Illinois vs Arkansas Volleyball: Illinois Wins 3-0 (Sep 19)

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Illinois beat Arkansas 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-17) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at a neutral site. Illinois' Alyssa Aguayo led with 13 kills, and Talita Goncalves added 23 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ILL	25	25	25	3
ARK	16	21	17	0

Win probability

Arkansas above 50 · Illinois below

Biggest swing: 1.8% to Arkansas — set 2, ILL 9-11 ARK. Attack error by Paityn Chapman. ARK win probability 11% → 13%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ILL 83.1%16.9% ARK

Illinois wins

3-0

34.8%

3-1

31.0%

3-2

17.3%

Arkansas wins

3-0

2.6%

3-1

5.5%

3-2

8.8%

ILL break %: 44.5% vs this opp
ARK break %: 37.2% 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 ChapmanAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Paityn Chapman
Set 2 · ILL 9-11 ARK · ARK 11% → 13%
02
Layla SmithAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Layla Smith
Set 2 · ILL 12-12 ARK · ILL 88% → 90%
03
Paityn ChapmanKill+1.7%
Kill by Paityn Chapman (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 2 · ILL 13-12 ARK · ILL 90% → 92%
04
Paityn ChapmanAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Paityn Chapman
Set 2 · ILL 9-10 ARK · ARK 9% → 11%
05
Lakin LaurendineKill+1.7%
Kill by Lakin Laurendine (set by Kiki Remensperger)
Set 1 · ILL 9-8 ARK · ARK 14% → 15%
06
IllinoisAce+1.6%
Illinois ace on Gaby Cornier
Set 1 · ILL 4-3 ARK · ILL 83% → 84%
07
Taylor de BoerKill+1.6%
Kill by Taylor de Boer (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 2 · ILL 20-17 ARK · ILL 93% → 95%
08
Alyssa AguayoAttack error+1.6%
Attack error by Alyssa Aguayo
Set 2 · ILL 16-15 ARK · ARK 6% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Illinoisaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Paityn ChapmanOH	3	12	6	33	.182	1	2	2	3	0	2	1	15
19Alyssa AguayoOH	3	13	3	23	.435	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	13
5Taylor de BoerOH	3	11	7	28	.143	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	12
11Kristina StarostenkoMB	3	6	2	10	.400	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
16Ashlyn PhilpotMB	3	4	3	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	6.5
7Kenna PhelanS	3	1	0	2	.500	41	1	2	5	0	3	1.5	3.5
8Maya HarrisOH	3	2	0	3	.667	1	2	3	9	0	1	0.5	4.5
18Talita GoncalvesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	23	0	0	0	0
17Vivian CampbellS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0
2Taryn KirschL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	21	107	.262	47	5	10	53	1	16	8	75

Arkansashome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Parker DuncanOH	3	6	5	32	.031	1	1	1	6	2	0	1	0.5	7.5
16Layla SmithMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	3	7
25Lakin LaurendineOH	3	5	2	20	.150	0	0	2	6	1	0	1	0.5	5.5
23Aleki AlexanderMB	3	3	1	9	.222	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5
13Kiki RemenspergerS	3	0	0	2	.000	16	0	0	8	0	2	0	2	2
4Lily DudleyOH	2	1	2	9	-.111	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
15Gaby CornierL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	1
22Ava RothL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
6Madi BenneL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1Laci BohannanOH	2	1	3	10	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Elsie LawMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
Team totals		21	15	95	.063	18	1	6	34	5	4	12	10	54

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 ILL · ARK 5

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 5 ILLARK 3

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 6 ILLARK 5

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 3 ILLARK 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Illinois

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	36%4/11
2	70%7/10	56%9/16
3	100%6/6	45%5/11
4	86%6/7	54%7/13
5	75%6/8	50%6/12
6	46%6/13	45%5/11
All	71%39/55	49%36/74

Arkansas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	25%2/8
2	64%7/11	38%5/13
3	46%6/13	13%1/8
4	40%6/15	14%1/7
5	60%6/10	25%2/8
6	63%5/8	45%5/11
All	51%38/74	29%16/55

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

129 rallies

#	ILL-ARK	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ILL	ARK	Kill	Aleki Alexander	set Kiki Remensperger	+1.2
2	1-1	ARK	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
3	1-2	ILL	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+1.2
4	2-2	ARK	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
5	2-3	ILL	ARK	Kill	Layla Smith	set Kiki Remensperger	+1.3
6	3-3	ARK	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
7	4-3	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Gaby Cornier	+1.6
8	4-4	ILL	ARK	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+1.2
9	5-4	ARK	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
10	6-4	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Lakin Laurendine	blk Ashlyn Philpot, Taylor de Boer	+1.5
11	6-5	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+1.1
12	7-5	ARK	ILL	Attack err	Parker Duncan		+1.1
13	8-5	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Lily Dudley	blk Kristina Starostenko, Taylor de Boer	+1.4
14	8-6	ILL	ARK	Kill	Parker Duncan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.9
15	9-6	ARK	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
16	9-7	ILL	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.9
17	9-8	ARK	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+1.7
18	10-8	ARK	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
19	11-8	ILL	ILL	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
20	11-9	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+1.0
21	12-9	ARK	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
22	13-9	ILL	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
23	13-10	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Layla Smith	+0.8
24	14-10	ARK	ILL×3	Serve err	Arkansas		+0.9
25	15-10	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
26	16-10	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Illinois	aced Lakin Laurendine	+0.7
27	16-11	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+0.3
28	17-11	ARK	ILL	Serve err	Arkansas		+0.4
29	17-12	ILL	ARK	Kill	Parker Duncan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.3
30	18-12	ARK	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
31	18-13	ILL	ARK×3	Kill	Parker Duncan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.3
32	18-14	ARK	ARK×3	Ace	Parker Duncan	aced Alyssa Aguayo	+0.7
33	18-15	ARK	ARK×3	Kill	Aleki Alexander	set Kiki Remensperger	+1.1
34	19-15	ARK	ILL×5	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Paityn Chapman	+1.0
35	20-15	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+0.9
36	21-15	ILL	ILL×5	Attack err	Lily Dudley		+0.5
37	22-15	ILL	ILL×5	Ace	Illinois	aced Parker Duncan	+0.2
38	23-15	ILL	ILL×5	Attack err	Aleki Alexander		+0.1
39	23-16	ILL	ARK	Kill	Lily Dudley	set Kiki Remensperger	·
40	24-16	ARK	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	·
41	25-16	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Parker Duncan	·
Set 2
1	1-0	ARK	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
2	1-1	ILL	ARK	Kill	Parker Duncan	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.8
3	2-1	ARK	ILL	Blocked	Parker Duncan	blk Ashlyn Philpot, Paityn Chapman	+0.8
4	2-2	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Aleki Alexander, Parker Duncan	+0.8
5	3-2	ARK	ILL×3	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.8
6	4-2	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
7	5-2	ILL	ILL×3	Blocked	Parker Duncan	blk Ashlyn Philpot, Kenna Phelan	+0.9
8	5-3	ILL	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.6
9	5-4	ARK	ARK	Kill	Parker Duncan	set Kiki Remensperger	+1.1
10	6-4	ARK	ILL×3	Serve err	Arkansas		+0.8
11	7-4	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
12	8-4	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.8
13	8-5	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+0.5
14	8-6	ARK	ARK	Kill	Lakin Laurendine		+1.0
15	9-6	ARK	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Talita Goncalves	+0.7
16	9-7	ILL	ARK×5	Kill	Layla Smith	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.7
17	9-8	ARK	ARK×5	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Layla Smith, Lakin Laurendine	+1.2
18	9-9	ARK	ARK×5	Attack err	Taylor de Boer		+1.5
19	9-10	ARK	ARK×5	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+1.7
20	9-11	ARK	ARK×5	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+1.8
21	10-11	ARK	ILL	Blocked	Lakin Laurendine	blk Kristina Starostenko, Maya Harris	+1.1
22	10-12	ILL	ARK	Kill	Layla Smith	set Kiki Remensperger	+1.3
23	11-12	ARK	ILL×6	Serve err	Arkansas		+1.2
24	12-12	ILL	ILL×6	Attack err	Layla Smith		+1.7
25	13-12	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.7
26	14-12	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
27	15-12	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Maya Harris	+1.3
28	16-12	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
29	16-13	ILL	ARK×3	Kill	Layla Smith	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.6
30	16-14	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+1.2
31	16-15	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		+1.6
32	17-15	ARK	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
33	17-16	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Ashlyn Philpot	blk Kiki Remensperger	+1.2
34	18-16	ARK	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
35	18-17	ILL	ARK	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+1.2
36	19-17	ARK	ILL×3	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
37	20-17	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
38	21-17	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
39	21-18	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+0.5
40	21-19	ARK	ARK	Kill	Laci Bohannan	set Parker Duncan	+1.2
41	22-19	ARK	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
42	23-19	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Laci Bohannan		+1.0
43	24-19	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
44	24-20	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+0.1
45	24-21	ARK	ARK	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+0.2
46	25-21	ARK	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.4
Set 3
1	0-1	ILL	ARK	Attack err	Taylor de Boer		+0.4
2	1-1	ARK	ILL	Serve err	Arkansas		+0.4
3	2-1	ILL	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.6
4	2-2	ILL	ARK	Attack err	Kristina Starostenko		+0.4
5	3-2	ARK	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
6	3-3	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Elsie Law, Aleki Alexander	+0.4
7	4-3	ARK	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
8	4-4	ILL	ARK	Kill	Aleki Alexander	set Kiki Remensperger	+0.4
9	5-4	ARK	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
10	5-5	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Elsie Law, Layla Smith	+0.4
11	6-5	ARK	ILL	Serve err	Arkansas		+0.4
12	6-6	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Kiki Remensperger	+0.5
13	7-6	ARK	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
14	7-7	ILL	ARK	Attack err	Taylor de Boer		+0.5
15	8-7	ARK	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
16	8-8	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+0.5
17	9-8	ARK	ILL×3	Blocked	Parker Duncan	blk Kristina Starostenko, Paityn Chapman	+0.5
18	10-8	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Parker Duncan		+0.6
19	11-8	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
20	11-9	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Aleki Alexander	+0.4
21	12-9	ARK	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
22	13-9	ILL	ILL×3	Blocked	Laci Bohannan	blk Kenna Phelan, Ashlyn Philpot	+0.5
23	14-9	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.3
24	14-10	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		+0.2
25	15-10	ARK	ILL	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+0.2
26	16-10	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Laci Bohannan	blk Kenna Phelan, Ashlyn Philpot	+0.2
27	16-11	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Layla Smith, Elsie Law	+0.1
28	17-11	ARK	ILL×3	Kill	Kenna Phelan	set Talita Goncalves	+0.2
29	18-11	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Layla Smith		+0.1
30	19-11	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Vivian Campbell	+0.1
31	19-12	ILL	ARK	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Laci Bohannan, Layla Smith	·
32	20-12	ARK	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	·
33	20-13	ILL	ARK×3	Serve err	Illinois		·
34	20-14	ARK	ARK×3	Kill	Gaby Cornier	set Kenna Phelan	+0.1
35	20-15	ARK	ARK×3	Attack err	Kristina Starostenko		+0.1
36	21-15	ARK	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.1
37	22-15	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois		+0.1
38	22-16	ILL	ARK	Serve err	Illinois		·
39	22-17	ARK	ARK	Kill	Parker Duncan	set Madi Benne	+0.1
40	23-17	ARK	ILL×3	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.1
41	24-17	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	·
42	25-17	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	·

Score shown after each rally, Illinois 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. Arkansas 3–0