Southern Miss. def. Southern U. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 12)

FinalSat, Sep 12, 2026

0:3

Southern Miss. beat visiting Southern U. 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-16) on Sat, Sep 12, 2026. Southern Miss.'s Elly Stewart led with 8 kills, and Sunni Sheppard added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 12

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SOUTHR	23	23	16	0
S MISS	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Southern Miss. above 50 · Southern U. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Southern Miss. stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SOUTHR 0.8%99.2% S MISS

Southern U. wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.2%

3-2

0.5%

Southern Miss. wins

3-0

76.3%

3-1

19.7%

3-2

3.2%

SOUTHR break %: 35.6% vs this opp
S MISS break %: 54.3% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern U.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Mariah MottOH	3	6	6	24	.000	1	0	0	1	0	5	2.5	8.5
4Braelynn ReeseOH	3	4	2	11	.182	1	0	0	0	1	3	1.5	5.5
18Paulina Agudelo MarinMB	3	3	1	8	.250	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	5
11Sereniti JohnsonOH	3	2	5	19	-.158	2	1	0	17	2	1	0.5	3.5
9Maleah FaustS	3	3	0	4	.750	10	0	1	4	0	0	0	3
2Reagan RobinsonL/DS	3	0	3	11	-.273	0	2	3	11	1	0	0	2
19Najah HarrisDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	2	0	21	1	0	0	2
10Penina VitoS	3	1	0	1	1.000	9	0	0	3	0	0	0	1
15Norielle BattleOH	2	4	3	17	.059	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
13Elizabeth LualemagaOH	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14Alayah WilsonOH	2	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
7Ayana JohnsonDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
12Nyla HoultOH	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		25	21	105	.038	23	5	5	59	6	14	7	62

Southern Miss.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
16Elly StewartMB	3	8	2	22	.273	0	1	1	2	0	4	2	11
6Sadie McAdaOH	3	7	5	27	.074	0	1	3	7	4	0	0	8
13Lillie JohnsonMB	3	6	0	14	.429	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
7Allie HazelwoodS	3	2	0	7	.286	31	1	2	7	0	4	2	5
5Kaylee LowtherL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	2
2Aubrey JuddOH	2	5	4	19	.053	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
21Diana WellsOH	3	6	9	30	-.100	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7
11Lindsey SmithL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	1
3Sunni SheppardL/DS	3	0	1	4	-.250	2	0	3	13	1	0	0	0
9Emily DavisOH	1	4	0	6	.667	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Tarah YunesOH	1	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		40	22	135	.133	34	6	10	46	5	14	7	75

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.

Southern U. vs Southern Miss.

Season series · Southern Miss. leads 2-0

Fri, Aug 28, 2026Southern Miss. at Southern U. · Southern Miss. won 3-0Result →
Sat, Sep 12, 2026Southern U. at Southern Miss. · Southern Miss. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 SOUTHR · S MISS 7

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 5 SOUTHRS MISS 5

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 7 SOUTHRS MISS 7

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 2 SOUTHRS MISS 5

Bars above the line = Southern Miss. leads, below = Southern U. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Southern U.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	43%6/14	29%2/7
2	40%6/15	67%12/18
3	46%6/13	60%9/15
4	75%6/8	14%1/7
5	33%4/12	54%7/13
6	27%3/11	0%0/4
All	42%31/73	48%31/64

Southern Miss.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	56%5/9
2	43%6/14	50%6/12
3	46%6/13	63%10/16
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	60%6/10	25%2/8
6	75%3/4	81%13/16
All	52%33/64	58%42/73

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

137 rallies

#	SOUTHR-S MISS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	SOUTHR	S MISS×3	Serve err	Southern U.
2	0-2	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood
3	0-3	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood
4	1-3	S MISS	SOUTHR×5	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust
5	2-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Blocked	Aubrey Judd	blk Braelynn Reese, Sereniti Johnson
6	3-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Braelynn Reese, Mariah Mott
7	4-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust
8	5-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Ace	Southern U.	aced Sadie McAda
9	5-4	SOUTHR	S MISS×4	Serve err	Southern U.
10	5-5	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Braelynn Reese
11	5-6	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
12	5-7	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Mariah Mott
13	6-7	S MISS	SOUTHR×5	Attack err	Diana Wells
14	7-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Attack err	Elly Stewart
15	8-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Sereniti Johnson
16	9-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Mariah Mott, Paulina Agudelo Marin
17	10-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Mariah Mott, Paulina Agudelo Marin
18	10-8	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood
19	11-8	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Maleah Faust
20	11-9	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
21	12-9	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
22	13-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Southern U.	aced Sadie McAda
23	13-10	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Allie Hazelwood	set Reagan Robinson
24	14-10	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Elizabeth Lualemaga	set Penina Vito
25	14-11	SOUTHR	S MISS×3	Serve err	Southern U.
26	14-12	S MISS	S MISS×3	Attack err	Braelynn Reese
27	14-13	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood
28	15-13	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito
29	15-14	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood
30	15-15	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Mariah Mott
31	16-15	S MISS	SOUTHR	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Braelynn Reese, Mariah Mott
32	17-15	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Aubrey Judd
33	17-16	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood
34	17-17	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Sunni Sheppard
35	18-17	S MISS	SOUTHR×3	Serve err	Southern Miss.
36	19-17	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Southern U.	aced Sadie McAda
37	20-17	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Elly Stewart
38	20-18	SOUTHR	S MISS	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson
39	20-19	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood
40	21-19	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Maleah Faust	set Allie Hazelwood
41	21-20	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
42	22-20	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito
43	23-20	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito
44	23-21	SOUTHR	S MISS×5	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
45	23-22	S MISS	S MISS×5	Bad set	Penina Vito
46	23-23	S MISS	S MISS×5	Bad set	Penina Vito
47	23-24	S MISS	S MISS×5	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood
48	23-25	S MISS	S MISS×5	Ace	Southern Miss.
Set 2
1	0-1	S MISS	S MISS	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Braelynn Reese
2	1-1	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Maleah Faust
3	1-2	SOUTHR	S MISS	Bad set	Maleah Faust
4	2-2	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
5	2-3	SOUTHR	S MISS	Blocked	Sereniti Johnson	blk Lillie Johnson, Allie Hazelwood
6	2-4	S MISS	S MISS	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Sereniti Johnson
7	3-4	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Maleah Faust
8	3-5	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood
9	3-6	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Norielle Battle
10	4-6	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
11	4-7	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood
12	5-7	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito
13	5-8	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood
14	6-8	S MISS	SOUTHR	Attack err	Diana Wells
15	7-8	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Diana Wells
16	7-9	SOUTHR	S MISS×3	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
17	7-10	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood
18	7-11	S MISS	S MISS×3	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Najah Harris
19	8-11	S MISS	SOUTHR×7	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust
20	9-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×7	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Maleah Faust
21	10-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×7	Ace	Southern U.	aced Sunni Sheppard
22	11-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×7	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust
23	12-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×7	Attack err	Sunni Sheppard
24	13-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×7	Attack err	Sadie McAda
25	14-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×7	Attack err	Sadie McAda
26	14-12	SOUTHR	S MISS	Serve err	Southern U.
27	14-13	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood
28	15-13	S MISS	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Maleah Faust
29	16-13	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Southern U.	aced Sadie McAda
30	17-13	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Blocked	Sadie McAda	blk Mariah Mott, Paulina Agudelo Marin
31	17-14	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood
32	17-15	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Mariah Mott
33	18-15	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
34	18-16	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood
35	19-16	S MISS	SOUTHR×4	Serve err	Southern Miss.
36	20-16	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Attack err	Aubrey Judd
37	21-16	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito
38	22-16	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Attack err	Diana Wells
39	22-17	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood
40	22-18	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin
41	23-18	S MISS	SOUTHR	Attack err	Aubrey Judd
42	23-19	SOUTHR	S MISS×7	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood
43	23-20	S MISS	S MISS×7	Kill	Allie Hazelwood
44	23-21	S MISS	S MISS×7	Kill	Diana Wells
45	23-22	S MISS	S MISS×7	Blocked	Norielle Battle	blk Diana Wells, Elly Stewart
46	23-23	S MISS	S MISS×7	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson
47	23-24	S MISS	S MISS×7	Blocked	Norielle Battle	blk Diana Wells, Elly Stewart
48	23-25	S MISS	S MISS×7	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood
Set 3
1	0-1	SOUTHR	S MISS	Blocked	Reagan Robinson	blk Allie Hazelwood, Elly Stewart
2	1-1	S MISS	SOUTHR	Attack err	Sadie McAda
3	1-2	SOUTHR	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Lillie Johnson
4	1-3	S MISS	S MISS×3	Attack err	Mariah Mott
5	1-4	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Sunni Sheppard
6	2-4	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Braelynn Reese
7	2-5	SOUTHR	S MISS×5	Kill	Emily Davis	set Allie Hazelwood
8	2-6	S MISS	S MISS×5	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson
9	2-7	S MISS	S MISS×5	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Reagan Robinson
10	2-8	S MISS	S MISS×5	Attack err	Reagan Robinson
11	2-9	S MISS	S MISS×5	Blocked	Sereniti Johnson	blk Lillie Johnson, Emily Davis
12	3-9	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
13	3-10	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood
14	3-11	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Emily Davis	set Allie Hazelwood
15	4-11	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
16	5-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Diana Wells
17	5-12	SOUTHR	S MISS×4	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
18	5-13	S MISS	S MISS×4	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Sereniti Johnson
19	5-14	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Alayah Wilson
20	5-15	S MISS	S MISS×4	Blocked	Reagan Robinson	blk Allie Hazelwood, Elly Stewart
21	6-15	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Nyla Hoult	set Maleah Faust
22	6-16	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
23	7-16	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Maleah Faust	set Sereniti Johnson
24	8-16	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Sadie McAda
25	8-17	SOUTHR	S MISS×3	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood
26	8-18	S MISS	S MISS×3	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk Lillie Johnson, Allie Hazelwood
27	8-19	S MISS	S MISS×3	Attack err	Mariah Mott
28	9-19	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Penina Vito
29	10-19	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito
30	10-20	SOUTHR	S MISS×3	Serve err	Southern U.
31	10-21	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Emily Davis	set Allie Hazelwood
32	10-22	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood
33	11-22	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
34	12-22	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito
35	12-23	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Emily Davis	set Allie Hazelwood
36	13-23	S MISS	SOUTHR	Kill	Penina Vito	set Mariah Mott
37	14-23	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Tarah Yunes	blk Paulina Agudelo Marin, Alayah Wilson
38	14-24	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Tarah Yunes	set Allie Hazelwood
39	15-24	S MISS	SOUTHR	Serve err	Southern Miss.
40	16-24	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Maleah Faust	set Allie Hazelwood
41	16-25	SOUTHR	S MISS	Kill	Tarah Yunes	set Allie Hazelwood

Score shown after each rally, Southern U. first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Southern Miss. def. Southern U. 3–0