Michigan State vs Illinois Volleyball: Illinois Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsThu, Oct 15, 2026BTN

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Illinois 54.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 15, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Illinois beat visiting Michigan St. 3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 25-22) on Thu, Oct 15, 2026. Madi Miles led Illinois with 15 kills; Michigan St.'s Alanna Bankston had a match-high 20.

Data through Nov 3, 5:40 PM CT · final Oct 15

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
MICHST	22	23	25	22	1
ILL	25	25	21	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Unranked Illinois took down No. 22 Michigan St.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Illinois's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Illinois at 54%.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Michigan St. 13–17 Illinois
Down 13–17, Michigan St. scored 5 straight to lead 18–17.
Illinois 84% → 68%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · Michigan St. 15–13 Illinois
Illinois scored 4 straight to turn a 13–15 deficit into a 17–15 lead.
Illinois 68% → 86%
Turning point 3: Set 4 · Michigan St. 21–22 Illinois
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Illinois, enough to take the set 25–22 and win the match 3–1.
Illinois 84% → >99%

Illinois above 50Michigan St. belowMax swing 8.3%

Michigan St.Illinois

Sideout %: Michigan St. 61.1·Illinois 63.4
Break %: Michigan St. 36.6·Illinois 38.9
Hitting: Michigan St. .215·Illinois .261
Longest run: Michigan St. 7·Illinois 4

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Illinois above 50 · Michigan St. below

Biggest swing: 8.3% to Illinois — set 4, MICHST 21-23 ILL. Alanna Bankston stuffed by Paityn Chapman & Ashlyn Philpot. ILL win probability 84% → 92%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MICHST 44.3%55.7% ILL

Michigan St. wins

3-0

10.2%

3-1

16.4%

3-2

17.7%

Illinois wins

3-0

15.1%

3-1

21.1%

3-2

19.5%

MICHST break %: 41.2% vs this opp
ILL break %: 42.2% 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
Paityn Chapman&Ashlyn PhilpotBlock+8.3%
Alanna Bankston stuffed by Paityn Chapman & Ashlyn Philpot
Set 4 · MICHST 21-23 ILL · ILL 84% → 92%
02
Alyssa AguayoKill+6.8%
Kill by Alyssa Aguayo (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 4 · MICHST 22-24 ILL · ILL 88% → 95%
03
Alanna BankstonKill+6.8%
Kill by Alanna Bankston (set by Malayah Long)
Set 4 · MICHST 20-20 ILL · MICHST 16% → 22%
04
Alanna BankstonAttack error+6.6%
Attack error by Alanna Bankston
Set 2 · MICHST 23-25 ILL · ILL 82% → 89%
05
Madi MilesBlock+6.2%
Zora Hardison stuffed by Madi Miles
Set 4 · MICHST 18-20 ILL · ILL 82% → 88%
06
Alyssa AguayoKill+6.1%
Kill by Alyssa Aguayo (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 4 · MICHST 21-22 ILL · ILL 78% → 84%
07
Madi MilesAttack error+5.5%
Attack error by Madi Miles
Set 4 · MICHST 17-17 ILL · MICHST 17% → 23%
08
Paityn ChapmanKill+5.4%
Kill by Paityn Chapman (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 4 · MICHST 20-21 ILL · ILL 78% → 83%

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	4	20	7	53	.245	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	1.5	21.5
4Madi AndrewsOH	4	15	7	34	.235	0	3	1	6	1	0	0	0	18
22Carmen WayeMB	4	6	4	20	.100	0	2	1	3	0	1	2	2	10
15Zora HardisonMB	4	3	2	13	.077	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	5
7Malayah LongS	4	3	0	8	.375	38	0	3	11	0	0	2	1	4
13Sarah VellucciL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	1
19Hayley OgdenOPP	4	5	0	15	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
5Ky ClaytonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1Lia SchneiderL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	17	1	0	0	0	0
2Karolina StaniszewskaOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
26Alana WhitfieldL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	21	144	.215	49	6	11	53	5	1	12	7	92

Illinoishome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Paityn ChapmanOH	4	13	8	42	.119	0	1	4	6	0	0	5	2.5	16.5
16Ashlyn PhilpotMB	4	11	1	16	.625	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2.5	13.5
11Kristina StarostenkoMB	4	8	1	18	.389	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	10
19Alyssa AguayoOH	4	8	3	27	.185	2	1	2	11	1	0	0	0	9
8Maya HarrisOH	4	1	1	2	.000	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	3
7Kenna PhelanS	4	1	1	4	.000	49	0	0	9	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Madi MilesOH	4	15	5	33	.303	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	1.5	16.5
2Taryn KirschL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
18Talita GoncalvesL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0
10Sophi RandallS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		57	20	142	.261	55	5	12	58	6	2	14	9	96

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 7 MICHST · ILL 4

Set 1

22-25

Longest run 4 MICHSTILL 4

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 5 MICHSTILL 4

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 7 MICHSTILL 3

Set 4

22-25

Longest run 5 MICHSTILL 4

Bars above the line = Illinois 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	67%12/18	55%12/22
2	61%11/18	42%8/19
3	59%10/17	8%1/12
4	60%9/15	9%1/11
5	80%8/10	36%5/14
6	47%8/17	47%7/15
All	61%58/95	37%34/93

Illinois

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%12/29	47%9/19
2	85%11/13	37%7/19
3	83%10/12	44%8/18
4	83%10/12	33%5/15
5	50%8/16	38%5/13
6	73%8/11	27%3/11
All	63%59/93	39%37/95

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 (4 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

188 rallies

#	MICHST-ILL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Zora Hardison		+2.6
2	1-1	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+1.8
3	2-1	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.9
4	2-2	MICHST	ILL×3	Serve err	Lia Schneider		+1.8
5	2-3	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+2.6
6	2-4	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.6
7	3-4	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.8
8	3-5	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Malayah Long		+1.9
9	4-5	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+1.8
10	4-6	MICHST	ILL	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+1.9
11	5-6	ILL	MICHST×3	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+1.9
12	6-6	MICHST	MICHST×3	Ace	Carmen Waye	aced Talita Goncalves	+2.8
13	7-6	MICHST	MICHST×3	Ace	Carmen Waye	aced Madi Miles	+2.9
14	7-7	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.1
15	8-7	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+2.2
16	8-8	MICHST	ILL×4	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.1
17	8-9	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+3.1
18	8-10	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+3.0
19	8-11	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Zora Hardison		+2.8
20	9-11	ILL	MICHST×4	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+1.8
21	10-11	MICHST	MICHST×4	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Zora Hardison, Malayah Long	+3.0
22	11-11	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Madi Miles		+3.3
23	12-11	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Madi Andrews	aced Alyssa Aguayo	+3.4
24	12-12	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
25	13-12	ILL	MICHST	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		+2.5
26	13-13	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Alana Whitfield		+2.5
27	14-13	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+2.7
28	14-14	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+2.6
29	15-14	ILL	MICHST	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+2.8
30	15-15	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+2.7
31	15-16	ILL	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+4.1
32	16-16	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Alyssa Aguayo		+2.9
33	16-17	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+3.0
34	17-17	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+3.0
35	18-17	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+4.6
36	18-18	MICHST	ILL×3	Serve err	Sarah Vellucci		+3.2
37	18-19	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+4.9
38	18-20	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+4.8
39	19-20	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.9
40	19-21	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+3.7
41	20-21	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+3.1
42	20-22	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+4.0
43	21-22	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Malayah Long		+3.2
44	21-23	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+4.5
45	22-23	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+3.2
46	22-24	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Ky Clayton		+5.3
47	22-25	ILL	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+4.0
Set 2
1	1-0	ILL	MICHST	Attack err	Madi Miles		+1.7
2	2-0	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+2.5
3	2-1	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.7
4	3-1	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Maya Harris		+1.8
5	3-2	MICHST	ILL	Blocked	Carmen Waye	blk Kristina Starostenko, Paityn Chapman	+1.7
6	3-3	ILL	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Malayah Long	+2.5
7	4-3	ILL	MICHST	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+1.9
8	5-3	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.6
9	5-4	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.8
10	6-4	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+1.9
11	6-5	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.8
12	7-5	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.0
13	8-5	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.7
14	8-6	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Sarah Vellucci		+1.7
15	8-7	ILL	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.7
16	9-7	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Taryn Kirsch		+2.1
17	9-8	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+1.9
18	9-9	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+3.0
19	10-9	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+2.2
20	10-10	MICHST	ILL	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Madi Miles, Kristina Starostenko	+2.2
21	11-10	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.3
22	11-11	MICHST	ILL×4	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+2.2
23	11-12	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+3.3
24	11-13	ILL	ILL×4	Bad set	Malayah Long		+3.2
25	11-14	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+3.0
26	12-14	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.9
27	12-15	MICHST	ILL	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot	+2.2
28	13-15	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+1.9
29	13-16	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Carmen Waye		+2.2
30	13-17	ILL	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Alyssa Aguayo	+2.7
31	14-17	ILL	MICHST×5	Serve err	Alyssa Aguayo		+1.5
32	15-17	MICHST	MICHST×5	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+2.8
33	16-17	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+3.5
34	17-17	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Sarah Vellucci	+4.1
35	18-17	MICHST	MICHST×5	Ace	Sarah Vellucci	aced Talita Goncalves	+4.4
36	18-18	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+3.1
37	18-19	ILL	ILL	Ace	Taryn Kirsch		+4.7
38	19-19	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Taryn Kirsch		+3.3
39	19-20	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Kenna Phelan		+3.6
40	19-21	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Kristina Starostenko, Paityn Chapman	+5.0
41	20-21	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.9
42	20-22	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+3.9
43	21-22	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+3.0
44	21-23	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Malayah Long		+4.3
45	22-23	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+3.1
46	22-24	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+5.1
47	23-24	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+2.8
48	23-25	MICHST	ILL	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+6.6
Set 3
1	0-1	MICHST	ILL×3	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
2	0-2	ILL	ILL×3	Bad set	Sarah Vellucci		+1.6
3	0-3	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Maya Harris	aced Alanna Bankston	+1.5
4	1-3	ILL	MICHST	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Alanna Bankston, Zora Hardison	+1.0
5	1-4	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
6	2-4	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.0
7	3-4	MICHST	MICHST	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Alanna Bankston, Carmen Waye	+1.6
8	3-5	MICHST	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
9	3-6	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Carmen Waye		+1.6
10	3-7	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+1.4
11	4-7	ILL	MICHST	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		+0.9
12	4-8	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
13	5-8	ILL	MICHST	Blocked	Madi Miles	blk Hayley Ogden, Carmen Waye	+0.9
14	6-8	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Kenna Phelan		+1.5
15	6-9	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Alyssa Aguayo	+1.2
16	7-9	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Malayah Long		+1.1
17	7-10	MICHST	ILL	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+1.2
18	7-11	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
19	8-11	ILL	MICHST×7	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+1.0
20	9-11	MICHST	MICHST×7	Ace	Madi Andrews		+1.6
21	10-11	MICHST	MICHST×7	Ace	Madi Andrews		+1.8
22	11-11	MICHST	MICHST×7	Blocked	Madi Miles	blk Zora Hardison, Alanna Bankston	+2.0
23	12-11	MICHST	MICHST×7	Blocked	Kristina Starostenko	blk Zora Hardison, Malayah Long	+2.2
24	13-11	MICHST	MICHST×7	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+2.2
25	14-11	MICHST	MICHST×7	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.0
26	14-12	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
27	14-13	ILL	ILL	Ace	Maya Harris	aced Lia Schneider	+2.1
28	15-13	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Maya Harris		+1.7
29	15-14	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Ky Clayton		+1.5
30	15-15	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
31	16-15	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.8
32	16-16	MICHST	ILL	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+1.8
33	17-16	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.9
34	17-17	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.9
35	17-18	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Kenna Phelan, Ashlyn Philpot	+2.9
36	18-18	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.0
37	18-19	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.2
38	19-19	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Karolina Staniszewska	+2.2
39	20-19	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+3.4
40	20-20	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.3
41	21-20	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.7
42	22-20	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+3.7
43	22-21	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Madi Andrews		+2.0
44	23-21	ILL	MICHST×3	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		+3.0
45	24-21	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+3.0
46	25-21	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.1
Set 4
1	1-0	ILL	MICHST×5	Serve err	Maya Harris		+2.3
2	2-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+3.3
3	3-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+3.2
4	4-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Ky Clayton	+3.0
5	5-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Blocked	Maya Harris	blk Carmen Waye	+2.8
6	5-1	MICHST	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.7
7	5-2	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+2.8
8	5-3	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Carmen Waye		+3.1
9	6-3	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.4
10	6-4	MICHST	ILL	Serve err	Malayah Long		+2.2
11	7-4	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+2.5
12	7-5	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+2.3
13	8-5	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Karolina Staniszewska	+2.5
14	9-5	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Karolina Staniszewska	+3.3
15	9-6	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.0
16	9-7	ILL	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+3.3
17	10-7	ILL	MICHST	Serve err	Taryn Kirsch		+2.7
18	10-8	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
19	11-8	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.7
20	11-9	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
21	11-10	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko	+3.9
22	12-10	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+3.1
23	13-10	MICHST	MICHST	Bad set	Kenna Phelan		+4.1
24	13-11	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.5
25	13-12	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+4.1
26	14-12	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Malayah Long		+3.3
27	14-13	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+3.0
28	15-13	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+3.4
29	15-14	MICHST	ILL×4	Blocked	Carmen Waye	blk Ashlyn Philpot	+3.1
30	15-15	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Karolina Staniszewska		+5.0
31	15-16	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+5.2
32	15-17	ILL	ILL×4	Ace	Alyssa Aguayo		+5.1
33	16-17	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+3.3
34	17-17	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Madi Miles		+5.5
35	17-18	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+4.2
36	18-18	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+4.1
37	18-19	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+4.5
38	18-20	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Zora Hardison	blk Madi Miles	+6.2
39	19-20	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+3.8
40	20-20	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+6.8
41	20-21	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+5.4
42	21-21	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+5.3
43	21-22	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+6.1
44	21-23	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot	+8.3
45	22-23	ILL	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+4.1
46	22-24	MICHST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+6.8
47	22-25	ILL	ILL	Ace	Paityn Chapman	aced Madi Andrews	+5.2

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).

Illinois def. Michigan St. 3–1

Unranked Illinois took down No. 22 Michigan St.