Northwestern vs Washington Volleyball: Washington Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Nov 6, 2026B1G+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Washington 94.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 8:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Washington beat visiting Northwestern 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-22) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. Washington's Maija Howse led with 13 kills, and Simona Mateska added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:20 PM CT · final Nov 6

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NW	17	15	22	0
WASH	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Maija Howse hit .619 with 13 kills as Washington rolled past Northwestern.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.5 points, and Northwestern's high was 10% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Washington at 94%.

NorthwesternWashington

Break %+18.6 pts
32.150.7
On serve: 37/73 against 18/56 (Northwestern sideout 49.3%).
Hitting+.189
.213.402
50 kills, 11 errors vs 33 kills, 14 errors.

Washington above 50Northwestern belowMax swing 1.5%

NorthwesternWashington

Aces: Northwestern 2·Washington 7
Serve err: Northwestern 4·Washington 7
Blocks: Northwestern 4·Washington 40 BS · 8 BA vs 0 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Northwestern 31·Washington 40

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Washington above 50 · Northwestern below

Biggest swing: 1.5% to Northwestern — set 1, NW 11-8 WASH. Attack error by Samantha Destler. WASH win probability 91% → 90%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW 5.8%94.2% WASH

Northwestern wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.7%

3-2

3.5%

Washington wins

3-0

53.3%

3-1

30.3%

3-2

10.7%

NW break %: 35.5% vs this opp
WASH break %: 47.4% 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
Samantha DestlerAttack error+1.5%
Attack error by Samantha Destler
Set 1 · NW 11-8 WASH · NW 9% → 10%
02
Mara StiglicKill+1.3%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 1 · NW 10-8 WASH · NW 8% → 9%
03
NorthwesternService error+1.2%
Northwestern service error
Set 1 · NW 7-4 WASH · NW 8% → 9%
04
Mara StiglicAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Mara Stiglic
Set 1 · NW 11-10 WASH · WASH 90% → 92%
05
Julia HuntKill+1.2%
Kill by Julia Hunt (set by Andrea Fabikovicova)
Set 1 · NW 11-11 WASH · WASH 92% → 93%
06
Katy WesselsKill+1.1%
Kill by Katy Wessels (set by Andrea Fabikovicova)
Set 1 · NW 8-7 WASH · WASH 91% → 92%
07
Isabella BullingtonAttack error+1.1%
Attack error by Isabella Bullington
Set 1 · NW 14-16 WASH · WASH 94% → 95%
08
Hayley SchaafKill+1.1%
Kill by Hayley Schaaf (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 1 · NW 5-3 WASH · NW 7% → 8%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwesternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
25Campbell ParisOH	3	10	2	24	.333	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	10
22Isabella BullingtonOH	3	8	6	25	.080	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	8
12Mara StiglicOH	3	7	3	20	.200	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8
17Maya StillwellMB	3	3	2	9	.111	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
11Ellie StiernagleS	3	1	1	3	.000	25	0	1	6	0	4	2	3
2Drew WrightL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
9Hayley SchaafMB	3	4	0	8	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
7Lauren DignanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	9	0	0	0	1
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0
16Ava PrattOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Cate SchnellOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
20Lily WagnerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Team totals		33	14	89	.213	30	2	4	31	7	8	4	54

Washingtonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
31Maija HowseOH	3	13	0	21	.619	0	0	0	4	0	3	1.5	14.5
5Simona MateskaOH	3	12	4	29	.276	0	1	3	12	0	0	0	13
22Samantha DestlerOH	3	10	4	27	.222	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	10
2Julia HuntMB	3	7	1	9	.667	2	2	2	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
12Katy WesselsMB	3	6	0	6	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
6Andrea FabikovicovaS	3	2	1	4	.250	36	3	1	10	0	1	0.5	5.5
23Kaitlyn NguyenL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	7	1	0	5	0	0	0	1
1Addy AzavedoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Team totals		50	11	97	.402	47	7	7	40	2	8	4	75

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 3 NW · WASH 4

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 NWWASH 4

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 3 NWWASH 4

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 NWWASH 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	39%7/18	42%5/12
2	55%6/11	13%1/8
3	75%6/8	25%2/8
4	67%6/9	33%3/9
5	55%6/11	45%5/11
6	31%5/16	25%2/8
All	49%36/73	32%18/56

Washington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	65%11/17
2	70%7/10	53%8/15
3	100%6/6	50%6/12
4	55%6/11	25%2/8
5	67%6/9	25%2/8
6	71%5/7	62%8/13
All	68%38/56	51%37/73

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

129 rallies

#	NW-WASH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NW	WASH	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.5
2	1-1	WASH	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
3	1-2	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.5
4	2-2	WASH	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Simona Mateska	+0.5
5	2-3	NW	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.5
6	3-3	WASH	NW×3	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Hayley Schaaf, Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
7	4-3	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
8	5-3	NW	NW×3	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
9	5-4	NW	WASH	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Julia Hunt	+0.7
10	6-4	WASH	NW	Serve err	Julia Hunt		+0.8
11	7-4	NW	NW	Serve err	Northwestern		+1.2
12	7-5	NW	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.7
13	8-5	WASH	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
14	8-6	NW	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.8
15	8-7	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.1
16	8-8	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+1.0
17	9-8	WASH	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.8
18	10-8	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.3
19	11-8	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Samantha Destler		+1.5
20	11-9	NW	WASH×4	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.9
21	11-10	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		+1.2
22	11-11	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.2
23	11-12	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.1
24	12-12	WASH	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.8
25	12-13	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.8
26	13-13	WASH	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
27	13-14	NW	WASH	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.8
28	14-14	WASH	NW	Kill	Ellie Stiernagle	set Lauren Dignan	+0.9
29	14-15	NW	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Julia Hunt	+0.9
30	14-16	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+1.1
31	15-16	WASH	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Lauren Dignan	+0.8
32	15-17	NW	WASH×4	Kill	Andrea Fabikovicova	set Addy Azavedo	+0.8
33	15-18	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+0.9
34	15-19	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Andrea Fabikovicova	aced Gigi Navarrete	+0.6
35	15-20	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Maija Howse, Katy Wessels	+0.4
36	16-20	WASH	NW	Serve err	Andrea Fabikovicova		+0.2
37	16-21	NW	WASH×3	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.3
38	16-22	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
39	16-23	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.1
40	17-23	WASH	NW	Attack err	Samantha Destler		·
41	17-24	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
42	17-25	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		·
Set 2
1	0-1	WASH	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.4
2	1-1	WASH	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.3
3	1-2	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.3
4	2-2	WASH	NW×3	Blocked	Samantha Destler	blk Maya Stillwell, Ellie Stiernagle	+0.4
5	3-2	NW	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.6
6	4-2	NW	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.7
7	4-3	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.4
8	5-3	WASH	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
9	5-4	NW	WASH	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.4
10	6-4	WASH	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
11	6-5	NW	WASH	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.4
12	6-6	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Ellie Stiernagle		+0.6
13	7-6	WASH	NW	Serve err	Samantha Destler		+0.5
14	7-7	NW	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.4
15	7-8	WASH	WASH	Ace	Julia Hunt	aced Lily Wagner	+0.6
16	8-8	WASH	NW	Serve err	Julia Hunt		+0.4
17	8-9	NW	WASH×4	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.4
18	8-10	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Andrea Fabikovicova	aced Lily Wagner	+0.5
19	8-11	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.4
20	8-12	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.3
21	9-12	WASH	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.2
22	9-13	NW	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
23	9-14	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+0.2
24	10-14	WASH	NW	Serve err	Simona Mateska		+0.2
25	10-15	NW	WASH×3	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.2
26	10-16	WASH	WASH×3	Ace	Kaitlyn Nguyen	aced Isabella Bullington	+0.2
27	10-17	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+0.1
28	11-17	WASH	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
29	11-18	NW	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.1
30	11-19	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Campbell Paris		·
31	11-20	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Andrea Fabikovicova, Julia Hunt	·
32	12-20	WASH	NW×3	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
33	13-20	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
34	14-20	NW	NW×3	Ace	Lauren Dignan	aced Addy Azavedo	·
35	14-21	NW	WASH	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
36	15-21	WASH	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	·
37	15-22	NW	WASH×4	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
38	15-23	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		·
39	15-24	WASH	WASH×4	Ace	Julia Hunt	aced Isabella Bullington	·
40	15-25	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		·
Set 3
1	1-0	NW	NW	Attack err	Kaitlyn Nguyen		+0.2
2	1-1	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
3	2-1	WASH	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.2
4	2-2	NW	WASH×4	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
5	2-3	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
6	2-4	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Julia Hunt		+0.2
7	2-5	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
8	3-5	WASH	NW	Attack err	Samantha Destler		+0.1
9	3-6	NW	WASH	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.1
10	4-6	WASH	NW	Attack err	Andrea Fabikovicova		+0.1
11	4-7	NW	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.1
12	5-7	WASH	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.1
13	6-7	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.2
14	6-8	NW	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.1
15	6-9	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
16	7-9	WASH	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.1
17	8-9	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Maya Stillwell	+0.2
18	9-9	NW	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.3
19	9-10	NW	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
20	9-11	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Katy Wessels, Maija Howse	+0.3
21	9-12	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Isabella Bullington	blk Maija Howse, Katy Wessels	+0.2
22	10-12	WASH	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.1
23	11-12	NW	NW	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+0.3
24	11-13	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
25	11-14	WASH	WASH	Ace	Simona Mateska	aced Drew Wright	+0.2
26	12-14	WASH	NW	Serve err	Simona Mateska		+0.2
27	13-14	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright	+0.3
28	13-15	NW	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
29	14-15	WASH	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Maya Stillwell	+0.2
30	14-16	NW	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.2
31	15-16	WASH	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.2
32	16-16	NW	NW	Attack err	Julia Hunt		+0.4
33	16-17	NW	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.3
34	17-17	WASH	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.3
35	18-17	NW	NW	Ace	Mara Stiglic	aced Samantha Destler	+0.6
36	18-18	NW	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Addy Azavedo	+0.4
37	19-18	WASH	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
38	19-19	NW	WASH	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.4
39	19-20	WASH	WASH	Ace	Andrea Fabikovicova	aced Gigi Navarrete	+0.6
40	20-20	WASH	NW	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Maya Stillwell	+0.4
41	21-20	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Lauren Dignan	+0.8
42	21-21	NW	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.5
43	21-22	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.7
44	21-23	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.6
45	22-23	WASH	NW	Serve err	Simona Mateska		+0.3
46	22-24	NW	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.5
47	22-25	WASH	WASH	Kill	Samantha Destler	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.3

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern 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).

Washington def. Northwestern 3–0

Maija Howse hit .619 with 13 kills as Washington rolled past Northwestern.