Rice vs Temple Volleyball: Temple Wins 3-0 (Nov 8, 2026)

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Rice 72.9% · upsetLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 10:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Temple beat visiting Rice 3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-18) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Olivia Hummel and Kennedy Crayton led Temple with 11 kills each; Rice's Ashlyn Seay had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
RICE	18	24	18	0
TEMPLE	25	26	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Temple beat Rice from a 27% pre-match call.

The match turned twice. Numbers are Temple's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Pre-match, Rice was RallyIQ's 73% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Rice 19–21 Temple
3 straight Rice points turned a 19–21 deficit into a 22–21 lead. The match swung to Rice.
Temple 63% → 45%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · Rice 9–10 Temple
Temple scored 6 straight to stretch a 10–9 lead to 16–9.
Temple 81% → 97%

Temple above 50Rice belowMax swing 13.8%

RiceTemple

Sideout %: Rice 56.0·Temple 70.5
Break %: Rice 29.5·Temple 44.0
Hitting: Rice .096·Temple .263
Longest run: Rice 3·Temple 6

Olivia Hummel
3 kills inside the turning points, 11 K and .310 for the match (13 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Temple above 50 · Rice below

Biggest swing: 13.8% to Temple — set 2, RICE 24-26 TEMPLE. Attack error by Ashlyn Seay. TEMPLE win probability 62% → 76%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

RICE 68.4%31.6% TEMPLE

Rice wins

3-0

22.2%

3-1

26.2%

3-2

20.0%

Temple wins

3-0

6.2%

3-1

11.2%

3-2

14.3%

RICE break %: 41.9% vs this opp
TEMPLE break %: 38.3% 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
Ashlyn SeayAttack error+13.8%
Attack error by Ashlyn Seay
Set 2 · RICE 24-26 TEMPLE · TEMPLE 62% → 76%
02
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+12.3%
Point Temple (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 2 · RICE 23-24 TEMPLE · TEMPLE 50% → 62%
03
Ashlyn SeayKill+8.5%
Kill by Ashlyn Seay (set by Kaia Mateo)
Set 2 · RICE 24-24 TEMPLE · RICE 38% → 47%
04
Olivia HummelBlock+8.5%
Kellen Dorotik stuffed by Olivia Hummel
Set 2 · RICE 24-25 TEMPLE · TEMPLE 53% → 62%
05
Kaia MateoKill+7.8%
Kill by Kaia Mateo (set by Campbell Love)
Set 2 · RICE 22-21 TEMPLE · RICE 48% → 55%
06
Stephanie GutierrezBlock+7.1%
Kennedy Crayton stuffed by Stephanie Gutierrez
Set 2 · RICE 21-21 TEMPLE · RICE 41% → 48%
07
TempleAce+6.9%
Temple ace
Set 2 · RICE 19-21 TEMPLE · TEMPLE 56% → 63%
08
Ashlyn SeayKill+6.1%
Kill by Ashlyn Seay (set by Kaia Mateo)
Set 2 · RICE 23-22 TEMPLE · RICE 50% → 56%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Riceaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Amalia SimmonsMB	3	4	4	17	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	5
13Stephanie GutierrezMB	3	3	0	9	.333	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
5Sydnee PetersonOH	3	4	7	26	-.115	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	4
11Ellie SchneiderMB	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
16Mari FuroyamaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
18Zora BelloS	2	0	0	0	–	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
12Ashlyn SeayOH	3	12	6	27	.222	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
3Kaia MateoS	3	2	1	4	.250	18	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	3
9Jordan HummelL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
6Campbell LoveL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
20Aaliyah SmithOH	2	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
4Kellen DorotikOPP	2	1	3	6	-.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		32	22	104	.096	32	1	6	42	2	4	2	5	60

Templehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Olivia HummelOH	3	11	2	29	.310	1	0	1	13	0	1	2	2	13
13Kennedy CraytonOH	3	11	5	27	.222	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	11
2Christiana GreeneOH	3	7	4	19	.158	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	10
7Khenedi GuestMB	3	9	0	13	.692	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
8Sarah QuarellsMB	3	2	0	8	.250	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	4
5Lexi YozaS	3	0	0	0	–	14	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
4Jaya MooreOH	3	6	5	18	.056	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	8
6Claudia RiveraL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
16Daniella Gonzalez-MuratiS	3	0	0	0	–	23	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
19Maddix TaniguchiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Abby JhunL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		46	16	114	.263	41	2	9	42	1	6	4	8	76

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 3 RICE · TEMPLE 6

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 2 RICETEMPLE 3

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 3 RICETEMPLE 4

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 3 RICETEMPLE 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rice

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	43%3/7
2	29%5/17	0%0/6
3	83%5/6	44%4/9
4	80%4/5	0%0/5
5	57%4/7	20%1/5
6	100%4/4	0%0/4
All	56%28/50	22%8/36

Temple

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%6/6	45%5/11
2	56%5/9	71%12/17
3	100%5/5	17%1/6
4	80%4/5	20%1/5
5	100%4/4	43%3/7
6	57%4/7	0%0/4
All	78%28/36	44%22/50

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 (2 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

136 rallies

#	RICE-TEMPLE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.4
2	1-1	RICE	TEMPLE	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+1.5
3	1-2	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+2.3
4	2-2	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.5
5	3-2	RICE	RICE	Attack err	Kennedy Crayton		+2.2
6	3-3	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Christiana Greene	set Lexi Yoza	+1.5
7	4-3	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.5
8	4-4	RICE	TEMPLE	Serve err	Rice		+1.6
9	5-4	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+1.5
10	5-5	RICE	TEMPLE	Serve err	Rice		+1.6
11	5-6	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+2.6
12	6-6	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+1.7
13	6-7	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+1.8
14	7-7	TEMPLE	RICE	Attack err	Jaya Moore		+1.7
15	7-8	RICE	TEMPLE×3	Blocked	Amalia Simmons	blk Olivia Hummel, Sarah Quarells	+1.9
16	7-9	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.9
17	7-10	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+2.9
18	8-10	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+1.7
19	8-11	RICE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Lexi Yoza	+2.0
20	8-12	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Olivia Hummel	+2.8
21	8-13	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Christiana Greene	set Lexi Yoza	+2.5
22	9-13	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Kaia Mateo	+1.3
23	10-13	RICE	RICE	Blocked	Kennedy Crayton	blk Kaia Mateo	+2.4
24	10-14	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Lexi Yoza	+2.0
25	11-14	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+1.6
26	11-15	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Lexi Yoza	+2.1
27	11-16	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Sydnee Peterson	+2.6
28	12-16	TEMPLE	RICE	Attack err	Christiana Greene		+1.2
29	12-17	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+1.8
30	13-17	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+1.2
31	13-18	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Claudia Rivera	+1.8
32	14-18	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+1.1
33	15-18	RICE	RICE	Attack err	Olivia Hummel		+2.3
34	15-19	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Jaya Moore	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.2
35	15-20	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Blocked	Kaia Mateo	blk Sarah Quarells	+2.5
36	16-20	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+1.0
37	16-21	RICE	TEMPLE×3	Blocked	Aaliyah Smith	blk Sarah Quarells, Olivia Hummel	+1.6
38	16-22	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Claudia Rivera	+1.4
39	16-23	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Attack err	Amalia Simmons		+0.6
40	17-23	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+0.1
41	17-24	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Sarah Quarells	set Lexi Yoza	+0.3
42	18-24	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Aaliyah Smith	set Jordan Hummel	·
43	18-25	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Christiana Greene	set Lexi Yoza	+0.1
Set 2
1	0-1	RICE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.1
2	0-2	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+3.2
3	0-3	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+3.2
4	1-3	TEMPLE	RICE×3	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+2.0
5	2-3	RICE	RICE×3	Attack err	Jaya Moore		+3.1
6	3-3	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+3.1
7	3-4	RICE	TEMPLE×4	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.2
8	3-5	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×4	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+3.4
9	3-6	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×4	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Jaya Moore	+3.5
10	3-7	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		+3.4
11	4-7	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Kaia Mateo	+1.9
12	4-8	RICE	TEMPLE	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Jaya Moore	+2.4
13	5-8	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+2.0
14	5-9	RICE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Christiana Greene	set Lexi Yoza	+2.4
15	5-10	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Sarah Quarells		+3.3
16	5-11	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Attack err	Amalia Simmons		+2.9
17	6-11	TEMPLE	RICE	Blocked	Kennedy Crayton	blk Ellie Schneider	+1.4
18	7-11	RICE	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Jordan Hummel	+2.6
19	7-12	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Lexi Yoza	+2.3
20	8-12	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Kellen Dorotik	set Kaia Mateo	+1.7
21	8-13	RICE	TEMPLE	Serve err	Campbell Love		+2.3
22	9-13	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+1.7
23	9-14	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.3
24	9-15	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Kill	Jaya Moore	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.8
25	10-15	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Kaia Mateo	set Stephanie Gutierrez	+1.3
26	10-16	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Jaya Moore	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+1.9
27	11-16	TEMPLE	RICE×3	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Kaia Mateo	+1.2
28	12-16	RICE	RICE×3	Attack err	Jaya Moore		+2.5
29	13-16	RICE	RICE×3	Bad set	Daniella Gonzalez-Murati		+3.2
30	13-17	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.9
31	14-17	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+2.1
32	14-18	RICE	TEMPLE	Serve err	Ashlyn Seay		+2.9
33	15-18	TEMPLE	RICE×3	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Kaia Mateo	+2.1
34	16-18	RICE	RICE×3	Attack err	Christiana Greene		+4.0
35	17-18	RICE	RICE×3	Ace	Jordan Hummel		+4.9
36	17-19	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Christiana Greene	set Lexi Yoza	+4.1
37	18-19	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+3.4
38	19-19	RICE	RICE	Attack err	Christiana Greene		+5.9
39	19-20	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Lexi Yoza	+4.6
40	19-21	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Ace	Temple		+6.9
41	20-21	TEMPLE	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Kaia Mateo	+3.7
42	21-21	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Kennedy Crayton	blk Stephanie Gutierrez	+7.1
43	22-21	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Kaia Mateo	set Campbell Love	+7.8
44	22-22	RICE	TEMPLE	Serve err	Sydnee Peterson		+5.1
45	23-22	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+6.1
46	23-23	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Jaya Moore	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+5.9
47	23-24		TEMPLE	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+12.3
48	24-24	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+8.5
49	24-25	RICE	TEMPLE	Blocked	Kellen Dorotik	blk Olivia Hummel	+8.5
50	24-26	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		+13.8
Set 3
1	0-1	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Kill	Jaya Moore		+2.6
2	1-1	TEMPLE	RICE	Attack err	Jaya Moore		+1.7
3	1-2	RICE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+1.8
4	1-3	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		+2.8
5	1-4	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Ellie Schneider	+2.8
6	2-4	TEMPLE	RICE×3	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Jordan Hummel	+1.7
7	3-4	RICE	RICE×3	Bad set	Daniella Gonzalez-Murati		+2.7
8	4-4	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Olivia Hummel	blk Amalia Simmons	+2.7
9	4-5	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+1.9
10	5-5	TEMPLE	RICE	Attack err	Jaya Moore		+1.8
11	5-6	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.0
12	6-6	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+1.9
13	6-7	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Christiana Greene	set Claudia Rivera	+2.1
14	7-7	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Kaia Mateo	+1.9
15	7-8	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Christiana Greene	set Lexi Yoza	+2.1
16	8-8	TEMPLE	RICE	Attack err	Kennedy Crayton		+2.0
17	8-9	RICE	TEMPLE	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Christiana Greene	+2.2
18	8-10	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Kill	Kennedy Crayton		+3.4
19	9-10	TEMPLE	RICE	Serve err	Temple		+2.1
20	9-11	RICE	TEMPLE×6	Kill	Kennedy Crayton	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.4
21	9-12	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×6	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+3.5
22	9-13	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×6	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+3.3
23	9-14	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×6	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+2.9
24	9-15	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×6	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+2.4
25	9-16	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×6	Attack err	Kellen Dorotik		+1.8
26	10-16	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Aaliyah Smith	set Zora Bello	+0.8
27	10-17	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+1.2
28	10-18	TEMPLE	TEMPLE	Kill	Jaya Moore	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+1.1
29	11-18	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Aaliyah Smith	set Kaia Mateo	+0.4
30	11-19	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Daniella Gonzalez-Murati	+0.7
31	12-19	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Kaia Mateo	+0.3
32	13-19	RICE	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Kaia Mateo	+0.8
33	13-20	RICE	TEMPLE×3	Kill	Olivia Hummel	set Lexi Yoza	+0.9
34	13-21	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Blocked	Sydnee Peterson	blk Christiana Greene	+0.7
35	13-22	TEMPLE	TEMPLE×3	Attack err	Amalia Simmons		+0.3
36	14-22	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Kaia Mateo	+0.1
37	14-23	RICE	TEMPLE	Serve err	Zora Bello		+0.1
38	15-23	TEMPLE	RICE×3	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello	·
39	16-23	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.1
40	17-23	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Christiana Greene	blk Ashlyn Seay, Stephanie Gutierrez	+0.2
41	17-24	RICE	TEMPLE	Kill	Khenedi Guest	set Lexi Yoza	+0.3
42	18-24	TEMPLE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	·
43	18-25	RICE	TEMPLE	Attack err	Kellen Dorotik		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Rice 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).

Temple def. Rice 3–0

Temple beat Rice from a 27% pre-match call.