Montana vs Gonzaga Volleyball: Gonzaga Wins 3-0 (Sep 19)

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026

0:3

Gonzaga beat visiting Montana 3-0 (27-25, 25-19, 25-20) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026. Gonzaga's Claire Wagstaff led with 17 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MONT	25	19	20	0
GONZ	27	25	25	3

Win probability

Gonzaga above 50 · Montana below

Biggest swing: 9.8% to Montana — set 1, MONT 25-24 GONZ. Montana ace on Raechelle Dykstra. GONZ win probability 63% → 54%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MONT 35.8%64.2% GONZ

Montana wins

3-0

7.4%

3-1

12.9%

3-2

15.5%

Gonzaga wins

3-0

19.6%

3-1

24.6%

3-2

20.0%

MONT break %: 41.1% vs this opp
GONZ break %: 43.9% 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
MontanaAce+9.8%
Montana ace on Raechelle Dykstra
Set 1 · MONT 25-24 GONZ · MONT 37% → 46%
02
GonzagaAce+9.3%
Gonzaga ace on Madeline Sanderson
Set 1 · MONT 25-26 GONZ · GONZ 61% → 70%
03
Claire WagstaffAttack error+9.2%
Attack error by Claire Wagstaff
Set 1 · MONT 24-24 GONZ · MONT 27% → 37%
04
GonzagaAce+8.8%
Gonzaga ace on Kaylee Paulson
Set 1 · MONT 25-27 GONZ · GONZ 70% → 79%
05
Claire WagstaffKill+7.3%
Kill by Claire Wagstaff
Set 1 · MONT 25-25 GONZ · GONZ 54% → 61%
06
Claire WagstaffKill+5.1%
Kill by Claire Wagstaff (set by Maggie Rickert)
Set 1 · MONT 20-22 GONZ · GONZ 67% → 72%
07
Claire WagstaffKill+4.9%
Kill by Claire Wagstaff
Set 1 · MONT 22-24 GONZ · GONZ 70% → 75%
08
Delaney RussellKill+4.5%
Kill by Delaney Russell (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 1 · MONT 19-19 GONZ · MONT 32% → 37%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montanaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Delaney RussellOH	3	10	1	30	.300	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	11
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	8	4	16	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
13Sydney PierceMB	3	6	1	12	.417	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
11Sophia VellaMB	3	6	3	20	.150	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
9Gracie CagleS	3	2	0	7	.286	33	2	0	9	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
14Isabel TaylorOH	3	0	0	1	.000	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	2
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	3	3	1	11	.182	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4
16Mylee BlakeOH	3	3	3	11	.000	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3
6Annika WrightS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	1
5Alex StoneOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Avery MerrittOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Brooklyn PierceMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Elle MccandlessMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Grace RylandDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Halle WalkerS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0
1Olivia LiermannOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	14	109	.220	37	6	3	45	10	2	4	4	64

Gonzagahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Claire WagstaffOH	3	17	2	34	.441	1	2	2	13	0	0	2	1	20
9Veronica kjaer SorensenOH	3	10	2	26	.308	1	4	1	8	4	1	0	1	15
8Daniele ClewisS	3	7	1	11	.545	29	2	2	8	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
18Raechelle DykstraOH	3	7	4	27	.111	2	0	0	9	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
20Taylor WalshMB	3	6	0	10	.600	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
13Lucy SlavikMB	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
15Maggie RickertL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	10	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1
1Aurie DuncanOPP	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Brianna MartinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Carina ZaldivarL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Hazel MurphyOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Lydia FisherMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4Megan DeveauxOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Nia DamuniS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Nikita ClausenMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	10	114	.351	44	10	6	51	6	1	8	5	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 3 MONT · GONZ 5

Set 1

25-27

Longest run 3 MONTGONZ 5

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 MONTGONZ 5

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 3 MONTGONZ 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Montana

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	43%6/14
2	54%7/13	27%3/11
3	46%6/13	36%4/11
4	55%6/11	33%3/9
5	46%6/13	40%4/10
6	55%6/11	45%5/11
All	52%39/75	38%25/66

Gonzaga

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	40%4/10
2	73%8/11	38%5/13
3	58%7/12	56%9/16
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	43%6/14	57%8/14
6	67%6/9	40%4/10
All	62%41/66	48%36/75

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

141 rallies

#	MONT-GONZ	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Veronica kjaer Sorensen	+2.4
2	1-1	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Maggie Rickert	+1.7
3	2-1	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
4	2-2	MONT	GONZ×3	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+1.8
5	2-3	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Daniele Clewis	set Maggie Rickert	+2.4
6	2-4	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Maggie Rickert	+2.3
7	3-4	GONZ	MONT×3	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
8	4-4	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+2.5
9	5-4	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Raechelle Dykstra		+2.6
10	5-5	MONT	GONZ	Attack err	Kaylee Paulson	set Daniele Clewis	+1.9
11	6-5	GONZ	MONT	Blocked	Daniele Clewis	blk Kaylee Paulson	+2.0
12	6-6	MONT	GONZ	Blocked	Sydney Pierce	blk Veronica kjaer Sorensen	+1.9
13	7-6	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
14	7-7	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+2.0
15	8-7	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
16	9-7	MONT	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.9
17	9-8	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Daniele Clewis	+2.0
18	10-8	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.3
19	10-9	MONT	GONZ×5	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+2.1
20	10-10	GONZ	GONZ×5	Blocked	Josie Blazina	blk Taylor Walsh, Claire Wagstaff	+3.0
21	10-11	GONZ	GONZ×5	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+3.0
22	10-12	GONZ	GONZ×5	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+2.9
23	10-13	GONZ	GONZ×5	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Daniele Clewis	+2.6
24	11-13	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
25	12-13	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.8
26	12-14	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff		+2.3
27	12-15	GONZ	GONZ	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+2.8
28	13-15	GONZ	MONT×3	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
29	14-15	MONT	MONT×3	Ball handling	Veronica kjaer Sorensen		+3.0
30	15-15	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+3.6
31	15-16	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+2.7
32	15-17	GONZ	GONZ	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+3.6
33	16-17	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+2.5
34	16-18	MONT	GONZ	Serve err	Montana		+2.8
35	16-19	GONZ	GONZ	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+3.3
36	17-19	GONZ	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
37	18-19	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Veronica kjaer Sorensen		+3.6
38	19-19	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+4.5
39	19-20	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+3.6
40	20-20	GONZ	MONT	Ball handling	Lucy Slavik		+3.7
41	20-21	MONT	GONZ×3	Serve err	Montana		+4.0
42	20-22	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Maggie Rickert	+5.1
43	20-23	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Isabel Taylor	+3.9
44	21-23	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
45	22-23	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Raechelle Dykstra	blk Sophia Vella, Josie Blazina	+4.2
46	22-24	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff		+4.9
47	23-24	GONZ	MONT×3	Attack err	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+2.8
48	24-24	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Claire Wagstaff		+9.2
49	25-24	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Raechelle Dykstra	+9.8
50	25-25	MONT	GONZ×3	Kill	Claire Wagstaff		+7.3
51	25-26	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Madeline Sanderson	+9.3
52	25-27	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Kaylee Paulson	+8.8
Set 2
1	0-1	GONZ	GONZ	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Madeline Sanderson	+2.0
2	1-1	GONZ	MONT	Bad set	Daniele Clewis		+1.5
3	1-2	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Daniele Clewis	+1.5
4	2-2	GONZ	MONT	Serve err	Gonzaga		+1.5
5	2-3	MONT	GONZ×4	Serve err	Montana		+1.5
6	2-4	GONZ	GONZ×4	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+2.0
7	2-5	GONZ	GONZ×4	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Daniele Clewis	+1.9
8	2-6	GONZ	GONZ×4	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Maggie Rickert	+1.7
9	3-6	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
10	3-7	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+1.3
11	4-7	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.2
12	4-8	MONT	GONZ×5	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Maggie Rickert	+1.3
13	4-9	GONZ	GONZ×5	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Kaylee Paulson	+1.5
14	4-10	GONZ	GONZ×5	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+1.2
15	4-11	GONZ	GONZ×5	Kill	Claire Wagstaff		+1.0
16	4-12	GONZ	GONZ×5	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+0.7
17	5-12	GONZ	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
18	6-12	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Claire Wagstaff	blk Gracie Cagle, Sydney Pierce	+0.7
19	7-12	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce		+1.0
20	7-13	MONT	GONZ×3	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Daniele Clewis	+0.9
21	7-14	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Isabel Taylor	+0.9
22	7-15	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Maggie Rickert	+0.6
23	8-15	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.3
24	9-15	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Lucy Slavik		+0.6
25	9-16	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+0.6
26	10-16	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
27	10-17	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+0.6
28	11-17	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
29	11-18	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Daniele Clewis	set Taylor Walsh	+0.6
30	12-18	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
31	13-18	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Taylor Walsh		+0.8
32	13-19	MONT	GONZ×3	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Maggie Rickert	+0.8
33	13-20	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Madeline Sanderson	+0.6
34	13-21	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Daniele Clewis	set Claire Wagstaff	+0.3
35	14-21	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Mylee Blake	+0.1
36	14-22	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Daniele Clewis		+0.2
37	14-23	GONZ	GONZ	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen		+0.1
38	15-23	GONZ	MONT×3	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	·
39	16-23	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Veronica kjaer Sorensen		·
40	17-23	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Maggie Rickert	+0.1
41	17-24	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Maggie Rickert	+0.2
42	18-24	GONZ	MONT	Serve err	Gonzaga		·
43	19-24	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
44	19-25	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+0.2
Set 3
1	0-1	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff		+0.9
2	1-1	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
3	1-2	MONT	GONZ	Attack err	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
4	2-2	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
5	2-3	MONT	GONZ	Attack err	Mylee Blake	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.9
6	2-4	GONZ	GONZ	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+1.2
7	3-4	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.9
8	3-5	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+0.9
9	3-6	GONZ	GONZ	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Mylee Blake	+1.1
10	4-6	GONZ	MONT	Serve err	Gonzaga		+0.8
11	5-6	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.2
12	5-7	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Daniele Clewis	set Veronica kjaer Sorensen	+0.9
13	6-7	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Isabel Taylor	+0.9
14	6-8	MONT	GONZ	Blocked	Josie Blazina	blk Lucy Slavik, Raechelle Dykstra	+1.0
15	7-8	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
16	7-9	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+1.0
17	7-10	GONZ	GONZ	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+1.3
18	8-10	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
19	8-11	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Daniele Clewis	+0.9
20	9-11	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.9
21	9-12	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff	set Daniele Clewis	+1.0
22	10-12	GONZ	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
23	11-12	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Veronica kjaer Sorensen	+1.4
24	12-12	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+1.6
25	12-13	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+1.2
26	12-14	GONZ	GONZ	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Lucy Slavik, Claire Wagstaff	+1.6
27	13-14	GONZ	MONT	Serve err	Gonzaga		+1.1
28	14-14	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Veronica kjaer Sorensen	+1.8
29	14-15	MONT	GONZ×3	Kill	Lucy Slavik	set Daniele Clewis	+1.4
30	14-16	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga		+1.8
31	14-17	GONZ	GONZ×3	Ace	Gonzaga	aced Isabel Taylor	+1.6
32	15-17	GONZ	MONT	Blocked	Raechelle Dykstra	blk Sydney Pierce	+1.0
33	15-18	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Raechelle Dykstra	set Daniele Clewis	+1.2
34	15-19	GONZ	GONZ	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+1.3
35	16-19	GONZ	MONT×3	Serve err	Gonzaga		+0.7
36	17-19	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Veronica kjaer Sorensen	+1.4
37	18-19	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.9
38	18-20	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Claire Wagstaff		+1.6
39	19-20	GONZ	MONT	Serve err	Gonzaga		+1.5
40	19-21	MONT	GONZ	Kill	Taylor Walsh	set Daniele Clewis	+1.8
41	19-22	GONZ	GONZ	Kill	Veronica kjaer Sorensen	set Daniele Clewis	+2.0
42	20-22	GONZ	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
43	20-23	MONT	GONZ×3	Kill	Daniele Clewis	set Maggie Rickert	+1.5
44	20-24	GONZ	GONZ×3	Blocked	Alex Stone	blk Lucy Slavik, Daniele Clewis	+1.1
45	20-25	GONZ	GONZ×3	Kill	Daniele Clewis		+0.3

Score shown after each rally, Montana 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).

Gonzaga def. Montana 3–0