West Virginia vs Utah Volleyball: Utah Wins 3-0 (Oct 8)

FinalThu, Oct 8, 2026ESPN+

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RallyIQ pre-match: Utah 86.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 8, 7:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Utah beat visiting West Virginia 3-0 (25-13, 27-25, 25-20) on Thu, Oct 8, 2026. Utah's Kamryn Gibadlo led with 15 kills, and Sierra Grizzle added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WVU	13	25	20	0
UTAH	25	27	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Levani Falatea served 5 aces in a Utah rout.

The biggest single-rally swing was 3.4 points, and West Virginia's high was 14% in Set 2. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave Utah 87% before first serve.

West VirginiaUtah

Break %+16.7 pts
30.046.7
On serve: 35/75 against 18/60 (West Virginia sideout 53.3%).
Hitting+.142
.205.347
Kills and errors: 47–14 vs 30–13.
Longest run+0
55
Up 19–16 in the third set, Utah scored 5 straight to make it 24–16. The set finished 25–20.

Utah above 50West Virginia belowMax swing 3.4%

West VirginiaUtah

Aces: West Virginia 4·Utah 12
Serve err: West Virginia 5·Utah 9
Blocks: West Virginia 4·Utah 61 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: West Virginia 27·Utah 36

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Utah above 50 · West Virginia below

Biggest swing: 3.4% to Utah — set 2, WVU 25-27 UTAH. Kill by Devyn Wiest (set by Izzy Mogridge). UTAH win probability 94% → 98%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WVU 14.1%85.9% UTAH

West Virginia wins

3-0

2.1%

3-1

4.5%

3-2

7.6%

Utah wins

3-0

38.2%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

16.2%

WVU break %: 37.0% vs this opp
UTAH break %: 45.1% 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
Devyn WiestKill+3.4%
Kill by Devyn Wiest (set by Izzy Mogridge)
Set 2 · WVU 25-27 UTAH · UTAH 94% → 98%
02
UtahAce+3.4%
Utah ace on Eily Painter
Set 2 · WVU 22-23 UTAH · UTAH 90% → 94%
03
Kamryn GibadloKill+2.8%
Kill by Kamryn Gibadlo (set by Izzy Mogridge)
Set 2 · WVU 23-24 UTAH · UTAH 92% → 94%
04
Maddy McGathKill+2.8%
Kill by Maddy McGath (set by Alexis Finnvold)
Set 2 · WVU 24-24 UTAH · WVU 6% → 8%
05
Kamryn GibadloKill+2.8%
Kill by Kamryn Gibadlo (set by Izzy Mogridge)
Set 2 · WVU 24-25 UTAH · UTAH 92% → 94%
06
UtahService error+2.8%
Utah service error
Set 2 · WVU 25-25 UTAH · WVU 6% → 8%
07
Loryn HelgesenKill+2.8%
Kill by Loryn Helgesen (set by Izzy Mogridge)
Set 2 · WVU 25-26 UTAH · UTAH 92% → 94%
08
UtahAce+2.4%
Utah ace on Nina Horning
Set 2 · WVU 20-20 UTAH · UTAH 89% → 91%

Box score

Official NCAA box

West Virginiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Nina HorningOH	3	9	3	26	.231	0	1	0	1	5	0	1	0.5	10.5
2Anna BarrOH	3	6	4	10	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
22Maddy McGathMB	3	5	2	14	.214	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
15Sophia FallahMB	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
5Alexis FinnvoldS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
23Cassie BrunsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
18Trinity SheridanOPP	3	4	2	16	.125	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
0Lauren DuncanS	3	0	0	1	.000	11	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	3
19Reagan TurkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	0
20Macie SmithOH	2	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
6Saar BertelsOH	2	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	0.5
4Eily PainterL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	13	83	.205	30	4	5	27	12	1	6	4	58

Utahhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Kamryn GibadloOH	3	15	2	27	.481	0	1	0	7	1	0	2	1	17
4Loryn HelgesenOPP	3	9	3	19	.316	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
12Katelynn FieldMB	3	6	0	9	.667	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	2	8
13OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAHMB	3	6	4	12	.167	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
10Levani FalateaOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	5	1	5	2	0	0	0	5
2Izzy MogridgeS	3	0	0	0	–	27	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	1
16Devyn WiestOH	3	8	2	17	.353	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
6Ashley WestOH	3	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
3Isabelle MarcoS	3	0	0	0	–	12	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
8Sierra GrizzleL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0
15Langley GriffinOH	2	0	0	1	.000	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
9Grace MossL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Lana MijacicMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	14	95	.347	45	12	9	36	4	1	10	6	77

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 5 WVU · UTAH 5

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 2 WVUUTAH 4

Set 2

25-27

Longest run 5 WVUUTAH 3

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 4 WVUUTAH 5

Bars above the line = Utah leads, below = West Virginia leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

West Virginia

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	36%4/11
2	64%7/11	0%0/7
3	44%7/16	42%5/12
4	58%7/12	22%2/9
5	78%7/9	30%3/10
6	33%5/15	36%4/11
All	53%40/75	30%18/60

Utah

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	60%9/15
2	64%7/11	36%4/11
3	88%7/8	53%8/15
4	58%7/12	50%7/14
5	88%7/8	36%4/11
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	70%42/60	47%35/75

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

135 rallies

#	WVU-UTAH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	WVU	UTAH	Serve err	West Virginia		+0.9
2	0-2	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.2
3	1-2	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Sophia Fallah	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.8
4	1-3	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.8
5	1-4	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.0
6	2-4	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Maddy McGath	+0.7
7	2-5	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
8	2-6	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.9
9	3-6	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lauren Duncan	+0.6
10	4-6	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Devyn Wiest		+1.0
11	4-7	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
12	5-7	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+0.8
13	5-8	WVU	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.8
14	6-8	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+0.8
15	6-9	WVU	UTAH×4	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Isabelle Marco	+0.8
16	6-10	UTAH	UTAH×4	Attack err	Saar Bertels		+1.0
17	6-11	UTAH	UTAH×4	Ace	Utah	aced Saar Bertels	+0.8
18	6-12	UTAH	UTAH×4	Ace	Utah	aced Reagan Turk	+0.6
19	7-12	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+0.3
20	7-13	WVU	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Isabelle Marco	+0.4
21	7-14	UTAH	UTAH	Attack err	Anna Barr		+0.4
22	8-14	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+0.2
23	8-15	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Ashley West	set Isabelle Marco	+0.2
24	9-15	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.2
25	9-16	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
26	9-17	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
27	10-17	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lauren Duncan	+0.1
28	11-17	WVU	WVU	Ace	West Virginia	aced Kamryn Gibadlo	+0.2
29	11-18	WVU	UTAH×4	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
30	11-19	UTAH	UTAH×4	Ace	Utah	aced Nina Horning	+0.2
31	11-20	UTAH	UTAH×4	Blocked	Trinity Sheridan	blk Devyn Wiest, OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	+0.1
32	11-21	UTAH	UTAH×4	Ace	Utah	aced Nina Horning	·
33	12-21	UTAH	WVU	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen		·
34	12-22	WVU	UTAH	Serve err	West Virginia		·
35	12-23	UTAH	UTAH	Ace	Utah	aced Saar Bertels	·
36	13-23	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		·
37	13-24	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Isabelle Marco	·
38	13-25	UTAH	UTAH	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	·
Set 2
1	1-0	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Cassie Bruns	+0.7
2	1-1	WVU	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
3	2-1	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.8
4	2-2	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
5	2-3	UTAH	UTAH	Blocked	Maddy McGath	blk Kamryn Gibadlo, Katelynn Field	+1.0
6	3-3	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lauren Duncan	+0.7
7	3-4	WVU	UTAH×3	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Loryn Helgesen	+0.6
8	3-5	UTAH	UTAH×3	Ace	Utah	aced Nina Horning	+0.9
9	3-6	UTAH	UTAH×3	Kill	Devyn Wiest		+0.8
10	4-6	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+0.5
11	5-6	WVU	WVU	Blocked	Loryn Helgesen	blk Sophia Fallah, Saar Bertels	+0.9
12	5-7	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.6
13	6-7	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+0.7
14	7-7	WVU	WVU	Attack err	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH		+1.1
15	7-8	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
16	7-9	UTAH	UTAH	Ace	Utah	aced Saar Bertels	+1.0
17	8-9	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.7
18	8-10	WVU	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Isabelle Marco	+0.7
19	9-10	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.7
20	9-11	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+0.7
21	10-11	UTAH	WVU×5	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.7
22	11-11	WVU	WVU×5	Attack err	Ashley West		+1.3
23	12-11	WVU	WVU×5	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+1.5
24	13-11	WVU	WVU×5	Ace	West Virginia	aced Levani Falatea	+1.7
25	14-11	WVU	WVU×5	Ace	West Virginia	aced Levani Falatea	+1.8
26	14-12	WVU	UTAH×3	Serve err	West Virginia		+1.0
27	14-13	UTAH	UTAH×3	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.6
28	14-14	UTAH	UTAH×3	Attack err	Trinity Sheridan		+1.6
29	15-14	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Cassie Bruns	+1.2
30	15-15	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.1
31	16-15	UTAH	WVU×3	Bad set	Sierra Grizzle		+1.3
32	17-15	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	Devyn Wiest		+2.1
33	18-15	WVU	WVU×3	Blocked	Loryn Helgesen	blk Sophia Fallah, Macie Smith	+2.1
34	18-16	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.1
35	18-17	UTAH	UTAH	Ace	Utah	aced Reagan Turk	+1.9
36	19-17	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+1.7
37	19-18	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Sierra Grizzle	+1.3
38	20-18	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.8
39	20-19	WVU	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Isabelle Marco	+1.4
40	20-20	UTAH	UTAH	Ace	Utah	aced Nina Horning	+2.4
41	21-20	UTAH	WVU	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo		+2.0
42	21-21	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Ashley West	set Isabelle Marco	+1.8
43	22-21	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+2.3
44	22-22	WVU	UTAH	Serve err	West Virginia		+2.0
45	22-23	UTAH	UTAH	Ace	Utah	aced Eily Painter	+3.4
46	23-23	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+2.2
47	23-24	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+2.8
48	24-24	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Alexis Finnvold	+2.8
49	24-25	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+2.8
50	25-25	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+2.8
51	25-26	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+2.8
52	25-27	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Izzy Mogridge	+3.4
Set 3
1	0-1	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.3
2	1-1	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+0.3
3	1-2	WVU	UTAH×4	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Levani Falatea	+0.3
4	1-3	UTAH	UTAH×4	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.4
5	1-4	UTAH	UTAH×4	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Loryn Helgesen, Katelynn Field	+0.4
6	1-5	UTAH	UTAH×4	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Katelynn Field, Kamryn Gibadlo	+0.3
7	2-5	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+0.2
8	2-6	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
9	2-7	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Sierra Grizzle	+0.2
10	3-7	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+0.2
11	3-8	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
12	4-8	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+0.2
13	4-9	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
14	5-9	UTAH	WVU	Attack err	Ashley West		+0.2
15	6-9	WVU	WVU	Blocked	Ashley West	blk Macie Smith	+0.3
16	6-10	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Isabelle Marco	+0.2
17	7-10	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.2
18	8-10	WVU	WVU	Attack err	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH		+0.4
19	8-11	WVU	UTAH×3	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+0.3
20	8-12	UTAH	UTAH×3	Attack err	Nina Horning		+0.4
21	8-13	UTAH	UTAH×3	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Ashley West, Katelynn Field	+0.3
22	9-13	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Sophia Fallah	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.2
23	9-14	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+0.2
24	10-14	UTAH	WVU	Blocked	Kamryn Gibadlo	blk Nina Horning, Maddy McGath	+0.2
25	11-14	WVU	WVU	Ace	West Virginia	aced Izzy Mogridge	+0.3
26	11-15	WVU	UTAH×3	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.3
27	11-16	UTAH	UTAH×3	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.3
28	11-17	UTAH	UTAH×3	Attack err	Maddy McGath		+0.2
29	12-17	UTAH	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+0.1
30	12-18	WVU	UTAH	Attack err	Macie Smith		+0.1
31	13-18	UTAH	WVU	Serve err	Utah		+0.1
32	13-19	WVU	UTAH	Serve err	West Virginia		+0.1
33	14-19	UTAH	WVU×3	Kill	Macie Smith	set Lauren Duncan	+0.1
34	15-19	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH		+0.2
35	16-19	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH		+0.3
36	16-20	WVU	UTAH×5	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Sierra Grizzle	+0.3
37	16-21	UTAH	UTAH×5	Ace	Utah	aced Nina Horning	+0.3
38	16-22	UTAH	UTAH×5	Kill	Ashley West	set Sierra Grizzle	+0.1
39	16-23	UTAH	UTAH×5	Attack err	Anna Barr		·
40	16-24	UTAH	UTAH×5	Ace	Utah	aced Reagan Turk	·
41	17-24	UTAH	WVU×4	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	·
42	18-24	WVU	WVU×4	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	·
43	19-24	WVU	WVU×4	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	·
44	20-24	WVU	WVU×4	Kill	Nina Horning	set Cassie Bruns	·
45	20-25	WVU	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, West Virginia 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).

Utah def. West Virginia 3–0

Levani Falatea served 5 aces in a Utah rout.