Drake vs Illinois State Volleyball: Drake Wins 3-2 (Oct 2)

Final · 5 setsFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Illinois St. 66.1% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Drake won at Illinois St. 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 25-15, 13-25, 15-12) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Drake's Kamryn Behrns led with 14 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
DRAKE	20	25	25	13	15	3
ILL ST	25	20	15	25	12	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Matthea Dalton served 4 aces, and Drake needed every one.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Drake's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Illinois St. went in at 66% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Drake 4–8 Illinois St.
Drake's low point. Drake then won 21 of the next 33 rallies and the set 25–20.
Drake 12% → 37%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Drake 5–4 Illinois St.
Up 5–4, Drake scored 4 straight to make it 9–4.
Drake 55% → 89%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Drake 12–11 Illinois St.
Drake won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 15–12 and win the match 3–2.
Drake 66% → >99%

Illinois St. above 50Drake belowMax swing 16.8%

DrakeIllinois St.

Sideout %: Drake 54.1·Illinois St. 53.6
Break %: Drake 46.4·Illinois St. 45.9
Hitting: Drake .195·Illinois St. .196
Longest run: Drake 10·Illinois St. 9

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Illinois St. above 50 · Drake below

Biggest swing: 16.8% to Drake — set 5, DRAKE 14-12 ILL ST. Attack error by Jillian Gregory. ILL ST win probability 30% → 13%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DRAKE 31.0%69.0% ILL ST

Drake wins

3-0

6.0%

3-1

10.9%

3-2

14.1%

Illinois St. wins

3-0

22.6%

3-1

26.5%

3-2

19.9%

DRAKE break %: 42.0% vs this opp
ILL ST break %: 45.8% 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
Jillian GregoryAttack error+16.8%
Attack error by Jillian Gregory
Set 5 · DRAKE 14-12 ILL ST · DRAKE 70% → 87%
02
Illinois St.Service error+14.3%
Illinois St. service error
Set 5 · DRAKE 13-11 ILL ST · DRAKE 66% → 80%
03
Matthea DaltonKill+13.2%
Kill by Matthea Dalton (set by Carolyn Maser)
Set 5 · DRAKE 15-12 ILL ST · DRAKE 87% → 100%
04
Illinois St.Service error+12.6%
Illinois St. service error
Set 5 · DRAKE 12-10 ILL ST · DRAKE 63% → 76%
05
Oliwia Caputa&Abby ReckBlock+12.1%
Lisa Melenciano stuffed by Oliwia Caputa & Abby Reck
Set 5 · DRAKE 11-10 ILL ST · ILL ST 25% → 37%
06
Jillian GregoryKill+10.1%
Kill by Jillian Gregory (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 5 · DRAKE 13-12 ILL ST · ILL ST 20% → 30%
07
Matthea DaltonKill+10.1%
Kill by Matthea Dalton (set by Katie Quick)
Set 5 · DRAKE 7-4 ILL ST · DRAKE 63% → 73%
08
Ruth ZieglerKill+9.8%
Kill by Ruth Ziegler (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 5 · DRAKE 12-11 ILL ST · ILL ST 24% → 34%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Drakeaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
16Matthea DaltonOH	5	8	2	36	.167	1	4	1	22	2	0	3	1.5	13.5
13Lisa MelencianoOH	5	12	7	35	.143	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
6Bliss BeckMB	5	4	1	12	.250	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
4Aniyah DavisOH	5	3	1	10	.200	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	5
2Katie QuickS	5	2	0	3	.667	21	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	3
18Isabelle KremerOH	2	0	4	8	-.500	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
23Kamryn BehrnsOH	5	14	1	30	.433	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
11Carolyn MaserS	5	0	0	3	.000	20	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	2
3Jasmine DulanL/DS	5	1	0	1	1.000	2	1	4	22	3	0	0	0	2
12Shay McMillenOH	4	6	4	20	.100	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	6
1Bella FariaL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
24Finley SchelhaasL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
5Caroline SmithOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		51	20	159	.195	46	8	12	80	10	1	10	6	98

Illinois St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Ruth ZieglerOPP	5	12	4	28	.286	0	2	5	2	0	3	1.5	15.5
11Jillian GregoryOH	5	14	4	44	.227	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	15
10Oliwia CaputaOH	5	11	7	34	.118	1	1	4	20	2	1	0.5	12.5
16Abby ReckOH	5	4	0	14	.286	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
9Ella CraggsS	5	0	0	0	–	26	1	1	14	0	0	0	1
6Logan GrevengoedMB	3	8	3	19	.263	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	9
5Samantha BunchL/DS	5	1	0	4	.250	4	5	1	23	1	0	0	6
21Audrey ClarkS	5	1	0	3	.333	15	0	2	2	0	0	0	1
12Ellie BurrL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
14Jillian FerrillOH	3	2	2	11	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
15Addisyn PohlMB	3	1	2	5	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	2.5
17Peyton TurnerDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	0
7Sidney WrightMB	2	1	0	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
3Ella KohnenS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2Emilija ArsicOH	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		55	22	168	.196	51	10	15	77	8	14	7	97

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 10 DRAKE · ILL ST 9

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 DRAKEILL ST 4

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 6 DRAKEILL ST 4

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 10 DRAKEILL ST 3

Set 4

13-25

Longest run 4 DRAKEILL ST 9

Set 5

15-12

Longest run 4 DRAKEILL ST 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Drake

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%11/27	50%9/18
2	58%11/19	45%9/20
3	77%10/13	23%3/13
4	39%7/18	64%14/22
5	70%7/10	50%7/14
6	64%7/11	30%3/10
All	54%53/98	46%45/97

Illinois St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%11/19	50%9/18
2	58%11/19	59%16/27
3	36%8/22	8%1/12
4	53%8/15	53%9/17
5	70%7/10	50%7/14
6	58%7/12	30%3/10
All	54%52/97	46%45/98

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

195 rallies

#	DRAKE-ILL ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Isabelle Kremer		+2.2
2	1-1	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+1.7
3	2-1	DRAKE	DRAKE	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+2.3
4	2-2	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.8
5	2-3	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed		+2.3
6	3-3	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.8
7	3-4	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Craggs	+1.8
8	4-4	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+1.8
9	5-4	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+2.5
10	5-5	DRAKE	ILL ST×4	Serve err	Drake		+1.9
11	5-6	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Kamryn Behrns		+2.4
12	5-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Blocked	Isabelle Kremer	blk Logan Grevengoed, Addisyn Pohl	+2.3
13	5-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Isabelle Kremer		+2.2
14	6-8	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.6
15	7-8	DRAKE	DRAKE	Blocked	Logan Grevengoed	blk Matthea Dalton, Bliss Beck	+2.4
16	7-9	DRAKE	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark	+1.9
17	7-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Samantha Bunch	set Carolyn Maser	+2.3
18	7-11	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Matthea Dalton	blk Addisyn Pohl, Ruth Ziegler	+2.0
19	8-11	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+1.4
20	8-12	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark	+1.6
21	9-12	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.4
22	9-13	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+1.6
23	9-14	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Bella Faria	+1.7
24	10-14	ILL ST	DRAKE	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+1.1
25	10-15	DRAKE	ILL ST×3	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+1.3
26	10-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Jasmine Dulan	+1.3
27	10-17	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+0.9
28	11-17	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.5
29	11-18	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+0.7
30	12-18	ILL ST	DRAKE×3	Kill	Katie Quick	set Isabelle Kremer	+0.4
31	13-18	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+0.9
32	14-18	DRAKE	DRAKE×3	Attack err	Addisyn Pohl		+1.3
33	14-19	DRAKE	ILL ST×3	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+1.3
34	14-20	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory		+1.1
35	14-21	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark	+0.6
36	15-21	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.3
37	16-21	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+0.6
38	16-22	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+0.7
39	17-22	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+0.3
40	18-22	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Aniyah Davis		+0.8
41	18-23	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+1.0
42	18-24	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.5
43	19-24	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+0.1
44	20-24	DRAKE	DRAKE	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+0.3
45	20-25	DRAKE	ILL ST	Attack err	Lisa Melenciano		+0.5
Set 2
1	1-0	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.0
2	1-1	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+1.5
3	1-2	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Peyton Turner	+1.9
4	2-2	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.5
5	2-3	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Craggs	+1.5
6	3-3	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Audrey Clark	+1.5
7	3-4	DRAKE	ILL ST	Blocked	Isabelle Kremer	blk Addisyn Pohl, Logan Grevengoed	+1.5
8	4-4	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Katie Quick	+1.6
9	4-5	DRAKE	ILL ST×4	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+1.6
10	4-6	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Jasmine Dulan	+2.0
11	4-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark	+1.8
12	4-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark	+1.6
13	5-8	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.2
14	6-8	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Shay McMillen	set Carolyn Maser	+1.8
15	6-9	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark	+1.5
16	7-9	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.4
17	7-10	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+1.5
18	8-10	ILL ST	DRAKE	Blocked	Oliwia Caputa	blk Kamryn Behrns, Aniyah Davis	+1.4
19	8-11	DRAKE	ILL ST	Attack err	Lisa Melenciano		+1.5
20	9-11	ILL ST	DRAKE×6	Kill	Aniyah Davis	set Katie Quick	+1.5
21	10-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×6	Attack err	Logan Grevengoed		+2.2
22	11-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×6	Blocked	Oliwia Caputa	blk Lisa Melenciano, Aniyah Davis	+2.5
23	12-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×6	Ace	Drake		+2.7
24	13-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×6	Ace	Drake		+2.8
25	14-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×6	Ace	Drake	aced Peyton Turner	+2.7
26	14-12	DRAKE	ILL ST	Attack err	Lisa Melenciano		+1.8
27	15-12	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Shay McMillen	set Katie Quick	+2.2
28	16-12	DRAKE	DRAKE	Bad set	Audrey Clark		+2.6
29	16-13	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Audrey Clark	+1.6
30	16-14	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+2.5
31	17-14	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.4
32	18-14	DRAKE	DRAKE	Ace	Drake	aced Samantha Bunch	+2.7
33	18-15	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark	+1.6
34	19-15	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+2.2
35	19-16	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark	+1.5
36	20-16	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Bliss Beck	set Carolyn Maser	+2.2
37	21-16	DRAKE	DRAKE	Ace	Drake	aced Oliwia Caputa	+2.1
38	21-17	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+0.9
39	21-18	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.8
40	22-18	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+2.2
41	23-18	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Katie Quick	+1.7
42	23-19	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+0.5
43	24-19	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Katie Quick	set Jasmine Dulan	+1.1
44	24-20	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
45	25-20	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+0.6
Set 3
1	0-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Lisa Melenciano	blk Ruth Ziegler, Abby Reck	+3.0
2	0-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Aniyah Davis		+2.9
3	0-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+2.7
4	1-3	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.0
5	2-3	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Shay McMillen	set Katie Quick	+2.9
6	2-4	DRAKE	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.3
7	2-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Matthea Dalton	+2.8
8	2-6	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Peyton Turner	+2.5
9	3-6	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.8
10	3-7	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+2.0
11	4-7	ILL ST	DRAKE×10	Attack err	Logan Grevengoed		+1.8
12	5-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+2.8
13	6-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Ace	Drake	aced Peyton Turner	+3.2
14	7-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Blocked	Addisyn Pohl	blk Bliss Beck	+3.5
15	8-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Kill	Bliss Beck		+3.8
16	9-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+3.9
17	10-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+3.9
18	11-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Kill	Shay McMillen	set Carolyn Maser	+3.7
19	12-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+3.3
20	13-7	DRAKE	DRAKE×10	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+2.9
21	13-8	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Kohnen	+1.7
22	13-9	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Bliss Beck		+2.7
23	14-9	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.7
24	15-9	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+2.9
25	15-10	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+1.6
26	16-10	ILL ST	DRAKE	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+2.2
27	17-10	DRAKE	DRAKE	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+2.1
28	17-11	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+1.1
29	18-11	ILL ST	DRAKE×4	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.6
30	19-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Finley Schelhaas	+1.3
31	20-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+0.8
32	21-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Jasmine Dulan	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
33	21-12	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Samantha Bunch	+0.1
34	22-12	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+0.2
35	22-13	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+0.1
36	22-14	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Emilija Arsic	+0.2
37	23-14	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+0.2
38	24-14	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Shay McMillen	set Katie Quick	+0.1
39	24-15	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	·
40	25-15	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	·
Set 4
1	0-1	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.7
2	1-1	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.8
3	1-2	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+2.8
4	1-3	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Lisa Melenciano		+3.5
5	2-3	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.7
6	2-4	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Audrey Clark	set Oliwia Caputa	+2.7
7	3-4	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.7
8	3-5	DRAKE	ILL ST×3	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Samantha Bunch	+2.8
9	3-6	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Shay McMillen		+3.4
10	3-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Shay McMillen	blk Ruth Ziegler, Sidney Wright	+3.0
11	4-7	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+2.2
12	4-8	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+2.4
13	4-9	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Finley Schelhaas	+2.7
14	5-9	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.8
15	5-10	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.1
16	5-11	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Illinois St.		+2.2
17	6-11	ILL ST	DRAKE×4	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+1.4
18	7-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Lisa Melenciano	set Katie Quick	+2.3
19	8-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+2.9
20	9-11	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Aniyah Davis	set Katie Quick	+3.5
21	9-12	DRAKE	ILL ST×9	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+3.0
22	9-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Finley Schelhaas	+3.4
23	9-14	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Finley Schelhaas	+2.8
24	9-15	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+2.2
25	9-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Attack err	Lisa Melenciano		+1.6
26	9-17	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Craggs	+1.0
27	9-18	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.6
28	9-19	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
29	9-20	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Jasmine Dulan	+0.2
30	10-20	ILL ST	DRAKE	Blocked	Jillian Gregory	blk Matthea Dalton, Aniyah Davis	+0.1
31	11-20	DRAKE	DRAKE	Ace	Drake	aced Oliwia Caputa	+0.1
32	11-21	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.2
33	12-21	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Caroline Smith	set Matthea Dalton	+0.1
34	12-22	DRAKE	ILL ST×3	Serve err	Drake		+0.1
35	12-23	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Audrey Clark	·
36	12-24	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Oliwia Caputa		·
37	13-24	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		·
38	13-25	DRAKE	ILL ST	Attack err	Shay McMillen		+0.9
Set 5
1	1-0	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+6.7
2	2-0	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Kamryn Behrns	set Carolyn Maser	+8.9
3	2-1	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+6.3
4	2-2	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Matthea Dalton	+8.7
5	3-2	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+7.2
6	4-2	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Jasmine Dulan	+9.6
7	4-3	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+6.8
8	5-3	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+7.8
9	5-4	DRAKE	ILL ST	Serve err	Drake		+7.0
10	6-4	ILL ST	DRAKE×4	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+8.2
11	7-4	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Katie Quick	+10.1
12	8-4	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Katie Quick	+8.9
13	9-4	DRAKE	DRAKE×4	Ace	Drake	aced Ellie Burr	+7.2
14	9-5	DRAKE	ILL ST	Blocked	Matthea Dalton	blk Jillian Ferrill, Sidney Wright	+3.7
15	10-5	ILL ST	DRAKE	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Aniyah Davis, Matthea Dalton	+5.5
16	10-6	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Sidney Wright	set Audrey Clark	+3.4
17	10-7	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+6.4
18	11-7	ILL ST	DRAKE	Kill	Shay McMillen	set Katie Quick	+7.3
19	11-8	DRAKE	ILL ST×3	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+4.7
20	11-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Shay McMillen		+8.8
21	11-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Lisa Melenciano	blk Oliwia Caputa, Abby Reck	+12.1
22	12-10	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+12.6
23	12-11	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+9.8
24	13-11	ILL ST	DRAKE	Serve err	Illinois St.		+14.3
25	13-12	DRAKE	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+10.1
26	14-12	ILL ST	DRAKE	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+16.8
27	15-12	DRAKE	DRAKE	Kill	Matthea Dalton	set Carolyn Maser	+13.2

Score shown after each rally, Drake 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).

Drake def. Illinois St. 3–2

Matthea Dalton served 4 aces, and Drake needed every one.