Texas Tech vs Arizona Volleyball: Arizona Wins 3-0 (Oct 4)

FinalSun, Oct 4, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Arizona 77.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 4, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Arizona beat visiting Texas Tech 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-18) on Sun, Oct 4, 2026. Arizona's Destiny Ndam-Simpson led with 13 kills, and Gigi Whann added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TXTECH	14	20	18	0
ARIZ	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No set was closer than 5 points: Arizona swept Texas Tech.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.4 points. Texas Tech peaked at 23% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Arizona at 78%.

Texas TechArizona

Break %+21.1 pts
29.650.7
Points won on own serve: 37 of 73 vs 16 of 54. Texas Tech sided out 49.3% of the time.
Hitting+.190
.103.293
Kills and errors: 38–9 vs 32–20.
Longest run+4
48
Arizona scored 8 straight in the third set to turn a 7–10 deficit into a 15–10 lead. The set finished 25–18.

Arizona above 50Texas Tech belowMax swing 2.4%

Texas TechArizona

Aces: Texas Tech 2·Arizona 8
Serve err: Texas Tech 8·Arizona 6
Blocks: Texas Tech 1·Arizona 50 BS · 2 BA vs 0 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Texas Tech 48·Arizona 54

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Arizona above 50 · Texas Tech below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to Arizona — set 2, TXTECH 16-17 ARIZ. Arizona ace. ARIZ win probability 86% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TXTECH 18.6%81.4% ARIZ

Texas Tech wins

3-0

3.0%

3-1

6.1%

3-2

9.5%

Arizona wins

3-0

33.0%

3-1

30.6%

3-2

17.9%

TXTECH break %: 38.4% vs this opp
ARIZ break %: 45.1% 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
ArizonaAce+2.4%
Arizona ace
Set 2 · TXTECH 16-17 ARIZ · ARIZ 86% → 89%
02
Destiny Ndam-SimpsonKill+2.4%
Kill by Destiny Ndam-Simpson (set by Maria Olga Siapani)
Set 2 · TXTECH 17-19 ARIZ · ARIZ 89% → 91%
03
Elia DinsmoreKill+2.3%
Kill by Elia Dinsmore (set by Taylor Cook)
Set 2 · TXTECH 14-12 ARIZ · TXTECH 15% → 17%
04
Elia DinsmoreAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Elia Dinsmore
Set 2 · TXTECH 15-15 ARIZ · ARIZ 84% → 86%
05
Elia DinsmoreKill+2.2%
Kill by Elia Dinsmore (set by Taylor Cook)
Set 2 · TXTECH 13-12 ARIZ · TXTECH 13% → 15%
06
Sara BowcuttAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Sara Bowcutt
Set 2 · TXTECH 19-22 ARIZ · ARIZ 92% → 94%
07
Texas TechService error+2.0%
Texas Tech service error
Set 2 · TXTECH 19-21 ARIZ · ARIZ 90% → 92%
08
Carlie CisnerosKill+2.0%
Kill by Carlie Cisneros (set by Kennedy Osunsanmi)
Set 1 · TXTECH 7-9 ARIZ · ARIZ 79% → 81%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Texas Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Elia DinsmoreOH	3	11	6	25	.200	1	0	0	12	2	0	0	11
13Shelby IgnashMB	3	6	2	15	.267	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
8Sara BowcuttOH	3	6	6	33	.000	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	6
11Tatum JohnsonOH	3	3	0	8	.375	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
2Gretchen SigmanOH	3	1	3	16	-.125	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Katelyn CochranS	3	1	0	1	1.000	17	0	0	8	0	0	0	1
21Emily ContrerasL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	3	8	0	0	0	1
12Taylor CookS	3	0	0	1	.000	10	0	3	6	0	0	0	0
9Madeleine SmothermanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Kenna McKenzieOH	2	3	2	6	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
7Kayla RobertsonOH	2	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
23Ashlyn BellamyOH	1	0	0	4	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
0Faith JordanMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	20	116	.103	32	2	8	48	8	2	1	52

Arizonahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
18Destiny Ndam-SimpsonOH	3	13	4	32	.281	1	2	1	8	0	1	0.5	15.5
12Carlie CisnerosOH	3	11	2	22	.409	3	4	2	10	0	0	0	15
22Journey TuckerMB	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	6
8Kristen DearMB	3	5	0	10	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
14Kennedy OsunsanmiOPP	3	3	1	13	.154	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	4
1Maria Olga SiapaniS	3	1	0	1	1.000	16	1	0	6	0	0	0	2
2Renee JonesOPP	3	0	1	9	-.111	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1
7Harmony SampleS	3	0	0	0	–	11	1	0	4	0	0	0	1
3Brenna GinderL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
5Gigi WhannL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	2	15	0	0	0	0
23Marina VoslooMB	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
21Hayden ReederOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	9	99	.293	36	8	6	54	2	10	5	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.

Texas Tech vs Arizona

Season series · Arizona leads 1-0

Sun, Oct 4, 2026Texas Tech at Arizona · Arizona won 3-0This match
Sun, Nov 8, 2026Arizona at Texas TechPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 TXTECH · ARIZ 8

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 3 TXTECHARIZ 4

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 3 TXTECHARIZ 3

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 4 TXTECHARIZ 8

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Texas Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%7/16	36%4/11
2	47%7/15	13%1/8
3	67%6/9	36%4/11
4	35%6/17	25%2/8
5	83%5/6	25%2/8
6	50%5/10	38%3/8
All	49%36/73	30%16/54

Arizona

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	50%6/12
2	100%7/7	56%9/16
3	64%7/11	50%7/14
4	60%6/10	40%4/10
5	100%5/5	67%10/15
6	56%5/9	17%1/6
All	70%38/54	51%37/73

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

127 rallies

#	TXTECH-ARIZ	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Carlie Cisneros	+1.3
2	1-1	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Sara Bowcutt	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.4
3	1-2	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Serve err	Texas Tech		+1.3
4	1-3	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Sara Bowcutt		+1.7
5	1-4	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.5
6	2-4	ARIZ	TXTECH×3	Serve err	Arizona		+1.1
7	3-4	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+1.7
8	4-4	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Katelyn Cochran	set Elia Dinsmore	+2.0
9	4-5	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.4
10	5-5	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.5
11	5-6	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+1.5
12	6-6	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.6
13	6-7	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Kristen Dear	set Harmony Sample	+1.5
14	7-7	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Kenna McKenzie	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.6
15	7-8	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+1.6
16	7-9	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Kennedy Osunsanmi	+2.0
17	7-10	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+1.8
18	8-10	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Tatum Johnson	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.3
19	8-11	TXTECH	ARIZ	Attack err	Gretchen Sigman		+1.3
20	8-12	ARIZ	ARIZ	Ace	Arizona		+1.5
21	9-12	ARIZ	TXTECH	Serve err	Arizona		+1.0
22	9-13	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.1
23	10-13	ARIZ	TXTECH	Attack err	Kennedy Osunsanmi		+1.0
24	10-14	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Kill	Kristen Dear	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.2
25	10-15	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Gigi Whann	+1.3
26	10-16	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Elia Dinsmore		+0.9
27	11-16	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Sara Bowcutt	set Taylor Cook	+0.5
28	11-17	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Serve err	Texas Tech		+0.6
29	11-18	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Ace	Arizona		+0.6
30	11-19	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Destiny Ndam-Simpson	+0.3
31	12-19	ARIZ	TXTECH	Serve err	Arizona		+0.1
32	12-20	TXTECH	ARIZ	Serve err	Texas Tech		+0.2
33	13-20	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Kayla Robertson	set Taylor Cook	+0.1
34	13-21	TXTECH	ARIZ	Blocked	Kenna McKenzie	blk Journey Tucker, Renee Jones	+0.2
35	14-21	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Tatum Johnson	set Katelyn Cochran	+0.1
36	14-22	TXTECH	ARIZ×4	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Maria Olga Siapani	+0.1
37	14-23	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Ace	Arizona		+0.1
38	14-24	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Maria Olga Siapani	·
39	14-25	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Ace	Arizona	aced Elia Dinsmore	·
Set 2
1	0-1	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Elia Dinsmore		+1.4
2	1-1	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Sara Bowcutt	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.0
3	2-1	TXTECH	TXTECH	Kill	Sara Bowcutt	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.5
4	2-2	TXTECH	ARIZ	Attack err	Elia Dinsmore		+1.1
5	3-2	ARIZ	TXTECH	Serve err	Arizona		+1.2
6	3-3	TXTECH	ARIZ	Blocked	Gretchen Sigman	blk Destiny Ndam-Simpson, Journey Tucker	+1.1
7	3-4	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Sara Bowcutt		+1.5
8	4-4	ARIZ	TXTECH	Serve err	Arizona		+1.1
9	4-5	TXTECH	ARIZ	Serve err	Texas Tech		+1.1
10	5-5	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Taylor Cook	+1.2
11	5-6	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+1.1
12	6-6	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Sara Bowcutt	set Taylor Cook	+1.2
13	6-7	TXTECH	ARIZ	Serve err	Texas Tech		+1.2
14	7-7	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Taylor Cook	+1.2
15	8-7	TXTECH	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Emily Contreras	+1.8
16	8-8	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+1.3
17	9-8	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.4
18	9-9	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Gigi Whann	+1.3
19	9-10	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.8
20	10-10	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.4
21	10-11	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.3
22	11-11	ARIZ	TXTECH	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+1.4
23	11-12	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Kristen Dear	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.4
24	12-12	ARIZ	TXTECH×3	Kill	Sara Bowcutt	set Taylor Cook	+1.5
25	13-12	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Taylor Cook	+2.2
26	14-12	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Taylor Cook	+2.3
27	14-13	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+1.5
28	15-13	ARIZ	TXTECH	Attack err	Carlie Cisneros		+1.8
29	15-14	TXTECH	ARIZ	Serve err	Texas Tech		+1.6
30	15-15	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Elia Dinsmore		+2.3
31	16-15	ARIZ	TXTECH	Serve err	Arizona		+1.9
32	16-16	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+1.8
33	16-17	ARIZ	ARIZ	Ace	Arizona		+2.4
34	17-17	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.9
35	17-18	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.9
36	17-19	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Maria Olga Siapani	+2.4
37	18-19	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Tatum Johnson	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.6
38	18-20	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.9
39	19-20	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.7
40	19-21	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Serve err	Texas Tech		+2.0
41	19-22	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Sara Bowcutt		+2.2
42	19-23	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Ace	Arizona		+1.3
43	20-23	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Taylor Cook	+0.5
44	20-24	TXTECH	ARIZ	Attack err	Kayla Robertson		+0.8
45	20-25	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+0.3
Set 3
1	1-0	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Attack err	Journey Tucker		+0.8
2	2-0	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Emily Contreras	+0.9
3	3-0	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Bad set	Maria Olga Siapani		+0.9
4	3-1	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Serve err	Texas Tech		+0.6
5	3-2	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Gigi Whann	+0.8
6	3-3	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Ace	Arizona		+0.8
7	4-3	ARIZ	TXTECH	Attack err	Carlie Cisneros		+0.7
8	4-4	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Carlie Cisneros	+0.6
9	4-5	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Kristen Dear	set Carlie Cisneros	+0.8
10	4-6	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Kristen Dear	set Maria Olga Siapani	+0.7
11	5-6	ARIZ	TXTECH×3	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+0.6
12	6-6	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Ace	Texas Tech		+0.9
13	7-6	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Blocked	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	blk Gretchen Sigman, Shelby Ignash	+0.9
14	7-7	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Maria Olga Siapani	+0.7
15	8-7	ARIZ	TXTECH×3	Bad set	Harmony Sample		+0.7
16	9-7	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Bad set	Harmony Sample		+1.0
17	10-7	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.1
18	10-8	TXTECH	ARIZ×8	Kill	Marina Vosloo	set Katelyn Cochran	+0.7
19	10-9	ARIZ	ARIZ×8	Blocked	Elia Dinsmore	blk Marina Vosloo, Renee Jones	+1.0
20	10-10	ARIZ	ARIZ×8	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+1.0
21	10-11	ARIZ	ARIZ×8	Attack err	Shelby Ignash		+1.0
22	10-12	ARIZ	ARIZ×8	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Gigi Whann	+0.9
23	10-13	ARIZ	ARIZ×8	Bad set	Katelyn Cochran		+0.8
24	10-14	ARIZ	ARIZ×8	Ace	Arizona	aced Elia Dinsmore	+0.7
25	10-15	ARIZ	ARIZ×8	Attack err	Shelby Ignash		+0.5
26	11-15	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Kenna McKenzie	set Katelyn Cochran	+0.3
27	11-16	TXTECH	ARIZ	Serve err	Texas Tech		+0.4
28	12-16	ARIZ	TXTECH×4	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Katelyn Cochran	+0.3
29	13-16	TXTECH	TXTECH×4	Attack err	Renee Jones		+0.6
30	14-16	TXTECH	TXTECH×4	Ace	Texas Tech		+0.8
31	15-16	TXTECH	TXTECH×4	Kill	Kenna McKenzie	set Emily Contreras	+1.0
32	15-17	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+0.8
33	15-18	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Elia Dinsmore		+1.0
34	15-19	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Kenna McKenzie		+0.7
35	16-19	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Katelyn Cochran	+0.4
36	16-20	TXTECH	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Maria Olga Siapani	+0.5
37	16-21	ARIZ	ARIZ	Blocked	Gretchen Sigman	blk Journey Tucker, Kennedy Osunsanmi	+0.5
38	17-21	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Taylor Cook	+0.2
39	17-22	TXTECH	ARIZ×3	Blocked	Sara Bowcutt	blk Journey Tucker, Kennedy Osunsanmi	+0.3
40	17-23	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Maria Olga Siapani	+0.2
41	17-24	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Maria Olga Siapani	set Tatum Johnson	+0.1
42	18-24	ARIZ	TXTECH	Kill	Gretchen Sigman	set Emily Contreras	·
43	18-25	TXTECH	ARIZ	Attack err	Sara Bowcutt		·

Score shown after each rally, Texas Tech 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).

Arizona def. Texas Tech 3–0

No set was closer than 5 points: Arizona swept Texas Tech.