Western Ky. def. New Mexico State 3-2 Volleyball (Sep 26)

Final · 5 setsSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

3:2

Western Ky. won at New Mexico St. 3-2 (19-25, 19-25, 25-20, 25-21, 20-18) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. Western Ky.'s Kaira Knox led with 22 kills, and Tayler Baron added 19 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
W KY	19	19	25	25	20	3
NM ST	25	25	20	21	18	2

Win probability

New Mexico St. above 50 · Western Ky. below

Biggest swing: 24.0% to New Mexico St. — set 5, W KY 14-14 NM ST. Kaira Knox stuffed by Ashley Herman & Maggie Lightheart. NM ST win probability 15% → 39%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W KY 81.0%19.0% NM ST

Western Ky. wins

3-0

32.5%

3-1

30.5%

3-2

18.0%

New Mexico St. wins

3-0

3.0%

3-1

6.3%

3-2

9.7%

W KY break %: 45.0% vs this opp
NM ST break %: 38.3% 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
Ashley Herman&Maggie LightheartBlock+24.0%
Kaira Knox stuffed by Ashley Herman & Maggie Lightheart
Set 5 · W KY 14-14 NM ST · NM ST 15% → 39%
02
Maggie LightheartAttack error+21.4%
Attack error by Maggie Lightheart
Set 5 · W KY 20-18 NM ST · W KY 79% → 100%
03
Kaira KnoxKill+17.5%
Kill by Kaira Knox (set by Kate Rush)
Set 5 · W KY 15-14 NM ST · W KY 61% → 79%
04
Western Ky.Service error+17.5%
Western Ky. service error
Set 5 · W KY 15-15 NM ST · NM ST 21% → 39%
05
New Mexico St.Service error+17.5%
New Mexico St. service error
Set 5 · W KY 16-15 NM ST · W KY 61% → 79%
06
Tess FuquaKill+17.5%
Kill by Tess Fuqua (set by Katrina Catalan)
Set 5 · W KY 16-16 NM ST · NM ST 21% → 39%
07
Alivia SkidmoreKill+17.5%
Kill by Alivia Skidmore (set by Kate Rush)
Set 5 · W KY 17-16 NM ST · W KY 61% → 79%
08
Western Ky.Service error+17.5%
Western Ky. service error
Set 5 · W KY 17-17 NM ST · NM ST 21% → 39%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Ky.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Kaira KnoxOH	5	22	8	43	.326	0	0	6	6	0	1	0	1	23
17Alivia SkidmoreOH	5	18	9	45	.200	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	1	22
22Faith YoungOH	5	11	3	21	.381	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
21Eliza McKnightOH	5	10	1	17	.529	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11
20Kate RushS	5	4	0	16	.250	63	0	6	7	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
3Kennedy CherryL/DS	5	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	1
16Sonja LaaksonenOH	5	7	1	13	.462	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	7
8Cali FosterL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
2Tayler BaronL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	0
25Izzy Van De WieleMB	4	1	3	6	-.333	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3
Team totals		73	26	162	.290	67	5	21	54	6	3	8	7	108

New Mexico St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
0Tess FuquaOH	5	13	2	24	.458	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	2.5	15.5
7Mia FoxMB	5	11	1	16	.625	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3.5	14.5
1Sadie RossOH	5	10	4	28	.214	1	3	3	4	1	0	1	0.5	13.5
2Maggie LightheartOH	5	10	5	32	.156	0	1	3	7	1	0	3	1.5	12.5
11Jaelynn KohliOH	5	7	4	31	.097	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Paige NelsonS	5	0	0	0	–	30	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	2
8Ashley HermanOH	5	5	3	18	.111	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2.5	7.5
10Katrina CatalanS	5	0	0	1	.000	15	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
5Makayla MartinezL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
3Bella CastroL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30Jacqueline CorcoranOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		56	19	150	.247	51	6	8	55	5	5	12	11	109

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.

Western Ky. vs New Mexico St.

Season series · Western Ky. leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026Western Ky. at New Mexico St. · Western Ky. won 3-1Result →
Sat, Sep 26, 2026Western Ky. at New Mexico St. · Western Ky. won 3-2This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 W KY · NM ST 4

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 4 W KYNM ST 3

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 5 W KYNM ST 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 W KYNM ST 3

Set 4

25-21

Longest run 3 W KYNM ST 4

Set 5

20-18

Longest run 3 W KYNM ST 3

Bars above the line = New Mexico St. leads, below = Western Ky. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%14/25	20%3/15
2	60%12/20	52%13/25
3	79%11/14	37%7/19
4	67%10/15	23%3/13
5	59%10/17	33%5/15
6	50%9/18	52%11/21
All	61%66/109	39%42/108

New Mexico St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	59%13/22	48%10/21
2	50%12/24	35%7/20
3	85%11/13	42%8/19
4	71%10/14	15%2/13
5	53%10/19	41%7/17
6	63%10/16	47%9/19
All	61%66/108	39%43/109

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 (5 of 5 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

217 rallies

#	W KY-NM ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+1.8
2	0-2	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Mia Fox, Maggie Lightheart	+2.0
3	1-2	NM ST	W KY	Blocked	Jaelynn Kohli	blk Alivia Skidmore, Eliza McKnight	+1.3
4	2-2	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Mia Fox		+1.8
5	2-3	W KY	NM ST	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+1.4
6	2-4	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross		+2.1
7	3-4	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+1.4
8	3-5	W KY	NM ST	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Mia Fox	+1.6
9	4-5	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.4
10	4-6	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+1.6
11	4-7	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.		+2.3
12	5-7	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+1.4
13	5-8	W KY	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Makayla Martinez	+1.7
14	5-9	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Kennedy Cherry		+2.4
15	5-10	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+2.3
16	6-10	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.3
17	7-10	W KY	W KY	Blocked	Jaelynn Kohli	blk Kate Rush, Eliza McKnight	+2.1
18	7-11	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+1.8
19	7-12	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+2.3
20	8-12	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.3
21	8-13	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.7
22	8-14	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+2.1
23	9-14	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.0
24	9-15	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+1.5
25	9-16	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Sadie Ross, Mia Fox	+1.6
26	10-16	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.7
27	10-17	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Paige Nelson	+1.1
28	11-17	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.7
29	11-18	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Katrina Catalan	+1.1
30	12-18	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.6
31	12-19	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Sadie Ross	+1.0
32	13-19	NM ST	W KY	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+0.5
33	13-20	W KY	NM ST×3	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Katrina Catalan	+0.9
34	13-21	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+0.7
35	13-22	NM ST	NM ST×3	Kill	Mia Fox	set Makayla Martinez	+0.3
36	14-22	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Maggie Lightheart	+0.1
37	14-23	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+0.2
38	15-23	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	·
39	15-24	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+0.1
40	16-24	NM ST	W KY×4	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	·
41	17-24	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	·
42	18-24	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+0.1
43	19-24	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Sadie Ross	blk Kaira Knox	+0.2
44	19-25	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	W KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+2.5
2	1-1	W KY	NM ST×4	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.9
3	1-2	NM ST	NM ST×4	Attack err	Eliza McKnight		+2.9
4	1-3	NM ST	NM ST×4	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+3.1
5	1-4	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+3.3
6	2-4	NM ST	W KY	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.1
7	3-4	W KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight		+3.0
8	3-5	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.4
9	3-6	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+3.5
10	4-6	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+2.2
11	4-7	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Paige Nelson	+2.6
12	5-7	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.2
13	5-8	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.7
14	6-8	NM ST	W KY	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+2.3
15	6-9	W KY	NM ST×4	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Katrina Catalan	+2.8
16	6-10	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+3.8
17	6-11	NM ST	NM ST×4	Ace	New Mexico St.		+3.6
18	6-12	NM ST	NM ST×4	Ace	New Mexico St.		+3.2
19	7-12	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Tayler Baron	+1.7
20	7-13	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+2.3
21	8-13	NM ST	W KY	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+1.7
22	9-13	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+2.8
23	9-14	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+2.7
24	10-14	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.0
25	11-14	W KY	W KY	Serve err	Western Ky.		+3.3
26	11-15	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+3.1
27	12-15	NM ST	W KY	Attack err	Sadie Ross		+2.4
28	12-16	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+3.2
29	13-16	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.4
30	13-17	W KY	NM ST×4	Serve err	Western Ky.		+3.3
31	13-18	NM ST	NM ST×4	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+3.8
32	13-19	NM ST	NM ST×4	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Ashley Herman	+2.9
33	13-20	NM ST	NM ST×4	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Makayla Martinez	+1.9
34	14-20	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+0.7
35	14-21	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+1.2
36	14-22	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman		+0.8
37	15-22	NM ST	W KY×5	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+0.2
38	16-22	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+0.5
39	17-22	W KY	W KY×5	Bad set	Katrina Catalan		+0.9
40	18-22	W KY	W KY×5	Ace	Western Ky.		+1.6
41	19-22	W KY	W KY×5	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.6
42	19-23	W KY	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Makayla Martinez	+3.4
43	19-24	NM ST	NM ST×3	Blocked	Izzy Van De Wiele	blk Tess Fuqua	+2.3
44	19-25	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+0.6
Set 3
1	0-1	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Tess Fuqua	+2.8
2	1-1	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+1.9
3	1-2	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+2.1
4	2-2	NM ST	W KY	Attack err	Tess Fuqua		+1.9
5	2-3	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+2.2
6	3-3	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+2.0
7	3-4	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.2
8	4-4	NM ST	W KY	Attack err	Sadie Ross		+2.0
9	5-4	W KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.8
10	5-5	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.1
11	6-5	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Tayler Baron	+2.0
12	7-5	W KY	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.6
13	7-6	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Ashley Herman	set Katrina Catalan	+1.9
14	7-7	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+3.1
15	8-7	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.1
16	8-8	W KY	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+2.3
17	8-9	NM ST	NM ST×3	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+3.6
18	8-10	NM ST	NM ST×3	Blocked	Alivia Skidmore	blk Jaelynn Kohli, Mia Fox	+3.8
19	9-10	NM ST	W KY×4	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart		+2.5
20	10-10	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen		+3.6
21	11-10	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart		+3.4
22	12-10	W KY	W KY×4	Ace	Western Ky.		+3.1
23	12-11	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+2.2
24	13-11	NM ST	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.3
25	14-11	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+2.8
26	15-11	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.3
27	15-12	W KY	NM ST×3	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+1.4
28	15-13	NM ST	NM ST×3	Blocked	Sonja Laaksonen	blk Maggie Lightheart, Ashley Herman	+2.6
29	15-14	NM ST	NM ST×3	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Tayler Baron	+3.4
30	16-14	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.6
31	16-15	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.6
32	17-15	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.7
33	17-16	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Katrina Catalan	+2.7
34	17-17	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.		+4.7
35	18-17	NM ST	W KY×4	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+3.4
36	19-17	W KY	W KY×4	Attack err	Ashley Herman		+4.5
37	20-17	W KY	W KY×4	Blocked	Tess Fuqua	blk Izzy Van De Wiele, Alivia Skidmore	+3.6
38	21-17	W KY	W KY×4	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.5
39	21-18	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.2
40	21-19	NM ST	NM ST	Ace	New Mexico St.		+2.8
41	22-19	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush		+2.7
42	22-20	W KY	NM ST	Attack err	Alivia Skidmore		+1.9
43	23-20	NM ST	W KY×3	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+2.8
44	24-20	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Maggie Lightheart	+2.0
45	25-20	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Jaelynn Kohli		+0.5
Set 4
1	1-0	W KY	W KY	Kill	Izzy Van De Wiele	set Kate Rush	+3.7
2	1-1	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.8
3	2-1	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.6
4	3-1	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart		+3.5
5	3-2	W KY	NM ST×4	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+2.5
6	3-3	NM ST	NM ST×4	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+4.0
7	3-4	NM ST	NM ST×4	Blocked	Izzy Van De Wiele	blk Mia Fox	+4.5
8	3-5	NM ST	NM ST×4	Attack err	Izzy Van De Wiele		+4.9
9	4-5	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+3.2
10	4-6	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Paige Nelson	+3.6
11	5-6	NM ST	W KY×3	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen	set Kate Rush	+3.2
12	6-6	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Sonja Laaksonen		+4.6
13	7-6	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+4.4
14	7-7	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Katrina Catalan	+3.3
15	7-8	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Faith Young	blk Tess Fuqua, Ashley Herman	+5.1
16	8-8	NM ST	W KY×3	Blocked	Sadie Ross	blk Kate Rush	+3.4
17	9-8	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+4.7
18	10-8	W KY	W KY×3	Ace	Western Ky.	aced Sadie Ross	+4.3
19	10-9	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+3.1
20	11-9	NM ST	W KY×3	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+3.1
21	12-9	W KY	W KY×3	Bad set	Katrina Catalan		+3.9
22	13-9	W KY	W KY×3	Blocked	Ashley Herman	blk Izzy Van De Wiele	+3.2
23	13-10	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Makayla Martinez	+2.0
24	14-10	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.3
25	14-11	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+2.0
26	15-11	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+2.3
27	16-11	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart		+2.5
28	16-12	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+1.4
29	16-13	NM ST	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Paige Nelson	+2.8
30	17-13	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.4
31	17-14	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+2.0
32	18-14	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+2.5
33	19-14	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Tayler Baron	+2.5
34	19-15	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Katrina Catalan	+1.2
35	20-15	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kate Rush	set Kate Rush	+1.7
36	20-16	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.1
37	21-16	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.6
38	21-17	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+1.0
39	22-17	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+1.5
40	22-18	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+0.8
41	23-18	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+1.3
42	23-19	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+0.5
43	23-20	NM ST	NM ST	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+1.6
44	24-20	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+2.1
45	24-21	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Maggie Lightheart	set Makayla Martinez	+0.6
46	25-21	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+0.3
Set 5
1	0-1	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+6.3
2	1-1	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+5.8
3	2-1	W KY	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+8.1
4	2-2	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+6.0
5	3-2	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+5.9
6	4-2	W KY	W KY	Ace	Western Ky.		+7.7
7	4-3	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+5.4
8	5-3	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+5.6
9	5-4	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+5.6
10	6-4	NM ST	W KY×3	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+5.9
11	7-4	W KY	W KY×3	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+7.1
12	8-4	W KY	W KY×3	Attack err	Ashley Herman		+5.5
13	8-5	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+3.1
14	9-5	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+3.9
15	9-6	W KY	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+3.0
16	9-7	NM ST	NM ST×3	Ace	New Mexico St.		+6.3
17	9-8	NM ST	NM ST×3	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Paige Nelson	+9.1
18	10-8	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+7.6
19	10-9	W KY	NM ST×3	Serve err	Western Ky.		+7.0
20	10-10	NM ST	NM ST×3	Attack err	Kaira Knox		+13.2
21	10-11	NM ST	NM ST×3	Kill	Jaelynn Kohli	set Paige Nelson	+16.5
22	11-11	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+11.0
23	12-11	W KY	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+16.8
24	12-12	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Mia Fox	set Paige Nelson	+12.0
25	13-12	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Izzy Van De Wiele	+13.9
26	14-12	W KY	W KY	Kill	Faith Young	set Kate Rush	+16.9
27	14-13	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Sadie Ross	set Paige Nelson	+6.7
28	14-14	NM ST	NM ST	Blocked	Kaira Knox	blk Ashley Herman, Maggie Lightheart	+24.0
29	15-14	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Kaira Knox	set Kate Rush	+17.5
30	15-15	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+17.5
31	16-15	NM ST	W KY	Serve err	New Mexico St.		+17.5
32	16-16	W KY	NM ST	Kill	Tess Fuqua	set Katrina Catalan	+17.5
33	17-16	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+17.5
34	17-17	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+17.5
35	18-17	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Alivia Skidmore	set Kate Rush	+17.5
36	18-18	W KY	NM ST	Serve err	Western Ky.		+17.5
37	19-18	NM ST	W KY	Kill	Eliza McKnight	set Kate Rush	+17.5
38	20-18	W KY	W KY	Attack err	Maggie Lightheart		+21.4

Score shown after each rally, Western Ky. 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).

Western Ky. def. New Mexico St. 3–2