Houston vs Arizona Volleyball: Houston Wins 3-0 (Oct 30)

FinalFri, Oct 30, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Houston 52.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Houston won at Arizona 3-0 (25-23, 29-27, 25-19) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Houston's Sydney Jones led with 19 kills, and Gillian Pitts added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:05 PM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOU	25	29	25	3
ARIZ	23	27	19	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Sydney Jones had 19 kills to lead Houston past Arizona in a close one.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Houston's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Houston at 53%.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Houston 16–19 Arizona
Down 16–19, Houston scored 4 straight to lead 20–19.
Houston 59% → 75%
Turning point 2: Set 2 · Houston 24–21 Arizona
Arizona scored 4 straight to turn a 21–24 deficit into a 25–24 lead.
Houston 87% → 62%
Turning point 3: Set 2 · Houston 26–26 Arizona
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Houston, enough to take the set 29–27 and lead 2–0.
Houston 69% → 89%

Arizona above 50Houston belowMax swing 9.8%

HoustonArizona

Sideout %: Houston 60.6·Arizona 53.2
Break %: Houston 46.8·Arizona 39.4
Hitting: Houston .180·Arizona .091
Longest run: Houston 5·Arizona 5

Noemi Despaigne
3 kills inside the turning points, 14 K and .258 for the match (15 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Arizona above 50 · Houston below

Biggest swing: 9.8% to Arizona — set 2, HOU 24-25 ARIZ. Kill by Kennedy Osunsanmi (set by Harmony Sample). ARIZ win probability 28% → 38%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOU 53.3%46.7% ARIZ

Houston wins

3-0

13.9%

3-1

20.1%

3-2

19.2%

Arizona wins

3-0

11.2%

3-1

17.4%

3-2

18.2%

HOU break %: 42.5% vs this opp
ARIZ break %: 41.9% 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
Kennedy OsunsanmiKill+9.8%
Kill by Kennedy Osunsanmi (set by Harmony Sample)
Set 2 · HOU 24-25 ARIZ · ARIZ 28% → 38%
02
Noemi DespaigneKill+9.7%
Kill by Noemi Despaigne (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 2 · HOU 28-27 ARIZ · HOU 69% → 79%
03
Sydney JonesAttack error+9.7%
Attack error by Sydney Jones
Set 2 · HOU 24-24 ARIZ · ARIZ 18% → 28%
04
Noemi DespaigneKill+9.6%
Kill by Noemi Despaigne (set by Kamille Gibson)
Set 2 · HOU 29-27 ARIZ · HOU 79% → 89%
05
Noemi DespaigneKill+7.2%
Kill by Noemi Despaigne (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 1 · HOU 25-23 ARIZ · HOU 64% → 71%
06
Kamille GibsonKill+7.1%
Kill by Kamille Gibson (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 2 · HOU 25-25 ARIZ · HOU 62% → 69%
07
Journey TuckerKill+7.1%
Kill by Journey Tucker (set by Harmony Sample)
Set 2 · HOU 25-26 ARIZ · ARIZ 31% → 38%
08
Noemi DespaigneKill+7.1%
Kill by Noemi Despaigne (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 2 · HOU 26-26 ARIZ · HOU 62% → 69%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Houstonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Sydney JonesOH	3	19	11	51	.157	0	2	4	5	0	0	0	0	21
21Noemi DespaigneOH	3	14	6	31	.258	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	15
4Kamille GibsonOH	3	8	4	30	.133	1	2	5	10	0	0	2	1	11
34Tara GreenberryOH	3	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	3.5	6.5
3Alexis RobersonMB	3	3	1	9	.222	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
9Shannon DworaczykS	3	1	0	4	.250	44	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
24Gillian PittsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	18	0	0	0	0	1
15Cali ReeceL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5Lily BarronOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
19Mattie CasaleDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
8Kaitlyn EvansMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	24	133	.180	48	5	12	63	1	2	8	6	79

Arizonahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Kennedy OsunsanmiOPP	3	7	3	20	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
12Carlie CisnerosOH	3	7	3	26	.154	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	8
18Destiny Ndam-SimpsonOH	3	7	8	43	-.023	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
22Journey TuckerMB	3	3	4	15	-.067	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
23Marina VoslooMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
1Maria Olga SiapaniS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Harmony SampleS	3	2	1	4	.250	25	0	1	8	0	0	2	1	3
19Brookelyn HattonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
5Gigi WhannL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
8Kristen DearMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3Brenna GinderL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2Renee JonesOPP	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	20	121	.091	29	1	3	53	5	1	12	7	69

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 HOU · ARIZ 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 5 HOUARIZ 4

Set 2

29-27

Longest run 4 HOUARIZ 5

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 3 HOUARIZ 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	36%4/11
2	60%9/15	47%8/17
3	88%7/8	53%8/15
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	50%6/12	63%10/16
6	67%6/9	40%4/10
All	61%43/71	47%36/77

Arizona

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%9/19	33%4/12
2	58%7/12	44%7/16
3	70%7/10	42%5/12
4	46%6/13	30%3/10
5	46%6/13	50%6/12
6	60%6/10	33%3/9
All	53%41/77	39%28/71

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

148 rallies

#	HOU-ARIZ	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
2	2-0	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Journey Tucker		+2.5
3	2-1	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Maria Olga Siapani	+1.7
4	3-1	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
5	3-2	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.8
6	4-2	ARIZ	HOU	Attack err	Carlie Cisneros		+1.9
7	4-3	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.8
8	4-4	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+2.7
9	5-4	ARIZ	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.0
10	6-4	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.7
11	7-4	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.6
12	7-5	HOU	ARIZ	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.7
13	8-5	ARIZ	HOU	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+1.9
14	8-6	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Marina Vosloo	set Harmony Sample	+1.8
15	9-6	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.0
16	9-7	HOU	ARIZ×3	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Harmony Sample, Journey Tucker	+1.8
17	9-8	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Gigi Whann	+2.8
18	9-9	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+3.0
19	10-9	ARIZ	HOU×4	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.3
20	11-9	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.1
21	12-9	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Sydney Jones		+2.9
22	13-9	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Kennedy Osunsanmi		+2.6
23	13-10	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+1.6
24	13-11	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+2.7
25	14-11	ARIZ	HOU×5	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
26	15-11	HOU	HOU×5	Blocked	Carlie Cisneros	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson	+2.7
27	16-11	HOU	HOU×5	Blocked	Kennedy Osunsanmi	blk Noemi Despaigne, Tara Greenberry	+2.2
28	17-11	HOU	HOU×5	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.6
29	18-11	HOU	HOU×5	Attack err	Journey Tucker		+1.1
30	18-12	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+0.5
31	18-13	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+1.0
32	19-13	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.1
33	19-14	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Kamille Gibson		+0.7
34	19-15	ARIZ	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+1.4
35	20-15	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.5
36	21-15	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+1.3
37	21-16	HOU	ARIZ×4	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Marina Vosloo, Harmony Sample	+0.5
38	21-17	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+1.1
39	21-18	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.9
40	21-19	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Blocked	Tara Greenberry	blk Marina Vosloo	+2.9
41	22-19	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.1
42	22-20	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Harmony Sample	set Carlie Cisneros	+2.0
43	23-20	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.2
44	23-21	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+1.8
45	23-22	ARIZ	ARIZ	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Destiny Ndam-Simpson, Journey Tucker	+4.6
46	24-22	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+5.4
47	24-23	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+3.0
48	25-23	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+7.2
Set 2
1	1-0	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.4
2	1-1	HOU	ARIZ	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.8
3	1-2	ARIZ	ARIZ	Blocked	Alexis Roberson	blk Journey Tucker, Kennedy Osunsanmi	+2.5
4	2-2	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
5	2-3	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.9
6	3-3	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
7	4-3	HOU	HOU	Ace	Gillian Pitts		+2.6
8	4-4	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+1.9
9	5-4	ARIZ	HOU	Attack err	Marina Vosloo		+1.9
10	5-5	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.9
11	5-6	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+2.7
12	6-6	ARIZ	HOU×3	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+2.0
13	7-6	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.8
14	8-6	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	blk Tara Greenberry	+2.8
15	8-7	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Marina Vosloo	set Harmony Sample	+1.9
16	8-8	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Tara Greenberry		+2.9
17	9-8	ARIZ	HOU	Attack err	Harmony Sample		+2.1
18	9-9	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Gigi Whann	+2.1
19	9-10	ARIZ	ARIZ	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Journey Tucker, Kennedy Osunsanmi	+3.1
20	10-10	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
21	11-10	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+3.2
22	11-11	HOU	ARIZ	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+2.3
23	11-12	ARIZ	ARIZ	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Journey Tucker, Kennedy Osunsanmi	+3.3
24	12-12	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.4
25	12-13	HOU	ARIZ×5	Serve err	Houston		+2.5
26	12-14	ARIZ	ARIZ×5	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+3.4
27	12-15	ARIZ	ARIZ×5	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+3.2
28	12-16	ARIZ	ARIZ×5	Bad set	Mattie Casale		+2.8
29	12-17	ARIZ	ARIZ×5	Kill	Marina Vosloo		+2.3
30	13-17	ARIZ	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.2
31	14-17	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Kennedy Osunsanmi	blk Noemi Despaigne, Tara Greenberry	+2.2
32	15-17	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	blk Tara Greenberry	+2.9
33	15-18	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+2.6
34	16-18	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.1
35	16-19	HOU	ARIZ	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+2.7
36	17-19	ARIZ	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
37	18-19	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Carlie Cisneros		+3.9
38	19-19	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.7
39	20-19	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+5.2
40	20-20	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+3.7
41	21-20	ARIZ	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.2
42	22-20	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+5.5
43	23-20	HOU	HOU×3	Bad set	Harmony Sample		+4.3
44	23-21	HOU	ARIZ	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+1.8
45	24-21	ARIZ	HOU	Bad set	Harmony Sample		+3.2
46	24-22	HOU	ARIZ×4	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+1.2
47	24-23	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+4.0
48	24-24	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+9.7
49	24-25	ARIZ	ARIZ×4	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+9.8
50	25-25	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+7.1
51	25-26	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+7.1
52	26-26	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+7.1
53	26-27	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Carlie Cisneros	set Harmony Sample	+7.1
54	27-27	ARIZ	HOU×3	Serve err	Brookelyn Hatton		+7.1
55	28-27	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+9.7
56	29-27	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kamille Gibson	+9.6
Set 3
1	1-0	ARIZ	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.2
2	2-0	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	blk Alexis Roberson, Kamille Gibson	+1.6
3	3-0	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Journey Tucker		+1.5
4	3-1	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.0
5	4-1	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.1
6	4-2	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.1
7	5-2	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.1
8	5-3	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+1.1
9	5-4	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+1.6
10	6-4	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Shannon Dworaczyk	set Mattie Casale	+1.3
11	6-5	HOU	ARIZ×3	Serve err	Houston		+1.2
12	6-6	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Ace	Carlie Cisneros	aced Mattie Casale	+1.8
13	6-7	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+1.9
14	7-7	ARIZ	HOU	Serve err	Carlie Cisneros		+1.3
15	8-7	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.9
16	8-8	HOU	ARIZ×3	Kill	Harmony Sample	set Lily Barron	+1.4
17	8-9	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+2.0
18	8-10	ARIZ	ARIZ×3	Kill	Destiny Ndam-Simpson	set Harmony Sample	+2.0
19	9-10	ARIZ	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.4
20	10-10	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.0
21	11-10	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Lily Barron	+2.1
22	11-11	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Journey Tucker	set Harmony Sample	+1.5
23	12-11	ARIZ	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.6
24	13-11	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Journey Tucker		+2.1
25	14-11	HOU	HOU×3	Bad set	Kennedy Osunsanmi		+2.0
26	14-12	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.3
27	14-13	ARIZ	ARIZ	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+2.1
28	15-13	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.7
29	15-14	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+1.6
30	16-14	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	+1.8
31	16-15	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+1.6
32	17-15	ARIZ	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
33	18-15	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Houston		+2.3
34	19-15	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Houston		+1.9
35	19-16	HOU	ARIZ	Serve err	Houston		+1.0
36	20-16	ARIZ	HOU	Attack err	Destiny Ndam-Simpson		+1.4
37	21-16	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.3
38	21-17	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Marina Vosloo	set Harmony Sample	+0.5
39	22-17	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.9
40	22-18	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Kristen Dear	set Harmony Sample	+0.4
41	23-18	ARIZ	HOU	Serve err	Harmony Sample		+0.8
42	23-19	HOU	ARIZ	Kill	Kennedy Osunsanmi	set Harmony Sample	+0.3
43	24-19	ARIZ	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.6
44	25-19	HOU	HOU	Ace	Houston		+0.2

Score shown after each rally, Houston 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. Arizona 3–0

Sydney Jones had 19 kills to lead Houston past Arizona in a close one.