Delaware State def. Norfolk State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 4)

FinalSun, Oct 4, 2026MEAC Network

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Delaware St. 71.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 4, 11:06 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Delaware St. beat visiting Norfolk St. 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-18) on Sun, Oct 4, 2026. Emma Patmon led Delaware St. with 13 kills; Norfolk St.'s Gabrielle Gilbert had a match-high 17.

Data through Nov 4, 3:55 PM CT · final Oct 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NORFLK	20	19	18	0
DEL ST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Delaware St. swept Norfolk St., and no set was closer than 5 points.

No single rally moved win probability more than 4.0 points. Norfolk St. peaked at 38% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Delaware St. went in as RallyIQ's 71% pick.

Norfolk St.Delaware St.

Break %+15.7 pts
32.247.9
On serve: 35/73 against 19/59 (Norfolk St. sideout 52.1%).
Hitting+.173
.075.248
42 kills, 16 errors vs 27 kills, 19 errors.
Longest run+2
57
Delaware St. scored 7 straight in the third set to go from 7–7 to a 14–7 lead. The set finished 25–18.

Delaware St. above 50Norfolk St. belowMax swing 4.0%

Norfolk St.Delaware St.

Aces: Norfolk St. 4·Delaware St. 6
Serve err: Norfolk St. 5·Delaware St. 5
Blocks: Norfolk St. 6·Delaware St. 64 BS · 4 BA vs 6 BS · 0 BA
Digs: Norfolk St. 37·Delaware St. 51

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Delaware St. above 50 · Norfolk St. below

Biggest swing: 4.0% to Delaware St. — set 1, NORFLK 19-21 DEL ST. Attack error by Ava Berry. DEL ST win probability 73% → 77%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NORFLK 28.5%71.5% DEL ST

Norfolk St. wins

3-0

5.3%

3-1

9.9%

3-2

13.3%

Delaware St. wins

3-0

24.3%

3-1

27.4%

3-2

19.7%

NORFLK break %: 43.6% vs this opp
DEL ST break %: 48.0% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Ava BerryAttack error+4.0%
Attack error by Ava Berry
Set 1 · NORFLK 19-21 DEL ST · DEL ST 73% → 77%
02
Norfolk St.Ace+3.7%
Norfolk St. ace
Set 1 · NORFLK 18-18 DEL ST · NORFLK 27% → 31%
03
Duura KpeaKill+3.6%
Kill by Duura Kpea (set by Ailena Mykins)
Set 1 · NORFLK 19-20 DEL ST · DEL ST 69% → 73%
04
Gabrielle GilbertKill+3.4%
Kill by Gabrielle Gilbert (set by Gabrielle Gilbert)
Set 1 · NORFLK 19-19 DEL ST · NORFLK 27% → 31%
05
Hannah SandersKill+3.3%
Kill by Hannah Sanders (set by Ailena Mykins)
Set 1 · NORFLK 18-19 DEL ST · DEL ST 69% → 73%
06
Catori CrawfordAttack error+3.2%
Attack error by Catori Crawford
Set 1 · NORFLK 19-22 DEL ST · DEL ST 77% → 80%
07
Amanda Santos JuliaoAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Amanda Santos Juliao
Set 1 · NORFLK 17-18 DEL ST · NORFLK 24% → 27%
08
Amanda Santos JuliaoKill+3.0%
Kill by Amanda Santos Juliao (set by Courtney Nix)
Set 1 · NORFLK 20-23 DEL ST · DEL ST 78% → 81%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Norfolk St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Gabrielle GilbertOH	3	17	5	39	.308	0	0	1	8	3	1	0	1	18
13Reagan ChisholmMB	3	0	0	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
22Ava BerryMB	3	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
2Jasmine MatairaS	3	1	0	8	.125	17	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
4Kyleigh MooreOH	2	4	3	17	.059	1	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	7
7Isis CastilleOH	2	1	3	7	-.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12Catori CrawfordOPP	3	1	4	10	-.300	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
3Jazeli VandenburghL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	1
8Aliyah TorresL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
18Kaden SandersOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Kailia PhillipsOH	1	2	1	5	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
24Jala DixonMB	1	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		27	19	106	.075	21	4	5	37	6	4	4	6	57

Delaware St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
22Emma PatmonOH	3	13	7	27	.222	0	0	0	6	1	1	1	14
8Aaliyah MitchellOH	3	9	2	17	.412	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	10
2Amanda Santos JuliaoOH	3	6	2	25	.160	0	2	1	12	0	1	1	9
25Duura KpeaMB	3	4	1	5	.600	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7
4Hannah SandersMB	3	4	1	7	.429	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	5
9Paige AhakueloS	3	0	0	8	.000	17	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
14Jalia DublinOH	3	5	2	9	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
6Courtney NixL/DS	3	0	1	2	-.500	3	3	1	14	0	0	0	3
15Ailena MykinsS	3	1	0	3	.333	15	0	0	5	0	0	0	1
1Maria Fernanda Cisneros SalasOH	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	16	105	.248	36	6	5	51	4	6	6	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.

Norfolk St. vs Delaware St.

Season series · Delaware St. leads 2-0

Sun, Oct 4, 2026Norfolk St. at Delaware St. · Delaware St. won 3-0This match
Sun, Nov 1, 2026Delaware St. at Norfolk St. · Delaware St. won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 NORFLK · DEL ST 7

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 5 NORFLKDEL ST 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 NORFLKDEL ST 5

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 2 NORFLKDEL ST 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Norfolk St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	30%3/10
2	47%7/15	47%7/15
3	67%6/9	22%2/9
4	60%6/10	33%3/9
5	60%6/10	33%3/9
6	50%5/10	14%1/7
All	52%38/73	32%19/59

Delaware St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%8/8	50%6/12
2	44%7/16	68%15/22
3	100%7/7	13%1/8
4	60%6/10	33%3/9
5	75%6/8	40%4/10
6	60%6/10	50%6/12
All	68%40/59	48%35/73

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 (3 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

132 rallies

#	NORFLK-DEL ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.6
2	1-1	DEL ST	NORFLK×5	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.7
3	2-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+2.1
4	3-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+2.2
5	4-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.2
6	5-1	NORFLK	NORFLK×5	Bad set	Paige Ahakuelo		+2.2
7	5-2	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.7
8	6-2	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.0
9	6-3	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+1.7
10	6-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+2.1
11	6-5	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+2.2
12	7-5	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.1
13	8-5	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	Norfolk St.		+2.5
14	8-6	NORFLK	DEL ST×4	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Ailena Mykins	+1.9
15	8-7	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+2.3
16	8-8	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+2.4
17	8-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+2.3
18	9-9	DEL ST	NORFLK	Blocked	Duura Kpea	blk Gabrielle Gilbert	+2.1
19	9-10	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Ailena Mykins	+2.1
20	9-11	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Ava Berry	blk Duura Kpea	+2.3
21	9-12	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.1
22	10-12	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.7
23	10-13	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.9
24	11-13	DEL ST	NORFLK	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+1.8
25	11-14	NORFLK	DEL ST	Blocked	Isis Castille	blk Duura Kpea	+1.9
26	12-14	DEL ST	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.8
27	13-14	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Emma Patmon	+2.5
28	14-14	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+2.9
29	14-15	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.6
30	14-16	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+2.8
31	15-16	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Kyleigh Moore	+2.4
32	15-17	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+2.6
33	15-18	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+2.6
34	16-18	DEL ST	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore		+2.0
35	17-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Amanda Santos Juliao		+3.0
36	18-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Norfolk St.		+3.7
37	18-19	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+3.3
38	19-19	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Gabrielle Gilbert	+3.4
39	19-20	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Ailena Mykins	+3.6
40	19-21	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Ava Berry		+4.0
41	19-22	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+3.2
42	20-22	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+2.1
43	20-23	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Courtney Nix	+3.0
44	20-24	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Kyleigh Moore	+2.0
45	20-25	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Isis Castille		+0.7
Set 2
1	0-1	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Isis Castille		+1.5
2	1-1	DEL ST	NORFLK	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.4
3	1-2	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.4
4	1-3	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Amanda Santos Juliao	+1.5
5	1-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.4
6	2-4	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.2
7	3-4	NORFLK	NORFLK	Blocked	Emma Patmon	blk Catori Crawford	+1.6
8	3-5	NORFLK	DEL ST	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+1.4
9	4-5	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.4
10	4-6	NORFLK	DEL ST	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+1.4
11	5-6	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.4
12	6-6	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	Norfolk St.		+1.8
13	6-7	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+1.6
14	7-7	DEL ST	NORFLK	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+1.6
15	7-8	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Hannah Sanders	+1.6
16	7-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Amanda Santos Juliao	+1.8
17	7-10	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Bad set	Catori Crawford		+1.6
18	8-10	DEL ST	NORFLK×4	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.4
19	9-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.8
20	10-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Bad set	Ailena Mykins		+2.0
21	11-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+2.2
22	11-11	NORFLK	DEL ST	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+1.9
23	12-11	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+2.0
24	12-12	NORFLK	DEL ST×5	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.9
25	12-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+2.2
26	12-14	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+2.1
27	12-15	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.9
28	12-16	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.6
29	13-16	DEL ST	NORFLK	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.2
30	14-16	NORFLK	NORFLK	Blocked	Emma Patmon	blk Catori Crawford, Reagan Chisholm	+1.8
31	14-17	NORFLK	DEL ST	Attack err	Catori Crawford		+1.8
32	15-17	DEL ST	NORFLK	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.6
33	15-18	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.9
34	16-18	DEL ST	NORFLK	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+1.7
35	16-19	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+2.0
36	17-19	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.7
37	17-20	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Ailena Mykins	+2.1
38	18-20	DEL ST	NORFLK	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.7
39	18-21	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Ailena Mykins	+2.2
40	18-22	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	+1.8
41	18-23	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Catori Crawford	blk Duura Kpea	+1.1
42	19-23	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.4
43	19-24	NORFLK	DEL ST	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+0.8
44	19-25	DEL ST	DEL ST	Bad set	Jasmine Mataira		+0.2
Set 3
1	0-1	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.7
2	1-1	DEL ST	NORFLK	Bad set	Hannah Sanders		+0.8
3	1-2	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.8
4	2-2	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Jala Dixon	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.8
5	2-3	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+0.8
6	3-3	DEL ST	NORFLK	Blocked	Amanda Santos Juliao	blk Reagan Chisholm	+0.8
7	3-4	NORFLK	DEL ST	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+0.8
8	3-5	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.		+0.9
9	4-5	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.8
10	5-5	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Aliyah Torres	+1.0
11	5-6	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Ailena Mykins	+0.8
12	6-6	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.9
13	6-7	NORFLK	DEL ST	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.9
14	7-7	DEL ST	NORFLK	Bad set	Aaliyah Mitchell		+0.9
15	7-8	NORFLK	DEL ST×7	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.9
16	7-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×7	Kill	Emma Patmon		+1.0
17	7-10	DEL ST	DEL ST×7	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Hannah Sanders	+0.9
18	7-11	DEL ST	DEL ST×7	Ace	Delaware St.		+0.8
19	7-12	DEL ST	DEL ST×7	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Hannah Sanders	+0.7
20	7-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×7	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.5
21	7-14	DEL ST	DEL ST×7	Bad set	Jasmine Mataira		+0.4
22	8-14	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Kailia Phillips	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.3
23	9-14	NORFLK	NORFLK	Bad set	Paige Ahakuelo		+0.4
24	9-15	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.5
25	10-15	DEL ST	NORFLK	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+0.4
26	10-16	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Ailena Mykins	set Courtney Nix	+0.5
27	11-16	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Kailia Phillips	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.4
28	11-17	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+0.5
29	12-17	DEL ST	NORFLK	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.4
30	13-17	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Courtney Nix		+0.6
31	13-18	NORFLK	DEL ST	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+0.6
32	14-18	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.5
33	15-18	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.8
34	15-19	NORFLK	DEL ST	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+0.8
35	15-20	DEL ST	DEL ST	Blocked	Jala Dixon	blk Emma Patmon	+0.7
36	16-20	DEL ST	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.4
37	16-21	NORFLK	DEL ST×3	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.6
38	16-22	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Kailia Phillips	blk Aaliyah Mitchell	+0.4
39	16-23	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+0.2
40	17-23	DEL ST	NORFLK	Blocked	Hannah Sanders	blk Ava Berry	+0.1
41	17-24	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.1
42	18-24	DEL ST	NORFLK	Blocked	Emma Patmon	blk Ava Berry, Reagan Chisholm	·
43	18-25	NORFLK	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Norfolk St. 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).

Delaware St. def. Norfolk St. 3–0

Delaware St. swept Norfolk St., and no set was closer than 5 points.