Alabama A&M vs Central Mich.: Alabama A&M Wins 3-0 (Sep 19)

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Alabama A&M beat Central Mich. 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-20) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at a neutral site. Alabama A&M's Gerren Tomlin led with 19 kills, and Kelani Talakai added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
AL A&M	25	25	25	3
C MICH	22	14	20	0

Win probability

Central Mich. above 50 · Alabama A&M below

Biggest swing: 3.9% to Central Mich. — set 1, AL A&M 22-22 C MICH. Kill by Brenna Storz (set by Ceci Bustamante). C MICH win probability 12% → 16%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

AL A&M 86.5%13.5% C MICH

Alabama A&M wins

3-0

39.0%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

15.9%

Central Mich. wins

3-0

2.0%

3-1

4.3%

3-2

7.3%

AL A&M break %: 46.7% vs this opp
C MICH break %: 38.3% 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
Brenna StorzKill+3.9%
Kill by Brenna Storz (set by Ceci Bustamante)
Set 1 · AL A&M 22-22 C MICH · C MICH 12% → 16%
02
Cherrish RobinsonKill+3.9%
Kill by Cherrish Robinson (set by Kaydee Smith)
Set 1 · AL A&M 24-22 C MICH · AL A&M 87% → 91%
03
Gerren TomlinKill+3.4%
Kill by Gerren Tomlin (set by Briana Smith)
Set 1 · AL A&M 23-22 C MICH · AL A&M 84% → 87%
04
Central Mich.Ace+2.9%
Central Mich. ace on Gerren Tomlin
Set 1 · AL A&M 19-19 C MICH · C MICH 13% → 16%
05
Gerren TomlinKill+2.7%
Kill by Gerren Tomlin (set by Kelani Talakai)
Set 1 · AL A&M 21-19 C MICH · AL A&M 86% → 89%
06
Carys SanabriaKill+2.3%
Kill by Carys Sanabria (set by Briana Smith)
Set 1 · AL A&M 19-17 C MICH · AL A&M 86% → 89%
07
Amya JenningsKill+2.2%
Kill by Amya Jennings (set by Carys Sanabria)
Set 1 · AL A&M 20-19 C MICH · AL A&M 84% → 86%
08
Central Mich.Ace+2.2%
Central Mich. ace on Kelani Talakai
Set 1 · AL A&M 15-15 C MICH · C MICH 13% → 15%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Alabama A&Maway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
0Gerren TomlinOH	3	19	4	39	.385	1	1	2	9	2	1	0.5	20.5
1Rayishon JackmanOH	3	10	3	26	.269	3	3	0	10	0	0	0	13
8Amya JenningsOH	3	6	2	17	.235	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
6Carys SanabriaMB	3	5	1	11	.364	2	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
13Cherrish RobinsonMB	3	4	2	11	.182	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
21Briana SmithS	3	0	0	0	–	18	2	0	10	0	0	0	2
9Kaydee SmithS	3	1	0	1	1.000	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
58Kelani TalakaiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0
7McKenzie CharlesOH	2	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
15Nhya MorganMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
16Kennedy MossOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	13	113	.301	46	7	4	51	4	4	2	75

Central Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Taylor CripeOH	3	11	4	31	.226	0	0	2	8	3	0	0	0	11
6Brenna StorzMB	3	7	0	14	.500	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
13Lilly MullholandMB	3	7	0	16	.438	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	3	4	2	16	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
3Jaliyah CohnesOH	3	2	2	10	.000	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
14Brytn LyonS	3	0	2	3	-.667	29	1	1	13	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Alexis CarperOH	3	3	4	16	-.063	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3
2Audrey HackneyS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0
10Ceci BustamanteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
1Addison SamolinskiL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	14	107	.187	33	4	6	49	7	2	4	4	56

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 AL A&M · C MICH 4

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 4 AL A&MC MICH 4

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 5 AL A&MC MICH 2

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 6 AL A&MC MICH 4

Bars above the line = Central Mich. leads, below = Alabama A&M leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Alabama A&M

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	40%4/10
2	70%7/10	68%15/22
3	58%7/12	46%6/13
4	67%6/9	25%2/8
5	71%5/7	55%6/11
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	66%38/58	51%37/73

Central Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	32%7/22	36%4/11
2	58%7/12	30%3/10
3	50%6/12	42%5/12
4	55%6/11	33%3/9
5	83%5/6	33%3/9
6	50%5/10	29%2/7
All	49%36/73	34%20/58

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

131 rallies

#	AL A&M-C MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+0.9
2	2-0	AL A&M	AL A&M	Ace	Alabama A&M	aced Taylor Cripe	+1.1
3	2-1	AL A&M	C MICH	Attack err	Gerren Tomlin		+0.9
4	3-1	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	+0.8
5	3-2	AL A&M	C MICH×4	Blocked	Amya Jennings	blk Lilly Mullholand	+0.9
6	3-3	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Brytn Lyon	+1.4
7	3-4	C MICH	C MICH×4	Blocked	Cherrish Robinson	blk Brenna Storz	+1.6
8	3-5	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Gerren Tomlin		+1.8
9	4-5	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+1.2
10	4-6	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon	+1.4
11	5-6	C MICH	AL A&M×3	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Cherrish Robinson	+1.2
12	6-6	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	McKenzie Charles	set Kaydee Smith	+1.6
13	7-6	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.5
14	7-7	AL A&M	C MICH×3	Attack err	Gerren Tomlin		+1.2
15	7-8	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney	+1.8
16	7-9	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+2.0
17	8-9	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.3
18	8-10	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+1.6
19	9-10	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Kaydee Smith	set Rayishon Jackman	+1.4
20	9-11	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+1.6
21	10-11	C MICH	AL A&M×4	Serve err	Central Mich.		+1.4
22	11-11	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Ace	Alabama A&M	aced Taylor Cripe	+2.0
23	12-11	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+1.8
24	13-11	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Bad set	Brytn Lyon		+1.7
25	13-12	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon	+1.2
26	14-12	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Kaydee Smith	+1.2
27	14-13	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon	+1.3
28	15-13	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+1.3
29	15-14	AL A&M	C MICH	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+1.3
30	15-15	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Kelani Talakai	+2.2
31	16-15	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+1.6
32	16-16	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon	+1.8
33	17-16	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+1.7
34	17-17	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+1.9
35	18-17	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.9
36	19-17	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+2.3
37	19-18	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+1.6
38	19-19	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Gerren Tomlin	+2.9
39	20-19	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Carys Sanabria	+2.2
40	21-19	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kelani Talakai	+2.7
41	21-20	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon	+1.8
42	22-20	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Rayishon Jackman	+2.2
43	22-21	AL A&M	C MICH	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+1.8
44	22-22	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Ceci Bustamante	+3.9
45	23-22	C MICH	AL A&M×3	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+3.4
46	24-22	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+3.9
47	25-22	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.9
Set 2
1	1-0	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Attack err	Taylor Cripe		+0.9
2	2-0	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Ace	Alabama A&M		+0.8
3	3-0	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Rayishon Jackman	+0.7
4	3-1	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Rainey Weidman	+0.5
5	3-2	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Amya Jennings		+0.8
6	4-2	C MICH	AL A&M	Attack err	Alexis Carper		+0.6
7	5-2	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Carys Sanabria	+0.7
8	5-3	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon	+0.6
9	6-3	C MICH	AL A&M×5	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+0.5
10	7-3	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Gerren Tomlin, Cherrish Robinson	+0.6
11	8-3	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+0.5
12	9-3	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Ace	Alabama A&M	aced Alexis Carper	+0.4
13	10-3	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
14	10-4	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon	+0.2
15	10-5	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon	+0.3
16	11-5	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
17	11-6	AL A&M	C MICH	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+0.3
18	12-6	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	McKenzie Charles	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
19	12-7	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon	+0.3
20	13-7	C MICH	AL A&M×5	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
21	14-7	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Ace	Alabama A&M	aced Rainey Weidman	+0.3
22	15-7	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Attack err	Taylor Cripe		+0.2
23	16-7	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Ace	Alabama A&M	aced Taylor Cripe	+0.1
24	17-7	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Attack err	Taylor Cripe		+0.1
25	17-8	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon	·
26	18-8	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	·
27	18-9	AL A&M	C MICH	Attack err	Rayishon Jackman		·
28	19-9	C MICH	AL A&M×3	Serve err	Central Mich.		·
29	20-9	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Attack err	Alexis Carper		·
30	21-9	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Attack err	Brytn Lyon		·
31	21-10	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon	·
32	21-11	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon	·
33	22-11	C MICH	AL A&M	Serve err	Central Mich.		·
34	22-12	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon	·
35	23-12	C MICH	AL A&M	Attack err	Alexis Carper		·
36	23-13	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon	·
37	23-14	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.		·
38	24-14	C MICH	AL A&M	Attack err	Brytn Lyon		·
39	25-14	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	·
Set 3
1	1-0	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+0.3
2	1-1	AL A&M	C MICH×3	Bad set	Amya Jennings		+0.4
3	1-2	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Jaliyah Cohnes	set Brytn Lyon	+0.5
4	1-3	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Lilly Mullholand, Karla Sanchez George	+0.6
5	2-3	C MICH	AL A&M	Serve err	Central Mich.		+0.4
6	3-3	AL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	Jaliyah Cohnes		+0.5
7	3-4	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon	+0.4
8	4-4	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Briana Smith	+0.4
9	4-5	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon	+0.4
10	4-6	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Cherrish Robinson		+0.6
11	5-6	C MICH	AL A&M×3	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+0.4
12	6-6	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Ace	Alabama A&M	aced Rainey Weidman	+0.6
13	7-6	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Attack err	Jaliyah Cohnes		+0.5
14	7-7	AL A&M	C MICH	Blocked	Rayishon Jackman	blk Brenna Storz, Brytn Lyon	+0.4
15	8-7	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+0.4
16	8-8	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+0.4
17	9-8	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.4
18	9-9	AL A&M	C MICH×4	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon	+0.5
19	9-10	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon	+0.7
20	9-11	C MICH	C MICH×4	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon	+0.8
21	9-12	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Carys Sanabria		+0.8
22	10-12	C MICH	AL A&M×6	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+0.5
23	11-12	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.7
24	12-12	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.7
25	13-12	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Gerren Tomlin	+0.7
26	14-12	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+0.6
27	15-12	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+0.5
28	15-13	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Rainey Weidman	+0.4
29	16-13	C MICH	AL A&M	Attack err	Karla Sanchez George		+0.4
30	17-13	AL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	Alexis Carper		+0.4
31	17-14	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon	+0.3
32	18-14	C MICH	AL A&M	Serve err	Central Mich.		+0.3
33	18-15	AL A&M	C MICH	Attack err	Rayishon Jackman		+0.3
34	19-15	C MICH	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
35	20-15	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
36	20-16	AL A&M	C MICH	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+0.1
37	21-16	C MICH	AL A&M	Serve err	Central Mich.		+0.2
38	21-17	AL A&M	C MICH×3	Attack err	Nhya Morgan		+0.1
39	21-18	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney	+0.3
40	21-19	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Gerren Tomlin	+0.5
41	22-19	C MICH	AL A&M	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Nhya Morgan, Carys Sanabria	+0.5
42	22-20	AL A&M	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon	+0.4
43	23-20	C MICH	AL A&M×3	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+0.5
44	24-20	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.4
45	25-20	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Alabama A&M 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).

Alabama A&M def. Central Mich. 3–0