Illinois vs Rutgers Volleyball: Illinois Wins 3-0 (Oct 24)

FinalSat, Oct 24, 2026B1G+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Illinois 87.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 24, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Illinois won at Rutgers 3-0 (25-23, 25-14, 25-22) on Sat, Oct 24, 2026. Illinois' Alyssa Aguayo led with 13 kills, and Talita Goncalves added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ILL	25	25	25	3
RUTGER	23	14	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.464 and 13 kills for Alyssa Aguayo as Illinois rolled past Rutgers.

Win probability never moved more than 4.8 points on one rally; Rutgers topped out at 20% in Set 1. Illinois went in as RallyIQ's 87% pick.

IllinoisRutgers

Break %+11.6 pts
57.545.9
On serve: 42/73 against 28/61 (Rutgers sideout 42.5%).
Hitting+.132
.336.204
Kills and errors: 47–11 vs 37–14.
Longest run+1
65
Illinois scored 6 straight in the second set to stretch an 18–13 lead to 24–13. Final score of the set: 25–14.

Rutgers above 50Illinois belowMax swing 4.8%

IllinoisRutgers

Aces: Illinois 5·Rutgers 4
Serve err: Illinois 6·Rutgers 7
Blocks: Illinois 6·Rutgers 61 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Illinois 56·Rutgers 45

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Rutgers above 50 · Illinois below

Biggest swing: 4.8% to Illinois — set 1, ILL 25-23 RUTGER. Kill by Paityn Chapman (set by Talita Goncalves). RUTGER win probability 12% → 7%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ILL 86.7%13.3% RUTGER

Illinois wins

3-0

39.4%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

15.8%

Rutgers wins

3-0

1.9%

3-1

4.2%

3-2

7.2%

ILL break %: 45.2% vs this opp
RUTGER break %: 36.8% 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
Paityn ChapmanKill+4.8%
Kill by Paityn Chapman (set by Talita Goncalves)
Set 1 · ILL 25-23 RUTGER · ILL 88% → 93%
02
Taylor de BoerKill+4.8%
Kill by Taylor de Boer (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 1 · ILL 23-22 RUTGER · ILL 83% → 88%
03
Natalie RobinsonKill+4.7%
Kill by Natalie Robinson (set by Brooke Baldwin)
Set 1 · ILL 21-22 RUTGER · RUTGER 15% → 20%
04
Taylor de BoerKill+3.8%
Kill by Taylor de Boer (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 1 · ILL 24-23 RUTGER · ILL 85% → 88%
05
Skylar George&Natalie RobinsonBlock+3.5%
Ashlyn Philpot stuffed by Skylar George & Natalie Robinson
Set 1 · ILL 21-21 RUTGER · RUTGER 12% → 15%
06
Aspen MaxwellBlock+3.0%
Taylor de Boer stuffed by Aspen Maxwell
Set 1 · ILL 23-23 RUTGER · RUTGER 12% → 15%
07
Taylor de BoerKill+2.8%
Kill by Taylor de Boer (set by Kenna Phelan)
Set 1 · ILL 22-22 RUTGER · ILL 80% → 83%
08
Skylar GeorgeKill+2.3%
Kill by Skylar George (set by Kaila Kalama-Bajet)
Set 1 · ILL 21-20 RUTGER · RUTGER 10% → 12%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Illinoisaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Alyssa AguayoOH	3	13	0	28	.464	2	0	1	7	1	0	1	0.5	13.5
4Paityn ChapmanOH	3	11	6	27	.185	2	1	1	10	0	0	2	1	13
8Maya HarrisOH	3	4	1	6	.500	1	3	3	11	2	0	0	0	7
11Kristina StarostenkoMB	3	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
16Ashlyn PhilpotMB	3	4	3	11	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
7Kenna PhelanS	3	1	0	4	.250	35	0	0	11	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
5Taylor de BoerOH	3	10	1	22	.409	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
13Kenzie CoganL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
18Talita GoncalvesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	11	107	.336	46	5	6	56	4	1	10	6	75

Rutgershome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Skylar GeorgeOH	3	13	5	28	.286	1	0	3	11	1	3	1.5	14.5
4Karis WillowOH	3	8	3	26	.192	0	1	1	0	1	1	0.5	9.5
22Malia RomesMB	3	5	1	23	.174	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
9Natalie RobinsonMB	3	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	5
13Zharia Harris-WaddyMB	3	3	3	13	.000	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	4
11Lily BolenS	3	1	0	1	1.000	15	1	0	7	0	0	0	2
15Alleigh DuttonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	2	2	8	1	0	0	2
12Brooke BaldwinS	3	0	0	1	.000	13	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
3Kenzie DyrstadL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
0Aspen MaxwellOH	2	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Kaila Kalama-BajetL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17Avery JesewitzOH	1	2	0	4	.500	1	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	2.5
Team totals		37	14	113	.204	36	4	7	45	5	12	6	59

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 · RUTGER 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 5 ILLRUTGER 4

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 6 ILLRUTGER 3

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 6 ILLRUTGER 5

Bars above the line = Rutgers 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	64%7/11	55%6/11
2	55%6/11	75%18/24
3	63%5/8	29%2/7
4	45%5/11	38%3/8
5	45%5/11	55%6/11
6	56%5/9	58%7/12
All	54%33/61	58%42/73

Rutgers

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	32%6/19	40%4/10
2	35%6/17	45%5/11
3	71%5/7	33%3/9
4	56%5/9	58%7/12
5	33%5/15	44%4/9
6	67%4/6	50%5/10
All	42%31/73	46%28/61

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

134 rallies

#	ILL-RUTGER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.5
2	1-1	RUTGER	ILL×4	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.9
3	2-1	ILL	ILL×4	Ace	Maya Harris	aced Karis Willow	+1.3
4	3-1	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
5	4-1	ILL	ILL×4	Ace	Maya Harris		+1.0
6	4-2	ILL	RUTGER	Serve err	Maya Harris		+0.7
7	5-2	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
8	6-2	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+0.9
9	6-3	ILL	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.5
10	6-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.0
11	6-5	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.3
12	7-5	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.9
13	8-5	ILL	ILL	Ace	Paityn Chapman		+1.1
14	8-6	ILL	RUTGER×3	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.7
15	8-7	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Ace	Karis Willow	aced Maya Harris	+1.4
16	8-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Philpot	blk Skylar George, Zharia Harris-Waddy	+1.7
17	9-8	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
18	10-8	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Skylar George		+1.5
19	10-9	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.0
20	11-9	RUTGER	ILL×5	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
21	12-9	ILL	ILL×5	Ace	Kenzie Cogan	aced Alleigh Dutton	+1.3
22	13-9	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
23	14-9	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.8
24	15-9	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Alyssa Aguayo	+0.5
25	15-10	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.3
26	15-11	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+0.6
27	16-11	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
28	16-12	ILL	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.4
29	16-13	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+0.9
30	16-14	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Maya Harris		+1.3
31	17-14	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
32	17-15	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+0.9
33	17-16	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+1.9
34	18-16	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.4
35	18-17	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.4
36	19-17	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
37	20-17	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Karis Willow		+1.8
38	20-18	ILL	RUTGER	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+0.9
39	21-18	RUTGER	ILL	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.2
40	21-19	ILL	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Alleigh Dutton	+0.9
41	21-20	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Kaila Kalama-Bajet	+2.3
42	21-21	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Ashlyn Philpot	blk Skylar George, Natalie Robinson	+3.5
43	21-22	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Brooke Baldwin	+4.7
44	22-22	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+2.8
45	23-22	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+4.8
46	23-23	ILL	RUTGER	Blocked	Taylor de Boer	blk Aspen Maxwell	+3.0
47	24-23	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+3.8
48	25-23	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+4.8
Set 2
1	0-1	ILL	RUTGER	Serve err	Maya Harris		+0.7
2	1-1	RUTGER	ILL×5	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.6
3	2-1	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+0.9
4	3-1	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.8
5	4-1	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Maya Harris	+0.7
6	5-1	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+0.6
7	5-2	ILL	RUTGER	Serve err	Talita Goncalves		+0.4
8	5-3	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+0.7
9	6-3	RUTGER	ILL	Attack err	Zharia Harris-Waddy		+0.5
10	6-4	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
11	6-5	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Alleigh Dutton	+0.9
12	7-5	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.6
13	8-5	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Skylar George		+0.8
14	8-6	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
15	9-6	RUTGER	ILL×4	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
16	10-6	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
17	11-6	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
18	12-6	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Skylar George		+0.4
19	12-7	ILL	RUTGER×3	Kill	Aspen Maxwell	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.2
20	12-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+0.4
21	12-9	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Ace	Lily Bolen	aced Alyssa Aguayo	+0.6
22	13-9	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
23	13-10	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.4
24	13-11	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Alleigh Dutton	+0.9
25	14-11	RUTGER	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.6
26	15-11	ILL	ILL×5	Blocked	Karis Willow	blk Paityn Chapman, Kristina Starostenko	+0.8
27	16-11	ILL	ILL×5	Ace	Maya Harris	aced Skylar George	+0.5
28	17-11	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo		+0.4
29	18-11	ILL	ILL×5	Blocked	Malia Romes	blk Alyssa Aguayo, Kristina Starostenko	+0.2
30	18-12	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	+0.1
31	18-13	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Alleigh Dutton	aced Maya Harris	+0.2
32	19-13	RUTGER	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.2
33	20-13	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.2
34	21-13	ILL	ILL×6	Attack err	Zharia Harris-Waddy		+0.1
35	22-13	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	·
36	23-13	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Maya Harris	set Paityn Chapman	·
37	24-13	ILL	ILL×6	Blocked	Karis Willow	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot	·
38	24-14	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	·
39	25-14	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	·
Set 3
1	1-0	RUTGER	ILL	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.3
2	2-0	ILL	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+0.4
3	2-1	ILL	RUTGER×4	Serve err	Maya Harris		+0.3
4	2-2	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Zharia Harris-Waddy, Avery Jesewitz	+0.5
5	2-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.6
6	2-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Ace	Alleigh Dutton	aced Talita Goncalves	+0.6
7	3-4	RUTGER	ILL	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.4
8	3-5	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+0.4
9	4-5	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
10	4-6	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Skylar George	+0.4
11	5-6	RUTGER	ILL	Attack err	Zharia Harris-Waddy		+0.4
12	6-6	ILL	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.6
13	6-7	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.4
14	7-7	RUTGER	ILL	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.4
15	8-7	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Kenna Phelan, Kristina Starostenko	+0.6
16	8-8	ILL	RUTGER×3	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.4
17	8-9	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.7
18	8-10	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Skylar George, Natalie Robinson	+0.8
19	9-10	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
20	10-10	ILL	ILL	Kill	Taylor de Boer	set Alyssa Aguayo	+0.7
21	10-11	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.5
22	11-11	RUTGER	ILL	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.5
23	11-12	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Lily Bolen	set Lily Bolen	+0.5
24	12-12	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+0.5
25	13-12	ILL	ILL	Bad set	Lily Bolen		+0.7
26	13-13	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+0.5
27	14-13	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
28	14-14	ILL	RUTGER×5	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.5
29	14-15	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Bad set	Kenna Phelan		+0.9
30	14-16	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+1.0
31	14-17	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Skylar George	set Alleigh Dutton	+1.0
32	14-18	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Skylar George	set Alleigh Dutton	+0.9
33	15-18	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
34	16-18	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Skylar George		+0.8
35	16-19	ILL	RUTGER	Serve err	Alyssa Aguayo		+0.8
36	16-20	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Avery Jesewitz	+1.0
37	17-20	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.4
38	18-20	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Natalie Robinson	blk Kristina Starostenko	+0.9
39	18-21	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
40	19-21	RUTGER	ILL	Kill	Kenna Phelan	set Paityn Chapman	+0.5
41	19-22	ILL	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.9
42	20-22	RUTGER	ILL×6	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
43	21-22	ILL	ILL×6	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+1.2
44	22-22	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
45	23-22	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.7
46	24-22	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.4
47	25-22	ILL	ILL×6	Bad set	Lily Bolen		+0.6

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. Rutgers 3–0

.464 and 13 kills for Alyssa Aguayo as Illinois rolled past Rutgers.