Illinois vs Arkansas State Volleyball: Illinois Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Sep 20, 2026

3:0

Illinois won at Arkansas St. 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-23) on Sun, Sep 20, 2026. Illinois' Paityn Chapman led with 13 kills, and Talita Goncalves added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 20

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ILL	25	25	25	3
ARK ST	15	22	23	0

Win probability

Arkansas St. above 50 · Illinois below

Biggest swing: 3.8% to Illinois — set 2, ILL 21-20 ARK ST. Kill by Taylor de Boer (set by Kristina Starostenko). ARK ST win probability 16% → 12%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ILL 74.9%25.1% ARK ST

Illinois wins

3-0

26.9%

3-1

28.6%

3-2

19.3%

Arkansas St. wins

3-0

4.4%

3-1

8.6%

3-2

12.1%

ILL break %: 44.0% vs this opp
ARK ST break %: 38.9% 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
Taylor de BoerKill+3.8%
Kill by Taylor de Boer (set by Kristina Starostenko)
Set 2 · ILL 21-20 ARK ST · ILL 84% → 88%
02
Calea BushAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Calea Bush
Set 2 · ILL 20-20 ARK ST · ILL 80% → 84%
03
Taylor de BoerBlock+3.5%
Addison Collum stuffed by Taylor de Boer
Set 2 · ILL 22-20 ARK ST · ILL 88% → 91%
04
Taylor de BoerKill+2.9%
Kill by Taylor de Boer (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 2 · ILL 18-19 ARK ST · ILL 78% → 81%
05
Arkansas St.Ace+2.7%
Arkansas St. ace on Maya Harris
Set 2 · ILL 13-16 ARK ST · ARK ST 20% → 22%
06
Kaitlin WhitlockKill+2.6%
Kill by Kaitlin Whitlock (set by Erin Madigan)
Set 2 · ILL 18-20 ARK ST · ARK ST 19% → 22%
07
IllinoisAce+2.5%
Illinois ace on Kaitlin Whitlock
Set 2 · ILL 23-20 ARK ST · ILL 91% → 94%
08
Alyssa AguayoKill+2.5%
Kill by Alyssa Aguayo (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 3 · ILL 24-22 ARK ST · ILL 96% → 99%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Illinoisaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Paityn ChapmanOH	3	13	3	34	.294	0	3	1	12	0	0	2	1	17
19Alyssa AguayoOH	3	9	4	30	.167	0	0	1	7	1	1	1	1.5	10.5
11Kristina StarostenkoMB	3	7	0	13	.538	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
16Ashlyn PhilpotMB	3	4	2	9	.222	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
7Kenna PhelanS	3	1	2	5	-.200	37	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	2
8Maya HarrisOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	3	8	1	0	0	0	2
5Taylor de BoerOH	3	11	4	27	.259	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	13
18Talita GoncalvesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0
2Taryn KirschL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Vivian CampbellS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	15	118	.254	43	6	5	60	3	2	10	7	75

Arkansas St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Kaitlin WhitlockOH	3	10	5	32	.156	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
22Devyn LewisOH	3	10	2	35	.229	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	10
6Calea BushOH	3	6	4	16	.125	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	9
13Haley GlunzMB	3	4	3	13	.077	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	2.5	7.5
15Addison CollumOH	3	2	3	20	-.050	0	1	0	6	0	0	4	2	5
8Erin MadiganS	3	0	0	3	.000	15	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
2Adison OzunaOH	3	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5
1Keira GaringerOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0
10Maya JoskaS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11Mia MaloneyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	13	1	0	0	0	0
3Libby Gee-WeilerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		37	19	131	.137	34	3	3	52	6	3	10	8	60

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 ST 4

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 6 ILLARK ST 2

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 5 ILLARK ST 4

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 3 ILLARK ST 4

Bars above the line = Arkansas St. 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	89%8/9	65%11/17
2	67%8/12	33%4/12
3	55%6/11	60%9/15
4	55%6/11	33%3/9
5	46%6/13	25%2/8
6	100%6/6	50%6/12
All	65%40/62	48%35/73

Arkansas St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	13%1/8
2	50%7/14	20%2/10
3	60%6/10	50%7/14
4	67%6/9	25%2/8
5	67%6/9	54%7/13
6	36%5/14	33%3/9
All	52%38/73	35%22/62

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

135 rallies

#	ILL-ARK ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Mia Maloney	+2.1
2	1-1	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.4
3	1-2	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Paityn Chapman	+1.6
4	2-2	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
5	3-2	ILL	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.0
6	3-3	ILL	ARK ST	Serve err	Illinois		+1.5
7	4-3	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
8	5-3	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Haley Glunz		+2.0
9	5-4	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Erin Madigan	+1.4
10	6-4	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.4
11	7-4	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.8
12	7-5	ILL	ARK ST	Attack err	Taylor de Boer		+1.2
13	8-5	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
14	8-6	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.3
15	9-6	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
16	10-6	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Keira Garinger	+1.6
17	10-7	ILL	ARK ST	Serve err	Illinois		+1.1
18	11-7	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
19	12-7	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Calea Bush		+1.4
20	12-8	ILL	ARK ST	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Calea Bush, Addison Collum	+0.8
21	13-8	ARK ST	ILL×6	Attack err	Calea Bush		+1.0
22	14-8	ILL	ILL×6	Attack err	Addison Collum		+1.0
23	15-8	ILL	ILL×6	Ace	Illinois	aced Devyn Lewis	+0.7
24	16-8	ILL	ILL×6	Ace	Illinois	aced Mia Maloney	+0.5
25	17-8	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.3
26	18-8	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.1
27	18-9	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+0.1
28	18-10	ARK ST	ARK ST	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Addison Collum, Haley Glunz	+0.1
29	19-10	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+0.1
30	20-10	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Devyn Lewis		+0.1
31	20-11	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	·
32	20-12	ARK ST	ARK ST	Attack err	Taylor de Boer		+0.1
33	21-12	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.1
34	21-13	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	·
35	21-14	ARK ST	ARK ST	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Maya Joska	+0.1
36	22-14	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.1
37	22-15	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	·
38	23-15	ARK ST	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.1
39	24-15	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Kaitlin Whitlock		·
40	25-15	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	·
Set 2
1	1-0	ILL	ILL	Bad set	Erin Madigan		+1.5
2	1-1	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Calea Bush	set Erin Madigan	+1.1
3	2-1	ARK ST	ILL	Serve err	Arkansas St.		+1.1
4	2-2	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+1.2
5	2-3	ARK ST	ARK ST	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		+1.8
6	3-3	ARK ST	ILL×3	Attack err	Haley Glunz		+1.2
7	4-3	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Devyn Lewis		+1.7
8	5-3	ILL	ILL×3	Blocked	Adison Ozuna	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot	+1.5
9	5-4	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.1
10	6-4	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
11	7-4	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Keira Garinger	+1.4
12	7-5	ILL	ARK ST×4	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+1.0
13	7-6	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Calea Bush	+1.6
14	7-7	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Kill	Calea Bush		+1.8
15	7-8	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Ace	Arkansas St.	aced Talita Goncalves	+2.0
16	8-8	ARK ST	ILL	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+1.4
17	8-9	ILL	ARK ST×4	Kill	Calea Bush	set Maya Joska	+1.5
18	8-10	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Kill	Calea Bush	set Erin Madigan	+2.2
19	8-11	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Blocked	Ashlyn Philpot	blk Calea Bush, Kaitlin Whitlock	+2.2
20	8-12	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Addison Collum, Calea Bush	+2.2
21	9-12	ARK ST	ILL×3	Serve err	Arkansas St.		+1.2
22	10-12	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.0
23	11-12	ILL	ILL×3	Blocked	Addison Collum	blk Taylor de Boer, Kristina Starostenko	+2.2
24	11-13	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Mia Maloney	+1.8
25	12-13	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
26	12-14	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+1.9
27	13-14	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
28	13-15	ILL	ARK ST	Serve err	Illinois		+1.9
29	13-16	ARK ST	ARK ST	Ace	Arkansas St.	aced Maya Harris	+2.7
30	14-16	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
31	14-17	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Maya Joska	+2.0
32	15-17	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
33	15-18	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+2.1
34	16-18	ARK ST	ILL	Serve err	Arkansas St.		+1.6
35	16-19	ILL	ARK ST	Serve err	Illinois		+2.2
36	17-19	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
37	18-19	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.9
38	18-20	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Erin Madigan	+2.6
39	19-20	ARK ST	ILL×5	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.1
40	20-20	ILL	ILL×5	Attack err	Calea Bush		+3.6
41	21-20	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kristina Starostenko	+3.8
42	22-20	ILL	ILL×5	Blocked	Addison Collum	blk Taylor de Boer	+3.5
43	23-20	ILL	ILL×5	Ace	Illinois	aced Kaitlin Whitlock	+2.5
44	23-21	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Calea Bush	set Erin Madigan	+1.0
45	24-21	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+1.7
46	24-22	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+0.7
47	25-22	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
Set 3
1	1-0	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+0.6
2	2-0	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Calea Bush	blk Ashlyn Philpot, Alyssa Aguayo	+0.8
3	2-1	ILL	ARK ST	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+0.6
4	3-1	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.6
5	3-2	ILL	ARK ST×4	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+0.6
6	3-3	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+0.9
7	3-4	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Erin Madigan	+1.0
8	3-5	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Erin Madigan	+1.1
9	4-5	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
10	4-6	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+0.8
11	4-7	ARK ST	ARK ST	Blocked	Kenna Phelan	blk Haley Glunz	+1.1
12	5-7	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Kenna Phelan	set Talita Goncalves	+0.7
13	6-7	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Kaitlin Whitlock		+1.0
14	6-8	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+0.8
15	7-8	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
16	8-8	ILL	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
17	8-9	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+0.8
18	9-9	ARK ST	ILL	Blocked	Kaitlin Whitlock	blk Kristina Starostenko, Taylor de Boer	+0.8
19	10-9	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Kaitlin Whitlock		+1.1
20	10-10	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Erin Madigan	+0.8
21	11-10	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+0.8
22	12-10	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
23	12-11	ILL	ARK ST×3	Kill	Calea Bush	set Erin Madigan	+0.7
24	12-12	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+1.2
25	12-13	ARK ST	ARK ST×3	Kill	Addison Collum	set Erin Madigan	+1.3
26	13-13	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.9
27	14-13	ILL	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
28	14-14	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Kaitlin Whitlock	+0.9
29	14-15	ARK ST	ARK ST	Blocked	Kenna Phelan	blk Haley Glunz	+1.5
30	15-15	ARK ST	ILL	Blocked	Haley Glunz	blk Alyssa Aguayo	+1.0
31	15-16	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Devyn Lewis	set Maya Joska	+1.1
32	16-16	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
33	16-17	ILL	ARK ST×4	Kill	Haley Glunz	set Maya Joska	+1.2
34	16-18	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Ace	Arkansas St.	aced Alyssa Aguayo	+1.7
35	16-19	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Attack err	Taylor de Boer		+1.7
36	16-20	ARK ST	ARK ST×4	Kill	Kaitlin Whitlock	set Maya Joska	+1.4
37	17-20	ARK ST	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
38	18-20	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Adison Ozuna		+1.3
39	19-20	ILL	ILL×3	Blocked	Kaitlin Whitlock	blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko	+1.7
40	19-21	ILL	ARK ST	Kill	Adison Ozuna	set Maya Joska	+1.6
41	20-21	ARK ST	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
42	21-21	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+2.2
43	22-21	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Illinois	aced Keira Garinger	+2.4
44	22-22	ILL	ARK ST	Serve err	Illinois		+1.7
45	23-22	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+2.0
46	24-22	ILL	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.5
47	24-23	ILL	ARK ST	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Addison Collum, Calea Bush	+1.0
48	25-23	ARK ST	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.2

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 St. 3–0