FinalSat, Aug 29, 2026

Kentucky def. South Fla. 3–0

Kentucky beat visiting South Fla. 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-19) on Sat, Aug 29, 2026. Kentucky's Brooklyn DeLeye led with 12 kills, and Molly Tuozzo added 10 digs.

Data through · final Aug 29

Set123Sets
USF1816190
UK2525253

Win probability

Kentucky above 50 · South Fla. below
SET 1SET 2SET 310050100rally 128 · set 3

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

USF 0.6%99.4% UK

South Fla. wins

3-0
0.0%
3-1
0.1%
3-2
0.4%

Kentucky wins

3-0
78.7%
3-1
18.1%
3-2
2.6%
USF break %
30.7% vs this opp
UK break %
49.8% 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

PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
37518.111000300429
3114.00001300073.55.5
34728-.107000030215
34212.167001310004
3327.14300000010.53.5
3105.2002402400212
3619.556002000006
3000–2101100001
3000–000500000
3000–001210000
1000–000000000
1000–000000000
Team totals261883.0962629285016853
PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
312836.1110137012215
310219.4210000024414
3618.625000101228
37211.45510280010.57.5
3203.6673341600006
3000–102200000
35317.11800030132.57.5
3000–3011000000
2000–000100000
1000–000000000
Team totals421694.27738593825121175

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 5 USF · UK 8

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 USFUK 6

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 USFUK 5

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 5 USFUK 8

Bars above the line = Kentucky leads, below = South Fla. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Fla.

SlotSideout %Break %
1
21%6/28
63%10/16
2
75%6/8
0%0/6
3
100%6/6
25%2/8
4
67%6/9
40%4/10
5
40%6/15
25%2/8
6
57%4/7
14%1/7
All
47%34/73
35%19/55

Kentucky

SlotSideout %Break %
1
46%6/13
71%10/14
2
100%6/6
71%15/21
3
67%6/9
14%1/7
4
67%6/9
25%2/8
5
75%6/8
25%2/8
6
60%6/10
60%9/15
All
65%36/55
53%39/73

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

128 rallies

#USF-UKSrvPointEndPlayerSetter / blockers / passer
Set 1
11-0USFUSF×3BlockedLizzie Carrblk Laila Ivey, Amelia Wass de Czege
22-0USFUSF×3BlockedBrooklyn DeLeyeblk Amelia Wass de Czege, Paula Tomasa
33-0USFUSF×3BlockedBrooklyn DeLeyeblk Amelia Wass de Czege, Paula Tomasa
43-1USFUK×6Serve errSouth Fla.
53-2UKUK×6AceKentuckyaced Laila Ivey
63-3UKUK×6KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Brooklyn DeLeye
73-4UKUK×6KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Molly Tuozzo
83-5UKUK×6Attack errLaila Ivey
93-6UKUK×6BlockedAmelia Wass de Czegeblk Lizzie Carr
104-6UKUSFBlockedMorgan Gaerteblk Amelia Wass de Czege, Laila Ivey
114-7USFUKAttack errMora Pampin
125-7UKUSF×3KillPaula Tomasaset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
136-7USFUSF×3Attack errLizzie Carr
147-7USFUSF×3AceSouth Fla.
157-8USFUKServe errSouth Fla.
168-8UKUSFServe errKentucky
179-8USFUSFAttack errMorgan Gaerte
189-9USFUKKillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
1910-9UKUSFServe errKentucky
2010-10USFUKServe errSouth Fla.
2111-10UKUSFKillIyanna Garvinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
2211-11USFUKKillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
2312-11UKUSFKillLaila Iveyset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
2412-12USFUKKillKassie O'Brienset Trinity Ward
2513-12UKUSFServe errKentucky
2613-13USFUKServe errSouth Fla.
2713-14UKUKKillLizzie Carr
2814-14UKUSFKillPaula Tomasaset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
2914-15USFUKKillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
3015-15UKUSFAttack errBrooklyn DeLeye
3115-16USFUKKillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
3216-16UKUSFKillNina Jioshvili-Ravvaset Sofija Djordjevic
3317-16USFUSFAttack errAsia Thigpen
3417-17USFUK×6Serve errSouth Fla.
3517-18UKUK×6Attack errIyanna Garvin
3617-19UKUK×6KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
3717-20UKUK×6BlockedIyanna Garvinblk Brooklyn DeLeye, Kennedy Washington
3817-21UKUK×6Bad setNina Jioshvili-Ravva
3917-22UKUK×6BlockedAddy Brusblk Kennedy Washington
4018-22UKUSFKillLaila Iveyset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
4118-23USFUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
4218-24UKUK×3Attack errAddy Brus
4318-25UKUK×3Attack errLaila Ivey
Set 2
10-1UKUKKillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
21-1UKUSFKillPaula Tomasaset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
31-2USFUKBlockedPaula Tomasablk Morgan Gaerte
41-3UKUKAceKentuckyaced Laila Ivey
52-3UKUSFServe errKentucky
62-4USFUKKillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
73-4UKUSFKillMora Pampinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
84-4USFUSFAttack errMorgan Gaerte
94-5USFUKServe errSouth Fla.
104-6UKUKBlockedPaula Tomasablk Kennedy Washington, Asia Thigpen
115-6UKUSFServe errKentucky
125-7USFUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
136-7UKUSFKillMora Pampinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
146-8USFUKKillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
156-9UKUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
167-9UKUSF×3KillLaila Iveyset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
178-9USFUSF×3Attack errBrooklyn DeLeye
189-9USFUSF×3BlockedBrooklyn DeLeyeblk Amelia Wass de Czege, Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
199-10USFUK×5KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
209-11UKUK×5KillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
219-12UKUK×5BlockedLaila Iveyblk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte
229-13UKUK×5KillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
239-14UKUK×5Attack errLaila Ivey
2410-14UKUSFKillPaula Tomasaset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
2510-15USFUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
2611-15UKUSFServe errKentucky
2711-16USFUKKillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
2812-16UKUSFKillAmelia Wass de Czegeset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
2912-17USFUKServe errSouth Fla.
3012-18UKUKKillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
3113-18UKUSFKillMora Pampinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
3213-19USFUKKillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
3313-20UKUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
3414-20UKUSFServe errKentucky
3514-21USFUKKillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
3615-21UKUSFKillLaila Iveyset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
3716-21USFUSFAttack errBrooklyn DeLeye
3816-22USFUK×4KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
3916-23UKUK×4BlockedLaila Iveyblk Morgan Gaerte, Lizzie Carr
4016-24UKUK×4AceKentuckyaced Laila Ivey
4116-25UKUK×4KillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
Set 3
10-1USFUK×3Serve errSouth Fla.
20-2UKUK×3BlockedLaila Iveyblk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte
30-3UKUK×3BlockedPaula Tomasablk Lizzie Carr
41-3UKUSFKillPaula Tomasaset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
51-4USFUKServe errSouth Fla.
62-4UKUSFKillPaula Tomasaset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
72-5USFUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
83-5UKUSF×3KillMora Pampinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
94-5USFUSF×3BlockedKennedy Washingtonblk Iyanna Garvin, Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
105-5USFUSF×3KillAddy Brusset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
115-6USFUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
125-7UKUKKillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
136-7UKUSFKillIyanna Garvinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
147-7USFUSFAttack errAsia Thigpen
157-8USFUKKillKassie O'Brienset Molly Tuozzo
167-9UKUKAttack errLaila Ivey
178-9UKUSFKillIyanna Garvinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
189-9USFUSFAceSouth Fla.
199-10USFUKKillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
2010-10UKUSF×5KillAddy Brusset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
2111-10USFUSF×5BlockedBrooklyn DeLeyeblk Paula Tomasa, Amelia Wass de Czege
2212-10USFUSF×5KillAddy Brusset Sofija Djordjevic
2313-10USFUSF×5KillPaula Tomasaset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
2414-10USFUSF×5BlockedBrooklyn DeLeyeblk Paula Tomasa, Amelia Wass de Czege
2514-11USFUK×8KillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
2614-12UKUK×8AceKentuckyaced Ryelle Rondo
2714-13UKUK×8KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Molly Tuozzo
2814-14UKUK×8BlockedPaula Tomasablk Brooklyn DeLeye
2914-15UKUK×8KillLizzie Carrset Kassie O'Brien
3014-16UKUK×8KillLizzie Carr
3114-17UKUK×8BlockedPaula Tomasablk Brooklyn DeLeye, Lizzie Carr
3214-18UKUK×8AceKentuckyaced Addy Brus
3315-18UKUSFKillAddy Brusset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
3415-19USFUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Kassie O'Brien
3516-19UKUSFServe errKentucky
3616-20USFUKKillMorgan Gaerteset Asia Thigpen
3717-20UKUSFKillMora Pampinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
3817-21USFUKKillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
3918-21UKUSFKillMora Pampinset Nina Jioshvili-Ravva
4018-22USFUK×3KillAsia Thigpenset Kassie O'Brien
4118-23UKUK×3KillKennedy Washingtonset Kassie O'Brien
4218-24UKUK×3KillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien
4319-24UKUSFServe errKentucky
4419-25USFUKKillBrooklyn DeLeyeset Kassie O'Brien

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