UCLA vs Northwestern Volleyball: UCLA Wins 3-0 (Sep 26)

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026B1G+

3:0

UCLA won at Northwestern 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-20) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. UCLA's Brooke Harwood led with 14 kills, and Ava Utterback added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UCLA	25	25	25	3
NW	20	20	20	0

Win probability

Northwestern above 50 · UCLA below

Biggest swing: 2.6% to Northwestern — set 1, UCLA 21-20 NW. Marianna Singletary stuffed by Maya Stillwell & Campbell Paris. NW win probability 12% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCLA 84.1%15.9% NW

UCLA wins

3-0

36.0%

3-1

31.2%

3-2

16.9%

Northwestern wins

3-0

2.4%

3-1

5.1%

3-2

8.4%

UCLA break %: 44.6% vs this opp
NW break %: 37.0% 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
Maya Stillwell&Campbell ParisBlock+2.6%
Marianna Singletary stuffed by Maya Stillwell & Campbell Paris
Set 1 · UCLA 21-20 NW · NW 12% → 14%
02
Isabella BullingtonKill+2.4%
Kill by Isabella Bullington
Set 1 · UCLA 14-14 NW · NW 15% → 17%
03
Eliana Urzua&Marianna SingletaryBlock+2.3%
Isabella Bullington stuffed by Eliana Urzua & Marianna Singletary
Set 1 · UCLA 23-20 NW · UCLA 88% → 90%
04
Marianna SingletaryKill+2.3%
Kill by Marianna Singletary (set by Kate Duffey)
Set 1 · UCLA 22-20 NW · UCLA 86% → 88%
05
Campbell ParisAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Campbell Paris
Set 1 · UCLA 16-14 NW · UCLA 84% → 86%
06
Kate Duffey&Marianna SingletaryBlock+2.1%
Mara Stiglic stuffed by Kate Duffey & Marianna Singletary
Set 1 · UCLA 20-17 NW · UCLA 87% → 89%
07
Marianna SingletaryKill+1.9%
Kill by Marianna Singletary (set by Kate Duffey)
Set 2 · UCLA 15-15 NW · UCLA 88% → 90%
08
Eliana UrzuaKill+1.9%
Kill by Eliana Urzua (set by Lola Schumacher)
Set 2 · UCLA 14-15 NW · UCLA 86% → 88%

Box score

Official NCAA box

UCLAaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Brooke HarwoodMB	3	14	1	19	.684	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	15
11Marianna SingletaryMB	3	10	2	16	.500	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	3.5	13.5
8Maggie LiOH	3	9	3	20	.300	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
1Ava UtterbackOH	3	6	4	23	.087	0	3	2	10	0	0	0	0	9
3Kate DuffeyS	3	2	1	4	.250	40	0	0	8	0	0	4	2	4
7Vivian HickmanS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
17Eliana UrzuaOH	3	10	1	22	.409	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
30Lola SchumacherL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1
4Presley ThompsonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Sakura CodlingL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	12	105	.371	45	5	5	45	2	1	15	8.5	75

Northwesternhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
12Mara StiglicOH	3	14	4	39	.256	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	15
22Isabella BullingtonOH	3	11	4	33	.212	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
25Campbell ParisOH	3	7	3	18	.222	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
17Maya StillwellMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	5
11Ellie StiernagleS	3	0	1	4	-.250	27	0	2	4	0	2	1	1
2Drew WrightL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	1
9Hayley SchaafMB	3	4	1	9	.333	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
7Lauren DignanL/DS	3	1	0	2	.500	0	1	1	11	0	0	0	2
16Ava PrattOH	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0
24Cate SchnellOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
5Kaitlyn BodnarS	1	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
20Lily WagnerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	13	112	.241	37	2	6	34	5	12	6	60

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 4 UCLA · NW 3

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 UCLANW 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 4 UCLANW 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 UCLANW 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UCLA

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	55%6/11
2	71%5/7	38%3/8
3	63%5/8	38%3/8
4	80%4/5	50%4/8
5	67%4/6	50%4/8
6	100%4/4	33%2/6
All	68%28/41	45%22/49

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	29%2/7
2	71%5/7	33%3/9
3	40%4/10	44%4/9
4	57%4/7	33%2/6
5	50%4/8	20%1/5
6	67%4/6	20%1/5
All	55%27/49	32%13/41

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 (2 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

135 rallies

#	UCLA-NW	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
2	1-1	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
3	2-1	NW	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
4	2-2	UCLA	NW	Blocked	Maggie Li	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell	+1.1
5	3-2	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
6	3-3	UCLA	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
7	4-3	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Lola Schumacher	+1.1
8	5-3	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+1.5
9	5-4	UCLA	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
10	5-5	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.7
11	6-5	NW	UCLA×3	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.1
12	7-5	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Kate Duffey	+1.5
13	8-5	UCLA	UCLA×3	Ace	UCLA	aced Gigi Navarrete	+1.3
14	8-6	UCLA	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
15	9-6	NW	UCLA×3	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Kate Duffey	+0.9
16	10-6	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.1
17	11-6	UCLA	UCLA×3	Ace	UCLA	aced Gigi Navarrete	+0.9
18	11-7	UCLA	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
19	11-8	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
20	11-9	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Ava Utterback	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Maya Stillwell	+1.4
21	12-9	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
22	12-10	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Drew Wright	+1.0
23	13-10	NW	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
24	13-11	UCLA	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
25	13-12	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright	+1.8
26	14-12	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+1.3
27	14-13	UCLA	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.4
28	14-14	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington		+2.4
29	15-14	NW	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.6
30	16-14	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+2.2
31	16-15	UCLA	NW	Attack err	Ava Utterback		+1.5
32	17-15	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.6
33	17-16	UCLA	NW	Serve err	UCLA		+1.5
34	18-16	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.6
35	18-17	UCLA	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.6
36	19-17	NW	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.8
37	20-17	UCLA	UCLA	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Kate Duffey, Marianna Singletary	+2.1
38	20-18	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
39	21-18	NW	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.5
40	21-19	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
41	21-20	NW	NW	Blocked	Marianna Singletary	blk Maya Stillwell, Campbell Paris	+2.6
42	22-20	NW	UCLA×4	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+2.3
43	23-20	UCLA	UCLA×4	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Eliana Urzua, Marianna Singletary	+2.3
44	24-20	UCLA	UCLA×4	Kill	Marianna Singletary		+1.1
45	25-20	UCLA	UCLA×4	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Kate Duffey	+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.1
2	1-1	UCLA	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.8
3	1-2	NW	NW×3	Ace	Northwestern	aced Maggie Li	+1.2
4	1-3	NW	NW×3	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.4
5	2-3	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.8
6	3-3	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+1.2
7	3-4	UCLA	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
8	3-5	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Maggie Li	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Hayley Schaaf	+1.4
9	3-6	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.5
10	4-6	NW	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+0.9
11	4-7	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ava Pratt	+1.1
12	4-8	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.6
13	5-8	NW	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+0.9
14	5-9	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.2
15	6-9	NW	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+0.9
16	6-10	UCLA	NW	Blocked	Ava Utterback	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell	+1.2
17	6-11	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.6
18	7-11	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+0.8
19	7-12	UCLA	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
20	8-12	NW	UCLA×3	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Kate Duffey	+0.8
21	9-12	UCLA	UCLA×3	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+1.4
22	10-12	UCLA	UCLA×3	Ace	UCLA		+1.6
23	10-13	UCLA	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.3
24	10-14	NW	NW	Attack err	Kate Duffey		+1.8
25	11-14	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+1.0
26	12-14	UCLA	UCLA	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Kate Duffey, Marianna Singletary	+1.7
27	12-15	UCLA	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.4
28	13-15	NW	UCLA×4	Kill	Kate Duffey		+1.1
29	14-15	UCLA	UCLA×4	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Lola Schumacher	+1.9
30	15-15	UCLA	UCLA×4	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.9
31	16-15	UCLA	UCLA×4	Blocked	Ellie Stiernagle	blk Marianna Singletary	+1.9
32	16-16	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Hayley Schaaf	+1.3
33	17-16	NW	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+1.3
34	18-16	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		+1.8
35	18-17	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.2
36	19-17	NW	UCLA×3	Serve err	Northwestern		+1.3
37	20-17	UCLA	UCLA×3	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Eliana Urzua, Brooke Harwood	+1.5
38	21-17	UCLA	UCLA×3	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Presley Thompson	+1.0
39	21-18	UCLA	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
40	22-18	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+0.7
41	22-19	UCLA	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright	+0.4
42	23-19	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.6
43	24-19	UCLA	UCLA	Ace	UCLA	aced Gigi Navarrete	+0.4
44	24-20	UCLA	NW	Serve err	UCLA		+0.1
45	25-20	NW	UCLA	Kill	Kate Duffey		+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	NW	UCLA×4	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.4
2	2-0	UCLA	UCLA×4	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Kate Duffey, Maggie Li, Marianna Singletary	+0.5
3	3-0		UCLA	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.			+0.4
4	4-0	UCLA	UCLA×4	Ace	UCLA	aced Drew Wright	+0.4
5	4-1	UCLA	NW	Attack err	Maggie Li		+0.2
6	5-1	NW	UCLA	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.3
7	6-1	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Lola Schumacher	+0.3
8	6-2	UCLA	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Kaitlyn Bodnar	+0.2
9	7-2	NW	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+0.2
10	7-3	UCLA	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Kaitlyn Bodnar	+0.2
11	8-3	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+0.2
12	8-4	UCLA	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Kaitlyn Bodnar	+0.2
13	9-4	NW	UCLA	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.2
14	9-5	UCLA	NW	Blocked	Brooke Harwood	blk Isabella Bullington, Hayley Schaaf	+0.2
15	10-5	NW	UCLA	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.2
16	11-5	UCLA	UCLA	Attack err	Hayley Schaaf		+0.2
17	11-6	UCLA	NW	Serve err	UCLA		+0.1
18	11-7	NW	NW	Ace	Northwestern	aced Lola Schumacher	+0.3
19	12-7	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.2
20	12-8	UCLA	NW	Serve err	UCLA		+0.2
21	13-8	NW	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+0.2
22	13-9	UCLA	NW	Attack err	Eliana Urzua		+0.2
23	13-10	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Kaitlyn Bodnar	+0.4
24	14-10	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Lola Schumacher	+0.3
25	14-11	UCLA	NW	Attack err	Eliana Urzua		+0.3
26	15-11	NW	UCLA	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.3
27	15-12	UCLA	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Kaitlyn Bodnar	+0.3
28	16-12	NW	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.3
29	16-13	UCLA	NW	Kill	Lauren Dignan	set Kate Duffey	+0.3
30	16-14	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
31	17-14	NW	UCLA	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Kate Duffey	+0.5
32	17-15	UCLA	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.4
33	18-15	NW	UCLA	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.5
34	19-15	UCLA	UCLA	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Kate Duffey, Marianna Singletary	+0.5
35	19-16	UCLA	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.3
36	20-16	NW	UCLA	Kill	Maggie Li	set Kate Duffey	+0.3
37	20-17	UCLA	NW	Attack err	Marianna Singletary		+0.3
38	21-17	NW	UCLA	Kill	Eliana Urzua	set Kate Duffey	+0.3
39	21-18	UCLA	NW	Attack err	Ava Utterback		+0.2
40	22-18	NW	UCLA	Kill	Marianna Singletary	set Kate Duffey	+0.3
41	23-18	UCLA	UCLA	Kill	Brooke Harwood	set Kate Duffey	+0.3
42	23-19	UCLA	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.1
43	24-19	NW	UCLA	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Brooke Harwood, Eliana Urzua	+0.1
44	24-20	UCLA	NW	Serve err	UCLA		·
45	25-20	NW	UCLA	Kill	Ava Utterback	set Kate Duffey	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, UCLA 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).

UCLA def. Northwestern 3–0