Illinois State def. Central Mich. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 5)

FinalSat, Sep 5, 2026

3:0

Illinois St. won at Central Mich. 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-19) on Sat, Sep 5, 2026. Illinois St.'s Addisyn Pohl led with 8 kills, and Emilija Arsic added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Sep 5

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ILL ST	25	25	25	3
C MICH	20	15	19	0

Win probability

Central Mich. above 50 · Illinois St. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Illinois St. stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ILL ST 96.5%3.5% C MICH

Illinois St. wins

3-0

60.3%

3-1

28.1%

3-2

8.1%

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

0.9%

3-2

2.2%

ILL ST break %: 50.5% vs this opp
C MICH break %: 36.6% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Illinois St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Abby ReckOH	3	7	2	14	.357	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
1Ruth ZieglerOPP	3	4	0	7	.571	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	7
9Ella CraggsS	3	0	0	0	–	18	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	2
6Logan GrevengoedMB	2	7	0	17	.412	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
14Jillian FerrillOH	2	4	5	13	-.077	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	4
11Jillian GregoryOH	1	2	3	15	-.067	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
15Addisyn PohlMB	3	8	2	12	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
2Emilija ArsicOH	3	7	0	11	.636	0	1	3	9	0	0	0	0	8
21Audrey ClarkS	3	0	0	1	.000	12	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
17Peyton TurnerDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
5Samantha BunchS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
10Oliwia CaputaOH	2	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
18Ayla KlingenbergMB	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
13Alaina KraemerOPP	1	2	1	3	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
3Ella KohnenS	1	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	14	106	.311	40	6	8	47	5	2	8	6	75

Central Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Taylor CripeOH	3	7	3	30	.133	2	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	8
6Brenna StorzMB	3	5	4	17	.059	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	7
13Lilly MullholandOPP	3	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
9Alexis CarperOH	3	2	4	13	-.154	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
14Brytn LyonS	3	0	0	2	.000	14	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
22Meisha SykesMB	2	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeOPP	3	8	4	16	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
2Audrey HackneyS	3	1	1	3	.000	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
10Ceci BustamanteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
1Addison SamolinskiL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	2
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0
8Cheyenne GunnerOH	1	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3Jaliyah CohnesOH	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		27	20	97	.072	23	5	2	41	6	1	6	4	54

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.

Illinois St. vs Central Mich.

Season series · Illinois St. leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 4, 2026Illinois St. at Central Mich. · Illinois St. won 3-0Result →
Sat, Sep 5, 2026Illinois St. at Central Mich. · Illinois St. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 ILL ST · C MICH 4

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 8 ILL STC MICH 3

Set 2

25-15

Longest run 8 ILL STC MICH 4

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 6 ILL STC MICH 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Illinois St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	55%6/11
2	50%6/12	65%11/17
3	67%6/9	54%7/13
4	83%5/6	62%8/13
5	45%5/11	29%2/7
6	50%4/8	67%8/12
All	59%33/56	58%42/73

Central Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	14%1/7
2	32%6/19	45%5/11
3	43%6/14	50%6/12
4	63%5/8	14%1/7
5	33%4/12	50%5/10
6	44%4/9	56%5/9
All	42%31/73	41%23/56

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

#	ILL ST-C MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	C MICH	ILL ST	Attack err	Meisha Sykes
2	1-1	ILL ST	C MICH	Serve err	Illinois St.
3	2-1	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs
4	3-1	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Lilly Mullholand
5	3-2	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
6	3-3	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Jillian Gregory
7	4-3	C MICH	ILL ST	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Addisyn Pohl
8	4-4	ILL ST	C MICH	Serve err	Illinois St.
9	4-5	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Addisyn Pohl
10	5-5	C MICH	ILL ST	Attack err	Audrey Hackney
11	5-6	ILL ST	C MICH×3	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
12	5-7	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Jillian Gregory	blk Karla Sanchez George, Brenna Storz
13	5-8	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Brenna Storz
14	6-8	C MICH	ILL ST×8	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Audrey Clark
15	7-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Rainey Weidman
16	8-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Abby Reck
17	9-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Abby Reck	set Audrey Hackney
18	10-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs
19	11-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs
20	12-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Ace	Illinois St.
21	13-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
22	13-9	ILL ST	C MICH×3	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Taylor Cripe
23	13-10	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Jillian Gregory
24	13-11	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
25	14-11	C MICH	ILL ST×3	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs
26	15-11	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Craggs
27	16-11	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Abby Reck
28	16-12	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
29	17-12	C MICH	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs
30	18-12	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Craggs
31	19-12	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Jaliyah Cohnes
32	19-13	ILL ST	C MICH	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Meisha Sykes
33	19-14	C MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Abby Reck	blk Alexis Carper, Meisha Sykes
34	20-14	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Craggs
35	20-15	ILL ST	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
36	20-16	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Lilly Mullholand
37	20-17	C MICH	C MICH×3	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Brenna Storz, Lilly Mullholand
38	21-17	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Audrey Clark
39	22-17	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Alexis Carper
40	22-18	ILL ST	C MICH	Serve err	Illinois St.
41	23-18	C MICH	ILL ST	Attack err	Karla Sanchez George
42	24-18	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Audrey Clark
43	24-19	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Audrey Hackney
44	24-20	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Audrey Hackney
45	25-20	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark
Set 2
1	1-0	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Alexis Carper
2	2-0	ILL ST	ILL ST	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Ruth Ziegler, Abby Reck
3	2-1	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
4	3-1	C MICH	ILL ST×8	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Craggs
5	4-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
6	5-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Ace	Illinois St.
7	6-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Craggs
8	7-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Jillian Ferrill
9	8-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Rainey Weidman
10	9-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ruth Ziegler
11	10-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×8	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Craggs
12	10-2	ILL ST	C MICH	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill
13	11-2	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Craggs
14	12-2	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Brenna Storz
15	12-3	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon
16	13-3	C MICH	ILL ST×3	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Audrey Clark
17	14-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Addisyn Pohl, Logan Grevengoed
18	15-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Brenna Storz
19	15-4	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
20	16-4	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark
21	17-4	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Karla Sanchez George
22	17-5	ILL ST	C MICH	Serve err	Illinois St.
23	17-6	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.
24	18-6	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Alaina Kraemer	set Audrey Clark
25	19-6	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Samantha Bunch
26	19-7	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Audrey Hackney	set Taylor Cripe
27	20-7	C MICH	ILL ST	Serve err	Central Mich.
28	20-8	ILL ST	C MICH×3	Serve err	Illinois St.
29	20-9	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Alaina Kraemer
30	20-10	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill
31	21-10	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Alaina Kraemer	set Ella Craggs
32	22-10	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Brytn Lyon
33	22-11	ILL ST	C MICH×4	Serve err	Illinois St.
34	22-12	C MICH	C MICH×4	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill
35	22-13	C MICH	C MICH×4	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Jillian Ferrill
36	22-14	C MICH	C MICH×4	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Jillian Ferrill
37	23-14	C MICH	ILL ST	Attack err	Alexis Carper
38	24-14	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Audrey Clark
39	24-15	ILL ST	C MICH	Serve err	Illinois St.
40	25-15	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Audrey Clark
Set 3
1	1-0	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Peyton Turner
2	1-1	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
3	2-1	C MICH	ILL ST×4	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Ella Craggs
4	3-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Emilija Arsic
5	4-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark
6	5-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Addison Samolinski
7	5-2	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
8	6-2	C MICH	ILL ST×6	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Audrey Clark
9	7-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Oliwia Caputa, Ayla Klingenberg
10	8-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Blocked	Alexis Carper	blk Ruth Ziegler, Audrey Clark
11	9-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Blocked	Brenna Storz	blk Ayla Klingenberg
12	10-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Ayla Klingenberg	set Audrey Clark
13	11-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Attack err	Alexis Carper
14	11-3	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon
15	12-3	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Kohnen
16	12-4	ILL ST	C MICH×3	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Brytn Lyon
17	12-5	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
18	12-6	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Oliwia Caputa
19	13-6	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Kohnen
20	13-7	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
21	13-8	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Abby Reck
22	14-8	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Peyton Turner
23	14-9	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
24	14-10	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Addison Samolinski
25	15-10	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Ella Craggs
26	15-11	ILL ST	C MICH×3	Attack err	Addisyn Pohl
27	15-12	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
28	15-13	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Oliwia Caputa
29	16-13	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs
30	17-13	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Cheyenne Gunner
31	17-14	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
32	18-14	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen
33	18-15	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Brytn Lyon
34	19-15	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Kohnen
35	19-16	ILL ST	C MICH	Serve err	Illinois St.
36	20-16	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Ayla Klingenberg	set Ella Kohnen
37	20-17	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
38	20-18	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa
39	21-18	C MICH	ILL ST×3	Serve err	Central Mich.
40	22-18	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs
41	23-18	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs
42	23-19	ILL ST	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Brytn Lyon
43	24-19	C MICH	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Peyton Turner
44	25-19	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl

Score shown after each rally, Illinois St. first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Illinois St. def. Central Mich. 3–0