Texas Tech vs Houston Volleyball: Houston Wins 3-0 (Oct 18)

FinalSun, Oct 18, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Houston 81.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 18, 12:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Houston beat visiting Texas Tech 3-0 (25-17, 25-9, 25-23) on Sun, Oct 18, 2026. Houston's Noemi Despaigne led with 17 kills, and Gillian Pitts added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 3:35 PM CT · final Oct 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TXTECH	17	9	23	0
HOU	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Kamille Gibson served 6 aces in a Houston rout.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.4 points. Texas Tech peaked at 22% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Houston went in as RallyIQ's 81% pick.

Texas TechHouston

Break %+22.8 pts
34.056.8
Points won on own serve: 42 of 74 vs 17 of 50. Texas Tech sided out 43.2% of the time.
Hitting+.227
.023.250
43 kills, 18 errors vs 19 kills, 17 errors.
Longest run+6
410
10 straight Houston points in the second set stretched a 4–2 lead to 14–2. The set finished 25–9.

Houston above 50Texas Tech belowMax swing 2.4%

Texas TechHouston

Aces: Texas Tech 2·Houston 10
Serve err: Texas Tech 5·Houston 9
Blocks: Texas Tech 7·Houston 51 BS · 12 BA vs 1 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Texas Tech 33·Houston 46

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Houston above 50 · Texas Tech below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to Texas Tech — set 1, TXTECH 10-9 HOU. Texas Tech ace on Lily Barron. HOU win probability 81% → 78%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TXTECH 12.3%87.7% HOU

Texas Tech wins

3-0

1.7%

3-1

3.8%

3-2

6.7%

Houston wins

3-0

40.8%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.3%

TXTECH break %: 36.8% vs this opp
HOU break %: 45.6% 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
Texas TechAce+2.4%
Texas Tech ace on Lily Barron
Set 1 · TXTECH 10-9 HOU · TXTECH 19% → 22%
02
Kamille GibsonKill+2.3%
Kill by Kamille Gibson (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 1 · TXTECH 11-12 HOU · HOU 80% → 82%
03
Sydney JonesKill+2.1%
Kill by Sydney Jones (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 1 · TXTECH 11-13 HOU · HOU 82% → 84%
04
Kamille GibsonAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Kamille Gibson
Set 1 · TXTECH 9-9 HOU · TXTECH 17% → 19%
05
Shelby IgnashKill+1.9%
Kill by Shelby Ignash
Set 1 · TXTECH 3-2 HOU · TXTECH 19% → 21%
06
Katelyn CochranAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Katelyn Cochran
Set 1 · TXTECH 4-5 HOU · HOU 81% → 82%
07
Sara BowcuttAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Sara Bowcutt
Set 1 · TXTECH 11-14 HOU · HOU 84% → 86%
08
Faith JordanKill+1.8%
Kill by Faith Jordan (set by Katelyn Cochran)
Set 1 · TXTECH 8-9 HOU · TXTECH 15% → 17%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Texas Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Shelby IgnashMB	3	8	2	19	.316	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	10
0Faith JordanMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	5
2Gretchen SigmanOH	3	2	0	13	.154	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
10Katelyn CochranS	3	0	1	2	-.500	9	1	0	4	0	0	2	1	2
23Ashlyn BellamyOH	3	1	3	9	-.222	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1
8Sara BowcuttOH	1	0	1	5	-.200	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
5Elia DinsmoreOH	3	2	2	15	.000	0	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	3
12Taylor CookS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
24Ava JohnsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
6Kenna McKenzieOH	2	1	7	11	-.545	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
21Emily ContrerasL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	9	3	0	0	0	0
9Madeleine SmothermanL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
7Kayla RobertsonOH	1	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
Team totals		19	17	87	.023	17	2	5	33	10	1	12	7	49

Houstonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Noemi DespaigneOH	3	17	6	37	.297	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	17
11Sydney JonesOH	3	13	7	29	.207	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
4Kamille GibsonOH	3	7	3	14	.286	2	6	3	7	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
9Shannon DworaczykS	3	2	0	4	.500	35	1	0	8	0	0	2	1	4
34Tara GreenberryOH	3	2	1	9	.111	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
3Alexis RobersonMB	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24Gillian PittsL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	1
5Lily BarronOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	1
19Mattie CasaleDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
8Kaitlyn EvansMB	2	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
15Cali ReeceL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	18	100	.250	40	10	9	46	2	1	8	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 Houston

Season series · Houston leads 1-0

Sun, Oct 18, 2026Texas Tech at Houston · Houston won 3-0This match
Sun, Nov 22, 2026Houston at Texas TechPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 TXTECH · HOU 10

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 4 TXTECHHOU 7

Set 2

9-25

Longest run 2 TXTECHHOU 10

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 2 TXTECHHOU 4

Bars above the line = Houston 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	39%7/18	17%1/6
2	60%6/10	36%4/11
3	32%6/19	25%2/8
4	36%5/14	40%4/10
5	44%4/9	29%2/7
6	100%4/4	50%4/8
All	43%32/74	34%17/50

Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	60%9/15
2	70%7/10	30%3/10
3	60%6/10	54%7/13
4	83%5/6	75%15/20
5	44%4/9	67%8/12
6	80%4/5	0%0/4
All	66%33/50	57%42/74

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

124 rallies

#	TXTECH-HOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	HOU	HOU	Ace	Shannon Dworaczyk	aced Sara Bowcutt	+1.7
2	0-2	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.5
3	1-2	HOU	TXTECH×3	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.0
4	2-2	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.7
5	3-2	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Shelby Ignash		+1.9
6	3-3	TXTECH	HOU	Serve err	Emily Contreras		+1.2
7	4-3	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.4
8	4-4	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.3
9	4-5	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Katelyn Cochran		+1.8
10	5-5	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.3
11	5-6	TXTECH	HOU	Serve err	Sara Bowcutt		+1.3
12	5-7	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Kenna McKenzie		+1.7
13	6-7	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+1.2
14	6-8	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kamille Gibson	+1.2
15	6-9	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Kenna McKenzie		+1.6
16	7-9	HOU	TXTECH×4	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Katelyn Cochran, Faith Jordan	+1.0
17	8-9	TXTECH	TXTECH×4	Kill	Faith Jordan	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.8
18	9-9	TXTECH	TXTECH×4	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+2.1
19	10-9	TXTECH	TXTECH×4	Ace	Texas Tech	aced Lily Barron	+2.4
20	10-10	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.5
21	11-10	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Gretchen Sigman	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.8
22	11-11	TXTECH	HOU×7	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.6
23	11-12	HOU	HOU×7	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.3
24	11-13	HOU	HOU×7	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.1
25	11-14	HOU	HOU×7	Attack err	Sara Bowcutt		+1.8
26	11-15	HOU	HOU×7	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.5
27	11-16	HOU	HOU×7	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.1
28	11-17	HOU	HOU×7	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.7
29	12-17	HOU	TXTECH	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Gretchen Sigman, Faith Jordan	+0.3
30	12-18	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.5
31	13-18	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+0.3
32	13-19	TXTECH	HOU	Attack err	Ashlyn Bellamy		+0.4
33	13-20	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Shelby Ignash		+0.4
34	14-20	HOU	TXTECH×3	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Taylor Cook	+0.1
35	15-20	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Kill	Kenna McKenzie	set Taylor Cook	+0.3
36	16-20	TXTECH	TXTECH×3	Ace	Texas Tech	aced Mattie Casale	+0.6
37	16-21	TXTECH	HOU×3	Blocked	Kenna McKenzie	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson	+0.6
38	16-22	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.5
39	16-23	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Kenna McKenzie		+0.2
40	17-23	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		·
41	17-24	TXTECH	HOU	Blocked	Kenna McKenzie	blk Tara Greenberry, Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
42	17-25	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Kenna McKenzie		·
Set 2
1	0-1	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.8
2	1-1	HOU	TXTECH	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+0.9
3	1-2	TXTECH	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.8
4	1-3	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.2
5	1-4	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Gillian Pitts	aced Ashlyn Bellamy	+1.0
6	2-4	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Taylor Cook	+0.7
7	2-5	TXTECH	HOU×10	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.7
8	2-6	HOU	HOU×10	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Emily Contreras	+0.9
9	2-7	HOU	HOU×10	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Madeleine Smotherman	+0.7
10	2-8	HOU	HOU×10	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Emily Contreras	+0.6
11	2-9	HOU	HOU×10	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Ashlyn Bellamy	+0.4
12	2-10	HOU	HOU×10	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.3
13	2-11	HOU	HOU×10	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.2
14	2-12	HOU	HOU×10	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Madeleine Smotherman	+0.1
15	2-13	HOU	HOU×10	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Elia Dinsmore	+0.1
16	2-14	HOU	HOU×10	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
17	3-14	HOU	TXTECH	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		·
18	3-15	TXTECH	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
19	3-16	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Elia Dinsmore	blk Tara Greenberry, Sydney Jones	·
20	3-17	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Kenna McKenzie		·
21	3-18	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
22	4-18	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Katelyn Cochran	·
23	5-18	TXTECH	TXTECH	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Katelyn Cochran, Faith Jordan	·
24	5-19	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
25	6-19	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		·
26	6-20	TXTECH	HOU	Blocked	Ashlyn Bellamy	blk Kaitlyn Evans, Shannon Dworaczyk	·
27	7-20	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Faith Jordan	set Taylor Cook	·
28	7-21	TXTECH	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
29	7-22	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Faith Jordan	blk Kaitlyn Evans	·
30	7-23	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Sydney Jones	aced Emily Contreras	·
31	8-23	HOU	TXTECH	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		·
32	9-23	TXTECH	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Taylor Cook	·
33	9-24	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	·
34	9-25	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Elia Dinsmore		·
Set 3
1	1-0	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+0.5
2	1-1	TXTECH	HOU	Serve err	Ava Johnson		+0.4
3	1-2	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Shelby Ignash		+0.6
4	2-2	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Gretchen Sigman	set Taylor Cook	+0.4
5	2-3	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.4
6	2-4	HOU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kamille Gibson	+0.6
7	3-4	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+0.4
8	4-4	TXTECH	TXTECH	Blocked	Tara Greenberry	blk Shelby Ignash	+0.7
9	4-5	TXTECH	HOU×4	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.5
10	4-6	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Bellamy		+0.6
11	4-7	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	+0.6
12	4-8	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.5
13	5-8	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+0.3
14	6-8	TXTECH	TXTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Bellamy	set Katelyn Cochran	+0.5
15	6-9	TXTECH	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.4
16	6-10	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Tara Greenberry		+0.5
17	6-11	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Lily Barron	aced Ashlyn Bellamy	+0.4
18	6-12	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.3
19	7-12	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Faith Jordan	set Katelyn Cochran	+0.2
20	8-12	TXTECH	TXTECH	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+0.3
21	8-13	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Shannon Dworaczyk		+0.3
22	9-13	HOU	TXTECH	Attack err	Kaitlyn Evans		+0.2
23	10-13	TXTECH	TXTECH	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Gretchen Sigman, Faith Jordan	+0.4
24	10-14	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.4
25	10-15	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Lily Barron	+0.4
26	11-15	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Elia Dinsmore	set Ava Johnson	+0.2
27	12-15	TXTECH	TXTECH	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+0.4
28	12-16	TXTECH	HOU	Serve err	Ava Johnson		+0.4
29	13-16	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+0.3
30	14-16	TXTECH	TXTECH	Kill	Kayla Robertson	set Ava Johnson	+0.6
31	14-17	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.5
32	15-17	HOU	TXTECH	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+0.4
33	15-18	TXTECH	HOU	Serve err	Elia Dinsmore		+0.5
34	16-18	HOU	TXTECH	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Shelby Ignash, Kayla Robertson	+0.5
35	16-19	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Shannon Dworaczyk	set Gillian Pitts	+0.5
36	17-19	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+0.5
37	17-20	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.6
38	18-20	HOU	TXTECH	Serve err	Houston		+0.5
39	18-21	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.6
40	19-21	HOU	TXTECH	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+0.4
41	19-22	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.6
42	20-22	HOU	TXTECH	Kill	Shelby Ignash	set Taylor Cook	+0.4
43	21-22	TXTECH	TXTECH	Kill	Kayla Robertson	set Katelyn Cochran	+1.1
44	21-23	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.0
45	21-24	HOU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	+1.0
46	22-24	HOU	TXTECH	Bad set	Shannon Dworaczyk		+0.2
47	23-24	TXTECH	TXTECH	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Kayla Robertson, Shelby Ignash	+0.9
48	23-25	TXTECH	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.5

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).

Houston def. Texas Tech 3–0

Kamille Gibson served 6 aces in a Houston rout.