Bethune-Cookman vs Florida A&M: Florida A&M Wins 3-0 (Oct 7)

FinalWed, Oct 7, 2026SWAC TVFAMU Athletics

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Florida A&M 75.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 7, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Florida A&M beat visiting Bethune-Cookman 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-13) on Wed, Oct 7, 2026. Sydney Whitfield and LaDonna Trantham led Florida A&M with 13 kills each; Bethune-Cookman's Alaya Rhodes had a match-high 15.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BECOOK	19	16	13	0
FL A&M	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Ladonna Trantham hit .417 with 13 kills as Florida A&M rolled past Bethune-Cookman.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.0 points. Bethune-Cookman peaked at 27% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Florida A&M at 75%.

Bethune-CookmanFlorida A&M

Break %+23.5 pts
34.057.5
42 of 73 on serve vs 17 of 50, so Bethune-Cookman's sideout was 42.5%.
Hitting+.235
.081.316
41 K / 10 E against 30 K / 22 E.
Longest run+6
39
9 straight Florida A&M points in the third set turned a 3–5 deficit into a 12–5 lead. Final score of the set: 25–13.

Florida A&M above 50Bethune-Cookman belowMax swing 2.0%

Bethune-CookmanFlorida A&M

Aces: Bethune-Cookman 2·Florida A&M 7
Serve err: Bethune-Cookman 3·Florida A&M 6
Blocks: Bethune-Cookman 1·Florida A&M 60 BS · 2 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Bethune-Cookman 41·Florida A&M 47

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Florida A&M above 50 · Bethune-Cookman below

Biggest swing: 2.0% to Bethune-Cookman — set 1, BECOOK 3-2 FL A&M. Kill by Moriah Johnson (set by Nola Hemphill). FL A&M win probability 75% → 73%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BECOOK 18.2%81.8% FL A&M

Bethune-Cookman wins

3-0

2.9%

3-1

6.0%

3-2

9.4%

Florida A&M wins

3-0

33.4%

3-1

30.7%

3-2

17.7%

BECOOK break %: 42.1% vs this opp
FL A&M break %: 49.0% 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
Moriah JohnsonKill+2.0%
Kill by Moriah Johnson (set by Nola Hemphill)
Set 1 · BECOOK 3-2 FL A&M · BECOOK 25% → 27%
02
Alaya RhodesAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Alaya Rhodes
Set 1 · BECOOK 3-4 FL A&M · FL A&M 75% → 77%
03
Bethune-CookmanAce+1.9%
Bethune-Cookman ace on Sydney Whitfield
Set 1 · BECOOK 2-2 FL A&M · BECOOK 23% → 25%
04
LaDonna Trantham&Tamia ColemanBlock+1.8%
Sienna Lawrence stuffed by LaDonna Trantham & Tamia Coleman
Set 1 · BECOOK 3-5 FL A&M · FL A&M 77% → 79%
05
LaDonna TranthamKill+1.6%
Kill by LaDonna Trantham (set by Sydney Whitfield)
Set 1 · BECOOK 0-2 FL A&M · FL A&M 77% → 79%
06
Bethune-CookmanService error+1.6%
Bethune-Cookman service error
Set 1 · BECOOK 3-3 FL A&M · FL A&M 73% → 75%
07
Florida A&MAce+1.6%
Florida A&M ace on Isabella Pedrosa
Set 1 · BECOOK 3-6 FL A&M · FL A&M 79% → 80%
08
Farah FarooqKill+1.5%
Kill by Farah Farooq (set by Makenzie Taylor)
Set 1 · BECOOK 0-1 FL A&M · FL A&M 75% → 77%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Bethune-Cookmanaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Alaya RhodesOH	3	15	8	45	.156	0	0	0	12	0	1	0.5	15.5
13Moriah JohnsonOH	3	6	3	20	.150	1	1	1	5	4	0	0	7
1Kaleigh WilliamsMB	3	4	3	9	.111	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
8Kaycee PennieMB	3	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
12Sienna LawrenceMB	3	1	3	4	-.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
19Nola HemphillS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
17Leila HargroveOH	3	1	4	9	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4Kylynn WhiteS	3	0	0	0	–	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
16Aaniya ThorntonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
5Taylor EllisL/DS	2	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0
9Talibah HamlettOPP	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Laura Lino dos SantosOH	1	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2
14Gianna MoraS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
7Isabella PedrosaL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10Sydnee RodriguezOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	22	99	.081	28	2	3	41	7	2	1	48

Florida A&Mhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Sydney WhitfieldOH	3	13	2	29	.379	1	2	0	7	2	0	0	0	15
4LaDonna TranthamOH	3	13	3	24	.417	0	0	1	13	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
23Farah FarooqMB	3	10	1	17	.529	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	11
11Brandi BostonMB	3	3	1	13	.154	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
16Tamia ColemanOH	3	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	3.5
6Makenzie TaylorS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
5Victoria SantanaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	2	1	13	0	0	0	0	2
1Bengisu KazazlarS	3	0	0	0	–	19	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	2
8Iyonnie SanfordOH	3	1	3	11	-.182	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		41	10	98	.316	36	7	6	47	2	1	10	6	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.

Bethune-Cookman vs Florida A&M

Season series · Florida A&M leads 2-0

Wed, Oct 7, 2026Bethune-Cookman at Florida A&M · Florida A&M won 3-0This match
Fri, Oct 16, 2026Florida A&M at Bethune-Cookman · Florida A&M won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 BECOOK · FL A&M 9

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 BECOOKFL A&M 7

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 2 BECOOKFL A&M 5

Set 3

13-25

Longest run 3 BECOOKFL A&M 9

Bars above the line = Florida A&M leads, below = Bethune-Cookman leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Bethune-Cookman

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	43%6/14	33%3/9
2	46%6/13	33%3/9
3	63%5/8	33%3/9
4	33%5/15	29%2/7
5	28%5/18	38%3/8
6	80%4/5	38%3/8
All	42%31/73	34%17/50

Florida A&M

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	56%5/9
2	75%6/8	45%5/11
3	60%6/10	57%8/14
4	83%5/6	29%2/7
5	56%5/9	74%14/19
6	63%5/8	62%8/13
All	66%33/50	58%42/73

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

123 rallies

#	BECOOK-FL A&M	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.5
2	0-2	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Sydney Whitfield	+1.6
3	1-2	FL A&M	BECOOK×3	Kill	Kaleigh Williams	set Nola Hemphill	+1.4
4	2-2	BECOOK	BECOOK×3	Ace	Bethune-Cookman	aced Sydney Whitfield	+1.9
5	3-2	BECOOK	BECOOK×3	Kill	Moriah Johnson	set Nola Hemphill	+2.0
6	3-3	BECOOK	FL A&M×7	Serve err	Bethune-Cookman		+1.6
7	3-4	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Attack err	Alaya Rhodes		+1.9
8	3-5	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Blocked	Sienna Lawrence	blk LaDonna Trantham, Tamia Coleman	+1.8
9	3-6	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Isabella Pedrosa	+1.6
10	3-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Moriah Johnson	+1.4
11	3-8	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Attack err	Alaya Rhodes		+1.2
12	3-9	FL A&M	FL A&M×7	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.0
13	4-9	FL A&M	BECOOK	Attack err	Iyonnie Sanford		+0.8
14	5-9	BECOOK	BECOOK	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+1.1
15	5-10	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.1
16	6-10	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+1.0
17	7-10	BECOOK	BECOOK	Blocked	Iyonnie Sanford	blk Alaya Rhodes, Kaycee Pennie	+1.4
18	7-11	BECOOK	FL A&M	Serve err	Bethune-Cookman		+1.3
19	7-12	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.3
20	8-12	FL A&M	BECOOK	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.0
21	8-13	BECOOK	FL A&M×5	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.1
22	8-14	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Attack err	Leila Hargrove		+1.0
23	8-15	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Sydney Whitfield		+0.8
24	8-16	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Moriah Johnson	+0.5
25	8-17	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.3
26	9-17	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Moriah Johnson	set Kylynn White	+0.2
27	10-17	BECOOK	BECOOK	Kill	Kaleigh Williams	set Moriah Johnson	+0.3
28	10-18	BECOOK	FL A&M	Attack err	Leila Hargrove		+0.4
29	11-18	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Moriah Johnson	set Kylynn White	+0.3
30	12-18	BECOOK	BECOOK	Kill	Moriah Johnson	set Aaniya Thornton	+0.5
31	12-19	BECOOK	FL A&M	Blocked	Kaleigh Williams	blk Brandi Boston, Farah Farooq	+0.6
32	12-20	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.4
33	13-20	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+0.2
34	13-21	BECOOK	FL A&M	Attack err	Alaya Rhodes		+0.3
35	14-21	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Isabella Pedrosa	+0.1
36	15-21	BECOOK	BECOOK	Kill	Sienna Lawrence	set Sydney Whitfield	+0.3
37	15-22	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.4
38	16-22	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+0.2
39	16-23	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Victoria Santana	+0.3
40	17-23	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Leila Hargrove	set Kylynn White	+0.1
41	18-23	BECOOK	BECOOK	Kill	Kaycee Pennie	set Sydney Whitfield	+0.3
42	18-24	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.4
43	19-24	FL A&M	BECOOK	Serve err	Florida A&M		+0.1
44	19-25	BECOOK	FL A&M	Serve err	Bethune-Cookman		+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Moriah Johnson	+1.4
2	0-2	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Moriah Johnson	+1.3
3	0-3	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.2
4	1-3	FL A&M	BECOOK	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+1.0
5	1-4	BECOOK	FL A&M	Attack err	Sienna Lawrence		+1.0
6	2-4	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+1.0
7	2-5	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.0
8	3-5	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+1.0
9	3-6	BECOOK	FL A&M	Attack err	Alaya Rhodes		+1.1
10	3-7	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.1
11	4-7	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Kylynn White	+0.9
12	4-8	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.0
13	4-9	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Leila Hargrove		+1.0
14	5-9	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Kylynn White	+0.8
15	5-10	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.8
16	6-10	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Moriah Johnson	set Kylynn White	+0.8
17	6-11	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Victoria Santana	+0.9
18	6-12	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq		+0.8
19	7-12	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+0.6
20	8-12	BECOOK	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+0.9
21	8-13	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.9
22	8-14	FL A&M	FL A&M	Blocked	Alaya Rhodes	blk Brandi Boston, Tamia Coleman	+0.8
23	9-14	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+0.6
24	9-15	BECOOK	FL A&M×3	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.7
25	9-16	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Sienna Lawrence		+0.6
26	9-17	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham		+0.4
27	10-17	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+0.2
28	11-17	BECOOK	BECOOK	Ace	Bethune-Cookman	aced Sydney Whitfield	+0.4
29	11-18	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.5
30	12-18	FL A&M	BECOOK	Serve err	Florida A&M		+0.3
31	12-19	BECOOK	FL A&M×5	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.4
32	12-20	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Bad set	Kylynn White		+0.3
33	12-21	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Blocked	Moriah Johnson	blk Iyonnie Sanford, Farah Farooq	+0.2
34	12-22	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.1
35	12-23	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Taylor Ellis	·
36	13-23	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Kylynn White	·
37	14-23	BECOOK	BECOOK	Attack err	Iyonnie Sanford		·
38	14-24	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	·
39	15-24	FL A&M	BECOOK	Serve err	Florida A&M		·
40	16-24	BECOOK	BECOOK	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		·
41	16-25	BECOOK	FL A&M	Attack err	Moriah Johnson		·
Set 3
1	1-0	BECOOK	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Nola Hemphill	+0.8
2	1-1	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.7
3	2-1	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Kaleigh Williams	set Nola Hemphill	+0.7
4	2-2	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.7
5	3-2	FL A&M	BECOOK	Serve err	Florida A&M		+0.7
6	4-2	BECOOK	BECOOK	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.9
7	4-3	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.7
8	5-3	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Alaya Rhodes	set Sienna Lawrence	+0.8
9	5-4	BECOOK	FL A&M×9	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.7
10	5-5	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Attack err	Alaya Rhodes		+0.9
11	5-6	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Bad set	Kylynn White		+0.8
12	5-7	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.8
13	5-8	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Attack err	Leila Hargrove		+0.7
14	5-9	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.6
15	5-10	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Taylor Ellis	+0.5
16	5-11	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.4
17	5-12	FL A&M	FL A&M×9	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+0.3
18	6-12	FL A&M	BECOOK×3	Attack err	Farah Farooq		+0.2
19	7-12	BECOOK	BECOOK×3	Kill	Moriah Johnson	set Aaniya Thornton	+0.4
20	8-12	BECOOK	BECOOK×3	Kill	Laura Lino dos Santos	set Gianna Mora	+0.5
21	8-13	BECOOK	FL A&M×5	Attack err	Moriah Johnson		+0.5
22	8-14	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.4
23	8-15	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Attack err	Alaya Rhodes		+0.3
24	8-16	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Attack err	Kaycee Pennie		+0.2
25	8-17	FL A&M	FL A&M×5	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Gianna Mora	+0.1
26	9-17	FL A&M	BECOOK	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		+0.1
27	10-17	BECOOK	BECOOK	Kill	Kaleigh Williams	set Gianna Mora	+0.1
28	10-18	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.2
29	10-19	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.1
30	11-19	FL A&M	BECOOK	Kill	Laura Lino dos Santos	set Gianna Mora	+0.1
31	11-20	BECOOK	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.1
32	11-21	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Alaya Rhodes		·
33	11-22	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Blocked	Kaleigh Williams	blk Brandi Boston, Tamia Coleman	·
34	12-22	FL A&M	BECOOK	Attack err	Brandi Boston		·
35	12-23	BECOOK	FL A&M	Blocked	Kaleigh Williams	blk Tamia Coleman	·
36	13-23	FL A&M	BECOOK	Serve err	Florida A&M		·
37	13-24	BECOOK	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	·
38	13-25	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Victoria Santana	·

Score shown after each rally, Bethune-Cookman 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).

Florida A&M def. Bethune-Cookman 3–0

Ladonna Trantham hit .417 with 13 kills as Florida A&M rolled past Bethune-Cookman.