NIU vs Youngstown State: Youngstown State Wins 3-1 (Oct 24)

Final · 4 setsSat, Oct 24, 2026ESPN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Youngstown St. 77.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 24, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Youngstown St. beat visiting NIU 3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-21) on Sat, Oct 24, 2026. Youngstown St.'s Kylie Surratt led with 13 kills, and Abbie Householder added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:45 PM CT · final Oct 24

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
NIU	25	23	17	21	1
YSU	23	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Wrigley Takats served 4 aces, and Youngstown St. needed every one.

The match turned 3 times. Numbers are Youngstown St.'s win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. RallyIQ gave Youngstown St. 78% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · NIU 22–23 Youngstown St.
3 straight NIU points turned a 22–23 deficit into a 25–23 lead.
Youngstown St. 80% → 58%
Turning point 2: Set 2 · NIU 20–18 Youngstown St.
Down 18–20, Youngstown St. scored 3 straight to lead 21–20. The match swung to Youngstown St.
Youngstown St. 43% → 59%
Turning point 3: Set 2 · NIU 22–22 Youngstown St.
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Youngstown St., enough to take the set 25–23 and level the match at 1–1.
Youngstown St. 55% → 72%

Youngstown St. above 50NIU belowMax swing 9.8%

NIUYoungstown St.

Sideout %: NIU 49.5·Youngstown St. 56.3
Break %: NIU 43.7·Youngstown St. 50.5
Hitting: NIU .167·Youngstown St. .203
Longest run: NIU 5·Youngstown St. 6

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Youngstown St. above 50 · NIU below

Biggest swing: 9.8% to NIU — set 1, NIU 25-23 YSU. Ace by Ava Grevengoed on Layne Graffice. YSU win probability 68% → 58%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NIU 21.6%78.4% YSU

NIU wins

3-0

3.6%

3-1

7.2%

3-2

10.7%

Youngstown St. wins

3-0

30.0%

3-1

29.8%

3-2

18.6%

NIU break %: 39.0% vs this opp
YSU 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 GrevengoedAce+9.8%
Ace by Ava Grevengoed on Layne Graffice
Set 1 · NIU 25-23 YSU · NIU 32% → 42%
02
Ava GrevengoedAce+8.5%
Ace by Ava Grevengoed on Layne Graffice
Set 1 · NIU 24-23 YSU · NIU 24% → 32%
03
Katie PahlAttack error+7.7%
Attack error by Katie Pahl
Set 2 · NIU 22-24 YSU · YSU 61% → 69%
04
Kylie SurrattKill+6.7%
Kill by Kylie Surratt (set by Kameron Blizniak)
Set 2 · NIU 23-25 YSU · YSU 66% → 72%
05
Kameron BlizniakAce+6.7%
Ace by Kameron Blizniak on Ava Grevengoed
Set 2 · NIU 20-21 YSU · YSU 53% → 59%
06
Layne GrafficeAttack error+6.5%
Attack error by Layne Graffice
Set 2 · NIU 20-18 YSU · NIU 51% → 57%
07
Layne Graffice&Wrigley TakatsBlock+6.4%
Naomi Dowd stuffed by Layne Graffice & Wrigley Takats
Set 2 · NIU 20-20 YSU · YSU 46% → 53%
08
Naomi DowdService error+6.2%
Service error by Naomi Dowd
Set 2 · NIU 22-23 YSU · YSU 55% → 61%

Box score

Official NCAA box

NIUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
11Katie PahlOH	4	13	8	39	.128	0	1	1	11	1	1	0.5	14.5
3Ava GrevengoedOH	4	11	3	41	.195	0	2	0	10	3	0	0	13
15Autumn FlynnMB	4	11	3	23	.348	1	0	3	1	0	3	1.5	12.5
8Rylea AlvinMB	4	8	5	18	.167	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	10
14Naomi DowdOH	4	4	4	18	.000	0	0	4	4	1	5	2.5	6.5
6Viktoria DjukicS	4	1	0	3	.333	33	1	1	16	0	1	0.5	2.5
18Charlotte GramzowL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	6	2	1	18	2	0	0	2
7Ellie SmithS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
4Kiana ShieldsMB	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Kylie SchulzeS	2	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	24	144	.167	43	6	11	70	10	14	7	86

Youngstown St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Wrigley TakatsMB	4	8	2	16	.375	1	4	4	1	0	1	7	4.5	16.5
16Kylie SurrattOH	4	13	5	28	.286	0	1	1	10	0	0	2	1	15
22Layne GrafficeOH	4	11	6	43	.116	0	0	2	6	2	0	1	0.5	11.5
21Korina BarberOH	4	10	1	22	.409	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
23Abbie HouseholderOH	4	5	3	27	.074	2	2	1	13	1	0	3	1.5	8.5
10Kameron BlizniakS	4	1	0	3	.333	31	1	1	9	0	0	2	1	3
8Juliana RiveraDS	4	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	9	0	0	0	0	2
9Journey NicolaDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0
15Ava StrattonOH	3	4	3	13	.077	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
20Hayden RodriguezS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	13	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	21	153	.203	49	10	10	64	6	1	20	11	98

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 Youngstown St.

Season series · Youngstown St. leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 23, 2026NIU at Youngstown St. · Youngstown St. won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 24, 2026NIU at Youngstown St. · Youngstown St. won 3-1This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 NIU · YSU 6

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 4 NIUYSU 5

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 3 NIUYSU 4

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 3 NIUYSU 4

Set 4

21-25

Longest run 5 NIUYSU 6

Bars above the line = Youngstown St. 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	60%9/15	50%8/16
2	60%9/15	40%6/15
3	44%8/18	44%7/16
4	47%8/17	20%2/10
5	64%7/11	47%7/15
6	33%7/21	53%8/15
All	49%48/97	44%38/87

Youngstown St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	68%15/22
2	53%9/17	25%3/12
3	82%9/11	55%11/20
4	67%8/12	50%8/16
5	47%8/17	43%6/14
6	43%6/14	46%6/13
All	56%49/87	51%49/97

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 4 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

184 rallies

#	NIU-YSU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Wrigley Takats, Kylie Surratt	+1.8
2	0-2	YSU	YSU	Kill	Abbie Householder	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.7
3	1-2	YSU	NIU×4	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.2
4	2-2	NIU	NIU×4	Ace	Charlotte Gramzow		+1.9
5	3-2	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Abbie Householder		+2.1
6	4-2	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		+2.2
7	4-3	NIU	YSU	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+1.4
8	5-3	YSU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.6
9	6-3	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.4
10	7-3	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Viktoria Djukic	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.4
11	7-4	NIU	YSU	Serve err	Naomi Dowd		+1.4
12	7-5	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.2
13	8-5	YSU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.8
14	8-6	NIU	YSU×5	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Hayden Rodriguez	+1.5
15	8-7	YSU	YSU×5	Ace	Abbie Householder		+2.3
16	8-8	YSU	YSU×5	Ace	Abbie Householder	aced Naomi Dowd	+2.3
17	8-9	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Hayden Rodriguez	+2.3
18	8-10	YSU	YSU×5	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Hayden Rodriguez	+2.1
19	9-10	YSU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.5
20	9-11	NIU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Hayden Rodriguez	+1.5
21	10-11	YSU	NIU	Attack err	Ava Stratton		+1.5
22	10-12	NIU	YSU×3	Serve err	Viktoria Djukic		+1.5
23	10-13	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.0
24	10-14	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.6
25	11-14	YSU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
26	11-15	NIU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.1
27	12-15	YSU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
28	12-16	NIU	YSU	Kill	Abbie Householder	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.2
29	13-16	YSU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
30	14-16	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.9
31	15-16	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Korina Barber		+2.5
32	15-17	NIU	YSU	Serve err	Naomi Dowd		+1.9
33	15-18	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Korina Barber, Kameron Blizniak	+2.4
34	16-18	YSU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.4
35	16-19	NIU	YSU	Serve err	Katie Pahl		+1.7
36	16-20	YSU	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Hayden Rodriguez	+1.8
37	17-20	YSU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.9
38	18-20	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.0
39	18-21	NIU	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Hayden Rodriguez	+1.8
40	19-21	YSU	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
41	20-21	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Wrigley Takats		+3.1
42	21-21	NIU	NIU×4	Ace	Viktoria Djukic	aced Journey Nicola	+4.5
43	22-21	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Ava Stratton		+5.7
44	22-22	NIU	YSU	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+3.7
45	22-23	YSU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+6.2
46	23-23	YSU	NIU×3	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.2
47	24-23	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	Ava Grevengoed	aced Layne Graffice	+8.5
48	25-23	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	Ava Grevengoed	aced Layne Graffice	+9.8
Set 2
1	1-0	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Layne Graffice		+2.9
2	2-0	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Kylie Surratt	blk Naomi Dowd, Autumn Flynn	+3.1
3	2-1	NIU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.0
4	3-1	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Layne Graffice		+2.3
5	4-1	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.3
6	4-2	NIU	YSU	Kill	Abbie Householder	set Wrigley Takats	+2.1
7	4-3	YSU	YSU	Ace	Wrigley Takats		+3.1
8	5-3	YSU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.4
9	6-3	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.5
10	6-4	NIU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.2
11	7-4	YSU	NIU	Blocked	Abbie Householder	blk Viktoria Djukic, Autumn Flynn	+2.6
12	7-5	NIU	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.2
13	8-5	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Abbie Householder		+2.6
14	9-5	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.6
15	9-6	NIU	YSU×3	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.1
16	9-7	YSU	YSU×3	Blocked	Rylea Alvin	blk Wrigley Takats, Kameron Blizniak	+3.4
17	9-8	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Juliana Rivera	aced Ava Grevengoed	+3.5
18	10-8	YSU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.8
19	11-8	NIU	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.0
20	11-9	NIU	YSU×4	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.4
21	11-10	YSU	YSU×4	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.7
22	11-11	YSU	YSU×4	Attack err	Naomi Dowd		+3.8
23	11-12	YSU	YSU×4	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Kylie Surratt, Wrigley Takats	+3.7
24	12-12	YSU	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.7
25	12-13	NIU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.6
26	13-13	YSU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.8
27	13-14	NIU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.8
28	14-14	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Wrigley Takats		+2.9
29	15-14	NIU	NIU	Ace	Katie Pahl		+4.7
30	15-15	NIU	YSU	Kill	Abbie Householder	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.1
31	16-15	YSU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Autumn Flynn	+3.5
32	16-16	NIU	YSU	Kill	Kameron Blizniak	set Abbie Householder	+3.3
33	16-17	YSU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+4.8
34	17-17	YSU	NIU	Bad set	Kameron Blizniak		+3.4
35	17-18	NIU	YSU	Bad set	Charlotte Gramzow		+3.5
36	18-18	YSU	NIU×3	Blocked	Layne Graffice	blk Naomi Dowd, Rylea Alvin	+3.7
37	19-18	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Wrigley Takats		+6.1
38	20-18	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Layne Graffice		+6.5
39	20-19	NIU	YSU×3	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+3.7
40	20-20	YSU	YSU×3	Blocked	Naomi Dowd	blk Layne Graffice, Wrigley Takats	+6.4
41	20-21	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Kameron Blizniak	aced Ava Grevengoed	+6.7
42	21-21	YSU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.7
43	21-22	NIU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+5.2
44	22-22	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Layne Graffice		+5.3
45	22-23	NIU	YSU	Serve err	Naomi Dowd		+6.2
46	22-24	YSU	YSU	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+7.7
47	23-24	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Wrigley Takats		+3.0
48	23-25	NIU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+6.7
Set 3
1	0-1	YSU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.7
2	0-2	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Naomi Dowd	blk Wrigley Takats, Abbie Householder	+2.5
3	1-2	YSU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.8
4	1-3	NIU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Autumn Flynn	+1.8
5	2-3	YSU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.8
6	2-4	NIU	YSU×3	Serve err	Naomi Dowd		+1.8
7	2-5	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.4
8	2-6	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Korina Barber	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.0
9	3-6	YSU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
10	3-7	NIU	YSU	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Hayden Rodriguez	+1.4
11	4-7	YSU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
12	5-7	NIU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.3
13	5-8	NIU	YSU	Serve err	Autumn Flynn		+1.7
14	6-8	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Juliana Rivera		+1.7
15	6-9	NIU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Hayden Rodriguez	+1.8
16	6-10	YSU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Kameron Blizniak	+2.2
17	7-10	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Kameron Blizniak		+1.4
18	7-11	NIU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Abbie Householder	+1.5
19	8-11	YSU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
20	8-12	NIU	YSU×3	Blocked	Naomi Dowd	blk Abbie Householder, Wrigley Takats	+1.6
21	8-13	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.8
22	8-14	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Wrigley Takats	aced Charlotte Gramzow	+1.4
23	9-14	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Wrigley Takats		+0.7
24	10-14	NIU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.5
25	10-15	NIU	YSU×4	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+1.3
26	10-16	YSU	YSU×4	Ace	Kylie Surratt		+1.3
27	10-17	YSU	YSU×4	Kill	Korina Barber	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.9
28	10-18	YSU	YSU×4	Kill	Abbie Householder	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.5
29	11-18	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Kylie Surratt		+0.2
30	11-19	NIU	YSU	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Korina Barber, Ava Stratton	+0.3
31	12-19	YSU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.2
32	12-20	NIU	YSU×3	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+0.3
33	12-21	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Juliana Rivera	+0.2
34	12-22	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Juliana Rivera	aced Ava Grevengoed	+0.1
35	13-22	YSU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	·
36	14-22	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	·
37	14-23	NIU	YSU	Kill	Layne Graffice	set Hayden Rodriguez	+0.1
38	15-23	YSU	NIU×3	Attack err	Kylie Surratt		·
39	16-23	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Kylie Surratt	blk Rylea Alvin, Naomi Dowd	·
40	17-23	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow	+0.1
41	17-24	NIU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Kameron Blizniak	+0.1
42	17-25	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Rylea Alvin	blk Abbie Householder, Wrigley Takats	·
Set 4
1	1-0	NIU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.4
2	2-0	NIU	NIU	Ace	Charlotte Gramzow	aced Abbie Householder	+2.6
3	2-1	NIU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.7
4	3-1	YSU	NIU×3	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.9
5	4-1	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Kylie Surratt	blk Katie Pahl, Autumn Flynn	+2.8
6	5-1	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Autumn Flynn		+2.8
7	5-2	NIU	YSU×3	Serve err	Kylie Schulze		+1.7
8	5-3	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Wrigley Takats	aced Charlotte Gramzow	+2.6
9	5-4	YSU	YSU×3	Ace	Wrigley Takats	aced Katie Pahl	+2.6
10	6-4	YSU	NIU	Serve err	Wrigley Takats		+2.1
11	6-5	NIU	YSU	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.8
12	6-6	YSU	YSU	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+2.7
13	7-6	YSU	NIU×3	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+2.0
14	8-6	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Abbie Householder		+3.0
15	9-6	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Rylea Alvin		+3.1
16	9-7	NIU	YSU×3	Serve err	NIU		+1.9
17	9-8	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Korina Barber	set Hayden Rodriguez	+2.9
18	9-9	YSU	YSU×3	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+2.9
19	10-9	YSU	NIU	Attack err	Layne Graffice		+2.2
20	10-10	NIU	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Hayden Rodriguez	+2.1
21	11-10	YSU	NIU	Blocked	Layne Graffice	blk Rylea Alvin, Naomi Dowd	+2.3
22	12-10	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Hayden Rodriguez		+3.5
23	12-11	NIU	YSU×6	Kill	Ava Stratton	set Hayden Rodriguez	+2.2
24	12-12	YSU	YSU×6	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Kameron Blizniak	+3.3
25	12-13	YSU	YSU×6	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+3.2
26	12-14	YSU	YSU×6	Kill	Kylie Surratt	set Juliana Rivera	+3.0
27	12-15	YSU	YSU×6	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+2.6
28	12-16	YSU	YSU×6	Blocked	Rylea Alvin	blk Wrigley Takats	+2.0
29	13-16	YSU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.2
30	13-17	NIU	YSU	Serve err	NIU		+1.4
31	13-18	YSU	YSU	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+1.5
32	14-18	YSU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.8
33	14-19	NIU	YSU	Kill	Wrigley Takats	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.0
34	15-19	YSU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.7
35	15-20	NIU	YSU×3	Kill	Korina Barber	set Kameron Blizniak	+1.0
36	15-21	YSU	YSU×3	Kill	Korina Barber		+0.8
37	15-22	YSU	YSU×3	Attack err	Kiana Shields		+0.4
38	16-22	YSU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.1
39	16-23	NIU	YSU	Serve err	Autumn Flynn		+0.2
40	16-24	YSU	YSU	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Ava Stratton, Korina Barber	+0.1
41	17-24	YSU	NIU×5	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	·
42	18-24	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	·
43	19-24	NIU	NIU×5	Blocked	Layne Graffice	blk Naomi Dowd, Rylea Alvin	+0.1
44	20-24	NIU	NIU×5	Attack err	Ava Stratton		+0.2
45	21-24	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+0.5
46	21-25	NIU	YSU	Kill	Korina Barber	set Hayden Rodriguez	+0.8

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).

Youngstown St. def. NIU 3–1

Wrigley Takats served 4 aces, and Youngstown St. needed every one.