Western Mich. vs Ball State Volleyball: Ball State Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Sep 26, 2026ESPN+

0:3

Ball St. beat visiting Western Mich. 3-0 (25-19, 26-24, 25-15) on Sat, Sep 26, 2026. Ball St.'s Camryn Wise led with 16 kills, and Sophie Ledbetter added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 26

Set	1	2	3	Sets
W MICH	19	24	15	0
BALLST	25	26	25	3

Win probability

Ball St. above 50 · Western Mich. below

Biggest swing: 6.6% to Ball St. — set 2, W MICH 23-24 BALLST. Kill by Ava Smith (set by Lindsey Green). BALLST win probability 83% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W MICH 25.2%74.8% BALLST

Western Mich. wins

3-0

4.5%

3-1

8.6%

3-2

12.1%

Ball St. wins

3-0

26.9%

3-1

28.6%

3-2

19.3%

W MICH break %: 37.3% vs this opp
BALLST break %: 42.4% 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
Ava SmithKill+6.6%
Kill by Ava Smith (set by Lindsey Green)
Set 2 · W MICH 23-24 BALLST · BALLST 83% → 89%
02
Gwen CrullKill+5.8%
Kill by Gwen Crull
Set 2 · W MICH 24-26 BALLST · BALLST 89% → 95%
03
Camryn WiseKill+4.7%
Kill by Camryn Wise (set by Lindsey Green)
Set 2 · W MICH 22-22 BALLST · BALLST 78% → 83%
04
Tiffany SnookAttack error+4.3%
Attack error by Tiffany Snook
Set 2 · W MICH 24-24 BALLST · W MICH 11% → 15%
05
Tiffany SnookKill+4.3%
Kill by Tiffany Snook (set by Lindsey Green)
Set 2 · W MICH 24-25 BALLST · BALLST 85% → 89%
06
Gabby WeiheKill+3.9%
Kill by Gabby Weihe (set by Leah Richmond)
Set 2 · W MICH 23-22 BALLST · W MICH 17% → 21%
07
Camryn WiseKill+3.6%
Kill by Camryn Wise (set by Lindsey Green)
Set 2 · W MICH 23-23 BALLST · BALLST 79% → 83%
08
Tiffany SnookKill+3.4%
Kill by Tiffany Snook (set by Sophie Ledbetter)
Set 2 · W MICH 22-21 BALLST · BALLST 75% → 78%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Gabby WeiheMB	3	9	1	22	.364	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	11
6Annalise PatchettOH	3	9	2	23	.304	1	1	9	0	1	1	1.5	10.5
1Izzy SwierczOH	3	4	2	27	.074	2	0	4	1	0	1	0.5	4.5
4Leah RichmondS	3	2	0	5	.400	25	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Elana EricksonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	10	3	0	0	0	0
11Bri ZimmermanMB	1	1	1	3	.000	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
12Cassidy PratleyMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
21Mia JurkovicOH	3	4	3	19	.053	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4
19Carley PiercefieldL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	11	110	.200	29	4	41	6	2	6	5	58

Ball St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Ava SmithOH	3	15	2	32	.406	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	17
17Camryn WiseMB	3	16	0	18	.889	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17
13Gwen CrullMB	3	10	2	17	.471	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.5	10.5
11Tiffany SnookMB	3	8	4	17	.235	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	9
8Lindsey GreenS	3	0	0	0	–	28	1	3	10	0	0	0	1
1Audrey GeerOH	2	3	4	17	-.059	0	1	2	8	1	0	1	5
21Madison BuckleyOPP	3	2	2	12	.000	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
4Kendall EdenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
2Reese AxnessS	3	0	0	0	–	16	1	0	5	0	0	0	1
12Sophie LedbetterDS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
9Mallory PikeOH	2	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		54	15	119	.328	50	6	9	58	1	6	4	76

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 Mich. vs Ball St.

Season series · Ball St. leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026Western Mich. at Ball St. · Ball St. won 3-0Result →
Sat, Sep 26, 2026Western Mich. at Ball St. · Ball St. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 W MICH · BALLST 4

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 W MICHBALLST 4

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 3 W MICHBALLST 4

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 3 W MICHBALLST 4

Bars above the line = Ball St. leads, below = Western Mich. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Western Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	11%1/9
2	62%8/13	43%6/14
3	58%7/12	33%4/12
4	60%6/10	13%1/8
5	67%6/9	14%1/7
6	46%6/13	40%4/10
All	55%41/74	28%17/60

Ball St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%9/12	56%9/16
2	57%8/14	53%9/17
3	89%8/9	33%4/12
4	86%6/7	40%4/10
5	67%6/9	40%4/10
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	72%43/60	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

134 rallies

#	W MICH-BALLST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+1.3
2	0-2	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+1.9
3	1-2	BALLST	W MICH×3	Serve err	Ball St.		+1.3
4	2-2	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Izzy Swiercz	+2.1
5	3-2	W MICH	W MICH×3	Blocked	Tiffany Snook	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+2.3
6	3-3	W MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Western Mich.		+1.5
7	4-3	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Izzy Swiercz	+1.6
8	4-4	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter	+1.5
9	4-5	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+2.2
10	5-5	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.5
11	5-6	W MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Western Mich.		+1.5
12	5-7	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+2.1
13	6-7	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		+1.4
14	7-7	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Madison Buckley		+2.4
15	7-8	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+1.6
16	8-8	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.7
17	8-9	W MICH	BALLST×4	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness	+1.6
18	8-10	BALLST	BALLST×4	Blocked	Bri Zimmerman	blk Audrey Geer	+2.4
19	8-11	BALLST	BALLST×4	Attack err	Mia Jurkovic		+2.1
20	8-12	BALLST	BALLST×4	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Tiffany Snook, Camryn Wise	+1.7
21	9-12	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		+1.0
22	9-13	W MICH	BALLST×3	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Lindsey Green	+1.1
23	9-14	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+1.4
24	9-15	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Elana Erickson	+1.0
25	10-15	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.5
26	11-15	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.1
27	11-16	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.9
28	12-16	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
29	12-17	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+0.9
30	13-17	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
31	13-18	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Madison Buckley	+0.9
32	13-19	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.	aced Carley Piercefield	+0.9
33	14-19	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.3
34	14-20	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+0.5
35	15-20	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+0.3
36	15-21	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness	+0.5
37	16-21	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.2
38	16-22	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.4
39	16-23	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter	+0.2
40	17-23	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	·
41	17-24	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+0.1
42	18-24	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	·
43	19-24	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz		+0.1
44	19-25	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Lindsey Green	+0.1
Set 2
1	0-1	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+1.6
2	1-1	BALLST	W MICH	Bad set	Lindsey Green		+1.1
3	2-1	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+1.8
4	2-2	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+1.1
5	3-2	BALLST	W MICH	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+1.2
6	4-2	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Tiffany Snook		+1.9
7	4-3	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+1.2
8	5-3	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.3
9	5-4	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+1.2
10	6-4	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.4
11	6-5	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+1.2
12	7-5	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.4
13	8-5	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.1
14	8-6	W MICH	BALLST	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+1.2
15	9-6	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.5
16	9-7	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness	+1.3
17	10-7	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.5
18	10-8	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Lindsey Green	+1.3
19	11-8	BALLST	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Annalise Patchett	+1.6
20	12-8	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Ava Smith		+2.2
21	13-8	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Tiffany Snook		+2.0
22	13-9	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+1.0
23	13-10	BALLST	BALLST	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Tiffany Snook, Gwen Crull	+1.8
24	14-10	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
25	14-11	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+1.2
26	15-11	BALLST	W MICH	Attack err	Gwen Crull		+1.6
27	15-12	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+1.2
28	15-13	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.		+2.2
29	16-13	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
30	17-13	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Audrey Geer	blk Leah Richmond, Cassidy Pratley	+2.5
31	17-14	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+1.2
32	17-15	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Mia Jurkovic		+2.3
33	18-15	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
34	19-15	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Madison Buckley	blk Annalise Patchett	+2.6
35	19-16	W MICH	BALLST×3	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness	+1.1
36	19-17	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Elana Erickson	+2.4
37	19-18	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+3.0
38	20-18	BALLST	W MICH×3	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+2.5
39	21-18	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+3.4
40	22-18	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Elana Erickson	+2.5
41	22-19	W MICH	BALLST×4	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.9
42	22-20	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter	+2.2
43	22-21	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Sophie Ledbetter	+3.4
44	22-22	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+4.7
45	23-22	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+3.9
46	23-23	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+3.6
47	23-24	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+6.6
48	24-24	BALLST	W MICH	Attack err	Tiffany Snook		+4.3
49	24-25	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+4.3
50	24-26	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull		+5.8
Set 3
1	0-1	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.6
2	1-1	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
3	1-2	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+0.6
4	2-2	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.6
5	2-3	W MICH	BALLST	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+0.6
6	3-3	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
7	3-4	W MICH	BALLST	Bad set	Leah Richmond		+0.6
8	3-5	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+0.9
9	4-5	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
10	4-6	W MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Western Mich.		+0.6
11	5-6	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.6
12	5-7	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness	+0.6
13	6-7	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
14	6-8	W MICH	BALLST	Serve err	Western Mich.		+0.6
15	6-9	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+0.9
16	7-9	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.5
17	7-10	W MICH	BALLST×3	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+0.6
18	7-11	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Izzy Swiercz	+0.7
19	7-12	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Gabby Weihe		+0.6
20	8-12	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.3
21	8-13	W MICH	BALLST×3	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Lindsey Green	+0.4
22	8-14	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+0.4
23	8-15	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Elana Erickson	+0.3
24	9-15	BALLST	W MICH	Blocked	Ava Smith	blk Izzy Swiercz, Gabby Weihe	+0.1
25	10-15	W MICH	W MICH	Blocked	Gwen Crull	blk Gabby Weihe	+0.3
26	10-16	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter	+0.3
27	11-16	BALLST	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+0.2
28	11-17	W MICH	BALLST×3	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+0.3
29	11-18	BALLST	BALLST×3	Blocked	Cassidy Pratley	blk Camryn Wise, Mallory Pike	+0.3
30	11-19	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+0.1
31	12-19	BALLST	W MICH×3	Attack err	Mallory Pike		·
32	13-19	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
33	14-19	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+0.2
34	14-20	W MICH	BALLST×4	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+0.2
35	14-21	BALLST	BALLST×4	Attack err	Cassidy Pratley		+0.2
36	14-22	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.1
37	14-23	BALLST	BALLST×4	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		·
38	15-23	BALLST	W MICH	Serve err	Ball St.		·
39	15-24	W MICH	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	·
40	15-25	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Leah Richmond	·

Score shown after each rally, Western Mich. 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).

Ball St. def. Western Mich. 3–0