BYU vs Colorado Volleyball: BYU Wins 3-0 (Nov 5, 2026)

FinalThu, Nov 5, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: BYU 81.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 5, 7:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

BYU won at Colorado 3-0 (25-18, 28-26, 25-21) on Thu, Nov 5, 2026. BYU's Elli Mortensen led with 12 kills, and Alex Bower added 8 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 5

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BYU	25	28	25	3
COLO	18	26	21	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

BYU won all three sets by seven or fewer and led every phase.

No single rally moved win probability more than 5.9 points. Colorado peaked at 21% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. RallyIQ gave BYU 82% before first serve.

BYUColorado

Break %+10.9 pts
40.829.9
On serve: 31/76 against 20/67 (Colorado sideout 59.2%).
Hitting+.114
.275.161
42 kills, 14 errors vs 39 kills, 21 errors.
Longest run+2
53
5 straight BYU points in the first set broke a 17–17 tie and made it 22–17. Final score of the set: 25–18.

Colorado above 50BYU belowMax swing 5.9%

BYUColorado

Aces: BYU 4·Colorado 2
Serve err: BYU 4·Colorado 10
Blocks: BYU 11·Colorado 60 BS · 22 BA vs 0 BS · 12 BA
Digs: BYU 36·Colorado 33

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Colorado above 50 · BYU below

Biggest swing: 5.9% to Colorado — set 2, BYU 25-26 COLO. Claire Little Chambers stuffed by Maria Splawska & Lily Dwinell. COLO win probability 11% → 17%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BYU 83.8%16.2% COLO

BYU wins

3-0

35.6%

3-1

31.1%

3-2

17.1%

Colorado wins

3-0

2.5%

3-1

5.3%

3-2

8.5%

BYU break %: 43.9% vs this opp
COLO break %: 36.5% 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
Maria Splawska&Lily DwinellBlock+5.9%
Claire Little Chambers stuffed by Maria Splawska & Lily Dwinell
Set 2 · BYU 25-26 COLO · COLO 11% → 17%
02
Elli MortensenKill+5.3%
Kill by Elli Mortensen (set by Alex Bower)
Set 2 · BYU 27-26 COLO · BYU 87% → 92%
03
Anna BlamiresKill+4.5%
Kill by Anna Blamires (set by Lulu Po'uha)
Set 2 · BYU 28-26 COLO · BYU 92% → 97%
04
Kelli Jo Burgess&Anna BlamiresBlock+4.1%
Ines Losada stuffed by Kelli Jo Burgess & Anna Blamires
Set 2 · BYU 26-26 COLO · BYU 83% → 87%
05
Ines LosadaKill+4.0%
Kill by Ines Losada (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 2 · BYU 23-23 COLO · COLO 7% → 11%
06
Brooke HardyKill+3.5%
Kill by Brooke Hardy (set by Brooke Hardy)
Set 2 · BYU 24-23 COLO · BYU 89% → 92%
07
Cayla PayneKill+3.5%
Kill by Cayla Payne (set by Tinons Munar Galmes)
Set 2 · BYU 24-24 COLO · COLO 8% → 11%
08
Kate PriorKill+3.5%
Kill by Kate Prior (set by Kaylie Kofe)
Set 2 · BYU 25-24 COLO · BYU 89% → 92%

Box score

Official NCAA box

BYUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Elli MortensenOH	3	12	2	26	.385	0	0	0	7	0	4	2	14
12Claire Little ChambersOH	3	9	5	24	.167	0	1	0	5	0	4	2	12
4Brooke HardyMB	3	10	0	14	.714	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	11
17Kelli Jo BurgessMB	3	3	0	8	.375	0	0	0	0	0	9	4.5	7.5
8Anna BlamiresOPP	3	1	4	11	-.273	0	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	2.5
7Alex BowerS	3	1	2	3	-.333	14	0	1	8	0	0	0	1
1Kate PriorOPP	3	6	0	12	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
5Lulu Po'uhaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	2	1	5	0	0	0	2
20Kaylie KofeS	3	0	1	4	-.250	19	1	1	7	0	0	0	1
3Kaylee TingeyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	14	102	.275	38	4	4	36	2	22	11	78

Coloradohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Sydney JordanOH	3	12	4	29	.276	0	0	0	6	2	1	0.5	12.5
8Ines LosadaOH	3	8	8	24	.000	0	0	4	4	0	1	0.5	8.5
33Cayla PayneMB	3	8	3	21	.238	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
16Maria SplawskaMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	2	0	0	5	2.5	7.5
21Lily DwinellOH	3	3	5	18	-.111	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	4
2Jenna YlivainioS	3	3	0	9	.333	30	0	1	4	0	2	1	4
9Avery BollesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2
20Peyton NealL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
22Tinons Munar GalmesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	11	0	0	0	0
12Kensley HennessyMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Nikki OttL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	21	112	.161	33	2	10	33	4	12	6	65

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 Colorado

Season series · BYU leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 22, 2026Colorado at BYU · BYU won 3-1Result →
Thu, Nov 5, 2026BYU at Colorado · BYU won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 BYU · COLO 3

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 5 BYUCOLO 3

Set 2

28-26

Longest run 4 BYUCOLO 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 4 BYUCOLO 3

Bars above the line = Colorado 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	69%9/13	56%9/16
2	73%8/11	38%5/13
3	89%8/9	50%8/16
4	57%8/14	27%3/11
5	70%7/10	30%3/10
6	70%7/10	30%3/10
All	70%47/67	41%31/76

Colorado

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	18%2/11
2	53%8/15	43%6/14
3	57%8/14	11%1/9
4	78%7/9	33%4/12
5	64%7/11	30%3/10
6	58%7/12	36%4/11
All	59%45/76	30%20/67

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

143 rallies

#	BYU-COLO	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	COLO	COLO	Attack err	Alex Bower		+1.8
2	1-1	COLO	BYU	Kill	Alex Bower		+1.2
3	1-2	BYU	COLO	Kill	Ines Losada	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.3
4	2-2	COLO	BYU×3	Serve err	Colorado		+1.2
5	3-2	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen		+1.7
6	4-2	BYU	BYU×3	Ace	BYU		+1.6
7	4-3	BYU	COLO	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+1.1
8	5-3	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.1
9	5-4	BYU	COLO×3	Kill	Lily Dwinell	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.1
10	5-5	COLO	COLO×3	Ace	Avery Bolles		+1.9
11	5-6	COLO	COLO×3	Ace	Avery Bolles		+2.1
12	6-6	COLO	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.4
13	7-6	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Sydney Jordan		+2.0
14	7-7	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.4
15	8-7	COLO	BYU×3	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.3
16	9-7	BYU	BYU×3	Blocked	Cayla Payne	blk Claire Little Chambers, Kelli Jo Burgess	+1.8
17	10-7	BYU	BYU×3	Blocked	Ines Losada	blk Anna Blamires, Kelli Jo Burgess	+1.6
18	10-8	BYU	COLO	Serve err	Alex Bower		+1.0
19	11-8	COLO	BYU	Bad set	Ines Losada		+1.1
20	11-9	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.1
21	12-9	COLO	BYU	Attack err	Ines Losada		+1.1
22	12-10	BYU	COLO	Bad set	Lulu Po'uha		+1.1
23	12-11	COLO	COLO	Blocked	Anna Blamires	blk Sydney Jordan, Maria Splawska	+2.0
24	13-11	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+1.4
25	13-12	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.4
26	14-12	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.5
27	14-13	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.5
28	14-14	COLO	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Jenna Ylivainio	+2.6
29	15-14	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.8
30	15-15	BYU	COLO	Kill	Jenna Ylivainio		+1.9
31	16-15	COLO	BYU	Blocked	Sydney Jordan	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Claire Little Chambers	+1.9
32	17-15	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Cayla Payne	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Claire Little Chambers	+2.6
33	17-16	BYU	COLO	Kill	Ines Losada	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.7
34	17-17	COLO	COLO	Attack err	Alex Bower		+3.1
35	18-17	COLO	BYU×5	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+2.1
36	19-17	BYU	BYU×5	Blocked	Sydney Jordan	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Elli Mortensen	+2.9
37	20-17	BYU	BYU×5	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+2.3
38	21-17	BYU	BYU×5	Blocked	Ines Losada	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Anna Blamires	+1.6
39	22-17	BYU	BYU×5	Attack err	Ines Losada		+0.9
40	22-18	BYU	COLO	Kill	Ines Losada	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.3
41	23-18	COLO	BYU×3	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+0.5
42	24-18	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Lily Dwinell		+0.3
43	25-18	BYU	BYU×3	Ace	BYU	aced Sydney Jordan	·
Set 2
1	0-1	BYU	COLO	Blocked	Anna Blamires	blk Lily Dwinell, Maria Splawska	+0.9
2	1-1	COLO	BYU	Kill	Kelli Jo Burgess	set Alex Bower	+0.9
3	1-2	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.0
4	2-2	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+0.9
5	2-3	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.0
6	3-3	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.9
7	3-4	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.0
8	4-4	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.9
9	4-5	BYU	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Elli Mortensen	+1.1
10	4-6	COLO	COLO	Bad set	Kelli Jo Burgess		+1.7
11	5-6	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Lulu Po'uha	+1.0
12	5-7	BYU	COLO	Kill	Maria Splawska	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.2
13	6-7	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+1.0
14	7-7	BYU	BYU	Ace	BYU	aced Sydney Jordan	+1.6
15	7-8	BYU	COLO	Kill	Maria Splawska	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.2
16	7-9	COLO	COLO	Kill	Ines Losada	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.8
17	8-9	COLO	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.1
18	9-9	BYU	BYU	Ace	BYU	aced Peyton Neal	+1.7
19	9-10	BYU	COLO	Kill	Maria Splawska	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.2
20	10-10	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Alex Bower	+1.1
21	10-11	BYU	COLO	Kill	Lily Dwinell	set Tinons Munar Galmes	+1.3
22	11-11	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+1.2
23	11-12	BYU	COLO	Kill	Jenna Ylivainio		+1.3
24	11-13	COLO	COLO	Bad set	Kaylie Kofe		+2.1
25	12-13	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.3
26	13-13	BYU	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.0
27	13-14	BYU	COLO	Serve err	Brooke Hardy		+1.5
28	13-15	COLO	COLO	Attack err	Kaylie Kofe		+2.3
29	14-15	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+1.4
30	14-16	BYU	COLO	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+1.7
31	15-16	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+1.4
32	16-16	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Ines Losada		+2.3
33	16-17	BYU	COLO×3	Kill	Ines Losada	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.7
34	16-18	COLO	COLO×3	Attack err	Elli Mortensen		+2.7
35	16-19	COLO	COLO×3	Attack err	Anna Blamires		+2.6
36	17-19	COLO	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.3
37	18-19	BYU	BYU	Kill	Maria Splawska	set Lulu Po'uha	+2.5
38	18-20	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+2.2
39	19-20	COLO	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+1.7
40	20-20	BYU	BYU×4	Blocked	Lily Dwinell	blk Brooke Hardy, Elli Mortensen	+3.0
41	21-20	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+3.1
42	22-20	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.8
43	22-21	BYU	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.5
44	23-21	COLO	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Kaylie Kofe	+2.0
45	23-22	BYU	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Jenna Ylivainio	+1.5
46	23-23	COLO	COLO	Kill	Ines Losada	set Kaylie Kofe	+4.0
47	24-23	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Brooke Hardy	+3.5
48	24-24	BYU	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Tinons Munar Galmes	+3.5
49	25-24	COLO	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+3.5
50	25-25	BYU	COLO	Kill	Ines Losada	set Jenna Ylivainio	+3.5
51	25-26	COLO	COLO	Blocked	Claire Little Chambers	blk Maria Splawska, Lily Dwinell	+5.9
52	26-26	COLO	BYU×3	Blocked	Ines Losada	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Anna Blamires	+4.1
53	27-26	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+5.3
54	28-26	BYU	BYU×3	Kill	Anna Blamires	set Lulu Po'uha	+4.5
Set 3
1	1-0	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+0.4
2	2-0	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Lily Dwinell		+0.6
3	2-1	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.4
4	3-1	COLO	BYU×4	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Lulu Po'uha	+0.4
5	4-1	BYU	BYU×4	Kill	Kate Prior	set Lulu Po'uha	+0.5
6	5-1	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Lily Dwinell		+0.5
7	6-1	BYU	BYU×4	Attack err	Lily Dwinell		+0.4
8	6-2	BYU	COLO	Serve err	Kaylie Kofe		+0.2
9	7-2	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.2
10	7-3	BYU	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.2
11	8-3	COLO	BYU	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.3
12	8-4	BYU	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.2
13	8-5	COLO	COLO	Bad set	Kaylie Kofe		+0.4
14	9-5	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+0.3
15	9-6	BYU	COLO	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+0.3
16	10-6	COLO	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.3
17	11-6	BYU	BYU	Blocked	Maria Splawska	blk Kelli Jo Burgess, Elli Mortensen	+0.4
18	11-7	BYU	COLO	Kill	Maria Splawska	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.2
19	12-7	COLO	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.3
20	12-8	BYU	COLO×3	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.2
21	12-9	COLO	COLO×3	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.5
22	12-10	COLO	COLO×3	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.6
23	13-10	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+0.4
24	13-11	BYU	COLO	Kill	Sydney Jordan	set Peyton Neal	+0.4
25	14-11	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.5
26	15-11	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Kaylie Kofe		+0.6
27	15-12	BYU	COLO	Kill	Cayla Payne	set Jenna Ylivainio	+0.3
28	15-13	COLO	COLO	Bad set	Kate Prior		+0.6
29	16-13	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.5
30	17-13	BYU	BYU	Attack err	Ines Losada		+0.6
31	17-14	BYU	COLO	Blocked	Claire Little Chambers	blk Cayla Payne, Jenna Ylivainio	+0.3
32	18-14	COLO	BYU	Kill	Kate Prior	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.4
33	18-15	BYU	COLO	Blocked	Anna Blamires	blk Maria Splawska, Ines Losada	+0.3
34	18-16	COLO	COLO	Kill	Maria Splawska	set Alex Bower	+0.7
35	19-16	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Alex Bower	+0.6
36	19-17	BYU	COLO	Attack err	Ines Losada		+0.5
37	20-17	COLO	BYU	Serve err	Colorado		+0.6
38	20-18	BYU	COLO	Serve err	Lulu Po'uha		+0.5
39	21-18	COLO	BYU	Kill	Elli Mortensen	set Alex Bower	+0.6
40	21-19	BYU	COLO	Kill	Lily Dwinell	set Tinons Munar Galmes	+0.5
41	21-20	COLO	COLO	Kill	Jenna Ylivainio	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.1
42	22-20	COLO	BYU×3	Kill	Brooke Hardy	set Kaylie Kofe	+1.0
43	23-20	BYU	BYU×3	Attack err	Sydney Jordan		+1.0
44	24-20	BYU	BYU×3	Blocked	Cayla Payne	blk Claire Little Chambers, Brooke Hardy	+0.5
45	24-21	BYU	COLO	Attack err	Claire Little Chambers		+0.1
46	25-21	COLO	BYU	Kill	Claire Little Chambers	set Kaylie Kofe	+0.2

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. Colorado 3–0

BYU won all three sets by seven or fewer and led every phase.