Utah Valley vs Drake Volleyball: Drake Wins 3-0 (Sep 11)

FinalFri, Sep 11, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Drake beat Utah Valley 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22) on Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at a neutral site. Drake's Caroline Smith led with 13 kills, and Jasmine Dulan added 22 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UT VAL	18	19	22	0
DRAKE	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Drake above 50 · Utah Valley below

Biggest swing: 4.2% to Drake — set 3, UT VAL 22-23 DRAKE. Attack error by Chloe Hansen. DRAKE win probability 90% → 94%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UT VAL 41.2%58.8% DRAKE

Utah Valley wins

3-0

9.2%

3-1

15.1%

3-2

17.0%

Drake wins

3-0

16.6%

3-1

22.4%

3-2

19.8%

UT VAL break %: 43.4% vs this opp
DRAKE break %: 45.1% 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
Chloe HansenAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Chloe Hansen
Set 3 · UT VAL 22-23 DRAKE · DRAKE 90% → 94%
02
Matthea DaltonKill+4.0%
Kill by Matthea Dalton (set by Carolyn Maser)
Set 2 · UT VAL 18-20 DRAKE · DRAKE 78% → 82%
03
Aniyah DavisBlock+3.9%
Evalyn Medaris stuffed by Aniyah Davis
Set 3 · UT VAL 22-24 DRAKE · DRAKE 94% → 98%
04
Caroline SmithKill+3.9%
Kill by Caroline Smith (set by Carolyn Maser)
Set 2 · UT VAL 17-18 DRAKE · DRAKE 74% → 78%
05
Caroline SmithKill+3.5%
Kill by Caroline Smith (set by Katie Quick)
Set 2 · UT VAL 16-16 DRAKE · DRAKE 71% → 74%
06
Miley ThunstromAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Miley Thunstrom
Set 2 · UT VAL 18-21 DRAKE · DRAKE 82% → 86%
07
Miley ThunstromKill+3.4%
Kill by Miley Thunstrom (set by Evalyn Medaris)
Set 2 · UT VAL 16-14 DRAKE · UT VAL 28% → 32%
08
Kamryn BehrnsKill+3.3%
Kill by Kamryn Behrns (set by Carolyn Maser)
Set 2 · UT VAL 18-19 DRAKE · DRAKE 75% → 78%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Utah Valleyaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Brielle RueckertMB	3	12	1	23	.478	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
2Alyvia WatkinsMB	3	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3.5	8.5
4Miley ThunstromOH	3	5	4	28	.036	1	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	6
5Chloe HansenOH	3	5	2	21	.143	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	6
11Evalyn MedarisS	3	2	3	13	-.077	30	0	2	3	0	0	4	2	4
17Olivia GloecknerOH	2	4	3	13	.077	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
16Myka ChristensenS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
12Kenna McClureL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
8Lani ToutaiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	1
19Bree CarsonOH	1	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		34	14	115	.174	34	5	6	41	5	1	13	7.5	59

Drakehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Caroline SmithOH	3	13	3	27	.370	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	1	14
13Lisa MelencianoOH	3	12	4	23	.348	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	13.5
16Matthea DaltonOH	3	8	2	22	.273	0	1	1	7	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
6Bliss BeckMB	3	8	1	13	.538	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
4Aniyah DavisOH	3	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	3.5
2Katie QuickS	3	0	0	0	–	18	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
23Kamryn BehrnsOH	3	8	2	22	.273	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8
11Carolyn MaserS	3	0	0	1	.000	24	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	2
1Bella FariaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	1
3Jasmine DulanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0
24Finley SchelhaasL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12Shay McMillenOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		50	13	113	.327	48	5	5	62	5	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 · DRAKE 5

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 4 UT VALDRAKE 5

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 4 UT VALDRAKE 5

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 4 UT VALDRAKE 4

Bars above the line = Drake 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	50%7/14	50%6/12
2	75%6/8	46%6/13
3	35%6/17	40%4/10
4	40%6/15	33%3/9
5	56%5/9	25%2/8
6	45%5/11	38%3/8
All	47%35/74	40%24/60

Drake

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	45%5/11
2	60%6/10	40%4/10
3	86%6/7	60%9/15
4	60%6/10	54%7/13
5	60%6/10	57%8/14
6	63%5/8	55%6/11
All	60%36/60	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

134 rallies

#	UT VAL-DRAKE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.3
2	1-1	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.9
3	1-2	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+1.9
4	2-2	DRAKE	UT VAL	Attack err	Caroline Smith		+1.9
5	3-2	UT VAL	UT VAL	Bad set	Matthea Dalton		+2.5
6	3-3	UT VAL	DRAKE×5	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Katie Quick	+1.9
7	3-4	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Katie Quick	+2.5
8	3-5	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Blocked	Brielle Rueckert	blk Caroline Smith, Bliss Beck	+2.4
9	3-6	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+2.3
10	3-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Jasmine Dulan	+2.1
11	4-7	DRAKE	UT VAL	Blocked	Lisa Melenciano	blk Chloe Hansen, Brielle Rueckert	+1.5
12	4-8	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Katie Quick	+1.7
13	5-8	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.5
14	5-9	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+1.7
15	5-10	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+1.9
16	6-10	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
17	6-11	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.5
18	7-11	DRAKE	UT VAL	Serve err	Drake		+1.3
19	7-12	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.5
20	8-12	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
21	8-13	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+1.6
22	9-13	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Lani Toutai	+1.3
23	9-14	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Katie Quick	+1.6
24	10-14	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
25	10-15	UT VAL	DRAKE×4	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.6
26	10-16	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+1.6
27	10-17	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Carolyn Maser	+1.1
28	10-18	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Ace	Drake	aced Chloe Hansen	+0.7
29	11-18	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
30	11-19	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+0.5
31	12-19	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
32	12-20	UT VAL	DRAKE×3	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+0.5
33	12-21	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Attack err	Evalyn Medaris		+0.3
34	12-22	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Ace	Drake	aced Lani Toutai	+0.1
35	13-22	DRAKE	UT VAL×4	Serve err	Drake		·
36	14-22	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Matthea Dalton		+0.1
37	15-22	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Kamryn Behrns		+0.1
38	16-22	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Lani Toutai	+0.3
39	16-23	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+0.4
40	17-23	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.1
41	18-23	UT VAL	UT VAL	Bad set	Katie Quick		+0.3
42	18-24	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+0.5
43	18-25	DRAKE	DRAKE	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Aniyah Davis	blk Alyvia Watkins	+2.2
2	2-0	UT VAL	UT VAL	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Matthea Dalton	+2.2
3	2-1	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Lisa Melenciano	+1.7
4	2-2	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.2
5	3-2	DRAKE	UT VAL	Blocked	Caroline Smith	blk Alyvia Watkins, Evalyn Medaris	+1.8
6	3-3	UT VAL	DRAKE	Blocked	Miley Thunstrom	blk Lisa Melenciano, Aniyah Davis	+1.8
7	4-3	DRAKE	UT VAL	Blocked	Caroline Smith	blk Alyvia Watkins, Evalyn Medaris	+1.9
8	5-3	UT VAL	UT VAL	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Jasmine Dulan	+2.4
9	5-4	UT VAL	DRAKE×3	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+1.8
10	5-5	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Ace	Drake	aced Miley Thunstrom	+2.4
11	5-6	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Carolyn Maser	+2.4
12	6-6	DRAKE	UT VAL×4	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Miley Thunstrom	+1.9
13	7-6	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.5
14	8-6	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.6
15	9-6	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Kamryn Behrns		+2.5
16	9-7	UT VAL	DRAKE	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.8
17	9-8	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.5
18	10-8	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.2
19	11-8	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Matthea Dalton		+2.7
20	11-9	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.9
21	12-9	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.2
22	12-10	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Aniyah Davis	set Carolyn Maser	+1.9
23	12-11	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.7
24	13-11	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.4
25	14-11	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.9
26	14-12	UT VAL	DRAKE×3	Serve err	Utah Valley		+2.0
27	14-13	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Katie Quick	+2.9
28	14-14	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Ace	Drake	aced Lani Toutai	+3.2
29	15-14	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.7
30	16-14	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+3.4
31	16-15	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.5
32	16-16	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Katie Quick	+3.5
33	17-16	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+3.0
34	17-17	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.9
35	17-18	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Carolyn Maser	+3.9
36	18-18	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+3.1
37	18-19	UT VAL	DRAKE×5	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+3.3
38	18-20	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+4.0
39	18-21	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom		+3.5
40	18-22	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+2.5
41	18-23	DRAKE	DRAKE×5	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+1.5
42	19-23	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
43	19-24	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Bella Faria	+0.9
44	19-25	DRAKE	DRAKE	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+0.3
Set 3
1	1-0	DRAKE	UT VAL×3	Serve err	Drake		+1.1
2	2-0	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Lisa Melenciano	blk Evalyn Medaris, Alyvia Watkins	+1.3
3	3-0	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Lisa Melenciano	blk Alyvia Watkins, Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
4	3-1	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Jasmine Dulan	+1.0
5	4-1	DRAKE	UT VAL×3	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Chloe Hansen	+1.1
6	5-1	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
7	6-1	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Lisa Melenciano		+1.2
8	6-2	UT VAL	DRAKE×4	Attack err	Evalyn Medaris		+0.8
9	6-3	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Katie Quick	+1.2
10	6-4	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Blocked	Miley Thunstrom	blk Bliss Beck, Lisa Melenciano	+1.3
11	6-5	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Jasmine Dulan	+1.4
12	7-5	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
13	7-6	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Jasmine Dulan	+1.1
14	8-6	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
15	8-7	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Carolyn Maser	+1.2
16	9-7	DRAKE	UT VAL×4	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
17	10-7	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Bella Faria	+1.6
18	11-7	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Jasmine Dulan	+1.5
19	12-7	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Blocked	Bliss Beck	blk Alyvia Watkins, Bree Carson, Chloe Hansen	+1.3
20	12-8	UT VAL	DRAKE	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.9
21	12-9	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+1.3
22	13-9	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
23	13-10	UT VAL	DRAKE	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.0
24	14-10	DRAKE	UT VAL×3	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
25	15-10	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
26	16-10	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.1
27	16-11	UT VAL	DRAKE	Blocked	Alyvia Watkins	blk Aniyah Davis, Matthea Dalton	+0.6
28	17-11	DRAKE	UT VAL	Serve err	Drake		+0.9
29	17-12	UT VAL	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+0.6
30	17-13	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+1.0
31	18-13	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.1
32	18-14	UT VAL	DRAKE	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.8
33	18-15	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
34	19-15	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
35	20-15	UT VAL	UT VAL	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Caroline Smith	+1.3
36	20-16	UT VAL	DRAKE×3	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+0.7
37	20-17	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+1.3
38	20-18	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Ace	Drake	aced Chloe Hansen	+1.7
39	21-18	DRAKE	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.9
40	21-19	UT VAL	DRAKE×3	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.4
41	21-20	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+2.4
42	21-21	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+3.1
43	22-21	DRAKE	UT VAL	Serve err	Drake		+2.9
44	22-22	UT VAL	DRAKE×4	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+2.8
45	22-23	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Attack err	Chloe Hansen		+4.2
46	22-24	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Blocked	Evalyn Medaris	blk Aniyah Davis	+3.9
47	22-25	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Blocked	Chloe Hansen	blk Aniyah Davis, Lisa Melenciano	+2.2

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).

Drake def. Utah Valley 3–0