BYU vs Kansas Volleyball: BYU Wins 3-0 (Oct 2, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Kansas 64.9% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

BYU won at Kansas 3-0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-21) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. BYU's Elli Mortensen led with 14 kills, and Lulu Po'uha added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BYU	27	25	25	3
KANSAS	25	18	21	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No. 18 BYU survived Kansas.

The match turned once. Numbers are BYU's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Pre-match, Kansas was RallyIQ's 65% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · BYU 24–24 Kansas
BYU won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 27–25 and lead 1–0. The match swung to BYU.
BYU 35% → 57%

Kansas above 50BYU belowMax swing 10.9%

BYUKansas

Sideout %: BYU 66.2·Kansas 55.3
Break %: BYU 44.7·Kansas 33.8
Hitting: BYU .303·Kansas .149
Longest run: BYU 5·Kansas 8

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kansas above 50 · BYU below

Biggest swing: 10.9% to BYU — set 1, BYU 27-25 KANSAS. Kill by Kate Prior (set by Kaylie Kofe). KANSAS win probability 54% → 43%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BYU 46.5%53.5% KANSAS

BYU wins

3-0

11.1%

3-1

17.3%

3-2

18.1%

Kansas wins

3-0

14.0%

3-1

20.2%

3-2

19.3%

BYU break %: 36.7% vs this opp
KANSAS break %: 37.4% 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
Kate PriorKill+10.9%
Kill by Kate Prior (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 1 · BYU 27-25 KANSAS · BYU 46% → 57%
02
Kate Prior&Brooke HardyBlock+10.1%
Grace Nelson stuffed by Kate Prior & Brooke Hardy
Set 1 · BYU 25-24 KANSAS · BYU 35% → 46%
03
Elli Mortensen&Brooke HardyBlock+9.4%
Taylor Stanley stuffed by Elli Mortensen & Brooke Hardy
Set 1 · BYU 24-24 KANSAS · BYU 26% → 35%
04
Kate PriorAttack error+6.2%
Attack error by Kate Prior
Set 1 · BYU 25-25 KANSAS · KANSAS 54% → 61%
05
Elli MortensenKill+6.2%
Kill by Elli Mortensen (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 1 · BYU 26-25 KANSAS · BYU 39% → 46%
06
KansasAce+3.7%
Kansas ace on Claire Little Chambers
Set 1 · BYU 13-14 KANSAS · KANSAS 63% → 66%
07
Elli MortensenAttack error+3.7%
Attack error by Elli Mortensen
Set 1 · BYU 13-13 KANSAS · KANSAS 59% → 63%
08
Reese PtacekAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Reese Ptacek
Set 2 · BYU 8-5 KANSAS · BYU 63% → 66%

Box score

Official NCAA box

BYUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Elli MortensenOH	3	14	3	33	.333	1	0	1	3	1	5	2.5	16.5
12Claire Little ChambersOH	3	11	3	22	.364	2	1	2	8	1	1	0.5	12.5
4Brooke HardyMB	3	6	1	12	.417	2	0	1	2	0	6	3	9
17Kelli Jo BurgessMB	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
22Sophia CallahanOH	3	0	3	6	-.500	0	0	0	3	1	3	1.5	1.5
7Alex BowerS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
1Kate PriorOPP	3	8	3	19	.263	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	9
20Kaylie KofeS	3	1	0	1	1.000	14	0	0	6	0	0	0	1
5Lulu Po'uhaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	9	0	0	14	1	0	0	0
3Kaylee TingeyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	13	99	.303	41	1	4	41	6	22	11	77

Kansashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Taylor StanleyOH	3	13	11	33	.061	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	13
10Reese PtacekMB	3	8	3	22	.227	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	3.5	12.5
24Aisha AionoMB	3	7	2	13	.385	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
1Grace NelsonOH	3	4	3	19	.053	2	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	6
25Logan BellOH	3	5	2	8	.375	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	6
3Reese MesserS	3	2	1	8	.125	27	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
6Olivia HasbrookDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	3	1	9	1	0	0	0	3
21Avery PoultonOH	3	0	2	6	-.333	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	1
11Cristin ClineS	2	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
15Tessa DoddOH	1	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
Team totals		41	24	114	.149	40	6	7	35	1	1	12	7	64

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 5 BYU · KANSAS 8

Set 1

27-25

Longest run 5 BYUKANSAS 8

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 5 BYUKANSAS 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 4 BYUKANSAS 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

BYU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	86%6/7	0%0/5
2	56%5/9	29%2/7
3	83%5/6	38%3/8
4	67%4/6	56%5/9
5	67%4/6	56%5/9
6	67%4/6	64%7/11
All	70%28/40	45%22/49

Kansas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	83%5/6	29%2/7
2	63%5/8	17%1/6
3	71%5/7	38%3/8
4	36%4/11	29%2/7
5	36%4/11	43%3/7
6	67%4/6	20%1/5
All	55%27/49	30%12/40

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 (2 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

141 rallies

#	BYU-KANSAS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Elli Mortensen, Kelli Jo Burgess	+2.6
2	2-0	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Logan Bell	blk Sophia Callahan, Kelli Jo Burgess	+2.7
3	2-1	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+1.5
4	3-1	KANSAS	BYU	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Sophia Callahan, Kelli Jo Burgess	+1.7
5	4-1	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Aisha Aiono		+2.8
6	4-2	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+1.5
7	5-2	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+1.7
8	5-3	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.5
9	6-3	KANSAS	BYU×3	Serve err	Kansas		+1.8
10	7-3	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.7
11	8-3	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.5
12	8-4	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+1.2
13	9-4	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.5
14	9-5	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+1.2
15	10-5	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Lulu Po'uha	+1.5
16	11-5	BYU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+2.1
17	11-6	BYU	KANSAS	Blocked	Sophia Callahan	blk Avery Poulton, Aisha Aiono	+0.9
18	11-7	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+2.0
19	12-7	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Lulu Po'uha	+1.6
20	12-8	BYU	KANSAS	Serve err	BYU		+1.2
21	13-8	KANSAS	BYU	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+1.6
22	13-9	BYU	KANSAS×8	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+1.2
23	13-10	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+2.5
24	13-11		KANSAS	NCAA feed gap1 point 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.			+3.0
25	13-12	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Ace	Kansas	aced Sophia Callahan	+3.4
26	13-13	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+3.7
27	13-14	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Ace	Kansas	aced Claire Little Chambers	+3.7
28	13-15	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+3.5
29	13-16	KANSAS	KANSAS×8	Blocked	Brooke Hardy	blk Reese Ptacek	+3.1
30	14-16	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.6
31	14-17	BYU	KANSAS×3	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+1.9
32	14-18	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Blocked	Kate Prior	blk Grace Nelson, Reese Ptacek	+2.5
33	14-19	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Grace Nelson	+1.7
34	15-19	KANSAS	BYU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.6
35	15-20	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.9
36	16-20	KANSAS	BYU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.6
37	17-20	BYU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.6
38	17-21	BYU	KANSAS	Serve err	BYU		+1.4
39	18-21	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.9
40	18-22	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.4
41	19-22	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Lulu Po'uha	+0.7
42	19-23	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.3
43	20-23	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.5
44	20-24	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.1
45	21-24	KANSAS	BYU×5	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Brooke Hardy	+0.3
46	22-24	BYU	BYU×5	Bad set	Reese Messer		+1.2
47	23-24	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Kate Prior	set Claire Little Chambers	+3.4
48	24-24	BYU	BYU×5	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Elli Mortensen, Brooke Hardy	+9.4
49	25-24	BYU	BYU×5	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Kate Prior, Brooke Hardy	+10.1
50	25-25	BYU	KANSAS	Attack err	Kate Prior		+6.2
51	26-25	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+6.2
52	27-25	BYU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+10.9
Set 2
1	0-1	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas	aced Lulu Po'uha	+3.0
2	1-1	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.8
3	2-1	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Claire Little Chambers	+3.2
4	2-2	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Logan Bell	set Taylor Stanley	+1.9
5	3-2	KANSAS	BYU×3	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.0
6	4-2	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+3.4
7	5-2	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+3.3
8	5-3	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.8
9	6-3	KANSAS	BYU	Serve err	Kansas		+2.1
10	6-4	BYU	KANSAS	Blocked	Sophia Callahan	blk Grace Nelson, Reese Ptacek	+1.8
11	6-5	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas	aced Elli Mortensen	+3.3
12	7-5	KANSAS	BYU×4	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+2.2
13	8-5	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+3.6
14	9-5	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+3.3
15	10-5	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+3.0
16	10-6	BYU	KANSAS×3	Blocked	Sophia Callahan	blk Avery Poulton, Reese Ptacek	+1.4
17	10-7	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+2.9
18	10-8	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Ace	Kansas		+3.3
19	11-8	KANSAS	BYU×5	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+2.3
20	12-8	BYU	BYU×5	Blocked	Avery Poulton	blk Kate Prior, Brooke Hardy	+3.5
21	13-8	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha	+3.0
22	14-8	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Claire Little Chambers	+2.4
23	15-8	BYU	BYU×5	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+1.8
24	15-9	BYU	KANSAS	Attack err	Kate Prior		+0.7
25	15-10	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+1.6
26	16-10	KANSAS	BYU	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Elli Mortensen, Brooke Hardy	+1.4
27	16-11	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Logan Bell	+0.9
28	17-11	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.4
29	17-12	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.8
30	17-13	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+2.0
31	18-13	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Lulu Po'uha	+1.8
32	18-14	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Olivia Hasbrook	+1.1
33	19-14	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+1.8
34	20-14	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Reese Ptacek	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Elli Mortensen	+1.8
35	20-15	BYU	KANSAS	Serve err	BYU		+0.6
36	21-15	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha	+1.0
37	21-16	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.4
38	22-16	KANSAS	BYU	Attack err	Reese Messer		+0.8
39	23-16	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Avery Poulton		+0.5
40	23-17	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.1
41	24-17	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Brooke Hardy	+0.2
42	24-18	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	·
43	25-18	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+1.3
2	1-1	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.4
3	2-1	BYU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Reese Messer	+2.4
4	2-2	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+1.4
5	3-2	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Elli Mortensen	+1.5
6	4-2	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+2.6
7	4-3	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+1.4
8	5-3	KANSAS	BYU×4	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+1.6
9	6-3	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha	+2.6
10	7-3	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+2.5
11	8-3	BYU	BYU×4	Bad set	Cristin Cline		+2.2
12	8-4	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Tessa Dodd	set Cristin Cline	+1.1
13	9-4	KANSAS	BYU×3	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+1.4
14	10-4	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.9
15	11-4	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.5
16	11-5	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Cristin Cline	+0.6
17	12-5	KANSAS	BYU	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Elli Mortensen, Brooke Hardy	+0.9
18	13-5	BYU	BYU	Kill	Kaylie Kofe	set Lulu Po'uha	+1.1
19	13-6	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.4
20	14-6	KANSAS	BYU	Attack err	Logan Bell		+0.6
21	14-7	BYU	KANSAS	Serve err	BYU		+0.4
22	15-7	KANSAS	BYU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.6
23	15-8	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.3
24	16-8	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.5
25	16-9	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Cristin Cline	+0.3
26	16-10	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Claire Little Chambers	blk Reese Ptacek, Tessa Dodd	+0.8
27	17-10	KANSAS	BYU	Serve err	Kansas		+0.7
28	17-11	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Cristin Cline	+0.4
29	17-12	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Cristin Cline	+1.1
30	18-12	KANSAS	BYU	Serve err	Kansas		+1.0
31	18-13	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Tessa Dodd	set Cristin Cline	+0.6
32	19-13	KANSAS	BYU	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Brooke Hardy, Sophia Callahan	+0.9
33	20-13	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Aisha Aiono		+0.9
34	20-14	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
35	20-15	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.7
36	21-15	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.8
37	21-16	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.3
38	22-16	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.6
39	22-17	BYU	KANSAS×4	Kill	Logan Bell	set Reese Messer	+0.2
40	22-18	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Logan Bell	set Grace Nelson	+0.8
41	22-19	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Logan Bell		+1.4
42	22-20	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Blocked	Claire Little Chambers	blk Reese Ptacek, Tessa Dodd	+2.6
43	23-20	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Lulu Po'uha	+2.7
44	23-21	BYU	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Cristin Cline	+1.3
45	24-21	KANSAS	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+2.7
46	25-21	BYU	BYU	Ace	Claire Little Chambers	aced Olivia Hasbrook	+1.5

Score shown after each rally, BYU 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).

BYU def. Kansas 3–0

No. 18 BYU survived Kansas.