Valparaiso vs Evansville Volleyball: Valparaiso Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Nov 7, 2026

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Valparaiso 82.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 7, 3:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Valparaiso won at Evansville 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-20) on Sat, Nov 7, 2026. Valparaiso's Jessica Pickett led with 11 kills.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
VALPO	27	25	25	3
EVANS	25	19	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Valparaiso swept Evansville without a set decided by more than six.

The biggest single-rally swing was 7.6 points, and Evansville's high was 33% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Valparaiso at 83%.

ValparaisoEvansville

Break %+11.3 pts
42.130.8
32 of 76 on serve vs 20 of 65, so Evansville's sideout was 57.9%.
Hitting+.089
.279.190
43 kills, 14 errors vs 39 kills, 19 errors.
Longest run+0
55
5 straight Valparaiso points in the second set stretched a 3–2 lead to 8–2. That set ended 25–19.

Evansville above 50Valparaiso belowMax swing 7.6%

ValparaisoEvansville

Aces: Valparaiso 4·Evansville 6
Serve err: Valparaiso 5·Evansville 9
Blocks: Valparaiso 7·Evansville 90 BS · 14 BA vs 1 BS · 16 BA
Digs: Valparaiso 44·Evansville 33

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Evansville above 50 · Valparaiso below

Biggest swing: 7.6% to Evansville — set 1, VALPO 24-25 EVANS. Kill by Carsyn Kelley (set by Mia McCall). EVANS win probability 20% → 27%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VALPO 83.0%17.0% EVANS

Valparaiso wins

3-0

34.7%

3-1

31.0%

3-2

17.3%

Evansville wins

3-0

2.6%

3-1

5.5%

3-2

8.8%

VALPO break %: 46.3% vs this opp
EVANS break %: 39.0% 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
Carsyn KelleyKill+7.6%
Kill by Carsyn Kelley (set by Mia McCall)
Set 1 · VALPO 24-25 EVANS · EVANS 20% → 27%
02
Ava Helming&Jessica PickettBlock+6.7%
Brooke Herdes stuffed by Ava Helming & Jessica Pickett
Set 1 · VALPO 26-25 EVANS · VALPO 79% → 85%
03
Kyla Bellich&Ava HelmingBlock+5.9%
Ryan Scheu stuffed by Kyla Bellich & Ava Helming
Set 1 · VALPO 25-25 EVANS · VALPO 73% → 79%
04
Jessica PickettKill+5.7%
Kill by Jessica Pickett (set by Aubry Dowling)
Set 1 · VALPO 27-25 EVANS · VALPO 85% → 91%
05
Maggie UhwatKill+5.0%
Kill by Maggie Uhwat (set by Mia McCall)
Set 1 · VALPO 24-23 EVANS · VALPO 80% → 85%
06
Makenzie Miller&McKenzie LaubachBlock+5.0%
Sarah Pippin stuffed by Makenzie Miller & McKenzie Laubach
Set 1 · VALPO 24-24 EVANS · EVANS 15% → 20%
07
Maggie UhwatKill+4.4%
Kill by Maggie Uhwat (set by Mia McCall)
Set 1 · VALPO 22-21 EVANS · VALPO 79% → 84%
08
McKenzie LaubachKill+3.9%
Kill by McKenzie Laubach (set by Carsyn Kelley)
Set 1 · VALPO 23-23 EVANS · EVANS 16% → 20%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Valparaisoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Ava HelmingOH	3	9	2	20	.350	0	1	2	8	2	5	2.5	12.5
27Jessica PickettMB	3	11	1	16	.625	0	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	12.5
11Maggie UhwatOH	3	10	2	17	.471	0	0	1	3	1	1	0.5	10.5
21Sarah PippinOH	3	7	3	16	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7
4Jordyn GoveOH	3	4	5	24	-.042	0	1	0	4	1	1	0.5	5.5
2Olivia WagnerS	3	1	0	4	.250	19	0	1	3	0	0	0	1
14Keira LucasOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	2	0	8	1	0	0	3
9Kyla BellichMB	3	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	2
6Mia McCallS	3	0	0	0	–	19	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
1Rylee BumgardnerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	14	104	.279	40	4	5	44	6	14	7	77

Evansvillehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21McKenzie LaubachMB	3	11	3	24	.333	0	2	1	4	0	1	6	4	17
3Wren JonesOH	3	11	4	29	.241	0	1	2	6	0	0	2	1	13
18Makenzie MillerMB	3	4	4	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
7Lyla FisherOH	3	5	3	18	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
15Brooke HerdesOH	3	2	3	12	-.083	2	0	2	6	1	0	3	1.5	3.5
2Carsyn KelleyS	3	3	1	7	.286	28	0	1	7	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
17Ryan ScheuOH	3	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
20Kendall AglerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	2	8	2	0	0	0	2
10Aubry DowlingL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		39	19	105	.190	30	6	9	33	4	1	16	9	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.

Valparaiso vs Evansville

Season series · Valparaiso leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 8, 2026Evansville at Valparaiso · Valparaiso won 3-1Result →
Sat, Nov 7, 2026Valparaiso at Evansville · Valparaiso won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 VALPO · EVANS 5

Set 1

27-25

Longest run 4 VALPOEVANS 5

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 5 VALPOEVANS 5

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 VALPOEVANS 3

Bars above the line = Evansville 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	64%9/14	47%7/15
2	100%8/8	47%7/15
3	80%8/10	11%1/9
4	57%8/14	43%6/14
5	55%6/11	50%6/12
6	75%6/8	45%5/11
All	69%45/65	42%32/76

Evansville

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	22%2/9
2	80%8/10	38%5/13
3	62%8/13	0%0/8
4	73%8/11	47%7/15
5	50%6/12	27%3/11
6	55%6/11	33%3/9
All	58%44/76	31%20/65

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

141 rallies

#	VALPO-EVANS	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+1.5
2	1-1	VALPO	EVANS×5	Kill	Makenzie Miller	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.2
3	1-2	EVANS	EVANS×5	Ace	Evansville		+1.7
4	1-3	EVANS	EVANS×5	Kill	Carsyn Kelley	set Ava Helming	+1.9
5	1-4	EVANS	EVANS×5	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+2.0
6	1-5	EVANS	EVANS×5	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Carsyn Kelley, McKenzie Laubach	+2.0
7	2-5	EVANS	VALPO	Serve err	Evansville		+1.3
8	2-6	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Lyla Fisher	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.6
9	3-6	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+1.3
10	3-7	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Jordyn Gove	+1.6
11	3-8	EVANS	EVANS	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Brooke Herdes, McKenzie Laubach	+2.1
12	4-8	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+1.3
13	5-8	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Jordyn Gove	aced Kendall Agler	+1.9
14	5-9	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.7
15	6-9	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+1.4
16	6-10	VALPO	EVANS×4	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Brooke Herdes, Makenzie Miller	+1.8
17	6-11	EVANS	EVANS×4	Ace	Evansville	aced Ava Helming	+2.2
18	6-12	EVANS	EVANS×4	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Brooke Herdes, Makenzie Miller	+2.0
19	6-13	EVANS	EVANS×4	Kill	Makenzie Miller	set Kyla Bellich	+1.7
20	7-13	EVANS	VALPO	Attack err	Makenzie Miller		+0.9
21	7-14	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.3
22	8-14	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.9
23	9-14	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Olivia Wagner	set Olivia Wagner	+1.5
24	9-15	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.5
25	10-15	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Olivia Wagner	+1.1
26	10-16	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.5
27	11-16	EVANS	VALPO	Serve err	Evansville		+1.0
28	11-17	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Rylee Bumgardner	+1.5
29	12-17	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+1.0
30	13-17	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.7
31	13-18	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.8
32	14-18	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.2
33	14-19	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.8
34	15-19	EVANS	VALPO×4	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.1
35	16-19	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Makenzie Miller		+2.1
36	17-19	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Brooke Herdes		+2.6
37	18-19	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+3.1
38	18-20	VALPO	EVANS	Serve err	Valparaiso		+3.0
39	19-20	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+2.4
40	20-20	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+3.8
41	20-21	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Lyla Fisher	set Carsyn Kelley	+3.4
42	21-21	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+3.1
43	22-21	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+4.4
44	22-22	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+3.4
45	23-22	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+3.9
46	23-23	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+3.9
47	24-23	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+5.0
48	24-24	VALPO	EVANS	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Makenzie Miller, McKenzie Laubach	+5.0
49	24-25	EVANS	EVANS	Kill	Carsyn Kelley	set Mia McCall	+7.6
50	25-25	EVANS	VALPO×3	Blocked	Ryan Scheu	blk Kyla Bellich, Ava Helming	+5.9
51	26-25	VALPO	VALPO×3	Blocked	Brooke Herdes	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+6.7
52	27-25	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Aubry Dowling	+5.7
Set 2
1	1-0	EVANS	VALPO	Serve err	Evansville		+0.8
2	2-0	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Lyla Fisher	blk Ava Helming, Kyla Bellich	+1.0
3	2-1	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Lyla Fisher	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.8
4	3-1	EVANS	VALPO	Attack err	McKenzie Laubach		+0.8
5	3-2	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.8
6	4-2	EVANS	VALPO×5	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.8
7	5-2	VALPO	VALPO×5	Ace	Ava Helming	aced Kendall Agler	+0.9
8	6-2	VALPO	VALPO×5	Blocked	Wren Jones	blk Jordyn Gove, Jessica Pickett	+0.8
9	7-2	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+0.7
10	8-2	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Rylee Bumgardner	+0.5
11	8-3	VALPO	EVANS	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk McKenzie Laubach, Wren Jones	+0.4
12	8-4	EVANS	EVANS	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk McKenzie Laubach, Wren Jones	+0.6
13	9-4	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.5
14	9-5	VALPO	EVANS×3	Kill	Brooke Herdes	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.5
15	9-6	EVANS	EVANS×3	Ace	Evansville	aced Ava Helming	+0.8
16	9-7	EVANS	EVANS×3	Ace	Evansville	aced Jordyn Gove	+1.0
17	10-7	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.8
18	10-8	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Makenzie Miller	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.8
19	11-8	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+0.8
20	12-8	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Wren Jones		+0.9
21	12-9	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Carsyn Kelley	set Kyla Bellich	+0.6
22	13-9	EVANS	VALPO×3	Serve err	Evansville		+0.7
23	14-9	VALPO	VALPO×3	Blocked	Makenzie Miller	blk Kyla Bellich, Maggie Uhwat	+0.7
24	15-9	VALPO	VALPO×3	Blocked	Lyla Fisher	blk Ava Helming, Kyla Bellich	+0.5
25	15-10	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.3
26	16-10	EVANS	VALPO	Serve err	Evansville		+0.4
27	16-11	VALPO	EVANS	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.3
28	17-11	EVANS	VALPO	Blocked	Lyla Fisher	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+0.4
29	17-12	VALPO	EVANS×5	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.3
30	17-13	EVANS	EVANS×5	Ace	Evansville	aced Maggie Uhwat	+0.6
31	17-14	EVANS	EVANS×5	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+0.9
32	17-15	EVANS	EVANS×5	Attack err	Jessica Pickett		+1.2
33	17-16	EVANS	EVANS×5	Kill	Wren Jones	set Jessica Pickett	+1.6
34	18-16	EVANS	VALPO	Attack err	McKenzie Laubach		+1.4
35	19-16	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Brooke Herdes		+1.5
36	19-17	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+1.0
37	20-17	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Olivia Wagner	+1.2
38	21-17	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+1.1
39	21-18	VALPO	EVANS	Attack err	Sarah Pippin		+0.6
40	22-18	EVANS	VALPO	Serve err	Evansville		+0.8
41	22-19	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Brooke Herdes	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.5
42	23-19	EVANS	VALPO×3	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+0.8
43	24-19	VALPO	VALPO×3	Ace	Keira Lucas		+0.5
44	25-19	VALPO	VALPO×3	Ace	Keira Lucas	aced Brooke Herdes	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Brooke Herdes	+0.5
2	0-2	EVANS	EVANS	Blocked	Kyla Bellich	blk McKenzie Laubach	+0.7
3	1-2	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.5
4	1-3	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.5
5	2-3	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+0.5
6	2-4	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Makenzie Miller	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.5
7	3-4	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.5
8	3-5	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Brooke Herdes	+0.6
9	4-5	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.5
10	4-6	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Lyla Fisher	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.6
11	5-6	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Keira Lucas		+0.5
12	6-6	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+0.7
13	6-7	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.6
14	7-7	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Keira Lucas	+0.5
15	8-7	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Wren Jones		+0.7
16	8-8	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Lyla Fisher	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.5
17	9-8	EVANS	VALPO	Serve err	Evansville		+0.5
18	9-9	VALPO	EVANS	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+0.5
19	10-9	EVANS	VALPO	Serve err	Evansville		+0.5
20	11-9	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Makenzie Miller		+0.7
21	11-10	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.5
22	12-10	EVANS	VALPO	Attack err	Wren Jones		+0.5
23	12-11	VALPO	EVANS	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.5
24	13-11	EVANS	VALPO×4	Serve err	Evansville		+0.5
25	14-11	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Carsyn Kelley		+0.6
26	15-11	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Makenzie Miller		+0.5
27	16-11	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.4
28	16-12	VALPO	EVANS	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.2
29	17-12	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.3
30	17-13	VALPO	EVANS×3	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.2
31	17-14	EVANS	EVANS×3	Kill	McKenzie Laubach	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.4
32	17-15	EVANS	EVANS×3	Kill	Ryan Scheu	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.6
33	18-15	EVANS	VALPO×3	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+0.5
34	19-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.5
35	20-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Bad set	Carsyn Kelley		+0.4
36	20-16	VALPO	EVANS	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk McKenzie Laubach, Ryan Scheu	+0.2
37	21-16	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.3
38	22-16	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	McKenzie Laubach		+0.2
39	22-17	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Ryan Scheu	set Carsyn Kelley	+0.1
40	23-17	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.1
41	23-18	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Ryan Scheu	set Carsyn Kelley	·
42	23-19	EVANS	EVANS	Ace	Evansville	aced Keira Lucas	+0.1
43	24-19	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+0.2
44	24-20	VALPO	EVANS	Kill	Wren Jones	set Carsyn Kelley	·
45	25-20	EVANS	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+0.1

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).

Valparaiso def. Evansville 3–0

Valparaiso swept Evansville without a set decided by more than six.