Rice vs UTSA Volleyball: Rice Wins 3-2 (Nov 6, 2026)

Final · 5 setsFri, Nov 6, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Rice 72.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Rice won at UTSA 3-2 (25-18, 20-25, 19-25, 25-18, 15-11) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. Rice's Sydnee Peterson and Ashlyn Seay led with 16 kills each.

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

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
RICE	25	20	19	25	15	3
UTSA	18	25	25	18	11	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Outhit .198 to .186, Rice won anyway.

The match turned twice. Numbers are Rice's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Rice went in as RallyIQ's 72% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 5 · Rice 5–5 UTSA
From 5–5, Rice had 3 straight kills to lead 8–5.
Rice 60% → 86%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Rice 8–6 UTSA
Up 8–6, Rice scored 3 straight to make it 11–6.
Rice 81% → 97%

UTSA above 50Rice belowMax swing 10.1%

RiceUTSA

Sideout %: Rice 63.3·UTSA 59.2
Break %: Rice 40.8·UTSA 36.7
Hitting: Rice .186·UTSA .198
Longest run: Rice 4·UTSA 4

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UTSA above 50 · Rice below

Biggest swing: 10.1% to Rice — set 5, RICE 5-4 UTSA. Kill by Amalia Simmons (set by Zora Bello). UTSA win probability 43% → 33%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

RICE 69.8%30.2% UTSA

Rice wins

3-0

23.1%

3-1

26.8%

3-2

19.9%

UTSA wins

3-0

5.8%

3-1

10.6%

3-2

13.8%

RICE break %: 41.8% vs this opp
UTSA break %: 37.9% 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
Amalia SimmonsKill+10.1%
Kill by Amalia Simmons (set by Zora Bello)
Set 5 · RICE 5-4 UTSA · RICE 57% → 67%
02
Giada ObregonAce+10.0%
Ace by Giada Obregon on Campbell Love
Set 5 · RICE 1-3 UTSA · UTSA 48% → 58%
03
Sydnee PetersonKill+9.9%
Kill by Sydnee Peterson (set by Zora Bello)
Set 5 · RICE 7-5 UTSA · RICE 67% → 77%
04
Zora BelloAce+9.7%
Ace by Zora Bello on Giada Obregon
Set 5 · RICE 3-3 UTSA · RICE 48% → 58%
05
Ledisi Kpea&Gigi MasonBlock+9.2%
Ashlyn Seay stuffed by Ledisi Kpea & Gigi Mason
Set 5 · RICE 0-1 UTSA · UTSA 38% → 48%
06
Amalia SimmonsKill+8.4%
Kill by Amalia Simmons (set by Zora Bello)
Set 5 · RICE 8-5 UTSA · RICE 77% → 86%
07
Isabella ArroyaveKill+7.0%
Kill by Isabella Arroyave (set by Valeria Ortiz)
Set 5 · RICE 3-4 UTSA · UTSA 42% → 49%
08
Amalia SimmonsKill+6.9%
Kill by Amalia Simmons (set by Sydnee Peterson)
Set 5 · RICE 6-5 UTSA · RICE 60% → 67%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Riceaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Sydnee PetersonOH	5	16	3	47	.277	1	0	2	7	2	1	3	2.5	18.5
22Amalia SimmonsMB	5	14	3	33	.333	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
13Stephanie GutierrezMB	5	4	5	16	-.063	1	2	1	2	0	1	7	4.5	10.5
11Ellie SchneiderMB	5	5	3	10	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
18Zora BelloS	5	0	2	8	-.250	46	1	2	15	0	1	3	2.5	3.5
16Mari FuroyamaL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
12Ashlyn SeayOH	5	16	8	53	.151	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	17
9Jordan HummelL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	15	0	0	0	0	2
6Campbell LoveL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	12	2	0	0	0	0
25Maggie CroftMB	2	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
3Kaia MateoS	2	0	0	0	–	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Declan EastmanL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Aaliyah SmithOH	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		59	26	177	.186	56	6	7	67	4	3	20	13	104

UTSAhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Ledisi KpeaMB	5	9	5	20	.200	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	5	14
4Caroline TredwellMB	5	10	4	26	.231	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	2.5	13.5
6Isabella ArroyaveOH	5	13	5	38	.211	0	0	3	15	2	0	0	0	13
15Sydney BryantOH	5	8	7	27	.037	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	3.5	11.5
23Brooke ElliottOPP	5	6	1	21	.238	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
21Valeria OrtizS	5	1	0	4	.250	29	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
0Giada ObregonDS	5	0	0	0	–	1	2	2	12	2	0	0	0	2
12Megan HawkinsS	5	0	0	1	.000	26	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
3Alyssa ManitzasL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0
1Raegan RamirezDS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
9Gigi MasonOPP	4	13	5	28	.286	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	15
16Logan McGinnisOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		60	27	167	.198	58	4	10	80	6	5	18	14	97

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 4 RICE · UTSA 4

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 RICEUTSA 2

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 4 RICEUTSA 4

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 2 RICEUTSA 2

Set 4

25-18

Longest run 4 RICEUTSA 3

Set 5

15-11

Longest run 3 RICEUTSA 3

Bars above the line = UTSA 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	65%13/20	9%1/11
2	65%11/17	48%10/21
3	63%10/16	41%7/17
4	56%10/18	33%5/15
5	63%10/16	50%10/20
6	73%8/11	47%9/19
All	63%62/98	41%42/103

UTSA

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%12/17	27%4/15
2	50%10/20	40%8/20
3	71%10/14	23%3/13
4	63%10/16	38%6/16
5	45%10/22	44%8/18
6	64%9/14	44%7/16
All	59%61/103	37%36/98

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

201 rallies

#	RICE-UTSA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Valeria Ortiz	+2.3
2	1-1	UTSA	RICE×4	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Zora Bello	+1.5
3	2-1	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez		+2.2
4	3-1	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+2.1
5	4-1	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.9
6	4-2	RICE	UTSA	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson		+1.2
7	5-2	UTSA	RICE×3	Serve err	UTSA		+1.2
8	6-2	RICE	RICE×3	Attack err	Ledisi Kpea		+1.7
9	7-2	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Isabella Arroyave	blk Zora Bello, Stephanie Gutierrez	+1.4
10	7-3	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Brooke Elliott	set Valeria Ortiz	+0.8
11	7-4	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Valeria Ortiz	+1.5
12	8-4	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	UTSA		+1.1
13	9-4	RICE	RICE	Attack err	Caroline Tredwell		+1.4
14	9-5	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Valeria Ortiz	+0.8
15	10-5	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Stephanie Gutierrez	+0.9
16	11-5	RICE	RICE	Ace	Rice	aced Alyssa Manitzas	+1.1
17	11-6	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Megan Hawkins	+0.6
18	12-6	UTSA	RICE×3	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.7
19	13-6	RICE	RICE×3	Attack err	Sydney Bryant		+0.8
20	14-6	RICE	RICE×3	Attack err	Caroline Tredwell		+0.5
21	14-7	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Megan Hawkins	+0.2
22	14-8	UTSA	UTSA	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		+0.6
23	15-8	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+0.5
24	16-8	RICE	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Jordan Hummel	+0.5
25	16-9	RICE	UTSA	Attack err	Ellie Schneider		+0.2
26	17-9	UTSA	RICE	Blocked	Sydney Bryant	blk Amalia Simmons, Ellie Schneider	+0.3
27	18-9	RICE	RICE	Attack err	Sydney Bryant		+0.2
28	18-10	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Valeria Ortiz	+0.1
29	19-10	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello	+0.1
30	20-10	RICE	RICE	Ace	Rice	aced Giada Obregon	+0.1
31	20-11	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Valeria Ortiz	·
32	21-11	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	·
33	21-12	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Brooke Elliott	·
34	21-13	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Megan Hawkins	·
35	22-13	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+0.1
36	22-14	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Megan Hawkins	·
37	22-15	UTSA	UTSA	Blocked	Zora Bello	blk Caroline Tredwell, Sydney Bryant	+0.1
38	23-15	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	UTSA		+0.1
39	23-16	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Megan Hawkins	·
40	24-16	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	·
41	24-17	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Megan Hawkins	·
42	24-18	UTSA	UTSA	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		·
43	25-18	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	·
Set 2
1	0-1	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Valeria Ortiz	+1.3
2	1-1	UTSA	RICE	Attack err	Isabella Arroyave		+1.2
3	2-1	RICE	RICE	Blocked	Brooke Elliott	blk Sydnee Peterson	+1.8
4	2-2	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Valeria Ortiz	+1.2
5	2-3	UTSA	UTSA	Attack err	Stephanie Gutierrez		+1.9
6	3-3	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+1.2
7	3-4	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Brooke Elliott	set Valeria Ortiz	+1.4
8	3-5	UTSA	UTSA	Blocked	Zora Bello	blk Caroline Tredwell	+2.1
9	4-5	UTSA	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.3
10	5-5	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Gigi Mason	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Ashlyn Seay	+2.0
11	6-5	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Isabella Arroyave	blk Zora Bello	+2.0
12	6-6	RICE	UTSA×4	Serve err	Rice		+1.3
13	6-7	UTSA	UTSA×4	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Caroline Tredwell, Gigi Mason	+2.2
14	6-8	UTSA	UTSA×4	Blocked	Stephanie Gutierrez	blk Sydney Bryant	+2.3
15	6-9	UTSA	UTSA×4	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+2.3
16	7-9	UTSA	RICE×4	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Kaia Mateo	+1.3
17	8-9	RICE	RICE×4	Attack err	Caroline Tredwell		+2.2
18	9-9	RICE	RICE×4	Blocked	Gigi Mason	blk Ashlyn Seay, Maggie Croft	+2.2
19	10-9	RICE	RICE×4	Blocked	Sydney Bryant	blk Kaia Mateo, Maggie Croft	+2.2
20	10-10	RICE	UTSA×4	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+1.5
21	10-11	UTSA	UTSA×4	Ace	UTSA	aced Campbell Love	+2.5
22	10-12	UTSA	UTSA×4	Kill	Gigi Mason		+2.6
23	10-13	UTSA	UTSA×4	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Megan Hawkins	+2.6
24	11-13	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Maggie Croft	set Kaia Mateo	+1.5
25	11-14	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+1.8
26	12-14	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo	+1.5
27	12-15	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Brooke Elliott	set Valeria Ortiz	+1.9
28	12-16	UTSA	UTSA	Ace	UTSA	aced Sydnee Peterson	+2.5
29	13-16	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Maggie Croft	set Kaia Mateo	+1.3
30	13-17	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Valeria Ortiz	+1.7
31	14-17	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	UTSA		+1.3
32	14-18	RICE	UTSA×3	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Valeria Ortiz	+1.8
33	14-19	UTSA	UTSA×3	Attack err	Stephanie Gutierrez		+2.0
34	14-20	UTSA	UTSA×3	Blocked	Sydnee Peterson	blk Caroline Tredwell, Gigi Mason	+1.4
35	15-20	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Zora Bello	+0.5
36	16-20	RICE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+1.2
37	16-21	RICE	UTSA×3	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+1.3
38	16-22	UTSA	UTSA×3	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+1.1
39	16-23	UTSA	UTSA×3	Blocked	Ellie Schneider	blk Sydney Bryant	+0.5
40	17-23	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	UTSA		+0.1
41	17-24	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+0.2
42	18-24	UTSA	RICE×3	Attack err	Maggie Croft		·
43	19-24	RICE	RICE×3	Attack err	Ledisi Kpea		+0.1
44	20-24	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.2
45	20-25	RICE	UTSA	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Ledisi Kpea, Gigi Mason	+0.4
Set 3
1	1-0	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+2.0
2	2-0	RICE	RICE	Ace	Rice	aced Alyssa Manitzas	+2.9
3	2-1	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Alyssa Manitzas	+1.9
4	2-2	UTSA	UTSA	Attack err	Maggie Croft		+3.2
5	3-2	UTSA	RICE	Attack err	Isabella Arroyave		+2.1
6	3-3	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Valeria Ortiz	+2.2
7	4-3	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Maggie Croft	set Zora Bello	+2.1
8	4-4	RICE	UTSA	Serve err	Rice		+2.2
9	4-5	UTSA	UTSA	Ace	UTSA	aced Sydnee Peterson	+3.6
10	5-5	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+2.3
11	5-6	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Megan Hawkins	+2.5
12	6-6	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+2.4
13	6-7	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Megan Hawkins	+2.6
14	6-8	UTSA	UTSA	Blocked	Ellie Schneider	blk Ledisi Kpea	+4.0
15	7-8	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+2.5
16	7-9	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Megan Hawkins	+2.8
17	8-9	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+2.5
18	8-10	RICE	UTSA	Attack err	Aaliyah Smith		+2.9
19	9-10	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	UTSA		+2.6
20	9-11	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Valeria Ortiz	+3.0
21	10-11	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Aaliyah Smith	set Jordan Hummel	+2.7
22	10-12	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Brooke Elliott	set Valeria Ortiz	+3.1
23	11-12	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+2.8
24	11-13	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+3.2
25	12-13	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	UTSA		+2.9
26	13-13	RICE	RICE	Attack err	Gigi Mason		+4.6
27	13-14	RICE	UTSA	Serve err	Rice		+3.3
28	14-14	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+3.1
29	14-15	RICE	UTSA	Serve err	Rice		+3.5
30	14-16	UTSA	UTSA	Attack err	Amalia Simmons		+5.4
31	15-16	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+3.2
32	15-17	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Valeria Ortiz	+3.9
33	15-18	UTSA	UTSA	Attack err	Amalia Simmons		+5.5
34	16-18	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+2.8
35	16-19	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Brooke Elliott	set Valeria Ortiz	+3.9
36	16-20	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Valeria Ortiz	+4.7
37	17-20	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+2.0
38	17-21	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Valeria Ortiz	+3.2
39	18-21	UTSA	RICE	Attack err	Isabella Arroyave		+1.9
40	18-22	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Valeria Ortiz	+3.2
41	18-23	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Valeria Ortiz	+2.7
42	19-23	UTSA	RICE	Attack err	Caroline Tredwell		+0.6
43	19-24	RICE	UTSA	Serve err	Zora Bello		+1.4
44	19-25	UTSA	UTSA	Blocked	Amalia Simmons	blk Ledisi Kpea, Sydney Bryant	+0.5
Set 4
1	0-1	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Brooke Elliott	set Valeria Ortiz	+2.8
2	1-1	UTSA	RICE×4	Bad set	Valeria Ortiz		+2.7
3	2-1	RICE	RICE×4	Ace	Stephanie Gutierrez	aced Isabella Arroyave	+3.9
4	3-1	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+3.7
5	4-1	RICE	RICE×4	Attack err	Ledisi Kpea		+3.4
6	4-2	RICE	UTSA	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay		+2.2
7	5-2	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+2.2
8	6-2	RICE	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+3.0
9	6-3	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Valeria Ortiz	set Giada Obregon	+1.8
10	7-3	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Zora Bello	+2.0
11	7-4	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Megan Hawkins	+1.9
12	7-5	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+3.4
13	8-5	UTSA	RICE×3	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+2.4
14	9-5	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Mari Furoyama	+3.2
15	10-5	RICE	RICE×3	Ace	Jordan Hummel	aced Isabella Arroyave	+2.6
16	10-6	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Megan Hawkins	+1.5
17	11-6	UTSA	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.7
18	12-6	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Gigi Mason	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Sydnee Peterson	+2.0
19	13-6	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+1.4
20	13-7	RICE	UTSA	Blocked	Stephanie Gutierrez	blk Ledisi Kpea, Sydney Bryant	+0.7
21	14-7	UTSA	RICE	Blocked	Ledisi Kpea	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Sydnee Peterson	+0.9
22	14-8	RICE	UTSA	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Brooke Elliott, Ledisi Kpea	+0.7
23	15-8	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.9
24	15-9	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Valeria Ortiz	+0.6
25	16-9	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	Raegan Ramirez		+0.9
26	17-9	RICE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+0.8
27	17-10	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Valeria Ortiz	+0.3
28	17-11	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave		+0.8
29	18-11	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Zora Bello	+0.8
30	18-12	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Caroline Tredwell	set Megan Hawkins	+0.5
31	19-12	UTSA	RICE×3	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+0.7
32	20-12	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+0.5
33	21-12	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Gigi Mason	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Sydnee Peterson	+0.2
34	21-13	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+0.1
35	21-14	UTSA	UTSA	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Megan Hawkins	+0.2
36	22-14	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	Caroline Tredwell		+0.2
37	22-15	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Megan Hawkins	+0.1
38	23-15	UTSA	RICE	Attack err	Sydney Bryant		+0.1
39	23-16	RICE	UTSA×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Ledisi Kpea, Brooke Elliott	·
40	23-17	UTSA	UTSA×3	Attack err	Stephanie Gutierrez		+0.1
41	23-18	UTSA	UTSA×3	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Valeria Ortiz	+0.3
42	24-18	UTSA	RICE	Blocked	Ledisi Kpea	blk Stephanie Gutierrez	+0.4
43	25-18	RICE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+1.6
Set 5
1	0-1	UTSA	UTSA	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Ledisi Kpea, Gigi Mason	+9.2
2	1-1	UTSA	RICE	Serve err	Valeria Ortiz		+5.8
3	1-2	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Sydney Bryant	set Valeria Ortiz	+6.4
4	1-3	UTSA	UTSA	Ace	Giada Obregon	aced Campbell Love	+10.0
5	2-3	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+6.0
6	3-3	RICE	RICE	Ace	Zora Bello	aced Giada Obregon	+9.7
7	3-4	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Valeria Ortiz	+7.0
8	4-4	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ellie Schneider	set Zora Bello	+6.6
9	5-4	RICE	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+10.1
10	5-5	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Valeria Ortiz	+6.9
11	6-5	UTSA	RICE×3	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Sydnee Peterson	+6.9
12	7-5	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+9.9
13	8-5	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello	+8.4
14	8-6	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Isabella Arroyave	set Megan Hawkins	+4.6
15	9-6	UTSA	RICE×3	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello	+5.7
16	10-6	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez		+6.4
17	11-6	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Sydney Bryant	blk Zora Bello, Stephanie Gutierrez	+4.0
18	11-7	RICE	UTSA	Serve err	Campbell Love		+1.5
19	12-7	UTSA	RICE	Blocked	Sydney Bryant	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Zora Bello	+2.4
20	12-8	RICE	UTSA	Kill	Ledisi Kpea	set Megan Hawkins	+1.2
21	13-8	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Zora Bello	+2.0
22	13-9	RICE	UTSA×3	Serve err	Stephanie Gutierrez		+0.8
23	13-10	UTSA	UTSA×3	Kill	Gigi Mason	set Valeria Ortiz	+2.5
24	13-11	UTSA	UTSA×3	Blocked	Sydnee Peterson	blk Ledisi Kpea	+5.4
25	14-11	UTSA	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+6.6
26	15-11	RICE	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello	+3.3

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).

Rice def. UTSA 3–2

Outhit .198 to .186, Rice won anyway.