Butler vs DePaul Volleyball: DePaul Wins 3-0 (Oct 25, 2026)

FinalSun, Oct 25, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: DePaul 78.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 25, 2:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

DePaul beat visiting Butler 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-19) on Sun, Oct 25, 2026. DePaul's Jade Epps led with 13 kills, and Abby Cahill added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 3:35 PM CT · final Oct 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
BUTLER	21	23	19	0
DEPAUL	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

DePaul swept Butler without a set decided by more than six and led every phase.

Win probability never moved more than 5.0 points on one rally; Butler topped out at 24% in Set 2. Pre-match, RallyIQ had DePaul at 79%.

ButlerDePaul

Break %+10.0 pts
35.945.9
Points won on own serve: 34 of 74 vs 23 of 64. Butler sided out 54.1% of the time.
Hitting+.140
.155.295
44 K / 13 E against 38 K / 21 E.
Longest run+2
46
Down 0–1 in the third set, DePaul scored 6 straight to lead 6–1. The set finished 25–19.

DePaul above 50Butler belowMax swing 5.0%

ButlerDePaul

Aces: Butler 5·DePaul 4
Serve err: Butler 6·DePaul 7
Blocks: Butler 5·DePaul 70 BS · 10 BA vs 2 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Butler 38·DePaul 41

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

DePaul above 50 · Butler below

Biggest swing: 5.0% to DePaul — set 2, BUTLER 23-25 DEPAUL. Attack error by Chase Lemming. DEPAUL win probability 91% → 96%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BUTLER 21.4%78.6% DEPAUL

Butler wins

3-0

3.6%

3-1

7.2%

3-2

10.7%

DePaul wins

3-0

30.2%

3-1

29.8%

3-2

18.6%

BUTLER break %: 38.7% vs this opp
DEPAUL break %: 44.8% 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
Chase LemmingAttack error+5.0%
Attack error by Chase Lemming
Set 2 · BUTLER 23-25 DEPAUL · DEPAUL 91% → 96%
02
Jade EppsKill+4.6%
Kill by Jade Epps (set by Leonor Polezzi)
Set 2 · BUTLER 22-23 DEPAUL · DEPAUL 86% → 90%
03
Jade Epps&Leonor PolezziBlock+4.1%
Elise Ward stuffed by Jade Epps & Leonor Polezzi
Set 2 · BUTLER 22-22 DEPAUL · DEPAUL 82% → 86%
04
Jade EppsKill+4.0%
Kill by Jade Epps (set by Leonor Polezzi)
Set 2 · BUTLER 23-24 DEPAUL · DEPAUL 87% → 91%
05
Zoe McDonaldKill+3.2%
Kill by Zoe McDonald (set by Sarah Kempf)
Set 2 · BUTLER 23-23 DEPAUL · BUTLER 10% → 13%
06
Kendall TimmeKill+3.1%
Kill by Kendall Timme (set by Leonor Polezzi)
Set 2 · BUTLER 22-21 DEPAUL · DEPAUL 78% → 82%
07
Raegan DurbinAce+3.0%
Ace by Raegan Durbin on Martina Diana
Set 1 · BUTLER 20-21 DEPAUL · BUTLER 16% → 19%
08
Raegan Durbin&Zoe McDonaldBlock+2.9%
Isabela Tavares-Salomon stuffed by Raegan Durbin & Zoe McDonald
Set 2 · BUTLER 20-17 DEPAUL · BUTLER 18% → 21%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Butleraway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Raegan DurbinOH	3	9	6	32	.094	0	2	2	3	1	2	1	12
17Zoe McDonaldMB	3	9	2	15	.467	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	11
3Chase LemmingOH	3	9	5	21	.190	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9
16Elise WardOH	3	6	3	20	.150	0	1	1	3	1	1	0.5	7.5
1Sarah KempfS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
13Carly SlusserMB	2	2	3	8	-.125	0	1	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
7Ellery ReesMB	3	3	2	11	.091	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	4
18Marin ThaxtonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	1
5Jersey LoyerDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	11	1	0	0	0
9Kaylee FinneganS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
14Karen DutroMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4Ava HunterS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	21	110	.155	33	5	6	38	4	10	5	63

DePaulhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Jade EppsMB	3	13	1	19	.632	1	2	2	3	0	0	3	1.5	16.5
20Kendall TimmeOH	3	11	4	35	.200	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	11
13Martina DianaOH	3	6	4	20	.100	1	1	2	7	2	0	0	0	7
4Jocelyn PaigeMB	3	4	1	7	.429	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	6
10Leonor PolezziS	3	2	1	5	.200	33	0	1	6	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
5Eva HurrleL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
7Isabela Tavares-SalomonOH	3	8	2	18	.333	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	10
2Abby CahillL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
12Nora MannionL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	13	105	.295	38	4	7	41	5	2	10	7	75

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 4 BUTLER · DEPAUL 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 BUTLERDEPAUL 3

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 4 BUTLERDEPAUL 4

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 3 BUTLERDEPAUL 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Butler

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	13%1/8
2	44%7/16	31%4/13
3	60%6/10	30%3/10
4	67%6/9	40%4/10
5	60%6/10	54%7/13
6	46%6/13	40%4/10
All	54%40/74	36%23/64

DePaul

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	38%5/13
2	80%8/10	58%11/19
3	67%6/9	33%3/9
4	55%6/11	40%4/10
5	50%6/12	25%2/8
6	75%6/8	60%9/15
All	64%41/64	46%34/74

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

138 rallies

#	BUTLER-DEPAUL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+1.7
2	1-1	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Sarah Kempf	+1.3
3	1-2	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.2
4	2-2	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+1.3
5	3-2	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Elise Ward	+2.0
6	3-3	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Blocked	Chase Lemming	blk Jocelyn Paige, Leonor Polezzi	+1.4
7	3-4	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Blocked	Carly Slusser	blk Jocelyn Paige, Isabela Tavares-Salomon	+1.9
8	4-4	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Sarah Kempf	+1.4
9	4-5	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.3
10	5-5	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ellery Rees	+1.4
11	5-6	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jocelyn Paige	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.4
12	6-6	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Jersey Loyer	+1.5
13	6-7	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.4
14	6-8	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Zoe McDonald		+1.9
15	7-8	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Serve err	Eva Hurrle		+1.4
16	7-9	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.4
17	8-9	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+1.4
18	8-10	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Serve err	Raegan Durbin		+1.4
19	8-11	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Jocelyn Paige	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.8
20	9-11	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+1.2
21	10-11	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Leonor Polezzi		+2.0
22	10-12	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.5
23	10-13	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Blocked	Chase Lemming	blk Isabela Tavares-Salomon	+1.9
24	11-13	DEPAUL	BUTLER×3	Kill	Elise Ward	set Sarah Kempf	+1.3
25	12-13	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming		+2.2
26	13-13	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Isabela Tavares-Salomon		+2.6
27	13-14	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Serve err	Elise Ward		+1.9
28	13-15	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Blocked	Ellery Rees	blk Jocelyn Paige	+2.4
29	14-15	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.7
30	15-15	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.9
31	15-16	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+2.1
32	15-17	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Blocked	Raegan Durbin	blk Jade Epps, Isabela Tavares-Salomon	+2.7
33	16-17	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Blocked	Martina Diana	blk Carly Slusser, Ellery Rees	+1.8
34	16-18	BUTLER	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+2.0
35	16-19	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+2.4
36	16-20	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Ace	Eva Hurrle	aced Raegan Durbin	+1.7
37	17-20	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Blocked	Martina Diana	blk Zoe McDonald, Ellery Rees	+0.9
38	17-21	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.2
39	18-21	DEPAUL	BUTLER×3	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+0.8
40	19-21	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Kendall Timme		+1.9
41	20-21	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Ace	Raegan Durbin	aced Martina Diana	+3.0
42	20-22	BUTLER	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+2.7
43	20-23	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Attack err	Chase Lemming		+2.8
44	20-24	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Jocelyn Paige	set Sarah Kempf	+1.4
45	21-24	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Serve err	Jade Epps		+0.3
46	21-25	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Leonor Polezzi		+0.7
Set 2
1	1-0	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Jersey Loyer	+1.5
2	1-1	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Serve err	Sarah Kempf		+1.0
3	2-1	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Serve err	Martina Diana		+1.1
4	2-2	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Serve err	Raegan Durbin		+1.0
5	3-2	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+1.1
6	4-2	BUTLER	BUTLER	Attack err	Kendall Timme		+1.7
7	4-3	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Attack err	Carly Slusser		+1.1
8	4-4	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Chase Lemming		+1.5
9	5-4	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Serve err	Leonor Polezzi		+1.2
10	6-4	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Sarah Kempf	+1.8
11	6-5	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.1
12	6-6	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Ellery Rees		+1.6
13	7-6	DEPAUL	BUTLER×4	Kill	Carly Slusser	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.3
14	8-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Ace	Marin Thaxton	aced Kendall Timme	+1.9
15	9-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.9
16	10-6	BUTLER	BUTLER×4	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Jersey Loyer	+1.9
17	10-7	BUTLER	DEPAUL×3	Serve err	Marin Thaxton		+1.1
18	10-8	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+1.8
19	10-9	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.8
20	11-9	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Kaylee Finnegan	+1.5
21	11-10	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.3
22	12-10	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Attack err	Martina Diana		+1.6
23	12-11	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.4
24	13-11	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Sarah Kempf	+1.6
25	13-12	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.4
26	14-12	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+1.7
27	14-13	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.5
28	14-14	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Carly Slusser		+2.2
29	15-14	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Attack err	Kendall Timme		+1.7
30	16-14	BUTLER	BUTLER	Ace	Elise Ward	aced Kendall Timme	+2.6
31	16-15	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Abby Cahill	+1.6
32	17-15	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.0
33	18-15	BUTLER	BUTLER	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.7
34	18-16	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Isabela Tavares-Salomon	+1.5
35	18-17	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Abby Cahill	+2.5
36	19-17	DEPAUL	BUTLER×3	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+2.2
37	20-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	blk Raegan Durbin, Zoe McDonald	+2.9
38	21-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Ace	Carly Slusser	aced Martina Diana	+2.4
39	21-18	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.0
40	21-19	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+2.2
41	22-19	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Ellery Rees	set Jersey Loyer	+2.4
42	22-20	BUTLER	DEPAUL×4	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+1.5
43	22-21	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+3.1
44	22-22	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Jade Epps, Leonor Polezzi	+4.1
45	22-23	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+4.6
46	23-23	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+3.2
47	23-24	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+4.0
48	23-25	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Chase Lemming		+5.0
Set 3
1	1-0	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Sarah Kempf	+0.5
2	1-1	BUTLER	DEPAUL×6	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.5
3	1-2	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×6	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Jade Epps	+0.7
4	1-3	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×6	Attack err	Raegan Durbin		+0.6
5	1-4	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×6	Ace	Jade Epps	aced Jersey Loyer	+0.6
6	1-5	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×6	Attack err	Elise Ward		+0.5
7	1-6	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×6	Ace	Jade Epps		+0.4
8	2-6	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Serve err	Jade Epps		+0.3
9	2-7	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
10	3-7	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Sarah Kempf	+0.3
11	3-8	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
12	3-9	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Jocelyn Paige	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
13	4-9	DEPAUL	BUTLER×3	Serve err	Kendall Timme		+0.2
14	5-9	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Jocelyn Paige		+0.4
15	6-9	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Ace	Raegan Durbin	aced Kendall Timme	+0.5
16	6-10	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.4
17	7-10	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.4
18	7-11	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Serve err	Karen Dutro		+0.4
19	7-12	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.5
20	8-12	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.3
21	8-13	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
22	9-13	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Serve err	Martina Diana		+0.3
23	9-14	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Leonor Polezzi	set Martina Diana	+0.3
24	10-14	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Ava Hunter	+0.3
25	10-15	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
26	11-15	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Elise Ward	set Abby Cahill	+0.3
27	11-16	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
28	12-16	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.3
29	12-17	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Jersey Loyer	+0.3
30	13-17	DEPAUL	BUTLER×3	Kill	Raegan Durbin	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.3
31	14-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Chase Lemming	set Ellery Rees	+0.5
32	15-17	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Kill	Zoe McDonald		+0.7
33	15-18	BUTLER	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.6
34	15-19	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.7
35	15-20	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.4
36	16-20	DEPAUL	BUTLER	Kill	Zoe McDonald	set Kaylee Finnegan	+0.2
37	16-21	BUTLER	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
38	16-22	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Blocked	Elise Ward	blk Leonor Polezzi, Jade Epps	+0.2
39	16-23	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.1
40	16-24	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Ace	Martina Diana	aced Elise Ward	·
41	17-24	DEPAUL	BUTLER×3	Attack err	Martina Diana		·
42	18-24	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Jade Epps	blk Zoe McDonald, Raegan Durbin	·
43	19-24	BUTLER	BUTLER×3	Blocked	Kendall Timme	blk Zoe McDonald, Elise Ward	·
44	19-25	BUTLER	DEPAUL	Attack err	Zoe McDonald		·

Score shown after each rally, Butler 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).

DePaul def. Butler 3–0

DePaul swept Butler without a set decided by more than six and led every phase.