Colorado State def. Utah State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 17)

FinalSat, Oct 17, 2026YouTube

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Colorado St. 95.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 1:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Colorado St. beat visiting Utah St. 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-18) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Colorado St.'s Ella Stowell led with 14 kills, and Sofia Zabjek added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UT ST	20	16	18	0
CO ST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Ella Stowell hit .619 with 14 kills as Colorado St. rolled past Utah St.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.1 points, and Utah St.'s high was 7% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Colorado St. went in as RallyIQ's 95% pick.

Utah St.Colorado St.

Break %+17.7 pts
36.454.1
40 of 74 on serve vs 20 of 55, so Utah St.'s sideout was 45.9%.
Hitting+.259
-.019.240
Kills and errors: 40–17 vs 25–27.
Longest run+1
45
Colorado St. scored 5 straight in the first set to turn an 8–10 deficit into a 13–10 lead. Final score of the set: 25–20.

Colorado St. above 50Utah St. belowMax swing 1.1%

Utah St.Colorado St.

Aces: Utah St. 1·Colorado St. 2
Serve err: Utah St. 6·Colorado St. 9
Blocks: Utah St. 4·Colorado St. 181 BS · 6 BA vs 5 BS · 26 BA
Digs: Utah St. 35·Colorado St. 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Colorado St. above 50 · Utah St. below

Biggest swing: 1.1% to Utah St. — set 1, UT ST 9-7 CO ST. Eve Wilson stuffed by Ava Napierski & Ava Nakai. CO ST win probability 94% → 93%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UT ST 3.3%96.7% CO ST

Utah St. wins

3-0

0.3%

3-1

0.9%

3-2

2.1%

Colorado St. wins

3-0

61.2%

3-1

27.7%

3-2

7.8%

UT ST break %: 34.2% vs this opp
CO ST break %: 48.2% 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
Ava Napierski&Ava NakaiBlock+1.1%
Eve Wilson stuffed by Ava Napierski & Ava Nakai
Set 1 · UT ST 9-7 CO ST · UT ST 6% → 7%
02
Solia AngilauKill+1.0%
Kill by Solia Angilau (set by Silina Damuni)
Set 1 · UT ST 18-19 CO ST · UT ST 4% → 5%
03
Kekua RichardsKill+0.9%
Kill by Kekua Richards (set by Erin Debiec)
Set 1 · UT ST 10-10 CO ST · CO ST 94% → 95%
04
Sofia ZabjekAttack error+0.9%
Attack error by Sofia Zabjek
Set 1 · UT ST 8-7 CO ST · UT ST 5% → 6%
05
Halle JamesonKill+0.9%
Kill by Halle Jameson (set by Karsyn Fetzer)
Set 1 · UT ST 19-22 CO ST · CO ST 96% → 97%
06
Utah St.Service error+0.9%
Utah St. service error
Set 1 · UT ST 19-21 CO ST · CO ST 95% → 96%
07
Sami BlackettKill+0.9%
Kill by Sami Blackett (set by Olivia Ruy)
Set 1 · UT ST 4-2 CO ST · UT ST 5% → 6%
08
Sofia Zabjek&Kekua RichardsBlock+0.8%
Ava Nakai stuffed by Sofia Zabjek & Kekua Richards
Set 1 · UT ST 10-11 CO ST · CO ST 95% → 95%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Utah St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Sami BlackettOH	3	10	5	35	.143	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
3Ava NapierskiMB	3	4	1	12	.250	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	6
9Olivia RuyOH	3	5	6	19	-.053	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
23Solia AngilauMB	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Ava NakaiOH	2	1	9	16	-.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
5Silina DamuniS	2	0	1	2	-.500	15	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
28Justyna NovakovaOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
1Lily LaFleschL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0
15Sadie WarrenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
17Lauren BodilyOH	1	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
42Sophie ScottMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
16Addy CookOH	1	0	3	6	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Olivia TukuafuS	1	0	0	2	.000	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		25	27	103	-.019	24	1	6	35	2	1	6	4	54

Colorado St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Halle JamesonOH	3	12	4	27	.296	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	2.5	14.5
33Kekua RichardsMB	3	5	4	14	.071	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	5.5	10.5
27Eve WilsonMB	3	4	2	14	.143	0	0	2	2	0	1	6	4	8
5Sofia ZabjekOH	3	3	4	14	-.071	2	0	1	14	0	0	8	4	7
23Erin DebiecS	3	2	1	5	.200	29	1	0	5	0	1	2	2	5
24Hayden GrimesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
21Ella StowellOH	3	14	1	21	.619	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	14
1Karsyn FetzerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	1
9Silvie GraetzerMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Brooke HolmanOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Jaedyn RileyS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	17	96	.240	37	2	9	39	1	5	26	18	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.

Utah St. vs Colorado St.

Season series · Colorado St. leads 2-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Colorado St. at Utah St. · Colorado St. won 3-2Result →
Sat, Oct 17, 2026Utah St. at Colorado St. · Colorado St. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 UT ST · CO ST 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 UT STCO ST 5

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 4 UT STCO ST 3

Set 3

18-25

Longest run 4 UT STCO ST 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Utah St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	39%7/18	44%4/9
2	67%6/9	30%3/10
3	40%6/15	40%4/10
4	75%6/8	25%2/8
5	38%5/13	45%5/11
6	36%4/11	29%2/7
All	46%34/74	36%20/55

Colorado St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	63%10/16
2	60%6/10	45%5/11
3	86%6/7	50%6/12
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	60%6/10	40%4/10
6	80%4/5	69%9/13
All	64%35/55	54%40/74

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

129 rallies

#	UT ST-CO ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	CO ST	CO ST	Kill	Kekua Richards		+0.5
2	1-1	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Colorado St.		+0.4
3	2-1	UT ST	UT ST	Attack err	Halle Jameson		+0.7
4	2-2	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Kekua Richards	set Erin Debiec	+0.4
5	3-2	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Silina Damuni	+0.5
6	4-2	UT ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Olivia Ruy	+0.9
7	4-3	UT ST	CO ST×4	Kill	Eve Wilson	set Erin Debiec	+0.5
8	4-4	CO ST	CO ST×4	Attack err	Sami Blackett		+0.7
9	4-5	CO ST	CO ST×4	Kill	Eve Wilson	set Erin Debiec	+0.6
10	4-6	CO ST	CO ST×4	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Halle Jameson, Eve Wilson	+0.5
11	5-6	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Silina Damuni	+0.4
12	6-6	UT ST	UT ST	Attack err	Sofia Zabjek		+0.7
13	6-7	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	+0.5
14	7-7	CO ST	UT ST×3	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Silina Damuni	+0.5
15	8-7	UT ST	UT ST×3	Attack err	Sofia Zabjek		+0.9
16	9-7	UT ST	UT ST×3	Blocked	Eve Wilson	blk Ava Napierski, Ava Nakai	+1.1
17	9-8	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.6
18	10-8	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Ava Napierski	set Silina Damuni	+0.8
19	10-9	UT ST	CO ST×5	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.7
20	10-10	CO ST	CO ST×5	Kill	Kekua Richards	set Erin Debiec	+0.9
21	10-11	CO ST	CO ST×5	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Sofia Zabjek, Kekua Richards	+0.8
22	10-12	CO ST	CO ST×5	Ace	Erin Debiec	aced Sadie Warren	+0.7
23	10-13	CO ST	CO ST×5	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Kekua Richards	+0.6
24	11-13	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Silina Damuni	+0.4
25	12-13	UT ST	UT ST	Attack err	Sofia Zabjek		+0.7
26	12-14	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.5
27	12-15	CO ST	CO ST	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	+0.6
28	13-15	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Silina Damuni	+0.4
29	13-16	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Kekua Richards	set Erin Debiec	+0.4
30	14-16	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Colorado St.		+0.4
31	14-17	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Eve Wilson	set Erin Debiec	+0.5
32	15-17	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Silina Damuni	+0.4
33	15-18	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	+0.5
34	16-18	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Silina Damuni	+0.5
35	16-19	UT ST	CO ST	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Eve Wilson, Erin Debiec	+0.5
36	17-19	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Colorado St.		+0.5
37	18-19	UT ST	UT ST	Kill	Solia Angilau	set Silina Damuni	+1.0
38	18-20	UT ST	CO ST	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Erin Debiec	+0.8
39	19-20	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Ava Nakai	set Silina Damuni	+0.8
40	19-21	UT ST	CO ST×4	Serve err	Utah St.		+0.9
41	19-22	CO ST	CO ST×4	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Karsyn Fetzer	+0.9
42	19-23	CO ST	CO ST×4	Kill	Halle Jameson		+0.5
43	19-24	CO ST	CO ST×4	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Sofia Zabjek, Kekua Richards	+0.2
44	20-24	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Silina Damuni	·
45	20-25	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
Set 2
1	0-1	UT ST	CO ST×3	Blocked	Solia Angilau	blk Kekua Richards	+0.2
2	0-2	CO ST	CO ST×3	Attack err	Olivia Ruy		+0.3
3	0-3	CO ST	CO ST×3	Attack err	Ava Nakai		+0.2
4	1-3	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Colorado St.		+0.2
5	1-4	UT ST	CO ST	Serve err	Utah St.		+0.2
6	2-4	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Solia Angilau	set Olivia Ruy	+0.2
7	2-5	UT ST	CO ST×3	Serve err	Utah St.		+0.2
8	2-6	CO ST	CO ST×3	Attack err	Sami Blackett		+0.2
9	2-7	CO ST	CO ST×3	Attack err	Olivia Ruy		+0.2
10	3-7	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Silina Damuni	+0.1
11	4-7	UT ST	UT ST	Attack err	Eve Wilson		+0.2
12	4-8	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
13	5-8	CO ST	UT ST×3	Kill	Ava Napierski	set Silina Damuni	+0.2
14	6-8	UT ST	UT ST×3	Bad set	Erin Debiec		+0.3
15	7-8	UT ST	UT ST×3	Attack err	Kekua Richards		+0.4
16	7-9	UT ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.3
17	7-10	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Sofia Zabjek	set Erin Debiec	+0.3
18	7-11	CO ST	CO ST×3	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Sofia Zabjek, Kekua Richards	+0.3
19	8-11	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Ava Napierski	set Silina Damuni	+0.2
20	8-12	UT ST	CO ST×3	Attack err	Ava Nakai		+0.2
21	8-13	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Sofia Zabjek	set Erin Debiec	+0.2
22	8-14	CO ST	CO ST×3	Attack err	Silina Damuni		+0.1
23	9-14	CO ST	UT ST×4	Serve err	Colorado St.		+0.1
24	10-14	UT ST	UT ST×4	Attack err	Kekua Richards		+0.2
25	11-14	UT ST	UT ST×4	Blocked	Halle Jameson	blk Solia Angilau, Olivia Ruy	+0.2
26	12-14	UT ST	UT ST×4	Kill	Solia Angilau	set Erin Debiec	+0.4
27	12-15	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Sofia Zabjek	set Erin Debiec	+0.3
28	12-16	CO ST	CO ST	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Halle Jameson	+0.3
29	13-16	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Colorado St.		+0.2
30	13-17	UT ST	CO ST	Blocked	Sami Blackett	blk Sofia Zabjek, Eve Wilson	+0.2
31	13-18	CO ST	CO ST	Kill	Erin Debiec	set Hayden Grimes	+0.2
32	14-18	CO ST	UT ST	Attack err	Halle Jameson		+0.1
33	14-19	UT ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
34	14-20	CO ST	CO ST×3	Blocked	Ava Napierski	blk Eve Wilson	+0.1
35	14-21	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
36	15-21	CO ST	UT ST	Blocked	Silvie Graetzer	blk Sami Blackett, Ava Napierski	·
37	15-22	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	·
38	16-22	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Ava Napierski	set Silina Damuni	·
39	16-23	UT ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Kekua Richards	set Erin Debiec	·
40	16-24	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Karsyn Fetzer	·
41	16-25	CO ST	CO ST×3	Blocked	Ava Nakai	blk Sofia Zabjek, Kekua Richards	·
Set 3
1	0-1	CO ST	CO ST	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Kekua Richards, Sofia Zabjek	+0.2
2	1-1	CO ST	UT ST×3	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Olivia Tukuafu	+0.1
3	2-1	UT ST	UT ST×3	Attack err	Kekua Richards		+0.2
4	3-1	UT ST	UT ST×3	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Olivia Tukuafu	+0.2
5	3-2	UT ST	CO ST	Attack err	Sami Blackett		+0.1
6	3-3	CO ST	CO ST	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	+0.2
7	4-3	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Olivia Ruy	set Olivia Tukuafu	+0.2
8	4-4	UT ST	CO ST×3	Attack err	Sami Blackett		+0.1
9	4-5	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Eve Wilson		+0.2
10	4-6	CO ST	CO ST×3	Blocked	Olivia Ruy	blk Eve Wilson, Halle Jameson	+0.2
11	5-6	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Sofia Zabjek		+0.1
12	5-7	UT ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
13	5-8	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Erin Debiec	set Sofia Zabjek	+0.1
14	5-9	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
15	6-9	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Halle Jameson		+0.1
16	7-9	UT ST	UT ST	Attack err	Ella Stowell		+0.1
17	7-10	UT ST	CO ST×3	Blocked	Addy Cook	blk Eve Wilson, Erin Debiec	+0.1
18	7-11	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
19	7-12	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	+0.1
20	8-12	CO ST	UT ST	Attack err	Erin Debiec		·
21	8-13	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Halle Jameson	+0.1
22	8-14	CO ST	CO ST	Blocked	Addy Cook	blk Sofia Zabjek, Kekua Richards	+0.1
23	9-14	CO ST	UT ST	Bad set	Kekua Richards		·
24	9-15	UT ST	CO ST×3	Serve err	Olivia Tukuafu		·
25	9-16	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Karsyn Fetzer	·
26	9-17	CO ST	CO ST×3	Blocked	Addy Cook	blk Sofia Zabjek, Kekua Richards	·
27	10-17	CO ST	UT ST	Blocked	Kekua Richards	blk Sophie Scott	·
28	10-18	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Erin Debiec	·
29	10-19	CO ST	CO ST	Ace	Karsyn Fetzer	aced Justyna Novakova	·
30	11-19	CO ST	UT ST×4	Kill	Lauren Bodily	set Olivia Tukuafu	·
31	12-19	UT ST	UT ST×4	Attack err	Halle Jameson		·
32	13-19	UT ST	UT ST×4	Attack err	Sofia Zabjek		·
33	14-19	UT ST	UT ST×4	Kill	Lauren Bodily	set Olivia Tukuafu	·
34	14-20	UT ST	CO ST	Blocked	Lauren Bodily	blk Eve Wilson, Halle Jameson	·
35	15-20	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Olivia Tukuafu	·
36	15-21	UT ST	CO ST	Kill	Halle Jameson	set Sofia Zabjek	·
37	16-21	CO ST	UT ST	Kill	Sami Blackett	set Olivia Tukuafu	·
38	16-22	UT ST	CO ST×3	Serve err	Sami Blackett		·
39	16-23	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Erin Debiec	·
40	16-24	CO ST	CO ST×3	Kill	Ella Stowell	set Jaedyn Riley	·
41	17-24	CO ST	UT ST	Serve err	Eve Wilson		·
42	18-24	UT ST	UT ST	Ace	Ava Napierski		·
43	18-25	UT ST	CO ST	Serve err	Ava Napierski		·

Score shown after each rally, Utah St. 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).

Colorado St. def. Utah St. 3–0

Ella Stowell hit .619 with 14 kills as Colorado St. rolled past Utah St.