Cal Poly vs Utah Valley Volleyball: Cal Poly Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Cal Poly 96.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Cal Poly won at Utah Valley 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-19) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CALPLY	25	25	25	3
UT VAL	14	16	19	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Utah Valley never reached 20 in a set against Cal Poly.

Win probability never moved more than 0.6 points on one rally; Utah Valley topped out at 4% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Cal Poly 97% before first serve.

Cal PolyUtah Valley

Break %+27.6 pts
45.217.6
33 of 73 on serve vs 9 of 51, so Utah Valley's sideout was 54.8%.
Hitting+.300
.459.159
41 kills, 7 errors vs 28 kills, 15 errors.
Longest run+3
74
7 straight Cal Poly points in the second set turned a 0–1 deficit into a 7–1 lead. Final score of the set: 25–16.

Utah Valley above 50Cal Poly belowMax swing 0.6%

Cal PolyUtah Valley

Aces: Cal Poly 7·Utah Valley 3
Serve err: Cal Poly 10·Utah Valley 11
Blocks: Cal Poly 5·Utah Valley 00 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 0 BA
Digs: Cal Poly 36·Utah Valley 22

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Utah Valley above 50 · Cal Poly below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CALPLY 95.3%4.7% UT VAL

Cal Poly wins

3-0

56.4%

3-1

29.4%

3-2

9.5%

Utah Valley wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.3%

3-2

2.8%

CALPLY break %: 47.3% vs this opp
UT VAL break %: 34.6% 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

Cal Polyaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
13Kendall BeshearOH	3	8	2	23	.261	0	3	5	5	0	0	0	11
15Charlotte KellyMB	3	8	0	11	.727	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	9.5
12Breklyn PullingMB	3	8	0	11	.727	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	9
1Emma FredrickOH	3	5	3	13	.154	1	0	2	6	1	1	0.5	5.5
8Alexis HauryS	3	4	0	4	1.000	32	1	1	9	0	1	0.5	5.5
7Noelle VanachtL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	1
16Kayla MurdochOH	3	8	2	12	.500	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
53Ella ScottL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
6Maren O'FarrellL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
21Elif HurriyetL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
Team totals		41	7	74	.459	37	7	10	36	3	10	5	75

Utah Valleyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	PTS
4Miley ThunstromOH	3	8	5	23	.130	1	0	4	7	3	8
17Olivia GloecknerOH	3	6	2	16	.250	0	0	0	2	0	6
2Alyvia WatkinsMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	0	0	5
18Brielle RueckertMB	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	3	1	0	3
11Evalyn MedarisS	3	1	0	6	.167	24	0	1	2	0	1
5Chloe HansenOH	1	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	0	1	1
8Lani ToutaiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	3	1	7	0	3
12Kenna McClureL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	0	0	0
19Bree CarsonOH	2	4	3	12	.083	0	0	0	2	1	4
6Brooke StaufferS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Myka ChristensenS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team totals		28	15	82	.159	27	3	11	22	7	49

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.

Cal Poly vs Utah Valley

Season series · Cal Poly leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Cal Poly at Utah Valley · Cal Poly won 3-0This match
Fri, Nov 13, 2026Utah Valley at Cal PolyPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 CALPLY · UT VAL 4

Set 1

25-14

Longest run 4 CALPLYUT VAL 1

Set 2

25-16

Longest run 7 CALPLYUT VAL 2

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 4 CALPLYUT VAL 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Cal Poly

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	42%5/12
2	90%9/10	57%12/21
3	86%6/7	40%4/10
4	100%6/6	54%7/13
5	100%6/6	25%2/8
6	86%6/7	33%3/9
All	82%42/51	45%33/73

Utah Valley

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	38%5/13
2	37%7/19	18%2/11
3	55%6/11	0%0/7
4	60%6/10	14%1/7
5	67%6/9	0%0/6
6	60%6/10	14%1/7
All	55%40/73	18%9/51

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

124 rallies

#	CALPLY-UT VAL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris
2	1-1	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Charlotte Kelly	set Alexis Haury
3	2-1	CALPLY	CALPLY	Attack err	Chloe Hansen
4	2-2	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Lani Toutai
5	3-2	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
6	4-2	CALPLY	CALPLY	Ace	Cal Poly
7	4-3	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
8	5-3	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Emma Fredrick	set Alexis Haury
9	6-3	CALPLY	CALPLY	Ace	Cal Poly	aced Chloe Hansen
10	6-4	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris
11	7-4	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Alexis Haury
12	8-4	CALPLY	CALPLY	Kill	Breklyn Pulling	set Alexis Haury
13	8-5	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris
14	9-5	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
15	9-6	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris
16	10-6	UT VAL	CALPLY×4	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
17	11-6	CALPLY	CALPLY×4	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom
18	12-6	CALPLY	CALPLY×4	Ace	Cal Poly	aced Miley Thunstrom
19	13-6	CALPLY	CALPLY×4	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
20	13-7	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris
21	14-7	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Emma Fredrick	set Alexis Haury
22	15-7	CALPLY	CALPLY	Kill	Charlotte Kelly	set Alexis Haury
23	15-8	CALPLY	UT VAL	Attack err	Kayla Murdoch
24	16-8	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
25	16-9	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris
26	17-9	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
27	18-9	CALPLY	CALPLY	Attack err	Chloe Hansen
28	18-10	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris
29	19-10	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
30	19-11	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris
31	20-11	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Breklyn Pulling	set Alexis Haury
32	20-12	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
33	21-12	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Breklyn Pulling	set Alexis Haury
34	22-12	CALPLY	CALPLY	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom
35	22-13	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris
36	23-13	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Charlotte Kelly	set Alexis Haury
37	23-14	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Kenna McClure
38	24-14	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Alexis Haury
39	25-14	CALPLY	CALPLY	Ace	Cal Poly	aced Miley Thunstrom
Set 2
1	0-1	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris
2	1-1	UT VAL	CALPLY×7	Kill	Charlotte Kelly	set Alexis Haury
3	2-1	CALPLY	CALPLY×7	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
4	3-1	CALPLY	CALPLY×7	Blocked	Bree Carson	blk Charlotte Kelly, Kayla Murdoch
5	4-1	CALPLY	CALPLY×7	Bad set	Evalyn Medaris
6	5-1	CALPLY	CALPLY×7	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner
7	6-1	CALPLY	CALPLY×7	Ace	Cal Poly	aced Miley Thunstrom
8	7-1	CALPLY	CALPLY×7	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Elif Hurriyet
9	7-2	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris
10	8-2	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
11	8-3	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
12	8-4	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Kayla Murdoch
13	9-4	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Alexis Haury
14	9-5	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris
15	10-5	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Alexis Haury
16	10-6	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris
17	11-6	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Alexis Haury	set Emma Fredrick
18	11-7	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris
19	12-7	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Breklyn Pulling	set Alexis Haury
20	12-8	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris
21	13-8	UT VAL	CALPLY×3	Serve err	Utah Valley
22	14-8	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert
23	15-8	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Kill	Charlotte Kelly
24	15-9	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
25	16-9	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Charlotte Kelly	set Alexis Haury
26	16-10	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
27	17-10	UT VAL	CALPLY×3	Serve err	Utah Valley
28	18-10	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Kill	Emma Fredrick	set Kayla Murdoch
29	19-10	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Blocked	Alyvia Watkins	blk Breklyn Pulling, Emma Fredrick
30	19-11	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Miley Thunstrom
31	20-11	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Emma Fredrick	set Alexis Haury
32	20-12	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
33	21-12	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Alexis Haury	set Noelle Vanacht
34	21-13	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
35	22-13	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Alexis Haury	set Elif Hurriyet
36	23-13	CALPLY	CALPLY	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom
37	23-14	CALPLY	UT VAL	Attack err	Emma Fredrick
38	23-15	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Emma Fredrick
39	24-15	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
40	24-16	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris
41	25-16	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Alexis Haury
Set 3
1	0-1	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Kendall Beshear
2	0-2	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Ace	Lani Toutai	aced Elif Hurriyet
3	0-3	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Ace	Lani Toutai	aced Emma Fredrick
4	0-4	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Ace	Lani Toutai
5	1-4	UT VAL	CALPLY×3	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
6	2-4	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Kill	Charlotte Kelly	set Alexis Haury
7	3-4	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert
8	3-5	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris
9	3-6	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris
10	4-6	UT VAL	CALPLY×3	Blocked	Miley Thunstrom	blk Charlotte Kelly, Kayla Murdoch
11	5-6	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Blocked	Miley Thunstrom	blk Charlotte Kelly, Kayla Murdoch
12	6-6	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Ace	Cal Poly
13	6-7	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
14	7-7	UT VAL	CALPLY×3	Serve err	Utah Valley
15	8-7	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner
16	9-7	CALPLY	CALPLY×3	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Alexis Haury
17	9-8	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
18	10-8	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
19	10-9	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris
20	11-9	UT VAL	CALPLY×4	Kill	Breklyn Pulling	set Alexis Haury
21	12-9	CALPLY	CALPLY×4	Kill	Breklyn Pulling	set Alexis Haury
22	13-9	CALPLY	CALPLY×4	Kill	Alexis Haury
23	14-9	CALPLY	CALPLY×4	Blocked	Bree Carson	blk Alexis Haury, Breklyn Pulling
24	14-10	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris
25	14-11	UT VAL	UT VAL	Bad set	Alexis Haury
26	15-11	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
27	15-12	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris
28	16-12	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
29	16-13	CALPLY	UT VAL	Attack err	Kendall Beshear
30	17-13	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kendall Beshear	set Alexis Haury
31	17-14	CALPLY	UT VAL	Serve err	Cal Poly
32	18-14	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Charlotte Kelly	set Alexis Haury
33	19-14	CALPLY	CALPLY	Kill	Breklyn Pulling
34	19-15	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris
35	20-15	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Emma Fredrick	set Alexis Haury
36	21-15	CALPLY	CALPLY	Ace	Cal Poly	aced Bree Carson
37	21-16	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris
38	22-16	UT VAL	CALPLY	Attack err	Bree Carson
39	22-17	CALPLY	UT VAL	Attack err	Emma Fredrick
40	23-17	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Breklyn Pulling	set Alexis Haury
41	23-18	CALPLY	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris
42	24-18	UT VAL	CALPLY	Serve err	Utah Valley
43	24-19	CALPLY	UT VAL	Attack err	Kayla Murdoch
44	25-19	UT VAL	CALPLY	Kill	Kayla Murdoch	set Alexis Haury

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

Cal Poly def. Utah Valley 3–0

Utah Valley never reached 20 in a set against Cal Poly.