Arkansas State def. South Alabama 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 9)

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Arkansas St. 86.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Arkansas St. beat visiting South Alabama 3-0 (25-19, 29-27, 25-21) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Arkansas St.'s Kaitlin Whitlock led with 14 kills, and Mia Maloney added 22 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:45 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
S ALA	19	27	21	0
ARK ST	25	29	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

14 kills in 3 sets for Kaitlin Whitlock. Arkansas St. swept South Alabama.

Win probability never moved more than 5.1 points on one rally; South Alabama topped out at 17% in Set 2. RallyIQ gave Arkansas St. 86% before first serve.

South AlabamaArkansas St.

Break %+10.3 pts
29.439.7
Points won on own serve: 31 of 78 vs 20 of 68. South Alabama sided out 60.3% of the time.
Longest run+4
37
Arkansas St. scored 7 straight in the third set to turn an 11–12 deficit into an 18–12 lead. That set ended 25–21.

Arkansas St. above 50South Alabama belowMax swing 5.1%

South AlabamaArkansas St.

Hitting: South Alabama .203·Arkansas St. .230
Aces: South Alabama 0·Arkansas St. 4
Serve err: South Alabama 9·Arkansas St. 3
Blocks: South Alabama 9·Arkansas St. 74 BS · 10 BA vs 3 BS · 8 BA
Digs: South Alabama 60·Arkansas St. 63

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Arkansas St. above 50 · South Alabama below

Biggest swing: 5.1% to Arkansas St. — set 2, S ALA 24-24 ARK ST. Attack error by Eva Dittmar. ARK ST win probability 85% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

S ALA 10.5%89.5% ARK ST

South Alabama wins

3-0

1.4%

3-1

3.2%

3-2

5.9%

Arkansas St. wins

3-0

43.6%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.3%

S ALA break %: 38.2% vs this opp
ARK ST break %: 47.8% 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
Eva DittmarAttack error+5.1%
Attack error by Eva Dittmar
Set 2 · S ALA 24-24 ARK ST · ARK ST 85% → 90%
02
Alexa StrandbergAttack error+4.3%
Attack error by Alexa Strandberg
Set 2 · S ALA 25-26 ARK ST · ARK ST 90% → 94%
03
Adison OzunaAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Adison Ozuna
Set 2 · S ALA 24-22 ARK ST · S ALA 13% → 17%
04
Alivia FreemanKill+4.0%
Kill by Alivia Freeman (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 2 · S ALA 25-24 ARK ST · S ALA 10% → 14%
05
Devyn LewisKill+4.0%
Kill by Devyn Lewis (set by Maya Joska)
Set 2 · S ALA 25-25 ARK ST · ARK ST 86% → 90%
06
Alexa Strandberg&Alivia FreemanBlock+3.8%
Kaitlin Whitlock stuffed by Alexa Strandberg & Alivia Freeman
Set 2 · S ALA 23-22 ARK ST · S ALA 9% → 13%
07
Haley GlunzKill+3.5%
Kill by Haley Glunz (set by Maya Joska)
Set 2 · S ALA 27-29 ARK ST · ARK ST 94% → 98%
08
Alivia FreemanKill+3.3%
Kill by Alivia Freeman (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 2 · S ALA 26-26 ARK ST · S ALA 6% → 9%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Alabamaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Alivia FreemanMB	3	12	1	16	.688	0	3	3	0	0	4	2	14
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	3	10	4	17	.353	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	12.5
0Sarah GoochOH	3	8	3	49	.102	0	1	8	1	1	0	1	9
22Alexa StrandbergMB	3	0	4	11	-.364	0	1	2	0	1	5	3.5	3.5
2Anabelle CernyS	3	2	0	4	.500	37	1	13	0	0	0	0	2
1Marissa TaixL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0
4Eva DittmarOH	3	10	4	31	.194	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	10
3Addison HurstL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
20Preslee ThompsonDS	2	0	0	0	–	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	0
6Elyse HeffnerMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	16	128	.203	40	9	60	4	4	10	9	67

Arkansas St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Kaitlin WhitlockOH	3	14	4	38	.263	1	1	3	19	1	0	1	16
13Haley GlunzMB	3	8	1	14	.500	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	11
15Addison CollumOH	3	9	1	22	.364	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	10
6Calea BushOH	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	6
8Erin MadiganS	3	0	0	1	.000	22	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
9Parker StearnsOH	2	4	6	24	-.083	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	6
2Adison OzunaOH	3	4	3	12	.083	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
1Keira GaringerOH	3	0	1	3	-.333	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1
10Maya JoskaS	3	1	0	2	.500	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11Mia MaloneyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	22	0	0	0	1
22Devyn LewisOH	2	5	1	14	.286	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5
Team totals		50	18	139	.230	49	4	3	63	3	8	7	79

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.

South Alabama vs Arkansas St.

Season series · Arkansas St. leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026South Alabama at Arkansas St. · Arkansas St. won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 10, 2026South Alabama at Arkansas St. · Arkansas St. won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 S ALA · ARK ST 7

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 S ALAARK ST 4

Set 2

27-29

Longest run 3 S ALAARK ST 2

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 3 S ALAARK ST 7

Bars above the line = Arkansas St. leads, below = South Alabama leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Alabama

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	38%5/13
2	47%9/19	31%4/13
3	73%8/11	10%1/10
4	58%7/12	20%2/10
5	70%7/10	13%1/8
6	64%7/11	50%7/14
All	60%47/78	29%20/68

Arkansas St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	38%5/13
2	75%9/12	55%11/20
3	82%9/11	18%2/11
4	88%7/8	42%5/12
5	58%7/12	42%5/12
6	64%7/11	30%3/10
All	71%48/68	40%31/78

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

146 rallies

#	S ALA-ARK ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ARK ST	S ALA	Serve err	Kaitlin Whitlock		+1.2
2	2-0	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Parker Stearns	blk Alexa Strandberg	+1.6
3	2-1	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Parker Stearns	set Erin Madigan	+1.1
4	2-2	ARK ST	ARK ST	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+1.4
5	3-2	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
6	3-3	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Parker Stearns	set Erin Madigan	+1.1
7	4-3	ARK ST	S ALA	Attack err	Kaitlin Whitlock		+1.3
8	4-4	S ALA	ARK ST×3	Blocked	Dalayla Blackwell	blk Parker Stearns, Haley Glunz	+1.1
9	4-5	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Ace	Arkansas St.	aced Kathryn O'Toole	+1.4
10	4-6	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.3
11	5-6	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
12	5-7	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+1.0
13	6-7	ARK ST	S ALA×3	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.1
14	7-7	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Alivia Freeman		+1.6
15	8-7	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Kaitlin Whitlock		+1.8
16	8-8	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.3
17	8-9	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Addison Collum	+1.6
18	9-9	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.4
19	9-10	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Erin Madigan	+1.3
20	9-11	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Mia Maloney	+1.5
21	10-11	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
22	10-12	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Calea Bush	set Erin Madigan	+1.2
23	10-13	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+1.3
24	11-13	ARK ST	S ALA	Blocked	Parker Stearns	blk Alexa Strandberg, Dalayla Blackwell	+1.0
25	11-14	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.1
26	12-14	ARK ST	S ALA	Attack err	Parker Stearns		+1.1
27	13-14	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.7
28	13-15	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Parker Stearns	set Maya Joska	+1.4
29	14-15	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.4
30	14-16	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.5
31	14-17	ARK ST	ARK ST	Attack err	Alivia Freeman		+1.6
32	15-17	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.1
33	15-18	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.3
34	16-18	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
35	16-19	S ALA	ARK ST×4	Attack err	Alexa Strandberg		+1.3
36	16-20	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Ace	Kaitlin Whitlock	aced Sarah Gooch	+1.3
37	16-21	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Kill	Calea Bush	set Erin Madigan	+0.8
38	16-22	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+0.4
39	17-22	ARK ST	S ALA	Serve err	Kaitlin Whitlock		+0.2
40	17-23	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.3
41	18-23	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
42	18-24	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Erin Madigan	+0.2
43	19-24	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	·
44	19-25	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
2	1-1	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Calea Bush	set Erin Madigan	+0.8
3	1-2	ARK ST	ARK ST	Blocked	Alexa Strandberg	blk Parker Stearns, Haley Glunz	+0.9
4	2-2	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
5	2-3	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Parker Stearns	set Erin Madigan	+0.7
6	3-3	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
7	3-4	S ALA	ARK ST	Blocked	Dalayla Blackwell	blk Parker Stearns	+0.7
8	4-4	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
9	4-5	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.8
10	4-6	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+0.9
11	5-6	ARK ST	S ALA	Attack err	Adison Ozuna		+0.7
12	5-7	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Calea Bush	set Maya Joska	+0.7
13	6-7	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
14	6-8	S ALA	ARK ST	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+0.7
15	7-8	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst	+0.8
16	7-9	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Kaitlin Whitlock	+0.8
17	8-9	ARK ST	S ALA×3	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
18	9-9	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Addison Collum		+1.2
19	10-9	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Parker Stearns	blk Dalayla Blackwell	+1.4
20	10-10	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.0
21	10-11	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Erin Madigan	+1.2
22	11-11	ARK ST	S ALA	Attack err	Parker Stearns		+1.0
23	11-12	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+1.0
24	11-13	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.2
25	12-13	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Addison Hurst	+0.9
26	12-14	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Maya Joska	+0.9
27	13-14	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
28	13-15	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Calea Bush	set Maya Joska	+1.0
29	14-15	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
30	14-16	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+1.0
31	15-16	ARK ST	S ALA×3	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.1
32	16-16	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Parker Stearns	blk Alivia Freeman, Alexa Strandberg	+1.7
33	17-16	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Devyn Lewis	blk Alivia Freeman, Alexa Strandberg	+2.0
34	17-17	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+1.4
35	18-17	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.7
36	18-18	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Erin Madigan	+1.5
37	19-18	ARK ST	S ALA	Bad set	Erin Madigan		+1.8
38	19-19	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+1.7
39	20-19	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.0
40	20-20	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Maya Joska	+1.8
41	20-21	ARK ST	ARK ST	Ace	Arkansas St.	aced Preslee Thompson	+2.4
42	21-21	ARK ST	S ALA	Attack err	Calea Bush		+2.0
43	21-22	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+2.1
44	22-22	ARK ST	S ALA×3	Kill	Anabelle Cerny	set Preslee Thompson	+2.2
45	23-22	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Kaitlin Whitlock	blk Alexa Strandberg, Alivia Freeman	+3.8
46	24-22	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Adison Ozuna		+4.2
47	24-23	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.9
48	24-24	ARK ST	ARK ST	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+5.1
49	25-24	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.0
50	25-25	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Maya Joska	+4.0
51	25-26	ARK ST	ARK ST	Attack err	Alexa Strandberg		+4.3
52	26-26	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+3.3
53	26-27	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Maya Joska	set Adison Ozuna	+3.3
54	27-27	ARK ST	S ALA	Attack err	Haley Glunz		+3.3
55	27-28	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+3.3
56	27-29	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Maya Joska	+3.5
Set 3
1	1-0	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
2	1-1	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+0.4
3	1-2	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+0.4
4	2-2	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
5	2-3	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+0.3
6	2-4	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+0.4
7	3-4	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.3
8	4-4	S ALA	S ALA	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.5
9	4-5	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Maya Joska	+0.4
10	4-6	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+0.4
11	5-6	ARK ST	S ALA	Blocked	Kaitlin Whitlock	blk Alexa Strandberg, Alivia Freeman	+0.4
12	6-6	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Keira Garinger	blk Dalayla Blackwell	+0.5
13	6-7	S ALA	ARK ST×3	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.4
14	6-8	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Blocked	Alexa Strandberg	blk Kaitlin Whitlock	+0.5
15	6-9	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+0.4
16	7-9	ARK ST	S ALA	Bad set	Maya Joska		+0.3
17	8-9	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Adison Ozuna	blk Sarah Gooch	+0.5
18	8-10	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+0.4
19	9-10	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
20	10-10	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
21	10-11	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+0.5
22	11-11	ARK ST	S ALA	Serve err	Kaitlin Whitlock		+0.5
23	12-11	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Anabelle Cerny	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.7
24	12-12	S ALA	ARK ST×7	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+0.5
25	12-13	ARK ST	ARK ST×7	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Haley Glunz, Addison Collum	+0.6
26	12-14	ARK ST	ARK ST×7	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+0.6
27	12-15	ARK ST	ARK ST×7	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Haley Glunz, Addison Collum	+0.5
28	12-16	ARK ST	ARK ST×7	Ace	Arkansas St.	aced Marissa Taix	+0.4
29	12-17	ARK ST	ARK ST×7	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+0.3
30	12-18	ARK ST	ARK ST×7	Attack err	Sarah Gooch		+0.2
31	13-18	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
32	14-18	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.2
33	14-19	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Erin Madigan	+0.2
34	15-19	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.2
35	15-20	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Maya Joska	+0.2
36	16-20	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.2
37	16-21	S ALA	ARK ST	Serve err	South Alabama		+0.2
38	17-21	ARK ST	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
39	18-21	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.3
40	19-21	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
41	19-22	S ALA	ARK ST×3	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+0.5
42	19-23	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Blocked	Dalayla Blackwell	blk Calea Bush	+0.4
43	19-24	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+0.2
44	20-24	ARK ST	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	·
45	21-24	S ALA	S ALA	Bad set	Erin Madigan		+0.1
46	21-25	S ALA	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Erin Madigan	+0.2

Score shown after each rally, South Alabama 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).

Arkansas St. def. South Alabama 3–0

14 kills in 3 sets for Kaitlin Whitlock. Arkansas St. swept South Alabama.