Illinois State def. Valparaiso 3-1 Volleyball (Oct 30)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 30, 2026ESPN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Illinois St. 78.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Illinois St. beat visiting Valparaiso 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-23) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Illinois St.'s Emilija Arsic led with 17 kills, and Samantha Bunch added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:50 PM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
VALPO	25	19	25	23	1
ILL ST	23	25	27	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Down 0–4 in the third, Illinois St. took the set and then the match.

2 stretches decided it. Percentages are Illinois St.'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Illinois St. went in as RallyIQ's 78% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Valparaiso 22–22 Illinois St.
Valparaiso closed it, 3 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 25–23 and lead 1–0.
Illinois St. 75% → 58%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · Valparaiso 24–24 Illinois St.
3 of the last 4 rallies went to Illinois St., enough to take the set 27–25 and lead 2–1.
Illinois St. 67% → 88%

Illinois St. above 50Valparaiso belowMax swing 12.8%

ValparaisoIllinois St.

Sideout %: Valparaiso 62.6·Illinois St. 67.7
Break %: Valparaiso 32.3·Illinois St. 37.4
Hitting: Valparaiso .276·Illinois St. .270
Longest run: Valparaiso 4·Illinois St. 6

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Illinois St. above 50 · Valparaiso below

Biggest swing: 12.8% to Illinois St. — set 3, VALPO 24-24 ILL ST. Attack error by Jessica Pickett. ILL ST win probability 54% → 67%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VALPO 26.5%73.5% ILL ST

Valparaiso wins

3-0

4.8%

3-1

9.2%

3-2

12.6%

Illinois St. wins

3-0

25.8%

3-1

28.1%

3-2

19.5%

VALPO break %: 41.1% vs this opp
ILL ST break %: 45.9% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Jessica PickettAttack error+12.8%
Attack error by Jessica Pickett
Set 3 · VALPO 24-24 ILL ST · ILL ST 54% → 67%
02
Jillian Ferrill&Ayla KlingenbergBlock+11.2%
Sarah Pippin stuffed by Jillian Ferrill & Ayla Klingenberg
Set 3 · VALPO 24-25 ILL ST · ILL ST 67% → 78%
03
Kyla BellichAttack error+9.8%
Attack error by Kyla Bellich
Set 3 · VALPO 25-27 ILL ST · ILL ST 78% → 88%
04
Maggie UhwatKill+9.5%
Kill by Maggie Uhwat (set by Mia McCall)
Set 1 · VALPO 25-23 ILL ST · VALPO 32% → 42%
05
Ayla KlingenbergAttack error+8.8%
Attack error by Ayla Klingenberg
Set 3 · VALPO 25-25 ILL ST · VALPO 22% → 30%
06
Emilija ArsicKill+8.8%
Kill by Emilija Arsic (set by Ella Kohnen)
Set 3 · VALPO 25-26 ILL ST · ILL ST 70% → 78%
07
Jessica PickettKill+8.3%
Kill by Jessica Pickett (set by Olivia Wagner)
Set 3 · VALPO 24-22 ILL ST · VALPO 42% → 50%
08
Kyla BellichAttack error+7.9%
Attack error by Kyla Bellich
Set 4 · VALPO 23-25 ILL ST · ILL ST 92% → 100%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Valparaisoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Ava HelmingOH	4	17	1	30	.533	0	0	5	11	3	0	1	0.5	17.5
4Jordyn GoveOH	4	14	6	41	.195	0	0	2	11	2	0	2	1	15
9Kyla BellichMB	4	6	3	15	.200	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	6.5
11Maggie UhwatOH	4	5	1	16	.250	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	5
6Mia McCallS	4	0	0	0	–	30	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
21Sarah PippinOH	3	5	6	20	-.050	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
27Jessica PickettMB	4	15	3	28	.429	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	16
14Keira LucasOH	4	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	9	2	0	0	0	2
2Olivia WagnerS	4	0	0	2	.000	28	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
1Rylee BumgardnerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
12Maddie SteeleMB	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31Mia LibertiDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		62	20	152	.276	61	2	11	58	8	1	6	4	92

Illinois St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Emilija ArsicOH	4	17	3	42	.333	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	0	19
1Ruth ZieglerOPP	4	11	3	25	.320	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
18Ayla KlingenbergMB	4	4	3	15	.067	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	7
16Abby ReckOH	4	3	1	8	.250	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
9Ella CraggsS	4	0	0	1	.000	27	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
10Oliwia CaputaOH	1	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Jillian GregoryOH	4	13	5	32	.250	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
14Jillian FerrillOH	4	10	3	25	.280	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
5Samantha BunchL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	3	3	15	2	0	0	0	3
3Ella KohnenS	4	0	0	0	–	20	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
17Peyton TurnerDS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
4Madison SmithL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		60	19	152	.270	56	8	9	64	2	1	10	6	100

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.

Valparaiso vs Illinois St.

Season series · Illinois St. leads 2-0

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 VALPO · ILL ST 6

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 4 VALPOILL ST 3

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 VALPOILL ST 6

Set 3

25-27

Longest run 4 VALPOILL ST 4

Set 4

23-25

Longest run 3 VALPOILL ST 3

Bars above the line = Illinois St. 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	60%12/20	33%5/15
2	55%11/20	33%6/18
3	85%11/13	15%2/13
4	53%10/19	31%5/16
5	64%9/14	33%5/15
6	69%9/13	44%7/16
All	63%62/99	32%30/93

Illinois St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%12/16	17%2/12
2	75%12/16	45%10/22
3	79%11/14	35%6/17
4	69%11/16	45%9/20
5	56%9/16	36%5/14
6	53%8/15	36%5/14
All	68%63/93	37%37/99

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 4 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

192 rallies

#	VALPO-ILL ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Mia McCall	+1.5
2	1-1	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+1.4
3	2-1	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+1.5
4	2-2	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.4
5	3-2	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+1.6
6	3-3	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+1.5
7	4-3	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.6
8	4-4	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.5
9	4-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa		+1.8
10	5-5	ILL ST	VALPO×4	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+1.5
11	6-5	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+2.1
12	7-5	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.3
13	8-5	VALPO	VALPO×4	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+2.3
14	8-6	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Emilija Arsic	+1.6
15	9-6	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.9
16	10-6	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Keira Lucas	+2.4
17	10-7	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.6
18	11-7	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.0
19	11-8	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+1.6
20	11-9	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.3
21	12-9	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+2.1
22	12-10	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+1.8
23	13-10	ILL ST	VALPO	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Jordyn Gove, Jessica Pickett	+2.2
24	13-11	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.9
25	13-12	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Peyton Turner	+2.5
26	14-12	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+2.4
27	15-12	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+2.9
28	15-13	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+2.0
29	15-14	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+2.7
30	16-14	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.6
31	17-14	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+3.2
32	17-15	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ayla Klingenberg	set Ella Kohnen	+2.1
33	18-15	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Mia McCall	+2.7
34	18-16	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.1
35	19-16	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+2.8
36	19-17	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+2.2
37	20-17	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+3.0
38	20-18	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.2
39	21-18	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+3.2
40	21-19	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Sarah Pippin		+2.2
41	21-20	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Ayla Klingenberg, Jillian Ferrill	+3.7
42	21-21	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+4.5
43	22-21	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+4.4
44	22-22	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ayla Klingenberg	set Ella Kohnen	+4.1
45	23-22	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Mia McCall	+5.2
46	23-23	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+4.8
47	24-23	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+6.7
48	25-23	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+9.5
Set 2
1	0-1	VALPO	ILL ST×6	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+1.9
2	0-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.3
3	0-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.1
4	0-4	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Keira Lucas	+1.8
5	0-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Attack err	Jessica Pickett		+1.6
6	0-6	ILL ST	ILL ST×6	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+1.3
7	1-6	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.9
8	1-7	VALPO	ILL ST	Blocked	Jordyn Gove	blk Ruth Ziegler, Ayla Klingenberg	+1.0
9	2-7	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Olivia Wagner	+0.9
10	2-8	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.0
11	2-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Jillian Gregory, Ayla Klingenberg	+1.0
12	2-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Jordyn Gove	+0.8
13	3-10	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Mia McCall	+0.5
14	3-11	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+0.6
15	4-11	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.5
16	5-11	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Jillian Gregory	blk Kyla Bellich, Ava Helming	+0.8
17	5-12	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.8
18	6-12	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.7
19	6-13	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.8
20	7-13	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+0.6
21	7-14	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Peyton Turner	+0.8
22	8-14	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+0.6
23	9-14	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+1.1
24	10-14	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Sarah Pippin	set Olivia Wagner	+1.5
25	10-15	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ayla Klingenberg	set Ella Craggs	+1.4
26	10-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+1.3
27	10-17	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill		+0.9
28	11-17	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+0.5
29	11-18	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.7
30	12-18	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+0.5
31	13-18	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Sarah Pippin	+0.9
32	13-19	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.0
33	14-19	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+0.7
34	15-19	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+1.3
35	15-20	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Kohnen	+1.4
36	15-21	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Kyla Bellich		+1.1
37	16-21	ILL ST	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+0.5
38	17-21	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+1.1
39	17-22	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+1.3
40	18-22	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+0.7
41	18-23	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+1.1
42	19-23	ILL ST	VALPO	Attack err	Ayla Klingenberg		+0.5
43	19-24	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.9
44	19-25	ILL ST	ILL ST	Blocked	Jessica Pickett	blk Ayla Klingenberg	+0.3
Set 3
1	1-0	ILL ST	VALPO×4	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.3
2	2-0	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+3.0
3	3-0	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+3.1
4	4-0	VALPO	VALPO×4	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+3.2
5	4-1	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.2
6	4-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.9
7	4-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.9
8	5-3	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.6
9	5-4	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+2.4
10	6-4	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+2.7
11	6-5	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.4
12	6-6	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Keira Lucas	+3.1
13	6-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Sarah Pippin		+2.9
14	7-7	ILL ST	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+2.5
15	8-7	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+3.4
16	8-8	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ayla Klingenberg	set Ella Kohnen	+2.6
17	9-8	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+2.8
18	9-9	VALPO	ILL ST×4	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+2.6
19	9-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+3.3
20	9-11	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Blocked	Ava Helming	blk Jillian Ferrill, Abby Reck	+3.0
21	9-12	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Kyla Bellich	+2.7
22	10-12	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Serve err	Illinois St.		+2.1
23	11-12	VALPO	VALPO×3	Ace	Keira Lucas	aced Samantha Bunch	+3.1
24	12-12	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+3.6
25	12-13	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Kohnen	+2.9
26	13-13	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Mia McCall	+3.1
27	13-14	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+3.0
28	14-14	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Olivia Wagner	+3.2
29	15-14	VALPO	VALPO	Blocked	Abby Reck	blk Jordyn Gove, Jessica Pickett	+4.5
30	15-15	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+3.4
31	16-15	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+3.8
32	17-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+5.1
33	18-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett		+5.0
34	18-16	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Valparaiso		+3.2
35	19-16	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+4.3
36	19-17	VALPO	ILL ST	Attack err	Sarah Pippin		+3.3
37	20-17	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+4.5
38	20-18	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+3.4
39	21-18	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Mia McCall	+4.8
40	21-19	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+3.4
41	21-20	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ruth Ziegler	+5.6
42	22-20	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+6.1
43	22-21	VALPO	ILL ST	Attack err	Maggie Uhwat		+4.7
44	23-21	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Olivia Wagner	+7.0
45	23-22	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+4.9
46	24-22	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+8.3
47	24-23	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+4.8
48	24-24	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Jessica Pickett		+12.8
49	24-25	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Sarah Pippin	blk Jillian Ferrill, Ayla Klingenberg	+11.2
50	25-25	ILL ST	VALPO	Attack err	Ayla Klingenberg		+8.8
51	25-26	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+8.8
52	25-27	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Kyla Bellich		+9.8
Set 4
1	0-1	VALPO	ILL ST	Bad set	Rylee Bumgardner		+1.6
2	1-1	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Samantha Bunch		+1.7
3	2-1	VALPO	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Maggie Uhwat	+2.3
4	2-2	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+1.7
5	2-3	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+2.1
6	3-3	ILL ST	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+1.8
7	3-4	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.7
8	4-4	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+1.8
9	4-5	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.8
10	5-5	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+1.9
11	6-5	VALPO	VALPO	Ace	Keira Lucas	aced Samantha Bunch	+2.6
12	6-6	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Samantha Bunch	+1.9
13	7-6	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Ava Helming	set Mia McCall	+2.1
14	7-7	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+2.0
15	7-8	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Emilija Arsic	aced Keira Lucas	+2.5
16	8-8	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Emilija Arsic		+2.1
17	9-8	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+2.8
18	9-9	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Ava Helming		+2.1
19	10-9	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+2.4
20	10-10	VALPO	ILL ST	Serve err	Maggie Uhwat		+2.2
21	11-10	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Olivia Wagner	+2.5
22	11-11	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.3
23	12-11	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+2.6
24	12-12	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.4
25	12-13	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Jordyn Gove		+3.0
26	13-13	ILL ST	VALPO	Serve err	Abby Reck		+2.5
27	13-14	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.4
28	13-15	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Ella Kohnen	aced Jordyn Gove	+2.9
29	14-15	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Kill	Maggie Uhwat	set Mia McCall	+2.3
30	15-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+3.4
31	16-15	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Ayla Klingenberg		+3.8
32	16-16	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+2.9
33	17-16	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+3.3
34	17-17	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Serve err	Ava Helming		+3.1
35	17-18	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Samantha Bunch	aced Ava Helming	+3.9
36	17-19	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Samantha Bunch	aced Ava Helming	+3.6
37	18-19	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jessica Pickett	set Olivia Wagner	+2.7
38	18-20	VALPO	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+3.1
39	18-21	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Ella Craggs	aced Ava Helming	+3.2
40	18-22	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+2.2
41	19-22	ILL ST	VALPO	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Maddie Steele	+1.1
42	20-22	VALPO	VALPO	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+2.3
43	20-23	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+2.7
44	21-23	ILL ST	VALPO×3	Kill	Jordyn Gove	set Mia McCall	+1.7
45	22-23	VALPO	VALPO×3	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+4.0
46	23-23	VALPO	VALPO×3	Kill	Kyla Bellich	set Mia McCall	+6.9
47	23-24	VALPO	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Peyton Turner	+7.1
48	23-25	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Kyla Bellich		+7.9

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).

Illinois St. def. Valparaiso 3–1

Down 0–4 in the third, Illinois St. took the set and then the match.