Ole Miss vs Alabama Volleyball: Ole Miss Wins 3-0 (Sep 27)

FinalSun, Sep 27, 2026SECN

3:0

Ole Miss won at Alabama 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-23) on Sun, Sep 27, 2026. Ole Miss' Melia Johnson led with 13 kills, and Cameron Bradley added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 27

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MISS	25	25	25	3
ALA	17	19	23	0

Win probability

Alabama above 50 · Ole Miss below

Biggest swing: 11.7% to Ole Miss — set 3, MISS 25-23 ALA. Attack error by Hannah Parant. ALA win probability 12% → 0%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MISS 27.7%72.3% ALA

Ole Miss wins

3-0

5.1%

3-1

9.6%

3-2

13.0%

Alabama wins

3-0

24.9%

3-1

27.7%

3-2

19.7%

MISS break %: 41.2% vs this opp
ALA break %: 45.7% 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
Hannah ParantAttack error+11.7%
Attack error by Hannah Parant
Set 3 · MISS 25-23 ALA · MISS 88% → 100%
02
Ole MissAce+10.5%
Ole Miss ace
Set 3 · MISS 24-23 ALA · MISS 78% → 88%
03
Ole MissAce+7.4%
Ole Miss ace on Kaleigh Palmer
Set 3 · MISS 23-23 ALA · MISS 70% → 78%
04
Laney HennesseeKill+5.6%
Kill by Laney Hennessee
Set 3 · MISS 20-21 ALA · ALA 21% → 27%
05
Melia JohnsonKill+5.5%
Kill by Melia Johnson (set by Cameron Bradley)
Set 3 · MISS 20-19 ALA · MISS 78% → 83%
06
Laney HennesseeKill+5.2%
Kill by Laney Hennessee (set by Hannah Parant)
Set 3 · MISS 20-22 ALA · ALA 27% → 32%
07
Tea SimicAttack error+4.7%
Attack error by Tea Simic
Set 3 · MISS 19-19 ALA · MISS 73% → 78%
08
Melia JohnsonKill+4.3%
Kill by Melia Johnson (set by Vivianna Samaniego)
Set 3 · MISS 22-23 ALA · MISS 66% → 70%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Ole Missaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Melia JohnsonOH	3	13	5	29	.276	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
23Jorda CrookOPP	3	9	6	22	.136	0	2	2	3	0	1	3	2.5	13.5
14Shayla MeyerOH	3	6	3	16	.188	1	0	0	4	6	0	3	1.5	7.5
12Keirstyn CarltonMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3.5	7.5
2Ryea JacksonMB	3	2	0	3	.667	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
20Vivianna SamaniegoS	3	1	1	3	.000	30	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	4
11Bella BonannoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21Cameron BradleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	3	18	1	0	0	0	1
Team totals		35	16	83	.229	34	8	9	32	9	2	14	9	75

Alabamahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Lily GervaseMB	3	3	2	7	.143	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	7
1Hannah ParantS	3	3	2	11	.091	17	2	3	4	0	1	0.5	5.5
11Kaleigh PalmerOH	3	4	5	21	-.048	1	0	1	5	2	2	1	5
5Laney HennesseeOH	3	4	5	16	-.063	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
14Addison EngelMB	3	3	3	11	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
8Lindsey BrownDS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	11	3	0	0	1
23Mya AllenOH	3	5	6	15	-.067	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
18Leilia ToailoaOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	4
2Dionii FragaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
19Tea SimicOH	2	1	3	7	-.286	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	2
Team totals		24	26	89	-.022	20	9	6	28	8	10	5	59

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 MISS · ALA 5

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 MISSALA 2

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 6 MISSALA 4

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 5 MISSALA 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Ole Miss

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	56%5/9
2	60%6/10	70%14/20
3	50%6/12	54%7/13
4	38%6/16	57%8/14
5	43%3/7	73%8/11
6	100%3/3	50%3/6
All	49%30/61	62%45/73

Alabama

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%6/16	55%6/11
2	32%6/19	25%2/8
3	43%6/14	57%8/14
4	36%4/11	54%7/13
5	43%3/7	67%8/12
6	50%3/6	0%0/3
All	38%28/73	51%31/61

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

134 rallies

#	MISS-ALA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ALA	ALA	Kill	Kaleigh Palmer	set Hannah Parant	+2.0
2	0-2	ALA	ALA	Attack err	Shayla Meyer		+1.9
3	1-2	ALA	MISS	Serve err	Alabama		+1.4
4	2-2	MISS	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.1
5	2-3	MISS	ALA	Serve err	Ole Miss		+1.6
6	2-4	ALA	ALA	Attack err	Keirstyn Carlton		+1.9
7	3-4	ALA	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.5
8	4-4	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Mya Allen		+2.2
9	4-5	MISS	ALA	Kill	Addison Engel	set Hannah Parant	+1.6
10	4-6	ALA	ALA	Attack err	Melia Johnson		+2.0
11	5-6	ALA	MISS×3	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.6
12	6-6	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.3
13	7-6	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.5
14	7-7	MISS	ALA	Kill	Lily Gervase	set Hannah Parant	+1.8
15	7-8	ALA	ALA	Attack err	Shayla Meyer		+2.4
16	8-8	ALA	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.9
17	9-8	MISS	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.6
18	9-9	MISS	ALA	Kill	Mya Allen	set Hannah Parant	+1.9
19	10-9	ALA	MISS×3	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.1
20	11-9	MISS	MISS×3	Blocked	Laney Hennessee	blk Shayla Meyer, Ryea Jackson	+2.9
21	12-9	MISS	MISS×3	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Lindsey Brown	+2.9
22	12-10	MISS	ALA	Kill	Lily Gervase	set Hannah Parant	+1.9
23	13-10	ALA	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.3
24	14-10	MISS	MISS	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Kaleigh Palmer	+2.8
25	14-11	MISS	ALA	Kill	Lindsey Brown	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.8
26	14-12	ALA	ALA	Kill	Laney Hennessee	set Hannah Parant	+2.7
27	15-12	ALA	MISS×4	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.5
28	16-12	MISS	MISS×4	Blocked	Kaleigh Palmer	blk Jorda Crook	+3.0
29	17-12	MISS	MISS×4	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Lindsey Brown	+2.5
30	18-12	MISS	MISS×4	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.0
31	18-13	MISS	ALA	Kill	Laney Hennessee	set Hannah Parant	+1.0
32	19-13	ALA	MISS×5	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.5
33	20-13	MISS	MISS×5	Attack err	Addison Engel		+1.3
34	21-13	MISS	MISS×5	Attack err	Kaleigh Palmer		+0.7
35	22-13	MISS	MISS×5	Blocked	Mya Allen	blk Jorda Crook, Keirstyn Carlton	+0.3
36	23-13	MISS	MISS×5	Blocked	Addison Engel	blk Keirstyn Carlton	+0.1
37	23-14	MISS	ALA	Kill	Mya Allen	set Hannah Parant	·
38	23-15	ALA	ALA	Ace	Alabama	aced Cameron Bradley	+0.1
39	24-15	ALA	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.1
40	24-16	MISS	ALA	Kill	Mya Allen	set Hannah Parant	·
41	24-17	ALA	ALA	Blocked	Melia Johnson	blk Hannah Parant, Lily Gervase	·
42	25-17	ALA	MISS	Serve err	Alabama		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Laney Hennessee		+2.8
2	1-1	MISS	ALA	Kill	Lily Gervase	set Hannah Parant	+2.1
3	2-1	ALA	MISS×3	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.2
4	3-1	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+3.0
5	4-1	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Vivianna Samaniego	+3.1
6	4-2	MISS	ALA	Attack err	Melia Johnson		+2.2
7	5-2	ALA	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.5
8	6-2	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Laney Hennessee		+3.1
9	6-3	MISS	ALA	Kill	Addison Engel	set Vivianna Samaniego	+2.1
10	6-4	ALA	ALA	Ace	Alabama	aced Shayla Meyer	+3.0
11	7-4	ALA	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Cameron Bradley	+2.6
12	7-5	MISS	ALA×4	Serve err	Ole Miss		+2.3
13	7-6	ALA	ALA×4	Ace	Alabama	aced Shayla Meyer	+3.2
14	7-7	ALA	ALA×4	Ace	Alabama		+3.2
15	7-8	ALA	ALA×4	Kill	Kaleigh Palmer	set Leilia Toailoa	+3.1
16	8-8	ALA	MISS×3	Kill	Vivianna Samaniego	set Shayla Meyer	+2.5
17	9-8	MISS	MISS×3	Attack err	Mya Allen		+3.5
18	10-8	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+3.7
19	10-9	MISS	ALA	Kill	Kaleigh Palmer	set Hannah Parant	+2.6
20	11-9	ALA	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+3.0
21	12-9	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Hannah Parant		+3.8
22	12-10	MISS	ALA	Kill	Hannah Parant	set Kaleigh Palmer	+2.6
23	13-10	ALA	MISS×3	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Cameron Bradley	+3.1
24	14-10	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+3.7
25	15-10	MISS	MISS×3	Attack err	Laney Hennessee		+3.3
26	15-11	MISS	ALA	Serve err	Ole Miss		+1.9
27	15-12	ALA	ALA	Ace	Alabama		+3.1
28	16-12	ALA	MISS×6	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego	+3.1
29	17-12	MISS	MISS×6	Blocked	Laney Hennessee	blk Keirstyn Carlton, Jorda Crook	+3.4
30	18-12	MISS	MISS×6	Kill	Melia Johnson		+2.7
31	19-12	MISS	MISS×6	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.9
32	20-12	MISS	MISS×6	Attack err	Tea Simic		+1.2
33	21-12	MISS	MISS×6	Attack err	Kaleigh Palmer		+0.6
34	21-13	MISS	ALA×4	Kill	Addison Engel	set Hannah Parant	+0.2
35	21-14	ALA	ALA×4	Attack err	Melia Johnson		+0.4
36	21-15	ALA	ALA×4	Ace	Alabama	aced Shayla Meyer	+0.7
37	21-16	ALA	ALA×4	Attack err	Jorda Crook		+1.2
38	22-16	ALA	MISS	Serve err	Alabama		+1.5
39	22-17	MISS	ALA	Serve err	Ole Miss		+0.7
40	23-17	ALA	MISS	Kill	Ryea Jackson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.3
41	24-17	MISS	MISS	Blocked	Kaleigh Palmer	blk Ryea Jackson, Melia Johnson	+0.6
42	24-18	MISS	ALA	Kill	Mya Allen	set Hannah Parant	+0.1
43	24-19	ALA	ALA	Attack err	Jorda Crook		+0.2
44	25-19	ALA	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.5
Set 3
1	0-1	ALA	ALA×3	Ace	Alabama	aced Shayla Meyer	+2.3
2	0-2	ALA	ALA×3	Blocked	Shayla Meyer	blk Lily Gervase, Kaleigh Palmer	+2.2
3	0-3	ALA	ALA×3	Attack err	Jorda Crook		+2.0
4	1-3	ALA	MISS×3	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.5
5	2-3	MISS	MISS×3	Blocked	Mya Allen	blk Jorda Crook, Keirstyn Carlton	+2.2
6	3-3	MISS	MISS×3	Ace	Ole Miss		+2.4
7	3-4	MISS	ALA	Serve err	Ole Miss		+1.9
8	4-4	ALA	MISS	Blocked	Mya Allen	blk Shayla Meyer, Keirstyn Carlton	+1.9
9	5-4	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Lily Gervase		+2.7
10	5-5	MISS	ALA×4	Kill	Hannah Parant	set Shayla Meyer	+2.0
11	5-6	ALA	ALA×4	Blocked	Jorda Crook	blk Tea Simic, Lily Gervase	+2.6
12	5-7	ALA	ALA×4	Kill	Tea Simic	set Hannah Parant	+2.4
13	5-8	ALA	ALA×4	Blocked	Jorda Crook	blk Tea Simic, Lily Gervase	+2.2
14	6-8	ALA	MISS	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.6
15	7-8	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Lily Gervase		+2.5
16	7-9	MISS	ALA	Serve err	Ole Miss		+2.0
17	7-10	ALA	ALA	Bad set	Vivianna Samaniego		+2.3
18	8-10	ALA	MISS	Serve err	Alabama		+1.7
19	9-10	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Kaleigh Palmer		+2.6
20	9-11	MISS	ALA×5	Serve err	Ole Miss		+2.1
21	9-12	ALA	ALA×5	Kill	Kaleigh Palmer	set Hannah Parant	+2.5
22	9-13	ALA	ALA×5	Attack err	Vivianna Samaniego		+2.1
23	9-14	ALA	ALA×5	Blocked	Melia Johnson	blk Kaleigh Palmer, Addison Engel	+1.7
24	9-15	ALA	ALA×5	Ace	Alabama	aced Shayla Meyer	+1.3
25	10-15	ALA	MISS	Serve err	Alabama		+0.8
26	10-16	MISS	ALA	Attack err	Jorda Crook		+1.0
27	11-16	ALA	MISS	Kill	Ryea Jackson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+0.7
28	12-16	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Addison Engel		+1.4
29	12-17	MISS	ALA	Kill	Mya Allen	set Hannah Parant	+1.3
30	13-17	ALA	MISS	Serve err	Alabama		+1.0
31	14-17	MISS	MISS	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Mya Allen	+1.9
32	14-18	MISS	ALA	Serve err	Ole Miss		+1.8
33	15-18	ALA	MISS	Blocked	Mya Allen	blk Shayla Meyer, Keirstyn Carlton	+1.5
34	15-19	MISS	ALA	Kill	Hannah Parant	set Tea Simic	+1.8
35	16-19	ALA	MISS×5	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.4
36	17-19	MISS	MISS×5	Attack err	Tea Simic		+2.7
37	18-19	MISS	MISS×5	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Lindsey Brown	+3.7
38	19-19	MISS	MISS×5	Attack err	Tea Simic		+4.7
39	20-19	MISS	MISS×5	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Cameron Bradley	+5.5
40	20-20	MISS	ALA×4	Serve err	Ole Miss		+4.0
41	20-21	ALA	ALA×4	Kill	Laney Hennessee		+5.6
42	20-22	ALA	ALA×4	Kill	Laney Hennessee	set Hannah Parant	+5.2
43	20-23	ALA	ALA×4	Ace	Alabama	aced Shayla Meyer	+3.9
44	21-23	ALA	MISS×5	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+1.8
45	22-23	MISS	MISS×5	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego	+4.3
46	23-23	MISS	MISS×5	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Kaleigh Palmer	+7.4
47	24-23	MISS	MISS×5	Ace	Ole Miss		+10.5
48	25-23	MISS	MISS×5	Attack err	Hannah Parant		+11.7

Score shown after each rally, Ole Miss 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).

Ole Miss def. Alabama 3–0