Vanderbilt vs South Carolina Volleyball: Vanderbilt Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 30, 2026SECN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Vanderbilt 91.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Vanderbilt won at South Carolina 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Vanderbilt's Reese Animashaun led with 14 kills, and Elli Kinney added 8 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:50 PM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
VANDY	25	25	25	3
S CAR	20	19	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Reese Animashaun needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. Vanderbilt swept South Carolina.

The biggest single-rally swing was 2.6 points, and South Carolina's high was 15% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. RallyIQ gave Vanderbilt 92% before first serve.

VanderbiltSouth Carolina

Break %+11.4 pts
47.936.5
On serve: 35/73 against 23/63 (South Carolina sideout 52.1%).
Hitting+.167
.262.095
44 K / 17 E against 25 K / 17 E.
Longest run+0
55
Vanderbilt scored 5 straight in the second set to turn a 4–6 deficit into a 9–6 lead. That set ended 25–19.

South Carolina above 50Vanderbilt belowMax swing 2.6%

VanderbiltSouth Carolina

Aces: Vanderbilt 7·South Carolina 5
Serve err: Vanderbilt 13·South Carolina 7
Blocks: Vanderbilt 10·South Carolina 50 BS · 20 BA vs 3 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Vanderbilt 35·South Carolina 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

South Carolina above 50 · Vanderbilt below

Biggest swing: 2.6% to South Carolina — set 1, VANDY 16-18 S CAR. South Carolina ace on Maya Witherspoon. S CAR win probability 12% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VANDY 92.0%8.0% S CAR

Vanderbilt wins

3-0

48.2%

3-1

31.2%

3-2

12.6%

South Carolina wins

3-0

1.0%

3-1

2.4%

3-2

4.6%

VANDY break %: 45.6% vs this opp
S CAR break %: 35.0% 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
South CarolinaAce+2.6%
South Carolina ace on Maya Witherspoon
Set 1 · VANDY 16-18 S CAR · S CAR 12% → 15%
02
Rachel Ogunleye&Samantha WunschBlock+2.3%
Madisyn Crnjac stuffed by Rachel Ogunleye & Samantha Wunsch
Set 1 · VANDY 18-18 S CAR · VANDY 86% → 89%
03
Madisyn CrnjacKill+2.3%
Kill by Madisyn Crnjac (set by Sydney Floyd)
Set 1 · VANDY 14-16 S CAR · S CAR 12% → 14%
04
VanderbiltAce+2.2%
Vanderbilt ace on Olivia Borgman
Set 1 · VANDY 19-18 S CAR · VANDY 89% → 91%
05
Samantha WunschKill+2.0%
Kill by Samantha Wunsch (set by Hailee Mack)
Set 1 · VANDY 16-16 S CAR · VANDY 87% → 89%
06
Samantha WunschAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Samantha Wunsch
Set 1 · VANDY 14-15 S CAR · S CAR 10% → 12%
07
VanderbiltAce+1.9%
Vanderbilt ace on Elise Marchal
Set 1 · VANDY 20-18 S CAR · VANDY 91% → 93%
08
Norunn Westersjo&Olivia BorgmanBlock+1.6%
Samantha Wunsch stuffed by Norunn Westersjo & Olivia Borgman
Set 1 · VANDY 10-11 S CAR · S CAR 9% → 11%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Vanderbiltaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Reese AnimashaunOH	3	14	5	33	.273	0	3	1	5	1	1	0.5	17.5
12Kayla DunlapMB	3	11	2	15	.600	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	13.5
10Samantha WunschOPP	3	8	3	21	.238	0	1	5	2	0	4	2	11
11Maya WitherspoonOH	3	6	4	18	.111	0	0	1	7	3	2	1	7
3Avery ScogginsS	3	1	0	1	1.000	34	0	2	5	0	3	1.5	2.5
5Rachel OgunleyeMB	2	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	4.5
25Carly HendricksonOH	3	0	0	1	.000	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
1Hailee MackL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	3	6	0	0	0	1
8Elli KinneyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
15Maddy BowserMB	1	1	2	6	-.167	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
Team totals		44	17	103	.262	40	7	13	35	5	20	10	75

South Carolinahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Olivia BorgmanOH	3	6	3	15	.200	0	1	1	10	2	0	1	0.5	7.5
13Elise MarchalOPP	3	4	3	14	.071	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4
11Ella GrivnaMB	3	3	0	5	.600	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
15Norunn WestersjoOH	3	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2.5	3.5
20Kiana DinnS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	9	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	3
19Elizabeth McElveenDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2Ally CavanaughOH	3	8	3	24	.208	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
6Sydney FloydS	3	0	0	0	–	13	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
18Lilly GillespieL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0
1Ceci VanceOH	2	1	4	10	-.300	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	2
10Madisyn CrnjacOH	1	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		25	17	84	.095	23	5	7	39	7	3	4	5	61

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 5 VANDY · S CAR 5

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 VANDYS CAR 3

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 5 VANDYS CAR 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 3 VANDYS CAR 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Vanderbilt

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	60%9/15
2	80%8/10	43%6/14
3	50%6/12	40%4/10
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	46%6/13	50%6/12
6	75%6/8	40%4/10
All	63%40/63	48%35/73

South Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	11%1/9
2	55%6/11	27%3/11
3	55%6/11	45%5/11
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	46%6/13	57%8/14
6	46%6/13	40%4/10
All	52%38/73	37%23/63

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

#	VANDY-S CAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
2	2-0	VANDY	VANDY	Attack err	Olivia Borgman		+0.8
3	2-1	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.6
4	3-1	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+0.5
5	3-2	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+0.6
6	3-3	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Maya Witherspoon		+1.0
7	4-3	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.7
8	4-4	VANDY	S CAR	Attack err	Maya Witherspoon		+0.7
9	5-4	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+0.7
10	5-5	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.8
11	5-6	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Rachel Ogunleye		+1.3
12	6-6	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Rachel Ogunleye	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
13	6-7	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Madisyn Crnjac	set Lilly Gillespie	+1.0
14	6-8	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina		+1.6
15	7-8	S CAR	VANDY×3	Kill	Rachel Ogunleye	set Avery Scoggins	+0.9
16	8-8	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Madisyn Crnjac	blk Samantha Wunsch, Rachel Ogunleye	+1.4
17	9-8	VANDY	VANDY×3	Attack err	Madisyn Crnjac		+1.2
18	9-9	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.9
19	10-9	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
20	10-10	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.9
21	10-11	S CAR	S CAR	Blocked	Samantha Wunsch	blk Norunn Westersjo, Olivia Borgman	+1.6
22	11-11	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+1.0
23	12-11	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+1.4
24	12-12	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+1.0
25	13-12	S CAR	VANDY	Serve err	South Carolina		+1.0
26	13-13	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+1.1
27	14-13	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+1.0
28	14-14	VANDY	S CAR×3	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+1.1
29	14-15	S CAR	S CAR×3	Attack err	Samantha Wunsch		+2.0
30	14-16	S CAR	S CAR×3	Kill	Madisyn Crnjac	set Sydney Floyd	+2.3
31	15-16	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+1.3
32	16-16	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Hailee Mack	+2.0
33	16-17	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+1.6
34	16-18	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina	aced Maya Witherspoon	+2.6
35	17-18	S CAR	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+1.4
36	18-18	VANDY	VANDY×4	Blocked	Madisyn Crnjac	blk Rachel Ogunleye, Samantha Wunsch	+2.3
37	19-18	VANDY	VANDY×4	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Olivia Borgman	+2.2
38	20-18	VANDY	VANDY×4	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Elise Marchal	+1.9
39	20-19	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+1.1
40	21-19	S CAR	VANDY×3	Kill	Rachel Ogunleye	set Avery Scoggins	+1.3
41	22-19	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Elise Marchal	blk Maya Witherspoon, Kayla Dunlap	+1.5
42	23-19	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Elise Marchal	blk Maya Witherspoon, Kayla Dunlap	+0.8
43	23-20	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.2
44	24-20	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
45	25-20	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap		+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	VANDY	S CAR	Attack err	Reese Animashaun		+0.5
2	0-2	S CAR	S CAR	Blocked	Reese Animashaun	blk Norunn Westersjo	+0.8
3	1-2	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.5
4	1-3	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Lilly Gillespie	+0.6
5	2-3	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.5
6	2-4	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.6
7	2-5	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Maya Witherspoon		+1.0
8	3-5	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
9	4-5	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+0.9
10	4-6	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.7
11	5-6	S CAR	VANDY×5	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
12	6-6	VANDY	VANDY×5	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Rachel Ogunleye, Avery Scoggins	+0.8
13	7-6	VANDY	VANDY×5	Attack err	Ally Cavanaugh		+0.8
14	8-6	VANDY	VANDY×5	Kill	Avery Scoggins	set Carly Hendrickson	+0.7
15	9-6	VANDY	VANDY×5	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Ceci Vance	+0.6
16	9-7	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.4
17	10-7	S CAR	VANDY	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.4
18	11-7	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.5
19	11-8	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.3
20	12-8	S CAR	VANDY×3	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.3
21	13-8	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
22	14-8	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.2
23	14-9	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+0.1
24	15-9	S CAR	VANDY×3	Attack err	Olivia Borgman		+0.2
25	16-9	VANDY	VANDY×3	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Olivia Borgman	+0.1
26	17-9	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Samantha Wunsch, Kayla Dunlap	+0.1
27	17-10	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Norunn Westersjo	set Kiana Dinn	·
28	18-10	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	·
29	19-10	VANDY	VANDY	Ace	Vanderbilt		·
30	19-11	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		·
31	20-11	S CAR	VANDY	Serve err	South Carolina		·
32	21-11	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Hailee Mack	·
33	21-12	VANDY	S CAR×4	Attack err	Reese Animashaun		·
34	21-13	S CAR	S CAR×4	Blocked	Kayla Dunlap	blk Ceci Vance	·
35	21-14	S CAR	S CAR×4	Blocked	Reese Animashaun	blk Ella Grivna, Ally Cavanaugh	·
36	21-15	S CAR	S CAR×4	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	·
37	22-15	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	·
38	22-16	VANDY	S CAR×3	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	·
39	22-17	S CAR	S CAR×3	Attack err	Samantha Wunsch		+0.1
40	22-18	S CAR	S CAR×3	Ace	South Carolina	aced Maya Witherspoon	+0.1
41	23-18	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.2
42	23-19	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.1
43	24-19	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.1
44	25-19	VANDY	VANDY	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Lilly Gillespie	·
Set 3
1	1-0	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Maddy Bowser	+0.2
2	1-1	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ella Grivna	set Kiana Dinn	+0.2
3	2-1	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Hailee Mack	+0.2
4	2-2	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.2
5	3-2	S CAR	VANDY×3	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.2
6	4-2	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Hailee Mack	+0.3
7	5-2	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Avery Scoggins, Kayla Dunlap	+0.2
8	5-3	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.2
9	5-4	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Sydney Floyd	+0.3
10	6-4	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap	set Avery Scoggins	+0.2
11	6-5	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Sydney Floyd	+0.2
12	6-6	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Maddy Bowser		+0.4
13	7-6	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.2
14	7-7	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ella Grivna	set Sydney Floyd	+0.3
15	8-7	S CAR	VANDY	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.2
16	9-7	VANDY	VANDY	Blocked	Elise Marchal	blk Samantha Wunsch, Maddy Bowser	+0.3
17	9-8	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.2
18	10-8	S CAR	VANDY	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+0.2
19	10-9	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ella Grivna	set Kiana Dinn	+0.2
20	11-9	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.2
21	12-9	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Kayla Dunlap		+0.3
22	12-10	VANDY	S CAR×5	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.2
23	12-11	S CAR	S CAR×5	Ace	South Carolina	aced Reese Animashaun	+0.4
24	12-12	S CAR	S CAR×5	Blocked	Reese Animashaun	blk Norunn Westersjo	+0.5
25	12-13	S CAR	S CAR×5	Bad set	Avery Scoggins		+0.6
26	12-14	S CAR	S CAR×5	Attack err	Kayla Dunlap		+0.7
27	13-14	S CAR	VANDY×3	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.4
28	14-14	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
29	15-14	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Ally Cavanaugh	blk Avery Scoggins, Kayla Dunlap	+0.5
30	15-15	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Sydney Floyd	+0.4
31	16-15	S CAR	VANDY×3	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
32	17-15	VANDY	VANDY×3	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Elizabeth McElveen	+0.5
33	18-15	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
34	18-16	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.2
35	18-17	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman		+0.5
36	19-17	S CAR	VANDY×3	Kill	Maddy Bowser	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
37	20-17	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Ally Cavanaugh	blk Maddy Bowser, Reese Animashaun	+0.4
38	21-17	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
39	21-18	VANDY	S CAR	Attack err	Maddy Bowser		+0.1
40	22-18	S CAR	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.2
41	22-19	VANDY	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+0.1
42	22-20	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	Olivia Borgman	aced Maya Witherspoon	+0.3
43	23-20	S CAR	VANDY	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+0.3
44	24-20	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Hailee Mack	+0.2
45	24-21	VANDY	S CAR	Serve err	Hailee Mack		·
46	24-22	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Maya Witherspoon		+0.2
47	25-22	S CAR	VANDY	Attack err	Kiana Dinn		+0.3

Score shown after each rally, Vanderbilt 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).

Vanderbilt def. South Carolina 3–0

Reese Animashaun needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. Vanderbilt swept South Carolina.