FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026Watch on SECN+

Kentucky def. LSU 3–0

RallyIQ pre-match: Kentucky 98.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Kentucky beat visiting LSU 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-19) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Kentucky's Brooklyn DeLeye led with 16 kills, and Molly Tuozzo added 12 digs.

Data through · final Oct 9

Set123Sets
LSU2019190
UK2525253

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Brooklyn Deleye needed just 3 sets for 16 kills. Kentucky swept LSU.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.3 points. LSU peaked at 2% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Kentucky went in as RallyIQ's 99% pick.

LSUKentucky
  • Break %+14.3 pts
    35.049.3

    On serve: 36/73 against 21/60 (LSU sideout 50.7%).

  • Hitting+.165
    .112.277

    Kills and errors: 46–15 vs 32–19.

  • Longest run+1
    45

    Up 17–13 in the first set, Kentucky scored 5 straight to make it 22–13. The set finished 25–20.

Kentucky above 50LSU belowMax swing 0.3%

LSUKentucky

Aces
LSU 2·Kentucky 3
Serve err
LSU 7·Kentucky 8
Blocks
LSU 6·Kentucky 103 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 18 BA
Digs
LSU 42·Kentucky 54

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kentucky above 50 · LSU below
SET 1SET 2SET 310050100rally 133 · set 3

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LSU 2.4%97.6% UK

LSU wins

3-0
0.2%
3-1
0.6%
3-2
1.6%

Kentucky wins

3-0
64.8%
3-1
26.2%
3-2
6.6%
LSU break %
32.3% vs this opp
UK break %
47.1% 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

LSUaway
PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
3101041.00000211000010
36321.14300000132.58.5
37114.429001001018
3000–011610001
3000–100420000
2104.250190030010.51.5
33311.00001200010.54.5
3000–000000000
3000–1001000000
23115.133000201014
2119.000000200001
2000–100300000
11011.00050110010.51.5
Team totals3219116.112272742336658
PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
316640.2500223004220
315226.5002038004217
34110.30000010174.58.5
35211.273000300216
3214.250340190010.52.5
3000–3011120000
33317.000000300003
3000–4101200001
3000–100200000
2000–000100000
1104.250000000001
1000–001100000
Team totals4615112.27744385421181075

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 4 LSU · UK 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 4 LSUUK 5

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 2 LSUUK 4

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 4 LSUUK 3

Bars above the line = Kentucky leads, below = LSU leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

LSU

SlotSideout %Break %
1
41%7/17
43%6/14
2
86%6/7
22%2/9
3
46%6/13
33%3/9
4
60%6/10
50%6/12
5
40%6/15
25%2/8
6
55%6/11
25%2/8
All
51%37/73
35%21/60

Kentucky

SlotSideout %Break %
1
60%9/15
30%3/10
2
75%6/8
60%9/15
3
60%6/10
14%1/7
4
55%6/11
54%7/13
5
86%6/7
50%6/12
6
67%6/9
63%10/16
All
65%39/60
49%36/73

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

133 rallies

#LSU-UKSrvPointEndPlayerSetter / blockers / passer
Set 1
11-0LSULSUAttack errBrooklyn DeLeye
21-1LSUUK×3KillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
31-2UKUK×3BlockedJurnee Robinsonblk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte
41-3UKUK×3KillMorgan Gaerteset Molly Tuozzo
52-3UKLSUServe errKentucky
62-4LSUUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
73-4UKLSUKillJurnee Robinsonset Lauren Brooker
83-5LSUUK×3KillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
93-6UKUK×3BlockedJurnee Robinsonblk Morgan Gaerte, Kennedy Washington
103-7UKUK×3KillMorgan Gaerteset Molly Tuozzo
114-7UKLSUKillJurnee Robinsonset Lauren Brooker
125-7LSULSUAttack errBrooklyn DeLeye
135-8LSUUKServe errLSU
146-8UKLSUServe errKentucky
156-9LSUUKServe errLSU
167-9UKLSUKillJessica Jonesset Lauren Brooker
177-10LSUUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
188-10UKLSUKillSamara Colemanset Lauren Brooker
198-11LSUUKBlockedJurnee Robinsonblk Lizzie Carr, Kassie O'Brien
208-12UKUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
219-12UKLSUKillJessica Jonesset Lauren Brooker
229-13LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
2310-13UKLSUServe errKentucky
2410-14LSUUK×3KillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
2510-15UKUK×3KillAsia Thigpenset Molly Tuozzo
2610-16UKUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
2711-16UKLSUKillSanaa Donaieset Lauren Brooker
2811-17LSUUKKillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
2912-17UKLSUServe errKentucky
3013-17LSULSUBlockedAsia Thigpenblk Jessica Jones, Camryn Jeffery
3113-18LSUUK×5KillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
3213-19UKUK×5KillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
3313-20UKUK×5Attack errSamara Coleman
3413-21UKUK×5KillBrooklyn DeLeye
3513-22UKUK×5BlockedJessica Jonesblk Kennedy Washington, Brooklyn DeLeye
3614-22UKLSU×3Serve errKentucky
3715-22LSULSU×3AceLSUaced Trinity Ward
3816-22LSULSU×3Attack errMorgan Gaerte
3916-23LSUUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Trinity Ward
4017-23UKLSU×4KillJurnee Robinsonset Lauren Brooker
4118-23LSULSU×4KillJurnee Robinsonset Kassie O'Brien
4219-23LSULSU×4Attack errBrooklyn DeLeye
4320-23LSULSU×4KillJurnee Robinsonset Lauren Brooker
4420-24LSUUKKillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
4520-25UKUKAttack errJessica Jones
Set 2
10-1UKUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Molly Tuozzo
21-1UKLSUKillJessica Jonesset Lauren Brooker
31-2LSUUKKillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
42-2UKLSUKillLauren Brookerset Ella Hemmings
53-2LSULSUAttack errAsia Thigpen
63-3LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
73-4UKUKAceKentuckyaced Emilee Prochaska
84-4UKLSUKillSanaa Donaieset Lauren Brooker
95-4LSULSUKillSanaa Donaieset Lauren Brooker
105-5LSUUKServe errLSU
116-5UKLSUKillSanaa Donaieset Lauren Brooker
127-5LSULSUKillJessica Jonesset Lauren Brooker
137-6LSUUK×3KillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
147-7UKUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
157-8UKUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
168-8UKLSUAttack errKassie O'Brien
178-9LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
188-10UKUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
199-10UKLSUBlockedLizzie Carrblk Jessica Jones
209-11LSUUKServe errLSU
2110-11UKLSUKillJurnee Robinsonset Lauren Brooker
2210-12LSUUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
2311-12UKLSUKillJurnee Robinsonset Lauren Brooker
2411-13LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
2512-13UKLSUKillSanaa Donaieset Lauren Brooker
2613-13LSULSUBlockedKennedy Washingtonblk Sanaa Donaie
2713-14LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
2813-15UKUKAttack errSanaa Donaie
2914-15UKLSUServe errKentucky
3014-16LSUUKKillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
3114-17UKUKKillKassie O'Brienset Morgan Gaerte
3215-17UKLSUKillJessica Jonesset Lauren Brooker
3315-18LSUUK×4KillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
3415-19UKUK×4BlockedJessica Jonesblk Brooklyn DeLeye, Lizzie Carr
3515-20UKUK×4BlockedJurnee Robinsonblk Lizzie Carr
3615-21UKUK×4KillMorgan Gaerteset Trinity Ward
3716-21UKLSUKillJurnee Robinsonset Lauren Brooker
3817-21LSULSUBlockedBrooklyn DeLeyeblk Jessica Jones, Lauren Brooker
3917-22LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
4017-23UKUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
4118-23UKLSUKillJessica Jonesset Lauren Brooker
4219-23LSULSUBad setKassie O'Brien
4319-24LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
4419-25UKUKAttack errJurnee Robinson
Set 3
10-1LSUUKBlockedJurnee Robinsonblk Brooklyn DeLeye, Lizzie Carr
20-2UKUKBlockedJurnee Robinsonblk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte
31-2UKLSUServe errKentucky
42-2LSULSUAttack errAsia Thigpen
52-3LSUUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
63-3UKLSU×3KillSanaa Donaieset Molly Tuozzo
74-3LSULSU×3KillCamryn Jefferyset Martina Villani
85-3LSULSU×3KillCamryn Jeffery
95-4LSUUKServe errLSU
106-4UKLSU×4KillCamryn Jefferyset Martina Villani
117-4LSULSU×4Attack errMorgan Gaerte
128-4LSULSU×4KillSanaa Donaie
139-4LSULSU×4KillLainee Pylesset Katie Raymer
149-5LSUUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
159-6UKUKAttack errCamryn Jeffery
1610-6UKLSUBlockedKennedy Washingtonblk Lainee Pyles
1710-7LSUUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
1811-7UKLSUKillLainee Pylesset Martina Villani
1911-8LSUUKServe errLSU
2012-8UKLSUBlockedBrooklyn DeLeyeblk Jessica Jones, Martina Villani
2112-9LSUUKAttack errJurnee Robinson
2212-10UKUKAceKentuckyaced Ella Hemmings
2313-10UKLSUKillJurnee Robinsonset Martina Villani
2413-11LSUUKAttack errJurnee Robinson
2514-11UKLSUKillJurnee Robinsonset Kiley Brooks
2614-12LSUUK×3KillGeorgia Watsonset Kassie O'Brien
2714-13UKUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
2814-14UKUK×3KillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
2915-14UKLSUServe errKentucky
3015-15LSUUK×3Attack errLainee Pyles
3115-16UKUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
3215-17UKUK×3Attack errCamryn Jeffery
3316-17UKLSUKillLainee Pylesset Martina Villani
3416-18LSUUK×3KillKassie O'Brienset Trinity Ward
3516-19UKUK×3BlockedCamryn Jefferyblk Lizzie Carr, Brooklyn DeLeye
3616-20UKUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Brynn Covell
3717-20UKLSUAttack errBrooklyn DeLeye
3817-21LSUUKServe errLSU
3917-22UKUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kiley Brooks
4018-22UKLSUKillMartina Villaniset Molly Tuozzo
4119-22LSULSUAceLSUaced Trinity Ward
4219-23LSUUK×3KillLizzie Carrset Martina Villani
4319-24UKUK×3AceKentuckyaced Ella Hemmings
4419-25UKUK×3BlockedJurnee Robinsonblk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte

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