Louisville vs Texas Volleyball: Louisville Wins 3-0 (Sep 6)

FinalSun, Sep 6, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Louisville beat Texas 3-0 (25-12, 28-26, 25-16) on Sun, Sep 6, 2026 at a neutral site. Chloe Meester led Louisville with 13 kills; Texas' Torrey Stafford had a match-high 14.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 6

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LOUIS	25	28	25	3
TEXAS	12	26	16	0

Win probability

Texas above 50 · Louisville below

Biggest swing: 6.7% to Louisville — set 2, LOUIS 24-24 TEXAS. Kill by Chloe Meester (set by Payton Petersen). TEXAS win probability 21% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LOUIS 79.5%20.5% TEXAS

Louisville wins

3-0

31.0%

3-1

30.1%

3-2

18.4%

Texas wins

3-0

3.4%

3-1

6.8%

3-2

10.3%

LOUIS break %: 42.8% vs this opp
TEXAS break %: 36.6% 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
Chloe MeesterKill+6.7%
Kill by Chloe Meester (set by Payton Petersen)
Set 2 · LOUIS 24-24 TEXAS · LOUIS 79% → 86%
02
Chloe ChicoineKill+5.7%
Kill by Chloe Chicoine (set by Nayelis Cabello)
Set 2 · LOUIS 26-25 TEXAS · LOUIS 86% → 91%
03
Kalyssa Blackshear&Brooke BultemaBlock+4.9%
Cari Spears stuffed by Kalyssa Blackshear & Brooke Bultema
Set 2 · LOUIS 28-26 TEXAS · LOUIS 91% → 96%
04
LouisvilleService error+4.3%
Louisville service error
Set 2 · LOUIS 24-25 TEXAS · TEXAS 14% → 19%
05
Chloe MeesterKill+4.3%
Kill by Chloe Meester (set by Nayelis Cabello)
Set 2 · LOUIS 25-25 TEXAS · LOUIS 81% → 86%
06
Henley AndersonKill+4.0%
Kill by Henley Anderson (set by Rella Binney)
Set 2 · LOUIS 20-22 TEXAS · TEXAS 16% → 20%
07
Cari Spears&Nya BuntonBlock+3.8%
Chloe Chicoine stuffed by Cari Spears & Nya Bunton
Set 2 · LOUIS 20-21 TEXAS · TEXAS 12% → 16%
08
Torrey StaffordKill+3.7%
Kill by Torrey Stafford (set by Rella Binney)
Set 2 · LOUIS 26-26 TEXAS · TEXAS 9% → 12%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Louisvilleaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
24Kalyssa BlackshearOPP	3	10	3	23	.304	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	3	13
7Chloe ChicoineOH	3	12	1	36	.306	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	12
44Brooke BultemaMB	3	7	4	11	.273	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	9
4Addison MakunMB	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	4
8Nayelis CabelloS	3	0	0	5	.000	36	0	1	10	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
3Kamden SchrandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
2Chloe MeesterOH	3	13	0	23	.565	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
21Payton PetersenL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	2	1	16	0	0	0	0	2
22Blair ThiebaudS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
6Hannah KennyS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	8	100	.350	41	3	6	50	2	1	16	9	78

Texashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Torrey StaffordOH	3	14	5	37	.243	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	14
23Cari SpearsOH	3	12	9	34	.088	0	1	2	4	0	1	0.5	13.5
55Nya BuntonMB	3	5	0	10	.500	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
10Taylor HarveyMB	3	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
22Henley AndersonOH	3	1	2	19	-.053	0	0	1	6	3	2	1	2
3Rella BinneyS	3	0	0	0	–	27	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
16Anja KujundzicL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
32Ramsey GaryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
14Addy GaidoOH	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Callie KruegerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
1Ella SwindleS	2	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5Genevieve HarrisS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	17	109	.174	34	2	13	38	3	6	3	54

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 6 LOUIS · TEXAS 3

Set 1

25-12

Longest run 6 LOUISTEXAS 2

Set 2

28-26

Longest run 3 LOUISTEXAS 3

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 5 LOUISTEXAS 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Louisville

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	82%9/11	20%2/10
2	80%8/10	58%11/19
3	58%7/12	50%7/14
4	100%7/7	36%4/11
5	75%6/8	45%5/11
6	86%6/7	50%6/12
All	78%43/55	45%35/77

Texas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	13%1/8
2	50%8/16	20%2/10
3	47%7/15	38%5/13
4	78%7/9	13%1/8
5	50%6/12	13%1/8
6	50%6/12	25%2/8
All	55%42/77	22%12/55

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

132 rallies

#	LOUIS-TEXAS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.3
2	0-2	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear		+2.1
3	1-2	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		+1.3
4	2-2	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Henley Anderson	blk Kalyssa Blackshear, Brooke Bultema	+2.0
5	2-3	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.4
6	3-3	TEXAS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.3
7	4-3	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.9
8	5-3	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.8
9	6-3	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Rella Binney	+1.5
10	6-4	LOUIS	TEXAS	Serve err	Louisville		+1.0
11	6-5	TEXAS	TEXAS	Ace	Texas	aced Chloe Chicoine	+1.8
12	7-5	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		+1.2
13	8-5	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.6
14	8-6	LOUIS	TEXAS	Bad set	Payton Petersen		+1.0
15	9-6	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.1
16	10-6	LOUIS	LOUIS	Ace	Louisville	aced Henley Anderson	+1.4
17	10-7	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.8
18	11-7	TEXAS	LOUIS×6	Serve err	Texas		+0.9
19	12-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Blocked	Taylor Harvey	blk Chloe Meester, Addison Makun	+1.1
20	13-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear	+0.8
21	14-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Attack err	Cari Spears		+0.6
22	15-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Attack err	Cari Spears		+0.4
23	16-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Attack err	Cari Spears		+0.2
24	16-8	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.1
25	17-8	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.1
26	18-8	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.1
27	18-9	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	·
28	19-9	TEXAS	LOUIS×3	Serve err	Texas		·
29	20-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Ace	Louisville	aced Henley Anderson	·
30	21-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Brooke Bultema	·
31	21-10	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	·
32	22-10	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello	·
33	23-10	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	·
34	23-11	LOUIS	TEXAS	Attack err	Brooke Bultema		·
35	24-11	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		·
36	24-12	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	·
37	25-12	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		·
Set 2
1	1-0	TEXAS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.9
2	2-0	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk Brooke Bultema, Kalyssa Blackshear	+1.2
3	3-0	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.1
4	3-1	LOUIS	TEXAS	Serve err	Louisville		+0.7
5	4-1	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.7
6	4-2	LOUIS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.7
7	4-3	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Blocked	Brooke Bultema	blk Nya Bunton, Henley Anderson	+1.3
8	4-4	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+1.5
9	5-4	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Chloe Chicoine	+1.0
10	6-4	LOUIS	LOUIS	Bad set	Rella Binney		+1.4
11	6-5	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.9
12	7-5	TEXAS	LOUIS	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+0.9
13	7-6	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.9
14	8-6	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.9
15	8-7	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.0
16	8-8	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear		+1.7
17	9-8	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.1
18	9-9	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.2
19	9-10	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+2.0
20	10-10	TEXAS	LOUIS	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk Addison Makun	+1.2
21	11-10	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Ramsey Gary	+1.8
22	11-11	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.3
23	12-11	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.2
24	13-11	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.7
25	13-12	LOUIS	TEXAS	Serve err	Louisville		+1.1
26	14-12	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		+1.2
27	15-12	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.5
28	15-13	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.9
29	16-13	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.0
30	16-14	LOUIS	TEXAS	Serve err	Louisville		+0.9
31	16-15	TEXAS	TEXAS	Ace	Texas	aced Chloe Chicoine	+1.8
32	17-15	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.3
33	17-16	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.3
34	18-16	TEXAS	LOUIS	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear	+1.4
35	18-17	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+1.3
36	19-17	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.5
37	19-18	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.4
38	19-19	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear		+2.8
39	20-19	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello	+2.0
40	20-20	LOUIS	TEXAS×3	Attack err	Brooke Bultema		+2.1
41	20-21	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Blocked	Chloe Chicoine	blk Cari Spears, Nya Bunton	+3.8
42	20-22	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+4.0
43	21-22	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		+2.0
44	21-23	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+3.1
45	22-23	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+2.0
46	22-24	LOUIS	TEXAS	Serve err	Louisville		+3.7
47	23-24	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+1.8
48	24-24	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Payton Petersen	+6.7
49	24-25	LOUIS	TEXAS	Serve err	Louisville		+4.3
50	25-25	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+4.3
51	26-25	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+5.7
52	26-26	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+3.7
53	27-26	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	+3.7
54	28-26	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk Kalyssa Blackshear, Brooke Bultema	+4.9
Set 3
1	0-1	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.5
2	1-1	TEXAS	LOUIS×4	Serve err	Texas		+0.5
3	2-1	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.7
4	3-1	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.6
5	4-1	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Ace	Louisville	aced Henley Anderson	+0.6
6	4-2	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.4
7	4-3	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Brooke Bultema	blk Henley Anderson, Nya Bunton	+0.6
8	5-3	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		+0.4
9	6-3	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Nayelis Cabello, Brooke Bultema	+0.6
10	6-4	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.4
11	7-4	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.4
12	8-4	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.5
13	8-5	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.3
14	9-5	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		+0.3
15	9-6	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.3
16	9-7	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.6
17	10-7	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.4
18	10-8	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+0.4
19	11-8	TEXAS	LOUIS	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear	+0.4
20	11-9	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Addy Gaido	set Ramsey Gary	+0.4
21	12-9	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		+0.4
22	13-9	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Henley Anderson		+0.6
23	13-10	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.3
24	14-10	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.4
25	14-11	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.3
26	15-11	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.4
27	15-12	LOUIS	TEXAS	Bad set	Payton Petersen		+0.3
28	16-12	TEXAS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.4
29	17-12	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.4
30	18-12	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Hannah Kenny	+0.3
31	19-12	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Cari Spears		+0.2
32	20-12	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	+0.1
33	20-13	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Ella Swindle	·
34	21-13	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello	·
35	21-14	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Ella Swindle	·
36	22-14	TEXAS	LOUIS	Serve err	Texas		·
37	22-15	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Ella Swindle	·
38	23-15	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Kamden Schrand	·
39	23-16	LOUIS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Ella Swindle	·
40	24-16	TEXAS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello	·
41	25-16	LOUIS	LOUIS	Bad set	Ella Swindle		·

Score shown after each rally, Louisville 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).

Louisville def. Texas 3–0