Illinois vs Washington Volleyball: Illinois Wins 3-0 (Oct 2)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026B1G+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Washington 62.4% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 8:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Illinois won at Washington 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026.

Data through Nov 3, 5:45 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ILL	25	25	25	3
WASH	22	22	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Illinois broke it open with a 7–0 run in the third set.

The biggest single-rally swing was 6.8 points, and Washington's high was 71% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. RallyIQ had Washington at 62% before first serve.

IllinoisWashington

Break %+8.8 pts
47.338.5
On serve: 35/74 against 25/65 (Washington sideout 52.7%).
Longest run+3
74
From 3–3 in the third set, Illinois scored 7 straight to lead 10–3. That set ended 25–20.

Washington above 50Illinois belowMax swing 6.8%

IllinoisWashington

Hitting: Illinois .229·Washington .163
Aces: Illinois 6·Washington 5
Serve err: Illinois 5·Washington 4
Blocks: Illinois 8·Washington 80 BS · 16 BA vs 1 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Illinois 71·Washington 70

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Washington above 50 · Illinois below

Biggest swing: 6.8% to Illinois — set 1, ILL 22-21 WASH. Attack error by Kylie Kleckner. WASH win probability 62% → 55%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ILL 45.2%54.8% WASH

Illinois wins

3-0

10.6%

3-1

16.7%

3-2

17.9%

Washington wins

3-0

14.6%

3-1

20.8%

3-2

19.4%

ILL break %: 40.9% vs this opp
WASH break %: 41.8% 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
Kylie KlecknerAttack error+6.8%
Attack error by Kylie Kleckner
Set 1 · ILL 22-21 WASH · ILL 38% → 45%
02
Alyssa AguayoKill+6.8%
Kill by Alyssa Aguayo (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 1 · ILL 23-21 WASH · ILL 45% → 52%
03
Simona MateskaKill+5.2%
Kill by Simona Mateska (set by Kylie Kleckner)
Set 1 · ILL 19-20 WASH · WASH 60% → 65%
04
Paityn ChapmanKill+4.9%
Kill by Paityn Chapman (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 1 · ILL 24-21 WASH · ILL 52% → 57%
05
Katy WesselsKill+4.8%
Kill by Katy Wessels
Set 1 · ILL 19-19 WASH · WASH 55% → 60%
06
Paityn Chapman&Ashlyn PhilpotBlock+4.2%
Kylie Kleckner stuffed by Paityn Chapman & Ashlyn Philpot
Set 2 · ILL 14-12 WASH · ILL 62% → 67%
07
Paityn ChapmanKill+4.0%
Kill by Paityn Chapman (set by Talita Goncalves)
Set 2 · ILL 15-12 WASH · ILL 67% → 71%
08
Simona MateskaKill+3.9%
Kill by Simona Mateska (set by Andrea Fabikovicova)
Set 1 · ILL 20-21 WASH · WASH 62% → 66%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Illinoisaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Paityn ChapmanOH	3	10	2	34	.235	0	2	0	17	0	2	1	13
11Kristina StarostenkoMB	3	10	1	14	.643	0	0	0	2	0	6	3	13
5Taylor de BoerOH	3	8	4	36	.111	0	0	0	3	0	6	3	11
19Alyssa AguayoOH	3	10	2	28	.286	1	0	0	11	3	0	0	10
16Ashlyn PhilpotMB	3	7	1	16	.375	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
7Kenna PhelanS	3	0	0	5	.000	36	1	0	16	0	0	0	1
8Maya HarrisOH	3	0	2	6	-.333	0	3	3	9	1	0	0	3
18Talita GoncalvesL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	3	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
13Kenzie CoganL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2Taryn KirschL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	13	140	.229	40	6	5	71	5	16	8	75

Washingtonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Simona MateskaOH	3	13	0	28	.464	0	0	2	14	3	0	3	1.5	14.5
31Maija HowseOH	3	9	1	28	.286	0	1	1	6	0	0	2	1	11
2Julia HuntMB	3	7	2	12	.417	1	3	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
7Kylie KlecknerOH	3	3	9	27	-.222	1	1	0	10	2	0	0	0	4
6Andrea FabikovicovaS	3	2	2	8	.000	30	0	0	12	0	1	2	2	4
12Katy WesselsMB	2	3	1	14	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
1Addy AzavedoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
23Kaitlyn NguyenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
22Samantha DestlerOH	2	2	2	15	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
10Addie KanouffOH	2	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
21Hayden ConnerMB	1	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
14Lily Mae BuerkleS	1	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	18	141	.163	38	5	4	70	6	1	14	8	64

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 7 ILL · WASH 4

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 4 ILLWASH 3

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 4 ILLWASH 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 7 ILLWASH 3

Bars above the line = Washington 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	53%8/15	46%6/13
2	100%8/8	43%6/14
3	60%6/10	65%11/17
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	55%6/11	50%6/12
All	62%40/65	47%35/74

Washington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	46%6/13
2	41%7/17	27%3/11
3	46%6/13	0%0/7
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	55%6/11	25%2/8
6	55%6/11	57%8/14
All	53%39/74	38%25/65

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

139 rallies

#	ILL-WASH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ILL	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
2	1-1	WASH	ILL	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+1.7
3	1-2	ILL	WASH	Serve err	Illinois		+1.7
4	2-2	WASH	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.7
5	2-3	ILL	WASH×3	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
6	2-4	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+2.4
7	2-5	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+2.3
8	3-5	WASH	ILL	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+1.5
9	3-6	ILL	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
10	3-7	WASH	WASH	Ace	Washington	aced Alyssa Aguayo	+2.1
11	4-7	WASH	ILL×3	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
12	5-7	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.2
13	6-7	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.5
14	6-8	ILL	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.8
15	6-9	WASH	WASH	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Katy Wessels, Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.5
16	7-9	WASH	ILL×3	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Ashlyn Philpot, Taylor de Boer	+1.6
17	8-9	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+2.7
18	9-9	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko		+3.0
19	9-10	ILL	WASH	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.1
20	10-10	WASH	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+2.1
21	11-10	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Samantha Destler	blk Kristina Starostenko, Taylor de Boer	+3.3
22	11-11	ILL	WASH	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+2.2
23	12-11	WASH	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
24	13-11	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+3.5
25	14-11	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Alyssa Aguayo	+3.4
26	14-12	ILL	WASH	Serve err	Illinois		+2.0
27	15-12	WASH	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
28	15-13	ILL	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
29	16-13	WASH	ILL	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+2.5
30	16-14	ILL	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.1
31	17-14	WASH	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.6
32	18-14	ILL	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot		+3.2
33	18-15	ILL	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.6
34	18-16	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington		+3.1
35	18-17	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington	aced Alyssa Aguayo	+3.9
36	19-17	WASH	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+3.3
37	19-18	ILL	WASH×3	Serve err	Illinois		+2.8
38	19-19	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Katy Wessels		+4.8
39	19-20	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kylie Kleckner	+5.2
40	20-20	WASH	ILL	Blocked	Maija Howse	blk Taylor de Boer, Kristina Starostenko	+3.6
41	20-21	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.9
42	21-21	WASH	ILL×4	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+3.9
43	22-21	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+6.8
44	23-21	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+6.8
45	24-21	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+4.9
46	24-22	ILL	WASH	Serve err	Illinois		+1.2
47	25-22	WASH	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+3.1
Set 2
1	0-1	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Maya Harris		+2.8
2	1-1	WASH	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.9
3	2-1	ILL	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+2.9
4	2-2	ILL	WASH	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Hayden Conner, Simona Mateska	+2.0
5	3-2	WASH	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+2.1
6	4-2	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+3.1
7	5-2	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+3.1
8	5-3	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9
9	6-3	WASH	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+2.2
10	6-4	ILL	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
11	7-4	WASH	ILL	Serve err	Washington		+2.2
12	7-5	ILL	WASH	Attack err	Taylor de Boer		+2.0
13	8-5	WASH	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+2.3
14	9-5	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Julia Hunt	blk Kristina Starostenko, Taylor de Boer	+3.1
15	9-6	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.8
16	9-7	WASH	WASH	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Andrea Fabikovicova, Hayden Conner	+3.0
17	10-7	WASH	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
18	11-7	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Simona Mateska	+3.2
19	11-8	ILL	WASH×4	Blocked	Kristina Starostenko	blk Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9
20	11-9	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.1
21	11-10	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+3.5
22	11-11	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Maya Harris	blk Simona Mateska, Hayden Conner	+3.7
23	12-11	WASH	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+2.7
24	12-12	ILL	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.6
25	13-12	WASH	ILL×4	Serve err	Washington		+2.8
26	14-12	ILL	ILL×4	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot	+4.2
27	15-12	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+4.0
28	16-12	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+3.5
29	16-13	ILL	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9
30	17-13	WASH	ILL	Bad set	Samantha Destler		+2.5
31	18-13	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Samantha Destler		+2.9
32	18-14	ILL	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.3
33	18-15	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington	aced Maya Harris	+2.7
34	18-16	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova		+3.6
35	19-16	WASH	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+3.2
36	20-16	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+3.8
37	20-17	ILL	WASH	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
38	21-17	WASH	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.6
39	22-17	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Andrea Fabikovicova		+2.4
40	22-18	ILL	WASH×3	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.8
41	22-19	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Talita Goncalves		+2.0
42	22-20	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Washington	aced Alyssa Aguayo	+3.4
43	23-20	WASH	ILL	Attack err	Hayden Conner		+3.9
44	23-21	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.0
45	24-21	WASH	ILL	Bad set	Andrea Fabikovicova		+3.9
46	24-22	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.4
47	25-22	WASH	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+3.6
Set 3
1	1-0	ILL	ILL	Ace	Illinois	aced Simona Mateska	+2.1
2	2-0	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Julia Hunt		+2.2
3	2-1	ILL	WASH	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Julia Hunt, Maija Howse	+1.4
4	2-2	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
5	3-2	WASH	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
6	3-3	ILL	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.5
7	4-3	WASH	ILL×7	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
8	5-3	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.4
9	6-3	ILL	ILL×7	Ace	Illinois		+2.3
10	7-3	ILL	ILL×7	Ace	Illinois	aced Kylie Kleckner	+2.2
11	8-3	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+2.0
12	9-3	ILL	ILL×7	Attack err	Andrea Fabikovicova		+1.8
13	10-3	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
14	10-4	ILL	WASH×3	Kill	Addie Kanouff	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+0.8
15	10-5	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Julia Hunt	+1.4
16	10-6	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Philpot	blk Simona Mateska, Katy Wessels	+1.7
17	11-6	WASH	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
18	12-6	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+1.8
19	12-7	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+0.9
20	12-8	WASH	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
21	13-8	WASH	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
22	13-9	ILL	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.1
23	14-9	WASH	ILL	Serve err	Washington		+1.5
24	15-9	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko	+1.7
25	15-10	ILL	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.8
26	16-10	WASH	ILL×3	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Taylor de Boer, Kristina Starostenko	+1.2
27	17-10	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Illinois	aced Kylie Kleckner	+1.2
28	18-10	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Illinois	aced Simona Mateska	+0.8
29	18-11	ILL	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.3
30	18-12	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.7
31	18-13	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova		+1.0
32	19-13	WASH	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
33	19-14	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+0.6
34	20-14	WASH	ILL	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+1.0
35	20-15	ILL	WASH	Kill	Addie Kanouff	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+0.5
36	21-15	WASH	ILL	Serve err	Washington		+0.9
37	21-16	ILL	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.4
38	22-16	WASH	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.8
39	22-17	ILL	WASH×3	Serve err	Illinois		+0.3
40	22-18	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.9
41	22-19	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Katy Wessels, Maija Howse	+1.5
42	23-19	WASH	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kristina Starostenko	+1.8
43	24-19	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Katy Wessels	blk Kristina Starostenko, Taylor de Boer	+1.2
44	24-20	ILL	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
45	25-20	WASH	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5

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. Washington 3–0

Illinois broke it open with a 7–0 run in the third set.