Houston vs UCF Volleyball: UCF Wins 3-0 (Nov 8, 2026)

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: UCF 66.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UCF beat visiting Houston 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-18) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. UCF's Avah Armour led with 15 kills, and Alexa Haley added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOU	15	23	18	0
UCF	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

15 kills in 3 sets for Avah Armour. UCF swept Houston.

Win probability never moved more than 7.3 points on one rally; Houston topped out at 34% in Set 1. UCF went in as RallyIQ's 66% pick.

HoustonUCF

Break %+16.9 pts
31.047.9
On serve: 35/73 against 18/58 (Houston sideout 52.1%).
Hitting+.156
.198.354
Kills and errors: 48–13 vs 36–16.
Longest run+2
46
UCF scored 6 straight in the first set to go from 7–7 to a 13–7 lead. The set finished 25–15.

UCF above 50Houston belowMax swing 7.3%

HoustonUCF

Aces: Houston 2·UCF 5
Serve err: Houston 4·UCF 5
Blocks: Houston 5·UCF 71 BS · 8 BA vs 1 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Houston 31·UCF 40

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UCF above 50 · Houston below

Biggest swing: 7.3% to UCF — set 2, HOU 23-25 UCF. Ace by Natasha Casey. UCF win probability 86% → 93%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOU 30.6%69.4% UCF

Houston wins

3-0

5.9%

3-1

10.8%

3-2

14.0%

UCF wins

3-0

22.8%

3-1

26.6%

3-2

19.9%

HOU break %: 40.4% vs this opp
UCF break %: 44.2% 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
Natasha CaseyAce+7.3%
Ace by Natasha Casey
Set 2 · HOU 23-25 UCF · UCF 86% → 93%
02
Alyssa GonzalesKill+5.9%
Kill by Alyssa Gonzales (set by Lily Barron)
Set 2 · HOU 23-23 UCF · HOU 14% → 20%
03
Natasha CaseyKill+5.7%
Kill by Natasha Casey (set by Abby Schomers)
Set 2 · HOU 23-24 UCF · UCF 80% → 86%
04
Kamille GibsonAttack error+4.8%
Attack error by Kamille Gibson
Set 2 · HOU 21-23 UCF · UCF 84% → 88%
05
Alexis RobersonBlock+4.1%
Sasha Cohen stuffed by Alexis Roberson
Set 2 · HOU 20-20 UCF · HOU 16% → 20%
06
Avah ArmourKill+3.8%
Kill by Avah Armour (set by Alexa Haley)
Set 2 · HOU 21-22 UCF · UCF 80% → 84%
07
Natasha Casey&Sasha CohenBlock+3.6%
Noemi Despaigne stuffed by Natasha Casey & Sasha Cohen
Set 2 · HOU 18-20 UCF · UCF 83% → 86%
08
Sasha CohenKill+3.5%
Kill by Sasha Cohen (set by Abby Schomers)
Set 2 · HOU 17-18 UCF · UCF 79% → 82%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Houstonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Kamille GibsonOH	3	12	8	35	.114	2	0	2	7	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
34Tara GreenberryOH	3	6	0	13	.462	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
3Alexis RobersonMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
6Kalei EdsonS	3	1	0	3	.333	24	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	2
11Sydney JonesOH	2	4	3	13	.077	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
21Noemi DespaigneOH	2	4	2	12	.167	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
24Gillian PittsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1
19Mattie CasaleDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	1
15Cali ReeceL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Lily BarronOH	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1Alyssa GonzalesOH	2	4	3	11	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
2Olivia StringerOH	1	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		36	16	101	.198	30	2	4	31	5	1	8	5	56

UCFhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Avah ArmourOH	3	15	4	34	.324	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	16
16Natasha CaseyOPP	3	8	2	15	.400	0	3	1	4	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
3Sasha CohenMB	3	6	2	11	.364	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
5Fallon StewartOH	3	5	1	10	.400	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	6
8Ella ChapmanMB	3	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
1Abby SchomersS	3	4	0	4	1.000	32	0	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
14Kiki HorneOH	3	8	4	20	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8
9Alexa HaleyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	1
11Reese MooreL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2Sarah MendozaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	13	99	.354	42	5	5	40	2	1	12	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.

Houston vs UCF

Season series · UCF leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 16, 2026UCF at Houston · UCF won 3-2Result →
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Houston at UCF · UCF won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 HOU · UCF 6

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 2 HOUUCF 6

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 4 HOUUCF 3

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 HOUUCF 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	39%7/18	38%5/13
2	58%7/12	13%1/8
3	50%6/12	42%5/12
4	67%6/9	14%1/7
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	55%6/11	25%2/8
All	52%38/73	31%18/58

UCF

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%9/12	36%4/11
2	64%7/11	63%12/19
3	67%6/9	50%6/12
4	67%6/9	40%4/10
5	86%6/7	40%4/10
6	60%6/10	45%5/11
All	69%40/58	48%35/73

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

131 rallies

#	HOU-UCF	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	HOU	UCF	Kill	Sasha Cohen	set Abby Schomers	+1.6
2	1-1	UCF	HOU	Serve err	Sasha Cohen		+1.7
3	1-2	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+1.7
4	2-2	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+1.7
5	2-3	HOU	UCF	Kill	Abby Schomers	set Mattie Casale	+1.7
6	3-3	UCF	HOU	Serve err	Avah Armour		+1.8
7	3-4	HOU	UCF	Serve err	Kamille Gibson		+1.7
8	3-5	UCF	UCF	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+2.3
9	4-5	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+1.7
10	4-6	HOU	UCF	Kill	Sasha Cohen	set Abby Schomers	+1.7
11	5-6	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson		+1.7
12	5-7	HOU	UCF	Serve err	Tara Greenberry		+1.8
13	6-7	UCF	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Lily Barron	+1.8
14	7-7	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Natasha Casey		+2.6
15	7-8	HOU	UCF×6	Serve err	Kalei Edson		+1.9
16	7-9	UCF	UCF×6	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Ella Chapman, Natasha Casey	+2.5
17	7-10	UCF	UCF×6	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Ella Chapman, Avah Armour	+2.3
18	7-11	UCF	UCF×6	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Ella Chapman	+2.0
19	7-12	UCF	UCF×6	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+1.7
20	7-13	UCF	UCF×6	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+1.3
21	8-13	UCF	HOU	Attack err	Avah Armour		+0.8
22	8-14	HOU	UCF×3	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Abby Schomers	+1.0
23	8-15	UCF	UCF×3	Ace	Natasha Casey	aced Noemi Despaigne	+1.0
24	8-16	UCF	UCF×3	Ace	Natasha Casey		+0.7
25	9-16	UCF	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Kalei Edson	+0.3
26	9-17	HOU	UCF	Kill	Fallon Stewart	set Abby Schomers	+0.4
27	10-17	UCF	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	+0.3
28	10-18	HOU	UCF	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Alexa Haley	+0.4
29	10-19	UCF	UCF	Ace	Alexa Haley		+0.3
30	11-19	UCF	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	+0.1
31	11-20	HOU	UCF×3	Kill	Avah Armour	set Alexa Haley	+0.2
32	11-21	UCF	UCF×3	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+0.1
33	11-22	UCF	UCF×3	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Natasha Casey, Sasha Cohen	·
34	12-22	UCF	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	·
35	13-22	HOU	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Sasha Cohen	·
36	13-23	HOU	UCF	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Abby Schomers	·
37	14-23	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kalei Edson		·
38	15-23	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson		·
39	15-24	HOU	UCF	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Abby Schomers	·
40	15-25	UCF	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	·
Set 2
1	1-0	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+1.5
2	1-1	HOU	UCF	Kill	Fallon Stewart	set Abby Schomers	+1.4
3	2-1	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+1.5
4	2-2	HOU	UCF×3	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Abby Schomers	+1.5
5	2-3	UCF	UCF×3	Bad set	Kalei Edson		+2.0
6	2-4	UCF	UCF×3	Kill	Fallon Stewart	set Abby Schomers	+1.9
7	3-4	UCF	HOU	Serve err	Natasha Casey		+1.4
8	4-4	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+2.1
9	4-5	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+1.5
10	5-5	UCF	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson	+1.6
11	6-5	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Mattie Casale		+2.3
12	7-5	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Tara Greenberry		+2.3
13	8-5	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Kiki Horne	blk Tara Greenberry, Kalei Edson	+2.3
14	8-6	HOU	UCF	Kill	Abby Schomers	set Kalei Edson	+1.6
15	8-7	UCF	UCF	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Sarah Mendoza	+2.3
16	9-7	UCF	HOU	Attack err	Kiki Horne		+1.9
17	9-8	HOU	UCF	Kill	Sasha Cohen	set Abby Schomers	+1.7
18	9-9	UCF	UCF	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Alexa Haley	+2.4
19	10-9	UCF	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	+1.9
20	11-9	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Kiki Horne		+2.6
21	11-10	HOU	UCF	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Abby Schomers	+1.8
22	11-11	UCF	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+2.6
23	12-11	UCF	HOU	Serve err	Fallon Stewart		+2.0
24	12-12	HOU	UCF	Kill	Abby Schomers	set Gillian Pitts	+2.0
25	12-13	UCF	UCF	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+2.7
26	13-13	UCF	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+2.0
27	14-13	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Natasha Casey		+3.0
28	15-13	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson	+3.1
29	15-14	HOU	UCF	Kill	Ella Chapman	set Abby Schomers	+2.1
30	16-14	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+2.4
31	16-15	HOU	UCF	Serve err	Kamille Gibson		+2.1
32	16-16	UCF	UCF	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Avah Armour	+3.2
33	17-16	UCF	HOU	Blocked	Kiki Horne	blk Tara Greenberry, Kalei Edson	+2.6
34	17-17	HOU	UCF	Kill	Abby Schomers		+2.5
35	17-18	UCF	UCF	Kill	Sasha Cohen	set Abby Schomers	+3.5
36	18-18	UCF	HOU	Serve err	Alexa Haley		+2.6
37	18-19	HOU	UCF	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Abby Schomers	+2.8
38	18-20	UCF	UCF	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Natasha Casey, Sasha Cohen	+3.6
39	19-20	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+2.3
40	20-20	HOU	HOU	Blocked	Sasha Cohen	blk Alexis Roberson	+4.1
41	20-21	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+3.4
42	21-21	UCF	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson	+3.4
43	21-22	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Alexa Haley	+3.8
44	21-23	UCF	UCF	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+4.8
45	22-23	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+2.6
46	23-23	HOU	HOU	Kill	Alyssa Gonzales	set Lily Barron	+5.9
47	23-24	HOU	UCF	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Abby Schomers	+5.7
48	23-25	UCF	UCF	Ace	Natasha Casey		+7.3
Set 3
1	1-0	HOU	HOU	Blocked	Sasha Cohen	blk Kamille Gibson, Alexis Roberson	+1.2
2	1-1	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Alexa Haley	+0.9
3	1-2	UCF	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+1.1
4	2-2	UCF	HOU	Kill	Alyssa Gonzales	set Kalei Edson	+0.9
5	3-2	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Avah Armour		+1.2
6	3-3	HOU	UCF	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+0.9
7	4-3	UCF	HOU×3	Attack err	Avah Armour		+0.9
8	5-3	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Gillian Pitts	aced Sarah Mendoza	+1.3
9	6-3	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson	+1.3
10	6-4	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+0.9
11	7-4	UCF	HOU	Kill	Olivia Stringer	set Gillian Pitts	+1.0
12	7-5	HOU	UCF	Bad set	Tara Greenberry		+0.9
13	8-5	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson	+1.0
14	8-6	HOU	UCF	Kill	Sasha Cohen	set Alexa Haley	+0.9
15	8-7	UCF	UCF	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Abby Schomers	+1.3
16	9-7	UCF	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Abby Schomers	+1.1
17	10-7	HOU	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Kalei Edson	+1.5
18	10-8	HOU	UCF	Attack err	Alyssa Gonzales		+1.0
19	10-9	UCF	UCF	Kill	Fallon Stewart	set Abby Schomers	+1.4
20	11-9	UCF	HOU	Kill	Alyssa Gonzales	set Kamille Gibson	+1.2
21	11-10	HOU	UCF×3	Kill	Sasha Cohen	set Abby Schomers	+1.1
22	11-11	UCF	UCF×3	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+1.5
23	11-12	UCF	UCF×3	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Abby Schomers	+1.5
24	12-12	UCF	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+1.2
25	12-13	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Fallon Stewart	+1.2
26	12-14	UCF	UCF	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Avah Armour, Ella Chapman	+1.5
27	13-14	UCF	HOU	Attack err	Fallon Stewart		+1.1
28	13-15	HOU	UCF×4	Kill	Avah Armour	set Ella Chapman	+1.2
29	13-16	UCF	UCF×4	Kill	Ella Chapman	set Abby Schomers	+1.4
30	13-17	UCF	UCF×4	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Avah Armour	+1.2
31	13-18	UCF	UCF×4	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+0.9
32	14-18	UCF	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson	+0.5
33	14-19	HOU	UCF	Kill	Kiki Horne	set Avah Armour	+0.6
34	15-19	UCF	HOU	Kill	Olivia Stringer	set Kamille Gibson	+0.4
35	16-19	HOU	HOU	Blocked	Avah Armour	blk Tara Greenberry, Alyssa Gonzales	+0.9
36	16-20	HOU	UCF	Blocked	Alyssa Gonzales	blk Sasha Cohen, Abby Schomers	+0.9
37	17-20	UCF	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson	+0.6
38	17-21	HOU	UCF×3	Kill	Natasha Casey	set Abby Schomers	+0.9
39	17-22	UCF	UCF×3	Ace	Fallon Stewart	aced Mattie Casale	+0.8
40	17-23	UCF	UCF×3	Attack err	Alyssa Gonzales		+0.4
41	18-23	UCF	HOU	Kill	Alyssa Gonzales	set Kalei Edson	+0.1
42	18-24	HOU	UCF	Kill	Avah Armour	set Abby Schomers	+0.2
43	18-25	UCF	UCF	Kill	Fallon Stewart	set Abby Schomers	·

Score shown after each rally, Houston 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).

UCF def. Houston 3–0

15 kills in 3 sets for Avah Armour. UCF swept Houston.