NIU vs Milwaukee Volleyball: NIU Wins 3-2 (Oct 1, 2026)

Final · 5 setsThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Milwaukee 71.2% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

NIU won at Milwaukee 3-2 (15-25, 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. NIU's Katie Pahl led with 18 kills, and Ava Grevengoed added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
NIU	15	25	25	21	15	3
MILWKE	25	21	23	25	12	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

18 kills from Katie Pahl, and NIU got past Milwaukee.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are NIU's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Milwaukee went in at 71% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · NIU 0–1 Milwaukee
NIU's low point. NIU then won 25 of the next 45 rallies and the set 25–21.
NIU 15% → 33%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · NIU 3–1 Milwaukee
Down 1–3, Milwaukee scored 3 straight to lead 4–3. The match swung to Milwaukee.
NIU 58% → 33%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · NIU 12–11 Milwaukee
NIU won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 15–12 and win the match 3–2.
NIU 60% → >99%

Milwaukee above 50NIU belowMax swing 22.5%

NIUMilwaukee

Sideout %: NIU 53.8·Milwaukee 56.4
Break %: NIU 43.6·Milwaukee 46.2
Hitting: NIU .227·Milwaukee .227
Longest run: NIU 9·Milwaukee 6

Autumn Flynn
6 of her kills came in the stretches above. 15 K, .387, 18.5 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Milwaukee above 50 · NIU below

Biggest swing: 22.5% to NIU — set 5, NIU 14-12 MILWKE. Kill by Ava Grevengoed (set by Delaney Steers). MILWKE win probability 36% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NIU 20.2%79.8% MILWKE

NIU wins

3-0

3.3%

3-1

6.7%

3-2

10.2%

Milwaukee wins

3-0

31.3%

3-1

30.2%

3-2

18.3%

NIU break %: 38.6% vs this opp
MILWKE break %: 45.0% 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
Ava GrevengoedKill+22.5%
Kill by Ava Grevengoed (set by Delaney Steers)
Set 5 · NIU 14-12 MILWKE · NIU 64% → 86%
02
Delaney SteersKill+16.2%
Kill by Delaney Steers (set by Kylie Schulze)
Set 5 · NIU 13-12 MILWKE · NIU 48% → 64%
03
Delaney SteersKill+13.7%
Kill by Delaney Steers (set by Viktoria Djukic)
Set 5 · NIU 12-11 MILWKE · NIU 47% → 60%
04
Naomi DowdBlock+13.6%
Ella Parker stuffed by Naomi Dowd
Set 5 · NIU 15-12 MILWKE · NIU 86% → 100%
05
Katie PahlKill+13.4%
Kill by Katie Pahl (set by Viktoria Djukic)
Set 5 · NIU 9-8 MILWKE · NIU 41% → 55%
06
Josie NobleKill+12.7%
Kill by Josie Noble (set by Milica Tomic)
Set 5 · NIU 12-12 MILWKE · MILWKE 40% → 52%
07
Delaney SteersKill+12.0%
Kill by Delaney Steers (set by Viktoria Djukic)
Set 5 · NIU 11-10 MILWKE · NIU 46% → 58%
08
Ava GrevengoedAttack error+11.5%
Attack error by Ava Grevengoed
Set 5 · NIU 7-8 MILWKE · MILWKE 56% → 67%

Box score

Official NCAA box

NIUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Katie PahlOH	5	18	5	46	.283	1	0	2	10	0	0	2	1	19
15Autumn FlynnMB	5	15	3	31	.387	0	0	2	7	0	1	5	3.5	18.5
3Ava GrevengoedOH	5	16	4	42	.286	1	1	0	17	1	0	1	0.5	17.5
9Delaney SteersOH	5	11	6	39	.128	1	1	1	9	3	0	2	1	13
8Rylea AlvinMB	5	4	5	16	-.063	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
6Viktoria DjukicS	5	0	0	2	.000	31	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	1
14Naomi DowdOH	5	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
18Charlotte GramzowL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	6	1	2	13	3	0	0	0	1
5Kylie SchulzeS	5	0	0	2	.000	23	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0
12Aiden LightburnMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		66	24	185	.227	63	4	8	78	8	1	14	8	101

Milwaukeehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Ella ParkerOH	5	16	3	46	.283	0	2	2	18	2	0	1	0.5	18.5
6Josie NobleMB	5	14	2	31	.387	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	17
14Ella SchuetzOH	5	13	2	33	.333	0	2	2	8	1	0	2	1	16
11Kami StoverOH	5	14	5	34	.265	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
5Milica TomicS	5	0	1	3	-.333	32	2	1	16	0	0	0	0	2
15Kayla LanderudMB	3	3	3	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
3Annie EschenbachOPP	5	3	5	20	-.100	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
17Emma DuffyS	5	0	0	0	–	17	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	1
1Liv DoerreDS	5	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
9Kati GobaL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0
12Bella LipskiMB	4	3	3	8	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
10Braylin BosetskiDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		66	24	185	.227	59	8	6	78	4	1	14	8	106

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.

NIU vs Milwaukee

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Thu, Oct 1, 2026NIU at Milwaukee · NIU won 3-2This match
Thu, Oct 15, 2026Milwaukee at NIU · Milwaukee won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 9 NIU · MILWKE 6

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 3 NIUMILWKE 4

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 9 NIUMILWKE 3

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 3 NIUMILWKE 6

Set 4

21-25

Longest run 4 NIUMILWKE 4

Set 5

15-12

Longest run 3 NIUMILWKE 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

NIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	36%9/25	36%4/11
2	60%9/15	50%9/18
3	57%8/14	27%3/11
4	64%7/11	42%5/12
5	50%7/14	30%3/10
6	83%5/6	50%7/14
All	53%45/85	41%31/76

Milwaukee

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%9/19	63%12/19
2	62%8/13	50%9/18
3	73%8/11	38%5/13
4	54%7/13	43%6/14
5	78%7/9	36%4/11
6	55%6/11	40%4/10
All	59%45/76	47%40/85

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 (4 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

207 rallies

#	NIU-MILWKE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+2.1
2	1-1	MILWKE	NIU	Serve err	Milwaukee		+1.5
3	1-2	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Milica Tomic	+1.5
4	1-3	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+2.0
5	2-3	MILWKE	NIU	Serve err	Milwaukee		+1.5
6	2-4	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+1.5
7	3-4	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.5
8	3-5	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kami Stover	set Kati Goba	+1.5
9	3-6	MILWKE	MILWKE	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Delaney Steers	+1.9
10	4-6	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
11	5-6	NIU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+2.1
12	5-7	NIU	MILWKE	Serve err	NIU		+1.6
13	5-8	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Kati Goba	+2.0
14	6-8	MILWKE	NIU×3	Serve err	Milwaukee		+1.4
15	7-8	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Annie Eschenbach	blk Autumn Flynn	+2.2
16	8-8	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Ella Parker	+2.5
17	8-9	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+1.8
18	9-9	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.9
19	9-10	NIU	MILWKE×4	Kill	Josie Noble	set Emma Duffy	+1.9
20	9-11	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Kill	Kami Stover	set Kati Goba	+2.5
21	9-12	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+2.2
22	9-13	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+1.9
23	10-13	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.2
24	10-14	NIU	MILWKE×3	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+1.4
25	10-15	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Josie Noble	set Kami Stover	+1.5
26	10-16	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+1.1
27	11-16	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.6
28	11-17	NIU	MILWKE×3	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+0.8
29	11-18	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Delaney Steers	+0.7
30	11-19	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+0.4
31	12-19	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Charlotte Gramzow	+0.2
32	13-19	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Kami Stover		+0.4
33	13-20	NIU	MILWKE×3	Kill	Kayla Landerud	set Milica Tomic	+0.4
34	13-21	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+0.3
35	13-22	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Ella Parker		+0.1
36	14-22	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Katie Pahl	·
37	14-23	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Kati Goba	+0.1
38	14-24	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Delaney Steers		·
39	15-24	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	·
40	15-25	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kayla Landerud	set Emma Duffy	·
Set 2
1	0-1		MILWKE	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.2
2	1-1	MILWKE	NIU×5	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
3	2-1	NIU	NIU×5	Bad set	Josie Noble		+1.9
4	3-1	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.0
5	4-1	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.0
6	5-1	NIU	NIU×5	Attack err	Milica Tomic		+2.0
7	5-2	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+1.2
8	5-3	MILWKE	MILWKE	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Kayla Landerud, Ella Parker	+1.9
9	6-3	MILWKE	NIU	Serve err	Milwaukee		+1.5
10	6-4	NIU	MILWKE	Serve err	NIU		+1.4
11	7-4	MILWKE	NIU×9	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.6
12	8-4	NIU	NIU×9	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+2.1
13	9-4	NIU	NIU×9	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.9
14	10-4	NIU	NIU×9	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.7
15	11-4	NIU	NIU×9	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Ella Parker	+1.5
16	12-4	NIU	NIU×9	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.2
17	13-4	NIU	NIU×9	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.9
18	14-4	NIU	NIU×9	Attack err	Bella Lipski		+0.6
19	15-4	NIU	NIU×9	Attack err	Bella Lipski		+0.4
20	15-5	NIU	MILWKE×3	Kill	Bella Lipski	set Milica Tomic	+0.2
21	15-6	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Charlotte Gramzow	+0.3
22	15-7	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Charlotte Gramzow	+0.5
23	16-7	MILWKE	NIU	Attack err	Bella Lipski		+0.5
24	16-8	NIU	MILWKE	Serve err	NIU		+0.3
25	17-8	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Kylie Schulze	+0.5
26	17-9	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+0.3
27	17-10	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+0.6
28	18-10	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.6
29	18-11	NIU	MILWKE×3	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+0.3
30	18-12	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Charlotte Gramzow	+0.7
31	18-13	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Ava Grevengoed	+1.0
32	19-13	MILWKE	NIU	Attack err	Ella Parker		+1.1
33	19-14	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+0.7
34	19-15	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+1.4
35	20-15	MILWKE	NIU	Blocked	Kayla Landerud	blk Autumn Flynn, Katie Pahl	+1.5
36	20-16	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+0.9
37	20-17	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+1.8
38	21-17	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+2.0
39	21-18	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kayla Landerud	set Milica Tomic	+1.2
40	22-18	MILWKE	NIU	Attack err	Ella Schuetz		+2.0
41	22-19	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Milica Tomic	+1.1
42	22-20	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble		+2.4
43	23-20	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+2.9
44	23-21	NIU	MILWKE	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Josie Noble, Ella Schuetz	+1.5
45	24-21	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.9
46	25-21	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Kami Stover	blk Rylea Alvin, Delaney Steers	+1.7
Set 3
1	1-0	MILWKE	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.3
2	2-0	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.3
3	3-0	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Josie Noble		+3.4
4	3-1	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+2.2
5	4-1	MILWKE	NIU	Serve err	Milwaukee		+2.5
6	5-1	NIU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.4
7	5-2	NIU	MILWKE	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+2.1
8	6-2	MILWKE	NIU	Attack err	Kayla Landerud		+2.5
9	6-3	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+2.2
10	7-3	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+2.6
11	7-4	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Emma Duffy	+2.2
12	8-4	MILWKE	NIU	Serve err	Milwaukee		+2.7
13	8-5	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Emma Duffy	+2.2
14	9-5	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.7
15	9-6	NIU	MILWKE×6	Kill	Annie Eschenbach	set Emma Duffy	+2.3
16	9-7	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+3.5
17	9-8	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+3.7
18	9-9	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+3.8
19	9-10	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+3.7
20	9-11	MILWKE	MILWKE×6	Ace	Milwaukee		+3.5
21	10-11	MILWKE	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.5
22	11-11	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Josie Noble		+3.9
23	12-11	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Ella Schuetz	+4.3
24	12-12	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Milica Tomic	+3.0
25	13-12	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.3
26	14-12	NIU	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.7
27	14-13	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+3.1
28	14-14	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Kami Stover	set Liv Doerre	+4.6
29	15-14	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+3.7
30	16-14	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+5.2
31	16-15	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+3.4
32	17-15	MILWKE	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+4.0
33	18-15	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+5.2
34	19-15	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+4.6
35	19-16	NIU	MILWKE	Attack err	Naomi Dowd		+2.3
36	19-17	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+4.3
37	20-17	MILWKE	NIU	Blocked	Ella Schuetz	blk Naomi Dowd	+4.3
38	20-18	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Bella Lipski	set Emma Duffy	+3.1
39	21-18	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.5
40	21-19	NIU	MILWKE×3	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+3.1
41	21-20	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+5.9
42	21-21	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Ace	Milwaukee	aced Delaney Steers	+7.4
43	22-21	MILWKE	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+6.5
44	23-21	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Kami Stover	blk Katie Pahl, Autumn Flynn	+9.0
45	24-21	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+6.9
46	24-22	NIU	MILWKE	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+1.9
47	24-23	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+6.0
48	25-23	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+10.7
Set 4
1	1-0	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow	+4.0
2	1-1	NIU	MILWKE×4	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+2.8
3	1-2	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+3.8
4	1-3	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+3.6
5	1-4	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Liv Doerre	+3.3
6	2-4	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.3
7	2-5	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+2.4
8	3-5	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Ava Grevengoed	+2.3
9	4-5	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Kami Stover	blk Autumn Flynn, Delaney Steers	+3.7
10	4-6	NIU	MILWKE×3	Serve err	NIU		+2.8
11	4-7	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Kami Stover	set Kati Goba	+3.5
12	4-8	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Josie Noble		+3.1
13	5-8	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+2.0
14	5-9	NIU	MILWKE	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+2.2
15	6-9	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+2.1
16	6-10	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+2.3
17	7-10	MILWKE	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+2.1
18	8-10	NIU	NIU×4	Ace	NIU	aced Ella Parker	+3.5
19	9-10	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Annie Eschenbach		+4.2
20	10-10	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Annie Eschenbach		+4.8
21	10-11	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Emma Duffy	+3.5
22	11-11	MILWKE	NIU×3	Attack err	Annie Eschenbach		+3.7
23	12-11	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Ella Parker		+5.4
24	13-11	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Kati Goba	+5.7
25	13-12	NIU	MILWKE×3	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+3.8
26	13-13	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+5.5
27	13-14	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Blocked	Delaney Steers	blk Josie Noble, Annie Eschenbach	+5.5
28	14-14	MILWKE	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.1
29	15-14	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+6.2
30	16-14	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Annie Eschenbach		+6.5
31	16-15	NIU	MILWKE	Serve err	NIU		+4.2
32	17-15	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+5.1
33	17-16	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+4.4
34	17-17	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Milica Tomic	+6.7
35	18-17	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+5.5
36	18-18	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Kami Stover	set Milica Tomic	+5.2
37	18-19	MILWKE	MILWKE	Kill	Bella Lipski		+7.4
38	19-19	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+5.5
39	19-20	NIU	MILWKE×4	Serve err	NIU		+5.8
40	19-21	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Annie Eschenbach	+7.5
41	19-22	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Kill	Ella Parker	set Kati Goba	+5.9
42	19-23	MILWKE	MILWKE×4	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+3.7
43	20-23	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
44	21-23	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.5
45	21-24	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Emma Duffy	+4.4
46	21-25	MILWKE	MILWKE	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Bella Lipski, Ella Schuetz	+3.4
Set 5
1	1-0	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Annie Eschenbach		+8.8
2	1-1	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+6.2
3	2-1	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+6.7
4	3-1	NIU	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers		+9.6
5	3-2	NIU	MILWKE×3	Serve err	NIU		+6.3
6	3-3	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Ella Parker	set Kati Goba	+9.2
7	3-4	MILWKE	MILWKE×3	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+9.2
8	4-4	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+6.9
9	4-5	NIU	MILWKE	Blocked	Delaney Steers	blk Josie Noble, Kami Stover	+7.0
10	5-5	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+7.2
11	6-5	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Kami Stover	blk Ava Grevengoed, Autumn Flynn	+11.0
12	6-6	NIU	MILWKE	Serve err	NIU		+7.7
13	7-6	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+8.6
14	7-7	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Parker	set Emma Duffy	+8.1
15	7-8	MILWKE	MILWKE	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+11.5
16	8-8	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+8.6
17	9-8	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+13.4
18	9-9	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Emma Duffy	+9.3
19	10-9	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+10.8
20	10-10	NIU	MILWKE	Blocked	Delaney Steers	blk Josie Noble, Annie Eschenbach	+10.2
21	11-10	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+12.0
22	11-11	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Ella Schuetz	set Milica Tomic	+11.2
23	12-11	MILWKE	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+13.7
24	12-12	NIU	MILWKE	Kill	Josie Noble	set Milica Tomic	+12.7
25	13-12	MILWKE	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+16.2
26	14-12	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Delaney Steers	+22.5
27	15-12	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Ella Parker	blk Naomi Dowd	+13.6

Score shown after each rally, NIU 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).

NIU def. Milwaukee 3–2

18 kills from Katie Pahl, and NIU got past Milwaukee.