Samford vs South Alabama Volleyball: South Alabama Wins 3-0

FinalThu, Sep 17, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

South Alabama beat Samford 3-0 (31-29, 25-22, 25-19) on Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at a neutral site. Cambria Gaier and Eva Dittmar led South Alabama with 11 kills each; Samford's Hazel Slusher had a match-high 14.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SAMFRD	29	22	19	0
S ALA	31	25	25	3

Win probability

South Alabama above 50 · Samford below

Biggest swing: 9.4% to Samford — set 1, SAMFRD 26-25 S ALA. Kill by Brianna Hamilton (set by Alison Ohlinger). S ALA win probability 69% → 59%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SAMFRD 30.4%69.6% S ALA

Samford wins

3-0

5.8%

3-1

10.7%

3-2

13.9%

South Alabama wins

3-0

23.0%

3-1

26.7%

3-2

19.9%

SAMFRD break %: 40.7% vs this opp
S ALA break %: 44.6% 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
Brianna HamiltonKill+9.4%
Kill by Brianna Hamilton (set by Alison Ohlinger)
Set 1 · SAMFRD 26-25 S ALA · SAMFRD 31% → 41%
02
Dalayla BlackwellBlock+8.8%
Alison Ohlinger stuffed by Dalayla Blackwell
Set 1 · SAMFRD 27-28 S ALA · S ALA 66% → 75%
03
Cambria GaierKill+8.0%
Kill by Cambria Gaier (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · SAMFRD 29-31 S ALA · S ALA 75% → 83%
04
Alexa StrandbergKill+7.0%
Kill by Alexa Strandberg (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · SAMFRD 26-26 S ALA · S ALA 59% → 66%
05
Hazel SlusherKill+7.0%
Kill by Hazel Slusher (set by Alison Ohlinger)
Set 1 · SAMFRD 27-26 S ALA · SAMFRD 34% → 41%
06
Dalayla BlackwellKill+7.0%
Kill by Dalayla Blackwell (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · SAMFRD 27-27 S ALA · S ALA 59% → 66%
07
Eva DittmarKill+6.4%
Kill by Eva Dittmar (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · SAMFRD 23-24 S ALA · S ALA 69% → 75%
08
Maggie KaliszKill+6.4%
Kill by Maggie Kalisz (set by Alison Ohlinger)
Set 1 · SAMFRD 24-24 S ALA · SAMFRD 25% → 31%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Samfordaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Hazel SlusherMB	3	14	4	32	.313	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	14
13Ally CordesOH	3	7	6	37	.027	0	0	2	18	0	0	0	0	7
3Brianna HamiltonOH	3	5	4	20	.050	0	1	2	15	2	1	0	1	7
16Janie StinchcombMB	3	4	3	9	.111	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Alison OhlingerS	3	1	4	6	-.500	39	0	2	11	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
8Katelyn StooksburyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
18Maggie KaliszOH	3	12	1	31	.355	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	13
7Brooklyn DrumwrightOH	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
11Emma SorensenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12Amyra BurchikOH	1	2	3	8	-.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		45	25	143	.140	42	2	10	74	3	1	2	2	70

South Alabamahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Cambria GaierOH	3	11	6	45	.111	0	2	2	16	0	2	0	2	15
4Eva DittmarOH	3	11	2	23	.391	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	3	5	1	17	.235	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	5	10
22Alexa StrandbergMB	3	7	1	19	.316	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
2Anabelle CernyS	3	2	0	4	.500	34	0	2	13	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
3Addison HurstL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	2	12	1	0	0	0	1
6Elyse HeffnerMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Marissa TaixL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
0Sarah GoochOH	2	2	1	18	.056	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
16Alivia FreemanMB	1	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
10Delaney LawsonOH	1	0	0	8	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Preslee ThompsonDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	12	140	.207	35	3	10	64	2	4	16	12	81

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 4 SAMFRD · S ALA 4

Set 1

29-31

Longest run 4 SAMFRDS ALA 4

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 4 SAMFRDS ALA 3

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 2 SAMFRDS ALA 4

Bars above the line = South Alabama leads, below = Samford leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Samford

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%10/14	27%3/11
2	53%8/15	29%4/14
3	57%8/14	11%1/9
4	47%7/15	38%5/13
5	64%7/11	50%7/14
6	64%7/11	30%3/10
All	59%47/80	32%23/71

South Alabama

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	77%10/13	31%4/13
2	82%9/11	40%6/15
3	80%8/10	43%6/14
4	47%7/15	50%7/14
5	78%7/9	42%5/12
6	54%7/13	42%5/12
All	68%48/71	41%33/80

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

151 rallies

#	SAMFRD-S ALA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	S ALA	SAMFRD×3	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.7
2	2-0	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×3	Kill	Ally Cordes	set Katelyn Stooksbury	+2.3
3	3-0	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×3	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+2.4
4	3-1	SAMFRD	S ALA×3	Blocked	Alison Ohlinger	blk Cambria Gaier	+1.6
5	3-2	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.3
6	3-3	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Ally Cordes	blk Eva Dittmar, Alexa Strandberg	+2.3
7	4-3	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Janie Stinchcomb	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.8
8	5-3	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+2.5
9	5-4	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+1.7
10	5-5	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Janie Stinchcomb		+2.4
11	6-5	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.9
12	6-6	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.8
13	6-7	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Brianna Hamilton	+2.4
14	7-7	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Janie Stinchcomb	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.9
15	7-8	SAMFRD	S ALA	Blocked	Brianna Hamilton	blk Anabelle Cerny, Alexa Strandberg	+1.8
16	8-8	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.9
17	8-9	SAMFRD	S ALA	Attack err	Alison Ohlinger		+1.9
18	8-10	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.5
19	9-10	S ALA	SAMFRD×3	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.8
20	10-10	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×3	Kill	Ally Cordes	set Alison Ohlinger	+2.7
21	11-10	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×3	Ace	Samford	aced Addison Hurst	+3.0
22	11-11	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.1
23	12-11	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+2.3
24	12-12	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.2
25	13-12	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Ally Cordes	set Alison Ohlinger	+2.4
26	13-13	SAMFRD	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.3
27	13-14	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.1
28	13-15	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier		+3.0
29	13-16	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Ally Cordes		+2.6
30	14-16	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.7
31	14-17	SAMFRD	S ALA	Attack err	Brianna Hamilton		+2.0
32	15-17	S ALA	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.8
33	16-17	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Alison Ohlinger	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.0
34	17-17	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+3.7
35	18-17	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Brianna Hamilton	set Alison Ohlinger	+4.2
36	18-18	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.0
37	19-18	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+3.4
38	19-19	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+3.2
39	20-19	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+3.7
40	20-20	SAMFRD	S ALA×3	Serve err	Samford		+3.5
41	20-21	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Ally Cordes	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Eva Dittmar	+5.1
42	20-22	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Ally Cordes		+4.7
43	21-22	S ALA	SAMFRD	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+2.8
44	22-22	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Kill	Ally Cordes	set Alison Ohlinger	+5.7
45	22-23	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+5.1
46	23-23	S ALA	SAMFRD	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+5.0
47	23-24	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+6.4
48	24-24	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+6.4
49	24-25	SAMFRD	S ALA	Attack err	Brianna Hamilton		+6.4
50	25-25	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+6.4
51	26-25	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Kill	Brianna Hamilton	set Alison Ohlinger	+9.4
52	26-26	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+7.0
53	27-26	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+7.0
54	27-27	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+7.0
55	27-28	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Alison Ohlinger	blk Dalayla Blackwell	+8.8
56	28-28	S ALA	SAMFRD	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+6.4
57	28-29	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+6.4
58	29-29	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+6.4
59	29-30	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+6.4
60	29-31	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+8.0
Set 2
1	0-1	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.3
2	1-1	S ALA	SAMFRD	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.3
3	1-2	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+1.3
4	2-2	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Janie Stinchcomb	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.4
5	2-3	SAMFRD	S ALA×3	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.3
6	2-4	S ALA	S ALA×3	Bad set	Brooklyn Drumwright		+1.7
7	2-5	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Alexa Strandberg		+1.6
8	3-5	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.1
9	3-6	SAMFRD	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
10	3-7	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Maggie Kalisz	blk Sarah Gooch, Dalayla Blackwell	+1.5
11	3-8	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell		+1.2
12	4-8	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.8
13	4-9	SAMFRD	S ALA×3	Attack err	Alison Ohlinger		+0.9
14	4-10	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
15	4-11	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell		+0.8
16	5-11	S ALA	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Brianna Hamilton	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.5
17	6-11	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.8
18	7-11	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Ace	Samford	aced Sarah Gooch	+1.1
19	8-11	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+1.4
20	8-12	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+1.2
21	8-13	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.3
22	9-13	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Brianna Hamilton	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.8
23	9-14	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
24	9-15	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
25	10-15	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.6
26	10-16	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.7
27	10-17	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Janie Stinchcomb	blk Cambria Gaier	+0.7
28	11-17	S ALA	SAMFRD	Bad set	Alexa Strandberg		+0.3
29	11-18	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+0.5
30	12-18	S ALA	SAMFRD×4	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.3
31	13-18	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Blocked	Alexa Strandberg	blk Brianna Hamilton	+0.6
32	14-18	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.0
33	15-18	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×4	Kill	Janie Stinchcomb	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.4
34	15-19	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.4
35	15-20	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Brianna Hamilton		+1.3
36	16-20	S ALA	SAMFRD×3	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.6
37	17-20	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×3	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.3
38	18-20	SAMFRD	SAMFRD×3	Kill	Brianna Hamilton	set Alison Ohlinger	+2.0
39	18-21	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.0
40	19-21	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.5
41	19-22	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.1
42	20-22	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.4
43	20-23	SAMFRD	S ALA	Blocked	Ally Cordes	blk Eva Dittmar, Dalayla Blackwell	+2.2
44	21-23	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.3
45	22-23	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+3.2
46	22-24	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.8
47	22-25	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Anabelle Cerny	set Kathryn O'Toole	+2.7
Set 3
1	0-1	S ALA	S ALA	Bad set	Alison Ohlinger		+1.0
2	1-1	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Brooklyn Drumwright	+0.7
3	1-2	SAMFRD	S ALA	Attack err	Hazel Slusher		+0.7
4	1-3	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Brianna Hamilton	+0.9
5	2-3	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.7
6	2-4	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.7
7	3-4	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Ally Cordes	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.7
8	4-4	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+1.1
9	4-5	SAMFRD	S ALA×4	Serve err	Samford		+0.8
10	4-6	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Amyra Burchik		+1.0
11	4-7	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
12	4-8	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Hazel Slusher		+0.8
13	5-8	S ALA	SAMFRD	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+0.6
14	5-9	SAMFRD	S ALA	Blocked	Amyra Burchik	blk Anabelle Cerny, Dalayla Blackwell	+0.6
15	5-10	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Anabelle Cerny	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.7
16	6-10	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.5
17	6-11	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
18	6-12	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
19	7-12	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Amyra Burchik	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.3
20	7-13	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
21	8-13	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.3
22	8-14	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
23	9-14	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.3
24	9-15	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
25	10-15	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Ally Cordes	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.3
26	10-16	SAMFRD	S ALA	Serve err	Samford		+0.4
27	11-16	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.3
28	12-16	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Alison Ohlinger, Janie Stinchcomb	+0.6
29	12-17	SAMFRD	S ALA	Blocked	Amyra Burchik	blk Anabelle Cerny, Dalayla Blackwell	+0.5
30	12-18	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Janie Stinchcomb		+0.5
31	13-18	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Amyra Burchik	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.3
32	13-19	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
33	14-19	S ALA	SAMFRD	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.2
34	15-19	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Attack err	Alivia Freeman		+0.5
35	15-20	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
36	16-20	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Maggie Kalisz	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.3
37	16-21	SAMFRD	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
38	16-22	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Hazel Slusher		+0.4
39	17-22	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Ally Cordes	set Brooklyn Drumwright	+0.1
40	17-23	SAMFRD	S ALA	Blocked	Ally Cordes	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Alexa Strandberg	+0.2
41	18-23	S ALA	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.1
42	19-23	SAMFRD	SAMFRD	Kill	Hazel Slusher	set Alison Ohlinger	+0.2
43	19-24	SAMFRD	S ALA	Blocked	Hazel Slusher	blk Dalayla Blackwell	+0.3
44	19-25	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Katelyn Stooksbury	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Samford 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).

South Alabama def. Samford 3–0