Grambling vs Southern U. Volleyball: Grambling Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Sep 27, 2026

3:0

Grambling won at Southern U. 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-22) on Sun, Sep 27, 2026. Angelique Pena led Grambling with 8 kills; Southern U.'s Sereniti Johnson had a match-high 11.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 27

Set	1	2	3	Sets
GRAMB	25	25	25	3
SOUTHR	15	19	22	0

Win probability

Southern U. above 50 · Grambling below

Biggest swing: 3.2% to Grambling — set 2, GRAMB 16-15 SOUTHR. Kill by Angelique Pena (set by Alayna Howard). SOUTHR win probability 24% → 20%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GRAMB 61.4%38.6% SOUTHR

Grambling wins

3-0

18.0%

3-1

23.5%

3-2

20.0%

Southern U. wins

3-0

8.3%

3-1

14.0%

3-2

16.3%

GRAMB break %: 46.7% vs this opp
SOUTHR break %: 44.4% 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
Angelique PenaKill+3.2%
Kill by Angelique Pena (set by Alayna Howard)
Set 2 · GRAMB 16-15 SOUTHR · GRAMB 76% → 80%
02
Norielle Battle&Mariah MottBlock+3.2%
Lyric Jordan stuffed by Norielle Battle & Mariah Mott
Set 2 · GRAMB 14-15 SOUTHR · SOUTHR 23% → 26%
03
Lyric JordanKill+3.1%
Kill by Lyric Jordan (set by Alayna Howard)
Set 2 · GRAMB 17-15 SOUTHR · GRAMB 80% → 83%
04
Norielle BattleAttack error+2.9%
Attack error by Norielle Battle
Set 2 · GRAMB 19-16 SOUTHR · GRAMB 83% → 86%
05
Rihianna BrownKill+2.9%
Kill by Rihianna Brown (set by Alayna Howard)
Set 2 · GRAMB 14-13 SOUTHR · GRAMB 76% → 79%
06
Rihianna BrownKill+2.8%
Kill by Rihianna Brown (set by Alayna Howard)
Set 2 · GRAMB 13-13 SOUTHR · GRAMB 74% → 76%
07
Angelique Pena&Lainy EvansBlock+2.8%
Sereniti Johnson stuffed by Angelique Pena & Lainy Evans
Set 1 · GRAMB 12-10 SOUTHR · GRAMB 63% → 66%
08
Mariah MottAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Mariah Mott
Set 1 · GRAMB 10-9 SOUTHR · GRAMB 61% → 63%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Gramblingaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Rihianna BrownMB	3	6	1	14	.357	0	0	0	4	0	1	5	3.5	9.5
8Angelique PenaMB	3	8	0	12	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
22Lyric JordanOH	3	7	2	23	.217	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	8
14Amaris MarksOH	3	5	5	20	.000	0	1	2	8	2	0	2	1	7
21Lainy EvansOH	3	5	2	19	.158	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
18Alayna HowardS	3	0	0	0	–	21	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
0Kenya LucasOH	3	7	1	16	.375	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	9.5
3Reece CookDS	3	0	0	2	.000	11	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
1Asialin PowellL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	0	1	15	4	0	0	0	0
20Avri Solik-FifarekOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	11	107	.252	36	1	5	48	6	2	16	10	75

Southern U.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Sereniti JohnsonOH	3	11	4	32	.219	0	1	0	11	0	1	0.5	12.5
2Reagan RobinsonL/DS	3	5	3	18	.111	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	6
4Braelynn ReeseOH	3	5	4	13	.077	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
5Mariah MottOH	3	4	6	22	-.091	0	0	1	4	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Penina VitoS	3	0	1	6	-.167	22	1	2	3	0	1	0.5	1.5
18Paulina Agudelo MarinMB	2	2	6	10	-.400	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
15Norielle BattleOH	3	1	1	6	.000	0	2	1	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
19Najah HarrisDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0
1Zaria NelsonOH	2	3	3	11	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
14Alayah WilsonOH	2	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Maleah FaustS	2	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Ayana JohnsonDS	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
21Alyssa WilliamsOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	29	124	.024	30	6	5	51	1	8	4	56

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.

Grambling vs Southern U.

Season series · Grambling leads 1-0

Sun, Sep 27, 2026Grambling at Southern U. · Grambling won 3-0This match
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Southern U. at GramblingPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 GRAMB · SOUTHR 4

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 8 GRAMBSOUTHR 3

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 5 GRAMBSOUTHR 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 GRAMBSOUTHR 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Grambling

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	44%4/9
2	60%6/10	57%8/14
3	86%6/7	50%6/12
4	60%6/10	45%5/11
5	46%6/13	40%4/10
6	71%5/7	71%12/17
All	62%36/58	53%39/73

Southern U.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	14%1/7
2	40%6/15	45%5/11
3	60%6/10	33%3/9
4	46%6/13	40%4/10
5	38%6/16	40%4/10
6	50%4/8	45%5/11
All	47%34/73	38%22/58

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

131 rallies

#	GRAMB-SOUTHR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Southern U.	aced Asialin Powell	+2.3
2	1-1	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+1.9
3	1-2	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Serve err	Grambling		+2.0
4	2-2	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Asialin Powell	+1.9
5	2-3	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Najah Harris	+2.0
6	3-3	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Alayna Howard	+2.0
7	3-4	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Serve err	Grambling		+2.1
8	4-4	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Reece Cook	+2.0
9	5-4	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+2.4
10	5-5	GRAMB	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+2.1
11	5-6	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Blocked	Amaris Marks	blk Penina Vito, Paulina Agudelo Marin	+2.6
12	5-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Bad set	Reece Cook		+2.6
13	6-7	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Reece Cook	+2.1
14	6-8	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Zaria Nelson	set Penina Vito	+2.3
15	7-8	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Attack err	Zaria Nelson		+2.1
16	7-9	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Penina Vito	+2.3
17	8-9	SOUTHR	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+2.2
18	9-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk Lyric Jordan, Rihianna Brown	+2.8
19	10-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+2.8
20	10-10	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Attack err	Lainy Evans		+2.4
21	11-10	SOUTHR	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+2.4
22	12-10	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Sereniti Johnson	blk Angelique Pena, Lainy Evans	+2.8
23	13-10	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk Lyric Jordan, Angelique Pena	+2.6
24	13-11	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+2.0
25	14-11	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Alayna Howard	+2.2
26	15-11	GRAMB	GRAMB	Bad set	Penina Vito		+2.4
27	15-12	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+1.7
28	16-12	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Serve err	Southern U.		+2.0
29	16-13	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+1.7
30	16-14	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+2.6
31	17-14	SOUTHR	GRAMB×8	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+2.5
32	18-14	GRAMB	GRAMB×8	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Asialin Powell	+2.5
33	19-14	GRAMB	GRAMB×8	Blocked	Paulina Agudelo Marin	blk Amaris Marks, Rihianna Brown	+1.9
34	20-14	GRAMB	GRAMB×8	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+1.3
35	21-14	GRAMB	GRAMB×8	Blocked	Zaria Nelson	blk Rihianna Brown, Kenya Lucas	+0.8
36	22-14	GRAMB	GRAMB×8	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+0.4
37	23-14	GRAMB	GRAMB×8	Blocked	Zaria Nelson	blk Rihianna Brown, Kenya Lucas	+0.2
38	24-14	GRAMB	GRAMB×8	Attack err	Mariah Mott		·
39	24-15	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Penina Vito	·
40	25-15	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	·
Set 2
1	0-1	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Penina Vito	+1.7
2	1-1	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+1.7
3	2-1	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Braelynn Reese		+2.0
4	2-2	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.7
5	2-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Lainy Evans		+2.1
6	3-3	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+1.8
7	3-4	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+1.8
8	4-4	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Attack err	Ayana Johnson		+1.8
9	4-5	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.9
10	5-5	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+1.8
11	5-6	GRAMB	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+1.9
12	5-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Southern U.	aced Asialin Powell	+2.4
13	5-8	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Amaris Marks		+2.3
14	6-8	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.8
15	6-9	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Bad set	Reece Cook		+2.0
16	7-9	SOUTHR	GRAMB×3	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.8
17	8-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Alayna Howard	+2.4
18	9-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Alayna Howard	+2.5
19	9-10	GRAMB	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+2.2
20	9-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Penina Vito	+2.7
21	9-12	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Sereniti Johnson		+2.6
22	9-13	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+2.4
23	10-13	SOUTHR	GRAMB×5	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+1.7
24	11-13	GRAMB	GRAMB×5	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson		+2.4
25	12-13	GRAMB	GRAMB×5	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+2.7
26	13-13	GRAMB	GRAMB×5	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+2.8
27	14-13	GRAMB	GRAMB×5	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+2.9
28	14-14	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Penina Vito	+2.5
29	14-15	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Lyric Jordan	blk Norielle Battle, Mariah Mott	+3.2
30	15-15	SOUTHR	GRAMB×3	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+2.6
31	16-15	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Alayna Howard	+3.2
32	17-15	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+3.1
33	17-16	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+2.4
34	18-16	SOUTHR	GRAMB×4	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Alayna Howard	+2.7
35	19-16	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+2.9
36	20-16	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson		+2.4
37	21-16	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Blocked	Penina Vito	blk Kenya Lucas	+1.7
38	21-17	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Maleah Faust	+0.9
39	22-17	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Reece Cook	+1.3
40	22-18	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Maleah Faust	+0.7
41	22-19	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Maleah Faust	+1.5
42	23-19	SOUTHR	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Reagan Robinson		+1.9
43	24-19	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Sereniti Johnson	blk Rihianna Brown	+1.1
44	25-19	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Reagan Robinson	blk Amaris Marks, Rihianna Brown	+0.3
Set 3
1	1-0	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+1.0
2	2-0	GRAMB	GRAMB	Ace	Amaris Marks		+1.2
3	2-1	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Serve err	Amaris Marks		+1.0
4	3-1	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+1.0
5	3-2	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.0
6	3-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Najah Harris	+1.3
7	4-3	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Asialin Powell	+1.1
8	4-4	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+1.1
9	4-5	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Maleah Faust	+1.4
10	5-5	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.1
11	5-6	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Blocked	Amaris Marks	blk Paulina Agudelo Marin, Alayah Wilson	+1.2
12	6-6	SOUTHR	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Reagan Robinson		+1.1
13	7-6	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Bad set	Maleah Faust		+1.4
14	8-6	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+1.3
15	9-6	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Amaris Marks		+1.3
16	9-7	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Serve err	Grambling		+1.0
17	9-8	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Southern U.	aced Amaris Marks	+1.4
18	10-8	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+1.2
19	11-8	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Braelynn Reese		+1.3
20	11-9	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Maleah Faust	+1.0
21	12-9	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Alayna Howard	+1.1
22	12-10	GRAMB	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Penina Vito	+1.1
23	12-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Rihianna Brown		+1.5
24	12-12	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Southern U.	aced Asialin Powell	+1.6
25	13-12	SOUTHR	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+1.4
26	14-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Braelynn Reese		+1.6
27	15-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Braelynn Reese		+1.5
28	15-13	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Zaria Nelson	set Penina Vito	+1.1
29	16-13	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+1.3
30	17-13	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Reece Cook	+1.3
31	17-14	GRAMB	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Zaria Nelson	set Penina Vito	+0.9
32	17-15	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Attack err	Kenya Lucas		+1.4
33	17-16	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Blocked	Lyric Jordan	blk Sereniti Johnson, Paulina Agudelo Marin	+1.8
34	17-17	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Attack err	Amaris Marks		+2.1
35	18-17	SOUTHR	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+1.8
36	19-17	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Blocked	Paulina Agudelo Marin	blk Kenya Lucas, Angelique Pena	+2.1
37	20-17	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Asialin Powell	+1.9
38	21-17	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Reece Cook	+1.4
39	21-18	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Serve err	Grambling		+0.8
40	21-19	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Southern U.	aced Asialin Powell	+1.5
41	22-19	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+1.7
42	22-20	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Maleah Faust	+1.2
43	22-21	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Southern U.	aced Amaris Marks	+2.3
44	23-21	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+2.6
45	24-21	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+2.3
46	24-22	GRAMB	SOUTHR	Attack err	Amaris Marks		+0.8
47	25-22	SOUTHR	GRAMB	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.8

Score shown after each rally, Grambling 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).

Grambling def. Southern U. 3–0