Elon vs UNCW Volleyball: UNCW Wins 3-0 (Oct 23, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026FloSports

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: UNCW 54.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UNCW beat visiting Elon 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 29-27) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Sam Vanda and Elaina Murphy led UNCW with 9 kills each; Elon's Cameron Lanier had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 11:35 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ELON	16	23	27	0
UNCW	25	25	29	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

UNCW held Elon to .105 hitting.

Win probability never moved more than 6.9 points on one rally; Elon topped out at 44% in Set 2. Pre-match, RallyIQ had UNCW at 55%.

ElonUNCW

Break %+10.4 pts
35.846.2
Points won on own serve: 36 of 78 vs 24 of 67. Elon sided out 53.8% of the time.
Hitting+.255
.105.360
41 kills, 10 errors vs 32 kills, 23 errors.
Longest run+-1
65
Up 19–15 in the first set, UNCW scored 5 straight to make it 24–15. That set ended 25–16.

UNCW above 50Elon belowMax swing 6.9%

ElonUNCW

Aces: Elon 7·UNCW 7
Serve err: Elon 6·UNCW 16
Blocks: Elon 4·UNCW 91 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 16 BA
Digs: Elon 25·UNCW 28

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UNCW above 50 · Elon below

Biggest swing: 6.9% to UNCW — set 2, ELON 23-25 UNCW. Attack error by Courtney Graham. UNCW win probability 82% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ELON 39.2%60.8% UNCW

Elon wins

3-0

8.5%

3-1

14.3%

3-2

16.5%

UNCW wins

3-0

17.6%

3-1

23.2%

3-2

19.9%

ELON break %: 41.3% vs this opp
UNCW break %: 43.4% 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
Courtney GrahamAttack error+6.9%
Attack error by Courtney Graham
Set 2 · ELON 23-25 UNCW · UNCW 82% → 89%
02
Nadia WasilewskiKill+5.9%
Kill by Nadia Wasilewski (set by Gaby Zovko)
Set 3 · ELON 23-24 UNCW · UNCW 88% → 94%
03
Gaby Zovko&Courtney GrahamBlock+5.8%
Cameron Lanier stuffed by Gaby Zovko & Courtney Graham
Set 3 · ELON 27-29 UNCW · UNCW 94% → 100%
04
Elaina Murphy&Courtney GrahamBlock+5.5%
Caroline Berlekamp stuffed by Elaina Murphy & Courtney Graham
Set 2 · ELON 20-21 UNCW · UNCW 71% → 77%
05
Anna SewellAttack error+5.3%
Attack error by Anna Sewell
Set 2 · ELON 20-22 UNCW · UNCW 77% → 82%
06
Elaina MurphyKill+5.2%
Kill by Elaina Murphy (set by Gaby Zovko)
Set 2 · ELON 22-24 UNCW · UNCW 80% → 85%
07
UNCWAce+5.0%
UNCW ace
Set 2 · ELON 20-20 UNCW · UNCW 66% → 71%
08
Cameron LanierKill+4.4%
Kill by Cameron Lanier (set by Kayla Palmer)
Set 3 · ELON 24-24 UNCW · ELON 6% → 10%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Elonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Cameron LanierOH	3	12	6	27	.222	1	2	1	7	1	1	0	1	15
5Allie SchultzOH	3	9	3	14	.429	0	4	2	6	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
17Catherine RuckerMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
11Caroline BerlekampMB	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
7April RiceS	3	3	0	3	1.000	14	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
19Lindsey MurphyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1
4Casey BrowerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
12Kayla PalmerS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
14Anna SewellOH	2	1	9	18	-.444	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Caroline SmithOH	2	0	2	5	-.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Shannon O'LaughlinL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3Dani WallaceL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	23	86	.105	29	7	6	25	7	1	6	4	66

UNCWhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Sam VandaOH	3	9	3	24	.250	2	2	4	2	3	0	2	1	12
14Courtney GrahamMB	3	5	3	13	.154	1	4	3	0	0	0	5	2.5	11.5
7Nadia WasilewskiOH	3	7	0	12	.583	0	1	3	1	0	1	3	2.5	10.5
16Elaina MurphyOH	3	9	3	17	.353	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
10Gaby ZovkoS	3	8	0	12	.667	28	0	2	6	0	0	2	1	9
18Lauren LewisMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
17Addi VaughnS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
20Annie HarneyDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	6	1	0	0	0	0
5Morgan EsmieDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	10	86	.360	33	7	16	28	7	1	16	9	79

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.

Elon vs UNCW

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Elon at UNCW · UNCW won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Elon at UNCW · Elon won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 ELON · UNCW 5

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 3 ELONUNCW 5

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 4 ELONUNCW 5

Set 3

27-29

Longest run 6 ELONUNCW 4

Bars above the line = UNCW leads, below = Elon leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Elon

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	50%7/14
2	35%7/20	20%2/10
3	88%7/8	13%1/8
4	78%7/9	42%5/12
5	47%7/15	36%4/11
6	46%6/13	42%5/12
All	54%42/78	36%24/67

UNCW

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	56%9/16
2	100%8/8	50%8/16
3	64%7/11	46%6/13
4	54%7/13	13%1/8
5	58%7/12	53%8/15
6	100%6/6	40%4/10
All	64%43/67	46%36/78

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

145 rallies

#	ELON-UNCW	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Gaby Zovko	+2.4
2	0-2	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+2.4
3	1-2	UNCW	ELON	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+1.8
4	1-3	ELON	UNCW×4	Serve err	Elon		+1.8
5	1-4	UNCW	UNCW×4	Attack err	Allie Schultz		+2.4
6	1-5	UNCW	UNCW×4	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+2.2
7	1-6	UNCW	UNCW×4	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Courtney Graham	+1.9
8	2-6	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+1.3
9	2-7	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.5
10	3-7	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set Kayla Palmer	+1.3
11	4-7	ELON	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker		+2.0
12	4-8	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Annie Harney	+1.7
13	5-8	UNCW	ELON×3	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+1.5
14	6-8	ELON	ELON×3	Attack err	Lauren Lewis		+2.4
15	7-8	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp		+2.7
16	7-9	ELON	UNCW×3	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Sam Vanda	+2.1
17	7-10	UNCW	UNCW×3	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+2.7
18	7-11	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+2.4
19	8-11	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.6
20	8-12	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
21	8-13	UNCW	UNCW	Blocked	Anna Sewell	blk Gaby Zovko, Courtney Graham	+2.1
22	9-13	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.3
23	9-14	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Gaby Zovko	+1.6
24	9-15	UNCW	UNCW	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+1.7
25	10-15	UNCW	ELON	Blocked	Sam Vanda	blk April Rice, Caroline Berlekamp	+0.9
26	10-16	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+1.2
27	11-16	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+0.9
28	11-17	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+1.2
29	12-17	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+0.8
30	13-17	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+1.6
31	13-18	ELON	UNCW	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+1.6
32	13-19	UNCW	UNCW	Ace	UNCW	aced Anna Sewell	+1.5
33	14-19	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+0.7
34	15-19	ELON	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+1.4
35	15-20	ELON	UNCW×5	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+1.5
36	15-21	UNCW	UNCW×5	Blocked	Caroline Berlekamp	blk Nadia Wasilewski	+1.3
37	15-22	UNCW	UNCW×5	Attack err	Allie Schultz		+0.7
38	15-23	UNCW	UNCW×5	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+0.3
39	15-24	UNCW	UNCW×5	Blocked	Anna Sewell	blk Courtney Graham, Nadia Wasilewski	+0.1
40	16-24	UNCW	ELON	Blocked	Sam Vanda	blk Caroline Berlekamp, Anna Sewell	·
41	16-25	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	·
Set 2
1	1-0	ELON	ELON×4	Blocked	Courtney Graham	blk Cameron Lanier	+2.4
2	2-0	ELON	ELON×4	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+2.4
3	3-0	ELON	ELON×4	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+2.3
4	4-0	ELON	ELON×4	Attack err	Elaina Murphy		+2.2
5	4-1	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+1.5
6	5-1	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+1.7
7	5-2	ELON	UNCW×3	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+1.5
8	5-3	UNCW	UNCW×3	Ace	UNCW	aced Lindsey Murphy	+2.3
9	5-4	UNCW	UNCW×3	Ace	UNCW	aced Cameron Lanier	+2.4
10	6-4	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+2.0
11	7-4	ELON	ELON	Serve err	Elon		+2.5
12	7-5	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+1.7
13	8-5	UNCW	ELON×3	Serve err	UNCW		+1.9
14	9-5	ELON	ELON×3	Ace	Elon	aced Sam Vanda	+2.4
15	10-5	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+2.2
16	10-6	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+1.3
17	11-6	UNCW	ELON	Blocked	Elaina Murphy	blk Catherine Rucker, Allie Schultz	+1.6
18	11-7	ELON	UNCW	Blocked	Anna Sewell	blk Nadia Wasilewski, Lauren Lewis	+1.3
19	12-7	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.7
20	12-8	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+1.3
21	13-8	UNCW	ELON×3	Serve err	UNCW		+1.7
22	14-8	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+1.8
23	15-8	ELON	ELON×3	Ace	Elon	aced Sam Vanda	+1.4
24	15-9	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+0.7
25	16-9	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+1.0
26	16-10	ELON	UNCW×4	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+0.7
27	16-11	UNCW	UNCW×4	Kill	Lauren Lewis	set Lindsey Murphy	+1.3
28	16-12	UNCW	UNCW×4	Bad set	Allie Schultz		+1.7
29	16-13	UNCW	UNCW×4	Ace	UNCW	aced Lindsey Murphy	+2.2
30	17-13	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set April Rice	+2.1
31	17-14	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Lauren Lewis	set Gaby Zovko	+1.7
32	18-14	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+2.2
33	18-15	ELON	UNCW	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+1.6
34	18-16	UNCW	UNCW	Ace	UNCW	aced Casey Brower	+2.9
35	19-16	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+2.8
36	19-17	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+2.2
37	19-18	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+3.8
38	20-18	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+3.5
39	20-19	ELON	UNCW×5	Serve err	Elon		+3.0
40	20-20	UNCW	UNCW×5	Ace	UNCW		+5.0
41	20-21	UNCW	UNCW×5	Blocked	Caroline Berlekamp	blk Elaina Murphy, Courtney Graham	+5.5
42	20-22	UNCW	UNCW×5	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+5.3
43	20-23	UNCW	UNCW×5	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Casey Brower	+4.2
44	21-23	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.8
45	22-23	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+4.3
46	22-24	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+5.2
47	23-24	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+3.0
48	23-25	ELON	UNCW	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+6.9
Set 3
1	0-1	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.5
2	1-1	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+1.1
3	1-2	ELON	UNCW×4	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+1.1
4	1-3	UNCW	UNCW×4	Ace	UNCW		+1.5
5	1-4	UNCW	UNCW×4	Kill	Sam Vanda		+1.4
6	1-5	UNCW	UNCW×4	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.3
7	2-5	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set April Rice	+0.9
8	2-6	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.0
9	3-6	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+0.9
10	4-6	ELON	ELON	Ace	Elon	aced Elaina Murphy	+1.4
11	4-7	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Lauren Lewis	set Gaby Zovko	+1.1
12	5-7	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.0
13	5-8	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+1.1
14	5-9	UNCW	UNCW	Attack err	Caroline Smith		+1.4
15	6-9	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+0.9
16	6-10	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+1.1
17	7-10	UNCW	ELON	Kill	April Rice	set April Rice	+0.9
18	7-11	ELON	UNCW	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+1.1
19	8-11	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set April Rice	+1.0
20	9-11	ELON	ELON	Kill	April Rice	set Cameron Lanier	+1.5
21	9-12	ELON	UNCW×3	Blocked	Catherine Rucker	blk Courtney Graham, Sam Vanda	+1.3
22	9-13	UNCW	UNCW×3	Blocked	Cameron Lanier	blk Sam Vanda, Lauren Lewis	+1.5
23	9-14	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.3
24	10-14	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+0.8
25	10-15	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Lindsey Murphy	+1.0
26	11-15	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+0.7
27	11-16	ELON	UNCW	Attack err	Allie Schultz		+1.0
28	12-16	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+0.7
29	13-16	ELON	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+1.3
30	13-17	ELON	UNCW	Blocked	Caroline Smith	blk Nadia Wasilewski, Lauren Lewis	+1.2
31	14-17	UNCW	ELON×6	Serve err	UNCW		+1.0
32	15-17	ELON	ELON×6	Ace	Elon	aced Morgan Esmie	+1.7
33	16-17	ELON	ELON×6	Ace	Elon	aced Annie Harney	+2.1
34	17-17	ELON	ELON×6	Attack err	Elaina Murphy		+2.5
35	18-17	ELON	ELON×6	Ace	Elon	aced Morgan Esmie	+2.7
36	19-17	ELON	ELON×6	Ace	Elon	aced Sam Vanda	+2.7
37	19-18	ELON	UNCW×3	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
38	19-19	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Gaby Zovko		+2.9
39	19-20	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Gaby Zovko		+3.1
40	20-20	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+2.3
41	20-21	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+2.6
42	21-21	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+2.5
43	22-21	ELON	ELON	Kill	April Rice	set Casey Brower	+4.0
44	22-22	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Sam Vanda	+2.9
45	23-22	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+3.6
46	23-23	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Elaina Murphy	+3.4
47	23-24	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+5.9
48	24-24	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+4.4
49	24-25	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+4.4
50	25-25	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+4.4
51	25-26	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+4.4
52	26-26	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+4.4
53	26-27	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+4.4
54	27-27	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+4.4
55	27-28	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+4.4
56	27-29	UNCW	UNCW	Blocked	Cameron Lanier	blk Gaby Zovko, Courtney Graham	+5.8

Score shown after each rally, Elon 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).

UNCW def. Elon 3–0

UNCW held Elon to .105 hitting.