N.C. Central def. South Carolina State 3-0 (Oct 16)

FinalFri, Oct 16, 2026MEAC Network

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: N.C. Central 91.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

N.C. Central beat visiting South Carolina St. 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-19) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. N.C. Central's Aniah Bass led with 9 kills, and Shalyn Bell added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SC ST	17	15	19	0
NC CEN	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

South Carolina St. never reached 20 in a set against N.C. Central.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.9 points. South Carolina St. peaked at 8% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had N.C. Central at 91%.

South Carolina St.N.C. Central

Break %+19.1 pts
40.459.5
Points won on own serve: 44 of 74 vs 21 of 52. South Carolina St. sided out 40.5% of the time.
Hitting+.248
.010.258
41 kills, 16 errors vs 23 kills, 22 errors.
Longest run+4
59
9 straight N.C. Central points in the third set broke a 3–3 tie and made it 12–3. The set finished 25–19.

N.C. Central above 50South Carolina St. belowMax swing 0.9%

South Carolina St.N.C. Central

Aces: South Carolina St. 3·N.C. Central 11
Serve err: South Carolina St. 1·N.C. Central 8
Blocks: South Carolina St. 10·N.C. Central 71 BS · 18 BA vs 0 BS · 14 BA
Digs: South Carolina St. 37·N.C. Central 50

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

N.C. Central above 50 · South Carolina St. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: N.C. Central stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SC ST 8.7%91.3% NC CEN

South Carolina St. wins

3-0

1.1%

3-1

2.6%

3-2

5.0%

N.C. Central wins

3-0

46.8%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

13.1%

SC ST break %: 39.9% vs this opp
NC CEN break %: 50.4% 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

South Carolina St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Jessika MartinezOH	3	4	3	17	.059	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
4De'Oni McPhearsonMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
2Kenna HarrisOH	3	2	2	12	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4
15Jade RobinsonMB	3	1	1	11	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	4
19Arianna JamesS	3	0	0	2	.000	8	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
10Jayden MathisS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0
17Carra Pierre-LouisOH	3	9	8	29	.034	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
5Hedia LewisOH	3	4	5	16	-.063	1	0	0	6	0	0	5	2.5	6.5
20Chloe NealL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
6Macey McCoyS	3	0	2	5	-.400	9	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
1Ki'ra WrightL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	0
18Autumn CulbreathS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		23	22	101	.010	22	3	1	37	11	1	18	10	51

N.C. Centralhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Aniah BassOH	3	9	1	16	.500	0	0	0	4	0	4	2	11
12Shalyn BellOH	3	6	6	25	.000	0	2	3	16	0	1	0.5	8.5
3Allyson RouseMB	3	6	0	11	.545	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	8
6Breylan FairleyS	3	0	0	0	–	23	4	0	6	0	0	0	4
16Talia EmmenOH	2	7	4	18	.167	0	0	1	6	0	1	0.5	7.5
2Morgan WingoMB	2	5	2	8	.375	0	1	0	2	0	1	0.5	6.5
10Kayla RileyOH	3	5	2	9	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5
4Hailey GibbonsDS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	3
13Lusiana DamuniS	3	0	0	1	.000	14	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
11Jayla EgertonDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
22Tabitha NewlinOH	1	2	0	4	.500	0	1	2	3	0	1	0.5	3.5
8Peyton JenkinsMB	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
Team totals		41	16	97	.258	40	11	8	50	3	14	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.

South Carolina St. vs N.C. Central

Season series · N.C. Central leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 16, 2026South Carolina St. at N.C. Central · N.C. Central won 3-0This match
Fri, Nov 13, 2026N.C. Central at South Carolina St.Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 SC ST · NC CEN 9

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 5 SC STNC CEN 8

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 4 SC STNC CEN 7

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 3 SC STNC CEN 9

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Carolina St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	44%4/9
2	83%5/6	30%3/10
3	23%5/22	44%4/9
4	56%5/9	62%8/13
5	33%4/12	17%1/6
6	40%4/10	20%1/5
All	41%30/74	40%21/52

N.C. Central

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	78%7/9	68%13/19
2	56%5/9	29%2/7
3	45%5/11	75%15/20
4	56%5/9	38%3/8
5	83%5/6	64%9/14
6	50%4/8	33%2/6
All	60%31/52	59%44/74

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

126 rallies

#	SC ST-NC CEN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley
2	0-2	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Hailey Gibbons
3	0-3	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Attack err	Jessika Martinez
4	0-4	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Ki'ra Wright
5	1-4	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Ki'ra Wright
6	2-4	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Talia Emmen
7	2-5	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley
8	3-5	NC CEN	SC ST	Serve err	N.C. Central
9	4-5	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy
10	4-6	SC ST	NC CEN×8	Attack err	Hedia Lewis
11	4-7	NC CEN	NC CEN×8	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Ki'ra Wright
12	4-8	NC CEN	NC CEN×8	Attack err	Jessika Martinez
13	4-9	NC CEN	NC CEN×8	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
14	4-10	NC CEN	NC CEN×8	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Hailey Gibbons
15	4-11	NC CEN	NC CEN×8	Attack err	De'Oni McPhearson
16	4-12	NC CEN	NC CEN×8	Attack err	Hedia Lewis
17	4-13	NC CEN	NC CEN×8	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley
18	5-13	NC CEN	SC ST×5	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk De'Oni McPhearson, Hedia Lewis
19	6-13	SC ST	SC ST×5	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Macey McCoy
20	7-13	SC ST	SC ST×5	Kill	Hedia Lewis
21	8-13	SC ST	SC ST×5	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Hedia Lewis
22	9-13	SC ST	SC ST×5	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Jayla Egerton
23	9-14	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley
24	9-15	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Hedia Lewis
25	10-15	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Macey McCoy
26	10-16	SC ST	NC CEN×6	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Lusiana Damuni
27	10-17	NC CEN	NC CEN×6	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
28	10-18	NC CEN	NC CEN×6	Attack err	Hedia Lewis
29	10-19	NC CEN	NC CEN×6	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Ki'ra Wright
30	10-20	NC CEN	NC CEN×6	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
31	10-21	NC CEN	NC CEN×6	Blocked	Hedia Lewis	blk Allyson Rouse, Talia Emmen
32	11-21	NC CEN	SC ST	Serve err	N.C. Central
33	12-21	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
34	12-22	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni
35	13-22	NC CEN	SC ST×4	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
36	14-22	SC ST	SC ST×4	Blocked	Kayla Riley	blk Jade Robinson, Jessika Martinez
37	15-22	SC ST	SC ST×4	Blocked	Talia Emmen	blk Kenna Harris
38	16-22	SC ST	SC ST×4	Attack err	Morgan Wingo
39	16-23	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Kayla Riley	set Lusiana Damuni
40	16-24	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley
41	17-24	NC CEN	SC ST	Attack err	Morgan Wingo
42	17-25	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
Set 2
1	0-1	SC ST	NC CEN	Attack err	Kenna Harris
2	0-2	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
3	1-2	NC CEN	SC ST	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk De'Oni McPhearson, Kenna Harris
4	1-3	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
5	2-3	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
6	3-3	SC ST	SC ST	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Jade Robinson, Kenna Harris
7	3-4	SC ST	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
8	3-5	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Lusiana Damuni
9	3-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Kenna Harris	blk Shalyn Bell, Allyson Rouse
10	4-6	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Arianna James
11	4-7	SC ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Lusiana Damuni
12	4-8	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Jayla Egerton
13	4-9	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Jade Robinson
14	5-9	NC CEN	SC ST	Blocked	Talia Emmen	blk Jade Robinson, Hedia Lewis
15	5-10	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Kayla Riley	set Lusiana Damuni
16	5-11	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Macey McCoy
17	6-11	NC CEN	SC ST	Bad set	Lusiana Damuni
18	6-12	SC ST	NC CEN×7	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Lusiana Damuni
19	6-13	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jayden Mathis
20	6-14	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jayden Mathis
21	6-15	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley
22	6-16	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Blocked	Jessika Martinez	blk Morgan Wingo, Aniah Bass
23	6-17	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
24	6-18	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley
25	7-18	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Macey McCoy
26	7-19	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley
27	8-19	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Arianna James
28	9-19	SC ST	SC ST	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Hailey Gibbons
29	9-20	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley
30	10-20	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Chloe Neal
31	10-21	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
32	11-21	NC CEN	SC ST×4	Kill	Jade Robinson	set Arianna James
33	12-21	SC ST	SC ST×4	Kill	Hedia Lewis	set Macey McCoy
34	13-21	SC ST	SC ST×4	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Jade Robinson, Hedia Lewis
35	14-21	SC ST	SC ST×4	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Jade Robinson, Hedia Lewis
36	14-22	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Lusiana Damuni
37	14-23	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Carra Pierre-Louis
38	15-23	NC CEN	SC ST	Attack err	Talia Emmen
39	15-24	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Kayla Riley	set Lusiana Damuni
40	15-25	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni
Set 3
1	0-1	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Peyton Jenkins, Aniah Bass
2	1-1	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	De'Oni McPhearson	set Arianna James
3	2-1	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Peyton Jenkins
4	2-2	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Tabitha Newlin	set Breylan Fairley
5	2-3	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jayden Mathis
6	3-3	NC CEN	SC ST	Serve err	N.C. Central
7	3-4	SC ST	NC CEN×9	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
8	3-5	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Allyson Rouse, Aniah Bass
9	3-6	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
10	3-7	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jayden Mathis
11	3-8	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Allyson Rouse, Aniah Bass
12	3-9	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Jayden Mathis
13	3-10	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley
14	3-11	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Attack err	Macey McCoy
15	3-12	NC CEN	NC CEN×9	Ace	N.C. Central
16	4-12	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Macey McCoy
17	4-13	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley
18	5-13	NC CEN	SC ST	Serve err	N.C. Central
19	5-14	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Lusiana Damuni
20	5-15	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Ki'ra Wright
21	6-15	NC CEN	SC ST	Serve err	N.C. Central
22	6-16	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Tabitha Newlin	set Lusiana Damuni
23	7-16	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Chloe Neal
24	7-17	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Kayla Riley	set Lusiana Damuni
25	7-18	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central
26	8-18	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Kenna Harris	set Arianna James
27	8-19	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Peyton Jenkins	set Breylan Fairley
28	9-19	NC CEN	SC ST×3	Serve err	N.C. Central
29	10-19	SC ST	SC ST×3	Ace	South Carolina St.	aced Hailey Gibbons
30	11-19	SC ST	SC ST×3	Kill	Carra Pierre-Louis	set Macey McCoy
31	11-20	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley
32	12-20	NC CEN	SC ST	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Hedia Lewis, Jade Robinson
33	13-20	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Jessika Martinez	set Macey McCoy
34	13-21	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley
35	14-21	NC CEN	SC ST	Kill	Hedia Lewis	set Macey McCoy
36	15-21	SC ST	SC ST	Kill	Hedia Lewis	set Jade Robinson
37	15-22	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Lusiana Damuni
38	16-22	NC CEN	SC ST	Serve err	N.C. Central
39	16-23	SC ST	NC CEN	Kill	Kayla Riley	set Lusiana Damuni
40	17-23	NC CEN	SC ST	Serve err	N.C. Central
41	18-23	SC ST	SC ST	Attack err	Kayla Riley
42	18-24	SC ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Autumn Culbreath
43	19-24	NC CEN	SC ST	Attack err	Aniah Bass
44	19-25	SC ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Carra Pierre-Louis	blk Peyton Jenkins, Tabitha Newlin

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

N.C. Central def. South Carolina St. 3–0

South Carolina St. never reached 20 in a set against N.C. Central.