Auburn vs Texas Volleyball: Texas Wins 3-0 (Oct 16, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 16, 2026SECN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Texas 88.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 6:26 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Texas beat visiting Auburn 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-18) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. Texas' Torrey Stafford led with 21 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	Sets
AUBURN	22	22	18	0
TEXAS	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Torrey Stafford needed just 3 sets for 21 kills. Texas swept Auburn.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.2 points. Auburn peaked at 15% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. Texas went in as RallyIQ's 88% pick.

AuburnTexas

Break %+11.0 pts
32.843.8
32 of 73 on serve vs 21 of 64, so Auburn's sideout was 56.2%.
Hitting+.103
.216.319
55 K / 18 E against 27 K / 8 E.
Longest run+0
55
5 straight Texas points in the third set turned an 11–13 deficit into a 16–13 lead. The set finished 25–18.

Texas above 50Auburn belowMax swing 2.2%

AuburnTexas

Aces: Auburn 6·Texas 4
Serve err: Auburn 6·Texas 10
Blocks: Auburn 8·Texas 60 BS · 16 BA vs 0 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Auburn 29·Texas 49

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Texas above 50 · Auburn below

Biggest swing: 2.2% to Auburn — set 1, AUBURN 20-21 TEXAS. Attack error by Torrey Stafford. TEXAS win probability 91% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

AUBURN 10.3%89.7% TEXAS

Auburn wins

3-0

1.4%

3-1

3.1%

3-2

5.7%

Texas wins

3-0

44.0%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.2%

AUBURN break %: 36.4% vs this opp
TEXAS break %: 46.0% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Torrey StaffordAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Torrey Stafford
Set 1 · AUBURN 20-21 TEXAS · AUBURN 9% → 11%
02
Rella BinneyBad set+2.0%
Bad set by Rella Binney
Set 1 · AUBURN 18-19 TEXAS · AUBURN 9% → 11%
03
Cari SpearsKill+1.9%
Kill by Cari Spears (set by Rella Binney)
Set 1 · AUBURN 20-22 TEXAS · TEXAS 89% → 91%
04
Torrey StaffordKill+1.9%
Kill by Torrey Stafford (set by Ramsey Gary)
Set 1 · AUBURN 20-23 TEXAS · TEXAS 91% → 93%
05
Cari SpearsAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Cari Spears
Set 1 · AUBURN 10-9 TEXAS · AUBURN 13% → 15%
06
Torrey StaffordKill+1.8%
Kill by Torrey Stafford (set by Henley Anderson)
Set 1 · AUBURN 18-21 TEXAS · TEXAS 90% → 92%
07
Taylor Harvey&Torrey StaffordBlock+1.7%
Anastasija Ivkovic stuffed by Taylor Harvey & Torrey Stafford
Set 1 · AUBURN 11-12 TEXAS · TEXAS 86% → 88%
08
Torrey StaffordKill+1.6%
Kill by Torrey Stafford (set by Henley Anderson)
Set 1 · AUBURN 12-14 TEXAS · TEXAS 88% → 90%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Auburnaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2Lauren DrevesOH	3	9	2	26	.269	0	0	0	6	0	3	1.5	10.5
1Belle PatrickOH	3	5	3	27	.074	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	8
6Anastasija IvkovicOH	3	7	1	17	.353	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7
17Grace HavlicekMB	3	1	0	3	.333	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	4
10Emma MooreMB	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3
23Shanelle PuetzS	3	0	0	0	–	14	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
11Kate MansfieldMB	3	4	2	14	.143	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	6.5
13Carson EickenloffS	3	0	0	0	–	10	1	1	5	0	0	0	1
14Emily KeiranL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0
22Macy McAmisL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		27	8	88	.216	26	6	6	29	4	16	8	62

Texashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Torrey StaffordOH	3	21	6	43	.349	0	2	2	4	1	2	1	24
22Henley AndersonOH	3	10	2	22	.364	4	0	3	12	3	2	1	11
23Cari SpearsOH	3	7	4	19	.158	0	1	3	3	0	1	0.5	8.5
55Nya BuntonMB	3	7	0	9	.778	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
10Taylor HarveyMB	3	5	5	12	.000	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	6.5
3Rella BinneyS	3	0	0	1	.000	29	0	1	11	0	0	0	0
14Addy GaidoOH	3	5	1	10	.400	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
5Genevieve HarrisS	3	0	0	0	–	12	1	1	4	0	0	0	1
2Callie KruegerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
32Ramsey GaryL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	12	1	0	0	0
17Emma CuginoL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		55	18	116	.319	53	4	10	49	6	12	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 AUBURN · TEXAS 5

Set 1

22-25

Longest run 2 AUBURNTEXAS 4

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 4 AUBURNTEXAS 3

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 5 AUBURNTEXAS 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Auburn

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	36%4/11
2	53%8/15	20%2/10
3	53%8/15	33%4/12
4	64%7/11	38%5/13
5	63%5/8	46%6/13
6	56%5/9	0%0/5
All	56%41/73	33%21/64

Texas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	50%6/12
2	89%8/9	33%4/12
3	53%8/15	53%9/17
4	67%8/12	47%7/15
5	60%6/10	33%3/9
6	100%5/5	38%3/8
All	67%43/64	44%32/73

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

137 rallies

#	AUBURN-TEXAS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.4
2	2-0	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.5
3	2-1	AUBURN	TEXAS×4	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+1.0
4	2-2	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+1.4
5	2-3	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Bad set	Shanelle Puetz		+1.2
6	2-4	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+1.1
7	3-4	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.8
8	3-5	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.8
9	4-5	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.8
10	4-6	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.8
11	5-6	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Texas		+0.9
12	5-7	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.8
13	6-7	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.9
14	7-7	AUBURN	AUBURN	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk Emma Moore, Lauren Dreves	+1.5
15	7-8	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+1.0
16	8-8	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.1
17	8-9	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+1.0
18	9-9	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.2
19	10-9	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.9
20	10-10	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+1.2
21	11-10	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.4
22	11-11	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+1.3
23	11-12	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Anastasija Ivkovic	blk Taylor Harvey, Torrey Stafford	+1.7
24	12-12	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.3
25	12-13	AUBURN	TEXAS×3	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+1.2
26	12-14	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Henley Anderson	+1.6
27	12-15	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+1.3
28	13-15	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Texas		+0.9
29	13-16	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Addy Gaido	set Genevieve Harris	+1.0
30	13-17	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Addy Gaido	set Genevieve Harris	+1.1
31	14-17	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Texas		+0.6
32	15-17	AUBURN	AUBURN	Blocked	Taylor Harvey	blk Kate Mansfield, Emma Moore	+1.3
33	15-18	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Ramsey Gary	+1.0
34	16-18	TEXAS	AUBURN	Blocked	Henley Anderson	blk Kate Mansfield, Emma Moore	+0.9
35	16-19	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Genevieve Harris	+1.1
36	17-19	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Emma Moore	set Shanelle Puetz	+1.0
37	18-19	AUBURN	AUBURN	Bad set	Rella Binney		+2.0
38	18-20	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+1.6
39	18-21	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Henley Anderson	+1.8
40	19-21	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Texas		+0.9
41	20-21	AUBURN	AUBURN	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+2.2
42	20-22	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+1.9
43	20-23	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+1.9
44	21-23	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.8
45	21-24	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.3
46	22-24	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.5
47	22-25	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Addy Gaido	set Genevieve Harris	+1.1
Set 2
1	1-0	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Texas		+0.7
2	1-1	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.6
3	2-1	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Grace Havlicek	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.7
4	2-2	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+0.6
5	3-2	TEXAS	AUBURN×4	Serve err	Texas		+0.7
6	4-2	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Ace	Auburn	aced Henley Anderson	+1.1
7	5-2	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.2
8	6-2	AUBURN	AUBURN×4	Ace	Auburn	aced Henley Anderson	+1.3
9	6-3	AUBURN	TEXAS	Serve err	Auburn		+0.7
10	7-3	TEXAS	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.9
11	8-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Taylor Harvey	blk Emma Moore, Lauren Dreves	+1.3
12	9-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Attack err	Henley Anderson		+1.2
13	9-4	AUBURN	TEXAS	Serve err	Auburn		+0.7
14	10-4	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Kate Mansfield	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.9
15	10-5	AUBURN	TEXAS	Serve err	Auburn		+0.7
16	11-5	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.9
17	11-6	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.7
18	11-7	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	Belle Patrick		+1.1
19	12-7	TEXAS	AUBURN	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+1.0
20	12-8	AUBURN	TEXAS	Serve err	Auburn		+0.7
21	13-8	TEXAS	AUBURN	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+1.0
22	13-9	AUBURN	TEXAS×3	Serve err	Auburn		+0.7
23	13-10	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Genevieve Harris	+1.2
24	13-11	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+1.4
25	14-11	TEXAS	AUBURN	Attack err	Taylor Harvey		+1.2
26	14-12	AUBURN	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Genevieve Harris	+1.0
27	14-13	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Genevieve Harris	+1.5
28	14-14	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Ace	Texas	aced Belle Patrick	+1.5
29	15-14	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.2
30	15-15	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Genevieve Harris	+1.1
31	15-16	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Kate Mansfield	blk Nya Bunton, Henley Anderson	+1.5
32	16-16	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+1.1
33	16-17	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Genevieve Harris	+1.1
34	16-18	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	Lauren Dreves		+1.4
35	17-18	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.9
36	17-19	AUBURN	TEXAS×3	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+1.0
37	17-20	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.2
38	17-21	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Blocked	Belle Patrick	blk Nya Bunton, Cari Spears	+0.8
39	18-21	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Texas		+0.4
40	19-21	AUBURN	AUBURN	Ace	Auburn	aced Henley Anderson	+0.9
41	19-22	AUBURN	TEXAS	Bad set	Shanelle Puetz		+0.9
42	20-22	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.6
43	20-23	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.9
44	21-23	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.5
45	21-24	AUBURN	TEXAS	Serve err	Auburn		+0.9
46	22-24	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Texas		+0.4
47	22-25	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Genevieve Harris	+0.8
Set 3
1	0-1	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.3
2	1-1	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.3
3	1-2	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+0.3
4	1-3	TEXAS	TEXAS	Ace	Texas	aced Belle Patrick	+0.4
5	2-3	TEXAS	AUBURN×5	Serve err	Texas		+0.3
6	3-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Grace Havlicek, Kate Mansfield	+0.4
7	4-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Ace	Auburn	aced Torrey Stafford	+0.5
8	5-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Emily Keiran	+0.6
9	6-3	AUBURN	AUBURN×5	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+0.6
10	6-4	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Henley Anderson	+0.4
11	7-4	TEXAS	AUBURN	Attack err	Taylor Harvey		+0.5
12	7-5	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+0.4
13	8-5	TEXAS	AUBURN×3	Kill	Belle Patrick	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.5
14	9-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Carson Eickenloff	+0.7
15	10-5	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Grace Havlicek		+0.7
16	10-6	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+0.4
17	11-6	TEXAS	AUBURN	Serve err	Rella Binney		+0.5
18	11-7	AUBURN	TEXAS×4	Kill	Cari Spears	set Henley Anderson	+0.4
19	11-8	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+0.6
20	11-9	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+0.6
21	11-10	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.6
22	12-10	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Lauren Dreves	set Emily Keiran	+0.5
23	12-11	AUBURN	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.5
24	13-11	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.6
25	13-12	AUBURN	TEXAS×5	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.5
26	13-13	TEXAS	TEXAS×5	Ace	Genevieve Harris	aced Emily Keiran	+0.7
27	13-14	TEXAS	TEXAS×5	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Genevieve Harris	+0.7
28	13-15	TEXAS	TEXAS×5	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Genevieve Harris	+0.6
29	13-16	TEXAS	TEXAS×5	Kill	Addy Gaido	set Genevieve Harris	+0.5
30	14-16	TEXAS	AUBURN	Kill	Anastasija Ivkovic	set Shanelle Puetz	+0.3
31	14-17	AUBURN	TEXAS×4	Blocked	Belle Patrick	blk Taylor Harvey, Torrey Stafford	+0.3
32	14-18	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Ramsey Gary	+0.4
33	14-19	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Ace	Torrey Stafford		+0.2
34	14-20	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Addy Gaido	set Genevieve Harris	+0.1
35	15-20	TEXAS	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Addy Gaido	blk Grace Havlicek, Kate Mansfield	+0.1
36	16-20	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Blocked	Taylor Harvey	blk Grace Havlicek, Kate Mansfield	+0.2
37	17-20	AUBURN	AUBURN×3	Ace	Belle Patrick	aced Ramsey Gary	+0.3
38	17-21	AUBURN	TEXAS	Blocked	Kate Mansfield	blk Henley Anderson, Taylor Harvey	+0.3
39	17-22	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Lauren Dreves	blk Nya Bunton, Addy Gaido	+0.2
40	18-22	TEXAS	AUBURN	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Grace Havlicek, Lauren Dreves	+0.1
41	18-23	AUBURN	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Addy Gaido	+0.1
42	18-24	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.1
43	18-25	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	·

Score shown after each rally, Auburn 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).

Texas def. Auburn 3–0

Torrey Stafford needed just 3 sets for 21 kills. Texas swept Auburn.