Northwestern vs Minnesota Volleyball: Minnesota Wins 3-0

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026B1G+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Minnesota 93.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Minnesota beat visiting Northwestern 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-9) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. Minnesota's Mckenna Wucherer led with 10 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NW	14	11	9	0
MINN	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Mckenna Garr served 5 aces in a Minnesota rout.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.8 points. Northwestern peaked at 6% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Minnesota 94% before first serve.

NorthwesternMinnesota

Break %+37.9 pts
30.668.5
Points won on own serve: 50 of 73 vs 11 of 36. Northwestern sided out 31.5% of the time.
Hitting+.448
-.036.412
Kills and errors: 40–7 vs 19–22.
Longest run+6
410
10 straight Minnesota points in the third set stretched a 12–6 lead to 22–6. The set finished 25–9.

Minnesota above 50Northwestern belowMax swing 0.8%

NorthwesternMinnesota

Aces: Northwestern 0·Minnesota 9
Serve err: Northwestern 4·Minnesota 8
Blocks: Northwestern 4·Minnesota 91 BS · 6 BA vs 0 BS · 18 BA
Digs: Northwestern 31·Minnesota 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Minnesota above 50 · Northwestern below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW 1.9%98.1% MINN

Northwestern wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.3%

Minnesota wins

3-0

67.5%

3-1

24.9%

3-2

5.7%

NW break %: 33.9% vs this opp
MINN break %: 49.6% 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

Northwesternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Campbell ParisOH	3	7	4	22	.136	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Mara StiglicOH	3	5	5	25	.000	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	6
22Isabella BullingtonOH	3	6	5	21	.048	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	6
17Maya StillwellMB	3	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
11Ellie StiernagleS	3	0	1	2	-.500	15	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2Drew WrightL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
4Kayla KauffmanMB	3	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
7Lauren DignanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
16Ava PrattOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
20Lily WagnerOH	1	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6Clara SchrammOH	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Cate SchnellOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Kaitlyn BodnarS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		19	22	84	-.036	19	4	31	9	1	6	4	34

Minnesotahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
3Mckenna WuchererOH	3	10	1	24	.375	0	3	2	5	3	1.5	14.5
17Elena HoeckeMB	3	8	0	9	.889	1	0	2	0	5	2.5	10.5
4Makenna CrossonOH	3	5	1	12	.333	0	1	0	4	2	1	7
1Stella SwensonS	3	2	1	4	.250	29	0	0	8	4	2	4
33Kelly KinneyOH	2	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
15Jordan TaylorMB	2	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
5McKenna GarrL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	5	1	8	0	0	5
6Kate ThibaultL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0
12Zeynep PalabiyikL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	8	0	0	0
10Georgia LeeS	2	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Lucie BlazkovaMB	1	6	2	10	.400	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
7Carly GilkOPP	1	1	0	4	.250	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
11Madi KraftL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13Olivia SwensonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	7	80	.412	35	9	8	37	18	9	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 NW · MINN 10

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 4 NWMINN 8

Set 2

11-25

Longest run 2 NWMINN 9

Set 3

9-25

Longest run 2 NWMINN 10

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	35%6/17	29%2/7
2	28%5/18	33%3/9
3	30%3/10	44%4/9
4	30%3/10	25%1/4
5	33%3/9	0%0/3
6	33%3/9	25%1/4
All	32%23/73	31%11/36

Minnesota

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	60%6/10
2	63%5/8	80%20/25
3	56%5/9	44%4/9
4	100%3/3	79%11/14
5	75%3/4	73%8/11
6	100%3/3	25%1/4
All	69%25/36	68%50/73

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

109 rallies

#	NW-MINN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	NW	MINN×3	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson
2	0-2	MINN	MINN×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Makenna Crosson, Jordan Taylor
3	0-3	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Mara Stiglic
4	1-3	MINN	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Drew Wright
5	2-3	NW	NW	Blocked	Makenna Crosson	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell
6	2-4	NW	MINN×4	Kill	Makenna Crosson	set Stella Swenson
7	2-5	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson
8	2-6	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson
9	2-7	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Elena Hoecke
10	3-7	MINN	NW×4	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
11	4-7	NW	NW×4	Blocked	Mckenna Wucherer	blk Maya Stillwell, Campbell Paris
12	5-7	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Stella Swenson
13	6-7	NW	NW×4	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
14	6-8	NW	MINN×8	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson
15	6-9	MINN	MINN×8	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke
16	6-10	MINN	MINN×8	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Elena Hoecke
17	6-11	MINN	MINN×8	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Elena Hoecke
18	6-12	MINN	MINN×8	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson
19	6-13	MINN	MINN×8	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
20	6-14	MINN	MINN×8	Blocked	Maya Stillwell	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke
21	6-15	MINN	MINN×8	Attack err	Maya Stillwell
22	7-15	MINN	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
23	7-16	NW	MINN×3	Blocked	Ellie Stiernagle	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke
24	7-17	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Mara Stiglic
25	7-18	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson
26	8-18	MINN	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
27	8-19	NW	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson
28	8-20	MINN	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson
29	9-20	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
30	9-21	NW	MINN	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Kate Thibault
31	9-22	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Kayla Kauffman
32	10-22	MINN	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
33	11-22	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Kelly Kinney	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell
34	12-22	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
35	12-23	NW	MINN	Serve err	Northwestern
36	13-23	MINN	NW	Attack err	Jordan Taylor
37	13-24	NW	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson
38	14-24	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
39	14-25	NW	MINN	Kill	Makenna Crosson	set Stella Swenson
Set 2
1	1-0	MINN	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright
2	2-0	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
3	2-1	NW	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson
4	2-2	MINN	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer
5	3-2	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
6	4-2	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
7	4-3	NW	MINN	Serve err	Northwestern
8	5-3	MINN	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
9	6-3	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Gigi Navarrete
10	6-4	NW	MINN×5	Kill	Makenna Crosson	set Stella Swenson
11	6-5	MINN	MINN×5	Ace	Minnesota	aced Ava Pratt
12	6-6	MINN	MINN×5	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke
13	6-7	MINN	MINN×5	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson
14	6-8	MINN	MINN×5	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson
15	7-8	MINN	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
16	7-9	NW	MINN×6	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson
17	7-10	MINN	MINN×6	Attack err	Mara Stiglic
18	7-11	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson
19	7-12	MINN	MINN×6	Ace	Minnesota	aced Gigi Navarrete
20	7-13	MINN	MINN×6	Ace	Minnesota	aced Gigi Navarrete
21	7-14	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson
22	8-14	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
23	9-14	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Lauren Dignan
24	9-15	NW	MINN	Attack err	Campbell Paris
25	10-15	MINN	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
26	10-16	NW	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson
27	11-16	MINN	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
28	11-17	NW	MINN×9	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson
29	11-18	MINN	MINN×9	Attack err	Campbell Paris
30	11-19	MINN	MINN×9	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer
31	11-20	MINN	MINN×9	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Georgia Lee
32	11-21	MINN	MINN×9	Ace	Minnesota	aced Isabella Bullington
33	11-22	MINN	MINN×9	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Georgia Lee
34	11-23	MINN	MINN×9	Ace	Minnesota	aced Mara Stiglic
35	11-24	MINN	MINN×9	Ace	Minnesota	aced Mara Stiglic
36	11-25	MINN	MINN×9	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
Set 3
1	0-1	NW	MINN	Kill	Makenna Crosson	set Stella Swenson
2	1-1	MINN	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
3	1-2	NW	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson
4	2-2	MINN	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
5	2-3	NW	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson
6	3-3	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
7	3-4	NW	MINN	Serve err	Northwestern
8	3-5	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Kayla Kauffman
9	4-5	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
10	4-6	NW	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson
11	5-6	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
12	5-7	NW	MINN×6	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson
13	5-8	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Makenna Crosson	set Stella Swenson
14	5-9	MINN	MINN×6	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson
15	5-10	MINN	MINN×6	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Makenna Crosson, Lucie Blazkova
16	5-11	MINN	MINN×6	Attack err	Lily Wagner
17	5-12	MINN	MINN×6	Attack err	Lily Wagner
18	6-12	MINN	NW	Attack err	Lucie Blazkova
19	6-13	NW	MINN×10	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson
20	6-14	MINN	MINN×10	Ace	Minnesota	aced Isabella Bullington
21	6-15	MINN	MINN×10	Ace	Minnesota	aced Isabella Bullington
22	6-16	MINN	MINN×10	Kill	Lucie Blazkova
23	6-17	MINN	MINN×10	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Lucie Blazkova
24	6-18	MINN	MINN×10	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
25	6-19	MINN	MINN×10	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson
26	6-20	MINN	MINN×10	Blocked	Clara Schramm	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Lucie Blazkova
27	6-21	MINN	MINN×10	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Georgia Lee
28	6-22	MINN	MINN×10	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Georgia Lee
29	7-22	MINN	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
30	8-22	NW	NW	Blocked	Lucie Blazkova	blk Kayla Kauffman
31	8-23	NW	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Georgia Lee
32	8-24	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
33	9-24	MINN	NW	Serve err	Minnesota
34	9-25	NW	MINN	Serve err	Northwestern

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

Minnesota def. Northwestern 3–0

Mckenna Garr served 5 aces in a Minnesota rout.