Wolverines Fall to Drake Despite Rueckert's Team-High 12 Kills

Natalie Grover, UVU Marketing

Box Score

Utah Valley UVU 0-7,0-0 Big West

Drake DRA 3-3,0-0 MVC

Utah Valley UVU

0-7,0-0 Big West

Final

Sep. 11, 2026

Drake DRA

3-3,0-0 MVC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Utah Valley UVU	18	19	22	(0)
Drake DRA	25	25	25	(3)

Next Match:

at Kansas City

9/11/2026 | 6pm MT

Next Match

Full Schedule

Sep. 11 (Fri) / 6pm MT

at Kansas City

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Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/11/2026 2:38:00 PM

Wolverines Fall to Drake Despite Rueckert's Team-High 12 Kills

Next Match:

at Kansas City

9/11/2026 | 6pm MT

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Full Schedule

Sep. 11 (Fri) / 6pm MT

at Kansas City

History

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	UVU	DRA
Kills	34	50
Errors	14	13
Attempts	115	113
Hitting %	.174	.327
Points	46.5	62.0
Assists	34	48
Aces	5	5
Blocks	7.5	7

Kills

UVU

DRA

Errors

UVU

DRA

Attempts

UVU

115

DRA

113

Hitting %

UVU

.174

DRA

.327

Points

UVU

46.5

DRA

62.0

Assists

UVU

DRA

Aces

UVU

DRA

Blocks

UVU

7.5

DRA

Game Leaders

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/brielle-rueckert/11549' class='boxscore_player_link'>Rueckert, Brielle</a>

#18 Rueckert, Brielle

Kills

12
Aces

0
Blocks

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/alyvia-watkins/11479' class='boxscore_player_link'>Watkins, Alyvia</a>

#2 Watkins, Alyvia

Kills

5
Aces

0
Blocks

6

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/miley-thunstrom/11486' class='boxscore_player_link'>Thunstrom, Miley</a>

#4 Thunstrom, Miley

Kills

5
Aces

1
Blocks

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/chloe-hansen/11487' class='boxscore_player_link'>Hansen, Chloe</a>

#5 Hansen, Chloe

Kills

5
Aces

0
Blocks

2

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/evalyn-medaris/11476' class='boxscore_player_link'>Medaris, Evalyn </a>

#11 Medaris, Evalyn

Assists

30
E

0

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/lani-toutai/11480' class='boxscore_player_link'>Toutai, Lani</a>

#8 Toutai, Lani

Assists

2
E

0

#4 Thunstrom, Miley

Assists

1
E

0

#5 Hansen, Chloe

Assists

1
E

0

#8 Toutai, Lani

Digs

13
RE

2

#4 Thunstrom, Miley

Digs

13
RE

1

#5 Hansen, Chloe

Digs

5
RE

2

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/kenna-mcclure/11481' class='boxscore_player_link'>McClure, Kenna</a>

#12 McClure, Kenna

Digs

4
RE

0

Kills

#18

Aces

#16

Blocks

Assists

#11

Digs

KANSAS CITY – Utah Valley women's volleyball lost its opening match of the Kansas City Klassic, 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22), to Drake University on Friday afternoon at the Swinney Center.

UVU (0-7) was led by Brielle Rueckert, who had 12 kills, one shy of her career high she set last season at Weber State. Drake (3-3) had two players reach double digits in kills, led by Caroline Smith with 13 and Lisa Melenciano with 12.

The Bulldogs used a fast start to set the tone early in the first set, hitting .433 in the opening frame behind five kills from Melenciano and building an early lead. Olivia Gloeckner and Rueckert countered for the Wolverines with three kills each in the first. Setter Evalyn Medaris added eight assists to push her over 2,500 assists for her UVU career. She is just the fourth player in program history to reach the mark.

Utah Valley jumped out to an early lead in the second set, building an 11-8 advantage after a strong start by Rueckert and Miley Thunstrom, who added three kills of her own. Alyvia Watkins finished with five kills in the match on 12 attempts and helped give her squad a narrow 16-14 lead in the second. The Bulldogs, however, quickly responded and used a 7-1 run to come back and win the set.

The Wolverines started the third set on a run of their own, taking a 6-1 lead that featured back-to-back blocks from Medaris and Watkins. After a Drake run cut the lead to just two, Utah Valley answered with a run of its own, starting with a kill from Bree Carson. Myka Christensen then recorded a pair of service aces before Chloe Hansen, Carson and Watkins teamed up for a block to extend the lead to 12-7.

Hansen stayed hot and helped push the lead to 16-10 with two kills in the third. Rueckert continued to pace the UVU offense with five kills in the set, including two that helped the Wolverines reach 21 points. Drake, however, had one final push, using a 10-2 run to secure the match.

UP NEXT
The Wolverines return to action at 6 p.m. MT this evening against host Kansas City. The match will be streamed on the Summit League Network via Midco Sports Plus. The weekend concludes Saturday morning with a 9:30 a.m. MT match against Radford of the Big South Conference.

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