Vanderbilt vs Ole Miss Volleyball: Vanderbilt Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Oct 4, 2026SECN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Vanderbilt 88.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 4, 12:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Vanderbilt won at Ole Miss 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-17) on Sun, Oct 4, 2026. Vanderbilt's Reese Animashaun led with 15 kills, and Hailee Mack added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:00 PM CT · final Oct 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
VANDY	25	25	25	3
MISS	16	20	17	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.500 and 15 kills for Reese Animashaun as Vanderbilt rolled past Ole Miss.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.7 points, and Ole Miss's high was 13% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Vanderbilt at 88%.

VanderbiltOle Miss

Break %+19.4 pts
52.733.3
Points won on own serve: 39 of 74 vs 18 of 54. Ole Miss sided out 47.3% of the time.
Hitting+.226
.374.148
43 K / 6 E against 30 K / 17 E.
Longest run+2
64
6 straight Vanderbilt points in the first set stretched a 14–11 lead to 20–11. Final score of the set: 25–16.

Ole Miss above 50Vanderbilt belowMax swing 1.7%

VanderbiltOle Miss

Aces: Vanderbilt 7·Ole Miss 6
Serve err: Vanderbilt 10·Ole Miss 5
Blocks: Vanderbilt 4·Ole Miss 30 BS · 8 BA vs 1 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Vanderbilt 37·Ole Miss 45

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Ole Miss above 50 · Vanderbilt below

Biggest swing: 1.7% to Ole Miss — set 1, VANDY 10-10 MISS. Ole Miss ace on Elli Kinney. MISS win probability 11% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VANDY 94.7%5.3% MISS

Vanderbilt wins

3-0

54.6%

3-1

29.9%

3-2

10.2%

Ole Miss wins

3-0

0.6%

3-1

1.5%

3-2

3.2%

VANDY break %: 46.5% vs this opp
MISS break %: 34.3% 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
Ole MissAce+1.7%
Ole Miss ace on Elli Kinney
Set 1 · VANDY 10-10 MISS · MISS 11% → 12%
02
Reese AnimashaunKill+1.5%
Kill by Reese Animashaun (set by Avery Scoggins)
Set 1 · VANDY 12-10 MISS · VANDY 89% → 90%
03
Vivianna SamaniegoBlock+1.4%
Maya Witherspoon stuffed by Vivianna Samaniego
Set 1 · VANDY 6-6 MISS · MISS 10% → 12%
04
Shayla MeyerAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Shayla Meyer
Set 2 · VANDY 17-15 MISS · VANDY 94% → 95%
05
Carly Paugh&Shayla MeyerBlock+1.3%
Maya Witherspoon stuffed by Carly Paugh & Shayla Meyer
Set 1 · VANDY 10-9 MISS · MISS 9% → 11%
06
Ole MissAce+1.3%
Ole Miss ace on Reese Animashaun
Set 2 · VANDY 9-10 MISS · MISS 6% → 8%
07
Maddy BowserKill+1.3%
Kill by Maddy Bowser (set by Avery Scoggins)
Set 1 · VANDY 8-6 MISS · VANDY 89% → 90%
08
Vivianna SamaniegoBad set+1.2%
Bad set by Vivianna Samaniego
Set 2 · VANDY 12-11 MISS · VANDY 93% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Vanderbiltaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Reese AnimashaunOH	3	15	1	28	.500	0	0	4	5	2	2	1	16
10Samantha WunschOPP	3	11	1	24	.417	0	3	2	2	0	2	1	15
11Maya WitherspoonOH	3	7	3	21	.190	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	9
5Rachel OgunleyeMB	3	4	0	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6
15Maddy BowserMB	3	6	1	11	.455	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
3Avery ScogginsS	3	0	0	3	.000	35	1	0	4	0	0	0	1
25Carly HendricksonOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
8Elli KinneyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0
1Hailee MackL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	3	12	1	0	0	0
Team totals		43	6	99	.374	41	7	10	37	6	8	4	75

Ole Misshome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Jorda CrookOPP	3	9	3	32	.188	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	10
14Shayla MeyerOH	3	8	5	23	.130	0	0	1	5	3	0	1	0.5	8.5
13Melia JohnsonOH	3	8	4	19	.211	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	8
12Keirstyn CarltonMB	3	5	1	7	.571	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
20Vivianna SamaniegoS	3	0	0	0	–	17	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	4
4Carly PaughMB	3	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
21Cameron BradleyL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	1
6Tenesyn FryeS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Bella BonannoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Nina MoorerOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Rileigh ButlerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	17	88	.148	26	6	5	45	7	1	4	3	53

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 6 VANDY · MISS 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 6 VANDYMISS 4

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 3 VANDYMISS 4

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 6 VANDYMISS 3

Bars above the line = Ole Miss leads, below = Vanderbilt leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Vanderbilt

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	68%13/19
2	58%7/12	36%4/11
3	88%7/8	22%2/9
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	56%5/9	50%5/10
6	100%4/4	69%9/13
All	67%36/54	53%39/74

Ole Miss

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%7/16	38%3/8
2	54%7/13	22%2/9
3	78%7/9	42%5/12
4	50%5/10	0%0/7
5	56%5/9	44%4/9
6	24%4/17	44%4/9
All	47%35/74	33%18/54

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

128 rallies

#	VANDY-MISS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.9
2	1-1	MISS	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
3	2-1	VANDY	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+1.2
4	3-1	VANDY	VANDY×4	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+1.1
5	4-1	VANDY	VANDY×4	Attack err	Melia Johnson		+0.9
6	4-2	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.6
7	4-3	MISS	MISS	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Avery Scoggins	+1.1
8	5-3	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.7
9	5-4	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
10	6-4	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Maddy Bowser	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
11	6-5	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.8
12	6-6	MISS	MISS	Blocked	Maya Witherspoon	blk Vivianna Samaniego	+1.4
13	7-6	MISS	VANDY×4	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.9
14	8-6	VANDY	VANDY×4	Kill	Maddy Bowser	set Avery Scoggins	+1.3
15	9-6	VANDY	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Hailee Mack	+1.1
16	10-6	VANDY	VANDY×4	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Cameron Bradley	+0.9
17	10-7	VANDY	MISS×4	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.5
18	10-8	MISS	MISS×4	Attack err	Reese Animashaun		+1.0
19	10-9	MISS	MISS×4	Blocked	Maya Witherspoon	blk Carly Paugh, Shayla Meyer	+1.3
20	10-10	MISS	MISS×4	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Elli Kinney	+1.7
21	11-10	MISS	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Maya Witherspoon	+1.1
22	12-10	VANDY	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+1.5
23	13-10	VANDY	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+1.2
24	14-10	VANDY	VANDY×4	Attack err	Carly Paugh		+1.0
25	14-11	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.6
26	15-11	MISS	VANDY×6	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
27	16-11	VANDY	VANDY×6	Bad set	Vivianna Samaniego		+0.7
28	17-11	VANDY	VANDY×6	Blocked	Shayla Meyer	blk Reese Animashaun, Rachel Ogunleye	+0.5
29	18-11	VANDY	VANDY×6	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
30	19-11	VANDY	VANDY×6	Attack err	Shayla Meyer		+0.1
31	20-11	VANDY	VANDY×6	Attack err	Melia Johnson		+0.1
32	20-12	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer		·
33	21-12	MISS	VANDY	Attack err	Carly Paugh		·
34	21-13	VANDY	MISS×3	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	·
35	21-14	MISS	MISS×3	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Hailee Mack	·
36	21-15	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.1
37	22-15	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.1
38	22-16	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Vivianna Samaniego	·
39	23-16	MISS	VANDY×3	Kill	Maddy Bowser	set Avery Scoggins	+0.1
40	24-16	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	·
41	25-16	VANDY	VANDY×3	Ace	Vanderbilt		·
Set 2
1	1-0	MISS	VANDY	Attack err	Shayla Meyer		+0.5
2	1-1	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.6
3	1-2	MISS	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.0
4	2-2	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Rachel Ogunleye	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
5	2-3	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.7
6	3-3	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
7	4-3	VANDY	VANDY	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Cameron Bradley	+0.9
8	4-4	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.6
9	5-4	MISS	VANDY	Serve err	Ole Miss		+0.6
10	5-5	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Tenesyn Frye	+0.7
11	6-5	MISS	VANDY	Bad set	Tenesyn Frye		+0.6
12	6-6	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.7
13	7-6	MISS	VANDY×3	Serve err	Ole Miss		+0.6
14	8-6	VANDY	VANDY×3	Blocked	Shayla Meyer	blk Rachel Ogunleye, Samantha Wunsch	+0.9
15	9-6	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
16	9-7	VANDY	MISS×4	Attack err	Samantha Wunsch		+0.5
17	9-8	MISS	MISS×4	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Cameron Bradley	+0.9
18	9-9	MISS	MISS×4	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.1
19	9-10	MISS	MISS×4	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Reese Animashaun	+1.3
20	10-10	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
21	10-11	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.9
22	11-11	MISS	VANDY	Serve err	Ole Miss		+0.8
23	12-11	VANDY	VANDY	Bad set	Vivianna Samaniego		+1.2
24	12-12	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.9
25	13-12	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.8
26	13-13	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.9
27	14-13	MISS	VANDY	Serve err	Ole Miss		+0.9
28	14-14	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Tenesyn Frye	+1.0
29	15-14	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.9
30	15-15	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Tenesyn Frye	+1.0
31	16-15	MISS	VANDY×3	Kill	Rachel Ogunleye	set Avery Scoggins	+1.0
32	17-15	VANDY	VANDY×3	Attack err	Shayla Meyer		+1.3
33	18-15	VANDY	VANDY×3	Attack err	Tenesyn Frye		+1.1
34	18-16	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Cameron Bradley	+0.6
35	19-16	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.7
36	19-17	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.6
37	20-17	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.7
38	21-17	VANDY	VANDY	Attack err	Melia Johnson		+0.8
39	21-18	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.3
40	21-19	MISS	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.9
41	22-19	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Maya Witherspoon	+0.8
42	23-19	VANDY	VANDY	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Shayla Meyer	+0.7
43	23-20	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Melia Johnson	+0.2
44	24-20	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
45	25-20	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	VANDY	VANDY	Ace	Vanderbilt		+0.4
2	1-1	VANDY	MISS	Bad set	Rachel Ogunleye		+0.3
3	1-2	MISS	MISS	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Reese Animashaun	+0.5
4	2-2	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Rachel Ogunleye	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
5	3-2	VANDY	VANDY	Blocked	Melia Johnson	blk Samantha Wunsch, Rachel Ogunleye	+0.4
6	3-3	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.3
7	3-4	MISS	MISS	Blocked	Maya Witherspoon	blk Tenesyn Frye, Keirstyn Carlton	+0.5
8	4-4	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
9	4-5	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.3
10	5-5	MISS	VANDY	Serve err	Ole Miss		+0.3
11	5-6	VANDY	MISS×3	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Tenesyn Frye	+0.4
12	5-7	MISS	MISS×3	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Elli Kinney	+0.6
13	5-8	MISS	MISS×3	Attack err	Maddy Bowser		+0.6
14	6-8	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
15	6-9	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.4
16	7-9	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Hailee Mack	+0.4
17	8-9	VANDY	VANDY	Kill	Rachel Ogunleye	set Avery Scoggins	+0.6
18	8-10	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Elli Kinney	+0.4
19	9-10	MISS	VANDY×4	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Hailee Mack	+0.4
20	10-10	VANDY	VANDY×4	Attack err	Jorda Crook		+0.6
21	11-10	VANDY	VANDY×4	Kill	Samantha Wunsch		+0.5
22	12-10	VANDY	VANDY×4	Attack err	Keirstyn Carlton		+0.5
23	12-11	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.3
24	13-11	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Samantha Wunsch	set Hailee Mack	+0.3
25	13-12	VANDY	MISS	Serve err	Vanderbilt		+0.3
26	14-12	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
27	14-13	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Tenesyn Frye	+0.3
28	15-13	MISS	VANDY×3	Kill	Maddy Bowser	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
29	16-13	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Maddy Bowser	set Avery Scoggins	+0.5
30	17-13	VANDY	VANDY×3	Kill	Maddy Bowser		+0.3
31	17-14	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Tenesyn Frye	+0.2
32	17-15	MISS	MISS	Ace	Ole Miss		+0.4
33	18-15	MISS	VANDY	Kill	Maya Witherspoon	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
34	19-15	VANDY	VANDY	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Shayla Meyer	+0.4
35	19-16	VANDY	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.2
36	19-17	MISS	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.4
37	20-17	MISS	VANDY×6	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.3
38	21-17	VANDY	VANDY×6	Kill	Reese Animashaun	set Avery Scoggins	+0.4
39	22-17	VANDY	VANDY×6	Blocked	Jorda Crook	blk Rachel Ogunleye, Reese Animashaun	+0.2
40	23-17	VANDY	VANDY×6	Ace	Vanderbilt	aced Shayla Meyer	+0.1
41	24-17	VANDY	VANDY×6	Attack err	Jorda Crook		·
42	25-17	VANDY	VANDY×6	Attack err	Nina Moorer		·

Score shown after each rally, Vanderbilt 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).

Vanderbilt def. Ole Miss 3–0

.500 and 15 kills for Reese Animashaun as Vanderbilt rolled past Ole Miss.