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

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: VCU 54.8% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

George Washington won at VCU 3-0 (25-23, 25-12, 25-11) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. George Washington's Alexis Rodriguez led with 13 kills.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
G WASH	25	25	25	3
VCU	23	12	11	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Alexis Rodriguez served 4 aces, and George Washington needed every one.

2 stretches decided it. Percentages are George Washington's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. VCU went in at 55% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · George Washington 19–20 VCU
Down 19–20, George Washington scored 3 straight to lead 22–20. The match swung to George Washington.
George Washington 41% → 57%
Turning point 2: Set 2 · George Washington 8–11 VCU
George Washington scored 13 straight to turn an 8–11 deficit into a 21–11 lead.
George Washington 56% → 85%

VCU above 50George Washington belowMax swing 7.9%

George WashingtonVCU

Sideout %: George Washington 72.3·VCU 44.6
Break %: George Washington 55.4·VCU 27.7
Hitting: George Washington .320·VCU .110
Longest run: George Washington 13·VCU 3

Cayla Cogan
4 kills inside the turning points, 9 K and .261 for the match (9.5 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

VCU above 50 · George Washington below

Biggest swing: 7.9% to George Washington — set 1, G WASH 25-23 VCU. Kill by Alexis Rodriguez (set by Abby Markworth). VCU win probability 43% → 35%.

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
Alexis RodriguezKill+7.9%
Kill by Alexis Rodriguez (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 1 · G WASH 25-23 VCU · G WASH 57% → 65%
02
Riley SamuelKill+5.9%
Kill by Riley Samuel (set by Abby Markworth)
Set 1 · G WASH 24-22 VCU · G WASH 55% → 61%
03
George WashingtonAce+5.8%
George Washington ace on Dunja Martic
Set 1 · G WASH 21-20 VCU · G WASH 45% → 51%
04
Alexis Badu&Simone AssasieBlock+5.7%
Dominika Kasinska stuffed by Alexis Badu & Simone Assasie
Set 1 · G WASH 22-20 VCU · G WASH 51% → 57%
05
Cayla CoganAttack error+5.1%
Attack error by Cayla Cogan
Set 1 · G WASH 19-20 VCU · VCU 53% → 59%
06
Alexis RodriguezKill+5.1%
Kill by Alexis Rodriguez (set by Nina Boledovicova)
Set 1 · G WASH 23-21 VCU · G WASH 53% → 58%
07
VCUAce+4.7%
VCU ace on Alexis Rodriguez
Set 1 · G WASH 19-19 VCU · VCU 49% → 53%
08
Abby MarkworthKill+4.2%
Kill by Abby Markworth
Set 1 · G WASH 18-16 VCU · G WASH 50% → 54%

Box score

Official NCAA box

George Washingtonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Alexis RodriguezOH	3	13	3	22	.455	0	4	2	11	1	0	0	17
11Riley SamuelMB	3	9	3	22	.273	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	11
23Simone AssasieMB	3	6	0	13	.462	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
7Abby MarkworthS	3	3	0	7	.429	31	0	0	5	0	3	1.5	4.5
4Alexis BaduOPP	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
0Nicanora ClarkeOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	3
10Cayla CoganOH	3	9	3	23	.261	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	9.5
3Jaelyn ConnoleS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	2	5	0	0	0	2
9Evie HuangL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	1
15Lydia ZengL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
17Tessa de AlbergariaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
24Sadee GedseL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	11	97	.320	35	10	5	49	2	14	7	75

VCUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
12Lara Del CoreOPP	3	9	1	19	.421	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	10
1Letizia GalliMB	3	6	1	15	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
16Nina BoledovicovaMB	3	5	3	19	.105	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	5
6Dominika KasinskaOH	3	2	5	18	-.167	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	2
24Cansin SendirS	3	1	0	3	.333	22	0	0	6	0	1	0.5	1.5
20Dunja MarticOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	7	3	0	0	1
2Gabby LaPataOH	3	3	1	13	.154	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
19Jordan BakshL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	10	3	0	0	0
10Kayla FoleyDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
3Meghan TouheyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Lannah PriceOH	2	0	4	9	-.444	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Molly McCallOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Sarah Dibbs-FrantzMB	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Maddalena FioloS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	15	100	.110	26	2	7	41	10	2	1	46

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 13 G WASH · VCU 3

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 3 G WASHVCU 3

Set 2

25-12

Longest run 13 G WASHVCU 3

Set 3

25-11

Longest run 5 G WASHVCU 3

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	83%5/6	50%5/10
2	71%5/7	29%2/7
3	71%5/7	38%3/8
4	60%3/5	73%8/11
5	100%3/3	70%7/10
6	50%3/6	25%1/4
All	71%24/34	52%26/50

VCU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%5/10	50%3/6
2	71%5/7	17%1/6
3	63%5/8	29%2/7
4	27%3/11	29%2/7
5	30%3/10	40%2/5
6	75%3/4	0%0/3
All	48%24/50	29%10/34

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 (2 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

121 rallies

#	G WASH-VCU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
2	1-1	VCU	G WASH	Attack err	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
3	1-2	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
4	2-2	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez		+1.9
5	2-3	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
6	3-3	VCU	G WASH×3	Ball handling	Cansin Sendir		+2.0
7	4-3	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel		+2.6
8	5-3	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington	aced Kayla Foley	+2.6
9	5-4	G WASH	VCU×3	Kill	Cansin Sendir	set Dominika Kasinska	+2.0
10	5-5	VCU	VCU×3	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+2.6
11	5-6	VCU	VCU×3	Blocked	Cayla Cogan	blk Cansin Sendir, Letizia Galli	+2.7
12	6-6	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+2.1
13	7-6	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+2.8
14	7-7	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Jordan Baksh	+2.2
15	8-7	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Lydia Zeng	+2.3
16	9-7	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Dominika Kasinska		+2.9
17	9-8	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+2.1
18	9-9	VCU	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.9
19	10-9	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+2.4
20	10-10	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+2.4
21	10-11	VCU	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+3.1
22	11-11	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+2.4
23	11-12	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+2.5
24	12-12	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+2.5
25	12-13	G WASH	VCU×3	Bad set	Abby Markworth		+2.6
26	12-14	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+3.3
27	12-15	VCU	VCU×3	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez		+3.1
28	13-15	VCU	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez		+2.1
29	14-15	G WASH	G WASH×3	Blocked	Gabby LaPata	blk Abby Markworth, Riley Samuel	+3.2
30	15-15	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+3.7
31	15-16	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+3.0
32	16-16	VCU	G WASH×3	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+3.0
33	17-16	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington	aced Dominika Kasinska	+4.2
34	18-16	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Abby Markworth		+4.2
35	18-17	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Gabby LaPata	set Cansin Sendir	+2.9
36	19-17	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+3.5
37	19-18	G WASH	VCU×3	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+3.1
38	19-19	VCU	VCU×3	Ace	VCU	aced Alexis Rodriguez	+4.7
39	19-20	VCU	VCU×3	Attack err	Cayla Cogan		+5.1
40	20-20	VCU	G WASH×3	Attack err	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+3.9
41	21-20	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington	aced Dunja Martic	+5.8
42	22-20	G WASH	G WASH×3	Blocked	Dominika Kasinska	blk Alexis Badu, Simone Assasie	+5.7
43	22-21	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+3.5
44	23-21	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Nina Boledovicova	+5.1
45	23-22	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+3.7
46	24-22	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+5.9
47	24-23	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+3.4
48	25-23	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+7.9
Set 2
1	0-1		VCU	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.5
2	0-2	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.5
3	0-3	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Jordan Baksh	+2.4
4	1-3	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+1.8
5	1-4	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+1.9
6	2-4	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.8
7	2-5	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
8	3-5	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+1.8
9	3-6	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+2.0
10	4-6	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
11	4-7	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+2.0
12	5-7	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
13	5-8	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Alexis Badu	set Lydia Zeng	+2.1
14	6-8	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
15	6-9	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Gabby LaPata	+2.1
16	7-9	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+2.0
17	7-10	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+2.2
18	8-10	VCU	G WASH	Blocked	Dominika Kasinska	blk Alexis Badu, Riley Samuel	+2.0
19	8-11	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+2.2
20	9-11	VCU	G WASH×13	Serve err	VCU		+2.0
21	10-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Kill	Cayla Cogan		+3.0
22	11-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+3.3
23	12-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+3.5
24	13-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+3.5
25	14-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Attack err	Lannah Price		+3.3
26	15-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Ace	George Washington		+3.0
27	16-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Attack err	Nina Boledovicova		+2.5
28	17-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Blocked	Lannah Price	blk Abby Markworth, Riley Samuel	+1.9
29	18-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Blocked	Lannah Price	blk Abby Markworth, Riley Samuel	+1.4
30	19-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Attack err	Nina Boledovicova		+0.9
31	20-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Evie Huang	+0.5
32	21-11	G WASH	G WASH×13	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Lydia Zeng	+0.2
33	21-12	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+0.1
34	22-12	VCU	G WASH×4	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
35	23-12	G WASH	G WASH×4	Kill	Simone Assasie		+0.1
36	24-12	G WASH	G WASH×4	Attack err	Nina Boledovicova		·
37	25-12	G WASH	G WASH×4	Ace	George Washington	aced Jordan Baksh	·
Set 3
1	0-1	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Alexis Badu	set Abby Markworth	+1.3
2	1-1	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+1.4
3	2-1	G WASH	G WASH	Attack err	Lara Del Core		+1.8
4	2-2	G WASH	VCU×3	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.4
5	2-3	VCU	VCU×3	Ace	VCU	aced Nicanora Clarke	+1.8
6	2-4	VCU	VCU×3	Kill	Dominika Kasinska	set Cansin Sendir	+1.8
7	3-4	VCU	G WASH	Serve err	VCU		+1.4
8	4-4	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
9	4-5	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Nina Boledovicova	set Cansin Sendir	+1.5
10	5-5	VCU	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez		+1.5
11	6-5	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington	aced Dominika Kasinska	+2.0
12	7-5	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+2.0
13	7-6	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez	set Evie Huang	+1.5
14	8-6	VCU	G WASH×5	Serve err	VCU		+1.6
15	9-6	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+2.0
16	10-6	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+1.9
17	11-6	G WASH	G WASH×5	Kill	Simone Assasie	set Abby Markworth	+1.6
18	12-6	G WASH	G WASH×5	Blocked	Letizia Galli	blk Simone Assasie, Cayla Cogan	+1.4
19	12-7	G WASH	VCU	Serve err	George Washington		+0.9
20	13-7	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Cayla Cogan	set Abby Markworth	+1.1
21	13-8	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Letizia Galli	set Cansin Sendir	+0.8
22	14-8	VCU	G WASH×4	Kill	Cayla Cogan		+1.1
23	15-8	G WASH	G WASH×4	Blocked	Lannah Price	blk Simone Assasie, Alexis Badu	+1.1
24	16-8	G WASH	G WASH×4	Ace	George Washington	aced Dunja Martic	+0.8
25	17-8	G WASH	G WASH×4	Ace	George Washington	aced Dunja Martic	+0.5
26	17-9	G WASH	VCU	Kill	Lara Del Core	set Cansin Sendir	+0.2
27	18-9	VCU	G WASH	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.4
28	19-9	G WASH	G WASH	Kill	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	+0.3
29	19-10	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
30	20-10	VCU	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.2
31	21-10	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Alexis Rodriguez	set Abby Markworth	+0.1
32	22-10	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington	aced Jordan Baksh	·
33	22-11	G WASH	VCU	Attack err	Riley Samuel	set Abby Markworth	·
34	23-11	VCU	G WASH×3	Serve err	VCU		·
35	24-11	G WASH	G WASH×3	Kill	Abby Markworth	set Lydia Zeng	·
36	25-11	G WASH	G WASH×3	Ace	George Washington	aced Jordan Baksh	·

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. VCU 3–0

Alexis Rodriguez served 4 aces, and George Washington needed every one.