Howard vs UAlbany Volleyball: UAlbany Wins 3-0 (Sep 5, 2026)

FinalSat, Sep 5, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

UAlbany beat Howard 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 29-27) on Sat, Sep 5, 2026 at a neutral site. Lily Lott led UAlbany with 13 kills; Howard's Addison Buckner had a match-high 16.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 5

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOWARD	22	22	27	0
ALBANY	25	25	29	3

Win probability

UAlbany above 50 · Howard below

Biggest swing: 8.0% to UAlbany — set 1, HOWARD 22-23 ALBANY. Attack error by Tiana Stubbs. ALBANY win probability 48% → 56%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOWARD 51.0%49.0% ALBANY

Howard wins

3-0

12.9%

3-1

19.2%

3-2

18.9%

UAlbany wins

3-0

12.1%

3-1

18.3%

3-2

18.6%

HOWARD break %: 42.5% vs this opp
ALBANY break %: 42.3% 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
Tiana StubbsAttack error+8.0%
Attack error by Tiana Stubbs
Set 1 · HOWARD 22-23 ALBANY · ALBANY 48% → 56%
02
Madison HessKill+7.6%
Kill by Madison Hess (set by Camryn Shelton)
Set 1 · HOWARD 22-24 ALBANY · ALBANY 56% → 64%
03
Dayion JohnsonAttack error+6.7%
Attack error by Dayion Johnson
Set 3 · HOWARD 27-29 ALBANY · ALBANY 93% → 100%
04
Lily LottKill+6.7%
Kill by Lily Lott (set by Madison Hess)
Set 3 · HOWARD 27-28 ALBANY · ALBANY 87% → 93%
05
Campbell RobinsonKill+6.7%
Kill by Campbell Robinson (set by Sydnei Jones)
Set 3 · HOWARD 23-24 ALBANY · ALBANY 87% → 93%
06
Pinar ErolAttack error+6.7%
Attack error by Pinar Erol
Set 3 · HOWARD 26-25 ALBANY · HOWARD 12% → 18%
07
Lily LottKill+6.5%
Kill by Lily Lott (set by Madison Hess)
Set 1 · HOWARD 22-22 ALBANY · ALBANY 42% → 48%
08
Campbell RobinsonKill+5.1%
Kill by Campbell Robinson
Set 3 · HOWARD 23-23 ALBANY · ALBANY 81% → 87%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Howardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Addison BucknerOH	3	16	5	33	.333	0	0	2	8	0	1	1	1.5	17.5
18Zenai JethroeMB	3	12	1	20	.550	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.5	13.5
7Easnadh Nobel TooloOH	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
6Sydnei JonesS	3	2	0	15	.133	33	0	2	7	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
17Tiana StubbsMB	3	2	2	8	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	4	3	2	12	1	0	0	0	3
2Estrella VazquezS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2
20Gabby AllenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	7	2	0	0	0	2
13Dayion JohnsonOH	2	8	2	25	.240	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
19Briana PaganOH	1	0	2	9	-.222	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	13	123	.252	37	8	14	37	5	1	6	4	71

UAlbanyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Pinar ErolOH	3	10	8	36	.056	1	0	1	12	0	1	0	1	11
14Campbell RobinsonMB	3	4	2	14	.143	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
1Mina BenucciMB	3	5	0	12	.417	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
7Madison HessS	3	4	0	12	.333	29	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	5
21Madison KyleL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	2
5Kiki ProvatasL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	1
10Lily LottOH	3	13	3	23	.435	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	13
11Nia GibsonOPP	3	6	1	12	.417	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
9Kasia BarlettaL/DS	3	0	0	4	.000	2	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	1
22Nil OzerMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	14	115	.243	35	5	5	45	8	1	4	3	79

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 5 HOWARD · ALBANY 6

Set 1

22-25

Longest run 5 HOWARDALBANY 6

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 4 HOWARDALBANY 3

Set 3

27-29

Longest run 5 HOWARDALBANY 4

Bars above the line = UAlbany 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	67%8/12	25%2/8
2	73%8/11	56%10/18
3	78%7/9	47%7/15
4	50%7/14	30%3/10
5	40%6/15	50%7/14
6	29%5/17	14%1/7
All	53%41/78	42%30/72

UAlbany

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	46%6/13
2	50%8/16	27%3/11
3	80%8/10	27%3/11
4	64%7/11	36%4/11
5	55%6/11	63%10/16
6	100%5/5	69%11/16
All	58%42/72	47%37/78

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

150 rallies

#	HOWARD-ALBANY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Sydnei Jones	+1.8
2	2-0	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Madison Kyle	+2.5
3	2-1	HOWARD	ALBANY	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.8
4	3-1	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+1.9
5	4-1	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Campbell Robinson	blk Addison Buckner	+2.4
6	4-2	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+1.7
7	5-2	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Gabby Allen	+1.8
8	6-2	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Pinar Erol	blk Sydnei Jones, Zenai Jethroe	+2.3
9	6-3	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Campbell Robinson	set Madison Hess	+1.5
10	6-4	ALBANY	ALBANY	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+2.4
11	7-4	ALBANY	HOWARD×4	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.9
12	8-4	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Lily Lott		+2.4
13	9-4	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Campbell Robinson		+2.1
14	10-4	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Pinar Erol		+1.8
15	10-5	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Serve err	Howard		+1.1
16	10-6	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Attack err	Briana Pagan		+1.8
17	10-7	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Attack err	Tiana Stubbs		+2.2
18	11-7	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Sydnei Jones		+1.9
19	11-8	HOWARD	ALBANY×4	Kill	Lily Lott	set Mina Benucci	+1.6
20	11-9	ALBANY	ALBANY×4	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+2.6
21	11-10	ALBANY	ALBANY×4	Kill	Madison Hess	set Kasia Barletta	+3.0
22	11-11	ALBANY	ALBANY×4	Blocked	Briana Pagan	blk Mina Benucci, Madison Hess	+3.2
23	12-11	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.5
24	12-12	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+2.5
25	13-12	ALBANY	HOWARD×5	Serve err	UAlbany		+2.6
26	14-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Pinar Erol		+3.5
27	15-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+3.2
28	16-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Ace	Howard		+2.8
29	17-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+2.3
30	17-13	HOWARD	ALBANY	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.2
31	18-13	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.6
32	18-14	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+1.2
33	18-15	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+2.2
34	18-16	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Nia Gibson	set Madison Kyle	+3.0
35	19-16	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.8
36	19-17	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+2.2
37	20-17	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+2.9
38	20-18	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+2.2
39	20-19	ALBANY	ALBANY	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+4.1
40	21-19	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+3.8
41	22-19	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Lily Lott		+4.3
42	22-20	HOWARD	ALBANY×6	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+2.1
43	22-21	ALBANY	ALBANY×6	Kill	Madison Hess	set Kiki Provatas	+4.5
44	22-22	ALBANY	ALBANY×6	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+6.5
45	22-23	ALBANY	ALBANY×6	Attack err	Tiana Stubbs		+8.0
46	22-24	ALBANY	ALBANY×6	Kill	Madison Hess	set Camryn Shelton	+7.6
47	22-25	ALBANY	ALBANY×6	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+4.3
Set 2
1	1-0	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.5
2	1-1	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+1.9
3	1-2	ALBANY	ALBANY	Ace	UAlbany		+2.6
4	2-2	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Sydnei Jones		+1.9
5	2-3	HOWARD	ALBANY	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Campbell Robinson, Madison Hess	+1.9
6	3-3	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Sydnei Jones	+1.9
7	3-4	HOWARD	ALBANY	Bad set	Addison Buckner		+2.0
8	4-4	ALBANY	HOWARD	Serve err	UAlbany		+2.0
9	5-4	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+2.8
10	5-5	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+2.0
11	5-6	ALBANY	ALBANY	Kill	Nia Gibson	set Madison Hess	+2.8
12	6-6	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+2.1
13	7-6	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+2.9
14	7-7	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+2.1
15	8-7	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+2.2
16	8-8	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Serve err	Howard		+2.2
17	8-9	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+3.1
18	8-10	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Blocked	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	blk Pinar Erol	+3.1
19	9-10	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+2.1
20	9-11	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Mina Benucci	set Madison Hess	+2.3
21	10-11	ALBANY	HOWARD	Attack err	Pinar Erol		+2.2
22	10-12	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+2.4
23	10-13	ALBANY	ALBANY	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+3.1
24	11-13	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Sydnei Jones	+2.0
25	11-14	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Nia Gibson	set Madison Hess	+2.4
26	12-14	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.1
27	12-15	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+2.4
28	12-16	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Ace	UAlbany	aced Gabby Allen	+2.9
29	12-17	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Nia Gibson		+2.3
30	13-17	ALBANY	HOWARD×4	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+1.2
31	14-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Kasia Barletta	+2.3
32	15-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard		+3.0
33	16-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+3.7
34	16-18	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Kill	Mina Benucci	set Madison Hess	+3.1
35	16-19	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Bad set	Addison Buckner		+3.9
36	16-20	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Ace	UAlbany	aced Gabby Allen	+3.1
37	17-20	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+1.6
38	17-21	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+2.3
39	17-22	ALBANY	ALBANY	Kill	Mina Benucci	set Madison Hess	+2.0
40	18-22	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Sydnei Jones	+0.7
41	19-22	HOWARD	HOWARD	Ace	Howard	aced Kiki Provatas	+1.7
42	19-23	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Mina Benucci	set Madison Hess	+2.2
43	20-23	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Sydnei Jones	+1.0
44	21-23	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+2.6
45	21-24	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+3.5
46	22-24	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+1.3
47	22-25	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Nia Gibson	set Madison Hess	+3.2
Set 3
1	1-0	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+1.2
2	1-1	HOWARD	ALBANY	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+1.2
3	2-1	ALBANY	HOWARD×5	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.3
4	3-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Ace	Howard		+1.7
5	4-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Pinar Erol	+1.6
6	5-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Pinar Erol		+1.5
7	6-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Pinar Erol		+1.4
8	6-2	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+0.9
9	7-2	ALBANY	HOWARD	Serve err	UAlbany		+1.0
10	7-3	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Kill	Nia Gibson	set Pinar Erol	+0.9
11	7-4	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+1.4
12	7-5	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Lily Lott	set Kasia Barletta	+1.6
13	8-5	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+1.3
14	8-6	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+1.2
15	8-7	ALBANY	ALBANY	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+1.8
16	9-7	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+1.4
17	9-8	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+1.4
18	10-8	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Sydnei Jones	+1.5
19	10-9	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+1.4
20	11-9	ALBANY	HOWARD×4	Serve err	UAlbany		+1.5
21	12-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Madison Kyle	+2.0
22	13-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Blocked	Pinar Erol	blk Zenai Jethroe, Easnadh Nobel Toolo	+1.8
23	14-9	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Madison Kyle	+1.5
24	14-10	HOWARD	ALBANY	Serve err	Howard		+0.9
25	15-10	ALBANY	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.1
26	16-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Howard		+1.2
27	17-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.8
28	17-11	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Kyle	+0.4
29	18-11	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.6
30	18-12	HOWARD	ALBANY	Attack err	Nia Gibson		+0.3
31	18-13	ALBANY	ALBANY	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+0.7
32	19-13	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+0.8
33	19-14	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Campbell Robinson	set Madison Hess	+0.5
34	19-15	ALBANY	ALBANY	Bad set	Tiana Stubbs		+1.0
35	20-15	ALBANY	HOWARD	Serve err	UAlbany		+1.1
36	20-16	HOWARD	ALBANY	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.7
37	20-17	ALBANY	ALBANY	Kill	Madison Hess	set Sydnei Jones	+1.4
38	21-17	ALBANY	HOWARD	Attack err	Lily Lott		+1.5
39	21-18	HOWARD	ALBANY×4	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+0.9
40	21-19	ALBANY	ALBANY×4	Ace	UAlbany	aced Lauryn Wiley	+2.0
41	21-20	ALBANY	ALBANY×4	Ace	UAlbany	aced Camryn Shelton	+2.9
42	21-21	ALBANY	ALBANY×4	Kill	Mina Benucci	set Madison Hess	+3.8
43	22-21	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+3.3
44	23-21	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+4.3
45	23-22	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Serve err	Howard		+2.3
46	23-23	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Campbell Robinson		+5.1
47	23-24	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Campbell Robinson	set Sydnei Jones	+6.7
48	24-24	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+4.9
49	24-25	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+4.9
50	25-25	ALBANY	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+4.9
51	26-25	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Pinar Erol		+6.7
52	26-26	HOWARD	ALBANY	Kill	Pinar Erol	set Madison Hess	+4.9
53	27-26	ALBANY	HOWARD	Attack err	Nia Gibson		+4.9
54	27-27	HOWARD	ALBANY×3	Serve err	Howard		+4.9
55	27-28	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Kill	Lily Lott	set Madison Hess	+6.7
56	27-29	ALBANY	ALBANY×3	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+6.7

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).

UAlbany def. Howard 3–0