South Alabama def. Louisiana Tech 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: South Alabama 92.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

South Alabama beat visiting Louisiana Tech 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-17) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. South Alabama's Sarah Gooch led with 11 kills, and Addison Hurst added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LATECH	14	15	17	0
S ALA	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Louisiana Tech never reached 20 in a set against South Alabama.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.8 points. Louisiana Tech peaked at 7% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had South Alabama at 93%.

Louisiana TechSouth Alabama

Break %+26.2 pts
31.958.1
On serve: 43/74 against 15/47 (Louisiana Tech sideout 41.9%).
Hitting+.248
.111.359
37 K / 9 E against 26 K / 17 E.
Longest run+1
45
5 straight South Alabama points in the third set stretched a 13–10 lead to 18–10. The set finished 25–17.

South Alabama above 50Louisiana Tech belowMax swing 0.8%

Louisiana TechSouth Alabama

Aces: Louisiana Tech 4·South Alabama 10
Serve err: Louisiana Tech 8·South Alabama 6
Blocks: Louisiana Tech 6·South Alabama 70 BS · 12 BA vs 3 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Louisiana Tech 28·South Alabama 30

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

South Alabama above 50 · Louisiana Tech below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LATECH 4.6%95.4% S ALA

Louisiana Tech wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.3%

3-2

2.8%

South Alabama wins

3-0

56.6%

3-1

29.3%

3-2

9.4%

LATECH break %: 36.8% vs this opp
S ALA break %: 49.7% 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

Louisiana Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
24Taylor WoodsOH	3	9	3	21	.286	0	0	1	2	3	1	0.5	9.5
2Kylie RodriguezOH	3	6	3	15	.200	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
3Tyra McKinnieMB	3	4	3	11	.091	0	0	1	2	1	3	1.5	5.5
1Sydnee CarterS	3	2	0	3	.667	9	2	1	3	0	0	0	4
20Megan CooleyOH	2	1	1	10	.000	2	1	1	2	4	0	0	2
9Anaya HairstonMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
10Gabrielle HairstonOH	3	1	4	7	-.429	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
4Riley SteubingL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	11	1	0	0	0
7Jenna HehmanMB	2	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	0.5
12Abbi SellsL/DS	2	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
8Grace KrohnS	2	0	0	0	–	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
0Emerson TraylorS	1	2	0	4	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
32Zari GillispieMB	1	0	0	2	.000	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	2
13Violet MorrandezMB	1	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
5Ryan RusherOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	17	81	.111	23	4	8	28	10	12	6	46

South Alabamahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
0Sarah GoochOH	3	11	2	25	.360	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	1	14
16Alivia FreemanMB	3	5	2	8	.375	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	3	7	1	11	.545	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
22Alexa StrandbergMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	6.5
2Anabelle CernyS	3	1	0	3	.333	23	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
1Marissa TaixL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	4	3	0	0	0	2
4Eva DittmarOH	3	6	2	18	.222	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
3Addison HurstL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	3	2	12	0	0	0	0	3
20Preslee ThompsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Elyse HeffnerMB	2	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15Halle NorvellS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	9	78	.359	31	10	6	30	4	3	8	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.

Louisiana Tech vs South Alabama

Season series · South Alabama leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 1, 2026Louisiana Tech at South Alabama · South Alabama won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 3, 2026Louisiana Tech at South Alabama · South Alabama won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 LATECH · S ALA 5

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 2 LATECHS ALA 4

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 3 LATECHS ALA 4

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 4 LATECHS ALA 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Louisiana Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	40%6/15	50%4/8
2	50%6/12	40%4/10
3	50%6/12	45%5/11
4	29%5/17	14%1/7
5	56%5/9	0%0/5
6	33%3/9	17%1/6
All	42%31/74	32%15/47

South Alabama

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	43%6/14	69%11/16
2	55%6/11	45%5/11
3	86%6/7	54%7/13
4	100%5/5	62%8/13
5	83%5/6	62%8/13
6	100%4/4	50%4/8
All	68%32/47	58%43/74

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

121 rallies

#	LATECH-S ALA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Megan Cooley	blk Alivia Freeman, Alexa Strandberg
2	0-2	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Kylie Rodriguez
3	1-2	S ALA	LATECH	Serve err	South Alabama
4	1-3	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny
5	2-3	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Sydnee Carter	set Riley Steubing
6	2-4	LATECH	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny
7	2-5	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell
8	2-6	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	South Alabama	aced Taylor Woods
9	3-6	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Megan Cooley
10	4-6	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Grace Krohn
11	4-7	LATECH	S ALA×3	Attack err	Gabrielle Hairston
12	4-8	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Gabrielle Hairston	blk Eva Dittmar
13	4-9	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	South Alabama	aced Taylor Woods
14	5-9	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Grace Krohn
15	5-10	LATECH	S ALA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
16	6-10	S ALA	LATECH	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Gabrielle Hairston, Tyra McKinnie
17	6-11	LATECH	S ALA×4	Blocked	Anaya Hairston	blk Alivia Freeman
18	6-12	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny
19	6-13	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	South Alabama	aced Megan Cooley
20	6-14	S ALA	S ALA×4	Bad set	Grace Krohn
21	7-14	S ALA	LATECH	Serve err	South Alabama
22	7-15	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny
23	8-15	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Megan Cooley	set Abbi Sells
24	9-15	LATECH	LATECH	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Anaya Hairston, Kylie Rodriguez
25	9-16	LATECH	S ALA×3	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
26	9-17	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	South Alabama	aced Megan Cooley
27	9-18	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Kylie Rodriguez
28	10-18	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Sydnee Carter
29	11-18	LATECH	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter
30	11-19	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny
31	11-20	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie
32	12-20	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter
33	12-21	LATECH	S ALA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
34	12-22	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Tyra McKinnie
35	13-22	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Grace Krohn
36	13-23	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny
37	13-24	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Riley Steubing
38	14-24	S ALA	LATECH	Serve err	South Alabama
39	14-25	LATECH	S ALA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
Set 2
1	1-0	LATECH	LATECH×3	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter
2	2-0	LATECH	LATECH×3	Attack err	Alivia Freeman
3	3-0	LATECH	LATECH×3	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Alexa Strandberg
4	3-1	LATECH	S ALA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
5	3-2	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Violet Morrandez	blk Alexa Strandberg, Dalayla Blackwell
6	4-2	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Riley Steubing
7	4-3	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny
8	4-4	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny
9	5-4	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter
10	5-5	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Addison Hurst
11	6-5	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Sydnee Carter
12	6-6	LATECH	S ALA×3	Kill	Anabelle Cerny
13	6-7	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny
14	6-8	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny
15	7-8	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Emerson Traylor
16	7-9	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny
17	8-9	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Emerson Traylor	set Anabelle Cerny
18	8-10	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny
19	9-10	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Violet Morrandez	set Emerson Traylor
20	10-10	LATECH	LATECH	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Marissa Taix
21	10-11	LATECH	S ALA	Blocked	Taylor Woods	blk Alivia Freeman, Alexa Strandberg
22	11-11	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter
23	11-12	LATECH	S ALA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
24	11-13	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Jenna Hehman
25	12-13	S ALA	LATECH	Serve err	South Alabama
26	12-14	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell
27	12-15	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Addison Hurst
28	13-15	S ALA	LATECH	Blocked	Elyse Heffner	blk Tyra McKinnie, Jenna Hehman
29	13-16	LATECH	S ALA×4	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Addison Hurst
30	13-17	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Jenna Hehman
31	13-18	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Eva Dittmar
32	13-19	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	South Alabama	aced Abbi Sells
33	14-19	S ALA	LATECH	Serve err	South Alabama
34	14-20	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Halle Norvell
35	14-21	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Gabrielle Hairston	blk Eva Dittmar, Alivia Freeman
36	15-21	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Riley Steubing
37	15-22	LATECH	S ALA×4	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny
38	15-23	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny
39	15-24	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	South Alabama	aced Taylor Woods
40	15-25	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Anabelle Cerny
Set 3
1	0-1	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Marissa Taix
2	0-2	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	South Alabama	aced Megan Cooley
3	1-2	S ALA	LATECH×3	Attack err	Alivia Freeman
4	2-2	LATECH	LATECH×3	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Riley Steubing
5	3-2	LATECH	LATECH×3	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Marissa Taix
6	3-3	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny
7	3-4	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Taylor Woods
8	4-4	S ALA	LATECH	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell
9	5-4	LATECH	LATECH	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny
10	5-5	LATECH	S ALA	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie
11	5-6	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny
12	6-6	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Sydnee Carter
13	6-7	LATECH	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Marissa Taix
14	6-8	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny
15	6-9	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Taylor Woods
16	7-9	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Taylor Woods	set Megan Cooley
17	7-10	LATECH	S ALA×3	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny
18	7-11	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	South Alabama	aced Megan Cooley
19	7-12	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Gabrielle Hairston
20	8-12	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Grace Krohn
21	9-12	LATECH	LATECH	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Zari Gillispie, Gabrielle Hairston
22	9-13	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny
23	10-13	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Gabrielle Hairston	set Grace Krohn
24	10-14	LATECH	S ALA×5	Kill	Alexa Strandberg	set Anabelle Cerny
25	10-15	S ALA	S ALA×5	Kill	Alivia Freeman
26	10-16	S ALA	S ALA×5	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny
27	10-17	S ALA	S ALA×5	Attack err	Sydnee Carter
28	10-18	S ALA	S ALA×5	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Addison Hurst
29	11-18	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Kylie Rodriguez	set Riley Steubing
30	12-18	LATECH	LATECH	Blocked	Sarah Gooch	blk Kylie Rodriguez, Zari Gillispie
31	12-19	LATECH	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny
32	12-20	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Kylie Rodriguez	blk Sarah Gooch
33	13-20	S ALA	LATECH×4	Serve err	South Alabama
34	14-20	LATECH	LATECH×4	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter
35	15-20	LATECH	LATECH×4	Ace	Louisiana Tech	aced Marissa Taix
36	16-20	LATECH	LATECH×4	Blocked	Alexa Strandberg	blk Tyra McKinnie, Taylor Woods
37	16-21	LATECH	S ALA	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
38	16-22	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Halle Norvell
39	17-22	S ALA	LATECH	Kill	Tyra McKinnie	set Sydnee Carter
40	17-23	LATECH	S ALA×3	Serve err	Louisiana Tech
41	17-24	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Tyra McKinnie
42	17-25	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Elyse Heffner

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

South Alabama def. Louisiana Tech 3–0

Louisiana Tech never reached 20 in a set against South Alabama.