West Virginia vs BYU Volleyball: BYU Wins 3-0 (Oct 10, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 10, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: BYU 95.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 10, 7:26 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

BYU beat visiting West Virginia 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-12) on Sat, Oct 10, 2026. BYU's Elli Mortensen led with 11 kills, and Lulu Po'uha added 7 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:00 PM CT · final Oct 10

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WVU	14	19	12	0
BYU	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.474 and 11 kills for Elli Mortensen as BYU rolled past West Virginia.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.7 points, and West Virginia's high was 4% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave BYU 96% before first serve.

West VirginiaBYU

Break %+30.0 pts
23.453.4
39 of 73 on serve vs 11 of 47, so West Virginia's sideout was 46.6%.
Hitting+.353
.033.386
43 K / 11 E against 24 K / 21 E.
Longest run+2
46
6 straight BYU points in the first set stretched a 17–12 lead to 23–12. That set ended 25–14.

BYU above 50West Virginia belowMax swing 0.7%

West VirginiaBYU

Aces: West Virginia 0·BYU 6
Serve err: West Virginia 4·BYU 10
Blocks: West Virginia 2·BYU 110 BS · 4 BA vs 1 BS · 20 BA
Digs: West Virginia 25·BYU 36

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

BYU above 50 · West Virginia below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WVU 2.3%97.7% BYU

West Virginia wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.6%

3-2

1.5%

BYU wins

3-0

65.6%

3-1

25.8%

3-2

6.3%

WVU break %: 31.9% vs this opp
BYU break %: 46.9% 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

West Virginiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
13Nina HorningOH	3	7	3	20	.200	1	1	5	2	0	0	7
22Maddy McgathMB	3	3	3	14	.000	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
2Anna BarrOH	3	1	3	11	-.182	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	1.5
5Alexis FinnvoldS	3	0	0	0	–	9	0	6	0	0	0	0
23Cassie BrunsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	2	0	0	0
15Sophia FallahMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Trinity SheridanOPP	3	7	5	22	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
20Macie SmithOH	3	4	5	15	-.067	0	0	0	2	1	0.5	4.5
0Lauren DuncanS	3	1	1	3	.000	10	1	5	0	0	0	1
7Mirjam karoliine KaskMB	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
21Nula AndersonOH	3	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Cami HuffMB	3	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Eily PainterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
16Lucie ŠmardováL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Reagan TurkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	4	0	0	0	0
6Saar BertelsOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Tally GrissomL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		24	21	91	.033	24	4	25	6	4	2	45

BYUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Elli MortensenOH	3	11	2	19	.474	1	2	2	6	0	2	1	14
12Claire Little chambersOH	3	9	3	22	.273	1	1	2	6	0	3	1.5	11.5
4Brooke HardyMB	3	6	3	14	.214	4	0	1	2	1	3	2.5	8.5
17Kelli jo BurgessMB	3	4	0	5	.800	0	0	0	1	0	7	3.5	7.5
22Sophia CallahanOH	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	5
7Alex BowerS	3	0	0	0	–	20	2	1	4	0	0	0	2
1Kate PriorOPP	3	9	1	12	.667	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	10.5
20Kaylie KofeS	3	0	0	0	–	13	1	1	5	0	0	0	1
8Anna BlamiresOPP	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Dimitra NanouOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Grace FredrickS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Kaylee TingeyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Kylie ButtarsOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Lulu Po'uhaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	7	0	0	0	0
6Rachel JepsenMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	11	83	.386	40	6	10	36	1	20	11	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 4 WVU · BYU 6

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 2 WVUBYU 6

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 WVUBYU 3

Set 3

12-25

Longest run 2 WVUBYU 6

Bars above the line = BYU leads, below = West Virginia leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

West Virginia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	0%0/4
2	63%5/8	38%3/8
3	57%4/7	38%3/8
4	40%4/10	0%0/4
5	44%4/9	20%1/5
6	38%3/8	20%1/5
All	51%25/49	24%8/34

BYU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%5/8	43%3/7
2	71%5/7	38%3/8
3	80%4/5	0%0/4
4	100%4/4	43%3/7
5	80%4/5	67%8/12
6	80%4/5	64%7/11
All	76%26/34	49%24/49

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 (2 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

120 rallies

#	WVU-BYU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	WVU	BYU	Serve err	West Virginia
2	1-1	BYU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold
3	1-2	WVU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe
4	2-2	BYU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold
5	2-3	WVU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Kaylie Kofe
6	3-3	BYU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan
7	3-4	WVU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe
8	3-5	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Macie Smith	blk Sophia Callahan, Kelli jo Burgess
9	4-5	BYU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Reagan Turk
10	5-5	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Claire Little chambers
11	5-6	WVU	BYU×4	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Alex Bower
12	5-7	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Trinity Sheridan
13	5-8	BYU	BYU×4	Blocked	Macie Smith	blk Sophia Callahan, Kelli jo Burgess
14	5-9	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Trinity Sheridan
15	6-9	BYU	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Lauren Duncan
16	7-9	WVU	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold
17	7-10	WVU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha
18	7-11	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Elli Mortensen, Brooke Hardy
19	8-11	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
20	8-12	WVU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Alex Bower
21	9-12	BYU	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold
22	9-13	WVU	BYU	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Kate Prior, Brooke Hardy
23	10-13	BYU	WVU	Blocked	Claire Little chambers	blk Anna Barr, Maddy Mcgath
24	11-13	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Kate Prior
25	11-14	WVU	BYU×4	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Kaylie Kofe
26	11-15	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Lauren Duncan
27	11-16	BYU	BYU×4	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Kate Prior, Kelli jo Burgess
28	11-17	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Kate Prior	set Claire Little chambers
29	12-17	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
30	12-18	WVU	BYU×6	Blocked	Macie Smith	blk Kelli jo Burgess, Kate Prior
31	12-19	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Alex Bower
32	12-20	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower
33	12-21	BYU	BYU×6	Attack err	Trinity Sheridan
34	12-22	BYU	BYU×6	Ace	BYU	aced Nina Horning
35	12-23	BYU	BYU×6	Attack err	Maddy Mcgath
36	13-23	BYU	WVU	Blocked	Sophia Callahan	blk Macie Smith, Maddy Mcgath
37	13-24	WVU	BYU	Kill	Kelli jo Burgess	set Alex Bower
38	14-24	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
39	14-25	WVU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower
Set 2
1	0-1	BYU	BYU	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower
2	0-2	BYU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Alex Bower
3	1-2	BYU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold
4	1-3	WVU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Brooke Hardy
5	1-4	BYU	BYU×3	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Brooke Hardy, Elli Mortensen
6	1-5	BYU	BYU×3	Ace	BYU	aced Cassie Bruns
7	2-5	BYU	WVU	Kill	Maddy Mcgath	set Alexis Finnvold
8	3-5	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Brooke Hardy
9	3-6	WVU	BYU	Attack err	Nina Horning	set Cassie Bruns
10	4-6	BYU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan
11	4-7	WVU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe
12	5-7	BYU	WVU	Kill	Lauren Duncan	set Nina Horning
13	5-8	WVU	BYU×3	Serve err	West Virginia
14	5-9	BYU	BYU×3	Ace	BYU	aced Macie Smith
15	5-10	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower
16	6-10	BYU	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Lauren Duncan
17	6-11	WVU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower
18	6-12	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Macie Smith
19	6-13	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Kelli jo Burgess	set Alex Bower
20	7-13	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
21	7-14	WVU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower
22	8-14	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
23	8-15	WVU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower
24	9-15	BYU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold
25	9-16	WVU	BYU	Serve err	West Virginia
26	10-16	BYU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan
27	10-17	WVU	BYU	Serve err	West Virginia
28	11-17	BYU	WVU	Kill	Maddy Mcgath	set Lauren Duncan
29	11-18	WVU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe
30	12-18	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
31	12-19	WVU	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Alex Bower
32	12-20	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Kelli jo Burgess	set Alex Bower
33	12-21	BYU	BYU×3	Ace	BYU	aced Macie Smith
34	13-21	BYU	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Reagan Turk
35	13-22	WVU	BYU	Kill	Sophia Callahan
36	14-22	BYU	WVU×4	Serve err	BYU
37	15-22	WVU	WVU×4	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold
38	16-22	WVU	WVU×4	Kill	Maddy Mcgath	set Cassie Bruns
39	17-22	WVU	WVU×4	Attack err	Elli Mortensen
40	17-23	WVU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower
41	17-24	BYU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe
42	18-24	BYU	WVU	Attack err	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe
43	19-24	WVU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Cassie Bruns
44	19-25	WVU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe
Set 3
1	1-0		WVU	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	1-1	WVU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower
3	2-1	BYU	WVU	Kill	Mirjam karoliine Kask	set Alexis Finnvold
4	2-2	WVU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Elli Mortensen
5	2-3	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Maddy Mcgath	blk Brooke Hardy
6	3-3	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
7	4-3	WVU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lauren Duncan
8	4-4	WVU	BYU×6	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe
9	4-5	BYU	BYU×6	Blocked	Trinity Sheridan	blk Kelli jo Burgess, Claire Little chambers
10	4-6	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Kate Prior
11	4-7	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe
12	4-8		BYU	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.
13	4-9	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe
14	5-9	BYU	WVU	Attack err	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe
15	5-10	WVU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Kaylie Kofe
16	6-10	BYU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan
17	6-11	WVU	BYU	Kill	Kelli jo Burgess	set Alex Bower
18	7-11	BYU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan
19	7-12	WVU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower
20	7-13	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Macie Smith
21	8-13	BYU	WVU	Attack err	Claire Little chambers	set Alex Bower
22	8-14	WVU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower
23	9-14	BYU	WVU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Brooke Hardy
24	9-15	WVU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy
25	10-15	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
26	10-16	WVU	BYU×4	Kill	Brooke Hardy
27	10-17	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Anna Barr
28	10-18	BYU	BYU×4	Ace	BYU	aced Nina Horning
29	10-19	BYU	BYU×4	Ace	BYU	aced Cassie Bruns
30	11-19	BYU	WVU	Serve err	BYU
31	12-19	WVU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lauren Duncan
32	12-20	WVU	BYU×6	Kill	Claire Little chambers	set Kaylie Kofe
33	12-21	BYU	BYU×6	Blocked	Maddy Mcgath	blk Kelli jo Burgess, Claire Little chambers
34	12-22	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Kate Prior	set Brooke Hardy
35	12-23	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Kate Prior	set Brooke Hardy
36	12-24	BYU	BYU×6	Blocked	Trinity Sheridan	blk Kelli jo Burgess, Claire Little chambers
37	12-25	BYU	BYU×6	Attack err	Nula Anderson

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

BYU def. West Virginia 3–0

.474 and 11 kills for Elli Mortensen as BYU rolled past West Virginia.