Houston Christian vs UTRGV Volleyball: UTRGV Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: UTRGV 92.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 12:06 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UTRGV beat visiting Houston Christian 3-0 (28-26, 25-15, 27-25) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. UTRGV's Martina Franco led with 15 kills, and Celianiz Cabranes added 12 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
HOUCHR	26	15	25	0
UTRGV	28	25	27	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

15 kills in 3 sets for Martina Franco. UTRGV swept Houston Christian.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.6 points, and Houston Christian's high was 19% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. RallyIQ gave UTRGV 92% before first serve.

Houston ChristianUTRGV

Break %+10.5 pts
38.248.7
Points won on own serve: 38 of 78 vs 26 of 68. Houston Christian sided out 51.3% of the time.
Hitting+.110
.146.256
49 K / 19 E against 33 K / 18 E.
Longest run+3
58
Up 17–15 in the second set, UTRGV scored 8 straight to make it 25–15. The set finished 25–15.

UTRGV above 50Houston Christian belowMax swing 5.6%

Houston ChristianUTRGV

Aces: Houston Christian 4·UTRGV 7
Serve err: Houston Christian 5·UTRGV 9
Blocks: Houston Christian 3·UTRGV 62 BS · 2 BA vs 0 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Houston Christian 40·UTRGV 47

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UTRGV above 50 · Houston Christian below

Biggest swing: 5.6% to UTRGV — set 1, HOUCHR 24-24 UTRGV. UTRGV ace. UTRGV win probability 83% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

HOUCHR 10.1%89.9% UTRGV

Houston Christian wins

3-0

1.3%

3-1

3.1%

3-2

5.7%

UTRGV wins

3-0

44.3%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.0%

HOUCHR break %: 37.8% vs this opp
UTRGV break %: 47.5% 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
UTRGVAce+5.6%
UTRGV ace
Set 1 · HOUCHR 24-24 UTRGV · UTRGV 83% → 89%
02
Sa'Myah MedfordKill+4.8%
Kill by Sa'Myah Medford (set by Joya Euhus)
Set 1 · HOUCHR 24-22 UTRGV · HOUCHR 14% → 19%
03
UTRGVAce+4.3%
UTRGV ace on Emma Wild
Set 1 · HOUCHR 26-27 UTRGV · UTRGV 89% → 93%
04
UTRGVService error+3.9%
UTRGV service error
Set 1 · HOUCHR 25-24 UTRGV · HOUCHR 11% → 15%
05
Julianna BryantKill+3.9%
Kill by Julianna Bryant (set by Lana Rnjak)
Set 1 · HOUCHR 25-25 UTRGV · UTRGV 85% → 89%
06
Allana ArchieKill+3.9%
Kill by Allana Archie (set by Enisilina Savelio)
Set 1 · HOUCHR 26-25 UTRGV · HOUCHR 11% → 15%
07
Martina FrancoKill+3.9%
Kill by Martina Franco (set by Lana Rnjak)
Set 1 · HOUCHR 26-26 UTRGV · UTRGV 85% → 89%
08
Houston ChristianAce+3.4%
Houston Christian ace on Dunja Stankovic
Set 1 · HOUCHR 22-21 UTRGV · HOUCHR 10% → 13%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Houston Christianaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Joya EuhusOH	3	7	3	18	.222	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
7Sa'Myah MedfordOH	3	7	7	27	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
11Allana ArchieMB	3	5	1	14	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
15Malaya Balina-AyersMB	3	3	1	11	.182	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	4
5Enisilina SavelioS	3	2	0	6	.333	25	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	2
1Katelyn VoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	9	1	0	0	0	2
12Katy BargerOH	3	8	5	22	.136	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	9
2Emma WildOH	3	1	1	4	.000	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
9Bianca ByerlyDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	1
17Ana GarzaOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	18	103	.146	29	4	5	40	7	2	2	3	66

UTRGVhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
22Julianna BryantMB	3	14	2	18	.667	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	16.5
1Martina FrancoOH	3	15	2	34	.382	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	16
7Ema PetkovicOH	3	11	8	35	.086	0	2	4	7	0	3	1.5	14.5
2Aaliyah SneadMB	3	4	2	10	.200	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	4.5
25Soukeyna DioufOH	3	4	4	14	.000	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
10Lana RnjakS	3	1	1	6	.000	45	1	0	6	0	3	1.5	3.5
21Carmina TijerinaDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2
5Celianiz CabranesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	3	12	0	0	0	1
8Dunja StankovicDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	0
11Sujeili MermellaS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	19	117	.256	47	7	9	47	4	12	6	80

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 UTRGV

Season series · UTRGV leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Houston Christian at UTRGV · UTRGV won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026UTRGV at Houston ChristianPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 HOUCHR · UTRGV 8

Set 1

26-28

Longest run 4 HOUCHRUTRGV 3

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 4 HOUCHRUTRGV 8

Set 3

25-27

Longest run 5 HOUCHRUTRGV 5

Bars above the line = UTRGV 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	53%8/15	42%5/12
2	67%8/12	47%7/15
3	44%7/16	33%4/12
4	54%7/13	30%3/10
5	29%5/17	22%2/9
6	100%5/5	50%5/10
All	51%40/78	38%26/68

UTRGV

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	40%4/10
2	50%8/16	33%4/12
3	73%8/11	27%3/11
4	64%7/11	61%11/18
5	86%6/7	67%12/18
6	38%5/13	44%4/9
All	62%42/68	49%38/78

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

146 rallies

#	HOUCHR-UTRGV	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Blocked	Sa'Myah Medford	blk Ema Petkovic, Aaliyah Snead	+0.6
2	1-1	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.6
3	1-2	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.6
4	1-3	UTRGV	UTRGV	Blocked	Sa'Myah Medford	blk Ema Petkovic, Julianna Bryant	+0.7
5	2-3	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.6
6	2-4	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.5
7	3-4	UTRGV	HOUCHR×4	Serve err	UTRGV		+0.6
8	4-4	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Attack err	Julianna Bryant		+1.0
9	5-4	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.1
10	6-4	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Blocked	Julianna Bryant	blk Katy Barger	+1.3
11	6-5	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.8
12	7-5	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Attack err	Soukeyna Diouf		+1.0
13	7-6	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.9
14	8-6	UTRGV	HOUCHR×4	Serve err	UTRGV		+1.1
15	9-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Kill	Enisilina Savelio	set Ema Petkovic	+1.5
16	10-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Attack err	Soukeyna Diouf		+1.6
17	11-6	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Kill	Enisilina Savelio	set Emma Wild	+1.6
18	11-7	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.9
19	12-7	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Bianca Byerly	+1.3
20	12-8	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.9
21	12-9	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak	+1.4
22	13-9	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Serve err	UTRGV		+1.3
23	14-9	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Malaya Balina-Ayers	+1.8
24	14-10	HOUCHR	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.9
25	14-11	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Ace	UTRGV	aced Bianca Byerly	+1.5
26	14-12	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Celianiz Cabranes	+1.6
27	15-12	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Serve err	UTRGV		+1.5
28	15-13	HOUCHR	UTRGV×3	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+1.1
29	15-14	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Allana Archie		+1.7
30	15-15	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Sa'Myah Medford		+1.7
31	16-15	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Celianiz Cabranes	+1.4
32	16-16	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Ana Garza	+1.3
33	17-16	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.5
34	18-16	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.4
35	18-17	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+1.4
36	18-18	UTRGV	UTRGV	Attack err	Katy Barger		+2.1
37	19-18	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+1.8
38	19-19	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+1.6
39	20-19	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+2.0
40	20-20	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak	+1.8
41	20-21	UTRGV	UTRGV	Attack err	Sa'Myah Medford		+2.5
42	21-21	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+1.9
43	22-21	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Ace	Houston Christian	aced Dunja Stankovic	+3.4
44	22-22	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+2.3
45	23-22	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.1
46	24-22	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Joya Euhus	+4.8
47	24-23	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Blocked	Sa'Myah Medford	blk Ema Petkovic, Julianna Bryant	+1.9
48	24-24	UTRGV	UTRGV	Ace	UTRGV		+5.6
49	25-24	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Serve err	UTRGV		+3.9
50	25-25	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+3.9
51	26-25	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+3.9
52	26-26	HOUCHR	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+3.9
53	26-27	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Ace	UTRGV	aced Emma Wild	+4.3
54	26-28	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+3.3
Set 2
1	0-1	UTRGV	UTRGV	Attack err	Malaya Balina-Ayers		+0.5
2	0-2	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.5
3	1-2	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.4
4	1-3	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Serve err	Houston Christian		+0.3
5	1-4	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.4
6	2-4	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.3
7	3-4	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Attack err	Lana Rnjak		+0.5
8	3-5	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.4
9	4-5	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Serve err	UTRGV		+0.4
10	4-6	HOUCHR	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.4
11	4-7	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.5
12	4-8	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.4
13	5-8	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Emma Wild	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.3
14	5-9	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.3
15	5-10	UTRGV	UTRGV	Blocked	Katy Barger	blk Julianna Bryant, Lana Rnjak	+0.3
16	6-10	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.2
17	6-11	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
18	7-11	UTRGV	HOUCHR×4	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.2
19	8-11	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+0.4
20	9-11	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+0.5
21	10-11	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×4	Ace	Houston Christian	aced Soukeyna Diouf	+0.7
22	10-12	HOUCHR	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.5
23	10-13	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Joya Euhus		+0.6
24	10-14	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Ace	UTRGV	aced Katelyn Vo	+0.4
25	11-14	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.3
26	11-15	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Serve err	Houston Christian		+0.3
27	12-15	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.3
28	12-16	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Serve err	Houston Christian		+0.3
29	13-16	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.3
30	13-17	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.3
31	14-17	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Serve err	UTRGV		+0.3
32	15-17	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Ace	Houston Christian	aced Dunja Stankovic	+0.6
33	15-18	HOUCHR	UTRGV×8	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.5
34	15-19	UTRGV	UTRGV×8	Ace	UTRGV		+0.5
35	15-20	UTRGV	UTRGV×8	Attack err	Katy Barger		+0.3
36	15-21	UTRGV	UTRGV×8	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
37	15-22	UTRGV	UTRGV×8	Kill	Soukeyna Diouf	set Lana Rnjak	+0.1
38	15-23	UTRGV	UTRGV×8	Attack err	Katy Barger		·
39	15-24	UTRGV	UTRGV×8	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	·
40	15-25	UTRGV	UTRGV×8	Attack err	Emma Wild		·
Set 3
1	0-1	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Soukeyna Diouf	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
2	1-1	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.2
3	1-2	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Serve err	Houston Christian		+0.2
4	2-2	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+0.2
5	3-2	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+0.3
6	3-3	HOUCHR	UTRGV×4	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
7	3-4	UTRGV	UTRGV×4	Kill	Martina Franco		+0.3
8	3-5	UTRGV	UTRGV×4	Ace	UTRGV		+0.2
9	3-6	UTRGV	UTRGV×4	Attack err	Sa'Myah Medford		+0.2
10	4-6	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Serve err	UTRGV		+0.2
11	4-7	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
12	5-7	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.2
13	5-8	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Lana Rnjak	set Celianiz Cabranes	+0.2
14	5-9	UTRGV	UTRGV	Ace	UTRGV		+0.2
15	6-9	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.1
16	6-10	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Attack err	Joya Euhus		+0.1
17	7-10	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Bad set	Lana Rnjak		+0.1
18	8-10	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford		+0.2
19	8-11	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Soukeyna Diouf	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
20	9-11	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Malaya Balina-Ayers	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.2
21	10-11	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Attack err	Aaliyah Snead		+0.3
22	10-12	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
23	11-12	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Sa'Myah Medford	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.2
24	11-13	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
25	11-14	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.3
26	12-14	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Attack err	Martina Franco		+0.2
27	12-15	HOUCHR	UTRGV×5	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
28	12-16	UTRGV	UTRGV×5	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak	+0.2
29	12-17	UTRGV	UTRGV×5	Blocked	Katy Barger	blk Julianna Bryant, Lana Rnjak	+0.2
30	12-18	UTRGV	UTRGV×5	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+0.1
31	12-19	UTRGV	UTRGV×5	Bad set	Emma Wild		+0.1
32	13-19	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	·
33	13-20	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Soukeyna Diouf	set Lana Rnjak	·
34	14-20	UTRGV	HOUCHR×3	Attack err	Soukeyna Diouf		·
35	15-20	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+0.1
36	16-20	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×3	Blocked	Soukeyna Diouf	blk Joya Euhus	+0.1
37	16-21	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak	+0.1
38	17-21	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Kill	Katy Barger	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.1
39	18-21	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Ace	Houston Christian	aced Soukeyna Diouf	+0.2
40	18-22	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Serve err	Houston Christian		+0.2
41	18-23	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak	+0.1
42	19-23	UTRGV	HOUCHR×5	Kill	Joya Euhus	set Enisilina Savelio	·
43	20-23	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+0.1
44	21-23	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Kill	Allana Archie	set Enisilina Savelio	+0.2
45	22-23	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Attack err	Martina Franco		+0.5
46	23-23	HOUCHR	HOUCHR×5	Blocked	Aaliyah Snead	blk Allana Archie, Joya Euhus	+1.0
47	23-24	HOUCHR	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak	+0.9
48	24-24	UTRGV	HOUCHR	Serve err	UTRGV		+0.9
49	25-24	HOUCHR	HOUCHR	Attack err	Ema Petkovic		+1.6
50	25-25	HOUCHR	UTRGV×3	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak	+1.2
51	25-26	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Joya Euhus		+1.4
52	25-27	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Blocked	Sa'Myah Medford	blk Lana Rnjak, Julianna Bryant	+1.0

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).

UTRGV def. Houston Christian 3–0

15 kills in 3 sets for Martina Franco. UTRGV swept Houston Christian.