Michigan State def. South Carolina 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 2)

FinalWed, Sep 2, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Michigan St. beat South Carolina 3-0 (25-14, 25-12, 25-13) on Wed, Sep 2, 2026 at a neutral site. Michigan St.'s Alanna Bankston led with 18 kills, and Karolina Staniszewska added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MICHST	25	25	25	3
S CAR	14	12	13	0

Win probability

South Carolina above 50 · Michigan St. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MICHST 93.9%6.1% S CAR

Michigan St. wins

3-0

52.5%

3-1

30.4%

3-2

11.0%

South Carolina wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.7%

3-2

3.6%

MICHST break %: 47.9% vs this opp
S CAR break %: 36.1% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Michigan St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
28Alanna BankstonOH	3	18	1	31	.548	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19
22Carmen WayeMB	3	11	0	16	.688	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	2.5	13.5
7Malayah LongS	3	1	0	2	.500	35	5	2	7	0	1	4	3	9
2Karolina StaniszewskaOH	3	6	3	17	.176	2	1	2	14	1	0	2	1	8
15Zora HardisonMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	6
13Sarah VellucciL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
19Hayley OgdenMB	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
1Lia SchneiderL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
5Ky ClaytonL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		43	5	82	.463	40	10	8	36	2	2	18	11	75

South Carolinahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Olivia BorgmanOH	3	5	5	26	.000	1	0	0	2	3	1	0.5	5.5
7Ava LeahyMB	3	5	2	11	.273	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
13Elise MarchalOPP	3	3	2	14	.071	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4
5Sydney DavisMB	3	0	2	5	-.400	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1
20Kiana DinnS	3	1	1	2	.000	12	0	1	3	0	0	0	1
19Elizabeth McElveenDS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1Ceci VanceOH	3	7	5	17	.118	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	8
2Ally CavanaughOH	3	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14Kaia PixlerS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	8	1	0	6	0	0	0	1
18Lilly GillespieL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	11	1	0	0	0
10Madisyn CrnjacOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
3Maggie PennL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		23	19	83	.048	23	2	3	28	10	6	3	39

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 8 MICHST · S CAR 3

Set 1

25-14

Longest run 8 MICHSTS CAR 3

Set 2

25-12

Longest run 4 MICHSTS CAR 2

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 6 MICHSTS CAR 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Michigan St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	86%6/7	44%4/9
2	75%6/8	74%17/23
3	75%6/8	60%9/15
4	83%5/6	58%7/12
5	83%5/6	44%4/9
6	80%4/5	33%2/6
All	80%32/40	58%43/74

South Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	20%1/5
2	23%6/26	14%1/7
3	60%6/10	25%2/8
4	42%5/12	33%3/9
5	63%5/8	0%0/5
6	43%3/7	17%1/6
All	42%31/74	20%8/40

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

114 rallies

#	MICHST-S CAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
2	1-1	S CAR	MICHST×8	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
3	2-1	MICHST	MICHST×8	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
4	3-1	MICHST	MICHST×8	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider
5	4-1	MICHST	MICHST×8	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Malayah Long, Carmen Waye
6	5-1	MICHST	MICHST×8	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
7	6-1	MICHST	MICHST×8	Attack err	Olivia Borgman
8	7-1	MICHST	MICHST×8	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Elise Marchal
9	8-1	MICHST	MICHST×8	Kill	Malayah Long	set Karolina Staniszewska
10	8-2	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
11	9-2	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
12	9-3	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kaia Pixler
13	9-4	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Lilly Gillespie
14	10-4	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
15	10-5	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
16	11-5	S CAR	MICHST	Attack err	Sydney Davis
17	11-6	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
18	11-7	S CAR	S CAR	Blocked	Karolina Staniszewska	blk Sydney Davis, Elise Marchal
19	12-7	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long
20	13-7	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Sydney Davis	blk Zora Hardison
21	13-8	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn
22	14-8	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long
23	14-9	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
24	14-10	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kiana Dinn
25	15-10	S CAR	MICHST×6	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long
26	16-10	MICHST	MICHST×6	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
27	17-10	MICHST	MICHST×6	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
28	18-10	MICHST	MICHST×6	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Elizabeth McElveen
29	19-10	MICHST	MICHST×6	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Malayah Long, Carmen Waye
30	20-10	MICHST	MICHST×6	Kill	Carmen Waye
31	20-11	MICHST	S CAR×3	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Ava Leahy, Elise Marchal
32	20-12	S CAR	S CAR×3	Ace	South Carolina	aced Karolina Staniszewska
33	20-13	S CAR	S CAR×3	Attack err	Karolina Staniszewska
34	21-13	S CAR	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
35	22-13	MICHST	MICHST×4	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Hayley Ogden, Carmen Waye
36	23-13	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Karolina Staniszewska
37	24-13	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Lilly Gillespie
38	24-14	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kaia Pixler
39	25-14	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
Set 2
1	1-0	S CAR	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
2	2-0	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
3	3-0	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
4	3-1	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn
5	4-1	S CAR	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
6	5-1	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Madisyn Crnjac
7	6-1	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Madisyn Crnjac
8	7-1	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider
9	7-2	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Kiana Dinn	set Olivia Borgman
10	8-2	S CAR	MICHST	Attack err	Kaia Pixler
11	8-3	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kaia Pixler
12	9-3	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long
13	9-4	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Kaia Pixler
14	10-4	S CAR	MICHST	Attack err	Ally Cavanaugh
15	10-5	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Kaia Pixler
16	11-5	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
17	12-5	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Malayah Long, Zora Hardison
18	12-6	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn
19	13-6	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
20	14-6	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
21	14-7	MICHST	S CAR	Bad set	Malayah Long
22	15-7	S CAR	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
23	16-7	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Michigan St.
24	17-7	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
25	18-7	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Olivia Borgman
26	18-8	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kiana Dinn
27	19-8	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
28	20-8	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Lia Schneider
29	20-9	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ally Cavanaugh	set Kaia Pixler
30	20-10	S CAR	S CAR	Attack err	Karolina Staniszewska
31	21-10	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long
32	22-10	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Zora Hardison, Hayley Ogden
33	22-11	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
34	23-11	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long
35	23-12	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Kaia Pixler
36	24-12	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long
37	25-12	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
Set 3
1	1-0	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Ceci Vance
2	1-1	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Lilly Gillespie
3	2-1	S CAR	MICHST	Attack err	Elise Marchal
4	3-1	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Malayah Long, Carmen Waye
5	3-2	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Kiana Dinn
6	4-2	S CAR	MICHST	Blocked	Ceci Vance	blk Malayah Long
7	4-3	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
8	4-4	S CAR	S CAR	Ace	South Carolina
9	5-4	S CAR	MICHST	Serve err	South Carolina
10	6-4	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Ava Leahy	blk Karolina Staniszewska, Carmen Waye
11	6-5	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn
12	7-5	S CAR	MICHST	Serve err	South Carolina
13	7-6	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Olivia Borgman	set Kiana Dinn
14	8-6	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long
15	9-6	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Elise Marchal	blk Zora Hardison, Karolina Staniszewska
16	9-7	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Elise Marchal	set Kiana Dinn
17	9-8	S CAR	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Kiana Dinn
18	10-8	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
19	11-8	MICHST	MICHST	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Olivia Borgman
20	11-9	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ceci Vance	set Kiana Dinn
21	12-9	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long
22	13-9	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long
23	13-10	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kiana Dinn
24	14-10	S CAR	MICHST	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long
25	14-11	MICHST	S CAR	Serve err	Michigan St.
26	15-11	S CAR	MICHST×6	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
27	16-11	MICHST	MICHST×6	Ace	Michigan St.
28	17-11	MICHST	MICHST×6	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long
29	18-11	MICHST	MICHST×6	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
30	19-11	MICHST	MICHST×6	Attack err	Kiana Dinn
31	20-11	MICHST	MICHST×6	Attack err	Ava Leahy
32	20-12	MICHST	S CAR	Kill	Ava Leahy	set Kaia Pixler
33	21-12	S CAR	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long
34	22-12	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Olivia Borgman
35	23-12	MICHST	MICHST×4	Blocked	Olivia Borgman	blk Zora Hardison, Hayley Ogden
36	24-12	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long
37	24-13	MICHST	S CAR	Blocked	Hayley Ogden	blk Olivia Borgman, Sydney Davis
38	25-13	S CAR	MICHST	Serve err	South Carolina

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

Michigan St. def. South Carolina 3–0