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

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Sam Houston 59.6% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

New Mexico St. won at Sam Houston 3-2 (25-20, 19-25, 25-17, 13-25, 15-8) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. New Mexico St.'s Maggie Lightheart led with 17 kills, and Makayla Martinez added 19 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
NM ST	25	19	25	13	15	3
SAMHOU	20	25	17	25	8	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

4 aces from Tess Fuqua, and New Mexico St. needed each of them.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are New Mexico St.'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. RallyIQ had Sam Houston at 60% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · New Mexico St. 7–6 Sam Houston
Sam Houston scored 6 straight to turn a 6–7 deficit into a 12–7 lead. The match swung to Sam Houston.
New Mexico St. 64% → 48%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · New Mexico St. 14–13 Sam Houston
5 straight New Mexico St. points stretched a 14–13 lead to 19–13. The match swung to New Mexico St.
New Mexico St. 48% → 67%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · New Mexico St. 3–2 Sam Houston
Up 3–2, New Mexico St. scored 4 straight to make it 7–2.
New Mexico St. 57% → 88%

Sam Houston above 50New Mexico St. belowMax swing 9.4%

New Mexico St.Sam Houston

Sideout %: New Mexico St. 55.2·Sam Houston 54.2
Break %: New Mexico St. 45.8·Sam Houston 44.8
Hitting: New Mexico St. .204·Sam Houston .171
Longest run: New Mexico St. 6·Sam Houston 6

Tess Fuqua
13 kills on .250, 18 points; 2 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Sam Houston above 50 · New Mexico St. below

Biggest swing: 9.4% to New Mexico St. — set 5, NM ST 3-1 SAMHOU. New Mexico St. ace. SAMHOU win probability 46% → 37%.

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
New Mexico St.Ace+9.4%
New Mexico St. ace
Set 5 · NM ST 3-1 SAMHOU · NM ST 54% → 63%
02
Tess FuquaKill+9.3%
Kill by Tess Fuqua (set by Katrina Catalan)
Set 5 · NM ST 5-2 SAMHOU · NM ST 64% → 73%
03
Ashley HermanKill+8.2%
Kill by Ashley Herman (set by Katrina Catalan)
Set 5 · NM ST 6-2 SAMHOU · NM ST 73% → 82%
04
Maggie LightheartKill+7.0%
Kill by Maggie Lightheart (set by Paige Nelson)
Set 5 · NM ST 4-2 SAMHOU · NM ST 57% → 64%
05
New Mexico St.Ace+6.7%
New Mexico St. ace
Set 5 · NM ST 7-2 SAMHOU · NM ST 82% → 88%
06
Sam HoustonService error+6.6%
Sam Houston service error
Set 5 · NM ST 2-1 SAMHOU · NM ST 47% → 54%
07
Maggie LightheartKill+6.4%
Kill by Maggie Lightheart (set by Paige Nelson)
Set 5 · NM ST 1-0 SAMHOU · NM ST 47% → 53%
08
New Mexico St.Service error+6.2%
New Mexico St. service error
Set 5 · NM ST 1-1 SAMHOU · SAMHOU 47% → 53%

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	5	17	4	39	.333	0	2	6	9	0	2	1	20
0Tess FuquaOH	5	13	4	36	.250	1	4	1	8	1	2	1	18
8Ashley HermanOH	5	8	2	17	.353	0	0	2	5	0	3	1.5	9.5
11Jaelynn KohliOH	5	4	5	21	-.048	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6
7Mia FoxMB	5	3	1	9	.222	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	6
12Paige NelsonS	5	0	1	2	-.500	26	0	3	5	0	0	0	0
16Kate SinclairMB	5	5	3	15	.133	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
5Makayla MartinezL/DS	5	0	0	2	.000	2	4	2	19	3	0	0	4
10Katrina CatalanS	5	0	0	3	.000	22	3	1	9	0	0	0	3
9Katie FunkMB	5	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21Lilli SaldivarOH	5	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Sadie RossOH	5	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
3Bella CastroL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
30Jacqueline CorcoranOH	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77Zoe ZieglerOH	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	21	152	.204	51	13	16	58	8	18	9	97

Sam Houstonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Chloe MonsonOH	5	13	10	48	.063	1	2	0	10	2	0	0	15
20Bella WoodOH	5	9	2	21	.333	0	2	3	8	5	1	0.5	11.5
8Chelsea ButlerMB	5	11	1	20	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
12Rachelle ReedOH	5	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	5
17Annika BrooksOH	5	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	4
2Brenlin GarlitzS	5	0	0	1	.000	18	2	3	7	0	0	0	2
6Faith RoulstonMB	5	6	3	20	.150	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	6.5
15Lauren PyleS	5	1	2	4	-.250	15	2	2	11	0	0	0	3
9Kameron RectorOH	5	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
1A'miyrie AndersonMB	5	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Avery PruittDS	5	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Shaelin WhiteDS	5	0	0	1	.000	5	0	0	19	1	0	0	0
5Audrey TerryDS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Nevaeh SmithMB	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Sarah OdellOH	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	24	140	.171	39	8	8	63	13	8	4	95

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 NM ST · SAMHOU 6

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 6 NM STSAMHOU 5

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 NM STSAMHOU 6

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 5 NM STSAMHOU 3

Set 4

13-25

Longest run 4 NM STSAMHOU 5

Set 5

15-8

Longest run 4 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	71%10/14	33%4/12
2	80%8/10	31%4/13
3	47%7/15	36%4/11
4	46%6/13	50%7/14
5	50%6/12	54%7/13
6	55%6/11	33%3/9
All	57%43/75	40%29/72

Sam Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	50%8/16
2	73%8/11	10%1/10
3	54%7/13	36%4/11
4	44%7/16	46%6/13
5	60%6/10	57%8/14
6	86%6/7	45%5/11
All	60%43/72	43%32/75

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 (4 of 5 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

192 rallies

#	NM ST-SAMHOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Paige Nelson		+2.4
2	0-2	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Makayla Martinez	+2.4
3	1-2	SAMHOU	NM ST×6	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+1.6
4	2-2	NM ST	NM ST×6	Blocked	Bella Wood	blk Jaelynn Kohli, Mia Fox	+2.5
5	3-2	NM ST	NM ST×6	Ace	New Mexico St.		+2.6
6	4-2	NM ST	NM ST×6	Attack err	Bella Wood		+2.7
7	5-2	NM ST	NM ST×6	Blocked	Chelsea Butler	blk Jaelynn Kohli, Mia Fox	+2.6
8	6-2	NM ST	NM ST×6	Kill	Mia Fox		+2.5
9	6-3	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.6
10	7-3	SAMHOU	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+1.8
11	8-3	NM ST	NM ST×3	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Bella Wood	+2.3
12	9-3	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Annika Brooks		+2.0
13	9-4	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.1
14	10-4	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+1.4
15	10-5	NM ST	SAMHOU×5	Attack err	Tess Fuqua	set Makayla Martinez	+1.1
16	10-6	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Makayla Martinez	+2.0
17	10-7	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Chloe Monson		+2.3
18	10-8	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Chloe Monson		+2.6
19	10-9		SAMHOU	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.			+2.9
20	11-9	SAMHOU	NM ST×4	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+2.3
21	12-9	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+3.1
22	13-9	NM ST	NM ST×4	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+2.8
23	14-9	NM ST	NM ST×4	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Bella Wood	+2.4
24	14-10	NM ST	SAMHOU×3	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.4
25	14-11	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+2.4
26	14-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Ace	Sam Houston		+2.9
27	15-12	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Faith Roulston	set Bella Wood	+2.4
28	16-12	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+3.0
29	16-13	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.7
30	17-13	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Katrina Catalan	+2.2
31	17-14	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.7
32	18-14	SAMHOU	NM ST×3	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+2.3
33	19-14	NM ST	NM ST×3	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Chloe Monson	+2.4
34	20-14	NM ST	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+1.6
35	20-15	NM ST	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Bella Wood	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.7
36	20-16	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Ace	Sam Houston		+1.5
37	20-17	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Chelsea Butler		+2.2
38	20-18	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Makayla Martinez	+3.1
39	21-18	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+3.1
40	21-19	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.2
41	22-19	SAMHOU	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+3.3
42	23-19	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+3.1
43	24-19	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Annika Brooks		+1.4
44	24-20	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.2
45	25-20	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+0.6
Set 2
1	0-1	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.9
2	1-1	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart		+1.9
3	1-2	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+2.0
4	2-2	SAMHOU	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+2.0
5	3-2	NM ST	NM ST×3	Blocked	A'miyrie Anderson	blk Tess Fuqua, Mia Fox	+2.9
6	4-2	NM ST	NM ST×3	Ace	New Mexico St.		+3.0
7	4-3	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.0
8	5-3	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+2.2
9	5-4	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+2.0
10	5-5	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Tess Fuqua	+3.0
11	6-5	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Katrina Catalan	+2.2
12	6-6	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Makayla Martinez	+2.2
13	7-6	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Katrina Catalan	+2.3
14	7-7	NM ST	SAMHOU×6	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.2
15	7-8	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×6	Kill	Bella Wood	set Shaelin White	+3.2
16	7-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×6	Kill	Maggie Lightheart		+3.1
17	7-10	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×6	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+2.9
18	7-11	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×6	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart		+2.6
19	7-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×6	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.2
20	8-12	SAMHOU	NM ST×4	Serve err	Sam Houston		+1.3
21	9-12	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Makayla Martinez	+2.2
22	10-12	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+2.8
23	11-12	NM ST	NM ST×4	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+3.2
24	11-13	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.5
25	12-13	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+2.4
26	12-14	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.6
27	13-14	SAMHOU	NM ST	Blocked	Chloe Monson	blk New Mexico St, Jaelynn Kohli, Mia Fox	+2.5
28	13-15	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.7
29	13-16	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Bella Castro	+3.5
30	14-16	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.1
31	14-17	NM ST	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Lauren Pyle	+2.6
32	14-18	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	+2.9
33	14-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+2.2
34	14-20	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Blocked	Katrina Catalan	blk Rachelle Reed, Ashley Herman	+1.4
35	15-20	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+0.6
36	16-20	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Bella Wood	+1.3
37	16-21	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+1.4
38	16-22	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+1.1
39	17-22	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart		+0.3
40	17-23	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Lauren Pyle	+0.6
41	18-23	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Makayla Martinez	+0.2
42	18-24	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.4
43	19-24	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+0.1
44	19-25	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.2
Set 3
1	1-0	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+2.4
2	1-1	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.4
3	2-1	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Paige Nelson	+2.5
4	3-1	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Chloe Monson	+3.5
5	3-2	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.4
6	3-3	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson		+3.5
7	4-3	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+2.6
8	5-3	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+3.7
9	5-4	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+2.5
10	6-4	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+2.7
11	7-4	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Lauren Pyle		+3.7
12	7-5	NM ST	SAMHOU	Bad set	Kate Sinclair		+2.4
13	8-5	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+2.7
14	9-5	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Lauren Pyle		+3.5
15	9-6	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.2
16	10-6	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+2.6
17	11-6	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+3.2
18	11-7	NM ST	SAMHOU×3	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.9
19	11-8	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Chloe Monson	+3.1
20	11-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Ace	Sam Houston	aced Makayla Martinez	+3.6
21	12-9	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+3.0
22	12-10	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.6
23	13-10	SAMHOU	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson	set Shaelin White	+3.1
24	13-11	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.7
25	13-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+4.3
26	14-12	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+3.5
27	14-13	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+3.2
28	15-13	SAMHOU	NM ST×5	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+3.6
29	16-13	NM ST	NM ST×5	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+4.8
30	17-13	NM ST	NM ST×5	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Kameron Rector	+4.2
31	18-13	NM ST	NM ST×5	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Shaelin White	+3.3
32	19-13	NM ST	NM ST×5	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Katrina Catalan	+2.4
33	19-14	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart	set Kate Sinclair	+1.0
34	20-14	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Katrina Catalan	+1.6
35	20-15	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Rachelle Reed		+0.9
36	21-15	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Katrina Catalan	+1.5
37	21-16	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Shaelin White	+0.7
38	21-17	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart		+1.7
39	22-17	SAMHOU	NM ST×4	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+2.0
40	23-17	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Paige Nelson	+1.4
41	24-17	NM ST	NM ST×4	Blocked	Kameron Rector	blk Mia Fox, Ashley Herman	+0.5
42	25-17	NM ST	NM ST×4	Blocked	Annika Brooks	blk Mia Fox, Tess Fuqua	+0.1
Set 4
1	0-1	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.5
2	1-1	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Paige Nelson	+2.6
3	1-2	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.6
4	1-3	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Mia Fox	blk Annika Brooks, Rachelle Reed	+3.6
5	2-3	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+2.5
6	2-4	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.6
7	2-5	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Sam Houston		+3.4
8	3-5	SAMHOU	NM ST×4	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+2.3
9	4-5	NM ST	NM ST×4	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Bella Wood	+3.6
10	5-5	NM ST	NM ST×4	Blocked	Chloe Monson	blk Jaelynn Kohli, Kate Sinclair	+3.9
11	6-5	NM ST	NM ST×4	Ace	New Mexico St.	aced Bella Wood	+4.2
12	6-6	NM ST	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Shaelin White	+2.9
13	6-7	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	+4.1
14	6-8	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+4.0
15	6-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+3.7
16	7-9	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Kate Sinclair	set Katrina Catalan	+2.5
17	7-10	NM ST	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+2.7
18	7-11	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+3.4
19	7-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Attack err	Kate Sinclair		+2.9
20	7-13	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Lauren Pyle		+2.3
21	7-14	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Faith Roulston		+1.7
22	8-14	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Katie Funk	set Katrina Catalan	+0.9
23	8-15	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Lauren Pyle	+1.2
24	9-15	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Katrina Catalan	+0.8
25	9-16	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.1
26	9-17	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler		+1.0
27	10-17	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+0.4
28	11-17	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.0
29	11-18	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.0
30	11-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Blocked	Sam Houston	blk Annika Brooks, Rachelle Reed	+0.8
31	12-19	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Paige Nelson	+0.3
32	12-20	NM ST	SAMHOU×5	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+0.5
33	12-21	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Blocked	Jaelynn Kohli	blk Faith Roulston, Rachelle Reed	+0.3
34	12-22	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	+0.1
35	12-23	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Lauren Pyle	·
36	12-24	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	·
37	13-24	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		·
38	13-25	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.2
Set 5
1	1-0	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+6.4
2	1-1	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+6.2
3	2-1	SAMHOU	NM ST	Serve err	Sam Houston		+6.6
4	3-1	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.		+9.4
5	3-2	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson		+6.2
6	4-2	SAMHOU	NM ST×4	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+7.0
7	5-2	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+9.3
8	6-2	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+8.2
9	7-2	NM ST	NM ST×4	Ace	New Mexico St.		+6.7
10	7-3	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Sadie Ross	set Bella Wood	+3.4
11	8-3	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Lilli Saldivar	set Tess Fuqua	+4.8
12	9-3	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Faith Roulston	blk Ashley Herman, Maggie Lightheart	+4.8
13	9-4	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+2.1
14	9-5	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Ashley Herman		+4.3
15	10-5	SAMHOU	NM ST×3	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Katrina Catalan	+4.6
16	11-5	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Rachelle Reed		+4.1
17	12-5	NM ST	NM ST×3	Blocked	Faith Roulston	blk Maggie Lightheart, Ashley Herman	+2.1
18	12-6	NM ST	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+0.6
19	13-6	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+1.1
20	13-7	NM ST	SAMHOU	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+0.3
21	14-7	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+0.7
22	14-8	NM ST	SAMHOU	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+0.1
23	15-8	SAMHOU	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+0.3

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).

New Mexico St. def. Sam Houston 3–2

4 aces from Tess Fuqua, and New Mexico St. needed each of them.