Michigan State vs UCLA Volleyball: Michigan State Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026B1G+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: UCLA 50.3% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 8:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Michigan St. won at UCLA 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-14) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Michigan St.'s Alanna Bankston led with 15 kills, and Lia Schneider added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MICHST	25	25	25	3
UCLA	16	19	14	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

15 kills in 3 sets for Alanna Bankston. Michigan St. swept UCLA.

The biggest single-rally swing was 4.0 points, and UCLA's high was 53% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ had UCLA at 50% before first serve.

Michigan St.UCLA

Break %+24.6 pts
52.127.5
38 of 73 on serve vs 14 of 51, so UCLA's sideout was 47.9%.
Hitting+.245
.284.039
40 kills, 15 errors vs 28 kills, 24 errors.

UCLA above 50Michigan St. belowMax swing 4.0%

Michigan St.UCLA

Aces: Michigan St. 4·UCLA 1
Serve err: Michigan St. 5·UCLA 7
Blocks: Michigan St. 10·UCLA 72 BS · 16 BA vs 3 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Michigan St. 39·UCLA 31

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UCLA above 50 · Michigan St. below

Biggest swing: 4.0% to Michigan St. — set 2, MICHST 20-17 UCLA. Maggie Li stuffed by Malayah Long & Carmen Waye. UCLA win probability 23% → 19%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MICHST 54.6%45.4% UCLA

Michigan St. wins

3-0

14.5%

3-1

20.7%

3-2

19.4%

UCLA wins

3-0

10.7%

3-1

16.8%

3-2

17.9%

MICHST break %: 42.1% vs this opp
UCLA break %: 41.2% 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
Malayah Long&Carmen WayeBlock+4.0%
Maggie Li stuffed by Malayah Long & Carmen Waye
Set 2 · MICHST 20-17 UCLA · MICHST 77% → 81%
02
Michigan St.Ace+3.9%
Michigan St. ace on Ava Utterback
Set 2 · MICHST 16-14 UCLA · MICHST 72% → 76%
03
Marianna SingletaryKill+3.9%
Kill by Marianna Singletary (set by Lola Schumacher)
Set 2 · MICHST 18-17 UCLA · UCLA 22% → 26%
04
Zora HardisonKill+3.7%
Kill by Zora Hardison (set by Malayah Long)
Set 2 · MICHST 18-15 UCLA · MICHST 76% → 80%
05
Ava UtterbackKill+3.6%
Kill by Ava Utterback (set by Ava Sarafa)
Set 2 · MICHST 13-13 UCLA · UCLA 27% → 31%
06
Carmen WayeKill+3.5%
Kill by Carmen Waye (set by Malayah Long)
Set 2 · MICHST 12-11 UCLA · MICHST 68% → 71%
07
Carmen WayeBlock+3.4%
Maggie Li stuffed by Carmen Waye
Set 2 · MICHST 13-11 UCLA · MICHST 71% → 75%
08
UCLAService error+3.2%
UCLA service error
Set 2 · MICHST 19-17 UCLA · MICHST 74% → 77%

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	15	5	31	.323	0	0	0	5	1	0	3	1.5	16.5
22Carmen WayeMB	3	8	1	10	.700	0	2	2	0	0	1	4	3	13
15Zora HardisonMB	3	4	3	11	.091	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	7
4Madi AndrewsOH	3	6	5	23	.043	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
19Hayley OgdenOPP	3	5	0	7	.714	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
7Malayah LongS	3	2	1	6	.167	32	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	3
1Lia SchneiderL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	1
14Taylah HoldemOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
5Ky ClaytonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	15	88	.284	35	4	5	39	1	2	16	10	75

UCLAhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Marianna SingletaryMB	3	7	5	18	.111	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
8Maggie LiOH	3	8	6	32	.063	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8
13Brooke HarwoodMB	3	4	3	10	.100	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6
1Ava UtterbackOH	3	2	2	13	.000	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	3
7Vivian HickmanS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3Kate DuffeyS	2	1	0	1	1.000	10	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
30Lola SchumacherL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
17Eliana UrzuaOH	2	3	4	11	-.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
5Mija BendziuteOH	2	3	2	10	.100	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
12Ava SarafaS	2	0	0	3	.000	14	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	2
0Hazel AlevokMB	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
23Jordyn JohnsonMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Sakura CodlingL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	24	103	.039	26	1	7	31	4	3	8	7	49

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 4 MICHST · UCLA 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 3 MICHSTUCLA 3

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 4 MICHSTUCLA 4

Set 3

25-14

Longest run 4 MICHSTUCLA 2

Bars above the line = UCLA 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	70%7/10	62%8/13
2	86%6/7	54%7/13
3	75%6/8	33%3/9
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	55%6/11	54%7/13
6	86%6/7	54%7/13
All	73%37/51	52%38/73

UCLA

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	40%4/10
2	46%6/13	0%0/7
3	55%6/11	33%3/9
4	50%6/12	25%2/8
5	50%6/12	14%1/7
6	31%4/13	40%4/10
All	48%35/73	27%14/51

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

124 rallies

#	MICHST-UCLA	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+2.6
2	1-1	UCLA	MICHST×3	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.8
3	2-1	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+2.6
4	3-1	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Brooke Harwood		+2.6
5	3-2	MICHST	UCLA	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Kate Duffey, Brooke Harwood	+1.8
6	4-2	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.9
7	5-2	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Maggie Li	blk Zora Hardison, Hayley Ogden	+2.6
8	5-3	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.7
9	6-3	UCLA	MICHST×3	Blocked	Marianna Singletary	blk Zora Hardison	+1.8
10	7-3	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Kate Duffey	+2.4
11	8-3	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Eliana Urzua		+2.1
12	8-4	MICHST	UCLA	Blocked	Zora Hardison	blk Marianna Singletary, Eliana Urzua	+1.3
13	9-4	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+1.5
14	10-4	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Marianna Singletary		+1.8
15	10-5	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
16	11-5	UCLA	MICHST×3	Blocked	Eliana Urzua	blk Zora Hardison, Alanna Bankston	+1.3
17	12-5	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.4
18	13-5	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Brooke Harwood		+1.1
19	13-6	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.5
20	14-6	UCLA	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.7
21	15-6	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston		+0.7
22	16-6	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Ava Utterback		+0.4
23	16-7	MICHST	UCLA	Serve err	Michigan St.		+0.2
24	17-7	UCLA	MICHST	Serve err	UCLA		+0.3
25	17-8	MICHST	UCLA	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+0.1
26	18-8	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.2
27	18-9	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+0.1
28	18-10	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+0.3
29	19-10	UCLA	MICHST×3	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+0.3
30	20-10	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+0.2
31	21-10	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Marianna Singletary		+0.1
32	21-11	MICHST	UCLA×3	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	·
33	21-12	UCLA	UCLA×3	Attack err	Zora Hardison		+0.1
34	21-13	UCLA	UCLA×3	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Eliana Urzua, Marianna Singletary	+0.1
35	22-13	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+0.1
36	23-13	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Malayah Long	set Taylah Holdem	+0.1
37	23-14	MICHST	UCLA	Serve err	Michigan St.		·
38	23-15	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Zora Hardison		·
39	24-15	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	·
40	24-16	MICHST	UCLA	Blocked	Malayah Long	blk Ava Utterback	·
41	25-16	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	·
Set 2
1	0-1	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.8
2	1-1	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.8
3	2-1	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Kate Duffey	+2.6
4	2-2	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.8
5	3-2	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.9
6	3-3	MICHST	UCLA	Serve err	Michigan St.		+1.9
7	4-3	UCLA	MICHST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.9
8	4-4	MICHST	UCLA	Serve err	Michigan St.		+1.9
9	5-4	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.0
10	6-4	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Brooke Harwood	blk Zora Hardison, Alanna Bankston	+2.8
11	6-5	MICHST	UCLA×4	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Brooke Harwood	+1.9
12	6-6	UCLA	UCLA×4	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+2.9
13	6-7	UCLA	UCLA×4	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Marianna Singletary, Brooke Harwood	+3.0
14	6-8	UCLA	UCLA×4	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+2.9
15	7-8	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.0
16	7-9	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Kate Duffey	set Maggie Li	+2.1
17	7-10	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+2.9
18	8-10	UCLA	MICHST×3	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.8
19	9-10	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+2.9
20	10-10	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Eliana Urzua		+3.2
21	10-11	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+2.3
22	11-11	UCLA	MICHST×3	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+2.3
23	12-11	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+3.5
24	13-11	MICHST	MICHST×3	Blocked	Maggie Li	blk Carmen Waye	+3.4
25	13-12	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Ava Sarafa	+2.3
26	13-13	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Ava Sarafa	+3.6
27	14-13	UCLA	MICHST	Serve err	UCLA		+2.6
28	14-14	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Ava Sarafa	+2.6
29	15-14	UCLA	MICHST	Attack err	Ava Utterback		+2.8
30	16-14	MICHST	MICHST	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Ava Utterback	+3.9
31	16-15	MICHST	UCLA	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+2.5
32	17-15	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.9
33	18-15	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+3.7
34	18-16	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Ava Sarafa	+2.1
35	18-17	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Lola Schumacher	+3.9
36	19-17	UCLA	MICHST×4	Serve err	UCLA		+3.2
37	20-17	MICHST	MICHST×4	Blocked	Maggie Li	blk Malayah Long, Carmen Waye	+4.0
38	21-17	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Malayah Long		+3.1
39	22-17	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Michigan St.		+1.9
40	22-18	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Ava Sarafa	+0.6
41	23-18	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.2
42	23-19	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Ava Sarafa	+0.4
43	24-19	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+0.9
44	25-19	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Eliana Urzua		+0.3
Set 3
1	0-1	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Ava Sarafa	+1.7
2	1-1	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.2
3	1-2	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Madi Andrews	+1.3
4	2-2	UCLA	MICHST	Blocked	Hazel Alevok	blk Madi Andrews, Carmen Waye	+1.2
5	2-3	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Ava Sarafa	+1.3
6	2-4	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Marianna Singletary	+1.8
7	3-4	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+1.2
8	4-4	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Mija Bendziute	blk Malayah Long, Zora Hardison	+1.9
9	4-5	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Ava Sarafa	+1.3
10	5-5	UCLA	MICHST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.3
11	6-5	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.0
12	6-6	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Ava Sarafa	+1.4
13	7-6	UCLA	MICHST	Serve err	UCLA		+1.4
14	8-6	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+2.0
15	8-7	MICHST	UCLA	Blocked	Carmen Waye	blk Ava Sarafa	+1.3
16	9-7	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.4
17	10-7	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye		+2.0
18	10-8	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Ava Sarafa	+1.2
19	10-9	UCLA	UCLA	Ace	Ava Sarafa	aced Alanna Bankston	+2.0
20	11-9	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.5
21	12-9	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Maggie Li	blk Hayley Ogden, Carmen Waye	+2.1
22	12-10	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Ava Sarafa	+1.3
23	13-10	UCLA	MICHST×3	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+1.5
24	14-10	MICHST	MICHST×3	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Lola Schumacher	+1.9
25	15-10	MICHST	MICHST×3	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Sakura Codling	+1.6
26	15-11	MICHST	UCLA	Serve err	Michigan St.		+0.8
27	16-11	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+1.1
28	16-12	MICHST	UCLA	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+0.8
29	17-12	UCLA	MICHST×3	Serve err	UCLA		+1.1
30	18-12	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Mija Bendziute		+1.1
31	19-12	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.7
32	19-13	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Mija Bendziute	set Ava Sarafa	+0.3
33	20-13	UCLA	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.5
34	21-13	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Jordyn Johnson		+0.3
35	21-14	MICHST	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Ava Sarafa	+0.1
36	22-14	UCLA	MICHST×4	Blocked	Marianna Singletary	blk Alanna Bankston, Carmen Waye	+0.2
37	23-14	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Maggie Li		+0.1
38	24-14	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Maggie Li		·
39	25-14	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Marianna Singletary		·

Score shown after each rally, Michigan St. 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).

Michigan St. def. UCLA 3–0

15 kills in 3 sets for Alanna Bankston. Michigan St. swept UCLA.