George Washington def. Charlotte 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 5)

FinalSat, Sep 5, 2026

3:0

George Washington won at Charlotte 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-20) on Sat, Sep 5, 2026. George Washington's Riley Samuel led with 11 kills, and Lydia Zeng added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 5

Set	1	2	3	Sets
G WASH	25	25	25	3
CHAR	17	18	20	0

Win probability

Charlotte above 50 · George Washington below

Biggest swing: 2.8% to Charlotte — set 1, G WASH 9-9 CHAR. Attack error by Yazmyn Billings. CHAR win probability 33% → 36%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

G WASH 64.4%35.6% CHAR

George Washington wins

3-0

19.6%

3-1

24.7%

3-2

20.0%

Charlotte wins

3-0

7.3%

3-1

12.8%

3-2

15.5%

G WASH break %: 44.1% vs this opp
CHAR break %: 41.2% 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
Yazmyn BillingsAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Yazmyn Billings
Set 1 · G WASH 9-9 CHAR · CHAR 33% → 36%
02
George WashingtonAce+2.8%
George Washington ace on Kennedy Earls
Set 1 · G WASH 11-9 CHAR · G WASH 66% → 69%
03
Gia McGrewAttack error+2.7%
Attack error by Gia McGrew
Set 1 · G WASH 7-7 CHAR · G WASH 61% → 63%
04
Alexis BaduKill+2.7%
Kill by Alexis Badu (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 1 · G WASH 8-7 CHAR · G WASH 63% → 66%
05
Sofia LocadiaKill+2.7%
Kill by Sofia Locadia (set by Harper Hall)
Set 1 · G WASH 4-6 CHAR · CHAR 38% → 41%
06
Nicanora ClarkeAttack error+2.7%
Attack error by Nicanora Clarke
Set 1 · G WASH 4-7 CHAR · CHAR 41% → 44%
07
Sofia LocadiaBlock+2.6%
Riley Samuel stuffed by Sofia Locadia
Set 1 · G WASH 4-5 CHAR · CHAR 36% → 38%
08
Nicanora ClarkeKill+2.6%
Kill by Nicanora Clarke (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 1 · G WASH 6-7 CHAR · G WASH 58% → 61%

Box score

Official NCAA box

George Washingtonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Riley SamuelMB	3	11	4	23	.304	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
10Cayla CoganOH	3	10	3	26	.269	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	10
2Yazmyn BillingsMB	3	8	2	14	.429	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
8Alexis RodriguezOH	3	7	4	14	.214	1	0	3	8	0	0	0	7
4Alexis BaduOPP	3	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	6.5
7Abby MarkworthS	3	2	1	4	.250	35	2	2	1	0	0	0	4
0Nicanora ClarkeOH	3	1	2	4	-.250	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	2
9Evie HuangL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1
3Jaelyn ConnoleS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
24Sadee GedseL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	1
15Lydia ZengL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	17	97	.278	40	6	9	37	3	6	3	75

Charlottehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Sofia LocadiaMB	3	6	1	12	.417	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2.5	8.5
7Elena KovacevicOH	3	4	3	19	.053	1	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	5
8Milan CannonMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
3Harper HallS	3	0	1	5	-.200	18	1	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
2Clara BrileyOH	2	3	2	11	.091	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	4
18Gia McGrewOH	1	0	2	5	-.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15Mariam MushkudianiOH	3	6	4	13	.154	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
9Chloe MaughanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
10Sara MarinkovicOH	2	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3
4Erin LehmanL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
16Kennedy EarlsL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13Milena LopezS	1	1	0	1	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		26	17	87	.103	23	3	7	28	6	3	2	4	55

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 G WASH · CHAR 5

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 G WASHCHAR 5

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 5 G WASHCHAR 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 5 G WASHCHAR 3

Bars above the line = Charlotte leads, below = George Washington leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

George Washington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	57%8/14
2	64%7/11	46%6/13
3	46%6/13	40%4/10
4	86%6/7	57%8/14
5	60%6/10	25%2/8
6	100%6/6	57%8/14
All	68%39/57	49%36/73

Charlotte

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	13%1/8
2	86%6/7	33%4/12
3	33%6/18	54%7/13
4	75%6/8	25%2/8
5	67%6/9	25%2/8
6	31%5/16	25%2/8
All	51%37/73	32%18/57

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

130 rallies

#	G WASH-CHAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	CHAR	G WASH×3	Attack err	Milan Cannon		+1.7
2	2-0	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Elena Kovacevic		+2.2
3	3-0	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Gia McGrew		+2.0
4	3-1	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Clara Briley	set Chloe Maughan	+1.5
5	3-2	CHAR	CHAR	Kill	Milan Cannon	set Harper Hall	+2.2
6	4-2	CHAR	G WASH	Attack err	Elena Kovacevic		+1.7
7	4-3	G WASH	CHAR×5	Attack err	Riley Samuel		+1.7
8	4-4	CHAR	CHAR×5	Kill	Sofia Locadia		+2.5
9	4-5	CHAR	CHAR×5	Blocked	Riley Samuel	blk Sofia Locadia	+2.6
10	4-6	CHAR	CHAR×5	Kill	Sofia Locadia	set Harper Hall	+2.7
11	4-7	CHAR	CHAR×5	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+2.7
12	5-7	CHAR	G WASH×5	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.8
13	6-7	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Nicanora Clarke	set Abby Markworth	+2.6
14	7-7	G WASH	G WASH×5	Attack err	Gia McGrew		+2.7
15	8-7	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+2.7
16	9-7	G WASH	G WASH×5	Attack err	Clara Briley		+2.6
17	9-8	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+1.9
18	9-9	CHAR	CHAR	Attack err	Yazmyn Billings		+2.8
19	10-9	CHAR	G WASH×3	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+2.1
20	11-9	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington	aced Kennedy Earls	+2.8
21	12-9	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Yazmyn Billings		+2.5
22	12-10	G WASH	CHAR	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+1.7
23	13-10	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
24	13-11	G WASH	CHAR	Blocked	Yazmyn Billings	blk Sofia Locadia	+1.8
25	14-11	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+2.0
26	14-12	G WASH	CHAR	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+1.8
27	15-12	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+2.1
28	15-13	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+1.9
29	16-13	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Alexis Rodriguez	+2.1
30	16-14	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Milan Cannon	set Harper Hall	+1.9
31	17-14	CHAR	G WASH×4	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+2.2
32	18-14	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+2.4
33	19-14	G WASH	G WASH×4	Blocked	Sara Marinkovic	blk Alexis Badu, Yazmyn Billings	+1.8
34	20-14	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.2
35	20-15	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Mariam Mushkudiani	set Milena Lopez	+0.5
36	21-15	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+0.8
37	21-16	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Sofia Locadia	set Milena Lopez	+0.4
38	22-16	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+0.7
39	23-16	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.4
40	23-17	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Milena Lopez		+0.1
41	24-17	CHAR	G WASH	Serve err	Charlotte		+0.2
42	25-17	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel		·
Set 2
1	0-1	G WASH	CHAR	Attack err	Riley Samuel		+1.6
2	1-1	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.5
3	2-1	G WASH	G WASH	Blocked	Mariam Mushkudiani	blk Riley Samuel, Alexis Badu	+2.0
4	2-2	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Elena Kovacevic	set Harper Hall	+1.5
5	3-2	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.5
6	4-2	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Mariam Mushkudiani		+2.0
7	4-3	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Mariam Mushkudiani	set Harper Hall	+1.5
8	5-3	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.5
9	5-4	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Mariam Mushkudiani	set Harper Hall	+1.5
10	6-4	CHAR	G WASH	Bad set	Clara Briley		+1.5
11	6-5	G WASH	CHAR×3	Serve err	George Washington		+1.5
12	6-6	CHAR	CHAR×3	Kill	Clara Briley	set Harper Hall	+2.2
13	6-7	CHAR	CHAR×3	Ace	Charlotte	aced Cayla Cogan	+2.4
14	7-7	CHAR	G WASH	Serve err	Charlotte		+1.7
15	8-7	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Riley Samuel	+2.3
16	8-8	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+1.8
17	9-8	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.8
18	10-8	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	George Washington		+2.3
19	10-9	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Elena Kovacevic	set Harper Hall	+1.7
20	11-9	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.8
21	11-10	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Milan Cannon	set Harper Hall	+1.7
22	11-11	CHAR	CHAR	Kill	Mariam Mushkudiani	set Harper Hall	+2.6
23	12-11	CHAR	G WASH×4	Serve err	Charlotte		+2.0
24	13-11	G WASH	G WASH×4	Blocked	Clara Briley	blk Yazmyn Billings, Alexis Badu	+2.6
25	14-11	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+2.3
26	15-11	G WASH	G WASH×4	Ace	George Washington	aced Chloe Maughan	+2.0
27	15-12	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Clara Briley	set Harper Hall	+1.2
28	15-13	CHAR	CHAR	Kill	Sofia Locadia		+2.1
29	16-13	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Lydia Zeng	+1.8
30	16-14	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+1.6
31	17-14	CHAR	G WASH	Serve err	Charlotte		+1.9
32	17-15	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+1.7
33	18-15	CHAR	G WASH×5	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+2.0
34	19-15	G WASH	G WASH×5	Attack err	Harper Hall		+2.2
35	20-15	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Harper Hall	+1.5
36	21-15	G WASH	G WASH×5	Ace	George Washington	aced Clara Briley	+0.9
37	22-15	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.5
38	22-16	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Elena Kovacevic	set Harper Hall	+0.1
39	23-16	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.3
40	24-16	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Lydia Zeng	+0.1
41	24-17	G WASH	CHAR	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		·
42	24-18	CHAR	CHAR	Ace	Charlotte	aced Cayla Cogan	·
43	25-18	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	CHAR	CHAR	Kill	Milan Cannon	set Harper Hall	+1.2
2	1-1	CHAR	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
3	2-1	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.2
4	3-1	G WASH	G WASH×3	Attack err	Mariam Mushkudiani		+1.2
5	3-2	G WASH	CHAR	Attack err	Riley Samuel		+0.9
6	4-2	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
7	4-3	G WASH	CHAR×3	Kill	Elena Kovacevic	set Harper Hall	+0.9
8	4-4	CHAR	CHAR×3	Kill	Mariam Mushkudiani	set Elena Kovacevic	+1.3
9	4-5	CHAR	CHAR×3	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+1.4
10	5-5	CHAR	G WASH	Serve err	Charlotte		+1.0
11	5-6	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+1.0
12	6-6	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Yazmyn Billings	set Abby Markworth	+1.0
13	6-7	G WASH	CHAR	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+1.1
14	6-8	CHAR	CHAR	Attack err	Abby Markworth		+1.5
15	7-8	CHAR	G WASH	Serve err	Charlotte		+1.0
16	7-9	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+1.1
17	8-9	CHAR	G WASH×5	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.1
18	9-9	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.5
19	10-9	G WASH	G WASH×5	Attack err	Sara Marinkovic		+1.5
20	11-9	G WASH	G WASH×5	Ace	George Washington	aced Erin Lehman	+1.4
21	12-9	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.3
22	12-10	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Sara Marinkovic	set Erin Lehman	+0.9
23	13-10	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.0
24	13-11	G WASH	CHAR	Blocked	Alexis Rodriguez	blk Sara Marinkovic	+0.9
25	13-12	CHAR	CHAR	Attack err	Nicanora Clarke		+1.5
26	14-12	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.2
27	14-13	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Mariam Mushkudiani	set Harper Hall	+1.1
28	15-13	CHAR	G WASH	Attack err	Mariam Mushkudiani		+1.2
29	16-13	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Nicanora Clarke	+1.5
30	16-14	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Sofia Locadia	set Harper Hall	+1.0
31	17-14	CHAR	G WASH	Attack err	Sofia Locadia		+1.1
32	17-15	G WASH	CHAR	Blocked	Cayla Cogan	blk Harper Hall, Sofia Locadia	+1.0
33	17-16	CHAR	CHAR	Ace	Charlotte	aced Cayla Cogan	+1.7
34	18-16	CHAR	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.4
35	19-16	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Sofia Locadia	+1.7
36	20-16	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.3
37	20-17	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Sofia Locadia	set Harper Hall	+0.7
38	21-17	CHAR	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.0
39	22-17	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Elena Kovacevic		+0.8
40	22-18	G WASH	CHAR	Serve err	George Washington		+0.3
41	23-18	CHAR	G WASH	Attack err	Sara Marinkovic		+0.5
42	24-18	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	George Washington		+0.3
43	24-19	G WASH	CHAR	Kill	Sara Marinkovic	set Harper Hall	·
44	24-20	CHAR	CHAR	Attack err	Alexis Badu		+0.1
45	25-20	CHAR	G WASH	Serve err	Charlotte		+0.2

Score shown after each rally, George Washington 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).

George Washington def. Charlotte 3–0