Houston vs Kentucky Volleyball: Kentucky Wins 3-0 (Sep 13)

FinalSun, Sep 13, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Kentucky beat Houston 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-23) on Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at a neutral site. Kentucky's Morgan Gaerte led with 9 kills, and Molly Tuozzo added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 13

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOU	13	19	23	0
UK	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Kentucky above 50 · Houston below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOU 2.1%97.9% UK

Houston wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.4%

Kentucky wins

3-0

66.4%

3-1

25.4%

3-2

6.1%

HOU break %: 32.6% vs this opp
UK break %: 48.0% 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

Houstonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Sydney JonesOH	3	8	3	18	.278	1	1	3	6	2	0	0	0	9
34Tara GreenberryOH	3	6	3	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
21Noemi DespaigneOH	3	7	5	23	.087	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	7.5
4Kamille GibsonOH	3	4	7	23	-.130	1	1	2	3	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
6Kalei EdsonS	3	2	2	7	.000	22	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	4
3Alexis RobersonMB	3	1	2	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
15Cali ReeceL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
5Lily BarronOH	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
24Gillian PittsL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0
19Mattie CasaleDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	22	86	.070	26	5	10	25	8	1	12	7	55

Kentuckyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Morgan GaerteOH	3	9	4	21	.238	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	2.5	11.5
15Lizzie CarrMB	3	8	1	11	.636	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	10.5
17Brooklyn DeLeyeOH	3	4	3	16	.063	0	3	2	1	1	2	1	2.5	9.5
10Kennedy WashingtonMB	3	5	1	8	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	7.5
6Kassie O'BrienS	3	0	0	1	.000	27	2	1	7	0	0	2	1	3
1Trinity WardL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
20Asia ThigpenOH	3	7	3	15	.267	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	8
12Molly TuozzoL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	4	3	1	9	1	0	0	0	3
27Brynn CovellS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Caroline PrihodaS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Bryah BreauxOPP	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Georgia WatsonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Sidney BurleyDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	13	73	.274	31	8	8	30	5	2	20	12	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 HOU · UK 8

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 3 HOUUK 8

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 HOUUK 4

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 4 HOUUK 5

Bars above the line = Kentucky 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	67%2/3	0%0/2
2	67%2/3	0%0/2
3	20%2/10	50%2/4
4	67%2/3	0%0/2
5	25%1/4	33%1/3
6	100%1/1	0%0/1
All	42%10/24	21%3/14

Kentucky

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%2/2	0%0/1
2	100%2/2	33%1/3
3	50%2/4	33%1/3
4	100%2/2	80%8/10
5	67%2/3	33%1/3
6	100%1/1	75%3/4
All	79%11/14	58%14/24

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 (1 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

130 rallies

#	HOU-UK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	HOU	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
2	0-2	UK	UK	Ace	Kentucky	aced Sydney Jones
3	1-2	UK	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson
4	1-3	HOU	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
5	2-3	UK	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson
6	2-4	HOU	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
7	2-5	UK	UK	Ace	Kentucky	aced Lily Barron
8	3-5	UK	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson
9	3-6	HOU	UK	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Kennedy Washington, Asia Thigpen
10	3-7	UK	UK	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Asia Thigpen, Kennedy Washington
11	4-7	UK	HOU	Serve err	Kentucky
12	4-8	HOU	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
13	4-9	UK	UK×3	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
14	4-10	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Kamille Gibson
15	5-10	UK	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson
16	5-11	HOU	UK	Serve err	Houston
17	6-11	UK	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson
18	6-12	HOU	UK	Serve err	Houston
19	7-12	UK	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson
20	7-13	HOU	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
21	7-14	UK	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo
22	8-14	UK	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson
23	9-14	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Lily Barron
24	10-14	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte
25	10-15	HOU	UK×8	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
26	10-16	UK	UK×8	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Kennedy Washington, Morgan Gaerte
27	10-17	UK	UK×8	Attack err	Kamille Gibson
28	10-18	UK	UK×8	Attack err	Kalei Edson
29	10-19	UK	UK×8	Attack err	Kamille Gibson
30	10-20	UK	UK×8	Ace	Kentucky	aced Noemi Despaigne
31	10-21	UK	UK×8	Attack err	Kamille Gibson
32	10-22	UK	UK×8	Attack err	Alexis Roberson
33	11-22	UK	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson
34	11-23	HOU	UK	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Morgan Gaerte, Kennedy Washington
35	12-23	UK	HOU	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Kalei Edson, Alexis Roberson
36	13-23	HOU	HOU	Serve err	Houston
37	13-24	HOU	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien
38	13-25	UK	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington
Set 2
1	1-0	UK	HOU	Blocked	Lizzie Carr	blk Tara Greenberry
2	2-0	HOU	HOU	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson
3–4	3-1		HOU · UK	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
5	4-1	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson
6	5-1	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Houston
7	5-2	HOU	UK×4	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
8	5-3	UK	UK×4	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
9	5-4	UK	UK×4	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
10	5-5	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Sydney Jones
11	6-5		HOU	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
12	6-6	HOU	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
13	7-6	UK	HOU	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye
14	7-7	HOU	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien
15	7-8	UK	UK	Attack err	Alexis Roberson
16	8-8	UK	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson
17	8-9	HOU	UK	Serve err	Houston
18	8-10	UK	UK	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Kassie O'Brien, Lizzie Carr
19	9-10	UK	HOU	Kill	Kalei Edson
20	9-11	HOU	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
21	9-12		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
22	10-12	UK	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry
23	10-13	HOU	UK×4	Attack err	Tara Greenberry
24	10-14	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Noemi Despaigne
25	10-15		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
26	10-16	UK	UK×4	Kill	Lizzie Carr
27	11-16	UK	HOU	Attack err	Lizzie Carr
28	11-17	HOU	UK	Serve err	Houston
29	12-17	UK	HOU×3	Serve err	Kentucky
30	13-17	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kalei Edson
31	14-17	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Alexis Roberson, Kalei Edson
32	14-18	HOU	UK	Serve err	Houston
33	14-19	UK	UK	Bad set	Sydney Jones
34	15-19	UK	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Kalei Edson
35	15-20	HOU	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo
36	16-20	UK	HOU	Serve err	Kentucky
37	17-20	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Kennedy Washington
38	17-21	HOU	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
39	17-22	UK	UK	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne
40	18-22	UK	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson
41	18-23	HOU	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
42	18-24	UK	UK	Attack err	Tara Greenberry
43	19-24	UK	HOU	Serve err	Kentucky
44	19-25	HOU	UK	Serve err	Houston
Set 3
1	0-1		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
2	0-2	UK	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
3	1-2	UK	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson
4	1-3	HOU	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien
5	2-3	UK	HOU	Serve err	Kentucky
6	3-3	HOU	HOU	Ace	Houston	aced Molly Tuozzo
7	3-4	HOU	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
8	4-4	UK	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson
9	4-5		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
10	5-5	UK	HOU	Kill	Kalei Edson	set Kamille Gibson
11	6-5	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Asia Thigpen
12	6-6	HOU	UK×3	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo
13	6-7	UK	UK×3	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Kennedy Washington, Kassie O'Brien
14	6-8		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
15	7-8	UK	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Gillian Pitts
16	8-8	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry
17	9-8	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye
18	9-9	HOU	UK	Bad set	Kalei Edson
19	9-10		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
20	10-10	UK	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Kalei Edson
21	11-10	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Kalei Edson
22	11-11	HOU	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr
23	12-11	UK	HOU×3	Bad set	Kassie O'Brien
24	13-11	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Sydney Jones
25	14-11	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne
26	14-12		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
27	14-13	UK	UK×4	Blocked	Tara Greenberry	blk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte
28	14-14	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Gillian Pitts
29	14-15	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Sydney Jones
30	15-15	UK	HOU	Blocked	Molly Tuozzo	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson
31	15-16	HOU	UK	Serve err	Houston
32	15-17		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
33	16-17	UK	HOU	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Noemi Despaigne, Alexis Roberson
34–35	17-18		HOU · UK	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
36	18-18	HOU	HOU	Serve err	Houston
37	18-19	HOU	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington
38	19-19	UK	HOU	Attack err	Kennedy Washington
39	19-20	HOU	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien
40	20-20	UK	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kalei Edson
41	21-20	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Houston	aced Brooklyn DeLeye
42	22-20	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones
43	23-20	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson
44	23-21	HOU	UK×5	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien
45	23-22		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
46	23-23	UK	UK×5	Ace	Kentucky	aced Gillian Pitts
47	23-24		UK	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
48	23-25	UK	UK×5	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Morgan Gaerte, Lizzie Carr

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

Kentucky def. Houston 3–0