Illinois State def. Valparaiso 3-2 Volleyball (Sep 26)

Final · 5 setsSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

3:2

Illinois St. won at Valparaiso 3-2 (25-17, 18-25, 14-25, 25-15, 15-10) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. Ruth Ziegler led Illinois St. with 16 kills; Valparaiso's Ava Helming had a match-high 21.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
ILL ST	25	18	14	25	15	3
VALPO	17	25	25	15	10	2

Win probability

Valparaiso above 50 · Illinois St. below

Biggest swing: 8.3% to Illinois St. — set 5, ILL ST 3-1 VALPO. Kill by Abby Reck (set by Ella Craggs). VALPO win probability 38% → 29%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ILL ST 60.9%39.1% VALPO

Illinois St. wins

3-0

17.7%

3-1

23.3%

3-2

19.9%

Valparaiso wins

3-0

8.4%

3-1

14.2%

3-2

16.4%

ILL ST break %: 44.5% vs this opp
VALPO break %: 42.4% 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
Abby ReckKill+8.3%
Kill by Abby Reck (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 5 · ILL ST 3-1 VALPO · ILL ST 62% → 71%
02
Illinois St.Ace+7.7%
Illinois St. ace
Set 5 · ILL ST 4-1 VALPO · ILL ST 71% → 78%
03
Abby ReckKill+6.6%
Kill by Abby Reck (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 5 · ILL ST 5-1 VALPO · ILL ST 78% → 85%
04
Ruth ZieglerKill+6.6%
Kill by Ruth Ziegler (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 5 · ILL ST 2-1 VALPO · ILL ST 56% → 62%
05
Ava HelmingKill+6.4%
Kill by Ava Helming (set by Mia McCall)
Set 5 · ILL ST 1-1 VALPO · VALPO 38% → 44%
06
Ruth ZieglerKill+6.3%
Kill by Ruth Ziegler (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 5 · ILL ST 1-0 VALPO · ILL ST 56% → 62%
07
Abby ReckKill+5.3%
Kill by Abby Reck (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 5 · ILL ST 6-1 VALPO · ILL ST 85% → 90%
08
Oliwia CaputaKill+4.0%
Kill by Oliwia Caputa (set by Ruth Ziegler)
Set 5 · ILL ST 7-1 VALPO · ILL ST 90% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Illinois St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Ruth ZieglerOPP	5	16	4	34	.353	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	19
10Oliwia CaputaOH	5	12	5	34	.206	2	0	2	5	1	0	3	1.5	13.5
6Logan GrevengoedMB	5	8	1	19	.368	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	9
16Abby ReckOH	5	5	0	11	.455	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
9Ella CraggsS	5	2	0	2	1.000	23	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	2
14Jillian FerrillOH	3	5	5	23	.000	0	0	1	7	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
5Samantha BunchL/DS	5	1	0	1	1.000	9	3	3	16	2	0	0	0	4
17Peyton TurnerDS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
7Sidney WrightMB	3	4	2	10	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
11Jillian GregoryOH	3	1	0	4	.250	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
15Addisyn PohlMB	3	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2
21Audrey ClarkS	3	0	0	0	–	6	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
3Ella KohnenS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
2Emilija ArsicOH	1	2	0	6	.333	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2
Team totals		57	17	146	.274	55	10	10	68	7	1	12	7	97

Valparaisohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Ava HelmingOH	5	21	4	47	.362	2	1	1	13	0	1	0.5	22.5
11Maggie UhwatOH	5	17	2	26	.577	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	17
27Jessica PickettMB	5	8	2	17	.353	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
4Jordyn GoveOH	5	5	6	35	-.029	3	1	3	10	0	2	1	7
12Maddie SteeleMB	5	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	5
2Olivia WagnerS	4	1	0	5	.200	18	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	1.5
6Mia McCallS	5	2	0	6	.333	26	2	2	8	0	0	0	4
3Lindley MartinDS	5	0	0	0	–	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	2
14Keira LucasOH	5	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	6	2	0	0	1
17Danica GochDS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	12	2	0	0	0
1Rylee BumgardnerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0
21Sarah PippinOH	1	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		58	14	147	.299	53	7	14	64	10	10	5	92

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 Valparaiso

Season series · Illinois St. leads 2-0

Sat, Sep 26, 2026Illinois St. at Valparaiso · Illinois St. won 3-2This match
Fri, Oct 30, 2026Valparaiso at Illinois St. · Illinois St. won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 9 ILL ST · VALPO 5

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 6 ILL STVALPO 2

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 6 ILL STVALPO 5

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 2 ILL STVALPO 4

Set 4

25-15

Longest run 5 ILL STVALPO 4

Set 5

15-10

Longest run 9 ILL STVALPO 3

Bars above the line = Valparaiso 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	64%9/14	30%3/10
2	50%9/18	44%7/16
3	64%9/14	65%17/26
4	64%9/14	31%4/13
5	44%8/18	50%9/18
6	47%7/15	46%6/13
All	55%51/93	48%46/96

Valparaiso

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	47%7/15
2	35%9/26	53%10/19
3	69%9/13	31%4/13
4	53%9/17	36%5/14
5	73%8/11	53%10/19
6	46%6/13	46%6/13
All	52%50/96	45%42/93

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

189 rallies

#	ILL ST-VALPO	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+1.8
2	0-2	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Ava Helming, Maddie Steele	+2.4
3	1-2	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.8
4	1-3	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Jordyn Gove	+1.9
5	1-4	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Samantha Bunch	+2.5
6	2-4	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.8
7	3-4	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Maggie Uhwat	+2.4
8	3-5	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+2.0
9	4-5	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Ella Craggs	+1.9
10	5-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Kohnen	+2.6
11	5-6	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+2.1
12	5-7	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Oliwia Caputa	blk Sarah Pippin, Jessica Pickett	+2.8
13	6-7	VALPO	ILL ST×4	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.0
14	7-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Samantha Bunch	+2.7
15	8-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Jessica Pickett		+2.7
16	9-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Sidney Wright		+2.7
17	9-8	ILL ST	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+2.0
18	10-8	VALPO	ILL ST×6	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Samantha Bunch	+2.1
19	11-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Kohnen	+2.5
20	12-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+2.3
21	13-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Maggie Uhwat	+1.9
22	14-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Sarah Pippin	+1.5
23	15-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Sidney Wright	set Ella Kohnen	+1.1
24	15-9	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+0.6
25	15-10	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maddie Steele		+1.1
26	16-10	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.1
27	17-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+1.0
28	18-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Jillian Ferrill, Abby Reck	+0.7
29	18-11	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.3
30	19-11	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Craggs	+0.5
31	19-12	ILL ST	VALPO	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+0.3
32	20-12	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Lindley Martin	+0.4
33	20-13	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.2
34	21-13	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
35	22-13	ILL ST	ILL ST	Bad set	Olivia Wagner		+0.2
36	22-14	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+0.1
37	23-14	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.1
38	23-15	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	·
39	24-15	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Sidney Wright	set Ella Kohnen	+0.1
40	24-16	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		·
41	24-17	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Jordyn Gove	·
42	25-17	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	·
Set 2
1	0-1	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Samantha Bunch	+2.2
2	0-2	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Emilija Arsic	+2.2
3	1-2	VALPO	ILL ST×6	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Logan Grevengoed, Sidney Wright	+1.6
4	2-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Samantha Bunch	+2.2
5	3-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Attack err	Ava Helming		+2.2
6	4-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+2.1
7	5-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+2.0
8	6-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Bad set	Mia McCall		+1.8
9	6-3	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.3
10	6-4	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+1.9
11	7-4	VALPO	ILL ST	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+1.6
12	7-5	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.5
13	7-6	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+2.2
14	8-6	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ella Craggs	set Emilija Arsic	+1.8
15	9-6	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Samantha Bunch	+2.2
16	9-7	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.6
17	10-7	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.7
18	10-8	ILL ST	VALPO×5	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+1.6
19	10-9	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Olivia Wagner	set Ava Helming	+2.4
20	10-10	VALPO	VALPO×5	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Emilija Arsic	+2.6
21	10-11	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Jessica Pickett		+2.8
22	10-12	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+2.9
23	11-12	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+2.1
24	11-13	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+2.3
25	12-13	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+2.1
26	12-14	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+2.4
27	13-14	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Sidney Wright	set Ella Kohnen	+2.2
28	13-15	ILL ST	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+2.5
29	13-16	VALPO	VALPO×4	Blocked	Sidney Wright	blk Maddie Steele, Jordyn Gove	+3.1
30	13-17	VALPO	VALPO×4	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Ruth Ziegler	+2.7
31	13-18	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+2.2
32	14-18	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.2
33	14-19	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+1.7
34	14-20	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Emilija Arsic	+1.6
35	15-20	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.7
36	15-21	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.1
37	16-21	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.6
38	16-22	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.0
39	17-22	VALPO	ILL ST	Blocked	Jessica Pickett	blk Abby Reck, Oliwia Caputa	+0.4
40	17-23	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.8
41	17-24	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+0.4
42	18-24	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Kohnen	+0.1
43	18-25	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+2.5
2	0-2	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Keira Lucas	+3.3
3	0-3	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+3.3
4	1-3	VALPO	ILL ST	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Jillian Ferrill	+2.3
5	2-3	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+3.2
6	2-4	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Danica Goch	+2.7
7	2-5	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett		+3.4
8	3-5	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.4
9	4-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+3.4
10	4-6	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+2.8
11	4-7	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+3.6
12	4-8	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Logan Grevengoed		+3.4
13	5-8	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+2.3
14	5-9	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.7
15	5-10	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+3.2
16	6-10	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.0
17	6-11	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+2.5
18	6-12	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+2.7
19	7-12	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.6
20	8-12	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Samantha Bunch	set Oliwia Caputa	+2.6
21	8-13	ILL ST	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+2.5
22	8-14	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+2.7
23	8-15	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+2.1
24	8-16	VALPO	VALPO×4	Blocked	Sidney Wright	blk Jordyn Gove, Maddie Steele	+1.6
25	9-16	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Kohnen	+0.8
26	9-17	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.1
27	10-17	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+0.7
28	11-17	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.3
29	11-18	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.5
30	12-18	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.9
31	12-19	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+1.4
32	12-20	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+1.1
33	13-20	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.4
34	13-21	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+0.7
35	13-22	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Oliwia Caputa	blk Olivia Wagner, Maddie Steele	+0.4
36	14-22	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Peyton Turner	+0.1
37	14-23	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.2
38	14-24	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat		+0.1
39	14-25	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Mia McCall	set Ava Helming	·
Set 4
1	1-0	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.6
2	1-1	ILL ST	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Jordyn Gove	+2.7
3	1-2	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Keira Lucas	+3.7
4	1-3	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Maddie Steele	set Mia McCall	+3.8
5	1-4	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+3.7
6	2-4	VALPO	ILL ST×4	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.6
7	3-4	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Keira Lucas	+3.7
8	4-4	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Danica Goch	+3.8
9	5-4	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+3.8
10	5-5	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+3.0
11	6-5	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+3.0
12	7-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+3.8
13	7-6	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.8
14	8-6	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+3.0
15	9-6	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Samantha Bunch	+3.6
16	9-7	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.6
17	10-7	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Audrey Clark	+2.8
18	10-8	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+2.7
19	11-8	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+2.9
20	12-8	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Ava Helming		+3.4
21	12-9	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.3
22	13-9	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark	+2.6
23	13-10	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.3
24	14-10	VALPO	ILL ST×5	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.7
25	15-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.9
26	16-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+2.2
27	17-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Abby Reck	+1.6
28	18-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+1.0
29	18-11	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.5
30	19-11	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.7
31	19-12	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.4
32	19-13	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Oliwia Caputa	+0.8
33	20-13	VALPO	ILL ST×5	Kill	Ella Craggs	set Oliwia Caputa	+1.0
34	21-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Samantha Bunch	+0.7
35	22-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Keira Lucas	+0.3
36	23-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Logan Grevengoed, Addisyn Pohl	+0.1
37	24-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	·
38	24-14	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mia McCall	·
39	24-15	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mia McCall	·
40	25-15	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.0
Set 5
1	1-0	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+6.3
2	1-1	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+6.4
3	2-1	VALPO	ILL ST×9	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+6.6
4	3-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+8.3
5	4-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Ace	Illinois St.		+7.7
6	5-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+6.6
7	6-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+5.3
8	7-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ruth Ziegler	+4.0
9	8-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Oliwia Caputa, Abby Reck	+2.7
10	9-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ruth Ziegler	+1.6
11	10-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Danica Goch	+0.9
12	10-2	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maddie Steele	set Mia McCall	+0.3
13	11-2	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.5
14	11-3	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Mia McCall	+0.2
15	11-4	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+0.5
16	12-4	VALPO	ILL ST	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Oliwia Caputa, Addisyn Pohl	+0.7
17	13-4	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Samantha Bunch	+0.3
18	13-5	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.1
19	13-6	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+0.2
20	13-7	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+0.4
21	14-7	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Logan Grevengoed	set Audrey Clark	+0.6
22	14-8	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Kill	Mia McCall	set Rylee Bumgardner	+0.1
23	14-9	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat		+0.4
24	14-10	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+0.8
25	15-10	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Audrey Clark	+1.4

Score shown after each rally, Illinois St. 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).

Illinois St. def. Valparaiso 3–2