Gonzaga def. Southern Utah 3–0
Gonzaga beat Southern Utah 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-18) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at a neutral site. Gonzaga's Claire Wagstaff led with 11 kills, and Maggie Rickert added 10 digs.
Data through · final Aug 28
| Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GONZ | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| S UTAH | 14 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
Win probability
No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Gonzaga stayed the heavy favorite throughout.
Pre-match
Season fit · includes this match
Gonzaga wins
Southern Utah wins
- GONZ break %
- 50.0% vs this opp
- S UTAH break %
- 37.4% 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.
Box score
Official NCAA box
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 5 | 26 | .231 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 8.5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .625 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .333 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 36 | 11 | 71 | .352 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 75 |
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | .417 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -.143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -.333 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | -.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1.000 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team totals | 22 | 20 | 77 | .026 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 46 |
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
Set 1
25-14
Set 2
25-14
Set 3
25-18
Bars above the line = Southern Utah leads, below = Gonzaga leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.
Rotations
Sideout and break % by rotation slot
Gonzaga
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100%6/6 | 64%7/11 |
| 2 | 50%6/12 | 33%3/9 |
| 3 | 67%6/9 | 45%5/11 |
| 4 | 67%6/9 | 68%13/19 |
| 5 | 83%5/6 | 38%3/8 |
| 6 | 67%4/6 | 73%11/15 |
| All | 69%33/48 | 58%42/73 |
Southern Utah
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50%6/12 | 29%2/7 |
| 2 | 50%6/12 | 50%6/12 |
| 3 | 46%6/13 | 25%2/8 |
| 4 | 40%6/15 | 33%3/9 |
| 5 | 36%4/11 | 25%2/8 |
| 6 | 30%3/10 | 0%0/4 |
| All | 42%31/73 | 31%15/48 |
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
121 rallies
| # | GONZ-S UTAH | Srv | Point | End | Player | Setter / blockers / passer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | S UTAH | GONZ | Blocked | Maya Banks | blk Claire Wagstaff |
| 2 | 2-0 | GONZ | GONZ | Attack err | Maya Banks | |
| 3 | 2-1 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Audrey Atwood | set Ava Tiessen-Roodbol |
| 4 | 3-1 | S UTAH | GONZ×3 | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Daniele Clewis |
| 5 | 4-1 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Attack err | Ava Tiessen-Roodbol | |
| 6 | 5-1 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Attack err | Emilia Zug | |
| 7 | 5-2 | GONZ | S UTAH | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 8 | 5-3 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Ace | Southern Utah | aced Megan Deveaux |
| 9 | 6-3 | S UTAH | GONZ×4 | Bad set | Molly Mitchell | |
| 10 | 7-3 | GONZ | GONZ×4 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Audrey Atwood |
| 11 | 8-3 | GONZ | GONZ×4 | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Daniele Clewis |
| 12 | 9-3 | GONZ | GONZ×4 | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Daniele Clewis |
| 13 | 9-4 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Emilia Zug | set Ava Tiessen-Roodbol |
| 14 | 10-4 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 15 | 10-5 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Molly Mitchell | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 16 | 11-5 | S UTAH | GONZ×5 | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Daniele Clewis |
| 17 | 12-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Amanda Mendoza |
| 18 | 13-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Audrey Atwood |
| 19 | 14-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Blocked | Cala Cooper | blk Taylor Walsh, Megan Deveaux |
| 20 | 15-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Blocked | Celeste Uruena Jensen | blk Taylor Walsh |
| 21 | 15-6 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Natalie Moore | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 22 | 16-6 | S UTAH | GONZ | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 23 | 16-7 | GONZ | S UTAH | Attack err | Claire Wagstaff | |
| 24 | 17-7 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Taylor Walsh | set Daniele Clewis |
| 25 | 17-8 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Natalie Moore | set Ava Tiessen-Roodbol |
| 26 | 17-9 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Ace | Southern Utah | |
| 27 | 18-9 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 28 | 18-10 | GONZ | S UTAH | Blocked | Nikita Clausen | blk Natalie Moore |
| 29 | 18-11 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Ace | Southern Utah | |
| 30 | 19-11 | S UTAH | GONZ×3 | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 31 | 20-11 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Blocked | Emilia Zug | blk Nikita Clausen, Daniele Clewis |
| 32 | 21-11 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Kill | Nikita Clausen | |
| 33 | 21-12 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Maya Banks | set Ava Tiessen-Roodbol |
| 34 | 21-13 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Kill | Emilia Zug | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 35 | 22-13 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Maggie Rickert |
| 36 | 22-14 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Molly Mitchell | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 37 | 23-14 | S UTAH | GONZ×3 | Kill | Nikita Clausen | set Daniele Clewis |
| 38 | 24-14 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Kill | Megan Deveaux | set Daniele Clewis |
| 39 | 25-14 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Kill | Megan Deveaux | set Daniele Clewis |
| Set 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 0-1 | GONZ | S UTAH | Attack err | Claire Wagstaff | |
| 2 | 1-1 | S UTAH | GONZ | Blocked | Maya Banks | blk Taylor Walsh, Claire Wagstaff |
| 3 | 1-2 | GONZ | S UTAH | Attack err | Claire Wagstaff | |
| 4 | 2-2 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Daniele Clewis |
| 5 | 2-3 | GONZ | S UTAH | Attack err | Megan Deveaux | |
| 6 | 3-3 | S UTAH | GONZ | Attack err | Celeste Uruena Jensen | |
| 7 | 3-4 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Molly Mitchell | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 8 | 4-4 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Daniele Clewis |
| 9 | 4-5 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Audrey Atwood | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 10 | 5-5 | S UTAH | GONZ×5 | Kill | Daniele Clewis | set Megan Deveaux |
| 11 | 6-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 12 | 7-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Kill | Megan Deveaux | set Daniele Clewis |
| 13 | 8-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Zorana Stankovska |
| 14 | 9-5 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Blocked | Cala Cooper | blk Taylor Walsh |
| 15 | 9-6 | GONZ | S UTAH×3 | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 16 | 9-7 | S UTAH | S UTAH×3 | Kill | Maya Banks | set Ava Tiessen-Roodbol |
| 17 | 9-8 | S UTAH | S UTAH×3 | Ace | Southern Utah | aced Megan Deveaux |
| 18 | 10-8 | S UTAH | GONZ×5 | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 19 | 11-8 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Maggie Rickert |
| 20 | 12-8 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Emilia Zug |
| 21 | 13-8 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Audrey Atwood |
| 22 | 14-8 | GONZ | GONZ×5 | Attack err | Maya Banks | |
| 23 | 14-9 | GONZ | S UTAH | Attack err | Claire Wagstaff | |
| 24 | 15-9 | S UTAH | GONZ | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 25 | 16-9 | GONZ | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 26 | 16-10 | GONZ | S UTAH | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 27 | 17-10 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 28 | 17-11 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Maya Banks | set Ava Tiessen-Roodbol |
| 29 | 17-12 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Kill | Cala Cooper | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 30 | 18-12 | S UTAH | GONZ×7 | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 31 | 19-12 | GONZ | GONZ×7 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Kaitlyn Barnes |
| 32 | 20-12 | GONZ | GONZ×7 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Kaitlyn Barnes |
| 33 | 21-12 | GONZ | GONZ×7 | Ace | Gonzaga | aced Kaitlyn Hoelker |
| 34 | 22-12 | GONZ | GONZ×7 | Kill | Daniele Clewis | set Megan Deveaux |
| 35 | 23-12 | GONZ | GONZ×7 | Attack err | Molly Mitchell | |
| 36 | 24-12 | GONZ | GONZ×7 | Kill | Daniele Clewis | set Daniele Clewis |
| 37 | 24-13 | GONZ | S UTAH | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 38 | 24-14 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Attack err | Daniele Clewis | |
| 39 | 25-14 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| Set 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 2 | 1-1 | GONZ | S UTAH×5 | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 3 | 1-2 | S UTAH | S UTAH×5 | Blocked | Raechelle Dykstra | blk Maya Banks, Natalie Moore |
| 4 | 1-3 | S UTAH | S UTAH×5 | Kill | Natalie Moore | |
| 5 | 1-4 | S UTAH | S UTAH×5 | Ace | Southern Utah | aced Megan Deveaux |
| 6 | 1-5 | S UTAH | S UTAH×5 | Blocked | Raechelle Dykstra | blk Natalie Moore, Maya Banks |
| 7 | 2-5 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 8 | 3-5 | GONZ | GONZ | Blocked | Maya Banks | blk Nikita Clausen |
| 9 | 3-6 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Natalie Moore | set Ava Tiessen-Roodbol |
| 10 | 4-6 | S UTAH | GONZ | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 11 | 5-6 | GONZ | GONZ | Attack err | Maya Banks | |
| 12 | 5-7 | GONZ | S UTAH | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 13 | 6-7 | S UTAH | GONZ×3 | Kill | Nikita Clausen | set Daniele Clewis |
| 14 | 7-7 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Blocked | Emilia Zug | blk Nikita Clausen, Daniele Clewis |
| 15 | 8-7 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Blocked | Cala Cooper | blk Nikita Clausen |
| 16 | 8-8 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Emilia Linden | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 17 | 9-8 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Megan Deveaux | set Daniele Clewis |
| 18 | 9-9 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Audrey Atwood | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 19 | 10-9 | S UTAH | GONZ | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 20 | 10-10 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Audrey Atwood | set Zorana Stankovska |
| 21 | 11-10 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Taylor Walsh | set Daniele Clewis |
| 22 | 12-10 | GONZ | GONZ | Kill | Taylor Walsh | |
| 23 | 12-11 | GONZ | S UTAH | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 24 | 12-12 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Blocked | Claire Wagstaff | blk Emilia Zug, Audrey Atwood |
| 25 | 13-12 | S UTAH | GONZ×3 | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 26 | 14-12 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Kill | Nikita Clausen | set Daniele Clewis |
| 27 | 15-12 | GONZ | GONZ×3 | Blocked | Emilia Zug | blk Nikita Clausen, Claire Wagstaff |
| 28 | 15-13 | GONZ | S UTAH | Attack err | Nikita Clausen | |
| 29 | 16-13 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Nikita Clausen | set Daniele Clewis |
| 30 | 17-13 | GONZ | GONZ | Attack err | Maya Banks | |
| 31 | 17-14 | GONZ | S UTAH | Serve err | Gonzaga | |
| 32 | 17-15 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Kill | Kaitlyn Hoelker | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 33 | 18-15 | S UTAH | GONZ | Kill | Claire Wagstaff | set Daniele Clewis |
| 34 | 19-15 | GONZ | GONZ | Attack err | Cala Cooper | |
| 35 | 19-16 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Kaitlyn Hoelker | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 36 | 19-17 | S UTAH | S UTAH | Kill | Cala Cooper | set Zorana Stankovska |
| 37 | 20-17 | S UTAH | GONZ | Serve err | Southern Utah | |
| 38 | 21-17 | GONZ | GONZ | Kill | Raechelle Dykstra | set Daniele Clewis |
| 39 | 21-18 | GONZ | S UTAH | Kill | Audrey Atwood | set Celeste Uruena Jensen |
| 40 | 22-18 | S UTAH | GONZ×4 | Kill | Megan Deveaux | set Raechelle Dykstra |
| 41 | 23-18 | GONZ | GONZ×4 | Attack err | Kaitlyn Hoelker | |
| 42 | 24-18 | GONZ | GONZ×4 | Bad set | Celeste Uruena Jensen | |
| 43 | 25-18 | GONZ | GONZ×4 | Kill | Megan Deveaux | set Daniele Clewis |
Score shown after each rally, Gonzaga first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).