North Dakota State def. Omaha 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 22)

FinalThu, Oct 22, 2026Midco Sports+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: North Dakota St. 62.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 22, 6:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

North Dakota St. won at Omaha 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-22) on Thu, Oct 22, 2026. North Dakota St.'s Lauren Jansen and Zoe John led with 11 kills each, and Rya Borer added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 22

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ND ST	25	25	25	3
OMAHA	16	21	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.474 and 11 kills for Zoe John as North Dakota St. rolled past Omaha.

Win probability never moved more than 2.4 points on one rally; Omaha topped out at 36% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave North Dakota St. 63% before first serve.

North Dakota St.Omaha

Break %+13.8 pts
46.632.8
34 of 73 on serve vs 20 of 61, so Omaha's sideout was 53.4%.
Longest run+2
64
Down 2–3 in the third set, North Dakota St. scored 6 straight to lead 8–3. Final score of the set: 25–22.

Omaha above 50North Dakota St. belowMax swing 2.4%

North Dakota St.Omaha

Hitting: North Dakota St. .252·Omaha .177
Aces: North Dakota St. 9·Omaha 1
Serve err: North Dakota St. 9·Omaha 9
Blocks: North Dakota St. 3·Omaha 92 BS · 2 BA vs 1 BS · 16 BA
Digs: North Dakota St. 39·Omaha 40

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Omaha above 50 · North Dakota St. below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to Omaha — set 2, ND ST 18-16 OMAHA. Kill by Maddie Stuesser (set by Sarah Pfiffner). OMAHA win probability 13% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ND ST 66.2%33.8% OMAHA

North Dakota St. wins

3-0

20.8%

3-1

25.4%

3-2

20.0%

Omaha wins

3-0

6.8%

3-1

12.0%

3-2

14.9%

ND ST break %: 42.5% vs this opp
OMAHA break %: 39.3% 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
Maddie StuesserKill+2.4%
Kill by Maddie Stuesser (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 2 · ND ST 18-16 OMAHA · OMAHA 13% → 15%
02
Lauren JansenAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Lauren Jansen
Set 1 · ND ST 4-3 OMAHA · OMAHA 33% → 35%
03
Zoe JohnKill+2.3%
Kill by Zoe John (set by Rya Borer)
Set 2 · ND ST 20-16 OMAHA · ND ST 87% → 89%
04
Arianna BlohmKill+2.3%
Kill by Arianna Blohm (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 3 · ND ST 23-21 OMAHA · ND ST 95% → 97%
05
Lara MaricAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Lara Maric
Set 1 · ND ST 2-0 OMAHA · ND ST 64% → 67%
06
Lauren JansenAce+2.3%
Ace by Lauren Jansen
Set 1 · ND ST 6-3 OMAHA · ND ST 67% → 69%
07
Faith VenableAce+2.2%
Ace by Faith Venable on Zoe John
Set 1 · ND ST 9-7 OMAHA · OMAHA 30% → 32%
08
Dara Obeid&Maddie StuesserBlock+2.2%
Lauren Jansen stuffed by Dara Obeid & Maddie Stuesser
Set 3 · ND ST 22-21 OMAHA · OMAHA 3% → 5%

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Dakota St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Lauren JansenOH	3	11	9	38	.053	0	3	3	5	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
3Arianna BlohmMB	3	9	1	20	.400	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
8Emma TallmanMB	3	6	2	12	.333	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7
9Sarah PfiffnerS	3	3	0	9	.333	32	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	3
16Allie CollinsMB	3	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
12Sadie JohnsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
17Zoe JohnOH	3	11	2	19	.474	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	11
10Rya BorerDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	3	1	12	0	0	0	0	3
5Maddy DombeckS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
14Morgan EngelS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	15	103	.252	39	9	9	39	1	2	2	3	75

Omahahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Madison CorfOH	3	11	5	26	.231	0	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	11
11Lara MaricOH	3	8	5	19	.158	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
13Dara ObeidMB	3	5	2	17	.176	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	3.5	8.5
8Maddie StuesserS	3	1	1	5	.000	25	0	2	2	0	1	4	3	4
1Sarah GalliganL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0
19Hayden HartOH	2	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
5Faith VenableOH	3	7	2	25	.200	0	1	2	2	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
6Emma NashL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
15Kate SchroetlinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	8	4	0	0	0	0
23Alizabeth JacobsenOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
2Julia OwensS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	16	96	.177	29	1	9	40	9	1	16	9	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.

North Dakota St. vs Omaha

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Sat, Sep 26, 2026Omaha at North Dakota St. · Omaha won 3-1Result →
Thu, Oct 22, 2026North Dakota St. at Omaha · North Dakota St. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 ND ST · OMAHA 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 3 ND STOMAHA 2

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 4 ND STOMAHA 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 6 ND STOMAHA 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

North Dakota St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	14%1/7
2	53%8/15	47%7/15
3	58%7/12	59%10/17
4	100%6/6	57%8/14
5	75%6/8	45%5/11
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	67%41/61	47%34/73

Omaha

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	27%3/11
2	39%7/18	33%4/12
3	50%6/12	50%7/14
4	67%6/9	25%2/8
5	50%6/12	14%1/7
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	53%39/73	33%20/61

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

134 rallies

#	ND ST-OMAHA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.7
2	2-0	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Lara Maric		+2.3
3	3-0	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	Rya Borer	aced Sarah Galligan	+2.1
4	3-1	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Kate Schroetlin	+1.5
5	4-1	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.6
6	4-2	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.5
7	4-3	OMAHA	OMAHA	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+2.3
8	5-3	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.7
9	6-3	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	Lauren Jansen		+2.3
10	7-3	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Maddy Dombeck	+2.0
11	7-4	ND ST	OMAHA	Blocked	Arianna Blohm	blk Dara Obeid, Faith Venable	+1.3
12	8-4	OMAHA	ND ST	Attack err	Madison Corf		+1.5
13	8-5	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.4
14	9-5	OMAHA	ND ST	Serve err	Maddie Stuesser		+1.5
15	9-6	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Sarah Pfiffner		+1.4
16	9-7	OMAHA	OMAHA	Ace	Faith Venable	aced Zoe John	+2.2
17	10-7	OMAHA	ND ST	Serve err	Faith Venable		+1.8
18	11-7	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Allie Collins	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.2
19	11-8	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Sadie Johnson		+1.4
20	12-8	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Attack err	Lara Maric		+1.6
21	13-8	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	Rya Borer	aced Madison Corf	+1.9
22	14-8	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.4
23	14-9	ND ST	OMAHA	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Lara Maric, Dara Obeid	+0.8
24	15-9	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Blocked	Madison Corf	blk Emma Tallman	+1.0
25	16-9	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Maddie Stuesser		+1.0
26	17-9	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Arianna Blohm		+0.7
27	17-10	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.3
28	18-10	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.4
29	19-10	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Dara Obeid		+0.3
30	20-10	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.2
31	20-11	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Lauren Jansen		·
32	21-11	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.1
33	21-12	ND ST	OMAHA	Blocked	Zoe John	blk Maddie Stuesser, Hayden Hart	·
34	22-12	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.1
35	22-13	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Sarah Pfiffner		·
36	22-14	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric		+0.1
37	23-14	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.1
38	23-15	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Kate Schroetlin	·
39	24-15	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	·
40	24-16	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	·
41	25-16	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	·
Set 2
1	0-1	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.6
2	1-1	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.5
3	2-1	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.1
4	3-1	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	Rya Borer	aced Kate Schroetlin	+2.0
5	3-2	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.5
6	3-3	OMAHA	OMAHA	Blocked	Emma Tallman	blk Dara Obeid, Faith Venable	+2.2
7	4-3	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.6
8	5-3	ND ST	ND ST	Blocked	Dara Obeid	blk Lauren Jansen, Arianna Blohm	+2.1
9	5-4	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Maddy Dombeck		+1.5
10	6-4	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Serve err	Kate Schroetlin		+1.6
11	7-4	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	Lauren Jansen	aced Kate Schroetlin	+2.0
12	8-4	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Maddy Dombeck	+1.8
13	8-5	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Lauren Jansen		+1.2
14	9-5	OMAHA	ND ST×4	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.3
15	10-5	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Hayden Hart		+1.6
16	11-5	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Lara Maric		+1.3
17	12-5	ND ST	ND ST×4	Ace	Arianna Blohm	aced Kate Schroetlin	+1.0
18	12-6	ND ST	OMAHA	Attack err	Zoe John		+0.5
19	13-6	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
20	14-6	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
21	15-6	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Madison Corf		+0.5
22	15-7	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.2
23	16-7	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.3
24	16-8	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.2
25	16-9	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.4
26	17-9	OMAHA	ND ST	Serve err	Lara Maric		+0.4
27	17-10	ND ST	OMAHA×4	Serve err	Rya Borer		+0.3
28	17-11	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Blocked	Emma Tallman	blk Dara Obeid, Faith Venable	+0.6
29	17-12	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+0.8
30	17-13	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Dara Obeid, Maddie Stuesser	+1.2
31	18-13	OMAHA	ND ST	Serve err	Madison Corf		+1.2
32	18-14	ND ST	OMAHA×3	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+0.9
33	18-15	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+1.7
34	18-16	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Kill	Maddie Stuesser	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.4
35	19-16	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.1
36	20-16	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Rya Borer	+2.3
37	20-17	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.2
38	21-17	OMAHA	ND ST×3	Serve err	Maddie Stuesser		+1.6
39	22-17	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Lara Maric		+1.4
40	23-17	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	Arianna Blohm	aced Kate Schroetlin	+0.7
41	23-18	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.2
42	23-19	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Kate Schroetlin	+0.5
43	24-19	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Maddy Dombeck	+0.7
44	24-20	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.2
45	24-21	OMAHA	OMAHA	Bad set	Sarah Pfiffner		+0.6
46	25-21	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Rya Borer	+0.9
Set 3
1	0-1	OMAHA	OMAHA	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+1.3
2	0-2	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.4
3	1-2	OMAHA	ND ST	Serve err	Alizabeth Jacobsen		+0.9
4	2-2	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Lara Maric		+1.3
5	2-3	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.0
6	3-3	OMAHA	ND ST×6	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.0
7	4-3	ND ST	ND ST×6	Ace	Maddy Dombeck	aced Emma Nash	+1.3
8	5-3	ND ST	ND ST×6	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.3
9	6-3	ND ST	ND ST×6	Attack err	Faith Venable		+1.2
10	7-3	ND ST	ND ST×6	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.1
11	8-3	ND ST	ND ST×6	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
12	8-4	ND ST	OMAHA×3	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Maddie Stuesser, Dara Obeid	+0.6
13	8-5	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.0
14	8-6	OMAHA	OMAHA×3	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.2
15	9-6	OMAHA	ND ST	Serve err	Faith Venable		+0.9
16	10-6	ND ST	ND ST	Ace	Lauren Jansen	aced Sarah Galligan	+1.2
17	10-7	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Lauren Jansen		+0.7
18	11-7	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.8
19	11-8	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Alizabeth Jacobsen	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.7
20	12-8	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Rya Borer	+0.9
21	12-9	ND ST	OMAHA	Serve err	Sarah Pfiffner		+0.8
22	13-9	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
23	13-10	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.8
24	14-10	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
25	14-11	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Dara Obeid	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.8
26	15-11	OMAHA	ND ST	Serve err	Julia Owens		+0.9
27	16-11	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Faith Venable		+1.0
28	16-12	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.6
29	17-12	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
30	17-13	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.5
31	18-13	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
32	18-14	ND ST	OMAHA	Blocked	Allie Collins	blk Maddie Stuesser	+0.5
33	18-15	OMAHA	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.0
34	19-15	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.0
35	20-15	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Madison Corf		+1.0
36	20-16	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Madison Corf	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.4
37	21-16	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
38	21-17	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Lara Maric	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.4
39	22-17	OMAHA	ND ST	Blocked	Madison Corf	blk Allie Collins	+0.6
40	22-18	ND ST	OMAHA×4	Kill	Faith Venable	set Emma Nash	+0.3
41	22-19	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Kill	Faith Venable		+0.8
42	22-20	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+1.4
43	22-21	OMAHA	OMAHA×4	Blocked	Lauren Jansen	blk Dara Obeid, Maddie Stuesser	+2.2
44	23-21	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.3
45	24-21	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.2
46	24-22	ND ST	OMAHA	Kill	Faith Venable	set Maddie Stuesser	+0.6
47	25-22	OMAHA	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Arianna Blohm	+1.4

Score shown after each rally, North Dakota 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).

North Dakota St. def. Omaha 3–0

.474 and 11 kills for Zoe John as North Dakota St. rolled past Omaha.