Utah State vs Kentucky Volleyball: Kentucky Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Aug 28, 2026

0:3

Kentucky beat visiting Utah St. 3-0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-17) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. Kentucky's Brooklyn DeLeye led with 16 kills, and Molly Tuozzo added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UT ST	13	14	17	0
UK	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Kentucky above 50 · Utah St. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UT ST 0.2%99.8% UK

Utah St. wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.2%

Kentucky wins

3-0

84.5%

3-1

13.9%

3-2

1.4%

UT ST break %: 29.1% vs this opp
UK break %: 50.4% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Utah St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Sami BlackettOH	3	5	3	18	.111	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	6
17Lauren BodilyOH	3	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
3Ava NapierskiMB	3	1	0	7	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2
42Sophie ScottMB	3	1	1	4	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
12Olivia TukuafuS	3	0	0	0	–	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
15Sadie WarrenL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0
9Olivia RuyOH	3	6	6	22	.000	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
6Ava NakaiOH	3	6	4	18	.111	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6
1Lily LaFleschL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
5Silina DamuniS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
28Justyna NovakovaOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		23	14	77	.117	22	1	11	20	5	1	4	3	44

Kentuckyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Brooklyn DeLeyeOH	3	16	1	25	.600	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	19
15Lizzie CarrMB	3	9	2	12	.583	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	11
10Kennedy WashingtonMB	3	3	2	10	.100	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	5
6Kassie O'BrienS	3	3	0	3	1.000	33	0	1	3	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
1Trinity WardL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
20Asia ThigpenOH	2	3	2	8	.125	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	3
18Morgan GaerteOH	3	7	1	12	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Molly TuozzoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	1
27Brynn CovellS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
24Sidney BurleyDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
9Georgia WatsonOH	1	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
11Molly BerezowitzDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	10	78	.436	41	5	9	33	1	2	8	6	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 5 UT ST · UK 7

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 1 UT STUK 4

Set 2

14-25

Longest run 2 UT STUK 5

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 5 UT STUK 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Utah St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%5/8	17%1/6
2	80%4/5	17%1/6
3	40%4/10	0%0/4
4	50%4/8	0%0/4
5	33%4/12	50%4/8
6	60%3/5	0%0/4
All	50%24/48	19%6/32

Kentucky

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	83%5/6	40%2/5
2	83%5/6	38%3/8
3	100%4/4	20%1/5
4	100%4/4	60%6/10
5	50%4/8	50%4/8
6	100%4/4	67%8/12
All	81%26/32	50%24/48

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

119 rallies

#	UT ST-UK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	UT ST	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
2	1-1	UK	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Olivia Tukuafu
3	1-2	UT ST	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
4	1-3	UK	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
5	2-3	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
6	2-4	UT ST	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
7	2-5	UK	UK	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Lizzie Carr
8	3-5	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
9	3-6	UT ST	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
10	3-7	UK	UK	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Kennedy Washington, Morgan Gaerte
11	4-7	UK	UT ST	Kill	Ava Nakai	set Silina Damuni
12	4-8	UT ST	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
13	4-9	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
14	5-9	UK	UT ST	Kill	Ava Nakai	set Silina Damuni
15	5-10	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
16	6-10	UK	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Olivia Tukuafu
17	6-11	UT ST	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
18	6-12	UK	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
19	6-13	UK	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye
20	6-14	UK	UK×4	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
21	7-14	UK	UT ST	Kill	Lauren Bodily	set Olivia Tukuafu
22	7-15	UT ST	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
23	8-15	UK	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Olivia Tukuafu
24	8-16	UT ST	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
25	8-17	UK	UK	Ace	Kentucky	aced Sami Blackett
26	9-17	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
27	9-18	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
28	9-19	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
29	10-19	UK	UT ST	Kill	Ava Nakai	set Silina Damuni
30	10-20	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
31	10-21	UK	UK	Attack err	Olivia Ruy
32	11-21	UK	UT ST	Kill	Ava Nakai	set Sami Blackett
33	11-22	UT ST	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
34	11-23	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
35	12-23	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
36	12-24	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
37	13-24	UK	UT ST	Kill	Lauren Bodily	set Olivia Tukuafu
38	13-25	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
Set 2
1	0-1	UK	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Molly Tuozzo
2	1-1	UK	UT ST	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte
3	1-2	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
4	2-2	UK	UT ST	Attack err	Asia Thigpen
5	2-3	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
6	3-3		UT ST	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.
7	3-4	UT ST	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
8	3-5	UK	UK	Attack err	Ava Nakai
9	4-5	UK	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Silina Damuni
10	4-6	UT ST	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
11	4-7	UK	UK×3	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Kennedy Washington, Kassie O'Brien
12	4-8	UK	UK×3	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
13	5-8	UK	UT ST	Kill	Ava Nakai	set Silina Damuni
14	5-9	UT ST	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
15	6-9	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
16	6-10	UT ST	UK×5	Kill	Kassie O'Brien	set Molly Tuozzo
17	6-11	UK	UK×5	Attack err	Sami Blackett
18	6-12	UK	UK×5	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Molly Tuozzo
19	6-13	UK	UK×5	Attack err	Sami Blackett
20	6-14	UK	UK×5	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
21	7-14	UK	UT ST	Kill	Lauren Bodily	set Olivia Tukuafu
22	7-15	UT ST	UK×4	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
23	7-16	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Sadie Warren
24	7-17	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Sadie Warren
25	7-18	UK	UK×4	Kill	Lizzie Carr
26	8-18	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
27	9-18	UT ST	UT ST	Blocked	Lizzie Carr	blk Sami Blackett
28	9-19	UT ST	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
29	9-20	UK	UK×3	Ace	Kentucky	aced Sadie Warren
30	9-21	UK	UK×3	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
31	10-21	UK	UT ST	Kill	Ava Nakai	set Lily LaFlesch
32	10-22	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Utah St.
33	11-22	UK	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Silina Damuni
34	12-22	UT ST	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Silina Damuni
35	12-23	UT ST	UK	Kill	Kassie O'Brien	set Asia Thigpen
36	12-24	UK	UK	Bad set	Silina Damuni
37	13-24	UK	UT ST	Attack err	Asia Thigpen
38	14-24	UT ST	UT ST	Ace	Olivia Tukuafu	aced Sidney Burley
39	14-25	UT ST	UK	Serve err	Olivia Tukuafu
Set 3
1	1-0	UT ST	UT ST	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Ava Napierski, Lauren Bodily
2	1-1	UT ST	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
3	2-1	UK	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Lily LaFlesch
4	2-2	UT ST	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
5	3-2	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
6	3-3	UT ST	UK×3	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
7	3-4	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Sami Blackett
8	3-5	UK	UK×3	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
9	4-5	UK	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Silina Damuni
10	4-6	UT ST	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien
11	4-7	UK	UK	Attack err	Sophie Scott
12	5-7	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
13	5-8	UT ST	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kennedy Washington
14	6-8	UK	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Ava Nakai
15	6-9	UT ST	UK	Kill	Kassie O'Brien	set Kennedy Washington
16	6-10	UK	UK	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Lizzie Carr
17	7-10	UK	UT ST	Serve err	Kentucky
18	7-11	UT ST	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
19	8-11	UK	UT ST	Kill	Lauren Bodily	set Olivia Tukuafu
20	9-11	UT ST	UT ST	Attack err	Lizzie Carr
21	9-12	UT ST	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
22	10-12	UK	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Lily LaFlesch
23	10-13	UT ST	UK×3	Serve err	Utah St.
24	10-14	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Ava Nakai
25	10-15	UK	UK×3	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Brooklyn DeLeye
26	11-15	UK	UT ST	Bad set	Kassie O'Brien
27	11-16	UT ST	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
28	11-17	UK	UK	Attack err	Ava Nakai
29	12-17	UK	UT ST×5	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Silina Damuni
30	13-17	UT ST	UT ST×5	Attack err	Georgia Watson
31	14-17	UT ST	UT ST×5	Blocked	Kennedy Washington	blk Ava Napierski, Olivia Ruy
32	15-17	UT ST	UT ST×5	Attack err	Georgia Watson
33	16-17	UT ST	UT ST×5	Kill	Ava Napierski	set Silina Damuni*
34	16-18	UT ST	UK×7	Serve err	Utah St.
35	16-19	UK	UK×7	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
36	16-20	UK	UK×7	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Kennedy Washington, Kassie O'Brien
37	16-21	UK	UK×7	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Kennedy Washington, Kassie O'Brien
38	16-22	UK	UK×7	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
39	16-23	UK	UK×7	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Molly Tuozzo
40	16-24	UK	UK×7	Ace	Kentucky	aced Olivia Ruy
41	17-24	UK	UT ST	Attack err	Kennedy Washington
42	17-25	UT ST	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien

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

Kentucky def. Utah St. 3–0