Montana vs Southern Utah Volleyball: Montana Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Montana 90.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 7:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Montana won at Southern Utah 3-0 (25-17, 29-27, 26-24) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Montana's Delaney Russell led with 16 kills, and Madeline Sanderson added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:35 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MONT	25	29	26	3
S UTAH	17	27	24	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

16 kills in 3 sets for Delaney Russell. Montana swept Southern Utah.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.1 points. Southern Utah peaked at 14% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. RallyIQ gave Montana 90% before first serve.

MontanaSouthern Utah

Break %+9.7 pts
39.730.0
On serve: 31/78 against 21/70 (Southern Utah sideout 60.3%).
Hitting+.115
.279.164
51 K / 17 E against 38 K / 19 E.
Longest run+-1
56
Down 4–7 in the third set, Montana scored 5 straight to lead 9–7. That set ended 26–24.

Southern Utah above 50Montana belowMax swing 3.1%

MontanaSouthern Utah

Aces: Montana 1·Southern Utah 4
Serve err: Montana 8·Southern Utah 7
Blocks: Montana 6·Southern Utah 82 BS · 8 BA vs 3 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Montana 48·Southern Utah 49

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Southern Utah above 50 · Montana below

Biggest swing: 3.1% to Southern Utah — set 2, MONT 24-24 S UTAH. Kill by Emilia Zug (set by Ryen Smith). S UTAH win probability 4% → 7%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MONT 90.2%9.8% S UTAH

Montana wins

3-0

44.8%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

13.9%

Southern Utah wins

3-0

1.3%

3-1

3.0%

3-2

5.5%

MONT break %: 49.1% vs this opp
S UTAH break %: 39.2% 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
Emilia ZugKill+3.1%
Kill by Emilia Zug (set by Ryen Smith)
Set 2 · MONT 24-24 S UTAH · S UTAH 4% → 7%
02
Gracie CagleKill+2.6%
Kill by Gracie Cagle (set by Ryen Smith)
Set 2 · MONT 29-27 S UTAH · MONT 96% → 98%
03
Sydney Pierce&Delaney RussellBlock+2.6%
Maya Banks stuffed by Sydney Pierce & Delaney Russell
Set 2 · MONT 25-24 S UTAH · MONT 93% → 96%
04
Maya BanksKill+2.6%
Kill by Maya Banks (set by Ryen Smith)
Set 2 · MONT 25-25 S UTAH · S UTAH 4% → 7%
05
Audrey AtwoodAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Audrey Atwood
Set 2 · MONT 26-25 S UTAH · MONT 93% → 96%
06
Maya BanksKill+2.6%
Kill by Maya Banks (set by Ryen Smith)
Set 2 · MONT 26-26 S UTAH · S UTAH 4% → 7%
07
Sophia VellaKill+2.6%
Kill by Sophia Vella (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 27-26 S UTAH · MONT 93% → 96%
08
MontanaService error+2.6%
Montana service error
Set 2 · MONT 27-27 S UTAH · S UTAH 4% → 7%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montanaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Delaney RussellOH	3	16	4	39	.308	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	1.5	17.5
13Sydney PierceMB	3	8	1	17	.412	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	9
16Mylee BlakeOH	3	6	3	15	.200	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	0	6
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	2	2	8	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4
9Gracie CagleS	3	3	1	11	.182	21	0	2	6	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Annika WrightS	3	0	0	1	.000	21	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	1
5Alex StoneOH	3	10	2	17	.471	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	10
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0
11Sophia VellaMB	2	6	3	12	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
14Isabel TaylorOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17Elle McCandlessMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Halle WalkerS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	17	122	.279	49	1	8	48	4	2	8	6	80

Southern Utahhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Audrey AtwoodOH	3	9	2	24	.292	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	10
3Cala CooperOH	3	8	3	32	.156	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
12Natalie MooreMB	3	7	2	12	.417	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
8Emilia ZugOH	3	6	5	16	.063	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	2	8
6Emilia LindenOPP	3	1	1	7	.000	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	2	4
17Celeste Uruena JensenS	3	0	0	1	.000	17	1	2	11	0	0	0	0	1
1Ryen SmithOPP	3	5	3	17	.118	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
16Amanda MendozaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	2
14Kaitlyn BarnesL/DS	3	0	2	2	-1.000	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
19Talea BerryS	3	0	0	0	–	14	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
10Zorana StankovskaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
4Maya BanksOPP	1	2	1	4	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		38	19	116	.164	36	4	7	49	1	3	10	8	68

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.

Montana vs Southern Utah

Season series · Montana leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 15, 2026Southern Utah at Montana · Montana won 3-1Result →
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Montana at Southern Utah · Montana won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 MONT · S UTAH 6

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 4 MONTS UTAH 4

Set 2

29-27

Longest run 3 MONTS UTAH 3

Set 3

26-24

Longest run 5 MONTS UTAH 6

Bars above the line = Southern Utah 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	43%3/7	0%0/2
2	100%3/3	0%0/3
3	38%3/8	25%1/4
4	100%2/2	50%2/4
5	100%2/2	50%2/4
6	67%2/3	75%6/8
All	60%15/25	44%11/25

Southern Utah

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%3/3	57%4/7
2	75%3/4	0%0/3
3	50%2/4	63%5/8
4	50%2/4	0%0/2
5	25%2/8	0%0/2
6	100%2/2	33%1/3
All	56%14/25	40%10/25

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 (1 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

148 rallies

#	MONT-S UTAH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	S UTAH	S UTAH	Attack err	Gracie Cagle		+1.1
2	1-1	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Annika Wright	+0.8
3	2-1	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
4	2-2	MONT	S UTAH×4	Serve err	Montana		+0.8
5	2-3	S UTAH	S UTAH×4	Ace	Southern Utah	aced Madeline Sanderson	+1.2
6	2-4	S UTAH	S UTAH×4	Ace	Southern Utah	aced Mylee Blake	+1.3
7	2-5	S UTAH	S UTAH×4	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+1.4
8	3-5	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
9	3-6	MONT	S UTAH	Serve err	Montana		+1.2
10	4-6	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
11	4-7	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+1.3
12	5-7	S UTAH	MONT×4	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
13	6-7	MONT	MONT×4	Attack err	Ryen Smith		+1.3
14	7-7	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Annika Wright	+1.3
15	8-7	MONT	MONT×4	Ace	Annika Wright		+1.2
16	8-8	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Natalie Moore	set Talea Berry	+1.0
17	9-8	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Annika Wright	+1.0
18	10-8	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+1.1
19	10-9	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Ryen Smith	set Talea Berry	+0.9
20	11-9	S UTAH	MONT	Blocked	Emilia Zug	blk Josie Blazina, Gracie Cagle	+0.9
21	11-10	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Emilia Linden	set Talea Berry	+1.0
22	12-10		MONT	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.9
23	13-10	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
24	14-10	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.8
25	15-10	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.6
26	15-11	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Emilia Zug	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.4
27	16-11	S UTAH	MONT	Serve err	Southern Utah		+0.5
28	17-11	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Emilia Linden	+0.4
29	17-12	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.3
30	18-12	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.3
31	18-13	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Natalie Moore	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.3
32	19-13	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.3
33	20-13	MONT	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Annika Wright	+0.2
34	20-14	MONT	S UTAH	Serve err	Montana		+0.1
35	21-14	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+0.2
36	21-15	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Emilia Zug	set Talea Berry	+0.1
37	22-15	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.1
38	23-15	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Ryen Smith		+0.1
39	23-16	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Ryen Smith	set Talea Berry	·
40	23-17	S UTAH	S UTAH	Blocked	Elle McCandless	blk Emilia Linden, Emilia Zug	·
41	24-17	S UTAH	MONT	Serve err	Southern Utah		+0.1
42	25-17	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Cala Cooper		·
Set 2
1	1-0	MONT	MONT	Bad set	Cala Cooper		+0.6
2	1-1	MONT	S UTAH×3	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Cala Cooper	+0.6
3	1-2	S UTAH	S UTAH×3	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.8
4	1-3	S UTAH	S UTAH×3	Blocked	Sophia Vella	blk Audrey Atwood	+0.9
5	2-3	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
6	3-3	MONT	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
7	3-4	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.7
8	4-4	S UTAH	MONT	Serve err	Southern Utah		+0.6
9	5-4	MONT	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
10	5-5	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Natalie Moore	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.6
11	6-5	S UTAH	MONT	Serve err	Southern Utah		+0.6
12	6-6	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Ryen Smith	set Talea Berry	+0.7
13	7-6	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Annika Wright	+0.6
14	7-7	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Natalie Moore	set Talea Berry	+0.7
15	8-7	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.6
16	8-8	MONT	S UTAH	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.7
17	9-8	S UTAH	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.7
18	10-8	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Emilia Linden		+0.7
19	11-8	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Emilia Zug	blk Sydney Pierce, Sophia Vella	+0.6
20	11-9	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.5
21	12-9	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.5
22	12-10	MONT	S UTAH	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+0.5
23	13-10	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.5
24	13-11		S UTAH	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.5
25	14-11	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
26	14-12	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Talea Berry	+0.6
27	15-12	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+0.6
28	15-13	MONT	S UTAH	Serve err	Montana		+0.6
29	16-13	S UTAH	MONT	Bad set	Emilia Zug		+0.6
30	16-14	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Ryen Smith	set Talea Berry	+0.6
31	16-15	S UTAH	S UTAH	Attack err	Alex Stone		+1.0
32	17-15	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.8
33	18-15	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Emilia Zug		+0.8
34	18-16	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.6
35	19-16	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
36	19-17	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.6
37	20-17	S UTAH	MONT	Attack err	Cala Cooper		+0.8
38	20-18	MONT	S UTAH×3	Serve err	Montana		+0.7
39	20-19	S UTAH	S UTAH×3	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+1.2
40	20-20	S UTAH	S UTAH×3	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+1.7
41	21-20	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.4
42	21-21	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Talea Berry	+1.6
43	22-21	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Annika Wright	+1.7
44	23-21	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.8
45	23-22	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Emilia Zug	set Talea Berry	+1.1
46	24-22	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Annika Wright	+1.6
47	24-23	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Ryen Smith	set Talea Berry	+1.0
48	24-24	S UTAH	S UTAH	Kill	Emilia Zug	set Ryen Smith	+3.1
49	25-24	S UTAH	MONT	Blocked	Maya Banks	blk Sydney Pierce, Delaney Russell	+2.6
50	25-25	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Maya Banks	set Ryen Smith	+2.6
51	26-25	S UTAH	MONT	Attack err	Audrey Atwood		+2.6
52	26-26	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Maya Banks	set Ryen Smith	+2.6
53	27-26	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+2.6
54	27-27	MONT	S UTAH	Serve err	Montana		+2.6
55	28-27	S UTAH	MONT	Serve err	Southern Utah		+2.6
56	29-27	MONT	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Ryen Smith	+2.6
Set 3
1	0-1	S UTAH	S UTAH×3	Ace	Southern Utah	aced Mylee Blake	+0.4
2	0-2	S UTAH	S UTAH×3	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+0.4
3	0-3	S UTAH	S UTAH×3	Bad set	Annika Wright		+0.4
4	1-3	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.3
5	1-4	MONT	S UTAH	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Emilia Linden, Cala Cooper	+0.4
6	2-4	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.3
7	2-5	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.4
8	3-5	S UTAH	MONT	Attack err	Cala Cooper		+0.3
9	3-6	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.4
10	4-6	S UTAH	MONT	Serve err	Southern Utah		+0.3
11	4-7	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Natalie Moore	set Talea Berry	+0.4
12	5-7	S UTAH	MONT×5	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Annika Wright	+0.3
13	6-7	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.4
14	7-7	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.4
15	8-7	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Emilia Zug		+0.4
16	9-7	MONT	MONT×5	Blocked	Ryen Smith	blk Delaney Russell	+0.3
17	9-8	MONT	S UTAH	Serve err	Montana		+0.3
18	10-8	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.3
19	10-9	MONT	S UTAH	Blocked	Sophia Vella	blk Emilia Zug	+0.3
20	10-10	S UTAH	S UTAH	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.4
21	11-10	S UTAH	MONT	Serve err	Southern Utah		+0.3
22	11-11	MONT	S UTAH	Blocked	Alex Stone	blk Emilia Zug, Emilia Linden	+0.4
23	12-11	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
24	12-12	MONT	S UTAH×6	Kill	Audrey Atwood	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.4
25	12-13	S UTAH	S UTAH×6	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.6
26	12-14	S UTAH	S UTAH×6	Ace	Southern Utah	aced Madeline Sanderson	+0.6
27	12-15	S UTAH	S UTAH×6	Kill	Natalie Moore	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.7
28	12-16	S UTAH	S UTAH×6	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+0.7
29	12-17	S UTAH	S UTAH×6	Kill	Natalie Moore		+0.6
30	13-17	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
31	13-18	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+0.5
32	14-18	S UTAH	MONT×3	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
33	15-18	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Kaitlyn Barnes		+0.5
34	16-18	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Natalie Moore		+0.6
35	16-19	MONT	S UTAH	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Natalie Moore, Ryen Smith	+0.7
36	17-19	S UTAH	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Annika Wright	+0.5
37	18-19	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Natalie Moore	blk Josie Blazina	+0.7
38	19-19	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.8
39	19-20	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Emilia Zug	set Kaitlyn Barnes	+0.8
40	19-21	S UTAH	S UTAH	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Emilia Linden, Ryen Smith	+1.0
41	20-21	S UTAH	MONT	Blocked	Emilia Zug	blk Sophia Vella, Josie Blazina	+0.7
42	20-22	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Emilia Zug	set Talea Berry	+1.0
43	21-22	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+0.7
44	21-23	MONT	S UTAH	Serve err	Montana		+1.1
45	22-23	S UTAH	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.8
46	23-23	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Audrey Atwood		+1.4
47	23-24	MONT	S UTAH	Kill	Cala Cooper	set Celeste Uruena Jensen	+1.6
48	24-24	S UTAH	MONT×3	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+1.6
49	25-24	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Kaitlyn Barnes		+1.6
50	26-24	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Alex Stone	set Delaney Russell	+1.2

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).

Montana def. Southern Utah 3–0

16 kills in 3 sets for Delaney Russell. Montana swept Southern Utah.