Jacksonville State def. Southern U. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 18)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Jacksonville St. beat Southern U. 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-23) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at a neutral site. Claire Evans led Jacksonville St. with 11 kills; Southern U.'s Sereniti Johnson had a match-high 16.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SOUTHR	19	23	23	0
JAX ST	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Jacksonville St. above 50 · Southern U. below

Biggest swing: 6.3% to Jacksonville St. — set 2, SOUTHR 23-24 JAX ST. Kill by Sophia Schweikert (set by Addison Stone). JAX ST win probability 83% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SOUTHR 25.4%74.6% JAX ST

Southern U. wins

3-0

4.5%

3-1

8.7%

3-2

12.2%

Jacksonville St. wins

3-0

26.7%

3-1

28.5%

3-2

19.4%

SOUTHR break %: 42.8% vs this opp
JAX ST break %: 47.9% 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
Sophia SchweikertKill+6.3%
Kill by Sophia Schweikert (set by Addison Stone)
Set 2 · SOUTHR 23-24 JAX ST · JAX ST 83% → 89%
02
Claire EvansKill+5.6%
Kill by Claire Evans (set by Addison Stone)
Set 2 · SOUTHR 23-25 JAX ST · JAX ST 89% → 95%
03
Mariah MottAttack error+5.1%
Attack error by Mariah Mott
Set 2 · SOUTHR 23-23 JAX ST · JAX ST 78% → 83%
04
Norielle Battle&Sereniti JohnsonBlock+4.1%
Azavia Thomas stuffed by Norielle Battle & Sereniti Johnson
Set 2 · SOUTHR 22-20 JAX ST · SOUTHR 19% → 24%
05
Mariah MottKill+3.9%
Kill by Mariah Mott (set by Penina Vito)
Set 2 · SOUTHR 23-21 JAX ST · SOUTHR 21% → 25%
06
Alayah WilsonKill+3.5%
Kill by Alayah Wilson (set by Sereniti Johnson)
Set 2 · SOUTHR 20-19 JAX ST · SOUTHR 15% → 19%
07
Norielle Battle&Mariah MottBlock+3.3%
Sophia Schweikert stuffed by Norielle Battle & Mariah Mott
Set 2 · SOUTHR 21-20 JAX ST · SOUTHR 16% → 19%
08
Southern U.Service error+2.8%
Southern U. service error
Set 2 · SOUTHR 23-22 JAX ST · JAX ST 75% → 78%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern U.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Sereniti JohnsonOH	3	16	5	37	.297	1	1	0	7	0	0	1	0.5	17.5
5Mariah MottOH	3	13	8	35	.143	1	0	2	10	0	0	3	1.5	14.5
15Norielle BattleOH	3	4	2	8	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
18Paulina Agudelo MarinMB	3	2	2	8	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Penina VitoS	3	1	0	5	.200	35	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
2Reagan RobinsonL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	1	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	0
14Alayah WilsonOH	3	4	5	21	-.048	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
19Najah HarrisDS	3	0	1	2	-.500	1	1	1	19	0	0	0	0	1
7Ayana JohnsonDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
4Braelynn ReeseOH	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Team totals		40	24	121	.132	39	3	9	53	2	1	8	5	65

Jacksonville St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Sophia SchweikertOH	3	10	5	21	.238	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
13Taya NordmannMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	1	5	0	1	3	2.5	7.5
8Lauren BuchananOH	3	5	2	21	.143	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	5
9Azavia ThomasOH	3	4	2	14	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
6Anna RayOH	3	3	0	10	.300	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
23Sofia VarelaS	3	0	0	0	–	17	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
26Claire EvansOH	3	11	0	30	.367	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	12
2Addison StoneS	3	0	0	1	.000	18	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	1
16Delaney MoonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
5Izzy WhittakerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Krista KostoffMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4Mia DuongL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Selin SakirogluOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	10	106	.264	37	2	7	49	3	1	6	4	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 Jacksonville St.

Season series · Jacksonville St. leads 2-0

Sat, Aug 29, 2026Southern U. at Jacksonville St. · Jacksonville St. won 3-1Result →
Fri, Sep 18, 2026Southern U. at Jacksonville St. · Jacksonville St. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 SOUTHR · JAX ST 5

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 SOUTHRJAX ST 4

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 3 SOUTHRJAX ST 4

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 4 SOUTHRJAX ST 5

Bars above the line = Jacksonville St. 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	64%9/14	36%4/11
2	78%7/9	40%6/15
3	40%6/15	42%5/12
4	38%6/16	33%3/9
5	55%6/11	25%2/8
6	67%6/9	45%5/11
All	54%40/74	38%25/66

Jacksonville St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	38%5/13
2	54%7/13	30%3/10
3	78%7/9	36%4/11
4	60%6/10	70%14/20
5	67%6/9	40%4/10
6	60%6/10	40%4/10
All	62%41/66	46%34/74

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

140 rallies

#	SOUTHR-JAX ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.7
2	1-1	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.6
3	1-2	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Sofia Varela	+1.8
4	2-2	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Reagan Robinson	+1.6
5	2-3	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+1.5
6	2-4	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+1.8
7	3-4	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Serve err	Jacksonville St.		+1.5
8	3-5	SOUTHR	JAX ST×3	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Sofia Varela	+1.5
9	3-6	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson		+1.7
10	3-7	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Ace	Jacksonville St.	aced Reagan Robinson	+1.5
11	4-7	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Attack err	Sophia Schweikert		+1.2
12	4-8	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+1.2
13	5-8	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+1.2
14	5-9	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.3
15	6-9	JAX ST	SOUTHR×3	Serve err	Jacksonville St.		+1.2
16	7-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Lauren Buchanan		+1.7
17	8-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Najah Harris	+2.0
18	8-10	SOUTHR	JAX ST×4	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+1.7
19	8-11	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Ace	Jacksonville St.	aced Alayah Wilson	+1.9
20	8-12	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela	+1.7
21	8-13	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+1.4
22	9-13	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Serve err	Jacksonville St.		+1.0
23	9-14	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+1.1
24	10-14	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.0
25	10-15	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+1.1
26	10-16	JAX ST	JAX ST	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk Taya Nordmann, Sophia Schweikert	+1.1
27	11-16	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+0.7
28	11-17	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela	+0.9
29	12-17	JAX ST	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.6
30	13-17	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Southern U.	aced Sophia Schweikert	+1.1
31	14-17	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+1.6
32	14-18	SOUTHR	JAX ST×3	Blocked	Alayah Wilson	blk Claire Evans, Taya Nordmann	+1.6
33	14-19	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Attack err	Alayah Wilson		+1.4
34	14-20	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+0.9
35	15-20	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Serve err	Jacksonville St.		+0.5
36	16-20	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Taya Nordmann		+1.0
37	16-21	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+1.1
38	16-22	JAX ST	JAX ST	Attack err	Alayah Wilson		+0.8
39	17-22	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.3
40	17-23	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+0.5
41	17-24	JAX ST	JAX ST	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+0.2
42	18-24	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	·
43	19-24	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Bad set	Sofia Varela		+0.1
44	19-25	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Sofia Varela	+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Anna Ray	set Sofia Varela	+1.2
2	1-1	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Serve err	Jacksonville St.		+1.2
3	1-2	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+1.2
4	2-2	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.3
5	3-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.6
6	3-3	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Attack err	Najah Harris		+1.3
7	4-3	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.4
8	5-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.8
9	5-4	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.4
10	6-4	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.5
11	6-5	SOUTHR	JAX ST×3	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Addison Stone	+1.4
12	6-6	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Kill	Anna Ray	set Addison Stone	+1.7
13	6-7	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+1.7
14	7-7	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+1.4
15	7-8	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.4
16	7-9	JAX ST	JAX ST	Attack err	Penina Vito		+1.6
17	8-9	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Bad set	Anna Ray		+1.4
18	9-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Southern U.		+1.8
19	9-10	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Attack err	Alayah Wilson		+1.5
20	9-11	JAX ST	JAX ST	Bad set	Penina Vito		+1.7
21	10-11	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Penina Vito	+1.4
22	11-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Sophia Schweikert	blk Mariah Mott, Norielle Battle	+2.0
23	11-12	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela	+1.6
24	12-12	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.7
25	12-13	SOUTHR	JAX ST×3	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+1.7
26	12-14	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+1.9
27	12-15	JAX ST	JAX ST×3	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson		+1.7
28	13-15	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.3
29	14-15	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Lauren Buchanan		+2.0
30	14-16	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+1.8
31	14-17	JAX ST	JAX ST	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+1.9
32	15-17	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.4
33	15-18	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Addison Stone	+1.6
34	16-18	JAX ST	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.4
35	17-18	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+2.3
36	18-18	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Norielle Battle		+2.8
37	18-19	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+2.4
38	19-19	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+2.5
39	20-19	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Sereniti Johnson	+3.5
40	20-20	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Serve err	Southern U.		+2.8
41	21-20	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Blocked	Sophia Schweikert	blk Norielle Battle, Mariah Mott	+3.3
42	22-20	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Azavia Thomas	blk Norielle Battle, Sereniti Johnson	+4.1
43	22-21	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+2.7
44	23-21	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+3.9
45	23-22	SOUTHR	JAX ST×4	Serve err	Southern U.		+2.8
46	23-23	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+5.1
47	23-24	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Addison Stone	+6.3
48	23-25	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+5.6
Set 3
1	1-0	JAX ST	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+0.7
2	2-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.9
3	3-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.9
4	3-1	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Azavia Thomas	set Sofia Varela	+0.7
5	3-2	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Delaney Moon	+0.8
6	4-2	JAX ST	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+0.8
7	5-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Ace	Southern U.	aced Delaney Moon	+1.0
8	6-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Blocked	Sophia Schweikert	blk Paulina Agudelo Marin, Mariah Mott	+1.0
9	7-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Serve err	Southern U.		+0.9
10	7-3	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+0.6
11	7-4	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Sophia Schweikert	set Sofia Varela	+0.8
12	8-4	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.8
13	8-5	SOUTHR	JAX ST×4	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Sofia Varela	+0.7
14	8-6	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+0.9
15	8-7	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Blocked	Sereniti Johnson	blk Claire Evans, Taya Nordmann	+1.0
16	8-8	JAX ST	JAX ST×4	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+1.0
17	9-8	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Serve err	Jacksonville St.		+0.9
18	9-9	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+0.8
19	10-9	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Serve err	Jacksonville St.		+0.9
20	11-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.1
21	11-10	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Addison Stone	+0.9
22	11-11	JAX ST	JAX ST	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson		+1.1
23	12-11	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Penina Vito	set Mariah Mott	+1.0
24	12-12	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Anna Ray	set Najah Harris	+0.9
25	13-12	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.0
26	14-12	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Azavia Thomas		+1.3
27	14-13	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.0
28	15-13	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.1
29	16-13	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.3
30	16-14	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Delaney Moon	+0.9
31	16-15	JAX ST	JAX ST	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+1.3
32	17-15	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.2
33	18-15	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Sophia Schweikert	blk Braelynn Reese	+1.5
34	18-16	SOUTHR	JAX ST×5	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.0
35	18-17	JAX ST	JAX ST×5	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson		+1.4
36	18-18	JAX ST	JAX ST×5	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+1.5
37	18-19	JAX ST	JAX ST×5	Kill	Claire Evans	set Addison Stone	+1.6
38	18-20	JAX ST	JAX ST×5	Blocked	Braelynn Reese	blk Taya Nordmann	+1.5
39	19-20	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.1
40	19-21	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Attack err	Alayah Wilson		+1.3
41	19-22	JAX ST	JAX ST	Kill	Taya Nordmann	set Addison Stone	+1.3
42	20-22	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Penina Vito	+0.8
43	21-22	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.5
44	21-23	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.6
45	22-23	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Bad set	Lauren Buchanan		+1.3
46	22-24	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Kill	Lauren Buchanan	set Addison Stone	+1.9
47	23-24	JAX ST	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.2
48	23-25	SOUTHR	JAX ST	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+2.5

Score shown after each rally, Southern U. 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).

Jacksonville St. def. Southern U. 3–0