Notre Dame vs Eastern Ill. Volleyball: Notre Dame Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Sep 20, 2026

3:0

Notre Dame won at Eastern Ill. 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 30-28) on Sun, Sep 20, 2026. Mae Kordas led Notre Dame with 10 kills; Eastern Ill.'s Abana Teran had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 20

Set	1	2	3	Sets
N DAME	25	25	30	3
E ILL	13	22	28	0

Win probability

Eastern Ill. above 50 · Notre Dame below

Biggest swing: 3.1% to Eastern Ill. — set 3, N DAME 25-26 E ILL. Kill by Abana Teran (set by Ariadna Pereles). E ILL win probability 4% → 8%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

N DAME 80.1%19.9% E ILL

Notre Dame wins

3-0

31.6%

3-1

30.2%

3-2

18.2%

Eastern Ill. wins

3-0

3.2%

3-1

6.6%

3-2

10.1%

N DAME break %: 46.4% vs this opp
E ILL break %: 40.0% 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
Abana TeranKill+3.1%
Kill by Abana Teran (set by Ariadna Pereles)
Set 3 · N DAME 25-26 E ILL · E ILL 4% → 8%
02
Hailie VaughnKill+2.8%
Kill by Hailie Vaughn (set by Maya Baker)
Set 3 · N DAME 28-27 E ILL · N DAME 95% → 98%
03
Maya BakerAttack error+2.7%
Attack error by Maya Baker
Set 3 · N DAME 24-24 E ILL · E ILL 2% → 4%
04
Isabella SanghaKill+2.4%
Kill by Isabella Sangha (set by Maya Baker)
Set 3 · N DAME 26-26 E ILL · N DAME 92% → 95%
05
Notre DameService error+2.4%
Notre Dame service error
Set 3 · N DAME 26-27 E ILL · E ILL 5% → 8%
06
Mae KordasKill+2.4%
Kill by Mae Kordas (set by Maya Baker)
Set 3 · N DAME 27-27 E ILL · N DAME 92% → 95%
07
Grace LangerKill+2.4%
Kill by Grace Langer
Set 3 · N DAME 30-28 E ILL · N DAME 98% → 100%
08
Mae KordasBlock+2.1%
Abana Teran stuffed by Mae Kordas
Set 3 · N DAME 25-24 E ILL · N DAME 96% → 98%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Notre Dameaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Mae KordasOH	3	10	7	42	.071	0	2	2	2	1	5	3.5	15.5
31Anna BjorkMB	3	4	1	6	.500	0	0	1	1	1	9	5.5	9.5
11Isabella SanghaMB	3	6	2	16	.250	0	0	1	1	0	5	2.5	8.5
33Grace LangerMB	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	6
23Maya BakerS	3	0	2	2	-1.000	12	2	2	7	0	0	0	2
2Chloe HookerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1
19Chichi NnajiOH	3	5	3	12	.167	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	7
10Angie DesamoursOH	3	6	1	11	.455	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
4Lily FentonS	3	2	0	2	1.000	17	0	3	5	0	0	0	2
8Maya EvensL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	20	0	0	0	0
1Hailie VaughnOH	2	3	0	6	.500	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
5Carla MercadoL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	16	104	.231	34	5	9	44	3	26	16	80

Eastern Ill.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Abana TeranOPP	3	12	8	31	.129	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	13
6Katie KopsheverOH	3	10	4	28	.214	0	1	9	3	0	1	0.5	10.5
11Anaya RawlinsonMB	3	2	1	9	.111	0	0	3	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
16Kaeden FoxxOH	3	4	3	18	.056	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	4
9Emma HansonMB	3	2	2	8	.000	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
15Peyton CastilloS	3	1	1	4	.000	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
5McKenna MortonOH	3	2	3	10	-.100	0	1	0	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Ariadna PerelesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	4	11	0	0	0	0	0
8Jorah RutterS	2	4	0	8	.500	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
10Alanys NievesS	2	0	2	2	-1.000	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
7Anna McEwenL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
4Hannah HawkinsS	1	0	0	1	.000	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
3Kyla CoolmanS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	24	119	.109	35	9	41	5	1	11	6.5	63

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.

Notre Dame vs Eastern Ill.

Season series · Notre Dame leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 18, 2026Eastern Ill. at Notre Dame · Notre Dame won 3-0Result →
Sun, Sep 20, 2026Notre Dame at Eastern Ill. · Notre Dame won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 N DAME · E ILL 7

Set 1

25-13

Longest run 5 N DAMEE ILL 2

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 3 N DAMEE ILL 4

Set 3

30-28

Longest run 5 N DAMEE ILL 7

Bars above the line = Eastern Ill. leads, below = Notre Dame leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Notre Dame

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	42%5/12
2	53%8/15	11%1/9
3	47%8/17	60%12/20
4	100%7/7	59%10/17
5	75%6/8	45%5/11
6	71%5/7	50%5/10
All	66%42/64	48%38/79

Eastern Ill.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	25%2/8
2	67%8/12	27%3/11
3	35%7/20	50%8/16
4	47%7/15	46%6/13
5	67%6/9	13%1/8
6	45%5/11	25%2/8
All	52%41/79	34%22/64

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

143 rallies

#	N DAME-E ILL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+1.6
2	1-1	N DAME	E ILL	Blocked	Isabella Sangha	blk Anaya Rawlinson, Katie Kopshever	+1.3
3	2-1	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Evens	+1.2
4	2-2	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Peyton Castillo	+1.3
5	3-2	E ILL	N DAME×4	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+1.3
6	4-2	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Evens	+1.6
7	5-2	N DAME	N DAME×4	Blocked	Emma Hanson	blk Chichi Nnaji, Anna Bjork	+1.4
8	6-2	N DAME	N DAME×4	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Evens	+1.2
9	6-3	N DAME	E ILL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.9
10	7-3	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Lily Fenton	+0.9
11	8-3	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	Emma Hanson	blk Hailie Vaughn, Anna Bjork	+1.0
12	8-4	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Peyton Castillo	+0.7
13	9-4	E ILL	N DAME×3	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+0.8
14	10-4	N DAME	N DAME×3	Bad set	Emma Hanson		+0.8
15	11-4	N DAME	N DAME×3	Bad set	Peyton Castillo		+0.6
16	11-5	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	McKenna Morton	set Peyton Castillo	+0.4
17	12-5	E ILL	N DAME×4	Kill	Hailie Vaughn	set Lily Fenton	+0.5
18	13-5	N DAME	N DAME×4	Blocked	Katie Kopshever	blk Isabella Sangha, Grace Langer	+0.4
19	14-5	N DAME	N DAME×4	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Anna McEwen	+0.3
20	15-5	N DAME	N DAME×4	Blocked	Katie Kopshever	blk Isabella Sangha, Grace Langer	+0.2
21	15-6	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Anaya Rawlinson	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.1
22	16-6	E ILL	N DAME	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+0.1
23	16-7	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.1
24	17-7	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.1
25	17-8	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Ariadna Pereles	+0.1
26	17-9	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.1
27	18-9	E ILL	N DAME×5	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+0.2
28	19-9	N DAME	N DAME×5	Blocked	Abana Teran	blk Anna Bjork, Mae Kordas	+0.1
29	20-9	N DAME	N DAME×5	Kill	Lily Fenton	set Lily Fenton	·
30	21-9	N DAME	N DAME×5	Attack err	Kaeden Foxx		·
31	22-9	N DAME	N DAME×5	Blocked	Abana Teran	blk Mae Kordas, Anna Bjork	·
32	22-10	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Kaeden Foxx	set Hannah Hawkins	·
33	23-10	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	·
34	23-11	N DAME	E ILL	Attack err	Angie Desamours		·
35	24-11	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Lily Fenton	·
36	24-12	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Hannah Hawkins	·
37	24-13	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		·
38	25-13	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Lily Fenton	·
Set 2
1	1-0	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+0.9
2	1-1	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+1.0
3	2-1	E ILL	N DAME×3	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+0.9
4	3-1	N DAME	N DAME×3	Blocked	Alanys Nieves	blk Anna Bjork	+1.2
5	4-1	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Anaya Rawlinson		+1.0
6	4-2	N DAME	E ILL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.8
7	5-2	E ILL	N DAME×3	Blocked	Abana Teran	blk Mae Kordas, Anna Bjork	+0.8
8	6-2	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Lily Fenton	+0.9
9	7-2	N DAME	N DAME×3	Blocked	Alanys Nieves	blk Chichi Nnaji	+0.8
10	7-3	N DAME	E ILL	Attack err	Anna Bjork		+0.5
11	8-3	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Lily Fenton	+0.6
12	8-4	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Peyton Castillo	+0.5
13	9-4	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+0.6
14	9-5	N DAME	E ILL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.5
15	10-5	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Lily Fenton	+0.6
16	10-6	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Jorah Rutter	set Peyton Castillo	+0.5
17	11-6	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.6
18	11-7	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.5
19	11-8	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Kaeden Foxx	set Alanys Nieves	+0.9
20	12-8	E ILL	N DAME	Blocked	Abana Teran	blk Mae Kordas, Anna Bjork	+0.8
21	13-8	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+0.8
22	13-9	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Kaeden Foxx	set Alanys Nieves	+0.5
23	14-9	E ILL	N DAME×3	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+0.6
24	15-9	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Anna Bjork		+0.6
25	16-9	N DAME	N DAME×3	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Katie Kopshever	+0.4
26	16-10	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Kaeden Foxx	set Alanys Nieves	+0.2
27	17-10	E ILL	N DAME×3	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Lily Fenton	+0.3
28	18-10	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Kaeden Foxx		+0.3
29	19-10	N DAME	N DAME×3	Attack err	Kaeden Foxx		+0.1
30	19-11	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Peyton Castillo	+0.1
31	19-12	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Peyton Castillo	+0.1
32	20-12	E ILL	N DAME	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+0.1
33	20-13	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Jorah Rutter	set Peyton Castillo	+0.1
34	20-14	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.2
35	21-14	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+0.2
36	22-14	N DAME	N DAME	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Katie Kopshever	+0.1
37	22-15	N DAME	E ILL	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Anaya Rawlinson, Jorah Rutter	·
38	22-16	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.1
39	23-16	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+0.1
40	23-17	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	·
41	23-18	E ILL	E ILL	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Anaya Rawlinson, Abana Teran	+0.1
42	24-18	E ILL	N DAME	Blocked	McKenna Morton	blk Isabella Sangha, Anna Bjork	+0.2
43	24-19	N DAME	E ILL×4	Kill	McKenna Morton	set Alanys Nieves	·
44	24-20	E ILL	E ILL×4	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Abana Teran, Emma Hanson	+0.1
45	24-21	E ILL	E ILL×4	Kill	Emma Hanson	set Alanys Nieves	+0.3
46	24-22	E ILL	E ILL×4	Kill	Abana Teran	set Ariadna Pereles	+0.8
47	25-22	E ILL	N DAME	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+1.4
Set 3
1	1-0	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	Katie Kopshever	blk Isabella Sangha, Anna Bjork	+0.6
2	2-0	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Abana Teran		+0.6
3	2-1	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Anaya Rawlinson	set Alanys Nieves	+0.4
4	3-1	E ILL	N DAME	Blocked	Abana Teran	blk Mae Kordas, Anna Bjork	+0.4
5	3-2	N DAME	E ILL×4	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.5
6	3-3	E ILL	E ILL×4	Kill	Abana Teran	set Ariadna Pereles	+0.7
7	3-4	E ILL	E ILL×4	Attack err	Isabella Sangha		+0.7
8	3-5	E ILL	E ILL×4	Kill	Abana Teran	set Maya Baker	+0.8
9	4-5	E ILL	N DAME×3	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+0.6
10	5-5	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas		+0.7
11	6-5	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+0.7
12	6-6	N DAME	E ILL×7	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.6
13	6-7	E ILL	E ILL×7	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+0.8
14	6-8	E ILL	E ILL×7	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Emma Hanson, Jorah Rutter, McKenna Morton	+0.9
15	6-9	E ILL	E ILL×7	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.9
16	6-10	E ILL	E ILL×7	Kill	Peyton Castillo	set Lily Fenton	+0.9
17	6-11	E ILL	E ILL×7	Bad set	Lily Fenton		+0.9
18	6-12	E ILL	E ILL×7	Kill	Jorah Rutter	set Peyton Castillo	+0.8
19	7-12	E ILL	N DAME×5	Kill	Lily Fenton	set Maya Evens	+0.4
20	8-12	N DAME	N DAME×5	Ace	Notre Dame	aced McKenna Morton	+0.7
21	9-12	N DAME	N DAME×5	Blocked	McKenna Morton	blk Chichi Nnaji, Grace Langer	+0.8
22	10-12	N DAME	N DAME×5	Attack err	Katie Kopshever		+0.9
23	11-12	N DAME	N DAME×5	Attack err	Peyton Castillo		+0.9
24	11-13	N DAME	E ILL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.8
25	12-13	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Lily Fenton	+0.7
26	12-14	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Jorah Rutter	set Peyton Castillo	+0.8
27	13-14	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork	set Lily Fenton	+0.7
28	14-14	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Anna Bjork		+1.0
29	14-15	N DAME	E ILL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.9
30	15-15	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Angie Desamours	set Maya Baker	+0.8
31	15-16	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.9
32	16-16	E ILL	N DAME	Attack err	Abana Teran		+0.9
33	17-16	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	McKenna Morton	blk Grace Langer, Isabella Sangha	+1.1
34	17-17	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.9
35	18-17	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker	+0.9
36	18-18	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+1.0
37	19-18	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Lily Fenton	+1.0
38	19-19	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Emma Hanson	set Peyton Castillo	+1.0
39	20-19	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Hailie Vaughn	set Lily Fenton	+1.1
40	20-20	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Peyton Castillo	+1.1
41	21-20	E ILL	N DAME	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+1.2
42	22-20	N DAME	N DAME	Ace	Notre Dame	aced Katie Kopshever	+1.4
43	22-21	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Peyton Castillo	+0.9
44	22-22	E ILL	E ILL	Blocked	Maya Baker	blk Anaya Rawlinson	+1.8
45	23-22	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+1.6
46	24-22	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Hailie Vaughn	+1.9
47	24-23	N DAME	E ILL	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+0.8
48	24-24	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Maya Baker		+2.7
49	25-24	E ILL	N DAME	Blocked	Abana Teran	blk Mae Kordas	+2.1
50	25-25	N DAME	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+2.1
51	25-26	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Ariadna Pereles	+3.1
52	26-26	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Maya Baker	+2.4
53	26-27	N DAME	E ILL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+2.4
54	27-27	E ILL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+2.4
55	28-27	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Hailie Vaughn	set Maya Baker	+2.8
56	28-28	N DAME	E ILL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+2.1
57	29-28	E ILL	N DAME	Serve err	Eastern Ill.		+2.1
58	30-28	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer		+2.4

Score shown after each rally, Notre Dame 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).

Notre Dame def. Eastern Ill. 3–0