Rutgers vs Northwestern Volleyball: Rutgers Wins 3-2

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 31, 2026B1G+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Northwestern 52.3% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Rutgers won at Northwestern 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-12) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Rutgers' Malia Romes led with 22 kills, and Skylar George added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
RUTGER	25	22	23	26	15	3
NW	23	25	25	24	12	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Five sets, 22 kills for Malia Romes, and a Rutgers win.

The match turned 3 times. Numbers are Rutgers's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Pre-match, Northwestern was RallyIQ's 52% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 3 · Rutgers 22–22 Northwestern
Northwestern won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 25–23 and lead 2–1.
Rutgers 50% → 23%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · Rutgers 21–24 Northwestern
The bottom for Rutgers, then 5 of the next 5 rallies and the set, 26–24.
Rutgers 2% → 50%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Rutgers 9–8 Northwestern
Rutgers scored 3 straight to stretch a 9–8 lead to 12–8.
Rutgers 65% → 94%

Northwestern above 50Rutgers belowMax swing 14.9%

RutgersNorthwestern

Sideout %: Rutgers 57.3·Northwestern 56.4
Break %: Rutgers 43.6·Northwestern 42.7
Hitting: Rutgers .222·Northwestern .183
Longest run: Rutgers 5·Northwestern 5

Malia Romes
6 kills inside the turning points, 22 K and .319 for the match (23.5 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Northwestern above 50 · Rutgers below

Biggest swing: 14.9% to Rutgers — set 4, RUTGER 26-24 NW. Rutgers ace. NW win probability 64% → 50%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

RUTGER 48.3%51.7% NW

Rutgers wins

3-0

11.8%

3-1

18.0%

3-2

18.5%

Northwestern wins

3-0

13.2%

3-1

19.5%

3-2

19.0%

RUTGER break %: 40.9% vs this opp
NW break %: 41.2% 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
RutgersAce+14.9%
Rutgers ace
Set 4 · RUTGER 26-24 NW · RUTGER 36% → 50%
02
Campbell ParisKill+13.3%
Kill by Campbell Paris (set by Lauren Dignan)
Set 3 · RUTGER 23-25 NW · NW 63% → 77%
03
Malia Romes&Natalie RobinsonBlock+13.3%
Cate Schnell stuffed by Malia Romes & Natalie Robinson
Set 4 · RUTGER 25-24 NW · RUTGER 22% → 36%
04
Malia RomesKill+13.2%
Kill by Malia Romes (set by Lily Bolen)
Set 4 · RUTGER 24-24 NW · RUTGER 9% → 22%
05
Malia RomesKill+11.4%
Kill by Malia Romes (set by Jenna DeLaMater)
Set 5 · RUTGER 11-8 NW · RUTGER 74% → 85%
06
Mara Stiglic&Maya Stillwell&Campbell ParisBlock+10.8%
Skylar George stuffed by Mara Stiglic & Maya Stillwell & Campbell Paris
Set 5 · RUTGER 9-8 NW · NW 24% → 35%
07
NorthwesternService error+10.8%
Northwestern service error
Set 3 · RUTGER 22-23 NW · NW 50% → 61%
08
Cate SchnellAttack error+9.3%
Attack error by Cate Schnell
Set 5 · RUTGER 3-1 NW · RUTGER 57% → 66%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Rutgersaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Malia RomesMB	5	22	7	47	.319	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	1.5	23.5
4Karis WillowOH	5	16	4	34	.353	0	1	2	2	0	0	4	2	19
8Skylar GeorgeOH	5	15	9	51	.118	1	1	0	16	1	0	3	1.5	17.5
17Avery JesewitzOH	5	10	5	29	.172	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	3	13
9Natalie RobinsonMB	5	4	4	14	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	2.5	6.5
12Brooke BaldwinS	5	0	0	0	–	41	0	2	6	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Lily BolenS	5	0	0	1	.000	23	1	3	10	0	0	0	0	1
3Kenzie DyrstadL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
6Jenna DeLaMaterL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	1	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
13Zharia Harris-WaddyMB	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	3	7
15Alleigh DuttonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Addison WiemannOH	2	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Kaila Kalama-BajetL/DS	2	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0	1
7Kami DyrstadL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		72	30	189	.222	67	6	16	69	3	2	24	14	111

Northwesternhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Campbell ParisOH	5	19	5	43	.326	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	20
17Maya StillwellMB	5	3	3	9	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
11Ellie StiernagleS	5	0	1	10	-.100	46	0	1	12	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
2Drew WrightL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	2	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
20Lily WagnerOH	3	3	2	16	.063	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	3
12Mara StiglicOH	2	4	3	12	.083	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
22Isabella BullingtonOH	5	19	8	44	.250	0	1	0	10	0	0	2	1	21
9Hayley SchaafMB	5	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	4
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	2	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	1
7Lauren DignanL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	3	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0
24Cate SchnellOH	4	7	4	18	.167	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	9
16Ava PrattOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		57	27	164	.183	54	3	5	74	6	1	15	8.5	109

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 5 RUTGER · NW 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 5 RUTGERNW 5

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 RUTGERNW 3

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 4 RUTGERNW 5

Set 4

26-24

Longest run 5 RUTGERNW 4

Set 5

15-12

Longest run 3 RUTGERNW 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rutgers

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%14/22	42%8/19
2	50%11/22	52%13/25
3	63%10/16	39%7/18
4	53%10/19	47%9/19
5	56%9/16	36%5/14
6	60%9/15	40%6/15
All	57%63/110	44%48/110

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%13/26	50%12/24
2	61%11/18	37%7/19
3	48%11/23	45%9/20
4	90%9/10	47%9/19
5	53%9/17	50%9/18
6	56%9/16	10%1/10
All	56%62/110	43%47/110

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

220 rallies

#	RUTGER-NW	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NW	RUTGER	Serve err	Northwestern		+1.8
2	1-1	RUTGER	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.8
3	1-2	NW	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Mara Stiglic	+2.6
4	1-3	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic		+2.6
5	2-3	NW	RUTGER	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Karis Willow, Malia Romes	+1.7
6	2-4	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.8
7	3-4	NW	RUTGER×4	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.8
8	4-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Natalie Robinson, Brooke Baldwin	+2.7
9	5-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Ace	Rutgers	aced Lauren Dignan	+2.8
10	6-4	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George		+2.8
11	6-5	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Karis Willow		+1.9
12	7-5	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.0
13	7-6	RUTGER	NW×3	Attack err	Skylar George		+1.9
14	7-7	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+3.0
15	7-8	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Avery Jesewitz	blk Maya Stillwell, Ellie Stiernagle	+3.0
16	8-8	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.1
17	9-8	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.2
18	9-9	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.2
19	10-9	NW	RUTGER×4	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
20	11-9	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Avery Jesewitz		+3.3
21	12-9	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+3.1
22	13-9	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Avery Jesewitz	+2.8
23	13-10	RUTGER	NW	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+1.6
24	13-11	NW	NW	Attack err	Karis Willow		+2.8
25	14-11	NW	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.3
26	15-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.9
27	16-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes		+2.3
28	17-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Ace	Rutgers	aced Drew Wright	+1.7
29	18-11	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.2
30	18-12	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
31	18-13	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
32	19-13	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.1
33	19-14	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.7
34	20-14	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.0
35	21-14	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
36	21-15	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.3
37	21-16	NW	NW	Attack err	Skylar George		+0.7
38	22-16	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.8
39	22-17	RUTGER	NW×5	Blocked	Natalie Robinson	blk Isabella Bullington, Hayley Schaaf	+0.3
40	22-18	NW	NW×5	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+0.9
41	22-19	NW	NW×5	Kill	Maya Stillwell		+1.7
42	22-20	NW	NW×5	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+2.9
43	22-21	NW	NW×5	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+4.6
44	23-21	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Addison Wiemann	set Lily Bolen	+4.6
45	23-22	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+3.2
46	24-22	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+5.4
47	24-23	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.9
48	25-23	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+7.1
Set 2
1	1-0	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz		+2.7
2	1-1	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.8
3	1-2	NW	NW	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Isabella Bullington, Hayley Schaaf	+2.7
4	2-2	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.8
5	2-3	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.9
6	3-3	NW	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.9
7	4-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Karis Willow	set Skylar George	+2.8
8	5-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Bad set	Ellie Stiernagle		+2.8
9	5-4	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.9
10	6-4	NW	RUTGER	Serve err	Northwestern		+2.0
11	6-5	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.9
12	7-5	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.1
13	7-6	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.9
14	8-6	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.1
15	8-7	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.0
16	8-8	NW	NW	Ace	Isabella Bullington	aced Skylar George	+3.1
17	9-8	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
18	10-8	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+3.2
19	10-9	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.1
20	11-9	NW	RUTGER	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+2.3
21	11-10	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.2
22	11-11	NW	NW	Ace	Gigi Navarrete	aced Kaila Kalama-Bajet	+3.4
23	12-11	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.5
24	12-12	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.4
25	13-12	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.6
26	13-13	RUTGER	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.5
27	13-14	NW	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.9
28	13-15	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Skylar George		+3.8
29	14-15	NW	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+2.4
30	15-15	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+4.0
31	16-15	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+4.3
32	16-16	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.9
33	17-16	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.1
34	17-17	RUTGER	NW×3	Serve err	Rutgers		+3.1
35	17-18	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Malia Romes		+4.8
36	17-19	NW	NW×3	Kill	Lily Wagner	set Drew Wright	+4.7
37	18-19	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.8
38	19-19	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+5.1
39	19-20	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Lily Wagner	set Lauren Dignan	+3.9
40	19-21	NW	NW	Attack err	Malia Romes		+5.4
41	20-21	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.1
42	20-22	RUTGER	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.1
43	20-23	NW	NW×3	Kill	Lily Wagner	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.6
44	20-24	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Karis Willow		+2.5
45	21-24	NW	RUTGER	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.5
46	22-24	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Ellie Stiernagle	blk Natalie Robinson, Skylar George	+1.7
47	22-25	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.9
Set 3
1	0-1	NW	NW	Attack err	Malia Romes		+3.4
2	1-1	NW	RUTGER×4	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.4
3	2-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+3.5
4	3-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Ace	Rutgers	aced Lily Wagner	+3.5
5	4-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+3.4
6	4-2	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.2
7	5-2	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.4
8	6-2	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Skylar George, Zharia Harris-Waddy	+3.2
9	6-3	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
10	7-3	NW	RUTGER×4	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.3
11	8-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Attack err	Hayley Schaaf		+2.9
12	9-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Attack err	Lily Wagner		+2.5
13	10-3	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Attack err	Lily Wagner		+2.0
14	10-4	RUTGER	NW×5	Kill	Cate Schnell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
15	10-5	NW	NW×5	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Hayley Schaaf	+2.0
16	10-6	NW	NW×5	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Gigi Navarrete	+2.5
17	10-7	NW	NW×5	Ace	Cate Schnell		+3.0
18	10-8	NW	NW×5	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.5
19	11-8	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.8
20	11-9	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.5
21	12-9	NW	RUTGER	Blocked	Cate Schnell	blk Zharia Harris-Waddy, Avery Jesewitz	+2.8
22	13-9	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.7
23	13-10	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.1
24	14-10	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.6
25	14-11	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.1
26	15-11	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+2.6
27	15-12	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.1
28	15-13	NW	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.9
29	16-13	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+3.2
30	16-14	RUTGER	NW×4	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.7
31	16-15	NW	NW×4	Blocked	Malia Romes	blk Cate Schnell	+4.8
32	16-16	NW	NW×4	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+5.5
33	16-17	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Skylar George		+5.8
34	17-17	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+4.0
35	17-18	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Cate Schnell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.3
36	18-18	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+4.2
37	18-19	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.6
38	19-19	NW	RUTGER	Serve err	Northwestern		+4.5
39	20-19	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Maya Stillwell	blk Avery Jesewitz, Natalie Robinson	+7.3
40	20-20	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.9
41	21-20	NW	RUTGER	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Avery Jesewitz	+5.6
42	22-20	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+7.9
43	22-21	RUTGER	NW×3	Blocked	Avery Jesewitz	blk Campbell Paris, Maya Stillwell	+4.2
44	22-22	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+8.9
45	22-23	NW	NW×3	Serve err	Northwestern		+10.8
46	23-23	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+7.1
47	23-24	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+9.3
48	23-25	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Lauren Dignan	+13.3
Set 4
1	1-0	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Rutgers	aced Cate Schnell	+3.4
2	1-1	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Lily Bolen		+2.3
3	2-1	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+2.4
4	2-2	RUTGER	NW×4	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.4
5	2-3	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Malia Romes		+3.5
6	2-4	NW	NW×4	Kill	Hayley Schaaf		+3.5
7	2-5	NW	NW×4	Kill	Cate Schnell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.3
8	3-5	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+2.1
9	3-6	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Cate Schnell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.3
10	4-6	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+2.2
11	4-7	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.4
12	5-7	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
13	5-8	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.4
14	6-8	NW	RUTGER×3	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
15	7-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+3.6
16	8-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+4.0
17	8-9	RUTGER	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.8
18	8-10	NW	NW×3	Kill	Cate Schnell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.0
19	8-11	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Karis Willow		+3.8
20	9-11	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.4
21	9-12	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.7
22	10-12	NW	RUTGER	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+2.4
23	10-13	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Cate Schnell	set Lauren Dignan	+2.8
24	11-13	NW	RUTGER	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+2.5
25	12-13	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Skylar George	+4.2
26	12-14	RUTGER	NW×4	Attack err	Malia Romes		+3.2
27	12-15	NW	NW×4	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Hayley Schaaf	+4.3
28	12-16	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Addison Wiemann		+3.7
29	12-17	NW	NW×4	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.9
30	13-17	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+1.4
31	14-17	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	Cate Schnell	blk Karis Willow, Zharia Harris-Waddy	+2.9
32	14-18	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.6
33	14-19	NW	NW	Bad set	Jenna DeLaMater		+2.8
34	15-19	NW	RUTGER×4	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.3
35	16-19	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.7
36	17-19	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Karis Willow, Zharia Harris-Waddy	+3.9
37	18-19	RUTGER	RUTGER×4	Ace	Rutgers	aced Lauren Dignan	+5.2
38	18-20	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Gigi Navarrete	+4.4
39	18-21	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright	+5.4
40	19-21	NW	RUTGER	Serve err	Northwestern		+2.6
41	20-21	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+5.7
42	20-22	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+5.2
43	20-23	NW	NW	Kill	Cate Schnell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+5.9
44	21-23	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
45	21-24	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.1
46	22-24	NW	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.5
47	23-24	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+5.3
48	24-24	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+13.2
49	25-24	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Blocked	Cate Schnell	blk Malia Romes, Natalie Robinson	+13.3
50	26-24	RUTGER	RUTGER×5	Ace	Rutgers		+14.9
Set 5
1	1-0	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+6.2
2	1-1	RUTGER	NW	Attack err	Skylar George		+6.1
3	2-1	NW	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+6.4
4	3-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Attack err	Cate Schnell		+9.3
5	4-1	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+8.7
6	4-2	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+5.2
7	5-2	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+6.2
8	6-2	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+7.8
9	6-3	RUTGER	NW	Serve err	Rutgers		+4.2
10	7-3	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+5.5
11	7-4	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.2
12	8-4	NW	RUTGER	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Karis Willow, Zharia Harris-Waddy	+5.6
13	8-5	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.1
14	9-5	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Brooke Baldwin	+5.7
15	9-6	RUTGER	NW×3	Serve err	Rutgers		+4.0
16	9-7	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Natalie Robinson		+8.2
17	9-8	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell, Campbell Paris	+10.8
18	10-8	NW	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+9.2
19	11-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Malia Romes	set Jenna DeLaMater	+11.4
20	12-8	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Natalie Robinson, Malia Romes	+8.1
21	12-9	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.0
22	13-9	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+5.3
23	13-10	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.3
24	14-10	NW	RUTGER	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Skylar George, Zharia Harris-Waddy	+4.6
25	14-11	RUTGER	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.3
26	14-12	NW	NW	Attack err	Karis Willow		+4.6
27	15-12	NW	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+7.8

Score shown after each rally, Rutgers 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).

Rutgers def. Northwestern 3–2

Five sets, 22 kills for Malia Romes, and a Rutgers win.