Delaware State def. N.C. Central 3-2 Volleyball (Oct 23)

Final · 5 setsFri, Oct 23, 2026MEAC Network

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Delaware St. 63.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Delaware St. won at N.C. Central 3-2 (25-18, 16-25, 25-19, 17-25, 15-13) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Delaware St.'s Aaliyah Mitchell led with 17 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 3:35 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
DEL ST	25	16	25	17	15	3
NC CEN	18	25	19	25	13	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Delaware St. was outhit .252 to .184, and won anyway.

The match turned 3 times. Numbers are Delaware St.'s win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Delaware St. went in as RallyIQ's 63% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 4 · Delaware St. 9–6 N.C. Central
N.C. Central scored 7 straight to turn a 6–9 deficit into a 13–9 lead.
Delaware St. 89% → 67%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Delaware St. 8–8 N.C. Central
From 8–8, Delaware St. scored 3 straight to lead 11–8.
Delaware St. 55% → 86%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Delaware St. 12–12 N.C. Central
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Delaware St., enough to take the set 15–13 and win the match 3–2.
Delaware St. 55% → >99%

N.C. Central above 50Delaware St. belowMax swing 24.1%

Delaware St.N.C. Central

Sideout %: Delaware St. 59.4·N.C. Central 60.8
Break %: Delaware St. 39.2·N.C. Central 40.6
Hitting: Delaware St. .184·N.C. Central .252
Longest run: Delaware St. 5·N.C. Central 7

Aaliyah Mitchell
2 kills inside the turning points, 17 K and .196 for the match (17.5 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

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

Biggest swing: 24.1% to Delaware St. — set 5, DEL ST 15-13 NC CEN. Attack error by Talia Emmen. NC CEN win probability 24% → 0%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DEL ST 62.5%37.5% NC CEN

Delaware St. wins

3-0

18.6%

3-1

23.9%

3-2

20.0%

N.C. Central wins

3-0

7.9%

3-1

13.6%

3-2

16.0%

DEL ST break %: 46.0% vs this opp
NC CEN break %: 43.6% 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
Talia EmmenAttack error+24.1%
Attack error by Talia Emmen
Set 5 · DEL ST 15-13 NC CEN · DEL ST 76% → 100%
02
Morgan WingoAttack error+20.8%
Attack error by Morgan Wingo
Set 5 · DEL ST 14-13 NC CEN · DEL ST 55% → 76%
03
Emma PatmonAttack error+16.5%
Attack error by Emma Patmon
Set 5 · DEL ST 12-12 NC CEN · NC CEN 29% → 45%
04
Aaliyah MitchellKill+16.2%
Kill by Aaliyah Mitchell (set by Ailena Mykins)
Set 5 · DEL ST 13-12 NC CEN · DEL ST 55% → 71%
05
Morgan WingoKill+15.9%
Kill by Morgan Wingo (set by Lusiana Damuni)
Set 5 · DEL ST 13-13 NC CEN · NC CEN 29% → 45%
06
Aaliyah MitchellKill+11.6%
Kill by Aaliyah Mitchell (set by Courtney Nix)
Set 5 · DEL ST 10-8 NC CEN · DEL ST 65% → 77%
07
Jalia DublinKill+11.3%
Kill by Jalia Dublin (set by Paige Ahakuelo)
Set 5 · DEL ST 12-10 NC CEN · DEL ST 69% → 81%
08
Hannah SandersKill+11.2%
Kill by Hannah Sanders (set by Paige Ahakuelo)
Set 5 · DEL ST 8-7 NC CEN · DEL ST 53% → 65%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Delaware St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Aaliyah MitchellOH	5	17	8	46	.196	2	0	2	13	1	0	1	0.5	17.5
4Hannah SandersMB	5	10	3	23	.304	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2.5	12.5
2Amanda Santos JuliaoOH	5	10	4	24	.250	0	0	1	12	1	1	0	1	11
14Jalia DublinOH	5	8	4	20	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
25Duura KpeaMB	5	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
18Paige AhakueloS	5	1	1	4	.000	24	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	2
22Emma PatmonOH	5	11	8	33	.091	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	11
6Courtney NixL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	12	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	1
15Ailena MykinsS	5	0	0	1	.000	18	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0
10Autumn RichardsonL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		60	30	163	.184	58	2	5	65	4	3	6	6	98

N.C. Centralhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Talia EmmenOH	5	15	8	41	.171	0	2	3	12	0	0	1	0.5	17.5
12Shalyn BellOH	5	8	4	28	.143	1	1	4	13	0	2	1	2.5	11.5
7Aniah BassOH	5	8	3	21	.238	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	3	11
2Morgan WingoMB	5	8	4	19	.211	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	2.5	10.5
6Breylan FairleyS	5	0	0	0	–	25	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
3Allyson RouseMB	3	6	1	10	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
4Hailey GibbonsDS	5	1	0	1	1.000	7	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1
13Lusiana DamuniS	5	0	0	1	.000	20	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
10Kayla RileyOH	4	4	0	12	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
11Jayla EgertonDS	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
14Mya SmithOH	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
8Peyton JenkinsMB	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
22Tabitha NewlinOH	3	1	0	2	.500	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		60	21	155	.252	55	4	13	62	2	5	16	13	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.

Delaware St. vs N.C. Central

Season series · Delaware St. leads 2-0

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 DEL ST · NC CEN 7

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 DEL STNC CEN 3

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 2 DEL STNC CEN 4

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 5 DEL STNC CEN 3

Set 4

17-25

Longest run 5 DEL STNC CEN 7

Set 5

15-13

Longest run 3 DEL STNC CEN 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Delaware St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%12/17	44%7/16
2	56%10/18	45%10/22
3	71%10/14	47%9/19
4	53%10/19	17%2/12
5	63%10/16	44%8/18
6	47%8/17	20%2/10
All	59%60/101	39%38/97

N.C. Central

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%12/20	21%3/14
2	48%10/21	50%10/20
3	63%10/16	38%6/16
4	63%10/16	29%4/14
5	64%9/14	50%10/20
6	80%8/10	47%8/17
All	61%59/97	41%41/101

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 (5 of 5 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

198 rallies

#	DEL ST-NC CEN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.9
2	0-2	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Paige Ahakuelo		+2.4
3	1-2	NC CEN	DEL ST×4	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.8
4	2-2	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+2.3
5	3-2	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.3
6	4-2	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Blocked	Shalyn Bell	blk Hannah Sanders	+2.2
7	4-3	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Hailey Gibbons	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.8
8	5-3	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.8
9	6-3	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.1
10	6-4	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+1.7
11	7-4	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.8
12	8-4	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Allyson Rouse		+2.0
13	8-5	DEL ST	NC CEN	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+1.5
14	8-6	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+2.1
15	9-6	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.9
16	10-6	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Ailena Mykins	+2.1
17	10-7	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.5
18	11-7	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+1.7
19	12-7	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Autumn Richardson	+1.8
20	12-8	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Kayla Riley	set Lusiana Damuni	+1.3
21	12-9	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Emma Patmon	blk Talia Emmen, Aniah Bass	+1.9
22	13-9	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Courtney Nix	+1.8
23	14-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Morgan Wingo		+1.8
24	15-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.4
25	15-10	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Hannah Sanders	blk Morgan Wingo	+0.9
26	15-11	NC CEN	NC CEN	Ace	N.C. Central		+1.5
27	16-11	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.5
28	16-12	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+1.2
29	16-13	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Aniah Bass, Allyson Rouse	+2.0
30	17-13	NC CEN	DEL ST×4	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.0
31	18-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.9
32	19-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+1.3
33	20-13	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Blocked	Aniah Bass	blk Aaliyah Mitchell, Duura Kpea	+0.8
34	20-14	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+0.4
35	21-14	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+0.6
36	21-15	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+0.3
37	21-16	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Emma Patmon	blk Kayla Riley, Peyton Jenkins	+0.7
38	21-17	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Amanda Santos Juliao	+1.1
39	22-17	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.4
40	23-17	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Ailena Mykins	+0.9
41	24-17	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Courtney Nix	+0.3
42	24-18	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.1
43	25-18	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Courtney Nix	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.6
2	2-0	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+1.9
3	2-1	DEL ST	NC CEN	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+1.5
4	2-2	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+2.0
5	3-2	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Jalia Dublin	+1.6
6	4-2	DEL ST	DEL ST	Ace	Delaware St.		+2.0
7	4-3	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+1.6
8	4-4	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Shalyn Bell	+2.1
9	5-4	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.7
10	5-5	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+1.8
11	5-6	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Mya Smith	set Lusiana Damuni	+2.3
12	6-6	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.8
13	6-7	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Lusiana Damuni	+1.9
14	6-8	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Mya Smith		+2.4
15	7-8	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.9
16	7-9	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni	+2.0
17	8-9	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Ailena Mykins	+1.9
18	8-10	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Mya Smith	set Lusiana Damuni	+2.1
19	9-10	NC CEN	DEL ST	Blocked	Talia Emmen	blk Amanda Santos Juliao	+2.0
20	9-11	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Hailey Gibbons	+2.2
21	10-11	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.0
22	10-12	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Hailey Gibbons	+2.2
23	10-13	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Shalyn Bell	+2.7
24	11-13	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.9
25	11-14	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley	+2.3
26	12-14	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+2.0
27	12-15	DEL ST	NC CEN×4	Attack err	Duura Kpea		+2.4
28	12-16	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Morgan Wingo		+2.6
29	12-17	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni	+2.2
30	12-18	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Attack err	Duura Kpea		+1.7
31	13-18	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.0
32	13-19	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Amanda Santos Juliao	blk Mya Smith, Morgan Wingo	+1.4
33	13-20	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Hannah Sanders		+1.1
34	14-20	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Courtney Nix	+0.5
35	15-20	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.0
36	15-21	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Hailey Gibbons	+1.2
37	16-21	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.7
38	16-22	DEL ST	NC CEN×4	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.1
39	16-23	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Peyton Jenkins	set Aniah Bass	+0.7
40	16-24	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Hailey Gibbons	+0.2
41	16-25	NC CEN	NC CEN×4	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	·
Set 3
1	1-0	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Ace	Delaware St.	aced Hailey Gibbons	+3.0
2	2-0	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+2.9
3	3-0	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Blocked	Aniah Bass	blk Jalia Dublin, Hannah Sanders	+2.7
4	4-0	DEL ST	DEL ST×4	Kill	Jalia Dublin		+2.5
5	4-1	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Serve err	Delaware St.		+1.9
6	4-2	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Peyton Jenkins	set Breylan Fairley	+2.7
7	4-3	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Aaliyah Mitchell	+3.0
8	5-3	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+2.5
9	6-3	DEL ST	DEL ST	Blocked	Peyton Jenkins	blk Hannah Sanders	+2.9
10	6-4	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Delaware St.		+2.3
11	7-4	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.4
12	8-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Attack err	Morgan Wingo		+2.7
13	9-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell		+2.4
14	9-5	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+1.7
15	10-5	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+1.9
16	11-5	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Morgan Wingo		+2.0
17	11-6	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Lusiana Damuni	+1.4
18	12-6	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+1.6
19	13-6	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+1.6
20	13-7	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Lusiana Damuni	+1.0
21	14-7	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.2
22	14-8	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Peyton Jenkins	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.9
23	15-8	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+1.2
24	15-9	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Peyton Jenkins	set Breylan Fairley	+0.9
25	16-9	NC CEN	DEL ST×5	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+1.2
26	17-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+1.0
27	18-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+0.6
28	19-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Aaliyah Mitchell	+0.3
29	20-9	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+0.2
30	20-10	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+0.1
31	20-11	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Jalia Dublin		+0.1
32	21-11	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+0.2
33	21-12	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley	+0.1
34	22-12	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+0.1
35	22-13	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Tabitha Newlin	set Lusiana Damuni	·
36	22-14	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Kayla Riley	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.1
37	22-15	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Mya Smith	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.2
38	23-15	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Ailena Mykins	+0.3
39	23-16	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.1
40	23-17	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Amanda Santos Juliao		+0.2
41	24-17	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+0.4
42	24-18	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Mya Smith	set Lusiana Damuni	+0.1
43	24-19	NC CEN	NC CEN	Kill	Kayla Riley		+0.2
44	25-19	NC CEN	DEL ST	Bad set	Breylan Fairley		+0.4
Set 4
1	1-0	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Courtney Nix	+2.2
2	1-1	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+2.2
3	2-1	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.2
4	2-2	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+2.3
5	3-2	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.3
6	3-3	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Breylan Fairley	+2.3
7	3-4	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Emma Patmon	blk Mya Smith	+3.0
8	4-4	NC CEN	DEL ST×5	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+2.4
9	5-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+2.9
10	6-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Attack err	Shalyn Bell		+2.9
11	7-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+2.7
12	8-4	DEL ST	DEL ST×5	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Courtney Nix	+2.4
13	8-5	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Amanda Santos Juliao	blk Morgan Wingo, Shalyn Bell	+1.8
14	8-6	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Amanda Santos Juliao		+2.6
15	9-6	NC CEN	DEL ST	Bad set	Lusiana Damuni		+2.3
16	9-7	DEL ST	NC CEN×7	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni	+2.2
17	9-8	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni	+3.0
18	9-9	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Shalyn Bell	+3.3
19	9-10	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Attack err	Hannah Sanders		+3.6
20	9-11	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Jayla Egerton	+3.7
21	9-12	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Kill	Kayla Riley		+3.6
22	9-13	NC CEN	NC CEN×7	Ace	N.C. Central	aced Courtney Nix	+3.4
23	10-13	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+2.3
24	10-14	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Lusiana Damuni	+2.8
25	11-14	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+2.4
26	11-15	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+2.9
27	12-15	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	N.C. Central		+2.4
28	12-16	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+3.0
29	12-17	NC CEN	NC CEN	Bad set	Paige Ahakuelo		+3.1
30	13-17	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Courtney Nix	+1.9
31	13-18	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Shalyn Bell	set Breylan Fairley	+2.5
32	13-19	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+2.3
33	14-19	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+1.2
34	14-20	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Emma Patmon	blk Kayla Riley, Morgan Wingo	+1.8
35	15-20	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Duura Kpea	set Ailena Mykins	+1.1
36	15-21	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Hailey Gibbons	+1.7
37	16-21	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+0.9
38	16-22	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Hailey Gibbons	+1.5
39	17-22	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+0.7
40	17-23	DEL ST	NC CEN×3	Kill	Talia Emmen	set Breylan Fairley	+1.3
41	17-24	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Aniah Bass	+0.6
42	17-25	NC CEN	NC CEN×3	Kill	Aniah Bass	set Breylan Fairley	+0.6
Set 5
1	0-1	NC CEN	NC CEN	Blocked	Jalia Dublin	blk Allyson Rouse, Aniah Bass	+8.3
2	1-1	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+6.7
3	1-2	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+7.1
4	2-2	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	Talia Emmen		+6.9
5	2-3	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Breylan Fairley	+7.4
6	3-3	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Paige Ahakuelo	+7.2
7	3-4	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Ailena Mykins		+7.7
8	4-4	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Emma Patmon	set Ailena Mykins	+7.5
9	4-5	DEL ST	NC CEN	Serve err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+8.1
10	5-5	NC CEN	DEL ST	Serve err	Shalyn Bell		+7.9
11	5-6	DEL ST	NC CEN	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+8.5
12	6-6	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+8.3
13	6-7	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Allyson Rouse	set Lusiana Damuni	+9.1
14	7-7	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Amanda Santos Juliao	set Paige Ahakuelo	+8.8
15	8-7	DEL ST	DEL ST	Kill	Hannah Sanders	set Paige Ahakuelo	+11.2
16	8-8	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Talia Emmen		+9.3
17	9-8	NC CEN	DEL ST×3	Kill	Paige Ahakuelo	set Aaliyah Mitchell	+9.8
18	10-8	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Courtney Nix	+11.6
19	11-8	DEL ST	DEL ST×3	Blocked	Aniah Bass	blk Duura Kpea, Jalia Dublin	+9.9
20	11-9	DEL ST	NC CEN	Blocked	Aaliyah Mitchell	blk Aniah Bass, Allyson Rouse	+6.2
21	11-10	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Aaliyah Mitchell		+10.9
22	12-10	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Jalia Dublin	set Paige Ahakuelo	+11.3
23	12-11	DEL ST	NC CEN	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+9.4
24	12-12	NC CEN	NC CEN	Attack err	Emma Patmon		+16.5
25	13-12	NC CEN	DEL ST	Kill	Aaliyah Mitchell	set Ailena Mykins	+16.2
26	13-13	DEL ST	NC CEN	Kill	Morgan Wingo	set Lusiana Damuni	+15.9
27	14-13	NC CEN	DEL ST	Attack err	Morgan Wingo		+20.8
28	15-13	DEL ST	DEL ST	Attack err	Talia Emmen		+24.1

Score shown after each rally, Delaware St. 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 3–2

Delaware St. was outhit .252 to .184, and won anyway.