Valparaiso vs Niagara Volleyball: Valparaiso Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026

3:0

Valparaiso won at Niagara 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-16) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. Valparaiso's Jordyn Gove led with 13 kills, and Rylee Bumgardner added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
VALPO	25	25	25	3
NIAGRA	16	18	16	0

Win probability

Niagara above 50 · Valparaiso below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VALPO 98.4%1.6% NIAGRA

Valparaiso wins

3-0

69.7%

3-1

23.7%

3-2

5.0%

Niagara wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.4%

3-2

1.0%

VALPO break %: 53.0% vs this opp
NIAGRA break %: 36.4% 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	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Jordyn GoveOH	3	13	2	35	.314	2	2	0	12	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
11Maggie UhwatOH	3	9	4	30	.167	1	3	2	5	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
10Ava HelmingOH	3	10	1	19	.474	1	0	1	10	0	1	1	1.5	11.5
27Jessica PickettMB	3	5	0	7	.714	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
12Maddie SteeleMB	3	1	2	6	-.167	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	3
2Olivia WagnerS	2	0	0	2	.000	14	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
17Danica GochDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
1Rylee BumgardnerL/DS	3	0	0	5	.000	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0
31Mia LibertiDS	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0
6Mia McCallS	2	3	0	8	.375	8	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
7Mara ThomasS	2	0	0	0	–	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
18Maddie KmetzS	1	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	10	114	.272	38	11	5	62	6	2	6	5	75

Niagarahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Payton LeeOH	3	8	6	23	.087	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
13Kaitlyn DoyleOH	3	4	0	16	.250	1	2	3	13	3	0	0	0	6
18Katelynn RottmanOH	3	4	5	23	-.043	1	0	0	10	3	1	0	1	5
7Taylor JenkinsMB	3	2	0	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Paisley Ka’ahanuiS	3	1	0	4	.250	11	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	2
6Sole RancyMB	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
8Kadence GoolsbyOH	3	3	2	22	.045	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	4
2Ashley MorelandL/DS	3	0	0	5	.000	3	1	2	12	0	0	0	0	1
14Noel PerkinsOH	3	0	0	0	–	7	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
11Chloe MorelandOH	2	3	2	11	.091	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
1Natasa LjubicicMB	2	1	0	3	.333	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
9Elyannah SonzaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		27	15	116	.103	25	6	5	52	11	3	6	6	50

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 7 VALPO · NIAGRA 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 5 VALPONIAGRA 3

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 7 VALPONIAGRA 4

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 5 VALPONIAGRA 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Valparaiso

No clean sets to split.

Niagara

No clean sets to split.

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 (0 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

125 rallies

#	VALPO-NIAGRA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	NIAGRA	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming
2	2-0	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Payton Lee
3	3-0	VALPO	VALPO×3	Bad set	Paisley Ka’ahanui
4	3-1	VALPO	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Kaitlyn Doyle	set Ashley Moreland
5	3-2		NIAGRA	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.
6	3-3	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Ace	Niagara
7	4-3	NIAGRA	VALPO	Serve err	Niagara
8	5-3	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Katelynn Rottman
9	5-4	VALPO	NIAGRA	Serve err	Valparaiso
10	6-4	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner
11–12	7-5		VALPO · NIAGRA	NCAA feed gap2 points 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.
13	7-6	VALPO	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Noel Perkins
14–16	8-8		VALPO · NIAGRA 2	NCAA feed gap3 points 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.
17	9-8	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall
18	10-8	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Kaitlyn Doyle
19	11-8	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Mia McCall
20	11-9	VALPO	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Noel Perkins
21	11-10		NIAGRA	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.
22	11-11	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Chloe Moreland	set Kadence Goolsby
23	12-11	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Rylee Bumgardner
24	13-11	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall
25	13-12	VALPO	NIAGRA	Serve err	Valparaiso
26–27	15-12		VALPO 2	NCAA feed gap2 points 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.
28	15-13	VALPO	NIAGRA	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Sole Rancy, Kadence Goolsby
29	16-13	NIAGRA	VALPO×5	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner
30	17-13	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Maddie Steele	set Olivia Wagner
31	18-13		VALPO	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.
32	19-13	VALPO	VALPO×5	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Chloe Moreland
33	20-13	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Ava Helming
34	20-14	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
35	21-14	NIAGRA	VALPO	Blocked	Katelynn Rottman	blk Ava Helming, Maddie Steele
36	21-15	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
37	22-15	NIAGRA	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming
38	23-15		VALPO	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.
39	24-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mara Thomas
40	24-16	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Taylor Jenkins	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
41	25-16	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mia Liberti
Set 2
1	0-1	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee
2	0-2	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat
3	1-2	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall
4	1-3	VALPO	NIAGRA×4	Attack err	Ava Helming
5	1-4	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
6	1-5	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Kill	Katelynn Rottman
7	1-6	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Ace	Niagara
8	2-6	NIAGRA	VALPO	Attack err	Payton Lee
9	2-7	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
10	3-7	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall
11–18	9-9		VALPO 6 · NIAGRA 2	NCAA feed gap8 points 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.
19	10-9	VALPO	VALPO×7	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman
20	11-9	VALPO	VALPO×7	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mara Thomas
21	12-9		VALPO	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.
22	13-9	VALPO	VALPO×7	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Jordyn Gove
23	14-9	VALPO	VALPO×7	Kill	Mia McCall	set Mara Thomas
24	14-10	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Kaitlyn Doyle	set Noel Perkins
25	14-11		NIAGRA	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.
26	15-11	NIAGRA	VALPO	Bad set	Kaitlyn Doyle
27	16-11	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso
28	16-12	VALPO	NIAGRA×4	Kill	Natasa Ljubicic	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
29	16-13		NIAGRA	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.
30	16-14	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Payton Lee
31	16-15	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×4	Serve err	Niagara
32	17-15	NIAGRA	VALPO	Serve err	Niagara
33–34	18-16		VALPO · NIAGRA	NCAA feed gap2 points 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.
35	19-16	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall
36–37	21-16		VALPO 2	NCAA feed gap2 points 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.
38	22-16	VALPO	VALPO×5	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Katelynn Rottman
39–40	23-17		VALPO · NIAGRA	NCAA feed gap2 points 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.
41	23-18	VALPO	NIAGRA	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Katelynn Rottman
42	24-18	NIAGRA	VALPO	Blocked	Katelynn Rottman	blk Ava Helming
43	25-18	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall
Set 3
1	1-0		VALPO	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.
2	2-0	VALPO	VALPO×4	Serve err	Valparaiso
3	3-0	VALPO	VALPO×4	Ace	Valparaiso
4	4-0	VALPO	VALPO×4	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Kaitlyn Doyle
5	4-1	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Paisley Ka’ahanui
6	4-2	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Ace	Niagara	aced Rylee Bumgardner
7	5-2	NIAGRA	VALPO	Serve err	Niagara
8	5-3	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Natasa Ljubicic
9	6-3	NIAGRA	VALPO	Serve err	Niagara
10	7-3		VALPO	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.
11	7-4	VALPO	NIAGRA	Attack err	Jordyn Gove
12	8-4		VALPO	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.
13	9-4	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner
14	9-5	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Kadence Goolsby	set Kaitlyn Doyle
15	10-5		VALPO	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.
16	10-6	VALPO	NIAGRA×3	Kill	Taylor Jenkins
17	10-7		NIAGRA	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.
18	10-8	NIAGRA	NIAGRA×3	Serve err	Niagara
19	11-8		VALPO	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.
20	12-8	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Ava Helming
21	13-8	VALPO	VALPO×5	Attack err	Payton Lee
22	14-8	VALPO	VALPO×5	Attack err	Payton Lee
23	15-8	VALPO	VALPO×5	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman
24	15-9	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
25	16-9	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Maddie Kmetz
26	16-10	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Payton Lee	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
27	17-10	NIAGRA	VALPO	Serve err	Niagara
28	18-10	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner
29	18-11	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Katelynn Rottman	set Paisley Ka’ahanui
30	19-11	NIAGRA	VALPO×3	Attack err	Katelynn Rottman
31	20-11		VALPO	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.
32	21-11	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Ava Helming
33	21-12	VALPO	NIAGRA	Serve err	Valparaiso
34	22-12	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner
35	22-13	VALPO	NIAGRA	Kill	Kaitlyn Doyle	set Noel Perkins
36	22-14	NIAGRA	NIAGRA	Bad set	Olivia Wagner
37	23-14	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner
38	24-14	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Jordyn Gove
39	24-15	VALPO	NIAGRA	Blocked	Maddie Steele	blk Natasa Ljubicic
40	24-16		NIAGRA	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.
41	25-16	NIAGRA	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Maddie Kmetz

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

Valparaiso def. Niagara 3–0