Northwestern State def. Houston Christian 3-2 (Oct 29)

Final · 5 setsThu, Oct 29, 2026ESPN+

2:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Houston Christian 53.9% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 29, 6:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Northwestern St. beat visiting Houston Christian 3-2 (23-25, 27-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-11) on Thu, Oct 29, 2026. Northwestern St.'s Elsie Sanchez led with 28 kills, and Emmarie McFarland added 31 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:10 PM CT · final Oct 29

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
HOUCHR	25	25	22	25	11	2
NW ST	23	27	25	18	15	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Jade Longlad had 55 assists, and Northwestern St. outlasted Houston Christian.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Northwestern St.'s RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Pre-match, Houston Christian was RallyIQ's 54% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Houston Christian 16–11 Northwestern St.
From here Northwestern St. won 16 of 25 rallies to take the set 27–25.
Northwestern St. 15% → 47%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Houston Christian 5–8 Northwestern St.
3 straight Houston Christian points erased a 5–8 deficit: 8–8.
Northwestern St. 79% → 50%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Houston Christian 10–12 Northwestern St.
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Northwestern St., enough to take the set 15–11 and win the match 3–2.
Northwestern St. 78% → >99%

Northwestern St. above 50Houston Christian belowMax swing 14.0%

Houston ChristianNorthwestern St.

Sideout %: Houston Christian 60.2·Northwestern St. 60.2
Break %: Houston Christian 39.8·Northwestern St. 39.8
Hitting: Houston Christian .223·Northwestern St. .211
Longest run: Houston Christian 6·Northwestern St. 6

Elsie Sanchez
28 kills on .333, 29.5 points; 6 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Northwestern St. above 50 · Houston Christian below

Biggest swing: 14.0% to Northwestern St. — set 5, HOUCHR 9-11 NW ST. Kill by Elsie Sanchez (set by Elizabeth Muguruza). NW ST win probability 61% → 75%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOUCHR 55.5%44.5% NW ST

Houston Christian wins

3-0

15.0%

3-1

21.1%

3-2

19.5%

Northwestern St. wins

3-0

10.3%

3-1

16.4%

3-2

17.7%

HOUCHR break %: 43.4% vs this opp
NW ST 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
Elsie SanchezKill+14.0%
Kill by Elsie Sanchez (set by Elizabeth Muguruza)
Set 5 · HOUCHR 9-11 NW ST · NW ST 61% → 75%
02
Jade Longlad&Kenadii WinfreyBlock+12.4%
Sa'Myah Medford stuffed by Jade Longlad & Kenadii Winfrey
Set 5 · HOUCHR 10-13 NW ST · NW ST 78% → 91%
03
Sa'Myah MedfordKill+11.9%
Kill by Sa'Myah Medford (set by Enisilina Savelio)
Set 5 · HOUCHR 8-8 NW ST · HOUCHR 38% → 50%
04
Elsie SanchezKill+11.7%
Kill by Elsie Sanchez (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 5 · HOUCHR 10-12 NW ST · NW ST 67% → 78%
05
Olivia NziokiKill+10.7%
Kill by Olivia Nzioki (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 5 · HOUCHR 9-10 NW ST · NW ST 51% → 61%
06
Katy BargerAttack error+10.2%
Attack error by Katy Barger
Set 3 · HOUCHR 22-24 NW ST · NW ST 56% → 67%
07
Malaya Balina-Ayers&Joya EuhusBlock+10.2%
Elizabeth Muguruza stuffed by Malaya Balina-Ayers & Joya Euhus
Set 5 · HOUCHR 7-8 NW ST · HOUCHR 28% → 38%
08
Elsie SanchezKill+9.8%
Kill by Elsie Sanchez (set by Jade Longlad)
Set 2 · HOUCHR 25-27 NW ST · NW ST 37% → 47%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Houston Christianaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Sa'Myah MedfordOH	5	21	5	51	.314	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	21.5
16Joya EuhusOH	5	16	8	46	.174	1	2	3	9	0	0	4	2	20
11Allana ArchieMB	5	9	1	19	.421	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	14
5Enisilina SavelioS	5	4	1	8	.375	55	0	0	15	0	1	7	4.5	8.5
15Malaya Balina-AyersMB	5	5	3	11	.182	0	1	3	3	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
1Katelyn VoL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0
12Katy BargerOH	5	13	8	53	.094	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
10Leighton HaleL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1
17Ana GarzaOH	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0
9Bianca ByerlyDS	5	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		68	26	188	.223	65	4	7	82	5	1	26	14	108

Northwestern St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Amber CraigOH	5	13	4	40	.225	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	15
9Elizabeth MuguruzaOH	5	12	7	43	.116	1	0	1	15	2	0	1	0.5	12.5
22Olivia NziokiMB	5	8	6	27	.074	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3.5	11.5
4Kenadii WinfreyMB	5	6	3	15	.200	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	9
11Jade LongladS	5	3	1	7	.286	55	2	1	11	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
12Valerie BrownL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
17Elsie SanchezOH	5	28	7	63	.333	1	0	1	3	1	0	3	1.5	29.5
16Anna Claire HebertS	5	0	0	2	.000	5	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	1
2Emmarie McFarlandL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	1
7Harper CauleyL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		70	28	199	.211	64	5	6	81	4	1	22	12	108

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.

Houston Christian vs Northwestern St.

Season series · Northwestern St. leads 2-0

Thu, Sep 24, 2026Northwestern St. at Houston Christian · Northwestern St. won 3-1Result →
Thu, Oct 29, 2026Houston Christian at Northwestern St. · Northwestern St. won 3-2This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 HOUCHR · NW ST 6

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 2 HOUCHRNW ST 3

Set 2

25-27

Longest run 4 HOUCHRNW ST 5

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 6 HOUCHRNW ST 6

Set 4

25-18

Longest run 6 HOUCHRNW ST 3

Set 5

11-15

Longest run 3 HOUCHRNW ST 2

Bars above the line = Northwestern St. leads, below = Houston Christian leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Houston Christian

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	59%13/22	44%8/18
2	75%12/16	54%14/26
3	60%12/20	40%8/20
4	48%10/21	25%4/16
5	64%9/14	33%5/15
6	60%9/15	31%4/13
All	60%65/108	40%43/108

Northwestern St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%12/20	25%4/16
2	44%12/27	43%9/21
3	80%12/15	40%8/20
4	83%10/12	52%11/21
5	56%10/18	23%3/13
6	56%9/16	47%8/17
All	60%65/108	40%43/108

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 (5 of 5 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

216 rallies

#	HOUCHR-NW ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.4
2	1-1	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
3	1-2	NW ST	NW ST×3	Blocked	Sa'Myah Medford	blk Olivia Nzioki, Jade Longlad	+2.5
4	1-3	NW ST	NW ST×3	Ace	Northwestern St.		+2.5
5	2-3	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.8
6	3-3	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.6
7	3-4	HOUCHR	NW ST	Serve err	Houston Christian		+2.0
8	4-4	NW ST	HOUCHR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.0
9	4-5	HOUCHR	NW ST	Serve err	Houston Christian		+2.0
10	5-5	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Enisilina Savelio	set Katelyn Vo	+2.0
11	6-5	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Blocked	Kenadii Winfrey	blk Enisilina Savelio, Allana Archie	+2.7
12	6-6	HOUCHR	NW ST	Attack err	Katy Barger		+2.1
13	7-6	NW ST	HOUCHR	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+2.1
14	8-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.8
15	8-7	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
16	9-7	NW ST	HOUCHR	Attack err	Kenadii Winfrey		+2.1
17	9-8	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
18	10-8	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.2
19	10-9	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
20	11-9	NW ST	HOUCHR	Attack err	Elizabeth Muguruza		+2.3
21	11-10	HOUCHR	NW ST	Attack err	Joya Euhus		+2.2
22	11-11	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.2
23	12-11	NW ST	HOUCHR	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Joya Euhus, Allana Archie	+2.5
24	12-12	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Jade Longlad	set Elsie Sanchez	+2.5
25	13-12	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.6
26	13-13	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
27	14-13	NW ST	HOUCHR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.7
28	14-14	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.7
29	15-14	NW ST	HOUCHR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+2.8
30	15-15	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+2.8
31	15-16	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Olivia Nzioki		+4.0
32	15-17	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Joya Euhus		+4.0
33	16-17	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.7
34	17-17	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+4.2
35	17-18	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+3.4
36	18-18	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.3
37	19-18	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Blocked	Olivia Nzioki	blk Allana Archie, Sa'Myah Medford	+4.8
38	19-19	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+3.6
39	20-19	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.9
40	21-19	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+5.1
41	21-20	HOUCHR	NW ST	Attack err	Sa'Myah Medford		+3.2
42	22-20	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+4.2
43	22-21	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.3
44	23-21	NW ST	HOUCHR	Blocked	Kenadii Winfrey	blk Enisilina Savelio	+4.7
45	23-22	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.4
46	24-22	NW ST	HOUCHR	Blocked	Elizabeth Muguruza	blk Enisilina Savelio, Malaya Balina-Ayers	+5.5
47	24-23	HOUCHR	NW ST	Blocked	Katy Barger	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Amber Craig	+3.1
48	25-23	NW ST	HOUCHR	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Malaya Balina-Ayers, Katy Barger	+7.3
Set 2
1	1-0	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.8
2	1-1	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+1.8
3	2-1	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.8
4	2-2	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.8
5	2-3	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Jade Longlad		+2.5
6	3-3	NW ST	HOUCHR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.8
7	4-3	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Enisilina Savelio, Allana Archie	+2.5
8	4-4	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.9
9	4-5	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
10	5-5	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.9
11	5-6	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.0
12	5-7	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey		+2.7
13	6-7	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.9
14	7-7	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Bad set	Emmarie McFarland		+2.7
15	7-8	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
16	8-8	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.1
17	9-8	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Katelyn Vo	+2.9
18	9-9	HOUCHR	NW ST	Blocked	Joya Euhus	blk Elizabeth Muguruza, Olivia Nzioki	+2.2
19	10-9	NW ST	HOUCHR×4	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.2
20	11-9	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Attack err	Jade Longlad		+2.9
21	12-9	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.7
22	13-9	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Attack err	Elizabeth Muguruza		+2.5
23	13-10	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+1.6
24	14-10	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.9
25	15-10	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Ana Garza	+2.1
26	15-11	HOUCHR	NW ST	Attack err	Allana Archie		+1.2
27	16-11	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.6
28	16-12	HOUCHR	NW ST×5	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+1.2
29	16-13	NW ST	NW ST×5	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
30	16-14	NW ST	NW ST×5	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Ana Garza	+2.7
31	16-15	NW ST	NW ST×5	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.3
32	16-16	NW ST	NW ST×5	Blocked	Katy Barger	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Amber Craig	+3.8
33	17-16	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.0
34	17-17	HOUCHR	NW ST	Blocked	Malaya Balina-Ayers	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Elsie Sanchez	+3.0
35	18-17	NW ST	HOUCHR	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+3.2
36	18-18	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+3.2
37	18-19	NW ST	NW ST×3	Blocked	Katy Barger	blk Amber Craig, Olivia Nzioki	+4.7
38	18-20	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Enisilina Savelio		+4.6
39	19-20	NW ST	HOUCHR×3	Kill	Enisilina Savelio	set Leighton Hale	+3.0
40	20-20	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+5.0
41	21-20	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Attack err	Amber Craig		+5.6
42	21-21	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+4.1
43	21-22	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+6.4
44	22-22	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Bianca Byerly	+4.6
45	23-22	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+7.5
46	23-23	HOUCHR	NW ST	Serve err	Houston Christian		+5.4
47	24-23	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+7.1
48	24-24	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+7.1
49	24-25	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Sa'Myah Medford		+9.6
50	25-25	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+7.3
51	25-26	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+7.3
52	25-27	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+9.8
Set 3
1	0-1	HOUCHR	NW ST×6	Serve err	Houston Christian		+2.5
2	0-2	NW ST	NW ST×6	Blocked	Malaya Balina-Ayers	blk Olivia Nzioki	+3.3
3	0-3	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+3.3
4	0-4	NW ST	NW ST×6	Attack err	Malaya Balina-Ayers		+3.1
5	0-5	NW ST	NW ST×6	Attack err	Joya Euhus		+2.8
6	0-6	NW ST	NW ST×6	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+2.5
7	1-6	NW ST	HOUCHR×6	Serve err	Northwestern St.		+1.6
8	2-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+2.5
9	3-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Ace	Houston Christian	aced Elizabeth Muguruza	+2.9
10	4-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Blocked	Elizabeth Muguruza	blk Joya Euhus, Allana Archie	+3.2
11	5-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Blocked	Elizabeth Muguruza	blk Allana Archie, Joya Euhus	+3.5
12	6-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Attack err	Elizabeth Muguruza		+3.7
13	6-7	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.9
14	7-7	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.8
15	7-8	HOUCHR	NW ST	Serve err	Houston Christian		+3.0
16	7-9	NW ST	NW ST	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Bianca Byerly	+3.9
17	8-9	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.8
18	9-9	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+4.0
19	9-10	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.1
20	10-10	NW ST	HOUCHR×5	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.1
21	11-10	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+4.3
22	12-10	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+4.2
23	13-10	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Kill	Enisilina Savelio	set Joya Euhus	+3.9
24	14-10	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Blocked	Amber Craig	blk Enisilina Savelio, Allana Archie	+3.5
25	14-11	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.2
26	14-12	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Katy Barger		+3.6
27	14-13	NW ST	NW ST×3	Ace	Northwestern St.		+4.2
28	15-13	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.5
29	16-13	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+4.3
30	16-14	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+2.8
31	17-14	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.4
32	17-15	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+2.9
33	18-15	NW ST	HOUCHR	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+3.5
34	19-15	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.8
35	19-16	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
36	19-17	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Jade Longlad	set Anna Claire Hebert	+3.9
37	20-17	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Bianca Byerly	+3.8
38	20-18	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.0
39	20-19	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+5.4
40	21-19	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Anna Claire Hebert	+5.1
41	21-20	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+4.3
42	21-21	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+7.6
43	21-22	NW ST	NW ST×3	Ace	Northwestern St.	aced Ana Garza	+8.9
44	22-22	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+6.5
45	22-23	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+8.0
46	22-24	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Katy Barger		+10.2
47	22-25	NW ST	NW ST×3	Attack err	Katy Barger		+5.9
Set 4
1	1-0	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.5
2	1-1	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+2.5
3	2-1	NW ST	HOUCHR×6	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
4	3-1	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.4
5	4-1	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Allana Archie, Enisilina Savelio	+3.3
6	5-1	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Ace	Houston Christian	aced Elsie Sanchez	+3.0
7	6-1	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Allana Archie, Enisilina Savelio	+2.7
8	7-1	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×6	Ace	Houston Christian	aced Elizabeth Muguruza	+2.4
9	7-2	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Serve err	Houston Christian		+1.5
10	7-3	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Anna Claire Hebert	+2.4
11	7-4	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Anna Claire Hebert	+2.8
12	8-4	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.4
13	8-5	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+2.1
14	8-6	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+3.3
15	9-6	NW ST	HOUCHR	Blocked	Elsie Sanchez	blk Enisilina Savelio, Allana Archie	+2.7
16	9-7	HOUCHR	NW ST	Blocked	Joya Euhus	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Elsie Sanchez	+2.5
17	10-7	NW ST	HOUCHR	Bad set	Jade Longlad		+2.8
18	10-8	HOUCHR	NW ST×3	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+2.6
19	10-9	NW ST	NW ST×3	Kill	Amber Craig	set Kenadii Winfrey	+3.9
20	10-10	NW ST	NW ST×3	Blocked	Joya Euhus	blk Olivia Nzioki, Amber Craig	+4.3
21	11-10	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Bianca Byerly	+3.3
22	11-11	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Valerie Brown	+3.3
23	12-11	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.4
24	13-11	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Attack err	Olivia Nzioki		+4.5
25	13-12	HOUCHR	NW ST	Serve err	Houston Christian		+3.2
26	13-13	NW ST	NW ST	Blocked	Joya Euhus	blk Olivia Nzioki, Elsie Sanchez	+4.7
27	14-13	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.7
28	15-13	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+4.9
29	15-14	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.4
30	16-14	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.8
31	17-14	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Ace	Houston Christian		+4.7
32	17-15	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+3.0
33	18-15	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.6
34	18-16	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Emmarie McFarland	+3.0
35	19-16	NW ST	HOUCHR×3	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.8
36	20-16	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Attack err	Amber Craig		+4.0
37	21-16	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.8
38	21-17	HOUCHR	NW ST	Attack err	Katy Barger		+1.2
39	22-17	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.9
40	23-17	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford		+1.3
41	23-18	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+0.3
42	24-18	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.7
43	25-18	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Katelyn Vo	+1.3
Set 5
1	0-1	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Jade Longlad	+8.6
2	1-1	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+6.4
3	1-2	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elizabeth Muguruza	set Anna Claire Hebert	+6.7
4	2-2	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+6.6
5	2-3	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+7.0
6	2-4	NW ST	NW ST	Blocked	Sa'Myah Medford	blk Kenadii Winfrey, Jade Longlad	+9.3
7	3-4	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Enisilina Savelio	set Katelyn Vo	+6.5
8	3-5	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Anna Claire Hebert	+7.3
9	3-6	NW ST	NW ST	Attack err	Joya Euhus		+9.1
10	4-6	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+5.9
11	4-7	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+7.1
12	5-7	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+6.0
13	5-8	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+7.4
14	6-8	NW ST	HOUCHR×3	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+6.1
15	7-8	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Blocked	Elizabeth Muguruza	blk Malaya Balina-Ayers, Joya Euhus	+10.2
16	8-8	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+11.9
17	8-9	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Amber Craig	set Jade Longlad	+9.8
18	9-9	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+9.6
19	9-10	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Olivia Nzioki	set Jade Longlad	+10.7
20	9-11	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Elizabeth Muguruza	+14.0
21	10-11	NW ST	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+8.8
22	10-12	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+11.7
23	10-13	NW ST	NW ST	Blocked	Sa'Myah Medford	blk Jade Longlad, Kenadii Winfrey	+12.4
24	11-13	NW ST	HOUCHR	Attack err	Elsie Sanchez		+5.3
25	11-14	HOUCHR	NW ST	Kill	Kenadii Winfrey	set Jade Longlad	+9.6
26	11-15	NW ST	NW ST	Kill	Elsie Sanchez	set Jade Longlad	+5.1

Score shown after each rally, Houston Christian 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).

Northwestern St. def. Houston Christian 3–2

Jade Longlad had 55 assists, and Northwestern St. outlasted Houston Christian.