Cincinnati vs Houston Volleyball: Houston Wins 3-1 (Oct 2)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Cincinnati 60.4% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 6:26 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Houston beat visiting Cincinnati 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Houston's Noemi Despaigne led with 17 kills, and Gillian Pitts added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
CINCY	25	21	21	20	1
HOU	23	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Houston held on against Cincinnati.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Houston's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Pre-match, Cincinnati was RallyIQ's 60% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Cincinnati 22–22 Houston
Cincinnati closed it, 3 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 25–23 and lead 1–0.
Houston 42% → 24%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · Cincinnati 9–6 Houston
6 straight Houston points turned a 6–9 deficit into a 12–9 lead. The match swung to Houston.
Houston 32% → 55%
Turning point 3: Set 3 · Cincinnati 13–12 Houston
Houston scored 4 straight to turn a 12–13 deficit into a 16–13 lead. The match swung to Houston.
Houston 39% → 57%

Houston above 50Cincinnati belowMax swing 9.7%

CincinnatiHouston

Sideout %: Cincinnati 56.7·Houston 63.6
Break %: Cincinnati 36.4·Houston 43.3
Hitting: Cincinnati .236·Houston .288
Longest run: Cincinnati 4·Houston 6

Sydney Jones
13 kills on .189, 14 points; 2 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Houston above 50 · Cincinnati below

Biggest swing: 9.7% to Cincinnati — set 1, CINCY 24-23 HOU. Cincinnati ace. HOU win probability 43% → 33%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CINCY 52.0%48.0% HOU

Cincinnati wins

3-0

13.3%

3-1

19.6%

3-2

19.1%

Houston wins

3-0

11.7%

3-1

17.9%

3-2

18.4%

CINCY break %: 42.1% vs this opp
HOU break %: 41.7% 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
CincinnatiAce+9.7%
Cincinnati ace
Set 1 · CINCY 24-23 HOU · CINCY 57% → 67%
02
Ligia Williams&Nina ScruccaBlock+9.2%
Noemi Despaigne stuffed by Ligia Williams & Nina Scrucca
Set 1 · CINCY 25-23 HOU · CINCY 67% → 76%
03
Ligia WilliamsKill+6.5%
Kill by Ligia Williams (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 1 · CINCY 22-22 HOU · CINCY 51% → 58%
04
Tara GreenberryKill+5.9%
Kill by Tara Greenberry (set by Shannon Dworaczyk)
Set 1 · CINCY 20-22 HOU · HOU 46% → 52%
05
CincinnatiService error+5.8%
Cincinnati service error
Set 1 · CINCY 22-23 HOU · HOU 42% → 48%
06
Noemi Despaigne&Alexis RobersonBlock+5.6%
Nina Scrucca stuffed by Noemi Despaigne & Alexis Roberson
Set 4 · CINCY 13-15 HOU · HOU 75% → 81%
07
Ligia WilliamsKill+5.4%
Kill by Ligia Williams (set by Kate Lijic)
Set 1 · CINCY 23-23 HOU · CINCY 52% → 57%
08
HoustonAce+5.3%
Houston ace on Andrea Simovski
Set 4 · CINCY 13-16 HOU · HOU 81% → 86%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Cincinnatiaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Sydney NolanOH	4	14	3	46	.239	1	4	2	4	1	0	1	0.5	18.5
7Andrea SimovskiOH	4	11	4	28	.250	0	0	2	10	1	1	0	1	12
8Ligia WilliamsOH	4	9	3	18	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	10.5
4Audrey RomeMB	4	5	2	13	.231	0	0	2	5	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
5Lilian EntenmannMB	4	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	2
0Andi SpiesS	4	1	1	4	.000	18	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
11Nina ScruccaOPP	4	15	6	34	.265	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	16.5
6Kate LijicS	4	0	0	0	–	27	2	3	9	0	0	0	0	2
21Viktoria NinovaL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	15	2	0	0	0	0
9Kayla HostetlerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		56	21	148	.236	53	6	11	54	4	1	12	7	87

Houstonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Kamille GibsonOH	4	15	3	34	.353	0	3	3	11	0	0	3	1.5	19.5
21Noemi DespaigneOH	4	17	7	42	.238	3	0	1	10	2	0	2	1	18
11Sydney JonesOH	4	13	6	37	.189	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	14
34Tara GreenberryOH	4	9	0	14	.643	2	0	0	2	0	1	6	4	13
3Alexis RobersonMB	4	4	0	13	.308	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
9Shannon DworaczykS	4	0	1	3	-.333	42	0	1	12	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
24Gillian PittsL/DS	4	1	0	3	.333	8	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	1
5Lily BarronOH	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	1
15Cali ReeceL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		59	17	146	.288	56	4	7	60	6	1	16	9	98

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 CINCY · HOU 6

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 4 CINCYHOU 4

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 3 CINCYHOU 4

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 4 CINCYHOU 6

Set 4

20-25

Longest run 3 CINCYHOU 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Cincinnati

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%11/20	55%12/22
2	58%11/19	8%1/12
3	75%9/12	27%4/15
4	40%8/20	43%6/14
5	73%8/11	50%8/16
6	53%8/15	11%1/9
All	57%55/97	36%32/88

Houston

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	61%11/18	40%6/15
2	79%11/14	48%10/21
3	63%10/16	27%4/15
4	47%8/17	53%9/17
5	80%8/10	38%5/13
6	62%8/13	50%8/16
All	64%56/88	43%42/97

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

185 rallies

#	CINCY-HOU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Lilian Entenmann	set Andi Spies	+1.7
2	1-1	CINCY	HOU×3	Attack err	Andi Spies		+1.7
3	1-2	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.5
4	1-3	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+2.6
5	2-3	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+1.8
6	2-4	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+1.9
7	3-4	HOU	CINCY	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+1.8
8	3-5	CINCY	HOU×4	Attack err	Nina Scrucca		+2.0
9	3-6	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Alexis Roberson, Noemi Despaigne	+2.7
10	3-7	HOU	HOU×4	Bad set	Sydney Nolan		+2.5
11	3-8	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.3
12	4-8	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
13	4-9	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.7
14	5-9	HOU	CINCY	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.4
15	5-10	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.7
16	6-10	HOU	CINCY	Serve err	Houston		+1.4
17	6-11	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Noemi Despaigne	+1.7
18	7-11	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Andi Spies	+1.4
19	7-12	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.7
20	7-13	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+2.0
21	8-13	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+1.1
22	8-14	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.4
23	9-14	HOU	CINCY×3	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+1.1
24	10-14	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Lily Barron	+1.9
25	11-14	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Lily Barron	+2.4
26	11-15	CINCY	HOU×3	Serve err	Cincinnati		+2.1
27	11-16	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.5
28	11-17	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Houston	aced Viktoria Ninova	+1.9
29	12-17	HOU	CINCY×4	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+0.9
30	13-17	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+1.8
31	14-17	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Sydney Nolan	+2.4
32	15-17	CINCY	CINCY×4	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+3.1
33	15-18	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+2.8
34	16-18	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+2.2
35	17-18	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Lilian Entenmann, Audrey Rome	+3.9
36	17-19	CINCY	HOU	Attack err	Audrey Rome		+3.3
37	18-19	HOU	CINCY	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+2.9
38	19-19	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+4.8
39	19-20	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.9
40	20-20	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Andi Spies	+3.7
41	20-21	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+4.3
42	20-22	HOU	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+5.9
43	21-22	HOU	CINCY	Blocked	Kamille Gibson	blk Ligia Williams, Sydney Nolan	+3.3
44	22-22	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+6.5
45	22-23	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+5.8
46	23-23	HOU	CINCY×3	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Kate Lijic	+5.4
47	24-23	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Cincinnati		+9.7
48	25-23	CINCY	CINCY×3	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Ligia Williams, Nina Scrucca	+9.2
Set 2
1	0-1	CINCY	HOU×4	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.6
2	0-2	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	+2.3
3	0-3	HOU	HOU×4	Ace	Houston	aced Sydney Nolan	+2.3
4	0-4	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Lilian Entenmann		+2.2
5	1-4	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Andi Spies	+1.4
6	2-4	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+2.1
7	2-5	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Lily Barron	+1.7
8	3-5	HOU	CINCY	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+1.5
9	4-5	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Nina Scrucca, Audrey Rome	+2.3
10	4-6	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
11	5-6	HOU	CINCY×3	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+1.7
12	6-6	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Noemi Despaigne	+2.5
13	7-6	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+2.5
14	7-7	CINCY	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
15	7-8	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Noemi Despaigne	+2.7
16	7-9	HOU	HOU×3	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		+2.7
17	8-9	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.8
18	8-10	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.0
19	9-10	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.9
20	9-11	CINCY	HOU	Blocked	Lilian Entenmann	blk Tara Greenberry, Sydney Jones	+2.1
21	10-11	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Andi Spies	+1.9
22	11-11	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams		+2.9
23	11-12	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+2.2
24	12-12	HOU	CINCY	Attack err	Noemi Despaigne		+2.1
25	12-13	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.3
26	13-13	HOU	CINCY	Serve err	Houston		+2.2
27	14-13	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome	set Kate Lijic	+3.2
28	14-14	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Noemi Despaigne	+2.3
29	15-14	HOU	CINCY	Serve err	Houston		+2.4
30	15-15	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.4
31	16-15	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+2.5
32	17-15	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Shannon Dworaczyk	blk Andrea Simovski	+3.4
33	17-16	CINCY	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Sydney Nolan	+2.2
34	17-17	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Tara Greenberry	+3.7
35	17-18	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Sydney Jones, Tara Greenberry	+4.1
36	17-19	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Ligia Williams	blk Tara Greenberry	+4.2
37	18-19	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+2.6
38	18-20	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.2
39	19-20	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+2.7
40	19-21	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.5
41	20-21	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+2.8
42	20-22	CINCY	HOU×3	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.9
43	20-23	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.3
44	20-24	HOU	HOU×3	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.5
45	21-24	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+0.5
46	21-25	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	+1.2
Set 3
1	0-1	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.4
2	1-1	HOU	CINCY	Serve err	Houston		+2.4
3	1-2	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+2.5
4	2-2	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+2.4
5	3-2	CINCY	CINCY	Blocked	Noemi Despaigne	blk Ligia Williams, Nina Scrucca	+3.4
6	3-3	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+2.5
7	4-3	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+2.5
8	4-4	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.5
9	4-5	HOU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.7
10	5-5	HOU	CINCY×4	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+2.6
11	6-5	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+3.7
12	7-5	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+3.6
13	8-5	CINCY	CINCY×4	Bad set	Gillian Pitts		+3.3
14	8-6	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
15	9-6	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+2.4
16	9-7	CINCY	HOU×6	Serve err	Cincinnati		+2.3
17	9-8	HOU	HOU×6	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		+3.6
18	9-9	HOU	HOU×6	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.0
19	9-10	HOU	HOU×6	Attack err	Audrey Rome		+4.3
20	9-11	HOU	HOU×6	Blocked	Andrea Simovski	blk Tara Greenberry, Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.3
21	9-12	HOU	HOU×6	Bad set	Viktoria Ninova		+4.2
22	10-12	HOU	CINCY×4	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Andi Spies	+2.6
23	11-12	CINCY	CINCY×4	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+4.2
24	12-12	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+4.5
25	13-12	CINCY	CINCY×4	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Viktoria Ninova	+4.6
26	13-13	CINCY	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.3
27	13-14	HOU	HOU×4	Blocked	Sydney Nolan	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson	+5.0
28	13-15	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Gillian Pitts	+5.0
29	13-16	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.8
30	14-16	HOU	CINCY	Blocked	Sydney Jones	blk Audrey Rome, Lilian Entenmann	+2.9
31	14-17	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.6
32	14-18	HOU	HOU	Bad set	Sydney Nolan		+4.3
33	15-18	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Ligia Williams	set Andi Spies	+2.3
34	15-19	CINCY	HOU	Attack err	Sydney Nolan		+3.1
35	15-20	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson		+3.2
36	16-20	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.4
37	16-21	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.2
38	16-22	HOU	HOU	Ace	Houston	aced Viktoria Ninova	+1.8
39	17-22	HOU	CINCY	Serve err	Houston		+0.5
40	18-22	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Nina Scrucca	+1.4
41	18-23	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.8
42	19-23	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+0.7
43	19-24	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.4
44	20-24	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.3
45	21-24	CINCY	CINCY	Attack err	Sydney Jones		+1.1
46	21-25	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+1.9
Set 4
1	1-0	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+3.6
2	2-0	CINCY	CINCY×3	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Viktoria Ninova	+3.5
3	3-0	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Cincinnati	aced Noemi Despaigne	+3.3
4	3-1	CINCY	HOU	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Kamille Gibson, Tara Greenberry	+2.2
5	4-1	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Kate Lijic	+2.4
6	4-2	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Gillian Pitts	set Tara Greenberry	+2.3
7	5-2	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Kate Lijic	+2.4
8	5-3	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.3
9	6-3	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+2.5
10	6-4	CINCY	HOU×4	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+2.4
11	6-5	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Ligia Williams		+3.7
12	6-6	HOU	HOU×4	Kill	Alexis Roberson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.1
13	6-7	HOU	HOU×4	Attack err	Andrea Simovski		+4.3
14	7-7	HOU	CINCY	Serve err	Houston		+3.0
15	7-8	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+3.2
16	8-8	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+3.1
17	8-9	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Tara Greenberry	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.3
18	8-10	HOU	HOU	Attack err	Sydney Nolan		+4.6
19	9-10	HOU	CINCY×3	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+3.1
20	10-10	CINCY	CINCY×3	Attack err	Kamille Gibson		+4.6
21	11-10	CINCY	CINCY×3	Ace	Cincinnati		+4.7
22	11-11	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.4
23	11-12	HOU	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+5.0
24	12-12	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+3.5
25	12-13	CINCY	HOU	Serve err	Cincinnati		+3.8
26	13-13	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+3.7
27	13-14	CINCY	HOU×3	Attack err	Ligia Williams		+3.9
28	13-15	HOU	HOU×3	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Noemi Despaigne, Alexis Roberson	+5.6
29	13-16	HOU	HOU×3	Ace	Houston	aced Andrea Simovski	+5.3
30	14-16	HOU	CINCY	Serve err	Houston		+3.2
31	14-17	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Gillian Pitts	+3.9
32	15-17	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Andi Spies	set Andi Spies	+3.2
33	15-18	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.1
34	16-18	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+3.3
35	16-19	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Sydney Jones	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+4.3
36	16-20	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+4.9
37	17-20	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Sydney Nolan	set Andi Spies	+2.3
38	18-20	CINCY	CINCY	Kill	Audrey Rome		+4.7
39	18-21	CINCY	HOU	Blocked	Nina Scrucca	blk Tara Greenberry, Kamille Gibson	+4.7
40	18-22	HOU	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Gillian Pitts	+4.8
41	19-22	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Nina Scrucca	set Kate Lijic	+1.9
42	19-23	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Kamille Gibson	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+3.3
43	19-24	HOU	HOU	Kill	Alexis Roberson		+2.2
44	20-24	HOU	CINCY	Kill	Andrea Simovski	set Viktoria Ninova	+0.4
45	20-25	CINCY	HOU	Kill	Noemi Despaigne	set Shannon Dworaczyk	+0.9

Score shown after each rally, Cincinnati 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. Cincinnati 3–1

Houston held on against Cincinnati.