Valparaiso vs UNI Volleyball: UNI Wins 3-0 (Oct 16, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 16, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: UNI 97.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UNI beat visiting Valparaiso 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-17) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. UNI's Cassidy Hartman led with 13 kills, and Jadyn Petersen added 22 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:55 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	Sets
VALPO	15	15	17	0
N IOWA	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Cassidy Hartman hit .444 with 13 kills as UNI rolled past Valparaiso.

Win probability never moved more than 0.3 points on one rally; Valparaiso topped out at 2% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had UNI at 98%.

ValparaisoUNI

Break %+25.5 pts
31.356.8
On serve: 42/74 against 15/48 (Valparaiso sideout 43.2%).
Hitting+.293
.071.364
45 K / 9 E against 28 K / 21 E.
Longest run+4
48
8 straight UNI points in the second set stretched an 8–7 lead to 16–7. Final score of the set: 25–15.

UNI above 50Valparaiso belowMax swing 0.3%

ValparaisoUNI

Aces: Valparaiso 3·UNI 7
Serve err: Valparaiso 2·UNI 5
Blocks: Valparaiso 4·UNI 70 BS · 8 BA vs 2 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Valparaiso 31·UNI 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UNI above 50 · Valparaiso below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VALPO 2.4%97.6% N IOWA

Valparaiso wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.6%

3-2

1.6%

UNI wins

3-0

64.8%

3-1

26.2%

3-2

6.6%

VALPO break %: 34.9% vs this opp
N IOWA break %: 50.0% 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

Valparaisoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Ava HelmingOH	3	10	7	33	.091	1	1	0	8	1	2	1	12
4Jordyn GoveOH	3	8	3	22	.227	0	1	1	6	2	1	0.5	9.5
11Maggie UhwatOH	3	4	3	18	.056	0	1	1	1	0	1	0.5	5.5
21Sarah PippinOH	2	1	3	8	-.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
7Mara ThomasS	2	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9Kyla BellichMB	1	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27Jessica PickettMB	3	4	1	8	.375	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
14Keira LucasOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0
12Maddie SteeleMB	2	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
2Olivia WagnerS	2	1	0	1	1.000	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
6Mia McCallS	2	0	1	2	-.500	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17Danica GochDS	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Lindley MartinDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31Mia LibertiDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Rylee BumgardnerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals		28	21	99	.071	27	3	2	31	7	8	4	47

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Lily DykstraOH	3	11	2	28	.321	0	3	2	7	0	1	2	2	16
2Cassidy HartmanOH	3	13	1	27	.444	0	0	0	7	1	1	2	2	15
13Calia ClubbOPP	3	12	2	19	.526	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
16Grace HannamMB	3	5	0	8	.625	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
10Maryn BixbyMB	3	2	1	9	.111	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	4
6Reese BoothS	3	2	1	3	.333	31	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	3
1Taryn RiceDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
21Jadyn PetersenDS	3	0	0	0	–	8	0	2	22	2	0	0	0	0
18Claire MunchOH	2	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Sophie BuysseDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Kamryn VogtOPP	1	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Kaitlyn SellnerMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Maggie MichaelsDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	9	99	.364	42	7	5	48	3	2	10	7	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.

Valparaiso vs UNI

Season series · UNI leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Valparaiso at UNI · UNI won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026UNI at ValparaisoPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 VALPO · N IOWA 8

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 3 VALPON IOWA 5

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 3 VALPON IOWA 8

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 4 VALPON IOWA 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Valparaiso

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%6/18	20%1/5
2	46%6/13	33%3/9
3	75%6/8	25%2/8
4	43%6/14	45%5/11
5	36%5/14	25%2/8
6	43%3/7	29%2/7
All	43%32/74	31%15/48

UNI

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	69%11/16
2	67%6/9	54%7/13
3	60%6/10	40%4/10
4	86%6/7	50%6/12
5	60%6/10	40%4/10
6	100%3/3	77%10/13
All	69%33/48	57%42/74

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

122 rallies

#	VALPO-N IOWA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Grace Hannam, Lily Dykstra
2	0-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
3	0-3	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Kill	Grace Hannam	set Reese Booth
4	0-4	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Kill	Lily Dykstra
5	0-5	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Ace	UNI	aced Jordyn Gove
6	1-5	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mara Thomas
7	1-6	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Jadyn Petersen
8	1-7	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
9	2-7	N IOWA	VALPO×3	Serve err	UNI
10	3-7	VALPO	VALPO×3	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Cassidy Hartman
11	4-7	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall
12	4-8	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
13	5-8	N IOWA	VALPO	Serve err	UNI
14	6-8	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Calia Clubb	blk Jessica Pickett, Maggie Uhwat
15	6-9	VALPO	N IOWA×4	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
16	6-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Ace	UNI	aced Ava Helming
17	6-11	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Maryn Bixby, Cassidy Hartman
18	6-12	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Attack err	Mia McCall
19	7-12	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Reese Booth
20	7-13	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
21	7-14	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Kyla Bellich
22	8-14	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mara Thomas
23	8-15	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth
24	9-15	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mara Thomas
25	9-16	VALPO	N IOWA×3	Serve err	Valparaiso
26	9-17	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Attack err	Sarah Pippin
27	9-18	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Blocked	Kyla Bellich	blk Calia Clubb, Grace Hannam
28	10-18	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mara Thomas
29	11-18	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall
30	11-19	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth
31	12-19	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall
32	12-20	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Grace Hannam	set Reese Booth
33	13-20	N IOWA	VALPO	Attack err	Calia Clubb
34	13-21	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Jadyn Petersen
35	14-21	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall
36	14-22	VALPO	N IOWA	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat
37	14-23	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Jordyn Gove
38	15-23	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove
39	15-24	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
40	15-25	N IOWA	N IOWA	Ace	UNI	aced Jordyn Gove
Set 2
1	1-0	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner
2	1-1	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Calia Clubb
3	1-2	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
4	2-2	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner
5	3-2	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner
6	3-3	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Jadyn Petersen
7	3-4	N IOWA	N IOWA	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Maryn Bixby, Cassidy Hartman
8	4-4	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner
9	4-5	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
10	5-5	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner
11	6-5	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Maryn Bixby
12	6-6	VALPO	N IOWA×3	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth
13	6-7	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Lily Dykstra
14	6-8	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Taryn Rice
15	7-8	N IOWA	VALPO	Bad set	Reese Booth
16	7-9	VALPO	N IOWA×8	Kill	Reese Booth	set Jadyn Petersen
17	7-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×8	Attack err	Ava Helming
18	7-11	N IOWA	N IOWA×8	Attack err	Ava Helming
19	7-12	N IOWA	N IOWA×8	Attack err	Ava Helming
20	7-13	N IOWA	N IOWA×8	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Maryn Bixby
21	7-14	N IOWA	N IOWA×8	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Grace Hannam, Lily Dykstra
22	7-15	N IOWA	N IOWA×8	Attack err	Ava Helming
23	7-16	N IOWA	N IOWA×8	Kill	Grace Hannam	set Reese Booth
24	8-16	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall
25	8-17	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Reese Booth	set Jadyn Petersen
26	8-18	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth
27	9-18	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall
28	9-19	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
29	9-20	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
30	10-20	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner
31	10-21	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
32	10-22	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Sarah Pippin
33	11-22	N IOWA	VALPO	Serve err	UNI
34	11-23	VALPO	N IOWA	Attack err	Danica Goch
35	12-23	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner
36	12-24	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
37	13-24	N IOWA	VALPO×3	Blocked	Lily Dykstra	blk Maddie Steele, Jordyn Gove
38	14-24	VALPO	VALPO×3	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Jadyn Petersen
39	15-24	VALPO	VALPO×3	Blocked	Lily Dykstra	blk Ava Helming, Maddie Steele
40	15-25	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
Set 3
1	0-1	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
2	0-2	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Grace Hannam
3	1-2	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner
4	1-3	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
5	1-4	N IOWA	N IOWA	Ace	UNI
6	2-4	N IOWA	VALPO	Serve err	UNI
7	2-5	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
8	2-6	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Ava Helming
9	3-6	N IOWA	VALPO×4	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner
10	4-6	VALPO	VALPO×4	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Jadyn Petersen
11	5-6	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Olivia Wagner	set Ava Helming
12	6-6	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner
13	6-7	VALPO	N IOWA×4	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
14	6-8	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth
15	6-9	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Blocked	Jessica Pickett	blk Cassidy Hartman
16	6-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Ace	UNI	aced Rylee Bumgardner
17	7-10	N IOWA	VALPO	Serve err	UNI
18	7-11	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth
19	8-11	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner
20	8-12	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth
21	8-13	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
22	9-13	N IOWA	VALPO	Serve err	UNI
23	9-14	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Grace Hannam	set Reese Booth
24	9-15	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Ava Helming
25	10-15	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Keira Lucas
26	11-15	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner
27	11-16	VALPO	N IOWA×4	Serve err	Valparaiso
28	11-17	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Reese Booth
29	11-18	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Ace	UNI	aced Keira Lucas
30	11-19	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Ace	UNI	aced Keira Lucas
31	12-19	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner
32	12-20	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth
33	12-21	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat
34	13-21	N IOWA	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner
35	13-22	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Jadyn Petersen
36	14-22	N IOWA	VALPO	Blocked	Kamryn Vogt	blk Jessica Pickett, Ava Helming
37	14-23	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Jadyn Petersen
38	15-23	N IOWA	VALPO×3	Attack err	Kamryn Vogt
39	16-23	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Cassidy Hartman
40	17-23	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Reese Booth
41	17-24	VALPO	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Jadyn Petersen
42	17-25	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Jordyn Gove

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

UNI def. Valparaiso 3–0

Cassidy Hartman hit .444 with 13 kills as UNI rolled past Valparaiso.