Valparaiso vs Southern Ill.: Southern Ill. Wins 3-2 (Oct 2)

Final · 5 setsFri, Oct 2, 2026ESPN+

2:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Valparaiso 68.7% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Southern Ill. beat visiting Valparaiso 3-2 (15-25, 22-25, 26-24, 26-24, 15-5) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Southern Ill.'s Ella Swansiger led with 17 kills, and Jillian Shaneyfelt added 30 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
VALPO	25	25	24	24	5	2
SIU	15	22	26	26	15	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Jillian Shaneyfelt dug 30 balls to keep Southern Ill. alive against Valparaiso.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Southern Ill.'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. RallyIQ had Valparaiso at 69% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 4 · Valparaiso 23–23 Southern Ill.
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Southern Ill., enough to take the set 26–24 and level the match at 2–2.
Southern Ill. 20% → 41%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Valparaiso 4–4 Southern Ill.
From 4–4, Southern Ill. scored 3 straight to lead 7–4. The match swung to Southern Ill.
Southern Ill. 44% → 72%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Valparaiso 5–7 Southern Ill.
8 straight Southern Ill. points stretched a 7–5 lead to 15–5.
Southern Ill. 66% → >99%

Southern Ill. above 50Valparaiso belowMax swing 11.4%

ValparaisoSouthern Ill.

Sideout %: Valparaiso 49.0·Southern Ill. 49.5
Break %: Valparaiso 50.5·Southern Ill. 51.0
Hitting: Valparaiso .150·Southern Ill. .131
Longest run: Valparaiso 5·Southern Ill. 9

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Southern Ill. above 50 · Valparaiso below

Biggest swing: 11.4% to Southern Ill. — set 4, VALPO 24-26 SIU. Southern Ill. ace on Rylee Bumgardner. SIU win probability 29% → 41%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VALPO 63.1%36.9% SIU

Valparaiso wins

3-0

18.9%

3-1

24.2%

3-2

20.0%

Southern Ill. wins

3-0

7.7%

3-1

13.3%

3-2

15.9%

VALPO break %: 45.2% vs this opp
SIU break %: 42.7% 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
Southern Ill.Ace+11.4%
Southern Ill. ace on Rylee Bumgardner
Set 4 · VALPO 24-26 SIU · SIU 29% → 41%
02
McKenzie Moeller&Beatriz PiaiaBlock+11.3%
Maggie Uhwat stuffed by McKenzie Moeller & Beatriz Piaia
Set 4 · VALPO 24-25 SIU · SIU 18% → 29%
03
Ava Helming&Maddie SteeleBlock+10.6%
Natalie Vance stuffed by Ava Helming & Maddie Steele
Set 4 · VALPO 24-23 SIU · VALPO 80% → 90%
04
Southern Ill.Ace+10.6%
Southern Ill. ace on Rylee Bumgardner
Set 5 · VALPO 4-6 SIU · SIU 52% → 62%
05
McKenzie MoellerKill+10.2%
Kill by McKenzie Moeller
Set 5 · VALPO 4-7 SIU · SIU 62% → 72%
06
Maggie UhwatAttack error+9.7%
Attack error by Maggie Uhwat
Set 5 · VALPO 3-4 SIU · SIU 41% → 51%
07
Maddie SteeleAttack error+9.3%
Attack error by Maddie Steele
Set 5 · VALPO 5-9 SIU · SIU 74% → 84%
08
ValparaisoService error+8.3%
Valparaiso service error
Set 5 · VALPO 5-8 SIU · SIU 66% → 74%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Valparaisoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Ava HelmingOH	5	15	9	50	.120	2	1	2	16	0	0	7	3.5	19.5
27Jessica PickettMB	5	11	4	26	.269	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	5	16
4Jordyn GoveOH	5	10	6	28	.143	6	3	2	15	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
11Maggie UhwatOH	5	11	6	39	.128	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	13
2Olivia WagnerS	5	3	1	6	.333	29	0	3	8	0	0	4	2	5
12Maddie SteeleMB	5	2	2	7	.000	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	4.5
3Lindley MartinDS	5	0	0	0	–	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
1Rylee BumgardnerL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	10	6	0	0	0	0
14Keira LucasOH	4	0	1	1	-1.000	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
17Danica GochDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
31Mia LibertiDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6Mia McCallS	1	1	0	1	1.000	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
21Sarah PippinOH	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		54	30	160	.150	49	9	14	64	9	1	26	14	103

Southern Ill.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Ella SwansigerOH	5	17	5	37	.324	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	19
13Beatriz PiaiaMB	5	10	3	21	.333	0	0	2	3	0	2	7	5.5	15.5
3McKenzie MoellerOH	5	11	7	37	.108	2	3	1	10	3	0	1	0.5	14.5
8Alexandria ArringtonS	5	4	8	26	-.154	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
20Valentina ZevallosMB	5	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	3.5
4Ella McFarlandOPP	5	0	0	1	.000	22	1	1	11	0	0	0	0	1
2Natalie VanceOPP	5	6	5	28	.036	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
11Jillian ShaneyfeltL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	3	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	2
9Lillian DempkeyS	5	0	0	0	–	16	2	2	5	0	0	0	0	2
17Julia LaidigDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
21Isabella Del RealL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	29	153	.131	43	9	7	66	9	3	18	12	104

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 VALPO · SIU 9

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 5 VALPOSIU 5

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 4 VALPOSIU 4

Set 3

24-26

Longest run 3 VALPOSIU 5

Set 4

24-26

Longest run 5 VALPOSIU 9

Set 5

5-15

Longest run 1 VALPOSIU 8

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Valparaiso

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%8/24	50%6/12
2	57%8/14	43%6/14
3	54%7/13	60%12/20
4	70%7/10	46%6/13
5	50%6/12	22%2/9
6	27%4/15	55%6/11
All	45%40/88	48%38/79

Southern Ill.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	54%7/13
2	53%8/15	65%15/23
3	44%7/16	30%3/10
4	50%7/14	46%6/13
5	78%7/9	36%4/11
6	33%4/12	72%13/18
All	52%41/79	55%48/88

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 (4 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

207 rallies

#	VALPO-SIU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SIU	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+1.6
2	2-0	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove		+2.0
3	3-0	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Alexandria Arrington		+1.9
4	3-1	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+1.4
5	4-1	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+1.4
6	4-2	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+1.4
7	5-2	SIU	VALPO	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+1.5
8	6-2	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Olivia Wagner	set Ava Helming	+1.7
9	6-3	VALPO	SIU	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Valentina Zevallos, Beatriz Piaia	+1.2
10	7-3	SIU	VALPO	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+1.4
11	8-3	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Valentina Zevallos		+1.5
12	8-4	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.0
13	9-4		VALPO	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.			+1.2
14	10-4	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Rylee Bumgardner	+1.3
15	10-5	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Lillian Dempkey	+0.8
16	11-5	SIU	VALPO×5	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+1.0
17	12-5	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Jessica Pickett		+1.0
18	13-5	VALPO	VALPO×5	Ace	Valparaiso		+0.7
19	14-5	VALPO	VALPO×5	Blocked	Natalie Vance	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+0.5
20	15-5	VALPO	VALPO×5	Blocked	Beatriz Piaia	blk Ava Helming	+0.3
21	15-6	VALPO	SIU×5	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Lillian Dempkey	+0.2
22	15-7	SIU	SIU×5	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+0.3
23	15-8	SIU	SIU×5	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Beatriz Piaia, Ella Swansiger	+0.5
24	15-9	SIU	SIU×5	Attack err	Ava Helming		+0.7
25	15-10	SIU	SIU×5	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+1.0
26	16-10	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.9
27	16-11	VALPO	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.7
28	17-11	SIU	VALPO	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+0.9
29	18-11	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+0.8
30	18-12	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.4
31	18-13	SIU	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Olivia Wagner	+0.8
32	19-13	SIU	VALPO×3	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.9
33	20-13	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+0.7
34	21-13	VALPO	VALPO×3	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Maddie Steele, Olivia Wagner	+0.4
35	21-14	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.1
36	22-14	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.2
37	23-14	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Natalie Vance		+0.1
38	23-15	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Alexandria Arrington	set Lillian Dempkey	·
39	24-15	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	·
40	25-15	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso		·
Set 2
1	1-0	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Alexandria Arrington	+1.8
2	2-0	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+1.7
3	2-1	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.3
4	3-1	SIU	VALPO×3	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+1.3
5	4-1	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+1.6
6	5-1	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Ella McFarland	+1.4
7	5-2	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Ella McFarland	+1.0
8	5-3	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Ava Helming		+1.5
9	6-3	SIU	VALPO	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+1.3
10	6-4	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set McKenzie Moeller	+1.2
11	6-5	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+1.8
12	7-5	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+1.4
13	7-6	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.4
14	7-7	SIU	SIU	Blocked	Maddie Steele	blk Valentina Zevallos, Natalie Vance	+2.1
15	8-7	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Rylee Bumgardner	+1.6
16	8-8	VALPO	SIU×3	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.7
17	8-9	SIU	SIU×3	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+2.3
18	8-10	SIU	SIU×3	Attack err	Ava Helming		+2.4
19	9-10	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Jordyn Gove	+1.7
20	10-10	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maddie Steele	set Lillian Dempkey	+2.3
21	10-11	VALPO	SIU×3	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.9
22	10-12	SIU	SIU×3	Bad set	Olivia Wagner		+2.6
23	10-13	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Ella McFarland	+2.6
24	11-13	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+1.7
25	11-14	VALPO	SIU×4	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.1
26	11-15	SIU	SIU×4	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Beatriz Piaia, Ella Swansiger	+2.5
27	11-16	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Alexandria Arrington		+2.1
28	11-17	SIU	SIU×4	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+1.7
29	12-17	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.9
30	12-18	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Alexandria Arrington	set McKenzie Moeller	+1.3
31	13-18	SIU	VALPO×4	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.8
32	14-18	VALPO	VALPO×4	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Jessica Pickett, Olivia Wagner	+1.5
33	15-18	VALPO	VALPO×4	Ace	Valparaiso	aced McKenzie Moeller	+2.0
34	16-18	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+2.5
35	16-19	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+2.5
36	16-20	SIU	SIU	Ace	Southern Ill.		+2.7
37	17-20	SIU	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+1.4
38	18-20	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Jordyn Gove	+2.6
39	19-20	VALPO	VALPO×4	Ace	Valparaiso		+3.3
40	20-20	VALPO	VALPO×4	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Maddie Steele, Olivia Wagner	+4.0
41	20-21	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+3.5
42	21-21	SIU	VALPO	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+3.4
43	21-22	VALPO	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+4.0
44	22-22	SIU	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+3.8
45	23-22	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Ava Helming	set Maddie Steele	+5.8
46	24-22	VALPO	VALPO×4	Ace	Valparaiso		+5.2
47	25-22	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+2.8
Set 3
1	1-0	SIU	VALPO	Blocked	McKenzie Moeller	blk Jessica Pickett, Ava Helming	+0.8
2	1-1	VALPO	SIU×5	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Ella McFarland	+0.8
3	1-2	SIU	SIU×5	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+1.1
4	1-3	SIU	SIU×5	Blocked	Jessica Pickett	blk Beatriz Piaia	+1.2
5	1-4	SIU	SIU×5	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+1.2
6	1-5	SIU	SIU×5	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+1.1
7	2-5	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+0.8
8	2-6	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+0.9
9	3-6	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Jordyn Gove	+0.8
10	3-7	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+0.9
11	4-7	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Olivia Wagner	set Maddie Steele	+0.8
12	4-8	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+0.9
13	5-8	SIU	VALPO	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.8
14	5-9	VALPO	SIU×3	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.0
15	5-10	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	Beatriz Piaia		+1.1
16	5-11	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.0
17	6-11	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.6
18	7-11	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Beatriz Piaia	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+1.0
19	7-12	VALPO	SIU×4	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Lillian Dempkey	+0.9
20	7-13	SIU	SIU×4	Attack err	Ava Helming		+1.0
21	7-14	SIU	SIU×4	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+0.8
22	7-15	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+0.6
23	8-15	SIU	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+0.3
24	9-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+0.6
25	10-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.7
26	10-16	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+0.8
27	11-16	SIU	VALPO×3	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Jessica Pickett, Mia McCall	+0.5
28	12-16	VALPO	VALPO×3	Blocked	Beatriz Piaia	blk Jessica Pickett	+0.9
29	13-16	VALPO	VALPO×3	Ace	Valparaiso	aced Alexandria Arrington	+1.2
30	13-17	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+1.2
31	14-17	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Jordyn Gove	+0.9
32	14-18	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Alexandria Arrington	set Ella McFarland	+1.2
33	15-18	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Mia McCall	set Rylee Bumgardner	+0.9
34	16-18	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.4
35	16-19	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.4
36	17-19	SIU	VALPO	Attack err	Natalie Vance		+1.1
37	18-19	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Natalie Vance	blk Jordyn Gove, Maddie Steele	+1.8
38	18-20	VALPO	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.7
39	19-20	SIU	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.5
40	20-20	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+2.3
41	21-20	VALPO	VALPO×3	Bad set	Lillian Dempkey		+2.5
42	21-21	VALPO	SIU×3	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.9
43	21-22	SIU	SIU×3	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Ella Swansiger, Beatriz Piaia	+3.0
44	21-23	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+3.1
45	22-23	SIU	VALPO	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Rylee Bumgardner	+1.7
46	22-24	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.8
47	23-24	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+1.6
48	24-24	VALPO	VALPO	Bad set	Ella McFarland		+4.6
49	24-25	VALPO	SIU	Attack err	Ava Helming		+3.5
50	24-26	SIU	SIU	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk Valentina Zevallos, Ella Swansiger	+4.9
Set 4
1	1-0	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	McKenzie Moeller	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+2.5
2	1-1	VALPO	SIU×9	Attack err	Ava Helming		+2.0
3	1-2	SIU	SIU×9	Attack err	Jessica Pickett		+2.8
4	1-3	SIU	SIU×9	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+2.9
5	1-4	SIU	SIU×9	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Alexandria Arrington, Beatriz Piaia	+2.9
6	1-5	SIU	SIU×9	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+2.9
7	1-6	SIU	SIU×9	Kill	Beatriz Piaia		+2.7
8	1-7	SIU	SIU×9	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Danica Goch	+2.5
9	1-8	SIU	SIU×9	Bad set	Olivia Wagner		+2.2
10	1-9	SIU	SIU×9	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+1.8
11	2-9	SIU	VALPO×3	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Ava Helming, Jessica Pickett	+1.1
12	3-9	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Ava Helming	+1.7
13	4-9	VALPO	VALPO×3	Ace	Valparaiso	aced McKenzie Moeller	+2.0
14	4-10	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+2.0
15	5-10	SIU	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+1.5
16	6-10	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+2.4
17	7-10	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Alexandria Arrington		+2.7
18	7-11	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+2.5
19	8-11	SIU	VALPO	Attack err	Natalie Vance		+2.1
20	8-12	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Valentina Zevallos	set Lillian Dempkey	+2.6
21	8-13	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Olivia Wagner		+3.0
22	9-13	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+1.8
23	9-14	VALPO	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+2.3
24	10-14	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Jordyn Gove	+1.8
25	11-14	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+2.8
26	11-15	VALPO	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+2.7
27	12-15	SIU	VALPO	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+2.2
28	12-16	VALPO	SIU	Attack err	Keira Lucas		+2.8
29	13-16	SIU	VALPO	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+2.2
30	13-17	VALPO	SIU	Blocked	Jessica Pickett	blk Beatriz Piaia	+2.9
31	13-18	SIU	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+3.1
32	14-18	SIU	VALPO×5	Kill	Olivia Wagner	set Keira Lucas	+1.6
33	15-18	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+2.9
34	16-18	VALPO	VALPO×5	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+3.6
35	17-18	VALPO	VALPO×5	Ace	Valparaiso	aced McKenzie Moeller	+4.3
36	18-18	VALPO	VALPO×5	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+4.9
37	18-19	VALPO	SIU×4	Serve err	Valparaiso		+4.2
38	18-20	SIU	SIU×4	Blocked	Jessica Pickett	blk Valentina Zevallos	+5.6
39	18-21	SIU	SIU×4	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Maggie Uhwat	+5.1
40	18-22	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+4.0
41	19-22	SIU	VALPO×4	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+1.7
42	20-22	VALPO	VALPO×4	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Olivia Wagner, Maddie Steele	+3.6
43	21-22	VALPO	VALPO×4	Bad set	Lillian Dempkey		+5.3
44	22-22	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+7.2
45	22-23	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+6.9
46	23-23	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+6.5
47	24-23	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Natalie Vance	blk Ava Helming, Maddie Steele	+10.6
48	24-24	VALPO	SIU×3	Serve err	Valparaiso		+8.1
49	24-25	SIU	SIU×3	Blocked	Maggie Uhwat	blk McKenzie Moeller, Beatriz Piaia	+11.3
50	24-26	SIU	SIU×3	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+11.4
Set 5
1	1-0	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+6.1
2	1-1	VALPO	SIU	Serve err	Valparaiso		+6.3
3	2-1	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+6.4
4	2-2	VALPO	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Ella McFarland	+6.6
5	3-2	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+6.6
6	3-3	VALPO	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+6.9
7	3-4	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+9.7
8	4-4	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Maddie Steele	set Olivia Wagner	+7.2
9	4-5	VALPO	SIU×3	Serve err	Valparaiso		+7.9
10	4-6	SIU	SIU×3	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Rylee Bumgardner	+10.6
11	4-7	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	McKenzie Moeller		+10.2
12	5-7	SIU	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Jordyn Gove	+6.5
13	5-8	VALPO	SIU×8	Serve err	Valparaiso		+8.3
14	5-9	SIU	SIU×8	Attack err	Maddie Steele		+9.3
15	5-10	SIU	SIU×8	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Beatriz Piaia, Natalie Vance	+7.2
16	5-11	SIU	SIU×8	Attack err	Ava Helming		+4.9
17	5-12	SIU	SIU×8	Attack err	Ava Helming		+2.7
18	5-13	SIU	SIU×8	Kill	Beatriz Piaia		+1.2
19	5-14	SIU	SIU×8	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+0.3
20	5-15	SIU	SIU×8	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Valparaiso 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).

Southern Ill. def. Valparaiso 3–2

Jillian Shaneyfelt dug 30 balls to keep Southern Ill. alive against Valparaiso.