UNI vs Illinois State Volleyball: UNI Wins 3-0 (Oct 1, 2026)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: UNI 85.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UNI won at Illinois St. 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-20) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. UNI's Lily Dykstra led with 15 kills, and Reese Booth added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
N IOWA	25	25	25	3
ILL ST	23	18	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Lily Dykstra needed just 3 sets for 15 kills. UNI swept Illinois St.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.2 points, and Illinois St.'s high was 23% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. Pre-match, RallyIQ had UNI at 85%.

UNIIllinois St.

Break %+11.2 pts
49.338.1
Points won on own serve: 36 of 73 vs 24 of 63. Illinois St. sided out 50.7% of the time.
Hitting+.102
.183.081
Kills and errors: 42–19 vs 33–23.
Longest run+0
66
6 straight UNI points in the second set turned a 1–2 deficit into a 7–2 lead. Final score of the set: 25–18.

Illinois St. above 50UNI belowMax swing 5.2%

UNIIllinois St.

Aces: UNI 4·Illinois St. 1
Serve err: UNI 7·Illinois St. 4
Blocks: UNI 9·Illinois St. 61 BS · 16 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: UNI 60·Illinois St. 55

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Illinois St. above 50 · UNI below

Biggest swing: 5.2% to UNI — set 1, N IOWA 25-23 ILL ST. Ruth Ziegler stuffed by Maryn Bixby & Isabelle Elliott. ILL ST win probability 13% → 8%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

N IOWA 87.1%12.9% ILL ST

UNI wins

3-0

40.0%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.6%

Illinois St. wins

3-0

1.8%

3-1

4.0%

3-2

7.0%

N IOWA break %: 46.2% vs this opp
ILL ST break %: 37.6% 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
Maryn Bixby&Isabelle ElliottBlock+5.2%
Ruth Ziegler stuffed by Maryn Bixby & Isabelle Elliott
Set 1 · N IOWA 25-23 ILL ST · N IOWA 87% → 92%
02
Ruth ZieglerKill+4.8%
Kill by Ruth Ziegler (set by Audrey Clark)
Set 1 · N IOWA 23-23 ILL ST · ILL ST 13% → 17%
03
Isabelle ElliottKill+4.4%
Kill by Isabelle Elliott (set by Reese Booth)
Set 1 · N IOWA 24-23 ILL ST · N IOWA 83% → 87%
04
Cassidy HartmanKill+3.6%
Kill by Cassidy Hartman
Set 1 · N IOWA 23-21 ILL ST · N IOWA 86% → 89%
05
Ruth ZieglerKill+3.3%
Kill by Ruth Ziegler (set by Samantha Bunch)
Set 1 · N IOWA 16-18 ILL ST · ILL ST 19% → 23%
06
Ruth ZieglerAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Ruth Ziegler
Set 1 · N IOWA 18-18 ILL ST · N IOWA 79% → 82%
07
Calia ClubbKill+3.0%
Kill by Calia Clubb (set by Taryn Rice)
Set 1 · N IOWA 19-18 ILL ST · N IOWA 82% → 85%
08
Cassidy HartmanAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Cassidy Hartman
Set 1 · N IOWA 16-17 ILL ST · ILL ST 16% → 19%

Box score

Official NCAA box

UNIaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Lily DykstraOH	3	15	9	40	.150	1	1	2	10	0	0	2	1	17
2Cassidy HartmanOH	3	11	4	38	.184	0	1	0	8	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
10Maryn BixbyMB	3	7	2	13	.385	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	4.5	11.5
11Isabelle ElliottOH	3	4	1	18	.167	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
6Reese BoothS	3	1	0	6	.167	25	2	1	16	0	0	0	0	3
16Grace HannamMB	3	1	2	4	-.250	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
13Calia ClubbOPP	3	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
21Jadyn PetersenDS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	2	15	0	0	0	0	0
1Taryn RiceDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	19	126	.183	39	4	7	60	1	1	16	9	75

Illinois St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Ruth ZieglerOPP	3	9	8	37	.027	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	9
6Logan GrevengoedMB	3	6	3	16	.188	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	8
10Oliwia CaputaOH	3	7	3	27	.148	0	0	1	11	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
15Addisyn PohlMB	3	1	3	8	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	3.5
14Jillian FerrillOH	2	3	3	11	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
21Audrey ClarkS	2	0	0	1	.000	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
16Abby ReckOH	3	6	2	13	.308	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
9Ella CraggsS	3	0	0	1	.000	12	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	1
5Samantha BunchL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	7	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0
17Peyton TurnerDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
11Jillian GregoryOH	2	1	1	8	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
3Ella KohnenS	2	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
12Ellie BurrL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	23	124	.081	31	1	4	55	4	1	10	6	61

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 N IOWA · ILL ST 6

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 5 N IOWAILL ST 4

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 6 N IOWAILL ST 4

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 N IOWAILL ST 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UNI

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	45%5/11
2	50%7/14	50%7/14
3	75%6/8	60%9/15
4	55%6/11	45%5/11
5	75%6/8	60%9/15
6	60%6/10	14%1/7
All	62%39/63	49%36/73

Illinois St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%7/16	50%8/16
2	55%6/11	46%6/13
3	38%6/16	33%3/9
4	55%6/11	40%4/10
5	55%6/11	33%3/9
6	75%6/8	0%0/6
All	51%37/73	38%24/63

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

136 rallies

#	N IOWA-ILL ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.9
2	1-1	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Samantha Bunch	+1.0
3	2-1	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Grace Hannam	set Reese Booth	+1.0
4	2-2	N IOWA	ILL ST	Attack err	Maryn Bixby		+1.1
5	3-2	ILL ST	N IOWA×5	Kill	Isabelle Elliott	set Reese Booth	+1.0
6	4-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+1.3
7	5-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+1.1
8	6-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Bad set	Ruth Ziegler		+1.0
9	7-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×5	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+0.8
10	7-3	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+0.5
11	8-3	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth	+0.6
12	8-4	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.5
13	8-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Blocked	Lily Dykstra	blk Abby Reck, Logan Grevengoed	+0.9
14	9-5	ILL ST	N IOWA	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.7
15	9-6	N IOWA	ILL ST	Serve err	UNI		+0.7
16	10-6	ILL ST	N IOWA	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.7
17	11-6	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Addisyn Pohl		+0.8
18	11-7	N IOWA	ILL ST×4	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Audrey Clark	+0.5
19	11-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Blocked	Isabelle Elliott	blk Addisyn Pohl, Logan Grevengoed	+1.0
20	11-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Lily Dykstra		+1.3
21	11-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Lily Dykstra		+1.6
22	12-10	ILL ST	N IOWA×3	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+1.2
23	13-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Attack err	Logan Grevengoed		+1.5
24	14-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Attack err	Logan Grevengoed		+1.2
25	14-11	N IOWA	ILL ST	Attack err	Lily Dykstra		+0.7
26	15-11	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth	+0.8
27	15-12	N IOWA	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark	+0.7
28	15-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Cassidy Hartman		+1.4
29	15-14	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Ella Craggs	aced Cassidy Hartman	+1.9
30	16-14	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Jadyn Petersen	+1.4
31	16-15	N IOWA	ILL ST×4	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Craggs	+1.4
32	16-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+2.5
33	16-17	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Cassidy Hartman		+3.0
34	16-18	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+3.3
35	17-18	ILL ST	N IOWA×3	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth	+2.0
36	18-18	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+3.0
37	19-18	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Taryn Rice	+3.0
38	19-19	N IOWA	ILL ST	Blocked	Calia Clubb	blk Oliwia Caputa, Abby Reck	+2.2
39	20-19	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+2.3
40	20-20	N IOWA	ILL ST	Bad set	Taryn Rice		+2.4
41	21-20	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+2.6
42	21-21	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+2.7
43	22-21	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Isabelle Elliott	set Jadyn Petersen	+2.9
44	23-21	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman		+3.6
45	23-22	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+1.9
46	23-23	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark	+4.8
47	24-23	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Isabelle Elliott	set Reese Booth	+4.4
48	25-23	N IOWA	N IOWA	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Maryn Bixby, Isabelle Elliott	+5.2
Set 2
1	0-1	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+0.8
2	1-1	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.7
3	1-2	N IOWA	ILL ST	Serve err	UNI		+0.8
4	2-2	ILL ST	N IOWA×6	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+0.8
5	3-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×6	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth	+1.0
6	4-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×6	Blocked	Abby Reck	blk Maryn Bixby, Cassidy Hartman	+0.9
7	5-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×6	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Samantha Bunch	+0.8
8	6-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×6	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Lily Dykstra	+0.7
9	7-2	N IOWA	N IOWA×6	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Maryn Bixby, Isabelle Elliott	+0.6
10	7-3	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
11	8-3	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Jadyn Petersen	+0.4
12	8-4	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
13	8-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Lily Dykstra		+0.7
14	9-5	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth	+0.5
15	10-5	N IOWA	N IOWA	Ace	UNI	aced Peyton Turner	+0.6
16	10-6	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
17	11-6	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth	+0.4
18	11-7	N IOWA	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Lily Dykstra		+0.4
19	11-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Lily Dykstra		+0.7
20	11-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Blocked	Grace Hannam	blk Addisyn Pohl	+0.9
21	11-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Blocked	Lily Dykstra	blk Addisyn Pohl, Logan Grevengoed	+1.1
22	12-10	ILL ST	N IOWA×4	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.8
23	13-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+1.0
24	14-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Ace	UNI	aced Jillian Ferrill	+0.8
25	15-10	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Ace	UNI	aced Samantha Bunch	+0.6
26	15-11	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+0.4
27	16-11	ILL ST	N IOWA	Bad set	Audrey Clark		+0.4
28	17-11	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth	+0.4
29	17-12	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Ella Kohnen	+0.2
30	17-13	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+0.5
31	18-13	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.4
32	18-14	N IOWA	ILL ST	Serve err	UNI		+0.3
33	19-14	ILL ST	N IOWA	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+0.4
34	19-15	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
35	20-15	ILL ST	N IOWA×4	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth	+0.4
36	21-15	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Blocked	Abby Reck	blk Maryn Bixby	+0.3
37	22-15	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Blocked	Oliwia Caputa	blk Maryn Bixby, Calia Clubb	+0.2
38	23-15	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Jadyn Petersen	+0.1
39	23-16	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	·
40	24-16	ILL ST	N IOWA	Serve err	Illinois St.		·
41	24-17	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Kohnen	·
42	24-18	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Kohnen	·
43	25-18	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	·
Set 3
1	1-0	ILL ST	N IOWA	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+0.3
2	2-0	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+0.4
3	2-1	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
4	3-1	ILL ST	N IOWA	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+0.3
5	4-1	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Isabelle Elliott	set Grace Hannam	+0.4
6	4-2	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
7	5-2	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.3
8	6-2	N IOWA	N IOWA	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+0.3
9	6-3	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+0.2
10	7-3	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Reese Booth	set Taryn Rice	+0.2
11	7-4	N IOWA	ILL ST	Blocked	Maryn Bixby	blk Logan Grevengoed, Addisyn Pohl	+0.2
12	7-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Lily Dykstra		+0.4
13	8-5	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.3
14	8-6	N IOWA	ILL ST	Serve err	UNI		+0.3
15	9-6	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Taryn Rice	+0.3
16	9-7	N IOWA	ILL ST	Serve err	UNI		+0.3
17	9-8	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Grace Hannam		+0.5
18	10-8	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.4
19	10-9	N IOWA	ILL ST×6	Serve err	UNI		+0.4
20	10-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.7
21	10-11	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+0.8
22	10-12	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Samantha Bunch	+0.9
23	10-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.9
24	10-14	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Abby Reck		+0.9
25	11-14	ILL ST	N IOWA×3	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.5
26	12-14	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Grace Hannam	+0.8
27	13-14	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Blocked	Oliwia Caputa	blk Maryn Bixby, Isabelle Elliott	+0.9
28	13-15	N IOWA	ILL ST	Attack err	Cassidy Hartman		+0.7
29	14-15	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Isabelle Elliott	+0.6
30	14-16	N IOWA	ILL ST	Serve err	UNI		+0.8
31	14-17	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Cassidy Hartman		+1.1
32	15-17	ILL ST	N IOWA×4	Kill	Maryn Bixby	set Reese Booth	+0.6
33	16-17	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Jadyn Petersen	+1.0
34	17-17	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Blocked	Logan Grevengoed	blk Lily Dykstra, Maryn Bixby	+1.0
35	18-17	N IOWA	N IOWA×4	Blocked	Addisyn Pohl	blk Maryn Bixby, Calia Clubb	+1.0
36	18-18	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Kohnen	+0.8
37	19-18	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Reese Booth	+0.8
38	20-18	N IOWA	N IOWA	Kill	Calia Clubb	set Taryn Rice	+1.0
39	20-19	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Kohnen	+0.6
40	21-19	ILL ST	N IOWA	Kill	Lily Dykstra	set Jadyn Petersen	+0.7
41	22-19	N IOWA	N IOWA	Blocked	Addisyn Pohl	blk Grace Hannam, Lily Dykstra	+0.8
42	22-20	N IOWA	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Kohnen	+0.4
43	23-20	ILL ST	N IOWA×3	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Reese Booth	+0.6
44	24-20	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Kill	Cassidy Hartman	set Isabelle Elliott	+0.4
45	25-20	N IOWA	N IOWA×3	Ace	UNI		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, UNI 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).

UNI def. Illinois St. 3–0

Lily Dykstra needed just 3 sets for 15 kills. UNI swept Illinois St.