BYU vs Arizona Volleyball: BYU Wins 3-0 (Oct 17, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 17, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: BYU 94.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 7:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

BYU won at Arizona 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-18) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. BYU's Elli Mortensen led with 19 kills, and Lulu Po'uha added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:10 PM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BYU	26	25	25	3
ARIZ	24	19	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Elli Mortensen needed just 3 sets for 19 kills. BYU swept Arizona.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.7 points. Arizona peaked at 12% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had BYU at 94%.

BYUArizona

Break %+12.4 pts
47.334.9
35 of 74 on serve vs 22 of 63, so Arizona's sideout was 52.7%.
Hitting+.091
.224.133
51 kills, 21 errors vs 31 kills, 16 errors.
Longest run+2
53
Up 20–19 in the second set, BYU scored 5 straight to make it 25–19. The set finished 25–19.

Arizona above 50BYU belowMax swing 3.7%

BYUArizona

Aces: BYU 5·Arizona 2
Serve err: BYU 6·Arizona 4
Blocks: BYU 2·Arizona 71 BS · 2 BA vs 2 BS · 10 BA
Digs: BYU 55·Arizona 56

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Arizona above 50 · BYU below

Biggest swing: 3.7% to BYU — set 1, BYU 25-24 ARIZ. Kill by Claire Little Chambers (set by Elli Mortensen). ARIZ win probability 9% → 6%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BYU 96.1%3.9% ARIZ

BYU wins

3-0

58.7%

3-1

28.6%

3-2

8.7%

Arizona wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

1.1%

3-2

2.4%

BYU break %: 47.1% vs this opp
ARIZ break %: 33.8% 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
Claire Little ChambersKill+3.7%
Kill by Claire Little Chambers (set by Elli Mortensen)
Set 1 · BYU 25-24 ARIZ · BYU 91% → 94%
02
Claire Little ChambersAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Claire Little Chambers
Set 1 · BYU 22-23 ARIZ · ARIZ 8% → 11%
03
Kennedy OsunsanmiKill+3.2%
Kill by Kennedy Osunsanmi (set by Harmony Sample)
Set 1 · BYU 23-24 ARIZ · ARIZ 9% → 12%
04
Claire Little ChambersKill+3.2%
Kill by Claire Little Chambers (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 1 · BYU 24-24 ARIZ · BYU 88% → 91%
05
Claire Little ChambersKill+2.7%
Kill by Claire Little Chambers (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 1 · BYU 26-24 ARIZ · BYU 94% → 97%
06
Destiny Ndam-Simpson&Journey TuckerBlock+2.7%
Sophia Callahan stuffed by Destiny Ndam-Simpson & Journey Tucker
Set 1 · BYU 19-21 ARIZ · ARIZ 10% → 12%
07
Destiny Ndam-SimpsonAttack error+2.5%
Attack error by Destiny Ndam-Simpson
Set 1 · BYU 21-21 ARIZ · BYU 89% → 91%
08
Harmony SampleAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Harmony Sample
Set 1 · BYU 22-21 ARIZ · BYU 91% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

BYUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Elli MortensenOH	3	19	6	47	.277	1	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	20
12Claire Little ChambersOH	3	11	6	27	.185	0	0	1	10	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
17Kelli Jo BurgessMB	3	6	3	9	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
4Brooke HardyMB	3	5	3	14	.143	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	7
22Sophia CallahanOH	3	4	3	17	.059	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
7Alex BowerS	3	0	0	0	–	25	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
1Kate PriorOPP	3	6	0	17	.353	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6
5Lulu Po'uhaL/DS	3	0	0	3	.000	2	1	2	17	0	0	0	0	1
3Kaylee TingeyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Kaylie KofeS	3	0	0	0	–	19	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	21	134	.224	47	5	6	55	2	1	2	2	76

Arizonahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Destiny Ndam-SimpsonOH	3	8	2	35	.171	2	0	1	12	0	0	2	1	9
12Carlie CisnerosOH	3	6	2	24	.167	2	1	0	14	1	1	0	1	8
22Journey TuckerMB	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
7Harmony SampleS	3	2	2	5	.000	22	1	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
23Marina VoslooMB	3	1	3	9	-.222	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
3Brenna GinderL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0
14Kennedy OsunsanmiOPP	3	9	2	21	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	10
5Gigi WhannL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0
19Brookelyn HattonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Kristen DearMB	1	1	2	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
10Britt CarlsonOPP	1	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Maria Olga SiapaniS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	16	113	.133	29	2	4	56	5	2	10	7	61

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.

BYU vs Arizona

Season series · BYU leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 17, 2026BYU at Arizona · BYU won 3-0This match
Thu, Nov 19, 2026Arizona at BYUPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 BYU · ARIZ 3

Set 1

26-24

Longest run 3 BYUARIZ 3

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 5 BYUARIZ 3

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 4 BYUARIZ 3

Bars above the line = Arizona 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	50%8/16	63%10/16
2	54%7/13	42%5/12
3	64%7/11	46%6/13
4	88%7/8	30%3/10
5	86%6/7	57%8/14
6	75%6/8	33%3/9
All	65%41/63	47%35/74

Arizona

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	37%7/19	38%5/13
2	54%7/13	53%8/15
3	70%7/10	30%3/10
4	43%6/14	22%2/9
5	67%6/9	25%2/8
6	67%6/9	25%2/8
All	53%39/74	35%22/63

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

137 rallies

#	BYU-ARIZ	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+0.4
2	1-1	BYU	ARIZ	Serve err	BYU		+0.5
3	1-2	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+0.8
4	2-2	ARIZ	BYU×3	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower	+0.5
5	3-2	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.7
6	4-2	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha	+0.6
7	4-3	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+0.4
8	4-4	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+0.8
9	5-4	ARIZ	BYU	Attack err	Kennedy Osunsanmi		+0.5
10	5-5	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+0.6
11	6-5	ARIZ	BYU	Serve err	Arizona		+0.5
12	7-5	BYU	BYU	Ace	Brooke Hardy		+0.7
13	7-6	BYU	ARIZ	Serve err	BYU		+0.5
14	8-6	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.5
15	8-7	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+0.5
16	9-7	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+0.5
17	9-8	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Marina Vosloo	set Harmony Sample	+0.5
18	9-9	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+1.0
19	10-9	ARIZ	BYU×3	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower	+0.6
20	11-9	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Marina Vosloo		+0.8
21	12-9	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+0.7
22	12-10	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Brenna Ginder	+0.4
23	12-11	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Brooke Hardy		+0.9
24	13-11	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.6
25	13-12	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+0.6
26	14-12	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.6
27	14-13	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+0.7
28	15-13	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.7
29	15-14	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+0.7
30	15-15	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+1.3
31	16-15	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.9
32	16-16	BYU	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+1.0
33	16-17	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+1.8
34	16-18	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+2.1
35	17-18	ARIZ	BYU	Serve err	Arizona		+1.1
36	18-18	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Marina Vosloo		+1.8
37	18-19	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Harmony Sample	set Brenna Ginder	+1.5
38	19-19	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.3
39	19-20	BYU	ARIZ	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+1.6
40	19-21	ARIZ	ARIZ	Blocked	Sophia Callahan	blk Destiny Ndam-Simpson, Journey Tucker	+2.7
41	20-21	ARIZ	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.4
42	21-21	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+2.5
43	22-21	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Harmony Sample		+2.4
44	22-22	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+1.7
45	22-23	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+3.6
46	23-23	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.2
47	23-24	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+3.2
48	24-24	ARIZ	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+3.2
49	25-24	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Elli Mortensen	+3.7
50	26-24	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.7
Set 2
1	1-0	BYU	BYU×4	Blocked	Carlie Cisneros	blk Kelli Jo Burgess	+0.4
2	2-0	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.4
3	3-0	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.3
4	4-0	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower	+0.2
5	4-1	BYU	ARIZ	Serve err	BYU		+0.2
6	4-2	ARIZ	ARIZ	Ace	Carlie Cisneros		+0.3
7	5-2	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+0.2
8	6-2	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Kristen Dear		+0.3
9	6-3	BYU	ARIZ	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+0.2
10	6-4	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+0.3
11	7-4	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.2
12	7-5	BYU	ARIZ×3	Bad set	Kate Prior		+0.2
13	7-6	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Blocked	Elli Mortensen	blk Journey Tucker, Kennedy Osunsanmi	+0.4
14	7-7	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Ace	Harmony Sample		+0.6
15	8-7	ARIZ	BYU	Attack err	Carlie Cisneros		+0.4
16	9-7	BYU	BYU	Ace	Elli Mortensen		+0.5
17	9-8	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+0.3
18	10-8	ARIZ	BYU	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+0.3
19	10-9	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+0.4
20	11-9	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.3
21	11-10	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Carlie Cisneros	+0.4
22	12-10	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+0.4
23	12-11	BYU	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Sophia Callahan		+0.4
24	12-12	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Blocked	Kelli Jo Burgess	blk Destiny Ndam-Simpson, Kristen Dear	+0.7
25	12-13	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Blocked	Elli Mortensen	blk Harmony Sample, Kristen Dear	+0.9
26	13-13	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+0.5
27	13-14	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Kristen Dear	set Harmony Sample	+0.7
28	14-14	ARIZ	BYU	Serve err	Arizona		+0.6
29	15-14	BYU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha	+0.8
30	15-15	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Brooke Hardy	+0.6
31	16-15	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.6
32	16-16	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+0.6
33	16-17	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+1.1
34	17-17	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.7
35	18-17	BYU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers		+1.0
36	18-18	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Destiny Ndam-Simpson	+0.7
37	19-18	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.7
38	20-18	BYU	BYU	Ace	Alex Bower		+0.9
39	20-19	BYU	ARIZ	Attack err	Kelli Jo Burgess		+0.6
40	21-19	ARIZ	BYU×5	Serve err	Arizona		+0.6
41	22-19	BYU	BYU×5	Attack err	Kristen Dear		+0.7
42	23-19	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Brenna Ginder	+0.4
43	24-19	BYU	BYU×5	Attack err	Harmony Sample		+0.1
44	25-19	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	·
Set 3
1	0-1	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Destiny Ndam-Simpson	+0.2
2	0-2	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+0.3
3	1-2	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.2
4	2-2	BYU	BYU	Ace	Lulu Po'uha	aced Carlie Cisneros	+0.2
5	2-3	BYU	ARIZ	Serve err	BYU		+0.2
6	2-4	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Brooke Hardy		+0.3
7	3-4	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.2
8	3-5	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+0.2
9	4-5	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.2
10	5-5	BYU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior		+0.3
11	5-6	BYU	ARIZ	Serve err	BYU		+0.2
12	6-6	ARIZ	BYU×4	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.2
13	7-6	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Britt Carlson		+0.3
14	8-6	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.2
15	9-6	BYU	BYU×4	Ace	Brooke Hardy	aced Gigi Whann	+0.2
16	9-7	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
17	10-7	ARIZ	BYU×3	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
18	11-7	BYU	BYU×3	Blocked	Britt Carlson	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Claire Little Chambers	+0.1
19	12-7	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.1
20	12-8	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Maria Olga Siapani	+0.1
21	13-8	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+0.1
22	14-8	BYU	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.1
23	14-9	BYU	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Kelli Jo Burgess		·
24	14-10	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Blocked	Elli Mortensen	blk Kennedy Osunsanmi, Journey Tucker	+0.1
25	14-11	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+0.1
26	15-11	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.1
27	16-11	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Journey Tucker		+0.1
28	16-12	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+0.1
29	16-13	ARIZ	ARIZ	Blocked	Sophia Callahan	blk Carlie Cisneros	+0.1
30	17-13	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+0.1
31	18-13	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Kennedy Osunsanmi		+0.1
32	18-14	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+0.1
33	19-14	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
34	20-14	BYU	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.1
35	20-15	BYU	ARIZ	Blocked	Brooke Hardy	blk Marina Vosloo	·
36	21-15	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	·
37	22-15	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Marina Vosloo		·
38	22-16	BYU	ARIZ	Serve err	BYU		·
39	23-16	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	·
40	23-17	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Harmony Sample	set Carlie Cisneros	·
41	24-17	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Sophia Callahan	set Alex Bower	·
42	24-18	BYU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	·
43	25-18	ARIZ	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	·

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. Arizona 3–0

Elli Mortensen needed just 3 sets for 19 kills. BYU swept Arizona.