Houston vs Kansas Volleyball: Kansas Wins 3-0 (Sep 25, 2026)

FinalFri, Sep 25, 2026ESPN+

0:3

Kansas beat visiting Houston 3-0 (31-29, 25-20, 25-15) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Kansas' Taylor Stanley led with 17 kills, and Olivia Hasbrook added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOU	29	20	15	0
KANSAS	31	25	25	3

Win probability

Kansas above 50 · Houston below

Biggest swing: 3.7% to Houston — set 1, HOU 25-24 KANSAS. Attack error by Grace Nelson. KANSAS win probability 94% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOU 4.0%96.0% KANSAS

Houston wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

1.1%

3-2

2.4%

Kansas wins

3-0

58.7%

3-1

28.7%

3-2

8.7%

HOU break %: 32.6% vs this opp
KANSAS 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
Grace NelsonAttack error+3.7%
Attack error by Grace Nelson
Set 1 · HOU 25-24 KANSAS · HOU 6% → 10%
02
Kamille GibsonAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Kamille Gibson
Set 1 · HOU 26-27 KANSAS · KANSAS 93% → 96%
03
Taylor StanleyKill+2.5%
Kill by Taylor Stanley (set by Reese Messer)
Set 1 · HOU 25-25 KANSAS · KANSAS 90% → 93%
04
Kamille GibsonKill+2.5%
Kill by Kamille Gibson (set by Kalei Edson)
Set 1 · HOU 26-25 KANSAS · HOU 7% → 10%
05
Aisha AionoKill+2.5%
Kill by Aisha Aiono (set by Reese Messer)
Set 1 · HOU 26-26 KANSAS · KANSAS 90% → 93%
06
Taylor StanleyAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Taylor Stanley
Set 1 · HOU 23-23 KANSAS · HOU 4% → 6%
07
Sydney JonesAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Sydney Jones
Set 1 · HOU 29-31 KANSAS · KANSAS 96% → 98%
08
HoustonService error+1.8%
Houston service error
Set 1 · HOU 23-24 KANSAS · KANSAS 94% → 96%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Houstonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Noemi DespaigneOH	3	9	9	30	.000	3	0	1	8	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
4Kamille GibsonOH	3	8	5	33	.091	2	1	2	6	3	0	0	0	9
3Alexis RobersonMB	3	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
34Tara GreenberryOH	3	1	0	7	.143	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Shannon DworaczykS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
5Lily BarronOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
11Sydney JonesOH	3	14	6	36	.222	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
6Kalei EdsonS	3	3	1	6	.333	23	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	3
15Cali ReeceL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24Gillian PittsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
19Mattie CasaleDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	11	3	0	0	0	0
2Olivia StringerOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	21	115	.139	35	2	5	56	10	1	4	3	64

Kansashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Taylor StanleyOH	3	17	5	40	.300	1	2	3	11	0	0	6	3	22
10Reese PtacekMB	3	6	4	15	.133	0	2	1	1	0	0	8	4	12
25Logan BellOH	3	6	3	20	.150	3	2	0	11	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
1Grace NelsonOH	3	6	5	28	.036	2	0	3	9	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
3Reese MesserS	3	3	0	4	.750	35	2	0	7	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
24Aisha AionoMB	3	3	0	11	.273	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
11Cristin ClineS	3	4	0	4	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
6Olivia HasbrookDS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	2	1	13	2	0	0	0	2
15Tessa DoddOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	17	123	.228	45	10	8	52	2	1	21	11.5	81

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 HOU · KANSAS 8

Set 1

29-31

Longest run 4 HOUKANSAS 8

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 3 HOUKANSAS 4

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 3 HOUKANSAS 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	31%8/26	46%6/13
2	50%8/16	27%3/11
3	58%7/12	27%3/11
4	75%6/8	36%4/11
5	42%5/12	50%6/12
6	100%5/5	38%3/8
All	49%39/79	38%25/66

Kansas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	45%5/11
2	89%8/9	65%15/23
3	70%7/10	53%8/15
4	50%7/14	30%3/10
5	67%6/9	40%4/10
6	56%5/9	50%5/10
All	62%41/66	51%40/79

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

145 rallies

#	HOU-KANSAS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	HOU	KANSAS×8	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.3
2	0-2	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Reese Ptacek, Taylor Stanley	+0.4
3	0-3	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Reese Ptacek, Logan Bell	+0.4
4	0-4	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Ace	Kansas	aced Mattie Casale	+0.3
5	0-5	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Ace	Kansas	aced Lily Barron	+0.2
6	0-6	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Reese Ptacek, Taylor Stanley	+0.2
7	0-7	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.1
8	0-8	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+0.1
9	1-8	KANSAS	HOU	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		·
10	1-9	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	·
11	2-9	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
12	2-10	HOU	KANSAS	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Reese Ptacek, Logan Bell	·
13	2-11	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	·
14	3-11	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	·
15	4-11	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Noemi Despaigne	·
16	4-12	HOU	KANSAS	Blocked	Kalei Edson	blk Grace Nelson	·
17	5-12	KANSAS	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	·
18	6-12	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Grace Nelson		+0.1
19	7-12	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kalei Edson	set Sydney Jones	+0.1
20	7-13	HOU	KANSAS×4	Kill	Reese Messer	set Aisha Aiono	+0.1
21	7-14	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Ace	Kansas	aced Kamille Gibson	+0.1
22	7-15	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Taylor Stanley, Aisha Aiono	+0.1
23	7-16	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		·
24	8-16	KANSAS	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	·
25	9-16	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Houston	aced Olivia Hasbrook	·
26	10-16	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+0.1
27	10-17	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.1
28	11-17	KANSAS	HOU	Serve err	Kansas		·
29	12-17	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
30	12-18	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.1
31	13-18	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
32	13-19	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+0.1
33	14-19	KANSAS	HOU×4	Serve err	Kansas		+0.1
34	15-19	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Kalei Edson	+0.2
35	16-19	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	+0.3
36	17-19	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Houston	aced Olivia Hasbrook	+0.6
37	17-20	HOU	KANSAS×3	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+0.4
38	17-21	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+0.5
39	17-22	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Ace	Kansas	aced Kamille Gibson	+0.2
40	18-22	KANSAS	HOU×4	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+0.1
41	19-22	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+0.2
42	20-22	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Alexis Roberson	+0.5
43	21-22	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Mattie Casale	+1.1
44	21-23	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.9
45	22-23	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+0.7
46	23-23	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+2.2
47	23-24	HOU	KANSAS	Serve err	Houston		+1.8
48	24-24	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+1.8
49	25-24	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Grace Nelson		+3.7
50	25-25	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+2.5
51	26-25	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+2.5
52	26-26	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+2.5
53	26-27	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+3.0
54	27-27	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+1.8
55	27-28	HOU	KANSAS	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Taylor Stanley, Reese Ptacek	+1.8
56	28-28	KANSAS	HOU	Serve err	Kansas		+1.8
57	28-29	HOU	KANSAS	Serve err	Houston		+1.8
58	29-29	KANSAS	HOU	Blocked	Reese Ptacek	blk Noemi Despaigne, Alexis Roberson	+1.8
59	29-30	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+1.8
60	29-31	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+2.1
Set 2
1	0-1	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+0.3
2	1-1	KANSAS	HOU×3	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Tara Greenberry, Sydney Jones	+0.2
3	2-1	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Logan Bell	+0.4
4	3-1	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+0.5
5	3-2	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
6	3-3	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Logan Bell	+0.4
7	4-3	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Mattie Casale	+0.3
8	4-4	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
9	4-5	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.4
10	5-5	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kamille Gibson	+0.3
11	5-6	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Logan Bell	+0.2
12	6-6	KANSAS	HOU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.3
13	7-6	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+0.5
14	7-7	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
15	8-7	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+0.4
16	8-8	HOU	KANSAS	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Taylor Stanley, Reese Ptacek	+0.3
17	9-8	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+0.4
18	10-8	HOU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Reese Messer	+0.7
19	10-9	HOU	KANSAS×4	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.4
20	10-10	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Ace	Kansas	aced Mattie Casale	+0.6
21	10-11	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.5
22	10-12	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Cristin Cline	set Taylor Stanley	+0.4
23	11-12	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+0.3
24	11-13	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
25	12-13	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	+0.3
26	12-14	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
27	13-14	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+0.3
28	13-15	HOU	KANSAS	Serve err	Houston		+0.3
29	14-15	KANSAS	HOU×3	Serve err	Kansas		+0.3
30	15-15	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+0.7
31	16-15	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Logan Bell		+0.8
32	16-16	HOU	KANSAS×3	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+0.5
33	16-17	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+0.7
34	16-18	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.6
35	17-18	KANSAS	HOU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.4
36	17-19	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+0.4
37	18-19	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+0.4
38	18-20	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.4
39	18-21	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Cristin Cline	+0.5
40	19-21	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+0.2
41	19-22	HOU	KANSAS	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Reese Messer, Reese Ptacek	+0.3
42	19-23	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas		+0.3
43	20-23	KANSAS	HOU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.1
44	20-24	HOU	KANSAS	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Aisha Aiono, Grace Nelson	+0.1
45	20-25	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		·
Set 3
1	1-0	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Logan Bell		+0.2
2	2-0	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+0.2
3	3-0	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kalei Edson	set Noemi Despaigne	+0.3
4	3-1	HOU	KANSAS	Serve err	Houston		+0.1
5	3-2	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
6	4-2	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+0.2
7	5-2	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Logan Bell		+0.3
8	5-3	HOU	KANSAS×4	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.1
9	5-4	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Cristin Cline	set Grace Nelson	+0.2
10	5-5	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Cristin Cline	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.2
11	5-6	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+0.2
12	6-6	KANSAS	HOU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.1
13	6-7	HOU	KANSAS	Serve err	Houston		+0.1
14	7-7	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+0.1
15	7-8	HOU	KANSAS	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+0.1
16	7-9	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas	aced Mattie Casale	+0.2
17	8-9	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kamille Gibson	+0.1
18	8-10	HOU	KANSAS	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+0.1
19	8-11	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.1
20	9-11	KANSAS	HOU	Attack err	Grace Nelson		+0.1
21	9-12	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.1
22	10-12	KANSAS	HOU	Attack err	Grace Nelson		+0.1
23	11-12	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kalei Edson	set Noemi Despaigne	+0.2
24	11-13	HOU	KANSAS×5	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.1
25	11-14	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Taylor Stanley, Reese Ptacek, Logan Bell	+0.2
26	11-15	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+0.1
27	11-16	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.1
28	11-17	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Kill	Reese Messer	set Logan Bell	·
29	12-17	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Kalei Edson	·
30	12-18	HOU	KANSAS×4	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	·
31	12-19	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Cristin Cline	set Grace Nelson	·
32	12-20	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Ace	Kansas	aced Kamille Gibson	·
33	12-21	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Ace	Kansas	aced Gillian Pitts	·
34	13-21	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
35	13-22	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	·
36	14-22	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	·
37	14-23	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	·
38	15-23	KANSAS	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	·
39	15-24	HOU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	·
40	15-25	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas	aced Noemi Despaigne	·

Score shown after each rally, Houston 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).

Kansas def. Houston 3–0