Cincinnati vs Kansas Volleyball: Kansas Wins 3-0 (Nov 8)

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Kansas 94.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Kansas beat visiting Cincinnati 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 28-26) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Kansas' Taylor Stanley led with 19 kills, and Grace Nelson added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CINCY	23	18	26	0
KANSAS	25	25	28	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

19 kills in 3 sets for Taylor Stanley. Kansas swept Cincinnati.

Win probability never moved more than 1.8 points on one rally; Cincinnati topped out at 6% in Set 1. Kansas went in as RallyIQ's 94% pick.

CincinnatiKansas

Break %+8.3 pts
39.147.4
Points won on own serve: 36 of 76 vs 27 of 69. Cincinnati sided out 52.6% of the time.
Hitting+.087
.244.331
54 K / 12 E against 43 K / 13 E.

Kansas above 50Cincinnati belowMax swing 1.8%

CincinnatiKansas

Aces: Cincinnati 4·Kansas 4
Serve err: Cincinnati 7·Kansas 8
Blocks: Cincinnati 6·Kansas 83 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Cincinnati 50·Kansas 54

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kansas above 50 · Cincinnati below

Biggest swing: 1.8% to Kansas — set 1, CINCY 23-25 KANSAS. Cincinnati service error. KANSAS win probability 95% → 97%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CINCY 6.5%93.5% KANSAS

Cincinnati wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

1.9%

3-2

3.8%

Kansas wins

3-0

51.4%

3-1

30.7%

3-2

11.4%

CINCY break %: 34.0% vs this opp
KANSAS break %: 45.3% 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

01
CincinnatiService error+1.8%
Cincinnati service error
Set 1 · CINCY 23-25 KANSAS · KANSAS 95% → 97%
02
Andi Spies&Ligia WilliamsBlock+1.4%
Grace Nelson stuffed by Andi Spies & Ligia Williams
Set 3 · CINCY 25-24 KANSAS · CINCY 2% → 3%
03
Grace NelsonKill+1.2%
Kill by Grace Nelson (set by Reese Messer)
Set 3 · CINCY 26-27 KANSAS · KANSAS 98% → 99%
04
Nina ScruccaKill+1.2%
Kill by Nina Scrucca (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 1 · CINCY 23-24 KANSAS · CINCY 4% → 5%
05
Andrea SimovskiKill+1.1%
Kill by Andrea Simovski (set by Andi Spies)
Set 3 · CINCY 24-24 KANSAS · CINCY 1% → 2%
06
Nina ScruccaService error+1.0%
Service error by Nina Scrucca
Set 3 · CINCY 25-25 KANSAS · KANSAS 97% → 98%
07
Ligia WilliamsBlock+1.0%
Aisha Aiono stuffed by Ligia Williams
Set 3 · CINCY 26-25 KANSAS · CINCY 2% → 3%
08
Taylor StanleyKill+1.0%
Kill by Taylor Stanley (set by Reese Messer)
Set 3 · CINCY 26-26 KANSAS · KANSAS 97% → 98%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Cincinnatiaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Sydney NolanOH	3	18	5	48	.271	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	20.5
8Ligia WilliamsOH	3	9	0	16	.563	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	12
7Andrea SimovskiOH	3	6	4	24	.083	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	1	8
6Kate LijicS	3	1	0	3	.333	25	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
1Ava LedebuhrL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
14Julia HoranMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Nina ScruccaOPP	3	6	4	19	.105	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	7
9Kayla HostetlerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0
21Viktoria NinovaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
5Lilian EntenmannMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
0Andi SpiesS	1	1	0	3	.333	10	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
16Izzy BusignaniOH	1	1	0	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
18Tatjana SimeunovicMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	13	123	.244	42	4	7	50	4	3	6	6	67

Kansashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Taylor StanleyOH	3	19	4	44	.341	0	0	4	8	0	0	4	2	21
1Grace NelsonOH	3	12	3	30	.300	0	0	2	15	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
24Aisha AionoMB	3	9	2	19	.368	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	11.5
10Reese PtacekMB	3	8	1	14	.500	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	9
25Logan BellOH	3	0	0	4	.000	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	3
3Reese MesserS	3	1	1	5	.000	43	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1
2Kenzie DeanOH	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	7
6Olivia HasbrookDS	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		54	12	127	.331	49	4	8	54	4	1	14	8	78

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 CINCY · KANSAS 4

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 4 CINCYKANSAS 4

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 3 CINCYKANSAS 4

Set 3

26-28

Longest run 4 CINCYKANSAS 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Cincinnati

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	50%8/16
2	54%7/13	13%1/8
3	54%7/13	46%6/13
4	58%7/12	36%4/11
5	50%6/12	22%2/9
6	55%6/11	50%6/12
All	53%40/76	39%27/69

Kansas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	40%4/10
2	78%7/9	53%8/15
3	64%7/11	53%8/15
4	64%7/11	46%6/13
5	64%7/11	42%5/12
6	55%6/11	45%5/11
All	61%42/69	47%36/76

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

#	CINCY-KANSAS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.4
2	1-1	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.5
3	1-2	CINCY	KANSAS×4	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.5
4	1-3	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Blocked	Sydney Nolan	blk Taylor Stanley, Aisha Aiono	+0.6
5	1-4	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.5
6	1-5	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.4
7	2-5	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Kansas		+0.3
8	2-6	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.3
9	3-6	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
10	4-6	CINCY	CINCY	Ace	Sydney Nolan		+0.5
11	4-7	CINCY	KANSAS	Serve err	Sydney Nolan		+0.4
12	5-7	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Kansas		+0.4
13	5-8	CINCY	KANSAS×3	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.4
14	5-9	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Ace	Logan Bell	aced Kayla Hostetler	+0.5
15	5-10	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Ace	Logan Bell	aced Kayla Hostetler	+0.4
16	6-10	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
17	6-11	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.2
18	7-11	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
19	7-12	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.2
20	8-12	KANSAS	CINCY	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Kate Lijic, Ligia Williams	+0.2
21	8-13	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.2
22	9-13	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
23	9-14	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.2
24	10-14	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
25	10-15	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
26	11-15	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Kansas		+0.2
27	11-16	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.2
28	12-16	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+0.2
29	13-16	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+0.5
30	13-17	CINCY	KANSAS×3	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.4
31	13-18	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.4
32	13-19	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		+0.2
33	14-19	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Kansas		+0.1
34	15-19	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
35	15-20	CINCY	KANSAS	Serve err	Cincinnati		+0.2
36	15-21	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Sydney Nolan	blk Taylor Stanley, Aisha Aiono	+0.2
37	16-21	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
38	16-22	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.1
39	17-22	KANSAS	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	·
40	18-22	CINCY	CINCY×4	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Sydney Nolan, Julia Horan	+0.2
41	19-22	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
42	20-22	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.7
43	20-23	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.7
44	21-23	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.4
45	21-24	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.7
46	22-24	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Kansas		+0.3
47	23-24	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.2
48	23-25	CINCY	KANSAS	Serve err	Cincinnati		+1.8
Set 2
1	1-0	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.4
2	1-1	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
3	2-1	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.4
4	3-1	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Kenzie Dean		+0.7
5	3-2	CINCY	KANSAS	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Kenzie Dean, Aisha Aiono	+0.4
6	4-2	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.5
7	4-3	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.4
8	4-4	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Kenzie Dean	+0.6
9	5-4	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Taylor Stanley		+0.4
10	5-5	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.4
11	6-5	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.5
12	6-6	CINCY	KANSAS×3	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.4
13	6-7	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		+0.6
14	6-8	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		+0.5
15	7-8	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Kate Lijic	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.3
16	7-9	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.3
17	7-10	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.4
18	8-10	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
19	9-10	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.5
20	9-11	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.3
21	9-12	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Sydney Nolan		+0.5
22	10-12	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
23	11-12	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.6
24	11-13	CINCY	KANSAS×4	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.4
25	11-14	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.5
26	11-15	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.4
27	11-16	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.3
28	12-16	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.1
29	12-17	CINCY	KANSAS×3	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
30	12-18	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
31	12-19	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.1
32	13-19	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Izzy Busignani	set Kate Lijic	·
33	13-20	CINCY	KANSAS×4	Serve err	Tatjana Simeunovic		·
34	13-21	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Reese Ptacek		·
35	13-22	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Kate Lijic	·
36	13-23	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Grace Nelson, Reese Ptacek	·
37	14-23	KANSAS	CINCY×3	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	·
38	15-23	CINCY	CINCY×3	Blocked	Reese Messer	blk Andrea Simovski	·
39	16-23	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Nina Scrucca		·
40	16-24	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	·
41	17-24	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	·
42	18-24	CINCY	CINCY	Ace	Andrea Simovski		·
43	18-25	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	·
Set 3
1	1-0	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
2	2-0	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
3	3-0	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+0.3
4	4-0	CINCY	CINCY×4	Blocked	Aisha Aiono	blk Ligia Williams	+0.4
5	4-1	CINCY	KANSAS×4	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.2
6	4-2	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
7	4-3	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Blocked	Andrea Simovski	blk Taylor Stanley, Aisha Aiono	+0.3
8	4-4	KANSAS	KANSAS×4	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.3
9	5-4	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Andi Spies	set Andrea Simovski	+0.2
10	5-5	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
11	5-6	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Andi Spies	+0.3
12	6-6	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Grace Nelson		+0.2
13	6-7	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.2
14	6-8	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.2
15	7-8	KANSAS	CINCY	Serve err	Olivia Hasbrook		+0.2
16	7-9	CINCY	KANSAS×3	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
17	7-10	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.2
18	7-11	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Kenzie Dean, Reese Ptacek	+0.2
19	8-11	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Andi Spies	+0.1
20	9-11	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+0.2
21	9-12	CINCY	KANSAS	Serve err	Lilian Entenmann		+0.1
22	10-12	KANSAS	CINCY	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+0.1
23	11-12	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Grace Nelson		+0.3
24	11-13	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
25	11-14	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Andrea Simovski	+0.2
26	12-14	KANSAS	CINCY×3	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.1
27	13-14	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Andi Spies	+0.3
28	14-14	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+0.4
29	14-15	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.3
30	14-16	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Sydney Nolan	blk Taylor Stanley, Aisha Aiono	+0.3
31	15-16	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Andi Spies	+0.2
32	15-17	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.2
33	15-18	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.3
34	16-18	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+0.2
35	17-18	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+0.4
36	17-19	CINCY	KANSAS×3	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.3
37	17-20	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Ptacek	+0.3
38	17-21	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Ace	Olivia Hasbrook	aced Andrea Simovski	+0.2
39	18-21	KANSAS	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+0.1
40	19-21	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.2
41	20-21	CINCY	CINCY×4	Ace	Sydney Nolan	aced Grace Nelson	+0.4
42	21-21	CINCY	CINCY×4	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+0.7
43	21-22	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.5
44	22-22	KANSAS	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Andi Spies	+0.5
45	22-23	CINCY	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.6
46	22-24	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Logan Bell		+0.7
47	23-24	KANSAS	CINCY×3	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Andi Spies	+0.2
48	24-24	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Andi Spies	+1.1
49	25-24	CINCY	CINCY×3	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Andi Spies, Ligia Williams	+1.4
50	25-25	CINCY	KANSAS	Serve err	Nina Scrucca		+1.0
51	26-25	KANSAS	CINCY	Blocked	Aisha Aiono	blk Ligia Williams	+1.0
52	26-26	CINCY	KANSAS×3	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.0
53	26-27	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+1.2
54	26-28	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Sydney Nolan		+0.9

Score shown after each rally, Cincinnati 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. Cincinnati 3–0

19 kills in 3 sets for Taylor Stanley. Kansas swept Cincinnati.