Southern Miss. def. South Alabama 3-0 Volleyball (Nov 7)

FinalSat, Nov 7, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: South Alabama 51.1% · upsetLocked before first serve (Nov 7, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Southern Miss. beat visiting South Alabama 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-16) on Sat, Nov 7, 2026. Southern Miss.'s Sadie McAda led with 16 kills, and Sunni Sheppard added 19 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
S ALA	19	23	16	0
S MISS	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

16 kills in 3 sets for Sadie Mcada. Southern Miss. swept South Alabama.

Win probability never moved more than 7.9 points on one rally; South Alabama topped out at 56% in Set 1. RallyIQ had South Alabama at 51% before first serve.

South AlabamaSouthern Miss.

Break %+14.0 pts
36.750.7
37 of 73 on serve vs 22 of 60, so South Alabama's sideout was 49.3%.
Longest run+3
58
8 straight Southern Miss. points in the first set turned a 3–5 deficit into an 11–5 lead. Final score of the set: 25–19.

Southern Miss. above 50South Alabama belowMax swing 7.9%

South AlabamaSouthern Miss.

Hitting: South Alabama .181·Southern Miss. .205
Aces: South Alabama 0·Southern Miss. 6
Serve err: South Alabama 6·Southern Miss. 2
Blocks: South Alabama 9·Southern Miss. 33 BS · 12 BA vs 3 BS · 0 BA
Digs: South Alabama 56·Southern Miss. 63

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Southern Miss. above 50 · South Alabama below

Biggest swing: 7.9% to Southern Miss. — set 2, S ALA 23-25 S MISS. Kill by Aubrey Judd (set by Allie Hazelwood). S MISS win probability 79% → 87%.

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
Aubrey JuddKill+7.9%
Kill by Aubrey Judd (set by Allie Hazelwood)
Set 2 · S ALA 23-25 S MISS · S MISS 79% → 87%
02
Anabelle Cerny&Alexa StrandbergBlock+4.4%
Diana Wells stuffed by Anabelle Cerny & Alexa Strandberg
Set 2 · S ALA 23-24 S MISS · S ALA 16% → 21%
03
Lillie JohnsonKill+3.7%
Kill by Lillie Johnson (set by Allie Hazelwood)
Set 2 · S ALA 21-24 S MISS · S MISS 81% → 85%
04
Diana WellsKill+3.4%
Kill by Diana Wells (set by Allie Hazelwood)
Set 2 · S ALA 19-22 S MISS · S MISS 79% → 82%
05
Elly StewartAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Elly Stewart
Set 2 · S ALA 19-21 S MISS · S ALA 18% → 21%
06
Diana WellsKill+3.0%
Kill by Diana Wells (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 2 · S ALA 19-23 S MISS · S MISS 82% → 85%
07
Aubrey JuddKill+3.0%
Kill by Aubrey Judd (set by Allie Hazelwood)
Set 2 · S ALA 14-18 S MISS · S MISS 79% → 82%
08
Alexa StrandbergBlock+2.8%
Sadie McAda stuffed by Alexa Strandberg
Set 2 · S ALA 13-15 S MISS · S ALA 22% → 25%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Alabamaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
0Sarah GoochOH	3	7	4	35	.086	1	0	9	3	1	1	1.5	8.5
6Elyse HeffnerMB	3	4	2	12	.167	0	1	4	0	1	4	3	7
4Eva DittmarOH	3	6	1	17	.294	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	3	5	2	15	.200	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
2Anabelle CernyS	3	1	1	2	.000	23	0	10	0	0	2	1	2
8Cambria GaierOH	1	1	2	3	-.333	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
22Alexa StrandbergMB	3	7	2	18	.278	0	1	2	0	1	3	2.5	9.5
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
1Marissa TaixL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
3Addison HurstL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	2	11	2	0	0	0	0
10Delaney LawsonOH	2	3	0	12	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
15Halle NorvellS	2	0	0	0	–	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	14	116	.181	35	6	56	6	3	12	9	58

Southern Miss.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BLK	PTS
6Sadie McAdaOH	3	16	3	35	.371	2	0	0	10	1	1	17
21Diana WellsOH	3	11	6	28	.179	0	0	0	1	0	0	11
16Elly StewartMB	3	6	2	22	.182	0	2	0	2	1	1	9
7Allie HazelwoodS	3	3	0	6	.500	37	1	1	10	0	0	4
8Maggie SewellMB	2	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Lindsey SmithL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
2Aubrey JuddOH	3	6	5	25	.040	1	0	0	1	1	1	7
13Lillie JohnsonMB	3	3	4	14	-.071	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
3Sunni SheppardL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	3	0	19	0	0	3
5Kaylee LowtherL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	10	0	0	0
18Morgen DurgensS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	7	0	0	0
Team totals		47	20	132	.205	41	6	2	63	3	3	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.

South Alabama vs Southern Miss.

Season series · Series tied 1-1

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 S ALA · S MISS 8

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 4 S ALAS MISS 8

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 5 S ALAS MISS 4

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 3 S ALAS MISS 6

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	50%7/14	30%3/10
2	70%7/10	56%9/16
3	29%6/21	50%7/14
4	43%6/14	0%0/6
5	63%5/8	25%2/8
6	83%5/6	17%1/6
All	49%36/73	37%22/60

Southern Miss.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	50%6/12
2	50%7/14	36%4/11
3	60%6/10	25%2/8
4	100%6/6	74%17/23
5	75%6/8	45%5/11
6	71%5/7	38%3/8
All	63%38/60	51%37/73

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

133 rallies

#	S ALA-S MISS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Eva Dittmar, Dalayla Blackwell	+2.4
2	2-0	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.4
3	2-1	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Allie Hazelwood	set Sadie McAda	+1.8
4	3-1	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.9
5	3-2	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Maggie Sewell	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.9
6	3-3	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Maggie Sewell		+2.5
7	4-3	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Addison Hurst	+2.0
8	5-3	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.6
9	5-4	S ALA	S MISS×8	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.9
10	5-5	S MISS	S MISS×8	Kill	Sadie McAda		+2.6
11	5-6	S MISS	S MISS×8	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+2.7
12	5-7	S MISS	S MISS×8	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.7
13	5-8	S MISS	S MISS×8	Bad set	Cambria Gaier		+2.6
14	5-9	S MISS	S MISS×8	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.4
15	5-10	S MISS	S MISS×8	Ace	Sunni Sheppard	aced Cambria Gaier	+2.2
16	5-11	S MISS	S MISS×8	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.8
17	6-11	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Halle Norvell	+1.2
18	6-12	S ALA	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.4
19	6-13	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.5
20	6-14	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.1
21	6-15	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Alexa Strandberg		+0.8
22	7-15	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Halle Norvell	+0.4
23	7-16	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.6
24	8-16	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+0.3
25	9-16	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Addison Hurst	+0.7
26	9-17	S ALA	S MISS	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+0.7
27	10-17	S MISS	S ALA	Attack err	Diana Wells		+0.5
28	10-18	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.7
29	11-18	S MISS	S ALA×4	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
30	12-18	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Aubrey Judd	blk Elyse Heffner	+0.8
31	13-18	S ALA	S ALA×4	Bad set	Allie Hazelwood		+1.2
32	14-18	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Lillie Johnson		+1.7
33	14-19	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.8
34	15-19	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
35	15-20	S ALA	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.7
36	15-21	S MISS	S MISS×3	Attack err	Elyse Heffner		+1.4
37	15-22	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Aubrey Judd	+0.8
38	16-22	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Delaney Lawson	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.3
39	16-23	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.5
40	17-23	S MISS	S ALA×3	Serve err	Morgen Durgens		+0.1
41	18-23	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Sadie McAda		+0.4
42	19-23	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.7
43	19-24	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Allie Hazelwood	set Kaylee Lowther	+1.1
44	19-25	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart		+0.4
Set 2
1	0-1	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.5
2	1-1	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.9
3	1-2	S ALA	S MISS×3	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.0
4	1-3	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.5
5	1-4	S MISS	S MISS×3	Ace	Allie Hazelwood	aced Sarah Gooch	+2.4
6	2-4	S MISS	S ALA×3	Kill	Kathryn O'Toole	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.8
7	3-4	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Lillie Johnson		+2.5
8	4-4	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Alexa Strandberg, Elyse Heffner	+2.6
9	4-5	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.1
10	5-5	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.1
11	5-6	S ALA	S MISS×4	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.2
12	5-7	S MISS	S MISS×4	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.8
13	5-8	S MISS	S MISS×4	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Aubrey Judd	+2.7
14	5-9	S MISS	S MISS×4	Ace	Sunni Sheppard	aced Sarah Gooch	+2.5
15	6-9	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.7
16	6-10	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.0
17	7-10	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.7
18	7-11	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.0
19	8-11	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.7
20	8-12	S ALA	S MISS×4	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.0
21	8-13	S MISS	S MISS×4	Ace	Elly Stewart	aced Addison Hurst	+2.3
22	8-14	S MISS	S MISS×4	Ace	Elly Stewart	aced Addison Hurst	+1.9
23	8-15	S MISS	S MISS×4	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+1.4
24	9-15	S MISS	S ALA×5	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
25	10-15	S ALA	S ALA×5	Attack err	Lillie Johnson		+1.4
26	11-15	S ALA	S ALA×5	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.8
27	12-15	S ALA	S ALA×5	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Alexa Strandberg, Elyse Heffner	+2.3
28	13-15	S ALA	S ALA×5	Blocked	Sadie McAda	blk Alexa Strandberg	+2.8
29	13-16	S ALA	S MISS	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+2.6
30	14-16	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.3
31	14-17	S ALA	S MISS	Serve err	South Alabama		+2.7
32	14-18	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.0
33	15-18	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.8
34	15-19	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.4
35	16-19	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+1.8
36	16-20	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.4
37	17-20	S MISS	S ALA	Attack err	Elly Stewart		+1.7
38	17-21	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+2.4
39	18-21	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+1.6
40	19-21	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Elly Stewart		+3.1
41	19-22	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.4
42	19-23	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.0
43	20-23	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.1
44	21-23	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.7
45	21-24	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+3.7
46	22-24	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.5
47	23-24	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Diana Wells	blk Anabelle Cerny, Alexa Strandberg	+4.4
48	23-25	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+7.9
Set 3
1	0-1	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.3
2	0-2	S MISS	S MISS	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+1.7
3	1-2	S MISS	S ALA	Attack err	Aubrey Judd		+1.3
4	1-3	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.3
5	2-3	S MISS	S ALA×3	Serve err	Allie Hazelwood		+1.3
6	3-3	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Addison Hurst	+1.7
7	4-3	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Aubrey Judd		+1.8
8	4-4	S ALA	S MISS×6	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.4
9	4-5	S MISS	S MISS×6	Ace	Sunni Sheppard	aced Sarah Gooch	+1.8
10	4-6	S MISS	S MISS×6	Attack err	Elyse Heffner		+1.8
11	4-7	S MISS	S MISS×6	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.8
12	4-8	S MISS	S MISS×6	Blocked	Alexa Strandberg	blk Sadie McAda	+1.7
13	4-9	S MISS	S MISS×6	Kill	Sadie McAda		+1.5
14	5-9	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+1.0
15	5-10	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.2
16	6-10	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Delaney Lawson	set Halle Norvell	+1.0
17	6-11	S ALA	S MISS×3	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.2
18	6-12	S MISS	S MISS×3	Blocked	Dalayla Blackwell	blk Elly Stewart	+1.3
19	6-13	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+1.0
20	7-13	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Halle Norvell	+0.6
21	7-14	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.8
22	8-14	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
23	8-15	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Lillie Johnson	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.8
24	8-16	S MISS	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Sadie McAda	+0.7
25	9-16	S MISS	S ALA	Attack err	Diana Wells		+0.4
26	10-16	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Lillie Johnson		+0.6
27	10-17	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Aubrey Judd	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.7
28	11-17	S MISS	S ALA	Blocked	Aubrey Judd	blk Elyse Heffner, Sarah Gooch	+0.5
29	12-17	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Aubrey Judd	blk Sarah Gooch	+0.9
30	12-18	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Sadie McAda	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.9
31	13-18	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
32	13-19	S ALA	S MISS×3	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+0.9
33	13-20	S MISS	S MISS×3	Attack err	Anabelle Cerny		+0.7
34	13-21	S MISS	S MISS×3	Kill	Allie Hazelwood	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
35	14-21	S MISS	S ALA	Blocked	Sadie McAda	blk Elyse Heffner, Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
36	14-22	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Elly Stewart	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.2
37	15-22	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Anabelle Cerny	set Sarah Gooch	+0.1
38	15-23	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	+0.2
39	15-24	S MISS	S MISS	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny		+0.1
40	16-24	S MISS	S ALA	Kill	Delaney Lawson	set Anabelle Cerny	·
41	16-25	S ALA	S MISS	Kill	Diana Wells	set Allie Hazelwood	·

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).

Southern Miss. def. South Alabama 3–0

16 kills in 3 sets for Sadie Mcada. Southern Miss. swept South Alabama.