Iowa State vs UCLA Volleyball: UCLA Wins 3-0 (Sep 18, 2026)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

UCLA beat Iowa St. 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-15) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at a neutral site. UCLA's Maggie Li led with 12 kills, and Lola Schumacher added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
IOWAST	20	22	15	0
UCLA	25	25	25	3

Win probability

UCLA above 50 · Iowa St. below

Biggest swing: 4.1% to UCLA — set 1, IOWAST 18-19 UCLA. UCLA ace on Pam McCune. UCLA win probability 72% → 76%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

IOWAST 25.5%74.5% UCLA

Iowa St. wins

3-0

4.5%

3-1

8.8%

3-2

12.2%

UCLA wins

3-0

26.6%

3-1

28.5%

3-2

19.4%

IOWAST break %: 37.9% vs this opp
UCLA break %: 42.8% 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
UCLAAce+4.1%
UCLA ace on Pam McCune
Set 1 · IOWAST 18-19 UCLA · UCLA 72% → 76%
02
Lola SchumacherBad set+4.1%
Bad set by Lola Schumacher
Set 1 · IOWAST 18-16 UCLA · IOWAST 30% → 34%
03
UCLAAce+4.0%
UCLA ace on Nayeli Ti'a
Set 1 · IOWAST 18-18 UCLA · UCLA 68% → 72%
04
Maggie LiKill+3.7%
Kill by Maggie Li (set by Kate Duffey)
Set 1 · IOWAST 18-20 UCLA · UCLA 76% → 80%
05
Rachel Van GorpAce+3.6%
Ace by Rachel Van Gorp on Mija Bendziute
Set 1 · IOWAST 16-14 UCLA · IOWAST 30% → 33%
06
Nayeli Ti'aAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Nayeli Ti'a
Set 1 · IOWAST 16-16 UCLA · UCLA 69% → 73%
07
Nayeli Ti'aAttack error+3.2%
Attack error by Nayeli Ti'a
Set 1 · IOWAST 14-14 UCLA · UCLA 70% → 73%
08
Macie Lupkes&Mesaiya BettisBlock+3.2%
Mija Bendziute stuffed by Macie Lupkes & Mesaiya Bettis
Set 1 · IOWAST 13-11 UCLA · IOWAST 29% → 32%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Iowa St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Nayeli Ti'aOH	3	10	8	29	.069	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	10
1Pam McCuneMB	3	5	1	17	.235	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.5	6.5
14Nayeli GonzalezOH	3	4	2	15	.133	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	4.5
9Mesaiya BettisOH	3	4	3	12	.083	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
8Macie LupkesMB	3	2	0	8	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
11Ella FlorezS	3	0	0	0	–	11	0	1	6	0	1	0	1	1
5Daaliyah KempMB	3	4	1	8	.375	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
30Alea GoolsbyOH	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2
17Ava MartinS	3	1	0	2	.500	15	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
10Rachel Van GorpL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	2	11	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		32	17	100	.150	31	1	3	33	4	2	7	5.5	57

UCLAhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Maggie LiOH	3	12	4	32	.250	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
17Eliana UrzuaOH	3	11	1	19	.526	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	12
13Brooke HarwoodMB	3	11	0	16	.688	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
11Marianna SingletaryMB	3	7	4	14	.214	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	2.5	10.5
5Mija BendziuteOH	3	5	4	13	.077	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	5
3Kate DuffeyS	3	2	0	5	.400	34	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	3
1Ava UtterbackOH	3	2	1	4	.250	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	2
30Lola SchumacherL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	2	18	0	0	0	0	2
7Vivian HickmanS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12Ava SarafaS	1	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2Sakura CodlingL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	14	104	.346	44	4	8	44	1	1	9	5.5	75

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 IOWAST · UCLA 6

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 IOWASTUCLA 6

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 IOWASTUCLA 3

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 3 IOWASTUCLA 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Iowa St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	38%3/8
2	44%7/16	30%3/10
3	54%7/13	30%3/10
4	32%6/19	46%6/13
5	67%6/9	40%4/10
6	57%4/7	14%1/7
All	50%37/74	34%20/58

UCLA

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	25%2/8
2	78%7/9	56%9/16
3	64%7/11	36%4/11
4	54%7/13	65%13/20
5	86%6/7	45%5/11
6	57%4/7	50%4/8
All	66%38/58	50%37/74

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

132 rallies

#	IOWAST-UCLA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UCLA	UCLA	Ace	UCLA	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+2.0
2	1-1	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Macie Lupkes	set Ella Florez	+1.4
3	2-1	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.2
4	2-2	IOWAST	UCLA×6	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.4
5	2-3	UCLA	UCLA×6	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+2.1
6	2-4	UCLA	UCLA×6	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+2.0
7	2-5	UCLA	UCLA×6	Kill	Kate Duffey	set Lola Schumacher	+1.8
8	2-6	UCLA	UCLA×6	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.5
9	2-7	UCLA	UCLA×6	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Maggie Li	+1.3
10	3-7	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+0.8
11	4-7	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Mija Bendziute		+1.4
12	4-8	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Ella Florez	+1.1
13	5-8	UCLA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+1.0
14	6-8	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Maggie Li		+1.8
15	7-8	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ava Martin	+2.1
16	7-9	IOWAST	UCLA	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+1.5
17	8-9	UCLA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+1.5
18	9-9	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Blocked	Maggie Li	blk Daaliyah Kemp, Nayeli Gonzalez, Pam McCune	+2.5
19	10-9	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Marianna Singletary		+2.8
20	10-10	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.8
21	11-10	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ava Martin	+2.0
22	11-11	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.9
23	12-11	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+2.1
24	13-11	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Mija Bendziute	blk Macie Lupkes, Mesaiya Bettis	+3.2
25	13-12	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.9
26	14-12	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.3
27	14-13	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Eliana Urzua	+2.0
28	14-14	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+3.2
29	15-14	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+2.4
30	16-14	IOWAST	IOWAST	Ace	Rachel Van Gorp	aced Mija Bendziute	+3.6
31	16-15	IOWAST	UCLA	Serve err	Rachel Van Gorp		+2.2
32	16-16	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+3.5
33	17-16	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Rachel Van Gorp	+2.7
34	18-16	IOWAST	IOWAST	Bad set	Lola Schumacher		+4.1
35	18-17	IOWAST	UCLA×6	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+2.4
36	18-18	UCLA	UCLA×6	Ace	UCLA	aced Nayeli Ti'a	+4.0
37	18-19	UCLA	UCLA×6	Ace	UCLA	aced Pam McCune	+4.1
38	18-20	UCLA	UCLA×6	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+3.7
39	18-21	UCLA	UCLA×6	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+3.0
40	18-22	UCLA	UCLA×6	Kill	Maggie Li	set Ava Utterback	+1.9
41	19-22	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ava Martin	+0.7
42	19-23	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.2
43	20-23	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+0.6
44	20-24	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
45	20-25	UCLA	UCLA	Ace	UCLA	aced Nayeli Gonzalez	+0.4
Set 2
1	0-1	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.1
2	0-2	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Nayeli Gonzalez		+1.5
3	1-2	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.0
4	1-3	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
5	2-3	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ava Martin	+1.0
6	2-4	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
7	3-4	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.1
8	3-5	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.1
9	4-5	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+1.1
10	5-5	IOWAST	IOWAST	Blocked	Marianna Singletary	blk Pam McCune	+1.8
11	5-6	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.2
12	6-6	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+1.3
13	7-6	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Pam McCune	+2.0
14	7-7	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Kate Duffey	+1.3
15	8-7	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.4
16	8-8	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.3
17	9-8	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Rachel Van Gorp	+1.5
18	9-9	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Kate Duffey	+1.4
19	9-10	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+2.1
20	10-10	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Gonzalez	set Ava Martin	+1.4
21	11-10	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+2.3
22	11-11	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.5
23	11-12	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+2.2
24	12-12	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.5
25	13-12	IOWAST	IOWAST	Bad set	Kate Duffey		+2.5
26	13-13	IOWAST	UCLA×3	Serve err	Iowa St.		+1.6
27	13-14	UCLA	UCLA×3	Attack err	Nayeli Gonzalez		+2.4
28	13-15	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+2.2
29	14-15	UCLA	IOWAST	Blocked	Marianna Singletary	blk Ella Florez	+1.4
30	14-16	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.6
31	14-17	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Lola Schumacher	+2.0
32	15-17	UCLA	IOWAST	Attack err	Eliana Urzua		+1.2
33	15-18	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.4
34	16-18	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Mesaiya Bettis	set Ella Florez	+1.2
35	17-18	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Macie Lupkes	set Ava Martin	+2.4
36	17-19	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.8
37	18-19	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Ava Martin		+1.7
38	18-20	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+2.0
39	19-20	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.8
40	19-21	IOWAST	UCLA×3	Serve err	Iowa St.		+2.1
41	19-22	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+2.5
42	19-23	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Maggie Li	set Lola Schumacher	+1.5
43	20-23	UCLA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ava Martin	+0.4
44	21-23	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Maggie Li		+1.4
45	22-23	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Marianna Singletary		+2.7
46	22-24	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+3.0
47	22-25	UCLA	UCLA	Blocked	Mesaiya Bettis	blk Marianna Singletary, Eliana Urzua	+2.2
Set 3
1	0-1	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Marianna Singletary	+0.8
2	1-1	UCLA	IOWAST×3	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+0.6
3	2-1	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Blocked	Mija Bendziute	blk Daaliyah Kemp, Macie Lupkes	+0.9
4	3-1	IOWAST	IOWAST×3	Attack err	Mija Bendziute		+1.0
5	3-2	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Ava Sarafa	+0.6
6	4-2	UCLA	IOWAST	Attack err	Ava Utterback		+0.7
7	4-3	IOWAST	UCLA×3	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Ava Sarafa	+0.6
8	4-4	UCLA	UCLA×3	Bad set	Ava Martin		+1.0
9	4-5	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Maggie Li	set Vivian Hickman	+0.9
10	5-5	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Daaliyah Kemp	set Ava Martin	+0.6
11	5-6	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood		+0.6
12	6-6	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Pam McCune	set Ella Florez	+0.7
13	7-6	IOWAST	IOWAST	Attack err	Maggie Li		+1.1
14	7-7	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Vivian Hickman	+0.7
15	8-7	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+0.8
16	8-8	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+0.7
17	9-8	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ella Florez	+0.8
18	10-8	IOWAST	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Daaliyah Kemp	+1.2
19	10-9	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+0.7
20	11-9	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+0.9
21	11-10	IOWAST	UCLA×3	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.8
22	11-11	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.2
23	11-12	UCLA	UCLA×3	Attack err	Daaliyah Kemp		+1.2
24	12-12	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Ava Martin	+0.8
25	12-13	IOWAST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.8
26	13-13	UCLA	IOWAST	Serve err	UCLA		+0.8
27	13-14	IOWAST	UCLA×6	Blocked	Nayeli Ti'a	blk Maggie Li, Brooke Harwood	+0.8
28	13-15	UCLA	UCLA×6	Kill	Kate Duffey		+1.2
29	13-16	UCLA	UCLA×6	Blocked	Pam McCune	blk Marianna Singletary	+1.0
30	13-17	UCLA	UCLA×6	Attack err	Mesaiya Bettis		+0.8
31	13-18	UCLA	UCLA×6	Blocked	Alea Goolsby	blk Marianna Singletary, Kate Duffey	+0.6
32	13-19	UCLA	UCLA×6	Attack err	Alea Goolsby		+0.4
33	14-19	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Alea Goolsby	set Rachel Van Gorp	+0.2
34	14-20	IOWAST	UCLA×3	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Ava Martin	+0.2
35	14-21	UCLA	UCLA×3	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		+0.2
36	14-22	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+0.1
37	15-22	UCLA	IOWAST	Kill	Nayeli Ti'a	set Ava Martin	·
38	15-23	IOWAST	UCLA×3	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	·
39	15-24	UCLA	UCLA×3	Blocked	Nayeli Ti'a	blk Marianna Singletary, Eliana Urzua	·
40	15-25	UCLA	UCLA×3	Attack err	Nayeli Ti'a		·

Score shown after each rally, Iowa 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).

UCLA def. Iowa St. 3–0