South Carolina vs Auburn Volleyball: Auburn Wins 3-0 (Nov 8)

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026SECN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Auburn 84.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Auburn beat visiting South Carolina 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-19) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Auburn's Belle Patrick led with 15 kills.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
S CAR	23	16	19	0
AUBURN	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Belle Patrick needed just 3 sets for 15 kills. Auburn swept South Carolina.

Win probability never moved more than 4.2 points on one rally; South Carolina topped out at 18% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Auburn 85% before first serve.

South CarolinaAuburn

Break %+14.7 pts
33.948.6
36 of 74 on serve vs 20 of 59, so South Carolina's sideout was 51.4%.
Hitting+.191
.131.322
Kills and errors: 41–12 vs 33–20.
Longest run+0
55
Auburn scored 5 straight in the first set to turn a 3–4 deficit into an 8–4 lead. That set ended 25–23.

Auburn above 50South Carolina belowMax swing 4.2%

South CarolinaAuburn

Aces: South Carolina 5·Auburn 3
Serve err: South Carolina 10·Auburn 8
Blocks: South Carolina 7·Auburn 110 BS · 14 BA vs 1 BS · 20 BA
Digs: South Carolina 34·Auburn 40

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Auburn above 50 · South Carolina below

Biggest swing: 4.2% to Auburn — set 1, S CAR 22-24 AUBURN. Kill by Belle Patrick (set by Emily Keiran). AUBURN win probability 86% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

S CAR 14.3%85.7% AUBURN

South Carolina wins

3-0

2.1%

3-1

4.6%

3-2

7.6%

Auburn wins

3-0

38.0%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

16.3%

S CAR break %: 38.1% vs this opp
AUBURN break %: 46.2% 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
Belle PatrickKill+4.2%
Kill by Belle Patrick (set by Emily Keiran)
Set 1 · S CAR 22-24 AUBURN · AUBURN 86% → 90%
02
Belle PatrickKill+3.7%
Kill by Belle Patrick (set by Shanelle Puetz)
Set 1 · S CAR 23-25 AUBURN · AUBURN 89% → 92%
03
Elise MarchalKill+3.7%
Kill by Elise Marchal (set by Kiana Dinn)
Set 1 · S CAR 21-21 AUBURN · S CAR 14% → 17%
04
Shanelle PuetzKill+3.5%
Kill by Shanelle Puetz (set by Symone Sims)
Set 1 · S CAR 22-23 AUBURN · AUBURN 83% → 86%
05
Olivia BorgmanKill+3.1%
Kill by Olivia Borgman (set by Kiana Dinn)
Set 1 · S CAR 22-22 AUBURN · S CAR 14% → 17%
06
South CarolinaService error+3.0%
South Carolina service error
Set 1 · S CAR 21-22 AUBURN · AUBURN 83% → 86%
07
Ella Grivna&Ceci VanceBlock+2.4%
Kate Mansfield stuffed by Ella Grivna & Ceci Vance
Set 1 · S CAR 19-20 AUBURN · S CAR 12% → 14%
08
Eden BowerKill+2.1%
Kill by Eden Bower (set by Shanelle Puetz)
Set 1 · S CAR 19-21 AUBURN · AUBURN 86% → 88%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Carolinaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Olivia BorgmanOH	3	9	4	26	.192	1	1	0	5	1	1	0.5	10.5
13Elise MarchalOPP	3	8	1	18	.389	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
11Ella GrivnaMB	3	3	2	7	.143	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	4.5
7Ava LeahyMB	3	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	4
20Kiana DinnS	3	0	0	1	.000	15	3	1	3	0	0	0	3
19Elizabeth McElveenDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
2Ally CavanaughOH	3	7	4	17	.176	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
1Ceci VanceOH	3	3	6	16	-.188	0	0	0	1	1	3	1.5	4.5
18Lilly GillespieL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	3	0	2	12	0	0	0	1
6Sydney FloydS	3	0	0	0	–	11	1	3	5	0	0	0	1
10Madisyn CrnjacOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Maggie PennL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	20	99	.131	30	5	10	34	3	14	7	58

Auburnhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Belle PatrickOH	3	15	4	31	.355	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
17Grace HavlicekMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	9
11Kate MansfieldMB	3	6	3	12	.250	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	6
10Emma MooreMB	3	4	0	4	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	6
23Shanelle PuetzS	3	2	0	4	.500	28	1	3	8	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
9Symone SimsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	2
6Anastasija IvkovicOH	3	7	3	16	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	9
8Eden BowerOH	3	2	1	13	.077	0	0	0	5	2	0	4	2	4
14Emily KeiranL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
22Macy McAmisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	12	90	.322	37	3	8	40	5	1	20	11	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 5 S CAR · AUBURN 5

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 3 S CARAUBURN 5

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 2 S CARAUBURN 5

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 5 S CARAUBURN 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	50%5/10
2	71%5/7	38%3/8
3	42%5/12	0%0/5
4	33%4/12	17%1/6
5	80%4/5	20%1/5
6	67%4/6	33%2/6
All	55%27/49	30%12/40

Auburn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%6/10	17%1/6
2	83%5/6	38%3/8
3	83%5/6	50%5/10
4	100%4/4	64%7/11
5	57%4/7	50%4/8
6	57%4/7	33%2/6
All	70%28/40	45%22/49

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

133 rallies

#	S CAR-AUBURN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+1.2
2	2-0	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman		+1.7
3	2-1	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran	+1.1
4	3-1	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+1.3
5	3-2	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.2
6	3-3	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Emily Keiran	+1.6
7	4-3	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+1.3
8	4-4	S CAR	AUBURN×5	Serve err	South Carolina		+1.2
9	4-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Anastasija Ivkovic, Grace Havlicek	+1.5
10	4-6	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Blocked	Ava Leahy	blk Grace Havlicek	+1.4
11	4-7	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Blocked	Ally Cavanaugh	blk Anastasija Ivkovic, Grace Havlicek	+1.2
12	4-8	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Attack err	Olivia Borgman		+1.0
13	5-8	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+0.7
14	5-9	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.7
15	6-9	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Sydney Floyd	+0.7
16	6-10	S CAR	AUBURN	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.8
17	6-11	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+0.9
18	7-11	AUBURN	S CAR×3	Serve err	Auburn		+0.5
19	8-11	S CAR	S CAR×3	Blocked	Eden Bower	blk Ella Grivna, Elise Marchal	+1.0
20	9-11	S CAR	S CAR×3	Ace	South Carolina	aced Eden Bower	+1.3
21	9-12	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.0
22	10-12	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+1.0
23	10-13	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Emma Moore	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.0
24	10-14	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.2
25	11-14	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+0.8
26	11-15	S CAR	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.9
27	11-16	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Symone Sims	+0.9
28	11-17	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Shanelle Puetz		+0.6
29	12-17	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kiana Dinn	+0.3
30	13-17	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.7
31	13-18	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.6
32	14-18	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Sydney Floyd	+0.5
33	14-19	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.6
34	15-19	AUBURN	S CAR×3	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Lilly Gillespie	+0.5
35	16-19	S CAR	S CAR×3	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+1.0
36	17-19	S CAR	S CAR×3	Kill	Ella Grivna		+1.6
37	17-20	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.4
38	18-20	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Sydney Floyd	+1.2
39	19-20	S CAR	S CAR	Blocked	Kate Mansfield	blk Ella Grivna, Ceci Vance	+2.4
40	19-21	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Eden Bower	set Shanelle Puetz	+2.1
41	20-21	AUBURN	S CAR	Attack err	Belle Patrick		+1.9
42	21-21	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+3.7
43	21-22	S CAR	AUBURN	Serve err	South Carolina		+3.0
44	22-22	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+3.1
45	22-23	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Shanelle Puetz	set Symone Sims	+3.5
46	22-24	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran	+4.2
47	23-24	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+1.7
48	23-25	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+3.7
Set 2
1	1-0	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Ella Grivna	set Kiana Dinn	+1.1
2	2-0	S CAR	S CAR	Blocked	Kate Mansfield	blk Ava Leahy, Olivia Borgman	+1.3
3	2-1	S CAR	AUBURN	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.8
4	3-1	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Olivia Borgman	+1.0
5	4-1	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina	aced Emily Keiran	+1.4
6	4-2	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.9
7	5-2	AUBURN	S CAR	Attack err	Belle Patrick		+1.0
8	5-3	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.9
9	6-3	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Lilly Gillespie	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.1
10	6-4	S CAR	AUBURN	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.9
11	7-4	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+1.1
12	7-5	S CAR	AUBURN	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.9
13	8-5	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ella Grivna	set Kiana Dinn	+1.1
14	8-6	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Shanelle Puetz	set Macy McAmis	+1.0
15	8-7	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Ella Grivna		+1.4
16	9-7	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+1.2
17	9-8	S CAR	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.0
18	9-9	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Ava Leahy		+1.4
19	9-10	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Kate Mansfield	+1.3
20	10-10	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+1.0
21	10-11	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.0
22	10-12	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran	+1.2
23	11-12	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+0.9
24	11-13	S CAR	AUBURN×4	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.9
25	11-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+1.1
26	11-15	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Anastasija Ivkovic, Grace Havlicek	+0.9
27	11-16	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Grace Havlicek		+0.7
28	12-16	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Sydney Floyd	+0.4
29	12-17	S CAR	AUBURN×5	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.5
30	12-18	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Blocked	Ally Cavanaugh	blk Eden Bower, Emma Moore	+0.4
31	12-19	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Blocked	Ally Cavanaugh	blk Eden Bower, Emma Moore	+0.3
32	12-20	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+0.1
33	12-21	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.1
34	13-21	AUBURN	S CAR	Attack err	Anastasija Ivkovic		·
35	14-21	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina	aced Macy McAmis	·
36	14-22	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Eden Bower	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.1
37	14-23	AUBURN	AUBURN	Blocked	Ella Grivna	blk Eden Bower, Emma Moore	·
38	15-23	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	·
39	15-24	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Emma Moore	set Shanelle Puetz	·
40	16-24	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	·
41	16-25	S CAR	AUBURN	Serve err	South Carolina		·
Set 3
1	0-1	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.5
2	0-2	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.4
3	0-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Elise Marchal	blk Belle Patrick, Grace Havlicek	+0.4
4	1-3	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+0.3
5	1-4	S CAR	AUBURN	Attack err	Olivia Borgman		+0.3
6	1-5	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Emily Keiran	+0.3
7	2-5	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn	+0.2
8	2-6	S CAR	AUBURN×3	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.2
9	2-7	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.3
10	2-8	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Ava Leahy		+0.2
11	3-8	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Lilly Gillespie	+0.1
12	4-8	S CAR	S CAR	Blocked	Anastasija Ivkovic	blk Ceci Vance, Ava Leahy	+0.3
13	4-9	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.2
14	5-9	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.2
15	5-10	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.2
16	6-10	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.2
17	7-10	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina	aced Eden Bower	+0.3
18	7-11	S CAR	AUBURN×4	Kill	Emma Moore	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.3
19	7-12	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.3
20	7-13	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Ace	Symone Sims	aced Ceci Vance	+0.2
21	7-14	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.2
22	8-14	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.1
23	8-15	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Emma Moore	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.1
24	9-15	AUBURN	S CAR×5	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn	+0.1
25	10-15	S CAR	S CAR×5	Blocked	Belle Patrick	blk Ava Leahy, Elise Marchal	+0.2
26	11-15	S CAR	S CAR×5	Attack err	Grace Havlicek		+0.3
27	12-15	S CAR	S CAR×5	Blocked	Belle Patrick	blk Ava Leahy, Elise Marchal	+0.4
28	13-15	S CAR	S CAR×5	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Lilly Gillespie	+0.5
29	13-16	S CAR	AUBURN	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Shanelle Puetz, Grace Havlicek	+0.4
30	13-17	AUBURN	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.4
31	14-17	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+0.3
32	14-18	S CAR	AUBURN	Serve err	South Carolina		+0.3
33	15-18	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Sydney Floyd	+0.3
34	16-18		S CAR	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.			+0.5
35	16-19	S CAR	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Ally Cavanaugh	blk Eden Bower, Grace Havlicek	+0.5
36	16-20	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.5
37	16-21	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Anastasija Ivkovic, Emma Moore	+0.3
38	17-21	AUBURN	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Sydney Floyd	+0.1
39	18-21	S CAR	S CAR	Blocked	Anastasija Ivkovic	blk Ceci Vance, Ella Grivna	+0.3
40	18-22	S CAR	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.3
41	18-23	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Ceci Vance		+0.2
42	19-23	AUBURN	S CAR	Serve err	Auburn		+0.1
43	19-24	S CAR	AUBURN	Bad set	Olivia Borgman		+0.1
44	19-25	AUBURN	AUBURN	Ace	Symone Sims	aced Olivia Borgman	·

Score shown after each rally, South Carolina 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).

Auburn def. South Carolina 3–0

Belle Patrick needed just 3 sets for 15 kills. Auburn swept South Carolina.