Southern U. vs Alcorn Volleyball: Alcorn Wins 3-0 (Oct 28)

FinalWed, Oct 28, 2026YoutubeSWAC TV

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RallyIQ pre-match: Southern U. 71.2% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 28, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Alcorn beat visiting Southern U. 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-23) on Wed, Oct 28, 2026. Alcorn's Jaylynn McNeill led with 14 kills, and Tomoni Giddings added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 7:55 PM CT · final Oct 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SOUTHR	19	17	23	0
ALCORN	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Jaylynn Mcneill hit .444 on 27 swings as Alcorn edged Southern U.

2 stretches decided it. Percentages are Alcorn's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Southern U. went in at 71% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Southern U. 4–3 Alcorn
6 straight Alcorn points turned a 3–4 deficit into a 9–4 lead. The match swung to Alcorn.
Alcorn 48% → 65%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · Southern U. 22–22 Alcorn
Alcorn closed it, 3 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 25–23 and win the match 3–0.
Alcorn 79% → >99%

Alcorn above 50Southern U. belowMax swing 11.0%

Southern U.Alcorn

Sideout %: Southern U. 44.6·Alcorn 56.7
Break %: Southern U. 43.3·Alcorn 55.4
Hitting: Southern U. .000·Alcorn .275
Longest run: Southern U. 5·Alcorn 6

Rylan Jones
11 kills on .304, 12.5 points; 3 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Alcorn above 50 · Southern U. below

Biggest swing: 11.0% to Alcorn — set 3, SOUTHR 23-25 ALCORN. Kill by Rylan Jones (set by Daylin Saiki). ALCORN win probability 89% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SOUTHR 70.3%29.7% ALCORN

Southern U. wins

3-0

23.5%

3-1

27.0%

3-2

19.8%

Alcorn wins

3-0

5.6%

3-1

10.4%

3-2

13.7%

SOUTHR break %: 47.5% vs this opp
ALCORN break %: 43.4% 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
Rylan JonesKill+11.0%
Kill by Rylan Jones (set by Daylin Saiki)
Set 3 · SOUTHR 23-25 ALCORN · ALCORN 89% → 100%
02
Jaylynn McNeillKill+8.3%
Kill by Jaylynn McNeill (set by Daylin Saiki)
Set 3 · SOUTHR 23-24 ALCORN · ALCORN 81% → 89%
03
Rylan JonesKill+7.7%
Kill by Rylan Jones (set by Daylin Saiki)
Set 3 · SOUTHR 22-23 ALCORN · ALCORN 79% → 87%
04
Paulina Agudelo MarinKill+6.0%
Kill by Paulina Agudelo Marin (set by Penina Vito)
Set 3 · SOUTHR 23-23 ALCORN · SOUTHR 13% → 19%
05
Mariah MottAttack error+6.0%
Attack error by Mariah Mott
Set 3 · SOUTHR 22-22 ALCORN · ALCORN 73% → 79%
06
Jaylynn McNeillKill+4.1%
Kill by Jaylynn McNeill (set by Daylin Saiki)
Set 3 · SOUTHR 22-21 ALCORN · ALCORN 69% → 73%
07
Reagan RobinsonAttack error+3.7%
Attack error by Reagan Robinson
Set 2 · SOUTHR 11-15 ALCORN · ALCORN 62% → 66%
08
Rylan JonesKill+3.7%
Kill by Rylan Jones (set by Jaylynn McNeill)
Set 1 · SOUTHR 15-17 ALCORN · ALCORN 34% → 37%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern U.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Paulina Agudelo MarinMB	3	6	3	12	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
14Alayah WilsonOH	3	3	3	17	.000	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
5Mariah MottOH	3	3	4	19	-.053	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
4Braelynn ReeseOH	3	2	2	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
10Penina VitoS	3	0	0	0	–	13	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	2
2Reagan RobinsonL/DS	3	0	1	3	-.333	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
15Norielle BattleOH	3	5	7	22	-.091	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
9Maleah FaustS	3	0	0	0	–	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
21Alyssa WilliamsOH	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
19Najah HarrisDS	3	0	0	2	.000	4	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
7Ayana JohnsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
12Nyla HoultOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
13Elizabeth LualemagaOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		21	21	90	.000	21	9	5	36	4	1	6	4	59

Alcornhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
0Jaylynn McNeillOH	3	14	2	27	.444	1	0	0	4	0	3	1.5	15.5
1Rylan JonesMB	3	11	4	23	.304	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	12.5
8Cristin WebbMB	3	8	0	17	.471	0	0	1	4	0	3	1.5	9.5
16Courtney CarterOH	3	4	5	15	-.067	0	2	2	9	0	0	0	6
18Daylin SaikiS	3	0	0	1	.000	24	0	2	6	0	0	0	0
2Bailey UpshawMB	2	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
5Kasey WatkinsOPP	3	0	2	4	-.500	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	2
3Juliana HenaoS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
10Tomoni GiddingsL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	2	0	2	15	0	0	0	0
11Brayla DossL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12Alexis BurtonOH	1	4	0	6	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
4Kelsey BurksMB	1	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2
9Ma'kayla CoatsOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	14	102	.275	40	4	10	45	9	14	7	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 Alcorn

Season series · Alcorn leads 2-0

Wed, Oct 7, 2026Alcorn at Southern U. · Alcorn won 3-1Result →
Wed, Oct 28, 2026Southern U. at Alcorn · Alcorn won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 SOUTHR · ALCORN 6

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 5 SOUTHRALCORN 5

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 3 SOUTHRALCORN 6

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 4 SOUTHRALCORN 5

Bars above the line = Alcorn 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	44%4/9
2	39%7/18	53%8/15
3	40%6/15	36%4/11
4	42%5/12	33%3/9
5	100%4/4	58%7/12
6	40%4/10	0%0/4
All	45%33/74	43%26/60

Alcorn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	45%5/11
2	64%7/11	59%10/17
3	64%7/11	63%12/19
4	45%5/11	67%10/15
5	67%4/6	0%0/4
6	67%4/6	50%4/8
All	57%34/60	55%41/74

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

134 rallies

#	SOUTHR-ALCORN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ALCORN	SOUTHR×5	Serve err	Alcorn		+1.6
2	2-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Bad set	Jaylynn McNeill		+1.9
3	3-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Ace	Penina Vito		+1.7
4	4-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Attack err	Courtney Carter		+1.5
5	5-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×5	Ace	Penina Vito		+1.3
6	5-1	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Serve err	Penina Vito		+1.0
7	5-2	ALCORN	ALCORN	Bad set	Najah Harris		+1.5
8	6-2	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Najah Harris	+1.3
9	7-2	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Rylan Jones		+1.4
10	7-3	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Serve err	Alayah Wilson		+1.0
11	8-3	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Bad set	Daylin Saiki		+1.1
12	8-4	SOUTHR	ALCORN×5	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Daylin Saiki	+1.0
13	8-5	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+1.5
14	8-6	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Ace	Kasey Watkins		+1.8
15	8-7	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+2.1
16	8-8	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+2.4
17	9-8	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Kasey Watkins		+2.0
18	10-8	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Maleah Faust		+2.3
19	10-9	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Juliana Henao	+1.9
20	11-9	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Attack err	Courtney Carter		+1.9
21	11-10	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Courtney Carter	set Juliana Henao	+1.9
22	11-11	ALCORN	ALCORN	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+2.7
23	12-11	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Alyssa Williams	set Maleah Faust	+2.2
24	12-12	SOUTHR	ALCORN×3	Kill	Courtney Carter	set Juliana Henao	+2.3
25	12-13	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Attack err	Alayah Wilson		+3.0
26	12-14	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+3.2
27	13-14	ALCORN	SOUTHR×3	Blocked	Courtney Carter	blk Braelynn Reese, Alyssa Williams	+2.4
28	14-14	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Courtney Carter		+3.1
29	15-14	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+3.1
30	15-15	SOUTHR	ALCORN×4	Bad set	Penina Vito		+2.6
31	15-16	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Ace	Courtney Carter		+3.5
32	15-17	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Jaylynn McNeill	+3.7
33	15-18	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk Bailey Upshaw, Jaylynn McNeill	+3.6
34	16-18	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Courtney Carter		+2.4
35	16-19	SOUTHR	ALCORN×3	Attack err	Braelynn Reese		+3.1
36	16-20	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Tomoni Giddings	+3.2
37	16-21	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+2.5
38	17-21	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Alcorn		+1.2
39	17-22	SOUTHR	ALCORN×3	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+1.9
40	17-23	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Ace	Kasey Watkins		+1.3
41	17-24	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Juliana Henao	+0.5
42	18-24	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+0.1
43	19-24	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Rylan Jones	blk Norielle Battle	+0.2
44	19-25	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Juliana Henao	+0.4
Set 2
1	1-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+2.5
2	2-0	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Bailey Upshaw	blk Norielle Battle, Braelynn Reese	+2.4
3	2-1	SOUTHR	ALCORN×3	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+2.0
4	2-2	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+2.7
5	2-3	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Daylin Saiki	+2.9
6	3-3	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Attack err	Rylan Jones		+2.3
7	4-3	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+2.7
8	4-4	SOUTHR	ALCORN×6	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Daylin Saiki	+2.3
9	4-5	ALCORN	ALCORN×6	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+3.0
10	4-6	ALCORN	ALCORN×6	Blocked	Braelynn Reese	blk Rylan Jones, Cristin Webb	+3.2
11	4-7	ALCORN	ALCORN×6	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Daylin Saiki	+3.2
12	4-8	ALCORN	ALCORN×6	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Daylin Saiki	+3.2
13	4-9	ALCORN	ALCORN×6	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+3.0
14	5-9	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Penina Vito	+2.0
15	5-10	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Daylin Saiki	+2.5
16	5-11	ALCORN	ALCORN	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Juliana Henao	+2.7
17	6-11	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Alcorn		+1.8
18	7-11	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Maleah Faust		+2.5
19	7-12	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Juliana Henao	+2.6
20	8-12	ALCORN	SOUTHR×3	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Maleah Faust	+2.1
21	9-12	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Bad set	Juliana Henao		+2.9
22	10-12	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Reagan Robinson		+3.3
23	10-13	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Juliana Henao	+3.2
24	11-13	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Attack err	Kasey Watkins		+2.7
25	11-14	SOUTHR	ALCORN×3	Kill	Courtney Carter	set Juliana Henao	+3.3
26	11-15	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Attack err	Reagan Robinson		+3.7
27	11-16	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Tomoni Giddings	+3.3
28	12-16	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Alcorn		+2.0
29	12-17	SOUTHR	ALCORN×4	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+2.7
30	12-18	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Blocked	Alayah Wilson	blk Rylan Jones, Bailey Upshaw	+2.6
31	12-19	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Ace	Courtney Carter		+1.9
32	12-20	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Attack err	Daylin Saiki		+1.2
33	13-20	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Najah Harris	+0.5
34	14-20	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Blocked	Jaylynn McNeill	blk Mariah Mott, Braelynn Reese	+1.0
35	14-21	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+1.3
36	14-22	ALCORN	ALCORN	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Daylin Saiki	+0.8
37	15-22	ALCORN	SOUTHR×3	Serve err	Alcorn		+0.3
38	16-22	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Attack err	Courtney Carter		+0.6
39	17-22	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×3	Ace	Nyla Hoult		+1.0
40	17-23	SOUTHR	ALCORN×3	Serve err	Nyla Hoult		+1.4
41	17-24	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Blocked	Mariah Mott	blk Juliana Henao, Cristin Webb	+0.7
42	17-25	ALCORN	ALCORN×3	Blocked	Norielle Battle	blk Cristin Webb, Rylan Jones	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	ALCORN	ALCORN	Blocked	Alayah Wilson	blk Kelsey Burks, Jaylynn McNeill	+2.3
2	1-1	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Penina Vito	+1.8
3	1-2	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Courtney Carter	set Daylin Saiki	+2.0
4	1-3	ALCORN	ALCORN	Blocked	Norielle Battle	blk Jaylynn McNeill, Kelsey Burks	+2.5
5	2-3	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Alcorn		+1.9
6	2-4	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Attack err	Norielle Battle		+2.1
7	3-4	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+1.9
8	4-4	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Attack err	Jaylynn McNeill		+2.4
9	4-5	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+2.1
10	5-5	ALCORN	SOUTHR×4	Serve err	Alcorn		+2.0
11	6-5	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Ace	Maleah Faust		+2.4
12	7-5	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Ace	Maleah Faust		+2.3
13	8-5	SOUTHR	SOUTHR×4	Kill	Mariah Mott	set Najah Harris	+2.1
14	8-6	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Juliana Henao	+1.7
15	9-6	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Attack err	Kasey Watkins		+1.8
16	9-7	SOUTHR	ALCORN×4	Kill	Alexis Burton	set Juliana Henao	+1.7
17	9-8	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Kill	Alexis Burton	set Juliana Henao	+2.4
18	9-9	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Attack err	Alyssa Williams		+2.7
19	9-10	ALCORN	ALCORN×4	Kill	Alexis Burton	set Juliana Henao	+3.0
20	10-10	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Najah Harris	+2.3
21	11-10	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Maleah Faust	+2.8
22	11-11	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Alexis Burton	set Juliana Henao	+2.4
23	12-11	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Alyssa Williams	set Maleah Faust	+2.4
24	12-12	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+2.5
25	13-12	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+2.5
26	13-13	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+2.6
27	14-13	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+2.6
28	15-13	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Bad set	Daylin Saiki		+3.0
29	15-14	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Daylin Saiki	+2.4
30	16-14	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Norielle Battle	set Penina Vito	+2.6
31	16-15	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Cristin Webb	set Kasey Watkins	+2.5
32	17-15	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Braelynn Reese	set Penina Vito	+2.7
33	17-16	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Serve err	Mariah Mott		+2.6
34	18-16	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Alcorn		+2.9
35	19-16	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Kill	Alayah Wilson	set Penina Vito	+3.1
36	19-17	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Kelsey Burks	set Daylin Saiki	+2.1
37	20-17	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Serve err	Alcorn		+2.6
38	20-18	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Serve err	Penina Vito		+2.2
39	21-18	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Attack err	Rylan Jones		+2.8
40	22-18	SOUTHR	SOUTHR	Ace	Alayah Wilson		+2.4
41	22-19	SOUTHR	ALCORN×5	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+1.2
42	22-20	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Attack err	Paulina Agudelo Marin		+2.5
43	22-21	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+4.1
44	22-22	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Attack err	Mariah Mott		+6.0
45	22-23	ALCORN	ALCORN×5	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Daylin Saiki	+7.7
46	23-23	ALCORN	SOUTHR	Kill	Paulina Agudelo Marin	set Penina Vito	+6.0
47	23-24	SOUTHR	ALCORN	Kill	Jaylynn McNeill	set Daylin Saiki	+8.3
48	23-25	ALCORN	ALCORN	Kill	Rylan Jones	set Daylin Saiki	+11.0

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).

Alcorn def. Southern U. 3–0

Jaylynn Mcneill hit .444 on 27 swings as Alcorn edged Southern U.