Kennesaw State def. The Citadel 3-0 Volleyball (Aug 28)

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Kennesaw St. beat The Citadel 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-13) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at a neutral site. Kennesaw St.'s Haley Patterson led with 9 kills, and Alexis Sowers added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CITDEL	19	16	13	0
KENSAW	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Kennesaw St. above 50 · The Citadel below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Kennesaw St. stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CITDEL 1.9%98.1% KENSAW

The Citadel wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.3%

Kennesaw St. wins

3-0

67.4%

3-1

24.9%

3-2

5.7%

CITDEL break %: 37.0% vs this opp
KENSAW break %: 52.9% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

The Citadelaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Rachel ReiningerOH	3	5	0	15	.333	0	0	1	5	3	1	0.5	5.5
12Luci LippelgoosMB	3	3	5	12	-.167	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	4
23Elizabeth MillerMB	3	4	0	6	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
18Emma PastusicOH	3	2	4	11	-.182	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2Cameron ReeseOH	2	6	4	19	.105	0	0	3	3	1	1	0.5	6.5
6Greta PleussS	2	0	0	0	–	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22Emerson HillL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1
10Jess MartinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	10	3	0	0	0
5Gwen BerryOH	2	3	5	12	-.167	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4
3Mia WatsonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
1Allie DavisonS	1	0	0	1	.000	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
9Megan StoneL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		23	18	76	.066	21	2	13	25	11	4	2	48

Kennesaw St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Haley PattersonMB	3	9	4	24	.208	0	0	3	2	1	1	0.5	9.5
16Ashlyn AndersonOH	3	8	1	10	.700	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	9.5
14Olivia BurrageMB	3	6	2	12	.333	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	7.5
1Anna OfenheusleOH	3	4	3	12	.083	0	2	2	3	0	2	1	7
7Ava GarnerMB	2	3	0	5	.600	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	5
15Kaeley WalzS	2	0	0	2	.000	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
12Gracie PynesDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	5	0	6	1	0	0	5
5Alexis SowersDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	4	2	13	0	0	0	4
13Ashley TheissOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
9Abby KaminskiDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
6Kourtney BrownS	2	1	0	2	.500	13	0	1	0	0	2	1	2
4Maggie ByrdMB	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
18Hannah PearceOH	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		33	11	71	.310	30	11	11	31	2	16	8	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 4 CITDEL · KENSAW 6

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 CITDELKENSAW 4

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 2 CITDELKENSAW 4

Set 3

13-25

Longest run 4 CITDELKENSAW 6

Bars above the line = Kennesaw St. leads, below = The Citadel leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

The Citadel

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	22%2/9
2	44%7/16	22%2/9
3	33%5/15	36%4/11
4	36%5/14	17%1/6
5	56%5/9	44%4/9
6	63%5/8	17%1/6
All	47%34/73	28%14/50

Kennesaw St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	45%5/11
2	70%7/10	22%2/9
3	67%6/9	67%12/18
4	83%5/6	64%9/14
5	50%5/10	69%11/16
6	100%5/5	0%0/5
All	72%36/50	53%39/73

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

123 rallies

#	CITDEL-KENSAW	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
2	0-2	KENSAW	KENSAW	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Anna Ofenheusle, Olivia Burrage
3	1-2	KENSAW	CITDEL×3	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Greta Pleuss
4	2-2	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss
5	3-2	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	The Citadel	aced Haley Patterson
6	3-3	CITDEL	KENSAW	Attack err	Cameron Reese
7	3-4	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage
8	4-4	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss
9	4-5	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
10	4-6	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Gracie Pynes
11	5-6	KENSAW	CITDEL	Attack err	Haley Patterson
12	5-7	CITDEL	KENSAW×4	Serve err	The Citadel
13	5-8	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Haley Patterson, Ava Garner
14	5-9	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Gracie Pynes
15	5-10	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos
16	6-10	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
17	6-11	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kaeley Walz
18	7-11	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
19	7-12	CITDEL	KENSAW×3	Serve err	The Citadel
20	7-13	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kaeley Walz
21	7-14	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Greta Pleuss
22	8-14	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
23	8-15	CITDEL	KENSAW	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Ashlyn Anderson, Ava Garner
24	8-16	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Anna Ofenheusle	set Kaeley Walz
25	9-16	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss
26	9-17	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kaeley Walz
27	10-17	KENSAW	CITDEL×3	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss
28	11-17	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Blocked	Anna Ofenheusle	blk Rachel Reininger, Luci Lippelgoos
29	12-17	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Blocked	Olivia Burrage	blk Luci Lippelgoos, Cameron Reese
30	12-18	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
31	13-18	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss
32	14-18	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Olivia Burrage
33	14-19	CITDEL	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kaeley Walz
34	14-20	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Ava Garner	set Alexis Sowers
35	14-21	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Mia Watson
36	15-21	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss
37	16-21	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Haley Patterson
38	16-22	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
39	17-22	KENSAW	CITDEL	Bad set	Kaeley Walz
40	17-23	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kaeley Walz
41	17-24	KENSAW	KENSAW	Attack err	Emma Pastusic
42	18-24	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
43	19-24	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller
44	19-25	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kaeley Walz
Set 2
1	0-1	KENSAW	KENSAW	Blocked	Cameron Reese	blk Ava Garner, Ashlyn Anderson
2	0-2	KENSAW	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson
3	1-2	KENSAW	CITDEL	Attack err	Haley Patterson
4	1-3	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Anna Ofenheusle	set Kaeley Walz
5	2-3	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
6	3-3	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Anna Ofenheusle
7	3-4	CITDEL	KENSAW×4	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kaeley Walz
8	3-5	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Jess Martin
9	3-6	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Attack err	Cameron Reese
10	3-7	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Olivia Burrage, Anna Ofenheusle
11	4-7	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss
12	4-8	CITDEL	KENSAW×3	Serve err	The Citadel
13	4-9	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kaeley Walz
14	4-10	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Mia Watson
15	5-10	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
16	5-11	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
17	5-12	KENSAW	KENSAW	Attack err	Cameron Reese
18	6-12	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss
19	7-12	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss
20	7-13	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Ava Garner	set Kaeley Walz
21	8-13	KENSAW	CITDEL	Attack err	Ashlyn Anderson
22	8-14	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kaeley Walz
23	9-14	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss
24	9-15	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kaeley Walz
25	10-15	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
26	10-16	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
27	11-16	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss
28	11-17	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
29	12-17	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss
30	12-18	CITDEL	KENSAW×4	Serve err	The Citadel
31	12-19	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Ace	Kennesaw St.
32	12-20	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Mia Watson
33	12-21	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Cameron Reese
34	13-21	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
35	13-22	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Ava Garner	set Kourtney Brown
36	14-22	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Greta Pleuss
37	14-23	CITDEL	KENSAW	Blocked	Gwen Berry	blk Ava Garner, Ashlyn Anderson
38	15-23	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
39	15-24	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown
40	16-24	KENSAW	CITDEL	Attack err	Anna Ofenheusle
41	16-25	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Ashlyn Anderson	set Kourtney Brown
Set 3
1	0-1	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Anna Ofenheusle	set Kourtney Brown
2	1-1	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison
3	1-2	CITDEL	KENSAW×6	Serve err	The Citadel
4	1-3	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Rachel Reininger
5	1-4	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Attack err	Emma Pastusic
6	1-5	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Rachel Reininger
7	1-6	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Blocked	Gwen Berry	blk Olivia Burrage, Kourtney Brown
8	1-7	KENSAW	KENSAW×6	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown
9	2-7	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Allie Davison
10	3-7	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Gwen Berry	set Allie Davison
11	3-8	CITDEL	KENSAW×4	Kill	Anna Ofenheusle	set Kourtney Brown
12	3-9	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Kill	Olivia Burrage	set Kourtney Brown
13	3-10	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos
14	3-11	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown
15	4-11	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
16	4-12	CITDEL	KENSAW×3	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown
17	4-13	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Blocked	Gwen Berry	blk Maggie Byrd, Kourtney Brown
18	4-14	KENSAW	KENSAW×3	Kill	Kourtney Brown	set Alexis Sowers
19	5-14	KENSAW	CITDEL×4	Kill	Gwen Berry	set Allie Davison
20	6-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison
21	7-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Ace	The Citadel	aced Gracie Pynes
22	8-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Haley Patterson
23	8-15	CITDEL	KENSAW	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos
24	9-15	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
25	9-16	CITDEL	KENSAW	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown
26	10-16	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison
27	11-16	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Hannah Pearce
28	11-17	CITDEL	KENSAW	Serve err	The Citadel
29	12-17	KENSAW	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennesaw St.
30	12-18	CITDEL	KENSAW×4	Kill	Hannah Pearce	set Kourtney Brown
31	12-19	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Jess Martin
32	12-20	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Kill	Ashley Theiss	set Kourtney Brown
33	12-21	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Jess Martin
34	13-21	KENSAW	CITDEL	Kill	Gwen Berry	set Allie Davison
35	13-22	CITDEL	KENSAW×4	Attack err	Gwen Berry
36	13-23	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Ace	Kennesaw St.	aced Rachel Reininger
37	13-24	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Kill	Haley Patterson	set Kourtney Brown
38	13-25	KENSAW	KENSAW×4	Attack err	Gwen Berry

Score shown after each rally, The Citadel first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Kennesaw St. def. The Citadel 3–0