Texas A&M vs Kentucky Volleyball: Texas A&M Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Oct 25, 2026ABC

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Kentucky 84.3% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 25, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Texas A&M won at Kentucky 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-21) on Sun, Oct 25, 2026. Texas A&M's Kyndal Stowers led with 16 kills, and Gabi Rodriguez added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 5:45 PM CT · final Oct 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TX A&M	25	25	25	3
UK	20	23	21	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Texas A&M beat Kentucky from a 16% pre-match call.

The match turned twice; each line shows Texas A&M's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. RallyIQ had Kentucky at 84% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Texas A&M 10–11 Kentucky
Texas A&M scored 4 straight to turn a 10–11 deficit into a 14–11 lead.
Texas A&M 33% → 49%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · Texas A&M 22–21 Kentucky
Up 22–21, Texas A&M scored 3 straight to make it 25–21.
Texas A&M 82% → >99%

Kentucky above 50Texas A&M belowMax swing 10.4%

Texas A&MKentucky

Sideout %: Texas A&M 70.8·Kentucky 60.8
Break %: Texas A&M 39.2·Kentucky 29.2
Hitting: Texas A&M .229·Kentucky .163
Longest run: Texas A&M 4·Kentucky 4

Kaia Castle
2 of her kills came in the stretches above. 7 K, .462, 8.5 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Kentucky above 50 · Texas A&M below

Biggest swing: 10.4% to Texas A&M — set 2, TX A&M 25-23 UK. Kill by Natalie Ring (set by Margot Manning). UK win probability 44% → 34%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TX A&M 17.2%82.8% UK

Texas A&M wins

3-0

2.7%

3-1

5.6%

3-2

8.9%

Kentucky wins

3-0

34.5%

3-1

30.9%

3-2

17.4%

TX A&M break %: 35.7% vs this opp
UK break %: 42.9% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Natalie RingKill+10.4%
Kill by Natalie Ring (set by Margot Manning)
Set 2 · TX A&M 25-23 UK · TX A&M 56% → 66%
02
Eliza Sharp&Natalie RingBlock+7.7%
Kennedy Washington stuffed by Eliza Sharp & Natalie Ring
Set 3 · TX A&M 24-21 UK · TX A&M 89% → 97%
03
Natalie RingKill+7.5%
Kill by Natalie Ring (set by Margot Manning)
Set 2 · TX A&M 24-22 UK · TX A&M 52% → 59%
04
Natalie RingKill+6.7%
Kill by Natalie Ring (set by Kyndal Stowers)
Set 3 · TX A&M 23-21 UK · TX A&M 82% → 89%
05
Brooklyn DeLeyeKill+6.6%
Kill by Brooklyn DeLeye (set by Kassie O'Brien)
Set 3 · TX A&M 22-21 UK · UK 11% → 18%
06
Kennedy Washington&Kassie O'BrienBlock+6.4%
Natalie Ring stuffed by Kennedy Washington & Kassie O'Brien
Set 2 · TX A&M 23-22 UK · UK 42% → 48%
07
Eliza Sharp&Taryn MorrisBlock+5.2%
Georgia Watson stuffed by Eliza Sharp & Taryn Morris
Set 2 · TX A&M 17-14 UK · TX A&M 46% → 52%
08
Kaia CastleKill+5.0%
Kill by Kaia Castle (set by Margot Manning)
Set 2 · TX A&M 21-17 UK · TX A&M 55% → 60%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Texas A&Maway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
37Kyndal StowersOH	3	16	5	35	.314	3	1	3	10	1	0	0	0	17
17Natalie RingOH	3	12	5	33	.212	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1.5	13.5
25Eliza SharpMB	3	6	2	17	.235	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	10
19Kaia CastleMB	3	7	1	13	.462	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
10Margot ManningS	3	1	0	3	.333	36	0	1	7	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
20Megan FitchOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
6Taryn MorrisOPP	3	3	4	16	-.063	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
1Gabi RodriguezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	1
2Addi ApplegateL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
4Brooke LacewellOPP	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	18	118	.229	40	2	10	41	1	1	18	10	75

Kentuckyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Brooklyn DeLeyeOH	3	14	2	34	.353	0	0	3	4	0	2	1	15
18Morgan GaerteOH	3	9	3	22	.273	0	0	2	13	0	7	3.5	12.5
15Lizzie CarrMB	3	6	0	14	.429	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	9
10Kennedy WashingtonMB	3	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	8
20Asia ThigpenOH	3	1	4	12	-.250	0	0	0	6	0	1	0.5	1.5
6Kassie O'BrienS	3	0	2	5	-.400	31	0	1	2	0	2	1	1
12Molly TuozzoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	11	0	0	0	1
27Brynn CovellS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Trinity WardL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
9Georgia WatsonOH	2	0	5	6	-.833	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11Molly BerezowitzDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	18	104	.163	35	1	9	38	2	24	12	64

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 TX A&M · UK 4

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 TX A&MUK 4

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 4 TX A&MUK 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 3 TX A&MUK 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Texas A&M

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	42%5/12
2	73%8/11	27%3/11
3	73%8/11	43%6/14
4	73%8/11	38%5/13
5	67%8/12	27%3/11
6	86%6/7	54%7/13
All	71%46/65	39%29/74

Kentucky

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	22%2/9
2	73%8/11	43%6/14
3	67%8/12	11%1/9
4	62%8/13	38%5/13
5	78%7/9	27%3/11
6	46%6/13	22%2/9
All	61%45/74	29%19/65

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

#	TX A&M-UK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Margot Manning		+1.7
2	2-0	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+1.9
3	3-0	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Eliza Sharp	set Margot Manning	+2.0
4	3-1	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+1.2
5	4-1	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+1.4
6	4-2	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.2
7	5-2	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+1.4
8	6-2	TX A&M	TX A&M	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+2.1
9	6-3	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.2
10	7-3	UK	TX A&M×4	Kill	Taryn Morris	set Margot Manning	+1.5
11	8-3	TX A&M	TX A&M×4	Kill	Kaia Castle	set Margot Manning	+2.1
12	9-3	TX A&M	TX A&M×4	Ace	Texas A&M	aced Trinity Ward	+2.0
13	10-3	TX A&M	TX A&M×4	Kill	Kaia Castle	set Margot Manning	+1.8
14	10-4	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.8
15	11-4	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Margot Manning	+1.2
16	11-5	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.8
17	11-6	UK	UK	Ace	Molly Tuozzo	aced Kyndal Stowers	+1.5
18	12-6	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Kyndal Stowers	+1.4
19	12-7	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.0
20	12-8	UK	UK	Blocked	Eliza Sharp	blk Kennedy Washington, Asia Thigpen	+1.8
21	13-8	UK	TX A&M×3	Attack err	Asia Thigpen		+1.6
22	14-8	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+2.0
23	15-8	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Eliza Sharp	set Margot Manning	+1.6
24	15-9	TX A&M	UK×4	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.7
25	15-10	UK	UK×4	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.4
26	15-11	UK	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Molly Tuozzo	+1.7
27	15-12	UK	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.1
28	16-12	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+1.9
29	16-13	TX A&M	UK	Attack err	Megan Fitch		+1.3
30	17-13	UK	TX A&M×3	Kill	Kaia Castle	set Margot Manning	+1.9
31	18-13	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+2.4
32	19-13	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+1.8
33	19-14	TX A&M	UK×4	Serve err	Texas A&M		+0.7
34	19-15	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Kaia Castle		+1.5
35	19-16	UK	UK×4	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.0
36	19-17	UK	UK×4	Blocked	Taryn Morris	blk Morgan Gaerte, Lizzie Carr	+2.6
37	20-17	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.5
38	21-17	TX A&M	TX A&M	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte		+3.0
39	21-18	TX A&M	UK	Blocked	Natalie Ring	blk Brooklyn DeLeye, Lizzie Carr	+1.1
40	22-18	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Taryn Morris	set Margot Manning	+2.0
41	22-19	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.0
42	23-19	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Taryn Morris	set Margot Manning	+1.9
43	24-19	TX A&M	TX A&M	Bad set	Kassie O'Brien		+1.4
44	24-20	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.2
45	25-20	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+0.5
Set 2
1	0-1	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.5
2	1-1	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+1.7
3	2-1	TX A&M	TX A&M	Ace	Texas A&M	aced Trinity Ward	+2.9
4	2-2	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.8
5	3-2	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.0
6	3-3	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.9
7	4-3	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+2.1
8	5-3	TX A&M	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring		+3.4
9	5-4	TX A&M	UK	Blocked	Natalie Ring	blk Kennedy Washington, Morgan Gaerte	+2.0
10	6-4	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.4
11	6-5	TX A&M	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo	+2.1
12	6-6	UK	UK×3	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.2
13	6-7	UK	UK×3	Blocked	Taryn Morris	blk Kennedy Washington, Brooklyn DeLeye	+3.0
14	7-7	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Margot Manning	+2.1
15	7-8	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.0
16	8-8	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Eliza Sharp	set Margot Manning	+2.2
17	8-9	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+2.0
18	9-9	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Eliza Sharp	set Margot Manning	+2.2
19	10-9	TX A&M	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+3.8
20	10-10	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.3
21	10-11	UK	UK	Attack err	Kyndal Stowers		+3.4
22	11-11	UK	TX A&M×4	Kill	Kaia Castle	set Margot Manning	+2.4
23	12-11	TX A&M	TX A&M×4	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Taryn Morris, Kaia Castle	+4.1
24	13-11	TX A&M	TX A&M×4	Kill	Kaia Castle	set Margot Manning	+4.5
25	14-11	TX A&M	TX A&M×4	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Kaia Castle, Taryn Morris	+4.6
26	14-12	TX A&M	UK	Blocked	Kyndal Stowers	blk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte	+2.5
27	15-12	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+3.3
28	15-13	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.6
29	15-14	UK	UK	Attack err	Taryn Morris		+4.4
30	16-14	UK	TX A&M	Blocked	Georgia Watson	blk Kaia Castle, Taryn Morris	+3.5
31	17-14	TX A&M	TX A&M	Blocked	Georgia Watson	blk Eliza Sharp, Taryn Morris	+5.2
32	17-15	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.7
33	18-15	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+3.7
34	18-16	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Trinity Ward	+2.8
35	19-16	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Gabi Rodriguez	+3.9
36	19-17	TX A&M	UK	Attack err	Eliza Sharp		+2.8
37	20-17	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+4.1
38	21-17	TX A&M	TX A&M	Kill	Kaia Castle	set Margot Manning	+5.0
39	21-18	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.9
40	21-19	UK	UK	Blocked	Kyndal Stowers	blk Morgan Gaerte, Lizzie Carr	+4.4
41	22-19	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+4.6
42	22-20	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.7
43	23-20	UK	TX A&M	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte		+4.8
44	23-21	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+2.4
45	23-22	UK	UK	Blocked	Natalie Ring	blk Kennedy Washington, Kassie O'Brien	+6.4
46	24-22	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Margot Manning	+7.5
47	24-23	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.8
48	25-23	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Margot Manning	+10.4
Set 3
1	0-1	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+1.7
2	1-1	UK	TX A&M	Blocked	Kassie O'Brien	blk Eliza Sharp	+1.9
3	1-2	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+1.7
4	2-2	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+1.9
5	2-3	TX A&M	UK	Attack err	Taryn Morris		+1.8
6	3-3	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Gabi Rodriguez	+2.0
7	3-4	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.9
8	4-4	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Margot Manning	+2.0
9	4-5	TX A&M	UK	Blocked	Natalie Ring	blk Morgan Gaerte, Kennedy Washington	+1.9
10	5-5	UK	TX A&M×3	Attack err	Georgia Watson		+2.1
11	6-5	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Margot Manning	+3.5
12	7-5	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Eliza Sharp, Natalie Ring	+3.8
13	7-6	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+2.3
14	8-6	UK	TX A&M	Attack err	Kassie O'Brien		+2.7
15	8-7	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Molly Tuozzo	+2.4
16	9-7	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+2.8
17	9-8	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.4
18	10-8	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kaia Castle	set Margot Manning	+2.9
19	10-9	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.5
20	11-9	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+3.0
21	11-10	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+2.6
22	12-10	UK	TX A&M×3	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Margot Manning	+3.1
23	13-10	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Kyndal Stowers	+4.8
24	14-10	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Blocked	Georgia Watson	blk Eliza Sharp, Taryn Morris	+4.6
25	14-11	TX A&M	UK	Blocked	Natalie Ring	blk Kennedy Washington, Morgan Gaerte	+2.4
26	15-11	UK	TX A&M×3	Kill	Eliza Sharp	set Margot Manning	+3.2
27	16-11	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Blocked	Kennedy Washington	blk Natalie Ring, Eliza Sharp	+4.2
28	17-11	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Blocked	Georgia Watson	blk Margot Manning, Eliza Sharp	+3.4
29	17-12	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+1.4
30	18-12	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.3
31	18-13	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.3
32	18-14	UK	UK	Blocked	Kyndal Stowers	blk Lizzie Carr, Kassie O'Brien	+2.8
33	19-14	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+2.8
34	19-15	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.7
35	19-16	UK	UK	Blocked	Kyndal Stowers	blk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte	+3.6
36	20-16	UK	TX A&M	Kill	Kyndal Stowers	set Margot Manning	+3.6
37	20-17	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.2
38	21-17	UK	TX A&M	Serve err	Kentucky		+3.6
39	21-18	TX A&M	UK	Serve err	Texas A&M		+2.0
40	21-19	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+4.7
41	22-19	UK	TX A&M	Attack err	Asia Thigpen		+4.9
42	22-20	TX A&M	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.9
43	22-21	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+6.6
44	23-21	UK	TX A&M×3	Kill	Natalie Ring	set Kyndal Stowers	+6.7
45	24-21	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Blocked	Kennedy Washington	blk Eliza Sharp, Natalie Ring	+7.7
46	25-21	TX A&M	TX A&M×3	Kill	Eliza Sharp	set Margot Manning	+3.1

Score shown after each rally, Texas A&M 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).

Texas A&M def. Kentucky 3–0

Texas A&M beat Kentucky from a 16% pre-match call.