North Dakota State def. Gonzaga 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 18)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026

3:0

North Dakota St. won at Gonzaga 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-22) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. North Dakota St.'s Zoe John led with 11 kills, and Rya Borer added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ND ST	25	25	25	3
GONZ	21	17	22	0

Win probability

Gonzaga above 50 · North Dakota St. below

Biggest swing: 3.7% to Gonzaga — set 1, ND ST 15-17 GONZ. Bad set by Sarah Pfiffner. GONZ win probability 31% → 34%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ND ST 74.3%25.7% GONZ

North Dakota St. wins

3-0

26.4%

3-1

28.4%

3-2

19.4%

Gonzaga wins

3-0

4.6%

3-1

8.9%

3-2

12.3%

ND ST break %: 44.8% vs this opp
GONZ break %: 39.9% 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
Sarah PfiffnerBad set+3.7%
Bad set by Sarah Pfiffner
Set 1 · ND ST 15-17 GONZ · GONZ 31% → 34%
02
Claire WagstaffAttack error+3.7%
Attack error by Claire Wagstaff
Set 1 · ND ST 18-17 GONZ · ND ST 72% → 75%
03
Claire WagstaffAttack error+3.7%
Attack error by Claire Wagstaff
Set 1 · ND ST 20-18 GONZ · ND ST 75% → 79%
04
Kendall WorwaKill+3.6%
Kill by Kendall Worwa (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 1 · ND ST 17-17 GONZ · ND ST 68% → 72%
05
GonzagaAce+3.5%
Gonzaga ace on Lauren Jansen
Set 1 · ND ST 15-16 GONZ · GONZ 27% → 31%
06
Lauren JansenAttack error+3.2%
Attack error by Lauren Jansen
Set 1 · ND ST 13-14 GONZ · GONZ 27% → 30%
07
North Dakota St.Ace+3.1%
North Dakota St. ace on Maggie Rickert
Set 1 · ND ST 15-14 GONZ · ND ST 72% → 75%
08
Zoe JohnKill+3.0%
Kill by Zoe John (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 1 · ND ST 21-18 GONZ · ND ST 79% → 82%

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Dakota St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Lauren JansenOH	3	10	8	30	.067	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	1	13
3Arianna BlohmMB	3	8	2	16	.375	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	1.5	10.5
8Emma TallmanMB	3	7	3	17	.235	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
4Kendall WorwaMB	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	5
9Sarah PfiffnerS	3	2	2	9	.000	31	0	1	8	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
12Sadie JohnsonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	3
17Zoe JohnOH	3	11	4	24	.292	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	12
5Maddy DombeckS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
10Rya BorerDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	20	104	.202	37	6	3	41	3	3	10	8	75

Gonzagahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Claire WagstaffOH	3	8	9	31	-.032	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	1.5	10.5
13Lucy SlavikMB	3	5	0	10	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	7
18Raechelle DykstraOH	3	6	2	21	.190	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
20Taylor WalshMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
9Veronica Kjaer SorensenOH	2	6	4	18	.111	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
8Daniele ClewisS	2	2	2	5	.000	13	1	2	5	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
15Maggie RickertL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	1
3Nia DamuniS	2	0	1	2	-.500	13	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Carina ZaldivarL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4Megan DeveauxOH	1	2	2	10	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
1Aurie DuncanOPP	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		33	21	108	.111	29	3	6	37	6	2	10	7	60

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 6 ND ST · GONZ 4

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 4 ND STGONZ 3

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 4 ND STGONZ 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 6 ND STGONZ 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

North Dakota St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	60%9/15
2	88%7/8	50%7/14
3	50%6/12	45%5/11
4	46%6/13	40%4/10
5	71%5/7	58%7/12
6	56%5/9	55%6/11
All	60%37/62	52%38/73

Gonzaga

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	42%5/12
2	40%6/15	13%1/8
3	75%6/8	25%2/8
4	50%6/12	60%9/15
5	38%5/13	33%3/9
6	50%5/10	50%5/10
All	48%35/73	40%25/62

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

#	ND ST-GONZ	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	GONZ	GONZ	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Lauren Jansen	+2.1
2	1-1	GONZ	ND ST×3	Serve err	Gonzaga		+1.5
3	2-1	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen		+2.0
4	3-1	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.9
5	3-2	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+1.4
6	4-2	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.4
7	4-3	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Daniele Clewis	+1.4
8	5-3	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.4
9	6-3	ND ST	ND ST	Ace	North Dakota St.		+1.8
10	6-4	ND ST	GONZ	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+1.3
11	6-5	GONZ	GONZ	Kill	Taylor Walsh		+2.0
12	7-5	GONZ	ND ST×3	Serve err	Gonzaga		+1.5
13	8-5	ND ST	ND ST×3	Blocked	Daniele Clewis	blk Zoe John	+1.9
14	9-5	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.6
15	9-6	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Daniele Clewis	set Maggie Rickert	+1.1
16	9-7	GONZ	GONZ	Attack err	Zoe John		+1.8
17	10-7	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.4
18	10-8	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+1.4
19	11-8	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.5
20	11-9	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+1.4
21	12-9	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.5
22	12-10	ND ST	GONZ	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+1.4
23	12-11	GONZ	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+2.3
24	13-11	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.8
25	13-12	ND ST	GONZ×3	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Maggie Rickert	+1.8
26	13-13	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Sadie Johnson	+2.9
27	13-14	GONZ	GONZ×3	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+3.2
28	14-14	GONZ	ND ST	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+2.2
29	15-14	ND ST	ND ST	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Maggie Rickert	+3.1
30	15-15	ND ST	GONZ×3	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+2.3
31	15-16	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Lauren Jansen	+3.5
32	15-17	GONZ	GONZ×3	Bad set	Sarah Pfiffner		+3.7
33	16-17	GONZ	ND ST×3	Serve err	Gonzaga		+2.4
34	17-17	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner	+3.6
35	18-17	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+3.7
36	18-18	ND ST	GONZ	Serve err	North Dakota St.		+2.8
37	19-18	GONZ	ND ST×4	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.9
38	20-18	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+3.7
39	21-18	ND ST	ND ST×4	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+3.0
40	22-18	ND ST	ND ST×4	Blocked	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	blk Emma Tallman, Kendall Worwa	+2.0
41	22-19	ND ST	GONZ	Serve err	North Dakota St.		+0.9
42	22-20	GONZ	GONZ	Blocked	Zoe John	blk Daniele Clewis, Lucy Slavik	+2.1
43	23-20	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.3
44	23-21	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+1.4
45	24-21	GONZ	ND ST	Serve err	Gonzaga		+2.4
46	25-21	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+1.2
Set 2
1	1-0	ND ST	ND ST	Blocked	Daniele Clewis	blk Kendall Worwa	+1.5
2	2-0	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.4
3	2-1	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+1.1
4	3-1	GONZ	ND ST×4	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+1.1
5	4-1	ND ST	ND ST×4	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.3
6	5-1	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+1.2
7	6-1	ND ST	ND ST×4	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.0
8	6-2	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Daniele Clewis	+0.7
9	7-2	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
10	7-3	ND ST	GONZ×4	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Claire Wagstaff, Lucy Slavik	+0.7
11	7-4	GONZ	GONZ×4	Attack err	Arianna Blohm		+1.1
12	7-5	GONZ	GONZ×4	Attack err	Arianna Blohm		+1.4
13	7-6	GONZ	GONZ×4	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+1.6
14	8-6	GONZ	ND ST	Blocked	Claire Wagstaff	blk Arianna Blohm, Lauren Jansen	+1.2
15	9-6	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm		+1.5
16	9-7	ND ST	GONZ×3	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+1.1
17	9-8	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+1.7
18	9-9	GONZ	GONZ×3	Attack err	Sarah Pfiffner		+2.0
19	10-9	GONZ	ND ST×3	Serve err	Gonzaga		+1.4
20	11-9	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.9
21	12-9	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Carina Zaldivar	+1.7
22	12-10	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+1.1
23	12-11	GONZ	GONZ	Kill	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	set Kendall Worwa	+1.9
24	13-11	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.4
25	14-11	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Emma Tallman	+1.8
26	14-12	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Daniele Clewis	+1.2
27	15-12	GONZ	ND ST×4	Kill	Zoe John	set Rya Borer	+1.3
28	16-12	ND ST	ND ST×4	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.5
29	17-12	ND ST	ND ST×4	Ace	North Dakota St.		+1.1
30	18-12	ND ST	ND ST×4	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	+0.8
31	18-13	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Daniele Clewis	set Maggie Rickert	+0.4
32	19-13	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.5
33	20-13	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen		+0.4
34	20-14	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen	set Nia Damuni	+0.2
35	21-14	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.3
36	21-15	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Nia Damuni	+0.1
37	21-16	GONZ	GONZ	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Aurie Duncan, Taylor Walsh	+0.3
38	22-16	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sadie Johnson	+0.4
39	23-16	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.2
40	23-17	ND ST	GONZ	Serve err	North Dakota St.		+0.1
41	24-17	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.1
42	25-17	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Veronica Kjaer Sorensen		·
Set 3
1	1-0	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.6
2	1-1	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Nia Damuni	+0.6
3	2-1	GONZ	ND ST	Bad set	Megan Deveaux		+0.6
4	2-2	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Nia Damuni	+0.7
5	3-2	GONZ	ND ST	Attack err	Taylor Walsh		+0.6
6	3-3	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Megan Deveaux	set Nia Damuni	+0.7
7	4-3	GONZ	ND ST	Blocked	Megan Deveaux	blk Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
8	4-4	ND ST	GONZ	Blocked	Zoe John	blk Taylor Walsh	+0.7
9	5-4	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
10	6-4	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
11	6-5	ND ST	GONZ×4	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Nia Damuni	+0.6
12	6-6	GONZ	GONZ×4	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra		+1.0
13	6-7	GONZ	GONZ×4	Blocked	Zoe John	blk Lucy Slavik, Nia Damuni	+1.1
14	6-8	GONZ	GONZ×4	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Kendall Worwa	+1.1
15	7-8	GONZ	ND ST×3	Serve err	Gonzaga		+0.8
16	8-8	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Raechelle Dykstra		+1.1
17	9-8	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Nia Damuni		+1.1
18	9-9	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Nia Damuni	+0.8
19	9-10	GONZ	GONZ	Attack err	Kendall Worwa		+1.2
20	10-10	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.8
21	10-11	ND ST	GONZ	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Lucy Slavik, Raechelle Dykstra	+0.9
22	11-11	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
23	11-12	ND ST	GONZ	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Claire Wagstaff	+1.0
24	12-12	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Maddy Dombeck	+0.9
25	12-13	ND ST	GONZ×3	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Nia Damuni	+1.0
26	12-14	GONZ	GONZ×3	Attack err	Sarah Pfiffner		+1.4
27	12-15	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Nia Damuni	+1.4
28	13-15	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
29	13-16	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Megan Deveaux	set Nia Damuni	+1.1
30	14-16	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Lauren Jansen	+0.9
31	15-16	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+1.4
32	15-17	ND ST	GONZ	Attack err	Emma Tallman		+1.2
33	16-17	GONZ	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.1
34	17-17	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Maggie Rickert	+1.6
35	18-17	ND ST	ND ST×3	Blocked	Raechelle Dykstra	blk Emma Tallman, Kendall Worwa	+1.6
36	18-18	ND ST	GONZ×4	Attack err	Emma Tallman		+1.2
37	18-19	GONZ	GONZ×4	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Nia Damuni	+1.9
38	18-20	GONZ	GONZ×4	Attack err	Emma Tallman		+2.0
39	18-21	GONZ	GONZ×4	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Nia Damuni	+1.8
40	19-21	GONZ	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
41	19-22	ND ST	GONZ	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Nia Damuni	+1.5
42	20-22	GONZ	ND ST×6	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
43	21-22	ND ST	ND ST×6	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.9
44	22-22	ND ST	ND ST×6	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner		+2.5
45	23-22	ND ST	ND ST×6	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sadie Johnson	+2.9
46	24-22	ND ST	ND ST×6	Blocked	Megan Deveaux	blk Sarah Pfiffner, Arianna Blohm	+2.5
47	25-22	ND ST	ND ST×6	Blocked	Claire Wagstaff	blk Lauren Jansen, Arianna Blohm	+1.3

Score shown after each rally, North Dakota 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).

North Dakota St. def. Gonzaga 3–0