Minnesota vs Iowa Volleyball: Minnesota Wins 3-0 (Nov 8)

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026B1G+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Minnesota 91.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Minnesota won at Iowa 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-16) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Minnesota's Carly Gilk led with 11 kills, and Zeynep Palabiyik added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MINN	25	25	25	3
IOWA	19	16	16	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No doubt about it: No. 19 Minnesota over Iowa.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.5 points. Iowa peaked at 12% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Minnesota 92% before first serve.

MinnesotaIowa

Break %+20.8 pts
54.834.0
Points won on own serve: 40 of 73 vs 18 of 53. Iowa sided out 45.2% of the time.
Hitting+.255
.394.139
44 kills, 7 errors vs 31 kills, 17 errors.
Longest run+3
74
7 straight Minnesota points in the third set stretched a 12–10 lead to 19–10. The set finished 25–16.

Iowa above 50Minnesota belowMax swing 1.5%

MinnesotaIowa

Aces: Minnesota 7·Iowa 3
Serve err: Minnesota 8·Iowa 6
Blocks: Minnesota 9.5·Iowa 4.50 BS · 19 BA vs 0 BS · 9 BA
Digs: Minnesota 42·Iowa 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Iowa above 50 · Minnesota below

Biggest swing: 1.5% to Iowa — set 1, MINN 6-8 IOWA. Kill by Hannah Whittingstall (set by Jenna Meitzler). IOWA win probability 10% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MINN 92.8%7.2% IOWA

Minnesota wins

3-0

49.9%

3-1

31.0%

3-2

12.0%

Iowa wins

3-0

0.9%

3-1

2.1%

3-2

4.2%

MINN break %: 47.9% vs this opp
IOWA break %: 36.7% 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
Hannah WhittingstallKill+1.5%
Kill by Hannah Whittingstall (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 1 · MINN 6-8 IOWA · IOWA 10% → 12%
02
Stella SwensonBad set+1.3%
Bad set by Stella Swenson
Set 1 · MINN 6-7 IOWA · IOWA 9% → 10%
03
Mckenna WuchererKill+1.3%
Kill by Mckenna Wucherer (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 1 · MINN 8-8 IOWA · MINN 89% → 91%
04
Hannah WhittingstallAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Hannah Whittingstall
Set 1 · MINN 9-8 IOWA · MINN 91% → 92%
05
Hallie SteponaitisKill+1.0%
Kill by Hallie Steponaitis (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 1 · MINN 0-1 IOWA · IOWA 8% → 9%
06
Carly GilkKill+1.0%
Kill by Carly Gilk (set by Zeynep Palabiyik)
Set 1 · MINN 10-8 IOWA · MINN 92% → 93%
07
Kelly KinneyKill+1.0%
Kill by Kelly Kinney (set by Kate Thibault)
Set 1 · MINN 4-3 IOWA · MINN 91% → 92%
08
Kelly KinneyKill+0.9%
Kill by Kelly Kinney (set by Stella Swenson)
Set 1 · MINN 7-8 IOWA · MINN 88% → 89%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Minnesotaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Carly GilkOPP	3	11	2	26	.346	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	13
3Mckenna WuchererOH	3	9	0	17	.529	1	0	3	5	0	3	1.5	10.5
17Elena HoeckeMB	3	4	0	8	.500	0	3	1	1	0	5	2.5	9.5
1Stella SwensonS	3	3	0	3	1.000	27	0	1	8	0	2	1	4
5McKenna GarrL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1
16Lucie BlazkovaMB	2	5	0	6	.833	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
33Kelly KinneyOH	3	7	4	24	.125	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	8
4Makenna CrossonOH	3	2	0	3	.667	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3
13Olivia SwensonOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	1
6Kate ThibaultL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12Zeynep PalabiyikL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	15	2	0	0	0
8Calissa MinateeMB	2	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
15Jordan TaylorMB	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
10Georgia LeeS	1	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
11Madi KraftL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	7	94	.394	40	7	8	42	3	19	9.5	75

Iowahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
19Liv MogridgeMB	3	8	2	19	.316	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
6Hallie SteponaitisOH	3	6	6	30	.000	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	7.5
12Hannah WhittingstallMB	3	6	3	16	.188	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	7
21Marichka HoshylykOH	3	6	2	20	.200	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	6
11Jenna MeitzlerS	3	1	1	5	.000	27	1	1	6	0	2	1	3
2Henlee MoszkowiczL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	5	3	0	0	1
13Jaimie MarquardtL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	1
0Allison BerentDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0
15Carmel VaresOH	2	3	3	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
22Rosa VestyMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
17Greta SchlichterL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	17	101	.139	29	3	6	39	7	9	4.5	51

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 7 MINN · IOWA 4

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 4 MINNIOWA 3

Set 2

25-16

Longest run 4 MINNIOWA 4

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 7 MINNIOWA 3

Bars above the line = Iowa 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	78%7/9	69%11/16
2	64%7/11	46%6/13
3	86%6/7	54%7/13
4	55%6/11	14%1/7
5	71%5/7	67%10/15
6	50%4/8	56%5/9
All	66%35/53	55%40/73

Iowa

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	25%2/8
2	38%6/16	30%3/10
3	75%6/8	25%2/8
4	38%5/13	25%2/8
5	71%5/7	44%4/9
6	22%4/18	50%5/10
All	45%33/73	34%18/53

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

126 rallies

#	MINN-IOWA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.0
2	1-1	IOWA	MINN	Attack err	Hallie Steponaitis		+0.7
3	1-2	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.8
4	2-2	IOWA	MINN	Serve err	Jenna Meitzler		+0.7
5	2-3	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.8
6	3-3	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set McKenna Garr	+0.7
7	4-3	MINN	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Kate Thibault	+1.0
8	4-4	MINN	IOWA	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.8
9	5-4	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
10	5-5	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.8
11	6-5	IOWA	MINN	Serve err	Henlee Moszkowicz		+0.7
12	6-6	MINN	IOWA×3	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.8
13	6-7	IOWA	IOWA×3	Bad set	Stella Swenson		+1.3
14	6-8	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.5
15	7-8	IOWA	MINN×4	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.9
16	8-8	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+1.3
17	9-8	MINN	MINN×4	Attack err	Hannah Whittingstall		+1.2
18	10-8	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+1.0
19	10-9	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.8
20	11-9	IOWA	MINN×3	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
21	12-9	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Hallie Steponaitis		+0.9
22	13-9	MINN	MINN×3	Blocked	Liv Mogridge	blk Carly Gilk, Mckenna Wucherer	+0.7
23	13-10	MINN	IOWA	Blocked	Carly Gilk	blk Liv Mogridge, Jenna Meitzler, Hallie Steponaitis	+0.5
24	14-10	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.5
25	14-11	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.5
26	14-12	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.9
27	15-12	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
28	15-13	MINN	IOWA	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.7
29	16-13	IOWA	MINN×4	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.7
30	17-13	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson	+0.8
31	18-13	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota		+0.5
32	19-13	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota	aced Jaimie Marquardt	+0.3
33	19-14	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.2
34	20-14	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
35	20-15	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.1
36	21-15	IOWA	MINN	Serve err	Marichka Hoshylyk		+0.2
37	21-16	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.1
38	22-16	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
39	22-17	MINN	IOWA×3	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.1
40	22-18	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Carly Gilk	+0.2
41	22-19	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Liv Mogridge	+0.5
42	23-19	IOWA	MINN×3	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.6
43	24-19	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
44	25-19	MINN	MINN×3	Blocked	Carmel Vares	blk Stella Swenson, Elena Hoecke	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	MINN	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.6
2	1-1	MINN	IOWA	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.5
3	2-1	IOWA	MINN×4	Serve err	Hannah Whittingstall		+0.4
4	3-1	MINN	MINN×4	Blocked	Liv Mogridge	blk Elena Hoecke, Mckenna Wucherer	+0.5
5	4-1	MINN	MINN×4	Attack err	Marichka Hoshylyk		+0.4
6	5-1	MINN	MINN×4	Ace	Minnesota	aced Henlee Moszkowicz	+0.4
7	5-2	MINN	IOWA	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
8	6-2	IOWA	MINN	Blocked	Carmel Vares	blk Elena Hoecke, Mckenna Wucherer	+0.3
9	6-3	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.3
10	7-3	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Makenna Crosson	set Georgia Lee	+0.3
11	7-4	MINN	IOWA	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.3
12	8-4	IOWA	MINN×3	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Georgia Lee	+0.3
13	9-4	MINN	MINN×3	Bad set	Jenna Meitzler		+0.3
14	10-4	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Georgia Lee	+0.2
15	10-5	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.2
16	10-6	IOWA	IOWA	Ace	Henlee Moszkowicz	aced Makenna Crosson	+0.3
17	11-6	IOWA	MINN×4	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.2
18	12-6	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Lucie Blazkova	set Carly Gilk	+0.2
19	13-6	MINN	MINN×4	Kill	Carly Gilk		+0.2
20	14-6	MINN	MINN×4	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Carly Gilk, Lucie Blazkova, Kelly Kinney	+0.1
21	14-7	MINN	IOWA	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		+0.1
22	15-7	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
23	16-7	MINN	MINN	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
24	16-8	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Jenna Meitzler	set Stella Swenson	·
25	17-8	IOWA	MINN	Serve err	Hannah Whittingstall		·
26	18-8	MINN	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	·
27	18-9	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	·
28	18-10	IOWA	IOWA	Blocked	Carly Gilk	blk Hallie Steponaitis, Liv Mogridge	·
29	19-10	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Elena Hoecke	set Stella Swenson	·
30	20-10	MINN	MINN	Ace	Minnesota	aced Marichka Hoshylyk	·
31	20-11	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	·
32	21-11	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Makenna Crosson	set Zeynep Palabiyik	·
33	21-12	MINN	IOWA×4	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	·
34	21-13	IOWA	IOWA×4	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		·
35	21-14	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Hannah Whittingstall	·
36	21-15	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.1
37	22-15	IOWA	MINN	Blocked	Carmel Vares	blk Kelly Kinney, Elena Hoecke	+0.1
38	22-16	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	·
39	23-16	IOWA	MINN×3	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	·
40	24-16	MINN	MINN×3	Attack err	Hannah Whittingstall		·
41	25-16	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Zeynep Palabiyik	·
Set 3
1	0-1	IOWA	IOWA	Ace	Jenna Meitzler	aced Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.3
2	1-1	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
3	1-2	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.3
4	1-3	IOWA	IOWA	Ace	Jaimie Marquardt	aced Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.4
5	2-3	IOWA	MINN×3	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	+0.3
6	3-3	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Elena Hoecke		+0.3
7	4-3	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Stella Swenson		+0.3
8	4-4	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.2
9	5-4	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Mckenna Wucherer	+0.2
10	5-5	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.3
11	6-5	IOWA	MINN×6	Kill	Stella Swenson	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.2
12	7-5	MINN	MINN×6	Attack err	Jenna Meitzler		+0.3
13	8-5	MINN	MINN×6	Ace	Minnesota	aced Henlee Moszkowicz	+0.2
14	9-5	MINN	MINN×6	Attack err	Marichka Hoshylyk		+0.2
15	10-5	MINN	MINN×6	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Jordan Taylor, Stella Swenson	+0.2
16	11-5	MINN	MINN×6	Attack err	Hannah Whittingstall		+0.1
17	11-6	MINN	IOWA	Serve err	Minnesota		+0.1
18	11-7	IOWA	IOWA	Blocked	Jordan Taylor	blk Hallie Steponaitis, Hannah Whittingstall	+0.1
19	12-7	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Kelly Kinney	set Stella Swenson	+0.1
20	12-8	MINN	IOWA×3	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.1
21	12-9	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.2
22	12-10	IOWA	IOWA×3	Bad set	Stella Swenson		+0.3
23	13-10	IOWA	MINN×7	Serve err	Hannah Whittingstall		+0.2
24	14-10	MINN	MINN×7	Ace	Minnesota	aced Henlee Moszkowicz	+0.2
25	15-10	MINN	MINN×7	Kill	Jordan Taylor	set Stella Swenson	+0.2
26	16-10	MINN	MINN×7	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Zeynep Palabiyik	+0.1
27	17-10	MINN	MINN×7	Attack err	Hallie Steponaitis		+0.1
28	18-10	MINN	MINN×7	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	·
29	19-10	MINN	MINN×7	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	·
30	19-11	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	·
31	20-11	IOWA	MINN	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Jordan Taylor, Carly Gilk	·
32	20-12	MINN	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	·
33	21-12	IOWA	MINN×3	Kill	Carly Gilk	set Stella Swenson	·
34	22-12	MINN	MINN×3	Ace	Minnesota	aced Marichka Hoshylyk	·
35	23-12	MINN	MINN×3	Kill	Mckenna Wucherer	set Stella Swenson	·
36	23-13	MINN	IOWA	Serve err	Minnesota		·
37	24-13	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Calissa Minatee	set Stella Swenson	·
38	24-14	MINN	IOWA×3	Attack err	Kelly Kinney		·
39	24-15	IOWA	IOWA×3	Blocked	Kelly Kinney	blk Jenna Meitzler, Hannah Whittingstall	·
40	24-16	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	·
41	25-16	IOWA	MINN	Kill	Calissa Minatee	set Stella Swenson	·

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. Iowa 3–0

No doubt about it: No. 19 Minnesota over Iowa.