South Dakota State def. Western Ill. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 4)

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026

0:3

South Dakota St. beat visiting Western Ill. 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-22) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026. South Dakota St.'s Sylvie Zgonc led with 20 kills, and Joslyn Richardson added 16 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W ILL	15	22	22	0
SDAKST	25	25	25	3

Win probability

South Dakota St. above 50 · Western Ill. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W ILL 0.7%99.3% SDAKST

Western Ill. wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.2%

3-2

0.5%

South Dakota St. wins

3-0

77.2%

3-1

19.1%

3-2

3.0%

W ILL break %: 33.1% vs this opp
SDAKST break %: 51.9% 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

Western Ill.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Emilia KouriOH	3	7	3	20	.200	1	0	0	5	0	1	0.5	7.5
12Kennedy AdairOH	3	6	3	24	.125	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	6
10Maria Eduarda Pereira TonellaMB	3	3	3	9	.000	1	1	2	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
9Hillary EstesMB	3	3	0	5	.600	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
16Melaina HawblitzelOH	3	1	5	15	-.267	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	2
6Madelyn NortonS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1Georgia HaynesOH	3	9	2	18	.389	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	10
15Jaleah BaussS	3	3	0	5	.600	12	1	2	8	0	0	0	4
14Alysia PerezS	3	1	0	3	.333	12	1	3	5	0	0	0	2
5Grace UlatowskiOH	3	0	0	1	.000	3	1	0	18	1	0	0	1
8Ashlee MarkertOH	2	3	1	13	.154	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	3.5
Team totals		36	17	113	.168	33	5	7	58	4	8	4	59

South Dakota St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Sylvie ZgoncOH	3	20	0	35	.571	1	1	1	8	2	1	0.5	21.5
13Marisa MichaelisOH	3	6	1	18	.278	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
12Brooke LarsenS	3	3	5	18	-.111	19	0	1	5	0	2	1	4
15Brooklyn MeyerMB	3	3	1	11	.182	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
2Kennedey WhitfordDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	4	1	0	0	1
14Hannah MlsnaOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Mallory HartwigOH	3	7	4	25	.120	0	0	0	6	1	2	1	8
16Claire LogeaisMB	3	5	0	12	.417	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	7
17Joslyn RichardsonDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	16	1	0	0	2
5Rylee MartinS	3	1	0	3	.333	19	0	1	9	0	0	0	1
20Patrycja LabuckaOH	2	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
18Anna JohannsonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	11	124	.274	42	4	6	54	5	10	5	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 5 W ILL · SDAKST 6

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 4 W ILLSDAKST 5

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 4 W ILLSDAKST 6

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 5 W ILLSDAKST 6

Bars above the line = South Dakota St. leads, below = Western Ill. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Ill.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%7/14	30%3/10
2	58%7/12	13%1/8
3	40%6/15	22%2/9
4	33%6/18	54%7/13
5	83%5/6	14%1/7
6	63%5/8	64%9/14
All	49%36/73	38%23/61

South Dakota St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	88%7/8	38%3/8
2	100%7/7	56%9/16
3	64%7/11	50%7/14
4	50%6/12	54%7/13
5	67%6/9	60%9/15
6	36%5/14	29%2/7
All	62%38/61	51%37/73

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

134 rallies

#	W ILL-SDAKST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	W ILL	SDAKST×5	Kill	Brooklyn Meyer	set Brooke Larsen
2	0-2	SDAKST	SDAKST×5	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Kennedey Whitford
3	0-3	SDAKST	SDAKST×5	Kill	Marisa Michaelis	set Brooke Larsen
4	0-4	SDAKST	SDAKST×5	Ace	South Dakota St.	aced Melaina Hawblitzel
5	0-5	SDAKST	SDAKST×5	Kill	Claire Logeais	set Brooke Larsen
6	1-5	SDAKST	W ILL	Serve err	South Dakota St.
7	1-6	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Brooke Larsen
8	2-6	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Madelyn Norton
9	3-6	W ILL	W ILL	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Grace Ulatowski
10	3-7	W ILL	SDAKST×4	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
11	3-8	SDAKST	SDAKST×4	Attack err	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella
12	3-9	SDAKST	SDAKST×4	Attack err	Kennedy Adair
13	3-10	SDAKST	SDAKST×4	Kill	Brooke Larsen	set Rylee Martin
14	4-10	SDAKST	W ILL	Serve err	South Dakota St.
15	4-11	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
16	4-12	SDAKST	SDAKST	Attack err	Melaina Hawblitzel
17	5-12	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Alysia Perez	set Emilia Kouri
18	5-13	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
19	5-14	SDAKST	SDAKST	Attack err	Kennedy Adair
20	6-14	SDAKST	W ILL×4	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
21	7-14	W ILL	W ILL×4	Blocked	Mallory Hartwig	blk Hillary Estes, Georgia Haynes
22	8-14	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Hillary Estes	set Jaleah Bauss
23	9-14	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Jaleah Bauss	set Melaina Hawblitzel
24	9-15	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Brooke Larsen
25	9-16	SDAKST	SDAKST	Kill	Brooklyn Meyer	set Brooke Larsen
26	10-16	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
27	10-17	W ILL	SDAKST×3	Kill	Marisa Michaelis	set Brooke Larsen
28	10-18	SDAKST	SDAKST×3	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Brooke Larsen
29	10-19	SDAKST	SDAKST×3	Bad set	Jaleah Bauss
30	11-19	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss
31	11-20	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
32	12-20	SDAKST	W ILL	Serve err	South Dakota St.
33	12-21	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
34	12-22	SDAKST	SDAKST	Ace	South Dakota St.	aced Kennedy Adair
35	13-22	SDAKST	W ILL	Attack err	Brooke Larsen
36	14-22	W ILL	W ILL	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Mallory Hartwig
37	14-23	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
38	14-24	SDAKST	SDAKST	Kill	Brooklyn Meyer	set Rylee Martin
39	15-24	SDAKST	W ILL	Bad set	Mallory Hartwig
40	15-25	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
Set 2
1	1-0	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
2	2-0	W ILL	W ILL	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Kennedey Whitford
3	2-1	W ILL	SDAKST×3	Kill	Brooke Larsen	set Kennedey Whitford
4	2-2	SDAKST	SDAKST×3	Kill	Marisa Michaelis	set Kennedey Whitford
5	2-3	SDAKST	SDAKST×3	Ace	South Dakota St.
6	3-3	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
7	3-4	W ILL	SDAKST×6	Kill	Claire Logeais	set Brooke Larsen
8	3-5	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Attack err	Kennedy Adair
9	3-6	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Bad set	Alysia Perez
10	3-7	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
11	3-8	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Grace Ulatowski
12	3-9	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Attack err	Melaina Hawblitzel
13	4-9	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Alysia Perez
14	4-10	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
15	5-10	SDAKST	W ILL	Attack err	Brooke Larsen
16	6-10	W ILL	W ILL	Kill	Melaina Hawblitzel	set Alysia Perez
17	6-11	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
18	7-11	SDAKST	W ILL×3	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Hillary Estes
19	8-11	W ILL	W ILL×3	Attack err	Brooklyn Meyer
20	9-11	W ILL	W ILL×3	Blocked	Mallory Hartwig	blk Hillary Estes, Georgia Haynes
21	9-12	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Mallory Hartwig	set Rylee Martin
22	10-12	SDAKST	W ILL	Serve err	South Dakota St.
23	10-13	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Mallory Hartwig	set Brooke Larsen
24	11-13	SDAKST	W ILL	Serve err	South Dakota St.
25	11-14	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Brooke Larsen
26	11-15	SDAKST	SDAKST	Attack err	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella
27	12-15	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
28	12-16	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
29	13-16	SDAKST	W ILL×3	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Alysia Perez
30	14-16	W ILL	W ILL×3	Attack err	Brooke Larsen
31	15-16	W ILL	W ILL×3	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Alysia Perez
32	15-17	W ILL	SDAKST×4	Attack err	Melaina Hawblitzel
33	15-18	SDAKST	SDAKST×4	Blocked	Emilia Kouri	blk Brooke Larsen, Claire Logeais
34	15-19	SDAKST	SDAKST×4	Attack err	Melaina Hawblitzel
35	15-20	SDAKST	SDAKST×4	Blocked	Emilia Kouri	blk Mallory Hartwig, Claire Logeais
36	16-20	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Alysia Perez
37	16-21	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
38	17-21	SDAKST	W ILL	Attack err	Brooke Larsen
39	18-21	W ILL	W ILL	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Sylvie Zgonc
40	18-22	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
41	18-23	SDAKST	SDAKST	Attack err	Georgia Haynes
42	19-23	SDAKST	W ILL×4	Kill	Hillary Estes	set Jaleah Bauss
43	20-23	W ILL	W ILL×4	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Sylvie Zgonc
44	21-23	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
45	22-23	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Kennedy Adair
46	22-24	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Mallory Hartwig	set Brooke Larsen
47	22-25	SDAKST	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Brooke Larsen
Set 3
1	0-1	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Brooke Larsen
2	1-1	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss
3	1-2	W ILL	SDAKST	Blocked	Georgia Haynes	blk Sylvie Zgonc, Brooklyn Meyer
4	1-3	SDAKST	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
5	2-3	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
6	2-4	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
7	3-4	SDAKST	W ILL×5	Kill	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella	set Alysia Perez
8	4-4	W ILL	W ILL×5	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Alysia Perez
9	5-4	W ILL	W ILL×5	Kill	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella	set Alysia Perez
10	6-4	W ILL	W ILL×5	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Alysia Perez
11	7-4	W ILL	W ILL×5	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Grace Ulatowski
12	7-5	W ILL	SDAKST×6	Kill	Mallory Hartwig	set Rylee Martin
13	7-6	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
14	7-7	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Kill	Brooke Larsen	set Rylee Martin
15	7-8	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Blocked	Emilia Kouri	blk Mallory Hartwig, Claire Logeais
16	7-9	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Blocked	Ashlee Markert	blk Brooke Larsen, Claire Logeais
17	7-10	SDAKST	SDAKST×6	Kill	Claire Logeais
18	8-10	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella	set Alysia Perez
19	8-11	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Claire Logeais	set Rylee Martin
20	9-11	SDAKST	W ILL	Blocked	Mallory Hartwig	blk Hillary Estes, Emilia Kouri
21	9-12	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Mallory Hartwig	set Brooke Larsen
22	10-12	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
23	10-13	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Claire Logeais	set Brooke Larsen
24	11-13	SDAKST	W ILL	Serve err	South Dakota St.
25	11-14	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Marisa Michaelis	set Brooke Larsen
26	12-14	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Jaleah Bauss	set Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella
27	12-15	W ILL	SDAKST	Serve err	Western Ill.
28	13-15	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Alysia Perez
29	13-16	W ILL	SDAKST×3	Kill	Mallory Hartwig	set Rylee Martin
30	13-17	SDAKST	SDAKST×3	Attack err	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella
31	13-18	SDAKST	SDAKST×3	Kill	Mallory Hartwig	set Rylee Martin
32	14-18	SDAKST	W ILL	Blocked	Brooke Larsen	blk Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella, Ashlee Markert
33	14-19	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Rylee Martin	set Sylvie Zgonc
34	15-19	SDAKST	W ILL×4	Kill	Hillary Estes	set Alysia Perez
35	16-19	W ILL	W ILL×4	Attack err	Mallory Hartwig
36	17-19	W ILL	W ILL×4	Attack err	Marisa Michaelis
37	18-19	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Ashlee Markert
38	18-20	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Marisa Michaelis	set Brooke Larsen
39	18-21	SDAKST	SDAKST	Ace	South Dakota St.	aced Grace Ulatowski
40	19-21	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Jaleah Bauss	set Grace Ulatowski
41	19-22	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Marisa Michaelis	set Brooke Larsen
42	20-22	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Georgia Haynes
43	20-23	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Brooke Larsen
44	20-24	SDAKST	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin
45	21-24	SDAKST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss
46	22-24	W ILL	W ILL	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Joslyn Richardson
47	22-25	W ILL	SDAKST	Kill	Sylvie Zgonc	set Rylee Martin

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

South Dakota St. def. Western Ill. 3–0