West Virginia vs Iowa State Volleyball: Iowa State Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 30, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Iowa St. 66.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 6:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Iowa St. beat visiting West Virginia 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-22) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Iowa St.'s Nayeli Gonzalez led with 12 kills, and Rachel Van Gorp added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:05 PM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WVU	20	23	22	0
IOWAST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Iowa St. swept West Virginia without a set decided by more than five.

The biggest single-rally swing was 4.9 points, and West Virginia's high was 40% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. RallyIQ gave Iowa St. 66% before first serve.

West VirginiaIowa St.

Hitting+.087
.144.231
47 kills, 20 errors vs 35 kills, 19 errors.
Longest run+1
56
Down 10–11 in the second set, Iowa St. scored 6 straight to lead 16–11. That set ended 25–23.

Iowa St. above 50West Virginia belowMax swing 4.9%

West VirginiaIowa St.

Aces: West Virginia 4·Iowa St. 1
Serve err: West Virginia 7·Iowa St. 5
Blocks: West Virginia 10·Iowa St. 9.53 BS · 14 BA vs 2 BS · 15 BA
Digs: West Virginia 43·Iowa St. 51

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Iowa St. above 50 · West Virginia below

Biggest swing: 4.9% to Iowa St. — set 2, WVU 21-23 IOWAST. Attack error by Macie Smith. IOWAST win probability 84% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WVU 30.5%69.5% IOWAST

West Virginia wins

3-0

5.9%

3-1

10.7%

3-2

13.9%

Iowa St. wins

3-0

22.9%

3-1

26.7%

3-2

19.9%

WVU break %: 38.4% vs this opp
IOWAST break %: 42.2% 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
Macie SmithAttack error+4.9%
Attack error by Macie Smith
Set 2 · WVU 21-23 IOWAST · IOWAST 84% → 89%
02
Mesaiya BettisKill+4.9%
Kill by Mesaiya Bettis (set by Nayeli Ti'a)
Set 2 · WVU 23-25 IOWAST · IOWAST 88% → 93%
03
Macie SmithKill+4.7%
Kill by Macie Smith (set by Alexis Finnvold)
Set 2 · WVU 21-21 IOWAST · WVU 15% → 20%
04
Nayeli Ti'aKill+3.6%
Kill by Nayeli Ti'a (set by Ella Florez)
Set 2 · WVU 21-22 IOWAST · IOWAST 80% → 84%
05
Macie SmithAttack error+3.2%
Attack error by Macie Smith
Set 2 · WVU 21-24 IOWAST · IOWAST 89% → 92%
06
Nina HorningKill+3.2%
Kill by Nina Horning (set by Reagan Turk)
Set 2 · WVU 19-20 IOWAST · WVU 12% → 16%
07
Maddy McGathKill+3.0%
Kill by Maddy McGath (set by Ella Florez)
Set 2 · WVU 23-24 IOWAST · WVU 9% → 12%
08
Nayeli GonzalezKill+2.9%
Kill by Nayeli Gonzalez (set by Ella Florez)
Set 1 · WVU 8-8 IOWAST · IOWAST 62% → 65%

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	10	4	27	.222	0	0	3	5	1	0	0	0	10
22Maddy McGathMB	3	6	1	12	.417	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	9
20Macie SmithOH	3	8	7	25	.040	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
2Anna BarrOH	3	4	4	21	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	7
8Cami HuffMB	3	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3
5Alexis FinnvoldS	3	0	0	2	.000	17	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
18Trinity SheridanOPP	3	6	1	17	.294	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
23Cassie BrunsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
19Reagan TurkL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1
0Lauren DuncanS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
7Mirjam Karoliine KaskMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
16Lucie ŠmardováL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	19	111	.144	31	4	7	43	1	3	14	10	65

Iowa St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Pam McCuneMB	3	10	2	19	.421	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
9Mesaiya BettisOH	3	9	7	29	.069	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
18Taylor JohnsonMB	3	5	1	9	.444	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	8
11Ella FlorezS	3	1	0	4	.250	34	1	1	7	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
30Alea GoolsbyOH	3	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
20Nayeli Ti'aOH	3	1	1	3	.000	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
14Nayeli GonzalezOH	3	12	5	26	.269	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	13
5Daaliyah KempMB	3	8	2	20	.300	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	2	10
10Rachel Van GorpL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	17	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	20	117	.231	39	1	5	51	4	2	15	9.5	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 WVU · IOWAST 6

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 5 WVUIOWAST 5

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 3 WVUIOWAST 6

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 WVUIOWAST 5

Bars above the line = Iowa St. 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	50%8/16	59%10/17
2	50%7/14	53%9/17
3	43%6/14	30%3/10
4	75%6/8	25%2/8
5	75%6/8	25%2/8
6	38%5/13	14%1/7
All	52%38/73	40%27/67

Iowa St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	54%7/13
2	50%8/16	58%11/19
3	60%6/10	60%9/15
4	86%6/7	40%4/10
5	86%6/7	25%2/8
6	60%6/10	25%2/8
All	60%40/67	48%35/73

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

140 rallies

#	WVU-IOWAST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	WVU	WVU	Ace	West Virginia		+2.5
2	2-0	WVU	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Reagan Turk	+2.6
3	2-1	WVU	IOWAST×5	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.6
4	2-2	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Pam McCune, Ella Florez	+2.5
5	2-3	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+2.5
6	2-4	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+2.3
7	2-5	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Bad set	Reagan Turk		+2.2
8	3-5	IOWAST	WVU×5	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.4
9	4-5	WVU	WVU×5	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+2.3
10	5-5	WVU	WVU×5	Blocked	Mesaiya Bettis	blk Anna Barr, Cami Huff	+2.6
11	6-5	WVU	WVU×5	Bad set	Ella Florez		+2.8
12	7-5	WVU	WVU×5	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+2.9
13	7-6	WVU	IOWAST	Serve err	West Virginia		+1.8
14	8-6	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+2.0
15	8-7	WVU	IOWAST×4	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+1.8
16	8-8	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+2.9
17	8-9	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.9
18	8-10	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Attack err	Macie Smith		+2.7
19	9-10	IOWAST	WVU	Blocked	Nayeli Gonzalez	blk Anna Barr, Maddy McGath	+1.8
20	9-11	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+1.9
21	9-12	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Macie Smith		+2.6
22	10-12	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Lauren Duncan	+1.6
23	10-13	WVU	IOWAST	Serve err	West Virginia		+1.7
24	11-13	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+1.6
25	11-14	WVU	IOWAST×5	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+1.8
26	11-15	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Blocked	Cami Huff	blk Taylor Johnson	+2.3
27	11-16	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Attack err	Nina Horning		+1.7
28	11-17	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Taylor Johnson	set Lauren Duncan	+1.2
29	11-18	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Ella Florez		+0.8
30	12-18	IOWAST	WVU×3	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+0.3
31	13-18	WVU	WVU×3	Blocked	Mesaiya Bettis	blk Anna Barr, Mirjam Karoliine Kask	+0.7
32	14-18	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+1.2
33	14-19	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Taylor Johnson	set Ella Florez	+1.1
34	15-19	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.7
35	15-20	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.1
36	15-21	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Mirjam Karoliine Kask	blk Pam McCune, Daaliyah Kemp	+0.9
37	16-21	IOWAST	WVU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+0.3
38	17-21	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Daaliyah Kemp		+0.8
39	17-22	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+0.9
40	18-22	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.4
41	18-23	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+0.8
42	19-23	IOWAST	WVU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+0.3
43	19-24	WVU	IOWAST	Serve err	West Virginia		+0.6
44	20-24	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+0.1
45	20-25	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.4
2	2-0	WVU	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+2.2
3	2-1	WVU	IOWAST	Serve err	West Virginia		+1.4
4	2-2	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+2.1
5	3-2	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.5
6	3-3	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.4
7	4-3	IOWAST	WVU	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+1.5
8	5-3	WVU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+2.3
9	5-4	WVU	IOWAST	Serve err	West Virginia		+1.5
10	6-4	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning		+1.6
11	6-5	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+1.5
12	6-6	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez		+2.3
13	7-6	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+1.6
14	7-7	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+1.6
15	7-8	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.4
16	8-8	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Lauren Duncan	+1.6
17	9-8	WVU	WVU	Ace	West Virginia		+2.6
18	9-9	WVU	IOWAST	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Ella Florez, Taylor Johnson	+1.7
19	10-9	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.8
20	10-10	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ella Florez	+1.7
21	11-10	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.9
22	11-11	WVU	IOWAST×6	Kill	Pam McCune	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.8
23	11-12	IOWAST	IOWAST×6	Attack err	Macie Smith		+2.7
24	11-13	IOWAST	IOWAST×6	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.6
25	11-14	IOWAST	IOWAST×6	Attack err	Macie Smith		+2.3
26	11-15	IOWAST	IOWAST×6	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.9
27	11-16	IOWAST	IOWAST×6	Attack err	Anna Barr		+1.5
28	12-16	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.7
29	13-16	WVU	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+1.6
30	13-17	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.3
31	13-18	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Maddy McGath		+1.5
32	14-18	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Ella Florez	+0.7
33	15-18	WVU	WVU	Kill	Reagan Turk	set Ella Florez	+1.5
34	15-19	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.4
35	16-19	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+1.0
36	16-20	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+1.4
37	17-20	IOWAST	WVU×3	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+0.9
38	18-20	WVU	WVU×3	Blocked	Nayeli Gonzalez	blk Anna Barr, Cami Huff	+2.2
39	19-20	WVU	WVU×3	Kill	Nina Horning	set Reagan Turk	+3.2
40	19-21	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+2.7
41	20-21	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+2.2
42	21-21	WVU	WVU	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+4.7
43	21-22	WVU	IOWAST×3	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+3.6
44	21-23	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Macie Smith		+4.9
45	21-24	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Macie Smith		+3.2
46	22-24	IOWAST	WVU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+0.8
47	23-24	WVU	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Ella Florez	+3.0
48	23-25	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Nayeli Ti'a	+4.9
Set 3
1	0-1	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+0.8
2	1-1	IOWAST	WVU×3	Kill	Macie Smith	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.8
3	2-1	WVU	WVU×3	Ace	West Virginia		+1.3
4	3-1	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	Nayeli Gonzalez		+1.3
5	3-2	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Taylor Johnson	set Ella Florez	+0.8
6	3-3	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Taylor Johnson	set Ella Florez	+1.3
7	4-3	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+0.9
8	5-3	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Taylor Johnson		+1.4
9	5-4	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+0.9
10	6-4	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Anna Barr	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.0
11	6-5	WVU	IOWAST	Serve err	West Virginia		+0.9
12	7-5	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Maddy McGath	set Lauren Duncan	+1.0
13	7-6	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+0.9
14	8-6	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+1.0
15	8-7	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Rachel Van Gorp	+0.9
16	9-7	IOWAST	WVU×3	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.0
17	10-7	WVU	WVU×3	Blocked	Nayeli Gonzalez	blk Cami Huff, Anna Barr	+1.5
18	11-7	WVU	WVU×3	Attack err	Daaliyah Kemp		+1.4
19	11-8	WVU	IOWAST×5	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+0.8
20	11-9	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+1.4
21	11-10	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Blocked	Macie Smith	blk Daaliyah Kemp, Taylor Johnson	+1.5
22	11-11	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Daaliyah Kemp	+1.6
23	11-12	IOWAST	IOWAST×5	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.6
24	12-12	IOWAST	WVU	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.1
25	13-12	WVU	WVU	Ace	West Virginia	aced Nayeli Gonzalez	+1.8
26	13-13	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ella Florez	+1.1
27	13-14	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Nina Horning		+1.8
28	14-14	IOWAST	WVU	Attack err	Alea Goolsby		+1.2
29	14-15	WVU	IOWAST	Blocked	Nina Horning	blk Taylor Johnson, Ella Florez	+1.2
30	15-15	IOWAST	WVU	Kill	Nina Horning	set Alexis Finnvold	+1.2
31	15-16	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Taylor Johnson	set Ella Florez	+1.3
32	16-16	IOWAST	WVU	Blocked	Alea Goolsby	blk Maddy McGath	+1.3
33	17-16	WVU	WVU	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+2.2
34	17-17	WVU	IOWAST	Serve err	West Virginia		+1.4
35	17-18	IOWAST	IOWAST	Ace	Ella Florez	aced Nina Horning	+2.2
36	18-18	IOWAST	WVU	Blocked	Pam McCune	blk Maddy McGath	+1.5
37	19-18	WVU	WVU	Kill	Trinity Sheridan	set Lauren Duncan	+2.5
38	19-19	WVU	IOWAST×4	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.6
39	19-20	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Blocked	Trinity Sheridan	blk Pam McCune, Nayeli Gonzalez	+2.6
40	19-21	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+2.4
41	19-22	IOWAST	IOWAST×4	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Rachel Van Gorp	+1.9
42	20-22	IOWAST	WVU	Attack err	Nayeli Gonzalez		+0.8
43	21-22	WVU	WVU	Blocked	Pam McCune	blk Cami Huff	+2.0
44	21-23	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Rachel Van Gorp	+1.9
45	22-23	IOWAST	WVU	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+1.4
46	22-24	WVU	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ella Florez	+2.2
47	22-25	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Anna Barr	blk Nayeli Gonzalez, Taylor Johnson	+1.7

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).

Iowa St. def. West Virginia 3–0

Iowa St. swept West Virginia without a set decided by more than five.