Sam Houston vs Liberty Volleyball: Liberty Wins 3-0 (Oct 23)

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Liberty 61.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Liberty beat visiting Sam Houston 3-0 (25-18, 28-26, 25-21) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Liberty's Paige Overcash led with 14 kills, and Melis Ural added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 12:55 AM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SAMHOU	18	26	21	0
LIBRTY	25	28	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Liberty trailed 10–17 in the second and still took the set, then the match.

The match turned once; each line shows Liberty's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. RallyIQ gave Liberty 62% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Sam Houston 25–25 Liberty
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Liberty, enough to take the set 28–26 and lead 2–0.
Liberty 75% → 92%

Liberty above 50Sam Houston belowMax swing 9.1%

Sam HoustonLiberty

Sideout %: Sam Houston 55.3·Liberty 65.7
Break %: Sam Houston 34.3·Liberty 44.7
Hitting: Sam Houston .115·Liberty .327
Longest run: Sam Houston 5·Liberty 6

Alison Bierwagen
2 kills inside the turning points, 2 K and .500 for the match (3 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Liberty above 50 · Sam Houston below

Biggest swing: 9.1% to Liberty — set 2, SAMHOU 24-24 LIBRTY. Attack error by Chloe Monson. LIBRTY win probability 66% → 75%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SAMHOU 36.5%63.5% LIBRTY

Sam Houston wins

3-0

7.6%

3-1

13.1%

3-2

15.7%

Liberty wins

3-0

19.1%

3-1

24.3%

3-2

20.0%

SAMHOU break %: 39.8% vs this opp
LIBRTY break %: 42.4% 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
Chloe MonsonAttack error+9.1%
Attack error by Chloe Monson
Set 2 · SAMHOU 24-24 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 66% → 75%
02
Alison BierwagenKill+8.6%
Kill by Alison Bierwagen (set by Addie Fielder)
Set 2 · SAMHOU 25-26 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 75% → 83%
03
Jenna OttsKill+8.2%
Kill by Jenna Otts (set by Alison Bierwagen)
Set 2 · SAMHOU 26-28 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 83% → 92%
04
Paige OvercashAttack error+7.1%
Attack error by Paige Overcash
Set 2 · SAMHOU 24-22 LIBRTY · SAMHOU 30% → 37%
05
Kameron RectorKill+6.2%
Kill by Kameron Rector (set by Lauren Pyle)
Set 2 · SAMHOU 25-24 LIBRTY · SAMHOU 25% → 31%
06
Jenna OttsKill+6.2%
Kill by Jenna Otts (set by Alison Bierwagen)
Set 2 · SAMHOU 25-25 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 69% → 75%
07
Kameron Rector&Rachelle ReedBlock+5.9%
Jenna Otts stuffed by Kameron Rector & Rachelle Reed
Set 2 · SAMHOU 26-26 LIBRTY · SAMHOU 17% → 22%
08
Alison BierwagenKill+5.9%
Kill by Alison Bierwagen (set by Melis Ural)
Set 2 · SAMHOU 26-27 LIBRTY · LIBRTY 78% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Sam Houstonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Bella WoodOH	3	10	4	32	.188	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	12
8Chelsea ButlerMB	3	8	4	20	.200	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8
4Chloe MonsonOH	3	5	9	29	-.138	1	0	1	6	0	0	2	1	6
17Annika BrooksOH	3	6	2	13	.308	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
12Rachelle ReedOH	3	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	5
2Brenlin GarlitzS	3	1	0	2	.500	14	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	3
9Kameron RectorOH	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
15Lauren PyleS	3	0	0	2	.000	15	3	0	14	0	0	0	0	3
13Avery PruittDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Shaelin WhiteDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
6Faith RoulstonMB	2	2	4	12	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
Team totals		38	24	122	.115	36	7	3	43	4	1	8	5	65

Libertyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Paige OvercashOH	3	14	5	29	.310	0	1	3	5	2	0	1	0.5	15.5
7Addison HartOH	3	12	0	21	.571	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	13
0Laney DaniellMB	3	9	2	15	.467	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	10
24Layla CollinsMB	3	1	0	7	.143	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	3
11Alison BierwagenS	3	2	0	4	.500	22	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	3
22Molly LittlefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0
8Jenna OttsOH	3	7	4	26	.115	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
15Charli MorrisS	3	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3
16Charli CrowsonS	3	0	0	0	–	14	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	2
5Melis UralL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0
3VB TrostOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Addie FielderS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	11	107	.327	43	4	8	43	7	1	12	7	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.

Sam Houston vs Liberty

Season series · Liberty leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Sam Houston at Liberty · Liberty won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Sam Houston at Liberty · Liberty won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 SAMHOU · LIBRTY 6

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 SAMHOULIBRTY 6

Set 2

26-28

Longest run 4 SAMHOULIBRTY 5

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 5 SAMHOULIBRTY 4

Bars above the line = Liberty 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	53%8/15	33%4/12
2	39%7/18	33%4/12
3	70%7/10	13%1/8
4	54%7/13	59%10/17
5	78%7/9	13%1/8
6	55%6/11	30%3/10
All	55%42/76	34%23/67

Liberty

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%9/13	50%7/14
2	73%8/11	38%5/13
3	54%7/13	59%10/17
4	54%7/13	30%3/10
5	88%7/8	46%6/13
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	66%44/67	45%34/76

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

143 rallies

#	SAMHOU-LIBRTY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Blocked	Bella Wood	blk Addison Hart, Layla Collins	+1.7
2	1-1	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.7
3	1-2	SAMHOU	LIBRTY×6	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.7
4	1-3	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Attack err	Bella Wood		+2.4
5	1-4	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Blocked	Chelsea Butler	blk Laney Daniell, Charli Morris	+2.3
6	1-5	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Ace	Charli Crowson	aced Bella Wood	+2.0
7	1-6	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.8
8	1-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×6	Attack err	Chelsea Butler		+1.5
9	2-7	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Serve err	Liberty		+0.8
10	3-7	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.5
11	3-8	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Charli Crowson	+1.2
12	4-8	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Serve err	Liberty		+1.1
13	4-9	SAMHOU	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+1.2
14	4-10	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Faith Roulston		+1.5
15	4-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Jenna Otts		+1.1
16	5-11	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+0.6
17	5-12	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+0.8
18	6-12	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+0.6
19	7-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Bad set	Alison Bierwagen		+1.1
20	7-13	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Layla Collins	+1.0
21	8-13	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Shaelin White	+0.8
22	8-14	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.0
23	8-15	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.0
24	9-15	LIBRTY	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.5
25	10-15	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Chelsea Butler		+1.0
26	11-15	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Ace	Bella Wood	aced Molly Littlefield	+1.5
27	11-16	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.3
28	12-16	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Brenlin Garlitz	set Shaelin White	+1.0
29	12-17	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+1.3
30	12-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Paige Overcash	aced Bella Wood	+1.3
31	13-18	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Serve err	Liberty		+0.6
32	13-19	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Attack err	Faith Roulston		+0.9
33	14-19	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Chloe Monson, Rachelle Reed	+0.5
34	14-20	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Charli Crowson	+0.8
35	14-21	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+0.6
36	15-21	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Attack err	Paige Overcash		+0.2
37	15-22	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
38	16-22	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Lauren Pyle	+0.1
39	16-23	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
40	17-23	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.1
41	18-23	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Paige Overcash		+0.2
42	18-24	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
43	18-25	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.6
2	1-1	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.5
3	1-2	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Annika Brooks		+2.2
4	2-2	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Serve err	Liberty		+1.5
5	2-3	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.5
6	3-3	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.6
7	4-3	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Lauren Pyle	aced Melis Ural	+2.4
8	4-4	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+1.6
9	5-4	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Serve err	Liberty		+1.7
10	5-5	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.7
11	6-5	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+1.7
12	7-5	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+2.6
13	7-6	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.7
14	8-6	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Shaelin White	+1.8
15	8-7	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.7
16	9-7	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.9
17	10-7	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Bella Wood	aced Melis Ural	+2.7
18	10-8	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Serve err	Bella Wood		+1.6
19	11-8	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+1.9
20	11-9	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.7
21	12-9	LIBRTY	SAMHOU×4	Serve err	Liberty		+2.0
22	13-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Attack err	Paige Overcash		+2.6
23	14-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Lauren Pyle	+2.2
24	15-9	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×4	Kill	Bella Wood	set Chloe Monson	+1.8
25	15-10	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Charli Crowson	+0.9
26	16-10	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Lauren Pyle	+1.2
27	17-10	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Laney Daniell		+1.2
28	17-11	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Serve err	Chloe Monson		+0.5
29	18-11	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Blocked	Paige Overcash	blk Rachelle Reed	+0.8
30	18-12	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Charli Morris	set Charli Crowson	+0.5
31	18-13	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Alison Bierwagen	aced Kameron Rector	+1.0
32	19-13	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Lauren Pyle	+1.1
33	20-13	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Jenna Otts		+1.0
34	20-14	SAMHOU	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.3
35	20-15	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.8
36	20-16	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Attack err	Chelsea Butler		+1.3
37	20-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+1.9
38	20-18	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×5	Blocked	Chelsea Butler	blk Layla Collins, Addison Hart	+2.8
39	21-18	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+2.7
40	21-19	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.9
41	21-20	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+4.0
42	22-20	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Serve err	Liberty		+3.7
43	22-21	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+2.8
44	22-22	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+5.8
45	23-22	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Brenlin Garlitz	+5.0
46	24-22	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Attack err	Paige Overcash		+7.1
47	24-23	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+2.6
48	24-24	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+9.1
49	25-24	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Lauren Pyle	+6.2
50	25-25	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+6.2
51	25-26	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Alison Bierwagen	set Addie Fielder	+8.6
52	26-26	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Kameron Rector, Rachelle Reed	+5.9
53	26-27	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Alison Bierwagen	set Melis Ural	+5.9
54	26-28	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Alison Bierwagen	+8.2
Set 3
1	0-1	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.9
2	1-1	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chelsea Butler	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.9
3	1-2	SAMHOU	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.9
4	1-3	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.3
5	1-4	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Blocked	Annika Brooks	blk Laney Daniell, Paige Overcash	+1.2
6	2-4	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.8
7	2-5	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+0.9
8	3-5	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.8
9	4-5	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Lauren Pyle	aced Paige Overcash	+1.3
10	4-6	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Jenna Otts	set Charli Crowson	+1.0
11	4-7	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+1.3
12	5-7	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Chloe Monson	set Lauren Pyle	+0.8
13	5-8	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Blocked	Bella Wood	blk Charli Morris	+0.9
14	6-8	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+0.9
15	7-8	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Kill	Bella Wood	set Avery Pruitt	+1.4
16	7-9	SAMHOU	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Addison Hart	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.0
17	7-10	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Addison Hart	set Molly Littlefield	+1.4
18	7-11	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Alison Bierwagen	+1.2
19	7-12	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×4	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Melis Ural	+1.0
20	8-12	LIBRTY	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Bella Wood	set Lauren Pyle	+0.6
21	9-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Ace	Brenlin Garlitz	aced Molly Littlefield	+1.1
22	10-12	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×3	Kill	Bella Wood	set Chelsea Butler	+1.3
23	10-13	SAMHOU	LIBRTY×3	Serve err	Brenlin Garlitz		+1.0
24	10-14	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Bad set	Brenlin Garlitz		+1.3
25	10-15	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Bella Wood		+1.0
26	11-15	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Serve err	Liberty		+0.6
27	11-16	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.7
28	11-17	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Ace	Charli Crowson	aced Kameron Rector	+0.8
29	12-17	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Annika Brooks	set Brenlin Garlitz	+0.3
30	12-18	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Paige Overcash	set Charli Crowson	+0.5
31	12-19	LIBRTY	LIBRTY	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+0.4
32	13-19	LIBRTY	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Kameron Rector	+0.2
33	14-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Ace	Lauren Pyle	aced Paige Overcash	+0.4
34	15-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Blocked	Laney Daniell	blk Rachelle Reed, Chloe Monson	+0.7
35	16-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Shaelin White	+1.0
36	17-19	SAMHOU	SAMHOU×5	Blocked	Jenna Otts	blk Faith Roulston, Rachelle Reed	+1.5
37	17-20	SAMHOU	LIBRTY×3	Kill	Laney Daniell	set Charli Crowson	+1.3
38	17-21	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Blocked	Faith Roulston	blk Layla Collins, Jenna Otts	+1.4
39	17-22	LIBRTY	LIBRTY×3	Attack err	Chloe Monson		+0.9
40	18-22	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Faith Roulston	set Lauren Pyle	+0.3
41	18-23	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Blocked	Kameron Rector	blk Layla Collins, Charli Morris	+0.5
42	19-23	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Rachelle Reed	set Lauren Pyle	+0.2
43	19-24	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Attack err	Faith Roulston		+0.4
44	20-24	LIBRTY	SAMHOU	Kill	Kameron Rector	set Lauren Pyle	+0.1
45	21-24	SAMHOU	SAMHOU	Ace	Brenlin Garlitz	aced Molly Littlefield	+0.3
46	21-25	SAMHOU	LIBRTY	Kill	Layla Collins	set Alison Bierwagen	+0.5

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).

Liberty def. Sam Houston 3–0

Liberty trailed 10–17 in the second and still took the set, then the match.