Western Ill. def. Tennessee State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 3)

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Ill. 86.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Western Ill. won at Tennessee St. 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-20) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Western Ill.'s Kennedy Adair led with 13 kills.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W ILL	25	25	25	3
TENNST	18	23	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Western Ill. swept Tennessee St. without a set decided by more than seven and led every phase.

The biggest single-rally swing was 2.5 points, and Tennessee St.'s high was 17% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. RallyIQ gave Western Ill. 87% before first serve.

Western Ill.Tennessee St.

Break %+11.5 pts
48.637.1
On serve: 36/74 against 23/62 (Tennessee St. sideout 51.4%).
Hitting+.080
.250.170
42 K / 15 E against 34 K / 17 E.
Longest run+1
54
From 16–16 in the second set, Western Ill. scored 5 straight to lead 21–16. That set ended 25–23.

Tennessee St. above 50Western Ill. belowMax swing 2.5%

Western Ill.Tennessee St.

Aces: Western Ill. 6·Tennessee St. 3
Serve err: Western Ill. 8·Tennessee St. 7
Blocks: Western Ill. 4·Tennessee St. 30 BS · 8 BA vs 2 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Western Ill. 48·Tennessee St. 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Tennessee St. above 50 · Western Ill. below

Biggest swing: 2.5% to Western Ill. — set 2, W ILL 25-23 TENNST. Kill by Kennedy Adair (set by Jaleah Bauss). TENNST win probability 5% → 2%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W ILL 84.0%16.0% TENNST

Western Ill. wins

3-0

35.9%

3-1

31.2%

3-2

17.0%

Tennessee St. wins

3-0

2.4%

3-1

5.2%

3-2

8.4%

W ILL break %: 47.1% vs this opp
TENNST break %: 39.5% 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
Kennedy AdairKill+2.5%
Kill by Kennedy Adair (set by Jaleah Bauss)
Set 2 · W ILL 25-23 TENNST · W ILL 95% → 98%
02
Ashlee MarkertKill+2.0%
Kill by Ashlee Markert (set by Karlie Lane)
Set 2 · W ILL 24-22 TENNST · W ILL 95% → 96%
03
Kennedy AdairAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Kennedy Adair
Set 1 · W ILL 6-8 TENNST · TENNST 15% → 17%
04
Gabrielle WashingtonKill+1.7%
Kill by Gabrielle Washington (set by Triniti Jackson)
Set 2 · W ILL 23-22 TENNST · TENNST 4% → 5%
05
Sydney RobinsonAttack error+1.7%
Attack error by Sydney Robinson
Set 1 · W ILL 8-8 TENNST · W ILL 84% → 86%
06
Georgia HaynesAttack error+1.6%
Attack error by Georgia Haynes
Set 1 · W ILL 5-6 TENNST · TENNST 13% → 15%
07
Gabrielle WashingtonAttack error+1.6%
Attack error by Gabrielle Washington
Set 1 · W ILL 10-9 TENNST · W ILL 86% → 88%
08
Triniti JacksonKill+1.5%
Kill by Triniti Jackson (set by Jordan Imperial)
Set 2 · W ILL 12-13 TENNST · TENNST 8% → 9%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Ill.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
12Kennedy AdairOH	3	13	4	31	.290	0	1	0	10	2	2	1	15
8Ashlee MarkertOH	3	8	4	25	.160	1	1	3	8	0	0	0	9
1Georgia HaynesOH	3	8	5	19	.158	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
10Maria Eduarda Pereira TonellaMB	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	5
9Hillary EstesMB	3	4	2	16	.125	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4
15Jaleah BaussS	3	1	0	1	1.000	18	1	2	3	0	0	0	2
17Emilia KouriOH	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	0	4	0	1	0.5	5.5
6Madelyn NortonS	3	0	0	1	.000	15	2	1	6	0	0	0	2
5Grace UlatowskiOH	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	1
4Karlie LaneL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
16Melaina HawblitzelOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	15	108	.250	39	6	8	48	3	8	4	75

Tennessee St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Gabrielle WashingtonMB	3	8	3	13	.385	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
11Wiktoria JakubikOH	3	7	3	26	.154	0	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	8
16Sydney RobinsonMB	3	8	3	23	.217	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8
15Triniti JacksonS	3	6	3	14	.214	18	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	6
1Carsyn StansberryOH	3	4	4	13	.000	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
13Gabriella BlevinsMB	3	1	1	8	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2
6Mimi HarrisS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Italya CarterS	3	0	0	3	.000	9	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
4Jordan ImperialL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
9Morgan FowlerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3Sydni PostonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	17	100	.170	33	3	7	48	6	2	2	3	61

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.

Western Ill. vs Tennessee St.

Season series · Western Ill. leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 2, 2026Western Ill. at Tennessee St. · Western Ill. won 3-1Result →
Sat, Oct 3, 2026Western Ill. at Tennessee St. · Western Ill. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 W ILL · TENNST 4

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 W ILLTENNST 4

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 5 W ILLTENNST 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 5 W ILLTENNST 3

Bars above the line = Tennessee 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	62%8/13	42%5/12
2	53%8/15	33%4/12
3	55%6/11	50%6/12
4	60%6/10	57%8/14
5	86%6/7	50%6/12
6	83%5/6	58%7/12
All	63%39/62	49%36/74

Tennessee St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	33%3/9
2	47%7/15	38%5/13
3	60%6/10	46%6/13
4	38%6/16	33%3/9
5	67%6/9	45%5/11
6	45%5/11	14%1/7
All	51%38/74	37%23/62

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

136 rallies

#	W ILL-TENNST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W ILL	TENNST	Serve err	Western Ill.		+1.1
2	1-1	TENNST	W ILL×4	Kill	Hillary Estes	set Jaleah Bauss	+1.0
3	2-1	W ILL	W ILL×4	Bad set	Triniti Jackson		+1.2
4	3-1	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss	+1.1
5	4-1	W ILL	W ILL×4	Attack err	Gabrielle Washington		+1.0
6	4-2	W ILL	TENNST×3	Serve err	Western Ill.		+0.8
7	4-3	TENNST	TENNST×3	Attack err	Georgia Haynes		+1.2
8	4-4	TENNST	TENNST×3	Blocked	Hillary Estes	blk Gabriella Blevins	+1.4
9	5-4	TENNST	W ILL	Attack err	Wiktoria Jakubik		+1.0
10	5-5	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson	+1.1
11	5-6	TENNST	TENNST	Attack err	Georgia Haynes		+1.6
12	6-6	TENNST	W ILL	Serve err	Tennessee St.		+1.1
13	6-7	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson	+1.3
14	6-8	TENNST	TENNST	Attack err	Kennedy Adair		+1.9
15	7-8	TENNST	W ILL	Serve err	Tennessee St.		+1.3
16	8-8	W ILL	W ILL	Attack err	Sydney Robinson		+1.7
17	8-9	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Triniti Jackson	+1.4
18	9-9	TENNST	W ILL	Serve err	Tennessee St.		+1.3
19	10-9	W ILL	W ILL	Attack err	Gabrielle Washington		+1.6
20	10-10	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Triniti Jackson	+1.3
21	11-10	TENNST	W ILL×4	Kill	Hillary Estes	set Madelyn Norton	+1.3
22	12-10	W ILL	W ILL×4	Bad set	Triniti Jackson		+1.5
23	13-10	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Ashlee Markert		+1.3
24	14-10	W ILL	W ILL×4	Ace	Western Ill.		+1.0
25	14-11	W ILL	TENNST	Serve err	Western Ill.		+0.7
26	15-11	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.8
27	16-11	W ILL	W ILL	Ace	Western Ill.		+0.8
28	16-12	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Triniti Jackson	+0.5
29	17-12	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.6
30	18-12	W ILL	W ILL	Attack err	Gabriella Blevins		+0.5
31	18-13	W ILL	TENNST	Serve err	Western Ill.		+0.3
32	19-13	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.4
33	19-14	W ILL	TENNST×4	Serve err	Western Ill.		+0.3
34	19-15	TENNST	TENNST×4	Attack err	Ashlee Markert		+0.6
35	19-16	TENNST	TENNST×4	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Triniti Jackson	+0.9
36	19-17	TENNST	TENNST×4	Attack err	Kennedy Adair		+1.4
37	20-17	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella	set Madelyn Norton	+1.3
38	21-17	W ILL	W ILL	Blocked	Sydney Robinson	blk Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella, Kennedy Adair	+1.2
39	21-18	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Italya Carter	+0.6
40	22-18	TENNST	W ILL×4	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Madelyn Norton	+0.9
41	23-18	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Hillary Estes		+0.6
42	24-18	W ILL	W ILL×4	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Madelyn Norton	+0.2
43	25-18	W ILL	W ILL×4	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Sydney Robinson	·
Set 2
1	1-0	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.6
2	1-1	W ILL	TENNST	Blocked	Hillary Estes	blk Gabrielle Washington, Carsyn Stansberry	+0.7
3	1-2	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Jordan Imperial	+1.0
4	2-2	TENNST	W ILL×3	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Ashlee Markert	+0.7
5	3-2	W ILL	W ILL×3	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.9
6	4-2	W ILL	W ILL×3	Blocked	Wiktoria Jakubik	blk Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella, Georgia Haynes	+0.8
7	4-3	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Gabriella Blevins	set Triniti Jackson	+0.6
8	4-4	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Triniti Jackson	set Italya Carter	+1.0
9	5-4	TENNST	W ILL×3	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.7
10	6-4	W ILL	W ILL×3	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Sydni Poston	+0.9
11	7-4	W ILL	W ILL×3	Kill	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella	set Madelyn Norton	+0.8
12	7-5	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Triniti Jackson	set Italya Carter	+0.6
13	8-5	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Madelyn Norton	+0.6
14	8-6	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Triniti Jackson	set Jordan Imperial	+0.6
15	9-6	TENNST	W ILL	Blocked	Gabrielle Washington	blk Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella, Emilia Kouri	+0.6
16	10-6	W ILL	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Madelyn Norton	+0.7
17	10-7	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Triniti Jackson	+0.5
18	11-7	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Madelyn Norton	+0.5
19	11-8	W ILL	TENNST×3	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Triniti Jackson	+0.5
20	11-9	TENNST	TENNST×3	Attack err	Georgia Haynes		+0.8
21	11-10	TENNST	TENNST×3	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Jaleah Bauss	+1.0
22	12-10	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Hillary Estes	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.8
23	12-11	W ILL	TENNST×3	Serve err	Western Ill.		+0.8
24	12-12	TENNST	TENNST×3	Kill	Carsyn Stansberry	set Triniti Jackson	+1.3
25	12-13	TENNST	TENNST×3	Kill	Triniti Jackson	set Jordan Imperial	+1.5
26	13-13	TENNST	W ILL×3	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss	+1.1
27	14-13	W ILL	W ILL×3	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss	+1.4
28	15-13	W ILL	W ILL×3	Blocked	Carsyn Stansberry	blk Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella, Kennedy Adair	+1.2
29	15-14	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Triniti Jackson	set Sydni Poston	+0.9
30	15-15	TENNST	TENNST	Attack err	Kennedy Adair		+1.5
31	16-15	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss	+1.1
32	16-16	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Italya Carter	+1.2
33	17-16	TENNST	W ILL×5	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Madelyn Norton	+1.2
34	18-16	W ILL	W ILL×5	Bad set	Italya Carter		+1.5
35	19-16	W ILL	W ILL×5	Kill	Maria Eduarda Pereira Tonella		+1.2
36	20-16	W ILL	W ILL×5	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Grace Ulatowski	+0.9
37	21-16	W ILL	W ILL×5	Ace	Western Ill.		+0.5
38	21-17	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Italya Carter	+0.3
39	21-18	TENNST	TENNST	Ace	Tennessee St.	aced Kennedy Adair	+0.6
40	22-18	TENNST	W ILL	Serve err	Tennessee St.		+0.6
41	22-19	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Italya Carter	+0.4
42	22-20	TENNST	TENNST	Bad set	Emilia Kouri		+1.0
43	23-20	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Madelyn Norton	+1.1
44	23-21	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Triniti Jackson	+0.7
45	23-22	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Triniti Jackson	+1.7
46	24-22	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Karlie Lane	+2.0
47	24-23	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Carsyn Stansberry	set Triniti Jackson	+1.2
48	25-23	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss	+2.5
Set 3
1	0-1	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Triniti Jackson	+0.4
2	0-2	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Carsyn Stansberry	set Sydni Poston	+0.5
3	1-2	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.4
4	1-3	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Jordan Imperial	+0.4
5	2-3	TENNST	W ILL	Serve err	Tennessee St.		+0.4
6	2-4	W ILL	TENNST	Serve err	Western Ill.		+0.4
7	2-5	TENNST	TENNST	Kill	Wiktoria Jakubik	set Italya Carter	+0.6
8	3-5	TENNST	W ILL×3	Serve err	Tennessee St.		+0.4
9	4-5	W ILL	W ILL×3	Attack err	Triniti Jackson		+0.5
10	5-5	W ILL	W ILL×3	Ace	Western Ill.	aced Sydney Robinson	+0.5
11	5-6	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Triniti Jackson	set Italya Carter	+0.4
12	6-6	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Madelyn Norton	+0.4
13	6-7	W ILL	TENNST	Blocked	Ashlee Markert	blk Gabrielle Washington	+0.4
14	7-7	TENNST	W ILL×3	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Madelyn Norton	+0.4
15	8-7	W ILL	W ILL×3	Kill	Emilia Kouri	set Grace Ulatowski	+0.5
16	9-7	W ILL	W ILL×3	Attack err	Carsyn Stansberry		+0.5
17	9-8	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Triniti Jackson	+0.4
18	10-8	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Karlie Lane	+0.4
19	11-8	W ILL	W ILL	Attack err	Carsyn Stansberry		+0.4
20	11-9	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Triniti Jackson	+0.3
21	11-10	TENNST	TENNST	Attack err	Ashlee Markert		+0.5
22	12-10	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.4
23	12-11	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Carsyn Stansberry	set Triniti Jackson	+0.4
24	13-11	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.4
25	14-11	W ILL	W ILL	Attack err	Wiktoria Jakubik		+0.5
26	14-12	W ILL	TENNST	Attack err	Ashlee Markert		+0.3
27	14-13	TENNST	TENNST	Ace	Tennessee St.	aced Kennedy Adair	+0.5
28	15-13	TENNST	W ILL×5	Kill	Georgia Haynes	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.4
29	16-13	W ILL	W ILL×5	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Madelyn Norton	+0.5
30	17-13	W ILL	W ILL×5	Attack err	Triniti Jackson		+0.4
31	18-13	W ILL	W ILL×5	Attack err	Triniti Jackson		+0.3
32	19-13	W ILL	W ILL×5	Attack err	Sydney Robinson		+0.2
33	19-14	W ILL	TENNST	Attack err	Kennedy Adair		+0.1
34	20-14	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Madelyn Norton	+0.1
35	20-15	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Washington	set Italya Carter	+0.1
36	21-15	TENNST	W ILL	Attack err	Carsyn Stansberry		+0.1
37	21-16	W ILL	TENNST	Kill	Sydney Robinson	set Triniti Jackson	+0.1
38	22-16	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Ashlee Markert	set Madelyn Norton	+0.1
39	23-16	W ILL	W ILL	Kill	Kennedy Adair	set Jaleah Bauss	+0.1
40	23-17	W ILL	TENNST	Attack err	Georgia Haynes		·
41	24-17	TENNST	W ILL	Kill	Jaleah Bauss	set Grace Ulatowski	·
42	24-18	W ILL	TENNST×3	Serve err	Western Ill.		·
43	24-19	TENNST	TENNST×3	Attack err	Georgia Haynes		·
44	24-20	TENNST	TENNST×3	Ace	Tennessee St.		·
45	25-20	TENNST	W ILL	Serve err	Tennessee St.		+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Western Ill. 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).

Western Ill. def. Tennessee St. 3–0

Western Ill. swept Tennessee St. without a set decided by more than seven and led every phase.