South Carolina State vs Howard Volleyball: Howard Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsSun, Oct 11, 2026

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Howard 96.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 11, 11:56 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Howard beat visiting South Carolina St. 3-1 (25-16, 25-14, 22-25, 25-13) on Sun, Oct 11, 2026. Howard's Addison Buckner led with 15 kills, and Camryn Shelton added 21 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 11

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
SC ST	16	14	25	13	1
HOWARD	25	25	22	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

A 7–0 run in the second set broke it open for Howard.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.6 points. South Carolina St. peaked at 3% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Howard went in as RallyIQ's 97% pick.

South Carolina St.Howard

Break %+19.0 pts
36.255.2
On serve: 53/96 against 25/69 (South Carolina St. sideout 44.8%).
Hitting+.349
.037.386
61 K / 17 E against 32 K / 28 E.
Longest run+3
47
Howard scored 7 straight in the second set to stretch a 16–13 lead to 23–13. Final score of the set: 25–14.

Howard above 50South Carolina St. belowMax swing 0.6%

South Carolina St.Howard

Aces: South Carolina St. 5·Howard 3
Serve err: South Carolina St. 5·Howard 13
Blocks: South Carolina St. 6·Howard 71 BS · 10 BA vs 2 BS · 10 BA
Digs: South Carolina St. 32·Howard 40

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Howard above 50 · South Carolina St. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SC ST 3.6%96.4% HOWARD

South Carolina St. wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

1.0%

3-2

2.2%

Howard wins

3-0

60.0%

3-1

28.2%

3-2

8.2%

SC ST break %: 37.2% vs this opp
HOWARD break %: 51.0% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Carolina St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Carra Pierre-LouisOH	4	7	11	28	-.143	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7
2Kenna HarrisOH	4	6	3	18	.167	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
4De'Oni McPhearsonMB	4	4	3	9	.111	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2.5	6.5
15Jade RobinsonMB	4	3	4	10	-.100	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	6
14Jordan DallandL/DS	4	1	1	4	.000	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	3
19Arianna JamesS	4	1	0	1	1.000	15	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
3Amani HawkinsOH	4	6	1	19	.263	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
6Macey McCoyS	4	0	1	4	-.250	10	1	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
20Chloe NealL/DS	4	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1Ki'ra WrightL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
16Jessika MartinezOH	2	3	0	5	.600	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
5Hedia LewisOH	1	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2
7Taelyn GrahamMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	28	107	.037	32	5	5	32	3	1	10	6	68

Howardhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Zenai JethroeMB	4	11	2	19	.474	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.5	12.5
5Alexys JamesS	4	9	1	15	.533	24	0	3	2	0	0	5	2.5	11.5
15Kaitlynn RobinsonMB	4	7	2	9	.556	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	2	9
6Sydnei JonesS	4	3	0	3	1.000	22	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	3
20Gabby AllenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
33Kennedi WrightOH	3	8	4	20	.200	1	0	4	8	1	1	0	1	9
21Addison BucknerOH	4	15	5	31	.323	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	15
22Corinne HowardOH	4	7	2	15	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	3	1	21	2	0	0	0	3
19Briana PaganOH	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Estrella VazquezS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		61	17	114	.386	53	3	13	40	5	2	10	7	97

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.

South Carolina St. vs Howard

Season series · Howard leads 1-0

Sun, Oct 11, 2026South Carolina St. at Howard · Howard won 3-1This match
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Howard at South Carolina St.Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 SC ST · HOWARD 7

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 4 SC STHOWARD 6

Set 2

14-25

Longest run 2 SC STHOWARD 7

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 SC STHOWARD 4

Set 4

13-25

Longest run 2 SC STHOWARD 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Carolina St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	45%9/20	42%5/12
2	56%9/16	40%6/15
3	56%9/16	40%6/15
4	33%6/18	20%2/10
5	33%5/15	25%2/8
6	45%5/11	44%4/9
All	45%43/96	36%25/69

Howard

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	42%5/12
2	64%9/14	53%10/19
3	80%8/10	40%6/15
4	70%7/10	59%10/17
5	55%6/11	67%12/18
6	63%5/8	67%10/15
All	64%44/69	55%53/96

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.

Rally log

165 rallies

#	SC ST-HOWARD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Alexys James
2	1-1	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
3	1-2	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
4	1-3	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Alexys James
5	1-4	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Blocked	Kenna Harris	blk Kennedi Wright
6	2-4	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
7	3-4	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Corinne Howard
8	3-5	SC ST	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James
9	3-6	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James
10	3-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
11	4-7	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Macey McCoy
12	4-8	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James
13	5-8	HOWARD	SC ST	Blocked	Corinne Howard	blk De'Oni McPhearson
14	5-9	SC ST	HOWARD×6	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Alexys James
15	5-10	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Attack err	Jordan Dalland
16	5-11	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James
17	5-12	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
18	5-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
19	5-14	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
20	6-14	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
21	7-14	SC ST	SC ST	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Kenna Harris, Jade Robinson
22	7-15	SC ST	HOWARD	Attack err	Jade Robinson
23	7-16	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Amani Hawkins	blk Alexys James, Kaitlynn Robinson
24	8-16	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Amani Hawkins	set Arianna James
25	8-17	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Sydnei Jones	set Camryn Shelton
26	9-17	HOWARD	SC ST×3	Serve err	Howard
27	10-17	SC ST	SC ST×3	Kill	Amani Hawkins	set Jade Robinson
28	11-17	SC ST	SC ST×3	Attack err	Kennedi Wright
29	11-18	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
30	12-18	HOWARD	SC ST×4	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James
31	13-18	SC ST	SC ST×4	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk De'Oni McPhearson, Hedia Lewis
32	14-18	SC ST	SC ST×4	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Ki'ra Wright
33	15-18	SC ST	SC ST×4	Kill	Hedia Lewis	set Macey McCoy
34	15-19	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Alexys James
35	16-19	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
36	16-20	SC ST	HOWARD×6	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James
37	16-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Attack err	Hedia Lewis
38	16-22	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Attack err	De'Oni McPhearson
39	16-23	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Ace	Camryn Shelton	aced De'Oni McPhearson
40	16-24	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Attack err	Hedia Lewis
41	16-25	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Ace	Camryn Shelton
Set 2
1	0-1	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Arianna James
2	1-1	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jade Robinson	set Arianna James
3	1-2	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
4	2-2	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Amani Hawkins	set Arianna James
5	2-3	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Sydnei Jones
6	2-4	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Kenna Harris
7	3-4	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James
8	4-4	SC ST	SC ST	Blocked	Kennedi Wright	blk De'Oni McPhearson, Amani Hawkins
9	4-5	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James
10	5-5	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
11	5-6	SC ST	HOWARD	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
12	5-7	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James
13	6-7	HOWARD	SC ST	Blocked	Kaitlynn Robinson	blk De'Oni McPhearson
14	6-8	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James
15	6-9	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
16	7-9	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Macey McCoy
17	8-9	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James
18	8-10	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
19	8-11	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Kaitlynn Robinson, Alexys James
20	9-11	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Arianna James	set Ki'ra Wright
21	10-11	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Ki'ra Wright
22	10-12	SC ST	HOWARD	Serve err	South Carolina St.
23	11-12	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James
24	11-13	SC ST	HOWARD×4	Serve err	South Carolina St.
25	11-14	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James
26	11-15	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Camryn Shelton
27	11-16	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James
28	12-16	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
29	13-16	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Taelyn Graham
30	13-17	SC ST	HOWARD×7	Attack err	Macey McCoy
31	13-18	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Attack err	Chloe Neal
32	13-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Macey McCoy
33	13-20	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James
34	13-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James
35	13-22	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Kennedi Wright
36	13-23	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Blocked	Taelyn Graham	blk Zenai Jethroe
37	14-23	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Amani Hawkins	set Macey McCoy
38	14-24	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James
39	14-25	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	De'Oni McPhearson
Set 3
1	0-1	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Sydnei Jones	set Camryn Shelton
2	0-2	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
3	1-2	HOWARD	SC ST×3	Kill	Jordan Dalland	set Kenna Harris
4	2-2	SC ST	SC ST×3	Attack err	Kennedi Wright
5	3-2	SC ST	SC ST×3	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Gabby Allen
6	3-3	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
7	4-3	HOWARD	SC ST	Bad set	Alexys James
8	4-4	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James
9	5-4	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
10	5-5	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James
11	6-5	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy
12	6-6	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Kennedi Wright
13	7-6	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
14	7-7	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
15	7-8	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	Jade Robinson
16	8-8	HOWARD	SC ST×3	Attack err	Kennedi Wright
17	9-8	SC ST	SC ST×3	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Camryn Shelton
18	10-8	SC ST	SC ST×3	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Camryn Shelton
19	10-9	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
20	10-10	HOWARD	HOWARD	Ace	Camryn Shelton
21	11-10	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
22	12-10	SC ST	SC ST	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Kennedi Wright
23	12-11	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
24	12-12	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Alexys James
25	13-12	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
26	13-13	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Alexys James
27	14-13	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
28	14-14	SC ST	HOWARD	Serve err	South Carolina St.
29	15-14	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
30	16-14	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Addison Buckner
31	16-15	SC ST	HOWARD	Serve err	South Carolina St.
32	17-15	HOWARD	SC ST×4	Kill	Jade Robinson	set Macey McCoy
33	18-15	SC ST	SC ST×4	Attack err	Alexys James
34	19-15	SC ST	SC ST×4	Attack err	Addison Buckner
35	20-15	SC ST	SC ST×4	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Jade Robinson, Macey McCoy
36	20-16	SC ST	HOWARD×4	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
37	20-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson
38	20-18	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Ki'ra Wright
39	20-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Kennedi Wright	set Gabby Allen
40	21-19	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Amani Hawkins	set Arianna James
41	22-19	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Kaitlynn Robinson
42	22-20	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
43	23-20	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
44	23-21	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
45	24-21	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Arianna James
46	24-22	SC ST	HOWARD	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
47	25-22	HOWARD	SC ST	Serve err	Howard
Set 4
1	0-1	SC ST	HOWARD×7	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
2	0-2	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
3	0-3	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones
4	0-4	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Alexys James, Kaitlynn Robinson
5	0-5	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Attack err	Jade Robinson
6	0-6	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Alexys James, Kaitlynn Robinson
7	0-7	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Sydnei Jones	set Gabby Allen
8	1-7	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
9	1-8	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
10	2-8	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James
11	3-8	SC ST	SC ST	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Gabby Allen
12	3-9	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
13	4-9	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Macey McCoy
14	4-10	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Ki'ra Wright
15	4-11	HOWARD	HOWARD	Attack err	De'Oni McPhearson
16	5-11	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Macey McCoy
17	6-11	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe
18	6-12	SC ST	HOWARD×4	Serve err	South Carolina St.
19	6-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Macey McCoy
20	6-14	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Kaitlynn Robinson	set Alexys James
21	6-15	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Briana Pagan
22	7-15	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Amani Hawkins	set Jade Robinson
23	7-16	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James
24	8-16	HOWARD	SC ST	Attack err	Addison Buckner
25	9-16	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Briana Pagan
26	9-17	SC ST	HOWARD	Attack err	Jade Robinson
27	10-17	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jade Robinson	set Arianna James
28	10-18	SC ST	HOWARD×5	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones
29	10-19	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
30	10-20	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Alexys James, Zenai Jethroe
31	10-21	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
32	10-22	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Kenna Harris
33	11-22	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
34	12-22	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy
35	12-23	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones
36	12-24	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Camryn Shelton
37	13-24	HOWARD	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy
38	13-25	SC ST	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James

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

Howard def. South Carolina St. 3–1

A 7–0 run in the second set broke it open for Howard.