Utah Valley vs South Dakota: South Dakota Wins 3-0 (Sep 3)

FinalThu, Sep 3, 2026

0:3

South Dakota beat visiting Utah Valley 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-16) on Thu, Sep 3, 2026. South Dakota's Lauren Medeck led with 13 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UT VAL	21	20	16	0
SO DAK	25	25	25	3

Win probability

South Dakota above 50 · Utah Valley below

Biggest swing: 1.8% to Utah Valley — set 1, UT VAL 19-19 SO DAK. Attack error by Gabi Zachariasen. SO DAK win probability 94% → 92%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UT VAL 6.2%93.8% SO DAK

Utah Valley wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.8%

3-2

3.7%

South Dakota wins

3-0

52.3%

3-1

30.5%

3-2

11.0%

UT VAL break %: 36.0% vs this opp
SO DAK break %: 47.8% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Gabi ZachariasenAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Gabi Zachariasen
Set 1 · UT VAL 19-19 SO DAK · UT VAL 6% → 8%
02
South DakotaAce+1.8%
South Dakota ace
Set 1 · UT VAL 20-22 SO DAK · SO DAK 93% → 95%
03
Avery Van HookKill+1.5%
Kill by Avery Van Hook (set by Sierra Pokharel)
Set 1 · UT VAL 20-21 SO DAK · SO DAK 92% → 93%
04
Miley ThunstromKill+1.5%
Kill by Miley Thunstrom (set by Evalyn Medaris)
Set 1 · UT VAL 20-20 SO DAK · UT VAL 7% → 8%
05
Gabi ZachariasenKill+1.3%
Kill by Gabi Zachariasen (set by Avery Van Hook)
Set 1 · UT VAL 19-20 SO DAK · SO DAK 92% → 93%
06
Morgan BodeAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Morgan Bode
Set 1 · UT VAL 17-18 SO DAK · UT VAL 5% → 6%
07
Amanda LoschenKill+1.2%
Kill by Amanda Loschen (set by Avery Van Hook)
Set 1 · UT VAL 20-23 SO DAK · SO DAK 95% → 96%
08
Amanda LoschenAttack error+1.1%
Attack error by Amanda Loschen
Set 1 · UT VAL 3-0 SO DAK · UT VAL 8% → 9%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Utah Valleyaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Miley ThunstromOH	3	7	3	32	.125	2	0	5	2	0	2	1	8
17Olivia GloecknerOH	3	7	4	21	.143	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
11Evalyn MedarisS	3	7	1	11	.545	15	3	9	0	0	2	1	8
18Brielle RueckertMB	3	1	1	8	.000	0	2	0	0	0	4	2	3
5Chloe HansenOH	2	2	4	13	-.154	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
2Alyvia WatkinsMB	2	1	2	9	-.111	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
8Lani ToutaiL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	3	1	21	2	0	0	0	1
12Kenna McClureL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
16Myka ChristensenS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1Maranda WoolfMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
19Bree CarsonOH	1	1	2	10	-.100	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		27	18	106	.085	24	7	44	7	1	12	7	57

South Dakotahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Gabi ZachariasenOH	3	9	6	30	.100	1	3	1	8	0	3	1.5	13.5
4Lauren MedeckOH	3	13	4	28	.321	0	0	1	9	0	1	0.5	13.5
8Morgan BodeMB	3	7	3	16	.250	2	1	1	1	0	3	1.5	9.5
14Amanda LoschenMB	3	5	3	13	.154	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
2Avery Van HookS	3	4	0	11	.364	33	2	1	12	0	1	0.5	6.5
5Audrey NelsonMB	3	4	2	17	.118	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.5	5.5
13Cora HokenstadDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	3	9	0	0	0	1
11Sierra PokharelDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
3Ava BallOH	1	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	20	117	.188	40	7	8	52	1	12	7	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 4 UT VAL · SO DAK 5

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 UT VALSO DAK 5

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 3 UT VALSO DAK 4

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 4 UT VALSO DAK 5

Bars above the line = South Dakota leads, below = Utah Valley leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Utah Valley

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	25%2/8
2	43%6/14	50%7/14
3	60%6/10	25%2/8
4	40%6/15	25%2/8
5	33%5/15	45%5/11
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	47%35/74	38%22/58

South Dakota

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	36%4/11
2	67%6/9	57%8/14
3	75%6/8	54%7/13
4	55%6/11	45%5/11
5	63%5/8	72%13/18
6	63%5/8	29%2/7
All	62%36/58	53%39/74

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

#	UT VAL-SO DAK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SO DAK	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Gabi Zachariasen	blk Brielle Rueckert, Evalyn Medaris	+0.6
2	2-0	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Amanda Loschen	blk Miley Thunstrom, Brielle Rueckert	+1.0
3	3-0	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Amanda Loschen		+1.1
4	3-1	UT VAL	SO DAK	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.7
5	4-1	SO DAK	UT VAL	Attack err	Lauren Medeck		+0.8
6	4-2	UT VAL	SO DAK×4	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.7
7	4-3	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
8	4-4	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+0.9
9	4-5	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Attack err	Chloe Hansen		+0.8
10	5-5	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.6
11	5-6	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
12	6-6	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.6
13	6-7	UT VAL	SO DAK×5	Attack err	Evalyn Medaris		+0.6
14	6-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Attack err	Chloe Hansen		+0.7
15	6-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
16	6-10	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Morgan Bode	+0.5
17	6-11	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Attack err	Chloe Hansen		+0.4
18	7-11	SO DAK	UT VAL	Attack err	Lauren Medeck		+0.2
19	7-12	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
20	7-13	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
21	8-13	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Chloe Hansen	+0.2
22	9-13	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
23	9-14	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
24	10-14	SO DAK	UT VAL×3	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Miley Thunstrom	+0.2
25	11-14	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Lani Toutai	+0.5
26	12-14	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Gabi Zachariasen	blk Brielle Rueckert, Olivia Gloeckner	+0.7
27	12-15	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
28	13-15	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
29	14-15	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Audrey Nelson	+1.0
30	14-16	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.8
31	14-17	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
32	15-17	SO DAK	UT VAL	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.6
33	15-18	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
34	16-18	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Miley Thunstrom	+0.6
35	17-18	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Morgan Bode		+1.2
36	17-19	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
37	18-19	SO DAK	UT VAL	Attack err	Gabi Zachariasen		+0.9
38	19-19	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Gabi Zachariasen		+1.8
39	19-20	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+1.3
40	20-20	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.5
41	20-21	UT VAL	SO DAK×3	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Sierra Pokharel	+1.5
42	20-22	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Ace	South Dakota		+1.8
43	20-23	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+1.2
44	21-23	SO DAK	UT VAL	Bad set	Amanda Loschen		+0.5
45	21-24	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.8
46	21-25	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen		+0.4
Set 2
1	1-0	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Gabi Zachariasen	blk Olivia Gloeckner, Brielle Rueckert	+0.5
2	1-1	UT VAL	SO DAK×3	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.4
3	1-2	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Bad set	Chloe Hansen		+0.5
4	1-3	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Blocked	Miley Thunstrom	blk Audrey Nelson	+0.4
5	2-3	SO DAK	UT VAL	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.3
6	3-3	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Amanda Loschen		+0.5
7	3-4	UT VAL	SO DAK	Blocked	Olivia Gloeckner	blk Gabi Zachariasen, Amanda Loschen	+0.3
8	4-4	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Lani Toutai	+0.4
9	5-4	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Miley Thunstrom	+0.6
10	5-5	UT VAL	SO DAK	Attack err	Chloe Hansen		+0.4
11	6-5	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
12	7-5	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Alyvia Watkins, Evalyn Medaris	+0.8
13	7-6	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
14	7-7	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Gabi Zachariasen	+0.7
15	8-7	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Chloe Hansen	+0.5
16	8-8	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
17	9-8	SO DAK	UT VAL	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.6
18	9-9	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
19	10-9	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.6
20	10-10	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
21	10-11	SO DAK	SO DAK	Ace	South Dakota	aced Lani Toutai	+0.7
22	11-11	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
23	12-11	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Lani Toutai		+0.9
24	12-12	UT VAL	SO DAK×4	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen		+0.6
25	12-13	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Ace	South Dakota		+0.7
26	12-14	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
27	12-15	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Ace	South Dakota	aced Miley Thunstrom	+0.5
28	13-15	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
29	13-16	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.4
30	14-16	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
31	14-17	UT VAL	SO DAK×4	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Morgan Bode	+0.4
32	14-18	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.4
33	14-19	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
34	14-20	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Attack err	Alyvia Watkins		+0.2
35	15-20	SO DAK	UT VAL	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.1
36	16-20	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Morgan Bode		+0.2
37	16-21	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
38	16-22	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Alyvia Watkins	blk Gabi Zachariasen, Morgan Bode	+0.1
39	17-22	SO DAK	UT VAL×3	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Chloe Hansen	·
40	18-22	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Bad set	Sierra Pokharel		+0.1
41	19-22	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Lani Toutai	+0.3
42	19-23	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
43	19-24	SO DAK	SO DAK	Ace	South Dakota	aced Lani Toutai	+0.2
44	20-24	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	·
45	20-25	UT VAL	SO DAK	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	SO DAK	UT VAL	Attack err	Audrey Nelson		+0.2
2	2-0	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Audrey Nelson		+0.3
3	2-1	UT VAL	SO DAK	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.2
4	2-2	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
5	3-2	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.2
6	3-3	UT VAL	SO DAK	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.2
7	4-3	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Bree Carson	+0.2
8	5-3	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Morgan Bode	blk Maranda Woolf	+0.3
9	5-4	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
10	5-5	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
11	6-5	SO DAK	UT VAL	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.2
12	6-6	UT VAL	SO DAK×5	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Cora Hokenstad	+0.2
13	6-7	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+0.2
14	6-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Blocked	Bree Carson	blk Morgan Bode, Avery Van Hook	+0.2
15	6-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert		+0.2
16	6-10	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Blocked	Olivia Gloeckner	blk Morgan Bode, Gabi Zachariasen	+0.1
17	7-10	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.1
18	8-10	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Sierra Pokharel	+0.2
19	8-11	UT VAL	SO DAK	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom		+0.1
20	9-11	SO DAK	UT VAL	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.1
21	9-12	UT VAL	SO DAK	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.1
22	9-13	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Miley Thunstrom	blk Audrey Nelson, Amanda Loschen	+0.2
23	10-13	SO DAK	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.1
24	10-14	UT VAL	SO DAK×4	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.1
25	10-15	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Sierra Pokharel	+0.1
26	10-16	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Ace	South Dakota		+0.1
27	10-17	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Blocked	Maranda Woolf	blk Amanda Loschen, Lauren Medeck	·
28	11-17	SO DAK	UT VAL	Serve err	South Dakota		·
29	11-18	UT VAL	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	·
30	12-18	SO DAK	UT VAL	Attack err	Lauren Medeck		·
31	12-19	UT VAL	SO DAK×5	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	·
32	12-20	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Ace	South Dakota	aced Miley Thunstrom	·
33	12-21	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	·
34	12-22	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	·
35	12-23	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Cora Hokenstad	·
36	13-23	SO DAK	UT VAL×4	Serve err	South Dakota		·
37	14-23	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Gabi Zachariasen		·
38	15-23	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Ava Ball		·
39	16-23	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Ava Ball		·
40	16-24	UT VAL	SO DAK	Serve err	Utah Valley		·
41	16-25	SO DAK	SO DAK	Attack err	Bree Carson		·

Score shown after each rally, Utah Valley 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).

South Dakota def. Utah Valley 3–0