Michigan State vs Rutgers: Michigan State Wins 3-1 (Oct 23)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 23, 2026B1G+

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Michigan St. 88.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Michigan St. won at Rutgers 3-1 (25-12, 26-28, 25-22, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Michigan St.'s Alanna Bankston led with 21 kills, and Lia Schneider added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
MICHST	25	26	25	25	3
RUTGER	12	28	22	20	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Michigan St. built it on serve.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.6 points, and Rutgers's high was 30% in Set 3. The gap came from these numbers. Michigan St. went in as RallyIQ's 88% pick.

Michigan St.Rutgers

Break %+11.7 pts
49.037.3
49 of 100 on serve vs 31 of 83, so Rutgers's sideout was 51.0%.
Hitting+.102
.336.234
68 kills, 18 errors vs 50 kills, 16 errors.
Longest run+0
66
Down 11–14 in the third set, Michigan St. scored 6 straight to lead 17–14. Final score of the set: 25–22.

Rutgers above 50Michigan St. belowMax swing 5.6%

Michigan St.Rutgers

Aces: Michigan St. 5·Rutgers 5
Serve err: Michigan St. 8·Rutgers 8
Blocks: Michigan St. 6·Rutgers 80 BS · 12 BA vs 1 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Michigan St. 60·Rutgers 51

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Rutgers above 50 · Michigan St. below

Biggest swing: 5.6% to Rutgers — set 2, MICHST 26-28 RUTGER. Attack error by Madi Andrews. RUTGER win probability 12% → 18%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MICHST 87.8%12.2% RUTGER

Michigan St. wins

3-0

40.8%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.3%

Rutgers wins

3-0

1.7%

3-1

3.8%

3-2

6.7%

MICHST break %: 46.5% vs this opp
RUTGER break %: 37.6% 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
Madi AndrewsAttack error+5.6%
Attack error by Madi Andrews
Set 2 · MICHST 26-28 RUTGER · RUTGER 12% → 18%
02
RutgersAce+4.5%
Rutgers ace on Alanna Bankston
Set 2 · MICHST 25-26 RUTGER · RUTGER 8% → 12%
03
Madi AndrewsKill+4.2%
Kill by Madi Andrews (set by Malayah Long)
Set 3 · MICHST 24-22 RUTGER · MICHST 86% → 90%
04
Natalie Robinson&Brooke BaldwinBlock+4.1%
Madi Andrews stuffed by Natalie Robinson & Brooke Baldwin
Set 3 · MICHST 11-14 RUTGER · RUTGER 26% → 30%
05
Zharia Harris-WaddyAttack error+3.8%
Attack error by Zharia Harris-Waddy
Set 2 · MICHST 24-23 RUTGER · MICHST 91% → 95%
06
Skylar George&Natalie RobinsonBlock+3.8%
Zora Hardison stuffed by Skylar George & Natalie Robinson
Set 3 · MICHST 23-22 RUTGER · RUTGER 11% → 14%
07
Skylar GeorgeKill+3.7%
Kill by Skylar George (set by Brooke Baldwin)
Set 3 · MICHST 10-12 RUTGER · RUTGER 22% → 26%
08
Malia RomesAttack error+3.7%
Attack error by Malia Romes
Set 3 · MICHST 14-14 RUTGER · MICHST 76% → 79%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Michigan St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
28Alanna BankstonOH	4	21	8	46	.283	0	0	0	5	1	1	0.5	21.5
15Zora HardisonMB	4	16	1	25	.600	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	17.5
22Carmen WayeMB	4	14	0	23	.609	0	1	1	2	0	3	1.5	16.5
7Malayah LongS	4	0	0	1	.000	53	2	2	11	0	2	1	3
3Bianca MumcularOH	4	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1
4Madi AndrewsOH	3	11	6	29	.172	0	1	2	6	1	3	1.5	13.5
19Hayley OgdenOPP	4	4	1	11	.273	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
2Karolina StaniszewskaOH	4	1	2	8	-.125	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	2
5Ky ClaytonL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1Lia SchneiderL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	7	0	0	17	1	0	0	0
26Alana WhitfieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Sarah VellucciL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		68	18	149	.336	62	5	8	60	5	12	6	101

Rutgershome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Skylar GeorgeOH	4	14	3	39	.282	1	1	0	10	0	1	1	1.5	16.5
4Karis WillowOH	4	11	2	27	.333	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	11
22Malia RomesMB	4	8	3	27	.185	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	10
13Zharia Harris-WaddyMB	4	7	2	15	.333	2	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	9
9Natalie RobinsonMB	4	5	0	13	.385	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
11Lily BolenS	4	1	0	1	1.000	19	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	1
15Alleigh DuttonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	2	2	8	1	0	0	0	2
12Brooke BaldwinS	4	0	0	1	.000	21	1	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Kaila Kalama-BajetL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
3Kenzie DyrstadL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
14Addison WiemannOH	3	1	5	12	-.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
17Avery JesewitzOH	2	3	1	10	.200	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
Team totals		50	16	145	.234	48	5	8	51	5	1	14	8	82

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 MICHST · RUTGER 6

Set 1

25-12

Longest run 5 MICHSTRUTGER 2

Set 2

26-28

Longest run 4 MICHSTRUTGER 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 6 MICHSTRUTGER 6

Set 4

25-20

Longest run 4 MICHSTRUTGER 3

Bars above the line = Rutgers 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	59%10/17	56%10/18
2	63%10/16	52%11/21
3	75%9/12	36%5/14
4	64%9/14	50%9/18
5	50%8/16	44%7/16
6	75%6/8	54%7/13
All	63%52/83	49%49/100

Rutgers

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%10/20	20%2/10
2	45%9/20	50%10/20
3	64%9/14	25%3/12
4	50%9/18	31%4/13
5	67%8/12	47%7/15
6	38%6/16	38%5/13
All	51%51/100	37%31/83

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

183 rallies

#	MICHST-RUTGER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.1
2	1-1	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+0.9
3	2-1	RUTGER	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+0.8
4	3-1	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+1.0
5	4-1	MICHST	MICHST×4	Blocked	Malia Romes	blk Carmen Waye, Alanna Bankston	+0.9
6	5-1	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+0.8
7	5-2	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	+0.5
8	6-2	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.5
9	6-3	MICHST	RUTGER	Serve err	Michigan St.		+0.5
10	6-4	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Hayley Ogden	blk Skylar George	+0.9
11	7-4	RUTGER	MICHST×5	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+0.7
12	8-4	MICHST	MICHST×5	Ace	Michigan St.		+0.8
13	9-4	MICHST	MICHST×5	Blocked	Addison Wiemann	blk Zora Hardison, Madi Andrews	+0.6
14	10-4	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+0.5
15	11-4	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Hayley Ogden		+0.3
16	11-5	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.2
17	12-5	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.2
18	12-6	MICHST	RUTGER	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+0.2
19	13-6	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+0.2
20	13-7	MICHST	RUTGER	Serve err	Michigan St.		+0.2
21	14-7	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.2
22	14-8	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.2
23	15-8	RUTGER	MICHST×4	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.2
24	16-8	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Lia Schneider	+0.2
25	17-8	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+0.1
26	18-8	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+0.1
27	18-9	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	·
28	19-9	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	·
29	19-10	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	·
30	20-10	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	·
31	20-11	MICHST	RUTGER	Serve err	Michigan St.		·
32	21-11	RUTGER	MICHST×4	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	·
33	22-11	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Skylar George		·
34	23-11	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	·
35	24-11	MICHST	MICHST×4	Blocked	Addison Wiemann	blk Madi Andrews, Zora Hardison	·
36	24-12	MICHST	RUTGER	Attack err	Karolina Staniszewska		·
37	25-12	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Rutgers		·
Set 2
1	1-0	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.5
2	2-0	MICHST	MICHST	Ace	Michigan St.	aced Alleigh Dutton	+0.7
3	2-1	MICHST	RUTGER×4	Serve err	Michigan St.		+0.5
4	2-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Zharia Harris-Waddy, Malia Romes	+0.9
5	2-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Malia Romes	set Alleigh Dutton	+1.0
6	2-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Zharia Harris-Waddy, Malia Romes	+1.1
7	3-4	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.7
8	3-5	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+0.8
9	3-6	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers		+1.2
10	4-6	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.7
11	5-6	MICHST	MICHST	Ace	Michigan St.		+1.1
12	5-7	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.9
13	6-7	RUTGER	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.8
14	7-7	MICHST	MICHST×3	Blocked	Karis Willow	blk Carmen Waye, Madi Andrews	+1.1
15	8-7	MICHST	MICHST×3	Attack err	Karis Willow		+1.0
16	8-8	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
17	8-9	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.2
18	9-9	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Lia Schneider	+0.8
19	9-10	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.9
20	10-10	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+0.8
21	11-10	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+1.1
22	11-11	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.8
23	11-12	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers		+1.4
24	12-12	RUTGER	MICHST	Attack err	Addison Wiemann		+0.9
25	12-13	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.0
26	13-13	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.9
27	13-14	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+1.1
28	13-15	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+1.7
29	14-15	RUTGER	MICHST	Attack err	Addison Wiemann		+1.0
30	14-16	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.3
31	14-17	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+1.9
32	15-17	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.0
33	15-18	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.4
34	16-18	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.0
35	17-18	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Alana Whitfield	+1.8
36	17-19	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.6
37	17-20	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+2.2
38	18-20	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.1
39	18-21	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+1.7
40	18-22	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.9
41	19-22	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+0.7
42	20-22	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+1.6
43	20-23	MICHST	RUTGER	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Malia Romes, Natalie Robinson	+1.9
44	21-23	RUTGER	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+0.9
45	22-23	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye		+2.3
46	23-23	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston		+3.4
47	24-23	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Zharia Harris-Waddy		+3.8
48	24-24	MICHST	RUTGER	Blocked	Alanna Bankston	blk Zharia Harris-Waddy, Malia Romes	+2.6
49	25-24	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.6
50	25-25	MICHST	RUTGER	Serve err	Michigan St.		+2.6
51	25-26	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers	aced Alanna Bankston	+4.5
52	26-26	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+3.2
53	26-27	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.2
54	26-28	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+5.6
Set 3
1	1-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.0
2	2-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.8
3	3-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Kill	Bianca Mumcular	set Malayah Long	+1.6
4	4-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Bad set	Lily Bolen		+1.3
5	5-0	MICHST	MICHST×5	Blocked	Addison Wiemann	blk Malayah Long, Carmen Waye	+1.1
6	5-1	MICHST	RUTGER×6	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.7
7	5-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+1.3
8	5-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
9	5-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Ace	Alleigh Dutton	aced Madi Andrews	+2.0
10	5-5	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Lily Bolen	+2.4
11	5-6	RUTGER	RUTGER×6	Kill	Lily Bolen		+2.8
12	6-6	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Alleigh Dutton		+1.8
13	6-7	MICHST	RUTGER	Serve err	Malayah Long		+2.1
14	6-8	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Alleigh Dutton	+3.2
15	7-8	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.0
16	8-8	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+2.8
17	8-9	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
18	9-9	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+2.0
19	10-9	MICHST	MICHST	Attack err	Madi Andrews		+2.7
20	10-10	MICHST	RUTGER×3	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.0
21	10-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Bad set	Karolina Staniszewska		+3.3
22	10-12	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.7
23	11-12	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.3
24	11-13	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.8
25	11-14	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Madi Andrews	blk Natalie Robinson, Brooke Baldwin	+4.1
26	12-14	RUTGER	MICHST×6	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.3
27	13-14	MICHST	MICHST×6	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+3.7
28	14-14	MICHST	MICHST×6	Attack err	Malia Romes		+3.7
29	15-14	MICHST	MICHST×6	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+3.5
30	16-14	MICHST	MICHST×6	Attack err	Malia Romes		+3.1
31	17-14	MICHST	MICHST×6	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Malayah Long, Zora Hardison	+2.5
32	17-15	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
33	18-15	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+1.8
34	18-16	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
35	19-16	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.9
36	20-16	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+1.9
37	20-17	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+1.0
38	21-17	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Lia Schneider	+1.3
39	21-18	MICHST	RUTGER	Attack err	Karis Willow		+0.9
40	22-18	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+1.3
41	22-19	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
42	23-19	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Hayley Ogden	set Malayah Long	+1.2
43	23-20	MICHST	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.6
44	23-21	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Alleigh Dutton	+1.8
45	23-22	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Zora Hardison	blk Skylar George, Natalie Robinson	+3.8
46	24-22	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Madi Andrews	set Malayah Long	+4.2
47	25-22	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+2.8
Set 4
1	1-0	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Zora Hardison	+1.0
2	1-1	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+1.1
3	2-1	RUTGER	MICHST	Attack err	Zharia Harris-Waddy		+1.1
4	3-1	MICHST	MICHST	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+1.4
5	3-2	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Zharia Harris-Waddy	+1.0
6	4-2	RUTGER	MICHST×4	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+1.0
7	5-2	MICHST	MICHST×4	Ace	Malayah Long		+1.2
8	6-2	MICHST	MICHST×4	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+1.0
9	7-2	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.8
10	7-3	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
11	8-3	RUTGER	MICHST×3	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+0.6
12	9-3	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Karolina Staniszewska	set Malayah Long	+0.6
13	10-3	MICHST	MICHST×3	Bad set	Brooke Baldwin		+0.5
14	10-4	MICHST	RUTGER	Attack err	Karolina Staniszewska		+0.3
15	10-5	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson		+0.5
16	11-5	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+0.4
17	11-6	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Karis Willow	+0.4
18	11-7	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+0.8
19	12-7	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.6
20	12-8	MICHST	RUTGER	Serve err	Hayley Ogden		+0.5
21	13-8	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+0.6
22	13-9	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+0.5
23	13-10	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+1.1
24	14-10	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+0.9
25	14-11	MICHST	RUTGER	Serve err	Ky Clayton		+0.8
26	15-11	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Carmen Waye	set Malayah Long	+0.9
27	15-12	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
28	15-13	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Alanna Bankston		+1.6
29	16-13	RUTGER	MICHST	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.2
30	16-14	MICHST	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.2
31	16-15	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Karis Willow	set Skylar George	+2.2
32	16-16	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.9
33	17-16	RUTGER	MICHST	Attack err	Skylar George		+2.0
34	17-17	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
35	18-17	RUTGER	MICHST×4	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.2
36	19-17	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+2.8
37	20-17	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Zora Hardison		+2.2
38	21-17	MICHST	MICHST×4	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+1.5
39	21-18	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.7
40	22-18	RUTGER	MICHST×3	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+1.0
41	23-18	MICHST	MICHST×3	Kill	Alanna Bankston	set Malayah Long	+0.7
42	24-18	MICHST	MICHST×3	Ace	Karolina Staniszewska	aced Avery Jesewitz	+0.2
43	24-19	MICHST	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	·
44	24-20	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Alleigh Dutton	aced Lia Schneider	+0.1
45	25-20	RUTGER	MICHST	Kill	Zora Hardison	set Malayah Long	+0.2

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).

Michigan St. def. Rutgers 3–1

Michigan St. built it on serve.