Syracuse vs Illinois Volleyball: Illinois Wins 3-0 (Aug 30)

FinalSun, Aug 30, 2026

0:3

Illinois beat visiting Syracuse 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-14) on Sun, Aug 30, 2026. Illinois' Paityn Chapman led with 16 kills, and Alyssa Aguayo added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Aug 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SYR	17	17	14	0
ILL	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Illinois above 50 · Syracuse below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SYR 0.4%99.6% ILL

Syracuse wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.3%

Illinois wins

3-0

82.0%

3-1

15.8%

3-2

1.9%

SYR break %: 31.8% vs this opp
ILL break %: 52.4% 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

Syracuseaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	13	6	29	.241	0	1	9	3	1	0.5	13.5
6Marie LaurioOH	3	11	5	30	.200	0	2	11	1	1	0.5	11.5
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	4	3	11	.091	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
15Emma FaerberMB	3	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
13Aileen McAllisterOH	3	0	3	8	-.375	1	0	3	1	0	0	0
1Charis BurgeS	3	0	0	5	.000	24	0	5	0	0	0	0
14Anna SmithL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22Mira LedermuellerS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	7	0	0	0	0
12Keila GabrielOPP	2	2	2	8	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals		31	19	96	.125	29	4	37	5	4	2	48

Illinoishome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
4Paityn ChapmanOH	3	16	1	34	.441	0	0	2	8	3	1.5	17.5
5Taylor de BoerOH	3	13	5	26	.308	0	0	0	3	1	0.5	13.5
19Alyssa AguayoOH	3	6	1	15	.333	0	1	1	10	2	1	8
7Kenna PhelanS	3	3	0	4	.750	29	2	2	9	0	0	5
14Lindsay OldendorfMB	3	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	1	3	1.5	3.5
11Kristina StarostenkoMB	2	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	1	1	0.5	2.5
8Maya HarrisOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	2	5	6	0	0	3
18Talita GoncalvesL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	8	0	0	5	0	0	0
2Taryn KirschL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Vivian CampbellS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
16Ashlyn PhilpotMB	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
22Ava WysockiOPP	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
9Madi MilesOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15Gabby DeanMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Sophi RandallS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	7	100	.400	39	5	10	44	12	6	75

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 3 SYR · ILL 6

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 SYRILL 3

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 2 SYRILL 4

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 2 SYRILL 6

Bars above the line = Illinois leads, below = Syracuse leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	13%1/8
2	58%7/12	27%3/11
3	46%6/13	13%1/8
4	75%6/8	25%2/8
5	50%6/12	14%1/7
6	60%6/10	14%1/7
All	53%39/74	18%9/49

Illinois

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	59%10/17
2	100%8/8	43%6/14
3	75%6/8	60%9/15
4	86%6/7	14%1/7
5	86%6/7	40%4/10
6	75%6/8	45%5/11
All	82%40/49	47%35/74

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

123 rallies

#	SYR-ILL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	ILL	SYR×3	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
2	2-0	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Taylor de Boer
3	3-0	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Taylor de Boer
4	3-1	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
5	3-2	ILL	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves
6	4-2	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
7	4-3	SYR	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan
8	5-3	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
9	5-4	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves
10	6-4	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
11	6-5	SYR	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan
12	6-6	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
13	7-6	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
14	7-7	SYR	ILL	Kill	Kenna Phelan
15	8-7	ILL	SYR	Kill	Emma Faerber	set Kenna Phelan
16	9-7	SYR	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
17	9-8	SYR	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
18	9-9	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
19	10-9	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
20	10-10	SYR	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan
21	11-10	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
22	11-11	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
23	11-12	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Abby Nicholson
24	12-12	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
25	12-13	SYR	ILL	Kill	Lindsay Oldendorf	set Kenna Phelan
26	12-14	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Marie Laurio
27	13-14	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
28	13-15	SYR	ILL	Kill	Kenna Phelan	set Mira Ledermueller
29	13-16	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
30	14-16	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
31	14-17	SYR	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Talita Goncalves
32	14-18	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer
33	15-18	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
34	15-19	SYR	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
35	15-20	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Aileen McAllister
36	15-21	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Charis Burge
37	16-21	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
38	16-22	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
39	16-23	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Kiernan Stamey
40	17-23	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
41	17-24	SYR	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan
42	17-25	ILL	ILL	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan
Set 2
1	0-1	SYR	ILL×4	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Talita Goncalves
2	0-2	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Aileen McAllister
3	0-3	ILL	ILL×4	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko
4	0-4	ILL	ILL×4	Ace	Illinois	aced Kiernan Stamey
5	1-4	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Yuka Urano
6	1-5	SYR	ILL	Serve err	Syracuse
7	2-5	ILL	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
8	2-6	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
9	3-6	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
10	3-7	SYR	ILL	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
11	3-8	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Marie Laurio
12	4-8	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano
13	4-9	SYR	ILL×4	Kill	Lindsay Oldendorf	set Kenna Phelan
14	4-10	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
15	4-11	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Kenna Phelan	set Kenna Phelan
16	4-12	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
17	5-12	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
18	6-12	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Taylor de Boer
19	6-13	SYR	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
20	7-13	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
21	7-14	SYR	ILL	Attack err	Aileen McAllister
22	8-14	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
23	8-15	SYR	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan
24	8-16	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Alyssa Aguayo, Lindsay Oldendorf
25	9-16	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
26	10-16	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
27	10-17	SYR	ILL	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
28	11-17	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
29	12-17	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Emma Faerber, Kiernan Stamey
30	12-18	SYR	ILL	Serve err	Syracuse
31	13-18	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
32	14-18	SYR	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
33	14-19	SYR	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Sophi Randall
34	15-19	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Yuka Urano
35	15-20	SYR	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Talita Goncalves
36	15-21	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer
37	15-22	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Marie Laurio
38	16-22	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
39	16-23	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
40	17-23	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
41	17-24	SYR	ILL	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
42	17-25	ILL	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves
Set 3
1	0-1	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
2	0-2	ILL	ILL×5	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Paityn Chapman, Lindsay Oldendorf
3	0-3	ILL	ILL×5	Ace	Illinois	aced Kiernan Stamey
4	0-4	ILL	ILL×5	Ace	Illinois	aced Aileen McAllister
5	0-5	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves
6	1-5	ILL	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
7	2-5	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Marie Laurio, Abby Nicholson
8	2-6	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
9	3-6	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
10	3-7	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
11	4-7	ILL	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
12	4-8	SYR	ILL	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot
13	5-8	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
14	5-9	SYR	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan
15	6-9	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
16	6-10	SYR	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
17	7-10	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Charis Burge
18	7-11	SYR	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
19	8-11	ILL	SYR	Attack err	Taylor de Boer
20	8-12	SYR	ILL	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Taylor de Boer, Lindsay Oldendorf
21	8-13	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
22	9-13	ILL	SYR	Kill	Marie Laurio	set Aileen McAllister
23	9-14	SYR	ILL×6	Serve err	Syracuse
24	9-15	ILL	ILL×6	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
25	9-16	ILL	ILL×6	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Ashlyn Philpot, Alyssa Aguayo
26	9-17	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan
27	9-18	ILL	ILL×6	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
28	9-19	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves
29	10-19	ILL	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
30	11-19	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano
31	11-20	SYR	ILL	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
32	12-20	ILL	SYR	Serve err	Illinois
33	12-21	SYR	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan
34	12-22	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan
35	13-22	ILL	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
36	13-23	SYR	ILL	Serve err	Syracuse
37	13-24	ILL	ILL	Kill	Ava Wysocki	set Vivian Campbell
38	14-24	ILL	SYR	Attack err	Paityn Chapman
39	14-25	SYR	ILL	Kill	Ava Wysocki	set Kenna Phelan

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

Illinois def. Syracuse 3–0