Louisville vs Syracuse Volleyball: Louisville Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 25, 2026ACCNX

3:0

Louisville won at Syracuse 3-0 (25-9, 25-13, 25-18) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Louisville's Chloe Meester led with 10 kills, and Nayelis Cabello added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LOUIS	25	25	25	3
SYR	9	13	18	0

Win probability

Syracuse above 50 · Louisville below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LOUIS 100.0%0.0% SYR

Louisville wins

3-0

93.3%

3-1

6.4%

3-2

0.3%

Syracuse wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.0%

LOUIS break %: 55.7% vs this opp
SYR break %: 28.9% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Louisvilleaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
24Kalyssa BlackshearOPP	3	8	3	21	.238	0	2	0	0	0	1	5	3.5	13.5
7Chloe ChicoineOH	3	8	1	24	.292	0	4	1	6	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
4Addison MakunMB	3	5	0	8	.625	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3.5	8.5
44Brooke BultemaMB	3	7	1	9	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
8Nayelis CabelloS	3	2	2	6	.000	30	0	0	14	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
3Kamden SchrandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2Chloe MeesterOH	3	10	1	19	.474	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1.5	13.5
22Blair ThiebaudS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
21Payton PetersenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	1
10Elsi KarjanlahtiL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Hannah KennyS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	8	87	.368	37	10	6	38	2	2	19	11.5	75

Syracusehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	5	6	26	-.038	2	1	0	5	0	1	1	7
12Keila GabrielOPP	3	4	5	16	-.063	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6
6Marie LaurioOH	3	6	1	14	.357	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	6
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	3	2	16	.063	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
10Bo NijenhuisMB	3	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1Charis BurgeS	3	1	0	3	.333	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
19Emma WilliamsOH	3	2	7	17	-.294	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	0	1	8	1	0	0	0
16Shalena Queen HowseL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0
Team totals		23	22	100	.010	21	2	3	28	10	2	2	40

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 8 LOUIS · SYR 4

Set 1

25-9

Longest run 8 LOUISSYR 2

Set 2

25-13

Longest run 8 LOUISSYR 3

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 5 LOUISSYR 4

Bars above the line = Syracuse 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	71%5/7	64%7/11
2	42%5/12	58%7/12
3	45%5/11	69%11/16
4	80%4/5	64%7/11
5	100%3/3	80%12/15
6	100%3/3	67%6/9
All	61%25/41	68%50/74

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%5/13	0%0/4
2	29%5/17	50%5/10
3	44%4/9	50%5/10
4	40%4/10	60%6/10
5	15%3/20	0%0/4
6	60%3/5	0%0/3
All	32%24/74	39%16/41

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

115 rallies

#	LOUIS-SYR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano
2	0-2	SYR	SYR	Bad set	Addison Makun
3	1-2	SYR	LOUIS×5	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Kalyssa Blackshear, Addison Makun
4	2-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
5	3-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
6	4-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
7	5-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
8	5-3	LOUIS	SYR	Serve err	Louisville
9	5-4	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Brooke Bultema
10	6-4	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
11	6-5	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Charis Burge	set Kiernan Stamey
12	6-6	SYR	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Kiernan Stamey
13	7-6	SYR	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Payton Petersen
14	8-6	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Ace	Louisville	aced Shalena Queen Howse
15	9-6	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Emma Williams
16	10-6	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Attack err	Abby Nicholson
17	11-6	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Payton Petersen
18	11-7	LOUIS	SYR	Serve err	Louisville
19	12-7	SYR	LOUIS×8	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
20	13-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Attack err	Emma Williams
21	14-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Nayelis Cabello, Addison Makun, Chloe Meester
22	15-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Addison Makun, Nayelis Cabello
23	16-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
24	17-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Addison Makun	set Nayelis Cabello
25	18-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Attack err	Marie Laurio
26	19-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Ace	Louisville
27	19-8	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
28	20-8	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Nayelis Cabello	set Charis Burge
29	21-8	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
30	21-9	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
31	22-9	SYR	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
32	23-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Addison Makun
33	24-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Addison Makun	set Nayelis Cabello
34	25-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Blocked	Keila Gabriel	blk Addison Makun, Chloe Chicoine
Set 2
1	1-0	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Nayelis Cabello
2	2-0	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
3	2-1	LOUIS	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Marie Laurio
4	2-2	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Chloe Chicoine
5	2-3	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Abby Nicholson
6	3-3	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
7	3-4	LOUIS	SYR	Serve err	Louisville
8	4-4	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
9	5-4	LOUIS	LOUIS	Ace	Louisville	aced Shalena Queen Howse
10	5-5	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
11	5-6	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Chloe Meester
12	6-6	SYR	LOUIS	Serve err	Syracuse
13	6-7	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge
14	7-7	SYR	LOUIS×6	Serve err	Syracuse
15	8-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Attack err	Bo Nijenhuis
16	9-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
17	10-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
18	11-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
19	12-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×6	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Kalyssa Blackshear, Addison Makun
20	12-8	LOUIS	SYR	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear
21	13-8	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Nayelis Cabello
22	14-8	LOUIS	LOUIS	Ace	Louisville
23	14-9	LOUIS	SYR	Serve err	Louisville
24	15-9	SYR	LOUIS	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear
25	16-9	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
26	16-10	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
27	16-11	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Chloe Chicoine
28	17-11	SYR	LOUIS×8	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
29	18-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Ace	Louisville
30	19-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
31	20-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Ace	Louisville	aced Marie Laurio
32	21-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Kamden Schrand
33	22-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Nayelis Cabello, Brooke Bultema
34	23-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Nayelis Cabello	set Kamden Schrand
35	24-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
36	24-12	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
37	24-13	SYR	SYR	Ace	Syracuse
38	25-13	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
Set 3
1	0-1	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
2	1-1	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
3	1-2	LOUIS	SYR	Blocked	Nayelis Cabello	blk Kiernan Stamey
4	2-2	SYR	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
5	3-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Payton Petersen
6	4-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
7	5-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Payton Petersen
8	6-2	LOUIS	LOUIS×5	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Kalyssa Blackshear
9	6-3	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
10	6-4	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear
11	7-4	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
12	7-5	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
13	8-5	SYR	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
14	9-5	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Kamden Schrand
15	10-5	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Nayelis Cabello
16	11-5	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Brooke Bultema, Kalyssa Blackshear
17	11-6	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
18	12-6	SYR	LOUIS	Attack err	Emma Williams
19	12-7	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
20	13-7	SYR	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
21	14-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Blocked	Keila Gabriel	blk Chloe Meester
22	15-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Ace	Louisville	aced Yuka Urano
23	16-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Ace	Louisville
24	16-8	LOUIS	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
25	16-9	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Nayelis Cabello	blk Keila Gabriel
26	17-9	SYR	LOUIS	Serve err	Syracuse
27	18-9	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Abby Nicholson
28	18-10	LOUIS	SYR×4	Serve err	Louisville
29	18-11	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge
30	18-12	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
31	18-13	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
32	19-13	SYR	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Nayelis Cabello
33	19-14	LOUIS	SYR×4	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano
34	19-15	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano
35	19-16	SYR	SYR×4	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear
36	19-17	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano
37	20-17	SYR	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
38	21-17	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Ace	Louisville
39	22-17	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Nayelis Cabello
40	22-18	LOUIS	SYR	Serve err	Louisville
41	23-18	SYR	LOUIS×3	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear
42	24-18	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Nayelis Cabello
43	25-18	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Ace	Louisville	aced Shalena Queen Howse

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

Louisville def. Syracuse 3–0