Northwestern vs Illinois Volleyball: Illinois Wins 3-2

Final · 5 setsThu, Oct 29, 2026BTN

2:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Illinois 95.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 29, 7:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Illinois beat visiting Northwestern 3-2 (22-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-15, 15-6) on Thu, Oct 29, 2026. Paityn Chapman led Illinois with 14 kills; Northwestern's Isabella Bullington had a match-high 18.

Data through Nov 3, 6:30 PM CT · final Oct 29

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
NW	25	22	25	15	6	2
ILL	22	25	22	25	15	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Illinois finished off Northwestern 15–6 in the fifth.

The match turned twice. Numbers are Illinois's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. RallyIQ gave Illinois 95% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 5 · Northwestern 0–0 Illinois
Illinois scored 4 straight to open the set 4–0.
Illinois 78% → 95%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Northwestern 5–6 Illinois
Illinois scored 6 straight to stretch a 6–5 lead to 12–5.
Illinois 82% → >99%

Illinois above 50Northwestern belowMax swing 6.4%

NorthwesternIllinois

Sideout %: Northwestern 50.0·Illinois 58.5
Break %: Northwestern 41.5·Illinois 50.0
Hitting: Northwestern .188·Illinois .231
Longest run: Northwestern 5·Illinois 7

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Illinois above 50 · Northwestern below

Biggest swing: 6.4% to Northwestern — set 5, NW 5-6 ILL. Attack error by Madi Miles. ILL win probability 89% → 82%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW 5.2%94.8% ILL

Northwestern wins

3-0

0.6%

3-1

1.5%

3-2

3.1%

Illinois wins

3-0

54.9%

3-1

29.8%

3-2

10.1%

NW break %: 34.7% vs this opp
ILL break %: 47.1% 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
Madi MilesAttack error+6.4%
Attack error by Madi Miles
Set 5 · NW 5-6 ILL · NW 11% → 18%
02
Sophi RandallKill+5.4%
Kill by Sophi Randall (set by Isabella Bullington)
Set 5 · NW 5-8 ILL · ILL 87% → 92%
03
Maya StillwellAttack error+5.4%
Attack error by Maya Stillwell
Set 5 · NW 0-2 ILL · ILL 82% → 87%
04
Isabella BullingtonKill+4.6%
Kill by Isabella Bullington (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 2 · NW 20-20 ILL · NW 17% → 21%
05
Ashlyn PhilpotKill+4.5%
Kill by Ashlyn Philpot (set by Sophi Randall)
Set 5 · NW 5-7 ILL · ILL 82% → 87%
06
Isabella BullingtonKill+4.4%
Kill by Isabella Bullington (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 3 · NW 22-18 ILL · NW 28% → 32%
07
Isabella BullingtonKill+4.4%
Kill by Isabella Bullington (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 5 · NW 4-6 ILL · NW 7% → 11%
08
Paityn ChapmanKill+4.3%
Kill by Paityn Chapman (set by Talita Goncalves)
Set 5 · NW 0-3 ILL · ILL 87% → 91%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwesternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Isabella BullingtonOH	5	18	8	56	.179	1	2	10	0	1	0	1	19
12Mara StiglicOH	5	14	8	42	.143	0	1	7	2	1	3	2.5	16.5
25Campbell ParisOH	5	12	4	28	.286	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	15
17Maya StillwellMB	5	8	4	20	.200	0	0	1	0	1	7	4.5	12.5
11Ellie StiernagleS	5	2	0	7	.286	45	2	8	0	0	2	1	3
2Drew WrightL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
7Lauren DignanL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	2	0	17	0	0	0	0	0
8Gabrielle GerryMB	4	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
9Hayley SchaafMB	4	1	0	4	.250	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
16Ava PrattOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	3	7	3	0	0	0	0
20Lily WagnerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		56	25	165	.188	51	8	59	6	3	22	14	93

Illinoishome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
4Paityn ChapmanOH	5	14	8	39	.154	1	2	3	20	2	1	17
16Ashlyn PhilpotMB	5	13	5	24	.333	0	0	0	1	6	3	16
19Alyssa AguayoOH	5	12	4	34	.235	2	1	0	7	2	1	14
11Kristina StarostenkoMB	5	11	3	18	.444	0	0	0	2	3	1.5	12.5
8Maya HarrisOH	5	3	3	7	.000	0	1	3	6	0	0	4
7Kenna PhelanS	3	1	0	4	.250	28	0	0	5	2	1	2
9Madi MilesOH	5	11	6	38	.132	0	0	0	7	0	0	11
18Talita GoncalvesL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	7	1	0	18	0	0	1
13Kenzie CoganL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10Sophi RandallS	4	2	0	3	.667	25	1	2	4	3	1.5	4.5
22Ava WysockiOPP	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		68	29	169	.231	63	6	8	72	18	9	109

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 5 NW · ILL 7

Set 1

25-22

Longest run 3 NWILL 5

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 2 NWILL 5

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 5 NWILL 7

Set 4

15-25

Longest run 5 NWILL 4

Set 5

6-15

Longest run 3 NWILL 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	52%11/21	47%8/17
2	67%10/15	38%6/16
3	40%10/25	33%5/15
4	36%9/25	57%13/23
5	58%7/12	25%3/12
6	70%7/10	36%4/11
All	50%54/108	41%39/94

Illinois

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	59%10/17	20%2/10
2	67%10/15	50%10/20
3	56%10/18	55%12/22
4	50%10/20	60%15/25
5	69%9/13	50%9/18
6	55%6/11	46%6/13
All	59%55/94	50%54/108

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 (5 of 5 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

202 rallies

#	NW-ILL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ILL	NW×3	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Maya Stillwell, Campbell Paris	+0.5
2	2-0	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Kristina Starostenko		+0.8
3	3-0	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Maya Harris		+1.0
4	3-1	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
5	4-1	ILL	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.7
6	4-2	NW	ILL×3	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.6
7	4-3	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+0.8
8	4-4	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Talita Goncalves	aced Mara Stiglic	+0.8
9	5-4	ILL	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
10	5-5	NW	ILL	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+0.5
11	5-6	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		+0.7
12	6-6	ILL	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
13	7-6	NW	NW	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+0.9
14	7-7	NW	ILL	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+0.6
15	7-8	ILL	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Paityn Chapman	+0.8
16	8-8	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
17	9-8	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Madi Miles		+1.0
18	10-8	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Madi Miles	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Maya Stillwell	+1.2
19	10-9	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
20	10-10	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+1.0
21	11-10	ILL	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.8
22	11-11	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+0.7
23	12-11	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.8
24	13-11	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Madi Miles	blk Maya Stillwell, Mara Stiglic	+1.4
25	14-11	NW	NW×3	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Drew Wright	+1.5
26	14-12	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+0.8
27	15-12	ILL	NW	Serve err	Maya Harris		+1.1
28	15-13	NW	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+0.8
29	15-14	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.4
30	15-15	ILL	ILL×5	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+1.3
31	15-16	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
32	15-17	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
33	16-17	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.7
34	17-17	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Gabrielle Gerry, Mara Stiglic	+1.3
35	18-17	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.7
36	18-18	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
37	18-19	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		+1.5
38	19-19	ILL	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
39	20-19	NW	NW	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+2.1
40	20-20	NW	ILL	Serve err	Mara Stiglic		+1.3
41	21-20	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.6
42	22-20	NW	NW×3	Kill	Maya Stillwell		+2.7
43	23-20	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Madi Miles		+2.6
44	23-21	NW	ILL	Kill	Maya Harris	set Kenna Phelan	+0.9
45	23-22	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+2.2
46	24-22	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.7
47	25-22	NW	NW	Blocked	Maya Harris	blk Maya Stillwell, Campbell Paris	+2.6
Set 2
1	1-0	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright	+1.9
2	1-1	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Talita Goncalves	+1.2
3	2-1	ILL	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.4
4	2-2	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.2
5	3-2	ILL	NW	Kill	Ellie Stiernagle		+1.5
6	3-3	NW	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
7	4-3	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.5
8	5-3	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.6
9	5-4	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
10	6-4	ILL	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.9
11	6-5	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
12	7-5	ILL	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
13	7-6	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+1.6
14	8-6	ILL	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
15	8-7	NW	ILL×5	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.7
16	8-8	ILL	ILL×5	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot	+2.5
17	8-9	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+2.2
18	8-10	ILL	ILL×5	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Alyssa Aguayo, Ashlyn Philpot	+1.9
19	8-11	ILL	ILL×5	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
20	9-11	ILL	NW	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Gabrielle Gerry, Mara Stiglic	+1.0
21	10-11	NW	NW	Kill	Gabrielle Gerry		+1.9
22	10-12	NW	ILL	Serve err	Gigi Navarrete		+1.3
23	10-13	ILL	ILL	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Kenna Phelan, Ashlyn Philpot	+1.6
24	11-13	ILL	NW	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+1.1
25	12-13	NW	NW	Attack err	Ashlyn Philpot		+2.1
26	12-14	NW	ILL	Attack err	Gabrielle Gerry		+1.4
27	13-14	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.6
28	13-15	NW	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
29	13-16	ILL	ILL	Kill	Ava Wysocki	set Sophi Randall	+1.9
30	14-16	ILL	NW	Serve err	Sophi Randall		+1.2
31	14-17	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.3
32	15-17	ILL	NW	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Campbell Paris, Maya Stillwell	+1.2
33	15-18	NW	ILL	Serve err	Isabella Bullington		+1.3
34	16-18	ILL	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.2
35	17-18	NW	NW	Attack err	Kristina Starostenko		+2.7
36	17-19	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Kenna Phelan	+2.0
37	18-19	ILL	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
38	18-20	NW	ILL	Serve err	Gigi Navarrete		+2.2
39	19-20	ILL	NW	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+2.1
40	20-20	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.6
41	20-21	NW	ILL×3	Kill	Kenna Phelan		+3.3
42	20-22	ILL	ILL×3	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Kenna Phelan, Ashlyn Philpot	+4.1
43	20-23	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Madi Miles	set Kenna Phelan	+2.6
44	21-23	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
45	21-24	NW	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.6
46	22-24	ILL	NW	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+0.7
47	22-25	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.4
Set 3
1	1-0	ILL	NW	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		+1.2
2	1-1	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.0
3	2-1	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.2
4	3-1	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
5	4-1	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Isabella Bullington	+2.3
6	4-2	NW	ILL×3	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Ashlyn Philpot, Alyssa Aguayo	+1.3
7	4-3	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Talita Goncalves	+1.9
8	4-4	ILL	ILL×3	Bad set	Ellie Stiernagle		+1.8
9	5-4	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.4
10	6-4	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Ashlyn Philpot	blk Mara Stiglic	+2.3
11	7-4	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic		+2.6
12	7-5	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Kenna Phelan	+1.4
13	8-5	ILL	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.9
14	8-6	NW	ILL	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Kenna Phelan	+1.5
15	9-6	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
16	9-7	NW	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Alyssa Aguayo	+1.5
17	10-7	ILL	NW×5	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
18	11-7	NW	NW×5	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.1
19	12-7	NW	NW×5	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Maya Stillwell, Campbell Paris	+3.1
20	13-7	NW	NW×5	Blocked	Kristina Starostenko	blk Maya Stillwell	+3.0
21	14-7	NW	NW×5	Attack err	Paityn Chapman		+2.6
22	14-8	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
23	15-8	ILL	NW	Serve err	Maya Harris		+1.8
24	15-9	NW	ILL	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Kenna Phelan	+1.1
25	15-10	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+2.1
26	16-10	ILL	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.1
27	17-10	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Lauren Dignan	+2.5
28	17-11	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Sophi Randall	+0.9
29	18-11	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.7
30	19-11	NW	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.6
31	20-11	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Hayley Schaaf	+1.0
32	20-12	NW	ILL×7	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+0.3
33	20-13	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+0.6
34	20-14	ILL	ILL×7	Ace	Alyssa Aguayo	aced Gigi Navarrete	+1.0
35	20-15	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+1.4
36	20-16	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Madi Miles	set Sophi Randall	+2.0
37	20-17	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+2.7
38	20-18	ILL	ILL×7	Kill	Madi Miles	set Sophi Randall	+3.5
39	21-18	ILL	NW	Kill	Ellie Stiernagle		+3.6
40	22-18	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.4
41	22-19	NW	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Sophi Randall	+1.5
42	23-19	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.0
43	23-20	NW	ILL	Kill	Sophi Randall		+1.2
44	24-20	ILL	NW	Serve err	Sophi Randall		+2.7
45	24-21	NW	ILL	Serve err	Ellie Stiernagle		+0.7
46	24-22	ILL	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+2.2
47	25-22	ILL	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Lauren Dignan	+4.2
Set 4
1	0-1	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+2.0
2	0-2	ILL	ILL	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+2.7
3	1-2	ILL	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.9
4	1-3	NW	ILL×4	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Sophi Randall	+1.8
5	1-4	ILL	ILL×4	Bad set	Hayley Schaaf		+2.3
6	1-5	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+1.8
7	1-6	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+1.4
8	2-6	ILL	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
9	2-7	NW	ILL×4	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+0.9
10	2-8	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Maya Harris	set Sophi Randall	+1.0
11	2-9	ILL	ILL×4	Ace	Paityn Chapman	aced Gigi Navarrete	+0.7
12	2-10	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		+0.5
13	3-10	ILL	NW	Serve err	Paityn Chapman		+0.3
14	3-11	NW	ILL	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+0.3
15	3-12	ILL	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Alyssa Aguayo	+0.3
16	4-12	ILL	NW	Blocked	Madi Miles	blk Hayley Schaaf, Ellie Stiernagle	+0.1
17	4-13	NW	ILL×3	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+0.2
18	4-14	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Sophi Randall	+0.2
19	4-15	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Kristina Starostenko	set Sophi Randall	+0.1
20	5-15	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
21	5-16	NW	ILL	Serve err	Ellie Stiernagle		·
22	5-17	ILL	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Sophi Randall	·
23	6-17	ILL	NW	Blocked	Paityn Chapman	blk Campbell Paris, Maya Stillwell	·
24	7-17	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
25	7-18	NW	ILL	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Sophi Randall	·
26	7-19	ILL	ILL	Ace	Maya Harris	aced Mara Stiglic	·
27	8-19	ILL	NW	Serve err	Maya Harris		·
28	9-19	NW	NW	Attack err	Maya Harris		·
29	9-20	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Sophi Randall	·
30	10-20	ILL	NW	Blocked	Alyssa Aguayo	blk Gabrielle Gerry, Campbell Paris	·
31	10-21	NW	ILL×3	Serve err	Gigi Navarrete		·
32	10-22	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Paityn Chapman	aced Gigi Navarrete	·
33	10-23	ILL	ILL×3	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		·
34	11-23	ILL	NW×5	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		·
35	12-23	NW	NW×5	Attack err	Alyssa Aguayo		·
36	13-23	NW	NW×5	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
37	14-23	NW	NW×5	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
38	15-23	NW	NW×5	Blocked	Ashlyn Philpot	blk Isabella Bullington	·
39	15-24	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Sophi Randall	·
40	15-25	ILL	ILL	Kill	Madi Miles	set Talita Goncalves	+1.2
Set 5
1	0-1	NW	ILL×4	Serve err	Isabella Bullington		+4.0
2	0-2	ILL	ILL×4	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+5.4
3	0-3	ILL	ILL×4	Kill	Paityn Chapman	set Talita Goncalves	+4.3
4	0-4	ILL	ILL×4	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Paityn Chapman, Ashlyn Philpot	+3.2
5	1-4	ILL	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.9
6	1-5	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Sophi Randall	+2.1
7	2-5	ILL	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
8	2-6	NW	ILL	Kill	Alyssa Aguayo	set Sophi Randall	+2.2
9	3-6	ILL	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
10	4-6	NW	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.4
11	5-6	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Madi Miles		+6.4
12	5-7	NW	ILL×6	Kill	Ashlyn Philpot	set Sophi Randall	+4.5
13	5-8	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Sophi Randall	set Isabella Bullington	+5.4
14	5-9	ILL	ILL×6	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Sophi Randall, Kristina Starostenko	+3.7
15	5-10	ILL	ILL×6	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Sophi Randall, Kristina Starostenko	+2.2
16	5-11	ILL	ILL×6	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		+1.1
17	5-12	ILL	ILL×6	Kill	Madi Miles	set Sophi Randall	+0.5
18	6-12	ILL	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.1
19	6-13	NW	ILL×3	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Sophi Randall, Kristina Starostenko	+0.2
20	6-14	ILL	ILL×3	Ace	Sophi Randall	aced Lily Wagner	+0.1
21	6-15	ILL	ILL×3	Kill	Madi Miles	set Sophi Randall	·

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern 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. Northwestern 3–2

Illinois finished off Northwestern 15–6 in the fifth.