Clemson vs Louisville Volleyball: Louisville Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 30, 2026ACCNX

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Louisville 100.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Louisville beat visiting Clemson 3-0 (25-10, 25-13, 28-26) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Louisville's Chloe Chicoine led with 14 kills, and Payton Petersen added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CLEM	10	13	26	0
LOUIS	25	25	28	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Chloe Chicoine hit .583 with 14 kills as Louisville rolled past Clemson.

Win probability never moved more than 0.0 points on one rally; Clemson topped out at <1% in Set 3. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Louisville at >99%.

ClemsonLouisville

Break %+27.2 pts
26.053.2
On serve: 41/77 against 13/50 (Clemson sideout 46.8%).
Hitting+.285
.103.388
Kills and errors: 46–8 vs 33–21.
Longest run+5
38
Louisville scored 8 straight in the first set to turn a 3–4 deficit into an 11–4 lead. That set ended 25–10.

Louisville above 50Clemson belowMax swing 0.0%

ClemsonLouisville

Aces: Clemson 1·Louisville 4
Serve err: Clemson 6·Louisville 7
Blocks: Clemson 5·Louisville 40 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Clemson 41·Louisville 50

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Louisville above 50 · Clemson below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Louisville stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CLEM 0.0%100.0% LOUIS

Clemson wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.0%

Louisville wins

3-0

92.8%

3-1

6.9%

3-2

0.3%

CLEM break %: 28.6% vs this opp
LOUIS break %: 54.9% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Clemsonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Lina MerzOPP	3	9	1	16	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
5Talea MitchellMB	3	8	1	16	.438	0	0	1	1	0	3	1.5	9.5
24Anika GroomOH	3	7	9	28	-.071	0	0	1	7	0	1	0.5	7.5
4Brianna WashingtonMB	3	1	3	12	-.167	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2
6Katherine SandtS	3	1	0	10	.100	26	0	0	9	0	2	1	2
2Kennedy WagnerOH	1	1	2	10	-.100	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11Addi RainsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	6	0	0	0	0
7Maddie AnspaughOH	2	6	5	24	.042	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.5	6.5
22Lucy MaloneyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	1
12Claire LuomaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
28McKenna GildonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0
Team totals		33	21	116	.103	31	1	6	41	4	10	5	49

Louisvillehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Chloe ChicoineOH	3	14	0	24	.583	1	1	2	11	0	1	0.5	15.5
2Chloe MeesterOH	3	10	2	21	.381	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	11
24Kalyssa BlackshearOPP	3	8	4	23	.174	0	0	0	3	1	1	0.5	8.5
4Addison MakunMB	3	6	2	12	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
22Blair ThiebaudS	3	3	0	8	.375	33	0	2	6	0	2	1	4
44Brooke BultemaMB	2	4	0	6	.667	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
6Hannah KennyS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	1
3Kamden SchrandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	1
21Payton PetersenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
54Elli StreckerMB	1	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		46	8	98	.388	41	4	7	50	1	8	4	78

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 3 CLEM · LOUIS 8

Set 1

10-25

Longest run 2 CLEMLOUIS 8

Set 2

13-25

Longest run 3 CLEMLOUIS 7

Set 3

26-28

Longest run 3 CLEMLOUIS 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Clemson

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	14%1/7
2	80%8/10	43%6/14
3	31%5/16	11%1/9
4	31%5/16	29%2/7
5	56%5/9	0%0/5
6	42%5/12	38%3/8
All	47%36/77	26%13/50

Louisville

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	30%3/10
2	80%8/10	43%6/14
3	86%6/7	45%5/11
4	83%5/6	74%14/19
5	83%5/6	50%5/10
6	71%5/7	62%8/13
All	74%37/50	53%41/77

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

127 rallies

#	CLEM-LOUIS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	LOUIS	CLEM	Serve err	Louisville
2	2-0	CLEM	CLEM	Kill	Talea Mitchell
3	2-1	CLEM	LOUIS	Serve err	Clemson
4	3-1	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Talea Mitchell	set Katherine Sandt
5	3-2	CLEM	LOUIS	Serve err	Clemson
6	3-3	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Lina Merz
7	4-3	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
8	4-4	CLEM	LOUIS×8	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
9	4-5	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Blair Thiebaud	set Chloe Chicoine
10	4-6	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Attack err	Anika Groom
11	4-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Attack err	Brianna Washington
12	4-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
13	4-9	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Brooke Bultema
14	4-10	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Blocked	Anika Groom	blk Blair Thiebaud, Brooke Bultema
15	4-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×8	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
16	5-11	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Kennedy Wagner	set Katherine Sandt
17	5-12	CLEM	LOUIS	Serve err	Clemson
18	5-13	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Anika Groom
19	6-13	LOUIS	CLEM	Serve err	Louisville
20	6-14	CLEM	LOUIS×7	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
21	6-15	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Attack err	Kennedy Wagner
22	6-16	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Bad set	Kennedy Wagner
23	6-17	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Attack err	Anika Groom
24	6-18	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Attack err	Talea Mitchell
25	6-19	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Kill	Addison Makun	set Blair Thiebaud
26	6-20	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Payton Petersen
27	7-20	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
28	7-21	CLEM	LOUIS	Attack err	Kennedy Wagner
29	8-21	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Talea Mitchell	set Katherine Sandt
30	8-22	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
31	9-22	LOUIS	CLEM	Serve err	Louisville
32	10-22	CLEM	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
33	10-23	CLEM	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
34	10-24	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
35	10-25	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Attack err	Anika Groom
Set 2
1	1-0	CLEM	CLEM	Ace	Lucy Maloney	aced Kalyssa Blackshear
2	1-1	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Blair Thiebaud
3	1-2	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Anika Groom	blk Addison Makun, Kalyssa Blackshear
4	2-2	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Katherine Sandt
5	3-2	CLEM	CLEM	Attack err	Addison Makun
6	3-3	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
7	4-3	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Katherine Sandt
8	4-4	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Blair Thiebaud
9	5-4	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
10	6-4	CLEM	CLEM	Kill	Katherine Sandt	set Addi Rains
11	6-5	CLEM	LOUIS×4	Blocked	Maddie Anspaugh	blk Blair Thiebaud, Brooke Bultema
12	6-6	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Blair Thiebaud
13	6-7	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Attack err	Brianna Washington
14	6-8	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Ace	Louisville	aced McKenna Gildon
15	7-8	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Katherine Sandt
16	7-9	CLEM	LOUIS×3	Kill	Brooke Bultema	set Blair Thiebaud
17	7-10	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Blair Thiebaud
18	7-11	LOUIS	LOUIS×3	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Payton Petersen
19	8-11	LOUIS	CLEM×3	Kill	Talea Mitchell	set Katherine Sandt
20	9-11	CLEM	CLEM×3	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Katherine Sandt
21	10-11	CLEM	CLEM×3	Kill	Lina Merz	set Addi Rains
22	10-12	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Payton Petersen
23	10-13	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Blair Thiebaud
24	11-13	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Katherine Sandt
25	11-14	CLEM	LOUIS×4	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
26	11-15	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
27	11-16	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Kill	Addison Makun	set Blair Thiebaud
28	11-17	LOUIS	LOUIS×4	Ace	Louisville	aced Lucy Maloney
29	12-17	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Katherine Sandt
30	12-18	CLEM	LOUIS	Attack err	Anika Groom
31	13-18	LOUIS	CLEM	Blocked	Kalyssa Blackshear	blk Anika Groom, Brianna Washington
32	13-19	CLEM	LOUIS×7	Attack err	Brianna Washington
33	13-20	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Kill	Brooke Bultema
34	13-21	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Ace	Louisville	aced McKenna Gildon
35	13-22	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
36	13-23	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Attack err	Anika Groom
37	13-24	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Kill	Blair Thiebaud	set Hannah Kenny
38	13-25	LOUIS	LOUIS×7	Attack err	Maddie Anspaugh
Set 3
1	0-1	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Blair Thiebaud
2	1-1	LOUIS	CLEM	Serve err	Louisville
3	2-1	CLEM	CLEM	Blocked	Kalyssa Blackshear	blk Maddie Anspaugh, Talea Mitchell
4	2-2	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Blair Thiebaud
5	3-2	LOUIS	CLEM	Serve err	Louisville
6	3-3	CLEM	LOUIS	Attack err	Maddie Anspaugh
7	4-3	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Katherine Sandt
8	5-3	CLEM	CLEM	Blocked	Kalyssa Blackshear	blk Lina Merz, Talea Mitchell
9	5-4	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Kamden Schrand
10	6-4	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Katherine Sandt
11	6-5	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
12	7-5	LOUIS	CLEM	Serve err	Louisville
13	7-6	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Blair Thiebaud
14	8-6	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Brianna Washington	set Katherine Sandt
15	8-7	CLEM	LOUIS	Attack err	Maddie Anspaugh
16	9-7	LOUIS	CLEM×3	Attack err	Addison Makun
17	10-7	CLEM	CLEM×3	Blocked	Chloe Meester	blk Talea Mitchell, Katherine Sandt
18	11-7	CLEM	CLEM×3	Kill	Talea Mitchell	set Katherine Sandt
19	11-8	CLEM	LOUIS	Serve err	Clemson
20	12-8	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Talea Mitchell	set Katherine Sandt
21	12-9	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
22	13-9	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Katherine Sandt
23	13-10	CLEM	LOUIS	Serve err	Clemson
24	14-10	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Katherine Sandt
25	14-11	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Elli Strecker	set Blair Thiebaud
26	14-12	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Blair Thiebaud
27	15-12	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Katherine Sandt
28	15-13	CLEM	LOUIS	Serve err	Clemson
29	16-13	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
30	16-14	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
31	16-15	LOUIS	LOUIS	Attack err	Anika Groom
32	17-15	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Claire Luoma
33	18-15	CLEM	CLEM	Attack err	Kalyssa Blackshear
34	18-16	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Blair Thiebaud
35	18-17	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Addison Makun	set Blair Thiebaud
36	19-17	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Talea Mitchell	set Katherine Sandt
37	19-18	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Blair Thiebaud
38	19-19	LOUIS	LOUIS	Ace	Louisville	aced Maddie Anspaugh
39	20-19	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Addi Rains
40	20-20	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Kamden Schrand
41	20-21	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine
42	21-21	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Talea Mitchell	set Katherine Sandt
43	21-22	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
44	22-22	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Addi Rains
45	23-22	CLEM	CLEM	Blocked	Chloe Meester	blk Brianna Washington, Katherine Sandt
46	23-23	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Blair Thiebaud	set Payton Petersen
47	24-23	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
48	24-24	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Meester	set Blair Thiebaud
49	25-24	LOUIS	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
50	25-25	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Kalyssa Blackshear	set Katherine Sandt
51	25-26	LOUIS	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
52	26-26	LOUIS	CLEM	Serve err	Louisville
53	26-27	CLEM	LOUIS	Kill	Chloe Chicoine	set Blair Thiebaud
54	26-28	LOUIS	LOUIS	Blocked	Maddie Anspaugh	blk Elli Strecker, Chloe Chicoine

Score shown after each rally, Clemson first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Louisville def. Clemson 3–0

Chloe Chicoine hit .583 with 14 kills as Louisville rolled past Clemson.