Illinois def. Lindenwood 3–0
Illinois beat visiting Lindenwood 3-0 (25-12, 25-12, 25-14) on Wed, Sep 9, 2026. Illinois' Paityn Chapman led with 11 kills, and Talita Goncalves added 13 digs.
Data through · final Sep 9
| Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINWOD | 12 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| ILL | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Win probability
No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Illinois stayed the heavy favorite throughout.
Pre-match
Season fit · includes this match
Lindenwood wins
Illinois wins
- LINWOD break %
- 35.9% vs this opp
- ILL break %
- 47.4% 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
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 24 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -.111 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -.500 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 21 | .238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 25 | 21 | 88 | .045 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 3 | 26 | .308 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | .778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 19 | .368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | .375 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | .800 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 6.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 43 | 8 | 84 | .417 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 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
Set 1
12-25
Set 2
12-25
Set 3
14-25
Bars above the line = Illinois leads, below = Lindenwood leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.
Rotations
Sideout and break % by rotation slot
Lindenwood
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40%6/15 | 38%3/8 |
| 2 | 67%6/9 | 33%3/9 |
| 3 | 33%5/15 | 25%2/8 |
| 4 | 31%4/13 | 38%3/8 |
| 5 | 33%3/9 | 0%0/4 |
| 6 | 25%3/12 | 0%0/3 |
| All | 37%27/73 | 28%11/40 |
Illinois
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86%6/7 | 78%14/18 |
| 2 | 67%6/9 | 50%6/12 |
| 3 | 56%5/9 | 58%7/12 |
| 4 | 83%5/6 | 55%6/11 |
| 5 | 100%4/4 | 69%9/13 |
| 6 | 60%3/5 | 57%4/7 |
| All | 73%29/40 | 63%46/73 |
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
113 rallies
| # | LINWOD-ILL | Srv | Point | End | Player | Setter / blockers / passer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 0-1 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | set Kenna Phelan |
| 2 | 1-1 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Autumn Bax | set Kaci Johnson |
| 3 | 1-2 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Kenna Phelan |
| 4 | 2-2 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Kaci Johnson |
| 5 | 2-3 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Lindsay Oldendorf | set Kenna Phelan |
| 6 | 3-3 | ILL | LINWOD | Serve err | Illinois | |
| 7 | 3-4 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Kill | Alyssa Aguayo | set Kenna Phelan |
| 8 | 3-5 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Kenna Phelan |
| 9 | 3-6 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Kenna Phelan |
| 10 | 4-6 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Kaci Johnson |
| 11 | 4-7 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Kenna Phelan |
| 12 | 5-7 | ILL | LINWOD | Serve err | Illinois | |
| 13 | 5-8 | LINWOD | ILL×4 | Kill | Kenna Phelan | |
| 14 | 5-9 | ILL | ILL×4 | Blocked | Autumn Bax | blk Kristina Starostenko, Paityn Chapman |
| 15 | 5-10 | ILL | ILL×4 | Blocked | Autumn Bax | blk Kristina Starostenko, Paityn Chapman |
| 16 | 5-11 | ILL | ILL×4 | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Talita Goncalves |
| 17 | 6-11 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Kaci Johnson |
| 18 | 7-11 | LINWOD | LINWOD | Attack err | Alyssa Aguayo | |
| 19 | 7-12 | LINWOD | ILL×4 | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | set Kenna Phelan |
| 20 | 7-13 | ILL | ILL×4 | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | |
| 21 | 7-14 | ILL | ILL×4 | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | set Kaci Johnson |
| 22 | 7-15 | ILL | ILL×4 | Attack err | Autumn Bax | |
| 23 | 8-15 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Kaci Johnson |
| 24 | 8-16 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | set Kenna Phelan |
| 25 | 8-17 | ILL | ILL | Kill | Lindsay Oldendorf | |
| 26 | 9-17 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Kylee Richey | set Kaci Johnson |
| 27 | 9-18 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Talita Goncalves |
| 28 | 10-18 | ILL | LINWOD | Attack err | Lindsay Oldendorf | |
| 29 | 11-18 | LINWOD | LINWOD | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Greta Shadewald |
| 30 | 11-19 | LINWOD | ILL | Serve err | Lindenwood | |
| 31 | 11-20 | ILL | ILL | Attack err | Jade Roth | |
| 32 | 12-20 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Greta Shadewald |
| 33 | 12-21 | LINWOD | ILL×5 | Serve err | Lindenwood | |
| 34 | 12-22 | ILL | ILL×5 | Blocked | Lauren Ortwerth | blk Taylor de Boer |
| 35 | 12-23 | ILL | ILL×5 | Kill | Kenna Phelan | set Kenna Phelan |
| 36 | 12-24 | ILL | ILL×5 | Kill | Kenna Phelan | set Greta Shadewald |
| 37 | 12-25 | ILL | ILL×5 | Attack err | Ashley Geluck | |
| Set 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Autumn Bax | set Kenna Phelan |
| 2 | 1-1 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | set Kenna Phelan |
| 3 | 2-1 | ILL | LINWOD | Attack err | Paityn Chapman | |
| 4 | 2-2 | LINWOD | ILL×6 | Kill | Alyssa Aguayo | set Kenna Phelan |
| 5 | 2-3 | ILL | ILL×6 | Kill | Alyssa Aguayo | set Kenna Phelan |
| 6 | 2-4 | ILL | ILL×6 | Bad set | Kaci Johnson | |
| 7 | 2-5 | ILL | ILL×6 | Blocked | Kylee Richey | blk Alyssa Aguayo |
| 8 | 2-6 | ILL | ILL×6 | Attack err | Susanna Beretti | |
| 9 | 2-7 | ILL | ILL×6 | Attack err | Susanna Beretti | |
| 10 | 3-7 | ILL | LINWOD×3 | Attack err | Lindsay Oldendorf | |
| 11 | 4-7 | LINWOD | LINWOD×3 | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Kylee Richey |
| 12 | 5-7 | LINWOD | LINWOD×3 | Attack err | Paityn Chapman | |
| 13 | 5-8 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Talita Goncalves |
| 14 | 5-9 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Alyssa Aguayo | set Talita Goncalves |
| 15 | 5-10 | ILL | ILL×3 | Attack err | Kaci Johnson | |
| 16 | 6-10 | ILL | LINWOD | Serve err | Illinois | |
| 17 | 6-11 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Kenna Phelan |
| 18 | 6-12 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Alyssa Aguayo |
| 19 | 6-13 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Lindsay Oldendorf | |
| 20 | 7-13 | ILL | LINWOD | Serve err | Illinois | |
| 21 | 7-14 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Kenna Phelan |
| 22 | 8-14 | ILL | LINWOD×3 | Kill | Ashley Geluck | set Kaci Johnson |
| 23 | 9-14 | LINWOD | LINWOD×3 | Kill | Ashley Geluck | set Kaci Johnson |
| 24 | 10-14 | LINWOD | LINWOD×3 | Attack err | Taylor de Boer | |
| 25 | 10-15 | LINWOD | ILL×6 | Serve err | Lindenwood | |
| 26 | 10-16 | ILL | ILL×6 | Attack err | Autumn Bax | |
| 27 | 10-17 | ILL | ILL×6 | Ace | Illinois | aced Dana Grib |
| 28 | 10-18 | ILL | ILL×6 | Attack err | Autumn Bax | |
| 29 | 10-19 | ILL | ILL×6 | Blocked | Susanna Beretti | blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko |
| 30 | 10-20 | ILL | ILL×6 | Ace | Illinois | aced Mandy Lawson |
| 31 | 11-20 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Ashley Geluck | set Kaci Johnson |
| 32 | 11-21 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Kenna Phelan |
| 33 | 11-22 | ILL | ILL×3 | Ace | Illinois | aced Mandy Lawson |
| 34 | 11-23 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Alyssa Aguayo | set Kenna Phelan |
| 35 | 12-23 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Autumn Bax | set Kaci Johnson |
| 36 | 12-24 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Alyssa Aguayo | set Kenna Phelan |
| 37 | 12-25 | ILL | ILL | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Kenna Phelan |
| Set 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 0-1 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Kenna Phelan |
| 2 | 0-2 | ILL | ILL | Kill | Maya Harris | set Kenna Phelan |
| 3 | 1-2 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Kaci Johnson |
| 4 | 2-2 | LINWOD | LINWOD | Blocked | Paityn Chapman | blk Susanna Beretti |
| 5 | 2-3 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Kenna Phelan |
| 6 | 3-3 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Autumn Bax | set Kaci Johnson |
| 7 | 4-3 | LINWOD | LINWOD | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Kaci Johnson |
| 8 | 4-4 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Kenna Phelan |
| 9 | 4-5 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Kenna Phelan | set Dana Grib |
| 10 | 4-6 | ILL | ILL×3 | Blocked | Susanna Beretti | blk Kenna Phelan, Lindsay Oldendorf |
| 11 | 5-6 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Kaci Johnson |
| 12 | 5-7 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Serve err | Lindenwood | |
| 13 | 5-8 | ILL | ILL×3 | Ace | Illinois | aced Susanna Beretti |
| 14 | 5-9 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Lindsay Oldendorf |
| 15 | 6-9 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Kaci Johnson |
| 16 | 6-10 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Taylor de Boer | set Kenna Phelan |
| 17 | 7-10 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Kaci Johnson |
| 18 | 7-11 | LINWOD | ILL×7 | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | set Kaci Johnson |
| 19 | 7-12 | ILL | ILL×7 | Blocked | Ashley Geluck | blk Kristina Starostenko |
| 20 | 7-13 | ILL | ILL×7 | Blocked | Autumn Bax | blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko |
| 21 | 7-14 | ILL | ILL×7 | Blocked | Lauren Ortwerth | blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko |
| 22 | 7-15 | ILL | ILL×7 | Blocked | Ashley Geluck | blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko |
| 23 | 7-16 | ILL | ILL×7 | Blocked | Ashley Geluck | blk Taylor de Boer |
| 24 | 7-17 | ILL | ILL×7 | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Talita Goncalves |
| 25 | 8-17 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Lauren Ortwerth | set Kaci Johnson |
| 26 | 8-18 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Paityn Chapman | set Alyssa Aguayo |
| 27 | 9-18 | ILL | LINWOD×3 | Kill | Autumn Bax | set Kaci Johnson |
| 28 | 10-18 | LINWOD | LINWOD×3 | Attack err | Kristina Starostenko | |
| 29 | 11-18 | LINWOD | LINWOD×3 | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Kaci Johnson |
| 30 | 11-19 | LINWOD | ILL | Kill | Kristina Starostenko | set Kenna Phelan |
| 31 | 12-19 | ILL | LINWOD | Serve err | Illinois | |
| 32 | 13-19 | LINWOD | LINWOD | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Mandy Lawson |
| 33 | 13-20 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Kill | Alyssa Aguayo | set Kenna Phelan |
| 34 | 13-21 | ILL | ILL×3 | Bad set | Greta Shadewald | |
| 35 | 13-22 | ILL | ILL×3 | Ace | Illinois | aced Dana Grib |
| 36 | 14-22 | ILL | LINWOD | Kill | Susanna Beretti | set Greta Shadewald |
| 37 | 14-23 | LINWOD | ILL×3 | Attack err | Kylee Richey | |
| 38 | 14-24 | ILL | ILL×3 | Kill | Madi Miles | set Kenna Phelan |
| 39 | 14-25 | ILL | ILL×3 | Attack err | Lauren Ortwerth | |
Score shown after each rally, Lindenwood first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).