UC Riverside vs Utah Valley Volleyball: Utah Valley Wins 3-0

FinalThu, Sep 24, 2026ESPN+

0:3

Utah Valley beat visiting UC Riverside 3-0 (27-25, 25-16, 25-20) on Thu, Sep 24, 2026. Utah Valley's Miley Thunstrom led with 17 kills, and Lani Toutai added 20 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UC RIV	25	16	20	0
UT VAL	27	25	25	3

Win probability

Utah Valley above 50 · UC Riverside below

Biggest swing: 6.3% to UC Riverside — set 1, UC RIV 25-24 UT VAL. Kill by Andrea Brewer (set by Elena Kasavica). UT VAL win probability 86% → 80%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UC RIV 11.5%88.5% UT VAL

UC Riverside wins

3-0

1.6%

3-1

3.5%

3-2

6.3%

Utah Valley wins

3-0

42.0%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.9%

UC RIV break %: 39.2% vs this opp
UT VAL break %: 48.4% 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
Andrea BrewerKill+6.3%
Kill by Andrea Brewer (set by Elena Kasavica)
Set 1 · UC RIV 25-24 UT VAL · UC RIV 14% → 20%
02
Miley ThunstromKill+5.3%
Kill by Miley Thunstrom (set by Evalyn Medaris)
Set 1 · UC RIV 25-26 UT VAL · UT VAL 85% → 90%
03
Malia TanksleyKill+5.1%
Kill by Malia Tanksley (set by Andrea Brewer)
Set 1 · UC RIV 24-24 UT VAL · UC RIV 9% → 14%
04
Evalyn Medaris&Brielle RueckertBlock+5.0%
Andrea Brewer stuffed by Evalyn Medaris & Brielle Rueckert
Set 1 · UC RIV 25-25 UT VAL · UT VAL 80% → 85%
05
Miley ThunstromKill+4.3%
Kill by Miley Thunstrom
Set 1 · UC RIV 25-27 UT VAL · UT VAL 90% → 94%
06
Miley ThunstromKill+4.1%
Kill by Miley Thunstrom (set by Evalyn Medaris)
Set 1 · UC RIV 22-23 UT VAL · UT VAL 85% → 89%
07
Malia TanksleyAttack error+3.9%
Attack error by Malia Tanksley
Set 1 · UC RIV 22-22 UT VAL · UT VAL 81% → 85%
08
Brielle RueckertKill+3.4%
Kill by Brielle Rueckert
Set 1 · UC RIV 22-24 UT VAL · UT VAL 89% → 93%

Box score

Official NCAA box

UC Riversideaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Malia TanksleyOH	3	10	7	27	.111	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
1Madison PulsipherOH	3	6	4	20	.100	0	2	6	2	1	2	2	8
20Andrea BrewerOH	3	5	3	20	.100	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	5
15Evelyn HendrixMB	3	5	0	10	.500	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
4Zeynep BelgutayMB	3	3	1	7	.286	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	5
11Elena KasavicaS	3	0	1	2	-.500	16	2	7	1	0	0	0	0
3Sariah JohnsonOH	3	4	3	17	.059	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
5McKenna GilesL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
22Maya BarronS	3	0	0	1	.000	12	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
19Misu NguyenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	11	0	0	0	0	0
9Casi DollOH	1	4	2	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Team totals		38	21	112	.152	35	8	44	4	1	8	5	61

Utah Valleyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
4Miley ThunstromOH	3	17	3	42	.333	0	1	0	4	1	0.5	18.5
2Alyvia WatkinsMB	3	6	1	10	.500	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
11Evalyn MedarisS	3	3	0	6	.500	34	1	2	4	3	1.5	5.5
17Olivia GloecknerOH	3	2	3	13	-.077	0	0	0	3	2	1	3
12Kenna McClureL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	0	0	0
18Brielle RueckertMB	2	1	3	10	-.200	0	0	0	2	4	2	3
19Bree CarsonOH	3	13	5	26	.308	0	0	0	1	2	1	14
16Myka ChristensenS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	3	5	0	0	1
8Lani ToutaiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	1	20	0	0	1
1Maranda WoolfMB	1	0	0	4	.000	0	0	1	0	2	1	1
15London ArmstrongOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Team totals		43	15	113	.248	40	4	7	45	16	8	77

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.

UC Riverside vs Utah Valley

Season series · Utah Valley leads 2-0

Thu, Sep 24, 2026UC Riverside at Utah Valley · Utah Valley won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Utah Valley at UC Riverside · Utah Valley won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 UC RIV · UT VAL 5

Set 1

25-27

Longest run 4 UC RIVUT VAL 5

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 2 UC RIVUT VAL 5

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 2 UC RIVUT VAL 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UC Riverside

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	40%8/20	13%1/8
2	58%7/12	50%8/16
3	64%7/11	22%2/9
4	88%7/8	42%5/12
5	38%6/16	22%2/9
6	67%6/9	25%2/8
All	54%41/76	32%20/62

Utah Valley

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	38%5/13
2	70%7/10	63%12/19
3	64%7/11	36%4/11
4	78%7/9	22%2/9
5	75%6/8	60%9/15
6	75%6/8	33%3/9
All	68%42/62	46%35/76

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

#	UC RIV-UT VAL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UT VAL	UC RIV×4	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Elena Kasavica	+1.0
2	2-0	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Blocked	Miley Thunstrom	blk Zeynep Belgutay, Malia Tanksley	+1.4
3	3-0	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Elena Kasavica	+1.5
4	4-0	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Zeynep Belgutay	+1.6
5	4-1	UC RIV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Riverside		+1.1
6	5-1	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+1.3
7	5-2	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Lani Toutai	+1.1
8	5-3	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Sariah Johnson	blk Olivia Gloeckner, Brielle Rueckert	+1.4
9	6-3	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Maya Barron	+1.3
10	6-4	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.1
11	7-4	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Maya Barron	+1.4
12	7-5	UC RIV	UT VAL×3	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
13	7-6	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Sariah Johnson	blk Alyvia Watkins, Bree Carson	+1.5
14	7-7	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
15	8-7	UT VAL	UC RIV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.3
16	8-8	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.1
17	9-8	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+1.3
18	9-9	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Kenna McClure	+1.2
19	10-9	UT VAL	UC RIV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.4
20	11-9	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+1.9
21	11-10	UC RIV	UT VAL	Blocked	Andrea Brewer	blk Evalyn Medaris, Brielle Rueckert	+1.3
22	11-11	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.7
23	12-11	UT VAL	UC RIV×3	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.5
24	13-11	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert		+2.1
25	14-11	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set Maya Barron	+2.2
26	14-12	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
27	14-13	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson		+2.0
28	15-13	UT VAL	UC RIV×4	Attack err	Bree Carson		+1.8
29	16-13	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert		+2.4
30	17-13	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Attack err	Bree Carson		+2.4
31	18-13	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Blocked	Bree Carson	blk Zeynep Belgutay, Sariah Johnson	+2.1
32	18-14	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.1
33	19-14	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron	+1.7
34	19-15	UC RIV	UT VAL×4	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.1
35	19-16	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Andrea Brewer	+1.8
36	19-17	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.2
37	19-18	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Blocked	Sariah Johnson	blk Bree Carson, Alyvia Watkins	+2.5
38	20-18	UT VAL	UC RIV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+2.6
39	21-18	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Bree Carson		+3.2
40	21-19	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.7
41	22-19	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Misu Nguyen	+2.7
42	22-20	UC RIV	UT VAL×5	Serve err	UC Riverside		+1.7
43	22-21	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+3.1
44	22-22	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+3.9
45	22-23	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+4.1
46	22-24	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Kill	Brielle Rueckert		+3.4
47	23-24	UT VAL	UC RIV×3	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+1.6
48	24-24	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Andrea Brewer	+5.1
49	25-24	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set Elena Kasavica	+6.3
50	25-25	UC RIV	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Andrea Brewer	blk Evalyn Medaris, Brielle Rueckert	+5.0
51	25-26	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+5.3
52	25-27	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Miley Thunstrom		+4.3
Set 2
1	0-1	UC RIV	UT VAL×5	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.6
2	0-2	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+0.7
3	0-3	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Madison Pulsipher	+0.6
4	0-4	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+0.5
5	0-5	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Bad set	Evelyn Hendrix		+0.4
6	1-5	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+0.3
7	2-5	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom		+0.5
8	2-6	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
9	3-6	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Elena Kasavica	+0.4
10	3-7	UC RIV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.4
11	3-8	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Andrea Brewer		+0.4
12	4-8	UT VAL	UC RIV	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert		+0.3
13	4-9	UC RIV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.3
14	5-9	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set Maya Barron	+0.3
15	6-9	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	McKenna Giles	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
16	6-10	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
17	6-11	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
18	7-11	UT VAL	UC RIV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.3
19	7-12	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
20	7-13	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
21	8-13	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Maya Barron	+0.2
22	8-14	UC RIV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.3
23	8-15	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Madison Pulsipher	blk Evalyn Medaris, Brielle Rueckert	+0.2
24	9-15	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Elena Kasavica	+0.1
25	9-16	UC RIV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.2
26	9-17	UT VAL	UT VAL	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Elena Kasavica	+0.1
27	10-17	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set Misu Nguyen	+0.1
28	10-18	UC RIV	UT VAL	Attack err	Zeynep Belgutay		+0.1
29	11-18	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.1
30	12-18	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Maya Barron	+0.1
31	12-19	UC RIV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.2
32	13-19	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set Maya Barron	+0.1
33	13-20	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.1
34	14-20	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Maya Barron	+0.1
35	15-20	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson		+0.2
36	15-21	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.2
37	16-21	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set McKenna Giles	+0.1
38	16-22	UC RIV	UT VAL×4	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.2
39	16-23	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+0.1
40	16-24	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Lani Toutai	·
41	16-25	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher		·
Set 3
1	1-0	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Elena Kasavica	+0.3
2	1-1	UC RIV	UT VAL	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher		+0.3
3	1-2	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Elena Kasavica		+0.4
4	2-2	UT VAL	UC RIV	Blocked	Olivia Gloeckner	blk Zeynep Belgutay, Madison Pulsipher	+0.3
5	2-3	UC RIV	UT VAL	Blocked	Madison Pulsipher	blk Olivia Gloeckner, Maranda Woolf	+0.3
6	2-4	UT VAL	UT VAL	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Madison Pulsipher	+0.3
7	3-4	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Maya Barron	+0.3
8	3-5	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
9	4-5	UT VAL	UC RIV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.3
10	4-6	UC RIV	UT VAL×3	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
11	4-7	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
12	4-8	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
13	5-8	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set McKenna Giles	+0.2
14	5-9	UC RIV	UT VAL×3	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.2
15	5-10	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.2
16	5-11	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+0.2
17	6-11	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Elena Kasavica	+0.1
18	6-12	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Lani Toutai	+0.1
19	7-12	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.1
20	7-13	UC RIV	UT VAL	Blocked	Malia Tanksley	blk Maranda Woolf, Miley Thunstrom	+0.1
21	8-13	UT VAL	UC RIV	Blocked	Olivia Gloeckner	blk Madison Pulsipher, Zeynep Belgutay	+0.1
22	8-14	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Lani Toutai	+0.1
23	9-14	UT VAL	UC RIV	Attack err	Bree Carson		+0.1
24	9-15	UC RIV	UT VAL	Attack err	Casi Doll		+0.1
25	10-15	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron	+0.1
26	11-15	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+0.2
27	11-16	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Lani Toutai	+0.2
28	11-17	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Casi Doll		+0.2
29	12-17	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+0.1
30	12-18	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.1
31	13-18	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.1
32	14-18	UC RIV	UC RIV	Blocked	Alyvia Watkins	blk Madison Pulsipher	+0.2
33	14-19	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.2
34	15-19	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Misu Nguyen	+0.1
35	16-19	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom		+0.3
36	16-20	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
37	17-20	UT VAL	UC RIV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.2
38	17-21	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
39	18-21	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+0.2
40	19-21	UC RIV	UC RIV	Bad set	London Armstrong		+0.4
41	19-22	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
42	19-23	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	London Armstrong	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
43	20-23	UT VAL	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Elena Kasavica	+0.1
44	20-24	UC RIV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.2
45	20-25	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, UC Riverside 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).

Utah Valley def. UC Riverside 3–0