Texas vs Kentucky Volleyball: Kentucky Wins 3-0 (Sep 27)

FinalSun, Sep 27, 2026ESPN

0:3

Kentucky beat visiting Texas 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-21) on Sun, Sep 27, 2026. Kentucky's Asia Thigpen led with 15 kills, and Molly Tuozzo added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 27

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TEXAS	23	20	21	0
UK	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Kentucky above 50 · Texas below

Biggest swing: 7.0% to Kentucky — set 1, TEXAS 23-25 UK. Kill by Asia Thigpen (set by Molly Tuozzo). UK win probability 81% → 88%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TEXAS 23.4%76.6% UK

Texas wins

3-0

4.0%

3-1

8.0%

3-2

11.4%

Kentucky wins

3-0

28.4%

3-1

29.2%

3-2

19.0%

TEXAS break %: 36.0% vs this opp
UK break %: 41.4% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Asia ThigpenKill+7.0%
Kill by Asia Thigpen (set by Molly Tuozzo)
Set 1 · TEXAS 23-25 UK · UK 81% → 88%
02
Asia ThigpenKill+6.6%
Kill by Asia Thigpen (set by Molly Tuozzo)
Set 1 · TEXAS 22-23 UK · UK 73% → 80%
03
Asia ThigpenKill+5.0%
Kill by Asia Thigpen (set by Kassie O'Brien)
Set 1 · TEXAS 23-24 UK · UK 76% → 81%
04
Henley AndersonKill+4.7%
Kill by Henley Anderson (set by Ramsey Gary)
Set 1 · TEXAS 20-18 UK · TEXAS 29% → 33%
05
Henley AndersonAttack error+4.6%
Attack error by Henley Anderson
Set 1 · TEXAS 20-20 UK · UK 69% → 74%
06
Taylor HarveyKill+3.9%
Kill by Taylor Harvey (set by Rella Binney)
Set 1 · TEXAS 22-21 UK · TEXAS 27% → 31%
07
Cari SpearsKill+3.9%
Kill by Cari Spears (set by Rella Binney)
Set 1 · TEXAS 23-23 UK · TEXAS 20% → 24%
08
Brooklyn DeLeyeKill+3.7%
Kill by Brooklyn DeLeye (set by Kassie O'Brien)
Set 1 · TEXAS 17-17 UK · UK 71% → 74%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Texasaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Cari SpearsOH	3	11	6	34	.147	0	0	5	7	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
4Torrey StaffordOH	3	12	7	39	.128	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	12
55Nya BuntonMB	3	6	1	13	.385	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
22Henley AndersonOH	3	5	3	14	.143	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	7
10Taylor HarveyMB	3	4	1	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	7
3Rella BinneyS	3	0	0	2	.000	30	0	1	3	0	0	4	2	2
17Emma CuginoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
16Anja KujundzicL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
32Ramsey GaryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
14Addy GaidoOH	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Callie KruegerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1Ella SwindleS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Genevieve HarrisS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	18	112	.188	37	1	9	36	1	4	14	11	64

Kentuckyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Asia ThigpenOH	3	15	5	33	.303	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	1	16
17Brooklyn DeLeyeOH	3	11	7	28	.143	1	0	3	7	1	0	0	0	11
15Lizzie CarrMB	3	8	1	16	.438	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	11
10Kennedy WashingtonMB	3	2	2	11	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
6Kassie O'BrienS	3	2	1	4	.250	37	0	0	6	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
1Trinity WardL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9Georgia WatsonOH	3	9	2	16	.438	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	10
12Molly TuozzoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	1
27Brynn CovellS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	18	108	.269	44	1	6	43	1	1	14	8	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 TEXAS · UK 6

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 4 TEXASUK 4

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 2 TEXASUK 6

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 3 TEXASUK 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Texas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	82%9/11	13%1/8
2	57%8/14	36%5/14
3	57%8/14	27%3/11
4	57%8/14	33%4/12
5	67%6/9	27%3/11
6	50%6/12	33%3/9
All	61%45/74	29%19/65

Kentucky

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	11%1/9
2	80%8/10	43%6/14
3	73%8/11	20%2/10
4	62%8/13	56%10/18
5	78%7/9	36%4/11
6	75%6/8	50%6/12
All	71%46/65	39%29/74

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

139 rallies

#	TEXAS-UK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UK	TEXAS×4	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+1.4
2	2-0	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Blocked	Kennedy Washington	blk Henley Anderson	+2.3
3	3-0	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Nya Bunton, Cari Spears	+2.4
4	4-0	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Cari Spears, Nya Bunton	+2.4
5	4-1	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Kassie O'Brien	set Trinity Ward	+1.3
6	4-2	UK	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr		+2.2
7	5-2	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Ramsey Gary	+1.6
8	5-3	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+1.4
9	6-3	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+1.6
10	6-4	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+1.4
11	7-4	UK	TEXAS	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Rella Binney, Taylor Harvey	+1.7
12	8-4	TEXAS	TEXAS	Ace	Emma Cugino	aced Brooklyn DeLeye	+2.6
13	8-5	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.3
14	8-6	UK	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.4
15	9-6	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+1.8
16	9-7	TEXAS	UK×4	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.5
17	9-8	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+2.6
18	9-9	UK	UK×4	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Kassie O'Brien, Kennedy Washington	+2.6
19	9-10	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+2.5
20	10-10	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.7
21	11-10	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+2.9
22	11-11	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+1.7
23	12-11	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.9
24	12-12	TEXAS	UK	Blocked	Henley Anderson	blk Kassie O'Brien, Kennedy Washington	+1.8
25	13-12	UK	TEXAS	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.0
26	13-13	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.9
27	14-13	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+2.1
28	14-14	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+2.0
29	15-14	UK	TEXAS	Attack err	Lizzie Carr		+2.2
30	16-14	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+3.6
31	16-15	TEXAS	UK	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Georgia Watson, Lizzie Carr	+2.0
32	17-15	UK	TEXAS	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Rella Binney, Taylor Harvey	+2.5
33	17-16	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.1
34	17-17	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.7
35	18-17	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+2.7
36	18-18	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.4
37	19-18	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Emma Cugino	+2.9
38	20-18	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Ramsey Gary	+4.7
39	20-19	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.4
40	20-20	UK	UK	Attack err	Henley Anderson		+4.6
41	21-20	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+3.5
42	21-21	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.2
43	22-21	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+3.9
44	22-22	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.6
45	22-23	UK	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo	+6.6
46	23-23	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+3.9
47	23-24	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+5.0
48	23-25	UK	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo	+7.0
Set 2
1	0-1	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.9
2	1-1	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Ramsey Gary	+1.0
3	1-2	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Kassie O'Brien	set Trinity Ward	+1.0
4	2-2	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+1.0
5	2-3	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.0
6	3-3	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+1.1
7	4-3	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+1.8
8	4-4	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.1
9	4-5	UK	UK	Ace	Molly Tuozzo	aced Torrey Stafford	+1.7
10	5-5	UK	TEXAS	Serve err	Molly Tuozzo		+1.1
11	5-6	TEXAS	UK	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.1
12	6-6	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.1
13	7-6	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+2.0
14	7-7	TEXAS	UK	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Kassie O'Brien, Kennedy Washington	+1.2
15	8-7	UK	TEXAS	Serve err	Kentucky		+1.3
16	8-8	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.2
17	8-9	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.9
18	9-9	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.3
19	9-10	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.2
20	10-10	UK	TEXAS	Blocked	Georgia Watson	blk Henley Anderson	+1.3
21	11-10	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	Georgia Watson		+2.3
22	11-11	TEXAS	UK×6	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.4
23	11-12	UK	UK×6	Attack err	Cari Spears		+2.1
24	11-13	UK	UK×6	Kill	Lizzie Carr		+2.0
25	11-14	UK	UK×6	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk Lizzie Carr, Asia Thigpen	+1.7
26	11-15	UK	UK×6	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk Lizzie Carr, Asia Thigpen	+1.4
27	11-16	UK	UK×6	Kill	Lizzie Carr		+1.0
28	12-16	UK	TEXAS	Serve err	Kentucky		+0.5
29	13-16	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Ramsey Gary	+1.1
30	13-17	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+0.9
31	14-17	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.7
32	14-18	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.9
33	15-18	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+0.7
34	15-19	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.9
35	16-19	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.7
36	16-20	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.9
37	17-20	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.6
38	17-21	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.9
39	17-22	UK	UK	Blocked	Nya Bunton	blk Lizzie Carr	+0.8
40	18-22	UK	TEXAS	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+0.2
41	18-23	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.4
42	19-23	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+0.1
43	19-24	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.3
44	20-24	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+0.1
45	20-25	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+0.2
Set 3
1	1-0	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.6
2	2-0	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Rella Binney, Taylor Harvey	+0.9
3	2-1	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+0.5
4	3-1	UK	TEXAS	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Taylor Harvey, Rella Binney	+0.6
5	4-1	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+1.0
6	4-2	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.5
7	4-3	UK	UK	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Lizzie Carr, Georgia Watson	+0.9
8	5-3	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+0.6
9	5-4	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.6
10	6-4	UK	TEXAS	Serve err	Kentucky		+0.7
11	7-4	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Nya Bunton, Cari Spears	+1.0
12	7-5	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.6
13	7-6	UK	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.0
14	8-6	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.7
15	8-7	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.6
16	8-8	UK	UK	Attack err	Henley Anderson		+1.0
17	9-8	UK	TEXAS	Attack err	Asia Thigpen		+0.7
18	9-9	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.6
19	9-10	UK	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.0
20	10-10	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.7
21	10-11	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+0.6
22	10-12	UK	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.0
23	11-12	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.6
24	12-12	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Taylor Harvey	+1.1
25	12-13	TEXAS	UK	Serve err	Texas		+0.7
26	13-13	UK	TEXAS×3	Attack err	Kassie O'Brien		+0.7
27	14-13	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.3
28	15-13	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.4
29	15-14	TEXAS	UK×5	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.8
30	15-15	UK	UK×5	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.3
31	15-16	UK	UK×5	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Molly Tuozzo	+1.3
32	15-17	UK	UK×5	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+1.2
33	15-18	UK	UK×5	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo	+1.0
34	16-18	UK	TEXAS	Serve err	Kentucky		+0.5
35	16-19	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.6
36	17-19	UK	TEXAS×3	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.5
37	18-19	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Blocked	Kennedy Washington	blk Nya Bunton	+1.2
38	19-19	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+1.6
39	19-20	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.1
40	19-21	UK	UK	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.6
41	20-21	UK	TEXAS	Attack err	Asia Thigpen		+0.8
42	20-22	TEXAS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Brooklyn DeLeye	+1.1
43	21-22	UK	TEXAS	Kill	Addy Gaido	set Rella Binney	+0.8
44	21-23	TEXAS	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.2
45	21-24	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Taylor Harvey		+1.2
46	21-25	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Cari Spears		+0.4

Score shown after each rally, Texas 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).

Kentucky def. Texas 3–0