Minnesota vs Ohio State Volleyball: Minnesota Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Oct 11, 2026BTN

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Minnesota 93.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 11, 2:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Minnesota won at Ohio St. 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-22) on Sun, Oct 11, 2026. Minnesota's Mckenna Wucherer led with 13 kills, and Zeynep Palabiyik added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 10:10 PM CT · final Oct 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MINN	25	25	25	3
OHIOST	23	20	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Minnesota swept Ohio St. without a set decided by more than five and led every phase.

Win probability never moved more than 2.1 points on one rally; Ohio St. topped out at 12% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Minnesota at 94%.

MinnesotaOhio St.

Break %+8.5 pts
38.429.9
On serve: 28/73 against 20/67 (Ohio St. sideout 61.6%).
Hitting+.090
.296.206
46 kills, 12 errors vs 37 kills, 16 errors.
Longest run+1
54
Minnesota scored 5 straight in the second set to go from 13–13 to an 18–13 lead. That set ended 25–20.

Ohio St. above 50Minnesota belowMax swing 2.1%

MinnesotaOhio St.

Aces: Minnesota 4·Ohio St. 2
Serve err: Minnesota 13·Ohio St. 5
Blocks: Minnesota 8·Ohio St. 46 BS · 4 BA vs 4 BS · 0 BA
Digs: Minnesota 39·Ohio St. 49

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Ohio St. above 50 · Minnesota below

Biggest swing: 2.1% to Ohio St. — set 1, MINN 16-18 OHIOST. Bad set by Mckenna Wucherer. OHIOST win probability 10% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MINN 94.1%5.9% OHIOST

Minnesota wins

3-0

52.9%

3-1

30.4%

3-2

10.8%

Ohio St. wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.7%

3-2

3.5%

MINN break %: 47.2% vs this opp
OHIOST break %: 35.4% 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 WuchererBad set+2.1%
Bad set by Mckenna Wucherer
Set 1 · MINN 16-18 OHIOST · OHIOST 10% → 12%
02
Kelly KinneyKill+2.1%
Kill by Kelly Kinney (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 1 · MINN 25-23 OHIOST · MINN 95% → 97%
03
Mckenna WuchererBlock+2.0%
Hannah Jones stuffed by Mckenna Wucherer
Set 1 · MINN 20-19 OHIOST · MINN 91% → 93%
04
Jordan TaylorKill+1.9%
Kill by Jordan Taylor (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 1 · MINN 18-18 OHIOST · MINN 89% → 91%
05
Naomy GovouAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Naomy Govou
Set 1 · MINN 22-20 OHIOST · MINN 93% → 95%
06
Kalli Jioshvili RavvaBlock+1.7%
Stella Swenson stuffed by Kalli Jioshvili Ravva
Set 1 · MINN 15-16 OHIOST · OHIOST 8% → 10%
07
Kelly KinneyKill+1.7%
Kill by Kelly Kinney (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 1 · MINN 24-22 OHIOST · MINN 94% → 96%
08
Alia SchoonoverKill+1.7%
Kill by Alia Schoonover (set by Bailey Nakanelua)
Set 1 · MINN 18-19 OHIOST · OHIOST 9% → 10%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Minnesotaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Mckenna WuchererOH	3	13	3	32	.313	0	1	3	6	0	1	1	1.5	15.5
17Elena HoeckeMB	3	9	1	16	.500	1	0	4	0	0	3	2	4	13
1Stella SwensonS	3	3	1	9	.222	37	0	2	4	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
15Jordan TaylorMB	3	2	0	11	.182	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
4Makenna CrossonOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
5McKenna GarrL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	8	0	0	0	0	1
33Kelly KinneyOH	3	12	5	29	.241	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
7Carly GilkOPP	3	7	1	16	.375	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	7
6Kate ThibaultL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
13Olivia SwensonOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Zeynep PalabiyikL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
8Calissa MinateeMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Georgia LeeS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Lucie BlazkovaMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	12	115	.296	41	4	13	39	2	6	4	8	75

Ohio St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
7Naomy GovouOH	3	12	7	39	.128	0	0	1	8	2	1	1	13
12Kalli Jioshvili RavvaOH	3	7	3	17	.235	1	1	0	8	0	2	2	10
20Hannah JonesOH	3	8	3	21	.238	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
21Aneta ValentovaMB	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
8Alia SchoonoverMB	3	4	2	10	.200	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
4Bailey NakaneluaS	3	1	0	3	.333	31	0	2	8	0	1	1	2
16Mia StahlerDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	1
17Emily AvshalomovL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0
1Bella HumphreyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
9Mia TumanS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	16	102	.206	35	2	5	49	4	4	4	65

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 5 MINN · OHIOST 4

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 2 MINNOHIOST 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 5 MINNOHIOST 3

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 3 MINNOHIOST 4

Bars above the line = Ohio St. 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	90%9/10	36%4/11
2	75%9/12	44%7/16
3	80%8/10	53%9/17
4	62%8/13	38%5/13
5	58%7/12	22%2/9
6	60%6/10	14%1/7
All	70%47/67	38%28/73

Ohio St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	20%2/10
2	69%9/13	25%3/12
3	44%8/18	25%3/12
4	70%7/10	33%4/12
5	100%6/6	42%5/12
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	62%45/73	30%20/67

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

140 rallies

#	MINN-OHIOST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
2	2-0	MINN	MINN	Bad set	Bailey Nakanelua		+0.6
3	2-1	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.5
4	2-2	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.8
5	3-2	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
6	4-2	MINN	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
7	4-3	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Emily Avshalomov	+0.5
8	5-3	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Kate Thibault	+0.5
9	6-3	MINN	MINN	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke	+0.6
10	6-4	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.4
11	7-4	OHIOST	MINN	Serve err	Naomy Govou		+0.4
12	7-5	MINN	OHIOST×3	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.5
13	7-6	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.8
14	7-7	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Attack err	Mckenna Wucherer		+0.9
15	8-7	OHIOST	MINN	Attack err	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva		+0.7
16	8-8	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.8
17	8-9	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.2
18	9-9	OHIOST	MINN	Serve err	Bailey Nakanelua		+0.8
19	10-9	MINN	MINN	Ace	Minnesota		+1.0
20	10-10	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.8
21	11-10	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
22	11-11	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	+0.9
23	12-11	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
24	12-12	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.9
25	13-12	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
26	14-12	MINN	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.0
27	14-13	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.8
28	15-13	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
29	15-14	MINN	OHIOST×3	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.8
30	15-15	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.4
31	15-16	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Blocked	Stella Swenson	blk Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	+1.7
32	16-16	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.2
33	16-17	MINN	OHIOST	Blocked	Makenna Crosson	blk Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	+1.4
34	16-18	OHIOST	OHIOST	Bad set	Mckenna Wucherer		+2.1
35	17-18	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.3
36	18-18	MINN	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+1.9
37	18-19	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.7
38	19-19	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.5
39	20-19	MINN	MINN	Blocked	Hannah Jones	blk Mckenna Wucherer	+2.0
40	20-20	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.6
41	21-20	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.6
42	22-20	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+1.8
43	22-21	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.2
44	23-21	OHIOST	MINN	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Stella Swenson	+1.5
45	23-22	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.2
46	24-22	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+1.7
47	24-23	MINN	OHIOST	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+1.0
48	25-23	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+2.1
Set 2
1	1-0	MINN	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
2	1-1	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.4
3	2-1	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
4	3-1	MINN	MINN	Bad set	Hannah Jones		+0.4
5	3-2	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
6	3-3	OHIOST	OHIOST	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Carly Gilk	+0.5
7	4-3	OHIOST	MINN×3	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
8	5-3	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Naomy Govou	+0.4
9	6-3	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Naomy Govou	+0.4
10	6-4	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.3
11	7-4	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
12	8-4	MINN	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
13	8-5	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
14	8-6	OHIOST	OHIOST	Blocked	Kelly Kinney	blk Bailey Nakanelua	+0.4
15	9-6	OHIOST	MINN	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+0.3
16	9-7	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.3
17	10-7	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.3
18	11-7	MINN	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
19	11-8	MINN	OHIOST×3	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Alia Schoonover	+0.2
20	11-9	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Attack err	Carly Gilk		+0.4
21	11-10	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Carly Gilk	+0.6
22	12-10	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Emily Avshalomov	+0.4
23	12-11	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.5
24	12-12	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.8
25	13-12	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
26	13-13	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.6
27	14-13	OHIOST	MINN×5	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	+0.6
28	15-13	MINN	MINN×5	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
29	16-13	MINN	MINN×5	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
30	17-13	MINN	MINN×5	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
31	18-13	MINN	MINN×5	Attack err	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva		+0.3
32	18-14	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
33	19-14	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
34	19-15	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Emily Avshalomov	+0.2
35	20-15	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
36	20-16	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.1
37	20-17	OHIOST	OHIOST	Attack err	Mckenna Wucherer		+0.3
38	21-17	OHIOST	MINN	Blocked	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	blk Jordan Taylor	+0.3
39	21-18	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
40	22-18	OHIOST	MINN	Attack err	Alia Schoonover		+0.3
41	23-18	MINN	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.2
42	23-19	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.1
43	24-19	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
44	24-20	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	·
45	25-20	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
2	2-0	MINN	MINN	Blocked	Alia Schoonover	blk Elena Hoecke	+0.2
3	2-1	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.1
4	3-1	OHIOST	MINN	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+0.1
5	4-1	MINN	MINN	Ace	Minnesota	aced Naomy Govou	+0.2
6	4-2	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.1
7	4-3	OHIOST	OHIOST	Blocked	Elena Hoecke	blk Naomy Govou	+0.2
8	5-3	OHIOST	MINN	Serve err	Mia Stahler		+0.1
9	5-4	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.2
10	6-4	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
11	6-5	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
12	7-5	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
13	7-6	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.2
14	8-6	OHIOST	MINN	Serve err	Bailey Nakanelua		+0.2
15	8-7	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
16	9-7	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
17	10-7	MINN	MINN	Blocked	Hannah Jones	blk Mckenna Wucherer, Elena Hoecke	+0.2
18	10-8	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
19	10-9	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.3
20	11-9	OHIOST	MINN	Serve err	Alia Schoonover		+0.2
21	11-10	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
22	12-10	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
23	13-10	MINN	MINN	Blocked	Aneta Valentova	blk Elena Hoecke	+0.2
24	13-11	MINN	OHIOST×4	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+0.2
25	13-12	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+0.3
26	13-13	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.4
27	13-14	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Bailey Nakanelua	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
28	14-14	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Stella Swenson		+0.3
29	15-14	MINN	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Elena Hoecke	+0.4
30	15-15	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
31	16-15	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
32	16-16	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
33	17-16	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
34	17-17	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.4
35	18-17	OHIOST	MINN×3	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.4
36	19-17	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+0.4
37	20-17	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Hannah Jones		+0.3
38	20-18	MINN	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.2
39	21-18	OHIOST	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
40	21-19	MINN	OHIOST	Attack err	Mckenna Wucherer		+0.2
41	21-20	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.4
42	22-20	OHIOST	MINN	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Elena Hoecke	+0.4
43	23-20	MINN	MINN	Ace	Minnesota	aced Emily Avshalomov	+0.4
44	23-21	MINN	OHIOST	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.2
45	23-22	OHIOST	OHIOST	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+0.5
46	24-22	OHIOST	MINN	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+0.5
47	25-22	MINN	MINN	Attack err	Bailey Nakanelua		+0.3

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. Ohio St. 3–0

Minnesota swept Ohio St. without a set decided by more than five and led every phase.