Howard vs Syracuse Volleyball: Syracuse Wins 3-0 (Sep 3)

FinalThu, Sep 3, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Syracuse beat Howard 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-22) on Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at a neutral site. Syracuse's Kiernan Stamey led with 10 kills, and Charis Burge added 9 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOWARD	13	18	22	0
SYR	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Syracuse above 50 · Howard below

Biggest swing: 2.1% to Howard — set 2, HOWARD 10-10 SYR. Attack error by Bella Rodriguez. SYR win probability 86% → 84%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOWARD 27.6%72.4% SYR

Howard wins

3-0

5.1%

3-1

9.6%

3-2

12.9%

Syracuse wins

3-0

25.0%

3-1

27.8%

3-2

19.7%

HOWARD break %: 40.5% vs this opp
SYR break %: 45.0% 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
Bella RodriguezAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Bella Rodriguez
Set 2 · HOWARD 10-10 SYR · HOWARD 14% → 16%
02
SyracuseAce+2.0%
Syracuse ace on Camryn Shelton
Set 2 · HOWARD 10-12 SYR · SYR 86% → 88%
03
Alexys JamesBad set+2.0%
Bad set by Alexys James
Set 1 · HOWARD 3-5 SYR · SYR 74% → 76%
04
Alexys JamesAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Alexys James
Set 1 · HOWARD 0-1 SYR · SYR 72% → 74%
05
Kennedi WrightAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Kennedi Wright
Set 1 · HOWARD 4-7 SYR · SYR 76% → 78%
06
Abby NicholsonKill+1.9%
Kill by Abby Nicholson (set by Charis Burge)
Set 2 · HOWARD 11-14 SYR · SYR 88% → 90%
07
Bella RodriguezKill+1.8%
Kill by Bella Rodriguez (set by Charis Burge)
Set 2 · HOWARD 8-9 SYR · HOWARD 12% → 14%
08
Bo NijenhuisKill+1.7%
Kill by Bo Nijenhuis (set by Charis Burge)
Set 2 · HOWARD 14-18 SYR · SYR 90% → 92%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Howardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Zenai JethroeMB	3	9	2	13	.538	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	11
21Addison BucknerOH	3	7	3	22	.182	1	0	3	5	3	0	1	0.5	7.5
5Alexys JamesS	3	3	3	18	.000	6	0	1	11	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Sydnei JonesS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Tiana StubbsMB	2	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
33Kennedi WrightOH	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
20Gabby AllenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	3	0	0	5	.000	3	0	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
22Corinne HowardOH	2	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
13Dayion JohnsonOH	2	2	1	9	.111	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
7Easnadh Nobel TooloOH	2	0	1	2	-.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
2Estrella VazquezS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Haarachi UmenwaliriMB	1	3	3	8	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
15Kaitlynn RobinsonMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
19Briana PaganOH	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	16	95	.126	26	1	11	35	7	1	8	5	53

Syracusehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	10	2	27	.296	2	1	1	8	0	1	0.5	11.5
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	5	1	12	.333	0	1	1	1	0	3	1.5	7.5
10Bo NijenhuisMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
1Charis BurgeS	3	1	0	6	.167	22	0	0	9	0	0	0	1
19Emma WilliamsOH	2	3	3	9	.000	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	4
13Aileen McAllisterOH	1	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
21Bella RodriguezOH	3	3	2	16	.063	2	0	1	5	0	1	0.5	3.5
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	1
22Mira LedermuellerS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
6Marie LaurioOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
4Sophie ViennaS	2	0	0	0	–	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	2
12Keila GabrielOPP	1	3	1	6	.333	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
Team totals		34	10	95	.253	33	7	11	41	1	6	3	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 HOWARD · SYR 5

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 3 HOWARDSYR 4

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 2 HOWARDSYR 3

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 HOWARDSYR 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Howard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	40%4/10
2	50%7/14	0%0/7
3	60%6/10	36%4/11
4	50%6/12	14%1/7
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	42%5/12	33%3/9
All	50%37/74	30%16/54

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	88%7/8	54%7/13
2	70%7/10	42%5/12
3	78%7/9	36%4/11
4	67%6/9	57%8/14
5	67%6/9	40%4/10
6	56%5/9	64%9/14
All	70%38/54	50%37/74

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

128 rallies

#	HOWARD-SYR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Alexys James		+2.0
2	1-1	SYR	HOWARD	Attack err	Emma Williams		+1.5
3	1-2	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		+1.5
4	2-2	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.6
5	2-3	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Aileen McAllister	set Charis Burge	+1.5
6	3-3	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.6
7	3-4	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+1.6
8	3-5	SYR	SYR	Bad set	Alexys James		+2.0
9	4-5	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.5
10	4-6	HOWARD	SYR×3	Serve err	Howard		+1.5
11	4-7	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Kennedi Wright		+1.9
12	4-8	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Camryn Shelton	+1.7
13	5-8	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.1
14	5-9	HOWARD	SYR×3	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge	+1.2
15	5-10	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Emma Williams	set Yuka Urano	+1.4
16	5-11	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge	+1.1
17	6-11	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Camryn Shelton	+0.7
18	6-12	HOWARD	SYR×3	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge	+0.8
19	6-13	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Alexys James		+0.8
20	6-14	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Kennedi Wright	+0.6
21	7-14	SYR	HOWARD	Attack err	Emma Williams		+0.3
22	7-15	HOWARD	SYR×4	Kill	Aileen McAllister	set Charis Burge	+0.4
23	7-16	SYR	SYR×4	Attack err	Alexys James		+0.4
24	7-17	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Aileen McAllister	set Yuka Urano	+0.2
25	7-18	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Aileen McAllister	set Charis Burge	+0.1
26	8-18	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	·
27	8-19	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+0.1
28	9-19	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	·
29	9-20	HOWARD	SYR×3	Bad set	Corinne Howard		·
30	9-21	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse		·
31	9-22	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Addison Buckner	·
32	10-22	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		·
33	10-23	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		·
34	10-24	SYR	SYR	Serve err	Syracuse		·
35	11-24	SYR	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	·
36	12-24	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Addison Buckner	·
37	13-24	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Gabby Allen		·
38	13-25	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge	·
Set 2
1	0-1	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+1.2
2	1-1	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+1.2
3	1-2	HOWARD	SYR×3	Attack err	Bella Rodriguez		+1.2
4	1-3	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Kiernan Stamey, Abby Nicholson	+1.6
5	1-4	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.4
6	2-4	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.0
7	3-4	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Addison Buckner, Zenai Jethroe	+1.6
8	3-5	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+1.2
9	3-6	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+1.5
10	4-6	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.1
11	4-7	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		+1.1
12	4-8	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.3
13	5-8	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.9
14	6-8	HOWARD	HOWARD	Bad set	Emma Williams		+1.5
15	6-9	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		+1.2
16	7-9	SYR	HOWARD	Blocked	Bella Rodriguez	blk Corinne Howard, Tiana Stubbs	+1.1
17	8-9	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Bella Rodriguez	set Charis Burge	+1.8
18	8-10	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Bella Rodriguez	set Kiernan Stamey	+1.4
19	9-10	SYR	HOWARD	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Tiana Stubbs, Alexys James	+1.4
20	10-10	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Bella Rodriguez		+2.1
21	10-11	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+1.6
22	10-12	SYR	SYR	Ace	Syracuse	aced Camryn Shelton	+2.0
23	11-12	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.5
24	11-13	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Charis Burge	set Bella Rodriguez	+1.5
25	11-14	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+1.9
26	12-14	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.3
27	12-15	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		+1.4
28	13-15	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.3
29	13-16	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+1.5
30	14-16	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+1.3
31	14-17	HOWARD	SYR×3	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+1.5
32	14-18	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge	+1.7
33	14-19	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Addison Buckner	+1.2
34	15-19	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+0.6
35	15-20	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Bella Rodriguez	set Charis Burge	+0.9
36	16-20	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.6
37	16-21	HOWARD	SYR	Attack err	Abby Nicholson		+0.8
38	17-21	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.5
39	17-22	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		+0.8
40	18-22	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+0.4
41	18-23	HOWARD	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.7
42	18-24	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Corinne Howard		+0.3
43	18-25	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Addison Buckner	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.7
2	1-1	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Keila Gabriel	+0.7
3	2-1	SYR	HOWARD×3	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.7
4	3-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Gabby Allen	+1.0
5	4-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Alexys James	set Camryn Shelton	+1.0
6	4-2	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge	+0.7
7	5-2	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.8
8	5-3	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Marie Laurio	+0.7
9	5-4	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.0
10	6-4	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.8
11	7-4	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Charis Burge	+1.1
12	7-5	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.7
13	8-5	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.9
14	8-6	HOWARD	SYR×4	Serve err	Howard		+0.8
15	8-7	SYR	SYR×4	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+1.1
16	8-8	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Yuka Urano	+1.1
17	8-9	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Kiernan Stamey	+1.1
18	9-9	SYR	HOWARD×3	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Alexys James	+0.8
19	10-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Keila Gabriel		+1.2
20	11-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+1.3
21	11-10	HOWARD	SYR×5	Serve err	Howard		+0.9
22	11-11	SYR	SYR×5	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+1.2
23	11-12	SYR	SYR×5	Attack err	Camryn Shelton		+1.2
24	11-13	SYR	SYR×5	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Abby Nicholson	+1.1
25	11-14	SYR	SYR×5	Blocked	Haarachi Umenwaliri	blk Abby Nicholson, Bella Rodriguez	+1.0
26	12-14	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.7
27	12-15	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Bella Rodriguez	set Charis Burge	+0.8
28	12-16	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.9
29	13-16	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.5
30	14-16	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Charis Burge	+0.9
31	14-17	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		+0.8
32	14-18	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge	+0.9
33	15-18	SYR	HOWARD	Attack err	Briana Pagan		+0.5
34	16-18	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Easnadh Nobel Toolo	+1.0
35	16-19	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Bella Rodriguez	+0.9
36	16-20	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Briana Pagan		+0.9
37	17-20	SYR	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Bo Nijenhuis		+0.5
38	18-20	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey		+1.0
39	19-20	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Zenai Jethroe, Easnadh Nobel Toolo	+1.4
40	19-21	HOWARD	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Mira Ledermueller	+1.3
41	20-21	SYR	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+1.1
42	20-22	HOWARD	SYR×3	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge	+1.4
43	20-23	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Easnadh Nobel Toolo		+1.5
44	20-24	SYR	SYR×3	Bad set	Addison Buckner		+0.8
45	21-24	SYR	HOWARD	Serve err	Syracuse		+0.2
46	22-24	HOWARD	HOWARD	Bad set	Kiernan Stamey		+0.6
47	22-25	HOWARD	SYR	Serve err	Howard		+1.0

Score shown after each rally, Howard 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).

Syracuse def. Howard 3–0