Buffalo vs Western Mich. Volleyball: Buffalo Wins 3-2

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 24, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Mich. 86.3% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 24, 1:10 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Buffalo won at Western Mich. 3-2 (28-26, 13-25, 25-18, 13-25, 15-12) on Sat, Oct 24, 2026. Buffalo's Hailey Campagna and Sydney Bell led with 15 kills each, and Maddie Mitchell added 16 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
BUFF	28	13	25	13	15	3
W MICH	26	25	18	25	12	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Sydney Bell hit .353 on 34 swings as Buffalo edged Western Mich.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Buffalo's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. RallyIQ had Western Mich. at 86% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Buffalo 7–13 Western Mich.
From here Buffalo won 21 of 34 rallies to take the set 28–26.
Buffalo 8% → 31%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Buffalo 8–5 Western Mich.
Down 5–8, Western Mich. scored 3 straight to tie it at 8. The match swung to Western Mich.
Buffalo 68% → 39%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Buffalo 12–11 Western Mich.
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Buffalo, enough to take the set 15–12 and win the match 3–2.
Buffalo 55% → >99%

Western Mich. above 50Buffalo belowMax swing 21.0%

BuffaloWestern Mich.

Sideout %: Buffalo 56.6·Western Mich. 63.8
Break %: Buffalo 36.2·Western Mich. 43.4
Hitting: Buffalo .225·Western Mich. .318
Longest run: Buffalo 6·Western Mich. 6

Sydney Bell
4 kills inside the turning points, 15 K and .353 for the match (16 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Western Mich. above 50 · Buffalo below

Biggest swing: 21.0% to Buffalo — set 5, BUFF 13-11 W MICH. Ace by Manoela Forlin on Elana Erickson. W MICH win probability 45% → 24%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

BUFF 17.1%82.9% W MICH

Buffalo wins

3-0

2.6%

3-1

5.6%

3-2

8.9%

Western Mich. wins

3-0

34.6%

3-1

30.9%

3-2

17.4%

BUFF break %: 37.1% vs this opp
W MICH break %: 44.3% 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
Manoela ForlinAce+21.0%
Ace by Manoela Forlin on Elana Erickson
Set 5 · BUFF 13-11 W MICH · BUFF 55% → 76%
02
Sydney BellKill+16.7%
Kill by Sydney Bell (set by Sadie Gladhill)
Set 5 · BUFF 11-10 W MICH · BUFF 36% → 52%
03
Sydney BellKill+16.7%
Kill by Sydney Bell (set by Maddie Mitchell)
Set 5 · BUFF 14-11 W MICH · BUFF 76% → 93%
04
Sydney BellKill+13.5%
Kill by Sydney Bell (set by Maddie Mitchell)
Set 5 · BUFF 12-11 W MICH · BUFF 42% → 55%
05
Michal BenaimAttack error+13.0%
Attack error by Michal Benaim
Set 5 · BUFF 9-10 W MICH · W MICH 60% → 74%
06
Manoela ForlinKill+12.4%
Kill by Manoela Forlin
Set 5 · BUFF 8-5 W MICH · BUFF 56% → 68%
07
Abisola AdebayoAttack error+12.1%
Attack error by Abisola Adebayo
Set 5 · BUFF 8-8 W MICH · W MICH 49% → 61%
08
Leah RichmondKill+11.3%
Kill by Leah Richmond
Set 5 · BUFF 8-7 W MICH · W MICH 38% → 49%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Buffaloaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Hailey CampagnaOH	5	15	10	52	.096	1	0	3	10	0	1	0	1	16
3Sydney BellOPP	5	15	3	34	.353	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	16
14Manoela ForlinOH	5	11	6	36	.139	1	2	1	15	3	1	1	1.5	14.5
20Abisola AdebayoMB	5	7	1	13	.462	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
9Ava KanjMB	5	4	2	10	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
2Maddie MitchellS	5	0	0	1	.000	34	1	3	16	0	0	0	0	1
11Abbie WillisOH	5	9	1	18	.444	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
5Michal BenaimS	5	0	1	1	-1.000	18	2	4	7	0	0	0	0	2
13Sadie GladhillL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	2	2	3	8	0	0	0	0	2
10Anaya ColeL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
15Eve AdamsOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Angelina SiepierskiOH	2	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1
16Chloe BrownDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		62	24	169	.225	57	7	15	70	6	2	6	5	94

Western Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Gabby WeiheMB	5	14	1	27	.481	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	16
6Annalise PatchettOH	5	14	4	41	.244	1	1	2	12	0	0	0	0	15
12Cassidy PratleyMB	5	10	2	27	.296	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	2	13
4Leah RichmondS	5	8	0	11	.727	40	1	1	20	0	0	4	2	11
2Elana EricksonL/DS	5	7	3	20	.200	4	2	2	16	4	0	0	0	9
1Izzy SwierczOH	4	6	2	17	.235	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
19Carley PiercefieldL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	5	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0
3Riley MessengerDS	5	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
21Mia JurkovicOH	2	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
9Ella GuilfoyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		61	13	151	.318	53	6	12	68	7	1	12	7	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.

Buffalo vs Western Mich.

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Buffalo at Western Mich. · Western Mich. won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Buffalo at Western Mich. · Buffalo won 3-2This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 BUFF · W MICH 6

Set 1

28-26

Longest run 5 BUFFW MICH 5

Set 2

13-25

Longest run 3 BUFFW MICH 6

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 6 BUFFW MICH 3

Set 4

13-25

Longest run 2 BUFFW MICH 5

Set 5

15-12

Longest run 3 BUFFW MICH 3

Bars above the line = Western Mich. leads, below = Buffalo leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Buffalo

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	68%13/19	21%3/14
2	50%11/22	39%7/18
3	67%10/15	33%5/15
4	77%10/13	29%4/14
5	42%8/19	44%8/18
6	44%8/18	47%7/15
All	57%60/106	36%34/94

Western Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	65%11/17	47%9/19
2	65%11/17	42%8/19
3	67%10/15	45%9/20
4	63%10/16	23%3/13
5	56%10/18	38%6/16
6	73%8/11	58%11/19
All	64%60/94	43%46/106

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

200 rallies

#	BUFF-W MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+1.1
2	1-1	BUFF	W MICH×5	Serve err	Buffalo		+1.0
3	1-2	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Gabby Weihe		+1.3
4	1-3	W MICH	W MICH×5	Blocked	Sydney Bell	blk Gabby Weihe	+1.2
5	1-4	W MICH	W MICH×5	Attack err	Hailey Campagna		+1.0
6	1-5	W MICH	W MICH×5	Attack err	Ava Kanj		+0.9
7	2-5	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.6
8	2-6	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+0.6
9	2-7	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
10	3-7	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.5
11	4-7	BUFF	BUFF	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+0.8
12	4-8	BUFF	W MICH	Attack err	Sydney Bell		+0.6
13	5-8	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.6
14	5-9	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+0.6
15	5-10	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Carley Piercefield	+0.8
16	6-10	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Hailey Campagna	+0.5
17	6-11	BUFF	W MICH	Blocked	Hailey Campagna	blk Izzy Swiercz, Cassidy Pratley	+0.5
18	6-12	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Izzy Swiercz	+0.6
19	7-12	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Michal Benaim	+0.3
20	7-13	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+0.4
21	8-13	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Sadie Gladhill	+0.3
22	9-13	BUFF	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.6
23	9-14	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+0.5
24	10-14	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.5
25	11-14	BUFF	BUFF	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+0.9
26	11-15	BUFF	W MICH	Attack err	Hailey Campagna		+0.7
27	12-15	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.7
28	12-16	BUFF	W MICH	Attack err	Hailey Campagna		+0.8
29	13-16	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.7
30	13-17	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+0.8
31	14-17	W MICH	BUFF×5	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Michal Benaim	+0.7
32	15-17	BUFF	BUFF×5	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Hailey Campagna	+1.4
33	16-17	BUFF	BUFF×5	Ace	Buffalo	aced Elana Erickson	+1.9
34	17-17	BUFF	BUFF×5	Kill	Abbie Willis		+2.5
35	18-17	BUFF	BUFF×5	Kill	Abisola Adebayo	set Manoela Forlin	+3.1
36	18-18	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
37	19-18	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Michal Benaim	+2.4
38	19-19	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+2.1
39	20-19	W MICH	BUFF	Attack err	Cassidy Pratley		+2.6
40	20-20	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
41	21-20	W MICH	BUFF	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+2.9
42	21-21	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.6
43	22-21	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Ava Kanj	set Maddie Mitchell	+3.3
44	22-22	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+2.9
45	23-22	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+3.9
46	23-23	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+3.5
47	23-24	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Manoela Forlin		+6.0
48	24-24	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abisola Adebayo	set Maddie Mitchell	+4.0
49	24-25	BUFF	W MICH	Attack err	Manoela Forlin		+4.0
50	25-25	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		+4.0
51	26-25	BUFF	BUFF	Ace	Buffalo	aced Elana Erickson	+6.9
52	26-26	BUFF	W MICH	Attack err	Hailey Campagna		+4.9
53	27-26	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+4.9
54	28-26	BUFF	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+8.5
Set 2
1	0-1	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
2	1-1	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Ava Kanj	set Maddie Mitchell	+1.7
3	1-2	BUFF	W MICH×6	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
4	1-3	W MICH	W MICH×6	Attack err	Manoela Forlin		+2.2
5	1-4	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Carley Piercefield	+1.9
6	1-5	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
7	1-6	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
8	1-7	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Annalise Patchett	+1.0
9	2-7	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.6
10	2-8	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
11	3-8	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		+0.6
12	3-9	BUFF	W MICH×3	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
13	3-10	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Carley Piercefield	+0.7
14	3-11	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+0.5
15	4-11	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Michal Benaim	+0.3
16	5-11	BUFF	BUFF	Attack err	Cassidy Pratley		+0.6
17	5-12	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+0.5
18	5-13	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Elana Erickson	+0.5
19	6-13	W MICH	BUFF×3	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Michal Benaim	+0.2
20	7-13	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.5
21	8-13	BUFF	BUFF×3	Ace	Buffalo	aced Elana Erickson	+0.8
22	8-14	BUFF	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
23	8-15	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
24	8-16	W MICH	W MICH×3	Blocked	Hailey Campagna	blk Leah Richmond, Gabby Weihe	+0.4
25	9-16	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		+0.2
26	9-17	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Elana Erickson	+0.3
27	9-18	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe		+0.2
28	10-18	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.1
29	10-19	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+0.1
30	11-19	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+0.1
31	11-20	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+0.1
32	12-20	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	·
33	12-21	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+0.1
34	12-22	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Carley Piercefield	·
35	13-22	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abisola Adebayo	set Michal Benaim	·
36	13-23	BUFF	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	·
37	13-24	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley		·
38	13-25	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	·
Set 3
1	1-0	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+1.8
2	1-1	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
3	2-1	W MICH	BUFF×3	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+1.8
4	3-1	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+2.9
5	4-1	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+3.1
6	4-2	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Ava Kanj	+1.9
7	5-2	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		+2.3
8	5-3	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.9
9	6-3	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abisola Adebayo	set Maddie Mitchell	+2.3
10	6-4	BUFF	W MICH	Blocked	Abbie Willis	blk Cassidy Pratley, Mia Jurkovic	+1.9
11	6-5	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.9
12	7-5	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Michal Benaim	+2.3
13	7-6	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
14	7-7	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Hailey Campagna	blk Cassidy Pratley, Leah Richmond	+2.9
15	8-7	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		+2.2
16	8-8	BUFF	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
17	8-9	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Ava Kanj		+2.8
18	8-10	W MICH	W MICH×3	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Manoela Forlin	+2.5
19	9-10	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		+1.8
20	9-11	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+1.8
21	10-11	W MICH	BUFF	Attack err	Mia Jurkovic		+1.8
22	10-12	BUFF	W MICH	Attack err	Sydney Bell		+1.8
23	10-13	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Carley Piercefield	+2.3
24	11-13	W MICH	BUFF×3	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+1.5
25	12-13	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+2.8
26	13-13	BUFF	BUFF×3	Blocked	Elana Erickson	blk Sydney Bell, Abisola Adebayo	+3.5
27	13-14	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
28	14-14	W MICH	BUFF×6	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+2.6
29	15-14	BUFF	BUFF×6	Ace	Buffalo		+4.3
30	16-14	BUFF	BUFF×6	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Michal Benaim	+4.7
31	17-14	BUFF	BUFF×6	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Michal Benaim	+4.9
32	18-14	BUFF	BUFF×6	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Michal Benaim	+4.5
33	19-14	BUFF	BUFF×6	Blocked	Elana Erickson	blk Manoela Forlin	+3.8
34	19-15	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+1.6
35	20-15	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abisola Adebayo	set Michal Benaim	+2.6
36	21-15	BUFF	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Michal Benaim	+2.5
37	21-16	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Elana Erickson	+0.8
38	21-17	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Riley Messenger	+1.9
39	22-17	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abisola Adebayo	set Michal Benaim	+2.3
40	22-18	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.0
41	23-18	W MICH	BUFF×3	Serve err	Western Mich.		+2.1
42	24-18	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+1.2
43	25-18	BUFF	BUFF×3	Ace	Buffalo		+0.3
Set 4
1	0-1	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Elana Erickson	+2.4
2	0-2	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Manoela Forlin		+3.3
3	1-2	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+2.3
4	2-2	BUFF	BUFF	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Ava Kanj, Manoela Forlin	+3.9
5	2-3	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.6
6	2-4	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Anaya Cole	+3.5
7	3-4	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Ava Kanj	set Maddie Mitchell	+2.5
8	3-5	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+2.4
9	4-5	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Anaya Cole	+2.5
10	4-6	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.5
11	5-6	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		+2.6
12	5-7	BUFF	W MICH×4	Serve err	Buffalo		+2.5
13	5-8	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Carley Piercefield	+3.3
14	5-9	W MICH	W MICH×4	Attack err	Hailey Campagna		+2.7
15	5-10	W MICH	W MICH×4	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Manoela Forlin	+2.1
16	6-10	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Michal Benaim	+1.3
17	6-11	BUFF	W MICH×5	Kill	Elana Erickson	set Leah Richmond	+1.4
18	6-12	W MICH	W MICH×5	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Manoela Forlin	+1.6
19	6-13	W MICH	W MICH×5	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.1
20	6-14	W MICH	W MICH×5	Attack err	Hailey Campagna		+0.7
21	6-15	W MICH	W MICH×5	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Angelina Siepierski	+0.4
22	7-15	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Ava Kanj	set Michal Benaim	+0.2
23	7-16	BUFF	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.3
24	7-17	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.2
25	7-18	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Riley Messenger	+0.1
26	8-18	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	·
27	8-19	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
28	9-19	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		·
29	9-20	BUFF	W MICH×4	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·
30	9-21	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	·
31	9-22	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	·
32	9-23	W MICH	W MICH×4	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Anaya Cole	·
33	10-23	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Western Mich.		·
34	11-23	BUFF	BUFF	Ace	Buffalo		·
35	11-24	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		·
36	12-24	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Abbie Willis	set Michal Benaim	·
37	13-24	BUFF	BUFF	Kill	Abisola Adebayo	set Michal Benaim	·
38	13-25	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
Set 5
1	1-0	BUFF	BUFF	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+8.6
2	1-1	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+5.5
3	2-1	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin	set Maddie Mitchell	+6.4
4	2-2	BUFF	W MICH	Blocked	Hailey Campagna	blk Gabby Weihe, Leah Richmond	+5.7
5	2-3	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+8.2
6	3-3	W MICH	BUFF×3	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+5.9
7	4-3	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+9.9
8	5-3	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Angelina Siepierski	set Maddie Mitchell	+10.9
9	5-4	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+6.5
10	6-4	W MICH	BUFF	Blocked	Elana Erickson	blk Sydney Bell, Abisola Adebayo	+8.2
11	6-5	BUFF	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+6.8
12	7-5	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Michal Benaim	+8.6
13	8-5	BUFF	BUFF	Kill	Manoela Forlin		+12.4
14	8-6	BUFF	W MICH×3	Serve err	Buffalo		+6.5
15	8-7	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Leah Richmond		+11.3
16	8-8	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Abisola Adebayo		+12.1
17	9-8	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Izzy Swiercz		+9.7
18	9-9	BUFF	W MICH	Serve err	Buffalo		+8.7
19	9-10	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Michal Benaim		+13.0
20	10-10	W MICH	BUFF	Serve err	Elana Erickson		+9.2
21	11-10	BUFF	BUFF	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Sadie Gladhill	+16.7
22	11-11	BUFF	W MICH	Blocked	Manoela Forlin	blk Cassidy Pratley, Leah Richmond	+10.6
23	12-11	W MICH	BUFF×3	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+13.5
24	13-11	BUFF	BUFF×3	Ace	Manoela Forlin	aced Elana Erickson	+21.0
25	14-11	BUFF	BUFF×3	Kill	Sydney Bell	set Maddie Mitchell	+16.7
26	14-12	BUFF	W MICH	Attack err	Manoela Forlin		+4.0
27	15-12	W MICH	BUFF	Kill	Hailey Campagna	set Maddie Mitchell	+11.1

Score shown after each rally, Buffalo 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).

Buffalo def. Western Mich. 3–2

Sydney Bell hit .353 on 34 swings as Buffalo edged Western Mich.