Minnesota vs Creighton Volleyball: Minnesota Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Aug 29, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Minnesota beat Creighton 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-12) on Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at a neutral site. Minnesota's Mckenna Wucherer led with 10 kills, and Zeynep Palabiyik added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Aug 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MINN	25	25	25	3
CREIGH	18	23	12	0

Win probability

Creighton above 50 · Minnesota below

Biggest swing: 3.4% to Minnesota — set 2, MINN 24-22 CREIGH. Kill by Carly Gilk (set by Stella Swenson). CREIGH win probability 8% → 5%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MINN 82.5%17.5% CREIGH

Minnesota wins

3-0

34.2%

3-1

30.9%

3-2

17.5%

Creighton wins

3-0

2.7%

3-1

5.7%

3-2

9.0%

MINN break %: 45.7% vs this opp
CREIGH break %: 38.5% 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
Carly GilkKill+3.4%
Kill by Carly Gilk (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 2 · MINN 24-22 CREIGH · MINN 92% → 95%
02
Mckenna WuchererKill+3.0%
Kill by Mckenna Wucherer (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 2 · MINN 25-23 CREIGH · MINN 94% → 97%
03
Rayna Christianson&Ayden AmesBlock+2.9%
Kelly Kinney stuffed by Rayna Christianson & Ayden Ames
Set 2 · MINN 21-21 CREIGH · CREIGH 8% → 11%
04
Mckenna WuchererKill+2.8%
Kill by Mckenna Wucherer (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 2 · MINN 23-22 CREIGH · MINN 89% → 92%
05
Ayden AmesKill+2.4%
Kill by Ayden Ames (set by Rayna Christianson)
Set 2 · MINN 22-22 CREIGH · CREIGH 8% → 11%
06
Jordan TaylorKill+2.4%
Kill by Jordan Taylor (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 2 · MINN 22-21 CREIGH · MINN 89% → 92%
07
Katie DaltonAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Katie Dalton
Set 1 · MINN 13-12 CREIGH · MINN 81% → 83%
08
Trinity Shadd-CeresKill+2.3%
Kill by Trinity Shadd-Ceres (set by Katie Dalton)
Set 1 · MINN 9-10 CREIGH · CREIGH 18% → 21%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Minnesotaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Mckenna WuchererOH	3	10	4	27	.222	0	1	1	6	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
17Elena HoeckeMB	3	7	0	14	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	10
33Kelly KinneyOH	3	7	3	20	.200	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	8
1Stella SwensonS	3	2	1	5	.200	29	4	2	7	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
7Carly GilkOPP	3	5	2	11	.273	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	6
15Jordan TaylorMB	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6
5McKenna GarrL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
12Zeynep PalabiyikL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	3	13	0	0	0	0	2
6Kate ThibaultL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
13Olivia SwensonOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Makenna CrossonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	10	84	.298	32	10	9	39	6	2	12	8	75

Creightonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Ayden AmesMB	3	8	2	18	.333	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	9.5
0Trinity Shadd-CeresOH	3	6	8	25	-.080	0	1	3	3	4	0	0	7
2Abbey HayesOH	3	6	2	26	.154	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	6
19Nora WurtzMB	3	0	0	1	.000	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	3
24Sydney BreissingerDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	2
5Katie DaltonS	2	0	2	3	-.667	8	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
6Jaya JohnsonMB	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	3.5
4Rayna ChristiansonS	3	1	0	1	1.000	8	0	3	2	0	2	1	2
10Eloise BrandewieMB	3	1	3	11	-.182	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
13Saige DamrowL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	4	0	0	9	2	0	0	1
22Ashlyn PaymalOH	2	2	1	4	.250	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
Team totals		28	21	103	.068	25	6	8	34	10	8	4	53

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 6 MINN · CREIGH 5

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 MINNCREIGH 4

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 4 MINNCREIGH 5

Set 3

25-12

Longest run 6 MINNCREIGH 2

Bars above the line = Creighton leads, below = Minnesota leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Minnesota

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	40%4/10	67%4/6
2	57%4/7	56%5/9
3	100%4/4	73%11/15
4	100%3/3	67%6/9
5	75%3/4	50%3/6
6	75%3/4	0%0/3
All	66%21/32	60%29/48

Creighton

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%4/9	60%6/10
2	27%4/15	43%3/7
3	33%3/9	0%0/4
4	50%3/6	0%0/3
5	100%3/3	25%1/4
6	33%2/6	25%1/4
All	40%19/48	34%11/32

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 (2 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

128 rallies

#	MINN-CREIGH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Mckenna Wucherer		+1.7
2	0-2	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Attack err	Carly Gilk		+1.9
3	0-3	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Ace	Creighton	aced Carly Gilk	+2.0
4	0-4	CREIGH	CREIGH×4	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+2.0
5	1-4	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.3
6	2-4	MINN	MINN	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sydney Breissinger	+1.8
7	2-5	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Katie Dalton	+1.6
8	2-6	CREIGH	CREIGH	Attack err	Carly Gilk		+2.1
9	3-6	CREIGH	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.3
10	4-6	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+1.9
11	5-6	MINN	MINN×3	Bad set	Ayden Ames		+2.0
12	5-7	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+1.6
13	6-7	CREIGH	MINN×3	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+1.4
14	7-7	MINN	MINN×3	Blocked	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke	+2.0
15	8-7	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Stella Swenson		+1.9
16	8-8	MINN	CREIGH	Attack err	Stella Swenson		+1.4
17	9-8	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.4
18	9-9	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Saige Damrow	+1.5
19	9-10	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+2.3
20	10-10	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.6
21	10-11	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		+1.8
22	11-11	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.6
23	11-12	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Katie Dalton	+1.8
24	12-12	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+1.7
25	13-12	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Katie Dalton		+2.3
26	13-13	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		+1.7
27	14-13	CREIGH	MINN×4	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.7
28	15-13	MINN	MINN×4	Attack err	Jaya Johnson		+2.2
29	16-13	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+1.8
30	17-13	MINN	MINN×4	Attack err	Abbey Hayes		+1.4
31	17-14	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.9
32	18-14	CREIGH	MINN×3	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+1.0
33	19-14	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+1.0
34	20-14	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.6
35	20-15	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Katie Dalton	+0.3
36	21-15	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
37	21-16	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Jaya Johnson	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
38	22-16	CREIGH	MINN	Attack err	Katie Dalton		+0.3
39	22-17	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Eloise Brandewie	set Katie Dalton	+0.2
40	22-18	CREIGH	CREIGH	Ace	Creighton	aced Kelly Kinney	+0.4
41	23-18	CREIGH	MINN×3	Serve err	Creighton		+0.5
42	24-18	MINN	MINN×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Paymal	blk Kelly Kinney, Jordan Taylor	+0.3
43	25-18	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Saige Damrow	·
Set 2
1	1-0	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+1.1
2	1-1	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.9
3	2-1	CREIGH	MINN	Serve err	Creighton		+0.8
4	2-2	MINN	CREIGH	Blocked	Mckenna Wucherer	blk Jaya Johnson, Ayden Ames	+0.9
5	3-2	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
6	4-2	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Eloise Brandewie		+1.1
7	4-3	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Jaya Johnson	set Eloise Brandewie	+0.8
8	4-4	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Saige Damrow	set Stella Swenson	+1.3
9	5-4	CREIGH	MINN	Serve err	Creighton		+0.9
10	6-4	MINN	MINN	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Saige Damrow	+1.1
11	6-5	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Rayna Christianson	+0.8
12	6-6	CREIGH	CREIGH	Blocked	Mckenna Wucherer	blk Eloise Brandewie, Ashlyn Paymal	+1.3
13	7-6	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.9
14	7-7	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		+1.0
15	8-7	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
16	8-8	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Ashlyn Paymal	+1.1
17	9-8	CREIGH	MINN×4	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
18	10-8	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota	aced Saige Damrow	+1.3
19	11-8	MINN	MINN×4	Blocked	Ayden Ames	blk Jordan Taylor	+1.1
20	12-8	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+0.9
21	12-9	MINN	CREIGH	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+0.6
22	13-9	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
23	13-10	MINN	CREIGH	Attack err	Mckenna Wucherer		+0.6
24	13-11	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Nora Wurtz	+1.1
25	14-11	CREIGH	MINN×3	Blocked	Eloise Brandewie	blk Jordan Taylor, Mckenna Wucherer	+0.9
26	15-11	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
27	16-11	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Eloise Brandewie		+0.8
28	16-12	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.4
29	16-13	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Eloise Brandewie	+0.9
30	17-13	CREIGH	MINN	Serve err	Creighton		+0.8
31	18-13	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.8
32	18-14	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.4
33	18-15	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Rayna Christianson	+0.8
34	19-15	CREIGH	MINN	Serve err	Creighton		+0.8
35	19-16	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Rayna Christianson	+0.6
36	20-16	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
37	21-16	MINN	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
38	21-17	MINN	CREIGH×5	Kill	Ashlyn Paymal	set Rayna Christianson	+0.3
39	21-18	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Ace	Creighton	aced Kelly Kinney	+0.7
40	21-19	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Blocked	Kelly Kinney	blk Rayna Christianson, Ayden Ames	+1.2
41	21-20		CREIGH	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.0
42	21-21	CREIGH	CREIGH×5	Blocked	Kelly Kinney	blk Rayna Christianson, Ayden Ames	+2.9
43	22-21	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+2.4
44	22-22	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Rayna Christianson	+2.4
45	23-22	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+2.8
46	24-22	MINN	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+3.4
47	24-23	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Trinity Shadd-Ceres	set Saige Damrow	+1.4
48	25-23	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+3.0
Set 3
1	0-1	CREIGH	CREIGH	Ace	Creighton	aced Carly Gilk	+0.7
2	0-2	CREIGH	CREIGH	Ace	Creighton	aced Carly Gilk	+0.7
3	1-2	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
4	2-2	MINN	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
5	2-3	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Saige Damrow	+0.5
6	2-4	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes	set Saige Damrow	+0.8
7	3-4	CREIGH	MINN×6	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
8	4-4	MINN	MINN×6	Ace	Minnesota	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+0.7
9	5-4	MINN	MINN×6	Blocked	Jaya Johnson	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Elena Hoecke	+0.6
10	6-4	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
11	7-4	MINN	MINN×6	Ace	Minnesota	aced Trinity Shadd-Ceres	+0.5
12	8-4	MINN	MINN×6	Blocked	Jaya Johnson	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Elena Hoecke	+0.4
13	8-5	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Rayna Christianson	+0.3
14	9-5	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
15	10-5	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		+0.4
16	10-6	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Rayna Christianson	+0.2
17	11-6	CREIGH	MINN×4	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
18	12-6	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota	aced Abbey Hayes	+0.3
19	13-6	MINN	MINN×4	Blocked	Abbey Hayes	blk Kelly Kinney, Elena Hoecke	+0.2
20	14-6	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.1
21	14-7	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Jaya Johnson	set Rayna Christianson	+0.1
22	15-7	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
23	15-8	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Rayna Christianson	set Abbey Hayes	+0.1
24	16-8	CREIGH	MINN×3	Serve err	Creighton		+0.1
25	17-8	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sydney Breissinger	+0.1
26	18-8	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	·
27	18-9	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		·
28	19-9	CREIGH	MINN×3	Serve err	Creighton		·
29	20-9	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Zeynep Palabiyik	·
30	21-9	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sydney Breissinger	·
31	21-10	MINN	CREIGH	Kill	Ayden Ames	set Rayna Christianson	·
32	21-11	CREIGH	CREIGH	Kill	Abbey Hayes		·
33	22-11	CREIGH	MINN	Serve err	Creighton		·
34	23-11	MINN	MINN	Blocked	Ayden Ames	blk Elena Hoecke	·
35	23-12	MINN	CREIGH	Serve err	Minnesota		·
36	24-12	CREIGH	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	·
37	25-12	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Trinity Shadd-Ceres		·

Score shown after each rally, Minnesota 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).

Minnesota def. Creighton 3–0