Delaware State def. N.C. Central 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 25)

FinalFri, Sep 25, 2026MEAC Network

0:3

Delaware St. beat visiting N.C. Central 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-22) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Aaliyah Mitchell led Delaware St. with 9 kills; N.C. Central's Talia Emmen had a match-high 13.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NC CEN	18	20	22	0
DEL ST	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Delaware St. above 50 · N.C. Central below

Biggest swing: 3.5% to Delaware St. — set 2, NC CEN 20-21 DEL ST. Attack error by Shalyn Bell. DEL ST win probability 85% → 88%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NC CEN 24.3%75.7% DEL ST

N.C. Central wins

3-0

4.2%

3-1

8.3%

3-2

11.7%

Delaware St. wins

3-0

27.7%

3-1

28.9%

3-2

19.2%

NC CEN break %: 42.1% vs this opp
DEL ST break %: 47.5% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Shalyn BellAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Shalyn Bell
Set 2 · NC CEN 20-21 DEL ST · DEL ST 85% → 88%
02
Aaliyah MitchellKill+3.3%
Kill by Aaliyah Mitchell (set by Courtney Nix)
Set 2 · NC CEN 20-20 DEL ST · DEL ST 81% → 85%
03
Myracle DavisKill+3.2%
Kill by Myracle Davis (set by Ailena Mykins)
Set 2 · NC CEN 20-22 DEL ST · DEL ST 88% → 91%
04
Shalyn BellAttack error+2.9%
Attack error by Shalyn Bell
Set 2 · NC CEN 20-19 DEL ST · DEL ST 78% → 81%
05
Aniah BassKill+2.7%
Kill by Aniah Bass (set by Talia Emmen)
Set 2 · NC CEN 18-15 DEL ST · NC CEN 20% → 22%
06
Duura Kpea&Hannah SandersBlock+2.6%
Talia Emmen stuffed by Duura Kpea & Hannah Sanders
Set 3 · NC CEN 22-23 DEL ST · DEL ST 94% → 96%
07
Paige AhakueloAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Paige Ahakuelo
Set 2 · NC CEN 19-15 DEL ST · NC CEN 22% → 25%
08
Jalia DublinKill+2.4%
Kill by Jalia Dublin (set by Ailena Mykins)
Set 2 · NC CEN 20-23 DEL ST · DEL ST 91% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

N.C. Centralaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Talia EmmenOH	3	13	7	32	.188	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0	15
12Shalyn BellOH	3	6	7	28	-.036	0	1	1	7	1	1	0	1	8
3Allyson RouseMB	3	3	0	5	.600	1	1	1	3	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
7Aniah BassOH	3	3	4	16	-.063	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
6Breylan FairleyS	3	0	0	6	.000	23	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
2Morgan WingoMB	2	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	6
4Hailey GibbonsDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
11Jayla EgertonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
22Tabitha NewlinOH	2	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13Lusiana DamuniS	2	0	0	1	.000	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Alex FullerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
14Mya SmithOH	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
8Peyton JenkinsMB	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Isabella RodriguezDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	21	107	.075	27	6	9	48	5	4	6	7	60

Delaware St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Aaliyah MitchellOH	3	9	9	34	.000	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
4Hannah SandersMB	3	7	0	9	.778	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	9
7Myracle DavisMB	3	2	1	10	.100	0	2	1	5	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
1Maria Fernanda Cisneros SalasOH	3	6	1	20	.250	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	6
25Duura KpeaMB	3	2	3	9	-.111	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	3	5
9Paige AhakueloS	3	2	1	8	.125	10	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
14Jalia DublinOH	3	6	3	16	.188	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	8
6Courtney NixL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	4	3	0	13	1	0	0	0	3
15Ailena MykinsS	3	0	0	2	.000	9	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
10Autumn RichardsonL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	18	111	.144	24	5	6	48	6	3	14	10	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.

N.C. Central vs Delaware St.

Season series · Delaware St. leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026N.C. Central at Delaware St. · Delaware St. won 3-0This match
Fri, Oct 23, 2026Delaware St. at N.C. Central · Delaware St. won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 NC CEN · DEL ST 9

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 2 NC CENDEL ST 4

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 5 NC CENDEL ST 9

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 NC CENDEL ST 5

Bars above the line = Delaware St. leads, below = N.C. Central leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

N.C. Central

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	45%5/11
2	58%7/12	36%4/11
3	75%6/8	53%8/15
4	33%5/15	40%4/10
5	50%5/10	38%3/8
6	36%4/11	29%2/7
All	47%34/73	42%26/62

Delaware St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	55%6/11
2	64%7/11	65%13/20
3	47%7/15	13%1/8
4	71%5/7	69%11/16
5	56%5/9	17%1/6
6	50%5/10	58%7/12
All	58%36/62	53%39/73

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

135 rallies

#	NC CEN-DEL ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NC CEN	DEL ST×4	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.4
2	0-2	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Ace	Delaware St.		+1.7
3	0-3	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Paige Ahakuelo	set Courtney Nix	+1.5
4	0-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Bad set	Breylan Fairley		+1.4
5	1-4	DEL ST	NC CEN	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+1.1
6	1-5	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.1
7	2-5	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+1.1
8	3-5	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+1.6
9	3-6	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+1.3
10	4-6	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
11	4-7	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	set Ailena Mykins	+1.3
12	5-7	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.3
13	5-8	NC CEN	DEL ST	Bad set	Alex Fuller		+1.4
14	5-9	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Courtney Nix	+1.5
15	6-9	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.1
16	7-9	NC CEN	NC CEN	Bad set	Paige Ahakuelo		+1.7
17	7-10	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.5
18	8-10	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley	+1.4
19	8-11	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Courtney Nix	+1.5
20	8-12	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.		+1.6
21	9-12	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Aniah Bass, Morgan Wingo	+1.2
22	9-13	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+1.3
23	9-14	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+1.3
24	10-14	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.9
25	11-14	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Shalyn Bell	+1.5
26	11-15	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Courtney Nix	+1.4
27	11-16	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Aniah Bass		+1.4
28	12-16	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.9
29	12-17	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+1.1
30	13-17	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+0.9
31	14-17	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central		+1.5
32	14-18	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.5
33	15-18	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.2
34	15-19	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+1.5
35	16-19	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.2
36	16-20	NC CEN	DEL ST×4	Bad set	Talia Emmen		+1.6
37	16-21	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	+1.3
38	16-22	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Blocked	Morgan Wingo	blk Myracle Davis	+0.7
39	16-23	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Ace	Delaware St.		+0.3
40	17-23	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+0.1
41	17-24	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.2
42	18-24	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	·
43	18-25	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Myracle Davis	set Ailena Mykins	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
2	2-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Courtney Nix	+1.6
3	3-0	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas		+1.7
4	3-1	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Kill	Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.2
5	3-2	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Bad set	Breylan Fairley		+1.6
6	3-3	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.6
7	4-3	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.4
8	4-4	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+1.3
9	5-4	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Allyson Rouse	+1.4
10	6-4	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Duura Kpea	blk Allyson Rouse	+1.8
11	7-4	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Duura Kpea		+1.9
12	7-5	NC CEN	DEL ST	Bad set	Shalyn Bell		+1.3
13	7-6	DEL ST	DEL ST	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Myracle Davis, Jalia Dublin	+1.7
14	8-6	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+1.6
15	8-7	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+1.4
16	9-7	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.6
17	10-7	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+2.0
18	10-8	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Talia Emmen	blk Jalia Dublin, Myracle Davis	+1.4
19	10-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Ace	Delaware St.		+1.9
20	10-10	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Shalyn Bell	+1.9
21	11-10	DEL ST	NC CEN×5	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.7
22	12-10	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Ace	N.C. Central		+2.2
23	13-10	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+2.2
24	14-10	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Ace	N.C. Central		+2.1
25	15-10	NC CEN	NC CEN×5	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.9
26	15-11	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Ailena Mykins	+1.2
27	15-12	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders		+1.8
28	16-12	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.8
29	16-13	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Kill	Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.4
30	16-14	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.1
31	16-15	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Aniah Bass	blk Aaliyah Mitchell, Hannah Sanders	+2.3
32	17-15	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+2.3
33	18-15	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Talia Emmen	+2.7
34	19-15	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Paige Ahakuelo		+2.4
35	19-16	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.4
36	20-16	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Allyson Rouse, Aniah Bass	+2.0
37	20-17	NC CEN	DEL ST×9	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.4
38	20-18	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+2.3
39	20-19	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+2.9
40	20-20	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+3.3
41	20-21	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+3.5
42	20-22	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Kill	Myracle Davis	set Ailena Mykins	+3.2
43	20-23	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Ailena Mykins	+2.4
44	20-24	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	+1.3
45	20-25	DEL ST	DEL ST×9	Blocked	Tabitha Newlin	blk Jalia Dublin, Myracle Davis	+0.4
Set 3
1	0-1	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.6
2	1-1	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+0.6
3	1-2	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Aniah Bass		+0.6
4	2-2	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.7
5	3-2	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central		+0.9
6	4-2	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Morgan Wingo	+0.9
7	4-3	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.7
8	4-4	DEL ST	DEL ST	Bad set	Morgan Wingo		+0.9
9	5-4	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.8
10	6-4	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+1.0
11	6-5	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.7
12	6-6	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.9
13	7-6	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.8
14	8-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Tabitha Newlin	set Lusiana Damuni	+1.0
15	9-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+1.1
16	9-7	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	set Ailena Mykins	+0.8
17	9-8	DEL ST	DEL ST	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Duura Kpea, Hannah Sanders	+1.0
18	10-8	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Delaware St.		+0.9
19	10-9	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.8
20	10-10	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.0
21	11-10	DEL ST	NC CEN	Attack err	Duura Kpea		+0.9
22	12-10	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+1.2
23	12-11	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.9
24	12-12	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Paige Ahakuelo	set Courtney Nix	+1.1
25	12-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Aniah Bass	blk Duura Kpea	+1.1
26	13-13	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+0.9
27	14-13	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
28	15-13	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	+1.3
29	15-14	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.0
30	16-14	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+1.2
31	17-14	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Morgan Wingo, Aniah Bass	+1.4
32	18-14	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
33	18-15	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Courtney Nix	+0.8
34	19-15	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Myracle Davis	blk Morgan Wingo	+1.1
35	20-15	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+1.1
36	20-16	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Maria Fernanda Cisneros Salas	set Ailena Mykins	+0.5
37	21-16	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.8
38	21-17	NC CEN	DEL ST×4	Blocked	Morgan Wingo	blk Jalia Dublin, Hannah Sanders	+0.5
39	21-18	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.9
40	21-19	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Shalyn Bell	+1.3
41	21-20	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+1.7
42	22-20	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.8
43	22-21	NC CEN	DEL ST×5	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+1.4
44	22-22	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Hannah Sanders		+2.3
45	22-23	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Blocked	Talia Emmen	blk Duura Kpea, Hannah Sanders	+2.6
46	22-24	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+2.3
47	22-25	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Blocked	Talia Emmen	blk Duura Kpea	+1.2

Score shown after each rally, N.C. Central 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).

Delaware St. def. N.C. Central 3–0