Elon vs UNCW Volleyball: Elon Wins 3-0 (Oct 24, 2026)

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3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: UNCW 57.8% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 24, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Elon won at UNCW 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-16) on Sat, Oct 24, 2026. Anna Sewell led Elon with 7 kills, and Cameron Lanier added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 11:35 PM CT · final Oct 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ELON	25	25	25	3
UNCW	21	22	16	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Elon broke it open with a 7–0 run in the third set.

No single rally moved win probability more than 6.3 points. UNCW peaked at 58% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. UNCW went in at 58% by RallyIQ.

ElonUNCW

Break %+13.0 pts
50.737.7
On serve: 37/73 against 23/61 (UNCW sideout 49.3%).
Longest run+0
77
7 straight Elon points in the third set turned a 1–2 deficit into an 8–2 lead. Final score of the set: 25–16.

UNCW above 50Elon belowMax swing 6.3%

ElonUNCW

Hitting: Elon .202·UNCW .149
Aces: Elon 8·UNCW 2
Serve err: Elon 9·UNCW 14
Blocks: Elon 3·UNCW 40 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Elon 37·UNCW 35

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UNCW above 50 · Elon below

Biggest swing: 6.3% to Elon — set 2, ELON 24-22 UNCW. Elaina Murphy stuffed by April Rice & Catherine Rucker. UNCW win probability 27% → 21%.

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
April Rice&Catherine RuckerBlock+6.3%
Elaina Murphy stuffed by April Rice & Catherine Rucker
Set 2 · ELON 24-22 UNCW · ELON 73% → 79%
02
ElonAce+5.8%
Elon ace on Morgan Esmie
Set 2 · ELON 21-19 UNCW · ELON 68% → 74%
03
Gaby ZovkoBad set+5.8%
Bad set by Gaby Zovko
Set 2 · ELON 20-19 UNCW · ELON 62% → 68%
04
ElonAce+5.1%
Elon ace on Morgan Esmie
Set 2 · ELON 23-20 UNCW · ELON 75% → 80%
05
Gaby Zovko&Courtney GrahamBlock+5.1%
Cameron Lanier stuffed by Gaby Zovko & Courtney Graham
Set 2 · ELON 23-22 UNCW · UNCW 22% → 27%
06
Allie SchultzKill+4.9%
Kill by Allie Schultz (set by Kayla Palmer)
Set 2 · ELON 25-22 UNCW · ELON 79% → 84%
07
Gaby ZovkoAttack error+4.8%
Attack error by Gaby Zovko
Set 2 · ELON 18-18 UNCW · ELON 58% → 62%
08
UNCWService error+4.7%
UNCW service error
Set 2 · ELON 22-20 UNCW · ELON 70% → 75%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Elonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Catherine RuckerMB	3	5	2	12	.250	0	3	2	1	0	2	1	9
14Anna SewellOH	3	7	2	15	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7
13Cameron LanierOH	3	6	5	25	.040	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	6
5Allie SchultzOH	3	5	2	18	.167	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
11Caroline BerlekampMB	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
12Kayla PalmerS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	14	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
7April RiceS	3	4	1	5	.600	9	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	4.5
4Casey BrowerL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	2	3	4	1	0	0	3
19Lindsey MurphyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	2
9Shannon O'LaughlinL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	1	2	5	0	0	0	1
Team totals		31	14	84	.202	28	8	9	37	2	6	3	75

UNCWhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Elaina MurphyOH	3	9	4	21	.238	1	1	2	5	3	0	0	0	10
1Sam VandaOH	3	7	6	20	.050	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	7
14Courtney GrahamMB	3	4	3	13	.077	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
10Gaby ZovkoS	3	3	1	7	.286	28	0	3	5	0	0	2	1	4
17Addi VaughnS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
18Lauren LewisMB	2	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7Nadia WasilewskiOH	3	9	1	19	.421	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
20Annie HarneyDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	3	13	1	0	0	0	0
5Morgan EsmieDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
6Lily GoyerMB	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12Lilly SullivanMB	1	0	3	4	-.750	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2Macon ButlerOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	20	94	.149	32	2	14	35	8	1	6	4	59

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 ELON · UNCW 7

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 5 ELONUNCW 3

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 4 ELONUNCW 7

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 7 ELONUNCW 2

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	54%7/13	55%6/11
2	70%7/10	42%5/12
3	100%6/6	67%12/18
4	75%6/8	54%7/13
5	40%6/15	40%4/10
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	62%38/61	51%37/73

UNCW

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	36%4/11
2	35%6/17	46%6/13
3	50%6/12	0%0/6
4	50%6/12	25%2/8
5	60%6/10	33%3/9
6	45%5/11	57%8/14
All	49%36/73	38%23/61

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

134 rallies

#	ELON-UNCW	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set Kayla Palmer	+1.8
2	2-0	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+2.5
3	2-1	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Annie Harney	+1.8
4	3-1	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.9
5	3-2	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
6	4-2	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+2.0
7	4-3	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.9
8	5-3	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Anna Sewell	set April Rice	+2.0
9	5-4	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+1.9
10	5-5	UNCW	UNCW	Blocked	Cameron Lanier	blk Courtney Graham, Nadia Wasilewski	+2.7
11	6-5	UNCW	ELON	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+2.1
12	6-6	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+2.0
13	7-6	UNCW	ELON×5	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+2.1
14	8-6	ELON	ELON×5	Attack err	Elaina Murphy		+2.9
15	9-6	ELON	ELON×5	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set Gaby Zovko	+2.8
16	10-6	ELON	ELON×5	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+2.6
17	11-6	ELON	ELON×5	Attack err	Elaina Murphy		+2.3
18	11-7	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+1.4
19	12-7	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+1.8
20	12-8	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+1.4
21	13-8	UNCW	ELON×4	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+1.8
22	14-8	ELON	ELON×4	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Kayla Palmer	+2.0
23	15-8	ELON	ELON×4	Attack err	Lauren Lewis		+1.5
24	16-8	ELON	ELON×4	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Cameron Lanier	+1.1
25	16-9	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Lauren Lewis	set Gaby Zovko	+0.5
26	17-9	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+0.7
27	18-9	ELON	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+0.6
28	18-10	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+0.3
29	19-10	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+0.4
30	19-11	ELON	UNCW×3	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+0.2
31	19-12	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+0.4
32	19-13	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+0.7
33	20-13	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+0.8
34	20-14	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Annie Harney	+0.4
35	20-15	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+0.9
36	21-15	UNCW	ELON	Kill	April Rice		+1.1
37	22-15	ELON	ELON	Bad set	Gaby Zovko		+0.8
38	22-16	ELON	UNCW×3	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+0.2
39	22-17	UNCW	UNCW×3	Attack err	Allie Schultz		+0.6
40	22-18	UNCW	UNCW×3	Ace	UNCW	aced Casey Brower	+1.0
41	23-18	UNCW	ELON	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+1.4
42	24-18	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+0.8
43	24-19	ELON	UNCW×3	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+0.1
44	24-20	UNCW	UNCW×3	Attack err	Catherine Rucker		+0.4
45	24-21	UNCW	UNCW×3	Ace	UNCW	aced Cameron Lanier	+0.8
46	25-21	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+1.5
Set 2
1	0-1	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+1.9
2	0-2	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+2.6
3	1-2	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.9
4	1-3	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+1.9
5	2-3	UNCW	ELON×3	Serve err	UNCW		+1.9
6	3-3	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+2.7
7	4-3	ELON	ELON×3	Ace	Elon	aced Elaina Murphy	+2.9
8	4-4	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Elaina Murphy	+2.1
9	5-4	UNCW	ELON×4	Attack err	Nadia Wasilewski		+2.2
10	6-4	ELON	ELON×4	Kill	April Rice	set Shannon O'Laughlin	+3.0
11	7-4	ELON	ELON×4	Kill	Casey Brower	set Gaby Zovko	+2.9
12	8-4	ELON	ELON×4	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set Shannon O'Laughlin	+2.8
13	8-5	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
14	9-5	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Anna Sewell	set April Rice	+2.1
15	9-6	ELON	UNCW×7	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+1.8
16	9-7	UNCW	UNCW×7	Attack err	Caroline Berlekamp		+2.8
17	9-8	UNCW	UNCW×7	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Annie Harney	+3.1
18	9-9	UNCW	UNCW×7	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+3.2
19	9-10	UNCW	UNCW×7	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+3.3
20	9-11	UNCW	UNCW×7	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+3.2
21	9-12	UNCW	UNCW×7	Attack err	Cameron Lanier		+3.0
22	10-12	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+2.0
23	10-13	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+2.3
24	11-13	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+2.1
25	11-14	ELON	UNCW×3	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+2.4
26	11-15	UNCW	UNCW×3	Attack err	Allie Schultz		+2.8
27	11-16	UNCW	UNCW×3	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+2.2
28	12-16	UNCW	ELON×3	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set Kayla Palmer	+1.3
29	13-16	ELON	ELON×3	Blocked	Sam Vanda	blk Allie Schultz, Catherine Rucker	+2.3
30	14-16	ELON	ELON×3	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+3.0
31	14-17	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Courtney Graham	set Gaby Zovko	+2.6
32	15-17	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+2.2
33	16-17	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Sam Vanda		+3.8
34	16-18	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+3.2
35	17-18	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+2.9
36	18-18	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Gaby Zovko		+4.8
37	18-19	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Sam Vanda	set Gaby Zovko	+3.8
38	19-19	UNCW	ELON×3	Serve err	UNCW		+3.8
39	20-19	ELON	ELON×3	Bad set	Gaby Zovko		+5.8
40	21-19	ELON	ELON×3	Ace	Elon	aced Morgan Esmie	+5.8
41	21-20	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+3.5
42	22-20	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+4.7
43	23-20	ELON	ELON	Ace	Elon	aced Morgan Esmie	+5.1
44	23-21	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+2.1
45	23-22	UNCW	UNCW	Blocked	Cameron Lanier	blk Gaby Zovko, Courtney Graham	+5.1
46	24-22	UNCW	ELON	Blocked	Elaina Murphy	blk April Rice, Catherine Rucker	+6.3
47	25-22	ELON	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+4.9
Set 3
1	0-1	UNCW	UNCW	Attack err	Kayla Palmer		+1.9
2	1-1	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	UNCW		+1.4
3	1-2	ELON	UNCW	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+1.4
4	2-2	UNCW	ELON×7	Serve err	UNCW		+1.5
5	3-2	ELON	ELON×7	Attack err	Lilly Sullivan		+2.1
6	4-2	ELON	ELON×7	Attack err	Lily Goyer		+2.1
7	5-2	ELON	ELON×7	Kill	Anna Sewell	set Kayla Palmer	+2.1
8	6-2	ELON	ELON×7	Ace	Elon	aced Elaina Murphy	+1.9
9	7-2	ELON	ELON×7	Blocked	Lilly Sullivan	blk Caroline Berlekamp, Allie Schultz	+1.8
10	8-2	ELON	ELON×7	Ace	Elon	aced Lilly Sullivan	+1.6
11	8-3	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+1.0
12	9-3	UNCW	ELON	Serve err	Gaby Zovko		+1.2
13	10-3	ELON	ELON	Attack err	Lilly Sullivan		+1.3
14	10-4	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		+0.7
15	10-5	UNCW	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+1.3
16	11-5	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+1.2
17	11-6	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+0.9
18	12-6	UNCW	ELON	Kill	April Rice	set Lindsey Murphy	+1.2
19	12-7	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+0.9
20	12-8	UNCW	UNCW	Blocked	April Rice	blk Courtney Graham	+1.5
21	13-8	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+1.4
22	13-9	ELON	UNCW	Blocked	Cameron Lanier	blk Gaby Zovko, Courtney Graham	+1.1
23	14-9	UNCW	ELON	Attack err	Courtney Graham		+1.4
24	15-9	ELON	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+1.6
25	15-10	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Gaby Zovko	set Gaby Zovko	+0.8
26	15-11	UNCW	UNCW	Attack err	Catherine Rucker		+1.5
27	16-11	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set Kayla Palmer	+1.5
28	16-12	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Elaina Murphy	set Gaby Zovko	+1.1
29	17-12	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Allie Schultz	set Kayla Palmer	+1.5
30	18-12	ELON	ELON	Ace	Elon	aced Elaina Murphy	+1.5
31	18-13	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Nadia Wasilewski	set Gaby Zovko	+0.7
32	18-14	UNCW	UNCW	Attack err	Anna Sewell		+1.4
33	19-14	UNCW	ELON×3	Kill	April Rice	set Casey Brower	+1.4
34	20-14	ELON	ELON×3	Attack err	Elaina Murphy		+1.3
35	21-14	ELON	ELON×3	Ace	Elon	aced Sam Vanda	+0.8
36	21-15	ELON	UNCW	Kill	Lily Goyer	set Gaby Zovko	+0.3
37	22-15	UNCW	ELON×3	Kill	Caroline Berlekamp	set April Rice	+0.5
38	23-15	ELON	ELON×3	Ace	Elon	aced Annie Harney	+0.3
39	24-15	ELON	ELON×3	Kill	Cameron Lanier	set April Rice	+0.1
40	24-16	ELON	UNCW	Serve err	Elon		·
41	25-16	UNCW	ELON	Kill	Catherine Rucker	set April Rice	·

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).

Elon def. UNCW 3–0

Elon broke it open with a 7–0 run in the third set.