North Dakota State def. Oral Roberts 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026Midco Sports+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: North Dakota St. 95.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

North Dakota St. won at Oral Roberts 3-0 (25-19, 25-11, 25-18) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. North Dakota St.'s Zoe John led with 12 kills, and Rya Borer added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ND ST	25	25	25	3
ORU	19	11	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Oral Roberts never reached 20 in a set against North Dakota St.

Win probability never moved more than 0.6 points on one rally; Oral Roberts topped out at 5% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had North Dakota St. at 96%.

North Dakota St.Oral Roberts

Break %+24.8 pts
54.830.0
Points won on own serve: 40 of 73 vs 15 of 50. Oral Roberts sided out 45.2% of the time.
Hitting+.299
.320.021
42 K / 11 E against 24 K / 22 E.
Longest run+2
75
7 straight North Dakota St. points in the third set broke a 1–1 tie and made it 8–1. The set finished 25–18.

Oral Roberts above 50North Dakota St. belowMax swing 0.6%

North Dakota St.Oral Roberts

Aces: North Dakota St. 4·Oral Roberts 2
Serve err: North Dakota St. 10·Oral Roberts 6
Blocks: North Dakota St. 8·Oral Roberts 35 BS · 6 BA vs 0 BS · 6 BA
Digs: North Dakota St. 43·Oral Roberts 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Oral Roberts above 50 · North Dakota St. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: North Dakota St. stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ND ST 97.9%2.1% ORU

North Dakota St. wins

3-0

66.3%

3-1

25.4%

3-2

6.1%

Oral Roberts wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.4%

ND ST break %: 52.3% vs this opp
ORU break %: 36.7% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Dakota St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Arianna BlohmMB	3	7	1	9	.667	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	11
13Lauren JansenOH	3	9	3	24	.250	0	1	1	10	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
8Emma TallmanMB	3	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	3	6
9Sarah PfiffnerS	3	5	1	8	.500	27	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	5
4Kendall WorwaMB	3	3	1	9	.222	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
12Sadie JohnsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
17Zoe JohnOH	3	12	1	28	.393	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	12
5Maddy DombeckS	3	1	0	2	.500	1	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	3
10Rya BorerDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	0
19Courtney PetersOH	2	1	1	3	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
16Allie CollinsMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6Cathy PorterS	1	0	0	2	.000	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Abi BanittDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Malayna SyversonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	11	97	.320	37	4	10	43	2	5	6	8	75

Oral Robertshome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Cortnee SmithOH	3	5	5	21	.000	1	0	1	7	1	0	0	5
22Ciara CunninghamOH	2	5	7	22	-.091	0	0	1	3	0	1	0.5	5.5
3Ana StojicicOH	2	3	4	15	-.067	1	1	0	11	1	0	0	4
25Khylie RemmengaMB	2	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5Quincey McCoyMB	2	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
6Ana AppelS	1	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4Ava EwaldS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	1	1	7	0	0	0	1
11Olivia BurnsL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7Libby RyanOH	1	4	1	7	.429	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Molly FelkinsMB	1	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
9Sienna WnetrzakOH	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
12Elyse DubeOH	1	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
2Tarcy MayahMB	1	0	1	3	-.333	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
16Ashlyn AseltineL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1Mackenzie MurphyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		24	22	94	.021	22	2	6	37	4	6	3	48

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 Oral Roberts

Season series · North Dakota St. leads 2-0

Thu, Oct 1, 2026North Dakota St. at Oral Roberts · North Dakota St. won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Oral Roberts at North Dakota St. · North Dakota St. won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 ND ST · ORU 5

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 6 ND STORU 3

Set 2

25-11

Longest run 5 ND STORU 2

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 7 ND STORU 5

Bars above the line = Oral Roberts 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	57%8/14	25%2/8
2	100%6/6	54%7/13
3	75%6/8	68%13/19
4	71%5/7	58%7/12
5	63%5/8	44%4/9
6	71%5/7	58%7/12
All	70%35/50	55%40/73

Oral Roberts

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	46%6/13
2	50%6/12	0%0/6
3	38%6/16	14%1/7
4	42%5/12	25%2/8
5	56%5/9	44%4/9
6	45%5/11	29%2/7
All	45%33/73	30%15/50

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

123 rallies

#	ND ST-ORU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	ORU	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ana Appel
2	1-1	ORU	ND ST×6	Serve err	Oral Roberts
3	2-1	ND ST	ND ST×6	Blocked	Cortnee Smith	blk Emma Tallman, Arianna Blohm
4	3-1	ND ST	ND ST×6	Blocked	Ciara Cunningham	blk Arianna Blohm
5	4-1	ND ST	ND ST×6	Attack err	Cortnee Smith
6	5-1	ND ST	ND ST×6	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Rya Borer
7	6-1	ND ST	ND ST×6	Blocked	Ciara Cunningham	blk Emma Tallman
8	6-2	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
9	7-2	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner
10	7-3	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Ana Stojicic	set Ana Appel
11	8-3	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner
12	8-4	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ana Appel
13	9-4	ORU	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
14	10-4	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner
15	11-4	ND ST	ND ST×3	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Ana Stojicic
16	11-5	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ana Appel
17	12-5	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Kendall Worwa
18	13-5	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
19	13-6	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
20	13-7	ORU	ORU	Kill	Quincey McCoy
21	14-7	ORU	ND ST	Attack err	Ciara Cunningham
22	14-8	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
23	15-8	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner
24	16-8	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Cortnee Smith
25	16-9	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
26	17-9	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner
27	17-10	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ava Ewald
28	17-11	ORU	ORU	Attack err	Lauren Jansen
29	18-11	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner
30	19-11	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Ava Ewald
31	19-12	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ava Ewald
32	20-12	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner
33	20-13	ND ST	ORU×3	Kill	Khylie Remmenga	set Cortnee Smith
34	20-14	ORU	ORU×3	Attack err	Kendall Worwa
35	20-15	ORU	ORU×3	Ace	Oral Roberts
36	21-15	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner
37	22-15	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Khylie Remmenga
38	22-16	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
39	22-17	ORU	ORU	Attack err	Lauren Jansen
40	23-17	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
41	23-18	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Olivia Burns
42	23-19	ORU	ORU	Ace	Oral Roberts
43	24-19	ORU	ND ST	Attack err	Ciara Cunningham
44	25-19	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Ciara Cunningham
Set 2
1	0-1	ND ST	ORU	Blocked	Emma Tallman	blk Ciara Cunningham, Quincey McCoy
2	1-1	ORU	ND ST	Attack err	Ana Stojicic
3	1-2	ND ST	ORU	Attack err	Lauren Jansen
4	2-2	ORU	ND ST×5	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner
5	3-2	ND ST	ND ST×5	Attack err	Ciara Cunningham
6	4-2	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner
7	5-2	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Ava Ewald
8	6-2	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Maddy Dombeck
9	6-3	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Ciara Cunningham	set Ana Stojicic
10	6-4	ORU	ORU	Kill	Ana Stojicic	set Ava Ewald
11	7-4	ORU	ND ST×3	Serve err	Oral Roberts
12	8-4	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
13	9-4	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Ana Stojicic
14	9-5	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Ana Stojicic	set Ava Ewald
15	9-6	ORU	ORU	Kill	Cortnee Smith	set Ava Ewald
16	10-6	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Cathy Porter
17	11-6	ND ST	ND ST	Attack err	Cortnee Smith
18	11-7	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Khylie Remmenga	set Ava Ewald
19	12-7	ORU	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Cathy Porter
20	13-7	ND ST	ND ST×5	Blocked	Ana Stojicic	blk Kendall Worwa
21	14-7	ND ST	ND ST×5	Attack err	Quincey McCoy
22	15-7	ND ST	ND ST×5	Blocked	Cortnee Smith	blk Kendall Worwa, Emma Tallman
23	16-7	ND ST	ND ST×5	Kill	Zoe John	set Cathy Porter
24	16-8	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
25	17-8	ORU	ND ST	Serve err	Oral Roberts
26	17-9	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
27	18-9	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Cathy Porter
28	18-10	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
29	19-10	ORU	ND ST×4	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Cathy Porter
30	20-10	ND ST	ND ST×4	Blocked	Ciara Cunningham	blk Lauren Jansen, Arianna Blohm
31	21-10	ND ST	ND ST×4	Ace	North Dakota St.
32	22-10	ND ST	ND ST×4	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Maddy Dombeck
33	22-11	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
34	23-11	ORU	ND ST×3	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Cathy Porter
35	24-11	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Ana Stojicic
36	25-11	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Ana Stojicic
Set 3
1	1-0	ORU	ND ST	Attack err	Sienna Wnetrzak
2	1-1	ND ST	ORU	Attack err	Lauren Jansen
3	2-1	ORU	ND ST×7	Serve err	Oral Roberts
4	3-1	ND ST	ND ST×7	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Sienna Wnetrzak
5	4-1	ND ST	ND ST×7	Ace	North Dakota St.	aced Cortnee Smith
6	5-1	ND ST	ND ST×7	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner
7	6-1	ND ST	ND ST×7	Attack err	Elyse Dube
8	7-1	ND ST	ND ST×7	Blocked	Tarcy Mayah	blk Arianna Blohm
9	8-1	ND ST	ND ST×7	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner
10	8-2	ND ST	ORU	Attack err	Arianna Blohm
11	9-2	ORU	ND ST	Serve err	Oral Roberts
12	10-2	ND ST	ND ST	Ace	North Dakota St.
13	10-3	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Molly Felkins	set Ava Ewald
14	10-4	ORU	ORU	Attack err	Sarah Pfiffner
15	11-4	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner
16	11-5	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Elyse Dube	set Ava Ewald
17	12-5	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner
18	12-6	ND ST	ORU	Attack err	Zoe John
19	13-6	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
20	13-7	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
21	14-7	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Kendall Worwa	set Sarah Pfiffner
22	14-8	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Libby Ryan	set Ava Ewald
23	15-8	ORU	ND ST	Serve err	Oral Roberts
24	15-9	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Sienna Wnetrzak	set Ava Ewald
25	16-9	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Lauren Jansen	set Sarah Pfiffner
26	17-9	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Arianna Blohm	set Sarah Pfiffner
27	17-10	ND ST	ORU	Serve err	North Dakota St.
28	18-10	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
29	19-10	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Sarah Pfiffner	set Zoe John
30	19-11	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Molly Felkins	set Ava Ewald
31	19-12	ORU	ORU	Kill	Libby Ryan	set Mackenzie Murphy
32	20-12	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
33	21-12	ND ST	ND ST	Kill	Allie Collins	set Sarah Pfiffner
34	21-13	ND ST	ORU	Kill	Libby Ryan	set Ava Ewald
35	22-13	ORU	ND ST×3	Kill	Zoe John	set Sarah Pfiffner
36	23-13	ND ST	ND ST×3	Attack err	Libby Ryan
37	24-13	ND ST	ND ST×3	Kill	Courtney Peters	set Sarah Pfiffner
38	24-14	ND ST	ORU×5	Serve err	North Dakota St.
39	24-15	ORU	ORU×5	Blocked	Emma Tallman	blk Tarcy Mayah, Libby Ryan
40	24-16	ORU	ORU×5	Kill	Libby Ryan	set Tarcy Mayah
41	24-17	ORU	ORU×5	Blocked	Courtney Peters	blk Tarcy Mayah, Sienna Wnetrzak
42	24-18	ORU	ORU×5	Attack err	Emma Tallman
43	25-18	ORU	ND ST	Kill	Emma Tallman	set Sarah Pfiffner

Score shown after each rally, North Dakota St. first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

North Dakota St. def. Oral Roberts 3–0

Oral Roberts never reached 20 in a set against North Dakota St.