Southern U. vs Florida A&M Volleyball: Florida A&M Wins 3-0

FinalMon, Oct 26, 2026SWAC TVFAMU Athletics

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Florida A&M 90.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 26, 10:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Florida A&M beat visiting Southern U. 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-22) on Mon, Oct 26, 2026. Florida A&M's Iyonnie Sanford led with 12 kills, and Victoria Santana added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 7:55 PM CT · final Oct 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SOUTHR	18	16	22	0
FL A&M	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Florida A&M outhit Southern U. .347 to .152.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.0 points. Southern U. peaked at 16% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Florida A&M 91% before first serve.

Southern U.Florida A&M

Break %+15.9 pts
36.252.1
Points won on own serve: 38 of 73 vs 21 of 58. Southern U. sided out 47.9% of the time.
Hitting+.195
.152.347
47 kills, 13 errors vs 30 kills, 16 errors.
Longest run+3
47
From 17–17 in the first set, Florida A&M scored 7 straight to lead 24–17. That set ended 25–18.

Florida A&M above 50Southern U. belowMax swing 2.0%

Southern U.Florida A&M

Aces: Southern U. 5·Florida A&M 3
Serve err: Southern U. 6·Florida A&M 7
Blocks: Southern U. 3·Florida A&M 62 BS · 2 BA vs 4 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Southern U. 28·Florida A&M 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Florida A&M above 50 · Southern U. below

Biggest swing: 2.0% to Southern U. — set 1, SOUTHR 15-12 FL A&M. Kill by Mariah Mott (set by Maleah Faust). FL A&M win probability 86% → 84%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SOUTHR 6.2%93.8% FL A&M

Southern U. wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.8%

3-2

3.7%

Florida A&M wins

3-0

52.2%

3-1

30.5%

3-2

11.1%

SOUTHR break %: 40.1% vs this opp
FL A&M break %: 52.0% 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
Mariah MottKill+2.0%
Kill by Mariah Mott (set by Maleah Faust)
Set 1 · SOUTHR 15-12 FL A&M · SOUTHR 14% → 16%
02
Reagan RobinsonAce+1.9%
Ace by Reagan Robinson on Sydney Whitfield
Set 1 · SOUTHR 14-12 FL A&M · SOUTHR 12% → 14%
03
Mariah MottAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Mariah Mott
Set 1 · SOUTHR 16-17 FL A&M · FL A&M 89% → 91%
04
LaDonna TranthamKill+1.7%
Kill by LaDonna Trantham
Set 1 · SOUTHR 15-14 FL A&M · FL A&M 86% → 87%
05
Bengisu KazazlarAce+1.7%
Ace by Bengisu Kazazlar on Reagan Robinson
Set 1 · SOUTHR 15-15 FL A&M · FL A&M 87% → 89%
06
Florida A&MService error+1.7%
Florida A&M service error
Set 1 · SOUTHR 16-15 FL A&M · SOUTHR 11% → 13%
07
Sereniti JohnsonBad set+1.7%
Bad set by Sereniti Johnson
Set 1 · SOUTHR 17-19 FL A&M · FL A&M 91% → 92%
08
Mariah MottKill+1.6%
Kill by Mariah Mott (set by Maleah Faust)
Set 1 · SOUTHR 17-17 FL A&M · SOUTHR 9% → 11%

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	7	2	19	.263	1	1	0	6	1	1	1	1.5	9.5
2Reagan RobinsonL/DS	3	4	2	10	.200	0	2	0	6	2	0	0	0	6
5Mariah MottOH	3	5	5	19	.000	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
18Paulina Agudelo MarinMB	3	4	4	12	.000	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5
4Braelynn ReeseOH	3	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
9Maleah FaustS	3	0	0	3	.000	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Penina VitoS	3	1	0	2	.500	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
19Najah HarrisDS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
1Zaria NelsonOH	2	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15Norielle BattleOH	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21Alyssa WilliamsOH	1	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14Alayah WilsonOH	1	1	2	9	-.111	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
13Elizabeth LualemagaOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7Ayana JohnsonDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	16	92	.152	27	5	6	28	3	2	2	3	56

Florida A&Mhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Brandi BostonMB	3	9	0	14	.643	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	10.5
4LaDonna TranthamOH	3	8	5	22	.136	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
7Sydney WhitfieldOH	3	8	3	18	.278	0	1	1	7	3	0	0	0	9
23Farah FarooqMB	3	7	4	14	.214	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
16Tamia ColemanOH	3	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	4.5
6Makenzie TaylorS	3	0	0	4	.000	17	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
8Iyonnie SanfordOH	3	12	0	20	.600	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
1Bengisu KazazlarS	3	0	0	0	–	21	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
5Victoria SantanaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
20Aniyah LewisOH	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Kelly KelsickL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	13	98	.347	41	3	7	37	5	4	4	6	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 SOUTHR · FL A&M 7

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 4 SOUTHRFL A&M 7

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 SOUTHRFL A&M 5

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 4 SOUTHRFL A&M 5

Bars above the line = Florida A&M 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	47%7/15	50%7/14
2	46%6/13	46%6/13
3	46%6/13	0%0/6
4	32%6/19	0%0/6
5	83%5/6	45%5/11
6	71%5/7	38%3/8
All	48%35/73	36%21/58

Florida A&M

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	33%3/9
2	50%6/12	63%10/16
3	100%6/6	54%7/13
4	86%6/7	57%8/14
5	60%6/10	63%10/16
6	50%5/10	0%0/5
All	64%37/58	52%38/73

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

131 rallies

#	SOUTHR-FL A&M	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		+1.0
2	1-1	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Blocked	Reagan Robinson	blk Brandi Boston	+0.8
3	1-2	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.9
4	2-2	FL A&M	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Maleah Faust	+0.8
5	3-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Ace	Reagan Robinson	aced Sydney Whitfield	+1.1
6	4-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Najah Harris	+1.2
7	5-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Maleah Faust	+1.4
8	5-3	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.0
9	5-4	FL A&M	FL A&M	Blocked	Paulina Agudelo Marin	blk Tamia Coleman	+1.2
10	6-4	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Blocked	LaDonna Trantham	blk Mariah Mott, Sereniti Johnson	+1.2
11	6-5	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.0
12	6-6	FL A&M	FL A&M	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk Tamia Coleman	+1.1
13	7-6	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.1
14	7-7	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.0
15	8-7	FL A&M	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Maleah Faust	+1.2
16	9-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		+1.5
17	10-7	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Sereniti Johnson		+1.6
18	10-8	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Attack err	Sereniti Johnson		+1.2
19	11-8	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.5
20	11-9	SOUTHR	FL A&M×3	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.2
21	11-10	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Blocked	Sereniti Johnson	blk Farah Farooq, LaDonna Trantham	+1.5
22	11-11	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Ace	Sydney Whitfield	aced Sereniti Johnson	+1.4
23	12-11	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Maleah Faust	+1.4
24	12-12	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Serve err	Southern U.		+1.2
25	13-12	FL A&M	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Maleah Faust	+1.4
26	14-12	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Reagan Robinson	aced Sydney Whitfield	+1.9
27	15-12	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust	+2.0
28	15-13	SOUTHR	FL A&M×3	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.4
29	15-14	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham		+1.7
30	15-15	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Ace	Bengisu Kazazlar	aced Reagan Robinson	+1.7
31	16-15	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.7
32	16-16	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.5
33	16-17	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+1.7
34	17-17	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust	+1.6
35	17-18	SOUTHR	FL A&M×7	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.6
36	17-19	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Bad set	Sereniti Johnson		+1.7
37	17-20	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Bad set	Maleah Faust		+1.3
38	17-21	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Kill	LaDonna Trantham		+0.9
39	17-22	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+0.6
40	17-23	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Kill	Sydney Whitfield		+0.3
41	17-24	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.1
42	18-24	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Mariah Mott	·
43	18-25	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Bengisu Kazazlar	·
Set 2
1	1-0	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Serve err	Florida A&M		+0.6
2	1-1	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.5
3	2-1	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Reagan Robinson	+0.6
4	2-2	SOUTHR	FL A&M×3	Serve err	Southern U.		+0.6
5	2-3	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk LaDonna Trantham	+0.6
6	2-4	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.6
7	3-4	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Mariah Mott	+0.5
8	3-5	SOUTHR	FL A&M×5	Serve err	Southern U.		+0.5
9	3-6	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.5
10	3-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.4
11	3-8	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.3
12	3-9	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Penina Vito	+0.3
13	4-9	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.2
14	5-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Tamia Coleman		+0.3
15	5-10	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.3
16	6-10	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Alyssa Williams	set Penina Vito	+0.3
17	6-11	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.3
18	7-11	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Alyssa Williams	set Penina Vito	+0.3
19	7-12	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.3
20	8-12	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Maleah Faust	+0.3
21	8-13	SOUTHR	FL A&M×4	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.3
22	8-14	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.3
23	8-15	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Ace	Farah Farooq	aced Reagan Robinson	+0.2
24	8-16	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Attack err	Reagan Robinson		+0.1
25	9-16	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Maleah Faust	+0.1
26	9-17	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.1
27	9-18	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+0.1
28	10-18	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Serve err	Florida A&M		·
29	10-19	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Bad set	Sereniti Johnson		+0.1
30	11-19	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Serve err	Florida A&M		·
31	11-20	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Attack err	Alyssa Williams		·
32	11-21	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	·
33	12-21	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Penina Vito	·
34	12-22	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	·
35	13-22	FL A&M	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	·
36	14-22	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Blocked	Sydney Whitfield	blk Paulina Agudelo Marin	·
37	15-22	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		·
38	15-23	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	·
39	15-24	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	·
40	16-24	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		·
41	16-25	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	·
Set 3
1	1-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Penina Vito	aced Sydney Whitfield	+0.3
2	2-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Reagan Robinson	set Penina Vito	+0.4
3	3-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.4
4	3-1	SOUTHR	FL A&M×5	Serve err	Southern U.		+0.3
5	3-2	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Blocked	Alayah Wilson	blk Brandi Boston, Tamia Coleman	+0.4
6	3-3	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.3
7	3-4	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.3
8	3-5	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+0.3
9	4-5	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.2
10	4-6	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Penina Vito	+0.2
11	5-6	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Penina Vito	+0.3
12	5-7	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.2
13	6-7	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Penina Vito	+0.3
14	6-8	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.3
15	6-9	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+0.3
16	7-9	FL A&M	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Maleah Faust	+0.2
17	8-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Farah Farooq		+0.3
18	9-9	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Farah Farooq		+0.4
19	9-10	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.3
20	10-10	FL A&M	SOUTHR×4	Attack err	Farah Farooq		+0.4
21	11-10	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Attack err	Farah Farooq		+0.5
22	12-10	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Elizabeth Lualemaga	set Maleah Faust	+0.5
23	13-10	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Zaria Nelson	set Maleah Faust	+0.6
24	13-11	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Aniyah Lewis	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.4
25	14-11	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Serve err	Florida A&M		+0.5
26	15-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Penina Vito	aced Farah Farooq	+0.6
27	15-12	SOUTHR	FL A&M×3	Serve err	Southern U.		+0.4
28	15-13	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+0.5
29	15-14	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.6
30	16-14	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Penina Vito	set Sereniti Johnson	+0.6
31	17-14	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Sereniti Johnson	set Penina Vito	+0.7
32	17-15	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Victoria Santana	+0.5
33	17-16	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.6
34	18-16	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Blocked	LaDonna Trantham	blk Sereniti Johnson	+0.7
35	18-17	SOUTHR	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Victoria Santana	+0.6
36	18-18	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Victoria Santana	+0.7
37	18-19	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Alayah Wilson		+0.7
38	19-19	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Bad set	LaDonna Trantham		+0.6
39	19-20	SOUTHR	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.6
40	19-21	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.6
41	19-22	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.5
42	20-22	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Zaria Nelson	set Maleah Faust	+0.3
43	20-23	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.4
44	21-23	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust	+0.3
45	21-24	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.4
46	22-24	FL A&M	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Maleah Faust	+0.2
47	22-25	SOUTHR	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.4

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).

Florida A&M def. Southern U. 3–0

Florida A&M outhit Southern U. .347 to .152.