Saturday Road Match Results in a 3-1 Loss - James Madison University Athletics

Saturday, October 24

Statesboro, Ga.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

10-10,5-5Sun Belt

Georgia Southern

15-7,7-3Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
James Madison	25	21	15	22	1
Ga. Southern	20	25	25	25	3

Match Notes

10/24/2026 3:22:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

STATESBORO, Ga. - James Madison volleyball fell 3-1 at Georgia Southern on Saturday afternoon, resulting in the Dukes leaving the Peach State with a pair of loses to the Eagles.

After falling in a 3-0 sweep in yesterday's match against GSU (15-7, 7-3 SBC), the Dukes (10-10, 5-5 SBC) opened the rematch firing on all cylinders to take a 25-20 set win. The Eagles would quickly recover, grabbing the next three sets 25-21, 25-15, and 25-22

The Dukes were led in scoring by Kennedy Louisell with 21.5 points from 21 kills. This marks Louisell's fifth performance this season with 20 or more points.

GSU finished the day recording a slightly better .292 team hitting percentage to the Dukes' .188. The Eagles also out-blocked the Dukes, 9-5.

JMU returns home to host Coastal Carolina in the Convocation Center on Oct. 30th and 31st.

How We Got Here
Set One - JMU 25, Georgia Southern 20
-Following a slow start on day one, it didn't take long for the Dukes to get going in the rematch.
-Powered by a pair of early JMU blocks and a handful of GSU attack errors, the Dukes opened day two jumping out to a 11-2 lead.
-JMU stayed in front by double digits for the majority set until a late Eagles' run dashed the hosts' deficit to 23-20.
-Before the Eagles could catch all the way up, JMU secured the 25-20 set win.

Set Two - JMU 21, Georgia Southern 25
-Set two saw GSU take an early 13-8 advantage over the Dukes.
-Building on that lead, Georgia Southern extended their advantage to 22-14, forcing JMU to call a timeout.
-Coming out of the break, the Dukes strung together a 7-2 scoring swing to find themselves down 24-21.
-Before JMU could complete the comeback, GSU grabbed the set to win.

Set Three - Georgia Southern 25, JMU 15
- Today's third set opened with both teams trading points.
- That was until a 9-1 GSU scoring run gave the hosts a 20-11 lead.
- GSU claimed set three 25-15.

Set Four - Georgia Southern 25, JMU 22
- Taking advantage of an early 4-1 lead, JMU held an arm's-length cushion over the Eagles for the majority of the set.
-Holding an 18-14 lead, GSU clawed their way back to lock the match at 18 apiece.
-Georgia Southern closed out the set on a 3-0 run to win 25-22.

Match Notes
-Louisell recorded her 51st match with double digit points.
-Following Louisell on the scoreboard was Ana Toumazatos with 10 points from 10 kills. This marks her second double digit scoring performance of the season.
- Shelby Davis tied her season-high of ten digs.
-Finishing the day with a team-high three blocks, Anna Wilson has now recorded at least one block in all 19 matches she has played this season.