Iowa State vs Houston Volleyball: Houston Wins 3-1 (Oct 25)

Final · 4 setsSun, Oct 25, 2026ESPN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Iowa St. 51.4% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 25, 12:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Houston beat visiting Iowa St. 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20) on Sun, Oct 25, 2026. Sydney Jones led Houston with 16 kills; Iowa St.'s Mesaiya Bettis had a match-high 23.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 25

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
IOWAST	21	25	17	20	1
HOU	25	20	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Kamille Gibson served 6 aces, and Houston needed every one.

2 stretches decided it. Percentages are Houston's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. RallyIQ had Iowa St. at 51% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Iowa St. 15–15 Houston
From 15–15, Iowa St. scored 5 straight to lead 20–15.
Houston 67% → 51%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · Iowa St. 6–3 Houston
5 straight Houston points turned a 3–6 deficit into an 8–6 lead.
Houston 64% → 82%

Houston above 50Iowa St. belowMax swing 5.4%

Iowa St.Houston

Sideout %: Iowa St. 54.3·Houston 61.9
Break %: Iowa St. 38.1·Houston 45.7
Hitting: Iowa St. .250·Houston .310
Longest run: Iowa St. 5·Houston 5

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Houston above 50 · Iowa St. below

Biggest swing: 5.4% to Houston — set 1, IOWAST 19-21 HOU. Attack error by Mesaiya Bettis. HOU win probability 54% → 59%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

IOWAST 49.3%50.7% HOU

Iowa St. wins

3-0

12.2%

3-1

18.5%

3-2

18.6%

Houston wins

3-0

12.8%

3-1

19.0%

3-2

18.9%

IOWAST break %: 40.7% vs this opp
HOU break %: 40.9% 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
Mesaiya BettisAttack error+5.4%
Attack error by Mesaiya Bettis
Set 1 · IOWAST 19-21 HOU · HOU 54% → 59%
02
Sydney JonesAttack error+5.0%
Attack error by Sydney Jones
Set 1 · IOWAST 19-19 HOU · IOWAST 45% → 50%
03
Tara GreenberryKill+4.8%
Kill by Tara Greenberry (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 3 · IOWAST 14-17 HOU · HOU 59% → 64%
04
Daaliyah KempKill+4.6%
Kill by Daaliyah Kemp (set by Ava Martin)
Set 3 · IOWAST 14-15 HOU · IOWAST 40% → 44%
05
Kamille GibsonKill+4.4%
Kill by Kamille Gibson (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 1 · IOWAST 19-22 HOU · HOU 59% → 64%
06
Tara GreenberryKill+4.4%
Kill by Tara Greenberry (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 1 · IOWAST 16-18 HOU · HOU 53% → 57%
07
Noemi DespaigneKill+4.3%
Kill by Noemi Despaigne (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 4 · IOWAST 10-13 HOU · HOU 83% → 87%
08
Mesaiya BettisAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Mesaiya Bettis
Set 3 · IOWAST 8-9 HOU · HOU 49% → 53%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Iowa St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Mesaiya BettisOH	4	23	6	39	.436	0	0	2	2	0	4	2	25
30Alea GoolsbyOH	4	12	2	29	.345	1	1	4	6	2	0	0	13
20Nayeli Ti'aOH	4	4	3	20	.050	2	2	0	14	8	3	1.5	7.5
1Pam McCuneMB	4	3	1	9	.222	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	6
11Ella FlorezS	4	1	0	4	.250	28	0	1	7	0	0	0	1
8Macie LupkesMB	2	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Daaliyah KempMB	4	6	1	12	.417	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
10Rachel Van GorpL/DS	4	1	0	4	.250	6	3	1	21	0	0	0	4
17Ava MartinS	4	1	0	2	.500	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4Reagan HanfeltMB	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18Taylor JohnsonMB	3	1	3	5	-.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
12Abbi BrenizerMB	2	0	1	5	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
2Reese NaeveOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	19	132	.250	47	6	10	50	11	17	8.5	83

Houstonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Kamille GibsonOH	4	15	7	36	.222	2	6	1	10	0	0	2	1	22
11Sydney JonesOH	4	16	5	36	.306	0	2	4	4	0	0	1	0.5	18.5
21Noemi DespaigneOH	4	10	3	25	.280	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0.5	10.5
34Tara GreenberryOH	4	6	0	8	.750	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	8
9Shannon DworaczykS	4	0	0	4	.000	43	1	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
3Alexis RobersonMB	2	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
5Lily BarronOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	2
24Gillian PittsL/DS	4	0	0	2	.000	6	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0
15Cali ReeceL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19Mattie CasaleDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
8Kaitlyn EvansMB	3	6	1	10	.500	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	9
Team totals		55	16	126	.310	51	11	9	50	6	4	10	9	95

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.

Iowa St. vs Houston

Season series · Houston leads 1-0

Sun, Oct 25, 2026Iowa St. at Houston · Houston won 3-1This match
Wed, Nov 25, 2026Houston at Iowa St.Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 IOWAST · HOU 5

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 IOWASTHOU 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 5 IOWASTHOU 5

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 2 IOWASTHOU 4

Set 4

20-25

Longest run 3 IOWASTHOU 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Iowa St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%10/19	18%2/11
2	50%9/18	50%10/20
3	73%8/11	47%8/17
4	50%8/16	33%4/12
5	44%8/18	43%6/14
6	67%8/12	20%2/10
All	54%51/94	38%32/84

Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	83%10/12	44%7/16
2	48%10/21	38%6/16
3	57%8/14	53%9/17
4	57%8/14	20%2/10
5	67%8/12	62%13/21
6	73%8/11	43%6/14
All	62%52/84	46%43/94

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 (4 of 4 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

178 rallies

#	IOWAST-HOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	HOU	IOWAST×3	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.8
2	2-0	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.6
3	3-0	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.5
4	3-1	IOWAST	HOU	Blocked	Macie Lupkes	blk Alexis Roberson	+1.6
5	3-2	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Alea Goolsby		+2.5
6	4-2	HOU	IOWAST×3	Kill	Alea Goolsby		+1.8
7	5-2	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.6
8	6-2	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.4
9	6-3	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.4
10	7-3	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.6
11	7-4	IOWAST	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.5
12	7-5	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+2.5
13	7-6	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Alea Goolsby	+2.7
14	8-6	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.0
15	9-6	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+2.8
16	9-7	IOWAST	HOU×3	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.7
17	9-8	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.9
18	9-9	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Pam McCune	blk Tara Greenberry	+3.1
19	10-9	HOU	IOWAST	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Daaliyah Kemp, Pam McCune	+2.2
20	10-10	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.2
21	10-11	HOU	HOU	Blocked	Daaliyah Kemp	blk Sydney Jones, Alexis Roberson	+3.4
22	11-11	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ava Martin	+2.3
23	11-12	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.4
24	12-12	HOU	IOWAST	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+2.4
25	12-13	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.5
26	13-13	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Sydney Jones		+2.5
27	14-13	IOWAST	IOWAST	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Noemi Despaigne	+3.8
28	14-14	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.6
29	14-15	HOU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne		+4.0
30	15-15	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.7
31	15-16	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.9
32	16-16	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Rachel Van Gorp		+2.8
33	16-17	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.0
34	16-18	HOU	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.4
35	17-18	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ava Martin	+2.7
36	17-19	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.2
37	18-19	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Ava Martin		+2.8
38	19-19	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+5.0
39	19-20	IOWAST	HOU×3	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.8
40	19-21	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+5.4
41	19-22	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.4
42	20-22	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.9
43	20-23	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.1
44	21-23	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.7
45	21-24	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.2
46	21-25	HOU	HOU	Blocked	Alea Goolsby	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson	+1.7
Set 2
1	0-1	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.8
2	0-2	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+2.6
3	1-2	HOU	IOWAST	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.7
4	2-2	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.7
5	2-3	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.9
6	2-4	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Macie Lupkes		+2.7
7	3-4	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.8
8	3-5	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.9
9	4-5	HOU	IOWAST×4	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.8
10	5-5	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+2.9
11	6-5	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+2.9
12	7-5	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.9
13	7-6	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.9
14	7-7	HOU	HOU	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+3.0
15	8-7	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.1
16	9-7	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Nayeli Ti'a, Daaliyah Kemp, Pam McCune	+3.1
17	9-8	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.0
18	10-8	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Lily Barron		+2.2
19	10-9	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.0
20	11-9	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Taylor Johnson	set Ava Martin	+2.2
21	11-10	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.1
22	12-10	HOU	IOWAST×4	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Mesaiya Bettis, Taylor Johnson	+2.3
23	13-10	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Gillian Pitts	+3.2
24	14-10	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Nayeli Ti'a	+2.8
25	15-10	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.3
26	15-11	IOWAST	HOU×5	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.2
27	15-12	HOU	HOU×5	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.3
28	15-13	HOU	HOU×5	Attack err	Taylor Johnson		+2.9
29	15-14	HOU	HOU×5	Ace	Sydney Jones	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+3.5
30	15-15	HOU	HOU×5	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+4.0
31	16-15	HOU	IOWAST×5	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.9
32	17-15	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+4.2
33	18-15	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Gillian Pitts	+3.7
34	19-15	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Rachel Van Gorp	+3.0
35	20-15	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.1
36	20-16	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.9
37	21-16	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.4
38	21-17	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.8
39	22-17	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Ella Florez	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.3
40	23-17	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Pam McCune, Nayeli Ti'a	+0.9
41	23-18	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+0.2
42	23-19	HOU	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.6
43	24-19	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+0.8
44	24-20	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.2
45	25-20	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+0.5
Set 3
1	1-0	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.4
2	1-1	IOWAST	HOU	Blocked	Taylor Johnson	blk Kaitlyn Evans	+2.3
3	1-2	HOU	HOU	Ace	Sydney Jones	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+3.5
4	2-2	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+2.4
5	2-3	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.5
6	3-3	HOU	IOWAST	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Pam McCune, Mesaiya Bettis	+2.5
7	3-4	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.5
8	4-4	HOU	IOWAST	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+2.5
9	5-4	IOWAST	IOWAST	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Mattie Casale	+3.8
10	5-5	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.6
11	5-6	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+3.9
12	6-6	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+2.6
13	6-7	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.7
14	7-7	HOU	IOWAST	Attack err	Kaitlyn Evans		+2.7
15	8-7	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Nayeli Ti'a	+4.1
16	8-8	IOWAST	HOU×3	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.8
17	8-9	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+4.2
18	8-10	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.2
19	9-10	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.7
20	9-11	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.0
21	9-12	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans		+4.1
22	10-12	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Sydney Jones		+2.5
23	10-13	IOWAST	HOU	Blocked	Mesaiya Bettis	blk Kaitlyn Evans, Noemi Despaigne	+2.9
24	10-14	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.7
25	11-14	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.1
26	12-14	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+3.8
27	12-15	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+3.1
28	13-15	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Kamille Gibson		+2.6
29	14-15	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+4.6
30	14-16	IOWAST	HOU×4	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.6
31	14-17	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.8
32	14-18	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Lily Barron	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+4.0
33	14-19	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Lily Barron	aced Alea Goolsby	+3.0
34	15-19	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Rachel Van Gorp	+1.3
35	16-19	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+2.9
36	16-20	IOWAST	HOU×3	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.8
37	16-21	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.8
38	16-22	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Taylor Johnson		+1.5
39	17-22	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+0.4
40	17-23	IOWAST	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.8
41	17-24	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Mesaiya Bettis	blk Kaitlyn Evans, Kamille Gibson	+0.4
42	17-25	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.1
Set 4
1	0-1	IOWAST	HOU	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+2.4
2	1-1	HOU	IOWAST×3	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.4
3	2-1	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Alea Goolsby	+3.6
4	3-1	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Noemi Despaigne	+3.5
5	3-2	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Kamille Gibson	+2.3
6	4-2	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Sydney Jones		+2.5
7	5-2	IOWAST	IOWAST	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Gillian Pitts	+3.5
8	5-3	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
9	6-3	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.4
10	6-4	IOWAST	HOU×5	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
11	6-5	HOU	HOU×5	Ace	Kamille Gibson		+3.6
12	6-6	HOU	HOU×5	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+3.9
13	6-7	HOU	HOU×5	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.0
14	6-8	HOU	HOU×5	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+4.0
15	7-8	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.6
16	7-9	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.8
17	8-9	HOU	IOWAST	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Mesaiya Bettis, Pam McCune	+2.7
18	8-10	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Gillian Pitts	+2.9
19	9-10	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Tara Greenberry		+2.7
20	9-11	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.0
21	10-11	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Shannon Dworaczyk		+2.8
22	10-12	IOWAST	HOU	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+3.1
23	10-13	HOU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.3
24	11-13	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Sydney Jones		+2.6
25	11-14	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Kamille Gibson	+3.0
26	12-14	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.6
27	12-15	IOWAST	HOU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+3.1
28	12-16	HOU	HOU	Ace	Kamille Gibson	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+3.9
29	13-16	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+2.1
30	14-16	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Pam McCune, Nayeli Ti'a	+4.0
31	14-17	IOWAST	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	+3.3
32	14-18	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Nayeli Ti'a	blk Shannon Dworaczyk, Tara Greenberry	+4.1
33	14-19	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Gillian Pitts	+3.0
34	15-19	HOU	IOWAST	Serve err	Lily Barron		+1.3
35	16-19	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Abbi Brenizer, Mesaiya Bettis	+2.9
36	16-20	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.8
37	16-21	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kaitlyn Evans	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.8
38	17-21	HOU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ava Martin	+1.0
39	17-22	IOWAST	HOU×3	Blocked	Abbi Brenizer	blk Kaitlyn Evans	+1.8
40	17-23	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Shannon Dworaczyk	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+1.2
41	17-24	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.4
42	18-24	HOU	IOWAST×3	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	·
43	19-24	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+0.2
44	20-24	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+0.4
45	20-25	IOWAST	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.6

Score shown after each rally, Iowa St. 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. Iowa St. 3–1

Kamille Gibson served 6 aces, and Houston needed every one.