South Dakota vs Omaha Volleyball: South Dakota Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026Midco Sports+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: South Dakota 73.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

South Dakota won at Omaha 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-13) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Lauren Medeck led South Dakota with 10 kills; Omaha's Lara Maric had a match-high 11.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SO DAK	25	25	25	3
OMAHA	22	18	13	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

South Dakota held Omaha to .092 hitting.

No single rally moved win probability more than 5.9 points. Omaha peaked at 37% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. South Dakota went in as RallyIQ's 73% pick.

South DakotaOmaha

Break %+20.4 pts
50.029.6
37 of 74 on serve vs 16 of 54, so Omaha's sideout was 50.0%.
Hitting+.183
.275.092
42 kills, 12 errors vs 30 kills, 19 errors.

Omaha above 50South Dakota belowMax swing 5.9%

South DakotaOmaha

Aces: South Dakota 3·Omaha 4
Serve err: South Dakota 6·Omaha 11
Blocks: South Dakota 8·Omaha 52 BS · 12 BA vs 0 BS · 10 BA
Digs: South Dakota 61·Omaha 49

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Omaha above 50 · South Dakota below

Biggest swing: 5.9% to South Dakota — set 1, SO DAK 24-22 OMAHA. Kill by Audrey Nelson (set by Avery Van Hook). OMAHA win probability 23% → 17%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SO DAK 84.9%15.1% OMAHA

South Dakota wins

3-0

36.9%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.6%

Omaha wins

3-0

2.3%

3-1

4.9%

3-2

8.0%

SO DAK break %: 43.4% vs this opp
OMAHA break %: 35.7% 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
Audrey NelsonKill+5.9%
Kill by Audrey Nelson (set by Avery Van Hook)
Set 1 · SO DAK 24-22 OMAHA · SO DAK 77% → 83%
02
Lara Maric&Dara ObeidBlock+5.6%
Lauren Medeck stuffed by Lara Maric & Dara Obeid
Set 1 · SO DAK 22-22 OMAHA · OMAHA 22% → 28%
03
Lauren MedeckKill+4.6%
Kill by Lauren Medeck (set by Avery Van Hook)
Set 1 · SO DAK 22-20 OMAHA · SO DAK 76% → 80%
04
Amanda Loschen&Audrey NelsonBlock+4.4%
Madison Corf stuffed by Amanda Loschen & Audrey Nelson
Set 1 · SO DAK 23-22 OMAHA · SO DAK 72% → 77%
05
OmahaAce+3.9%
Omaha ace on Sierra Pokharel
Set 1 · SO DAK 18-18 OMAHA · OMAHA 23% → 27%
06
Audrey NelsonKill+3.3%
Kill by Audrey Nelson (set by Avery Van Hook)
Set 1 · SO DAK 21-20 OMAHA · SO DAK 72% → 76%
07
Lara MaricKill+3.0%
Kill by Lara Maric (set by Maddie Stuesser)
Set 1 · SO DAK 20-20 OMAHA · OMAHA 25% → 28%
08
Gabi ZachariasenKill+2.9%
Kill by Gabi Zachariasen (set by Avery Van Hook)
Set 1 · SO DAK 20-19 OMAHA · SO DAK 73% → 75%

Box score

Official NCAA box

South Dakotaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Gabi ZachariasenOH	3	8	2	20	.300	0	2	1	4	0	1	3	2.5	12.5
4Lauren MedeckOH	3	10	6	31	.129	0	0	0	16	2	1	1	1.5	11.5
14Amanda LoschenMB	3	8	1	19	.368	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
8Morgan BodeMB	3	8	1	15	.467	1	0	2	6	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
5Audrey NelsonMB	3	6	2	13	.308	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	7
2Avery Van HookS	3	2	0	11	.182	33	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
16Samantha UntiedtL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
13Cora HokenstadDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
11Sierra PokharelDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	2	12	2	0	0	0	0
6Cate LegelOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	12	109	.275	40	3	6	61	4	2	12	8	75

Omahahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Lara MaricOH	3	11	6	31	.161	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	12
13Dara ObeidMB	3	6	5	23	.043	0	1	2	1	0	4	2	9
5Faith VenableOH	3	7	2	33	.152	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	8
23Alizabeth JacobsenOH	3	3	2	9	.111	1	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
8Maddie StuesserS	3	1	0	5	.200	20	1	1	6	0	2	1	3
17Madison CorfOH	3	1	3	9	-.222	0	1	0	9	0	1	0.5	2.5
6Emma NashL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
15Kate SchroetlinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	15	1	0	0	0
1Sarah GalliganL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0
19Hayden HartOH	2	1	1	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Julia OwensS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	19	120	.092	27	4	11	49	3	10	5	53

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.

South Dakota vs Omaha

Season series · South Dakota leads 2-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026South Dakota at Omaha · South Dakota won 3-0This match
Thu, Oct 29, 2026Omaha at South Dakota · South Dakota won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 SO DAK · OMAHA 4

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 3 SO DAKOMAHA 4

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 3 SO DAKOMAHA 3

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 4 SO DAKOMAHA 2

Bars above the line = Omaha leads, below = South Dakota leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

South Dakota

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	36%4/11
2	78%7/9	53%8/15
3	86%6/7	63%10/16
4	50%6/12	33%3/9
5	86%6/7	50%6/12
6	63%5/8	55%6/11
All	70%38/54	50%37/74

Omaha

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	0%0/6
2	50%7/14	30%3/10
3	38%6/16	22%2/9
4	67%6/9	40%4/10
5	50%6/12	33%3/9
6	50%5/10	40%4/10
All	50%37/74	30%16/54

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

128 rallies

#	SO DAK-OMAHA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SO DAK	OMAHA×4	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.5
2	0-2	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Bad set	Avery Van Hook		+2.4
3	0-3	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Kill	Alizabeth Jacobsen	set Maddie Stuesser	+2.4
4	0-4	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Ace	Omaha	aced Lauren Medeck	+2.4
5	1-4	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		+1.3
6	1-5	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.6
7	2-5	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		+1.4
8	3-5	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Sierra Pokharel	+2.3
9	3-6	SO DAK	OMAHA	Blocked	Morgan Bode	blk Dara Obeid	+1.7
10	4-6	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+1.5
11	4-7	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.8
12	4-8	OMAHA	OMAHA	Attack err	Lauren Medeck		+2.6
13	5-8	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+1.4
14	5-9	SO DAK	OMAHA	Attack err	Gabi Zachariasen		+1.8
15	6-9	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Serve err	Omaha		+1.4
16	7-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+2.5
17	8-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Blocked	Alizabeth Jacobsen	blk Amanda Loschen, Gabi Zachariasen	+2.7
18	8-10	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+2.0
19	9-10	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+1.7
20	10-10	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Amanda Loschen	+2.8
21	10-11	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+2.0
22	11-11	OMAHA	SO DAK	Attack err	Lara Maric		+1.9
23	12-11	SO DAK	SO DAK	Ace	South Dakota	aced Sarah Galligan	+2.9
24	12-12	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Alizabeth Jacobsen		+1.9
25	13-12	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Cora Hokenstad	+1.9
26	14-12	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Attack err	Madison Corf		+2.8
27	15-12	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Blocked	Dara Obeid	blk Lauren Medeck, Morgan Bode	+2.4
28	15-13	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.4
29	16-13	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		+1.6
30	17-13	SO DAK	SO DAK	Ace	South Dakota	aced Sarah Galligan	+2.0
31	17-14	SO DAK	OMAHA×3	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.0
32	17-15	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Kill	Faith Venable	set Emma Nash	+2.2
33	17-16	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Ace	Omaha	aced Sierra Pokharel	+2.9
34	18-16	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+2.2
35	18-17	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+2.0
36	18-18	OMAHA	OMAHA	Ace	Omaha	aced Sierra Pokharel	+3.9
37	19-18	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+2.7
38	19-19	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Maddie Stuesser	set Emma Nash	+2.8
39	20-19	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+2.9
40	20-20	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+3.0
41	21-20	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+3.3
42	22-20	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+4.6
43	22-21	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+2.3
44	22-22	OMAHA	OMAHA	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Lara Maric, Dara Obeid	+5.6
45	23-22	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Blocked	Madison Corf	blk Amanda Loschen, Audrey Nelson	+4.4
46	24-22	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+5.9
47	25-22	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+2.8
Set 2
1	1-0	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+1.1
2	2-0	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Attack err	Alizabeth Jacobsen		+1.6
3	3-0	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Blocked	Lara Maric	blk Lauren Medeck	+1.4
4	3-1	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.9
5	4-1	OMAHA	SO DAK	Attack err	Lara Maric		+0.9
6	4-2	SO DAK	OMAHA	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.9
7	5-2	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
8	6-2	SO DAK	SO DAK	Attack err	Dara Obeid		+1.3
9	6-3	SO DAK	OMAHA×3	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.8
10	6-4	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Dara Obeid, Maddie Stuesser	+1.4
11	6-5	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Attack err	Lauren Medeck		+1.7
12	7-5	OMAHA	SO DAK	Attack err	Faith Venable		+1.1
13	7-6	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.1
14	8-6	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+1.2
15	9-6	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Morgan Bode	+1.6
16	10-6	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+1.4
17	10-7	SO DAK	OMAHA×3	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.8
18	10-8	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.5
19	10-9	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Ace	Omaha	aced Lauren Medeck	+1.9
20	11-9	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		+1.3
21	12-9	SO DAK	SO DAK	Attack err	Lara Maric		+1.8
22	12-10	SO DAK	OMAHA	Attack err	Audrey Nelson		+1.1
23	13-10	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+1.2
24	13-11	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.1
25	14-11	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+1.2
26	15-11	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook	+1.5
27	16-11	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+1.1
28	16-12	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Sarah Galligan	+0.6
29	17-12	OMAHA	SO DAK	Attack err	Madison Corf		+0.7
30	18-12	SO DAK	SO DAK	Attack err	Dara Obeid		+0.8
31	18-13	SO DAK	OMAHA	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Maddie Stuesser, Dara Obeid	+0.3
32	18-14	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Emma Nash	+0.8
33	19-14	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.7
34	20-14	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Blocked	Dara Obeid	blk Morgan Bode, Gabi Zachariasen	+0.7
35	21-14	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.3
36	21-15	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.1
37	22-15	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
38	22-16	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Alizabeth Jacobsen	+0.1
39	22-17	OMAHA	OMAHA	Attack err	Amanda Loschen		+0.2
40	23-17	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
41	23-18	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.1
42	24-18	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		+0.2
43	25-18	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson		·
Set 3
1	1-0	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
2	1-1	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.6
3	2-1	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		+0.6
4	3-1	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.9
5	3-2	SO DAK	OMAHA	Attack err	Audrey Nelson		+0.5
6	3-3	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Alizabeth Jacobsen	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.9
7	4-3	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
8	4-4	SO DAK	OMAHA	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Alizabeth Jacobsen, Lara Maric	+0.6
9	5-4	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.6
10	5-5	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Hayden Hart	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.7
11	6-5	OMAHA	SO DAK×4	Serve err	Omaha		+0.6
12	7-5	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Sierra Pokharel	+0.9
13	8-5	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook	+0.8
14	9-5	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Attack err	Hayden Hart		+0.7
15	9-6	SO DAK	OMAHA	Attack err	Gabi Zachariasen		+0.4
16	10-6	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		+0.5
17	10-7	SO DAK	OMAHA	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.4
18	11-7	OMAHA	SO DAK	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Sierra Pokharel	+0.5
19	12-7	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Dara Obeid	blk Gabi Zachariasen	+0.6
20	12-8	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.3
21	13-8	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.4
22	14-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.4
23	15-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Ace	South Dakota	aced Kate Schroetlin	+0.3
24	15-9	SO DAK	OMAHA	Serve err	South Dakota		+0.1
25	16-9	OMAHA	SO DAK×4	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	+0.2
26	17-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Attack err	Lara Maric		+0.2
27	18-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Blocked	Faith Venable	blk Morgan Bode, Audrey Nelson	+0.1
28	19-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Sierra Pokharel	·
29	19-10	SO DAK	OMAHA	Serve err	South Dakota		·
30	19-11	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Julia Owens	·
31	20-11	OMAHA	SO DAK	Serve err	Omaha		·
32	20-12	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Julia Owens	·
33	21-12	OMAHA	SO DAK	Attack err	Lara Maric		·
34	22-12	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	·
35	22-13	SO DAK	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Julia Owens	·
36	23-13	OMAHA	SO DAK×3	Serve err	Omaha		·
37	24-13	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook	·
38	25-13	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook	·

Score shown after each rally, South Dakota 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).

South Dakota def. Omaha 3–0

South Dakota held Omaha to .092 hitting.