Howard vs Norfolk State Volleyball: Howard Wins 3-1 (Oct 15)

Final · 4 setsThu, Oct 15, 2026MEAC Network

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Howard 57.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 15, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Howard won at Norfolk St. 3-1 (25-17, 19-25, 25-21, 25-14) on Thu, Oct 15, 2026. Zenai Jethroe led Howard with 15 kills; Norfolk St.'s Gabrielle Gilbert had a match-high 18.

Data through Nov 10, 6:30 PM CT · final Oct 15

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
HOWARD	25	19	25	25	3
NORFLK	17	25	21	14	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

4 aces from Alexys James, and Howard needed each of them.

The match turned twice. Numbers are Howard's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Howard at 57%.

Turning point 1: Set 3 · Howard 9–13 Norfolk St.
6 straight Howard points turned a 9–13 deficit into a 15–13 lead. The match swung to Howard.
Howard 40% → 64%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · Howard 0–2 Norfolk St.
Howard scored 7 straight to turn a 0–2 deficit into a 7–2 lead.
Howard 73% → 92%

Norfolk St. above 50Howard belowMax swing 4.6%

HowardNorfolk St.

Sideout %: Howard 55.1·Norfolk St. 45.2
Break %: Howard 54.8·Norfolk St. 44.9
Hitting: Howard .318·Norfolk St. .153
Longest run: Howard 7·Norfolk St. 5

Addison Buckner
3 of her kills came in the stretches above. 14 K, .205, 16.5 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Norfolk St. above 50 · Howard below

Biggest swing: 4.6% to Howard — set 3, HOWARD 14-13 NORFLK. Briana Ellis stuffed by Zenai Jethroe. NORFLK win probability 46% → 41%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOWARD 57.2%42.8% NORFLK

Howard wins

3-0

15.8%

3-1

21.8%

3-2

19.7%

Norfolk St. wins

3-0

9.7%

3-1

15.7%

3-2

17.3%

HOWARD break %: 45.1% vs this opp
NORFLK break %: 43.7% 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
Zenai JethroeBlock+4.6%
Briana Ellis stuffed by Zenai Jethroe
Set 3 · HOWARD 14-13 NORFLK · HOWARD 54% → 59%
02
Addison BucknerKill+4.5%
Kill by Addison Buckner (set by Sydnei Jones)
Set 3 · HOWARD 23-20 NORFLK · HOWARD 69% → 74%
03
Corinne HowardKill+4.5%
Kill by Corinne Howard (set by Alexys James)
Set 3 · HOWARD 15-13 NORFLK · HOWARD 59% → 64%
04
Alexys JamesAce+4.4%
Ace by Alexys James on Gabrielle Gilbert
Set 3 · HOWARD 13-13 NORFLK · HOWARD 50% → 54%
05
Alexys JamesKill+4.3%
Kill by Alexys James (set by Sydnei Jones)
Set 3 · HOWARD 22-19 NORFLK · HOWARD 68% → 72%
06
Addison BucknerAce+4.3%
Ace by Addison Buckner on Gabrielle Gilbert
Set 3 · HOWARD 17-14 NORFLK · HOWARD 64% → 68%
07
Alexys JamesAce+4.1%
Ace by Alexys James on Jazeli Vandenburgh
Set 3 · HOWARD 12-13 NORFLK · HOWARD 46% → 50%
08
Gabrielle GilbertKill+3.9%
Kill by Gabrielle Gilbert (set by Jasmine Mataira)
Set 3 · HOWARD 21-19 NORFLK · NORFLK 28% → 32%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Howardaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Zenai JethroeMB	4	15	2	21	.619	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	5.5	20.5
21Addison BucknerOH	4	14	5	44	.205	0	2	1	12	3	0	1	0.5	16.5
5Alexys JamesS	4	8	4	23	.174	23	4	1	9	0	0	0	0	12
6Sydnei JonesS	4	0	0	1	.000	27	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
17Tiana StubbsMB	3	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
20Gabby AllenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
22Corinne HowardOH	4	8	2	16	.375	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	10
13Dayion JohnsonOH	4	8	1	20	.350	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	9
12Camryn SheltonL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	5	2	2	26	6	0	0	0	2
2Estrella VazquezS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
11Lauryn WileyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
0Haarachi UmenwaliriMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
19Briana PaganOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		57	15	132	.318	55	9	8	70	13	5	10	10	94

Norfolk St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Gabrielle GilbertOH	4	18	5	42	.310	1	6	1	8	4	1	0	1	25
4Kyleigh MooreOH	4	7	4	31	.097	1	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	8
22Ava BerryMB	4	3	1	10	.200	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	6
2Jasmine MatairaS	4	4	0	9	.444	30	2	1	12	0	0	0	0	6
13Reagan ChisholmMB	4	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
7Isis CastilleOH	2	0	3	5	-.600	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Catori CrawfordOPP	4	2	2	8	.000	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	3
3Jazeli VandenburghL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	3	2	12	3	0	0	0	3
8Aliyah TorresL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
10Briana EllisMB	3	1	2	10	-.100	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2
18Kaden SandersOH	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
19Kailia PhillipsOH	1	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
24Jala DixonMB	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	20	137	.153	38	13	6	55	9	4	4	6	77

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.

Howard vs Norfolk St.

Season series · Howard leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 15, 2026Howard at Norfolk St. · Howard won 3-1This match
Fri, Nov 13, 2026Norfolk St. at HowardPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 HOWARD · NORFLK 5

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 HOWARDNORFLK 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 5 HOWARDNORFLK 5

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 6 HOWARDNORFLK 3

Set 4

25-14

Longest run 7 HOWARDNORFLK 5

Bars above the line = Norfolk St. 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	50%9/18	36%4/11
2	60%9/15	69%20/29
3	50%7/14	63%12/19
4	70%7/10	56%9/16
5	67%6/9	45%5/11
6	42%5/12	14%1/7
All	55%43/78	55%51/93

Norfolk St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	22%2/9
2	24%8/33	57%12/21
3	64%7/11	47%7/15
4	33%6/18	46%6/13
5	86%6/7	14%1/7
6	67%6/9	54%7/13
All	45%42/93	45%35/78

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 (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

171 rallies

#	HOWARD-NORFLK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NORFLK	HOWARD×5	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+1.9
2	2-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Isis Castille		+2.3
3	3-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Attack err	Reagan Chisholm		+2.2
4	4-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Blocked	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Zenai Jethroe	+2.0
5	5-0	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.8
6	5-1	HOWARD	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.3
7	5-2	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Jazeli Vandenburgh	aced Gabby Allen	+1.9
8	5-3	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Jazeli Vandenburgh	aced Gabby Allen	+2.1
9	6-3	NORFLK	HOWARD×4	Serve err	Jazeli Vandenburgh		+1.9
10	7-3	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Zenai Jethroe		+2.1
11	8-3	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+1.9
12	9-3	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+1.6
13	9-4	HOWARD	NORFLK×4	Attack err	Corinne Howard		+1.1
14	9-5	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Attack err	Corinne Howard		+1.7
15	9-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Blocked	Zenai Jethroe	blk Ava Berry	+2.0
16	9-7	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Ace	Catori Crawford	aced Addison Buckner	+2.3
17	10-7	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+2.0
18	10-8	HOWARD	NORFLK×3	Serve err	Addison Buckner		+1.9
19	10-9	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.7
20	10-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Kyleigh Moore	aced Camryn Shelton	+2.9
21	11-10	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+2.4
22	11-11	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Jasmine Mataira		+2.5
23	12-11	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+2.5
24	13-11	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Sydnei Jones	+3.1
25	13-12	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.4
26	13-13	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.3
27	14-13	NORFLK	HOWARD×4	Blocked	Isis Castille	blk Dayion Johnson, Tiana Stubbs	+2.7
28	15-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+3.3
29	16-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Sydnei Jones	+3.1
30	17-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+2.6
31	17-14	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.7
32	18-14	NORFLK	HOWARD	Attack err	Reagan Chisholm		+2.1
33	18-15	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.7
34	19-15	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+2.2
35	19-16	HOWARD	NORFLK	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Ava Berry	+1.7
36	20-16	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+2.2
37	20-17	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.6
38	21-17	NORFLK	HOWARD×5	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+2.3
39	22-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Ace	Estrella Vazquez	aced Kyleigh Moore	+1.8
40	23-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Blocked	Ava Berry	blk Dayion Johnson, Tiana Stubbs	+1.0
41	24-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Blocked	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Corinne Howard	+0.3
42	25-17	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Bad set	Jasmine Mataira		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.2
2	1-1	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.7
3	2-1	NORFLK	HOWARD×5	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+1.8
4	3-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Blocked	Briana Ellis	blk Zenai Jethroe	+2.2
5	4-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+2.1
6	5-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.9
7	6-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×5	Ace	Camryn Shelton	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+1.7
8	6-2	HOWARD	NORFLK×3	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.2
9	6-3	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Briana Ellis, Ava Berry	+1.8
10	6-4	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Jazeli Vandenburgh	aced Addison Buckner	+2.0
11	7-4	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+1.8
12	7-5	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Gabrielle Gilbert	+1.7
13	8-5	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+1.8
14	9-5	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Kyleigh Moore	blk Corinne Howard, Zenai Jethroe	+2.0
15	9-6	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Catori Crawford	+1.5
16	10-6	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+1.7
17	10-7	HOWARD	NORFLK	Serve err	Estrella Vazquez		+1.5
18	10-8	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Dayion Johnson		+2.2
19	11-8	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Alexys James	+1.9
20	11-9	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.8
21	11-10	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	Jasmine Mataira	aced Camryn Shelton	+2.6
22	12-10	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Tiana Stubbs	set Sydnei Jones	+2.2
23	12-11	HOWARD	NORFLK×5	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.1
24	12-12	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Attack err	Alexys James		+2.9
25	12-13	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	Gabrielle Gilbert	aced Gabby Allen	+3.1
26	12-14	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	Gabrielle Gilbert	aced Camryn Shelton	+3.2
27	12-15	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	Gabrielle Gilbert	aced Camryn Shelton	+3.0
28	13-15	NORFLK	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.1
29	14-15	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Camryn Shelton	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+3.0
30	15-15	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+3.4
31	15-16	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Briana Ellis	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.9
32	15-17	NORFLK	NORFLK	Blocked	Addison Buckner	blk Ava Berry, Briana Ellis	+3.6
33	16-17	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+2.6
34	16-18	HOWARD	NORFLK×3	Serve err	Alexys James		+3.1
35	16-19	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+3.5
36	16-20	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+3.0
37	17-20	NORFLK	HOWARD	Serve err	Catori Crawford		+1.7
38	17-21	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.4
39	18-21	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+1.6
40	18-22	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.4
41	18-23	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.8
42	19-23	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.6
43	19-24	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Kaden Sanders	+1.2
44	19-25	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+0.4
Set 3
1	1-0	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+2.5
2	1-1	HOWARD	NORFLK	Serve err	Camryn Shelton		+2.5
3	2-1	NORFLK	HOWARD×3	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+2.6
4	3-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Alexys James	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+3.1
5	4-1	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Camryn Shelton	+3.0
6	4-2	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.3
7	4-3	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Addison Buckner		+3.1
8	5-3	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Camryn Shelton	+2.6
9	5-4	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.6
10	5-5	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.4
11	6-5	NORFLK	HOWARD	Serve err	Kyleigh Moore		+2.8
12	6-6	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.8
13	6-7	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.7
14	7-7	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+2.9
15	7-8	HOWARD	NORFLK×3	Blocked	Tiana Stubbs	blk Reagan Chisholm	+3.1
16	7-9	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.8
17	7-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Blocked	Alexys James	blk Gabrielle Gilbert	+3.8
18	8-10	NORFLK	HOWARD	Serve err	Jasmine Mataira		+2.7
19	8-11	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.1
20	9-11	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.8
21	9-12	HOWARD	NORFLK	Serve err	Camryn Shelton		+3.2
22	9-13	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry		+3.7
23	10-13	NORFLK	HOWARD×6	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.5
24	11-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Ace	Alexys James		+3.6
25	12-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Ace	Alexys James	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+4.1
26	13-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Ace	Alexys James	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+4.4
27	14-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Blocked	Briana Ellis	blk Zenai Jethroe	+4.6
28	15-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×6	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+4.5
29	15-14	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.4
30	16-14	NORFLK	HOWARD×3	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+3.8
31	17-14	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Ace	Addison Buckner	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+4.3
32	18-14	HOWARD	HOWARD×3	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+3.6
33	18-15	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Kyleigh Moore	+2.3
34	19-15	NORFLK	HOWARD	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+2.9
35	20-15	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+2.7
36	20-16	HOWARD	NORFLK	Serve err	Estrella Vazquez		+1.4
37	21-16	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+2.1
38	21-17	HOWARD	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.3
39	21-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Jasmine Mataira	aced Addison Buckner	+2.5
40	21-19	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.9
41	22-19	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+4.3
42	22-20	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.0
43	23-20	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+4.5
44	24-20	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Alexys James	set Camryn Shelton	+3.3
45	24-21	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.9
46	25-21	NORFLK	HOWARD	Serve err	Jazeli Vandenburgh		+1.9
Set 4
1	0-1	HOWARD	NORFLK	Serve err	Lauryn Wiley		+2.4
2	0-2	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	Gabrielle Gilbert	aced Lauryn Wiley	+3.0
3	1-2	NORFLK	HOWARD×7	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.3
4	2-2	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Blocked	Isis Castille	blk Addison Buckner, Zenai Jethroe	+3.0
5	3-2	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	+3.1
6	4-2	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Blocked	Kyleigh Moore	blk Zenai Jethroe	+3.0
7	5-2	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+2.9
8	6-2	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+2.6
9	7-2	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+2.3
10	7-3	HOWARD	NORFLK	Attack err	Zenai Jethroe		+1.7
11	8-3	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Sydnei Jones	+1.9
12	9-3	HOWARD	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe		+2.0
13	9-4	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.4
14	9-5	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+2.1
15	10-5	NORFLK	HOWARD×7	Kill	Addison Buckner	set Alexys James	+2.0
16	11-5	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Alexys James	+2.0
17	12-5	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Corinne Howard	set Camryn Shelton	+1.6
18	13-5	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Ace	Addison Buckner	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.2
19	14-5	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Bad set	Jasmine Mataira		+0.9
20	15-5	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Alexys James	+0.6
21	16-5	HOWARD	HOWARD×7	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Camryn Shelton	+0.4
22	16-6	HOWARD	NORFLK	Attack err	Alexys James		+0.2
23	17-6	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.3
24	17-7	HOWARD	NORFLK	Serve err	Estrella Vazquez		+0.1
25	18-7	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Dayion Johnson	set Alexys James	+0.2
26	18-8	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Aliyah Torres	+0.1
27	19-8	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Haarachi Umenwaliri	set Sydnei Jones	+0.2
28	19-9	HOWARD	NORFLK×5	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.1
29	19-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	Gabrielle Gilbert	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.2
30	19-11	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Ace	Gabrielle Gilbert	aced Camryn Shelton	+0.3
31	19-12	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Attack err	Alexys James		+0.5
32	19-13	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Kill	Kailia Phillips	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.8
33	20-13	NORFLK	HOWARD×4	Serve err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.9
34	21-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+0.6
35	22-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+0.3
36	23-13	HOWARD	HOWARD×4	Kill	Alexys James	set Sydnei Jones	+0.1
37	23-14	HOWARD	NORFLK	Kill	Kailia Phillips	set Jasmine Mataira	·
38	24-14	NORFLK	HOWARD	Kill	Zenai Jethroe	set Sydnei Jones	·
39	25-14	HOWARD	HOWARD	Blocked	Kailia Phillips	blk Zenai Jethroe, Corinne Howard	·

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).

Howard def. Norfolk St. 3–1

4 aces from Alexys James, and Howard needed each of them.