Notre Dame vs Florida State: Florida State Wins 3-0 (Oct 25)

FinalSun, Oct 25, 2026ACCNX

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Florida St. 85.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 25, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Florida St. beat visiting Notre Dame 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-16) on Sun, Oct 25, 2026. Kyleene Filimaua led Florida St. with 11 kills; Notre Dame's Mae Kordas had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
N DAME	20	22	16	0
FSU	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Florida St. held Notre Dame to .092 hitting.

The biggest single-rally swing was 3.2 points, and Notre Dame's high was 20% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Florida St. at 85%.

Notre DameFlorida St.

Break %+15.4 pts
30.545.9
34 of 74 on serve vs 18 of 59, so Notre Dame's sideout was 54.1%.
Hitting+.143
.092.235
35 kills, 11 errors vs 39 kills, 28 errors.
Longest run+2
35
Down 18–19 in the first set, Florida St. scored 5 straight to lead 23–19. That set ended 25–20.

Florida St. above 50Notre Dame belowMax swing 3.2%

Notre DameFlorida St.

Aces: Notre Dame 0·Florida St. 5
Serve err: Notre Dame 5·Florida St. 7
Blocks: Notre Dame 3·Florida St. 91 BS · 4 BA vs 0 BS · 18 BA
Digs: Notre Dame 47·Florida St. 44

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Florida St. above 50 · Notre Dame below

Biggest swing: 3.2% to Florida St. — set 1, N DAME 19-20 FSU. Kill by Emma Lilo (set by Kyleene Filimaua). FSU win probability 83% → 86%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

N DAME 17.0%83.0% FSU

Notre Dame wins

3-0

2.6%

3-1

5.5%

3-2

8.8%

Florida St. wins

3-0

34.7%

3-1

31.0%

3-2

17.3%

N DAME break %: 37.9% vs this opp
FSU break %: 45.1% 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
Emma LiloKill+3.2%
Kill by Emma Lilo (set by Kyleene Filimaua)
Set 1 · N DAME 19-20 FSU · FSU 83% → 86%
02
Bailey HigginsAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Bailey Higgins
Set 1 · N DAME 18-17 FSU · N DAME 16% → 19%
03
Sydney HelmersAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Sydney Helmers
Set 1 · N DAME 19-21 FSU · FSU 86% → 89%
04
Payton WhalenAttack error+2.5%
Attack error by Payton Whalen
Set 1 · N DAME 19-18 FSU · N DAME 17% → 20%
05
Sydney HelmersKill+2.4%
Kill by Sydney Helmers (set by Maya Evens)
Set 1 · N DAME 16-16 FSU · N DAME 14% → 16%
06
Payton WhalenKill+2.3%
Kill by Payton Whalen (set by Kyleene Filimaua)
Set 1 · N DAME 19-19 FSU · FSU 80% → 83%
07
Florida St.Service error+2.1%
Florida St. service error
Set 1 · N DAME 19-22 FSU · FSU 89% → 91%
08
Payton WhalenKill+2.1%
Kill by Payton Whalen (set by Emma Lilo)
Set 1 · N DAME 18-18 FSU · FSU 81% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Notre Dameaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Mae KordasOH	3	12	10	39	.051	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	12
31Anna BjorkMB	3	8	1	17	.412	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9
19Chichi NnajiOH	3	8	7	21	.048	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
14Sydney HelmersOH	3	8	6	23	.087	0	2	6	3	0	0	0	8
3Portia ZeidlerMB	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
23Maya BakerS	3	0	0	2	.000	28	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
8Maya EvensL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	9	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
2Chloe HookerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1Hailie VaughnOH	1	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Angie DesamoursOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Kailyn Greene- GordonOPP	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	28	119	.092	37	5	47	5	1	4	3	58

Florida St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
12Kyleene FilimauaOH	3	11	1	27	.370	2	0	1	6	2	1	12
0Payton WhalenOH	3	8	3	25	.200	0	1	3	7	2	1	10
16Nenu KpeaMB	3	6	4	16	.125	0	0	2	1	4	2	8
21Bailey HigginsOPP	3	4	3	21	.048	0	1	0	3	5	2.5	7.5
24Delaney EwingMB	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	4	2	5
9Emma LiloS	3	1	0	1	1.000	26	3	1	11	0	0	4
6Victoria DavidOH	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
18Maile ChanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	12	0	0	0
13Bennett RatermanMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Caylan RussL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
15Johanna SovaOPP	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Callie KiefferS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	11	102	.235	33	5	7	44	18	9	75

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 3 N DAME · FSU 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 N DAMEFSU 5

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 N DAMEFSU 4

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 3 N DAMEFSU 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Notre Dame

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	36%4/11
2	57%8/14	27%3/11
3	60%6/10	38%5/13
4	67%6/9	25%2/8
5	60%6/10	25%2/8
6	50%6/12	25%2/8
All	54%40/74	31%18/59

Florida St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	59%10/17
2	67%8/12	56%10/18
3	70%7/10	36%4/11
4	86%6/7	0%0/6
5	67%6/9	54%7/13
6	60%6/10	33%3/9
All	69%41/59	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

133 rallies

#	N DAME-FSU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	FSU	N DAME	Attack err	Payton Whalen		+1.1
2	1-1	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Emma Lilo	+1.0
3	2-1	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+1.2
4	2-2	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Emma Lilo	+1.1
5	2-3	FSU	FSU	Ace	Florida St.	aced Sydney Helmers	+1.4
6	3-3	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+1.1
7	3-4	N DAME	FSU	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.0
8	4-4	FSU	N DAME	Serve err	Florida St.		+1.1
9	4-5	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+1.0
10	5-5	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Evens	+1.1
11	5-6	N DAME	FSU	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+1.1
12	5-7	FSU	FSU	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Bailey Higgins, Delaney Ewing	+1.4
13	6-7	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+1.0
14	6-8	N DAME	FSU×4	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.0
15	6-9	FSU	FSU×4	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Nenu Kpea, Bailey Higgins	+1.3
16	6-10	FSU	FSU×4	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Victoria David	+1.0
17	6-11	FSU	FSU×4	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Nenu Kpea, Bailey Higgins	+0.8
18	7-11	FSU	N DAME×3	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.5
19	8-11	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Emma Lilo	+1.0
20	9-11	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Emma Lilo	+1.3
21	9-12	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Emma Lilo	+1.0
22	10-12	FSU	N DAME×3	Attack err	Nenu Kpea		+0.9
23	11-12	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+1.6
24	12-12	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+2.0
25	12-13	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Emma Lilo	+1.4
26	12-14	FSU	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Maya Baker	+1.8
27	13-14	FSU	N DAME	Serve err	Florida St.		+1.3
28	13-15	N DAME	FSU	Attack err	Kailyn Greene- Gordon		+1.3
29	14-15	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+1.4
30	14-16	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+1.4
31	15-16	FSU	N DAME	Serve err	Florida St.		+1.4
32	16-16	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Evens	+2.4
33	16-17	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Emma Lilo	+1.8
34	17-17	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+1.9
35	18-17	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Bailey Higgins		+3.1
36	18-18	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Emma Lilo	+2.1
37	19-18	FSU	N DAME	Attack err	Payton Whalen		+2.5
38	19-19	N DAME	FSU×5	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Kyleene Filimaua	+2.3
39	19-20	FSU	FSU×5	Kill	Emma Lilo	set Kyleene Filimaua	+3.2
40	19-21	FSU	FSU×5	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+2.8
41	19-22	FSU	FSU×5	Serve err	Florida St.		+2.1
42	19-23	FSU	FSU×5	Ace	Florida St.		+1.2
43	20-23	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.4
44	20-24	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Maya Evens	+0.7
45	20-25	FSU	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Maile Chan	+0.3
Set 2
1	0-1	N DAME	FSU	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Delaney Ewing, Kyleene Filimaua	+0.7
2	1-1	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Evens	+0.7
3	1-2	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Emma Lilo	+0.7
4	2-2	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.8
5	2-3	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Emma Lilo	+0.7
6	3-3	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+0.8
7	4-3	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Payton Whalen		+1.2
8	4-4	N DAME	FSU×3	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Emma Lilo	+0.8
9	4-5	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+1.1
10	4-6	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+1.0
11	5-6	FSU	N DAME	Serve err	Florida St.		+0.7
12	5-7	N DAME	FSU	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.7
13	6-7	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Evens	+0.7
14	6-8	N DAME	FSU×3	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+0.7
15	6-9	FSU	FSU×3	Bad set	Sydney Helmers		+0.9
16	6-10	FSU	FSU×3	Ace	Florida St.		+0.8
17	7-10	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.5
18	7-11	N DAME	FSU×4	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+0.5
19	7-12	FSU	FSU×4	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.6
20	7-13	FSU	FSU×4	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Emma Lilo	+0.4
21	7-14	FSU	FSU×4	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+0.3
22	8-14	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Evens	+0.2
23	8-15	N DAME	FSU	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Bailey Higgins, Delaney Ewing	+0.2
24	9-15	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+0.2
25	10-15	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	Nenu Kpea	blk Anna Bjork	+0.3
26	10-16	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Emma Lilo	+0.3
27	11-16	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+0.2
28	11-17	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Callie Kieffer	+0.3
29	11-18	FSU	FSU	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Callie Kieffer	+0.3
30	12-18	FSU	N DAME×3	Kill	Portia Zeidler	set Maya Baker	+0.1
31	13-18	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Nenu Kpea		+0.3
32	14-18	N DAME	N DAME×3	Blocked	Kyleene Filimaua	blk Chichi Nnaji, Portia Zeidler	+0.5
33	14-19	N DAME	FSU	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.4
34	15-19	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.3
35	16-19	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.7
36	16-20	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Johanna Sova	set Callie Kieffer	+0.7
37	16-21	FSU	FSU	Ace	Florida St.	aced Sydney Helmers	+0.6
38	17-21	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.2
39	18-21	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+0.6
40	18-22	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+0.7
41	18-23	FSU	FSU	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.5
42	19-23	FSU	N DAME	Serve err	Florida St.		+0.1
43	20-23	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Evens	+0.4
44	20-24	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Emma Lilo	+0.5
45	21-24	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Maya Baker	+0.2
46	22-24	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Nenu Kpea		+0.6
47	22-25	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Payton Whalen	set Emma Lilo	+1.0
Set 3
1	0-1	FSU	FSU	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+0.5
2	1-1	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Evens	+0.4
3	1-2	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Emma Lilo	+0.3
4	1-3	FSU	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+0.4
5	2-3	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.3
6	3-3	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.5
7	3-4	N DAME	FSU	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+0.4
8	3-5	FSU	FSU	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Nenu Kpea, Kyleene Filimaua	+0.5
9	4-5	FSU	N DAME	Bad set	Nenu Kpea		+0.3
10	4-6	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+0.3
11	5-6	FSU	N DAME	Serve err	Florida St.		+0.3
12	5-7	N DAME	FSU×3	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.3
13	5-8	FSU	FSU×3	Blocked	Sydney Helmers	blk Delaney Ewing, Bailey Higgins	+0.4
14	5-9	FSU	FSU×3	Ace	Emma Lilo	aced Sydney Helmers	+0.4
15	6-9	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+0.2
16	6-10	N DAME	FSU	Serve err	Anna Bjork		+0.3
17	7-10	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Evens	+0.2
18	7-11	N DAME	FSU×4	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Emma Lilo	+0.3
19	7-12	FSU	FSU×4	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+0.3
20	7-13	FSU	FSU×4	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Emma Lilo	+0.2
21	7-14	FSU	FSU×4	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+0.1
22	8-14	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Portia Zeidler	set Maya Baker	+0.1
23	8-15	N DAME	FSU	Serve err	Sydney Helmers		+0.1
24	8-16	FSU	FSU	Attack err	Portia Zeidler		+0.1
25	9-16	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	·
26	9-17	N DAME	FSU	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Nenu Kpea, Payton Whalen	+0.1
27	10-17	FSU	N DAME	Serve err	Florida St.		·
28	11-17	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.1
29	11-18	N DAME	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+0.1
30	12-18	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.1
31	12-19	N DAME	FSU×3	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo	+0.1
32	12-20	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Anna Bjork		+0.1
33	12-21	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Hailie Vaughn		·
34	13-21	FSU	N DAME	Kill	Hailie Vaughn	set Maya Baker	·
35	13-22	N DAME	FSU×3	Kill	Bennett Raterman	set Emma Lilo	·
36	13-23	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Hailie Vaughn		·
37	13-24	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Mae Kordas		·
38	14-24	FSU	N DAME×3	Blocked	Bailey Higgins	blk Hailie Vaughn, Portia Zeidler	·
39	15-24	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Bailey Higgins		·
40	16-24	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Evens	·
41	16-25	N DAME	FSU	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Bennett Raterman, Payton Whalen	·

Score shown after each rally, Notre Dame 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).

Florida St. def. Notre Dame 3–0

Florida St. held Notre Dame to .092 hitting.