Final · 4 setsSat, Oct 3, 2026

St. John's (NY) def. Butler 3–1

RallyIQ pre-match: St. John's (NY) 50.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 3:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

St. John's (NY) beat visiting Butler 3-1 (25-18, 25-21, 13-25, 25-20) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. St. John's (NY)'s Carola Tesoro led with 16 kills, and Rashanny Solano Smith added 22 digs.

Data through · final Oct 3

Set1234Sets
BUTLER182125201
STJOHN252513253

Match story · written from the play-by-play

St. John's (NY) trailed 1–7 in the second and took that set, dropped the third, and won the match 3–1.

2 stretches decided it. Percentages are St. John's (NY)'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. St. John's (NY) went in as RallyIQ's 51% pick.

  1. Turning point 1: Set 2 · Butler 14–11 St. John's (NY)

    7 straight St. John's (NY) points turned an 11–14 deficit into an 18–14 lead.

    St. John's (NY) 60% → 83%

  2. Turning point 2: Set 4 · Butler 17–15 St. John's (NY)

    5 straight St. John's (NY) points turned a 15–17 deficit into a 20–17 lead.

    St. John's (NY) 65% → 92%

St. John's (NY) above 50Butler belowMax swing 6.0%

ButlerSt. John's (NY)

Sideout %
Butler 50.6·St. John's (NY) 52.9
Break %
Butler 47.1·St. John's (NY) 49.4
Hitting
Butler .211·St. John's (NY) .218
Longest run
Butler 6·St. John's (NY) 7

Carola Tesoro
16 kills on .231, 19.5 points; 4 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

St. John's (NY) above 50 · Butler below
SET 1SET 2SET 3SET 410050100+6.0% STJOHNrally 172 · set 4

Biggest swing: 6.0% to St. John's (NY) — set 4, BUTLER 17-18 STJOHN. Kill by Carola Tesoro (set by Rashanny Solano Smith). STJOHN win probability 74% → 80%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BUTLER 39.0%61.0% STJOHN

Butler wins

3-0
8.4%
3-1
14.2%
3-2
16.4%

St. John's (NY) wins

3-0
17.7%
3-1
23.3%
3-2
19.9%
BUTLER break %
42.2% vs this opp
STJOHN break %
44.3% 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

  1. 01
    Carola TesoroKill+6.0%

    Kill by Carola Tesoro (set by Rashanny Solano Smith)

    Set 4 · BUTLER 17-18 STJOHN · STJOHN 74% → 80%

  2. 02
    Zoe McDonaldAttack error+5.9%

    Attack error by Zoe McDonald

    Set 4 · BUTLER 17-19 STJOHN · STJOHN 80% → 86%

  3. 03
    Chase LemmingAttack error+5.7%

    Attack error by Chase Lemming

    Set 4 · BUTLER 19-22 STJOHN · STJOHN 88% → 94%

  4. 04
    Carola TesoroKill+5.6%

    Kill by Carola Tesoro (set by Maggie Carcillo)

    Set 4 · BUTLER 17-17 STJOHN · STJOHN 69% → 74%

  5. 05
    Teodora StamenkovicAttack error+5.5%

    Attack error by Teodora Stamenkovic

    Set 4 · BUTLER 19-20 STJOHN · BUTLER 11% → 17%

  6. 06
    Elise WardAttack error+5.2%

    Attack error by Elise Ward

    Set 4 · BUTLER 17-20 STJOHN · STJOHN 86% → 92%

  7. 07
    Carola TesoroKill+5.1%

    Kill by Carola Tesoro (set by Maggie Carcillo)

    Set 4 · BUTLER 19-21 STJOHN · STJOHN 83% → 88%

  8. 08

    Kill by Barbara Costa dos Santos (set by Maggie Carcillo)

    Set 4 · BUTLER 14-13 STJOHN · STJOHN 65% → 70%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Butleraway
PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
410423.26101120052.513.5
412030.4001119000013
45517.0000212026512
411831.09700002010.511.5
4011-1.000271050010.51.5
2224.000000000002
46316.18800020010.56.5
4000–021400002
4001.0001900200000
4000–3031320000
2405.800000000215
2000–000000000
Team totals5023128.21150773952161084
PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
416739.23102272111.519.5
410527.1850005202111
4429.222000202659
46515.06700011010.56.5
46211.364000100006
4112.0002711100002
46117.29400000031.57.5
4001.0005102200001
4000–000900000
3000–910300001
2000–70020010.50.5
1112.000000000001
11011.000000000001
1000–000100000
1000–000000000
Team totals5124124.21848535473141088

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.

Butler vs St. John's (NY)

Season series · St. John's (NY) leads 2-0

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 BUTLER · STJOHN 7

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 4 BUTLERSTJOHN 5

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 5 BUTLERSTJOHN 7

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 6 BUTLERSTJOHN 4

Set 4

20-25

Longest run 4 BUTLERSTJOHN 6

Bars above the line = St. John's (NY) leads, below = Butler leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Butler

SlotSideout %Break %
1
78%7/9
53%8/15
2
25%6/24
36%4/11
3
55%6/11
45%5/11
4
42%5/12
25%2/8
5
45%5/11
50%5/10
6
83%5/6
17%1/6
All
47%34/73
41%25/61

St. John's (NY)

SlotSideout %Break %
1
50%8/16
33%3/9
2
55%6/11
14%1/7
3
55%6/11
76%19/25
4
60%6/10
54%7/13
5
71%5/7
55%6/11
6
83%5/6
38%3/8
All
59%36/61
53%39/73

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 4 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

172 rallies

#BUTLER-STJOHNSrvPointEndPlayerSetter / blockers / passerWP Δ
Set 1
10-1STJOHNSTJOHNBlockedCarly Slusserblk Teodora Stamenkovic+2.5
20-2STJOHNSTJOHNBlockedCarly Slusserblk Lejla Hadžiredžepovic, Amanda Caputi+2.5
31-2STJOHNBUTLERAttack errLejla Hadžiredžepovic+1.8
41-3BUTLERSTJOHNKillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Amanda Caputi+1.9
51-4STJOHNSTJOHNKillCarola Tesoroset Rashanny Solano Smith+2.4
62-4STJOHNBUTLERKillChase Lemmingset Ava Hunter+1.7
73-4BUTLERBUTLERKillChase Lemmingset Ava Hunter+2.5
83-5BUTLERSTJOHN×3Serve errButler+2.0
93-6STJOHNSTJOHN×3KillKendall Whiteset Amanda Caputi+2.5
103-7STJOHNSTJOHN×3AceSt. John's (NY)aced Jersey Loyer+2.4
114-7STJOHNBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+1.6
124-8BUTLERSTJOHN×5KillKendall Whiteset Amanda Caputi+1.8
134-9STJOHNSTJOHN×5KillCarola Tesoroset Maggie Carcillo+2.1
144-10STJOHNSTJOHN×5KillCarola Tesoroset Maggie Carcillo+1.8
154-11STJOHNSTJOHN×5Bad setSarah Kempf+1.5
164-12STJOHNSTJOHN×5AceSt. John's (NY)aced Chase Lemming+1.1
175-12STJOHNBUTLERServe errSt. John's (NY)+0.6
185-13BUTLERSTJOHN×4BlockedMaria Nixblk Carola Tesoro+0.8
195-14STJOHNSTJOHN×4KillBarbara Costa dos Santosset Maggie Carcillo+0.8
205-15STJOHNSTJOHN×4AceSt. John's (NY)aced Chase Lemming+0.5
215-16STJOHNSTJOHN×4AceSt. John's (NY)aced Jersey Loyer+0.3
226-16STJOHNBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Sarah Kempf+0.1
236-17BUTLERSTJOHNKillChloe' Bellset Maggie Carcillo+0.2
247-17STJOHNBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Sarah Kempf+0.1
257-18BUTLERSTJOHNBad setChase Lemming+0.2
268-18STJOHNBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Ava Hunter+0.1
278-19BUTLERSTJOHNKillAngelica Rodriguezset Amanda Caputi+0.1
289-19STJOHNBUTLERKillChase Lemmingset Jersey Loyer+0.1
299-20BUTLERSTJOHNKillCarola Tesoroset Amanda Caputi+0.1
3010-20STJOHNBUTLERAttack errAngelica Rodriguez·
3111-20BUTLERBUTLERAttack errCarola Tesoro+0.1
3211-21BUTLERSTJOHNServe errButler+0.1
3312-21STJOHNBUTLER×4KillMaria Nixset Sarah Kempf·
3413-21BUTLERBUTLER×4Attack errBarbara Costa dos Santos+0.1
3514-21BUTLERBUTLER×4BlockedBarbara Costa dos Santosblk Zoe McDonald+0.2
3615-21BUTLERBUTLER×4KillRaegan Durbinset Sarah Kempf+0.4
3715-22BUTLERSTJOHNKillBarbara Costa dos Santosset Maggie Carcillo+0.5
3816-22STJOHNBUTLERKillZoe McDonaldset Sarah Kempf+0.2
3916-23BUTLERSTJOHNKillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo+0.4
4017-23STJOHNBUTLERKillCarly Slusserset Sarah Kempf+0.1
4117-24BUTLERSTJOHNKillTeodora Stamenkovicset Maggie Carcillo+0.2
4218-24STJOHNBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Ava Hunter·
4318-25BUTLERSTJOHNServe errButler+0.1
Set 2
11-0BUTLERBUTLER×5KillChase Lemmingset Ava Hunter+2.5
22-0BUTLERBUTLER×5BlockedLejla Hadžiredžepovicblk Zoe McDonald, Elise Ward+2.5
33-0BUTLERBUTLER×5KillChase Lemmingset Ava Hunter+2.4
44-0BUTLERBUTLER×5KillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+2.2
55-0BUTLERBUTLER×5BlockedBarbara Costa dos Santosblk Zoe McDonald, Chase Lemming+2.0
65-1BUTLERSTJOHNServe errButler+1.3
76-1STJOHNBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+1.5
87-1BUTLERBUTLERKillZoe McDonaldset Ava Hunter+1.8
97-2BUTLERSTJOHN×3KillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Amanda Caputi+1.1
107-3STJOHNSTJOHN×3BlockedChase Lemmingblk Kendall White, Teodora Stamenkovic+1.8
117-4STJOHNSTJOHN×3KillCarola Tesoroset Amanda Caputi+2.1
128-4STJOHNBUTLERKillZoe McDonaldset Sarah Kempf+1.8
138-5BUTLERSTJOHNKillTeodora Stamenkovicset Amanda Caputi+1.6
149-5STJOHNBUTLERBlockedCarola Tesoroblk Zoe McDonald+1.8
159-6BUTLERSTJOHNKillCarola Tesoroset Martina Capponcelli+1.6
169-7STJOHNSTJOHNKillChloe' Bellset Maggie Carcillo+2.5
1710-7STJOHNBUTLERKillMaria Nixset Sarah Kempf+2.1
1810-8BUTLERSTJOHNKillChloe' Bellset Maggie Carcillo+1.9
1911-8STJOHNBUTLERKillCarly Slusserset Ava Hunter+2.1
2012-8BUTLERBUTLERAceButleraced Carola Tesoro+2.6
2112-9BUTLERSTJOHNKillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo+1.7
2212-10STJOHNSTJOHNBlockedChase Lemmingblk Teodora Stamenkovic, Barbara Costa dos Santos+2.6
2313-10STJOHNBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+2.3
2413-11BUTLERSTJOHNKillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo+2.0
2514-11STJOHNBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+2.3
2614-12BUTLERSTJOHN×7BlockedChase Lemmingblk Teodora Stamenkovic, Kendall White+2.0
2714-13STJOHNSTJOHN×7KillCarola Tesoroset Martina Capponcelli+3.2
2814-14STJOHNSTJOHN×7Attack errZoe McDonald+3.6
2914-15STJOHNSTJOHN×7BlockedMaria Nixblk Teodora Stamenkovic, Kendall White+3.8
3014-16STJOHNSTJOHN×7Attack errChase Lemming+3.8
3114-17STJOHNSTJOHN×7KillCarola Tesoroset Martina Capponcelli+3.4
3214-18STJOHNSTJOHN×7BlockedZoe McDonaldblk Teodora Stamenkovic, Carola Tesoro+2.9
3315-18STJOHNBUTLERKillChase Lemmingset Sarah Kempf+1.6
3416-18BUTLERBUTLERBlockedCarola Tesoroblk Zoe McDonald, Maria Nix+3.0
3516-19BUTLERSTJOHNKillKendall Whiteset Martina Capponcelli+2.8
3617-19STJOHNBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Sarah Kempf+2.2
3717-20BUTLERSTJOHNKillCarola Tesoroset Martina Capponcelli+2.9
3817-21STJOHNSTJOHNKillCarola Tesoroset Maggie Carcillo+3.0
3918-21STJOHNBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Sarah Kempf+1.4
4018-22BUTLERSTJOHNKillChloe' Bellset Maggie Carcillo+2.2
4118-23STJOHNSTJOHNAttack errElise Ward+1.7
4219-23STJOHNBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+0.5
4319-24BUTLERSTJOHNKillBarbara Costa dos Santosset Maggie Carcillo+1.0
4420-24STJOHNBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+0.2
4521-24BUTLERBUTLERBlockedLejla Hadžiredžepovicblk Zoe McDonald, Elise Ward+0.8
4621-25BUTLERSTJOHNKillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo+1.3
Set 3
10-1STJOHNSTJOHNKillChloe' Bellset Martina Capponcelli+1.6
21-1STJOHNBUTLERKillKaren Dutroset Ava Hunter+1.2
31-2BUTLERSTJOHNKillBarbara Costa dos Santosset Maggie Carcillo+1.2
42-2STJOHNBUTLERServe errSt. John's (NY)+1.2
52-3BUTLERSTJOHNKillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo+1.2
63-3STJOHNBUTLER×3KillChase Lemmingset Ava Hunter+1.2
74-3BUTLERBUTLER×3AceButleraced Barbara Costa dos Santos+1.7
85-3BUTLERBUTLER×3BlockedLejla Hadžiredžepovicblk Ava Hunter, Zoe McDonald+1.7
95-4BUTLERSTJOHNKillTeodora Stamenkovicset Maggie Carcillo+1.2
106-4STJOHNBUTLER×6KillMaria Nixset Raegan Durbin+1.3
117-4BUTLERBUTLER×6KillMaria Nixset Sarah Kempf+1.7
128-4BUTLERBUTLER×6AceButleraced Lejla Hadžiredžepovic+1.6
139-4BUTLERBUTLER×6KillRaegan Durbinset Jersey Loyer+1.4
1410-4BUTLERBUTLER×6KillMaria Nixset Sarah Kempf+1.2
1511-4BUTLERBUTLER×6AceButleraced Lejla Hadžiredžepovic+1.0
1611-5BUTLERSTJOHNKillSoheila Cirelliset Martina Capponcelli+0.5
1712-5STJOHNBUTLERKillMaria Nixset Sarah Kempf+0.7
1813-5BUTLERBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Sarah Kempf+0.7
19–2014-6BUTLER · STJOHN
NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy?

The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.

+0.1
2115-6BUTLERBUTLER×6KillKaren Dutroset Sarah Kempf+0.5
2216-6BUTLERBUTLER×6Attack errCarola Tesoro+0.3
2317-6BUTLERBUTLER×6BlockedCarola Tesoroblk Karen Dutro, Elise Ward+0.2
2418-6BUTLERBUTLER×6BlockedCarola Tesoroblk Karen Dutro, Elise Ward+0.1
2519-6BUTLERBUTLER×6AceButleraced Carola Tesoro·
2619-7BUTLERSTJOHNKillKendall Whiteset Rashanny Solano Smith·
2720-7STJOHNBUTLERKillKaren Dutroset Ava Hunter·
2821-7BUTLERBUTLERAttack errChloe' Bell·
2921-8BUTLERSTJOHNKillCarola Tesoroset Maggie Carcillo·
3022-8STJOHNBUTLERServe errSt. John's (NY)·
3123-8BUTLERBUTLERAttack errBarbara Costa dos Santos·
3223-9BUTLERSTJOHNAttack errElise Ward·
3324-9STJOHNBUTLERKillZoe McDonaldset Ava Hunter·
3424-10BUTLERSTJOHN×4KillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo·
3524-11STJOHNSTJOHN×4Attack errZoe McDonald·
3624-12STJOHNSTJOHN×4BlockedChase Lemmingblk Teodora Stamenkovic, Lejla Hadžiredžepovic·
3724-13STJOHNSTJOHN×4AceSt. John's (NY)·
3825-13STJOHNBUTLERKillZoe McDonaldset Sarah Kempf·
Set 4
11-0BUTLERBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Ava Hunter+3.3
22-0BUTLERBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+3.3
32-1BUTLERSTJOHNKillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo+2.4
43-1STJOHNBUTLER×4KillKaren Dutroset Ava Hunter+2.5
54-1BUTLERBUTLER×4BlockedLejla Hadžiredžepovicblk Elise Ward, Zoe McDonald+3.3
65-1BUTLERBUTLER×4Attack errKendall White+3.1
76-1BUTLERBUTLER×4KillChase Lemmingset Jersey Loyer+2.8
86-2BUTLERSTJOHN×6Attack errElise Ward+1.8
96-3STJOHNSTJOHN×6KillKendall Whiteset Rashanny Solano Smith+2.8
106-4STJOHNSTJOHN×6KillCarola Tesoroset Rashanny Solano Smith+3.2
116-5STJOHNSTJOHN×6Attack errChase Lemming+3.5
126-6STJOHNSTJOHN×6BlockedAva Hunterblk Teodora Stamenkovic+3.7
136-7STJOHNSTJOHN×6Attack errZoe McDonald+3.8
147-7STJOHNBUTLER×3KillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+2.8
158-7BUTLERBUTLER×3KillChase Lemmingset Ava Hunter+3.9
169-7BUTLERBUTLER×3Attack errTeodora Stamenkovic+3.9
179-8BUTLERSTJOHNKillCarola Tesoroset Martina Capponcelli+2.8
1810-8STJOHNBUTLERKillChase Lemmingset Sarah Kempf+3.0
1911-8BUTLERBUTLERAttack errCarola Tesoro+3.8
2011-9BUTLERSTJOHNKillKendall Whiteset Martina Capponcelli+2.6
2111-10STJOHNSTJOHNAttack errMaria Nix+3.9
2212-10STJOHNBUTLER×3KillRaegan Durbinset Sarah Kempf+3.2
2313-10BUTLERBUTLER×3AceButler+4.1
2414-10BUTLERBUTLER×3Attack errChloe' Bell+3.6
2514-11BUTLERSTJOHN×3KillBarbara Costa dos Santosset Maggie Carcillo+2.2
2614-12STJOHNSTJOHN×3KillLejla Hadžiredžepovicset Maggie Carcillo+3.7
2714-13STJOHNSTJOHN×3KillBarbara Costa dos Santosset Maggie Carcillo+4.3
2815-13STJOHNBUTLERAttack errBarbara Costa dos Santos+3.6
2915-14BUTLERSTJOHNKillChloe' Bellset Maggie Carcillo+3.3
3016-14STJOHNBUTLERKillRaegan Durbinset Ava Hunter+3.7
3116-15BUTLERSTJOHNKillTeodora Stamenkovicset Maggie Carcillo+3.4
3217-15STJOHNBUTLERKillElise Wardset Ava Hunter+3.9
3317-16BUTLERSTJOHN×5Serve errButler+3.6
3417-17STJOHNSTJOHN×5KillCarola Tesoroset Maggie Carcillo+5.6
3517-18STJOHNSTJOHN×5KillCarola Tesoroset Rashanny Solano Smith+6.0
3617-19STJOHNSTJOHN×5Attack errZoe McDonald+5.9
3717-20STJOHNSTJOHN×5Attack errElise Ward+5.2
3818-20STJOHNBUTLERKillChase Lemmingset Ava Hunter+3.0
3919-20BUTLERBUTLERAttack errTeodora Stamenkovic+5.5
4019-21BUTLERSTJOHN×4KillCarola Tesoroset Maggie Carcillo+5.1
4119-22STJOHNSTJOHN×4Attack errChase Lemming+5.7
4219-23STJOHNSTJOHN×4Attack errChase Lemming+3.8
4319-24STJOHNSTJOHN×4KillMaggie Carcilloset Maggie Carcillo+1.8
4420-24STJOHNBUTLERAttack errMaggie Carcillo+0.3
4520-25BUTLERSTJOHNServe errButler+0.8

Score shown after each rally, Butler 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).