Northern Ky. vs NIU Volleyball: Northern Ky. Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Northern Ky. 85.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Northern Ky. won at NIU 3-1 (27-25, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Northern Ky.'s Ava Hoying and Lucia Heid led with 14 kills each, and Daisy Cluxton added 20 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
N KY	27	25	22	25	3
NIU	25	19	25	21	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Abbigail Pickard set 52 assists as Northern Ky. outlasted NIU.

2 stretches decided it. Percentages are Northern Ky.'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Northern Ky. at 85%.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Northern Ky. 20–16 NIU
Down 16–20, NIU scored 7 straight to lead 23–20.
Northern Ky. 91% → 70%
Turning point 2: Set 1 · Northern Ky. 24–25 NIU
3 straight Northern Ky. points turned a 24–25 deficit into a 27–25 lead.
Northern Ky. 75% → 92%

NIU above 50Northern Ky. belowMax swing 7.6%

Northern Ky.NIU

Sideout %: Northern Ky. 59.3·NIU 54.1
Break %: Northern Ky. 45.9·NIU 40.7
Hitting: Northern Ky. .232·NIU .137
Longest run: Northern Ky. 6·NIU 7

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

NIU above 50 · Northern Ky. below

Biggest swing: 7.6% to Northern Ky. — set 1, N KY 24-24 NIU. Attack error by Rylea Alvin. NIU win probability 27% → 19%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

N KY 87.1%12.9% NIU

Northern Ky. wins

3-0

39.9%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.6%

NIU wins

3-0

1.8%

3-1

4.1%

3-2

7.0%

N KY break %: 47.5% vs this opp
NIU break %: 38.8% 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
Rylea AlvinAttack error+7.6%
Attack error by Rylea Alvin
Set 1 · N KY 24-24 NIU · N KY 73% → 81%
02
Ava GrevengoedAttack error+6.3%
Attack error by Ava Grevengoed
Set 1 · N KY 26-25 NIU · N KY 81% → 87%
03
Rylea AlvinKill+5.4%
Kill by Rylea Alvin (set by Kylie Schulze)
Set 1 · N KY 24-25 NIU · NIU 19% → 25%
04
Sydney BrayKill+5.4%
Kill by Sydney Bray (set by Abbigail Pickard)
Set 1 · N KY 25-25 NIU · N KY 75% → 81%
05
Sydney Bray&Ivey StocksBlock+5.2%
Ava Grevengoed stuffed by Sydney Bray & Ivey Stocks
Set 1 · N KY 27-25 NIU · N KY 87% → 92%
06
Ava GrevengoedKill+4.7%
Kill by Ava Grevengoed (set by Kylie Schulze)
Set 1 · N KY 22-24 NIU · NIU 25% → 30%
07
Ava GrevengoedKill+4.6%
Kill by Ava Grevengoed (set by Delaney Steers)
Set 1 · N KY 20-22 NIU · NIU 21% → 26%
08
Katie NoschangAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Katie Noschang
Set 1 · N KY 20-21 NIU · NIU 17% → 21%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northern Ky.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Ava HoyingOH	4	14	3	37	.297	0	2	1	6	0	1	2	2	18
11Sydney BrayOH	4	12	4	27	.296	0	1	2	18	2	0	5	2.5	15.5
4Katie NoschangOH	4	6	5	21	.048	0	1	1	1	0	0	8	4	11
12Ivey StocksMB	4	7	5	23	.087	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	10
8Allison RisleyOH	4	3	1	9	.222	0	2	1	8	3	0	0	0	5
15Abbigail PickardS	4	1	1	5	.000	52	0	0	13	0	0	2	1	2
20Lucia HeidOH	4	14	4	31	.323	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	15.5
10Emory GuderianL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
13Daisy CluxtonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0
9Emma AdkinsDS	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		59	23	155	.232	56	6	5	73	7	2	24	14	99

NIUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Delaney SteersOH	4	14	7	44	.159	0	1	0	17	0	0	4	2	17
15Autumn FlynnMB	4	11	2	29	.310	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2.5	14.5
3Ava GrevengoedOH	4	11	9	38	.053	1	0	0	11	4	1	1	1.5	12.5
11Katie PahlOH	4	7	3	26	.154	1	2	1	8	0	0	3	1.5	10.5
8Rylea AlvinMB	4	8	3	20	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	10.5
6Viktoria DjukicS	4	0	3	3	-1.000	22	3	2	8	0	0	0	0	3
5Kylie SchulzeS	4	2	0	5	.400	22	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
18Charlotte GramzowL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0
16Lilly AbneyOH	3	1	2	9	-.111	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
14Naomi DowdOH	2	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		54	30	175	.137	50	7	4	65	6	1	20	11	90

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.

Northern Ky. vs NIU

Season series · Northern Ky. leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026Northern Ky. at NIU · Northern Ky. won 3-1This match
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Northern Ky. at NIU · Northern Ky. won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 N KY · NIU 7

Set 1

27-25

Longest run 6 N KYNIU 7

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 4 N KYNIU 4

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 N KYNIU 5

Set 4

25-21

Longest run 5 N KYNIU 3

Bars above the line = NIU leads, below = Northern Ky. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northern Ky.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%10/15	62%13/21
2	56%10/18	41%7/17
3	67%10/15	44%8/18
4	47%9/19	36%5/14
5	67%8/12	31%4/13
6	58%7/12	53%8/15
All	59%54/91	46%45/98

NIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	45%10/22	38%5/13
2	50%10/20	29%4/14
3	63%10/16	33%5/15
4	69%9/13	57%13/23
5	50%8/16	43%6/14
6	55%6/11	33%4/12
All	54%53/98	41%37/91

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

189 rallies

#	N KY-NIU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Sydney Bray	blk Rylea Alvin, Delaney Steers	+1.6
2	1-1	NIU	N KY	Kill	Allison Risley	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.1
3	2-1	N KY	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.4
4	2-2	N KY	NIU×4	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Ava Grevengoed	+1.1
5	2-3	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Ivey Stocks		+1.7
6	2-4	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Ivey Stocks		+1.8
7	2-5	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Ava Grevengoed	+1.9
8	3-5	NIU	N KY×4	Kill	Allison Risley	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.2
9	4-5	N KY	N KY×4	Attack err	Viktoria Djukic		+1.7
10	5-5	N KY	N KY×4	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.7
11	6-5	N KY	N KY×4	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ava Grevengoed	+1.6
12	6-6	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.2
13	7-6	NIU	N KY	Attack err	Viktoria Djukic		+1.2
14	8-6	N KY	N KY	Kill	Emma Adkins	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.5
15	8-7	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+1.1
16	9-7	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.1
17	10-7	N KY	N KY	Blocked	Naomi Dowd	blk Katie Noschang, Lucia Heid	+1.3
18	10-8	N KY	NIU×4	Bad set	Abbigail Pickard		+0.9
19	10-9	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Lucia Heid		+1.6
20	10-10	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+1.9
21	10-11	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+2.2
22	11-11	NIU	N KY×6	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.5
23	12-11	N KY	N KY×6	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+2.0
24	13-11	N KY	N KY×6	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.8
25	14-11	N KY	N KY×6	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ava Grevengoed	+1.5
26	15-11	N KY	N KY×6	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.2
27	16-11	N KY	N KY×6	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Katie Noschang, Sydney Bray	+0.9
28	16-12	N KY	NIU	Serve err	Northern Ky.		+0.5
29	17-12	NIU	N KY	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+0.6
30	17-13	N KY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.5
31	17-14	NIU	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Katie Pahl	+1.0
32	18-14	NIU	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.9
33	18-15	N KY	NIU	Serve err	Northern Ky.		+0.8
34	19-15	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.9
35	19-16	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.8
36	20-16	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.0
37	20-17	N KY	NIU×7	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+0.7
38	20-18	NIU	NIU×7	Kill	Ava Grevengoed		+1.6
39	20-19	NIU	NIU×7	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+2.4
40	20-20	NIU	NIU×7	Attack err	Abbigail Pickard		+3.3
41	20-21	NIU	NIU×7	Attack err	Katie Noschang		+4.2
42	20-22	NIU	NIU×7	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Delaney Steers	+4.6
43	20-23	NIU	NIU×7	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+4.1
44	21-23	NIU	N KY	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.6
45	22-23	N KY	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Daisy Cluxton	+3.7
46	22-24	N KY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+4.7
47	23-24	NIU	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+2.5
48	24-24	N KY	N KY	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+7.6
49	24-25	N KY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+5.4
50	25-25	NIU	N KY×3	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+5.4
51	26-25	N KY	N KY×3	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+6.3
52	27-25	N KY	N KY×3	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Sydney Bray, Ivey Stocks	+5.2
Set 2
1	1-0	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.0
2	2-0	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.9
3	3-0	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Abbigail Pickard	set Daisy Cluxton	+0.8
4	3-1	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.6
5	4-1	NIU	N KY×4	Attack err	Viktoria Djukic		+0.6
6	5-1	N KY	N KY×4	Ace	Northern Ky.		+0.7
7	6-1	N KY	N KY×4	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+0.6
8	7-1	N KY	N KY×4	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Katie Noschang	+0.4
9	7-2	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.3
10	7-3	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU	aced Sydney Bray	+0.5
11	8-3	NIU	N KY×3	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+0.4
12	9-3	N KY	N KY×3	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Charlotte Gramzow	+0.4
13	10-3	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.3
14	10-4	N KY	NIU	Blocked	Ivey Stocks	blk Autumn Flynn, Delaney Steers	+0.2
15	11-4	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.2
16	12-4	N KY	N KY	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ava Grevengoed	+0.2
17	12-5	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.1
18	12-6	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU	aced Daisy Cluxton	+0.3
19	13-6	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.2
20	13-7	N KY	NIU	Attack err	Katie Noschang		+0.2
21	14-7	NIU	N KY	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Lucia Heid, Katie Noschang	+0.2
22	14-8	N KY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.2
23	15-8	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.2
24	16-8	N KY	N KY	Ace	Northern Ky.	aced Ava Grevengoed	+0.2
25	16-9	N KY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.1
26	17-9	NIU	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.1
27	18-9	N KY	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.1
28	18-10	N KY	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	·
29	18-11	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Ivey Stocks	blk Autumn Flynn, Delaney Steers	+0.1
30	18-12	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.2
31	19-12	NIU	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.2
32	19-13	N KY	NIU×4	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.1
33	19-14	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Ava Hoying		+0.3
34	19-15	NIU	NIU×4	Ace	NIU	aced Allison Risley	+0.4
35	19-16	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+0.7
36	20-16	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.7
37	20-17	N KY	NIU	Serve err	Northern Ky.		+0.5
38	20-18	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Lucia Heid	blk Rylea Alvin, Lilly Abney	+1.1
39	21-18	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.0
40	22-18	N KY	N KY	Kill	Emory Guderian	set Daisy Cluxton	+1.0
41	22-19	N KY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+0.4
42	23-19	NIU	N KY×3	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.6
43	24-19	N KY	N KY×3	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Sydney Bray, Katie Noschang	+0.4
44	25-19	N KY	N KY×3	Blocked	Rylea Alvin	blk Sydney Bray, Katie Noschang	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Ava Hoying	blk Katie Pahl, Rylea Alvin	+0.6
2	0-2	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Ivey Stocks		+0.6
3	1-2	NIU	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.4
4	2-2	N KY	N KY	Blocked	Delaney Steers	blk Ivey Stocks, Abbigail Pickard	+0.6
5	2-3	N KY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.4
6	3-3	NIU	N KY	Kill	Allison Risley	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.4
7	4-3	N KY	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
8	4-4	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.4
9	5-4	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.4
10	5-5	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.4
11	5-6	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Katie Noschang		+0.7
12	6-6	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.4
13	6-7	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.5
14	7-7	NIU	N KY	Serve err	NIU		+0.5
15	7-8	N KY	NIU	Attack err	Sydney Bray		+0.5
16	8-8	NIU	N KY	Serve err	NIU		+0.5
17	9-8	N KY	N KY	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Sydney Bray, Ivey Stocks	+0.6
18	9-9	N KY	NIU	Serve err	Northern Ky.		+0.5
19	10-9	NIU	N KY	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+0.5
20	10-10	N KY	NIU	Serve err	Northern Ky.		+0.5
21	11-10	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
22	12-10	N KY	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.6
23	12-11	N KY	NIU	Blocked	Lucia Heid	blk Katie Pahl, Autumn Flynn	+0.5
24	13-11	NIU	N KY×3	Blocked	Delaney Steers	blk Ivey Stocks, Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
25	14-11	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.5
26	15-11	N KY	N KY×3	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.4
27	15-12	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.3
28	15-13	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Katie Noschang	blk Ava Grevengoed	+0.5
29	16-13	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.4
30	16-14	N KY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Lilly Abney	+0.4
31	16-15	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Sydney Bray	blk Rylea Alvin, Ava Grevengoed	+0.7
32	17-15	NIU	N KY	Blocked	Lilly Abney	blk Katie Noschang, Lucia Heid	+0.6
33	17-16	N KY	NIU×5	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+0.6
34	17-17	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
35	17-18	NIU	NIU×5	Ace	NIU	aced Allison Risley	+1.1
36	17-19	NIU	NIU×5	Ace	NIU	aced Allison Risley	+1.3
37	17-20	NIU	NIU×5	Ace	NIU	aced Daisy Cluxton	+1.2
38	18-20	NIU	N KY	Serve err	NIU		+0.7
39	18-21	N KY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
40	19-21	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ivey Stocks	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.7
41	19-22	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
42	20-22	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.6
43	20-23	N KY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.1
44	21-23	NIU	N KY	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+0.6
45	21-24	N KY	NIU	Kill	Lilly Abney	set Kylie Schulze	+1.1
46	22-24	NIU	N KY	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+0.4
47	22-25	N KY	NIU	Kill	Kylie Schulze	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.1
Set 4
1	1-0	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Daisy Cluxton	+1.7
2	2-0	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.6
3	3-0	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.4
4	4-0	N KY	N KY×5	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Ava Hoying, Katie Noschang	+1.2
5	5-0	N KY	N KY×5	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.0
6	5-1	N KY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.7
7	5-2	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Katie Noschang		+1.1
8	6-2	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+0.9
9	6-3	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.9
10	7-3	NIU	N KY	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+0.9
11	7-4	N KY	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+0.9
12	7-5	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Ava Hoying	blk Lilly Abney, Autumn Flynn	+1.5
13	7-6	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+1.8
14	8-6	NIU	N KY	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+1.3
15	8-7	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.4
16	9-7	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.4
17	10-7	N KY	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Delaney Steers	+1.7
18	10-8	N KY	NIU	Kill	Kylie Schulze	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.2
19	11-8	NIU	N KY	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.2
20	11-9	N KY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.2
21	12-9	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.3
22	13-9	N KY	N KY	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Daisy Cluxton	+1.4
23	13-10	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
24	14-10	NIU	N KY	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Ava Hoying, Katie Noschang	+1.1
25	15-10	N KY	N KY	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+1.1
26	15-11	N KY	NIU×3	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.7
27	15-12	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Sydney Bray	+1.3
28	15-13	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Sydney Bray	blk Autumn Flynn, Delaney Steers	+1.8
29	16-13	NIU	N KY	Serve err	NIU		+1.5
30	17-13	N KY	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.6
31	17-14	N KY	NIU	Attack err	Allison Risley		+1.0
32	18-14	NIU	N KY	Blocked	Lilly Abney	blk Ivey Stocks	+1.2
33	18-15	N KY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.0
34	19-15	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.2
35	19-16	N KY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+0.9
36	20-16	NIU	N KY	Kill	Katie Noschang	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.2
37	20-17	N KY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.9
38	20-18	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Lucia Heid	blk Rylea Alvin, Katie Pahl	+2.0
39	21-18	NIU	N KY	Kill	Lucia Heid	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.8
40	21-19	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
41	22-19	NIU	N KY	Kill	Sydney Bray	set Abbigail Pickard	+1.9
42	22-20	N KY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.4
43	23-20	NIU	N KY	Blocked	Rylea Alvin	blk Ava Hoying	+2.0
44	23-21	N KY	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+1.2
45	24-21	NIU	N KY	Kill	Ava Hoying	set Abbigail Pickard	+2.0
46	25-21	N KY	N KY	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+1.0

Score shown after each rally, Northern Ky. 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).

Northern Ky. def. NIU 3–1

Abbigail Pickard set 52 assists as Northern Ky. outlasted NIU.