Central Mich. vs Ball State Volleyball: Ball State Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 10, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Ball St. 99.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 10, 2:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Ball St. beat visiting Central Mich. 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-14) on Sat, Oct 10, 2026. Ava Smith led Ball St. with 10 kills; Central Mich.'s Taylor Cripe had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 10

Set	1	2	3	Sets
C MICH	20	14	14	0
BALLST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

6 aces from Mallory Pike in a Ball St. rout.

Win probability never moved more than 0.1 points on one rally; Central Mich. topped out at <1% in Set 1. Ball St. went in as RallyIQ's >99% pick.

Central Mich.Ball St.

Break %+24.8 pts
30.054.8
40 of 73 on serve vs 15 of 50, so Central Mich.'s sideout was 45.2%.
Hitting+.145
.195.340
43 kills, 9 errors vs 29 kills, 13 errors.

Ball St. above 50Central Mich. belowMax swing 0.1%

Central Mich.Ball St.

Aces: Central Mich. 2·Ball St. 13
Serve err: Central Mich. 5·Ball St. 8
Blocks: Central Mich. 3·Ball St. 32 BS · 2 BA vs 1 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Central Mich. 41·Ball St. 36

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Ball St. above 50 · Central Mich. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

C MICH 0.2%99.8% BALLST

Central Mich. wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.1%

Ball St. wins

3-0

85.4%

3-1

13.2%

3-2

1.3%

C MICH break %: 31.4% vs this opp
BALLST break %: 53.5% 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

Central Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Taylor CripeOH	3	12	6	31	.194	0	1	0	14	2	0	0	0	13
8Cheyenne GunnerOH	3	5	2	16	.188	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	6
6Brenna StorzMB	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
14Brytn LyonS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	13	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
15Karla Sanchez GeorgeS	2	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
12Teyhlor ThomasMB	2	0	1	5	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13Lilly MullholandMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2Audrey HackneyS	3	0	0	1	.000	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10Ceci BustamanteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
4Rainey WeidmanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	12	7	0	0	0	0
9Alexis CarperOH	1	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
22Meisha SykesMB	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Team totals		29	13	82	.195	28	2	5	41	13	2	2	3	48

Ball St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Ava SmithOH	3	10	1	26	.346	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
9Mallory PikeOH	3	0	0	3	.000	1	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	6
17Camryn WiseMB	3	5	1	13	.308	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
13Gwen CrullMB	2	5	1	11	.364	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	7
11Tiffany SnookMB	2	4	2	11	.182	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	4
8Lindsey GreenS	1	1	0	1	1.000	10	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
15Allie WuestenfeldDS	3	1	0	2	.500	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
12Sophie LedbetterDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	0
6Merritt SliwaOH	2	7	2	12	.417	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
10Leah PikeMB	2	4	0	8	.500	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
2Reese AxnessS	2	0	1	1	-1.000	18	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
3Elizabeth TabelingDS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1Audrey GeerOH	1	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
7Lucy McCollumS	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
4Kendall EdenL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		43	9	100	.340	34	13	8	36	2	1	4	3	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 C MICH · BALLST 8

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 2 C MICHBALLST 3

Set 2

14-25

Longest run 3 C MICHBALLST 5

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 3 C MICHBALLST 8

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Central Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%3/3	40%2/5
2	50%3/6	25%1/4
3	75%3/4	25%1/4
4	50%2/4	0%0/3
5	50%2/4	0%0/2
6	67%2/3	33%1/3
All	63%15/24	24%5/21

Ball St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%3/5	33%1/3
2	75%3/4	0%0/3
3	75%3/4	50%3/6
4	100%3/3	25%1/4
5	100%2/2	50%2/4
6	67%2/3	50%2/4
All	76%16/21	38%9/24

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 (1 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

123 rallies

#	C MICH-BALLST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Camryn Wise
2	1-1	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green
3	2-1	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
4	2-2	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Lindsey Green
5	2-3	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Karla Sanchez George
6	3-3	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
7	3-4	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green
8	4-4	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
9	4-5	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull
10	4-6	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
11	5-6	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
12	5-7	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green
13	5-8	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.	aced Cheyenne Gunner
14	6-8	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
15	6-9	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa
16	6-10	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise
17	7-10	BALLST	C MICH	Attack err	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green
18	7-11	C MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Central Mich.
19	8-11	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Brytn Lyon
20	9-11	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Rainey Weidman
21	9-12	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter
22	10-12	BALLST	C MICH	Blocked	Ava Smith	blk Karla Sanchez George
23	11-12	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Gwen Crull
24	11-13	C MICH	BALLST	Blocked	Karla Sanchez George	blk Ava Smith, Gwen Crull
25	12-13	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
26	12-14	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green
27	13-14	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Ceci Bustamante
28	13-15	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Lindsey Green	set Elizabeth Tabeling
29	13-16	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Allie Wuestenfeld
30	14-16	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Audrey Hackney
31	15-16	C MICH	C MICH	Attack err	Merritt Sliwa
32	15-17	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green
33	16-17	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
34	17-17	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Brytn Lyon
35	17-18	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green
36	18-18	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Karla Sanchez George	set Rainey Weidman
37	18-19	C MICH	BALLST×3	Serve err	Central Mich.
38	18-20	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green
39	18-21	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Brytn Lyon
40	19-21	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
41	19-22	C MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Central Mich.
42	19-23	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.	aced Cheyenne Gunner
43	20-23	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
44	20-24	C MICH	BALLST	Blocked	Teyhlor Thomas	blk Gwen Crull
45	20-25	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Cheyenne Gunner
Set 2
1	0-1	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Cheyenne Gunner
2	0-2	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Rainey Weidman
3	0-3		BALLST	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.
4	1-3	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
5	1-4	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Reese Axness
6	2-4	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
7	2-5	C MICH	BALLST×4	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness
8	2-6	BALLST	BALLST×4	Blocked	Taylor Cripe	blk Reese Axness, Gwen Crull
9	2-7	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness
10	2-8	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Gwen Crull
11	3-8	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
12	3-9	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness
13	4-9	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Audrey Hackney
14	5-9	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
15	5-10	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa
16	6-10	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Audrey Hackney
17	7-10	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz
18	7-11	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Reese Axness
19	8-11	BALLST	C MICH	Blocked	Merritt Sliwa	blk Brenna Storz, Karla Sanchez George
20	8-12	C MICH	BALLST×3	Kill	Allie Wuestenfeld
21	8-13	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Rainey Weidman
22	8-14	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Rainey Weidman
23	9-14	BALLST	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
24	10-14	C MICH	C MICH×3	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Ceci Bustamante
25	11-14	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Tiffany Snook
26	11-15	C MICH	BALLST×5	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness
27	11-16	BALLST	BALLST×5	Kill	Leah Pike	set Reese Axness
28	11-17	BALLST	BALLST×5	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness
29	11-18	BALLST	BALLST×5	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Reese Axness
30	11-19	BALLST	BALLST×5	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
31	12-19	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
32	12-20	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter
33	13-20	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe
34	14-20	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Audrey Hackney
35	14-21	C MICH	BALLST×5	Kill	Leah Pike
36	14-22	BALLST	BALLST×5	Kill	Merritt Sliwa
37	14-23		BALLST	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.
38	14-24	BALLST	BALLST×5	Attack err	Cheyenne Gunner
39	14-25	BALLST	BALLST×5	Ace	Ball St.	aced Taylor Cripe
Set 3
1	0-1	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness
2	1-1	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Brytn Lyon
3	2-1	C MICH	C MICH	Kill	Alexis Carper	set Brytn Lyon
4	2-2	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer
5	2-3	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Leah Pike
6	3-3	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Taylor Cripe	set Brytn Lyon
7	3-4	C MICH	BALLST	Attack err	Taylor Cripe	set Audrey Hackney
8	4-4	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Lilly Mullholand	set Audrey Hackney
9	5-4	C MICH	C MICH	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Audrey Geer
10	5-5	C MICH	BALLST×3	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness
11	5-6	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
12	5-7	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Camryn Wise
13	6-7	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner	set Audrey Hackney
14	6-8	C MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Central Mich.
15	7-8	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Brenna Storz	set Audrey Hackney
16	7-9	C MICH	BALLST×4	Kill	Lucy McCollum	set Reese Axness
17	7-10	BALLST	BALLST×4	Ace	Ball St.	aced Taylor Cripe
18	7-11	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness
19	7-12	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Camryn Wise
20	8-12	BALLST	C MICH×3	Kill	Cheyenne Gunner
21	9-12	C MICH	C MICH×3	Ace	Central Mich.	aced Mallory Pike
22	10-12	C MICH	C MICH×3	Attack err	Audrey Geer
23	10-13	C MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Central Mich.
24	10-14	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Lucy McCollum	set Reese Axness
25	11-14	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
26	11-15	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness
27	11-16	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Alexis Carper
28	12-16	BALLST	C MICH	Serve err	Ball St.
29	12-17	C MICH	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer
30	13-17	BALLST	C MICH	Kill	Meisha Sykes	set Audrey Hackney
31	14-17	C MICH	C MICH	Blocked	Reese Axness	blk Meisha Sykes
32	14-18	C MICH	BALLST×8	Kill	Leah Pike	set Reese Axness
33	14-19	BALLST	BALLST×8	Attack err	Taylor Cripe
34	14-20	BALLST	BALLST×8	Ace	Ball St.	aced Rainey Weidman
35	14-21	BALLST	BALLST×8	Ace	Ball St.	aced Rainey Weidman
36	14-22	BALLST	BALLST×8	Ace	Ball St.	aced Rainey Weidman
37	14-23		BALLST	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.
38	14-24	BALLST	BALLST×8	Kill	Ava Smith	set Kendall Eden
39	14-25	BALLST	BALLST×8	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness

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

Ball St. def. Central Mich. 3–0

6 aces from Mallory Pike in a Ball St. rout.