North Ala. vs Liberty Volleyball: Liberty Wins 3-0 (Sep 18)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026

0:3

Liberty beat visiting North Ala. 3-0 (28-26, 25-14, 25-17) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. Liberty's Carly O'Brien led with 11 kills, and Alison Bierwagen added 19 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
N ALA	26	14	17	0
LIBRTY	28	25	25	3

Win probability

Liberty above 50 · North Ala. below

Biggest swing: 9.9% to North Ala. — set 1, N ALA 25-24 LIBRTY. Kill by Olivia Fenoff (set by Kinslee McGowan). LIBRTY win probability 64% → 54%.

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
Olivia FenoffKill+9.9%
Kill by Olivia Fenoff (set by Kinslee McGowan)
Set 1 · N ALA 25-24 LIBRTY · N ALA 36% → 46%
02
Anna HoffmayerAttack error+9.5%
Attack error by Anna Hoffmayer
Set 1 · N ALA 23-24 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 61% → 70%
03
LibertyAce+9.5%
Liberty ace on Olivia Fenoff
Set 1 · N ALA 26-27 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 61% → 70%
04
Reese RickettsAttack error+8.9%
Attack error by Reese Ricketts
Set 1 · N ALA 26-28 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 70% → 79%
05
LibertyAce+7.5%
Liberty ace on Ava Martindale
Set 1 · N ALA 23-23 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 53% → 61%
06
North Ala.Service error+6.9%
North Ala. service error
Set 1 · N ALA 25-25 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 54% → 61%
07
LibertyService error+6.9%
Liberty service error
Set 1 · N ALA 26-25 LIBRTY · N ALA 39% → 46%
08
Carly O'BrienKill+6.9%
Kill by Carly O'Brien (set by Alison Bierwagen)
Set 1 · N ALA 26-26 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 54% → 61%

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Ala.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Reese RickettsOH	3	11	4	32	.219	1	2	10	0	1	0.5	11.5
16Anna HoffmayerMB	3	5	3	17	.118	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	6.5
4Kinslee McGowanS	3	3	1	14	.143	23	1	10	0	1	0.5	3.5
19Kennedy BullinsMB	3	1	1	13	.000	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
6Phoebe Reyes FortunatoOH	2	3	3	16	.000	1	0	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
24Dylann GarnerOH	1	1	1	8	.000	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
2Olivia FenoffOH	3	4	4	25	.000	0	0	3	1	1	0.5	4.5
3Ally GreenwellOH	3	0	0	1	.000	2	2	9	1	0	0	0
1Ava MartindaleL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	12	2	0	0	0
21Kaylee MaikranzL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	5	3	0	0	0
5Lankford GurnerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13Kendall BuckleyOH	2	3	3	8	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
Team totals		31	20	134	.082	30	7	56	7	12	6	57

Libertyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Carly O'BrienOH	3	11	4	31	.226	1	3	0	8	0	1	0.5	14.5
0Laney DaniellMB	3	5	4	14	.071	1	2	5	0	1	5	3.5	10.5
8Jenna OttsOH	3	8	4	19	.211	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	10
25Paige OvercashOH	3	8	2	31	.194	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
24Layla CollinsMB	3	6	0	12	.500	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7
11Alison BierwagenS	3	1	0	2	.500	17	1	2	19	0	0	0	2
15Charli MorrisS	3	1	2	9	-.111	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	2.5
5Melis UralL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	1	0	12	0	0	0	1
16Charli CrowsonS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
22Molly LittlefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	0
3VB TrostOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Kayla O'BrienL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	16	119	.202	37	7	10	64	3	14	10	78

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 N ALA · LIBRTY 7

Set 1

26-28

Longest run 4 N ALALIBRTY 5

Set 2

14-25

Longest run 2 N ALALIBRTY 7

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 2 N ALALIBRTY 6

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	44%7/16	33%3/9
2	44%7/16	13%1/8
3	58%7/12	46%6/13
4	58%7/12	30%3/10
5	43%6/14	22%2/9
6	71%5/7	33%3/9
All	51%39/77	31%18/58

Liberty

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	57%8/14
2	58%7/12	42%5/12
3	64%7/11	63%12/19
4	78%7/9	36%4/11
5	67%6/9	60%9/15
6	86%6/7	0%0/6
All	69%40/58	49%38/77

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

135 rallies

#	N ALA-LIBRTY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Liberty	aced Ava Martindale	+2.4
2	1-1	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.7
3	1-2	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Alison Bierwagen	set Carly O'Brien	+1.7
4	2-2	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.7
5	3-2	N ALA	N ALA	Attack err	Carly O'Brien		+2.6
6	3-3	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+1.7
7	4-3	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Dylann Garner	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.8
8	5-3	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.7
9	5-4	N ALA	LIBRTY	Blocked	Dylann Garner	blk Layla Collins, Paige Overcash	+1.8
10	6-4	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.9
11	6-5	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+1.8
12	7-5	LIBRTY	N ALA×3	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.0
13	8-5	N ALA	N ALA×3	Kill	Kennedy Bullins	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.8
14	9-5	N ALA	N ALA×3	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.7
15	9-6	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.6
16	10-6	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+1.9
17	10-7	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+1.6
18	11-7	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.9
19	11-8	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.6
20	12-8	LIBRTY	N ALA×4	Blocked	Carly O'Brien	blk Kennedy Bullins, Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	+2.0
21	13-8	N ALA	N ALA×4	Kill	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.5
22	14-8	N ALA	N ALA×4	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+2.0
23	15-8	N ALA	N ALA×4	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Dylann Garner, Anna Hoffmayer	+1.6
24	15-9	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+0.7
25	16-9	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.0
26	16-10	N ALA	LIBRTY×4	Serve err	North Ala.		+0.7
27	16-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Charli Morris	set Melis Ural	+1.4
28	16-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.8
29	16-13	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Carly O'Brien		+2.4
30	17-13	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Charli Crowson	+2.2
31	18-13	N ALA	N ALA	Blocked	Charli Morris	blk Reese Ricketts, Anna Hoffmayer	+2.5
32	18-14	N ALA	LIBRTY	Bad set	Kinslee McGowan		+1.2
33	18-15	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Anna Hoffmayer	blk Jenna Otts	+2.4
34	19-15	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Kinslee McGowan	set Ally Greenwell	+2.2
35	19-16	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.6
36	20-16	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+2.3
37	20-17	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+1.5
38	20-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato		+3.1
39	21-18	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Ava Martindale	+3.1
40	21-19	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+2.1
41	22-19	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	set Kinslee McGowan	+3.2
42	23-19	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	+3.1
43	23-20	N ALA	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.9
44	23-21	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	+2.6
45	23-22	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Bad set	Kinslee McGowan		+4.7
46	23-23	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Ace	Liberty	aced Ava Martindale	+7.5
47	23-24	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Attack err	Anna Hoffmayer		+9.5
48	24-24	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+6.5
49	25-24	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Olivia Fenoff	set Kinslee McGowan	+9.9
50	25-25	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+6.9
51	26-25	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+6.9
52	26-26	N ALA	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+6.9
53	26-27	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Ace	Liberty	aced Olivia Fenoff	+9.5
54	26-28	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Reese Ricketts		+8.9
Set 2
1	1-0	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.2
2	2-0	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+2.2
3	2-1	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.5
4	3-1	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.6
5	3-2	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.5
6	3-3	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+2.3
7	4-3	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.6
8	5-3	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Olivia Fenoff	set Ava Martindale	+2.4
9	5-4	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.6
10	6-4	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.7
11	6-5	N ALA	LIBRTY	Bad set	Olivia Fenoff		+1.6
12	6-6	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Bad set	Anna Hoffmayer		+2.4
13	7-6	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Carly O'Brien		+1.8
14	7-7	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+1.7
15	8-7	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Charli Morris		+1.8
16	8-8	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.7
17	8-9	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Blocked	Kennedy Bullins	blk Jenna Otts	+2.6
18	9-9	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.8
19	9-10	N ALA	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Reese Ricketts	blk Charli Morris, Laney Daniell	+1.8
20	9-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Attack err	Kinslee McGowan		+2.5
21	9-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato	blk Laney Daniell	+2.3
22	9-13	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Blocked	Reese Ricketts	blk Laney Daniell, Paige Overcash	+2.0
23	10-13	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.2
24	10-14	N ALA	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.4
25	10-15	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Attack err	Phoebe Reyes Fortunato		+1.6
26	10-16	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
27	10-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.8
28	10-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Laney Daniell	+0.5
29	10-19	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Melis Ural	+0.3
30	10-20	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×7	Blocked	Kendall Buckley	blk Laney Daniell, Carly O'Brien	+0.1
31	11-20	LIBRTY	N ALA	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Olivia Fenoff, Kennedy Bullins	·
32	11-21	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.1
33	12-21	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Kendall Buckley	set Kinslee McGowan	·
34	12-22	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	·
35	13-22	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Anna Hoffmayer	set Kinslee McGowan	·
36	13-23	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Melis Ural	·
37	14-23	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Kinslee McGowan	set Ally Greenwell	·
38	14-24	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	·
39	14-25	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Liberty	aced Kaylee Maikranz	·
Set 3
1	0-1	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Olivia Fenoff		+1.2
2	1-1	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+0.8
3	1-2	N ALA	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Olivia Fenoff		+0.8
4	1-3	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Blocked	Olivia Fenoff	blk Paige Overcash, Laney Daniell	+1.2
5	1-4	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+1.1
6	2-4	LIBRTY	N ALA	Blocked	Carly O'Brien	blk Kinslee McGowan, Anna Hoffmayer	+0.7
7	2-5	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.8
8	3-5	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+0.7
9	4-5	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Kinslee McGowan	set Reese Ricketts	+1.2
10	4-6	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.9
11	5-6	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.9
12	5-7	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+0.9
13	6-7	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.9
14	7-7	N ALA	N ALA	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Kennedy Bullins, Kendall Buckley	+1.4
15	7-8	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Charli Crowson	+1.0
16	8-8	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Kendall Buckley	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.0
17	9-8	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Kendall Buckley	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.5
18	9-9	N ALA	LIBRTY	Blocked	Olivia Fenoff	blk Charli Morris, Laney Daniell	+1.0
19	9-10	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Kendall Buckley		+1.5
20	10-10	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Olivia Fenoff	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.1
21	11-10	N ALA	N ALA	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+1.7
22	11-11	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.1
23	12-11	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+1.2
24	12-12	N ALA	LIBRTY	Attack err	Anna Hoffmayer		+1.1
25	12-13	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Liberty	aced Ally Greenwell	+1.7
26	13-13	LIBRTY	N ALA	Serve err	Liberty		+1.2
27	13-14	N ALA	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
28	13-15	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Carly O'Brien	set Melis Ural	+1.7
29	14-15	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Kinslee McGowan	+1.1
30	15-15	N ALA	N ALA	Kill	Reese Ricketts	set Ava Martindale	+1.9
31	15-16	N ALA	LIBRTY×6	Serve err	North Ala.		+1.3
32	15-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Ace	Liberty	aced Kaylee Maikranz	+1.9
33	15-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Ace	Liberty	aced Kaylee Maikranz	+1.6
34	15-19	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Blocked	Reese Ricketts	blk Charli Morris, Layla Collins	+1.3
35	15-20	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Kill	Layla Collins	set Kendall Buckley	+0.9
36	15-21	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.5
37	16-21	LIBRTY	N ALA	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+0.2
38	16-22	N ALA	LIBRTY	Serve err	North Ala.		+0.3
39	17-22	LIBRTY	N ALA	Kill	Olivia Fenoff	set Kinslee McGowan	+0.1
40	17-23	N ALA	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.2
41	17-24	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Kendall Buckley		+0.1
42	17-25	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	·

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