Valparaiso vs UIC Volleyball: UIC Wins 3-0 (Oct 22, 2026)

FinalThu, Oct 22, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: UIC 63.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 22, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UIC beat visiting Valparaiso 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 28-26) on Thu, Oct 22, 2026. UIC's Emma Colombari led with 13 kills, and Ava Young added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:55 PM CT · final Oct 22

Set	1	2	3	Sets
VALPO	18	22	26	0
UIC	25	25	28	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

UIC won all three sets by seven or fewer and led every phase.

No single rally moved win probability more than 5.3 points. Valparaiso peaked at 39% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. UIC went in as RallyIQ's 64% pick.

ValparaisoUIC

Break %+9.9 pts
30.940.8
On serve: 31/76 against 21/68 (Valparaiso sideout 59.2%).
Hitting+.082
.181.263
46 kills, 15 errors vs 40 kills, 19 errors.

UIC above 50Valparaiso belowMax swing 5.3%

ValparaisoUIC

Aces: Valparaiso 1·UIC 5
Serve err: Valparaiso 6·UIC 8
Blocks: Valparaiso 7·UIC 101 BS · 12 BA vs 2 BS · 16 BA
Digs: Valparaiso 49·UIC 50

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UIC above 50 · Valparaiso below

Biggest swing: 5.3% to UIC — set 3, VALPO 24-24 UIC. Ava Helming stuffed by Ana Petrides & Emma Colombari. UIC win probability 85% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VALPO 39.6%60.4% UIC

Valparaiso wins

3-0

8.6%

3-1

14.4%

3-2

16.6%

UIC wins

3-0

17.4%

3-1

23.1%

3-2

19.9%

VALPO break %: 40.9% vs this opp
UIC break %: 42.9% 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
Ana Petrides&Emma ColombariBlock+5.3%
Ava Helming stuffed by Ana Petrides & Emma Colombari
Set 3 · VALPO 24-24 UIC · UIC 85% → 90%
02
Ana Petrides&Sasha PellettieriBlock+4.9%
Sarah Pippin stuffed by Ana Petrides & Sasha Pellettieri
Set 3 · VALPO 24-25 UIC · UIC 90% → 95%
03
Emma ColombariKill+4.6%
Kill by Emma Colombari (set by Tamara Kisic)
Set 3 · VALPO 26-28 UIC · UIC 95% → 100%
04
Mihaela HarizanovaKill+4.3%
Kill by Mihaela Harizanova (set by Ana Petrides)
Set 2 · VALPO 22-24 UIC · UIC 85% → 89%
05
Robyn Ward&Tamara KisicBlock+3.7%
Maggie Uhwat stuffed by Robyn Ward & Tamara Kisic
Set 2 · VALPO 17-18 UIC · UIC 77% → 81%
06
Jessica PickettAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Jessica Pickett
Set 2 · VALPO 22-23 UIC · VALPO 12% → 15%
07
Emma ColombariAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Emma Colombari
Set 2 · VALPO 17-16 UIC · VALPO 22% → 25%
08
Sarah PippinKill+3.6%
Kill by Sarah Pippin (set by Maddie Kmetz)
Set 3 · VALPO 25-25 UIC · VALPO 5% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Valparaisoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Ava HelmingOH	3	12	5	33	.212	0	0	1	7	0	0	4	2	14
21Sarah PippinOH	3	9	7	25	.080	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	10
11Maggie UhwatOH	3	8	4	22	.182	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
9Kyla BellichMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
4Jordyn GoveOH	3	2	1	14	.071	1	0	1	15	2	0	0	0	2
6Mia McCallS	2	0	0	1	.000	8	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0
27Jessica PickettMB	3	6	0	11	.545	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	9
18Maddie KmetzS	3	0	1	2	-.500	16	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
31Mia LibertiDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
14Keira LucasOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
7Mara ThomasS	1	0	0	1	.000	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	19	116	.181	39	1	6	49	5	1	12	7	66

UIChome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Emma ColombariOH	3	13	2	23	.478	0	1	1	8	0	0	2	1	15
18Ana PetridesMB	3	10	2	21	.381	2	1	2	2	0	0	5	2.5	13.5
8Tamara KisicOH	3	9	6	34	.088	1	0	1	7	0	0	2	1	10
7Robyn WardMB	3	4	0	8	.500	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
9Gabi PeterOH	3	5	3	18	.111	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	6
6Paulina StröhS	3	0	0	0	–	19	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	1
11Sasha PellettieriOH	3	4	2	12	.167	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	2	6
27Ava YoungL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	1	12	1	0	0	0	2
10Mihaela HarizanovaS	3	1	0	2	.500	14	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
2Martina CerratoOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Judy AsarS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	15	118	.263	43	5	8	50	1	2	16	10	78

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.

Valparaiso vs UIC

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Wed, Sep 30, 2026UIC at Valparaiso · Valparaiso won 3-1Result →
Thu, Oct 22, 2026Valparaiso at UIC · UIC won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 VALPO · UIC 4

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 2 VALPOUIC 4

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 2 VALPOUIC 3

Set 3

26-28

Longest run 3 VALPOUIC 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Valparaiso

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	38%5/13
2	62%8/13	44%7/16
3	62%8/13	20%2/10
4	67%8/12	27%3/11
5	60%6/10	27%3/11
6	50%6/12	14%1/7
All	59%45/76	31%21/68

UIC

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	46%6/13
2	60%9/15	44%7/16
3	73%8/11	33%4/12
4	67%8/12	38%5/13
5	78%7/9	36%4/11
6	86%6/7	45%5/11
All	69%47/68	41%31/76

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

144 rallies

#	VALPO-UIC	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+2.4
2	1-1	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+1.7
3	1-2	UIC	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+2.4
4	2-2	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Ava Young		+1.8
5	3-2	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Maggie Uhwat	aced Ava Young	+2.5
6	3-3	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+1.8
7	3-4	UIC	UIC	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Sasha Pellettieri	+2.5
8	4-4	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+1.8
9	4-5	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Sasha Pellettieri	set Ana Petrides	+1.8
10	5-5	UIC	VALPO	Blocked	Emma Colombari	blk Jessica Pickett, Ava Helming	+1.9
11	6-5	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Sasha Pellettieri		+2.7
12	6-6	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.9
13	6-7	UIC	UIC	Ace	Ana Petrides	aced Keira Lucas	+2.7
14	7-7	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Ana Petrides		+2.0
15	7-8	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Mihaela Harizanova	+2.0
16	8-8	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Maddie Kmetz	+2.0
17	8-9	VALPO	UIC×4	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+2.1
18	8-10	UIC	UIC×4	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+2.7
19	8-11	UIC	UIC×4	Ace	Emma Colombari	aced Keira Lucas	+2.5
20	8-12	UIC	UIC×4	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Robyn Ward, Gabi Peter	+2.2
21	9-12	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Emma Colombari		+1.4
22	9-13	VALPO	UIC	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.6
23	9-14	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Kyla Bellich		+1.8
24	10-14	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.1
25	11-14	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Jordyn Gove	+1.9
26	11-15	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Paulina Ströh	+1.7
27	12-15	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.4
28	12-16	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Sasha Pellettieri	+1.7
29	13-16	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.4
30	14-16	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+2.5
31	14-17	VALPO	UIC	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.2
32	14-18	UIC	UIC	Kill	Sasha Pellettieri	set Mihaela Harizanova	+2.5
33	15-18	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Martina Cerrato		+1.4
34	15-19	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Robyn Ward	+1.8
35	15-20	UIC	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Paulina Ströh	+1.8
36	16-20	UIC	VALPO	Attack err	Gabi Peter		+0.8
37	16-21	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+1.2
38	16-22	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Ava Helming		+0.9
39	17-22	UIC	VALPO	Attack err	Gabi Peter		+0.3
40	17-23	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+0.5
41	18-23	UIC	VALPO	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Ava Helming, Maggie Uhwat	+0.2
42	18-24	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+0.4
43	18-25	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Sarah Pippin		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.6
2	1-1	VALPO	UIC	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Robyn Ward, Gabi Peter	+1.5
3	1-2	UIC	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Paulina Ströh	+2.1
4	2-2	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Mia McCall	+1.5
5	2-3	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Paulina Ströh	+1.5
6	2-4	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Ava Helming		+2.0
7	3-4	UIC	VALPO	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+1.5
8	4-4	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Maddie Kmetz	+2.2
9	4-5	VALPO	UIC	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Ana Petrides, Sasha Pellettieri	+1.6
10	5-5	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.6
11	5-6	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.6
12	6-6	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.7
13	6-7	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.7
14	6-8	UIC	UIC	Ace	Paulina Ströh	aced Jordyn Gove	+2.2
15	7-8	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+1.6
16	7-9	VALPO	UIC	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+1.7
17	8-9	UIC	VALPO	Attack err	Tamara Kisic		+1.7
18	9-9	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Gabi Peter	blk Sarah Pippin, Kyla Bellich	+2.5
19	9-10	VALPO	UIC	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.9
20	10-10	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia Liberti	+1.9
21	10-11	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.9
22	11-11	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+2.0
23	11-12	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Sasha Pellettieri	+2.0
24	11-13	UIC	UIC	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Ana Petrides, Emma Colombari	+2.6
25	12-13	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.9
26	13-13	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Ana Petrides	blk Jessica Pickett	+2.9
27	13-14	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Mihaela Harizanova	+2.2
28	14-14	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Judy Asar		+2.2
29	15-14	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Keira Lucas	+3.3
30	15-15	VALPO	UIC	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.3
31	15-16	UIC	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari		+3.3
32	16-16	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Paulina Ströh		+2.4
33	17-16	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Emma Colombari		+3.6
34	17-17	VALPO	UIC×3	Bad set	Mia McCall		+2.6
35	17-18	UIC	UIC×3	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Robyn Ward, Tamara Kisic	+3.7
36	17-19	UIC	UIC×3	Kill	Tamara Kisic		+3.5
37	18-19	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.3
38	18-20	VALPO	UIC	Attack err	Sarah Pippin		+2.8
39	18-21	UIC	UIC	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Ana Petrides, Tamara Kisic	+3.2
40	19-21	UIC	VALPO	Attack err	Tamara Kisic		+1.7
41	19-22	VALPO	UIC	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.4
42	20-22	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.6
43	20-23	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Mihaela Harizanova	+2.5
44	21-23	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.4
45	22-23	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Jessica Pickett		+3.6
46	22-24	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Mihaela Harizanova	set Ana Petrides	+4.3
47	22-25	UIC	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Martina Cerrato	+3.2
Set 3
1	0-1	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+0.9
2	0-2	UIC	UIC	Ace	Ava Young	aced Jordyn Gove	+1.2
3	1-2	UIC	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia Liberti	+0.8
4	2-2	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Tamara Kisic		+1.3
5	3-2	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mara Thomas	+1.3
6	3-3	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+0.9
7	4-3	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mara Thomas	+1.0
8	5-3	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.4
9	5-4	VALPO	UIC×3	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.0
10	5-5	UIC	UIC×3	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.4
11	5-6	UIC	UIC×3	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Ava Young	+1.4
12	6-6	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Tamara Kisic		+1.0
13	6-7	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.0
14	7-7	UIC	VALPO	Serve err	Ana Petrides		+1.0
15	8-7	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia Liberti	+1.5
16	8-8	VALPO	UIC	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.1
17	8-9	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+1.5
18	9-9	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.1
19	9-10	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.1
20	10-10	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mara Thomas	+1.1
21	11-10	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mara Thomas	+1.7
22	11-11	VALPO	UIC×3	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.2
23	11-12	UIC	UIC×3	Attack err	Ava Helming		+1.7
24	11-13	UIC	UIC×3	Ace	Ava Young	aced Mia Liberti	+1.6
25	12-13	UIC	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mara Thomas	+1.1
26	13-13	VALPO	VALPO×3	Bad set	Paulina Ströh		+1.7
27	14-13	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mara Thomas	+1.9
28	14-14	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.3
29	15-14	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mara Thomas	+1.5
30	16-14	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Ana Petrides		+2.0
31	16-15	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Sasha Pellettieri	set Ava Young	+1.3
32	17-15	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.6
33	17-16	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.4
34	17-17	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+2.1
35	18-17	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Maddie Kmetz	+1.7
36	18-18	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.7
37	19-18	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia Liberti	+1.9
38	19-19	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Ava Young	+1.8
39	20-19	UIC	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mara Thomas	+2.0
40	21-19	VALPO	VALPO×3	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+2.8
41	22-19	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mara Thomas	+2.4
42	22-20	VALPO	UIC	Blocked	Maddie Kmetz	blk Robyn Ward	+1.2
43	23-20	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mara Thomas	+1.9
44	23-21	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+1.0
45	23-22	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Sarah Pippin		+2.5
46	24-22	UIC	VALPO	Blocked	Sasha Pellettieri	blk Sarah Pippin, Jessica Pickett	+3.0
47	24-23	VALPO	UIC×3	Kill	Ana Petrides	set Mihaela Harizanova	+1.7
48	24-24	UIC	UIC×3	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Ana Petrides, Emma Colombari	+5.3
49	24-25	UIC	UIC×3	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Ana Petrides, Sasha Pellettieri	+4.9
50	25-25	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Maddie Kmetz	+3.6
51	25-26	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Mihaela Harizanova	+3.6
52	26-26	UIC	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Maddie Kmetz	+3.6
53	26-27	VALPO	UIC	Kill	Sasha Pellettieri	set Mihaela Harizanova	+3.6
54	26-28	UIC	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Tamara Kisic	+4.6

Score shown after each rally, Valparaiso 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).

UIC def. Valparaiso 3–0

UIC won all three sets by seven or fewer and led every phase.