BYU vs Houston Volleyball: BYU Wins 3-0 (Oct 8, 2026)

FinalThu, Oct 8, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: BYU 89.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 8, 6:40 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

BYU won at Houston 3-0 (26-24, 25-14, 25-20) on Thu, Oct 8, 2026. BYU's Claire Little Chambers led with 13 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BYU	26	25	25	3
HOU	24	14	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.462 and 13 kills for Claire Little Chambers as BYU rolled past Houston.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.3 points, and Houston's high was 22% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. BYU went in as RallyIQ's 90% pick.

BYUHouston

Break %+15.3 pts
48.633.3
36 of 74 on serve vs 20 of 60, so Houston's sideout was 51.4%.
Hitting+.187
.280.093
41 kills, 13 errors vs 29 kills, 20 errors.
Longest run+1
65
6 straight BYU points in the third set turned a 10–11 deficit into a 16–11 lead. The set finished 25–20.

Houston above 50BYU belowMax swing 5.3%

BYUHouston

Aces: BYU 6·Houston 2
Serve err: BYU 10·Houston 6
Blocks: BYU 12·Houston 20 BS · 24 BA vs 1 BS · 2 BA
Digs: BYU 36·Houston 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Houston above 50 · BYU below

Biggest swing: 5.3% to BYU — set 1, BYU 25-24 HOU. Bad set by Shannon Dworaczyk. HOU win probability 15% → 9%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BYU 93.2%6.8% HOU

BYU wins

3-0

50.7%

3-1

30.8%

3-2

11.7%

Houston wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

2.0%

3-2

4.0%

BYU break %: 45.4% vs this opp
HOU break %: 34.2% 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
Shannon DworaczykBad set+5.3%
Bad set by Shannon Dworaczyk
Set 1 · BYU 25-24 HOU · BYU 85% → 91%
02
Noemi DespaigneKill+4.2%
Kill by Noemi Despaigne (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 1 · BYU 23-24 HOU · HOU 15% → 19%
03
Claire Little ChambersKill+4.2%
Kill by Claire Little Chambers (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 1 · BYU 24-24 HOU · BYU 81% → 85%
04
Claire Little ChambersKill+4.1%
Kill by Claire Little Chambers
Set 1 · BYU 26-24 HOU · BYU 91% → 95%
05
Elli MortensenKill+3.5%
Kill by Elli Mortensen (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 1 · BYU 21-21 HOU · BYU 83% → 86%
06
BYUService error+3.4%
BYU service error
Set 1 · BYU 22-23 HOU · HOU 14% → 18%
07
Elli MortensenAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Elli Mortensen
Set 1 · BYU 17-20 HOU · HOU 18% → 21%
08
Noemi DespaigneAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Noemi Despaigne
Set 1 · BYU 23-23 HOU · BYU 82% → 85%

Box score

Official NCAA box

BYUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
12Claire Little ChambersOH	3	13	1	26	.462	2	2	2	11	1	4	2	17
4Brooke HardyMB	3	7	1	14	.429	0	3	1	3	0	6	3	13
2Elli MortensenOH	3	10	7	29	.103	0	0	0	6	0	3	1.5	11.5
22Sophia CallahanOH	3	4	1	10	.300	1	0	0	5	0	3	1.5	5.5
17Kelli Jo BurgessMB	3	0	1	10	-.100	1	0	0	1	0	7	3.5	3.5
7Alex BowerS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
1Kate PriorOPP	3	7	2	11	.455	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
20Kaylie KofeS	3	0	0	0	–	17	1	3	2	0	0	0	1
5Lulu Po'uhaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0
3Kaylee TingeyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	13	100	.280	37	6	10	36	2	24	12	76

Houstonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Sydney JonesOH	3	11	9	33	.061	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	11
4Kamille GibsonOH	3	5	5	21	.000	2	0	3	4	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
21Noemi DespaigneOH	3	6	5	21	.048	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	6
34Tara GreenberryOH	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
3Alexis RobersonMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
9Shannon DworaczykS	3	0	0	4	.000	23	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
24Gillian PittsL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	3	2	1	10	0	0	0	0	2
15Cali ReeceL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Lily BarronOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
19Mattie CasaleDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	20	97	.093	28	2	6	37	6	1	2	2	58

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 BYU · HOU 5

Set 1

26-24

Longest run 3 BYUHOU 4

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 5 BYUHOU 2

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 6 BYUHOU 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

BYU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%5/9	56%5/9
2	100%5/5	0%0/5
3	100%5/5	58%7/12
4	100%5/5	38%3/8
5	71%5/7	44%4/9
6	38%3/8	57%4/7
All	72%28/39	46%23/50

Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	50%4/8
2	63%5/8	17%1/6
3	56%5/9	0%0/5
4	63%5/8	0%0/5
5	36%4/11	17%1/6
6	43%3/7	56%5/9
All	54%27/50	28%11/39

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 (2 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

134 rallies

#	BYU-HOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Sophia Callahan		+1.3
2	0-2	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+1.4
3	1-2	HOU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.8
4	1-3	BYU	HOU	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+1.0
5	2-3	HOU	BYU	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+0.9
6	2-4	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+1.1
7	3-4	HOU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.9
8	3-5	BYU	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.1
9	4-5	HOU	BYU	Serve err	Houston		+0.9
10	4-6	BYU	HOU	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+1.1
11	4-7	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Kelli Jo Burgess		+1.8
12	5-7	HOU	BYU	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.0
13	5-8	BYU	HOU×4	Serve err	BYU		+1.3
14	5-9	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Gillian Pitts	+1.9
15	5-10	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Gillian Pitts		+1.9
16	5-11	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Gillian Pitts	aced Claire Little Chambers	+1.8
17	6-11	HOU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+0.8
18	7-11	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Claire Little Chambers	+1.5
19	7-12	BYU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.3
20	8-12	HOU	BYU	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Sophia Callahan	+1.0
21	8-13	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+1.4
22	9-13	HOU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+1.0
23	10-13	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Elli Mortensen, Brooke Hardy	+1.7
24	10-14	BYU	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.5
25	11-14	HOU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.1
26	11-15	BYU	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Gillian Pitts	+1.6
27	12-15	HOU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.1
28	12-16	BYU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.6
29	13-16	HOU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.1
30	14-16	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Claire Little Chambers	+2.1
31	14-17	BYU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
32	14-18	HOU	HOU	Bad set	Lulu Po'uha		+2.5
33	15-18	HOU	BYU×3	Serve err	Houston		+1.1
34	16-18	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Claire Little Chambers	+2.2
35	17-18	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+2.5
36	17-19	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+2.1
37	17-20	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+3.1
38	18-20	HOU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha	+1.4
39	18-21	BYU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
40	19-21	HOU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.4
41	20-21	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.9
42	21-21	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+3.5
43	21-22	BYU	HOU	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+2.9
44	22-22	HOU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.5
45	22-23	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+3.4
46	23-23	HOU	BYU	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+3.0
47	23-24	BYU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.2
48	24-24	HOU	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+4.2
49	25-24	BYU	BYU×3	Bad set	Shannon Dworaczyk		+5.3
50	26-24	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers		+4.1
Set 2
1	1-0	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Tara Greenberry		+0.7
2	1-1	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+0.5
3	2-1	HOU	BYU	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower	+0.5
4	2-2	BYU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.5
5	3-2	HOU	BYU×5	Serve err	Houston		+0.5
6	4-2	BYU	BYU×5	Ace	BYU		+0.7
7	5-2	BYU	BYU×5	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Brooke Hardy, Elli Mortensen	+0.6
8	6-2	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.5
9	7-2	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Kate Prior	set Claire Little Chambers	+0.4
10	7-3	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+0.2
11	8-3	HOU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.2
12	9-3	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kate Prior	+0.3
13	10-3	BYU	BYU×3	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Claire Little Chambers, Brooke Hardy	+0.2
14	10-4	BYU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kamille Gibson	+0.1
15	11-4	HOU	BYU	Serve err	Houston		+0.1
16	12-4	BYU	BYU	Ace	BYU	aced Lily Barron	+0.1
17	12-5	BYU	HOU	Bad set	Kaylie Kofe		+0.1
18	12-6	HOU	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
19	13-6	HOU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
20	14-6	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Sophia Callahan	+0.1
21	14-7	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+0.1
22	14-8	HOU	HOU	Bad set	Alex Bower		+0.1
23	15-8	HOU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+0.1
24	16-8	BYU	BYU	Ace	BYU	aced Mattie Casale	+0.1
25	16-9	BYU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
26	16-10	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
27	17-10	HOU	BYU	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower	+0.1
28	17-11	BYU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
29	18-11	HOU	BYU	Attack err	Brooke Hardy		+0.1
30	18-12	BYU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
31	19-12	HOU	BYU	Serve err	Houston		+0.1
32	20-12	BYU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
33	20-13	BYU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
34	21-13	HOU	BYU×4	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	·
35	22-13	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		·
36	23-13	BYU	BYU×4	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Claire Little Chambers, Kelli Jo Burgess	·
37	24-13	BYU	BYU×4	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Brooke Hardy	·
38	24-14	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		·
39	25-14	HOU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	·
Set 3
1	0-1	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+0.4
2	1-1	HOU	BYU	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower	+0.3
3	1-2	BYU	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.3
4	2-2	HOU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+0.3
5	3-2	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Kate Prior, Brooke Hardy	+0.4
6	3-3	BYU	HOU×3	Attack err	Kate Prior		+0.3
7	3-4	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Elli Mortensen	blk Kamille Gibson, Alexis Roberson	+0.5
8	3-5	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Brooke Hardy		+0.5
9	4-5	HOU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.3
10	4-6	BYU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.4
11	5-6	HOU	BYU×4	Serve err	Houston		+0.3
12	6-6	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kate Prior	+0.5
13	7-6	BYU	BYU×4	Ace	BYU	aced Lily Barron	+0.4
14	8-6	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kelli Jo Burgess	+0.4
15	8-7	BYU	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.3
16	8-8	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Kate Prior		+0.5
17	9-8	HOU	BYU	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+0.3
18	9-9	BYU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.3
19	10-9	HOU	BYU	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+0.3
20	10-10	BYU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.3
21	10-11	HOU	HOU	Blocked	Elli Mortensen	blk Kamille Gibson	+0.6
22	11-11	HOU	BYU×6	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Sophia Callahan	+0.4
23	12-11	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+0.5
24	13-11	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Sophia Callahan		+0.5
25	14-11	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.4
26	15-11	BYU	BYU×6	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Brooke Hardy, Elli Mortensen	+0.3
27	16-11	BYU	BYU×6	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Sydney Jones	+0.2
28	16-12	BYU	HOU	Serve err	BYU		+0.1
29	17-12	HOU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+0.1
30	17-13	BYU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
31	18-13	HOU	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
32	18-14	BYU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
33	19-14	HOU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
34	20-14	BYU	BYU	Ace	BYU	aced Noemi Despaigne	+0.1
35	20-15	BYU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	·
36	21-15		BYU	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
37	21-16	BYU	HOU×5	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
38	21-17		HOU	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
39	21-18	HOU	HOU×5	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kamille Gibson	+0.2
40	21-19	HOU	HOU×5	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.4
41	21-20	HOU	HOU×5	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+0.6
42	22-20	HOU	BYU×4	Serve err	Houston		+0.5
43	23-20	BYU	BYU×4	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Sophia Callahan	+0.6
44	24-20	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.3
45	25-20	BYU	BYU×4	Ace	BYU		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, BYU 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).

BYU def. Houston 3–0

.462 and 13 kills for Claire Little Chambers as BYU rolled past Houston.