South Alabama vs Troy Volleyball: South Alabama Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsThu, Oct 22, 2026ESPN+

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Troy 64.7% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 22, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

South Alabama won at Troy 3-1 (26-24, 25-17, 13-25, 25-19) on Thu, Oct 22, 2026. Sarah Gooch and Eva Dittmar led South Alabama with 9 kills each; Troy's Kalina Calvillo had a match-high 10.

Data through Nov 3, 10:15 PM CT · final Oct 22

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
S ALA	26	25	13	25	3
TROY	24	17	25	19	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Elyse Heffner served 4 aces, and South Alabama needed every one.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are South Alabama's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Pre-match, Troy was RallyIQ's 65% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · South Alabama 21–17 Troy
6 straight Troy points turned a 17–21 deficit into a 23–21 lead. The match swung to Troy.
South Alabama 53% → 26%
Turning point 2: Set 1 · South Alabama 23–23 Troy
South Alabama closed it, 3 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 26–24 and lead 1–0. The match swung to South Alabama.
South Alabama 36% → 56%
Turning point 3: Set 4 · South Alabama 12–13 Troy
South Alabama scored 4 straight to turn a 12–13 deficit into a 16–13 lead.
South Alabama 64% → 85%

Troy above 50South Alabama belowMax swing 10.5%

South AlabamaTroy

Sideout %: South Alabama 54.7·Troy 52.3
Break %: South Alabama 47.7·Troy 45.3
Hitting: South Alabama .145·Troy .046
Longest run: South Alabama 5·Troy 6

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Troy above 50 · South Alabama below

Biggest swing: 10.5% to South Alabama — set 1, S ALA 26-24 TROY. Ace by Elyse Heffner. TROY win probability 54% → 44%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

S ALA 39.6%60.4% TROY

South Alabama wins

3-0

8.6%

3-1

14.4%

3-2

16.6%

Troy wins

3-0

17.4%

3-1

23.1%

3-2

19.9%

S ALA break %: 40.6% vs this opp
TROY break %: 42.6% 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
Elyse HeffnerAce+10.5%
Ace by Elyse Heffner
Set 1 · S ALA 26-24 TROY · S ALA 46% → 56%
02
Dalayla BlackwellBlock+9.8%
Ashlynn Axtell stuffed by Dalayla Blackwell
Set 1 · S ALA 25-24 TROY · S ALA 36% → 46%
03
Sarah Gooch&Dalayla BlackwellBlock+7.1%
Kalina Calvillo stuffed by Sarah Gooch & Dalayla Blackwell
Set 1 · S ALA 23-23 TROY · S ALA 29% → 36%
04
Olivia KwiatkowskiKill+6.7%
Kill by Olivia Kwiatkowski (set by Madison Marx)
Set 1 · S ALA 23-24 TROY · TROY 64% → 71%
05
Dalayla BlackwellKill+6.7%
Kill by Dalayla Blackwell (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · S ALA 24-24 TROY · S ALA 29% → 36%
06
Ashlynn AxtellKill+6.3%
Kill by Ashlynn Axtell (set by Madison Marx)
Set 1 · S ALA 21-22 TROY · TROY 62% → 68%
07
Anabelle CernyBlock+5.8%
Isa Ruether stuffed by Anabelle Cerny
Set 4 · S ALA 15-13 TROY · S ALA 73% → 79%
08
Alivia FreemanAttack error+5.8%
Attack error by Alivia Freeman
Set 1 · S ALA 21-23 TROY · TROY 68% → 74%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Alabamaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	4	7	0	24	.292	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	6.5	13.5
6Elyse HeffnerMB	4	7	2	18	.278	0	4	3	2	0	0	5	2.5	13.5
0Sarah GoochOH	4	9	4	33	.152	1	2	1	8	1	0	2	1	12
2Anabelle CernyS	4	1	2	8	-.125	31	0	3	15	0	1	5	3.5	4.5
16Alivia FreemanMB	3	4	5	14	-.071	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	4	5	2	0	0	0	0
4Eva DittmarOH	4	9	4	29	.172	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
3Addison HurstL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	18	2	0	0	0	0
20Preslee ThompsonDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0
1Marissa TaixL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
22Alexa StrandbergMB	2	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
23Megan SmithOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15Halle NorvellS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	19	131	.145	36	7	16	62	10	4	26	17	89

Troyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Kalina CalvilloOH	4	10	10	44	.000	0	3	3	3	0	0	2	1	14
9Ashlynn AxtellMB	4	8	4	24	.167	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	4.5	12.5
6Olivia KwiatkowskiOH	4	6	5	23	.043	0	2	0	16	0	0	2	1	9
2Isa RuetherOH	4	5	9	23	-.174	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
20Brooke ForkumOH	4	3	4	19	-.053	0	1	2	6	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
33Madison MarxS	4	0	0	1	.000	20	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	0
14Sophie OcampoOH	4	8	1	16	.438	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3.5	11.5
24Josephine HensleyS	4	0	0	0	–	15	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
1Kenzly FooteL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
11Haley NashL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0
23Kayla BaetzelDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	33	151	.046	38	10	10	66	7	3	20	13	85

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 Alabama vs Troy

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Thu, Oct 22, 2026South Alabama at Troy · South Alabama won 3-1This match
Fri, Oct 23, 2026South Alabama at Troy · Troy won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 S ALA · TROY 6

Set 1

26-24

Longest run 4 S ALATROY 6

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 5 S ALATROY 5

Set 3

13-25

Longest run 2 S ALATROY 4

Set 4

25-19

Longest run 4 S ALATROY 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Alabama

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	36%9/25	36%4/11
2	69%9/13	50%9/18
3	67%8/12	64%14/22
4	57%8/14	33%4/12
5	58%7/12	42%5/12
6	60%6/10	46%6/13
All	55%47/86	48%42/88

Troy

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%9/18	53%8/15
2	50%9/18	55%11/20
3	44%8/18	36%5/14
4	54%7/13	43%6/14
5	64%7/11	30%3/10
6	60%6/10	46%6/13
All	52%46/88	45%39/86

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

174 rallies

#	S ALA-TROY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.6
2	1-1	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.7
3	1-2	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Madison Marx	+1.7
4	2-2	TROY	S ALA×3	Attack err	Isa Ruether		+1.7
5	3-2	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	Elyse Heffner		+2.5
6	4-2	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Isa Ruether	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Anabelle Cerny	+2.6
7	4-3	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Madison Marx	+1.8
8	5-3	TROY	S ALA	Blocked	Isa Ruether	blk Anabelle Cerny, Dalayla Blackwell	+1.9
9	5-4	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.8
10	5-5	TROY	TROY	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	+2.6
11	6-5	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.0
12	6-6	S ALA	TROY×3	Kill	Isa Ruether	set Josephine Hensley	+1.9
13	6-7	TROY	TROY×3	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Sophie Ocampo	+2.7
14	6-8	TROY	TROY×3	Kill	Olivia Kwiatkowski	set Kenzly Foote	+2.6
15	7-8	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.8
16	7-9	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	+1.9
17	7-10	TROY	TROY	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+2.4
18	8-10	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.6
19	8-11	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Madison Marx	+1.8
20	9-11	TROY	S ALA	Attack err	Kalina Calvillo		+1.6
21	10-11	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Kalina Calvillo		+2.7
22	10-12	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Madison Marx	+2.1
23	10-13	TROY	TROY	Ace	Kalina Calvillo		+2.6
24	11-13	TROY	S ALA×4	Serve err	Kalina Calvillo		+1.7
25	12-13	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Isa Ruether		+2.9
26	13-13	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.3
27	14-13	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Sarah Gooch		+3.6
28	14-14	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.5
29	15-14	TROY	S ALA	Attack err	Brooke Forkum		+2.7
30	16-14	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.9
31	16-15	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	+2.5
32	17-15	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Troy		+2.9
33	17-16	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.6
34	18-16	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.1
35	19-16	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Kalina Calvillo	blk Elyse Heffner, Alivia Freeman	+4.0
36	19-17	S ALA	TROY	Blocked	Elyse Heffner	blk Sophie Ocampo, Kalina Calvillo	+2.2
37	20-17	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Troy		+3.0
38	21-17	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.3
39	21-18	S ALA	TROY×6	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.5
40	21-19	TROY	TROY×6	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+3.1
41	21-20	TROY	TROY×6	Kill	Kalina Calvillo		+4.4
42	21-21	TROY	TROY×6	Attack err	Alivia Freeman		+5.6
43	21-22	TROY	TROY×6	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Madison Marx	+6.3
44	21-23	TROY	TROY×6	Attack err	Alivia Freeman		+5.8
45	22-23	TROY	S ALA	Attack err	Brooke Forkum		+3.0
46	23-23	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Kalina Calvillo	blk Sarah Gooch, Dalayla Blackwell	+7.1
47	23-24	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Olivia Kwiatkowski	set Madison Marx	+6.7
48	24-24	TROY	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+6.7
49	25-24	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Ashlynn Axtell	blk Dalayla Blackwell	+9.8
50	26-24	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	Elyse Heffner		+10.5
Set 2
1	1-0	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Troy		+2.1
2	2-0	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.0
3	2-1	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Olivia Kwiatkowski	set Madison Marx	+2.0
4	3-1	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Anabelle Cerny		+2.2
5	3-2	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Isa Ruether	set Madison Marx	+2.0
6	4-2	TROY	S ALA	Attack err	Kalina Calvillo		+2.2
7	4-3	S ALA	TROY	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Brooke Forkum, Ashlynn Axtell	+2.1
8	5-3	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.3
9	6-3	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Kalina Calvillo	blk Elyse Heffner, Alivia Freeman	+3.1
10	6-4	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.0
11	7-4	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Troy		+2.3
12	7-5	S ALA	TROY	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Sophie Ocampo, Kalina Calvillo	+2.1
13	8-5	TROY	S ALA×3	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.4
14	9-5	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Isa Ruether		+3.1
15	10-5	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Isa Ruether		+2.9
16	10-6	S ALA	TROY×3	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	+1.7
17	10-7	TROY	TROY×3	Kill	Olivia Kwiatkowski	set Haley Nash	+2.7
18	10-8	TROY	TROY×3	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.1
19	11-8	TROY	S ALA×4	Serve err	Troy		+2.6
20	12-8	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	Elyse Heffner		+3.3
21	13-8	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Olivia Kwiatkowski		+2.9
22	14-8	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Olivia Kwiatkowski	blk Sarah Gooch, Dalayla Blackwell	+2.5
23	14-9	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.3
24	14-10	TROY	TROY	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Madison Marx	+2.3
25	15-10	TROY	S ALA×4	Blocked	Ashlynn Axtell	blk Dalayla Blackwell	+2.2
26	16-10	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Ashlynn Axtell	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Anabelle Cerny	+2.4
27	17-10	S ALA	S ALA×4	Bad set	Isa Ruether		+1.8
28	18-10	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Isa Ruether	blk Eva Dittmar, Dalayla Blackwell	+1.2
29	18-11	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Isa Ruether	set Madison Marx	+0.5
30	18-12	TROY	TROY	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Madison Marx	+1.0
31	19-12	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Troy		+1.1
32	20-12	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
33	20-13	S ALA	TROY×5	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Madison Marx	+0.3
34	20-14	TROY	TROY×5	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Josephine Hensley	+0.7
35	20-15	TROY	TROY×5	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Sophie Ocampo, Brooke Forkum	+1.1
36	20-16	TROY	TROY×5	Ace	Josephine Hensley	aced Preslee Thompson	+1.8
37	20-17	TROY	TROY×5	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Sophie Ocampo, Brooke Forkum	+2.6
38	21-17	TROY	S ALA×5	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.8
39	22-17	S ALA	S ALA×5	Blocked	Kalina Calvillo	blk Alivia Freeman, Elyse Heffner	+2.6
40	23-17	S ALA	S ALA×5	Attack err	Kalina Calvillo		+1.3
41	24-17	S ALA	S ALA×5	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
42	25-17	S ALA	S ALA×5	Attack err	Sophie Ocampo		+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Sarah Gooch	+2.2
2	1-1	S ALA	TROY×4	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.5
3	1-2	TROY	TROY×4	Blocked	Alivia Freeman	blk Ashlynn Axtell	+2.1
4	1-3	TROY	TROY×4	Blocked	Alivia Freeman	blk Isa Ruether	+2.1
5	1-4	TROY	TROY×4	Ace	Olivia Kwiatkowski	aced Addison Hurst	+1.9
6	2-4	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.3
7	2-5	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Brooke Forkum	set Madison Marx	+1.4
8	3-5	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Troy		+1.3
9	3-6	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Brooke Forkum	set Haley Nash	+1.4
10	3-7	TROY	TROY	Kill	Brooke Forkum	set Josephine Hensley	+1.8
11	4-7	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
12	4-8	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Josephine Hensley	+1.3
13	4-9	TROY	TROY	Ace	Brooke Forkum		+1.6
14	5-9	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
15	5-10	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Josephine Hensley	+1.1
16	6-10	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Troy		+1.0
17	7-10	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar		+1.7
18	7-11	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.4
19	8-11	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
20	8-12	S ALA	TROY×3	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.4
21	8-13	TROY	TROY×3	Kill	Isa Ruether	set Madison Marx	+1.6
22	8-14	TROY	TROY×3	Ace	Olivia Kwiatkowski		+1.2
23	9-14	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.7
24	9-15	S ALA	TROY×3	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Isa Ruether, Ashlynn Axtell	+0.9
25	9-16	TROY	TROY×3	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Madison Marx	+0.9
26	9-17	TROY	TROY×3	Ace	Kenzly Foote	aced Kathryn O'Toole	+0.6
27	10-17	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.2
28	10-18	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Madison Marx	+0.4
29	10-19	TROY	TROY	Ace	Josephine Hensley	aced Kathryn O'Toole	+0.3
30	11-19	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+0.1
31	11-20	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	+0.2
32	12-20	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+0.1
33	12-21	S ALA	TROY×3	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.1
34	12-22	TROY	TROY×3	Ace	Kalina Calvillo	aced Sarah Gooch	+0.1
35	12-23	TROY	TROY×3	Blocked	Alexa Strandberg	blk Sophie Ocampo, Olivia Kwiatkowski	·
36	13-23	TROY	S ALA	Serve err	Kalina Calvillo		·
37	13-24	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	·
38	13-25	TROY	TROY	Attack err	Alivia Freeman		·
Set 4
1	0-1	TROY	TROY×4	Blocked	Alexa Strandberg	blk Ashlynn Axtell	+3.6
2	0-2	TROY	TROY×4	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Madison Marx	+3.5
3	0-3	TROY	TROY×4	Kill	Olivia Kwiatkowski	set Madison Marx	+3.3
4	0-4	TROY	TROY×4	Blocked	Elyse Heffner	blk Ashlynn Axtell, Olivia Kwiatkowski	+3.0
5	1-4	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.0
6	1-5	S ALA	TROY	Blocked	Anabelle Cerny	blk Isa Ruether, Ashlynn Axtell	+2.1
7	2-5	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.0
8	3-5	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	Sarah Gooch	aced Haley Nash	+3.2
9	3-6	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Isa Ruether	set Madison Marx	+2.5
10	3-7	TROY	TROY	Ace	Kenzly Foote	aced Preslee Thompson	+3.1
11	4-7	TROY	S ALA×3	Attack err	Kalina Calvillo		+2.0
12	5-7	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Kalina Calvillo	blk Anabelle Cerny, Dalayla Blackwell	+3.3
13	6-7	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Brooke Forkum		+3.8
14	6-8	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.9
15	7-8	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.8
16	7-9	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+3.0
17	8-9	TROY	S ALA×4	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.9
18	9-9	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Olivia Kwiatkowski		+4.5
19	10-9	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.9
20	11-9	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Olivia Kwiatkowski	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Elyse Heffner	+5.0
21	11-10	S ALA	TROY×3	Kill	Kalina Calvillo	set Josephine Hensley	+3.3
22	11-11	TROY	TROY×3	Ace	Kalina Calvillo	aced Addison Hurst	+4.9
23	11-12	TROY	TROY×3	Attack err	Anabelle Cerny		+5.0
24	12-12	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.6
25	12-13	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+3.7
26	13-13	TROY	S ALA×4	Serve err	Troy		+3.8
27	14-13	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Ashlynn Axtell	blk Alexa Strandberg	+5.7
28	15-13	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Isa Ruether	blk Anabelle Cerny	+5.8
29	16-13	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	Elyse Heffner		+5.6
30	16-14	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+3.4
31	17-14	TROY	S ALA×4	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.2
32	18-14	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	Sarah Gooch	aced Haley Nash	+5.1
33	19-14	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.0
34	20-14	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Brooke Forkum	blk Alexa Strandberg, Anabelle Cerny	+2.7
35	20-15	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Ashlynn Axtell	set Madison Marx	+1.1
36	21-15	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+1.8
37	21-16	S ALA	TROY	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.9
38	22-16	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.6
39	22-17	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	+0.7
40	22-18	TROY	TROY	Kill	Olivia Kwiatkowski	set Josephine Hensley	+1.7
41	23-18	TROY	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.2
42	24-18	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	Marissa Taix		+1.2
43	24-19	S ALA	TROY	Kill	Sophie Ocampo	set Josephine Hensley	+0.2
44	25-19	TROY	S ALA	Blocked	Olivia Kwiatkowski	blk Elyse Heffner, Dalayla Blackwell	+0.4

Score shown after each rally, South Alabama 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).

South Alabama def. Troy 3–1

Elyse Heffner served 4 aces, and South Alabama needed every one.