North Ala. vs Liberty Volleyball: Liberty Wins 3-0 (Sep 17)

FinalThu, Sep 17, 2026

0:3

Liberty beat visiting North Ala. 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-19) on Thu, Sep 17, 2026. Liberty's Paige Overcash led with 15 kills, and Melis Ural added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
N ALA	13	22	19	0
LIBRTY	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Liberty above 50 · North Ala. below

Biggest swing: 4.1% to Liberty — set 2, N ALA 22-24 LIBRTY. Kill by Paige Overcash (set by Melis Ural). LIBRTY win probability 85% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

N ALA 36.6%63.4% LIBRTY

North Ala. wins

3-0

7.6%

3-1

13.2%

3-2

15.8%

Liberty wins

3-0

19.1%

3-1

24.3%

3-2

20.0%

N ALA break %: 39.4% vs this opp
LIBRTY break %: 42.0% 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
Paige OvercashKill+4.1%
Kill by Paige Overcash (set by Melis Ural)
Set 2 · N ALA 22-24 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 85% → 89%
02
Reese RickettsKill+3.6%
Kill by Reese Ricketts (set by Kinslee McGowan)
Set 2 · N ALA 21-22 LIBRTY · N ALA 13% → 16%
03
Jenna OttsKill+3.6%
Kill by Jenna Otts (set by Alison Bierwagen)
Set 2 · N ALA 21-23 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 84% → 87%
04
LibertyAce+3.1%
Liberty ace on Kaylee Maikranz
Set 2 · N ALA 22-25 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 89% → 92%
05
Reese RickettsKill+2.5%
Kill by Reese Ricketts (set by Kinslee McGowan)
Set 2 · N ALA 22-23 LIBRTY · N ALA 13% → 15%
06
Paige OvercashKill+2.4%
Kill by Paige Overcash (set by Alison Bierwagen)
Set 1 · N ALA 0-1 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 63% → 66%
07
Paige OvercashKill+2.3%
Kill by Paige Overcash (set by Melis Ural)
Set 1 · N ALA 0-2 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 66% → 68%
08
Layla Collins&Jenna OttsBlock+2.3%
Phoebe Reyes Fortunato stuffed by Layla Collins & Jenna Otts
Set 2 · N ALA 5-7 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 80% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Ala.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
24Dylann GarnerOH	3	8	2	27	.222	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	9
16Anna HoffmayerMB	3	4	2	12	.167	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	2	7
11Reese RickettsOH	3	6	3	24	.125	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	6
4Kinslee McGowanS	3	2	0	3	.667	22	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	4
6Phoebe Reyes FortunatoOH	3	3	5	17	-.118	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
15Jenna KolostaMB	1	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Ally GreenwellOH	3	0	1	3	-.333	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	1
1Ava MartindaleL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	12	4	0	0	0	0
21Kaylee MaikranzL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
19Kennedy BullinsMB	2	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
5Lankford GurnerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	14	95	.126	25	4	4	43	9	1	4	3	54

Libertyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Paige OvercashOH	3	15	2	33	.394	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	16.5
0Laney DaniellMB	3	6	1	17	.294	0	5	5	6	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
8Jenna OttsOH	3	10	1	15	.600	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	12
2Carly O'BrienOH	3	6	1	17	.294	0	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	8
24Layla CollinsMB	3	7	2	10	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
11Alison BierwagenS	3	0	0	2	.000	21	1	3	11	0	0	0	0	1
15Charli MorrisS	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
5Melis UralL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	2	0	12	1	0	0	0	2
22Molly LittlefieldL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
3VB TrostOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
16Charli CrowsonS	3	0	0	0	–	17	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	7	103	.398	45	9	16	51	4	2	10	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.

North Ala. vs Liberty

Season series · Liberty leads 2-0

Thu, Sep 17, 2026North Ala. at Liberty · Liberty won 3-0This match
Fri, Sep 18, 2026North Ala. at Liberty · Liberty won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 N ALA · LIBRTY 7

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 2 N ALALIBRTY 7

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 N ALALIBRTY 4

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 4 N ALALIBRTY 4

Bars above the line = Liberty leads, below = North Ala. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

North Ala.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	25%2/8
2	53%8/15	38%5/13
3	30%6/20	33%4/12
4	71%5/7	25%2/8
5	56%5/9	38%3/8
6	50%5/10	17%1/6
All	50%37/74	31%17/55

Liberty

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	50%7/14
2	67%8/12	43%6/14
3	70%7/10	63%12/19
4	71%5/7	44%4/9
5	63%5/8	29%2/7
6	83%5/6	55%6/11
All	69%38/55	50%37/74

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

129 rallies

#	N ALA-LIBRTY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+2.4
2	0-2	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+2.3
3	1-2	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.5
4	1-3	N ALA	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.6
5	1-4	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Attack err	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato		+2.2
6	1-5	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+2.0
7	1-6	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+1.7
8	2-6	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.0
9	2-7	N ALA	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
10	2-8	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Carly O'Brien		+1.4
11	2-9	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Attack err	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato		+1.1
12	2-10	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.8
13	2-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Ace	Liberty	aced Reese Ricketts	+0.6
14	2-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Ace	Liberty	aced Ava Martindale	+0.4
15	2-13	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Ace	Liberty	aced Ava Martindale	+0.2
16	3-13	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.1
17	4-13	N ALA	N ALA	Blocked	Carly O'Brien	blk Anna Hoffmayer	+0.2
18	4-14	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+0.2
19	5-14	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.1
20	5-15	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+0.2
21	6-15	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.1
22	7-15	N ALA	N ALA	Ace	North Ala.	aced Melis Ural	+0.3
23	7-16	N ALA	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.3
24	7-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Charli Morris	set Charli Crowson	+0.2
25	7-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Blocked	Jenna Kolosta	blk Jenna Otts	+0.1
26	8-18	LIBRTY	N ALA	Bad set	Charli Crowson		·
27	9-18	N ALA	N ALA	Ace	North Ala.	aced Carly O'Brien	+0.1
28	9-19	N ALA	LIBRTY	Attack err	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato		+0.1
29	9-20	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Liberty	aced Jenna Kolosta	+0.1
30	10-20	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	·
31	10-21	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Melis Ural	·
32	10-22	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	·
33	11-22	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	·
34	12-22	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	·
35	12-23	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	·
36	12-24	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Molly Littlefield	·
37	13-24	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		·
38	13-25	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	·
Set 2
1	0-1	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.4
2	1-1	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.5
3	1-2	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.5
4	1-3	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Reese Ricketts		+2.1
5	2-3	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Kinslee McGowan	set Kaylee Maikranz	+1.4
6	3-3	N ALA	N ALA	Ace	North Ala.	aced Molly Littlefield	+2.2
7	3-4	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+1.5
8	4-4	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.6
9	4-5	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.6
10	5-5	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.6
11	5-6	N ALA	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+1.6
12	5-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	blk Layla Collins, Jenna Otts	+2.3
13	5-8	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+2.1
14	5-9	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.9
15	6-9	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.1
16	6-10	N ALA	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Charli Morris	set Charli Crowson	+1.3
17	6-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Charli Morris	set Charli Crowson	+1.6
18	6-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Ace	Liberty	aced Ally Greenwell	+1.2
19	7-12	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+0.7
20	7-13	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+0.8
21	8-13	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.7
22	8-14	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.8
23	9-14	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.6
24	10-14	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Kennedy Bullins	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.3
25	10-15	N ALA	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.1
26	10-16	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
27	10-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Ace	Liberty	aced Ava Martindale	+0.8
28	11-17	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.3
29	12-17	N ALA	N ALA	Attack err	Layla Collins		+0.8
30	12-18	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.8
31	12-19	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Charli Morris	set Melis Ural	+0.7
32	13-19	LIBRTY	N ALA×3	Serve err	Liberty		+0.3
33	14-19	N ALA	N ALA×3	Blocked	Layla Collins	blk Anna Hoffmayer, Dylann Garner	+0.6
34	15-19	N ALA	N ALA×3	Kill	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.0
35	15-20	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Charli Crowson	+1.0
36	16-20	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.6
37	16-21	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.0
38	17-21	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.6
39	18-21	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Ava Martindale	+1.4
40	18-22	N ALA	LIBRTY	Attack err	Anna Hoffmayer		+1.5
41	19-22	LIBRTY	N ALA×3	Kill	Kinslee McGowan	set Kaylee Maikranz	+0.8
42	20-22	N ALA	N ALA×3	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.2
43	21-22	N ALA	N ALA×3	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+3.6
44	21-23	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+3.6
45	22-23	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.5
46	22-24	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+4.1
47	22-25	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Liberty	aced Kaylee Maikranz	+3.1
Set 3
1	0-1	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	blk Jenna Otts, Laney Daniell	+1.2
2	0-2	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
3	1-2	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.8
4	1-3	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.8
5	2-3	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.8
6	3-3	N ALA	N ALA	Attack err	Paige Overcash		+1.3
7	3-4	N ALA	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.9
8	3-5	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
9	3-6	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
10	3-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Attack err	Reese Ricketts		+1.0
11	4-7	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.6
12	4-8	N ALA	LIBRTY	Blocked	Reese Ricketts	blk Paige Overcash, Layla Collins	+0.7
13	5-8	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.6
14	5-9	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Charli Crowson	+0.7
15	5-10	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Liberty	aced Ava Martindale	+0.9
16	6-10	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.5
17	6-11	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.6
18	7-11	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Kennedy Bullins	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.5
19	7-12	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.6
20	8-12	LIBRTY	N ALA	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Anna Hoffmayer, Dylann Garner	+0.5
21	8-13	N ALA	LIBRTY×3	Serve err	North Ala.		+0.6
22	8-14	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Blocked	Dylann Garner	blk Paige Overcash, Laney Daniell	+0.7
23	8-15	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Blocked	Dylann Garner	blk Laney Daniell, Paige Overcash	+0.5
24	9-15	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.2
25	9-16	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
26	9-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Anna Hoffmayer	blk Carly O'Brien	+0.3
27	10-17	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.1
28	10-18	N ALA	LIBRTY	Attack err	Ally Greenwell		+0.2
29	10-19	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+0.1
30	11-19	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.1
31	12-19	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Kennedy Bullins	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.1
32	12-20	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+0.1
33	13-20	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.1
34	13-21	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+0.1
35	13-22	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Liberty	aced Dylann Garner	+0.1
36	14-22	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	·
37	14-23	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	·
38	15-23	LIBRTY	N ALA×4	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	·
39	16-23	N ALA	N ALA×4	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	·
40	17-23	N ALA	N ALA×4	Ace	North Ala.	aced VB Trost	+0.1
41	18-23	N ALA	N ALA×4	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+0.1
42	18-24	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.2
43	19-24	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	·
44	19-25	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, North Ala. 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).

Liberty def. North Ala. 3–0