Loyola Chicago def. Saint Louis 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 29)

FinalTue, Sep 29, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Loyola Chicago 71.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Sep 29, 3:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Loyola Chicago beat visiting Saint Louis 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, 25-21) on Tue, Sep 29, 2026. Leyna Nguyen led Loyola Chicago with 10 kills; Saint Louis' Ellie Rink had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ST LOU	15	22	21	0
LOYCHI	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Loyola Chicago above 50 · Saint Louis below

Biggest swing: 2.9% to Saint Louis — set 2, ST LOU 18-16 LOYCHI. Avary DeBlieck stuffed by Tamia Maddox & J'La Sparks. LOYCHI win probability 85% → 82%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ST LOU 21.6%78.4% LOYCHI

Saint Louis wins

3-0

3.6%

3-1

7.2%

3-2

10.7%

Loyola Chicago wins

3-0

30.0%

3-1

29.8%

3-2

18.6%

ST LOU break %: 39.1% vs this opp
LOYCHI break %: 45.1% 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
Tamia Maddox&J'La SparksBlock+2.9%
Avary DeBlieck stuffed by Tamia Maddox & J'La Sparks
Set 2 · ST LOU 18-16 LOYCHI · ST LOU 15% → 18%
02
Claire Van Den HerikKill+2.8%
Kill by Claire Van Den Herik (set by Sam Falk)
Set 2 · ST LOU 18-19 LOYCHI · LOYCHI 86% → 89%
03
Leyna NguyenKill+2.8%
Kill by Leyna Nguyen (set by Emma Henry)
Set 2 · ST LOU 18-18 LOYCHI · LOYCHI 84% → 86%
04
J'La SparksKill+2.7%
Kill by J'La Sparks (set by Jetta Brenning)
Set 2 · ST LOU 17-16 LOYCHI · ST LOU 13% → 15%
05
Loyola ChicagoAce+2.5%
Loyola Chicago ace on Ellie Rink
Set 2 · ST LOU 18-20 LOYCHI · LOYCHI 89% → 92%
06
Leyna NguyenKill+2.4%
Kill by Leyna Nguyen (set by Mya Ball)
Set 2 · ST LOU 21-23 LOYCHI · LOYCHI 91% → 93%
07
Tamia MaddoxKill+2.3%
Kill by Tamia Maddox (set by Lara Zigic)
Set 2 · ST LOU 16-16 LOYCHI · ST LOU 10% → 13%
08
Katie Scherer&Avary DeBlieckBlock+2.2%
Ellie Rink stuffed by Katie Scherer & Avary DeBlieck
Set 2 · ST LOU 21-24 LOYCHI · LOYCHI 93% → 95%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Saint Louisaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Ellie RinkOH	3	12	4	32	.250	0	1	1	3	3	0	2	1	14
12Tamia MaddoxOH	3	8	6	25	.080	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	1	9
16J'La SparksMB	3	6	2	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	8
21Kayla JansenMB	3	2	1	5	.200	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
14Jetta BrenningS	3	0	2	4	-.500	24	0	1	8	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
6Tea KalajdzicOH	2	2	4	12	-.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
23Lara ZigicL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
22Lucy RankinS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11Anna AlexanderOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Avery BoehmOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	20	91	.110	27	1	6	30	7	2	10	7	58

Loyola Chicagohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Leyna NguyenDS	3	10	7	27	.111	1	0	0	4	0	1	0.5	10.5
11Chloe Morgan	3	7	2	11	.455	0	0	0	1	0	6	3	10
8Claire Van Den HerikOH	3	7	1	13	.462	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	9
15Avary DeBlieckMB	3	6	3	17	.176	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	8
12Katie SchererOH	3	5	2	16	.188	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	7
6Mya BallS	3	1	0	1	1.000	22	4	2	4	0	0	0	5
7Kate MaleyOH	3	4	2	7	.286	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	4.5
4Sam FalkL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	2	3	9	0	0	0	2
5Emma HenryS	3	1	1	2	.000	12	0	1	2	0	0	0	1
1Jae FittingL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	1
Team totals		41	18	95	.242	40	7	8	32	1	20	10	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.

Saint Louis vs Loyola Chicago

Season series · Loyola Chicago leads 2-0

Tue, Sep 29, 2026Saint Louis at Loyola Chicago · Loyola Chicago won 3-0This match
Tue, Oct 27, 2026Loyola Chicago at Saint Louis · Loyola Chicago won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 ST LOU · LOYCHI 4

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 3 ST LOULOYCHI 4

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 4 ST LOULOYCHI 4

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 4 ST LOULOYCHI 4

Bars above the line = Loyola Chicago leads, below = Saint Louis leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Saint Louis

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	13%1/8
2	67%8/12	27%3/11
3	64%7/11	33%4/12
4	75%6/8	13%1/8
5	38%6/16	40%4/10
6	55%6/11	40%4/10
All	55%41/74	29%17/59

Loyola Chicago

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	50%7/14
2	89%8/9	38%5/13
3	73%8/11	33%4/12
4	75%6/8	33%3/9
5	50%6/12	45%5/11
6	75%6/8	60%9/15
All	71%42/59	45%33/74

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

133 rallies

#	ST LOU-LOYCHI	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Tamia Maddox	+1.7
2	0-2	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Lara Zigic	+1.6
3	0-3	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Blocked	Ellie Rink	blk Katie Scherer, Chloe Morgan	+1.4
4	1-3	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+1.0
5	1-4	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Attack err	Ellie Rink		+1.1
6	1-5	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Ellie Rink	blk Katie Scherer, Chloe Morgan	+1.3
7	2-5	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning	+0.9
8	2-6	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.9
9	3-6	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Kayla Jansen	set Jetta Brenning	+0.9
10	3-7	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+1.0
11	4-7	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+0.9
12	4-8	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Serve err	Saint Louis		+1.0
13	5-8	LOYCHI	ST LOU×3	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+0.9
14	6-8	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+1.6
15	7-8	ST LOU	ST LOU×3	Kill	J'La Sparks		+1.9
16	7-9	ST LOU	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Emma Henry	+1.4
17	7-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	J'La Sparks		+1.7
18	7-11	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Tamia Maddox		+1.5
19	7-12	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik		+1.2
20	8-12	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.7
21	9-12	ST LOU	ST LOU	Attack err	Claire Van Den Herik		+1.3
22	9-13	ST LOU	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Emma Henry	+1.1
23	9-14	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Tea Kalajdzic		+1.2
24	9-15	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Ace	Loyola Chicago		+0.9
25	9-16	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.6
26	10-16	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+0.3
27	10-17	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Mya Ball	+0.4
28	11-17	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Blocked	Chloe Morgan	blk Ellie Rink, Kayla Jansen	+0.3
29	11-18	ST LOU	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.4
30	11-19	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Kayla Jansen		+0.3
31	11-20	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Jetta Brenning		+0.2
32	11-21	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Blocked	Jetta Brenning	blk Avary DeBlieck, Katie Scherer	+0.1
33	12-21	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	·
34	12-22	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	·
35	13-22	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	·
36	13-23	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	·
37	14-23	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	·
38	14-24	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	·
39	15-24	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		·
40	15-25	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	·
Set 2
1	0-1	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Sam Falk	+1.0
2	1-1	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Lara Zigic	+1.0
3	1-2	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+1.0
4	2-2	LOYCHI	ST LOU×4	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+1.0
5	3-2	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+1.6
6	4-2	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Ace	Ellie Rink		+1.7
7	5-2	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+1.7
8	5-3	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+1.1
9	5-4	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Kill	Kate Maley	set Emma Henry	+1.6
10	6-4	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+1.3
11	7-4	ST LOU	ST LOU	Blocked	Avary DeBlieck	blk J'La Sparks	+1.8
12	7-5	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Emma Henry	+1.2
13	8-5	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Attack err	Emma Henry		+1.4
14	8-6	ST LOU	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Emma Henry	+1.2
15	8-7	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Blocked	Tea Kalajdzic	blk Claire Van Den Herik, Chloe Morgan	+1.7
16	8-8	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Tamia Maddox	+1.7
17	9-8	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Tea Kalajdzic	set Jetta Brenning	+1.4
18	10-8	ST LOU	ST LOU	Bad set	Emma Henry		+2.0
19	10-9	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Serve err	Saint Louis		+1.3
20	10-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Ellie Rink	+1.9
21	11-10	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+1.5
22	11-11	ST LOU	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Mya Ball	+1.4
23	11-12	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Blocked	Tea Kalajdzic	blk Leyna Nguyen, Chloe Morgan	+1.9
24	11-13	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+1.7
25	12-13	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+1.2
26	12-14	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+1.3
27	13-14	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Kayla Jansen	set Jetta Brenning	+1.3
28	13-15	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Mya Ball	+1.3
29	14-15	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+1.3
30	14-16	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Emma Henry	+1.4
31	15-16	LOYCHI	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Kate Maley		+1.4
32	16-16	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Lara Zigic	+2.3
33	17-16	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+2.7
34	18-16	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Blocked	Avary DeBlieck	blk Tamia Maddox, J'La Sparks	+2.9
35	18-17	ST LOU	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Emma Henry	+1.8
36	18-18	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Emma Henry	+2.8
37	18-19	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Sam Falk	+2.8
38	18-20	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Ellie Rink	+2.5
39	19-20	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+1.7
40	19-21	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Blocked	Tea Kalajdzic	blk Claire Van Den Herik, Chloe Morgan	+2.0
41	20-21	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+1.7
42	20-22	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Serve err	Saint Louis		+2.2
43	21-22	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+1.8
44	21-23	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+2.4
45	21-24	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Ellie Rink	blk Katie Scherer, Avary DeBlieck	+2.2
46	22-24	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+0.6
47	22-25	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+1.4
Set 3
1	1-0	LOYCHI	ST LOU×4	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.6
2	2-0	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Attack err	Chloe Morgan		+0.8
3	3-0	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.8
4	4-0	ST LOU	ST LOU×4	Blocked	Katie Scherer	blk Kayla Jansen	+0.9
5	4-1	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.5
6	4-2	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Attack err	Avery Boehm		+0.8
7	5-2	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.7
8	5-3	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.6
9	6-3	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+0.7
10	6-4	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Mya Ball	+0.6
11	7-4	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+0.7
12	8-4	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.9
13	8-5	ST LOU	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Sam Falk	+0.6
14	8-6	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Blocked	Tamia Maddox	blk Kate Maley, Avary DeBlieck	+0.9
15	8-7	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Blocked	J'La Sparks	blk Claire Van Den Herik, Avary DeBlieck	+0.9
16	8-8	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Tamia Maddox		+0.9
17	9-8	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Attack err	Avary DeBlieck		+0.7
18	10-8	ST LOU	ST LOU	Kill	J'La Sparks	set Jetta Brenning	+1.0
19	10-9	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Serve err	Saint Louis		+0.7
20	11-9	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+0.8
21	11-10	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Serve err	Saint Louis		+0.7
22	12-10	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.8
23	12-11	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.7
24	12-12	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Ace	Loyola Chicago	aced Ellie Rink	+1.0
25	13-12	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Blocked	Katie Scherer	blk Kayla Jansen, Ellie Rink	+0.8
26	14-12	ST LOU	ST LOU	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+1.2
27	14-13	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Mya Ball	+0.8
28	15-13	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.9
29	15-14	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Mya Ball	+0.8
30	16-14	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Lucy Rankin	+1.0
31	16-15	ST LOU	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Emma Henry	set Leyna Nguyen	+0.8
32	16-16	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Attack err	Tamia Maddox		+1.2
33	16-17	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Attack err	Tamia Maddox		+1.2
34	17-17	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Blocked	Kate Maley	blk J'La Sparks, Tamia Maddox	+0.9
35	17-18	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Sam Falk	+0.9
36	17-19	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Tamia Maddox	blk Chloe Morgan, Claire Van Den Herik	+1.2
37	18-19	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Tamia Maddox	set Jetta Brenning	+0.8
38	18-20	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Chloe Morgan	set Emma Henry	+0.9
39	19-20	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.8
40	19-21	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+1.0
41	20-21	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Kill	Ellie Rink	set Jetta Brenning	+0.9
42	20-22	ST LOU	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+1.1
43	21-22	LOYCHI	ST LOU	Blocked	Leyna Nguyen	blk Kayla Jansen, Jetta Brenning	+0.9
44	21-23	ST LOU	LOYCHI×3	Serve err	Saint Louis		+1.2
45	21-24	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Mya Ball	set Jae Fitting	+1.1
46	21-25	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Bad set	Tamia Maddox		+0.4

Score shown after each rally, Saint Louis 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).

Loyola Chicago def. Saint Louis 3–0