George Washington vs VCU Volleyball: VCU Wins 3-0 (Oct 2)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: VCU 50.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

VCU beat visiting George Washington 3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-19) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. VCU's Nina Boledovicova led with 12 kills, and Dunja Martic added 7 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
G WASH	20	25	19	0
VCU	25	27	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

VCU trailed 14–18 in the second and still took the set, then the match.

The match turned twice. Numbers are VCU's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. VCU went in as RallyIQ's 51% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · George Washington 22–18 VCU
Down 18–22, VCU scored 4 straight to tie it at 22.
VCU 53% → 68%
Turning point 2: Set 2 · George Washington 24–24 VCU
VCU won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 27–25 and lead 2–0.
VCU 68% → 88%

VCU above 50George Washington belowMax swing 9.9%

George WashingtonVCU

Sideout %: George Washington 53.3·VCU 63.6
Break %: George Washington 36.4·VCU 46.7
Hitting: George Washington .146·VCU .252
Longest run: George Washington 4·VCU 5

Gabby LaPata
2 kills inside the turning points, 8 K and .200 for the match (8.5 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

VCU above 50 · George Washington below

Biggest swing: 9.9% to VCU — set 2, G WASH 24-24 VCU. Abby Markworth stuffed by Nina Boledovicova. VCU win probability 58% → 68%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

G WASH 54.6%45.4% VCU

George Washington wins

3-0

14.5%

3-1

20.7%

3-2

19.4%

VCU wins

3-0

10.7%

3-1

16.8%

3-2

17.9%

G WASH break %: 43.3% vs this opp
VCU break %: 42.4% 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
Nina BoledovicovaBlock+9.9%
Abby Markworth stuffed by Nina Boledovicova
Set 2 · G WASH 24-24 VCU · VCU 58% → 68%
02
Gabby LaPataKill+9.8%
Kill by Gabby LaPata (set by Cansin Sendir)
Set 2 · G WASH 24-25 VCU · VCU 68% → 78%
03
Abby MarkworthBad set+9.8%
Bad set by Abby Markworth
Set 2 · G WASH 25-27 VCU · VCU 78% → 88%
04
VCUService error+7.7%
VCU service error
Set 2 · G WASH 25-25 VCU · G WASH 22% → 30%
05
Gabby LaPataKill+7.7%
Kill by Gabby LaPata (set by Cansin Sendir)
Set 2 · G WASH 25-26 VCU · VCU 70% → 78%
06
Abby MarkworthKill+7.4%
Kill by Abby Markworth (set by Cansin Sendir)
Set 2 · G WASH 24-22 VCU · G WASH 38% → 45%
07
Cansin Sendir&Nina BoledovicovaBlock+6.3%
Alexis Rodriguez stuffed by Cansin Sendir & Nina Boledovicova
Set 2 · G WASH 22-22 VCU · VCU 62% → 68%
08
VCUService error+6.0%
VCU service error
Set 2 · G WASH 23-22 VCU · G WASH 32% → 38%

Box score

Official NCAA box

George Washingtonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Simone AssasieMB	3	7	0	12	.583	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3.5	10.5
8Alexis RodriguezOH	3	7	8	27	-.037	0	1	2	3	4	0	2	1	9
10Cayla CoganOH	3	8	1	22	.318	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	9
11Riley SamuelMB	3	5	4	13	.077	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	3	8
4Alexis BaduOPP	3	3	3	11	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
7Abby MarkworthS	3	1	1	3	.000	27	1	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Jaelyn ConnoleS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
9Evie HuangL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15Lydia ZengL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
0Nicanora ClarkeOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
24Sadee GedseL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25Marin HarveyOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Tessa de AlbergariaL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	18	89	.146	29	3	4	32	8	3	14	10	64

VCUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Nina BoledovicovaMB	3	12	3	18	.500	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	2.5	15.5
12Lara Del CoreOPP	3	10	3	19	.368	0	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	13
1Letizia GalliMB	3	8	5	18	.167	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	3.5	11.5
6Dominika KasinskaOH	3	6	5	16	.063	1	0	3	5	1	1	1	1.5	7.5
24Cansin SendirS	3	2	0	6	.333	40	2	1	5	0	0	2	1	5
20Dunja MarticOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
2Gabby LaPataOH	3	8	3	25	.200	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
19Jordan BakshL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	1
10Kayla FoleyDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
3Meghan TouheyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	20	103	.252	44	8	10	35	3	5	8	9	77

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.

George Washington vs VCU

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 2, 2026George Washington at VCU · VCU won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 3, 2026George Washington at VCU · George Washington won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 G WASH · VCU 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 4 G WASHVCU 4

Set 2

25-27

Longest run 3 G WASHVCU 4

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 2 G WASHVCU 5

Bars above the line = VCU 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	57%8/14	36%4/11
2	64%7/11	33%4/12
3	44%7/16	30%3/10
4	50%7/14	36%4/11
5	55%6/11	42%5/12
6	56%5/9	40%4/10
All	53%40/75	36%24/66

VCU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	45%5/11
2	62%8/13	33%4/12
3	70%7/10	53%8/15
4	64%7/11	50%7/14
5	55%6/11	54%7/13
6	75%6/8	40%4/10
All	64%42/66	47%35/75

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

141 rallies

#	G WASH-VCU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
2	1-1	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
3	1-2	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
4	2-2	VCU	G WASH	Blocked	Dominika Kasinska	blk Alexis Rodriguez, Riley Samuel	+1.9
5	2-3	G WASH	VCU×3	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+2.0
6	2-4	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+2.5
7	2-5	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Cansin Sendir	set Kayla Foley	+2.4
8	3-5	VCU	G WASH×3	Serve err	VCU		+1.8
9	4-5	G WASH	G WASH×3	Blocked	Nina Boledovicova	blk Simone Assasie, Abby Markworth	+2.5
10	5-5	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Jordan Baksh	+2.6
11	5-6	G WASH	VCU×4	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+2.1
12	5-7	VCU	VCU×4	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+2.7
13	5-8	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+2.6
14	5-9	VCU	VCU×4	Ace	VCU	aced Nicanora Clarke	+2.4
15	6-9	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+1.7
16	6-10	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
17	6-11	VCU	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Jordan Baksh	+2.2
18	7-11	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+1.4
19	8-11	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Letizia Galli		+2.2
20	8-12	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.0
21	9-12	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.7
22	10-12	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	George Washington	aced Dominika Kasinska	+2.6
23	10-13	G WASH	VCU×3	Attack err	Alexis Badu		+2.3
24	10-14	VCU	VCU×3	Ace	VCU	aced Alexis Rodriguez	+2.7
25	10-15	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.2
26	11-15	VCU	G WASH×4	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.4
27	12-15	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Dunja Martic		+2.3
28	13-15	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Nina Boledovicova		+2.8
29	14-15	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Dominika Kasinska		+3.3
30	14-16	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.9
31	15-16	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+2.7
32	16-16	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+3.9
33	16-17	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+3.2
34	16-18	VCU	VCU	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+4.1
35	17-18	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+2.9
36	17-19	G WASH	VCU×3	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+3.4
37	17-20	VCU	VCU×3	Blocked	Alexis Rodriguez	blk Cansin Sendir, Letizia Galli	+3.9
38	17-21	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+3.0
39	18-21	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+1.6
40	19-21	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	George Washington	aced Jordan Baksh	+3.0
41	19-22	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+3.3
42	20-22	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Lydia Zeng	+2.3
43	20-23	G WASH	VCU×3	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+3.5
44	20-24	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+2.6
45	20-25	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Jordan Baksh	+0.8
Set 2
1	0-1	VCU	VCU	Blocked	Riley Samuel	blk Dominika Kasinska	+2.4
2	1-1	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
3	1-2	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
4	2-2	VCU	G WASH	Blocked	Lara Del Core	blk Alexis Rodriguez, Simone Assasie	+1.9
5	3-2	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+2.5
6	3-3	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+2.0
7	4-3	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+2.0
8	5-3	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Dominika Kasinska		+2.6
9	5-4	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
10	6-4	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+2.1
11	7-4	G WASH	G WASH	Ace	George Washington	aced Kayla Foley	+2.5
12	7-5	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+1.8
13	8-5	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+2.0
14	8-6	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
15	9-6	VCU	G WASH	Blocked	Gabby LaPata	blk Riley Samuel, Alexis Badu	+2.1
16	9-7	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+1.9
17	9-8	VCU	VCU	Blocked	Alexis Badu	blk Letizia Galli, Dominika Kasinska	+2.7
18	10-8	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+2.3
19	11-8	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Letizia Galli		+2.8
20	11-9	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+2.0
21	12-9	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+2.3
22	12-10	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.0
23	12-11	VCU	VCU	Ace	VCU	aced Nicanora Clarke	+3.0
24	13-11	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+2.5
25	13-12	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+2.4
26	14-12	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+2.6
27	15-12	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Gabby LaPata		+3.2
28	15-13	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+2.2
29	15-14	VCU	VCU	Blocked	Riley Samuel	blk Letizia Galli	+3.3
30	16-14	VCU	G WASH×3	Blocked	Letizia Galli	blk Cayla Cogan, Riley Samuel	+2.9
31	17-14	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Lydia Zeng	+3.4
32	18-14	G WASH	G WASH×3	Blocked	Letizia Galli	blk Riley Samuel	+2.9
33	18-15	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.8
34	18-16	VCU	VCU	Ace	VCU	aced Cayla Cogan	+3.0
35	19-16	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+2.9
36	19-17	G WASH	VCU	Blocked	Riley Samuel	blk Letizia Galli	+2.3
37	20-17	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+3.0
38	20-18	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Dominika Kasinska	+2.4
39	21-18	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+3.2
40	22-18	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Lara Del Core		+3.0
41	22-19	G WASH	VCU×4	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.4
42	22-20	VCU	VCU×4	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+2.9
43	22-21	VCU	VCU×4	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+4.5
44	22-22	VCU	VCU×4	Blocked	Alexis Rodriguez	blk Cansin Sendir, Nina Boledovicova	+6.3
45	23-22	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+6.0
46	24-22	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Cansin Sendir	+7.4
47	24-23	G WASH	VCU×3	Serve err	George Washington		+3.4
48	24-24	VCU	VCU×3	Blocked	Abby Markworth	blk Nina Boledovicova	+9.9
49	24-25	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+9.8
50	25-25	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+7.7
51	25-26	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+7.7
52	25-27	VCU	VCU	Bad set	Abby Markworth		+9.8
Set 3
1	1-0	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Dominika Kasinska		+1.6
2	2-0	G WASH	G WASH	Blocked	Dominika Kasinska	blk Alexis Badu, Simone Assasie	+1.6
3	2-1	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.2
4	2-2	VCU	VCU	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+1.6
5	3-2	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+1.3
6	3-3	G WASH	VCU×5	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.3
7	3-4	VCU	VCU×5	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.7
8	3-5	VCU	VCU×5	Ace	VCU	aced Alexis Rodriguez	+1.7
9	3-6	VCU	VCU×5	Ace	VCU	aced Lydia Zeng	+1.7
10	3-7	VCU	VCU×5	Kill	Nina Boledovicova		+1.5
11	4-7	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.1
12	4-8	G WASH	VCU×3	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+1.2
13	4-9	VCU	VCU×3	Attack err	Alexis Badu		+1.4
14	4-10	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Cansin Sendir	set Lydia Zeng	+1.2
15	5-10	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+0.8
16	5-11	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.9
17	6-11	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.8
18	7-11	G WASH	G WASH	Blocked	Letizia Galli	blk Riley Samuel, Cayla Cogan	+1.2
19	7-12	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+1.1
20	8-12	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
21	8-13	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+1.1
22	9-13	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+0.9
23	9-14	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.2
24	9-15	VCU	VCU	Blocked	Marin Harvey	blk Nina Boledovicova	+1.2
25	10-15	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+0.7
26	10-16	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+0.9
27	11-16	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+0.7
28	11-17	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+0.9
29	12-17	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.6
30	12-18	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+0.9
31	13-18	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.6
32	14-18	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Gabby LaPata		+1.1
33	14-19	G WASH	VCU×3	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.2
34	14-20	VCU	VCU×3	Blocked	Riley Samuel	blk Letizia Galli, Gabby LaPata	+1.0
35	14-21	VCU	VCU×3	Ace	VCU	aced Alexis Rodriguez	+0.6
36	15-21	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.2
37	16-21	G WASH	G WASH	Blocked	Lara Del Core	blk Simone Assasie	+0.5
38	16-22	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+0.6
39	16-23	VCU	VCU	Ace	VCU	aced Alexis Rodriguez	+0.4
40	17-23	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
41	18-23	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+0.2
42	18-24	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+0.4
43	19-24	VCU	G WASH	Blocked	Nina Boledovicova	blk Simone Assasie	+0.1
44	19-25	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+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).

VCU def. George Washington 3–0

VCU trailed 14–18 in the second and still took the set, then the match.