James Madison def. Georgia State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: James Madison 87.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

James Madison won at Georgia St. 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-15) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. James Madison's Kennedy Louisell led with 18 kills, and Sydney Lewis added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:15 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
JMU	25	25	25	3
GA ST	17	23	15	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Kennedy Louisell hit .469 with 18 kills as James Madison rolled past Georgia St.

The biggest single-rally swing was 3.3 points, and Georgia St.'s high was 14% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. James Madison went in as RallyIQ's 87% pick.

James MadisonGeorgia St.

Break %+19.7 pts
42.522.8
On serve: 31/73 against 13/57 (Georgia St. sideout 57.5%).
Hitting+.176
.306.130
44 kills, 14 errors vs 31 kills, 18 errors.
Longest run+4
73
7 straight James Madison points in the third set stretched a 4–3 lead to 11–3. That set ended 25–15.

Georgia St. above 50James Madison belowMax swing 3.3%

James MadisonGeorgia St.

Aces: James Madison 4·Georgia St. 2
Serve err: James Madison 8·Georgia St. 8
Blocks: James Madison 9·Georgia St. 30 BS · 18 BA vs 0 BS · 6 BA
Digs: James Madison 46·Georgia St. 35

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Georgia St. above 50 · James Madison below

Biggest swing: 3.3% to James Madison — set 2, JMU 25-23 GA ST. Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Lindsey Large). GA ST win probability 5% → 2%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

JMU 76.5%23.5% GA ST

James Madison wins

3-0

28.3%

3-1

29.2%

3-2

19.0%

Georgia St. wins

3-0

4.0%

3-1

8.0%

3-2

11.5%

JMU break %: 45.8% vs this opp
GA ST break %: 40.3% 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
Kennedy LouisellKill+3.3%
Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Lindsey Large)
Set 2 · JMU 25-23 GA ST · JMU 95% → 98%
02
Kennedy LouisellKill+3.2%
Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Lindsey Large)
Set 2 · JMU 24-23 GA ST · JMU 91% → 95%
03
Ana ToumazatosAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Ana Toumazatos
Set 2 · JMU 23-23 GA ST · GA ST 6% → 9%
04
Julie AriasAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Julie Arias
Set 2 · JMU 22-20 GA ST · JMU 94% → 95%
05
Kennedy LouisellKill+1.8%
Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Lindsey Large)
Set 2 · JMU 19-18 GA ST · JMU 92% → 93%
06
Addie NormanKill+1.8%
Kill by Addie Norman (set by Lindsey Large)
Set 2 · JMU 23-21 GA ST · JMU 94% → 96%
07
Kennedy LouisellKill+1.8%
Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Lindsey Large)
Set 2 · JMU 21-20 GA ST · JMU 92% → 94%
08
Akira BurtKill+1.7%
Kill by Akira Burt (set by Annelore Engels)
Set 2 · JMU 20-20 GA ST · GA ST 7% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

James Madisonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Kennedy LouisellOH	3	18	3	32	.469	0	3	1	7	0	3	1.5	22.5
4Ella Grace HollowayOH	3	7	1	14	.429	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	8
8Anna WilsonMB	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	6
9Ayen NhialMB	3	3	3	12	.000	2	0	4	1	0	5	2.5	5.5
2Grace WenrichS	3	0	0	2	.000	12	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
16Shelby DavisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0
6Addie NormanOH	3	9	3	17	.353	0	0	1	1	0	3	1.5	10.5
13Ana ToumazatosOH	3	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
5Lindsey LargeS	3	0	0	0	–	25	0	0	7	0	1	0.5	0.5
17Sydney LewisL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	3	0	2	10	0	0	0	0
12Brenna CorbinL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		44	14	98	.306	42	4	8	46	2	18	9	75

Georgia St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Akira BurtMB	3	7	4	31	.097	0	0	0	7	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Julie AriasOH	3	5	5	20	.000	1	1	2	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
17Mina OlgarMB	3	6	1	10	.500	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	6
15Jayden EakerOPP	3	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
11Sophia JohnsonOH	3	2	5	17	-.176	1	0	1	5	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Dariana ValenciaS	3	1	0	1	1.000	9	0	0	8	0	0	0	1
10Annelore EngelsS	3	2	0	2	1.000	14	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
3Leilani-Kai GiustaOH	3	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
8Sigrun JonsdottirL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	2	8	0	0	0	1
4Charley GobervilleOH	1	2	2	5	.000	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
1Reagan ElizondoOH	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
7Madilyn LenoxMB	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		31	18	100	.130	29	2	8	35	4	6	3	55

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 Georgia St.

Season series · James Madison leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 1, 2026James Madison at Georgia St. · James Madison won 3-0This match
Fri, Oct 2, 2026James Madison at Georgia St. · James Madison won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 JMU · GA ST 3

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 4 JMUGA ST 2

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 3 JMUGA ST 3

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 7 JMUGA ST 3

Bars above the line = Georgia St. 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	100%5/5	33%2/6
2	83%5/6	29%2/7
3	63%5/8	50%5/10
4	83%5/6	62%8/13
5	63%5/8	38%3/8
6	83%5/6	0%0/5
All	77%30/39	41%20/49

Georgia St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%5/8	17%1/6
2	50%5/10	0%0/5
3	42%5/12	29%2/7
4	56%5/9	29%2/7
5	83%5/6	44%4/9
6	100%4/4	0%0/5
All	59%29/49	23%9/39

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 (2 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

130 rallies

#	JMU-GA ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+1.3
2	1-1	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.0
3	2-1	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Sophia Johnson	blk Kennedy Louisell, Ayen Nhial	+1.2
4	2-2	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Julie Arias	set Dariana Valencia	+1.0
5	3-2	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+1.0
6	3-3	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Dariana Valencia	+1.1
7	4-3	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+1.0
8	4-4	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Lindsey Large	+1.1
9	5-4	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.0
10	5-5	JMU	GA ST	Serve err	James Madison		+1.1
11	6-5	GA ST	JMU×3	Serve err	Georgia St.		+1.1
12	7-5	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Julie Arias	blk Ella Grace Holloway, Anna Wilson	+1.2
13	8-5	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Julie Arias		+1.1
14	8-6	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Julie Arias	set Annelore Engels	+0.9
15	9-6	GA ST	JMU×3	Serve err	Georgia St.		+0.9
16	10-6	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Julie Arias	blk Anna Wilson, Ella Grace Holloway	+0.9
17	11-6	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Akira Burt	blk Kennedy Louisell, Anna Wilson	+0.7
18	11-7	JMU	GA ST	Attack err	Anna Wilson		+0.6
19	12-7	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+0.6
20	12-8	JMU	GA ST	Serve err	James Madison		+0.6
21	13-8	GA ST	JMU×3	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+0.6
22	14-8	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.6
23	15-8	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Ayen Nhial	+0.4
24	15-9	JMU	GA ST	Blocked	Addie Norman	blk Jayden Eaker, Sophia Johnson	+0.3
25	16-9	GA ST	JMU×4	Attack err	Mina Olgar		+0.3
26	17-9	JMU	JMU×4	Blocked	Sophia Johnson	blk Ayen Nhial, Lindsey Large	+0.3
27	18-9	JMU	JMU×4	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.1
28	19-9		JMU	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
29	19-10	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Dariana Valencia	·
30	19-11	GA ST	GA ST	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+0.1
31	20-11	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Lindsey Large	+0.1
32	20-12	JMU	GA ST	Serve err	James Madison		·
33	21-12	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Lindsey Large	+0.1
34	21-13	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Annelore Engels	·
35	21-14	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Julie Arias	set Annelore Engels	+0.1
36	22-14	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Ayen Nhial	+0.1
37	23-14	JMU	JMU	Blocked	Akira Burt	blk Kennedy Louisell, Anna Wilson	·
38	23-15	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Annelore Engels	set Julie Arias	·
39	24-15	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	·
40	24-16	JMU	GA ST	Serve err	James Madison		·
41	24-17	GA ST	GA ST	Ace	Georgia St.	aced Shelby Davis	·
42	25-17	GA ST	JMU	Serve err	Georgia St.		·
Set 2
1	0-1	JMU	GA ST	Blocked	Ella Grace Holloway	blk Jayden Eaker, Julie Arias	+0.8
2	1-1	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Sydney Lewis	+0.7
3	2-1	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Akira Burt		+0.8
4	2-2	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Eaker	set Dariana Valencia	+0.7
5	2-3	GA ST	GA ST	Ace	Georgia St.	aced Shelby Davis	+1.0
6	3-3	GA ST	JMU	Serve err	Georgia St.		+0.8
7	3-4	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Julie Arias	+0.9
8	4-4	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+0.8
9	4-5	JMU	GA ST	Serve err	James Madison		+0.9
10	4-6	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Annelore Engels	+1.2
11	5-6	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+0.9
12	5-7	JMU	GA ST	Serve err	James Madison		+1.0
13	6-7	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.9
14	6-8	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Julie Arias	set Annelore Engels	+1.0
15	7-8	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Grace Wenrich	+0.9
16	7-9	JMU	GA ST	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.1
17	8-9	GA ST	JMU	Serve err	Georgia St.		+1.0
18	8-10	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Sigrun Jonsdottir	+1.1
19	9-10	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.0
20	9-11	JMU	GA ST×3	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+1.2
21	9-12	GA ST	GA ST×3	Kill	Leilani-Kai Giusta	set Annelore Engels	+1.5
22	9-13	GA ST	GA ST×3	Attack err	Addie Norman		+1.5
23	10-13	GA ST	JMU×3	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+1.0
24	11-13	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Sophia Johnson	blk Ayen Nhial, Addie Norman	+1.3
25	12-13	JMU	JMU×3	Ace	James Madison	aced Annelore Engels	+1.4
26	12-14	JMU	GA ST	Attack err	Ayen Nhial		+1.3
27	13-14	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Lindsey Large	+1.2
28	13-15	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Annelore Engels	+1.4
29	14-15	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Sydney Lewis	+1.2
30	14-16	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Annelore Engels	+1.5
31	15-16	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Grace Wenrich	+1.3
32	16-16	JMU	JMU	Bad set	Dariana Valencia		+1.6
33	16-17	JMU	GA ST	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.5
34	17-17	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.4
35	17-18	JMU	GA ST	Blocked	Ayen Nhial	blk Akira Burt, Jayden Eaker	+1.6
36	18-18	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Sydney Lewis	+1.5
37	19-18	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+1.8
38	19-19	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Sophia Johnson	+1.6
39	20-19	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+1.6
40	20-20	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Annelore Engels	+1.7
41	21-20	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+1.8
42	22-20	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Julie Arias		+1.9
43	22-21	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Julie Arias	set Annelore Engels	+1.4
44	23-21	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.8
45	23-22	JMU	GA ST	Serve err	James Madison		+1.4
46	23-23	GA ST	GA ST	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+3.0
47	24-23	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+3.2
48	25-23	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+3.3
Set 3
1	1-0	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.3
2	2-0	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Julie Arias		+0.4
3	2-1	JMU	GA ST	Attack err	Ayen Nhial		+0.3
4	3-1	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+0.3
5	4-1	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+0.3
6	4-2	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Dariana Valencia	+0.3
7	4-3	GA ST	GA ST	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+0.4
8	5-3	GA ST	JMU×7	Serve err	Georgia St.		+0.3
9	6-3	JMU	JMU×7	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Lindsey Large	+0.3
10	7-3	JMU	JMU×7	Blocked	Sophia Johnson	blk Ayen Nhial, Addie Norman	+0.3
11	8-3	JMU	JMU×7	Ace	James Madison		+0.2
12	9-3	JMU	JMU×7	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Lindsey Large	+0.2
13	10-3	JMU	JMU×7	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.1
14	11-3	JMU	JMU×7	Attack err	Akira Burt		+0.1
15	11-4	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Dariana Valencia	set Mina Olgar	+0.1
16	12-4	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Lindsey Large	+0.1
17	12-5	JMU	GA ST×3	Serve err	James Madison		+0.1
18	12-6	GA ST	GA ST×3	Attack err	Addie Norman		+0.1
19	12-7	GA ST	GA ST×3	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+0.2
20	13-7	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Lindsey Large	+0.2
21	13-8	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Annelore Engels	+0.1
22	14-8	GA ST	JMU	Serve err	Georgia St.		+0.2
23	14-9	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Eaker	set Annelore Engels	+0.1
24	15-9	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+0.2
25	15-10	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Reagan Elizondo	set Dariana Valencia	+0.1
26	16-10	GA ST	JMU×4	Attack err	Sophia Johnson		+0.2
27	17-10	JMU	JMU×4	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Lindsey Large	+0.1
28	18-10	JMU	JMU×4	Blocked	Charley Goberville	blk Ayen Nhial, Addie Norman	+0.1
29	19-10	JMU	JMU×4	Attack err	Charley Goberville		·
30	19-11	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Charley Goberville	set Sigrun Jonsdottir	·
31	20-11	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	·
32	20-12	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Charley Goberville	set Dariana Valencia	·
33	21-12	GA ST	JMU×3	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	·
34	22-12	JMU	JMU×3	Ace	James Madison	aced Charley Goberville	·
35	23-12	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Madilyn Lenox		·
36	23-13	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Madilyn Lenox	set Annelore Engels	·
37	23-14	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Reagan Elizondo	set Annelore Engels	·
38	24-14	GA ST	JMU	Serve err	Georgia St.		·
39	24-15	JMU	GA ST	Kill	Annelore Engels	set Sigrun Jonsdottir	·
40	25-15	GA ST	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Grace Wenrich	·

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).

James Madison def. Georgia St. 3–0

Kennedy Louisell hit .469 with 18 kills as James Madison rolled past Georgia St.