Northwestern State def. Grambling 3-1 Volleyball (Sep 12)

Final · 4 setsSat, Sep 12, 2026

1:3

Northwestern St. beat visiting Grambling 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 26-24, 29-27) on Sat, Sep 12, 2026. Northwestern St.'s Olivia Nzioki led with 22 kills, and Emmarie McFarland added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 12

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
GRAMB	25	20	24	27	1
NW ST	20	25	26	29	3

Win probability

Northwestern St. above 50 · Grambling below

Biggest swing: 13.3% to Grambling — set 3, GRAMB 24-23 NW ST. Kill by Amaris Marks (set by Alayna Howard). NW ST win probability 60% → 47%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GRAMB 36.3%63.7% NW ST

Grambling wins

3-0

7.5%

3-1

13.1%

3-2

15.7%

Northwestern St. wins

3-0

19.3%

3-1

24.4%

3-2

20.0%

GRAMB break %: 42.3% vs this opp
NW ST break %: 45.0% 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
Amaris MarksKill+13.3%
Kill by Amaris Marks (set by Alayna Howard)
Set 3 · GRAMB 24-23 NW ST · GRAMB 40% → 53%
02
Amaris MarksAttack error+12.6%
Attack error by Amaris Marks
Set 3 · GRAMB 24-25 NW ST · NW ST 57% → 70%
03
Olivia NziokiKill+12.1%
Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 4 · GRAMB 24-24 NW ST · NW ST 66% → 78%
04
Olivia NziokiKill+11.9%
Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 3 · GRAMB 24-26 NW ST · NW ST 70% → 82%
05
Olivia NziokiAttack error+11.9%
Attack error by Olivia Nzioki
Set 4 · GRAMB 27-26 NW ST · GRAMB 19% → 31%
06
Gillian Grace WolfKill+11.3%
Kill by Gillian Grace Wolf (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 4 · GRAMB 24-25 NW ST · NW ST 78% → 89%
07
Alayna HowardBad set+11.3%
Bad set by Alayna Howard
Set 4 · GRAMB 27-28 NW ST · NW ST 78% → 89%
08
Elsie SanchezKill+10.7%
Kill by Elsie Sanchez (set by Bailey Hollis)
Set 4 · GRAMB 27-29 NW ST · NW ST 89% → 100%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Gramblingaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
22Lyric JordanOH	4	17	1	36	.444	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	18
21Lainy EvansOH	4	14	2	20	.600	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	15
8Angelique PenaMB	4	2	2	11	.000	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	3
18Alayna HowardS	4	1	0	7	.143	26	0	1	12	0	0	0	1
10Piper NelsonOH	4	0	1	4	-.250	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	0
11Rihianna BrownMB	3	3	3	13	.000	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	4
0Kenya LucasOH	4	9	5	25	.160	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
1Asialin PowellL/DS	4	0	0	2	.000	3	1	2	14	2	0	0	1
9Hailey BotelloL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1
3Reece CookDS	4	0	0	3	.000	12	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
14Amaris MarksOH	3	7	3	19	.211	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7
25Jazmine BinionOH	2	3	1	16	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
5Nile JohnsonMB	2	0	2	3	-.667	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
20Avri Solik-FifarekOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Bailey HollisS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		56	20	159	.226	47	3	8	57	5	4	4	96

Northwestern St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Olivia NziokiMB	4	22	2	31	.645	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3.5	25.5
17Elsie SanchezOH	4	15	5	40	.250	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	15
5Gillian Grace WolfOH	4	9	3	24	.250	2	1	1	15	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
16Anna Claire HebertS	4	1	0	3	.333	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	3
11Jade LongladS	4	1	0	9	.111	41	1	2	12	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Julia WhitfieldMB	4	1	3	8	-.250	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
12Valerie BrownL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
2Emmarie McFarlandL/DS	4	0	0	3	.000	4	0	3	18	1	0	0	0	0
7Harper CauleyL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
4Kenadii WinfreyMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
6Amber CraigOH	3	4	4	19	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	5
9Elizabeth MuguruzaOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Melis OzipekOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		59	18	148	.277	48	5	15	64	3	5	4	7	100

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.

Grambling vs Northwestern St.

Season series · Northwestern St. leads 2-0

Sat, Aug 29, 2026Grambling at Northwestern St. · Northwestern St. won 3-1Result →
Sat, Sep 12, 2026Grambling at Northwestern St. · Northwestern St. won 3-1This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 GRAMB · NW ST 6

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 GRAMBNW ST 2

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 4 GRAMBNW ST 5

Set 3

24-26

Longest run 4 GRAMBNW ST 6

Set 4

27-29

Longest run 4 GRAMBNW ST 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Grambling

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	65%11/17	47%8/17
2	79%11/14	39%7/18
3	58%11/19	42%8/19
4	50%10/20	35%6/17
5	62%8/13	40%6/15
6	44%7/16	27%3/11
All	59%58/99	39%38/97

Northwestern St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	48%11/23	47%8/17
2	69%11/16	35%6/17
3	52%11/21	15%2/13
4	100%9/9	58%14/24
5	60%9/15	31%4/13
6	62%8/13	47%7/15
All	61%59/97	41%41/99

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 (4 of 4 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

196 rallies

#	GRAMB-NW ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Asialin Powell	+1.8
2	1-1	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
3	2-1	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+1.9
4	2-2	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
5	2-3	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Kenya Lucas		+2.3
6	3-3	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.8
7	4-3	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Jazmine Binion	set Reece Cook	+2.5
8	5-3	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Ace	Grambling	aced Emmarie McFarland	+2.6
9	5-4	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Julia Whitfield	set Jade Longlad	+1.9
10	6-4	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Reece Cook	+2.1
11	6-5	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+1.9
12	6-6	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Kenya Lucas		+2.6
13	7-6	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Angelique Pena	set Reece Cook	+2.1
14	7-7	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Valerie Brown	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
15	7-8	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Jazmine Binion		+2.7
16	8-8	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.1
17	8-9	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
18	9-9	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+2.2
19	10-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+3.0
20	11-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Bad set	Gillian Grace Wolf		+3.1
21	11-10	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Emmarie McFarland	+2.2
22	11-11	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Gillian Grace Wolf	+3.0
23	12-11	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+2.5
24	12-12	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Anna Claire Hebert	set Reece Cook	+2.4
25	13-12	NW ST	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+2.6
26	14-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Gillian Grace Wolf		+3.4
27	15-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+3.3
28	16-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Jazmine Binion	set Rihianna Brown	+3.0
29	16-13	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Jade Longlad		+1.8
30	17-13	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.4
31	17-14	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
32	18-14	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Asialin Powell	+2.4
33	18-15	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
34	18-16	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Lainy Evans		+3.1
35	19-16	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+3.0
36	20-16	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Julia Whitfield		+3.3
37	21-16	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+2.4
38	21-17	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.1
39	22-17	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.7
40	22-18	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.9
41	23-18	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+1.5
42	23-19	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.6
43	24-19	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.2
44	24-20	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+0.3
45	25-20	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Jazmine Binion	set Alayna Howard	+0.7
Set 2
1	0-1	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Elsie Sanchez	+2.0
2	1-1	NW ST	GRAMB	Attack err	Amber Craig		+2.1
3	1-2	GRAMB	NW ST	Serve err	Grambling		+2.1
4	1-3	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
5	2-3	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+2.0
6	3-3	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Rihianna Brown		+2.8
7	4-3	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Lyric Jordan	+2.9
8	4-4	GRAMB	NW ST×4	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.2
9	4-5	NW ST	NW ST×4	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Piper Nelson	+2.9
10	4-6	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.8
11	4-7	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
12	5-7	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Rihianna Brown	set Alayna Howard	+1.9
13	5-8	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
14	5-9	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Lyric Jordan	+2.4
15	6-9	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.7
16	7-9	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Hailey Botello	+2.5
17	7-10	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
18	8-10	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Asialin Powell	+2.0
19	8-11	GRAMB	NW ST×5	Serve err	Grambling		+2.2
20	8-12	NW ST	NW ST×5	Kill	Amber Craig	set Gillian Grace Wolf	+2.5
21	8-13	NW ST	NW ST×5	Bad set	Angelique Pena		+2.1
22	8-14	NW ST	NW ST×5	Bad set	Reece Cook		+1.7
23	8-15	NW ST	NW ST×5	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.2
24	9-15	NW ST	GRAMB	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Angelique Pena	+0.7
25	10-15	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+1.3
26	10-16	GRAMB	NW ST×4	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Emmarie McFarland	+1.3
27	10-17	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.1
28	10-18	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Amber Craig	set Emmarie McFarland	+0.7
29	10-19	NW ST	NW ST×4	Blocked	Lainy Evans	blk Amber Craig	+0.4
30	11-19	NW ST	GRAMB	Bad set	Jade Longlad		+0.2
31	11-20	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+0.3
32	12-20	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+0.1
33	12-21	GRAMB	NW ST	Blocked	Rihianna Brown	blk Olivia Nzioki	+0.2
34	13-21	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+0.1
35	13-22	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+0.2
36	13-23	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Nile Johnson		+0.1
37	14-23	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Serve err	Northwestern St.		·
38	15-23	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		·
39	16-23	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Julia Whitfield		+0.1
40	16-24	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Emmarie McFarland	+0.1
41	17-24	NW ST	GRAMB×4	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	·
42	18-24	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Ace	Grambling	aced Elsie Sanchez	+0.1
43	19-24	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Angelique Pena		+0.1
44	20-24	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Bad set	Anna Claire Hebert		+0.3
45	20-25	GRAMB	NW ST	Bad set	Reece Cook		+0.6
Set 3
1	1-0	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+2.5
2	2-0	GRAMB	GRAMB	Bad set	Emmarie McFarland		+3.3
3	2-1	GRAMB	NW ST	Serve err	Grambling		+2.4
4	3-1	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.6
5	3-2	GRAMB	NW ST	Attack err	Kenya Lucas		+2.5
6	4-2	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+2.7
7	4-3	GRAMB	NW ST	Blocked	Kenya Lucas	blk Gillian Grace Wolf, Olivia Nzioki	+2.5
8	5-3	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Reece Cook	+2.7
9	5-4	GRAMB	NW ST	Serve err	Grambling		+2.6
10	6-4	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+2.8
11	6-5	GRAMB	NW ST	Serve err	Grambling		+2.6
12	7-5	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.9
13	7-6	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.7
14	7-7	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Asialin Powell	+3.6
15	8-7	NW ST	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+3.0
16	9-7	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Asialin Powell	+3.9
17	10-7	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Ace	Grambling	aced Elsie Sanchez	+3.9
18	11-7	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lainy Evans		+3.7
19	11-8	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Angelique Pena	+2.4
20	11-9	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Nile Johnson		+3.6
21	12-9	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Attack err	Amber Craig		+3.2
22	13-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Reece Cook	+3.8
23	14-9	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Piper Nelson	+3.4
24	14-10	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
25	15-10	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.7
26	15-11	GRAMB	NW ST×6	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Alayna Howard	+2.0
27	15-12	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+3.3
28	15-13	NW ST	NW ST×6	Ace	Northwestern St.		+3.9
29	15-14	NW ST	NW ST×6	Attack err	Piper Nelson		+4.5
30	15-15	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+4.9
31	15-16	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Reece Cook	+5.0
32	16-16	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+3.9
33	16-17	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+4.1
34	17-17	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Reece Cook	+4.1
35	17-18	GRAMB	NW ST	Blocked	Amaris Marks	blk Olivia Nzioki	+4.3
36	17-19	NW ST	NW ST	Bad set	Alayna Howard		+5.4
37	18-19	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+3.8
38	18-20	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+4.4
39	18-21	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Alayna Howard	+4.9
40	19-21	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+2.8
41	19-22	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.9
42	20-22	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+2.7
43	21-22	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+5.6
44	22-22	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Lainy Evans	+8.2
45	22-23	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+7.6
46	23-23	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+7.5
47	24-23	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Alayna Howard	+13.3
48	24-24	GRAMB	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+10.3
49	24-25	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Amaris Marks		+12.6
50	24-26	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+11.9
Set 4
1	1-0	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+2.9
2	2-0	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Julia Whitfield		+3.0
3	2-1	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.2
4	2-2	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Asialin Powell	+2.9
5	3-2	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Asialin Powell	+2.3
6	4-2	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+3.1
7	4-3	GRAMB	NW ST	Attack err	Rihianna Brown		+2.3
8	5-3	NW ST	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+2.5
9	6-3	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Reece Cook	+3.1
10	7-3	GRAMB	GRAMB×3	Blocked	Gillian Grace Wolf	blk Rihianna Brown	+3.0
11	7-4	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
12	8-4	NW ST	GRAMB	Attack err	Gillian Grace Wolf		+2.4
13	8-5	GRAMB	NW ST	Serve err	Grambling		+2.1
14	8-6	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Kenya Lucas		+3.0
15	9-6	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Reece Cook	+2.6
16	10-6	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Piper Nelson	+3.2
17	10-7	GRAMB	NW ST×3	Serve err	Grambling		+2.1
18	10-8	NW ST	NW ST×3	Blocked	Rihianna Brown	blk Kenadii Winfrey	+3.1
19	10-9	NW ST	NW ST×3	Blocked	Amaris Marks	blk Jade Longlad, Kenadii Winfrey	+3.4
20	11-9	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Reece Cook	+2.9
21	11-10	GRAMB	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.7
22	11-11	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Angelique Pena		+3.7
23	11-12	NW ST	NW ST×3	Bad set	Alayna Howard		+3.7
24	12-12	NW ST	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+2.9
25	13-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+4.1
26	14-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+4.2
27	15-12	GRAMB	GRAMB×4	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Lainy Evans	+4.0
28	15-13	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.7
29	16-13	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lainy Evans	set Alayna Howard	+3.3
30	16-14	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Emmarie McFarland	+2.8
31	17-14	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Alayna Howard	+3.4
32	17-15	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.8
33	17-16	NW ST	NW ST	Bad set	Kenya Lucas		+4.3
34	18-16	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Lyric Jordan	set Bailey Hollis	+4.0
35	18-17	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+3.5
36	19-17	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+4.2
37	20-17	GRAMB	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Bailey Hollis	+5.0
38	20-18	GRAMB	NW ST	Attack err	Angelique Pena		+3.0
39	21-18	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Amaris Marks	set Bailey Hollis	+4.1
40	21-19	GRAMB	NW ST	Bad set	Amaris Marks		+2.9
41	22-19	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+4.3
42	22-20	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.8
43	23-20	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Alayna Howard	set Rihianna Brown	+4.5
44	23-21	GRAMB	NW ST	Serve err	Grambling		+2.6
45	24-21	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+4.7
46	24-22	GRAMB	NW ST×4	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.9
47	24-23	NW ST	NW ST×4	Blocked	Lyric Jordan	blk Olivia Nzioki	+5.4
48	24-24	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+12.1
49	24-25	NW ST	NW ST×4	Kill	Gillian Grace Wolf	set Jade Longlad	+11.3
50	25-25	NW ST	GRAMB	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+8.7
51	25-26	GRAMB	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+8.7
52	26-26	NW ST	GRAMB	Kill	Kenya Lucas	set Bailey Hollis	+8.7
53	27-26	GRAMB	GRAMB	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+11.9
54	27-27	GRAMB	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+9.3
55	27-28	NW ST	NW ST×3	Bad set	Alayna Howard		+11.3
56	27-29	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Bailey Hollis	+10.7

Score shown after each rally, Grambling 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).

Northwestern St. def. Grambling 3–1