Sam Houston vs Denver Volleyball: Denver Wins 3-0 (Sep 12)

FinalSat, Sep 12, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Denver beat Sam Houston 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 26-24) on Sat, Sep 12, 2026 at a neutral site. Hailey Goebel led Denver with 13 kills; Sam Houston's Chloe Monson had a match-high 16.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 12

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SAMHOU	23	22	24	0
DENVER	25	25	26	3

Win probability

Denver above 50 · Sam Houston below

Biggest swing: 10.4% to Denver — set 1, SAMHOU 23-25 DENVER. Kill by Alicia Thibodeau (set by Lily Van Hal). DENVER win probability 51% → 61%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SAMHOU 58.6%41.4% DENVER

Sam Houston wins

3-0

16.5%

3-1

22.3%

3-2

19.8%

Denver wins

3-0

9.2%

3-1

15.2%

3-2

17.0%

SAMHOU break %: 42.5% vs this opp
DENVER break %: 40.9% 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
Alicia ThibodeauKill+10.4%
Kill by Alicia Thibodeau (set by Lily Van Hal)
Set 1 · SAMHOU 23-25 DENVER · DENVER 51% → 61%
02
Bella WoodAttack error+10.0%
Attack error by Bella Wood
Set 1 · SAMHOU 23-24 DENVER · DENVER 41% → 51%
03
Katelyn Landis&Lily Van HalBlock+8.5%
Bella Wood stuffed by Katelyn Landis & Lily Van Hal
Set 3 · SAMHOU 24-26 DENVER · DENVER 91% → 100%
04
DenverAce+7.4%
Denver ace on Shaelin White
Set 1 · SAMHOU 23-23 DENVER · DENVER 33% → 41%
05
Annika BrooksAttack error+7.3%
Attack error by Annika Brooks
Set 2 · SAMHOU 21-23 DENVER · DENVER 69% → 76%
06
Sam HoustonAce+6.3%
Sam Houston ace on Madison Winkler
Set 2 · SAMHOU 21-21 DENVER · SAMHOU 30% → 36%
07
Rachelle Reed&Faith RoulstonBlock+6.2%
Romi Chlebecek stuffed by Rachelle Reed & Faith Roulston
Set 3 · SAMHOU 23-23 DENVER · SAMHOU 8% → 14%
08
Katelyn Landis&Alicia ThibodeauBlock+5.9%
Chelsea Butler stuffed by Katelyn Landis & Alicia Thibodeau
Set 2 · SAMHOU 19-21 DENVER · DENVER 68% → 74%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Sam Houstonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Chloe MonsonOH	3	16	8	46	.174	1	0	1	8	0	0	1	0.5	16.5
8Chelsea ButlerMB	3	8	4	18	.222	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	11
2Brenlin GarlitzS	3	2	1	3	.333	19	3	3	11	0	0	0	0	5
12Rachelle ReedOH	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	4.5
17Annika BrooksOH	3	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	4
9Kameron RectorOH	2	6	1	17	.294	0	1	0	6	3	0	1	0.5	7.5
20Bella WoodOH	3	8	4	20	.200	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	10
15Lauren PyleS	3	0	0	1	.000	12	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
3Shaelin WhiteDS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	0	1	14	3	0	0	0	0
13Avery PruittDS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Faith RoulstonMB	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		44	21	123	.187	39	6	5	53	6	2	14	9	69

Denverhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
15Katelyn LandisMB	3	6	1	9	.556	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	7.5
19Alicia ThibodeauOH	3	5	4	30	.033	0	1	0	6	0	2	1	7
18Jamia JohnsonOH	3	7	3	27	.148	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
7Elise HartMB	3	5	1	13	.308	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	6
13Lily Van HalS	3	0	0	1	.000	18	2	0	9	0	1	0.5	2.5
8Quinlan JonesOH	1	1	4	11	-.273	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
9Hailey GoebelOH	3	13	2	19	.579	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13
2Romi ChlebecekOH	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
1Madison WinklerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	2	0	16	3	0	0	2
24Kayla PatelOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	1
10Ilayda ErenS	3	0	0	0	–	18	0	2	4	0	0	0	0
4Emersen WergerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	16	122	.213	41	6	3	51	6	10	5	76

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 SAMHOU · DENVER 6

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 4 SAMHOUDENVER 6

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 SAMHOUDENVER 4

Set 3

24-26

Longest run 4 SAMHOUDENVER 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Sam Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	56%9/16
2	40%8/20	53%9/17
3	70%7/10	38%5/13
4	47%7/15	30%3/10
5	45%5/11	13%1/8
6	71%5/7	29%2/7
All	54%40/74	41%29/71

Denver

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	33%3/9
2	44%8/18	47%7/15
3	70%7/10	50%7/14
4	64%7/11	30%3/10
5	88%7/8	50%7/14
6	56%5/9	58%7/12
All	59%42/71	46%34/74

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

#	SAMHOU-DENVER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.4
2	2-0	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Attack err	Quinlan Jones		+2.4
3	3-0	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Ace	Sam Houston		+2.3
4	3-1	SAMHOU	DENVER	Serve err	Sam Houston		+1.5
5	4-1	DENVER	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.6
6	5-1	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.1
7	6-1	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Shaelin White	+1.8
8	7-1	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.6
9	7-2	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
10	8-2	DENVER	SAMHOU×3	Attack err	Quinlan Jones		+1.1
11	9-2	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Brenlin Garlitz	set Ilayda Eren	+1.3
12	10-2	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Blocked	Hailey Goebel	blk Rachelle Reed, Annika Brooks	+1.0
13	10-3	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.5
14	10-4	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Ilayda Eren	+1.0
15	11-4	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.9
16	11-5	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+0.7
17	11-6	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.3
18	12-6	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+1.1
19	12-7	SAMHOU	DENVER	Serve err	Sam Houston		+0.9
20	13-7	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Lauren Pyle	+1.1
21	14-7	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Chloe Monson	+1.2
22	14-8	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Madison Winkler	+0.6
23	14-9	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Quinlan Jones	set Lily Van Hal	+1.2
24	15-9	DENVER	SAMHOU×3	Attack err	Quinlan Jones		+1.1
25	16-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Blocked	Elise Hart	blk Chelsea Butler	+1.1
26	17-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Jamia Johnson	+0.7
27	17-10	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
28	18-10	DENVER	SAMHOU	Attack err	Quinlan Jones		+0.5
29	18-11	SAMHOU	DENVER×3	Kill	Romi Chlebecek	set Madison Winkler	+0.3
30	18-12	DENVER	DENVER×3	Blocked	Annika Brooks	blk Katelyn Landis, Romi Chlebecek	+0.6
31	18-13	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Romi Chlebecek		+0.9
32	19-13	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.0
33	19-14	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Ilayda Eren	+0.6
34	20-14	DENVER	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.9
35	21-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+0.7
36	22-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Blocked	Hailey Goebel	blk Rachelle Reed, Chloe Monson	+0.3
37	22-15	SAMHOU	DENVER×5	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Ilayda Eren	+0.1
38	22-16	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.2
39	22-17	DENVER	DENVER×5	Ace	Denver	aced Kameron Rector	+0.4
40	22-18	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.8
41	22-19	DENVER	DENVER×5	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.5
42	23-19	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+1.8
43	23-20	SAMHOU	DENVER×6	Attack err	Bella Wood		+0.8
44	23-21	DENVER	DENVER×6	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+2.3
45	23-22	DENVER	DENVER×6	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+4.4
46	23-23	DENVER	DENVER×6	Ace	Denver	aced Shaelin White	+7.4
47	23-24	DENVER	DENVER×6	Attack err	Bella Wood		+10.0
48	23-25	DENVER	DENVER×6	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+10.4
Set 2
1	0-1	DENVER	DENVER	Ace	Denver	aced Shaelin White	+2.8
2	1-1	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.9
3	1-2	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+2.0
4	1-3	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+2.9
5	2-3	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Brenlin Garlitz		+2.0
6	2-4	SAMHOU	DENVER	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.1
7	2-5	DENVER	DENVER	Ace	Denver	aced Kameron Rector	+2.9
8	3-5	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.9
9	3-6	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+2.1
10	3-7	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Bella Wood		+2.8
11	4-7	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+1.7
12	4-8	SAMHOU	DENVER	Attack err	Kameron Rector		+2.0
13	5-8	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Lauren Pyle	+1.8
14	5-9	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+2.1
15	6-9	DENVER	SAMHOU	Serve err	Denver		+1.8
16	7-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Madison Winkler	+2.9
17	7-10	SAMHOU	DENVER	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.3
18	8-10	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Shaelin White	+2.1
19	8-11	SAMHOU	DENVER×4	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+2.4
20	8-12	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+3.1
21	8-13	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Chelsea Butler		+2.7
22	8-14	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Brenlin Garlitz		+2.2
23	9-14	DENVER	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.1
24	10-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Rachelle Reed, Annika Brooks	+2.1
25	11-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Elise Hart	+2.6
26	11-15	SAMHOU	DENVER	Blocked	Annika Brooks	blk Alicia Thibodeau, Elise Hart	+2.3
27	12-15	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Shaelin White	+1.9
28	12-16	SAMHOU	DENVER	Bad set	Lauren Pyle		+2.4
29	13-16	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+1.9
30	14-16	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Rachelle Reed, Kameron Rector	+3.3
31	14-17	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Romi Chlebecek	set Lily Van Hal	+2.9
32	15-17	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+2.4
33	16-17	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Avery Pruitt	+4.1
34	16-18	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Lily Van Hal	+3.4
35	16-19	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Madison Winkler	+4.4
36	17-19	DENVER	SAMHOU×3	Serve err	Denver		+2.5
37	18-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Madison Winkler	+4.4
38	19-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Blocked	Katelyn Landis	blk Chelsea Butler	+5.3
39	19-20	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+4.3
40	19-21	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Chelsea Butler	blk Katelyn Landis, Alicia Thibodeau	+5.9
41	20-21	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Brenlin Garlitz	+3.5
42	21-21	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Madison Winkler	+6.3
43	21-22	SAMHOU	DENVER×3	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+5.4
44	21-23	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Annika Brooks		+7.3
45	21-24	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Denver	aced Kameron Rector	+5.3
46	22-24	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.4
47	22-25	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Madison Winkler	+3.5
Set 3
1	0-1	SAMHOU	DENVER	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.5
2	0-2	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Chelsea Butler		+2.1
3	1-2	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.4
4	2-2	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+2.1
5	2-3	SAMHOU	DENVER×4	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.5
6	2-4	DENVER	DENVER×4	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Madison Winkler	+2.2
7	2-5	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Chelsea Butler		+2.1
8	2-6	DENVER	DENVER×4	Bad set	Brenlin Garlitz		+2.0
9	3-6	DENVER	SAMHOU	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Chelsea Butler, Annika Brooks	+1.3
10	4-6	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.0
11	4-7	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
12	4-8	DENVER	DENVER	Ace	Denver	aced Shaelin White	+2.1
13	5-8	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.3
14	5-9	SAMHOU	DENVER×3	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+1.5
15	5-10	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Romi Chlebecek	set Lily Van Hal	+1.9
16	5-11	DENVER	DENVER×3	Blocked	Chloe Monson	blk Elise Hart, Romi Chlebecek	+1.6
17	6-11	DENVER	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jamia Johnson		+0.9
18	6-12	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.2
19	7-12	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+0.9
20	7-13	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.2
21	8-13	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Lauren Pyle	+0.9
22	8-14	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Ilayda Eren	+1.2
23	9-14	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.8
24	10-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Sam Houston		+1.5
25	10-15	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.4
26	10-16	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.6
27	11-16	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.8
28	11-17	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+1.1
29	12-17	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.7
30	12-18	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.1
31	13-18	DENVER	SAMHOU	Serve err	Denver		+0.7
32	13-19	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.0
33	14-19	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Shaelin White	+0.6
34	14-20	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.0
35	15-20	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+0.5
36	16-20	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Ilayda Eren	+1.2
37	16-21	SAMHOU	DENVER	Serve err	Sam Houston		+1.3
38	17-21	DENVER	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.7
39	18-21	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Shaelin White	+1.7
40	19-21	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Annika Brooks, Chelsea Butler	+2.5
41	20-21	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Kayla Patel	+3.6
42	20-22	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+3.5
43	21-22	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Shaelin White	+2.7
44	21-23	SAMHOU	DENVER	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+3.9
45	22-23	DENVER	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jamia Johnson		+2.7
46	23-23	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Romi Chlebecek	blk Rachelle Reed, Faith Roulston	+6.2
47	23-24	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+5.9
48	24-24	DENVER	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+5.9
49	24-25	SAMHOU	DENVER	Kill	Romi Chlebecek	set Lily Van Hal	+5.9
50	24-26	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Bella Wood	blk Katelyn Landis, Lily Van Hal	+8.5

Score shown after each rally, Sam 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).

Denver def. Sam Houston 3–0