Iowa vs Iowa State Volleyball: Iowa Wins 3-0 (Sep 8, 2026)

FinalTue, Sep 8, 2026

AwayBIG-TEN

IOWAIowa

3:0

HomeBIG-12

IOWASTIowa St.

Iowa won at Iowa St. 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-23) on Tue, Sep 8, 2026. Iowa's Ksenija Tomic led with 10 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Sep 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
IOWA	25	25	25	3
IOWAST	20	21	23	0

Win probability

Iowa St. above 50 · Iowa below

Biggest swing: 6.9% to Iowa — set 3, IOWA 25-23 IOWAST. Kill by Hannah Whittingstall (set by Jenna Meitzler). IOWAST win probability 7% → 0%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

IOWA 35.3%64.7% IOWAST

Iowa wins

3-0

7.3%

3-1

12.7%

3-2

15.4%

Iowa St. wins

3-0

19.8%

3-1

24.8%

3-2

20.1%

IOWA break %: 39.2% vs this opp
IOWAST break %: 42.0% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Hannah WhittingstallKill+6.9%
Kill by Hannah Whittingstall (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 3 · IOWA 25-23 IOWAST · IOWA 93% → 100%
02
Ksenija TomicKill+6.3%
Kill by Ksenija Tomic (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 3 · IOWA 23-21 IOWAST · IOWA 87% → 94%
03
Liv MogridgeAttack error+5.4%
Attack error by Liv Mogridge
Set 3 · IOWA 21-21 IOWAST · IOWAST 12% → 17%
04
Ksenija TomicKill+5.1%
Kill by Ksenija Tomic (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 3 · IOWA 24-22 IOWAST · IOWA 91% → 96%
05
Carmel VaresKill+4.7%
Kill by Carmel Vares (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 3 · IOWA 20-18 IOWAST · IOWA 86% → 90%
06
Nayeli Ti'aAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Nayeli Ti'a
Set 1 · IOWA 21-18 IOWAST · IOWA 45% → 50%
07
Hallie SteponaitisKill+4.4%
Kill by Hallie Steponaitis (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 3 · IOWA 22-21 IOWAST · IOWA 83% → 87%
08
Ksenija TomicKill+4.0%
Kill by Ksenija Tomic (set by Jenna Meitzler)
Set 2 · IOWA 24-21 IOWAST · IOWA 75% → 79%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Iowaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
23Ksenija TomicOH	3	10	1	22	.409	0	1	0	7	0	3	1.5	12.5
15Carmel VaresOH	3	9	2	28	.250	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	9.5
19Liv MogridgeMB	3	7	2	20	.250	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
12Hannah WhittingstallMB	3	6	1	14	.357	0	1	0	3	0	3	1.5	8.5
6Hallie SteponaitisOH	3	5	4	17	.059	0	0	0	5	0	2	1	6
11Jenna MeitzlerS	3	3	0	5	.600	35	2	2	5	0	2	1	6
2Henlee MoszkowiczL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	3	10	1	0	0	1
21Marichka HoshylykOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
13Jaimie MarquardtL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	0
Team totals		41	10	108	.287	36	4	6	50	2	14	7	75

Iowa St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Nayeli GonzalezOH	3	8	4	21	.190	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	9
1Pam McCuneMB	3	8	1	16	.438	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
20Nayeli Ti'aOH	3	7	9	33	-.061	1	0	0	8	0	1	0.5	7.5
5Daaliyah KempMB	3	5	2	16	.188	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
17Ava MartinS	3	0	0	3	.000	14	0	5	10	0	0	0	0
13Lilly WachholzOH	1	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
9Mesaiya BettisOH	3	8	2	15	.400	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.5	8.5
30Alea GoolsbyOH	3	7	0	14	.500	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	7
10Rachel Van GorpL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	9	1	2	16	0	0	0	1
11Ella FlorezS	3	0	0	1	.000	19	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
12Abbi BrenizerMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	18	122	.230	43	2	11	52	4	6	3	64

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 IOWA · IOWAST 3

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 IOWAIOWAST 3

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 4 IOWAIOWAST 3

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 4 IOWAIOWAST 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Iowa

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	82%9/11	63%12/19
2	64%9/14	31%4/13
3	73%8/11	27%3/11
4	88%7/8	42%5/12
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	55%6/11	25%2/8
All	68%45/66	41%30/73

Iowa St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	38%5/13
2	73%8/11	31%4/13
3	67%8/12	27%3/11
4	55%6/11	11%1/9
5	67%6/9	50%6/12
6	46%6/13	25%2/8
All	59%43/73	32%21/66

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

139 rallies

#	IOWA-IOWAST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.7
2	1-1	IOWA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Lilly Wachholz	set Rachel Van Gorp	+1.6
3	1-2	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Lilly Wachholz	set Ava Martin	+2.4
4	1-3	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Lilly Wachholz, Pam McCune	+2.3
5	2-3	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.6
6	2-4	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Lilly Wachholz	set Ava Martin	+1.6
7	2-5	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Hallie Steponaitis		+2.2
8	3-5	IOWAST	IOWA	Blocked	Nayeli Gonzalez	blk Ksenija Tomic, Liv Mogridge, Hallie Steponaitis	+1.4
9	3-6	IOWA	IOWAST	Serve err	Iowa		+1.5
10	4-6	IOWAST	IOWA×3	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.4
11	5-6	IOWA	IOWA×3	Attack err	Nayeli Gonzalez		+2.4
12	6-6	IOWA	IOWA×3	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.7
13	6-7	IOWA	IOWAST×3	Serve err	Iowa		+1.8
14	6-8	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Hannah Whittingstall		+2.6
15	6-9	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Jaimie Marquardt	+2.4
16	7-9	IOWAST	IOWA×3	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+1.5
17	8-9	IOWA	IOWA×3	Blocked	Nayeli Ti'a	blk Hannah Whittingstall, Jenna Meitzler	+2.6
18	9-9	IOWA	IOWA×3	Attack err	Daaliyah Kemp		+2.9
19	9-10	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.0
20	10-10	IOWAST	IOWA×4	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+2.1
21	11-10	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+3.2
22	12-10	IOWA	IOWA×4	Attack err	Nayeli Gonzalez		+3.3
23	13-10	IOWA	IOWA×4	Ace	Iowa		+3.2
24	13-11	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Nayeli Ti'a	+1.9
25	14-11	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.3
26	14-12	IOWA	IOWAST	Serve err	Iowa		+2.0
27	14-13	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Hallie Steponaitis		+3.3
28	15-13	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.6
29	15-14	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+2.3
30	16-14	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.7
31	16-15	IOWA	IOWAST	Serve err	Iowa		+2.4
32	17-15	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.9
33	18-15	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+3.9
34	18-16	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+2.1
35	18-17	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+3.8
36	19-17	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+3.2
37	19-18	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+2.7
38	20-18	IOWAST	IOWA×4	Serve err	Iowa St.		+3.4
39	21-18	IOWA	IOWA×4	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+4.4
40	22-18	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+3.2
41	23-18	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Carmel Vares		+1.8
42	23-19	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+0.5
43	24-19	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.0
44	24-20	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ava Martin	+0.2
45	25-20	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+0.5
Set 2
1	1-0	IOWA	IOWA×4	Blocked	Nayeli Ti'a	blk Liv Mogridge, Carmel Vares	+2.9
2	2-0	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+3.0
3	3-0	IOWA	IOWA×4	Attack err	Nayeli Gonzalez		+3.0
4	4-0	IOWA	IOWA×4	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.9
5	4-1	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+1.8
6	5-1	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.1
7	6-1	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.8
8	6-2	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+1.6
9	7-2	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.9
10	8-2	IOWA	IOWA	Attack err	Pam McCune		+2.5
11	8-3	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+1.3
12	9-3	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.7
13	9-4	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+1.3
14	9-5	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a		+2.4
15	10-5	IOWAST	IOWA	Blocked	Nayeli Ti'a	blk Ksenija Tomic, Jenna Meitzler, Hannah Whittingstall	+2.0
16	11-5	IOWA	IOWA	Ace	Iowa		+2.5
17	11-6	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ava Martin	+1.3
18	12-6	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.7
19	12-7	IOWA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ava Martin	+1.3
20	12-8	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Liv Mogridge		+2.3
21	12-9	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.8
22	13-9	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.4
23	13-10	IOWA	IOWAST	Serve err	Iowa		+1.9
24	14-10	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.4
25	14-11	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.9
26	15-11	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.5
27	15-12	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+1.9
28	16-12	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.5
29	17-12	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Henlee Moszkowicz	set Ava Martin	+3.0
30	17-13	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+1.4
31	18-13	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Jenna Meitzler		+2.1
32	18-14	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+1.4
33	19-14	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Jenna Meitzler		+2.0
34	19-15	IOWA	IOWAST	Blocked	Carmel Vares	blk Mesaiya Bettis, Daaliyah Kemp	+1.3
35	19-16	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+2.7
36	20-16	IOWAST	IOWA	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+2.7
37	21-16	IOWA	IOWA	Ace	Iowa		+2.7
38	21-17	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+1.0
39	22-17	IOWAST	IOWA	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+1.7
40	22-18	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+0.8
41	22-19	IOWAST	IOWAST	Ace	Iowa St.	aced Henlee Moszkowicz	+2.1
42	23-19	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.5
43	23-20	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.1
44	23-21	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Rachel Van Gorp	+3.1
45	24-21	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+4.0
46	25-21	IOWA	IOWA	Bad set	Ava Martin		+2.2
Set 3
1	0-1	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.2
2	0-2	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+2.1
3	1-2	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.4
4	1-3	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Rachel Van Gorp	+1.5
5	2-3	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.5
6	2-4	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.5
7	3-4	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Liv Mogridge	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.5
8	4-4	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.4
9	4-5	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.6
10	5-5	IOWAST	IOWA	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.7
11	5-6	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+1.7
12	6-6	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.7
13	6-7	IOWA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ava Martin	+1.7
14	6-8	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Carmel Vares		+2.5
15	6-9	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Ksenija Tomic		+2.3
16	7-9	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+1.4
17	7-10	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ava Martin	+1.6
18	8-10	IOWAST	IOWA×4	Kill	Jenna Meitzler		+1.5
19	9-10	IOWA	IOWA×4	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+2.5
20	10-10	IOWA	IOWA×4	Blocked	Daaliyah Kemp	blk Hallie Steponaitis, Liv Mogridge	+2.8
21	11-10	IOWA	IOWA×4	Ace	Iowa		+3.1
22	11-11	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+2.0
23	12-11	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.2
24	13-11	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Henlee Moszkowicz	+3.3
25	13-12	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.0
26	13-13	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Rachel Van Gorp	+3.2
27	14-13	IOWAST	IOWA×3	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.4
28	15-13	IOWA	IOWA×3	Blocked	Mesaiya Bettis	blk Ksenija Tomic, Hannah Whittingstall	+3.5
29	16-13	IOWA	IOWA×3	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+3.4
30	16-14	IOWA	IOWAST	Serve err	Iowa		+1.9
31	17-14	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+2.4
32	17-15	IOWA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+2.0
33	17-16	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Rachel Van Gorp	+3.5
34	17-17	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Rachel Van Gorp	+3.9
35	18-17	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+3.0
36	18-18	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+2.8
37	19-18	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+3.2
38	20-18	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+4.7
39	20-19	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.7
40	21-19	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Carmel Vares	set Jenna Meitzler	+3.5
41	21-20	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.8
42	21-21	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Liv Mogridge		+5.4
43	22-21	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hallie Steponaitis	set Jenna Meitzler	+4.4
44	23-21	IOWA	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+6.3
45	23-22	IOWA	IOWAST	Blocked	Hallie Steponaitis	blk Nayeli Ti'a, Daaliyah Kemp	+3.0
46	24-22	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Ksenija Tomic	set Jenna Meitzler	+5.1
47	24-23	IOWA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.7
48	25-23	IOWAST	IOWA	Kill	Hannah Whittingstall	set Jenna Meitzler	+6.9

Score shown after each rally, Iowa 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. Iowa St. 3–0