The Citadel vs Furman Volleyball: Furman Wins 3-0 (Oct 27)

FinalTue, Oct 27, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Furman 97.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 27, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Furman beat visiting The Citadel 3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-14) on Tue, Oct 27, 2026. Izzy Castelloe led Furman with 8 kills; The Citadel's Luci Lippelgoos had a match-high 10.

Data through Nov 10, 6:30 PM CT · final Oct 27

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CITDEL	20	25	14	0
FURMAN	25	27	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Furman held The Citadel to .092 hitting.

Win probability never moved more than 1.8 points on one rally; The Citadel topped out at 5% in Set 1. Furman went in as RallyIQ's 97% pick.

The CitadelFurman

Break %+13.7 pts
41.054.7
41 of 75 on serve vs 25 of 61, so The Citadel's sideout was 45.3%.
Hitting+.117
.092.209
38 kills, 15 errors vs 33 kills, 22 errors.
Longest run+2
46
Furman scored 6 straight in the third set to stretch a 19–14 lead to 25–14. Final score of the set: 25–14.

Furman above 50The Citadel belowMax swing 1.8%

The CitadelFurman

Aces: The Citadel 2·Furman 6
Serve err: The Citadel 7·Furman 8
Blocks: The Citadel 6·Furman 101 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 20 BA
Digs: The Citadel 50·Furman 54

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Furman above 50 · The Citadel below

Biggest swing: 1.8% to The Citadel — set 2, CITDEL 24-23 FURMAN. Rebekah Buchholz stuffed by Luci Lippelgoos. FURMAN win probability 98% → 96%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CITDEL 2.2%97.8% FURMAN

The Citadel wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.6%

3-2

1.4%

Furman wins

3-0

66.0%

3-1

25.6%

3-2

6.2%

CITDEL break %: 37.9% vs this opp
FURMAN break %: 53.4% 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
Luci LippelgoosBlock+1.8%
Rebekah Buchholz stuffed by Luci Lippelgoos
Set 2 · CITDEL 24-23 FURMAN · CITDEL 2% → 4%
02
Emma PastusicAttack error+1.5%
Attack error by Emma Pastusic
Set 2 · CITDEL 24-24 FURMAN · FURMAN 96% → 97%
03
Luci LippelgoosKill+1.5%
Kill by Luci Lippelgoos (set by Allie Davison)
Set 2 · CITDEL 25-24 FURMAN · CITDEL 3% → 4%
04
Ashley Stein&Rebekah BuchholzBlock+1.5%
Luci Lippelgoos stuffed by Ashley Stein & Rebekah Buchholz
Set 2 · CITDEL 25-25 FURMAN · FURMAN 96% → 97%
05
Morgan BaldridgeKill+1.4%
Kill by Morgan Baldridge (set by Ashtan Dodson)
Set 2 · CITDEL 25-26 FURMAN · FURMAN 97% → 99%
06
Izzy CastelloeKill+1.0%
Kill by Izzy Castelloe (set by Kennedy Seekford)
Set 2 · CITDEL 22-23 FURMAN · FURMAN 97% → 98%
07
Emma PastusicAttack error+1.0%
Attack error by Emma Pastusic
Set 2 · CITDEL 25-27 FURMAN · FURMAN 99% → 100%
08
Ashley SteinAttack error+0.9%
Attack error by Ashley Stein
Set 2 · CITDEL 22-21 FURMAN · CITDEL 2% → 3%

Box score

Official NCAA box

The Citadelaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Luci LippelgoosMB	3	10	2	23	.348	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	2	12
18Emma PastusicOH	3	9	14	39	-.128	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
17Jordyn SimsOH	3	6	2	19	.211	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
23Elizabeth MillerMB	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
9Megan StoneL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
6Greta PleussS	1	0	0	1	.000	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Rachel ReiningerOH	3	5	1	24	.167	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	5
10Jess MartinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	15	4	0	0	0	1
5Gwen BerryOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
22Emerson HillL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
1Allie DavisonS	2	0	0	3	.000	17	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		33	22	120	.092	31	2	7	50	6	1	10	6	59

Furmanhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Izzy CastelloeOH	3	8	2	27	.222	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	9
4Morgan BaldridgeS	3	6	0	9	.667	25	1	3	5	0	4	2	9
12Ashley SteinOH	3	6	6	25	.000	1	0	0	8	0	2	1	7
20Tennyson GormanMB	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	3	0	5	2.5	6.5
13Ashtan DodsonOH	2	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	1
1Kacie MooreMB	1	2	1	5	.200	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	4
6Brooke SchefflerOPP	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	7	0	0	0	1
2Kennedy SeekfordL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	16	1	0	0	0
16Lauren HaynesOH	2	6	2	16	.250	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	6.5
15Amber WatsonOH	2	4	2	9	.222	2	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	4.5
14Rebekah BuchholzMB	2	2	1	7	.143	0	1	1	2	0	3	1.5	4.5
10Tiffany HelmerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		38	15	110	.209	34	6	8	54	2	20	10	77

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.

The Citadel vs Furman

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Tue, Oct 6, 2026Furman at The Citadel · The Citadel won 3-1Result →
Tue, Oct 27, 2026The Citadel at Furman · Furman won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 CITDEL · FURMAN 6

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 4 CITDELFURMAN 5

Set 2

25-27

Longest run 3 CITDELFURMAN 5

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 3 CITDELFURMAN 6

Bars above the line = Furman 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	70%7/10	36%4/11
2	44%7/16	42%5/12
3	24%5/21	56%9/16
4	63%5/8	44%4/9
5	36%5/14	17%1/6
6	83%5/6	29%2/7
All	45%34/75	41%25/61

Furman

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	25%2/8
2	58%7/12	36%4/11
3	40%6/15	70%14/20
4	83%5/6	67%10/15
5	63%5/8	44%4/9
6	100%5/5	58%7/12
All	59%36/61	55%41/75

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

#	CITDEL-FURMAN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+0.4
2	2-0	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Greta Pleuss	+0.5
3	3-0	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss	+0.6
4	4-0	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss	+0.7
5	4-1	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.4
6	5-1	FURMAN	CITDEL	Serve err	Kennedy Seekford		+0.6
7	5-2	CITDEL	FURMAN×3	Serve err	Jess Martin		+0.5
8	5-3	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Brooke Scheffler	aced Jess Martin	+0.5
9	5-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.5
10	6-4	FURMAN	CITDEL×3	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss	+0.5
11	7-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+0.7
12	8-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss	+0.8
13	8-5	CITDEL	FURMAN×3	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
14	8-6	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Morgan Baldridge, Kacie Moore	+0.6
15	8-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.6
16	9-7	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.6
17	10-7	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.8
18	10-8	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
19	10-9	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Kacie Moore		+0.6
20	11-9	FURMAN	CITDEL	Attack err	Amber Watson		+0.6
21	11-10	CITDEL	FURMAN×5	Serve err	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.5
22	11-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Ashley Stein	+0.6
23	11-12	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Attack err	Greta Pleuss		+0.5
24	11-13	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Amber Watson	+0.5
25	11-14	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Amber Watson	+0.4
26	12-14	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Greta Pleuss	+0.3
27	12-15	CITDEL	FURMAN	Serve err	Greta Pleuss		+0.3
28	13-15	FURMAN	CITDEL	Serve err	Ashtan Dodson		+0.3
29	13-16	CITDEL	FURMAN	Serve err	Megan Stone		+0.3
30	13-17	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Kacie Moore, Ashley Stein	+0.3
31	14-17	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss	+0.2
32	14-18	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.3
33	15-18	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Megan Stone	+0.2
34	16-18	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
35	16-19	CITDEL	FURMAN	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.4
36	17-19	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
37	17-20	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.4
38	18-20	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
39	18-21	CITDEL	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
40	18-22	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Bad set	Greta Pleuss		+0.4
41	18-23	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.2
42	19-23	FURMAN	CITDEL	Serve err	Morgan Baldridge		+0.1
43	19-24	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
44	20-24	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Kennedy Seekford	·
45	20-25	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	FURMAN	CITDEL×3	Blocked	Amber Watson	blk Elizabeth Miller, Jordyn Sims	+0.2
2	2-0	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.3
3	3-0	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	Jess Martin	aced Kennedy Seekford	+0.4
4	3-1	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.2
5	3-2	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Rebekah Buchholz, Amber Watson	+0.3
6	4-2	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Allie Davison	+0.3
7	5-2	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+0.4
8	5-3	CITDEL	FURMAN×5	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.3
9	5-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Izzy Castelloe, Tennyson Gorman	+0.3
10	5-5	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.3
11	5-6	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.2
12	5-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.2
13	6-7	FURMAN	CITDEL×3	Serve err	Rebekah Buchholz		+0.2
14	7-7	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Blocked	Ashley Stein	blk Allie Davison, Luci Lippelgoos	+0.3
15	8-7	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+0.4
16	8-8	CITDEL	FURMAN	Attack err	Gwen Berry		+0.3
17	8-9	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Brooke Scheffler	+0.3
18	9-9	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.3
19	9-10	CITDEL	FURMAN×3	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.2
20	9-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Elizabeth Miller		+0.3
21	9-12	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Rachel Reininger	blk Tennyson Gorman, Morgan Baldridge	+0.2
22	10-12	FURMAN	CITDEL×3	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.2
23	11-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Blocked	Lauren Haynes	blk Elizabeth Miller, Jordyn Sims	+0.3
24	12-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.4
25	12-13	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.3
26	13-13	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison	+0.3
27	13-14	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Kennedy Seekford	+0.3
28	14-14	FURMAN	CITDEL	Bad set	Morgan Baldridge		+0.4
29	14-15	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Rebekah Buchholz	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.3
30	14-16	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Ashtan Dodson	aced Jess Martin	+0.3
31	15-16	FURMAN	CITDEL×3	Blocked	Ashley Stein	blk Luci Lippelgoos, Jordyn Sims	+0.3
32	16-16	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	Emerson Hill		+0.5
33	17-16	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+0.6
34	17-17	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Rebekah Buchholz	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
35	17-18	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Rebekah Buchholz	aced Jess Martin	+0.5
36	18-18	FURMAN	CITDEL	Attack err	Tennyson Gorman		+0.5
37	19-18	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.8
38	19-19	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
39	20-19	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.7
40	20-20	CITDEL	FURMAN	Serve err	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.6
41	21-20	FURMAN	CITDEL	Attack err	Lauren Haynes		+0.8
42	21-21	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.7
43	22-21	FURMAN	CITDEL	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+0.9
44	22-22	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.8
45	22-23	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Kennedy Seekford	+1.0
46	23-23	FURMAN	CITDEL	Serve err	Morgan Baldridge		+0.9
47	24-23	CITDEL	CITDEL	Blocked	Rebekah Buchholz	blk Luci Lippelgoos	+1.8
48	24-24	CITDEL	FURMAN	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+1.5
49	25-24	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+1.5
50	25-25	CITDEL	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Ashley Stein, Rebekah Buchholz	+1.5
51	25-26	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Ashtan Dodson	+1.4
52	25-27	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+1.0
Set 3
1	0-1	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
2	0-2	FURMAN	FURMAN	Bad set	Jess Martin		+0.1
3	1-2	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Allie Davison	+0.1
4	1-3	CITDEL	FURMAN	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.1
5	1-4	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Tennyson Gorman		+0.1
6	2-4	FURMAN	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	+0.1
7	3-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+0.1
8	4-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.1
9	4-5	CITDEL	FURMAN×3	Serve err	Megan Stone		+0.1
10	4-6	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
11	4-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Tennyson Gorman, Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
12	5-7	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Allie Davison	+0.1
13	5-8	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
14	5-9	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Rebekah Buchholz, Lauren Haynes	+0.1
15	6-9	FURMAN	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Allie Davison	+0.1
16	7-9	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison	+0.1
17	7-10	CITDEL	FURMAN	Serve err	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.1
18	7-11	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Morgan Baldridge	aced Jess Martin	+0.1
19	8-11	FURMAN	CITDEL	Serve err	Morgan Baldridge		+0.1
20	8-12	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Kennedy Seekford	+0.1
21	8-13	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Elizabeth Miller		+0.1
22	9-13	FURMAN	CITDEL	Serve err	Lauren Haynes		·
23	9-14	CITDEL	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	·
24	10-14	FURMAN	CITDEL×3	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Allie Davison	·
25	11-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison	+0.1
26	12-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison	+0.1
27	12-15	CITDEL	FURMAN×5	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Tennyson Gorman, Izzy Castelloe	+0.1
28	12-16	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.1
29	12-17	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Attack err	Jordyn Sims		+0.1
30	12-18	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	·
31	12-19	FURMAN	FURMAN×5	Bad set	Allie Davison		·
32	13-19	FURMAN	CITDEL	Serve err	Brooke Scheffler		·
33	14-19	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison	·
34	14-20	CITDEL	FURMAN×6	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Tennyson Gorman, Morgan Baldridge	·
35	14-21	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Kennedy Seekford	·
36	14-22	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	·
37	14-23	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Ace	Tiffany Helmer		·
38	14-24	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Brooke Scheffler	·
39	14-25	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		·

Score shown after each rally, The Citadel 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).

Furman def. The Citadel 3–0

Furman held The Citadel to .092 hitting.