South Fla. vs Rice Volleyball: Rice Wins 3-0 (Oct 30, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 30, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Rice 64.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Rice beat visiting South Fla. 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-9) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Rice's Ashlyn Seay led with 14 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 2:25 AM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
USF	17	19	9	0
RICE	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

14 kills in 3 sets for Ashlyn Seay. Rice swept South Fla.

Win probability never moved more than 2.4 points on one rally; South Fla. topped out at 33% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Rice at 64%.

South Fla.Rice

Break %+30.2 pts
23.954.1
40 of 74 on serve vs 11 of 46, so South Fla.'s sideout was 45.9%.
Hitting+.281
.142.423
51 K / 10 E against 28 K / 13 E.
Longest run+3
36
Rice scored 6 straight in the third set to stretch a 4–3 lead to 10–3. The set finished 25–9.

Rice above 50South Fla. belowMax swing 2.4%

South Fla.Rice

Aces: South Fla. 3·Rice 6
Serve err: South Fla. 5·Rice 3
Blocks: South Fla. 5·Rice 61 BS · 8 BA vs 2 BS · 8 BA
Digs: South Fla. 32·Rice 55

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Rice above 50 · South Fla. below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to Rice — set 1, USF 0-1 RICE. Kill by Sydnee Peterson (set by Jordan Hummel). RICE win probability 64% → 67%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

USF 29.1%70.9% RICE

South Fla. wins

3-0

5.5%

3-1

10.2%

3-2

13.5%

Rice wins

3-0

23.9%

3-1

27.2%

3-2

19.8%

USF break %: 38.2% vs this opp
RICE break %: 42.3% 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
Sydnee PetersonKill+2.4%
Kill by Sydnee Peterson (set by Jordan Hummel)
Set 1 · USF 0-1 RICE · RICE 64% → 67%
02
Amalia SimmonsKill+2.3%
Kill by Amalia Simmons (set by Zora Bello)
Set 1 · USF 0-2 RICE · RICE 67% → 69%
03
Ashlyn SeayKill+2.2%
Kill by Ashlyn Seay (set by Zora Bello)
Set 2 · USF 4-6 RICE · RICE 81% → 83%
04
Addy BrusKill+2.2%
Kill by Addy Brus (set by Nina Jioshvili-Ravva)
Set 2 · USF 3-3 RICE · USF 18% → 21%
05
Stephanie GutierrezKill+2.2%
Kill by Stephanie Gutierrez (set by Zora Bello)
Set 1 · USF 1-4 RICE · RICE 69% → 71%
06
RiceAce+2.0%
Rice ace on Addy Brus
Set 2 · USF 4-7 RICE · RICE 83% → 85%
07
Ashlyn SeayKill+2.0%
Kill by Ashlyn Seay (set by Zora Bello)
Set 1 · USF 3-7 RICE · RICE 71% → 73%
08
RiceAce+2.0%
Rice ace
Set 2 · USF 0-2 RICE · RICE 81% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Fla.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Addy BrusOH	3	10	4	31	.194	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	0	10
2Laila IveyOH	3	5	3	21	.095	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	6
15Amelia Wass de CzegeMB	3	2	0	7	.286	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	5.5
1Paula TomasaOH	3	3	3	17	.000	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
5Nina Jioshvili-RavvaS	3	1	0	5	.200	23	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
11Iyanna GarvinMB	3	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
4Mora PampinOH	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
3Miya ThomasL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
8Anne PerezMB	2	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
19Emelyn StettinS	2	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
17Ryelle RondoL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
0Samiyah Abdur-RahimOH	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
21Rana YamadaL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Sofija DjordjevicL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	13	106	.142	27	3	5	32	6	1	8	5	45

Ricehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Sydnee PetersonOH	3	12	4	29	.276	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	1	13
22Amalia SimmonsMB	3	11	1	17	.588	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
18Zora BelloS	3	7	0	8	.875	33	2	1	13	0	1	1	1.5	10.5
13Stephanie GutierrezMB	3	5	0	8	.625	0	1	0	5	0	0	4	2	8
11Ellie SchneiderMB	3	2	1	6	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
16Mari FuroyamaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1
12Ashlyn SeayOH	3	14	4	29	.345	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	15
9Jordan HummelL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	2	1	13	0	0	0	0	2
6Campbell LoveL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
2Bella LopezOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Declan EastmanL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	10	97	.423	45	6	3	55	3	2	8	6	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.

South Fla. vs Rice

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Rice at South Fla. · South Fla. won 3-0Result →
Fri, Oct 30, 2026South Fla. at Rice · Rice won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 USF · RICE 6

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 2 USFRICE 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 USFRICE 4

Set 3

9-25

Longest run 3 USFRICE 6

Bars above the line = Rice leads, below = South Fla. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Fla.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%7/16	25%2/8
2	50%7/14	30%3/10
3	100%5/5	36%4/11
4	36%5/14	0%0/5
5	56%5/9	0%0/5
6	31%5/16	29%2/7
All	46%34/74	24%11/46

Rice

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	78%7/9	63%10/16
2	64%7/11	46%6/13
3	75%6/8	33%3/9
4	100%5/5	58%7/12
5	71%5/7	55%6/11
6	83%5/6	62%8/13
All	76%35/46	54%40/74

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

120 rallies

#	USF-RICE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	RICE	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Jordan Hummel	+2.4
2	0-2	RICE	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+2.3
3	1-2	RICE	USF	Kill	Paula Tomasa	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+1.5
4	1-3	USF	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.5
5	1-4	RICE	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello	+2.2
6	2-4	RICE	USF	Kill	Amelia Wass de Czege	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+1.4
7	2-5	USF	RICE	Serve err	South Fla.		+1.5
8	3-5	RICE	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Ryelle Rondo	+1.4
9	3-6	USF	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello	+1.5
10	3-7	RICE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+2.0
11	4-7	RICE	USF	Bad set	Zora Bello		+1.2
12	4-8	USF	RICE	Kill	Zora Bello	set Ashlyn Seay	+1.4
13	5-8	RICE	USF	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Nina Jioshvili-Ravva, Iyanna Garvin	+1.2
14	5-9	USF	RICE×4	Blocked	Laila Ivey	blk Zora Bello	+1.4
15	5-10	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Ellie Schneider		+1.8
16	5-11	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Ellie Schneider	+1.4
17	5-12	RICE	RICE×4	Ace	Rice	aced Laila Ivey	+1.0
18	6-12	RICE	USF	Kill	Laila Ivey	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.5
19	6-13	USF	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+0.7
20	7-13	RICE	USF	Kill	Paula Tomasa	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.5
21	8-13	USF	USF	Ace	South Fla.		+1.0
22	8-14	USF	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+0.9
23	8-15	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.0
24	8-16	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello	+0.6
25	9-16	RICE	USF	Blocked	Sydnee Peterson	blk Paula Tomasa	+0.3
26	10-16	USF	USF	Kill	Paula Tomasa	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.6
27	10-17	USF	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello	+0.6
28	11-17	RICE	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.4
29	11-18	USF	RICE	Kill	Zora Bello		+0.5
30	11-19	RICE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Jordan Hummel	+0.5
31	12-19	RICE	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.2
32	12-20	USF	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.3
33	13-20	RICE	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.1
34	13-21	USF	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.2
35	14-21	RICE	USF	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		+0.1
36	14-22	USF	RICE	Attack err	Laila Ivey		+0.2
37	14-23	RICE	RICE	Kill	Addy Brus	set Jordan Hummel	+0.1
38	15-23	RICE	USF	Kill	Mora Pampin	set Emelyn Stettin	·
39	15-24	USF	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	·
40	16-24	RICE	USF	Serve err	Jordan Hummel		·
41	17-24	USF	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	·
42	17-25	USF	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	·
Set 2
1	0-1	USF	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.4
2	0-2	RICE	RICE	Ace	Rice		+2.0
3	1-2	RICE	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+1.3
4	1-3	USF	RICE	Blocked	Paula Tomasa	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Sydnee Peterson	+1.4
5	2-3	RICE	USF	Kill	Iyanna Garvin	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+1.3
6	3-3	USF	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+2.2
7	3-4	USF	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.5
8	4-4	RICE	USF	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		+1.5
9	4-5	USF	RICE×3	Serve err	South Fla.		+1.5
10	4-6	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+2.2
11	4-7	RICE	RICE×3	Ace	Rice	aced Addy Brus	+2.0
12	5-7	RICE	USF	Kill	Laila Ivey	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+1.3
13	5-8	USF	RICE	Kill	Zora Bello		+1.4
14	6-8	RICE	USF	Kill	Laila Ivey	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+1.3
15	6-9	USF	RICE×4	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.4
16	6-10	RICE	RICE×4	Ace	Jordan Hummel	aced Addy Brus	+1.9
17	6-11	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Jordan Hummel	+1.5
18	6-12	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.2
19	7-12	RICE	USF	Kill	Mora Pampin	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.6
20	7-13	USF	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Jordan Hummel	+0.8
21	8-13	RICE	USF×3	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+0.6
22	9-13	USF	USF×3	Kill	Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	set Zora Bello	+1.2
23	10-13	USF	USF×3	Ace	South Fla.		+1.7
24	10-14	USF	RICE×4	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.3
25	10-15	RICE	RICE×4	Blocked	Paula Tomasa	blk Sydnee Peterson, Stephanie Gutierrez	+1.6
26	10-16	RICE	RICE×4	Blocked	Addy Brus	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Zora Bello	+1.2
27	10-17	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Zora Bello	set Campbell Love	+0.8
28	11-17	RICE	USF	Kill	Anne Perez	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.3
29	11-18	USF	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+0.5
30	12-18	RICE	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.3
31	12-19	USF	RICE	Serve err	South Fla.		+0.4
32	13-19	RICE	USF	Kill	Anne Perez	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.2
33	13-20	USF	RICE	Kill	Zora Bello	set Ashlyn Seay	+0.4
34	14-20	RICE	USF	Kill	Mora Pampin	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.2
35	14-21	USF	RICE	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Zora Bello	+0.3
36	15-21	RICE	USF	Kill	Mora Pampin	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.1
37	16-21	USF	USF	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+0.4
38	16-22	USF	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+0.5
39	16-23	RICE	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez		+0.3
40	17-23	RICE	USF	Kill	Amelia Wass de Czege	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.1
41	17-24	USF	RICE	Blocked	Addy Brus	blk Amalia Simmons, Stephanie Gutierrez	+0.1
42	18-24	RICE	USF	Kill	Addy Brus	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	·
43	19-24	USF	USF	Ace	South Fla.	aced Campbell Love	+0.1
44	19-25	USF	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	RICE	RICE	Attack err	Laila Ivey		+1.2
2	1-1	RICE	USF	Kill	Laila Ivey	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.8
3	1-2	USF	RICE	Serve err	South Fla.		+0.8
4	1-3	RICE	RICE	Ace	Zora Bello	aced Miya Thomas	+1.2
5	2-3	RICE	USF	Blocked	Amalia Simmons	blk Amelia Wass de Czege	+0.8
6	2-4	USF	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+0.8
7	3-4	RICE	USF	Serve err	Campbell Love		+0.8
8	3-5	USF	RICE×6	Serve err	South Fla.		+0.8
9	3-6	RICE	RICE×6	Attack err	Addy Brus		+1.1
10	3-7	RICE	RICE×6	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.0
11	3-8	RICE	RICE×6	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.9
12	3-9	RICE	RICE×6	Attack err	Anne Perez		+0.7
13	3-10	RICE	RICE×6	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Jordan Hummel	+0.5
14	4-10	RICE	USF	Kill	Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	set Miya Thomas	+0.3
15	4-11	USF	RICE×5	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.4
16	4-12	RICE	RICE×5	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Sydnee Peterson	+0.4
17	4-13	RICE	RICE×5	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	+0.3
18	4-14	RICE	RICE×5	Blocked	Iyanna Garvin	blk Ashlyn Seay	+0.2
19	4-15	RICE	RICE×5	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Sydnee Peterson	+0.1
20	5-15	RICE	USF×3	Kill	Laila Ivey	set Miya Thomas	·
21	6-15	USF	USF×3	Serve err	South Fla.		+0.1
22	7-15	USF	USF×3	Blocked	Ellie Schneider	blk Laila Ivey, Amelia Wass de Czege	+0.1
23	7-16	USF	RICE×6	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.1
24	7-17	RICE	RICE×6	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.1
25	7-18	RICE	RICE×6	Attack err	Addy Brus		+0.1
26	7-19	RICE	RICE×6	Kill	Zora Bello	set Emelyn Stettin	·
27	7-20	RICE	RICE×6	Ace	Mari Furoyama	aced Addy Brus	·
28	7-21	RICE	RICE×6	Attack err	Paula Tomasa		·
29	8-21	RICE	USF	Serve err	Zora Bello		·
30	9-21	USF	USF	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Amelia Wass de Czege, Laila Ivey	·
31	9-22	USF	RICE×4	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	·
32	9-23	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Zora Bello	set Nina Jioshvili-Ravva	·
33	9-24	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	·
34	9-25	RICE	RICE×4	Attack err	Mora Pampin		·

Score shown after each rally, South Fla. 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).

Rice def. South Fla. 3–0

14 kills in 3 sets for Ashlyn Seay. Rice swept South Fla.