Nicholls vs UTRGV Volleyball: UTRGV Wins 3-0 (Sep 26, 2026)

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

0:3

UTRGV beat visiting Nicholls 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-22) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. UTRGV's Ema Petkovic led with 13 kills, and Celianiz Cabranes added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NICHST	21	20	22	0
UTRGV	25	25	25	3

Win probability

UTRGV above 50 · Nicholls below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: UTRGV stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NICHST 4.8%95.2% UTRGV

Nicholls wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.3%

3-2

2.9%

UTRGV wins

3-0

55.9%

3-1

29.5%

3-2

9.7%

NICHST break %: 37.1% vs this opp
UTRGV break %: 49.8% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Nichollsaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Madison SmithOH	3	7	7	32	.000	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	7
5Maya SchirmerMB	3	5	3	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
3Zahahrah Edwards-WyllieOH	3	5	6	20	-.050	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
15Harper HoldenMB	3	1	1	5	.000	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	3
1Lizzie KraftDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	2
8Isabella PadillaS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
18Kera ArringtonOH	3	6	3	21	.143	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6
12Jenna CicherskiS	3	1	0	2	.500	9	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	3
7Amelie ShalfoonOH	3	1	1	11	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Natalia NavarroL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	1
10Tierney TerrellOH	2	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Team totals		29	21	105	.076	26	6	6	43	7	1	4	3	63

UTRGVhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Ema PetkovicOH	3	13	3	37	.270	0	1	3	7	0	0	0	0	14
1Martina FrancoOH	3	9	8	26	.038	0	0	3	8	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
22Julianna BryantMB	3	5	2	17	.176	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	8
10Lana RnjakS	3	4	0	5	.800	27	1	2	12	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
2Aaliyah SneadMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
25Soukeyna DioufOH	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
21Carmina TijerinaDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
5Celianiz CabranesL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	9	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	1
8Dunja StankovicDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
11Sujeili MermellaS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	17	106	.208	37	7	10	45	6	2	6	5	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 NICHST · UTRGV 7

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 4 NICHSTUTRGV 3

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 4 NICHSTUTRGV 4

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 5 NICHSTUTRGV 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Nicholls

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	45%5/11
2	55%6/11	42%5/12
3	46%6/13	54%7/13
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	28%5/18	40%4/10
All	49%36/74	42%27/64

UTRGV

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	50%6/12
2	75%6/8	50%6/12
3	50%6/12	45%5/11
4	55%6/11	50%6/12
5	60%6/10	40%4/10
6	75%6/8	65%11/17
All	58%37/64	51%38/74

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

138 rallies

#	NICHST-UTRGV	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	UTRGV	UTRGV	Blocked	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	blk Julianna Bryant, Soukeyna Diouf
2	0-2	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak
3	1-2	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla
4	2-2	NICHST	NICHST	Attack err	Aaliyah Snead
5	2-3	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
6	2-4	UTRGV	UTRGV	Attack err	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie
7	3-4	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
8	3-5	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Madison Smith
9	3-6	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Blocked	Maya Schirmer	blk Julianna Bryant
10	3-7	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Madison Smith
11	4-7	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
12	4-8	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Celianiz Cabranes
13	4-9	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
14	4-10	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Ace	UTRGV	aced Kera Arrington
15	5-10	UTRGV	NICHST×4	Kill	Kera Arrington	set Jenna Cicherski
16	6-10	NICHST	NICHST×4	Blocked	Ema Petkovic	blk Harper Holden
17	7-10	NICHST	NICHST×4	Kill	Madison Smith	set Jenna Cicherski
18	8-10	NICHST	NICHST×4	Attack err	Martina Franco
19	8-11	NICHST	UTRGV	Serve err	Nicholls
20	8-12	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
21	9-12	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
22	9-13	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Lana Rnjak	set Celianiz Cabranes
23	10-13	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Kera Arrington	set Isabella Padilla
24	10-14	NICHST	UTRGV	Bad set	Isabella Padilla
25	11-14	UTRGV	NICHST×3	Kill	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	set Isabella Padilla
26	12-14	NICHST	NICHST×3	Blocked	Soukeyna Diouf	blk Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie, Maya Schirmer
27	13-14	NICHST	NICHST×3	Kill	Madison Smith	set Lizzie Kraft
28	13-15	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Celianiz Cabranes
29	13-16	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Blocked	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	blk Martina Franco, Aaliyah Snead
30	13-17	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak
31	14-17	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Maya Schirmer	set Isabella Padilla
32	15-17	NICHST	NICHST	Ace	Nicholls
33	15-18	NICHST	UTRGV	Serve err	Nicholls
34	16-18	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Maya Schirmer	set Jenna Cicherski
35	16-19	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak
36	17-19	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Kera Arrington	set Jenna Cicherski
37	17-20	NICHST	UTRGV	Attack err	Kera Arrington
38	18-20	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Amelie Shalfoon	set Jenna Cicherski
39	18-21	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak
40	18-22	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Kera Arrington
41	18-23	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak
42	19-23	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	set Isabella Padilla
43	19-24	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Lana Rnjak	set Lana Rnjak
44	20-24	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	set Isabella Padilla
45	21-24	NICHST	NICHST	Ace	Nicholls
46	21-25	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Celianiz Cabranes
Set 2
1	0-1	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
2	1-1	UTRGV	NICHST	Attack err	Martina Franco
3	1-2	NICHST	UTRGV	Attack err	Madison Smith
4	1-3	UTRGV	UTRGV	Attack err	Maya Schirmer
5	2-3	UTRGV	NICHST×4	Kill	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	set Isabella Padilla
6	3-3	NICHST	NICHST×4	Attack err	Martina Franco
7	4-3	NICHST	NICHST×4	Attack err	Ema Petkovic
8	5-3	NICHST	NICHST×4	Attack err	Julianna Bryant
9	5-4	NICHST	UTRGV×4	Serve err	Nicholls
10	5-5	UTRGV	UTRGV×4	Blocked	Amelie Shalfoon	blk Lana Rnjak, Julianna Bryant
11	5-6	UTRGV	UTRGV×4	Attack err	Madison Smith
12	5-7	UTRGV	UTRGV×4	Attack err	Maya Schirmer
13	6-7	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
14	7-7	NICHST	NICHST	Attack err	Martina Franco
15	7-8	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
16	8-8	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
17	8-9	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak
18	9-9	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Kera Arrington	set Natalia Navarro
19	9-10	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Kill	Aaliyah Snead	set Lana Rnjak
20	9-11	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Ace	UTRGV	aced Kera Arrington
21	9-12	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
22	10-12	UTRGV	NICHST×4	Kill	Madison Smith	set Isabella Padilla
23	11-12	NICHST	NICHST×4	Attack err	Aaliyah Snead
24	12-12	NICHST	NICHST×4	Ace	Nicholls	aced Soukeyna Diouf
25	13-12	NICHST	NICHST×4	Ace	Nicholls	aced Soukeyna Diouf
26	13-13	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Serve err	Nicholls
27	13-14	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Attack err	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie
28	13-15	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
29	14-15	UTRGV	NICHST	Attack err	Martina Franco
30	14-16	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Celianiz Cabranes
31	15-16	UTRGV	NICHST×3	Kill	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie	set Isabella Padilla
32	16-16	NICHST	NICHST×3	Blocked	Martina Franco	blk Maya Schirmer, Amelie Shalfoon
33	17-16	NICHST	NICHST×3	Ace	Nicholls	aced Sujeili Mermella
34	17-17	NICHST	UTRGV	Serve err	Nicholls
35	18-17	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Maya Schirmer	set Jenna Cicherski
36	18-18	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
37	18-19	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Soukeyna Diouf	set Lana Rnjak
38	19-19	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Kera Arrington	set Jenna Cicherski
39	19-20	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
40	19-21	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Ace	UTRGV
41	19-22	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Ace	UTRGV	aced Kera Arrington
42	20-22	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Jenna Cicherski
43	20-23	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
44	20-24	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Celianiz Cabranes
45	20-25	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
Set 3
1	1-0	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
2	1-1	NICHST	UTRGV	Attack err	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie
3	2-1	UTRGV	NICHST	Attack err	Martina Franco
4	3-1	NICHST	NICHST	Kill	Maya Schirmer
5	3-2	NICHST	UTRGV×3	Serve err	Nicholls
6	3-3	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Celianiz Cabranes	set Jenna Cicherski
7	3-4	UTRGV	UTRGV×3	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
8	4-4	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Lizzie Kraft
9	5-4	NICHST	NICHST	Kill	Madison Smith	set Jenna Cicherski
10	5-5	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
11	6-5	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
12	7-5	NICHST	NICHST	Ace	Nicholls	aced Martina Franco
13	7-6	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Martina Franco	set Lana Rnjak
14	7-7	UTRGV	UTRGV	Attack err	Soukeyna Diouf
15	8-7	UTRGV	NICHST	Attack err	Martina Franco
16	8-8	NICHST	UTRGV×7	Kill	Lana Rnjak	set Celianiz Cabranes
17	8-9	UTRGV	UTRGV×7	Attack err	Kera Arrington
18	8-10	UTRGV	UTRGV×7	Ace	UTRGV	aced Kera Arrington
19	8-11	UTRGV	UTRGV×7	Attack err	Madison Smith
20	8-12	UTRGV	UTRGV×7	Kill	Soukeyna Diouf	set Carmina Tijerina
21	8-13	UTRGV	UTRGV×7	Attack err	Zahahrah Edwards-Wyllie
22	8-14	UTRGV	UTRGV×7	Ace	UTRGV	aced Madison Smith
23	9-14	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Tierney Terrell	set Natalia Navarro
24	9-15	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
25	10-15	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
26	11-15	NICHST	NICHST	Attack err	Soukeyna Diouf
27	11-16	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Soukeyna Diouf	set Celianiz Cabranes
28	11-17	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak
29	12-17	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Maya Schirmer	set Isabella Padilla
30	12-18	NICHST	UTRGV	Attack err	Madison Smith
31	13-18	UTRGV	NICHST	Kill	Jenna Cicherski	set Jenna Cicherski
32	13-19	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak
33	13-20	UTRGV	UTRGV	Kill	Lana Rnjak	set Celianiz Cabranes
34	14-20	UTRGV	NICHST	Serve err	UTRGV
35	14-21	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Julianna Bryant	set Lana Rnjak
36	14-22	UTRGV	UTRGV	Blocked	Harper Holden	blk Julianna Bryant
37	15-22	UTRGV	NICHST×5	Serve err	UTRGV
38	16-22	NICHST	NICHST×5	Kill	Tierney Terrell	set Isabella Padilla
39	17-22	NICHST	NICHST×5	Kill	Tierney Terrell	set Natalia Navarro
40	18-22	NICHST	NICHST×5	Attack err	Julianna Bryant
41	19-22	NICHST	NICHST×5	Kill	Harper Holden
42	19-23	NICHST	UTRGV	Serve err	Nicholls
43	19-24	UTRGV	UTRGV	Ace	UTRGV	aced Madison Smith
44	20-24	UTRGV	NICHST×3	Kill	Kera Arrington	set Isabella Padilla
45	21-24	NICHST	NICHST×3	Bad set	Lana Rnjak
46	22-24	NICHST	NICHST×3	Attack err	Ema Petkovic
47	22-25	NICHST	UTRGV	Kill	Ema Petkovic	set Lana Rnjak

Score shown after each rally, Nicholls first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

UTRGV def. Nicholls 3–0