Howard vs American Volleyball: American Wins 3-0 (Sep 8)

FinalTue, Sep 8, 2026

0:3

American beat visiting Howard 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-19) on Tue, Sep 8, 2026. Elise Sterling led American with 9 kills; Howard's Addison Buckner had a match-high 10.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOWARD	19	20	19	0
AMER	25	25	25	3

Win probability

American above 50 · Howard below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOWARD 3.5%96.5% AMER

Howard wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

0.9%

3-2

2.2%

American wins

3-0

60.3%

3-1

28.1%

3-2

8.1%

HOWARD break %: 36.1% vs this opp
AMER break %: 49.9% 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

Howardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Addison BucknerOH	3	10	4	31	.194	1	0	3	7	2	0	0	0	10
18Zenai JethroeMB	3	4	5	18	-.056	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
6Sydnei JonesS	3	2	1	7	.143	21	1	1	8	0	0	2	1	4
7Easnadh Nobel TooloOH	3	2	2	11	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	3
17Tiana StubbsMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13Dayion JohnsonOH	3	4	3	26	.038	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
33Kennedi WrightOH	3	0	1	3	-.333	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
20Gabby AllenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	1
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
15Kaitlynn RobinsonMB	2	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
Team totals		24	18	101	.059	22	4	10	39	6	2	10	7	58

Americanhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Elise SterlingMB	3	9	2	22	.318	0	1	0	5	0	0	4	2	12
20Prinzez ZeckMB	3	7	4	13	.231	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2.5	9.5
17Salme HollasOH	3	7	3	22	.182	0	1	0	12	1	0	2	1	9
23Carly SciborskiOPP	3	8	2	18	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
5Deniz DakakS	3	2	0	5	.400	34	2	3	9	0	0	0	0	4
10Alex IoannouL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	5	0	0	0	0	1
15Sam McMillanOH	3	4	6	17	-.118	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
3Bella MarreroL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	3	19	2	0	0	0	1
19Olivia MillerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
4Emma BlankenshipMB	1	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
1Sydney GuerrierOPP	1	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		39	19	107	.187	38	6	10	54	4	2	10	7	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 4 HOWARD · AMER 6

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 2 HOWARDAMER 4

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 4 HOWARDAMER 5

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 4 HOWARDAMER 6

Bars above the line = American 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	45%5/11	20%1/5
2	36%4/11	29%2/7
3	100%4/4	43%3/7
4	44%4/9	0%0/4
5	44%4/9	43%3/7
6	67%4/6	50%4/8
All	50%25/50	34%13/38

American

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	55%6/11
2	57%4/7	64%7/11
3	100%4/4	0%0/4
4	57%4/7	56%5/9
5	50%4/8	56%5/9
6	80%4/5	33%2/6
All	66%25/38	50%25/50

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

133 rallies

#	HOWARD-AMER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	AMER	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
2	0-2	AMER	AMER	Ace	American	aced Lauryn Wiley
3	1-2	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
4	1-3	HOWARD	AMER×3	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
5	1-4	AMER	AMER×3	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Elise Sterling, Salme Hollas
6	1-5	AMER	AMER×3	Ace	American
7	2-5	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
8	3-5	HOWARD	HOWARD	Ace	Howard	aced Bella Marrero
9	3-6	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Bella Marrero
10	4-6	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
11	4-7	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Deniz Dakak	set Tiana Stubbs
12	5-7	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones
13	5-8	HOWARD	AMER	Attack err	Dayion Johnson
14	6-8	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Sydnei Jones	set Addison Buckner
15	7-8	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Prinzez Zeck	blk Tiana Stubbs, Dayion Johnson
16	7-9	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak
17	8-9	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
18	8-10	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
19	8-11	AMER	AMER	Bad set	Sydnei Jones
20	9-11	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
21	9-12	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak
22	10-12	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
23	11-12	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
24	11-13	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
25	12-13	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
26	12-14	HOWARD	AMER	Attack err	Addison Buckner
27	13-14	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones
28	13-15	HOWARD	AMER×4	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
29	13-16	AMER	AMER×4	Blocked	Sydnei Jones	blk Prinzez Zeck
30	13-17	AMER	AMER×4	Attack err	Tiana Stubbs
31	13-18	AMER	AMER×4	Attack err	Dayion Johnson
32	14-18	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones
33	15-18	HOWARD	HOWARD	Ace	Howard	aced Olivia Miller
34	15-19	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak
35	15-20	AMER	AMER	Ace	American	aced Addison Buckner
36	16-20	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Sydnei Jones
37	17-20	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Sydnei Jones
38	17-21	HOWARD	AMER×3	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak
39	17-22	AMER	AMER×3	Attack err	Easnadh Nobel Toolo
40	17-23	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak
41	18-23	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
42	19-23	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Prinzez Zeck
43	19-24	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
44	19-25	AMER	AMER	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe
Set 2
1	1-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Prinzez Zeck
2	2-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Bad set	Deniz Dakak
3	3-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Salme Hollas
4	4-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Salme Hollas
5	4-1	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Sam McMillan	set Deniz Dakak
6	5-1	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
7	6-1	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe
8	6-2	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak
9	7-2	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
10	7-3	HOWARD	AMER×3	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
11	7-4	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
12	7-5	AMER	AMER×3	Attack err	Kennedi Wright
13	8-5	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
14	8-6	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
15	8-7	AMER	AMER	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe
16	9-7	AMER	HOWARD	Blocked	Sam McMillan	blk Zenai Jethroe, Sydnei Jones
17	9-8	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Sam McMillan	set Deniz Dakak
18	10-8	AMER	HOWARD	Blocked	Salme Hollas	blk Kaitlynn Robinson
19	10-9	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
20	10-10	AMER	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
21	11-10	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Sydnei Jones
22	11-11	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
23	12-11	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
24	12-12	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
25	12-13	AMER	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
26	13-13	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
27	13-14	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
28	14-14	AMER	HOWARD	Attack err	Elise Sterling
29	14-15	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
30	14-16	AMER	AMER	Kill	Sam McMillan	set Deniz Dakak
31	15-16	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones
32	16-16	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Sam McMillan
33	16-17	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
34	17-17	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
35	18-17		HOWARD	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.
36	18-18	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Sam McMillan	set Deniz Dakak
37	18-19	AMER	AMER	Ace	American	aced Addison Buckner
38	19-19	AMER	HOWARD	Blocked	Sam McMillan	blk Easnadh Nobel Toolo
39	19-20	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
40	20-20	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
41	20-21	HOWARD	AMER×5	Serve err	Howard
42	20-22	AMER	AMER×5	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Bella Marrero
43	20-23	AMER	AMER×5	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak
44	20-24	AMER	AMER×5	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Bella Marrero
45	20-25	AMER	AMER×5	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Elise Sterling, Carly Sciborski
Set 3
1	1-0	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
2	2-0	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Salme Hollas
3	2-1	HOWARD	AMER×5	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Prinzez Zeck, Salme Hollas
4	2-2	AMER	AMER×5	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Carly Sciborski, Elise Sterling
5	2-3	AMER	AMER×5	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak
6	2-4	AMER	AMER×5	Kill	Carly Sciborski	set Deniz Dakak
7	2-5	AMER	AMER×5	Attack err	Easnadh Nobel Toolo
8	3-5	AMER	HOWARD	Attack err	Carly Sciborski
9	4-5	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Carly Sciborski
10	4-6	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
11	5-6	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
12	5-7	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
13	6-7	AMER	HOWARD×4	Kill	Sydnei Jones
14	7-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Ace	Howard	aced Bella Marrero
15	8-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Sam McMillan
16	9-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Blocked	Elise Sterling	blk Dayion Johnson, Kaitlynn Robinson
17	9-8	HOWARD	AMER×3	Serve err	Howard
18	9-9	AMER	AMER×3	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak
19	9-10	AMER	AMER×3	Ace	American	aced Camryn Shelton
20	10-10	AMER	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Sam McMillan
21	11-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Sam McMillan
22	12-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Sydney Guerrier
23	12-11	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Deniz Dakak	set Sam McMillan
24	13-11	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
25	13-12	HOWARD	AMER	Blocked	Kaitlynn Robinson	blk Prinzez Zeck
26	14-12	AMER	HOWARD	Attack err	Sydney Guerrier
27	14-13	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak
28	15-13	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
29	15-14	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
30	16-14	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
31	16-15	HOWARD	AMER×6	Kill	Salme Hollas	set Deniz Dakak
32	16-16	AMER	AMER×6	Ace	American	aced Gabby Allen
33	16-17	AMER	AMER×6	Bad set	Addison Buckner
34	16-18	AMER	AMER×6	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Emma Blankenship, Elise Sterling
35	16-19	AMER	AMER×6	Attack err	Dayion Johnson
36	16-20	AMER	AMER×6	Kill	Elise Sterling	set Deniz Dakak
37	17-20	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
38	17-21	HOWARD	AMER	Serve err	Howard
39	18-21	AMER	HOWARD	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Sydnei Jones
40	18-22	HOWARD	AMER	Kill	Emma Blankenship	set Deniz Dakak
41	18-23	AMER	AMER	Kill	Sydney Guerrier	set Deniz Dakak
42	19-23	AMER	HOWARD	Serve err	American
43	19-24	HOWARD	AMER	Attack err	Addison Buckner
44	19-25	AMER	AMER	Kill	Prinzez Zeck	set Deniz Dakak

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

American def. Howard 3–0