North Dakota State def. Tennessee Tech 3-0 (Aug 29)

FinalSat, Aug 29, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

North Dakota St. beat Tennessee Tech 3-0 (25-16, 25-23, 25-20) on Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at a neutral site. North Dakota St.'s Zoe John led with 13 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Aug 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ND ST	25	25	25	3
TNTECH	16	23	20	0

Win probability

Tennessee Tech above 50 · North Dakota St. below

Biggest swing: 2.9% to North Dakota St. — set 2, ND ST 24-22 TNTECH. Attack error by Ava Schubert. TNTECH win probability 7% → 4%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ND ST 85.3%14.7% TNTECH

North Dakota St. wins

3-0

37.4%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

16.5%

Tennessee Tech wins

3-0

2.2%

3-1

4.7%

3-2

7.8%

ND ST break %: 47.1% vs this opp
TNTECH break %: 39.1% 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
Ava SchubertAttack error+2.9%
Attack error by Ava Schubert
Set 2 · ND ST 24-22 TNTECH · ND ST 93% → 96%
02
Jordyn MilhouseKill+2.9%
Kill by Jordyn Milhouse (set by Lauren Jansen)
Set 2 · ND ST 22-22 TNTECH · TNTECH 7% → 9%
03
Arianna BlohmKill+2.7%
Kill by Arianna Blohm (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 2 · ND ST 25-23 TNTECH · ND ST 95% → 97%
04
Emma TallmanKill+2.6%
Kill by Emma Tallman (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 2 · ND ST 23-22 TNTECH · ND ST 91% → 93%
05
Zoe JohnAttack error+2.3%
Attack error by Zoe John
Set 2 · ND ST 20-20 TNTECH · TNTECH 7% → 9%
06
Kendall WorwaKill+2.2%
Kill by Kendall Worwa (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 2 · ND ST 22-20 TNTECH · ND ST 93% → 95%
07
Tennessee TechAce+1.9%
Tennessee Tech ace on Sadie Johnson
Set 1 · ND ST 3-6 TNTECH · TNTECH 18% → 20%
08
Zoe JohnKill+1.9%
Kill by Zoe John (set by Sarah Pfiffner)
Set 2 · ND ST 21-20 TNTECH · ND ST 91% → 93%

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	12	3	35	.257	0	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	12
3Arianna BlohmMB	3	9	2	19	.368	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	11
4Kendall WorwaMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	6
8Emma TallmanMB	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	5
9Sarah PfiffnerS	3	3	0	7	.429	31	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	5
12Sadie JohnsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	0	0
17Zoe JohnOH	3	13	4	23	.391	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13
5Maddy DombeckS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
10Rya BorerDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	2	10	3	0	0	0	1
Team totals		43	12	104	.298	38	4	6	42	7	5	4	7	75

Tennessee Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
24Alayna PierceOH	3	12	8	32	.125	1	5	0	5	1	1	1	18
7Audrey BerkebileOH	3	7	2	19	.263	1	0	2	8	1	0	0	7
12Jordyn MilhouseMB	3	6	3	17	.176	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6
11Morgan PetelinS	3	4	0	4	1.000	21	1	0	10	0	0	0	5
14Ashlyn GambleOH	3	1	5	11	-.364	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8Mallory JenkinsMB	2	0	1	7	-.143	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
3Brooklyn RappL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	6	0	0	0	0
5Kamya MahornOH	2	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
6Ella WatfordL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	1
1Ava SchubertOH	2	0	2	7	-.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Shelby HannahL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0
21Tuva FalkMB	1	0	0	2	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13Caroline FrugeL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	21	104	.096	29	7	6	41	4	2	2	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 ND ST · TNTECH 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 4 ND STTNTECH 3

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 3 ND STTNTECH 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 5 ND STTNTECH 4

Bars above the line = Tennessee Tech 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	80%8/10	42%5/12
2	78%7/9	53%8/15
3	70%7/10	46%6/13
4	50%6/12	40%4/10
5	67%6/9	60%9/15
6	60%6/10	33%3/9
All	67%40/60	47%35/74

Tennessee Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	36%4/11
2	47%7/15	20%2/10
3	75%6/8	13%1/8
4	50%6/12	60%9/15
5	46%6/13	0%0/6
6	67%6/9	40%4/10
All	53%39/74	33%20/60

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-TNTECH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin	+1.2
2	1-1	TNTECH	ND ST	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble		+1.1
3	2-1	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble		+1.3
4	2-2	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Jordyn Milhouse	+1.1
5	2-3	TNTECH	TNTECH	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.6
6	3-3	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.1
7	3-4	ND ST	TNTECH×3	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin	+1.3
8	3-5	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Sadie Johnson	+1.8
9	3-6	TNTECH	TNTECH×3	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Sadie Johnson	+1.9
10	4-6	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.3
11	4-7	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Kamya Mahorn	set Morgan Petelin	+1.5
12	5-7	TNTECH	ND ST×4	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.3
13	6-7	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Audrey Berkebile		+1.8
14	7-7	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Alayna Pierce		+1.7
15	8-7	ND ST	ND ST×4	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.6
16	8-8	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Shelby Hannah	+1.3
17	9-8	TNTECH	ND ST×3	Attack err	Audrey Berkebile		+1.2
18	10-8	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Shelby Hannah	+1.5
19	11-8	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Audrey Berkebile	+1.3
20	11-9	ND ST	TNTECH	Attack err	Emma Tallman		+1.0
21	12-9	TNTECH	ND ST×4	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+1.0
22	13-9	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Alayna Pierce		+1.1
23	14-9	ND ST	ND ST×4	Kill	Lauren Jansen		+0.9
24	15-9	ND ST	ND ST×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble		+0.6
25	15-10	ND ST	TNTECH	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+0.4
26	16-10	TNTECH	ND ST×3	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Emma Tallman	+0.5
27	17-10	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.4
28	18-10	ND ST	ND ST×3	Bad set	Shelby Hannah		+0.2
29	18-11	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.1
30	19-11	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.2
31	20-11	ND ST	ND ST	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Shelby Hannah	+0.1
32	20-12	ND ST	TNTECH	Serve err	North Dakota St.		·
33	21-12	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.1
34	21-13	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin	·
35	22-13	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Morgan Petelin	·
36	22-14	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Morgan Petelin	set Alayna Pierce	·
37	23-14	TNTECH	ND ST	Blocked	Ashlyn Gamble	blk Kendall Worwa	·
38	23-15	ND ST	TNTECH	Blocked	Zoe John	blk Mallory Jenkins	·
39	24-15	TNTECH	ND ST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		·
40	24-16	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	·
41	25-16	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner	·
Set 2
1	1-0	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Rya Borer	+0.7
2	2-0	ND ST	ND ST	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Kendall Worwa, Emma Tallman	+0.9
3	2-1	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.7
4	3-1	TNTECH	ND ST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+0.7
5	4-1	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Rya Borer	+0.8
6	4-2	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin	+0.6
7	5-2	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.6
8	5-3	ND ST	TNTECH×4	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.6
9	5-4	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Arianna Blohm		+0.9
10	5-5	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin	+1.1
11	5-6	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+1.3
12	6-6	TNTECH	ND ST×3	Attack err	Jordyn Milhouse		+0.9
13	7-6	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.1
14	8-6	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.0
15	8-7	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Brooklyn Rapp	+0.8
16	9-7	TNTECH	ND ST	Blocked	Mallory Jenkins	blk Arianna Blohm	+0.8
17	9-8	ND ST	TNTECH	Attack err	Zoe John		+0.8
18	10-8	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.8
19	10-9	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin	+0.8
20	11-9	TNTECH	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.8
21	12-9	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Kendall Worwa		+1.0
22	13-9	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Ashlyn Gamble		+0.8
23	13-10	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.6
24	14-10	TNTECH	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.6
25	15-10	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Alayna Pierce	+0.6
26	16-10	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.4
27	16-11	ND ST	TNTECH	Blocked	Emma Tallman	blk Alayna Pierce	+0.3
28	17-11	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.3
29	17-12	ND ST	TNTECH×4	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin	+0.2
30	17-13	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Rya Borer	+0.5
31	17-14	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Lauren Jansen		+0.7
32	17-15	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Rya Borer	+1.1
33	18-15	TNTECH	ND ST	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Arianna Blohm	+0.9
34	18-16	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.8
35	19-16	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.0
36	19-17	ND ST	TNTECH	Bad set	Sarah Pfiffner		+0.9
37	19-18	TNTECH	TNTECH	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Rya Borer	+1.6
38	20-18	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.4
39	20-19	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Ashlyn Gamble	set Morgan Petelin	+1.3
40	20-20	TNTECH	TNTECH	Attack err	Zoe John		+2.3
41	21-20	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+1.9
42	22-20	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.2
43	22-21	ND ST	TNTECH	Serve err	North Dakota St.		+1.4
44	22-22	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Lauren Jansen	+2.9
45	23-22	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.6
46	24-22	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Ava Schubert		+2.9
47	24-23	ND ST	TNTECH	Serve err	North Dakota St.		+1.3
48	25-23	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+2.7
Set 3
1	1-0	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.5
2	1-1	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Morgan Petelin	set Tuva Falk	+0.4
3	1-2	TNTECH	TNTECH	Bad set	Rya Borer		+0.5
4	2-2	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.4
5	3-2	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Jordyn Milhouse		+0.5
6	3-3	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin	+0.4
7	4-3	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Sadie Johnson	+0.4
8	4-4	ND ST	TNTECH	Serve err	North Dakota St.		+0.4
9	4-5	TNTECH	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.6
10	5-5	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.4
11	5-6	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Jordyn Milhouse	set Morgan Petelin	+0.5
12	6-6	TNTECH	ND ST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+0.4
13	6-7	ND ST	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Zoe John		+0.5
14	6-8	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Attack err	Emma Tallman		+0.7
15	6-9	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Lauren Jansen	+0.7
16	6-10	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Bad set	Lauren Jansen		+0.7
17	7-10	TNTECH	ND ST	Attack err	Alayna Pierce		+0.5
18	7-11	ND ST	TNTECH×4	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.6
19	7-12	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Ace	Tennessee Tech	aced Sadie Johnson	+0.7
20	7-13	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Morgan Petelin	+0.7
21	7-14	TNTECH	TNTECH×4	Kill	Morgan Petelin	set Ella Watford	+0.6
22	8-14	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.3
23	9-14	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Alayna Pierce		+0.5
24	9-15	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Audrey Berkebile	set Brooklyn Rapp	+0.5
25	10-15	TNTECH	ND ST	Serve err	Tennessee Tech		+0.4
26	10-16	ND ST	TNTECH	Attack err	Arianna Blohm		+0.5
27	11-16	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.3
28	12-16	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Jordyn Milhouse		+0.6
29	12-17	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.6
30	13-17	TNTECH	ND ST×5	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.4
31	14-17	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
32	15-17	ND ST	ND ST×5	Blocked	Ava Schubert	blk Kendall Worwa	+0.8
33	16-17	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
34	17-17	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Maddy Dombeck	+0.9
35	17-18	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Alayna Pierce	set Morgan Petelin	+0.8
36	18-18	TNTECH	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Maddy Dombeck	+0.8
37	19-18	ND ST	ND ST×5	Blocked	Alayna Pierce	blk Emma Tallman, Kendall Worwa	+1.0
38	20-18	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.9
39	21-18	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.7
40	22-18	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Rya Borer	+0.5
41	22-19	ND ST	TNTECH	Serve err	North Dakota St.		+0.2
42	23-19	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Rya Borer	+0.3
43	24-19	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.2
44	24-20	ND ST	TNTECH	Kill	Morgan Petelin	set Audrey Berkebile	·
45	25-20	TNTECH	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner	+0.1

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. Tennessee Tech 3–0