Southern California vs Texas Volleyball: Texas Wins 3-0

FinalWed, Sep 2, 2026

0:3

Texas beat visiting Southern California 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-20) on Wed, Sep 2, 2026. Texas' Cari Spears led with 17 kills, and Ramsey Gary added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
USC	16	21	20	0
TEXAS	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Texas above 50 · Southern California below

Biggest swing: 1.9% to Texas — set 2, USC 19-20 TEXAS. Kill by Henley Anderson (set by Rella Binney). TEXAS win probability 93% → 95%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

USC 10.5%89.5% TEXAS

Southern California wins

3-0

1.4%

3-1

3.2%

3-2

5.8%

Texas wins

3-0

43.6%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.3%

USC break %: 34.3% vs this opp
TEXAS break %: 43.7% 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
Henley AndersonKill+1.9%
Kill by Henley Anderson (set by Rella Binney)
Set 2 · USC 19-20 TEXAS · TEXAS 93% → 95%
02
Torrey StaffordKill+1.6%
Kill by Torrey Stafford (set by Rella Binney)
Set 2 · USC 19-21 TEXAS · TEXAS 95% → 96%
03
Mia TvrdyKill+1.6%
Kill by Mia Tvrdy (set by Lilli Etter)
Set 2 · USC 15-14 TEXAS · USC 6% → 8%
04
London WijayKill+1.4%
Kill by London Wijay (set by Lilli Etter)
Set 2 · USC 19-18 TEXAS · USC 7% → 9%
05
Cari SpearsAttack error+1.4%
Attack error by Cari Spears
Set 1 · USC 3-2 TEXAS · USC 10% → 12%
06
Cari SpearsKill+1.3%
Kill by Cari Spears (set by Rella Binney)
Set 1 · USC 5-6 TEXAS · TEXAS 89% → 90%
07
London Wijay&Mia TvrdyBlock+1.3%
Cari Spears stuffed by London Wijay & Mia Tvrdy
Set 2 · USC 14-14 TEXAS · USC 5% → 6%
08
TexasService error+1.3%
Texas service error
Set 2 · USC 18-17 TEXAS · USC 7% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
2London WijayOH	3	11	4	29	.241	1	0	1	7	0	2	1	12
5Abigail MullenOPP	3	9	4	28	.179	0	1	1	3	1	2	1	11
7Leah FordMB	3	5	2	12	.250	0	0	1	3	0	5	2.5	7.5
8Mia TvrdyMB	3	4	2	10	.200	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
16Lilli EtterS	3	0	2	3	-.667	28	1	1	6	0	2	1	2
1Adonia FaumuinaOH	2	2	3	6	-.167	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	3
21Brooklyn TealerOH	3	0	2	7	-.286	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
6Taylor DeckertL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
17Paisley DouglasL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
10Quinn LoperOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		32	19	96	.135	30	3	8	32	4	16	8	57

Texashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Cari SpearsOH	3	17	4	28	.464	1	2	2	8	0	0	2	1	20
4Torrey StaffordOH	3	14	6	32	.250	0	0	3	5	2	1	2	2	16
55Nya BuntonMB	3	4	0	13	.308	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4.5	8.5
22Henley AndersonOH	3	5	2	20	.150	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	7
3Rella BinneyS	3	1	0	2	.500	31	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	2
10Taylor HarveyMB	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
32Ramsey GaryL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
16Anja KujundzicL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1Ella SwindleS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
2Callie KruegerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	12	97	.309	36	4	10	36	3	2	18	11	75

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 5 USC · TEXAS 8

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 3 USCTEXAS 4

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 4 USCTEXAS 4

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 5 USCTEXAS 8

Bars above the line = Texas leads, below = Southern California leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Southern California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	30%3/10
2	88%7/8	25%3/12
3	60%6/10	53%8/15
4	43%6/14	33%3/9
5	33%6/18	0%0/6
6	86%6/7	0%0/6
All	54%40/74	29%17/58

Texas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	90%9/10	33%4/12
2	47%7/15	42%5/12
3	54%7/13	30%3/10
4	100%6/6	50%6/12
5	100%6/6	68%13/19
6	75%6/8	33%3/9
All	71%41/58	46%34/74

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

132 rallies

#	USC-TEXAS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	TEXAS	USC	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Mia Tvrdy, Abigail Mullen	+0.9
2	1-1	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.8
3	1-2	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears		+1.1
4	2-2	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set London Wijay	+0.8
5	3-2	USC	USC	Attack err	Cari Spears		+1.4
6	3-3	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.8
7	4-3	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Lilli Etter	+0.9
8	4-4	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+0.8
9	5-4	TEXAS	USC	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk Adonia Faumuina, Leah Ford	+1.0
10	5-5	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		+0.9
11	5-6	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+1.3
12	6-6	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+0.9
13	6-7	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		+0.8
14	6-8	TEXAS	TEXAS	Attack err	London Wijay		+1.2
15	7-8	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+0.8
16	7-9	USC	TEXAS×4	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.7
17	7-10	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Ace	Texas	aced Adonia Faumuina	+1.0
18	7-11	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Attack err	London Wijay		+0.8
19	7-12	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Blocked	Adonia Faumuina	blk Taylor Harvey, Torrey Stafford	+0.6
20	8-12	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.3
21	8-13	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		+0.4
22	9-13	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+0.3
23	9-14	USC	TEXAS×3	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+0.4
24	9-15	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.4
25	9-16	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Nya Bunton		+0.3
26	10-16	TEXAS	USC×3	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Lilli Etter	+0.1
27	11-16	USC	USC×3	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+0.3
28	12-16	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Henley Anderson	blk Leah Ford, Lilli Etter	+0.5
29	12-17	USC	TEXAS×3	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.4
30	12-18	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Rella Binney		+0.4
31	12-19	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Ace	Texas	aced Abigail Mullen	+0.2
32	13-19	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+0.1
33	13-20	USC	TEXAS×3	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.1
34	13-21	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.1
35	13-22	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		·
36	14-22	TEXAS	USC	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Adonia Faumuina, Leah Ford	·
37	14-23	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		·
38	15-23	TEXAS	USC	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		·
39	15-24	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	·
40	16-24	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	·
41	16-25	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	·
Set 2
1	0-1	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.5
2	0-2	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Brooklyn Tealer	blk Taylor Harvey, Henley Anderson	+0.7
3	1-2	TEXAS	USC×3	Serve err	Texas		+0.4
4	2-2	USC	USC×3	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+0.8
5	3-2	USC	USC×3	Ace	Southern California	aced Ramsey Gary	+1.0
6	3-3	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.6
7	4-3	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+0.7
8	4-4	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Nya Bunton	set Rella Binney	+0.6
9	5-4	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+0.7
10	5-5	USC	TEXAS×4	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.6
11	5-6	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Ace	Texas		+0.9
12	5-7	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.8
13	5-8	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Blocked	Abigail Mullen	blk Torrey Stafford, Nya Bunton	+0.7
14	6-8	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+0.4
15	6-9	USC	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Ramsey Gary	+0.4
16	6-10	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+0.5
17	6-11	TEXAS	TEXAS×3	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.4
18	7-11	TEXAS	USC	Attack err	Torrey Stafford		+0.2
19	7-12	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.3
20	8-12	TEXAS	USC	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Lilli Etter, Leah Ford	+0.2
21	9-12	USC	USC	Ace	Southern California	aced Torrey Stafford	+0.5
22	9-13	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Ramsey Gary	+0.4
23	10-13	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+0.3
24	11-13	USC	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+0.7
25	11-14	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.5
26	12-14	TEXAS	USC×4	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
27	13-14	USC	USC×4	Attack err	Henley Anderson		+1.0
28	14-14	USC	USC×4	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk London Wijay, Mia Tvrdy	+1.3
29	15-14	USC	USC×4	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+1.6
30	15-15	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.9
31	16-15	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+1.1
32	16-16	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+1.0
33	17-16	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+1.2
34	17-17	USC	TEXAS	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+1.0
35	18-17	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+1.3
36	18-18	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Henley Anderson	+1.1
37	19-18	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+1.4
38	19-19	USC	TEXAS×4	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.2
39	19-20	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+1.9
40	19-21	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+1.6
41	19-22	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Attack err	Lilli Etter		+1.1
42	20-22	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+0.5
43	20-23	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		+0.7
44	21-23	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+0.4
45	21-24	USC	TEXAS	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Cari Spears, Nya Bunton	+0.7
46	21-25	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Leah Ford	blk Nya Bunton, Henley Anderson	+0.3
Set 3
1	1-0	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Taylor Deckert	+0.3
2	1-1	USC	TEXAS	Attack err	Leah Ford		+0.2
3	2-1	TEXAS	USC×5	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.3
4	3-1	USC	USC×5	Blocked	Cari Spears	blk London Wijay, Mia Tvrdy	+0.5
5	4-1	USC	USC×5	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Rella Binney	+0.5
6	5-1	USC	USC×5	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
7	6-1	USC	USC×5	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+0.6
8	6-2	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		+0.3
9	7-2	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.4
10	8-2	USC	USC	Ace	Southern California	aced Torrey Stafford	+0.5
11	8-3	USC	TEXAS×4	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.3
12	8-4	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+0.5
13	8-5	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Ace	Texas	aced Paisley Douglas	+0.5
14	8-6	TEXAS	TEXAS×4	Kill	Nya Bunton		+0.5
15	9-6	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+0.4
16	9-7	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		+0.3
17	10-7	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+0.4
18	10-8	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.3
19	11-8	TEXAS	USC×3	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+0.4
20	12-8	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Torrey Stafford	blk Leah Ford, Abigail Mullen	+0.7
21	13-8	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.6
22	13-9	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Taylor Harvey	set Rella Binney	+0.3
23	13-10	TEXAS	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
24	14-10	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
25	14-11	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Rella Binney	+0.3
26	15-11	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.5
27	15-12	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+0.3
28	15-13	TEXAS	TEXAS	Blocked	Mia Tvrdy	blk Cari Spears, Nya Bunton	+0.6
29	16-13	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		+0.5
30	16-14	USC	TEXAS	Bad set	Abigail Mullen		+0.4
31	17-14	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+0.6
32	17-15	USC	TEXAS×8	Kill	Henley Anderson	set Rella Binney	+0.4
33	17-16	TEXAS	TEXAS×8	Blocked	Brooklyn Tealer	blk Ella Swindle, Nya Bunton	+0.7
34	17-17	TEXAS	TEXAS×8	Blocked	Lilli Etter	blk Torrey Stafford	+0.8
35	17-18	TEXAS	TEXAS×8	Kill	Torrey Stafford	set Cari Spears	+0.7
36	17-19	TEXAS	TEXAS×8	Attack err	London Wijay		+0.6
37	17-20	TEXAS	TEXAS×8	Blocked	Adonia Faumuina	blk Ella Swindle, Nya Bunton	+0.5
38	17-21	TEXAS	TEXAS×8	Bad set	Abigail Mullen		+0.3
39	17-22	TEXAS	TEXAS×8	Blocked	Mia Tvrdy	blk Ella Swindle, Nya Bunton	+0.2
40	18-22	TEXAS	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	·
41	18-23	USC	TEXAS	Serve err	Southern California		+0.1
42	19-23	TEXAS	USC	Kill	Quinn Loper	set Lilli Etter	·
43	19-24	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	+0.1
44	20-24	TEXAS	USC	Serve err	Texas		·
45	20-25	USC	TEXAS	Kill	Cari Spears	set Rella Binney	·

Score shown after each rally, Southern California 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).

Texas def. Southern California 3–0