Sam Houston def. New Mexico State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 2)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Sam Houston 53.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Sam Houston beat visiting New Mexico St. 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 27-25) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Sam Houston's Bella Wood led with 10 kills, and Chloe Monson added 17 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NM ST	19	16	25	0
SAMHOU	25	25	27	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Sam Houston broke it open with an 8–0 run in the second set.

The biggest single-rally swing was 6.0 points, and New Mexico St.'s high was 51% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Sam Houston at 54%.

New Mexico St.Sam Houston

Break %+15.9 pts
26.242.1
Points won on own serve: 32 of 76 vs 16 of 61. New Mexico St. sided out 57.9% of the time.
Hitting+.086
.041.127
36 K / 21 E against 28 K / 23 E.
Longest run+5
38
Sam Houston scored 8 straight in the second set to stretch a 9–8 lead to 17–8. Final score of the set: 25–16.

Sam Houston above 50New Mexico St. belowMax swing 6.0%

New Mexico St.Sam Houston

Aces: New Mexico St. 2·Sam Houston 1
Serve err: New Mexico St. 17·Sam Houston 9
Blocks: New Mexico St. 4·Sam Houston 40 BS · 8 BA vs 0 BS · 8 BA
Digs: New Mexico St. 52·Sam Houston 56

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Sam Houston above 50 · New Mexico St. below

Biggest swing: 6.0% to New Mexico St. — set 3, NM ST 24-24 SAMHOU. Attack error by Bella Wood. SAMHOU win probability 96% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NM ST 43.5%56.5% SAMHOU

New Mexico St. wins

3-0

10.0%

3-1

16.0%

3-2

17.5%

Sam Houston wins

3-0

15.4%

3-1

21.5%

3-2

19.6%

NM ST break %: 42.2% vs this opp
SAMHOU break %: 43.4% 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
Bella WoodAttack error+6.0%
Attack error by Bella Wood
Set 3 · NM ST 24-24 SAMHOU · NM ST 4% → 10%
02
Bella Wood&Chelsea ButlerBlock+5.9%
Maggie Lightheart stuffed by Bella Wood & Chelsea Butler
Set 3 · NM ST 25-27 SAMHOU · SAMHOU 94% → 100%
03
New Mexico St.Service error+4.4%
New Mexico St. service error
Set 3 · NM ST 24-25 SAMHOU · SAMHOU 90% → 94%
04
Maggie LightheartKill+4.4%
Kill by Maggie Lightheart (set by Paige Nelson)
Set 3 · NM ST 25-25 SAMHOU · NM ST 6% → 10%
05
Sadie RossAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Sadie Ross
Set 3 · NM ST 25-26 SAMHOU · SAMHOU 90% → 94%
06
Chelsea ButlerKill+2.9%
Kill by Chelsea Butler
Set 1 · NM ST 7-9 SAMHOU · SAMHOU 57% → 59%
07
Brenlin GarlitzKill+2.9%
Kill by Brenlin Garlitz (set by Annika Brooks)
Set 3 · NM ST 18-20 SAMHOU · SAMHOU 91% → 94%
08
New Mexico St.Service error+2.8%
New Mexico St. service error
Set 3 · NM ST 21-23 SAMHOU · SAMHOU 93% → 96%

Box score

Official NCAA box

New Mexico St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Maggie LightheartOH	3	5	1	23	.174	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	6
0Tess FuquaOH	3	4	6	23	-.087	2	0	5	8	0	0	0	4
1Sadie RossOH	3	1	1	9	.000	0	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	2.5
7Mia FoxMB	3	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	1	2	0	3	1.5	2.5
11Jaelynn KohliOH	3	1	5	18	-.222	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
12Paige NelsonS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	12	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
8Ashley HermanOH	3	6	5	22	.045	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6
10Katrina CatalanS	3	2	1	3	.333	10	1	3	6	0	0	0	3
5Makayla MartinezL/DS	3	1	0	2	.500	4	0	4	16	0	0	0	1
16Kate SinclairMB	2	6	0	10	.600	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
30Jacqueline CorcoranOH	2	1	0	4	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3Bella CastroL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Katie FunkMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77Zoe ZieglerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	23	123	.041	28	2	17	52	1	8	4	60

Sam Houstonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
20Bella WoodOH	3	10	6	29	.138	0	0	1	11	0	1	0.5	10.5
4Chloe MonsonOH	3	8	9	31	-.032	1	0	2	17	1	0	0	8
8Chelsea ButlerMB	3	5	1	17	.235	0	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	6.5
17Annika BrooksOH	3	3	1	15	.133	3	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	4.5
2Brenlin GarlitzS	3	3	0	4	.750	10	1	2	5	0	0	0	4
12Rachelle ReedOH	3	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Faith RoulstonMB	3	4	3	15	.067	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
15Lauren PyleS	3	0	0	2	.000	16	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
13Avery PruittDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
3Shaelin WhiteDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	9	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	21	118	.127	33	1	9	56	2	8	4	77

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.

New Mexico St. vs Sam Houston

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 2, 2026New Mexico St. at Sam Houston · Sam Houston won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 3, 2026New Mexico St. at Sam Houston · New Mexico St. won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 NM ST · SAMHOU 8

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 2 NM STSAMHOU 2

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 NM STSAMHOU 8

Set 3

25-27

Longest run 3 NM STSAMHOU 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

New Mexico St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	36%4/11
2	67%8/12	27%3/11
3	57%8/14	11%1/9
4	73%8/11	0%0/8
5	60%6/10	38%5/13
6	40%6/15	33%3/9
All	58%44/76	26%16/61

Sam Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	63%12/19
2	80%8/10	38%5/13
3	100%8/8	20%2/10
4	80%8/10	43%6/14
5	54%7/13	36%4/11
6	75%6/8	33%3/9
All	74%45/61	42%32/76

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

137 rallies

#	NM ST-SAMHOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.8
2	1-1	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.8
3	2-1	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Chelsea Butler		+1.9
4	3-1	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Chloe Monson	blk Mia Fox, Sadie Ross	+2.6
5	3-2	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.8
6	4-2	SAMHOU	NM ST	Blocked	Annika Brooks	blk Mia Fox, Sadie Ross	+1.9
7	4-3	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.8
8	4-4	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+2.7
9	5-4	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.0
10	5-5	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+2.0
11	5-6	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Ashley Herman		+2.8
12	6-6	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Makayla Martinez	set Lauren Pyle	+2.0
13	6-7	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Lauren Pyle	+2.1
14	7-7	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.1
15	7-8	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	+2.1
16	7-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler		+2.9
17	8-9	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.0
18	8-10	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.2
19	8-11	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Mia Fox	blk Chelsea Butler, Annika Brooks	+2.8
20	9-11	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+1.9
21	9-12	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.1
22	10-12	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+1.9
23	10-13	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.2
24	10-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Ashley Herman		+2.6
25	11-14	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+1.6
26	12-14	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+2.7
27	12-15	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.3
28	13-15	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.0
29	13-16	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+2.4
30	13-17	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+2.8
31	14-17	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+1.6
32	14-18	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+2.1
33	14-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+2.1
34	15-19	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+1.1
35	16-19	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+2.1
36	16-20	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.1
37	16-21	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+2.0
38	17-21	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+0.8
39	17-22	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.4
40	18-22	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Paige Nelson	+0.7
41	18-23	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Brenlin Garlitz	set Annika Brooks	+1.2
42	19-23	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Bella Wood		+0.5
43	19-24	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Shaelin White	+0.9
44	19-25	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Bella Wood		+2.4
2	1-1	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.8
3	1-2	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Annika Brooks	+2.4
4	2-2	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+1.8
5	2-3	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.8
6	3-3	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+1.8
7	3-4	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.9
8	3-5	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Katrina Catalan		+2.5
9	4-5	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.8
10	4-6	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+1.9
11	4-7	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Paige Nelson		+2.5
12	5-7	SAMHOU	NM ST×3	Serve err	Sam Houston		+1.7
13	6-7	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Rachelle Reed		+2.5
14	7-7	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+2.7
15	7-8	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	+2.1
16	7-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+2.8
17	8-9	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Faith Roulston		+2.0
18	8-10	NM ST	SAMHOU×8	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.1
19	8-11	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×8	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+2.7
20	8-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×8	Kill	Bella Wood	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.4
21	8-13	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×8	Ace	Brenlin Garlitz	aced Maggie Lightheart	+2.1
22	8-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×8	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.6
23	8-15	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×8	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Shaelin White	+1.2
24	8-16	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×8	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+0.8
25	8-17	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×8	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+0.5
26	9-17	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Makayla Martinez	+0.2
27	10-17	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Bella Wood		+0.5
28	10-18	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Ashley Herman		+0.5
29	11-18	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+0.3
30	12-18	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+0.7
31	12-19	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+0.7
32	13-19	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+0.4
33	13-20	NM ST	SAMHOU×4	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+0.6
34	13-21	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+0.5
35	13-22	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Rachelle Reed		+0.2
36	13-23	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Attack err	Katie Funk		+0.1
37	14-23	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	·
38	14-24	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	·
39	15-24	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	·
40	16-24	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Jacqueline Corcoran	set Paige Nelson	·
41	16-25	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	·
Set 3
1	0-1	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler		+1.5
2	1-1	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+1.1
3	1-2	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+1.1
4	1-3	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Tess Fuqua	blk Annika Brooks, Chelsea Butler	+1.5
5	2-3	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+1.1
6	2-4	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.1
7	2-5	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Ashley Herman	blk Rachelle Reed, Annika Brooks	+1.5
8	3-5	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+1.0
9	3-6	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+1.1
10	4-6	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Paige Nelson	+1.0
11	4-7	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.1
12	5-7	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Paige Nelson	+1.1
13	5-8	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.2
14	5-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+1.4
15	6-9	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Faith Roulston		+0.9
16	7-9	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Makayla Martinez	+1.5
17	7-10	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+1.2
18	8-10	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+1.1
19	9-10	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.		+1.7
20	9-11	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.4
21	10-11	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.3
22	10-12	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.4
23	10-13	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Ashley Herman		+1.8
24	11-13	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Katrina Catalan	set Tess Fuqua	+1.2
25	11-14	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.4
26	12-14	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+1.2
27	13-14	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Makayla Martinez	+1.9
28	13-15	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.6
29	14-15	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+1.5
30	15-15	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Bella Wood	blk Jaelynn Kohli, Mia Fox	+2.3
31	15-16	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+1.8
32	16-16	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+1.8
33	17-16	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Chloe Monson	+2.6
34	17-17	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.9
35	17-18	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+2.7
36	18-18	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+2.0
37	18-19	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Shaelin White	+2.2
38	18-20	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Brenlin Garlitz	set Annika Brooks	+2.9
39	19-20	SAMHOU	NM ST	Blocked	Chloe Monson	blk Kate Sinclair, Sadie Ross	+1.8
40	19-21	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+2.3
41	20-21	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Katrina Catalan	set Makayla Martinez	+1.9
42	20-22	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Brenlin Garlitz	set Chloe Monson	+2.5
43	21-22	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.0
44	21-23	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.8
45	21-24	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Mia Fox		+2.7
46	22-24	SAMHOU	NM ST×3	Attack err	Faith Roulston		+0.8
47	23-24	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Bella Wood		+2.5
48	24-24	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Bella Wood		+6.0
49	24-25	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+4.4
50	25-25	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+4.4
51	25-26	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Sadie Ross		+4.4
52	25-27	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Maggie Lightheart	blk Bella Wood, Chelsea Butler	+5.9

Score shown after each rally, New Mexico St. 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).

Sam Houston def. New Mexico St. 3–0

Sam Houston broke it open with an 8–0 run in the second set.