South Alabama def. Southern Miss. 3-1 Volleyball (Nov 6)

Final · 4 setsFri, Nov 6, 2026ESPN+

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: South Alabama 50.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

South Alabama won at Southern Miss. 3-1 (26-24, 26-24, 23-25, 25-22) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. Sarah Gooch led South Alabama with 12 kills; Southern Miss.'s Sadie McAda had a match-high 13.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 6

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
S ALA	26	26	23	25	3
S MISS	24	24	25	22	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

4 aces from Addison Hurst, and South Alabama needed each of them.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are South Alabama's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. South Alabama went in as RallyIQ's 50% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · South Alabama 20–22 Southern Miss.
Down 20–22, South Alabama scored 3 straight to lead 23–22.
South Alabama 58% → 76%
Turning point 2: Set 2 · South Alabama 23–23 Southern Miss.
South Alabama closed it, 3 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 26–24 and lead 2–0.
South Alabama 70% → 88%
Turning point 3: Set 4 · South Alabama 0–0 Southern Miss.
South Alabama scored 6 straight to open the set 6–0.
South Alabama 75% → 92%

Southern Miss. above 50South Alabama belowMax swing 9.9%

South AlabamaSouthern Miss.

Sideout %: South Alabama 54.2·Southern Miss. 51.5
Break %: South Alabama 48.5·Southern Miss. 45.8
Hitting: South Alabama .199·Southern Miss. .128
Longest run: South Alabama 6·Southern Miss. 5

Dalayla Blackwell
2 kills inside the turning points, 10 K and .172 for the match (13.5 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Southern Miss. above 50 · South Alabama below

Biggest swing: 9.9% to Southern Miss. — set 1, S ALA 24-24 S MISS. Kill by Elly Stewart (set by Allie Hazelwood). S MISS win probability 39% → 49%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

S ALA 47.3%52.7% S MISS

South Alabama wins

3-0

11.4%

3-1

17.6%

3-2

18.3%

Southern Miss. wins

3-0

13.7%

3-1

19.9%

3-2

19.2%

S ALA break %: 43.5% vs this opp
S MISS break %: 44.0% 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
Elly StewartKill+9.9%
Kill by Elly Stewart (set by Allie Hazelwood)
Set 1 · S ALA 24-24 S MISS · S MISS 39% → 49%
02
Cambria GaierKill+9.9%
Kill by Cambria Gaier (set by Halle Norvell)
Set 1 · S ALA 26-24 S MISS · S ALA 59% → 69%
03
Aubrey JuddKill+9.9%
Kill by Aubrey Judd (set by Allie Hazelwood)
Set 2 · S ALA 23-24 S MISS · S MISS 30% → 40%
04
South AlabamaAce+9.9%
South Alabama ace on Sunni Sheppard
Set 2 · S ALA 25-24 S MISS · S ALA 68% → 78%
05
Alexa StrandbergKill+9.9%
Kill by Alexa Strandberg (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 2 · S ALA 26-24 S MISS · S ALA 78% → 88%
06
Dalayla Blackwell&Sarah GoochBlock+7.8%
Aubrey Judd stuffed by Dalayla Blackwell & Sarah Gooch
Set 2 · S ALA 23-22 S MISS · S ALA 68% → 76%
07
Sadie McAdaAttack error+7.7%
Attack error by Sadie McAda
Set 1 · S ALA 25-24 S MISS · S ALA 51% → 59%
08
Dalayla BlackwellKill+7.6%
Kill by Dalayla Blackwell (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 2 · S ALA 24-24 S MISS · S ALA 60% → 68%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Alabamaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
0Sarah GoochOH	4	12	4	48	.167	1	2	1	13	3	1	4	3	17
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	4	10	5	29	.172	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3.5	13.5
4Eva DittmarOH	4	9	1	23	.348	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	10
8Cambria GaierOH	4	7	6	35	.029	1	0	2	19	2	1	0	1	8
6Elyse HeffnerMB	4	6	1	12	.417	0	0	1	4	0	1	2	2	8
2Anabelle CernyS	4	0	1	2	-.500	22	1	1	15	0	0	0	0	1
22Alexa StrandbergMB	4	8	1	23	.304	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	2.5	10.5
3Addison HurstL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	4	5	22	0	0	0	0	4
15Halle NorvellS	4	1	0	1	1.000	20	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	1
16Alivia FreemanMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23Megan SmithOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		54	19	176	.199	49	7	14	87	5	4	18	13	100

Southern Miss.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Sadie McAdaOH	4	13	10	53	.057	0	2	0	20	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
2Aubrey JuddOH	4	11	8	42	.071	0	0	2	6	0	1	0	1	12
16Elly StewartMB	4	8	4	20	.200	0	3	4	2	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
7Allie HazelwoodS	4	2	2	7	.000	43	0	1	16	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
5Kaylee LowtherL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	15	4	0	0	0	0
8Maggie SewellMB	2	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
3Sunni SheppardL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	4	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	1
13Lillie JohnsonMB	3	5	1	16	.250	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
21Diana WellsOH	2	7	1	12	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
9Emily DavisOH	2	4	1	22	.136	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	4
18Morgen DurgensS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	29	179	.128	48	5	10	97	7	2	4	4	95

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 Southern Miss.

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Nov 6, 2026South Alabama at Southern Miss. · South Alabama won 3-1This match
Sat, Nov 7, 2026South Alabama at Southern Miss. · Southern Miss. won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 S ALA · S MISS 5

Set 1

26-24

Longest run 4 S ALAS MISS 4

Set 2

26-24

Longest run 4 S ALAS MISS 5

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 6 S ALAS MISS 4

Set 4

25-22

Longest run 6 S ALAS MISS 4

Bars above the line = Southern Miss. 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	39%7/18	67%10/15
2	58%7/12	22%2/9
3	58%7/12	36%4/11
4	70%7/10	22%2/9
5	60%6/10	54%7/13
6	50%5/10	63%10/16
All	54%39/72	48%35/73

Southern Miss.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	39%7/18	63%12/19
2	78%7/9	50%7/14
3	64%7/11	42%5/12
4	50%6/12	30%3/10
5	38%6/16	45%5/11
6	71%5/7	17%1/6
All	52%38/73	46%33/72

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 4 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

195 rallies

#	S ALA-S MISS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+2.4
2	0-2	S MISS	S MISS	Blocked	Dalayla Blackwell	blk Maggie Sewell	+2.4
3	1-2	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.8
4	1-3	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.9
5	2-3	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.9
6	3-3	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.5
7	3-4	S ALA	S MISS×4	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.0
8	3-5	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Elyse Heffner		+2.6
9	3-6	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.5
10	3-7	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Emily Davis	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.3
11	4-7	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.6
12	4-8	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.8
13	5-8	S MISS	S ALA×4	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+1.6
14	6-8	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Elly Stewart	blk Cambria Gaier	+2.4
15	7-8	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Sarah Gooch	+2.7
16	8-8	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	South Alabama	aced Kaylee Lowther	+2.9
17	8-9	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.3
18	9-9	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+2.3
19	10-9	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Aubrey Judd		+3.1
20	10-10	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Maggie Sewell	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.4
21	11-10	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+2.5
22	11-11	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.4
23	11-12	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.3
24	12-12	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.5
25	13-12	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Aubrey Judd	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Sarah Gooch	+3.4
26	13-13	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.6
27	14-13	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Southern Miss.		+2.8
28	14-14	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.7
29	15-14	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.9
30	16-14	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Halle Norvell	+3.7
31	16-15	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.6
32	17-15	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Halle Norvell	+3.0
33	17-16	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.8
34	17-17	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+4.1
35	18-17	S MISS	S ALA	Blocked	Allie Hazelwood	blk Elyse Heffner	+3.4
36	18-18	S ALA	S MISS	Blocked	Cambria Gaier	blk Sadie McAda, Maggie Sewell	+3.4
37	19-18	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Southern Miss.		+3.7
38	19-19	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+3.6
39	20-19	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.0
40	21-19	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Emily Davis	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Eva Dittmar	+5.1
41	21-20	S ALA	S MISS	Attack err	Anabelle Cerny		+3.3
42	22-20	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+4.4
43	22-21	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Emily Davis	set Sunni Sheppard	+3.5
44	22-22	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+6.4
45	23-22	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Southern Miss.		+6.0
46	24-22	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Elly Stewart	blk Elyse Heffner, Sarah Gooch	+7.5
47	24-23	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+3.3
48	24-24	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+9.9
49	25-24	S MISS	S ALA	Attack err	Sadie McAda		+7.7
50	26-24	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Halle Norvell	+9.9
Set 2
1	1-0	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.4
2	1-1	S ALA	S MISS	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.9
3	2-1	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.9
4	3-1	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Addison Hurst	+2.5
5	3-2	S ALA	S MISS×3	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.8
6	3-3	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Emily Davis	set Sunni Sheppard	+2.5
7	3-4	S MISS	S MISS×3	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+2.6
8	4-4	S MISS	S ALA	Attack err	Aubrey Judd		+2.0
9	5-4	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Elly Stewart	blk Alexa Strandberg	+2.7
10	5-5	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.0
11	6-5	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Southern Miss.		+2.1
12	6-6	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Allie Hazelwood		+2.1
13	7-6	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Southern Miss.		+2.2
14	7-7	S ALA	S MISS×5	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.2
15	7-8	S MISS	S MISS×5	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Cambria Gaier	+2.9
16	7-9	S MISS	S MISS×5	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Cambria Gaier	+2.9
17	7-10	S MISS	S MISS×5	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.8
18	7-11	S MISS	S MISS×5	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.5
19	8-11	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Southern Miss.		+1.7
20	9-11	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Allie Hazelwood		+2.6
21	9-12	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.2
22	10-12	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.0
23	10-13	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.3
24	11-13	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.1
25	12-13		S ALA	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.			+3.1
26	12-14	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.6
27	13-14	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.5
28	14-14	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Sadie McAda		+3.5
29	14-15	S ALA	S MISS×3	Kill	Emily Davis	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.9
30	14-16	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.7
31	14-17	S MISS	S MISS×3	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Allie Hazelwood, Elly Stewart	+3.4
32	15-17	S MISS	S ALA×4	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+2.2
33	16-17	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Halle Norvell	+3.6
34	17-17	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Elly Stewart		+4.1
35	18-17	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+4.4
36	18-18	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.4
37	19-18	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Halle Norvell	+3.7
38	19-19	S ALA	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.6
39	19-20	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+5.2
40	19-21	S MISS	S MISS×3	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+5.1
41	20-21	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Halle Norvell	+3.3
42	20-22	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+4.4
43	21-22	S MISS	S ALA×3	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.5
44	22-22	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Sadie McAda		+6.4
45	23-22	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Aubrey Judd	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Sarah Gooch	+7.8
46	23-23	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+5.8
47	23-24	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+9.9
48	24-24	S MISS	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+7.6
49	25-24	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	South Alabama	aced Sunni Sheppard	+9.9
50	26-24	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+9.9
Set 3
1	0-1	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.6
2	0-2	S MISS	S MISS	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Sarah Gooch	+1.6
3	1-2	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
4	1-3	S ALA	S MISS×4	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.3
5	1-4	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Cambria Gaier	+1.6
6	1-5	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.5
7	1-6	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.4
8	2-6	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Addison Hurst	+0.9
9	2-7	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.1
10	3-7	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
11	3-8	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Sunni Sheppard	+1.1
12	3-9	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.2
13	4-9	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+0.8
14	5-9	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Kaylee Lowther	+1.2
15	5-10	S ALA	S MISS	Bad set	Addison Hurst		+1.1
16	6-10	S MISS	S ALA×4	Serve err	Southern Miss.		+0.9
17	7-10	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Sadie McAda	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Alexa Strandberg	+1.5
18	8-10	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Maggie Sewell		+1.7
19	9-10	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Sadie McAda	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Alexa Strandberg	+1.9
20	9-11	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.6
21	10-11	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Halle Norvell	+1.5
22	11-11	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Kaylee Lowther	+2.1
23	11-12	S ALA	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.7
24	11-13	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+2.2
25	11-14	S MISS	S MISS×4	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Sarah Gooch	+2.1
26	11-15	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.9
27	12-15	S MISS	S ALA	Attack err	Maggie Sewell		+1.2
28	12-16	S ALA	S MISS	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+1.5
29	12-17	S MISS	S MISS	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny		+1.5
30	13-17	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.9
31	14-17	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Aubrey Judd	blk Sarah Gooch, Elyse Heffner	+1.5
32	14-18	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	Addison Hurst		+1.5
33	15-18	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Morgen Durgens		+1.2
34	15-19	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.5
35	16-19	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+1.1
36	17-19	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Halle Norvell	+2.0
37	17-20	S ALA	S MISS×4	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.0
38	17-21	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.1
39	17-22	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.3
40	17-23	S MISS	S MISS×4	Ace	Southern Miss.	aced Sarah Gooch	+0.7
41	18-23	S MISS	S ALA×6	Kill	Halle Norvell	set Halle Norvell	+0.2
42	19-23	S ALA	S ALA×6	Blocked	Sadie McAda	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Alexa Strandberg	+0.5
43	20-23	S ALA	S ALA×6	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+0.9
44	21-23	S ALA	S ALA×6	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+1.8
45	22-23	S ALA	S ALA×6	Attack err	Sadie McAda		+3.1
46	23-23	S ALA	S ALA×6	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Halle Norvell	+5.0
47	23-24	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	Elyse Heffner		+5.2
48	23-25	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Lillie Johnson	+6.7
Set 4
1	1-0	S ALA	S ALA×6	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.2
2	2-0	S ALA	S ALA×6	Ace	Addison Hurst	aced Sunni Sheppard	+3.2
3	3-0	S ALA	S ALA×6	Attack err	Aubrey Judd		+3.1
4	4-0	S ALA	S ALA×6	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.9
5	5-0	S ALA	S ALA×6	Attack err	Sadie McAda		+2.7
6	6-0	S ALA	S ALA×6	Attack err	Aubrey Judd		+2.4
7	6-1	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	Addison Hurst		+1.5
8	6-2	S MISS	S MISS	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny		+2.4
9	7-2	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.1
10	7-3	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sunni Sheppard		+1.8
11	7-4	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+2.8
12	8-4	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Halle Norvell	+2.4
13	8-5	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	Sarah Gooch		+2.2
14	9-5	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Halle Norvell	+2.5
15	9-6	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.2
16	9-7	S MISS	S MISS	Bad set	Halle Norvell		+3.3
17	10-7	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+2.8
18	10-8	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Allie Hazelwood	set Morgen Durgens	+2.6
19	11-8	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Elly Stewart		+2.9
20	12-8	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Eva Dittmar	+3.4
21	12-9	S ALA	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Sunni Sheppard	+2.3
22	12-10	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+3.5
23	12-11	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+4.0
24	12-12	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+4.4
25	13-12	S MISS	S ALA×4	Blocked	Sadie McAda	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Eva Dittmar	+3.5
26	14-12	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	South Alabama	aced Kaylee Lowther	+4.5
27	15-12	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Lillie Johnson	blk Sarah Gooch	+4.2
28	16-12	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.7
29	16-13	S ALA	S MISS×3	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.3
30	16-14	S MISS	S MISS×3	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny		+3.8
31	16-15	S MISS	S MISS×3	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Aubrey Judd	+4.6
32	17-15	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.0
33	17-16	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.7
34	18-16	S MISS	S ALA×3	Attack err	Diana Wells		+4.2
35	19-16	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Cambria Gaier	+5.0
36	20-16	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Aubrey Judd		+4.0
37	20-17	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.2
38	20-18	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Alexa Strandberg		+4.0
39	21-18	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Addison Hurst	+4.2
40	21-19	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.1
41	22-19	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+4.4
42	23-19	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Sadie McAda		+3.9
43	23-20	S ALA	S MISS	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.4
44	24-20	S MISS	S ALA	Serve err	Elly Stewart		+2.7
45	24-21	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.8
46	24-22	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.5
47	25-22	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.4

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).

South Alabama def. Southern Miss. 3–1

4 aces from Addison Hurst, and South Alabama needed each of them.