0 points, and James Madison's high was 44% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Ga. Southern at 61%.

James MadisonGa. Southern

Break %+12.3 pts
32.344.6
Points won on own serve: 33 of 74 vs 20 of 62. James Madison sided out 55.4% of the time.
Hitting+.087
.140.227
Kills and errors: 43–16 vs 34–19.
Longest run+-1
65
From 8–8 in the first set, Ga. Southern scored 5 straight to lead 13–8. The set finished 25–23.

Ga. Southern above 50James Madison belowMax swing 7.0%

James MadisonGa. Southern

Aces: James Madison 1·Ga. Southern 4
Serve err: James Madison 5·Ga. Southern 10
Blocks: James Madison 7·Ga. Southern 64 BS · 6 BA vs 4 BS · 4 BA
Digs: James Madison 51·Ga. Southern 46

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Ga. Southern above 50 · James Madison below

Biggest swing: 7.0% to Ga. Southern — set 1, JMU 22-24 GA SOU. Attack error by Addie Norman. GA SOU win probability 66% → 73%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

JMU 32.1%67.9% GA SOU

James Madison wins

3-0

6.3%

3-1

11.4%

3-2

14.4%

Ga. Southern wins

3-0

21.9%

3-1

26.1%

3-2

20.0%

JMU break %: 39.9% vs this opp
GA SOU break %: 43.4% 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
Addie NormanAttack error+7.0%
Attack error by Addie Norman
Set 1 · JMU 22-24 GA SOU · GA SOU 66% → 73%
02
Alex MyersKill+6.6%
Kill by Alex Myers (set by Lexi Duffy)
Set 1 · JMU 23-25 GA SOU · GA SOU 71% → 77%
03
Melisa IlterAttack error+5.6%
Attack error by Melisa Ilter
Set 1 · JMU 20-21 GA SOU · GA SOU 59% → 65%
04
Beka PfefferkornKill+5.5%
Kill by Beka Pfefferkorn (set by Lexi Duffy)
Set 1 · JMU 22-23 GA SOU · GA SOU 61% → 66%
05
Reagan BarthAttack error+5.3%
Attack error by Reagan Barth
Set 1 · JMU 20-19 GA SOU · JMU 39% → 44%
06
Beka PfefferkornKill+4.7%
Kill by Beka Pfefferkorn (set by Mayte Camacho)
Set 1 · JMU 21-22 GA SOU · GA SOU 61% → 65%
07
Kennedy LouisellKill+4.6%
Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Grace Wenrich)
Set 1 · JMU 19-19 GA SOU · JMU 35% → 39%
08
Kennedy LouisellKill+4.6%
Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Grace Wenrich)
Set 1 · JMU 22-22 GA SOU · JMU 35% → 39%

Box score

Official NCAA box

James Madisonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Kennedy LouisellOH	3	13	6	47	.149	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	13
20Melisa IlterOH	3	5	5	14	.000	0	0	0	5	0	1	3	2.5	7.5
9Ayen NhialMB	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	5.5
2Grace WenrichS	3	3	0	6	.500	14	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	3
8Anna WilsonMB	3	1	1	4	.000	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
16Shelby DavisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	9	3	0	0	0	1
6Addie NormanOH	3	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
13Ana ToumazatosOH	3	4	3	14	.071	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
5Lindsey LargeS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
17Sydney LewisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	19	107	.140	30	1	5	51	4	4	6	7	61

Ga. Southernhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Beka PfefferkornOH	3	13	4	32	.281	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
25Reagan BarthOH	3	11	8	31	.097	3	1	2	15	0	0	0	0	12
7Alex MyersMB	3	8	0	13	.615	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	3	12
11Kayla KnowlesOH	3	2	0	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2Lexi DuffyS	3	1	0	5	.200	25	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1
3Mayte CamachoDS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
8Sam BowronOH	3	7	3	28	.143	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	2.5	9.5
5Maddie CuginoL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	1	3	9	1	0	0	0	2
23Gabby BabinskiOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	16	119	.227	34	4	10	46	1	4	4	6	75

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.

James Madison vs Ga. Southern

Season series · Ga. Southern leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 23, 2026James Madison at Ga. Southern · Ga. Southern won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 24, 2026James Madison at Ga. Southern · Ga. Southern won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 JMU · GA SOU 5

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 6 JMUGA SOU 5

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 3 JMUGA SOU 5

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 3 JMUGA SOU 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

James Madison

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	57%8/14
2	50%8/16	33%4/12
3	53%8/15	33%4/12
4	50%6/12	20%2/10
5	60%6/10	0%0/6
6	56%5/9	25%2/8
All	55%41/74	32%20/62

Ga. Southern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	89%8/9	42%5/12
2	53%8/15	38%5/13
3	89%8/9	56%10/18
4	86%6/7	45%5/11
5	100%6/6	33%3/9
6	38%6/16	45%5/11
All	68%42/62	45%33/74

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

136 rallies

#	JMU-GA SOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Mayte Camacho	+2.4
2	1-1	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.8
3	1-2	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+1.8
4	2-2	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Grace Wenrich		+1.8
5	2-3	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+1.8
6	2-4	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron		+2.4
7	3-4	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Maddie Cugino		+1.7
8	4-4	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+2.5
9	4-5	JMU	GA SOU	Serve err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.9
10	5-5	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos		+1.9
11	5-6	JMU	GA SOU	Serve err	Anna Wilson		+1.9
12	6-6	GA SOU	JMU	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+2.0
13	6-7	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+2.0
14	7-7	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Alex Myers		+2.0
15	7-8	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Mayte Camacho	+2.0
16	8-8	GA SOU	JMU	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Ayen Nhial, Melisa Ilter	+2.1
17	8-9	JMU	GA SOU×5	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Mayte Camacho	+2.1
18	8-10	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn		+2.8
19	8-11	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Ace	Reagan Barth	aced Shelby Davis	+2.6
20	8-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+2.3
21	8-13	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Reagan Barth	+1.9
22	9-13	GA SOU	JMU×3	Serve err	Reagan Barth		+1.1
23	10-13	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Shelby Davis	+2.0
24	11-13	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Sam Bowron	blk Anna Wilson	+2.5
25	11-14	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Lexi Duffy		+2.1
26	12-14	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Lindsey Large	+1.9
27	12-15	JMU	GA SOU	Serve err	Kennedy Louisell		+2.1
28	12-16	GA SOU	GA SOU	Blocked	Anna Wilson	blk Alex Myers	+2.5
29	13-16	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+1.5
30	13-17	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.8
31	14-17	GA SOU	JMU	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+1.5
32	14-18	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+1.9
33	14-19	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Mayte Camacho	+1.9
34	15-19	GA SOU	JMU×6	Serve err	Alex Myers		+0.9
35	16-19	JMU	JMU×6	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Ayen Nhial, Melisa Ilter	+1.9
36	17-19	JMU	JMU×6	Ace	Shelby Davis	aced Maddie Cugino	+2.8
37	18-19	JMU	JMU×6	Kill	Melisa Ilter	set Sydney Lewis	+3.7
38	19-19	JMU	JMU×6	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+4.6
39	20-19	JMU	JMU×6	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+5.3
40	20-20	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+3.7
41	20-21	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Melisa Ilter		+5.6
42	21-21	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Melisa Ilter	set Sydney Lewis	+4.1
43	21-22	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Mayte Camacho	+4.7
44	22-22	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+4.6
45	22-23	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+5.5
46	22-24	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Addie Norman		+7.0
47	23-24	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+2.9
48	23-25	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+6.6
Set 2
1	0-1	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+1.5
2	0-2	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Melisa Ilter		+2.1
3	1-2	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Reagan Barth		+1.5
4	2-2	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+2.2
5	2-3	JMU	GA SOU×5	Blocked	Melisa Ilter	blk Sam Bowron	+1.6
6	2-4	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Bad set	Grace Wenrich		+2.2
7	2-5	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Ace	Maddie Cugino	aced Shelby Davis	+2.0
8	2-6	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.8
9	2-7	GA SOU	GA SOU×5	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.6
10	3-7	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Grace Wenrich		+1.0
11	3-8	JMU	GA SOU	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.2
12	4-8	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+1.0
13	4-9	JMU	GA SOU	Blocked	Melisa Ilter	blk Alex Myers, Sam Bowron	+1.2
14	5-9	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Ana Toumazatos	+1.0
15	5-10	JMU	GA SOU×4	Blocked	Ayen Nhial	blk Alex Myers	+1.2
16	5-11	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Kill	Kayla Knowles		+1.4
17	5-12	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Ace	Alex Myers	aced Kennedy Louisell	+1.1
18	5-13	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Kill	Reagan Barth		+0.8
19	6-13	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.4
20	7-13	JMU	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Grace Wenrich	+0.8
21	7-14	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Kayla Knowles	set Lexi Duffy	+0.7
22	8-14	GA SOU	JMU	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+0.5
23	8-15	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+0.7
24	9-15	GA SOU	JMU×3	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Grace Wenrich	+0.5
25	10-15	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Grace Wenrich	set Lexi Duffy	+1.0
26	11-15	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Sam Bowron	blk Melisa Ilter	+1.4
27	11-16	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+1.3
28	12-16	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Maddie Cugino		+1.0
29	12-17	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Lexi Duffy	+1.3
30	12-18	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.2
31	13-18	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.6
32	14-18	JMU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Sydney Lewis	+1.2
33	14-19	JMU	GA SOU×3	Serve err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.2
34	14-20	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Bad set	Lindsey Large		+1.1
35	14-21	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Attack err	Addie Norman		+0.6
36	15-21	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+0.2
37	15-22	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Maddie Cugino	+0.4
38	16-22	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Lindsey Large	+0.1
39	17-22	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.4
40	17-23	JMU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+0.5
41	17-24	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn		+0.2
42	17-25	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	·
Set 3
1	1-0	GA SOU	JMU	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Melisa Ilter, Ayen Nhial	+1.0
2	1-1	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+0.9
3	2-1	GA SOU	JMU×3	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.0
4	3-1	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Melisa Ilter	set Sydney Lewis	+1.4
5	4-1	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Melisa Ilter	set Grace Wenrich	+1.4
6	4-2	JMU	GA SOU×4	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Lexi Duffy	+0.9
7	4-3	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Blocked	Melisa Ilter	blk Sam Bowron	+1.3
8	4-4	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Reagan Barth	+1.4
9	4-5	GA SOU	GA SOU×4	Blocked	Kennedy Louisell	blk Alex Myers, Beka Pfefferkorn	+1.4
10	5-5	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Maddie Cugino		+1.0
11	5-6	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn	set Lexi Duffy	+1.0
12	6-6	GA SOU	JMU	Serve err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+1.1
13	6-7	JMU	GA SOU	Serve err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.1
14	7-7	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.1
15	7-8	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.1
16	8-8	GA SOU	JMU×3	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.1
17	9-8	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Reagan Barth	blk Ayen Nhial	+1.6
18	10-8	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Reagan Barth		+1.6
19	10-9	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Maddie Cugino		+1.1
20	10-10	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+1.6
21	11-10	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Grace Wenrich	+1.3
22	12-10	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.7
23	12-11	JMU	GA SOU	Bad set	Kennedy Louisell		+1.2
24	13-11	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Melisa Ilter	set Grace Wenrich	+1.3
25	13-12	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+1.2
26	14-12	GA SOU	JMU	Blocked	Sam Bowron	blk Anna Wilson	+1.4
27	14-13	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.3
28	14-14	GA SOU	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Reagan Barth	+1.9
29	15-14	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+1.5
30	15-15	JMU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+1.4
31	15-16	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+2.1
32	16-16	GA SOU	JMU	Attack err	Gabby Babinski		+1.5
33	16-17	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Alex Myers	set Lexi Duffy	+1.6
34	16-18	GA SOU	GA SOU	Attack err	Ayen Nhial		+2.1
35	17-18	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.4
36	18-18	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Beka Pfefferkorn		+2.3
37	18-19	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Reagan Barth	set Lexi Duffy	+1.8
38	19-19	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.8
39	19-20	JMU	GA SOU	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+2.0
40	20-20	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+2.0
41	20-21	JMU	GA SOU	Kill	Sam Bowron	set Lexi Duffy	+2.2
42	20-22	GA SOU	GA SOU	Bad set	Grace Wenrich		+2.8
43	21-22	GA SOU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.7
44	21-23	JMU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Beka Pfefferkorn		+2.3
45	21-24	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Kill	Alex Myers		+2.2
46	21-25	GA SOU	GA SOU×3	Ace	Beka Pfefferkorn	aced Shelby Davis	+0.8

Score shown after each rally, James Madison 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. James Madison 3–0

All three sets were decided by eight or fewer, and Ga. Southern won each one.