ULM vs South Alabama Volleyball: South Alabama Wins 3-0

FinalThu, Oct 29, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: South Alabama 87.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 29, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

South Alabama beat visiting ULM 3-0 (27-25, 25-22, 25-16) on Thu, Oct 29, 2026. Dalayla Blackwell and Cambria Gaier led South Alabama with 10 kills each; ULM's Aniya Hall had a match-high 11.

Data through Nov 3, 10:15 PM CT · final Oct 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LA MON	25	22	16	0
S ALA	27	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

South Alabama broke it open with an 8–0 run in the third set.

No single rally moved win probability more than 5.5 points. ULM peaked at 24% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. Pre-match, RallyIQ had South Alabama at 88%.

ULMSouth Alabama

Break %+12.1 pts
31.343.4
Points won on own serve: 33 of 76 vs 20 of 64. ULM sided out 56.6% of the time.
Hitting+.127
.175.302
Kills and errors: 46–11 vs 36–16.
Longest run+4
48
Up 12–7 in the third set, South Alabama scored 8 straight to make it 20–7. The set finished 25–16.

South Alabama above 50ULM belowMax swing 5.5%

ULMSouth Alabama

Aces: ULM 5·South Alabama 4
Serve err: ULM 7·South Alabama 9
Blocks: ULM 4·South Alabama 81 BS · 6 BA vs 0 BS · 16 BA
Digs: ULM 49·South Alabama 49

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

South Alabama above 50 · ULM below

Biggest swing: 5.5% to South Alabama — set 1, LA MON 23-24 S ALA. Grace Troxell stuffed by Alexa Strandberg & Anabelle Cerny. S ALA win probability 84% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LA MON 12.4%87.6% S ALA

ULM wins

3-0

1.7%

3-1

3.9%

3-2

6.8%

South Alabama wins

3-0

40.7%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.4%

LA MON break %: 40.0% vs this opp
S ALA break %: 48.9% 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
Alexa Strandberg&Anabelle CernyBlock+5.5%
Grace Troxell stuffed by Alexa Strandberg & Anabelle Cerny
Set 1 · LA MON 23-24 S ALA · S ALA 84% → 89%
02
Cambria GaierKill+4.8%
Kill by Cambria Gaier (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · LA MON 23-23 S ALA · S ALA 79% → 84%
03
Eva DittmarKill+4.5%
Kill by Eva Dittmar (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · LA MON 25-27 S ALA · S ALA 89% → 94%
04
Tatum ClayKill+4.4%
Kill by Tatum Clay (set by Morgan Howard)
Set 1 · LA MON 24-24 S ALA · LA MON 11% → 15%
05
Cambria GaierKill+4.4%
Kill by Cambria Gaier (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · LA MON 24-25 S ALA · S ALA 85% → 89%
06
Dalayla BlackwellAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Dalayla Blackwell
Set 1 · LA MON 25-25 S ALA · LA MON 11% → 15%
07
Cambria GaierKill+4.4%
Kill by Cambria Gaier (set by Anabelle Cerny)
Set 1 · LA MON 25-26 S ALA · S ALA 85% → 89%
08
Eva DittmarService error+3.8%
Service error by Eva Dittmar
Set 1 · LA MON 23-21 S ALA · LA MON 20% → 24%

Box score

Official NCAA box

ULMaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Aniya HallOH	3	11	3	32	.250	2	0	1	11	1	1	1	1.5	12.5
2Abby CunninghamOH	3	7	2	21	.238	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
14Tatum ClayMB	3	3	1	11	.182	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	7
11Zharia AlleyneMB	3	5	3	9	.222	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
4Briana RaneyDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
15Morgan HowardS	3	0	0	1	.000	18	1	2	8	0	0	0	0	1
10Grace TroxellOH	3	6	2	25	.160	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
7Kenzie BehlMB	3	4	4	12	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
16Eden PietrzakL/DS	3	0	1	2	-.500	2	0	1	12	2	0	0	0	0
9Bre PerrinS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	16	114	.175	34	5	7	49	4	1	6	4	63

South Alabamahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Dalayla BlackwellMB	3	10	2	17	.471	0	0	0	1	0	5	2.5	12.5
8Cambria GaierOH	3	10	5	25	.200	0	0	3	6	1	1	0.5	10.5
0Sarah GoochOH	3	9	0	24	.375	0	1	1	6	1	1	0.5	10.5
6Elyse HeffnerMB	3	6	1	16	.313	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	7
4Eva DittmarOH	3	5	3	15	.133	1	0	1	2	0	3	1.5	6.5
2Anabelle CernyS	3	0	0	1	.000	29	3	0	10	0	2	1	4
16Alivia FreemanMB	3	5	0	8	.625	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
3Addison HurstL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	15	0	0	0	0
15Halle NorvellS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
10Delaney LawsonOH	1	1	0	9	.111	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	1.5
22Alexa StrandbergMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
17Kathryn O'TooleDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	11	116	.302	44	4	9	49	5	16	8	77

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.

ULM vs South Alabama

Season series · South Alabama leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 29, 2026ULM at South Alabama · South Alabama won 3-0This match
Fri, Oct 30, 2026ULM at South Alabama · South Alabama won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 LA MON · S ALA 8

Set 1

25-27

Longest run 3 LA MONS ALA 3

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 LA MONS ALA 4

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 4 LA MONS ALA 8

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

ULM

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	30%8/27	13%1/8
2	80%8/10	47%7/15
3	54%7/13	27%3/11
4	88%7/8	30%3/10
5	70%7/10	13%1/8
6	75%6/8	42%5/12
All	57%43/76	31%20/64

South Alabama

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	72%18/25
2	53%8/15	33%4/12
3	67%8/12	33%4/12
4	88%7/8	30%3/10
5	64%7/11	36%4/11
6	86%6/7	0%0/6
All	69%44/64	43%33/76

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

140 rallies

#	LA MON-S ALA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Morgan Howard	+1.1
2	1-1	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
3	2-1	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Zharia Alleyne	set Aniya Hall	+1.1
4	3-1	LA MON	LA MON	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Bre Perrin	+1.5
5	3-2	LA MON	S ALA	Blocked	Aniya Hall	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Eva Dittmar	+1.1
6	3-3	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Zharia Alleyne		+1.3
7	4-3	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Kenzie Behl	set Bre Perrin	+1.2
8	4-4	LA MON	S ALA	Serve err	Aniya Hall		+1.1
9	5-4	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Grace Troxell	set Bre Perrin	+1.2
10	5-5	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Halle Norvell	+1.1
11	6-5	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Grace Troxell	set Bre Perrin	+1.3
12	7-5	LA MON	LA MON	Ace	Morgan Howard		+1.7
13	7-6	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Halle Norvell	+1.2
14	8-6	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Tatum Clay	set Morgan Howard	+1.5
15	8-7	LA MON	S ALA×3	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Halle Norvell	+1.3
16	8-8	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Aniya Hall	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Eva Dittmar	+1.6
17	8-9	S ALA	S ALA×3	Ace	Anabelle Cerny	aced Aniya Hall	+1.5
18	9-9	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Abby Cunningham	set Morgan Howard	+1.3
19	9-10	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.2
20	10-10	S ALA	LA MON	Attack err	Eva Dittmar		+1.3
21	10-11	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.3
22	11-11	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Kenzie Behl	set Bre Perrin	+1.4
23	11-12	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.3
24	12-12	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Kenzie Behl	set Bre Perrin	+1.4
25	13-12	LA MON	LA MON	Blocked	Elyse Heffner	blk Grace Troxell, Tatum Clay	+2.0
26	13-13	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Halle Norvell	+1.5
27	13-14	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman		+1.8
28	14-14	S ALA	LA MON×3	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+1.6
29	15-14	LA MON	LA MON×3	Blocked	Cambria Gaier	blk Abby Cunningham, Tatum Clay	+2.3
30	16-14	LA MON	LA MON×3	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+2.5
31	16-15	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Halle Norvell	+1.8
32	17-15	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Abby Cunningham	set Morgan Howard	+2.2
33	17-16	LA MON	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+1.8
34	17-17	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.4
35	17-18	S ALA	S ALA×3	Bad set	Morgan Howard		+2.3
36	18-18	S ALA	LA MON×3	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Morgan Howard	+2.0
37	19-18	LA MON	LA MON×3	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+3.0
38	20-18	LA MON	LA MON×3	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny		+3.3
39	20-19	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.2
40	21-19	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Cambria Gaier		+3.0
41	21-20	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.4
42	22-20	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Morgan Howard	+3.3
43	22-21	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.5
44	23-21	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Eva Dittmar		+3.8
45	23-22	LA MON	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+2.7
46	23-23	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.8
47	23-24	S ALA	S ALA×3	Blocked	Grace Troxell	blk Alexa Strandberg, Anabelle Cerny	+5.5
48	24-24	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Tatum Clay	set Morgan Howard	+4.4
49	24-25	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.4
50	25-25	S ALA	LA MON	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		+4.4
51	25-26	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.4
52	25-27	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+4.5
Set 2
1	0-1	LA MON	S ALA	Bad set	Morgan Howard		+0.6
2	0-2	S ALA	S ALA	Blocked	Abby Cunningham	blk Sarah Gooch, Dalayla Blackwell	+0.7
3	1-2	S ALA	LA MON×3	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Abby Cunningham	+0.6
4	2-2	LA MON	LA MON×3	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Morgan Howard	+0.9
5	3-2	LA MON	LA MON×3	Kill	Zharia Alleyne	set Morgan Howard	+1.0
6	3-3	LA MON	S ALA	Serve err	Tatum Clay		+0.7
7	4-3	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Addison Hurst		+0.8
8	4-4	LA MON	S ALA×4	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.8
9	4-5	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Kenzie Behl		+0.9
10	4-6	S ALA	S ALA×4	Bad set	Aniya Hall		+0.8
11	4-7	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Eden Pietrzak		+0.7
12	5-7	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Zharia Alleyne	set Bre Perrin	+0.6
13	5-8	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
14	5-9	S ALA	S ALA	Ace	Sarah Gooch	aced Eden Pietrzak	+0.6
15	6-9	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Zharia Alleyne	set Bre Perrin	+0.5
16	6-10	LA MON	S ALA	Blocked	Grace Troxell	blk Elyse Heffner, Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
17	7-10	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Kenzie Behl	set Bre Perrin	+0.5
18	8-10	LA MON	LA MON	Kill	Abby Cunningham	set Morgan Howard	+0.8
19	8-11	LA MON	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.6
20	8-12	S ALA	S ALA×3	Attack err	Tatum Clay		+0.7
21	8-13	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.5
22	9-13	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Abby Cunningham	set Morgan Howard	+0.4
23	9-14	LA MON	S ALA×3	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
24	9-15	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.4
25	9-16	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.3
26	10-16	S ALA	LA MON×3	Serve err	Cambria Gaier		+0.2
27	11-16	LA MON	LA MON×3	Ace	Tatum Clay	aced Sarah Gooch	+0.3
28	12-16	LA MON	LA MON×3	Ace	Tatum Clay	aced Cambria Gaier	+0.5
29	12-17	LA MON	S ALA	Serve err	Tatum Clay		+0.4
30	12-18	S ALA	S ALA	Attack err	Zharia Alleyne		+0.4
31	13-18	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Morgan Howard	+0.2
32	14-18	LA MON	LA MON	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Zharia Alleyne, Aniya Hall	+0.4
33	14-19	LA MON	S ALA	Blocked	Kenzie Behl	blk Elyse Heffner, Eva Dittmar	+0.4
34	15-19	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Eden Pietrzak	+0.3
35	15-20	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Sarah Gooch	set Halle Norvell	+0.4
36	16-20	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Grace Troxell	set Bre Perrin	+0.3
37	16-21	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Alivia Freeman	set Halle Norvell	+0.4
38	17-21	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Grace Troxell	set Bre Perrin	+0.3
39	17-22	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+0.4
40	18-22	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Tatum Clay	set Morgan Howard	+0.2
41	19-22	LA MON	LA MON	Attack err	Cambria Gaier		+0.5
42	19-23	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Eva Dittmar	+0.6
43	20-23	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Abby Cunningham	set Morgan Howard	+0.3
44	21-23	LA MON	LA MON	Ace	Tatum Clay		+0.9
45	21-24	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.1
46	22-24	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Abby Cunningham	set Morgan Howard	+0.5
47	22-25	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+1.0
Set 3
1	0-1	S ALA	S ALA×4	Attack err	Zharia Alleyne		+0.4
2	0-2	S ALA	S ALA×4	Blocked	Kenzie Behl	blk Dalayla Blackwell, Cambria Gaier	+0.3
3	0-3	S ALA	S ALA×4	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Addison Hurst	+0.3
4	0-4	S ALA	S ALA×4	Ace	Anabelle Cerny	aced Eden Pietrzak	+0.3
5	1-4	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Grace Troxell	set Bre Perrin	+0.2
6	1-5	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.2
7	1-6	S ALA	S ALA	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.2
8	2-6	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Cambria Gaier		+0.2
9	2-7	LA MON	S ALA×3	Serve err	Morgan Howard		+0.2
10	2-8	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Cambria Gaier	set Addison Hurst	+0.2
11	2-9	S ALA	S ALA×3	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
12	3-9	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Addison Hurst		+0.1
13	3-10	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
14	4-10	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Abby Cunningham	set Morgan Howard	+0.1
15	4-11	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Abby Cunningham	+0.1
16	5-11	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Zharia Alleyne	set Morgan Howard	+0.1
17	6-11	LA MON	LA MON	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Eden Pietrzak	+0.2
18	6-12	LA MON	S ALA	Bad set	Bre Perrin		+0.1
19	7-12	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Elyse Heffner		+0.1
20	7-13	LA MON	S ALA×8	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Halle Norvell	+0.1
21	7-14	S ALA	S ALA×8	Kill	Dalayla Blackwell	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
22	7-15	S ALA	S ALA×8	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	+0.1
23	7-16	S ALA	S ALA×8	Blocked	Kenzie Behl	blk Delaney Lawson, Dalayla Blackwell	+0.1
24	7-17	S ALA	S ALA×8	Kill	Eva Dittmar	set Anabelle Cerny	·
25	7-18	S ALA	S ALA×8	Ace	Anabelle Cerny	aced Grace Troxell	·
26	7-19	S ALA	S ALA×8	Attack err	Aniya Hall		·
27	7-20	S ALA	S ALA×8	Kill	Delaney Lawson	set Anabelle Cerny	·
28	8-20	S ALA	LA MON	Attack err	Dalayla Blackwell		·
29	8-21	LA MON	S ALA	Serve err	Eden Pietrzak		·
30	9-21	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Delaney Lawson		·
31	10-21	LA MON	LA MON	Kill	Grace Troxell	set Aniya Hall	·
32	10-22	LA MON	S ALA	Serve err	Morgan Howard		·
33	11-22	S ALA	LA MON×4	Bad set	Anabelle Cerny		·
34	12-22	LA MON	LA MON×4	Kill	Aniya Hall		·
35	13-22	LA MON	LA MON×4	Ace	Briana Raney		·
36	14-22	LA MON	LA MON×4	Blocked	Eva Dittmar	blk Aniya Hall	·
37	14-23	LA MON	S ALA	Attack err	Abby Cunningham		·
38	15-23	S ALA	LA MON	Kill	Aniya Hall	set Morgan Howard	·
39	15-24	LA MON	S ALA	Serve err	Tatum Clay		·
40	16-24	S ALA	LA MON	Serve err	Sarah Gooch		·
41	16-25	LA MON	S ALA	Kill	Elyse Heffner	set Halle Norvell	·

Score shown after each rally, ULM 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).

South Alabama def. ULM 3–0

South Alabama broke it open with an 8–0 run in the third set.