James Madison def. South Alabama 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 25)

FinalFri, Sep 25, 2026ESPN+

0:3

James Madison beat visiting South Alabama 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 26-24) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. James Madison's Kennedy Louisell led with 15 kills, and Sydney Lewis added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
S ALA	21	17	24	0
JMU	25	25	26	3

Win probability

James Madison above 50 · South Alabama below

Biggest swing: 3.0% to James Madison — set 1, S ALA 18-20 JMU. Attack error by Alexa Strandberg. JMU win probability 82% → 85%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

S ALA 18.1%81.9% JMU

South Alabama wins

3-0

2.9%

3-1

6.0%

3-2

9.3%

James Madison wins

3-0

33.5%

3-1

30.7%

3-2

17.7%

S ALA break %: 39.3% vs this opp
JMU break %: 46.2% 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
Alexa StrandbergAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Alexa Strandberg
Set 1 · S ALA 18-20 JMU · JMU 82% → 85%
02
Cambria GaierBlock+2.8%
Addie Norman stuffed by Cambria Gaier
Set 1 · S ALA 20-21 JMU · S ALA 14% → 17%
03
Kennedy LouisellKill+2.7%
Kill by Kennedy Louisell (set by Grace Wenrich)
Set 1 · S ALA 15-16 JMU · JMU 79% → 82%
04
Addie NormanKill+2.6%
Kill by Addie Norman (set by Lindsey Large)
Set 1 · S ALA 20-22 JMU · JMU 83% → 86%
05
Ella Grace HollowayKill+2.6%
Kill by Ella Grace Holloway (set by Grace Wenrich)
Set 1 · S ALA 14-14 JMU · JMU 77% → 80%
06
Ana ToumazatosAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Ana Toumazatos
Set 1 · S ALA 12-9 JMU · S ALA 24% → 26%
07
Ella Grace HollowayKill+2.6%
Kill by Ella Grace Holloway (set by Grace Wenrich)
Set 1 · S ALA 20-23 JMU · JMU 86% → 89%
08
South AlabamaAce+2.6%
South Alabama ace
Set 3 · S ALA 24-24 JMU · S ALA 2% → 4%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Alabamaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Cambria GaierOH	3	10	5	28	.179	0	0	2	6	3	1	0	1	11
4Eva DittmarOH	3	10	5	24	.208	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	11
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	3	6	2	14	.286	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
2Anabelle CernyS	3	2	0	5	.400	26	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	4
22Alexa StrandbergMB	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
3Addison HurstL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	5	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	2
6Elyse HeffnerMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Alivia FreemanMB	2	7	1	11	.545	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
1Marissa TaixL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
0Sarah GoochOH	2	0	2	12	-.167	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
20Preslee ThompsonDS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	17	104	.192	32	5	9	33	5	1	4	3	62

James Madisonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Kennedy LouisellOH	3	15	2	26	.500	0	1	3	6	2	1	0.5	16.5
9Ayen NhialMB	3	4	2	8	.250	0	1	0	2	0	3	1.5	6.5
4Ella Grace HollowayOH	3	4	1	12	.250	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
8Anna WilsonMB	3	3	1	8	.250	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	5
16Shelby DavisL/DS	3	1	1	2	.000	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	3
2Grace WenrichS	3	1	0	3	.333	18	1	1	4	0	0	0	2
6Addie NormanOH	3	10	4	22	.273	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	12
13Ana ToumazatosOH	3	4	2	10	.200	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4
17Sydney LewisL/DS	3	1	0	2	.500	8	0	1	11	0	0	0	1
5Lindsey LargeS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	13	93	.323	39	5	6	38	5	14	7	76

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.

South Alabama vs James Madison

Season series · James Madison leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026South Alabama at James Madison · James Madison won 3-0This match
Sat, Sep 26, 2026South Alabama at James Madison · James Madison won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 S ALA · JMU 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 5 S ALAJMU 5

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 4 S ALAJMU 6

Set 3

24-26

Longest run 3 S ALAJMU 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Alabama

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%5/13	50%4/8
2	71%5/7	17%1/6
3	50%5/10	29%2/7
4	45%5/11	0%0/5
5	50%3/6	55%6/11
6	100%3/3	40%2/5
All	52%26/50	36%15/42

James Madison

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%5/9	50%4/8
2	83%5/6	50%5/10
3	83%5/6	55%6/11
4	63%5/8	44%4/9
5	50%4/8	43%3/7
6	60%3/5	40%2/5
All	64%27/42	48%24/50

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 (2 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

138 rallies

#	S ALA-JMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+1.7
2	2-0	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	South Alabama	aced Kennedy Louisell	+1.9
3	3-0	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Ayen Nhial	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Eva Dittmar	+2.0
4	4-0	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.0
5	4-1	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.3
6	4-2	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.9
7	5-2	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.6
8	6-2	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Ella Grace Holloway		+2.1
9	6-3	S ALA	JMU×5	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.4
10	6-4	JMU	JMU×5	Ace	James Madison	aced Cambria Gaier	+1.9
11	6-5	JMU	JMU×5	Kill	Anna Wilson		+2.0
12	6-6	JMU	JMU×5	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Kennedy Louisell, Anna Wilson	+1.9
13	6-7	JMU	JMU×5	Kill	Addie Norman	set Sydney Lewis	+1.8
14	7-7	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+1.4
15	7-8	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.4
16	7-9	JMU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Sydney Lewis	+1.7
17	8-9	JMU	S ALA×5	Serve err	James Madison		+1.3
18	9-9	S ALA	S ALA×5	Attack err	Anna Wilson		+2.0
19	10-9	S ALA	S ALA×5	Attack err	Kennedy Louisell		+2.3
20	11-9	S ALA	S ALA×5	Ace	South Alabama	aced Ana Toumazatos	+2.5
21	12-9	S ALA	S ALA×5	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+2.6
22	12-10	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.6
23	13-10	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Anabelle Cerny	set Lindsey Large	+2.0
24	13-11	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+1.7
25	14-11	JMU	S ALA	Serve err	James Madison		+2.1
26	14-12	S ALA	JMU×3	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Sydney Lewis	+1.7
27	14-13	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+2.6
28	14-14	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+2.6
29	15-14	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.2
30	15-15	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+2.0
31	15-16	JMU	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+2.7
32	16-16	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.1
33	16-17	S ALA	JMU	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.1
34	17-17	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.2
35	17-18		JMU	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.			+2.2
36	18-18	JMU	S ALA	Attack err	Ana Toumazatos		+2.4
37	18-19	S ALA	JMU×3	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+2.4
38	18-20	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Alexa Strandberg		+3.0
39	18-21	JMU	JMU×3	Attack err	Sydney Lewis		+2.4
40	19-21	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Anabelle Cerny		+1.3
41	20-21	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Addie Norman	blk Cambria Gaier	+2.8
42	20-22	S ALA	JMU×3	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+2.6
43	20-23	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+2.6
44	20-24	JMU	JMU×3	Blocked	Cambria Gaier	blk Ayen Nhial, Ella Grace Holloway	+1.3
45	21-24	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.3
46	21-25	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.7
Set 2
1	0-1	JMU	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial		+1.1
2	0-2	JMU	JMU	Ace	James Madison	aced Cambria Gaier	+1.0
3	1-2	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
4	2-2	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Ayen Nhial		+1.2
5	2-3	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.9
6	3-3	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
7	4-3	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Alexa Strandberg	+1.4
8	4-4	S ALA	JMU×6	Kill	Sydney Lewis	set Grace Wenrich	+1.0
9	4-5	JMU	JMU×6	Kill	Kennedy Louisell		+1.3
10	4-6	JMU	JMU×6	Attack err	Alexa Strandberg		+1.2
11	4-7	JMU	JMU×6	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+1.0
12	4-8	JMU	JMU×6	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Sydney Lewis	+0.9
13	4-9	JMU	JMU×6	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Addie Norman, Anna Wilson	+0.7
14	5-9	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
15	5-10	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Lindsey Large	+0.5
16	6-10	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
17	6-11	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.5
18	6-12	JMU	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Lindsey Large	+0.6
19	7-12	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
20	8-12	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Addie Norman		+0.6
21	8-13	S ALA	JMU	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.6
22	9-13	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
23	10-13	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
24	10-14	S ALA	JMU×3	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.7
25	10-15	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Ella Grace Holloway	set Grace Wenrich	+0.8
26	10-16	JMU	JMU×3	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.6
27	11-16	JMU	S ALA	Serve err	James Madison		+0.3
28	11-17	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Grace Wenrich	+0.4
29	11-18	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+0.3
30	12-18	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.2
31	12-19	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.2
32	13-19	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
33	13-20	S ALA	JMU×5	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.2
34	13-21	JMU	JMU×5	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Addie Norman, Anna Wilson	+0.1
35	13-22	JMU	JMU×5	Attack err	Alivia Freeman		+0.1
36	13-23	JMU	JMU×5	Ace	James Madison	aced Cambria Gaier	·
37	13-24	JMU	JMU×5	Kill	Shelby Davis	set Sydney Lewis	·
38	14-24	JMU	S ALA×4	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	·
39	15-24	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Shelby Davis		·
40	16-24	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	·
41	17-24	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Addison Hurst	·
42	17-25	S ALA	JMU	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		·
Set 3
1	1-0	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar		+0.7
2	2-0	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.7
3	2-1	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.5
4	3-1	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
5	3-2	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+0.5
6	4-2	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+0.6
7	4-3	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Anna Wilson	set Lindsey Large	+0.5
8	5-3	JMU	S ALA	Serve err	James Madison		+0.6
9	5-4	S ALA	JMU	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.5
10	5-5	JMU	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Sydney Lewis	+0.7
11	6-5	JMU	S ALA	Serve err	James Madison		+0.6
12	6-6	S ALA	JMU	Blocked	Cambria Gaier	blk Addie Norman, Ayen Nhial	+0.5
13	7-6	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
14	7-7	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Grace Wenrich		+0.6
15	8-7	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Addison Hurst	+0.6
16	8-8	S ALA	JMU	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Ella Grace Holloway, Ayen Nhial	+0.6
17	8-9	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+0.8
18	9-9	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
19	9-10	S ALA	JMU	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.6
20	10-10	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
21	11-10	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
22	11-11	S ALA	JMU	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Addie Norman, Anna Wilson	+0.6
23	12-11	JMU	S ALA	Serve err	James Madison		+0.7
24	12-12	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Lindsey Large	+0.7
25	12-13	JMU	JMU	Kill	Addie Norman	set Anna Wilson	+0.9
26	13-13	JMU	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.7
27	14-13	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
28	15-13	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	South Alabama	aced Ana Toumazatos	+1.1
29	15-14	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Ana Toumazatos	set Sydney Lewis	+0.7
30	15-15	JMU	JMU	Ace	James Madison		+1.1
31	16-15	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Preslee Thompson	+0.9
32	17-15	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Kennedy Louisell	+1.3
33	17-16	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Ayen Nhial	set Grace Wenrich	+0.8
34	18-16	JMU	S ALA	Bad set	Kennedy Louisell		+1.0
35	19-16	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+1.3
36	19-17	S ALA	JMU×4	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.8
37	19-18	JMU	JMU×4	Ace	James Madison		+1.2
38	19-19	JMU	JMU×4	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Grace Wenrich	+1.4
39	19-20	JMU	JMU×4	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Shelby Davis	+1.4
40	20-20	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.1
41	20-21	S ALA	JMU	Kill	Kennedy Louisell	set Sydney Lewis	+1.1
42	20-22	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+1.4
43	21-22	JMU	S ALA	Blocked	Addie Norman	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Eva Dittmar	+0.8
44	21-23	S ALA	JMU	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.1
45	22-23	JMU	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
46	22-24	S ALA	JMU	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny		+1.3
47	23-24	JMU	S ALA	Attack err	Addie Norman		+0.8
48	24-24	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama		+2.6
49	24-25	S ALA	JMU	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.0
50	24-26	JMU	JMU	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+2.3

Score shown after each rally, South Alabama 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).

James Madison def. South Alabama 3–0