Syracuse vs Georgia Tech Volleyball: Georgia Tech Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 16, 2026ACCNX

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Georgia Tech 99.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Georgia Tech beat visiting Syracuse 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-11) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. Georgia Tech's Magda Kobaidze led with 15 kills, and Heloise Soares added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SYR	20	19	11	0
GATECH	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

7 aces from Alida Bennour in a Georgia Tech rout.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.3 points, and Syracuse's high was 1% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave Georgia Tech 99% before first serve.

SyracuseGeorgia Tech

Break %+23.3 pts
29.452.7
39 of 74 on serve vs 15 of 51, so Syracuse's sideout was 47.3%.
Hitting+.203
.175.378
49 kills, 12 errors vs 27 kills, 13 errors.
Longest run+2
35
5 straight Georgia Tech points in the third set stretched a 7–6 lead to 12–6. That set ended 25–11.

Georgia Tech above 50Syracuse belowMax swing 0.3%

SyracuseGeorgia Tech

Aces: Syracuse 2·Georgia Tech 7
Serve err: Syracuse 6·Georgia Tech 8
Blocks: Syracuse 4·Georgia Tech 51 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Syracuse 32·Georgia Tech 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Georgia Tech above 50 · Syracuse below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SYR 0.6%99.4% GATECH

Syracuse wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.4%

Georgia Tech wins

3-0

78.4%

3-1

18.3%

3-2

2.7%

SYR break %: 33.1% vs this opp
GATECH break %: 52.4% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Syracuseaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	11	5	30	.200	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	0.5	11.5
6Marie LaurioOH	3	6	3	21	.143	1	1	1	5	2	0	2	1	8
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	5	0	11	.455	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	8
19Emma WilliamsOH	3	3	4	12	-.083	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3
10Bo NijenhuisMB	3	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Charis BurgeS	3	0	0	1	.000	22	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
16Shalena Queen HowseL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	13	80	.175	27	2	6	32	7	1	6	4	50

Georgia Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Alida BennourOH	3	10	4	20	.300	2	7	3	5	0	0	2	1	18
25Magda KobaidzeOH	3	15	2	27	.481	0	0	1	6	1	1	2	2	17
20Laura Perugini BieleskiOH	3	11	3	22	.364	1	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	11
14Zoe HumphreyMB	3	6	1	13	.385	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	8
5Bianca GaribaldiMB	3	6	1	12	.417	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
13Heloise SoaresS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	36	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
6Mana KanekoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
11Larissa MendesOH	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
12Sasha GodeyS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Vitoria BelfortL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	12	98	.378	47	7	8	39	2	1	8	5	75

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 3 SYR · GATECH 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 SYRGATECH 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 SYRGATECH 4

Set 3

11-25

Longest run 2 SYRGATECH 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	40%2/5
2	42%5/12	0%0/5
3	57%4/7	0%0/5
4	30%3/10	33%2/6
5	30%3/10	57%4/7
6	75%3/4	0%0/3
All	46%23/50	26%8/31

Georgia Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%5/5	29%2/7
2	100%5/5	58%7/12
3	67%4/6	43%3/7
4	43%3/7	70%7/10
5	100%3/3	70%7/10
6	60%3/5	25%1/4
All	74%23/31	54%27/50

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

125 rallies

#	SYR-GATECH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
2	1-1	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
3	1-2	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares
4	1-3	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Zoe Humphrey	set Heloise Soares
5	2-3	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Abby Nicholson
6	2-4	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
7	3-4	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
8	4-4	SYR	SYR	Ace	Marie Laurio	aced Magda Kobaidze
9	4-5	SYR	GATECH×4	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares
10	4-6	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Shalena Queen Howse
11	4-7	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Mana Kaneko
12	4-8	GATECH	GATECH×4	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
13	5-8	GATECH	SYR×3	Serve err	Georgia Tech
14	6-8	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
15	7-8	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Heloise Soares
16	7-9	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
17	8-9	GATECH	SYR	Serve err	Georgia Tech
18	8-10	SYR	GATECH	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
19	9-10	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
20	10-10	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Magda Kobaidze
21	10-11	SYR	GATECH	Serve err	Syracuse
22	11-11	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge
23	11-12	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Zoe Humphrey
24	11-13	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares
25	12-13	GATECH	SYR	Blocked	Alida Bennour	blk Abby Nicholson, Marie Laurio
26	12-14	SYR	GATECH	Serve err	Syracuse
27	13-14	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
28	13-15	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares
29	14-15	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
30	15-15	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
31	15-16	SYR	GATECH×4	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
32	15-17	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
33	15-18	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares
34	15-19	GATECH	GATECH×4	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
35	16-19	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
36	16-20	SYR	GATECH	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
37	17-20	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
38	18-20	SYR	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
39	18-21	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
40	18-22	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour
41	19-22	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
42	19-23	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
43	19-24	GATECH	GATECH	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Zoe Humphrey, Alida Bennour
44	20-24	GATECH	SYR	Serve err	Georgia Tech
45	20-25	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
Set 2
1	0-1	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
2	1-1	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
3	2-1	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Laura Perugini Bieleski
4	2-2	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
5	3-2	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Kiernan Stamey
6	3-3	SYR	GATECH×4	Serve err	Syracuse
7	3-4	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Marie Laurio
8	3-5	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Shalena Queen Howse
9	3-6	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Marie Laurio
10	4-6	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
11	5-6	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
12	5-7	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares
13	6-7	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Shalena Queen Howse
14	6-8	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
15	6-9	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
16	7-9	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
17	8-9	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Zoe Humphrey
18	8-10	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Zoe Humphrey	set Heloise Soares
19	8-11	GATECH	GATECH	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Zoe Humphrey, Magda Kobaidze
20	9-11	GATECH	SYR	Serve err	Georgia Tech
21	9-12	SYR	GATECH×3	Serve err	Syracuse
22	9-13	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares
23	9-14	GATECH	GATECH×3	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Zoe Humphrey, Alida Bennour
24	10-14	GATECH	SYR	Blocked	Alida Bennour	blk Marie Laurio, Abby Nicholson
25	11-14	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Marie Laurio
26	11-15	SYR	GATECH×3	Kill	Zoe Humphrey	set Heloise Soares
27	11-16	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Mana Kaneko
28	11-17	GATECH	GATECH×3	Attack err	Marie Laurio
29	12-17	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
30	12-18	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares
31	12-19	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Mana Kaneko
32	13-19	GATECH	SYR×3	Serve err	Georgia Tech
33	14-19	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Laura Perugini Bieleski
34	15-19	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Abby Nicholson	aced Larissa Mendes
35	15-20	SYR	GATECH	Serve err	Abby Nicholson
36	16-20	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
37	16-21		GATECH	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.
38	16-22	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Zoe Humphrey	set Sasha Godey
39	16-23	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Sasha Godey
40	17-23	GATECH	SYR	Serve err	Georgia Tech
41	18-23	SYR	SYR	Bad set	Sasha Godey
42	18-24	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Larissa Mendes	set Sasha Godey
43	19-24	GATECH	SYR	Serve err	Georgia Tech
44	19-25	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
Set 3
1	1-0	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge
2	1-1	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
3	2-1	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
4	2-2	SYR	GATECH×4	Kill	Zoe Humphrey	set Heloise Soares
5	2-3	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
6	2-4	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares
7	2-5	GATECH	GATECH×4	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
8	3-5	GATECH	SYR	Attack err	Alida Bennour
9	4-5	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Bianca Garibaldi	blk Abby Nicholson
10	4-6	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
11	4-7	GATECH	GATECH	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Kiernan Stamey
12	5-7	GATECH	SYR	Serve err	Georgia Tech
13	6-7	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Laura Perugini Bieleski
14	6-8	SYR	GATECH×5	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares
15	6-9	GATECH	GATECH×5	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
16	6-10	GATECH	GATECH×5	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
17	6-11	GATECH	GATECH×5	Blocked	Bo Nijenhuis	blk Magda Kobaidze
18	6-12	GATECH	GATECH×5	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
19	7-12	GATECH	SYR	Blocked	Alida Bennour	blk Bo Nijenhuis, Kiernan Stamey
20	7-13	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares
21	7-14	GATECH	GATECH	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Magda Kobaidze, Zoe Humphrey
22	8-14	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
23	8-15	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares
24	9-15	GATECH	SYR	Attack err	Magda Kobaidze
25	9-16	SYR	GATECH×5	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Alida Bennour
26	9-17	GATECH	GATECH×5	Attack err	Emma Williams
27	9-18	GATECH	GATECH×5	Kill	Zoe Humphrey
28	9-19	GATECH	GATECH×5	Attack err	Emma Williams
29	9-20	GATECH	GATECH×5	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares
30	10-20	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Yuka Urano
31	10-21	SYR	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Laura Perugini Bieleski
32	11-21	GATECH	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
33	11-22	SYR	GATECH×4	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Alida Bennour
34	11-23	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Shalena Queen Howse
35	11-24	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Bianca Garibaldi
36	11-25	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Shalena Queen Howse

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

Georgia Tech def. Syracuse 3–0

7 aces from Alida Bennour in a Georgia Tech rout.