Rutgers vs Iowa Volleyball: Iowa Wins 3-0 (Sep 26, 2026)

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026B1G+

AwayBIG-TEN

RUTGERRutgers

0:3

HomeBIG-TEN

IOWAIowa

Iowa beat visiting Rutgers 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-21) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
RUTGER	16	23	21	0
IOWA	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Iowa above 50 · Rutgers below

Biggest swing: 7.5% to Iowa — set 2, RUTGER 23-25 IOWA. Kill by Hannah Whittingstall (set by Jenna Meitzler). IOWA win probability 85% → 93%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

RUTGER 34.8%65.2% IOWA

Rutgers wins

3-0

7.1%

3-1

12.4%

3-2

15.2%

Iowa wins

3-0

20.2%

3-1

25.0%

3-2

20.1%

RUTGER break %: 39.7% vs this opp
IOWA break %: 42.7% 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+7.5%
Kill by Hannah Whittingstall (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 2 · RUTGER 23-25 IOWA · IOWA 85% → 93%
02
Skylar George&Natalie RobinsonBlock+6.1%
Rosa Vesty stuffed by Skylar George & Natalie Robinson
Set 2 · RUTGER 23-23 IOWA · RUTGER 14% → 20%
03
Rosa VestyKill+5.6%
Kill by Rosa Vesty (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 2 · RUTGER 23-24 IOWA · IOWA 80% → 85%
04
Skylar George&Natalie RobinsonBlock+3.5%
Rosa Vesty stuffed by Skylar George & Natalie Robinson
Set 2 · RUTGER 22-23 IOWA · RUTGER 11% → 14%
05
Malia RomesAttack error+3.3%
Attack error by Malia Romes
Set 1 · RUTGER 13-15 IOWA · IOWA 67% → 70%
06
RutgersAce+3.1%
Rutgers ace on Allison Berent
Set 1 · RUTGER 11-11 IOWA · RUTGER 32% → 35%
07
IowaAce+3.0%
Iowa ace on Karis Willow
Set 1 · RUTGER 14-17 IOWA · IOWA 70% → 73%
08
Rosa VestyKill+2.9%
Kill by Rosa Vesty (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 3 · RUTGER 20-21 IOWA · IOWA 91% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Rutgersaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Imani HowellMB	3	9	3	19	.316	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	12
8Skylar GeorgeOH	3	5	2	21	.143	0	1	3	5	1	0	3	1.5	7.5
0Aspen MaxwellOH	3	7	4	18	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
9Natalie RobinsonMB	3	3	0	9	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3.5	6.5
12Brooke BaldwinS	3	1	0	1	1.000	18	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
10Kaila Kalama-BajetL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22Malia RomesMB	3	8	5	24	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9
4Karis WillowOH	3	1	4	17	-.176	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0.5	5.5
11Lily BolenS	3	0	0	0	–	14	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	1
3Kenzie DyrstadL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0
17Avery JesewitzOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15Alleigh DuttonL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	18	110	.145	34	7	7	44	6	2	14	9	60

Iowahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Hannah WhittingstallMB	3	10	1	19	.474	0	4	0	4	0	1	0	1	15
19Liv MogridgeMB	3	10	2	24	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
22Rosa VestyMB	3	10	6	24	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	11
23Ksenija TomicOH	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
11Jenna MeitzlerS	3	1	0	5	.200	39	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
0Allison BerentDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0
6Hallie SteponaitisOH	3	5	5	17	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
21Marichka HoshylykOH	3	4	0	9	.444	1	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	4
2Henlee MoszkowiczL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	15	1	0	0	0	1
13Jaimie MarquardtL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	15	107	.271	42	6	3	48	7	1	6	4	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 6 RUTGER · IOWA 5

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 2 RUTGERIOWA 5

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 6 RUTGERIOWA 4

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 4 RUTGERIOWA 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rutgers

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	46%6/13
2	78%7/9	27%3/11
3	46%6/13	42%5/12
4	60%6/10	14%1/7
5	38%6/16	33%3/9
6	45%5/11	40%4/10
All	52%38/73	35%22/62

Iowa

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	33%3/9
2	50%8/16	47%7/15
3	86%6/7	33%3/9
4	100%6/6	40%4/10
5	55%6/11	45%5/11
6	67%6/9	68%13/19
All	65%40/62	48%35/73

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

135 rallies

#	RUTGER-IOWA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.4
2	2-0	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.5
3	2-1	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.7
4	3-1	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.8
5	3-2	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.7
6	4-2	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.9
7	4-3	RUTGER	IOWA×3	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.7
8	4-4	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.6
9	4-5	IOWA	IOWA×3	Attack err	Malia Romes		+2.5
10	5-5	IOWA	RUTGER	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Malia Romes, Natalie Robinson	+1.8
11	5-6	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.8
12	5-7	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.5
13	6-7	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.7
14	7-7	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Hallie Steponaitis		+2.7
15	7-8	RUTGER	IOWA×3	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.9
16	7-9	IOWA	IOWA×3	Attack err	Karis Willow		+2.6
17	7-10	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.4
18	8-10	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
19	9-10	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.6
20	9-11	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.0
21	10-11	IOWA	RUTGER	Blocked	Rosa Vesty	blk Imani Howell	+1.9
22	11-11	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers	aced Allison Berent	+3.1
23	11-12	RUTGER	IOWA	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.2
24	12-12	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.3
25	12-13	RUTGER	IOWA	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.3
26	13-13	IOWA	RUTGER	Serve err	Iowa		+2.3
27	13-14	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall		+2.4
28	13-15	IOWA	IOWA	Attack err	Malia Romes		+3.3
29	14-15	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+2.2
30	14-16	RUTGER	IOWA×3	Attack err	Karis Willow		+2.4
31	14-17	IOWA	IOWA×3	Ace	Iowa	aced Karis Willow	+3.0
32	14-18	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.4
33	15-18	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.3
34	15-19	RUTGER	IOWA×5	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jaimie Marquardt	+1.7
35	15-20	IOWA	IOWA×5	Blocked	Imani Howell	blk Liv Mogridge, Rosa Vesty	+1.7
36	15-21	IOWA	IOWA×5	Attack err	Imani Howell		+1.0
37	15-22	IOWA	IOWA×5	Attack err	Malia Romes		+0.5
38	15-23	IOWA	IOWA×5	Attack err	Karis Willow		+0.2
39	16-23	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	·
40	16-24	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.1
41	16-25	IOWA	IOWA	Blocked	Aspen Maxwell	blk Ksenija Tomic, Liv Mogridge	·
Set 2
1	1-0	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.5
2	1-1	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.4
3	2-1	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.5
4	2-2	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.5
5	3-2	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
6	4-2	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers		+2.3
7	4-3	RUTGER	IOWA	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.5
8	5-3	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
9	5-4	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jaimie Marquardt	+1.5
10	6-4	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.7
11	7-4	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.4
12	7-5	RUTGER	IOWA×4	Blocked	Imani Howell	blk Hannah Whittingstall	+1.5
13	7-6	IOWA	IOWA×4	Ace	Iowa	aced Skylar George	+2.3
14	7-7	IOWA	IOWA×4	Ace	Iowa	aced Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.4
15	7-8	IOWA	IOWA×4	Attack err	Aspen Maxwell		+2.4
16	8-8	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.7
17	9-8	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers		+2.6
18	9-9	RUTGER	IOWA	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.8
19	9-10	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.5
20	10-10	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Brooke Baldwin	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+1.8
21	10-11	RUTGER	IOWA×3	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.8
22	10-12	IOWA	IOWA×3	Attack err	Skylar George		+2.5
23	10-13	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.3
24	11-13	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.4
25	11-14	RUTGER	IOWA×3	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.6
26	11-15	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.0
27	11-16	IOWA	IOWA×3	Ace	Iowa	aced Kaila Kalama-Bajet	+1.5
28	12-16	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+0.8
29	12-17	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.1
30	13-17	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.8
31	13-18	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.1
32	13-19	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.0
33	14-19	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.4
34	15-19	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Aspen Maxwell, Imani Howell	+1.0
35	15-20	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.0
36	15-21	IOWA	IOWA	Ace	Iowa	aced Avery Jesewitz	+0.9
37	16-21	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.3
38	16-22	RUTGER	IOWA	Attack err	Skylar George		+0.5
39	17-22	IOWA	RUTGER	Attack err	Liv Mogridge		+0.2
40	17-23	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.4
41	18-23	IOWA	RUTGER×6	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.1
42	19-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Ace	Rutgers	aced Allison Berent	+0.4
43	20-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Attack err	Ksenija Tomic		+0.9
44	21-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Bad set	Jenna Meitzler		+1.8
45	22-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Blocked	Rosa Vesty	blk Skylar George, Natalie Robinson	+3.5
46	23-23	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Blocked	Rosa Vesty	blk Skylar George, Natalie Robinson	+6.1
47	23-24	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+5.6
48	23-25	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+7.5
Set 3
1	0-1	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.8
2	0-2	IOWA	IOWA	Attack err	Aspen Maxwell		+1.1
3	1-2	IOWA	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
4	2-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Rosa Vesty	blk Natalie Robinson, Skylar George	+1.2
5	3-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Hannah Whittingstall	blk Natalie Robinson	+1.3
6	4-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Ace	Rutgers	aced Henlee Moszkowicz	+1.4
7	4-3	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.9
8	5-3	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.0
9	5-4	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.9
10	6-4	IOWA	RUTGER	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+1.0
11	6-5	RUTGER	IOWA	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.9
12	7-5	IOWA	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.0
13	8-5	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Liv Mogridge		+1.4
14	9-5	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+1.4
15	9-6	RUTGER	IOWA×4	Kill	Jenna Meitzler		+0.8
16	9-7	IOWA	IOWA×4	Ace	Iowa		+1.3
17	9-8	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.4
18	9-9	IOWA	IOWA×4	Attack err	Malia Romes		+1.5
19	10-9	IOWA	RUTGER	Blocked	Rosa Vesty	blk Imani Howell, Karis Willow	+1.1
20	11-9	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Rosa Vesty		+1.6
21	11-10	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.1
22	11-11	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.6
23	12-11	IOWA	RUTGER×3	Kill	Imani Howell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.2
24	13-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Ace	Rutgers		+1.8
25	14-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Ace	Rutgers		+1.7
26	14-12	RUTGER	IOWA	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.0
27	15-12	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.3
28	15-13	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.0
29	16-13	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.3
30	16-14	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.1
31	16-15	IOWA	IOWA	Attack err	Malia Romes		+1.8
32	17-15	IOWA	RUTGER	Serve err	Iowa		+1.5
33	17-16	RUTGER	IOWA	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.3
34	17-17	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.1
35	18-17	IOWA	RUTGER	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Malia Romes, Natalie Robinson	+1.6
36	18-18	RUTGER	IOWA	Attack err	Karis Willow		+1.6
37	19-18	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Imani Howell	set Lily Bolen	+1.8
38	19-19	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.7
39	20-19	IOWA	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.9
40	20-20	RUTGER	IOWA×5	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.8
41	20-21	IOWA	IOWA×5	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.9
42	20-22	IOWA	IOWA×5	Kill	Marichka Hoshylyk	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.7
43	20-23	IOWA	IOWA×5	Attack err	Aspen Maxwell		+2.0
44	20-24	IOWA	IOWA×5	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.0
45	21-24	IOWA	RUTGER	Serve err	Iowa		+0.2
46	21-25	RUTGER	IOWA	Kill	Rosa Vesty	set Marichka Hoshylyk	+0.5

Score shown after each rally, Rutgers 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).

Iowa def. Rutgers 3–0