Tennessee Tech def. The Citadel 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 2)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Tennessee Tech 92.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Tennessee Tech won at The Citadel 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-21) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Tennessee Tech's Audrey Berkebile led with 11 kills, and Shelby Hannah added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:35 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TNTECH	25	25	25	3
CITDEL	17	14	21	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

A 7–0 run in the second set broke it open for Tennessee Tech.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.8 points, and The Citadel's high was 7% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Tennessee Tech at 92%.

Tennessee TechThe Citadel

Break %+19.1 pts
56.837.7
On serve: 42/74 against 20/53 (The Citadel sideout 43.2%).
Hitting+.179
.271.092
Kills and errors: 44–15 vs 27–16.
Longest run+3
74
Up 15–12 in the second set, Tennessee Tech scored 7 straight to make it 22–12. Final score of the set: 25–14.

The Citadel above 50Tennessee Tech belowMax swing 0.8%

Tennessee TechThe Citadel

Aces: Tennessee Tech 5·The Citadel 5
Serve err: Tennessee Tech 5·The Citadel 6
Blocks: Tennessee Tech 6·The Citadel 32 BS · 8 BA vs 3 BS · 0 BA
Digs: Tennessee Tech 65·The Citadel 45

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

The Citadel above 50 · Tennessee Tech below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Tennessee Tech stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TNTECH 88.6%11.4% CITDEL

Tennessee Tech wins

3-0

42.1%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.8%

The Citadel wins

3-0

1.6%

3-1

3.5%

3-2

6.3%

TNTECH break %: 49.7% vs this opp
CITDEL break %: 40.5% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Tennessee Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Audrey BerkebileOH	3	11	4	28	.250	1	2	1	7	2	0	1	0.5	13.5
8Mallory JenkinsMB	3	10	0	15	.667	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	11.5
24Alayna PierceOH	3	8	3	24	.208	1	1	2	14	1	1	0	1	10
14Ashlyn GambleOH	3	7	7	22	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	8
12Jordyn MilhouseMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
11Morgan PetelinS	3	1	0	3	.333	36	1	0	8	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
22Shelby HannahL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0
3Brooklyn RappL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
5Kamya MahornOH	2	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
6Ella WatfordL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
4Bella PotempaOH	1	3	0	4	.750	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Team totals		44	15	107	.271	44	5	5	65	5	2	8	6	75

The Citadelhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
2Cameron ReeseOH	3	9	6	44	.068	0	1	1	7	0	1	1	11
23Elizabeth MillerMB	3	4	1	16	.188	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
1Allie DavisonS	3	0	0	1	.000	21	1	0	10	0	0	0	1
12Luci LippelgoosMB	2	2	3	9	-.111	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4
18Emma PastusicOH	2	1	3	10	-.200	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
5Gwen BerryOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
17Jordyn SimsOH	3	9	3	35	.171	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	9
10Jess MartinL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	5	1	0	0	1
3Mia WatsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	1
22Emerson HillL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	7	1	0	0	0
9Megan StoneL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
21Samantha WeiseMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
7Rachel ReiningerOH	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		27	16	120	.092	26	5	6	45	5	3	3	52

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.

Tennessee Tech vs The Citadel

Season series · Tennessee Tech leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Tennessee Tech at The Citadel · Tennessee Tech won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 3, 2026Tennessee Tech at The Citadel · Tennessee Tech won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 TNTECH · CITDEL 4

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 TNTECHCITDEL 4

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 7 TNTECHCITDEL 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 5 TNTECHCITDEL 4

Bars above the line = The Citadel leads, below = Tennessee Tech leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Tennessee Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	50%6/12
2	67%6/9	68%13/19
3	43%6/14	33%3/9
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	57%4/7	64%7/11
6	80%4/5	64%7/11
All	62%33/53	57%42/74

The Citadel

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	0%0/5
2	38%6/16	36%4/11
3	43%6/14	40%4/10
4	63%5/8	54%7/13
5	44%4/9	17%1/6
6	40%4/10	50%4/8
All	43%32/74	38%20/53

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

127 rallies

#	TNTECH-CITDEL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Gwen Berry
2	2-0	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin
3	3-0	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
4	3-1	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison
5	4-1	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Shelby Hannah
6	4-2	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Megan Stone
7	5-2	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
8	5-3	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison
9	6-3	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
10	6-4	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
11	6-5	CITDEL	CITDEL	Ace	The Citadel	aced Audrey Berkebile
12	7-5	CITDEL	TNTECH×4	Serve err	The Citadel
13	8-5	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Cameron Reese
14	9-5	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Morgan Petelin	set Kamya Mahorn
15	10-5	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Jordyn Milhouse, Morgan Petelin
16	10-6	TNTECH	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Jordyn Milhouse
17	10-7	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Megan Stone
18	10-8	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	The Citadel	aced Kamya Mahorn
19	11-8	CITDEL	TNTECH×5	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
20	12-8	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
21	13-8	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
22	14-8	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Shelby Hannah
23	15-8	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
24	15-9	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison
25	16-9	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
26	17-9	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
27	17-10	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison
28	18-10	CITDEL	TNTECH×3	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Shelby Hannah
29	19-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Gwen Berry
30	20-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
31	20-11	TNTECH	CITDEL	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
32	20-12	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Alayna Pierce
33	21-12	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin
34	22-12	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos
35	22-13	TNTECH	CITDEL×4	Blocked	Audrey Berkebile	blk Luci Lippelgoos
36	22-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
37	22-15	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble
38	22-16	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Ace	The Citadel	aced Alayna Pierce
39	23-16	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin
40	23-17	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
41	24-17	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
42	25-17	TNTECH	TNTECH	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Megan Stone
Set 2
1	1-0	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin
2	2-0	TNTECH	TNTECH	Bad set	Emerson Hill
3	2-1	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison
4	3-1	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
5	4-1	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Emma Pastusic
6	4-2	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison
7	5-2	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
8	5-3	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison
9	6-3	CITDEL	TNTECH	Serve err	The Citadel
10	7-3	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
11	7-4	TNTECH	CITDEL	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
12	8-4	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
13	9-4	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
14	9-5	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison
15	9-6	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Megan Stone
16	10-6	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
17	10-7	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
18	11-7	CITDEL	TNTECH×4	Serve err	The Citadel
19	12-7	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Blocked	Emma Pastusic	blk Alayna Pierce
20	13-7	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Blocked	Cameron Reese	blk Jordyn Milhouse, Ashlyn Gamble
21	14-7	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
22	14-8	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison
23	14-9	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Emma Pastusic
24	15-9	CITDEL	TNTECH	Attack err	Emma Pastusic
25	15-10	TNTECH	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Allie Davison
26	15-11	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	The Citadel	aced Audrey Berkebile
27	15-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Alayna Pierce
28	16-12	CITDEL	TNTECH×7	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
29	17-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×7	Attack err	Cameron Reese
30	18-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×7	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
31	19-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×7	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos
32	20-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×7	Attack err	Cameron Reese
33	21-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×7	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
34	22-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×7	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
35	22-13	TNTECH	CITDEL	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
36	22-14	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Audrey Berkebile
37	23-14	CITDEL	TNTECH×3	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Audrey Berkebile, Jordyn Milhouse
38	24-14	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Cameron Reese
39	25-14	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Jordyn Sims
Set 3
1	1-0	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Shelby Hannah
2	1-1	TNTECH	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble
3	1-2	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Ace	The Citadel
4	1-3	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Allie Davison
5	1-4	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
6	2-4	CITDEL	TNTECH×5	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
7	3-4	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Blocked	Cameron Reese	blk Mallory Jenkins, Ashlyn Gamble
8	4-4	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Mallory Jenkins
9	5-4	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Shelby Hannah
10	6-4	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
11	6-5	TNTECH	CITDEL	Blocked	Ashlyn Gamble	blk Cameron Reese
12	6-6	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble
13	7-6	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Audrey Berkebile
14	7-7	TNTECH	CITDEL	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble
15	8-7	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
16	8-8	TNTECH	CITDEL	Attack err	Audrey Berkebile
17	9-8	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
18	9-9	TNTECH	CITDEL	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
19	10-9	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
20	11-9	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
21	11-10	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
22	12-10	CITDEL	TNTECH	Serve err	The Citadel
23	13-10	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
24	13-11	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison
25	14-11	CITDEL	TNTECH×4	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Alayna Pierce
26	15-11	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Elizabeth Miller
27	16-11	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin
28	17-11	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Emerson Hill
29	17-12	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
30	18-12	CITDEL	TNTECH	Bad set	Jess Martin
31	19-12	TNTECH	TNTECH	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Jess Martin
32	19-13	TNTECH	CITDEL×4	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Allie Davison
33	19-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble
34	19-15	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Audrey Berkebile
35	19-16	CITDEL	CITDEL×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble
36	20-16	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
37	20-17	TNTECH	CITDEL	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
38	21-17	CITDEL	TNTECH	Serve err	The Citadel
39	21-18	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Samantha Weise	set Allie Davison
40	21-19	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Jess Martin
41	22-19	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin
42	23-19	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin
43	23-20	TNTECH	CITDEL	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Samantha Weise
44	24-20	CITDEL	TNTECH	Kill	Bella Potempa	set Morgan Petelin
45	24-21	TNTECH	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Allie Davison
46	25-21	CITDEL	TNTECH	Serve err	The Citadel

Score shown after each rally, Tennessee Tech first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Tennessee Tech def. The Citadel 3–0

A 7–0 run in the second set broke it open for Tennessee Tech.