Final · 4 setsSat, Sep 12, 2026

AwayMEAC

1:3

HomeSEC

Arkansas def. Howard 3–1

(25-19, 25-11, 22-25, 25-17)

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
HOWARD	19	11	25	17	1
ARK	25	25	22	25	3

RallyIQ model

Win probability

ARK above 50 · HOWARD below

Biggest swing: 0.6% to Arkansas — set 4, HOWARD 0-1 ARK. Arkansas ace on Camryn Shelton. ARK win probability 98% → 98%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

HOWARD 1.9%98.1% ARK

Howard wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.3%

Arkansas wins

3-0

67.5%

3-1

24.9%

3-2

5.7%

HOWARD break %: 33.4% vs this opp
ARK break %: 49.1% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
ARK serverAce+0.6%
Arkansas ace on Camryn Shelton
Set 4 · HOWARD 0-1 ARK · ARK 98% → 98%
02
Journey PeppersAttack error+0.5%
Attack error by Journey Peppers
Set 1 · HOWARD 12-12 ARK · HOWARD 2% → 3%
03
Alexys JamesAttack error+0.5%
Attack error by Alexys James
Set 4 · HOWARD 0-2 ARK · ARK 98% → 99%
04
HOWARD serverAce+0.4%
Howard ace on Lakin Laurendine
Set 1 · HOWARD 3-1 ARK · HOWARD 2% → 3%
05
Addison BucknerAttack error+0.4%
Attack error by Addison Buckner
Set 1 · HOWARD 12-14 ARK · ARK 98% → 98%
06
Kennedi WrightKill+0.4%
Kill by Kennedi Wright (set by Sydnei Jones)
Set 3 · HOWARD 21-18 ARK · HOWARD 1% → 2%
07
Lakin LaurendineKill+0.4%
Kill by Lakin Laurendine (set by Kiki Remensperger)
Set 4 · HOWARD 0-3 ARK · ARK 99% → 99%
08
Romani ThurmanAttack error+0.4%
Attack error by Romani Thurman
Set 1 · HOWARD 11-12 ARK · HOWARD 2% → 2%

Official NCAA box

Box score

Howardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Zenai JethroeMB	4	5	3	16	.125	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6
0Haarachi UmenwaliriMB	4	4	2	12	.167	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6
5Alexys JamesS	4	4	6	20	-.100	13	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	4
6Sydnei JonesS	4	0	0	0	–	14	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
20Gabby AllenL/DS	3	0	1	2	-.500	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
21Addison BucknerOH	2	2	4	14	-.143	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
13Dayion JohnsonOH	4	8	4	24	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	9
33Kennedi WrightOH	4	4	1	16	.188	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	0	4
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	4	2	0	2	1.000	1	2	3	13	6	0	0	0	4
2Estrella VazquezS	4	0	0	0	–	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	3
7Easnadh Nobel TooloOH	2	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
14Daryn WatkinsOH	2	1	5	10	-.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		33	28	124	.040	29	5	10	49	8	1	8	5	72

Arkansashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
25Lakin LaurendineOH	4	21	3	50	.360	1	0	2	6	1	4	2	23
11Elsie LawMB	4	10	2	19	.421	0	0	3	1	0	7	3.5	13.5
1Laci BohannanOH	4	8	6	34	.059	0	1	3	10	0	1	0.5	9.5
27Journey PeppersMB	4	6	7	14	-.071	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7
13Kiki RemenspergerS	4	0	0	1	.000	36	1	1	9	0	1	0.5	1.5
30Romani ThurmanOPP	2	0	2	4	-.500	0	2	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
6Madi BenneL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	6	0	2	20	0	0	0	0
4Lily DudleyOH	3	4	1	13	.231	0	2	2	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
22Ava RothL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
33Maggie McCarrollS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
15Gaby CornierL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
3Livia NiuS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	21	135	.207	46	8	13	55	5	18	9	97

Starters listed first. BLK = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

Longest run 7 HOWARD · ARK 8

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 HOWARDARK 6

Set 2

11-25

Longest run 3 HOWARDARK 8

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 7 HOWARDARK 4

Set 4

17-25

Longest run 3 HOWARDARK 4

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

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

Howard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%10/24	43%6/14
2	41%9/22	23%3/13
3	42%8/19	0%0/9
4	78%7/9	30%3/10
5	50%7/14	59%10/17
6	75%6/8	30%3/10
All	49%47/96	34%25/73

Arkansas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%10/16	56%10/18
2	90%9/10	47%8/17
3	89%8/9	69%18/26
4	78%7/9	38%5/13
5	37%7/19	46%6/13
6	70%7/10	22%2/9
All	66%48/73	51%49/96

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 (4 of 4 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.

169 rallies

Rally log

#	HOWARD-ARK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Romani Thurman		+0.3
2	1-1	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
3	2-1	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.3
4	3-1	HOWARD	HOWARD	Ace	HOWARD server	aced Lakin Laurendine	+0.4
5	3-2	HOWARD	ARK×6	Attack err	Addison Buckner	blk Romani Thurman, Elsie Law	+0.3
6	3-3	ARK	ARK×6	Ace	ARK server	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.4
7	3-4	ARK	ARK×6	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.3
8	3-5	ARK	ARK×6	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.3
9	3-6	ARK	ARK×6	Kill	Elsie Law	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
10	3-7	ARK	ARK×6	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
11	4-7	ARK	HOWARD	Attack err	Elsie Law		+0.1
12	4-8	HOWARD	ARK	Attack err	Gabby Allen		+0.1
13	4-9	ARK	ARK	Kill	Elsie Law	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
14	5-9	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.1
15	5-10	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Madi Benne	+0.1
16	6-10	ARK	HOWARD×3	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.1
17	7-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	HOWARD server	aced Team	+0.2
18	8-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Journey Peppers		+0.2
19	8-11	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
20	9-11	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.2
21	9-12	HOWARD	ARK	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+0.2
22	10-12	ARK	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Journey Peppers		+0.2
23	11-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Romani Thurman		+0.4
24	12-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Journey Peppers		+0.5
25	12-13	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.3
26	12-14	ARK	ARK	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.4
27	13-14	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Camryn Shelton		+0.3
28	13-15	HOWARD	ARK×6	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Madi Benne	+0.3
29	13-16	ARK	ARK×6	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.3
30	13-17	ARK	ARK×6	Ace	ARK server	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.2
31	13-18	ARK	ARK×6	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe	blk Lakin Laurendine, Elsie Law	+0.1
32	13-19	ARK	ARK×6	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+0.1
33	13-20	ARK	ARK×6	Kill	Elsie Law	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
34	14-20	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
35	14-21	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
36	15-21	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Daryn Watkins	set Alexys James	+0.0
37	15-22	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Lakin Laurendine	+0.0
38	16-22	ARK	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.0
39	17-22	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	HOWARD server	aced Team	+0.0
40	18-22	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Journey Peppers	blk Dayion Johnson, Haarachi Umenwaliri	+0.1
41	18-23	HOWARD	ARK	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.1
42	19-23	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
43	19-24	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
44	19-25	ARK	ARK	Kill	Journey Peppers		+0.0
Set 2
1	0-1	ARK	ARK	Ace	ARK server	aced Kennedi Wright	+0.2
2	1-1	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.1
3	1-2	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Journey Peppers	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
4	1-3	ARK	ARK	Bad set	Sydnei Jones		+0.1
5	2-3	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.1
6	2-4	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
7	3-4	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.1
8	4-4	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Laci Bohannan		+0.2
9	4-5	HOWARD	ARK×3	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.1
10	4-6	ARK	ARK×3	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
11	4-7	ARK	ARK×3	Kill	Elsie Law		+0.1
12	5-7	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.1
13	5-8	HOWARD	ARK×5	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.1
14	5-9	ARK	ARK×5	Kill	Journey Peppers	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
15	5-10	ARK	ARK×5	Attack err	Daryn Watkins		+0.1
16	5-11	ARK	ARK×5	Attack err	Daryn Watkins		+0.0
17	5-12	ARK	ARK×5	Attack err	Daryn Watkins		+0.0
18	6-12	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
19	6-13	HOWARD	ARK	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.0
20	6-14	ARK	ARK	Attack err	Alexys James	blk Journey Peppers, Lily Dudley	+0.0
21	7-14	ARK	HOWARD×3	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
22	8-14	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Journey Peppers	blk Haarachi Umenwaliri	+0.0
23	9-14	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
24	9-15	HOWARD	ARK	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.0
25	10-15	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
26	10-16	HOWARD	ARK	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.0
27	10-17	ARK	ARK	Attack err	Alexys James	blk Elsie Law, Lakin Laurendine	+0.0
28	11-17	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
29	11-18	HOWARD	ARK×8	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
30	11-19	ARK	ARK×8	Attack err	Daryn Watkins		+0.0
31	11-20	ARK	ARK×8	Attack err	Daryn Watkins	blk Kiki Remensperger, Elsie Law	+0.0
32	11-21	ARK	ARK×8	Kill	Elsie Law	set Maggie McCarroll	+0.0
33	11-22	ARK	ARK×8	Attack err	Dayion Johnson	blk Elsie Law, Lakin Laurendine	+0.0
34	11-23	ARK	ARK×8	Ace	ARK server	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.0
35	11-24	ARK	ARK×8	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe	blk Elsie Law, Maggie McCarroll	+0.0
36	11-25	ARK	ARK×8	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Madi Benne	+0.0
Set 3
1	0-1	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Madi Benne	+0.0
2	0-2	ARK	ARK	Kill	Lily Dudley	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
3	1-2	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
4	1-3	HOWARD	ARK	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.0
5	2-3	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
6	2-4	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Elsie Law	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
7	2-5	ARK	ARK	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Madi Benne	+0.1
8	3-5	ARK	HOWARD	Attack err	Laci Bohannan	blk Zenai Jethroe, Dayion Johnson	+0.0
9	3-6	HOWARD	ARK	Attack err	Alexys James		+0.0
10	4-6	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
11	4-7	HOWARD	ARK	Attack err	Kennedi Wright		+0.0
12	4-8	ARK	ARK	Ace	ARK server	aced Team	+0.0
13	5-8	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Alexys James	+0.0
14	5-9	HOWARD	ARK	Attack err	Alexys James		+0.0
15	6-9	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
16	7-9	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Lakin Laurendine		+0.1
17	7-10	HOWARD	ARK×4	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.0
18	7-11	ARK	ARK×4	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
19	7-12	ARK	ARK×4	Bad set	Sydnei Jones		+0.0
20	7-13	ARK	ARK×4	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.0
21	8-13	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
22	8-14	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Elsie Law	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
23	9-14	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
24	9-15	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Madi Benne	+0.0
25	9-16	ARK	ARK	Kill	Elsie Law	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
26	10-16	ARK	HOWARD×3	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
27	11-16	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Elsie Law		+0.0
28	12-16	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.0
29	12-17	HOWARD	ARK	Attack err	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	blk Laci Bohannan, Elsie Law	+0.0
30	13-17	ARK	HOWARD×7	Serve err	ARK server		+0.0
31	14-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Attack err	Journey Peppers		+0.1
32	15-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Alexys James	+0.1
33	16-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Ace	HOWARD server	aced Team	+0.1
34	17-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Alexys James	+0.2
35	18-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Gabby Allen	+0.3
36	19-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Attack err	Laci Bohannan	blk Haarachi Umenwaliri, Easnadh Nobel Toolo	+0.3
37	19-18	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Journey Peppers	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
38	20-18	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Easnadh Nobel Toolo	set Alexys James	+0.3
39	21-18	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Sydnei Jones	+0.4
40	21-19	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Journey Peppers	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
41	22-19	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Camryn Shelton	+0.3
42	22-20	HOWARD	ARK	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.2
43	23-20	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.3
44	23-21	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
45	24-21	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.4
46	24-22	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
47	25-22	ARK	HOWARD	Attack err	Laci Bohannan		+0.4
Set 4
1	0-1	ARK	ARK×3	Ace	ARK server	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.6
2	0-2	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Alexys James		+0.5
3	0-3	ARK	ARK×3	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.4
4	1-3	ARK	HOWARD	Attack err	Lakin Laurendine		+0.3
5	1-4	HOWARD	ARK	Serve err	HOWARD server		+0.3
6	2-4	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.3
7	2-5	HOWARD	ARK	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+0.3
8	3-5	ARK	HOWARD	Serve err	ARK server		+0.3
9	3-6	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Elsie Law	set Camryn Shelton	+0.3
10	4-6	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+0.3
11	4-7	HOWARD	ARK×3	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.3
12	4-8	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Haarachi Umenwaliri		+0.3
13	4-9	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Easnadh Nobel Toolo		+0.2
14	5-9	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Camryn Shelton		+0.2
15	5-10	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
16	6-10	ARK	HOWARD	Attack err	Laci Bohannan		+0.2
17	6-11	HOWARD	ARK×4	Kill	Lily Dudley	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.2
18	6-12	ARK	ARK×4	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.2
19	6-13	ARK	ARK×4	Ace	ARK server	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.1
20	6-14	ARK	ARK×4	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.1
21	7-14	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
22	7-15	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
23	7-16	ARK	ARK	Kill	Lily Dudley	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
24	8-16	ARK	HOWARD	Attack err	Lily Dudley		+0.0
25	8-17	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
26	8-18	ARK	ARK	Ace	ARK server	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.0
27	9-18	ARK	HOWARD	Attack err	Lakin Laurendine	blk Zenai Jethroe, Easnadh Nobel Toolo	+0.0
28	9-19	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
29	10-19	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.0
30	10-20	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Elsie Law	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
31	11-20	ARK	HOWARD×3	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Alexys James	+0.0
32	12-20	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
33	13-20	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Laci Bohannan		+0.0
34	13-21	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Journey Peppers	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.0
35	14-21	ARK	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
36	14-22	HOWARD	ARK×3	Kill	Lily Dudley	set Maggie McCarroll	+0.0
37	14-23	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Alexys James	blk Journey Peppers, Lakin Laurendine	+0.0
38	14-24	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+0.0
39	15-24	ARK	HOWARD×3	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+0.0
40	16-24	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Journey Peppers		+0.0
41	17-24	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	HOWARD server	aced Gaby Cornier	+0.0
42	17-25	HOWARD	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Maggie McCarroll	+0.0

Score shown after each rally, Howard first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.