Ole Miss vs Kentucky Volleyball: Kentucky Wins 3-1 (Oct 11)

Final · 4 setsSun, Oct 11, 2026SECN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Kentucky 99.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 11, 12:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Kentucky beat visiting Ole Miss 3-1 (25-14, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19) on Sun, Oct 11, 2026. Brooklyn DeLeye led Kentucky with 14 kills; Ole Miss' Melia Johnson had a match-high 17.

Data through Nov 3, 8:00 PM CT · final Oct 11

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
MISS	14	20	25	19	1
UK	25	25	22	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Kentucky in control, mostly on serve.

Win probability never moved more than 0.3 points on one rally; Ole Miss topped out at 1% in Set 4. RallyIQ gave Kentucky >99% before first serve.

Ole MissKentucky

Break %+12.9 pts
32.945.8
44 of 96 on serve vs 26 of 79, so Ole Miss's sideout was 54.2%.
Hitting+.105
.197.302
56 kills, 18 errors vs 42 kills, 19 errors.

Kentucky above 50Ole Miss belowMax swing 0.3%

Ole MissKentucky

Aces: Ole Miss 3·Kentucky 9
Serve err: Ole Miss 9·Kentucky 15
Blocks: Ole Miss 7·Kentucky 31 BS · 12 BA vs 0 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Ole Miss 44·Kentucky 41

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kentucky above 50 · Ole Miss below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MISS 0.2%99.8% UK

Ole Miss wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.2%

Kentucky wins

3-0

84.1%

3-1

14.2%

3-2

1.5%

MISS break %: 29.7% vs this opp
UK break %: 51.0% 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

Ole Missaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Melia JohnsonOH	4	17	5	36	.333	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	17
14Shayla MeyerOH	4	10	5	26	.192	1	2	3	7	1	0	4	2	14
23Jorda CrookOPP	4	12	5	36	.194	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
12Keirstyn CarltonMB	4	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	3	4
2Ryea JacksonMB	4	2	1	10	.100	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	3
20Vivianna SamaniegoS	4	0	0	0	–	21	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
11Bella BonannoL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	4	1	0	17	3	0	0	0	1
6Tenesyn FryeS	4	0	1	2	-.500	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
5Rileigh ButlerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	19	117	.197	39	3	9	44	9	1	12	7	78

Kentuckyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Brooklyn DeLeyeOH	4	14	6	32	.250	0	2	3	4	0	0	0	16
18Morgan GaerteOH	4	13	5	31	.258	0	2	5	8	0	1	0.5	15.5
15Lizzie CarrMB	4	11	2	24	.375	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	12
6Kassie O'BrienS	4	1	0	6	.167	43	2	0	10	0	2	1	4
1Trinity WardL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	0
10Kennedy WashingtonMB	3	8	1	10	.700	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	8.5
12Molly TuozzoL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	5	2	2	8	0	0	0	2
20Asia ThigpenOH	3	7	2	16	.313	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7
27Brynn CovellS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
21Caroline PrihodaS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11Molly BerezowitzDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
9Georgia WatsonOH	1	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
3Gracison SaylorsMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		56	18	126	.302	50	9	15	41	3	6	3	97

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 MISS · UK 4

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 3 MISSUK 4

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 3 MISSUK 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 5 MISSUK 3

Set 4

19-25

Longest run 3 MISSUK 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Ole Miss

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	61%11/18	50%9/18
2	45%10/22	35%6/17
3	64%9/14	18%2/11
4	47%8/17	18%2/11
5	54%7/13	38%5/13
6	58%7/12	22%2/9
All	54%52/96	33%26/79

Kentucky

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	61%11/18	18%2/11
2	67%10/15	58%14/24
3	75%9/12	41%7/17
4	62%8/13	47%7/15
5	73%8/11	38%5/13
6	70%7/10	56%9/16
All	67%53/79	46%44/96

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 (4 of 4 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

175 rallies

#	MISS-UK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
2	0-2	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
3	1-2	UK	MISS×3	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Vivianna Samaniego
4	2-2	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Ryea Jackson
5	3-2	MISS	MISS×3	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye
6	3-3	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
7	4-3	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
8	4-4	MISS	UK×3	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
9	4-5	UK	UK×3	Ace	Kentucky	aced Melia Johnson
10	4-6	UK	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
11	5-6	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
12	6-6	MISS	MISS	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Ryea Jackson, Shayla Meyer
13	6-7	MISS	UK×3	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
14	6-8	UK	UK×3	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
15	6-9	UK	UK×3	Ace	Kentucky	aced Shayla Meyer
16	7-9	UK	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Tenesyn Frye
17	7-10	MISS	UK×3	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
18	7-11	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Shayla Meyer
19	7-12	UK	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
20	8-12	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
21	8-13	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
22	9-13	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
23	9-14	MISS	UK×4	Attack err	Keirstyn Carlton
24	9-15	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Jorda Crook
25	9-16	UK	UK×4	Kill	Lizzie Carr
26	9-17	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Bella Bonanno
27	10-17	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
28	10-18	MISS	UK×3	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
29	10-19	UK	UK×3	Ace	Kentucky
30	10-20	UK	UK×3	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Molly Tuozzo
31	11-20	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Bella Bonanno
32	12-20	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte
33	12-21	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Trinity Ward
34	13-21	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Tenesyn Frye
35	13-22	MISS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
36	14-22	UK	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Tenesyn Frye
37	14-23	MISS	UK×3	Bad set	Tenesyn Frye
38	14-24	UK	UK×3	Kill	Kennedy Washington
39	14-25	UK	UK×3	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
Set 2
1	1-0	UK	MISS	Kill	Ryea Jackson	set Vivianna Samaniego
2	1-1	MISS	UK	Kill	Kassie O'Brien	set Molly Tuozzo
3	2-1	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
4	2-2	MISS	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
5	2-3	UK	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
6	3-3	UK	MISS	Attack err	Lizzie Carr
7	3-4	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
8	4-4	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Tenesyn Frye
9	4-5	MISS	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
10	5-5	UK	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Bella Bonanno
11	5-6	MISS	UK×3	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
12	5-7	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Jorda Crook
13	5-8	UK	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
14	6-8	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
15	6-9	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
16	6-10	UK	UK	Blocked	Ryea Jackson	blk Kennedy Washington, Kassie O'Brien
17	7-10	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
18	7-11	MISS	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
19	7-12	UK	UK	Bad set	Tenesyn Frye
20	8-12	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Tenesyn Frye
21	8-13	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
22	8-14	UK	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Molly Tuozzo
23	9-14	UK	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Tenesyn Frye
24	9-15	MISS	UK×4	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
25	9-16	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Jorda Crook
26	9-17	UK	UK×4	Blocked	Shayla Meyer	blk Morgan Gaerte, Lizzie Carr
27	9-18	UK	UK×4	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
28	10-18	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
29	11-18	MISS	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
30	11-19	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
31	12-19	UK	MISS×3	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Kassie O'Brien
32	13-19	MISS	MISS×3	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Asia Thigpen
33	14-19	MISS	MISS×3	Attack err	Kennedy Washington
34	14-20	MISS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
35	14-21	UK	UK	Ace	Kentucky	aced Melia Johnson
36	15-21	UK	MISS×3	Serve err	Kentucky
37	16-21	MISS	MISS×3	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Jorda Crook, Ryea Jackson
38	17-21	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
39	17-22	MISS	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
40	18-22	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
41	18-23	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
42	19-23	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
43	19-24	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
44	20-24	UK	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Tenesyn Frye
45	20-25	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
Set 3
1	1-0	MISS	MISS×5	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
2	2-0	MISS	MISS×5	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye
3	3-0	MISS	MISS×5	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Bella Bonanno
4	4-0	MISS	MISS×5	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye
5	5-0	MISS	MISS×5	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Shayla Meyer
6	5-1	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
7	6-1	UK	MISS×3	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
8	7-1	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
9	8-1	MISS	MISS×3	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Trinity Ward
10	8-2	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
11	9-2	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
12	9-3	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Trinity Ward
13	10-3	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Bella Bonanno
14	10-4	MISS	UK×3	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
15	10-5	UK	UK×3	Ace	Kentucky	aced Bella Bonanno
16	10-6	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Shayla Meyer
17	11-6	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
18	12-6	MISS	MISS	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Keirstyn Carlton, Shayla Meyer
19	12-7	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
20	13-7	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
21	13-8	MISS	UK	Attack err	Shayla Meyer
22	14-8	UK	MISS	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Shayla Meyer, Keirstyn Carlton
23	14-9	MISS	UK	Kill	Gracison Saylors	set Kassie O'Brien
24	15-9	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
25	15-10	MISS	UK	Blocked	Melia Johnson	blk Lizzie Carr, Kassie O'Brien
26	15-11	UK	UK	Ace	Kentucky	aced Bella Bonanno
27	16-11	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
28	16-12	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
29	17-12	UK	MISS	Attack err	Georgia Watson
30	17-13	MISS	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
31	18-13	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Tenesyn Frye
32	18-14	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
33	18-15	UK	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien
34	19-15	UK	MISS	Blocked	Georgia Watson	blk Keirstyn Carlton, Tenesyn Frye
35	19-16	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
36	19-17	UK	UK	Attack err	Jorda Crook
37	20-17	UK	MISS	Kill	Keirstyn Carlton	set Vivianna Samaniego
38	21-17	MISS	MISS	Ace	Ole Miss	aced Molly Berezowitz
39	21-18	MISS	UK×3	Serve err	Ole Miss
40	21-19	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Shayla Meyer
41	21-20	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Melia Johnson
42	22-20	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
43	23-20	MISS	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
44	23-21	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Lizzie Carr
45	23-22	UK	UK	Bad set	Bella Bonanno
46	24-22	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
47	25-22	MISS	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Tenesyn Frye
Set 4
1	1-0	UK	MISS	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye
2	1-1	MISS	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Molly Tuozzo
3	1-2	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Jorda Crook
4	1-3	UK	UK×4	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
5	1-4	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Melia Johnson
6	2-4	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Vivianna Samaniego
7	2-5	MISS	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
8	3-5	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Tenesyn Frye
9	3-6	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
10	3-7	UK	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
11	4-7	UK	MISS×3	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Tenesyn Frye
12	5-7	MISS	MISS×3	Blocked	Lizzie Carr	blk Keirstyn Carlton
13	6-7	MISS	MISS×3	Kill	Shayla Meyer
14	6-8	MISS	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
15	6-9	UK	UK	Attack err	Keirstyn Carlton
16	7-9	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
17	7-10	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
18	7-11	UK	UK	Ace	Kentucky
19	8-11	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
20	9-11	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Asia Thigpen
21	9-12	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
22	10-12	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
23	11-12	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye
24	11-13	MISS	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
25	11-14	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
26	12-14	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
27	12-15	MISS	UK	Bad set	Tenesyn Frye
28	12-16	UK	UK	Attack err	Tenesyn Frye
29	13-16	UK	MISS	Kill	Jorda Crook	set Tenesyn Frye
30	14-16	MISS	MISS	Kill	Shayla Meyer	set Tenesyn Frye
31	14-17	MISS	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
32	14-18	UK	UK	Attack err	Melia Johnson
33	15-18	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
34	16-18	MISS	MISS	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte
35	16-19	MISS	UK	Serve err	Ole Miss
36	17-19	UK	MISS	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Keirstyn Carlton, Shayla Meyer
37	17-20	MISS	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo
38	18-20	UK	MISS	Serve err	Kentucky
39	18-21	MISS	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
40	19-21	UK	MISS	Kill	Melia Johnson	set Vivianna Samaniego
41	19-22	MISS	UK×4	Attack err	Jorda Crook
42	19-23	UK	UK×4	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
43	19-24	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Melia Johnson
44	19-25	UK	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien

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

Kentucky def. Ole Miss 3–1

Kentucky in control, mostly on serve.