Norfolk State def. N.C. Central 3-2 Volleyball (Oct 8)

Final · 5 setsThu, Oct 8, 2026MEAC Network

2:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Norfolk St. 65.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 8, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Norfolk St. beat visiting N.C. Central 3-2 (25-16, 23-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-10) on Thu, Oct 8, 2026. Norfolk St.'s Gabrielle Gilbert led with 25 kills, and Jazeli Vandenburgh added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 8

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
NC CEN	16	25	25	23	10	2
NORFLK	25	23	21	25	15	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Gabrielle Gilbert's 25 kills carried Norfolk St. in five.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Norfolk St.'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Norfolk St. went in as RallyIQ's 65% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 3 · N.C. Central 21–21 Norfolk St.
From 21–21, N.C. Central scored 4 straight to lead 25–21. The match swung to N.C. Central.
Norfolk St. 59% → 34%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · N.C. Central 22–22 Norfolk St.
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Norfolk St., enough to take the set 25–23 and level the match at 2–2. The match swung to Norfolk St.
Norfolk St. 31% → 57%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · N.C. Central 0–0 Norfolk St.
N.C. Central opened the set with 3 straight points for a 3–0 lead. The match swung to N.C. Central.
Norfolk St. 57% → 32%

Norfolk St. above 50N.C. Central belowMax swing 14.3%

N.C. CentralNorfolk St.

Sideout %: N.C. Central 53.7·Norfolk St. 59.0
Break %: N.C. Central 41.0·Norfolk St. 46.3
Hitting: N.C. Central .225·Norfolk St. .286
Longest run: N.C. Central 5·Norfolk St. 7

Kyleigh Moore
3 of her kills came in the stretches above. 15 K, .289, 16.5 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Norfolk St. above 50 · N.C. Central below

Biggest swing: 14.3% to Norfolk St. — set 4, NC CEN 23-24 NORFLK. Kill by Kyleigh Moore (set by Aniah Bass). NORFLK win probability 29% → 43%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NC CEN 37.4%62.6% NORFLK

N.C. Central wins

3-0

7.9%

3-1

13.5%

3-2

16.0%

Norfolk St. wins

3-0

18.6%

3-1

24.0%

3-2

20.0%

NC CEN break %: 44.5% vs this opp
NORFLK break %: 47.0% 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
Kyleigh MooreKill+14.3%
Kill by Kyleigh Moore (set by Aniah Bass)
Set 4 · NC CEN 23-24 NORFLK · NORFLK 29% → 43%
02
Kyleigh MooreKill+14.0%
Kill by Kyleigh Moore (set by Jasmine Mataira)
Set 4 · NC CEN 23-25 NORFLK · NORFLK 43% → 57%
03
Gabrielle GilbertKill+12.9%
Kill by Gabrielle Gilbert (set by Jasmine Mataira)
Set 5 · NC CEN 9-10 NORFLK · NORFLK 54% → 66%
04
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+12.3%
Point Norfolk St. (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 5 · NC CEN 9-11 NORFLK · NORFLK 66% → 79%
05
Gabrielle GilbertKill+12.1%
Kill by Gabrielle Gilbert (set by Jazeli Vandenburgh)
Set 5 · NC CEN 9-9 NORFLK · NORFLK 41% → 54%
06
Talia EmmenBlock+11.7%
Isis Castille stuffed by Talia Emmen
Set 4 · NC CEN 23-22 NORFLK · NC CEN 69% → 80%
07
Isis CastilleKill+10.6%
Kill by Isis Castille (set by Kyleigh Moore)
Set 5 · NC CEN 9-8 NORFLK · NORFLK 31% → 41%
08
Shalyn BellAttack error+10.2%
Attack error by Shalyn Bell
Set 5 · NC CEN 9-12 NORFLK · NORFLK 79% → 89%

Box score

Official NCAA box

N.C. Centralaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Talia EmmenOH	5	22	2	53	.377	1	2	1	12	2	1	0	1	25
12Shalyn BellOH	5	13	12	49	.020	0	5	6	14	1	0	0	0	18
7Aniah BassOH	5	7	3	14	.286	0	1	2	3	0	1	5	3.5	11.5
3Allyson RouseMB	5	5	1	9	.444	0	2	4	1	0	0	5	2.5	9.5
2Morgan WingoMB	5	4	2	13	.154	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
6Breylan FairleyS	5	1	0	2	.500	45	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	1
4Hailey GibbonsDS	5	0	0	2	.000	0	1	2	10	4	0	0	0	1
5Isabella RodriguezDS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Jayla EgertonDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
22Tabitha NewlinOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
10Kayla RileyOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Lusiana DamuniS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	20	142	.225	46	13	17	54	9	2	10	7	99

Norfolk St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Gabrielle GilbertOH	5	25	9	59	.271	1	3	4	6	2	0	2	1	29
4Kyleigh MooreOH	5	15	4	38	.289	1	1	3	13	1	0	1	0.5	16.5
22Ava BerryMB	5	6	1	12	.417	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	8
7Isis CastilleOH	5	6	3	12	.250	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	2	8
2Jasmine MatairaS	5	3	0	6	.500	44	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	5
13Reagan ChisholmMB	5	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
12Catori CrawfordOPP	5	1	0	3	.333	1	2	0	7	2	0	0	0	3
3Jazeli VandenburghL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	3	1	4	14	3	0	0	0	1
8Aliyah TorresL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
18Kaden SandersOH	4	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		58	18	140	.286	51	9	13	61	13	1	14	8	109

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.

N.C. Central vs Norfolk St.

Season series · Norfolk St. leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 8, 2026N.C. Central at Norfolk St. · Norfolk St. won 3-2This match
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Norfolk St. at N.C. CentralPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 NC CEN · NORFLK 7

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 2 NC CENNORFLK 7

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 5 NC CENNORFLK 4

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 4 NC CENNORFLK 3

Set 4

23-25

Longest run 3 NC CENNORFLK 3

Set 5

10-15

Longest run 3 NC CENNORFLK 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

N.C. Central

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%11/24	31%4/13
2	77%10/13	52%11/21
3	47%8/17	55%11/20
4	62%8/13	33%4/12
5	62%8/13	27%3/11
6	50%7/14	33%4/12
All	55%52/94	42%37/89

Norfolk St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	61%11/18	59%13/22
2	43%9/21	39%7/18
3	53%9/17	10%1/10
4	62%8/13	58%11/19
5	89%8/9	38%5/13
6	64%7/11	42%5/12
All	58%52/89	45%42/94

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 5 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

208 rallies

#	NC CEN-NORFLK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Hailey Gibbons	+2.1
2	1-1	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.8
3	2-1	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+2.3
4	2-2	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.9
5	3-2	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+2.0
6	3-3	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.9
7	4-3	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Talia Emmen	+2.0
8	5-3	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+2.4
9	5-4	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.0
10	6-4	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+2.1
11	6-5	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.0
12	7-5	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+2.2
13	7-6	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Kyleigh Moore	+2.0
14	8-6	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+2.3
15	8-7	NC CEN	NORFLK×7	Kill	Isis Castille	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.1
16	8-8	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+2.6
17	8-9	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Reagan Chisholm, Isis Castille	+2.6
18	8-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Talia Emmen	+2.5
19	8-11	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Hailey Gibbons	+2.3
20	8-12	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Kill	Isis Castille	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+2.0
21	8-13	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Blocked	Allyson Rouse	blk Reagan Chisholm	+1.7
22	9-13	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+1.2
23	10-13	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+1.8
24	10-14	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+1.8
25	11-14	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+1.6
26	12-14	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+2.3
27	12-15	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+2.2
28	12-16	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry		+2.2
29	13-16	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+1.6
30	13-17	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.9
31	13-18	NORFLK	NORFLK	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Jayla Egerton	+1.8
32	14-18	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.2
33	15-18	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Catori Crawford	+1.9
34	15-19	NC CEN	NORFLK×4	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.0
35	15-20	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.8
36	15-21	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Aliyah Torres	+1.1
37	15-22	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Jasmine Mataira	set Hailey Gibbons	+0.6
38	16-22	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+0.2
39	16-23	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.4
40	16-24	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Norfolk St.		+0.2
41	16-25	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		·
Set 2
1	1-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Allyson Rouse, Aniah Bass	+1.9
2	2-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+2.0
3	3-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+2.0
4	3-1	NC CEN	NORFLK	Attack err	Aniah Bass		+1.6
5	4-1	NORFLK	NC CEN×5	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+1.7
6	5-1	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+2.0
7	6-1	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Gabrielle Gilbert	+1.9
8	7-1	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Kill	Breylan Fairley	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.7
9	8-1	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Ace	N.C. Central		+1.5
10	8-2	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.0
11	9-2	NORFLK	NC CEN×3	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
12	10-2	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
13	11-2	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Morgan Wingo		+1.0
14	11-3	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.6
15	12-3	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+0.9
16	12-4	NC CEN	NORFLK	Attack err	Morgan Wingo		+0.6
17	13-4	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+0.8
18	13-5	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.6
19	13-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert		+0.9
20	13-7	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.1
21	14-7	NORFLK	NC CEN×3	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
22	15-7	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+1.1
23	16-7	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+0.8
24	16-8	NC CEN	NORFLK	Bad set	Shalyn Bell		+0.4
25	16-9	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.7
26	17-9	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+0.9
27	17-10	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Reagan Chisholm	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.6
28	17-11	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+0.9
29	18-11	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+1.1
30	18-12	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.7
31	19-12	NORFLK	NC CEN	Bad set	Ava Berry		+1.1
32	19-13	NC CEN	NORFLK×4	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.6
33	19-14	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Hailey Gibbons	+1.1
34	19-15	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Bad set	Breylan Fairley		+1.5
35	19-16	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Bad set	Hailey Gibbons		+2.0
36	20-16	NORFLK	NC CEN	Blocked	Kyleigh Moore	blk Aniah Bass	+2.4
37	20-17	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Gabrielle Gilbert	+1.7
38	21-17	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley	+2.4
39	21-18	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+1.6
40	22-18	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+2.4
41	22-19	NC CEN	NORFLK×4	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.4
42	22-20	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.6
43	22-21	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Talia Emmen	+3.8
44	22-22	NORFLK	NORFLK×4	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Reagan Chisholm, Isis Castille	+5.1
45	23-22	NORFLK	NC CEN	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+5.4
46	23-23	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+5.1
47	24-23	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+6.9
48	25-23	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Isis Castille		+8.7
Set 3
1	1-0	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+2.6
2	1-1	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+2.5
3	1-2	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+2.9
4	2-2	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+2.6
5	2-3	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.5
6	3-3	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley	+2.6
7	3-4	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Serve err	N.C. Central		+2.6
8	3-5	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Bad set	Breylan Fairley		+3.0
9	3-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Blocked	Morgan Wingo	blk Ava Berry, Gabrielle Gilbert	+2.8
10	4-6	NORFLK	NC CEN×3	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+2.3
11	5-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Kyleigh Moore		+3.0
12	6-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central		+3.3
13	6-7	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.8
14	7-7	NORFLK	NC CEN	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+2.9
15	7-8	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.9
16	8-8	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+3.0
17	9-8	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Aniah Bass, Allyson Rouse	+3.7
18	9-9	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+3.1
19	10-9	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+3.3
20	11-9	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+4.0
21	11-10	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Isis Castille	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.1
22	12-10	NORFLK	NC CEN	Attack err	Ava Berry		+3.5
23	13-10	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+4.1
24	13-11	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.0
25	14-11	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+3.6
26	15-11	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Catori Crawford	+3.9
27	15-12	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+2.7
28	16-12	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+3.4
29	16-13	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.8
30	17-13	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+3.5
31	18-13	NC CEN	NC CEN	Bad set	Jasmine Mataira		+3.5
32	18-14	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.1
33	18-15	NORFLK	NORFLK	Blocked	Talia Emmen	blk Isis Castille, Reagan Chisholm	+3.3
34	19-15	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+3.7
35	19-16	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.7
36	19-17	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+4.2
37	19-18	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+5.1
38	20-18	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+5.3
39	21-18	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+5.8
40	21-19	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Serve err	N.C. Central		+3.6
41	21-20	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Hailey Gibbons	+5.8
42	21-21	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+7.1
43	22-21	NORFLK	NC CEN×4	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+7.1
44	23-21	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jasmine Mataira	+8.6
45	24-21	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Talia Emmen		+6.8
46	25-21	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+3.1
Set 4
1	0-1	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+2.8
2	0-2	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.2
3	1-2	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+2.7
4	2-2	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+3.5
5	2-3	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.0
6	3-3	NORFLK	NC CEN×3	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+3.0
7	4-3	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central		+3.8
8	5-3	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Aniah Bass		+3.9
9	5-4	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Serve err	N.C. Central		+3.1
10	5-5	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Ace	Norfolk St.	aced Shalyn Bell	+3.8
11	5-6	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Blocked	Aniah Bass	blk Ava Berry, Kyleigh Moore	+3.8
12	6-6	NORFLK	NC CEN×3	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+3.3
13	7-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jazeli Vandenburgh	+4.1
14	8-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central		+4.3
15	8-7	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+3.4
16	9-7	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+3.7
17	9-8	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.5
18	10-8	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+3.8
19	10-9	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+3.6
20	11-9	NORFLK	NC CEN	Attack err	Gabrielle Gilbert		+4.0
21	11-10	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+3.7
22	11-11	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Catori Crawford	set Jasmine Mataira	+4.6
23	12-11	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+4.1
24	12-12	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+4.0
25	13-12	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+4.3
26	13-13	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jasmine Mataira	+4.1
27	13-14	NORFLK	NORFLK	Blocked	Aniah Bass	blk Isis Castille, Ava Berry	+5.0
28	14-14	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+4.3
29	14-15	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+4.4
30	14-16	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Gabrielle Gilbert	+5.0
31	14-17	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Ava Berry	set Jasmine Mataira	+4.5
32	15-17	NORFLK	NC CEN	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+3.4
33	15-18	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+4.0
34	16-18	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+3.5
35	17-18	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Kyleigh Moore	+5.2
36	17-19	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+5.0
37	18-19	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+4.7
38	18-20	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+5.4
39	18-21	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+5.5
40	19-21	NORFLK	NC CEN	Blocked	Kyleigh Moore	blk Aniah Bass, Allyson Rouse	+3.6
41	20-21	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Isis Castille		+6.1
42	20-22	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+6.5
43	21-22	NORFLK	NC CEN×3	Serve err	Norfolk St.		+5.5
44	22-22	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Morgan Wingo		+9.3
45	23-22	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Isis Castille	blk Talia Emmen	+11.7
46	23-23	NC CEN	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+9.5
47	23-24	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Aniah Bass	+14.3
48	23-25	NORFLK	NORFLK×3	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+14.0
Set 5
1	1-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+8.2
2	2-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Gabrielle Gilbert	blk Aniah Bass, Allyson Rouse	+8.5
3	3-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Reagan Chisholm		+8.4
4	3-1	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+6.3
5	4-1	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+7.4
6	4-2	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+6.4
7	5-2	NORFLK	NC CEN	Blocked	Kyleigh Moore	blk Aniah Bass, Allyson Rouse	+7.6
8	5-3	NC CEN	NORFLK	Serve err	N.C. Central		+6.6
9	5-4	NORFLK	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+8.8
10	6-4	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+8.5
11	7-4	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+9.7
12	7-5	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Kyleigh Moore	set Jasmine Mataira	+6.9
13	8-5	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+8.6
14	8-6	NC CEN	NORFLK	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+7.1
15	9-6	NORFLK	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+9.0
16	9-7	NC CEN	NORFLK×7	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+7.3
17	9-8	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Kill	Isis Castille	set Kyleigh Moore	+10.6
18	9-9	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jazeli Vandenburgh	+12.1
19	9-10	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+12.9
20	9-11		NORFLK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+12.3
21	9-12	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+10.2
22	9-13	NORFLK	NORFLK×7	Kill	Gabrielle Gilbert	set Jasmine Mataira	+6.9
23	10-13		NC CEN	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+3.0
24	10-14	NC CEN	NORFLK	Bad set	Breylan Fairley		+5.3
25	10-15	NORFLK	NORFLK	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+2.1

Score shown after each rally, N.C. Central 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).

Norfolk St. def. N.C. Central 3–2

Gabrielle Gilbert's 25 kills carried Norfolk St. in five.