South Carolina def. Virginia Tech 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 18)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026

0:3

South Carolina beat visiting Virginia Tech 3-0 (25-10, 25-18, 25-18) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. South Carolina's Ceci Vance led with 10 kills, and Lilly Gillespie added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
VT	10	18	18	0
S CAR	25	25	25	3

Win probability

South Carolina above 50 · Virginia Tech below

Biggest swing: 2.0% to Virginia Tech — set 2, VT 17-17 S CAR. Attack error by Ceci Vance. S CAR win probability 92% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VT 16.6%83.4% S CAR

Virginia Tech wins

3-0

2.6%

3-1

5.4%

3-2

8.7%

South Carolina wins

3-0

35.1%

3-1

31.0%

3-2

17.2%

VT break %: 38.6% vs this opp
S CAR break %: 45.9% 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
Ceci VanceAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Ceci Vance
Set 2 · VT 17-17 S CAR · VT 8% → 10%
02
Elise MarchalKill+1.9%
Kill by Elise Marchal (set by Kiana Dinn)
Set 2 · VT 17-19 S CAR · S CAR 92% → 93%
03
Courtney BurgessBad set+1.7%
Bad set by Courtney Burgess
Set 2 · VT 15-17 S CAR · S CAR 92% → 93%
04
Isabela LopezKill+1.7%
Kill by Isabela Lopez (set by Courtney Burgess)
Set 2 · VT 13-13 S CAR · VT 8% → 10%
05
South CarolinaAce+1.5%
South Carolina ace on Paloma Zubiri
Set 2 · VT 17-20 S CAR · S CAR 93% → 95%
06
Elise MarchalKill+1.5%
Kill by Elise Marchal (set by Kiana Dinn)
Set 2 · VT 17-18 S CAR · S CAR 90% → 92%
07
Paloma ZubiriKill+1.4%
Kill by Paloma Zubiri (set by Courtney Burgess)
Set 2 · VT 15-15 S CAR · VT 8% → 10%
08
Adeline HundlAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Adeline Hundl
Set 1 · VT 0-2 S CAR · S CAR 84% → 86%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Virginia Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Isabella MishlerMB	3	10	3	17	.412	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.5	10.5
6Destiny WalkerOH	3	5	4	30	.033	0	1	1	10	1	2	1	7
26Layla MooreMB	3	1	2	8	-.125	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	3.5
7Camilla BrandaliseS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	13	0	1	8	0	0	0	0
8Adeline HundlOH	2	2	4	18	-.111	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
25Sara Letizia GaspariniOH	1	0	2	6	-.333	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
16Frances TorresOH	3	6	4	17	.118	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	8
23Ivy CooperL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	13	1	0	0	0
11Paloma ZubiriOH	2	6	2	15	.267	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	6
1Courtney BurgessS	2	0	0	0	–	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Isabela LopezOH	1	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Camdynn GonzalezS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	23	115	.070	25	1	7	42	7	12	6	46

South Carolinahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Ava LeahyMB	3	9	0	18	.500	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	10
13Elise MarchalOPP	3	7	2	17	.294	1	0	0	3	0	5	2.5	9.5
21Olivia BorgmanOH	3	5	2	25	.120	0	2	2	6	1	1	0.5	7.5
5Sydney DavisMB	3	2	0	5	.400	1	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	4.5
10Madisyn CrnjacOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	2
20Kiana DinnS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
1Ceci VanceOH	3	10	5	23	.217	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
2Ally CavanaughOH	3	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
18Lilly GillespieL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	18	0	0	0	2
32Jillian BohannonS	3	0	0	0	–	17	1	0	7	0	0	0	1
19Elizabeth McElveenDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Maggie PennL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	10	97	.268	33	7	4	57	1	14	7	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 VT · S CAR 5

Set 1

10-25

Longest run 2 VTS CAR 5

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 2 VTS CAR 5

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 VTS CAR 5

Bars above the line = South Carolina leads, below = Virginia Tech leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Virginia Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%7/16	14%1/7
2	43%6/14	36%4/11
3	60%6/10	25%2/8
4	50%5/10	33%3/9
5	45%5/11	29%2/7
6	33%4/12	17%1/6
All	45%33/73	27%13/48

South Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	78%7/9	62%8/13
2	75%6/8	65%11/17
3	67%6/9	50%6/12
4	75%6/8	40%4/10
5	63%5/8	38%3/8
6	83%5/6	62%8/13
All	73%35/48	55%40/73

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

121 rallies

#	VT-S CAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	VT	S CAR×4	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+1.1
2	0-2	S CAR	S CAR×4	Attack err	Adeline Hundl		+1.3
3	0-3	S CAR	S CAR×4	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+1.2
4	0-4	S CAR	S CAR×4	Attack err	Adeline Hundl		+1.0
5	1-4	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.7
6	1-5	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kiana Dinn	+0.7
7	2-5	S CAR	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.7
8	2-6	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.8
9	3-6	S CAR	VT	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.7
10	3-7	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.8
11	4-7	S CAR	VT	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.8
12	5-7	VT	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Ivy Cooper	+1.3
13	5-8	VT	S CAR×5	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	+1.0
14	5-9	S CAR	S CAR×5	Attack err	Sara Letizia Gasparini		+1.1
15	5-10	S CAR	S CAR×5	Attack err	Sara Letizia Gasparini		+0.9
16	5-11	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Ceci Vance	+0.7
17	5-12	S CAR	S CAR×5	Blocked	Frances Torres	blk Sydney Davis, Ceci Vance	+0.5
18	6-12	S CAR	VT	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+0.3
19	6-13	VT	S CAR×5	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+0.4
20	6-14	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Olivia Borgman		+0.3
21	6-15	S CAR	S CAR×5	Ace	South Carolina	aced Ivy Cooper	+0.2
22	6-16	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+0.1
23	6-17	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.1
24	7-17	S CAR	VT	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Frances Torres, Layla Moore	·
25	7-18	VT	S CAR	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Sydney Davis, Elise Marchal	·
26	7-19	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina	aced Sara Letizia Gasparini	·
27	8-19	S CAR	VT	Serve err	South Carolina		·
28	8-20	VT	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Adeline Hundl	·
29	9-20	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	·
30	9-21	VT	S CAR×3	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Jillian Bohannon	·
31	9-22	S CAR	S CAR×3	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Jillian Bohannon	·
32	9-23	S CAR	S CAR×3	Ace	South Carolina	aced Isabella Mishler	·
33	10-23	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	·
34	10-24	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	·
35	10-25	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	·
Set 2
1	1-0	S CAR	VT	Blocked	Elise Marchal	blk Destiny Walker, Isabella Mishler	+0.9
2	2-0	VT	VT	Ace	Destiny Walker	aced Olivia Borgman	+1.3
3	2-1	VT	S CAR	Kill	Sydney Davis	set Kiana Dinn	+0.9
4	3-1	S CAR	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Ivy Cooper	+1.0
5	3-2	VT	S CAR×3	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kiana Dinn	+0.9
6	3-3	S CAR	S CAR×3	Ace	South Carolina	aced Destiny Walker	+1.2
7	3-4	S CAR	S CAR×3	Attack err	Frances Torres		+1.2
8	4-4	S CAR	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.9
9	4-5	VT	S CAR×3	Bad set	Courtney Burgess		+0.9
10	4-6	S CAR	S CAR×3	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	+1.1
11	4-7	S CAR	S CAR×3	Ace	South Carolina		+1.0
12	5-7	S CAR	VT	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.7
13	5-8	VT	S CAR	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+0.7
14	6-8	S CAR	VT	Blocked	Ally Cavanaugh	blk Destiny Walker, Layla Moore	+0.7
15	7-8	VT	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Courtney Burgess	+1.2
16	7-9	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.9
17	7-10	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Isabela Lopez		+1.0
18	8-10	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Ivy Cooper	+0.7
19	8-11	VT	S CAR	Attack err	Isabella Mishler		+0.8
20	9-11	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.8
21	10-11	VT	VT	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.3
22	10-12	VT	S CAR	Kill	Sydney Davis	set Kiana Dinn	+1.0
23	11-12	S CAR	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camilla Brandalise	+1.0
24	11-13	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kiana Dinn	+1.0
25	12-13	S CAR	VT	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Layla Moore, Frances Torres	+1.0
26	13-13	VT	VT	Kill	Isabela Lopez	set Courtney Burgess	+1.7
27	13-14	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Jillian Bohannon	+1.2
28	14-14	S CAR	VT	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Courtney Burgess	+1.3
29	14-15	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	+1.3
30	15-15	S CAR	VT	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Courtney Burgess	+1.4
31	15-16	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	+1.3
32	15-17	S CAR	S CAR	Bad set	Courtney Burgess		+1.7
33	16-17	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Courtney Burgess	+1.2
34	17-17	VT	VT	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+2.0
35	17-18	VT	S CAR×3	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+1.5
36	17-19	S CAR	S CAR×3	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+1.9
37	17-20	S CAR	S CAR×3	Ace	South Carolina	aced Paloma Zubiri	+1.5
38	18-20	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.9
39	18-21	VT	S CAR×5	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+1.2
40	18-22	S CAR	S CAR×5	Attack err	Frances Torres		+1.1
41	18-23	S CAR	S CAR×5	Attack err	Paloma Zubiri		+0.5
42	18-24	S CAR	S CAR×5	Blocked	Isabella Mishler	blk Ava Leahy, Elise Marchal	+0.2
43	18-25	S CAR	S CAR×5	Blocked	Paloma Zubiri	blk Elise Marchal, Ava Leahy	·
Set 3
1	0-1	VT	S CAR×3	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Sydney Davis, Elise Marchal	+0.4
2	0-2	S CAR	S CAR×3	Attack err	Isabella Mishler		+0.5
3	0-3	S CAR	S CAR×3	Attack err	Adeline Hundl		+0.4
4	1-3	S CAR	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Ivy Cooper	+0.3
5	2-3	VT	VT	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Kiana Dinn	+0.5
6	2-4	VT	S CAR×5	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.4
7	2-5	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Lilly Gillespie	+0.5
8	2-6	S CAR	S CAR×5	Attack err	Adeline Hundl		+0.4
9	2-7	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.3
10	2-8	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.3
11	3-8	S CAR	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.2
12	3-9	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.2
13	4-9	S CAR	VT×3	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Ivy Cooper	+0.2
14	5-9	VT	VT×3	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+0.3
15	6-9	VT	VT×3	Kill	Layla Moore		+0.4
16	6-10	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.3
17	6-11	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Destiny Walker		+0.3
18	7-11	S CAR	VT	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Frances Torres, Layla Moore	+0.2
19	8-11	VT	VT	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Frances Torres, Layla Moore	+0.4
20	8-12	VT	S CAR×3	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+0.3
21	8-13	S CAR	S CAR×3	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Sydney Davis, Elise Marchal	+0.4
22	8-14	S CAR	S CAR×3	Attack err	Layla Moore		+0.3
23	9-14	S CAR	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Courtney Burgess	+0.2
24	9-15	VT	S CAR×3	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.2
25	9-16	S CAR	S CAR×3	Blocked	Frances Torres	blk Olivia Borgman, Sydney Davis	+0.2
26	9-17	S CAR	S CAR×3	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Elise Marchal	+0.1
27	10-17	S CAR	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Courtney Burgess	+0.1
28	10-18	VT	S CAR	Serve err	Virginia Tech		+0.1
29	10-19	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina	aced Paloma Zubiri	+0.1
30	11-19	S CAR	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise	·
31	12-19	VT	VT	Attack err	Elise Marchal		·
32	12-20	VT	S CAR	Attack err	Camilla Brandalise		+0.1
33	13-20	S CAR	VT×3	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise	·
34	14-20	VT	VT×3	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Paloma Zubiri	+0.1
35	15-20	VT	VT×3	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Isabella Mishler	+0.1
36	15-21	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.1
37	16-21	S CAR	VT	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Camilla Brandalise	+0.1
38	16-22	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Jillian Bohannon	+0.1
39	16-23	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Layla Moore		+0.1
40	17-23	S CAR	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Courtney Burgess	·
41	17-24	VT	S CAR	Serve err	Virginia Tech		·
42	18-24	S CAR	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Courtney Burgess	·
43	18-25	VT	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Sydney Davis	·

Score shown after each rally, Virginia Tech 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).

South Carolina def. Virginia Tech 3–0