Louisville vs Notre Dame Volleyball: Louisville Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Louisville 99.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Louisville won at Notre Dame 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-17) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Louisville's Chloe Chicoine led with 11 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LOUIS	25	25	25	3
N DAME	15	12	17	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No. 4 Louisville left no doubt against Notre Dame.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.1 points. Notre Dame peaked at 1% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Louisville 99% before first serve.

LouisvilleNotre Dame

Break %+30.1 pts
56.826.7
On serve: 42/74 against 12/45 (Notre Dame sideout 43.2%).
Hitting+.318
.379.061
40 K / 7 E against 26 K / 20 E.
Longest run+1
54
Up 14–8 in the second set, Louisville scored 5 straight to make it 19–8. The set finished 25–12.

Notre Dame above 50Louisville belowMax swing 0.1%

LouisvilleNotre Dame

Aces: Louisville 7·Notre Dame 3
Serve err: Louisville 7·Notre Dame 6
Blocks: Louisville 10·Notre Dame 13 BS · 14 BA vs 0 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Louisville 41·Notre Dame 34

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Notre Dame above 50 · Louisville below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Louisville stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LOUIS 99.7%0.3% N DAME

Louisville wins

3-0

82.6%

3-1

15.3%

3-2

1.8%

Notre Dame wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.2%

LOUIS break %: 52.6% vs this opp
N DAME break %: 31.8% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Louisvilleaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Chloe ChicoineOH	3	11	3	30	.267	0	1	3	11	2	1	1	1.5	13.5
44Brooke BultemaMB	3	9	0	12	.750	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	12
24Kalyssa BlackshearOPP	3	9	1	18	.444	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	11
21Payton PetersenL/DS	3	7	2	18	.278	0	1	2	9	0	0	0	0	8
4Addison MakunMB	3	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4
8Nayelis CabelloS	3	0	0	2	.000	29	2	0	7	0	0	2	1	3
6Hannah KennyS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	2
3Kamden SchrandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	1
22Blair ThiebaudS	3	0	0	2	.000	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
10Elsi KarjanlahtiL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
54Elli StreckerMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Hannah ShermanMB	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Molly UrbanL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	7	87	.379	36	7	7	41	3	3	14	10	75

Notre Damehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
15Mae KordasOH	3	8	6	32	.063	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	8
31Anna BjorkMB	3	2	3	10	-.100	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
23Maya BakerS	3	1	0	2	.500	17	1	2	8	0	0	0	2
33Grace LangerMB	3	1	1	7	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14Sydney HelmersOH	2	6	3	13	.231	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	7
11Isabella SanghaMB	2	2	1	11	.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
10Angie DesamoursOH	3	4	2	12	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
19Chichi NnajiOH	3	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
8Maya EvensL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0
5Carla MercadoL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
2Chloe HookerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
4Lily FentonS	2	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Mia RadeffOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3Portia ZeidlerMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	20	99	.061	25	3	6	34	7	2	1	44

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.

Louisville vs Notre Dame

Season series · Louisville leads 2-0

Wed, Sep 30, 2026Notre Dame at Louisville · Louisville won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 3, 2026Louisville at Notre Dame · Louisville won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 LOUIS · N DAME 4

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 4 LOUISN DAME 2

Set 2

25-12

Longest run 5 LOUISN DAME 2

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 5 LOUISN DAME 4

Bars above the line = Notre Dame leads, below = Louisville leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Louisville

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	62%8/13
2	86%6/7	63%10/16
3	75%6/8	60%9/15
4	75%6/8	45%5/11
5	63%5/8	38%3/8
6	80%4/5	64%7/11
All	73%33/45	57%42/74

Notre Dame

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%6/16	0%0/4
2	33%6/18	33%3/9
3	43%6/14	14%1/7
4	75%6/8	25%2/8
5	42%5/12	25%2/8
6	50%3/6	44%4/9
All	43%32/74	27%12/45

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

119 rallies

#	LOUIS-N DAME	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	LOUIS	LOUIS	Ace	Louisville	aced Mae Kordas
2	2-0	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Sydney Helmers
3	2-1	LOUIS	N DAME	Serve err	Louisville
4	2-2	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork
5	3-2	N DAME	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
6	4-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
7	5-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Attack err	Sydney Helmers
8	5-3	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker
9	5-4	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear
10	6-4	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
11	6-5	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton
12	6-6	N DAME	N DAME	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Chloe Chicoine
13	7-6	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Kamden Schrand
14	8-6	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
15	8-7	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton
16	9-7	N DAME	LOUIS	Serve err	Notre Dame
17	10-7	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Payton Petersen	set Nayelis Cabello
18	10-8	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton
19	11-8	N DAME	LOUIS×4	Serve err	Notre Dame
20	12-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Payton Petersen	set Nayelis Cabello
21	13-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Ace	Louisville	aced Mae Kordas
22	14-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Bad set	Maya Baker
23	14-9	LOUIS	N DAME	Attack err	Payton Petersen
24	15-9	N DAME	LOUIS×3	Serve err	Notre Dame
25	16-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Blocked	Isabella Sangha	blk Addison Makun
26	17-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Addison Makun	set Nayelis Cabello
27	17-10	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker
28	17-11	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker
29	18-11	N DAME	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Maya Baker
30	19-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
31	20-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Brooke Bultema
32	20-12	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Maya Evens
33	21-12	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
34	21-13	LOUIS	N DAME	Attack err	Chloe Chicoine
35	22-13	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
36	22-14	LOUIS	N DAME	Serve err	Louisville
37	23-14	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
38	24-14	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
39	24-15	LOUIS	N DAME	Attack err	Payton Petersen
40	25-15	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Payton Petersen	set Nayelis Cabello
Set 2
1	1-0	N DAME	LOUIS	Attack err	Mae Kordas
2	2-0	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Kalyssa Blackshear, Brooke Bultema
3	2-1	LOUIS	N DAME	Attack err	Mae Kordas
4	3-1	N DAME	LOUIS	Bad set	Maya Baker
5	3-2	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker
6	4-2	N DAME	LOUIS×3	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
7	5-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Ace	Louisville	aced Mae Kordas
8	6-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Payton Petersen	set Nayelis Cabello
9	6-3	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton
10	7-3	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
11	7-4	LOUIS	N DAME	Serve err	Louisville
12	8-4	N DAME	LOUIS×4	Serve err	Notre Dame
13	9-4	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Ace	Louisville	aced Mae Kordas
14	10-4	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Blocked	Grace Langer	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear
15	11-4	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji
16	11-5	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Lily Fenton
17	11-6	N DAME	N DAME	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Kamden Schrand
18	12-6	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Nayelis Cabello
19	12-7	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker
20	13-7	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
21	14-7	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Kalyssa Blackshear, Brooke Bultema
22	14-8	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Evens
23	15-8	N DAME	LOUIS×5	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
24	16-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Ace	Louisville	aced Chloe Hooker
25	17-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Blocked	Anna Bjork	blk Brooke Bultema
26	18-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Nayelis Cabello, Brooke Bultema
27	19-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Mae Kordas
28	19-9	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker
29	20-9	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
30	21-9	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Mia Radeff	blk Brooke Bultema, Nayelis Cabello
31	21-10	LOUIS	N DAME	Serve err	Louisville
32	22-10	N DAME	LOUIS	Serve err	Notre Dame
33	22-11	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Maya Baker
34	23-11	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Payton Petersen	set Nayelis Cabello
35	24-11	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
36	24-12	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Maya Baker
37	25-12	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
Set 3
1	1-0	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Kamden Schrand
2	2-0	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
3	3-0	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Blocked	Angie Desamours	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear
4	4-0	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Attack err	Angie Desamours
5	4-1	LOUIS	N DAME	Serve err	Louisville
6	5-1	N DAME	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
7	6-1	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
8	7-1	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji
9	8-1	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Ace	Louisville	aced Sydney Helmers
10	9-1	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Chloe Chicoine
11	9-2	LOUIS	N DAME	Blocked	Chloe Chicoine	blk Chichi Nnaji, Anna Bjork
12	10-2	N DAME	LOUIS×5	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
13	11-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
14	12-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Mae Kordas
15	13-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Ace	Louisville
16	14-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Blocked	Anna Bjork	blk Chloe Chicoine, Elli Strecker
17	14-3	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker
18	15-3	N DAME	LOUIS	Attack err	Sydney Helmers
19	15-4	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker
20	16-4	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Payton Petersen	set Nayelis Cabello
21	17-4	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Hannah Sherman	set Blair Thiebaud
22	17-5	LOUIS	N DAME×4	Kill	Maya Baker	set Grace Langer
23	17-6	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker
24	17-7	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker
25	17-8	N DAME	N DAME×4	Attack err	Hannah Sherman
26	18-8	N DAME	LOUIS	Serve err	Notre Dame
27	18-9	LOUIS	N DAME	Serve err	Louisville
28	19-9	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Payton Petersen	set Chichi Nnaji
29	19-10	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker
30	19-11	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker
31	20-11	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
32	20-12	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker
33	21-12	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
34	22-12	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
35	22-13	LOUIS	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker
36	22-14	N DAME	N DAME	Bad set	Blair Thiebaud
37	23-14	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
38	24-14	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Anna Bjork
39	24-15	LOUIS	N DAME×3	Serve err	Louisville
40	24-16	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker
41	24-17	N DAME	N DAME×3	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Chloe Chicoine
42	25-17	N DAME	LOUIS	Kill	Elli Strecker	set Blair Thiebaud

Score shown after each rally, Louisville first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Louisville def. Notre Dame 3–0

No. 4 Louisville left no doubt against Notre Dame.