Utah Tech vs Montana Volleyball: Utah Tech Wins 3-0 (Oct 17)

FinalSat, Oct 17, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Utah Tech 88.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 7:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Utah Tech won at Montana 3-0 (28-26, 25-17, 25-16) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Utah Tech's Tessa Treanor led with 10 kills, and Marley Roe added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:15 PM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UTTECH	28	25	25	3
MONT	26	17	16	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

12 blocks for Utah Tech, and Montana was shut down.

Win probability never moved more than 4.4 points on one rally; Montana topped out at 14% in Set 1. Utah Tech went in as RallyIQ's 89% pick.

Utah TechMontana

Break %+14.6 pts
53.939.3
Points won on own serve: 41 of 76 vs 24 of 61. Montana sided out 46.1% of the time.
Hitting+.109
.214.105
41 kills, 14 errors vs 38 kills, 24 errors.
Longest run+2
75
7 straight Utah Tech points in the first set turned a 3–4 deficit into a 10–4 lead. The set finished 28–26.

Montana above 50Utah Tech belowMax swing 4.4%

Utah TechMontana

Aces: Utah Tech 7·Montana 1
Serve err: Utah Tech 5·Montana 6
Blocks: Utah Tech 12·Montana 42 BS · 20 BA vs 0 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Utah Tech 61·Montana 62

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Montana above 50 · Utah Tech below

Biggest swing: 4.4% to Utah Tech — set 1, UTTECH 28-26 MONT. Delaney Russell stuffed by Casidy Fried & Sydney Reese. MONT win probability 10% → 6%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UTTECH 90.1%9.9% MONT

Utah Tech wins

3-0

44.6%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

13.9%

Montana wins

3-0

1.3%

3-1

3.0%

3-2

5.6%

UTTECH break %: 46.7% vs this opp
MONT break %: 36.9% 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
Casidy Fried&Sydney ReeseBlock+4.4%
Delaney Russell stuffed by Casidy Fried & Sydney Reese
Set 1 · UTTECH 28-26 MONT · UTTECH 90% → 94%
02
Tehanie WatersBad set+4.1%
Bad set by Tehanie Waters
Set 1 · UTTECH 23-23 MONT · MONT 10% → 14%
03
Sydney ReeseKill+3.9%
Kill by Sydney Reese (set by Tehanie Waters)
Set 1 · UTTECH 24-23 MONT · UTTECH 86% → 90%
04
Josie Blazina&Mylee BlakeBlock+3.9%
Nana Asiata stuffed by Josie Blazina & Mylee Blake
Set 1 · UTTECH 24-24 MONT · MONT 10% → 14%
05
Tessa TreanorKill+3.9%
Kill by Tessa Treanor (set by Marley Roe)
Set 1 · UTTECH 25-24 MONT · UTTECH 86% → 90%
06
Josie BlazinaKill+3.9%
Kill by Josie Blazina (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 1 · UTTECH 25-25 MONT · MONT 10% → 14%
07
Kennedi KnudsenKill+3.9%
Kill by Kennedi Knudsen (set by Marley Roe)
Set 1 · UTTECH 26-25 MONT · UTTECH 86% → 90%
08
Josie BlazinaKill+3.9%
Kill by Josie Blazina (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 1 · UTTECH 26-26 MONT · MONT 10% → 14%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Utah Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Tessa TreanorOH	3	10	3	30	.233	2	0	0	4	0	1	2	2	12
22Casidy FriedMB	3	5	0	12	.417	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	5	10
23Kennedi KnudsenOH	3	7	5	28	.071	2	2	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
4Nana AsiataOPP	3	7	3	18	.222	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	8
14Annalyse ShimadaOH	3	3	1	7	.286	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	5
5Marley RoeS	3	0	0	3	.000	13	1	2	14	0	0	0	0	1
15Sydney ReeseOPP	3	8	2	26	.231	0	0	0	6	0	0	5	2.5	10.5
2Tehanie WatersS	3	1	0	2	.500	12	2	1	13	0	0	0	0	3
12Mya LaufisoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	1
1Kaleinani WatsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	14	126	.214	37	7	5	61	1	2	20	12	78

Montanahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	9	1	16	.500	0	0	1	1	0	3	1.5	10.5
10Delaney RussellOH	3	7	8	31	-.032	0	0	0	11	3	0	0	7
16Mylee BlakeOH	3	6	7	32	-.031	2	0	2	18	3	1	0.5	6.5
5Alex StoneOH	3	6	6	22	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
13Sydney PierceMB	3	2	1	10	.100	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
9Gracie CagleS	3	1	0	4	.250	20	0	0	5	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Sophia VellaMB	3	5	1	15	.267	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
6Annika WrightS	3	2	0	2	1.000	13	1	2	7	0	0	0	3
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	1	15	0	0	0	0
17Elle McCandlessMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	24	133	.105	37	1	6	62	7	8	4	59

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 Tech vs Montana

Season series · Utah Tech leads 2-0

Sat, Oct 17, 2026Utah Tech at Montana · Utah Tech won 3-0This match
Thu, Oct 29, 2026Montana at Utah Tech · Utah Tech won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 UTTECH · MONT 5

Set 1

28-26

Longest run 7 UTTECHMONT 5

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 7 UTTECHMONT 3

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 5 UTTECHMONT 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Utah Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	64%9/14
2	70%7/10	13%1/8
3	70%7/10	36%4/11
4	60%6/10	71%15/21
5	46%6/13	60%9/15
6	57%4/7	43%3/7
All	61%37/61	54%41/76

Montana

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	33%3/9
2	64%7/11	30%3/10
3	38%6/16	30%3/10
4	29%6/21	45%5/11
5	83%5/6	40%4/10
6	36%4/11	55%6/11
All	46%35/76	39%24/61

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

137 rallies

#	UTTECH-MONT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Tessa Treanor	blk Josie Blazina, Alex Stone	+1.3
2	0-2	MONT	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+1.4
3	1-2	MONT	UTTECH	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+1.0
4	1-3	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
5	2-3	MONT	UTTECH	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+1.0
6	3-3	UTTECH	UTTECH	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+1.3
7	3-4	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
8	4-4	MONT	UTTECH×7	Serve err	Josie Blazina		+1.0
9	5-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Casidy Fried, Sydney Reese	+1.2
10	6-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Mya Laufiso	+1.1
11	7-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Blocked	Alex Stone	blk Casidy Fried, Kennedi Knudsen	+1.0
12	8-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Ace	Tehanie Waters	aced Delaney Russell	+0.8
13	9-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Casidy Fried	+0.6
14	10-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Kill	Kennedi Knudsen	set Tehanie Waters	+0.5
15	10-5	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.3
16	10-6	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
17	11-6	MONT	UTTECH	Serve err	Annika Wright		+0.5
18	12-6	UTTECH	UTTECH	Ace	Kennedi Knudsen	aced Delaney Russell	+0.5
19	12-7	UTTECH	MONT	Serve err	Kennedi Knudsen		+0.3
20	13-7	MONT	UTTECH	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Casidy Fried, Sydney Reese	+0.4
21	13-8	UTTECH	MONT×3	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+0.3
22	13-9	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Tessa Treanor	blk Josie Blazina, Gracie Cagle	+0.6
23	13-10	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Josie Blazina		+0.8
24	14-10	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Tehanie Waters	set Kennedi Knudsen	+0.7
25	15-10	UTTECH	UTTECH	Kill	Nana Asiata	set Marley Roe	+0.7
26	15-11	UTTECH	MONT	Serve err	Marley Roe		+0.4
27	16-11	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Nana Asiata	set Marley Roe	+0.5
28	16-12	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
29	16-13	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Nana Asiata		+0.8
30	17-13	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Annalyse Shimada	set Marley Roe	+0.7
31	17-14	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
32	17-15	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.2
33	18-15	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Nana Asiata	set Marley Roe	+1.1
34	18-16	UTTECH	MONT	Serve err	Tehanie Waters		+1.0
35	19-16	MONT	UTTECH×4	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+1.1
36	20-16	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Mya Laufiso	+1.1
37	21-16	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Blocked	Sydney Pierce	blk Casidy Fried, Tessa Treanor	+0.7
38	22-16	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Ace	Kennedi Knudsen	aced Mylee Blake	+0.3
39	22-17	UTTECH	MONT×5	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.1
40	22-18	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Annika Wright	+0.3
41	22-19	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Annika Wright	+0.6
42	22-20	MONT	MONT×5	Blocked	Tessa Treanor	blk Sophia Vella, Sydney Pierce	+1.2
43	22-21	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Annika Wright	set Mylee Blake	+2.2
44	23-21	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Tehanie Waters	+2.2
45	23-22	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+1.7
46	23-23	MONT	MONT	Bad set	Tehanie Waters		+4.1
47	24-23	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Tehanie Waters	+3.9
48	24-24	UTTECH	MONT	Blocked	Nana Asiata	blk Josie Blazina, Mylee Blake	+3.9
49	25-24	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Marley Roe	+3.9
50	25-25	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+3.9
51	26-25	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Kennedi Knudsen	set Marley Roe	+3.9
52	26-26	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+3.9
53	27-26	MONT	UTTECH	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+3.9
54	28-26	UTTECH	UTTECH	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Casidy Fried, Sydney Reese	+4.4
Set 2
1	1-0	UTTECH	UTTECH	Kill	Nana Asiata	set Mya Laufiso	+0.8
2	1-1	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
3	1-2	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Annalyse Shimada		+0.9
4	2-2	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Annalyse Shimada	set Marley Roe	+0.6
5	2-3	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
6	3-3	MONT	UTTECH	Serve err	Mylee Blake		+0.6
7	4-3	UTTECH	UTTECH	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Casidy Fried, Nana Asiata	+0.8
8	4-4	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
9	5-4	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Kennedi Knudsen	set Kennedi Knudsen	+0.6
10	5-5	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
11	6-5	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Kennedi Knudsen	set Tehanie Waters	+0.6
12	6-6	UTTECH	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.7
13	6-7	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Annika Wright	+1.1
14	6-8	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+1.2
15	7-8	MONT	UTTECH	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+0.8
16	7-9	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Annika Wright	+1.0
17	8-9	MONT	UTTECH×4	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Tehanie Waters	+0.8
18	9-9	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Kaleinani Watson	+1.1
19	10-9	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Kill	Nana Asiata	set Tessa Treanor	+1.0
20	11-9	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+0.9
21	11-10	UTTECH	MONT	Serve err	Marley Roe		+0.7
22	12-10	MONT	UTTECH	Blocked	Alex Stone	blk Tessa Treanor	+0.7
23	13-10	UTTECH	UTTECH	Attack err	Alex Stone		+0.8
24	13-11	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
25	13-12	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Nana Asiata		+1.0
26	14-12	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Kennedi Knudsen	set Marley Roe	+0.8
27	14-13	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.8
28	14-14	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Kennedi Knudsen		+1.3
29	15-14	MONT	UTTECH×7	Serve err	Madeline Sanderson		+0.9
30	16-14	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Tessa Treanor	+1.2
31	17-14	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Kill	Kennedi Knudsen	set Mya Laufiso	+1.0
32	18-14	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Attack err	Alex Stone		+0.7
33	19-14	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Kill	Casidy Fried	set Kennedi Knudsen	+0.5
34	20-14	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Ace	Tehanie Waters	aced Delaney Russell	+0.3
35	21-14	UTTECH	UTTECH×7	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Casidy Fried, Sydney Reese	+0.2
36	21-15	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
37	22-15	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Kennedi Knudsen	set Mya Laufiso	+0.1
38	22-16	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	·
39	22-17	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Annika Wright	+0.1
40	23-17	MONT	UTTECH×3	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+0.1
41	24-17	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Kaleinani Watson	+0.1
42	25-17	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Ace	Mya Laufiso		·
Set 3
1	0-1	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.4
2	1-1	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Marley Roe	+0.3
3	1-2	UTTECH	MONT	Attack err	Kennedi Knudsen		+0.3
4	2-2	MONT	UTTECH	Serve err	Mylee Blake		+0.3
5	2-3	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
6	2-4	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.5
7	3-4	MONT	UTTECH×3	Kill	Nana Asiata	set Marley Roe	+0.3
8	4-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Kill	Casidy Fried		+0.5
9	5-4	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.4
10	5-5	UTTECH	MONT×3	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Mylee Blake	+0.3
11	5-6	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Sydney Reese		+0.5
12	5-7	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Annika Wright	aced Mya Laufiso	+0.6
13	6-7	MONT	UTTECH×4	Serve err	Annika Wright		+0.4
14	7-7	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Kill	Sydney Reese	set Tehanie Waters	+0.5
15	8-7	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Kill	Casidy Fried	set Tehanie Waters	+0.5
16	9-7	UTTECH	UTTECH×4	Blocked	Alex Stone	blk Sydney Reese, Casidy Fried	+0.4
17	9-8	UTTECH	MONT	Attack err	Kennedi Knudsen		+0.3
18	10-8	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Tehanie Waters	+0.3
19	11-8	UTTECH	UTTECH	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Tehanie Waters	+0.4
20	11-9	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+0.3
21	12-9	MONT	UTTECH×5	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Tehanie Waters	+0.3
22	13-9	UTTECH	UTTECH×5	Kill	Annalyse Shimada	set Marley Roe	+0.3
23	14-9	UTTECH	UTTECH×5	Ace	Marley Roe	aced Mylee Blake	+0.2
24	15-9	UTTECH	UTTECH×5	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Nana Asiata, Annalyse Shimada	+0.2
25	16-9	UTTECH	UTTECH×5	Blocked	Alex Stone	blk Tessa Treanor, Annalyse Shimada	+0.1
26	16-10	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Annika Wright	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.1
27	17-10	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Mya Laufiso	+0.1
28	17-11	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
29	17-12	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Kennedi Knudsen		+0.1
30	18-12	MONT	UTTECH×3	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Marley Roe	+0.1
31	19-12	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Kill	Nana Asiata	set Tessa Treanor	+0.1
32	20-12	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Ace	Annalyse Shimada	aced Mylee Blake	·
33	20-13	UTTECH	MONT	Serve err	Annalyse Shimada		·
34	21-13	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Casidy Fried	set Marley Roe	·
35	21-14	UTTECH	MONT	Attack err	Sydney Reese		·
36	21-15	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Kennedi Knudsen		·
37	22-15	MONT	UTTECH×3	Kill	Casidy Fried	set Tehanie Waters	·
38	23-15	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Tehanie Waters	·
39	24-15	UTTECH	UTTECH×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		·
40	24-16	UTTECH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	·
41	25-16	MONT	UTTECH	Kill	Tessa Treanor	set Tehanie Waters	·

Score shown after each rally, Utah Tech 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).

Utah Tech def. Montana 3–0

12 blocks for Utah Tech, and Montana was shut down.