Oral Roberts vs South Dakota: South Dakota Wins 3-0 (Oct 8)

FinalThu, Oct 8, 2026Midco Sports+

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RallyIQ pre-match: South Dakota 99.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 8, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

South Dakota beat visiting Oral Roberts 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-14) on Thu, Oct 8, 2026. South Dakota's Lauren Medeck led with 19 kills, and Sierra Pokharel added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:10 PM CT · final Oct 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ORU	18	19	14	0
SO DAK	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Lauren Medeck hit .455 with 19 kills as South Dakota rolled past Oral Roberts.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.1 points, and Oral Roberts's high was <1% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had South Dakota at >99%.

Oral RobertsSouth Dakota

Break %+24.2 pts
23.147.3
Points won on own serve: 35 of 74 vs 12 of 52. Oral Roberts sided out 52.7% of the time.
Hitting+.212
.208.420
Kills and errors: 52–10 vs 26–10.
Longest run+4
37
7 straight South Dakota points in the first set stretched a 6–4 lead to 13–4. That set ended 25–18.

South Dakota above 50Oral Roberts belowMax swing 0.1%

Oral RobertsSouth Dakota

Aces: Oral Roberts 3·South Dakota 6
Serve err: Oral Roberts 5·South Dakota 12
Blocks: Oral Roberts 4·South Dakota 70 BS · 8 BA vs 0 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Oral Roberts 35·South Dakota 41

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

South Dakota above 50 · Oral Roberts below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ORU 0.1%99.9% SO DAK

Oral Roberts wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.1%

South Dakota wins

3-0

86.9%

3-1

12.0%

3-2

1.0%

ORU break %: 31.9% vs this opp
SO DAK break %: 54.8% 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

Oral Robertsaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Cortnee SmithOH	3	11	1	28	.357	0	2	1	5	3	0	0	13
22Ciara CunninghamOH	3	5	1	14	.286	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
7Libby RyanOH	3	3	6	13	-.231	0	0	0	7	0	2	1	4
5Quincey McCoyMB	3	1	0	5	.200	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	2
4Ava EwaldS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
25Khylie RemmengaMB	2	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
9Sienna WnetrzakOH	3	6	1	13	.385	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6
11Olivia BurnsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	1	11	1	0	0	1
16Ashlyn AseltineL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
1Mackenzie MurphyL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
21Jaya TarverMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	10	77	.208	24	3	5	35	6	8	4	51

South Dakotahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Lauren MedeckOH	3	19	4	33	.455	3	0	1	6	0	2	1	20
9Gabi ZachariasenOH	3	11	1	20	.500	0	1	2	1	0	2	1	13
5Audrey NelsonMB	3	9	1	16	.500	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	9.5
14Amanda LoschenMB	3	6	1	11	.455	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	9
8Morgan BodeMB	3	4	2	12	.167	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
2Avery Van HookS	3	2	1	5	.200	37	1	1	9	0	2	1	4
16Samantha UntiedtL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	2
11Sierra PokharelDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	12	1	0	0	1
13Cora HokenstadDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0
19Katherine ThompsonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10Amelia DuggerMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22Carly RiesOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	10	100	.420	45	6	12	41	3	14	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.

Oral Roberts vs South Dakota

Season series · South Dakota leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 8, 2026Oral Roberts at South Dakota · South Dakota won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 7, 2026South Dakota at Oral RobertsPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 ORU · SO DAK 7

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 ORUSO DAK 7

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 ORUSO DAK 4

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 1 ORUSO DAK 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Oral Roberts

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%5/13	44%4/9
2	80%4/5	0%0/5
3	44%4/9	33%2/6
4	36%4/11	20%1/5
5	67%4/6	56%5/9
6	80%4/5	0%0/4
All	51%25/49	32%12/38

South Dakota

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%5/9	50%4/8
2	71%5/7	50%5/10
3	100%4/4	50%4/8
4	44%4/9	67%8/12
5	80%4/5	33%2/6
6	100%4/4	20%1/5
All	68%26/38	49%24/49

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 (2 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

#	ORU-SO DAK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Libby Ryan	blk Gabi Zachariasen, Amanda Loschen
2	1-1	SO DAK	ORU	Blocked	Gabi Zachariasen	blk Libby Ryan, Quincey McCoy
3	1-2	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Lauren Medeck
4	2-2	SO DAK	ORU	Blocked	Lauren Medeck	blk Quincey McCoy, Ciara Cunningham
5	3-2	ORU	ORU	Ace	Oral Roberts
6	3-3	ORU	SO DAK×4	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
7	3-4	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
8	3-5	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Lauren Medeck
9	3-6	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Ace	South Dakota	aced Cortnee Smith
10	4-6	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Libby Ryan	set Olivia Burns
11	4-7	ORU	SO DAK×7	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
12	4-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×7	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook
13	4-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×7	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
14	4-10	SO DAK	SO DAK×7	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook
15	4-11	SO DAK	SO DAK×7	Ace	South Dakota	aced Cortnee Smith
16	4-12	SO DAK	SO DAK×7	Attack err	Libby Ryan
17	4-13	SO DAK	SO DAK×7	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
18	5-13	SO DAK	ORU×3	Serve err	South Dakota
19	6-13	ORU	ORU×3	Kill	Sienna Wnetrzak	set Ashlyn Aseltine
20	7-13	ORU	ORU×3	Ace	Oral Roberts
21	7-14	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
22	8-14	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Sienna Wnetrzak	set Ashlyn Aseltine
23	8-15	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Avery Van Hook
24	9-15	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Libby Ryan	set Ashlyn Aseltine
25	9-16	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook
26	10-16	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Olivia Burns
27	10-17	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
28	11-17	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
29	12-17	ORU	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
30	12-18	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
31	13-18	SO DAK	ORU	Attack err	Audrey Nelson
32	13-19	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
33	14-19	SO DAK	ORU×3	Serve err	South Dakota
34	15-19	ORU	ORU×3	Attack err	Lauren Medeck
35	16-19	ORU	ORU×3	Ace	Oral Roberts	aced Sierra Pokharel
36	16-20	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
37	16-21	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Sierra Pokharel
38	17-21	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
39	17-22	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Sierra Pokharel
40	18-22	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Sienna Wnetrzak	set Ashlyn Aseltine
41	18-23	ORU	SO DAK×3	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook
42	18-24	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Bad set	Ava Ewald
43	18-25	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
Set 2
1	1-0	ORU	ORU	Attack err	Amanda Loschen
2	2-0	ORU	ORU	Kill	Sienna Wnetrzak	set Sierra Pokharel
3	2-1	ORU	SO DAK×3	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
4	2-2	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook
5	2-3	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Ace	South Dakota	aced Olivia Burns
6	3-3	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
7	3-4	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook
8	4-4	SO DAK	ORU	Attack err	Lauren Medeck
9	4-5	ORU	SO DAK×3	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
10	4-6	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Avery Van Hook	set Lauren Medeck
11	4-7	SO DAK	SO DAK×3	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
12	5-7	SO DAK	ORU	Attack err	Lauren Medeck
13	5-8	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
14	5-9	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
15	6-9	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ashlyn Aseltine
16	7-9	ORU	ORU	Blocked	Morgan Bode	blk Khylie Remmenga, Libby Ryan
17	7-10	ORU	SO DAK	Attack err	Libby Ryan
18	8-10	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
19	8-11	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook
20	8-12	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen
21	9-12	SO DAK	ORU×3	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ashlyn Aseltine
22	10-12	ORU	ORU×3	Kill	Libby Ryan	set Olivia Burns
23	11-12	ORU	ORU×3	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
24	11-13	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook
25	12-13	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
26	12-14	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
27	13-14	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Sienna Wnetrzak	set Ava Ewald
28	13-15	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
29	14-15	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Sienna Wnetrzak	set Ava Ewald
30	15-15	ORU	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Olivia Burns
31	15-16	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook
32	16-16	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ashlyn Aseltine
33	16-17	ORU	SO DAK	Serve err	Oral Roberts
34	16-18	SO DAK	SO DAK	Ace	South Dakota	aced Cortnee Smith
35	17-18	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ashlyn Aseltine
36	17-19	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook
37	18-19	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ashlyn Aseltine
38	18-20	ORU	SO DAK×4	Serve err	Oral Roberts
39	18-21	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Blocked	Libby Ryan	blk Amanda Loschen, Lauren Medeck
40	18-22	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Quincey McCoy	set Cortnee Smith
41	18-23	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Sierra Pokharel
42	19-23	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
43	19-24	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
44	19-25	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
Set 3
1	1-0	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Quincey McCoy	set Ava Ewald
2	1-1	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Audrey Nelson	set Avery Van Hook
3	2-1	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
4	2-2	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
5	3-2	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
6	3-3	ORU	SO DAK	Serve err	Oral Roberts
7	3-4	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
8	4-4		ORU	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
9	4-5	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Lauren Medeck
10	5-5	SO DAK	ORU	Attack err	Avery Van Hook
11	5-6	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook
12	6-6	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
13	6-7	ORU	SO DAK×4	Blocked	Libby Ryan	blk Avery Van Hook, Amanda Loschen
14	6-8	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Ace	South Dakota
15	6-9	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Bad set	Ava Ewald
16	6-10	SO DAK	SO DAK×4	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Lauren Medeck
17	7-10	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
18	7-11	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook
19	7-12	SO DAK	SO DAK	Kill	Amanda Loschen	set Avery Van Hook
20	8-12	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
21	8-13	ORU	SO DAK	Blocked	Sienna Wnetrzak	blk Lauren Medeck, Amanda Loschen
22	8-14	SO DAK	SO DAK	Attack err	Jaya Tarver
23	9-14	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
24	9-15	ORU	SO DAK×5	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Avery Van Hook
25	9-16	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Ace	South Dakota	aced Mackenzie Murphy
26	9-17	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Blocked	Ciara Cunningham	blk Morgan Bode, Avery Van Hook
27	9-18	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Kill	Morgan Bode	set Avery Van Hook
28	9-19	SO DAK	SO DAK×5	Kill	Lauren Medeck	set Samantha Untiedt
29	10-19	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ashlyn Aseltine
30	10-20	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Amelia Dugger	set Avery Van Hook
31	11-20	SO DAK	ORU	Serve err	South Dakota
32	11-21	ORU	SO DAK	Serve err	Oral Roberts
33	12-21	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ashlyn Aseltine
34	12-22	ORU	SO DAK	Kill	Gabi Zachariasen	set Avery Van Hook
35	12-23	SO DAK	SO DAK	Blocked	Libby Ryan	blk Gabi Zachariasen, Amanda Loschen
36	13-23	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
37	13-24	ORU	SO DAK	Blocked	Cortnee Smith	blk Amanda Loschen
38	14-24	SO DAK	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
39	14-25	ORU	SO DAK	Serve err	Oral Roberts

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

South Dakota def. Oral Roberts 3–0

Lauren Medeck hit .455 with 19 kills as South Dakota rolled past Oral Roberts.