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

FinalSun, Nov 1, 2026Bulldogs All-Access

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Alabama A&M 71.2% · upsetLocked before first serve (Nov 1, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Florida A&M won at Alabama A&M 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-13) on Sun, Nov 1, 2026. LaDonna Trantham and Sydney Whitfield led Florida A&M with 10 kills each; Alabama A&M's Rayishon Jackman had a match-high 11.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Nov 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
FL A&M	25	25	25	3
AL A&M	23	17	13	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Florida A&M broke it open with a 9–0 run in the third set.

The biggest single-rally swing was 7.9 points, and Alabama A&M's high was 73% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, Alabama A&M was RallyIQ's 71% pick.

Florida A&MAlabama A&M

Break %+19.9 pts
51.431.5
Points won on own serve: 38 of 74 vs 17 of 54. Alabama A&M sided out 48.6% of the time.
Hitting+.224
.358.134
Kills and errors: 39–10 vs 38–25.
Longest run+4
95
Florida A&M scored 9 straight in the third set to stretch a 9–7 lead to 18–7. That set ended 25–13.

Alabama A&M above 50Florida A&M belowMax swing 7.9%

Florida A&MAlabama A&M

Aces: Florida A&M 5·Alabama A&M 2
Serve err: Florida A&M 3·Alabama A&M 6
Blocks: Florida A&M 12·Alabama A&M 34 BS · 16 BA vs 0 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Florida A&M 28·Alabama A&M 26

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Alabama A&M above 50 · Florida A&M below

Biggest swing: 7.9% to Florida A&M — set 1, FL A&M 25-23 AL A&M. Kill by Iyonnie Sanford (set by Bengisu Kazazlar). AL A&M win probability 58% → 50%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

FL A&M 33.7%66.3% AL A&M

Florida A&M wins

3-0

6.8%

3-1

12.0%

3-2

14.9%

Alabama A&M wins

3-0

20.8%

3-1

25.4%

3-2

20.0%

FL A&M break %: 41.9% vs this opp
AL A&M break %: 45.1% 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
Iyonnie SanfordKill+7.9%
Kill by Iyonnie Sanford (set by Bengisu Kazazlar)
Set 1 · FL A&M 25-23 AL A&M · FL A&M 42% → 50%
02
Sydney WhitfieldKill+4.9%
Kill by Sydney Whitfield (set by Victoria Santana)
Set 1 · FL A&M 23-21 AL A&M · FL A&M 38% → 43%
03
Florida A&MAce+4.9%
Florida A&M ace on Gerren Tomlin
Set 1 · FL A&M 24-21 AL A&M · FL A&M 43% → 48%
04
LaDonna TranthamKill+4.3%
Kill by LaDonna Trantham (set by Makenzie Taylor)
Set 1 · FL A&M 22-20 AL A&M · FL A&M 37% → 41%
05
Sydney WhitfieldAttack error+4.3%
Attack error by Sydney Whitfield
Set 1 · FL A&M 24-23 AL A&M · AL A&M 54% → 58%
06
Rayishon JackmanAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Rayishon Jackman
Set 1 · FL A&M 21-18 AL A&M · FL A&M 39% → 44%
07
Rayishon JackmanKill+4.1%
Kill by Rayishon Jackman (set by Kaydee Smith)
Set 1 · FL A&M 21-20 AL A&M · AL A&M 59% → 63%
08
Rayishon JackmanKill+3.7%
Kill by Rayishon Jackman (set by Kelani Talakai)
Set 1 · FL A&M 19-18 AL A&M · AL A&M 61% → 64%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Florida A&Maway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4LaDonna TranthamOH	3	10	5	22	.227	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
7Sydney WhitfieldOH	3	10	3	22	.318	2	1	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
11Brandi BostonMB	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	8
23Farah FarooqMB	3	2	2	8	.000	0	2	1	1	0	1	6	4	8
16Tamia ColemanOH	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3.5	5.5
6Makenzie TaylorS	3	0	0	1	.000	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
8Iyonnie SanfordOH	3	9	0	14	.643	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
1Bengisu KazazlarS	3	1	0	1	1.000	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
2Kelly KelsickL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Victoria SantanaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	10	81	.358	35	5	3	28	2	4	16	12	75

Alabama A&Mhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Rayishon JackmanOH	3	11	5	29	.207	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	11
4Scholar BatesOH	3	8	4	15	.267	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	9
0Gerren TomlinOH	3	7	7	19	.000	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	7
6Carys SanabriaMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
9Kaydee SmithS	3	1	1	2	.000	18	1	1	2	0	0	0	2
13Cherrish RobinsonMB	3	0	3	5	-.600	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
8Amya JenningsOH	3	4	2	13	.154	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
2Molly ChappellL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1
21Briana SmithS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
58Kelani TalakaiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
10Rhyan HollowayOH	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
15Nhya MorganMB	1	1	2	3	-.333	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Ivy MaxwellS	1	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Isabella FleurimaOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Kinslee CarterMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	25	97	.134	35	2	6	26	5	6	3	53

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.

Florida A&M vs Alabama A&M

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Sun, Sep 27, 2026Alabama A&M at Florida A&M · Alabama A&M won 3-2Result →
Sun, Nov 1, 2026Florida A&M at Alabama A&M · Florida A&M won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 9 FL A&M · AL A&M 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 3 FL A&MAL A&M 2

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 5 FL A&MAL A&M 5

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 9 FL A&MAL A&M 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Florida A&M

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	50%6/12
2	78%7/9	50%7/14
3	88%7/8	46%6/13
4	67%6/9	50%6/12
5	100%5/5	17%1/6
6	45%5/11	71%12/17
All	69%37/54	51%38/74

Alabama A&M

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	38%3/8
2	54%7/13	36%4/11
3	70%7/10	22%2/9
4	50%6/12	22%2/9
5	71%5/7	25%2/8
6	20%4/20	44%4/9
All	49%36/74	31%17/54

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

128 rallies

#	FL A&M-AL A&M	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Gerren Tomlin		+2.2
2	1-1	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+1.6
3	1-2	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates		+2.1
4	2-2	AL A&M	FL A&M	Blocked	Rayishon Jackman	blk Farah Farooq, Tamia Coleman	+1.6
5	3-2	FL A&M	FL A&M	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Molly Chappell	+2.3
6	3-3	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+1.7
7	4-3	AL A&M	FL A&M	Serve err	Kelani Talakai		+1.8
8	4-4	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Kaydee Smith	+1.7
9	4-5	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+2.2
10	5-5	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Victoria Santana	+1.8
11	6-5	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield		+2.5
12	6-6	FL A&M	AL A&M	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.8
13	7-6	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.0
14	8-6	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.7
15	8-7	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+1.9
16	9-7	AL A&M	FL A&M	Serve err	Carys Sanabria		+2.1
17	10-7	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Gerren Tomlin		+2.8
18	10-8	FL A&M	AL A&M	Blocked	Sydney Whitfield	blk Amya Jennings, Cherrish Robinson	+1.9
19	10-9	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+2.6
20	11-9	AL A&M	FL A&M	Serve err	Kaydee Smith		+2.3
21	11-10	FL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+2.1
22	12-10	AL A&M	FL A&M	Serve err	Gerren Tomlin		+2.4
23	12-11	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+2.1
24	13-11	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.4
25	13-12	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+2.2
26	14-12	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.5
27	14-13	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+2.3
28	15-13	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.7
29	15-14	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+2.4
30	16-14	AL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Cherrish Robinson		+2.8
31	17-14	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+3.5
32	18-14	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+3.1
33	18-15	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+1.8
34	18-16	AL A&M	AL A&M	Ace	Kaydee Smith		+3.0
35	19-16	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+3.0
36	19-17	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+2.3
37	19-18	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kelani Talakai	+3.7
38	20-18	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+3.6
39	21-18	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Rayishon Jackman		+4.2
40	21-19	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+2.3
41	21-20	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+4.1
42	22-20	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+4.3
43	22-21	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+3.3
44	23-21	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Victoria Santana	+4.9
45	24-21	FL A&M	FL A&M	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Gerren Tomlin	+4.9
46	24-22	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+1.5
47	24-23	AL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		+4.3
48	25-23	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+7.9
Set 2
1	1-0	AL A&M	FL A&M×4	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.2
2	2-0	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Molly Chappell	+3.0
3	3-0	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+3.0
4	4-0	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Brandi Boston	+3.0
5	4-1	FL A&M	AL A&M	Serve err	Florida A&M		+2.0
6	5-1	AL A&M	FL A&M×4	Blocked	Scholar Bates	blk Tamia Coleman	+2.4
7	6-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Attack err	Scholar Bates		+2.9
8	7-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Attack err	Rayishon Jackman		+2.7
9	8-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Blocked	Rayishon Jackman	blk Iyonnie Sanford, Tamia Coleman	+2.4
10	8-2	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+1.4
11	9-2	AL A&M	FL A&M	Blocked	Kaydee Smith	blk Tamia Coleman	+1.8
12	9-3	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.4
13	10-3	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.8
14	10-4	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	+1.4
15	11-4	AL A&M	FL A&M	Blocked	Carys Sanabria	blk Farah Farooq, Sydney Whitfield	+1.8
16	12-4	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.9
17	12-5	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Briana Smith	+1.0
18	13-5	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.5
19	14-5	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Amya Jennings		+1.4
20	14-6	FL A&M	AL A&M	Serve err	Florida A&M		+0.7
21	14-7	AL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	Farah Farooq		+1.2
22	15-7	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Sydney Whitfield	+1.4
23	16-7	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.2
24	16-8	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.6
25	17-8	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.9
26	17-9	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.5
27	18-9	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.8
28	18-10	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Kaydee Smith		+0.4
29	18-11	AL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kelani Talakai	+0.8
30	19-11	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.0
31	19-12	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	+0.5
32	20-12	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.9
33	20-13	FL A&M	AL A&M×5	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.4
34	20-14	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Attack err	Farah Farooq		+0.9
35	20-15	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+1.4
36	20-16	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Briana Smith	+2.0
37	20-17	AL A&M	AL A&M×5	Kill	Amya Jennings	set Rhyan Holloway	+2.9
38	21-17	AL A&M	FL A&M×5	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Brandi Boston, Farah Farooq	+3.3
39	22-17	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Brandi Boston, Farah Farooq	+3.0
40	23-17	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.6
41	24-17	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Sydney Whitfield	+0.6
42	25-17	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Ace	Florida A&M		+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Gerren Tomlin	set Kaydee Smith	+1.7
2	0-2	AL A&M	AL A&M	Blocked	LaDonna Trantham	blk Scholar Bates, Cherrish Robinson	+2.1
3	1-2	AL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Gerren Tomlin		+1.6
4	1-3	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+1.6
5	2-3	AL A&M	FL A&M×4	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.6
6	3-3	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Blocked	Scholar Bates	blk LaDonna Trantham, Tamia Coleman	+2.4
7	4-3	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Attack err	Rayishon Jackman		+2.5
8	5-3	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.7
9	5-4	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Molly Chappell		+1.9
10	6-4	AL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.1
11	7-4	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.8
12	8-4	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+2.7
13	8-5	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Briana Smith	+1.8
14	8-6	AL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		+2.6
15	9-6	AL A&M	FL A&M	Serve err	Rayishon Jackman		+2.3
16	9-7	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Carys Sanabria	set Briana Smith	+2.0
17	10-7	AL A&M	FL A&M×9	Kill	Bengisu Kazazlar		+2.3
18	11-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Blocked	Gerren Tomlin	blk Farah Farooq, Brandi Boston	+2.9
19	12-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Attack err	Amya Jennings		+2.7
20	13-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Attack err	Cherrish Robinson		+2.3
21	14-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.9
22	15-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Molly Chappell	+1.5
23	16-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Attack err	Nhya Morgan		+1.0
24	17-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Blocked	Nhya Morgan	blk Farah Farooq, Brandi Boston	+0.7
25	18-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Blocked	Cherrish Robinson	blk Farah Farooq	+0.4
26	18-8	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Nhya Morgan	set Ivy Maxwell	+0.1
27	19-8	AL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Scholar Bates		+0.3
28	19-9	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Scholar Bates	set Kaydee Smith	+0.1
29	19-10	AL A&M	AL A&M	Ace	Nhya Morgan		+0.2
30	20-10	AL A&M	FL A&M	Serve err	Nhya Morgan		+0.3
31	21-10	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.2
32	21-11	FL A&M	AL A&M	Blocked	LaDonna Trantham	blk Nhya Morgan, Scholar Bates	+0.1
33	21-12	AL A&M	AL A&M	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.1
34	22-12	AL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.2
35	22-13	FL A&M	AL A&M	Kill	Rayishon Jackman	set Kaydee Smith	+0.1
36	23-13	AL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.1
37	24-13	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Bengisu Kazazlar	·
38	25-13	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Tamia Coleman		·

Score shown after each rally, Florida 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).

Florida A&M def. Alabama A&M 3–0

Florida A&M broke it open with a 9–0 run in the third set.