Washington vs Michigan State Volleyball: Washington Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsFri, Sep 25, 2026B1G+

3:1

Washington won at Michigan St. 3-1 (25-22, 25-13, 16-25, 25-13) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Simona Mateska led Washington with 12 kills; Michigan St.'s Alanna Bankston had a match-high 14.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
WASH	25	25	16	25	3
MICHST	22	13	25	13	1

Win probability

Michigan St. above 50 · Washington below

Biggest swing: 7.9% to Washington — set 1, WASH 23-22 MICHST. Kill by Maija Howse. MICHST win probability 61% → 53%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WASH 38.0%62.0% MICHST

Washington wins

3-0

8.1%

3-1

13.8%

3-2

16.1%

Michigan St. wins

3-0

18.3%

3-1

23.7%

3-2

20.0%

WASH break %: 41.2% vs this opp
MICHST break %: 43.5% 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+7.9%
Kill by Maija Howse
Set 1 · WASH 23-22 MICHST · WASH 39% → 47%
02
Julia Hunt&Maija HowseBlock+7.8%
Karolina Staniszewska stuffed by Julia Hunt & Maija Howse
Set 1 · WASH 24-22 MICHST · WASH 47% → 54%
03
Simona MateskaKill+5.0%
Kill by Simona Mateska (set by Andrea Fabikovicova)
Set 1 · WASH 20-20 MICHST · WASH 34% → 39%
04
WashingtonService error+4.6%
Washington service error
Set 1 · WASH 21-22 MICHST · MICHST 61% → 66%
05
Simona MateskaAttack error+4.6%
Attack error by Simona Mateska
Set 1 · WASH 18-19 MICHST · MICHST 60% → 65%
06
Kylie KlecknerKill+4.6%
Kill by Kylie Kleckner (set by Andrea Fabikovicova)
Set 1 · WASH 22-22 MICHST · WASH 34% → 39%
07
Hayley OgdenAttack error+4.6%
Attack error by Hayley Ogden
Set 1 · WASH 25-22 MICHST · WASH 54% → 59%
08
Simona MateskaKill+4.5%
Kill by Simona Mateska (set by Andrea Fabikovicova)
Set 1 · WASH 18-17 MICHST · WASH 39% → 43%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Washingtonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Simona MateskaOH	4	12	5	26	.269	1	3	3	8	1	0	2	1	16
31Maija HowseOH	4	9	1	17	.471	0	2	1	2	1	0	6	3	14
7Kylie KlecknerOH	4	11	6	33	.152	3	1	4	6	2	0	2	1	13
12Katy WesselsMB	4	6	2	10	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	3.5	9.5
2Julia HuntMB	4	5	1	9	.444	0	2	1	2	0	0	5	2.5	9.5
6Andrea FabikovicovaS	4	3	0	5	.600	35	3	1	9	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
23Kaitlyn NguyenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	1
1Addy AzavedoL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0
10Addie KanouffOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Lily Mae BuerkleS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	15	100	.310	42	12	11	39	6	1	25	13.5	91

Michigan St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
28Alanna BankstonOH	4	14	7	38	.184	0	0	0	5	6	2	1	15
15Zora HardisonMB	4	6	1	15	.333	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
19Hayley OgdenOPP	4	5	3	13	.154	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
22Carmen WayeMB	4	3	3	15	.000	0	0	1	2	0	3	1.5	4.5
7Malayah LongS	4	2	1	4	.250	26	1	0	5	0	2	1	4
2Karolina StaniszewskaOH	3	2	4	9	-.222	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2
5Ky ClaytonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
1Lia SchneiderL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	6	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
14Taylah HoldemOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	5	0	0	0	2
4Madi AndrewsOH	2	7	5	16	.125	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
3Bianca MumcularOH	2	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
16Kalea NortonS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13Sarah VellucciL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Team totals		39	24	114	.132	35	6	9	32	12	12	6	73

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 6 WASH · MICHST 7

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 4 WASHMICHST 3

Set 2

25-13

Longest run 6 WASHMICHST 4

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 3 WASHMICHST 7

Set 4

25-13

Longest run 5 WASHMICHST 3

Bars above the line = Michigan St. 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	78%7/9	50%6/12
2	64%7/11	50%7/14
3	40%6/15	63%10/16
4	38%5/13	29%2/7
5	80%4/5	29%2/7
6	57%4/7	60%6/10
All	55%33/60	50%33/66

Michigan St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%7/16	44%4/9
2	58%7/12	13%1/8
3	36%5/14	53%8/15
4	71%5/7	50%5/10
5	71%5/7	62%8/13
6	40%4/10	20%1/5
All	50%33/66	45%27/60

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 4 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

164 rallies

#	WASH-MICHST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.7
2	1-1	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.8
3	2-1	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Carmen Waye		+2.5
4	2-2	WASH	MICHST×3	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+1.8
5	2-3	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+2.4
6	2-4	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.4
7	3-4	MICHST	WASH×4	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
8	4-4	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Washington	aced Alanna Bankston	+2.5
9	5-4	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Hayley Ogden	blk Julia Hunt, Kylie Kleckner	+2.7
10	6-4	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.7
11	6-5	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+1.9
12	7-5	MICHST	WASH	Serve err	Michigan St.		+2.1
13	7-6	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Malayah Long	set Sarah Vellucci	+1.9
14	8-6	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.1
15	8-7	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.0
16	9-7	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
17	9-8	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+2.0
18	9-9	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Katy Wessels	blk Carmen Waye, Alanna Bankston	+2.9
19	10-9	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.3
20	10-10	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.2
21	10-11	MICHST	MICHST	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Simona Mateska	+3.1
22	11-11	MICHST	WASH	Attack err	Karolina Staniszewska		+2.3
23	11-12	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+2.3
24	11-13	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+3.1
25	12-13	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
26	12-14	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long	+2.3
27	13-14	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
28	13-15	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+2.4
29	14-15	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.3
30	14-16	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.5
31	14-17	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Malayah Long	set Lia Schneider	+3.1
32	15-17	MICHST	WASH×4	Serve err	Michigan St.		+2.0
33	16-17	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Washington	aced Karolina Staniszewska	+3.4
34	17-17	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Washington	aced Karolina Staniszewska	+4.0
35	18-17	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+4.5
36	18-18	WASH	MICHST×3	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Malayah Long, Carmen Waye	+3.2
37	18-19	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+4.6
38	18-20	MICHST	MICHST×3	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Kylie Kleckner	+4.4
39	19-20	MICHST	WASH	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Andrea Fabikovicova, Katy Wessels	+2.9
40	20-20	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+5.0
41	20-21	WASH	MICHST	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+4.1
42	21-21	MICHST	WASH	Blocked	Karolina Staniszewska	blk Simona Mateska, Katy Wessels	+4.1
43	21-22	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+4.6
44	22-22	MICHST	WASH×4	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+4.6
45	23-22	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Maija Howse		+7.9
46	24-22	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Karolina Staniszewska	blk Julia Hunt, Maija Howse	+7.8
47	25-22	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Hayley Ogden		+4.6
Set 2
1	1-0	MICHST	WASH×6	Kill	Maija Howse	set Katy Wessels	+2.1
2	2-0	WASH	WASH×6	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.9
3	3-0	WASH	WASH×6	Ace	Washington	aced Sarah Vellucci	+2.8
4	4-0	WASH	WASH×6	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.7
5	5-0	WASH	WASH×6	Ace	Washington	aced Alanna Bankston	+2.6
6	6-0	WASH	WASH×6	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+2.3
7	6-1	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+1.4
8	7-1	MICHST	WASH×4	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
9	8-1	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
10	9-1	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Julia Hunt, Maija Howse	+1.6
11	10-1	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Malayah Long		+1.3
12	10-2	WASH	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.7
13	10-3	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston		+1.2
14	10-4	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye		+1.5
15	10-5	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+1.9
16	11-5	MICHST	WASH	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Maija Howse, Julia Hunt	+1.7
17	12-5	WASH	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+1.9
18	12-6	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.0
19	13-6	MICHST	WASH×3	Serve err	Michigan St.		+1.4
20	14-6	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska		+1.4
21	15-6	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.0
22	15-7	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+0.5
23	16-7	MICHST	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.7
24	17-7	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Karolina Staniszewska	blk Andrea Fabikovicova, Katy Wessels	+0.6
25	18-7	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Simona Mateska	+0.3
26	18-8	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+0.1
27	19-8	MICHST	WASH×3	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
28	20-8	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington		+0.1
29	21-8	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Zora Hardison		·
30	21-9	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Lia Schneider	·
31	21-10	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Katy Wessels	blk Bianca Mumcular, Zora Hardison	·
32	22-10	MICHST	WASH	Serve err	Michigan St.		·
33	22-11	WASH	MICHST	Attack err	Simona Mateska		·
34	23-11	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
35	23-12	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Kalea Norton	·
36	23-13	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Maija Howse	blk Carmen Waye, Alanna Bankston	·
37	24-13	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
38	25-13	WASH	WASH	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Kylie Kleckner	·
Set 3
1	1-0	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington	aced Alanna Bankston	+2.1
2	2-0	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+2.1
3	3-0	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.1
4	3-1	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+1.4
5	4-1	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
6	4-2	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+1.5
7	4-3	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+2.1
8	5-3	MICHST	WASH	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+1.7
9	5-4	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+1.6
10	5-5	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Taylah Holdem	+2.2
11	6-5	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
12	6-6	WASH	MICHST×3	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+1.7
13	6-7	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+2.3
14	6-8	MICHST	MICHST×3	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Addy Azavedo	+2.2
15	7-8	MICHST	WASH	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
16	7-9	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+1.7
17	8-9	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
18	9-9	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.5
19	9-10	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.8
20	10-10	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9
21	10-11	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.9
22	11-11	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9
23	12-11	WASH	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.8
24	12-12	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+2.0
25	13-12	MICHST	WASH	Serve err	Michigan St.		+2.2
26	14-12	WASH	WASH	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Julia Hunt, Maija Howse	+3.0
27	14-13	WASH	MICHST×5	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+2.0
28	14-14	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+3.0
29	14-15	MICHST	MICHST×5	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Maija Howse	+3.1
30	14-16	MICHST	MICHST×5	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Kylie Kleckner	+3.0
31	14-17	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.6
32	15-17	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
33	15-18	WASH	MICHST×7	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.0
34	15-19	MICHST	MICHST×7	Kill	Zora Hardison		+2.2
35	15-20	MICHST	MICHST×7	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.6
36	15-21	MICHST	MICHST×7	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+0.9
37	15-22	MICHST	MICHST×7	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Zora Hardison, Malayah Long	+0.5
38	15-23	MICHST	MICHST×7	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+0.2
39	15-24	MICHST	MICHST×7	Bad set	Lily Mae Buerkle		·
40	16-24	MICHST	WASH	Serve err	Michigan St.		·
41	16-25	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		·
Set 4
1	0-1	MICHST	MICHST	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Kaitlyn Nguyen	+3.6
2	1-1	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.7
3	1-2	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.7
4	2-2	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.7
5	2-3	WASH	MICHST×3	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+2.7
6	2-4	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+3.6
7	2-5	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+3.4
8	3-5	MICHST	WASH×4	Serve err	Michigan St.		+2.4
9	4-5	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+3.6
10	5-5	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Washington		+3.9
11	6-5	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Washington	aced Alanna Bankston	+4.2
12	6-6	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+3.0
13	7-6	MICHST	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.2
14	8-6		WASH	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+4.4
15	9-6	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+4.3
16	9-7	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		+2.9
17	10-7	MICHST	WASH×4	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.3
18	11-7	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Addy Azavedo	+4.2
19	12-7	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Katy Wessels, Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.7
20	13-7	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Carmen Waye		+3.1
21	13-8	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.7
22	14-8	MICHST	WASH×5	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Kylie Kleckner	+2.3
23	15-8	WASH	WASH×5	Attack err	Hayley Ogden		+2.4
24	16-8	WASH	WASH×5	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Simona Mateska, Katy Wessels, Maija Howse	+1.7
25	17-8	WASH	WASH×5	Ace	Washington	aced Alanna Bankston	+1.1
26	18-8	WASH	WASH×5	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kylie Kleckner	+0.7
27	18-9	WASH	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.2
28	19-9	MICHST	WASH×4	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.4
29	20-9	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Carmen Waye	blk Katy Wessels, Kylie Kleckner	+0.3
30	21-9	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Maija Howse, Katy Wessels	+0.1
31	22-9	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Washington	aced Karolina Staniszewska	·
32	22-10	WASH	MICHST	Serve err	Washington		·
33	23-10	MICHST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
34	23-11	WASH	MICHST	Bad set	Simona Mateska		·
35	24-11	MICHST	WASH	Serve err	Michigan St.		·
36	24-12	WASH	MICHST	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Madi Andrews, Zora Hardison	·
37	24-13	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Julia Hunt		·
38	25-13	MICHST	WASH	Serve err	Michigan St.		·

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 St. 3–1