Alabama A&M vs Grambling Volleyball: Alabama A&M Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Alabama A&M 81.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Alabama A&M won at Grambling 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Scholar Bates led Alabama A&M with 12 kills; Grambling's Lyric Jordan had a match-high 15.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
AL A&M	25	25	25	3
GRAMB	18	14	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.611 and 12 kills for Scholar Bates as Alabama A&M rolled past Grambling.

Win probability never moved more than 1.5 points on one rally; Grambling topped out at 17% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Alabama A&M 81% before first serve.

Alabama A&MGrambling

Break %+19.1 pts
56.837.7
On serve: 42/74 against 20/53 (Grambling sideout 43.2%).
Hitting+.244
.317.073
Kills and errors: 47–14 vs 30–22.
Longest run+1
76
7 straight Alabama A&M points in the third set turned a 5–8 deficit into a 12–8 lead. Final score of the set: 25–20.

Grambling above 50Alabama A&M belowMax swing 1.5%

Alabama A&MGrambling

Aces: Alabama A&M 0·Grambling 1
Serve err: Alabama A&M 6·Grambling 4
Blocks: Alabama A&M 15·Grambling 95 BS · 20 BA vs 2 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Alabama A&M 53·Grambling 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Grambling above 50 · Alabama A&M below

Biggest swing: 1.5% to Alabama A&M — set 1, AL A&M 1-0 GRAMB. Attack error by Kenya Lucas. GRAMB win probability 19% → 17%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

AL A&M 81.8%18.2% GRAMB

Alabama A&M wins

3-0

33.4%

3-1

30.7%

3-2

17.7%

Grambling wins

3-0

2.9%

3-1

6.0%

3-2

9.3%

AL A&M break %: 46.6% vs this opp
GRAMB break %: 39.6% 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
Kenya LucasAttack error+1.5%
Attack error by Kenya Lucas
Set 1 · AL A&M 1-0 GRAMB · AL A&M 81% → 83%
02
Rayishon JackmanAttack error+1.5%
Attack error by Rayishon Jackman
Set 2 · AL A&M 1-3 GRAMB · GRAMB 11% → 13%
03
Cherrish Robinson&Scholar BatesBlock+1.4%
Angelique Pena stuffed by Cherrish Robinson & Scholar Bates
Set 1 · AL A&M 2-0 GRAMB · AL A&M 83% → 84%
04
Scholar BatesKill+1.3%
Kill by Scholar Bates (set by Molly Chappell)
Set 2 · AL A&M 3-3 GRAMB · AL A&M 88% → 90%
05
Reece CookAce+1.3%
Ace by Reece Cook on Molly Chappell
Set 2 · AL A&M 0-1 GRAMB · GRAMB 10% → 11%
06
Amaris MarksAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Amaris Marks
Set 1 · AL A&M 4-1 GRAMB · AL A&M 84% → 85%
07
Carys Sanabria&Amya JenningsBlock+1.3%
Lainy Evans stuffed by Carys Sanabria & Amya Jennings
Set 2 · AL A&M 5-4 GRAMB · AL A&M 90% → 91%
08
Angelique Pena&Lyric JordanBlock+1.2%
Gerren Tomlin stuffed by Angelique Pena & Lyric Jordan
Set 2 · AL A&M 14-12 GRAMB · GRAMB 6% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Alabama A&Maway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Carys SanabriaMB	3	6	0	15	.400	0	1	0	0	5	7	8.5	14.5
4Scholar BatesOH	3	12	1	18	.611	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	14
1Rayishon JackmanOH	3	11	3	26	.308	1	1	9	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
0Gerren TomlinOH	3	11	4	24	.292	1	0	8	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
13Cherrish RobinsonMB	3	5	5	10	.000	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
9Kaydee SmithS	3	1	0	2	.500	24	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
8Amya JenningsOH	3	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
21Briana SmithS	3	0	0	2	.000	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2Molly ChappellL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	3	22	1	0	0	0	0
10Rhyan HollowayOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	14	104	.317	44	6	53	1	5	20	15	75

Gramblinghome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Lyric JordanOH	3	15	3	29	.414	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	17
4Angelique PenaMB	3	2	2	11	.000	2	0	1	0	1	6	4	6
0Kenya LucasOH	3	3	4	15	-.067	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
11Rihianna BrownMB	3	2	3	9	-.111	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Reece CookDS	3	0	0	0	–	11	1	1	5	0	0	0	1
14Amaris MarksOH	2	1	3	10	-.200	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2
21Lainy EvansOH	3	6	6	20	.000	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	7
1Asialin PowellL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	3	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
10Piper NelsonOH	3	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
18Alayna HowardS	3	0	0	1	.000	11	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
25Jazmine BinionOH	2	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
20Avri Solik-FifarekOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
2Bailey HollisS	1	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Hailey BotelloL/DS	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
5Nile JohnsonMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	22	110	.073	29	1	4	37	2	14	9	52

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 7 AL A&M · GRAMB 6

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 AL A&MGRAMB 4

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 6 AL A&MGRAMB 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 7 AL A&MGRAMB 6

Bars above the line = Grambling 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	58%7/12	45%5/11
2	50%6/12	63%10/16
3	75%6/8	67%12/18
4	100%5/5	62%8/13
5	100%5/5	55%6/11
6	36%4/11	20%1/5
All	62%33/53	57%42/74

Grambling

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	67%10/15
2	29%6/21	22%2/9
3	33%5/15	45%5/11
4	38%5/13	29%2/7
5	71%5/7	0%0/5
6	67%4/6	17%1/6
All	43%32/74	38%20/53

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

127 rallies

#	AL A&M-GRAMB	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	AL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	Kenya Lucas		+1.5
2	2-0	AL A&M	AL A&M	Blocked	Angelique Pena	blk Cherrish Robinson, Scholar Bates	+1.4
3	2-1	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+1.1
4	3-1	GRAMB	AL A&M×4	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+1.1
5	4-1	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Attack err	Amaris Marks		+1.3
6	5-1	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.1
7	6-1	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+0.9
8	6-2	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Asialin Powell	+0.7
9	7-2	GRAMB	AL A&M	Serve err	Grambling		+0.7
10	7-3	AL A&M	GRAMB	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+0.7
11	8-3	GRAMB	AL A&M×4	Serve err	Grambling		+0.7
12	9-3	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Attack err	Amaris Marks		+0.8
13	10-3	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Blocked	Rihianna Brown	blk Carys Sanabria	+0.6
14	11-3	AL A&M	AL A&M×4	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Molly Chappell	+0.4
15	11-4	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Jazmine Binion	set Alayna Howard	+0.3
16	12-4	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+0.3
17	13-4	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+0.3
18	13-5	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+0.2
19	14-5	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.2
20	14-6	AL A&M	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+0.1
21	14-7	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+0.3
22	14-8	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Cherrish Robinson	blk Angelique Pena	+0.4
23	15-8	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.4
24	16-8	AL A&M	AL A&M	Bad set	Lyric Jordan		+0.4
25	16-9	AL A&M	GRAMB	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+0.2
26	17-9	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
27	17-10	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Asialin Powell	+0.2
28	18-10	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.2
29	18-11	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+0.1
30	19-11	GRAMB	AL A&M	Attack err	Lainy Evans		+0.2
31	20-11	AL A&M	AL A&M	Blocked	Lainy Evans	blk Carys Sanabria, Rayishon Jackman	+0.1
32	20-12	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+0.1
33	21-12	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+0.1
34	21-13	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	·
35	22-13	GRAMB	AL A&M	Blocked	Lainy Evans	blk Carys Sanabria, Amya Jennings	+0.1
36	22-14	AL A&M	GRAMB×4	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Lyric Jordan, Angelique Pena	·
37	22-15	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Bad set	Amya Jennings		+0.1
38	22-16	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+0.1
39	22-17	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+0.3
40	23-17	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.3
41	23-18	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+0.1
42	24-18	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.2
43	25-18	AL A&M	AL A&M	Blocked	Kenya Lucas	blk Cherrish Robinson, Rayishon Jackman	+0.1
Set 2
1	0-1	GRAMB	GRAMB	Ace	Reece Cook	aced Molly Chappell	+1.3
2	1-1	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+0.9
3	1-2	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Angelique Pena	+1.0
4	1-3	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Rayishon Jackman		+1.5
5	2-3	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+1.0
6	3-3	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Molly Chappell	+1.3
7	3-4	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Reece Cook	+1.1
8	4-4	GRAMB	AL A&M×3	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.0
9	5-4	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Blocked	Lainy Evans	blk Carys Sanabria, Amya Jennings	+1.3
10	6-4	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	+1.2
11	6-5	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Reece Cook	+0.9
12	7-5	GRAMB	AL A&M×5	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	+0.9
13	8-5	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Gerren Tomlin		+1.1
14	9-5	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Blocked	Lainy Evans	blk Carys Sanabria, Gerren Tomlin	+0.9
15	10-5	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Attack err	Jazmine Binion		+0.8
16	11-5	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.6
17	11-6	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Asialin Powell	+0.4
18	12-6	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.4
19	12-7	AL A&M	GRAMB	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+0.4
20	12-8	GRAMB	GRAMB	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Angelique Pena, Jazmine Binion	+0.7
21	13-8	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.6
22	14-8	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+0.6
23	14-9	AL A&M	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+0.4
24	14-10	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Blocked	Cherrish Robinson	blk Angelique Pena, Lyric Jordan	+0.7
25	14-11	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+0.9
26	14-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Angelique Pena, Lyric Jordan	+1.2
27	15-12	GRAMB	AL A&M	Serve err	Grambling		+1.0
28	16-12	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+1.1
29	16-13	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+0.7
30	17-13	GRAMB	AL A&M×6	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.8
31	18-13	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.8
32	19-13	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.5
33	20-13	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Blocked	Lainy Evans	blk Scholar Bates, Carys Sanabria	+0.3
34	21-13	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Blocked	Kenya Lucas	blk Carys Sanabria, Rayishon Jackman	+0.2
35	22-13	AL A&M	AL A&M×6	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.1
36	22-14	AL A&M	GRAMB	Serve err	Alabama A&M		·
37	23-14	GRAMB	AL A&M×3	Serve err	Grambling		·
38	24-14	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Attack err	Rihianna Brown		·
39	25-14	AL A&M	AL A&M×3	Blocked	Rihianna Brown	blk Carys Sanabria	·
Set 3
1	0-1	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+0.5
2	0-2	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+0.7
3	1-2	GRAMB	AL A&M×5	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.5
4	2-2	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Cherrish Robinson	set Kaydee Smith	+0.6
5	3-2	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Blocked	Lyric Jordan	blk Scholar Bates, Cherrish Robinson	+0.6
6	4-2	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.6
7	5-2	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Molly Chappell	+0.5
8	5-3	AL A&M	GRAMB×6	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+0.4
9	5-4	GRAMB	GRAMB×6	Blocked	Rayishon Jackman	blk Angelique Pena, Lainy Evans	+0.6
10	5-5	GRAMB	GRAMB×6	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Angelique Pena	+0.7
11	5-6	GRAMB	GRAMB×6	Blocked	Cherrish Robinson	blk Lyric Jordan, Angelique Pena	+0.8
12	5-7	GRAMB	GRAMB×6	Attack err	Scholar Bates		+0.8
13	5-8	GRAMB	GRAMB×6	Attack err	Rayishon Jackman		+0.8
14	6-8	GRAMB	AL A&M×7	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.6
15	7-8	AL A&M	AL A&M×7	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Kaydee Smith	+0.8
16	8-8	AL A&M	AL A&M×7	Blocked	Lyric Jordan	blk Carys Sanabria, Scholar Bates	+0.8
17	9-8	AL A&M	AL A&M×7	Kill	Carys Sanabria		+0.7
18	10-8	AL A&M	AL A&M×7	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Kaydee Smith	+0.7
19	11-8	AL A&M	AL A&M×7	Blocked	Angelique Pena	blk Carys Sanabria	+0.6
20	12-8	AL A&M	AL A&M×7	Blocked	Lyric Jordan	blk Carys Sanabria	+0.5
21	12-9	AL A&M	GRAMB	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+0.3
22	13-9	GRAMB	AL A&M	Bad set	Reece Cook		+0.4
23	13-10	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Reece Cook	+0.3
24	14-10	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	+0.4
25	14-11	AL A&M	GRAMB	Serve err	Alabama A&M		+0.4
26	15-11	GRAMB	AL A&M	Blocked	Kenya Lucas	blk Carys Sanabria	+0.4
27	16-11	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.4
28	16-12	AL A&M	GRAMB	Blocked	Amya Jennings	blk Amaris Marks	+0.3
29	16-13	GRAMB	GRAMB	Blocked	Cherrish Robinson	blk Lainy Evans, Rihianna Brown	+0.5
30	17-13	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+0.4
31	18-13	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.4
32	18-14	AL A&M	GRAMB	Attack err	Cherrish Robinson		+0.2
33	19-14	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.3
34	20-14	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Rayishon Jackman	+0.3
35	20-15	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+0.1
36	21-15	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Molly Chappell	+0.2
37	21-16	AL A&M	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+0.1
38	21-17	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Bailey Hollis	+0.2
39	21-18	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Kaydee Smith	+0.4
40	22-18	GRAMB	AL A&M	Kill	Kaydee Smith	set Gerren Tomlin	+0.4
41	22-19	AL A&M	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Bailey Hollis	+0.3
42	23-19	GRAMB	AL A&M	Attack err	Amaris Marks		+0.4
43	24-19	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Kaydee Smith	+0.2
44	24-20	AL A&M	GRAMB	Attack err	Gerren Tomlin		·
45	25-20	GRAMB	AL A&M	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. Grambling 3–0

.611 and 12 kills for Scholar Bates as Alabama A&M rolled past Grambling.