BYU def. Utah Valley 3–0
BYU beat visiting Utah Valley 3-0 (25-11, 25-9, 25-16) on Tue, Sep 15, 2026. BYU's Elli Mortensen and Claire Little Chambers led with 9 kills each, and Lulu Po'uha added 19 digs.
Data through · final Sep 15
| Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UT VAL | 11 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| BYU | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Win probability
No single rally moved win probability by a full point: BYU stayed the heavy favorite throughout.
Pre-match
Season fit · includes this match
Utah Valley wins
BYU wins
- UT VAL break %
- 29.3% vs this opp
- BYU break %
- 53.1% 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.
Box score
Official NCAA box
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9 | 1 | 16 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .333 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 23 | -.261 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | -.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 25 | 21 | 90 | .044 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 36 |
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | .471 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .750 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| 3 | 9 | 1 | 16 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 9.5 | |
| 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 45 | 6 | 75 | .520 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 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
Set 1
11-25
Set 2
9-25
Set 3
16-25
Bars above the line = BYU 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 | 30%6/20 | 14%1/7 |
| 2 | 42%5/12 | 14%1/7 |
| 3 | 42%5/12 | 29%2/7 |
| 4 | 36%4/11 | 38%3/8 |
| 5 | 57%4/7 | 20%1/5 |
| 6 | 36%4/11 | 0%0/4 |
| All | 38%28/73 | 21%8/38 |
BYU
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88%7/8 | 74%14/19 |
| 2 | 86%6/7 | 60%9/15 |
| 3 | 71%5/7 | 67%10/15 |
| 4 | 57%4/7 | 50%4/8 |
| 5 | 80%4/5 | 56%5/9 |
| 6 | 100%4/4 | 43%3/7 |
| All | 79%30/38 | 62%45/73 |
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
111 rallies
| # | UT VAL-BYU | Srv | Point | End | Player | Setter / blockers / passer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | UT VAL | UT VAL | Blocked | Claire Little Chambers | blk Brielle Rueckert, Evalyn Medaris |
| 2 | 1-1 | UT VAL | BYU×5 | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 3 | 1-2 | BYU | BYU×5 | Attack err | Miley Thunstrom | |
| 4 | 1-3 | BYU | BYU×5 | Ace | BYU | aced Chloe Hansen |
| 5 | 1-4 | BYU | BYU×5 | Kill | Kate Prior | set Brooke Hardy |
| 6 | 1-5 | BYU | BYU×5 | Blocked | Miley Thunstrom | blk Rachel Jepsen, Kate Prior |
| 7 | 2-5 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 8 | 3-5 | UT VAL | UT VAL | Kill | Olivia Gloeckner | set Miley Thunstrom |
| 9 | 3-6 | UT VAL | BYU×3 | Serve err | Utah Valley | |
| 10 | 3-7 | BYU | BYU×3 | Bad set | Brielle Rueckert | |
| 11 | 3-8 | BYU | BYU×3 | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Elli Mortensen |
| 12 | 4-8 | BYU | UT VAL×3 | Serve err | BYU | |
| 13 | 5-8 | UT VAL | UT VAL×3 | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 14 | 6-8 | UT VAL | UT VAL×3 | Attack err | Kylie Buttars | |
| 15 | 6-9 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Kylie Buttars | set Alex Bower |
| 16 | 7-9 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 17 | 7-10 | UT VAL | BYU×4 | Kill | Kylie Buttars | set Elli Mortensen |
| 18 | 7-11 | BYU | BYU×4 | Attack err | Evalyn Medaris | |
| 19 | 7-12 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Claire Little Chambers |
| 20 | 7-13 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Alex Bower |
| 21 | 8-13 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Chloe Hansen | set Lani Toutai |
| 22 | 8-14 | UT VAL | BYU×4 | Kill | Kylie Buttars | set Alex Bower |
| 23 | 8-15 | BYU | BYU×4 | Blocked | Chloe Hansen | blk Kate Prior, Brooke Hardy |
| 24 | 8-16 | BYU | BYU×4 | Blocked | Alyvia Watkins | blk Elli Mortensen, Brooke Hardy |
| 25 | 8-17 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Kate Prior | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 26 | 9-17 | BYU | UT VAL | Attack err | Kate Prior | |
| 27 | 9-18 | UT VAL | BYU×4 | Kill | Kaylie Kofe | set Claire Little Chambers |
| 28 | 9-19 | BYU | BYU×4 | Blocked | Miley Thunstrom | blk Kate Prior, Brooke Hardy |
| 29 | 9-20 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Lulu Po'uha |
| 30 | 9-21 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Brooke Hardy | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 31 | 10-21 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Evalyn Medaris | set Kenna McClure |
| 32 | 10-22 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Brooke Hardy | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 33 | 10-23 | BYU | BYU | Attack err | Miley Thunstrom | |
| 34 | 11-23 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 35 | 11-24 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 36 | 11-25 | BYU | BYU | Kill | Rachel Jepsen | |
| Set 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 0-1 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Kate Prior | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 2 | 0-2 | BYU | BYU×4 | Attack err | Chloe Hansen | |
| 3 | 0-3 | BYU | BYU×4 | Blocked | Miley Thunstrom | blk Kate Prior, Brooke Hardy |
| 4 | 0-4 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Kate Prior | set Brielle Rueckert |
| 5 | 1-4 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Olivia Gloeckner | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 6 | 1-5 | UT VAL | BYU×3 | Kill | Kate Prior | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 7 | 1-6 | BYU | BYU×3 | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 8 | 1-7 | BYU | BYU×3 | Blocked | Olivia Gloeckner | blk Rachel Jepsen, Claire Little Chambers |
| 9 | 2-7 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 10 | 2-8 | UT VAL | BYU×5 | Serve err | Utah Valley | |
| 11 | 2-9 | BYU | BYU×5 | Kill | Kylie Buttars | set Alex Bower |
| 12 | 2-10 | BYU | BYU×5 | Attack err | Chloe Hansen | |
| 13 | 2-11 | BYU | BYU×5 | Attack err | Olivia Gloeckner | |
| 14 | 2-12 | BYU | BYU×5 | Kill | Lulu Po'uha | set Lani Toutai |
| 15 | 3-12 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Alyvia Watkins | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 16 | 3-13 | UT VAL | BYU | Attack err | Chloe Hansen | |
| 17 | 4-13 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Bree Carson | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 18 | 4-14 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Alex Bower |
| 19 | 5-14 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Evalyn Medaris | set Lani Toutai |
| 20 | 5-15 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Brooke Hardy |
| 21 | 6-15 | BYU | UT VAL | Serve err | BYU | |
| 22 | 6-16 | UT VAL | BYU×4 | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 23 | 6-17 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Kate Prior | set Lulu Po'uha |
| 24 | 6-18 | BYU | BYU×4 | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Elli Mortensen |
| 25 | 6-19 | BYU | BYU×4 | Ace | BYU | aced Miley Thunstrom |
| 26 | 7-19 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 27 | 7-20 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 28 | 8-20 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 29 | 8-21 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 30 | 8-22 | BYU | BYU | Blocked | Alyvia Watkins | blk Rachel Jepsen, Claire Little Chambers |
| 31 | 9-22 | BYU | UT VAL | Serve err | BYU | |
| 32 | 9-23 | UT VAL | BYU×3 | Serve err | Utah Valley | |
| 33 | 9-24 | BYU | BYU×3 | Ace | BYU | aced Miley Thunstrom |
| 34 | 9-25 | BYU | BYU×3 | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Grace Fredrick |
| Set 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 0-1 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Brooke Hardy | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 2 | 1-1 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Miley Thunstrom | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 3 | 1-2 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Kate Prior | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 4 | 1-3 | BYU | BYU | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Alex Bower |
| 5 | 2-3 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Maranda Woolf | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 6 | 2-4 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Kylie Buttars | set Alex Bower |
| 7 | 3-4 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Olivia Gloeckner | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 8 | 3-5 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Rachel Jepsen | set Alex Bower |
| 9 | 4-5 | BYU | UT VAL | Serve err | BYU | |
| 10 | 4-6 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Kylie Buttars | set Alex Bower |
| 11 | 5-6 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Bree Carson | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 12 | 5-7 | UT VAL | BYU×4 | Kill | Claire Little Chambers | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 13 | 5-8 | BYU | BYU×4 | Attack err | Miley Thunstrom | |
| 14 | 5-9 | BYU | BYU×4 | Blocked | Miley Thunstrom | blk Brooke Hardy, Kate Prior |
| 15 | 5-10 | BYU | BYU×4 | Attack err | Bree Carson | |
| 16 | 6-10 | BYU | UT VAL | Serve err | BYU | |
| 17 | 6-11 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Brooke Hardy | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 18 | 7-11 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Maranda Woolf | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 19 | 7-12 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Rachel Jepsen | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 20 | 7-13 | BYU | BYU | Kill | Rachel Jepsen | set Alex Bower |
| 21 | 8-13 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Maranda Woolf | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 22 | 8-14 | UT VAL | BYU×3 | Kill | Rachel Jepsen | set Alex Bower |
| 23 | 8-15 | BYU | BYU×3 | Attack err | Bree Carson | |
| 24 | 8-16 | BYU | BYU×3 | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Alex Bower |
| 25 | 9-16 | BYU | UT VAL×4 | Kill | Olivia Gloeckner | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 26 | 10-16 | UT VAL | UT VAL×4 | Attack err | Kylie Buttars | |
| 27 | 11-16 | UT VAL | UT VAL×4 | Blocked | Elli Mortensen | blk Olivia Gloeckner, Brielle Rueckert |
| 28 | 12-16 | UT VAL | UT VAL×4 | Attack err | Kylie Buttars | |
| 29 | 12-17 | UT VAL | BYU×3 | Kill | Elli Mortensen | set Alex Bower |
| 30 | 12-18 | BYU | BYU×3 | Attack err | Bree Carson | |
| 31 | 12-19 | BYU | BYU×3 | Blocked | Brielle Rueckert | blk Elli Mortensen, Brooke Hardy |
| 32 | 13-19 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 33 | 14-19 | UT VAL | UT VAL | Kill | Evalyn Medaris | set Kylie Buttars |
| 34 | 14-20 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Brooke Hardy | set Alex Bower |
| 35 | 15-20 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Brielle Rueckert | set Evalyn Medaris |
| 36 | 15-21 | UT VAL | BYU | Kill | Brooke Hardy | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 37 | 15-22 | BYU | BYU | Kill | Dimitra Nanou | set Kaylie Kofe |
| 38 | 16-22 | BYU | UT VAL | Kill | Evalyn Medaris | set Lani Toutai |
| 39 | 16-23 | UT VAL | BYU×3 | Serve err | Utah Valley | |
| 40 | 16-24 | BYU | BYU×3 | Ace | BYU | aced Kenna McClure |
| 41 | 16-25 | BYU | BYU×3 | Attack err | Bree Carson | |
Score shown after each rally, Utah Valley first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).