North Carolina def. Virginia Tech 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: North Carolina 98.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

North Carolina won at Virginia Tech 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-16) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. North Carolina's Laynie Smith led with 8 kills, and Julia Bohlinger added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UNC	25	25	25	3
VT	11	18	16	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No doubt about it: No. 25 North Carolina over Virginia Tech.

Win probability never moved more than 0.4 points on one rally; Virginia Tech topped out at 2% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had North Carolina at 98%.

North CarolinaVirginia Tech

Break %+30.0 pts
53.423.4
Points won on own serve: 39 of 73 vs 11 of 47. Virginia Tech sided out 46.6% of the time.
Hitting+.284
.293.009
Kills and errors: 42–13 vs 23–22.
Longest run+10
133
13 straight North Carolina points in the first set stretched an 11–10 lead to 24–10. Final score of the set: 25–11.

Virginia Tech above 50North Carolina belowMax swing 0.4%

North CarolinaVirginia Tech

Aces: North Carolina 3·Virginia Tech 4
Serve err: North Carolina 4·Virginia Tech 3
Blocks: North Carolina 6·Virginia Tech 21 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 4 BA
Digs: North Carolina 48·Virginia Tech 38

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Virginia Tech above 50 · North Carolina below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: North Carolina stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UNC 98.4%1.6% VT

North Carolina wins

3-0

69.3%

3-1

23.9%

3-2

5.2%

Virginia Tech wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.4%

3-2

1.1%

UNC break %: 50.5% vs this opp
VT break %: 34.2% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Carolinaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Jackie TaylorMB	3	6	1	7	.714	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8
22Safi HamptonOH	3	6	2	23	.174	0	0	1	6	1	0	2	1	7
3Lauren SchutterMB	2	6	0	10	.600	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
77Chelsea ThorpeOPP	1	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Zoe BehrendtS	1	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
33Hailey PearceOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
23Laynie SmithOPP	3	8	1	18	.389	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
24Addison WestOH	3	7	1	16	.375	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	7
8Sienna CozzaS	3	0	0	0	–	18	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
6Julia BohlingerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
20Lindley MillerOH	2	4	4	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
7Sadie SwiftMB	2	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
4Erin CurtisOH	2	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Emily BobbittS	2	0	0	1	.000	12	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
5Meghan CliffordMB	1	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
0Mackenzie BoyerMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		42	13	99	.293	37	3	4	48	4	1	10	6	75

Virginia Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Isabella MishlerMB	3	5	1	14	.286	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	8
8Adeline HundlOH	3	4	5	24	-.042	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5
26Layla MooreMB	3	4	0	6	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
7Camilla BrandaliseS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
24Reese HazeltonOH	2	3	4	16	-.063	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4
6Destiny WalkerOH	2	1	8	14	-.500	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1
16Frances TorresOH	3	4	1	15	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
11Paloma ZubiriOH	3	2	3	17	-.059	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	2
10Camdynn GonzalezS	3	0	0	0	–	7	1	0	3	0	0	0	1
23Ivy CooperL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
1Courtney BurgessS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		23	22	106	.009	23	4	3	38	3	4	2	45

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 13 UNC · VT 3

Set 1

25-11

Longest run 13 UNCVT 2

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 6 UNCVT 2

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 6 UNCVT 3

Bars above the line = Virginia Tech leads, below = North Carolina leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

North Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	0%0/5
2	64%7/11	53%8/15
3	88%7/8	65%13/20
4	100%5/5	71%12/17
5	83%5/6	29%2/7
6	100%5/5	44%4/9
All	77%36/47	53%39/73

Virginia Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	40%4/10
2	29%7/24	30%3/10
3	33%6/18	30%3/10
4	83%5/6	0%0/6
5	50%5/10	17%1/6
6	80%4/5	0%0/5
All	47%34/73	23%11/47

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

120 rallies

#	UNC-VT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	VT	VT	Attack err	Jackie Taylor
2	1-1	VT	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt
3	2-1	UNC	UNC	Blocked	Adeline Hundl	blk Safi Hampton, Lauren Schutter
4	2-2	UNC	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise
5	3-2	VT	UNC	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Zoe Behrendt
6	3-3	UNC	VT	Serve err	North Carolina
7	3-4	VT	VT	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Hailey Pearce
8	4-4	VT	UNC×3	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza
9	5-4	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
10	6-4	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza
11	6-5	UNC	VT	Serve err	North Carolina
12	7-5	VT	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Julia Bohlinger
13	7-6	UNC	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camdynn Gonzalez
14	8-6	VT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Sienna Cozza
15	9-6	UNC	UNC	Ace	North Carolina
16	9-7	UNC	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Frances Torres
17	10-7	VT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt
18	10-8	UNC	VT	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe
19	10-9	VT	VT	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Isabella Mishler, Adeline Hundl
20	11-9	VT	UNC	Attack err	Destiny Walker
21	11-10	UNC	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
22	12-10	VT	UNC×13	Serve err	Virginia Tech
23	13-10	UNC	UNC×13	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Sienna Cozza
24	14-10	UNC	UNC×13	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza
25	15-10	UNC	UNC×13	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza
26	16-10	UNC	UNC×13	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Sienna Cozza
27	17-10	UNC	UNC×13	Attack err	Reese Hazelton
28	18-10	UNC	UNC×13	Attack err	Destiny Walker
29	19-10	UNC	UNC×13	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Julia Bohlinger
30	20-10	UNC	UNC×13	Attack err	Destiny Walker
31	21-10	UNC	UNC×13	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza
32	22-10	UNC	UNC×13	Attack err	Destiny Walker
33	23-10	UNC	UNC×13	Attack err	Destiny Walker
34	24-10	UNC	UNC×13	Serve err	North Carolina
35	24-11	UNC	VT	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Adeline Hundl
36	25-11	VT	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza
Set 2
1	0-1	UNC	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
2	1-1	VT	UNC×6	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Emily Bobbitt
3	2-1	UNC	UNC×6	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Lindley Miller, Jackie Taylor
4	3-1	UNC	UNC×6	Attack err	Paloma Zubiri
5	4-1	UNC	UNC×6	Attack err	Destiny Walker
6	5-1	UNC	UNC×6	Kill	Lindley Miller	set Emily Bobbitt
7	6-1	UNC	UNC×6	Blocked	Adeline Hundl	blk Safi Hampton, Jackie Taylor
8	6-2	UNC	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise
9	6-3	VT	VT	Ace	Virginia Tech
10	7-3	VT	UNC	Bad set	Paloma Zubiri
11	7-4	UNC	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Ivy Cooper
12	8-4	VT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Emily Bobbitt
13	8-5	UNC	VT	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Camdynn Gonzalez
14	9-5	VT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza
15	9-6	UNC	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Ivy Cooper
16	10-6	VT	UNC	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Camdynn Gonzalez
17	10-7	UNC	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camdynn Gonzalez
18	11-7	VT	UNC	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Jackie Taylor
19	11-8	UNC	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise
20	12-8	VT	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Emily Bobbitt
21	12-9	UNC	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
22	12-10	VT	VT	Attack err	Lindley Miller
23	13-10	VT	UNC	Serve err	Virginia Tech
24	14-10	UNC	UNC	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Emily Bobbitt
25	14-11	UNC	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camilla Brandalise
26	15-11	VT	UNC	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Emily Bobbitt
27	15-12	UNC	VT	Bad set	Safi Hampton
28	16-12	VT	UNC×3	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza
29	17-12	UNC	UNC×3	Bad set	Camdynn Gonzalez
30	18-12	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza
31	18-13	UNC	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camdynn Gonzalez
32	19-13	VT	UNC	Kill	Sadie Swift	set Sienna Cozza
33	20-13	UNC	UNC	Bad set	Camdynn Gonzalez
34	20-14	UNC	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camdynn Gonzalez
35	21-14	VT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Sienna Cozza
36	21-15	UNC	VT	Attack err	Lindley Miller
37	21-16	VT	VT	Attack err	Addison West
38	22-16	VT	UNC	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
39	22-17	UNC	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise
40	23-17	VT	UNC	Serve err	Virginia Tech
41	23-18	UNC	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camilla Brandalise
42	24-18	VT	UNC	Kill	Sadie Swift	set Emily Bobbitt
43	25-18	UNC	UNC	Ace	North Carolina	aced Paloma Zubiri
Set 3
1	0-1	VT	VT	Attack err	Lindley Miller
2	1-1	VT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Emily Bobbitt
3	1-2	UNC	VT	Attack err	Sadie Swift
4	2-2	VT	UNC	Kill	Lindley Miller	set Emily Bobbitt
5	2-3	UNC	VT	Kill	Paloma Zubiri	set Camdynn Gonzalez
6	3-3	VT	UNC×5	Attack err	Reese Hazelton
7	4-3	UNC	UNC×5	Bad set	Camdynn Gonzalez
8	5-3	UNC	UNC×5	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Julia Bohlinger
9	6-3	UNC	UNC×5	Attack err	Paloma Zubiri
10	7-3	UNC	UNC×5	Attack err	Frances Torres
11	7-4	UNC	VT	Attack err	Isabella Mishler
12	8-4	VT	UNC	Attack err	Reese Hazelton
13	8-5	UNC	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise
14	8-6	VT	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
15	9-6	VT	UNC×3	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza
16	10-6	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
17	11-6	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Emily Bobbitt
18	11-7	UNC	VT	Serve err	North Carolina
19	12-7	VT	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Emily Bobbitt
20	12-8	UNC	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camilla Brandalise
21	12-9	VT	VT	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Safi Hampton
22	13-9	VT	UNC×3	Kill	Lindley Miller	set Julia Bohlinger
23	14-9	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Meghan Clifford	set Emily Bobbitt
24	15-9	UNC	UNC×3	Ace	North Carolina	aced Paloma Zubiri
25	15-10	UNC	VT×3	Attack err	Lindley Miller
26	15-11	VT	VT×3	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Julia Bohlinger
27	15-12	VT	VT×3	Attack err	Meghan Clifford
28	16-12	VT	UNC	Kill	Lindley Miller	set Emily Bobbitt
29	16-13	UNC	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camdynn Gonzalez
30	17-13	VT	UNC×6	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camdynn Gonzalez
31	18-13	UNC	UNC×6	Kill	Addison West	set Camdynn Gonzalez
32	19-13	UNC	UNC×6	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza
33	20-13	UNC	UNC×6	Blocked	Paloma Zubiri	blk Laynie Smith, Meghan Clifford
34	21-13	UNC	UNC×6	Attack err	Paloma Zubiri
35	22-13	UNC	UNC×6	Kill	Meghan Clifford	set Sienna Cozza
36	22-14	UNC	VT	Attack err	Erin Curtis
37	23-14	VT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza
38	23-15	UNC	VT	Serve err	North Carolina
39	24-15	VT	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza
40	24-16	UNC	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
41	25-16	VT	UNC	Blocked	Reese Hazelton	blk Mackenzie Boyer, Lindley Miller

Score shown after each rally, North Carolina first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

North Carolina def. Virginia Tech 3–0

No doubt about it: No. 25 North Carolina over Virginia Tech.