Utah Valley Defeats Radford in Five-Set Thriller

Ethan Erdman / South Dakota Athletics

Box Score

Utah Valley UVU 2-7,0-0 Big West

Radford Rad 2-8,0-0 Big South

Utah Valley UVU

2-7,0-0 Big West

Final

Sep. 12, 2026

Radford Rad

2-8,0-0 Big South

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Utah Valley UVU	25	17	25	19	16	(3)
Radford Rad	20	25	22	25	14	(2)

Next Match:

at #25 BYU

9/15/2026 | 6:30pm MT

Next Match

Full Schedule

Sep. 15 (Tue) / 6:30pm MT

at #25 BYU

History

Roster

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/12/2026 12:45:00 PM

Next Match:

at #25 BYU

9/15/2026 | 6:30pm MT

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Sep. 15 (Tue) / 6:30pm MT

at #25 BYU

History

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	UVU	Rad
Kills	68	67
Errors	19	21
Attempts	182	183
Hitting %	.269	.251
Points	83.0	84.5
Assists	64	60
Aces	4	8
Blocks	11	9.5

Kills

UVU

Rad

Errors

UVU

Rad

Attempts

UVU

182

Rad

183

Hitting %

UVU

.269

Rad

.251

Points

UVU

83.0

Rad

84.5

Assists

UVU

Rad

Aces

UVU

Rad

Blocks

UVU

Rad

9.5

Game Leaders

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

#18 Rueckert, Brielle

Kills

19
Aces

1
Blocks

7

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

#4 Thunstrom, Miley

Kills

16
Aces

2
Blocks

1

<a href='/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/olivia-gloeckner/11478' class='boxscore_player_link'>Gloeckner, Olivia</a>

#17 Gloeckner, Olivia

Kills

14
Aces

0
Blocks

6

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

#2 Watkins, Alyvia

Kills

10
Aces

0
Blocks

4

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

#11 Medaris, Evalyn

Assists

57
E

0

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

#8 Toutai, Lani

Assists

5
E

2

#2 Watkins, Alyvia

Assists

1
E

0

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

#5 Hansen, Chloe

Assists

1
E

0

#8 Toutai, Lani

Digs

32
RE

1

#11 Medaris, Evalyn

Digs

18
RE

0

#4 Thunstrom, Miley

Digs

12
RE

3

#5 Hansen, Chloe

Digs

12
RE

3

Kills

#18

Aces

Thunstrom, Miley

Rueckert, Brielle

Christensen, Myka

Blocks

#18

Assists

#11

Digs

KANSAS CITY – Utah Valley University defeated Radford, 3-2 (25-20, 17-25, 25-22, 19-25, 16-14), on Saturday morning in its final match of the Kansas City Klassic. Brielle Rueckert led the Wolverines with a career-high 19 kills on 25 swings, hitting .720 in the match. The performance ties for the third-best hitting percentage in a match in program history.

UVU (2-7) had four players finish with double-digit kills, with Miley Thunstrom adding a career-high 16 kills. Olivia Gloeckner added 13 kills, and Alyvia Watkins finished with 10. Lani Toutai continued her strong weekend, setting a new career high with 32 digs. Radford (2-8) was led by Taryn Roberts, who recorded 16 kills and 18 total points.

The Wolverines used their middle blockers to attack the Radford defense in the opening set, with Rueckert recording five kills and Watkins adding four. UVU hit .370 in the set. Utah Valley worked back from an early deficit and tied the score at 9-9 after two kills from Thunstrom. The Highlanders appeared poised to pull away, taking an 18-14 lead. After chipping away at the deficit, Rueckert blocked Roberts to cut the lead to 19-18 before a 7-0 UVU run propelled the Wolverines to the first-set win.

The Highlanders responded in the second set, taking an early 7-1 lead. Radford used three separate 4-0 runs throughout the set to maintain momentum and even the match.

Medaris recorded 16 of her 57 assists in the third set. The senior finished one assist shy of matching her career high of 58 and added 18 digs for a double-double. The back-and-forth battle early in the set swung to a Radford 14-11 lead before a 4-1 Wolverines run tied the score at 15. Later, trailing 17-16, Medaris and Watkins teamed up for a block on Macie Potter before Thunstrom recorded a kill and another Potter attack error made it 19-17. The Highlanders answered again and continued to keep the set close. Rueckert opened a 3-1 run to close out the set with a kill before Gloeckner added another and Myka Christensen capped the stretch with a service ace.

Roberts carried the Highlanders in the fourth set as Radford used a 4-0 run to take a 13-7 lead. Gloeckner led the UVU attack with five kills, while Rueckert, Watkins and Thunstrom each added three. The offensive-heavy set saw Utah Valley hit .467 with just two errors, but Radford hit .581 with only one attack error to force a fifth set.

In the fifth, Radford jumped out to a 4-1 lead before the Wolverines responded with a 6-2 run to regain the advantage following a Gloeckner kill. UVU later broke a 9-9 tie with a block assist from Chloe Hansen and Watkins. Watkins then extended the lead to 12-10 with a kill, but the Highlanders mounted one final push and erased match point to tie the score at 14-14. Rueckert and Gloeckner then delivered back-to-back kills to secure the match.

UP NEXT
The Wolverines will play three matches next week, all in Utah. Utah Valley begins the stretch Tuesday, Sept. 15, at No. 25 BYU before traveling to Utah State on Thursday and hosting Weber State on Saturday.

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