Minnesota vs South Dakota Volleyball: Minnesota Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsFri, Sep 18, 2026 · Neutral site

3:1

Minnesota beat South Dakota 3-1 (25-15, 24-26, 25-17, 25-14) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at a neutral site. Minnesota's Mckenna Wucherer led with 25 kills, and Zeynep Palabiyik added 21 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
MINN	25	24	25	25	3
SO DAK	15	26	17	14	1

Win probability

South Dakota above 50 · Minnesota below

Biggest swing: 4.2% to South Dakota — set 2, MINN 24-26 SO DAK. Attack error by Mckenna Wucherer. SO DAK win probability 8% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MINN 93.3%6.7% SO DAK

Minnesota wins

3-0

50.9%

3-1

30.8%

3-2

11.6%

South Dakota wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

2.0%

3-2

4.0%

MINN break %: 46.9% vs this opp
SO DAK break %: 35.5% 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
Mckenna WuchererAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Mckenna Wucherer
Set 2 · MINN 24-26 SO DAK · SO DAK 8% → 12%
02
South DakotaAce+3.2%
South Dakota ace
Set 2 · MINN 23-24 SO DAK · SO DAK 5% → 8%
03
Mckenna WuchererKill+2.3%
Kill by Mckenna Wucherer (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 2 · MINN 24-24 SO DAK · MINN 92% → 94%
04
Morgan BodeKill+2.3%
Kill by Morgan Bode (set by Avery Van Hook)
Set 2 · MINN 24-25 SO DAK · SO DAK 6% → 8%
05
Carly GilkAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Carly Gilk
Set 2 · MINN 23-23 SO DAK · SO DAK 3% → 5%
06
Mckenna WuchererKill+1.4%
Kill by Mckenna Wucherer (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 3 · MINN 2-0 SO DAK · MINN 89% → 90%
07
MinnesotaAce+1.3%
Minnesota ace on Sierra Pokharel
Set 3 · MINN 6-3 SO DAK · MINN 90% → 91%
08
Amanda LoschenAttack error+1.1%
Attack error by Amanda Loschen
Set 4 · MINN 1-0 SO DAK · MINN 95% → 96%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Minnesotaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
3Mckenna WuchererOH	4	25	5	48	.417	0	3	1	15	0	2	1	29
33Kelly KinneyOH	4	12	2	24	.417	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	14
7Carly GilkOPP	4	8	6	28	.071	0	3	2	3	0	1	0.5	11.5
17Elena HoeckeMB	4	10	2	20	.400	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
1Stella SwensonS	4	2	1	4	.250	53	0	2	8	0	1	0.5	2.5
15Jordan TaylorMB	2	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	4
5McKenna GarrL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	2	3	10	0	0	0	2
6Kate ThibaultL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
11Madi KraftL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Zeynep PalabiyikL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	21	1	0	0	0
16Lucie BlazkovaMB	2	3	0	6	.500	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
Team totals		62	19	141	.305	59	8	12	60	4	16	8	99

South Dakotahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Lauren MedeckOH	4	12	2	41	.244	2	0	1	5	0	1	3	2.5	14.5
9Gabi ZachariasenOH	4	7	4	35	.086	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	9
14Amanda LoschenMB	4	4	2	14	.143	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	4	8
8Morgan BodeMB	4	5	3	12	.167	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
5Audrey NelsonMB	4	5	5	23	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	7
2Avery Van HookS	4	2	4	7	-.286	29	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	2
16Samantha UntiedtL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	1
11Sierra PokharelDS	4	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	11	5	0	0	0	1
13Cora HokenstadDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
3Ava BallOH	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15Ella RogersS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	20	134	.119	34	4	7	53	8	2	18	11	72

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 · SO DAK 4

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 4 MINNSO DAK 4

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 6 MINNSO DAK 3

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 3 MINNSO DAK 2

Set 4

25-14

Longest run 5 MINNSO DAK 3

Bars above the line = South Dakota 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	77%10/13	56%10/18
2	67%10/15	47%9/19
3	82%9/11	47%9/19
4	82%9/11	53%10/19
5	90%9/10	18%2/11
6	46%6/13	50%6/12
All	73%53/73	47%46/98

South Dakota

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%10/26	27%3/11
2	77%10/13	29%4/14
3	48%10/21	29%4/14
4	56%9/16	25%3/12
5	54%7/13	10%1/10
6	67%6/9	42%5/12
All	53%52/98	27%20/73

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 (4 of 4 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

171 rallies

#	MINN-SO DAK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SO DAK	MINN×3	Blocked	Gabi Zachariasen	blk Kelly Kinney, Jordan Taylor	+0.5
2	2-0	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
3	3-0	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Audrey Nelson		+0.6
4	3-1	MINN	SO DAK	Blocked	Mckenna Wucherer	blk Amanda Loschen, Audrey Nelson	+0.4
5	3-2	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Jordan Taylor	blk Lauren Medeck	+0.7
6	4-2	SO DAK	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
7	5-2	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
8	6-2	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Elena Hoecke		+0.5
9	6-3	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
10	7-3	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
11	7-4	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
12	8-4	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
13	8-5	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Samantha Untiedt	+0.3
14	9-5	SO DAK	MINN×4	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
15	10-5	MINN	MINN×4	Attack err	Gabi Zachariasen		+0.4
16	11-5	MINN	MINN×4	Blocked	Morgan Bode	blk Jordan Taylor, Kelly Kinney	+0.3
17	12-5	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
18	12-6	MINN	SO DAK×4	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.1
19	12-7	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+0.2
20	12-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Ace	South Dakota	aced Jordan Taylor	+0.4
21	12-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Lauren Medeck	+0.5
22	13-9	SO DAK	MINN×3	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
23	14-9	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
24	15-9	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Amanda Loschen		+0.3
25	15-10	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
26	16-10	SO DAK	MINN×4	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
27	17-10	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sierra Pokharel	+0.2
28	18-10	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
29	19-10	MINN	MINN×4	Blocked	Audrey Nelson	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Jordan Taylor	·
30	19-11	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		·
31	20-11	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	·
32	20-12	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		·
33	21-12	SO DAK	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	·
34	22-12	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sierra Pokharel	·
35	23-12	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota		·
36	23-13	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	·
37	23-14	SO DAK	SO DAK	Ace	South Dakota	aced Zeynep Palabiyik	·
38	24-14	SO DAK	MINN	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke	·
39	24-15	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	·
40	25-15	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	·
Set 2
1	1-0	MINN	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
2	1-1	MINN	SO DAK×3	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.4
3	1-2	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Ace	South Dakota	aced Jordan Taylor	+0.6
4	1-3	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Blocked	Carly Gilk	blk Lauren Medeck, Amanda Loschen	+0.7
5	2-3	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
6	2-4	MINN	SO DAK×3	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
7	2-5	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Attack err	Elena Hoecke		+0.8
8	2-6	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Attack err	Mckenna Wucherer		+0.9
9	3-6	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
10	3-7	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.7
11	4-7	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
12	5-7	MINN	MINN	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.8
13	5-8	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.7
14	5-9	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Sierra Pokharel	+1.0
15	6-9	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
16	6-10	MINN	SO DAK	Attack err	Jordan Taylor		+0.7
17	7-10	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
18	7-11	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.8
19	7-12	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Carly Gilk	blk Audrey Nelson, Amanda Loschen	+1.0
20	8-12	SO DAK	MINN	Attack err	Audrey Nelson		+0.5
21	9-12	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Gabi Zachariasen		+0.9
22	9-13	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.8
23	10-13	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
24	11-13	MINN	MINN	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+1.0
25	11-14	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
26	12-14	SO DAK	MINN×6	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
27	13-14	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
28	14-14	MINN	MINN×6	Attack err	Avery Van Hook		+1.0
29	15-14	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.9
30	16-14	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
31	17-14	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
32	17-15	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.4
33	18-15	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
34	18-16	MINN	SO DAK	Blocked	Stella Swenson	blk Morgan Bode	+0.4
35	19-16	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
36	19-17	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.4
37	19-18	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Jordan Taylor	blk Gabi Zachariasen, Amanda Loschen	+0.9
38	20-18	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
39	21-18	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Avery Van Hook		+0.8
40	21-19	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.4
41	22-19	SO DAK	MINN	Blocked	Gabi Zachariasen	blk Kelly Kinney, Jordan Taylor	+0.5
42	22-20	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.4
43	22-21	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Mckenna Wucherer	blk Amanda Loschen, Audrey Nelson	+1.0
44	23-21	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+0.9
45	23-22	MINN	SO DAK×3	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.7
46	23-23	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Attack err	Carly Gilk		+2.0
47	23-24	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Ace	South Dakota		+3.2
48	24-24	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+2.3
49	24-25	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+2.3
50	24-26	SO DAK	SO DAK	Attack err	Mckenna Wucherer		+4.2
Set 3
1	1-0	SO DAK	MINN	Attack err	Avery Van Hook		+1.1
2	2-0	MINN	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.4
3	2-1	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+1.0
4	3-1	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.9
5	3-2	MINN	SO DAK	Blocked	Carly Gilk	blk Amanda Loschen, Lauren Medeck	+1.0
6	4-2	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
7	4-3	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+1.1
8	5-3	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
9	6-3	MINN	MINN	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sierra Pokharel	+1.3
10	6-4	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
11	7-4	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.9
12	8-4	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Avery Van Hook		+1.1
13	8-5	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.7
14	9-5	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
15	9-6	MINN	SO DAK	Blocked	Carly Gilk	blk Amanda Loschen, Gabi Zachariasen	+0.7
16	10-6	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
17	11-6	MINN	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.8
18	11-7	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
19	12-7	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
20	12-8	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Sierra Pokharel	+0.5
21	13-8	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
22	13-9	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.5
23	14-9	SO DAK	MINN	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.6
24	14-10	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
25	15-10	SO DAK	MINN	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.6
26	16-10	MINN	MINN	Blocked	Morgan Bode	blk Kelly Kinney, Lucie Blazkova	+0.6
27	16-11	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
28	16-12	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.7
29	17-12	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
30	17-13	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
31	18-13	SO DAK	MINN	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.6
32	19-13	MINN	MINN	Bad set	Avery Van Hook		+0.6
33	19-14	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
34	20-14	SO DAK	MINN	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Lucie Blazkova, Carly Gilk	+0.3
35	20-15	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
36	21-15	SO DAK	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
37	22-15	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sierra Pokharel	+0.2
38	23-15	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
39	23-16	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	·
40	24-16	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	·
41	24-17	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	·
42	25-17	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	·
Set 4
1	1-0	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Amanda Loschen		+1.1
2	2-0	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
3	3-0	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
4	3-1	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
5	4-1	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
6	4-2	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
7	5-2	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
8	5-3	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
9	5-4	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Elena Hoecke	blk Morgan Bode, Lauren Medeck	+1.1
10	6-4	SO DAK	MINN×5	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.8
11	7-4	MINN	MINN×5	Ace	Minnesota		+0.9
12	8-4	MINN	MINN×5	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Kate Thibault	+0.8
13	9-4	MINN	MINN×5	Ace	Minnesota	aced Cora Hokenstad	+0.6
14	10-4	MINN	MINN×5	Attack err	Morgan Bode		+0.4
15	10-5	MINN	SO DAK	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+0.3
16	11-5	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
17	12-5	MINN	MINN	Kill	Lucie Blazkova		+0.3
18	12-6	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Lauren Medeck	+0.2
19	13-6	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
20	13-7	MINN	SO DAK×3	Attack err	Carly Gilk		+0.2
21	13-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Bad set	Zeynep Palabiyik		+0.3
22	13-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Ava Ball	set Avery Van Hook	+0.5
23	14-9	SO DAK	MINN×4	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.4
24	15-9	MINN	MINN×4	Blocked	Audrey Nelson	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Lucie Blazkova	+0.4
25	16-9	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota	aced Sierra Pokharel	+0.3
26	17-9	MINN	MINN×4	Bad set	Avery Van Hook		+0.2
27	17-10	MINN	SO DAK	Blocked	Mckenna Wucherer	blk Amanda Loschen, Audrey Nelson	+0.1
28	18-10	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
29	18-11	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.1
30	19-11	SO DAK	MINN×3	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.1
31	20-11	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
32	21-11	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Audrey Nelson		·
33	21-12	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	·
34	22-12	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Kate Thibault	·
35	23-12	MINN	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	·
36	23-13	MINN	SO DAK	Serve err	Minnesota		·
37	24-13	SO DAK	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Zeynep Palabiyik	·
38	24-14	MINN	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	·
39	25-14	SO DAK	MINN	Serve err	South Dakota		·

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. South Dakota 3–1