Washington vs Michigan Volleyball: Washington Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Sep 27, 2026BTN

3:0

Washington won at Michigan 3-0 (25-23, 25-21, 25-22) on Sun, Sep 27, 2026. Maija Howse led Washington with 11 kills; Michigan's Ella Demetrician had a match-high 18.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 27

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WASH	25	25	25	3
MICH	23	21	22	0

Win probability

Michigan above 50 · Washington below

Biggest swing: 8.2% to Washington — set 1, WASH 23-22 MICH. Kill by Maija Howse (set by Kaitlyn Nguyen). MICH win probability 51% → 43%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WASH 50.6%49.4% MICH

Washington wins

3-0

12.7%

3-1

19.0%

3-2

18.8%

Michigan wins

3-0

12.3%

3-1

18.5%

3-2

18.7%

WASH break %: 40.9% vs this opp
MICH break %: 40.7% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Maija HowseKill+8.2%
Kill by Maija Howse (set by Kaitlyn Nguyen)
Set 1 · WASH 23-22 MICH · WASH 49% → 57%
02
Ella DemetricianAttack error+7.7%
Attack error by Ella Demetrician
Set 1 · WASH 24-22 MICH · WASH 57% → 65%
03
Julia HuntKill+7.0%
Kill by Julia Hunt (set by Andrea Fabikovicova)
Set 1 · WASH 25-23 MICH · WASH 62% → 69%
04
Julia Hunt&Kylie KlecknerBlock+6.6%
Cymarah Gordon stuffed by Julia Hunt & Kylie Kleckner
Set 1 · WASH 22-22 MICH · WASH 42% → 49%
05
Ella DemetricianAttack error+4.6%
Attack error by Ella Demetrician
Set 1 · WASH 21-22 MICH · WASH 38% → 42%
06
Simona MateskaAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Simona Mateska
Set 1 · WASH 13-16 MICH · MICH 57% → 60%
07
Maija HowseAttack error+3.3%
Attack error by Maija Howse
Set 1 · WASH 9-10 MICH · MICH 49% → 53%
08
Simona MateskaKill+3.2%
Kill by Simona Mateska (set by Meredith Martin)
Set 1 · WASH 9-11 MICH · MICH 53% → 56%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Washingtonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
31Maija HowseOH	3	11	5	22	.273	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
7Kylie KlecknerOH	3	9	5	29	.138	2	0	1	7	0	0	2	1	10
2Julia HuntMB	3	9	2	15	.467	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
12Katy WesselsMB	3	5	0	11	.455	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	8
5Simona MateskaOH	3	6	5	26	.038	0	0	2	10	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
6Andrea FabikovicovaS	3	4	0	5	.800	30	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	4
23Kaitlyn NguyenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	10	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	1
1Addy AzavedoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10Addie KanouffOH	2	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
14Lily Mae BuerkleS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	17	110	.264	45	3	6	41	1	1	10	6	75

Michiganhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
22Sydney SchnichelsOH	3	5	1	19	.211	1	1	2	5	1	0	0	6
4Ece SenyapiciMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	3	0	3	1.5	5.5
12Jenna HanesMB	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
3Cymarah GordonOPP	3	4	5	20	-.050	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
7Morgan BurkeS	3	0	0	0	–	18	0	4	5	0	0	0	0
28Trixie McMillinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Ella DemetricianOH	3	18	6	34	.353	1	0	0	7	2	1	0.5	18.5
5Lydia JohnsonOPP	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5
16Camille EdwardsS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	16	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
13Meredith MartinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
10Carly GreskovicsL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	16	105	.229	38	1	10	39	3	8	4	66

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 WASH · MICH 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 5 WASHMICH 5

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 3 WASHMICH 3

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 WASHMICH 4

Bars above the line = Michigan leads, below = Washington leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Washington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%9/15	36%4/11
2	100%9/9	40%6/15
3	64%9/14	53%10/19
4	70%7/10	22%2/9
5	60%6/10	14%1/7
6	60%6/10	50%6/12
All	68%46/68	40%29/73

Michigan

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%9/13	47%7/15
2	45%9/20	0%0/9
3	64%7/11	25%3/12
4	100%7/7	30%3/10
5	55%6/11	46%6/13
6	55%6/11	33%3/9
All	60%44/73	32%22/68

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

141 rallies

#	WASH-MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MICH	MICH	Kill	Cymarah Gordon	set Morgan Burke	+2.6
2	1-1	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+1.8
3	1-2	WASH	MICH	Kill	Sydney Schnichels	set Morgan Burke	+1.8
4	2-2	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+1.8
5	2-3	WASH	MICH×3	Blocked	Maija Howse	blk Ece Senyapici, Ella Demetrician	+1.9
6	2-4	MICH	MICH×3	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+2.7
7	2-5	MICH	MICH×3	Kill	Ella Demetrician		+2.6
8	3-5	MICH	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
9	4-5	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington	aced Ella Demetrician	+2.6
10	5-5	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington	aced Ella Demetrician	+2.8
11	5-6	WASH	MICH	Serve err	Washington		+2.0
12	6-6	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
13	6-7	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+2.1
14	7-7	MICH	WASH	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+2.0
15	7-8	WASH	MICH	Kill	Sydney Schnichels	set Camille Edwards	+2.1
16	8-8	MICH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.1
17	9-8	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Camille Edwards		+3.1
18	9-9	WASH	MICH×3	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+2.2
19	9-10	MICH	MICH×3	Attack err	Maija Howse		+3.3
20	9-11	MICH	MICH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Meredith Martin	+3.2
21	10-11	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+2.1
22	10-12	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ece Senyapici	set Morgan Burke	+2.3
23	11-12	MICH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
24	11-13	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Carly Greskovics	+2.4
25	12-13	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
26	12-14	WASH	MICH	Kill	Cymarah Gordon	set Morgan Burke	+2.5
27	13-14	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.3
28	13-15	WASH	MICH×5	Serve err	Washington		+2.6
29	13-16	MICH	MICH×5	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+3.5
30	13-17	MICH	MICH×5	Attack err	Julia Hunt		+2.9
31	13-18	MICH	MICH×5	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Lydia Johnson, Jenna Hanes	+2.3
32	13-19	MICH	MICH×5	Attack err	Julia Hunt		+1.6
33	14-19	MICH	WASH	Kill	Addie Kanouff	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+0.6
34	15-19	WASH	WASH	Blocked	Sydney Schnichels	blk Katy Wessels, Addie Kanouff	+1.4
35	15-20	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+1.5
36	16-20	MICH	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+0.9
37	16-21	WASH	MICH	Serve err	Washington		+1.4
38	17-21	MICH	WASH×3	Serve err	Michigan		+0.8
39	18-21	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Cymarah Gordon		+1.9
40	19-21	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.0
41	19-22	WASH	MICH	Serve err	Washington		+3.0
42	20-22	MICH	WASH×5	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
43	21-22	WASH	WASH×5	Attack err	Ella Demetrician		+4.6
44	22-22	WASH	WASH×5	Blocked	Cymarah Gordon	blk Julia Hunt, Kylie Kleckner	+6.6
45	23-22	WASH	WASH×5	Kill	Maija Howse	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+8.2
46	24-22	WASH	WASH×5	Attack err	Ella Demetrician		+7.7
47	24-23	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ece Senyapici	set Morgan Burke	+2.9
48	25-23	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+7.0
Set 2
1	0-1	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ece Senyapici	set Morgan Burke	+1.8
2	1-1	MICH	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.8
3	2-1	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Cymarah Gordon	blk Kylie Kleckner, Katy Wessels	+2.6
4	3-1	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Ella Demetrician	blk Katy Wessels, Maija Howse	+2.6
5	3-2	WASH	MICH	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+1.7
6	4-2	MICH	WASH×3	Serve err	Michigan		+1.8
7	5-2	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+2.6
8	6-2	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Lydia Johnson		+2.4
9	6-3	WASH	MICH×3	Kill	Jenna Hanes	set Camille Edwards	+1.5
10	6-4	MICH	MICH×3	Attack err	Maija Howse		+2.4
11	6-5	MICH	MICH×3	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+2.7
12	7-5	MICH	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
13	7-6	WASH	MICH	Kill	Jenna Hanes	set Camille Edwards	+1.9
14	7-7	MICH	MICH	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+2.9
15	8-7	MICH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.1
16	9-7	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.0
17	9-8	WASH	MICH	Kill	Sydney Schnichels	set Camille Edwards	+2.0
18	10-8	MICH	WASH×3	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+2.1
19	11-8	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.9
20	12-8	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Kylie Kleckner	+2.6
21	12-9	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ece Senyapici	set Morgan Burke	+1.5
22	12-10	MICH	MICH	Ace	Sydney Schnichels		+2.7
23	13-10	MICH	WASH	Attack err	Cymarah Gordon		+2.1
24	13-11	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+1.9
25	14-11	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+2.2
26	15-11	WASH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+2.8
27	15-12	WASH	MICH	Kill	Jenna Hanes	set Morgan Burke	+1.6
28	16-12	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+2.0
29	16-13	WASH	MICH	Kill	Jenna Hanes	set Camille Edwards	+1.5
30	17-13	MICH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
31	17-14	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+1.5
32	17-15	MICH	MICH	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+2.9
33	18-15	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.5
34	18-16	WASH	MICH	Kill	Lydia Johnson	set Camille Edwards	+2.1
35	19-16	MICH	WASH	Attack err	Ece Senyapici		+2.6
36	19-17	WASH	MICH	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+2.1
37	20-17	MICH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kylie Kleckner	+2.7
38	21-17	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Ella Demetrician		+3.0
39	21-18	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+1.3
40	22-18	MICH	WASH	Blocked	Ella Demetrician	blk Katy Wessels, Simona Mateska	+2.0
41	22-19	WASH	MICH	Kill	Jenna Hanes	set Morgan Burke	+1.1
42	23-19	MICH	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9
43	23-20	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+0.9
44	24-20	MICH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
45	24-21	WASH	MICH	Kill	Lydia Johnson	set Camille Edwards	+0.5
46	25-21	MICH	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+1.2
Set 3
1	0-1	MICH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+1.7
2	1-1	MICH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.2
3	1-2	WASH	MICH	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+1.2
4	2-2	MICH	WASH×3	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.2
5	3-2	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+1.8
6	4-2	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Cymarah Gordon		+1.8
7	4-3	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+1.2
8	5-3	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.3
9	5-4	WASH	MICH	Bad set	Kaitlyn Nguyen		+1.2
10	5-5	MICH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+1.9
11	6-5	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.3
12	6-6	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+1.3
13	7-6	MICH	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.4
14	7-7	WASH	MICH	Kill	Sydney Schnichels	set Camille Edwards	+1.4
15	8-7	MICH	WASH	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+1.4
16	9-7	WASH	WASH	Blocked	Ece Senyapici	blk Katy Wessels	+2.0
17	9-8	WASH	MICH	Attack err	Maija Howse		+1.3
18	9-9	MICH	MICH	Blocked	Maija Howse	blk Cymarah Gordon, Ece Senyapici	+2.1
19	10-9	MICH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.5
20	10-10	WASH	MICH	Kill	Cymarah Gordon	set Morgan Burke	+1.5
21	11-10	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+1.6
22	12-10	WASH	WASH	Ace	Washington	aced Sydney Schnichels	+2.2
23	12-11	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+1.4
24	13-11	MICH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
25	13-12	WASH	MICH	Serve err	Washington		+1.5
26	14-12	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+1.7
27	14-13	WASH	MICH	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+1.5
28	15-13	MICH	WASH×4	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
29	16-13	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.3
30	17-13	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
31	18-13	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.5
32	18-14	WASH	MICH×4	Kill	Lydia Johnson	set Camille Edwards	+0.7
33	18-15	MICH	MICH×4	Kill	Lydia Johnson	set Ella Demetrician	+1.5
34	18-16	MICH	MICH×4	Bad set	Kylie Kleckner		+2.0
35	18-17	MICH	MICH×4	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Ece Senyapici, Lydia Johnson	+2.6
36	19-17	MICH	WASH	Kill	Addie Kanouff	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+2.1
37	20-17	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+2.7
38	20-18	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Camille Edwards	+1.4
39	20-19	MICH	MICH	Kill	Cymarah Gordon	set Sydney Schnichels	+2.8
40	21-19	MICH	WASH	Serve err	Michigan		+2.5
41	22-19	WASH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.9
42	22-20	WASH	MICH	Serve err	Washington		+1.3
43	23-20	MICH	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+2.1
44	24-20	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Ella Demetrician		+1.7
45	24-21	WASH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+0.3
46	24-22	MICH	MICH	Kill	Ella Demetrician	set Morgan Burke	+1.1
47	25-22	MICH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9

Score shown after each rally, Washington 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).

Washington def. Michigan 3–0