Tennessee Tech def. Tennessee State 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 5)

FinalSat, Sep 5, 2026

0:3

Tennessee Tech beat visiting Tennessee St. 3-0 (25-20, 25-12, 25-15) on Sat, Sep 5, 2026. Tennessee Tech's Alayna Pierce led with 16 kills, and Ella Watford added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 5

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TENNST	20	12	15	0
TNTECH	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Tennessee Tech above 50 · Tennessee St. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Tennessee Tech stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TENNST 0.6%99.4% TNTECH

Tennessee St. wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.4%

Tennessee Tech wins

3-0

78.8%

3-1

18.1%

3-2

2.6%

TENNST break %: 33.2% vs this opp
TNTECH break %: 52.6% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Tennessee St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Wiktoria JakubikOH	3	8	0	12	.667	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
16Sydney RobinsonMB	3	4	4	15	.000	1	1	2	1	1	3	1.5	6.5
7Gabrielle WashingtonMB	3	4	0	7	.571	1	0	1	1	0	3	1.5	5.5
13Gabriella BlevinsMB	3	1	0	9	.111	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
15Triniti JacksonS	3	1	0	4	.250	12	0	0	6	0	0	0	1
8Melae LacyOH	2	2	5	10	-.300	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.5	2.5
1Carsyn StansberryOH	3	1	3	7	-.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Italya CarterS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	8	1	0	0	0
4Jordan ImperialL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	6	3	0	0	0
3Sydni PostonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0
5Savanna MooreMB	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
2Julia CulpepperOH	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		21	12	66	.136	20	1	7	28	8	12	6	47

Tennessee Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
24Alayna PierceOH	3	16	2	23	.609	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	17
7Audrey BerkebileOH	3	12	3	21	.429	0	3	2	4	0	0	0	15
1Ava SchubertOH	3	8	10	26	-.077	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	11
8Mallory JenkinsMB	3	4	0	9	.444	1	0	2	2	0	2	2	6
12Jordyn MilhouseMB	3	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
10Bella LinebergerS	1	0	0	2	.000	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
6Ella WatfordL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	14	0	0	0	1
11Morgan PetelinS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	32	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
3Brooklyn RappL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
14Ashlyn GambleOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		46	17	95	.305	42	8	8	33	1	2	2	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 TENNST · TNTECH 6

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 TENNSTTNTECH 4

Set 2

12-25

Longest run 2 TENNSTTNTECH 6

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 2 TENNSTTNTECH 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Tennessee St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%6/8	40%4/10
2	75%6/8	33%3/9
3	43%6/14	40%4/10
4	43%6/14	0%0/6
5	26%5/19	25%2/8
6	40%4/10	17%1/6
All	45%33/73	29%14/49

Tennessee Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	55%6/11
2	67%6/9	33%3/9
3	67%6/9	54%7/13
4	100%6/6	50%6/12
5	71%5/7	62%8/13
6	83%5/6	67%10/15
All	71%35/49	55%40/73

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

122 rallies

#	TENNST-TNTECH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	TENNST	TENNST	Blocked	Ava Schubert	blk Gabrielle Washington, Melae Lacy
2	1-1	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Bella Lineberger
3	1-2	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse
4	2-2	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
5	2-3	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Bella Lineberger
6	3-3	TNTECH	TENNST×3	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Triniti Jackson
7	4-3	TENNST	TENNST×3	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Gabrielle Washington
8	5-3	TENNST	TENNST×3	Attack err	Jordyn Milhouse
9	5-4	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
10	6-4	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Alayna Pierce
11	6-5	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
12	7-5	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Italya Carter
13	7-6	TENNST	TNTECH×3	Serve err	Tennessee St.
14	7-7	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Melae Lacy
15	7-8	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Melae Lacy
16	8-8	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Ava Schubert
17	9-8	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Carsyn Stansberry	set Jordan Imperial
18	9-9	TENNST	TNTECH×4	Serve err	Tennessee St.
19	9-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Carsyn Stansberry
20	9-11	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Melae Lacy
21	9-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Blocked	Melae Lacy	blk Mallory Jenkins
22	10-12	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Melae Lacy	set Triniti Jackson
23	10-13	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Bella Lineberger
24	11-13	TNTECH	TENNST×3	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Sydney Robinson
25	12-13	TENNST	TENNST×3	Blocked	Ava Schubert	blk Gabrielle Washington, Sydney Robinson
26	13-13	TENNST	TENNST×3	Blocked	Ava Schubert	blk Gabrielle Washington, Sydney Robinson
27	13-14	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Ava Schubert	set Bella Lineberger
28	13-15	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Sydney Robinson
29	14-15	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson
30	14-16	TENNST	TNTECH	Serve err	Tennessee St.
31	14-17	TNTECH	TNTECH	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Sydni Poston
32	15-17	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson
33	15-18	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin
34	16-18	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
35	17-18	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Melae Lacy	set Triniti Jackson
36	17-19	TENNST	TNTECH×3	Serve err	Tennessee St.
37	17-20	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Bella Lineberger
38	17-21	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Bad set	Italya Carter
39	18-21	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Triniti Jackson	set Bella Lineberger
40	18-22	TENNST	TNTECH×3	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Bella Lineberger
41	18-23	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Melae Lacy
42	18-24	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Kill	Ava Schubert	set Mallory Jenkins
43	19-24	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Ava Schubert
44	20-24	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson
45	20-25	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Bella Lineberger
Set 2
1	1-0	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Triniti Jackson
2	2-0	TENNST	TENNST	Attack err	Ava Schubert
3	2-1	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
4	2-2	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Sydney Robinson
5	3-2	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
6	3-3	TENNST	TNTECH×6	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
7	3-4	TNTECH	TNTECH×6	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Sydney Robinson
8	3-5	TNTECH	TNTECH×6	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
9	3-6	TNTECH	TNTECH×6	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Sydni Poston
10	3-7	TNTECH	TNTECH×6	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
11	3-8	TNTECH	TNTECH×6	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Jordan Imperial
12	4-8	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson
13	4-9	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
14	5-9	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Audrey Berkebile
15	5-10	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
16	6-10	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Morgan Petelin
17	6-11	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
18	7-11	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Triniti Jackson
19	7-12	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Ava Schubert	set Morgan Petelin
20	8-12	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson
21	8-13	TENNST	TNTECH	Serve err	Tennessee St.
22	9-13	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Ava Schubert
23	10-13	TENNST	TENNST	Blocked	Ava Schubert	blk Gabriella Blevins, Sydney Robinson
24	10-14	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
25	10-15	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
26	11-15	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Alayna Pierce
27	11-16	TENNST	TNTECH×5	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
28	11-17	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
29	11-18	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
30	11-19	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
31	11-20	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Attack err	Melae Lacy
32	12-20	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
33	12-21	TENNST	TNTECH×5	Serve err	Tennessee St.
34	12-22	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Jordan Imperial
35	12-23	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Mallory Jenkins
36	12-24	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Attack err	Carsyn Stansberry
37	12-25	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
Set 3
1	1-0	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Wiktoria Jakubik
2	1-1	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
3	1-2	TNTECH	TNTECH	Bad set	Triniti Jackson
4	2-2	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson
5	2-3	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
6	3-3	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
7	3-4	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
8	3-5	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Sydney Robinson
9	4-5	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
10	4-6	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
11	4-7	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Ella Watford
12	5-7	TNTECH	TENNST	Blocked	Audrey Berkebile	blk Savanna Moore, Gabriella Blevins
13	5-8	TENNST	TNTECH×3	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
14	5-9	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Attack err	Carsyn Stansberry
15	5-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Jordan Imperial
16	6-10	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
17	6-11	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Ava Schubert	set Morgan Petelin
18	7-11	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Italya Carter
19	8-11	TENNST	TENNST	Attack err	Ava Schubert
20	8-12	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
21	9-12	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Jordan Imperial
22	9-13	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin
23	10-13	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Sydni Poston
24	11-13	TENNST	TENNST	Blocked	Audrey Berkebile	blk Wiktoria Jakubik, Gabriella Blevins
25	11-14	TENNST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
26	12-14	TNTECH	TENNST	Kill	Gabriella Blevins	set Triniti Jackson
27	12-15	TENNST	TNTECH×4	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin
28	12-16	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Ava Schubert	set Italya Carter
29	12-17	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin
30	12-18	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Ava Schubert	set Ella Watford
31	13-18	TNTECH	TENNST	Attack err	Ava Schubert
32	14-18	TENNST	TENNST	Ace	Sydney Robinson	aced Alayna Pierce
33	14-19	TENNST	TNTECH×5	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin
34	14-20	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Ava Schubert
35	14-21	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Kill	Ava Schubert	set Morgan Petelin
36	14-22	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Blocked	Sydney Robinson	blk Mallory Jenkins
37	14-23	TNTECH	TNTECH×5	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Italya Carter
38	15-23	TNTECH	TENNST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech
39	15-24	TENNST	TNTECH	Serve err	Tennessee St.
40	15-25	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Mallory Jenkins	set Morgan Petelin

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

Tennessee Tech def. Tennessee St. 3–0