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

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: UC Irvine 74.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 7:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UC Irvine beat visiting Utah Valley 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-22) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. UC Irvine's Memphis Burnett led with 12 kills, and Whitney Wallace added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:45 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UT VAL	20	21	22	0
UC IRV	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

UC Irvine swept Utah Valley without a set decided by more than five.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.5 points. Utah Valley peaked at 24% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. UC Irvine went in as RallyIQ's 74% pick.

Utah ValleyUC Irvine

Break %+9.7 pts
36.946.6
Points won on own serve: 34 of 73 vs 24 of 65. Utah Valley sided out 53.4% of the time.
Hitting+.120
.130.250
Kills and errors: 45–18 vs 31–17.
Longest run+0
55
UC Irvine opened the set in the first set with 5 straight points for a 5–0 lead. The set finished 25–20.

UC Irvine above 50Utah Valley belowMax swing 2.5%

Utah ValleyUC Irvine

Aces: Utah Valley 2·UC Irvine 3
Serve err: Utah Valley 10·UC Irvine 10
Blocks: Utah Valley 7·UC Irvine 60 BS · 14 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Utah Valley 37·UC Irvine 50

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UC Irvine above 50 · Utah Valley below

Biggest swing: 2.5% to Utah Valley — set 2, UT VAL 16-16 UC IRV. Utah Valley ace. UC IRV win probability 87% → 85%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UT VAL 28.7%71.3% UC IRV

Utah Valley wins

3-0

5.4%

3-1

10.0%

3-2

13.3%

UC Irvine wins

3-0

24.2%

3-1

27.3%

3-2

19.8%

UT VAL break %: 42.3% vs this opp
UC IRV break %: 46.6% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Utah ValleyAce+2.5%
Utah Valley ace
Set 2 · UT VAL 16-16 UC IRV · UT VAL 13% → 15%
02
Olivia GloecknerAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Olivia Gloeckner
Set 2 · UT VAL 16-18 UC IRV · UC IRV 87% → 89%
03
Alyvia Watkins&Chloe HansenBlock+2.4%
Abby Pekrul stuffed by Alyvia Watkins & Chloe Hansen
Set 1 · UT VAL 12-13 UC IRV · UT VAL 22% → 24%
04
Memphis BurnettKill+2.2%
Kill by Memphis Burnett (set by Nicole Feliciano)
Set 1 · UT VAL 12-15 UC IRV · UC IRV 78% → 80%
05
Brielle Rueckert&Evalyn MedarisBlock+2.2%
Memphis Burnett stuffed by Brielle Rueckert & Evalyn Medaris
Set 2 · UT VAL 13-13 UC IRV · UT VAL 13% → 15%
06
Bree CarsonAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Bree Carson
Set 2 · UT VAL 16-19 UC IRV · UC IRV 89% → 91%
07
Chloe HansenAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Chloe Hansen
Set 2 · UT VAL 13-15 UC IRV · UC IRV 87% → 89%
08
Ava GronemeyerKill+2.1%
Kill by Ava Gronemeyer (set by Nicole Feliciano)
Set 2 · UT VAL 21-24 UC IRV · UC IRV 92% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Utah Valleyaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Chloe HansenOH	3	8	4	30	.133	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	10
2Alyvia WatkinsMB	3	5	2	14	.214	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	7
18Brielle RueckertMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
17Olivia GloecknerOH	3	4	3	18	.056	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	5
11Evalyn MedarisS	3	1	0	6	.167	26	0	5	8	0	5	2.5	3.5
12Kenna McClureL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
8Lani ToutaiL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	2	14	0	0	0	0
16Myka ChristensenS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Bree CarsonOH	2	4	5	16	-.063	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4
4Miley ThunstromOH	2	3	1	10	.200	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3
1Maranda WoolfMB	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
6Brooke StaufferS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	17	108	.130	29	2	10	37	3	14	7	63

UC Irvinehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
81Memphis BurnettOH	3	12	4	21	.381	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	13
25Ava GronemeyerOH	3	6	3	19	.158	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	8
11Taylor BoiceMB	3	4	1	8	.375	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	2	7
1Nicole FelicianoS	3	5	2	18	.167	17	0	2	10	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
3Abby PekrulMB	3	5	3	10	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
12Madison TriplettOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
6Whitney WallaceL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	5	1	2	18	1	0	0	0	2
18Angelina DellutriS	3	1	0	3	.333	20	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
43Tatawan VongfakL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
7Kendra MacDonaldOH	2	8	3	19	.263	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8
14Brianna BrewerOH	1	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
15Isabella RomeroOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	18	108	.250	42	3	10	50	2	1	10	6	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.

Utah Valley vs UC Irvine

Season series · UC Irvine leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Utah Valley at UC Irvine · UC Irvine won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 7, 2026UC Irvine at Utah ValleyPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 UT VAL · UC IRV 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 5 UT VALUC IRV 5

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 3 UT VALUC IRV 4

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 UT VALUC IRV 5

Bars above the line = UC Irvine 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	41%7/17	27%3/11
2	54%7/13	30%3/10
3	54%7/13	22%2/9
4	67%6/9	30%3/10
5	60%6/10	50%6/12
6	55%6/11	54%7/13
All	53%39/73	37%24/65

UC Irvine

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	57%8/14
2	100%7/7	50%7/14
3	70%7/10	46%6/13
4	70%7/10	53%8/15
5	50%6/12	33%3/9
6	40%6/15	25%2/8
All	63%41/65	47%34/73

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

138 rallies

#	UT VAL-UC IRV	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UT VAL	UC IRV×5	Kill	Ava Gronemeyer	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.5
2	0-2	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+1.7
3	0-3	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Ace	UC Irvine	aced Kenna McClure	+1.6
4	0-4	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Blocked	Chloe Hansen	blk Taylor Boice, Ava Gronemeyer	+1.4
5	0-5	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Blocked	Chloe Hansen	blk Ava Gronemeyer, Taylor Boice	+1.2
6	1-5	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+0.9
7	1-6	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.0
8	1-7	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Taylor Boice	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.0
9	2-7	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.7
10	2-8	UT VAL	UC IRV×4	Kill	Taylor Boice	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.8
11	2-9	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.8
12	2-10	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Whitney Wallace	+0.6
13	2-11	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Blocked	Bree Carson	blk Nicole Feliciano, Taylor Boice	+0.5
14	3-11	UC IRV	UT VAL	Bad set	Taylor Boice		+0.3
15	3-12	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.4
16	4-12	UC IRV	UT VAL×4	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Lani Toutai	+0.3
17	5-12	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
18	6-12	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Bad set	Angelina Dellutri		+0.7
19	7-12	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.9
20	7-13	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.9
21	8-13	UC IRV	UT VAL×5	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.7
22	9-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Attack err	Abby Pekrul		+1.2
23	10-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Attack err	Kendra MacDonald		+1.5
24	11-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Blocked	Ava Gronemeyer	blk Alyvia Watkins, Evalyn Medaris	+1.9
25	12-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Blocked	Abby Pekrul	blk Alyvia Watkins, Chloe Hansen	+2.4
26	12-14	UT VAL	UC IRV×4	Kill	Ava Gronemeyer	set Whitney Wallace	+2.0
27	12-15	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.2
28	12-16	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Attack err	Alyvia Watkins		+1.9
29	12-17	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Attack err	Alyvia Watkins		+1.4
30	13-17	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.9
31	13-18	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.2
32	14-18	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Lani Toutai	+0.9
33	14-19	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.1
34	15-19	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.8
35	16-19	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.5
36	16-20	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.6
37	17-20	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
38	17-21	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.6
39	18-21	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+1.1
40	18-22	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.6
41	19-22	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.0
42	19-23	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.6
43	20-23	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.8
44	20-24	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.4
45	20-25	UC IRV	UC IRV	Blocked	Chloe Hansen	blk Ava Gronemeyer, Taylor Boice	+0.5
Set 2
1	1-0	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+1.3
2	2-0	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.7
3	2-1	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.3
4	3-1	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+1.4
5	3-2	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.3
6	3-3	UC IRV	UC IRV	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert		+1.6
7	4-3	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+1.4
8	4-4	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.3
9	5-4	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
10	6-4	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Kendra MacDonald		+1.9
11	6-5	UT VAL	UC IRV×4	Kill	Angelina Dellutri	set Whitney Wallace	+1.4
12	6-6	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Attack err	Bree Carson		+1.8
13	6-7	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Ace	UC Irvine	aced Chloe Hansen	+1.7
14	6-8	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Attack err	Bree Carson		+1.6
15	7-8	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+1.3
16	8-8	UT VAL	UT VAL	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Whitney Wallace	+1.8
17	8-9	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Whitney Wallace	+1.5
18	9-9	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.5
19	10-9	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Ava Gronemeyer	blk Alyvia Watkins, Evalyn Medaris	+2.1
20	10-10	UT VAL	UC IRV×4	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.6
21	10-11	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.0
22	10-12	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.8
23	10-13	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Ava Gronemeyer	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.7
24	11-13	UC IRV	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Abby Pekrul		+1.3
25	12-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.9
26	13-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Memphis Burnett	blk Brielle Rueckert, Evalyn Medaris	+2.2
27	13-14	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.8
28	13-15	UC IRV	UC IRV	Attack err	Chloe Hansen		+2.1
29	14-15	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.6
30	14-16	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.7
31	15-16	UC IRV	UT VAL	Attack err	Memphis Burnett		+1.7
32	16-16	UT VAL	UT VAL	Ace	Utah Valley		+2.5
33	16-17	UT VAL	UC IRV×4	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Angelina Dellutri	+2.1
34	16-18	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+2.4
35	16-19	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Attack err	Bree Carson		+2.1
36	16-20	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Ace	UC Irvine	aced Bree Carson	+1.6
37	17-20	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+1.0
38	17-21	UT VAL	UC IRV	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+1.3
39	18-21	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Bree Carson	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.9
40	18-22	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Kendra MacDonald	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.3
41	18-23	UC IRV	UC IRV	Blocked	Bree Carson	blk Ava Gronemeyer, Abby Pekrul	+0.9
42	19-23	UC IRV	UT VAL×3	Serve err	UC Irvine		+0.3
43	20-23	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Ava Gronemeyer		+0.8
44	21-23	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Blocked	Kendra MacDonald	blk Chloe Hansen, Alyvia Watkins	+1.6
45	21-24	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Ava Gronemeyer	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.1
46	21-25	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.0
Set 3
1	0-1	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Ava Gronemeyer	set Nicole Feliciano	+0.6
2	1-1	UC IRV	UT VAL	Blocked	Memphis Burnett	blk Evalyn Medaris, Brielle Rueckert	+0.7
3	1-2	UT VAL	UC IRV×5	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.7
4	1-3	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Kill	Whitney Wallace	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.8
5	1-4	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.7
6	1-5	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.6
7	1-6	UC IRV	UC IRV×5	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Whitney Wallace	+0.5
8	2-6	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
9	2-7	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.4
10	2-8	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Taylor Boice		+0.5
11	3-8	UC IRV	UT VAL	Attack err	Brianna Brewer		+0.3
12	3-9	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Taylor Boice	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.4
13	4-9	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
14	4-10	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.4
15	5-10	UC IRV	UT VAL×3	Serve err	UC Irvine		+0.3
16	6-10	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
17	7-10	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.6
18	7-11	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Brianna Brewer	set Nicole Feliciano	+0.6
19	7-12	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Nicole Feliciano	+0.6
20	8-12	UC IRV	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Irvine		+0.4
21	8-13	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.5
22	8-14	UC IRV	UC IRV	Blocked	Brielle Rueckert	blk Memphis Burnett	+0.5
23	9-14	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
24	9-15	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Ava Gronemeyer	set Nicole Feliciano	+0.4
25	10-15	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Maranda Woolf	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.3
26	11-15	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Maranda Woolf	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
27	11-16	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Memphis Burnett	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.5
28	11-17	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Brianna Brewer	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.5
29	12-17	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Chloe Hansen	+0.3
30	13-17	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Nicole Feliciano		+0.5
31	13-18	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.5
32	14-18	UC IRV	UT VAL×3	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
33	15-18	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Brianna Brewer		+0.7
34	16-18	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Alyvia Watkins		+1.0
35	16-19	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.9
36	16-20	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Brianna Brewer	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.9
37	17-20	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
38	17-21	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.7
39	18-21	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
40	18-22	UT VAL	UC IRV	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom		+0.7
41	19-22	UC IRV	UT VAL	Attack err	Memphis Burnett		+0.4
42	19-23	UT VAL	UC IRV	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.7
43	20-23	UC IRV	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
44	20-24	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+0.6
45	21-24	UC IRV	UT VAL	Attack err	Nicole Feliciano		+0.2
46	22-24	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Taylor Boice		+0.6
47	22-25	UT VAL	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.1

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).

UC Irvine def. Utah Valley 3–0

UC Irvine swept Utah Valley without a set decided by more than five.