Western Mich. vs Akron Volleyball: Akron Wins 3-2 (Oct 8)

Final · 5 setsThu, Oct 8, 2026ESPN+

2:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Western Mich. 61.6% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 8, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Akron beat visiting Western Mich. 3-2 (26-24, 17-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-13) on Thu, Oct 8, 2026. Delaney Gash led Akron with 18 kills; Western Mich.'s Annalise Patchett had a match-high 20.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 8

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
W MICH	24	25	25	17	13	2
AKRON	26	17	21	25	15	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Reilly Chausse served 4 aces, and Akron needed every one.

The match turned 3 times. Numbers are Akron's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. RallyIQ had Western Mich. at 62% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 4 · Western Mich. 2–0 Akron
Akron's low point. Akron then won 25 of the next 40 rallies and the set 25–17.
Akron 14% → 46%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Western Mich. 8–7 Akron
Akron scored 3 straight to turn a 7–8 deficit into a 10–8 lead. The match swung to Akron.
Akron 36% → 71%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Western Mich. 9–10 Akron
Akron scored 3 straight to stretch a 10–9 lead to 13–9.
Akron 63% → 95%

Akron above 50Western Mich. belowMax swing 21.5%

Western Mich.Akron

Sideout %: Western Mich. 65.0·Akron 64.8
Break %: Western Mich. 35.2·Akron 35.0
Hitting: Western Mich. .244·Akron .274
Longest run: Western Mich. 6·Akron 4

Delaney Gash
5 kills inside the turning points, 18 K and .212 for the match (19.5 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Akron above 50 · Western Mich. below

Biggest swing: 21.5% to Akron — set 5, W MICH 13-15 AKRON. Kill by Chidera Ozoh (set by Masa Prascevic). AKRON win probability 79% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

W MICH 61.4%38.6% AKRON

Western Mich. wins

3-0

17.9%

3-1

23.5%

3-2

20.0%

Akron wins

3-0

8.3%

3-1

14.0%

3-2

16.3%

W MICH break %: 41.7% vs this opp
AKRON 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
Chidera OzohKill+21.5%
Kill by Chidera Ozoh (set by Masa Prascevic)
Set 5 · W MICH 13-15 AKRON · AKRON 79% → 100%
02
Delaney GashKill+13.4%
Kill by Delaney Gash (set by Vanessa Del Real)
Set 5 · W MICH 8-10 AKRON · AKRON 58% → 71%
03
Jordyn Aeschliman&Lyndi WolfBlock+13.2%
Mia Jurkovic stuffed by Jordyn Aeschliman & Lyndi Wolf
Set 5 · W MICH 8-9 AKRON · AKRON 45% → 58%
04
Delaney Gash&Chidera OzohBlock+12.5%
Cassidy Pratley stuffed by Delaney Gash & Chidera Ozoh
Set 5 · W MICH 9-12 AKRON · AKRON 74% → 86%
05
Delaney GashAttack error+12.1%
Attack error by Delaney Gash
Set 5 · W MICH 13-14 AKRON · W MICH 9% → 21%
06
Western Mich.Ace+11.8%
Western Mich. ace on Delaney Gash
Set 5 · W MICH 8-7 AKRON · W MICH 52% → 64%
07
Delaney GashKill+10.9%
Kill by Delaney Gash (set by Vanessa Del Real)
Set 5 · W MICH 9-11 AKRON · AKRON 63% → 74%
08
Masa PrascevicBad set+10.6%
Bad set by Masa Prascevic
Set 5 · W MICH 6-6 AKRON · W MICH 42% → 53%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Western Mich.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
6Annalise PatchettOH	5	20	7	50	.260	1	1	1	18	2	2	1	22
1Izzy SwierczOH	5	8	5	35	.086	0	2	1	9	1	2	1	11
10Gabby WeiheMB	5	10	3	27	.259	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	11
4Leah RichmondS	5	4	1	10	.300	54	0	1	21	0	3	1.5	5.5
2Elana EricksonL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	1
11Bri ZimmermanMB	1	2	1	5	.200	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
12Cassidy PratleyMB	5	13	3	27	.370	0	1	1	0	0	5	2.5	16.5
19Carley PiercefieldL/DS	5	0	0	2	.000	7	1	0	23	2	0	0	1
21Mia JurkovicOH	4	10	4	18	.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
7Ella AskinOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		67	24	176	.244	62	6	5	83	6	16	8	104

Akronhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Delaney GashOH	5	18	7	52	.212	0	1	1	14	3	0	1	0.5	19.5
22Chidera OzohMB	5	13	1	22	.545	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	5.5	18.5
14Lauren WilsonOH	5	15	2	29	.448	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
5Jordyn AeschlimanOH	5	10	4	23	.261	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	13
16Lyndi WolfMB	5	5	0	19	.263	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	3	9
4Clara ChristensenS	5	0	0	0	–	31	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
6Noelle ApratiOH	5	5	4	24	.042	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
7Reilly ChausseL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	4	3	11	1	0	0	0	4
19Masa PrascevicS	5	0	0	1	.000	23	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0
1Vanessa Del RealL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	8	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0
10Chiara GennariOH	1	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Taylor DonovanL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		66	18	175	.274	65	6	8	72	6	5	18	14	104

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 Akron

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Thu, Oct 8, 2026Western Mich. at Akron · Akron won 3-2This match
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Western Mich. at Akron · Western Mich. won 3-1Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 W MICH · AKRON 4

Set 1

24-26

Longest run 4 W MICHAKRON 4

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 4 W MICHAKRON 2

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 6 W MICHAKRON 2

Set 4

17-25

Longest run 2 W MICHAKRON 4

Set 5

13-15

Longest run 3 W MICHAKRON 3

Bars above the line = Akron 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	53%10/19	41%7/17
2	77%10/13	17%2/12
3	53%8/15	36%5/14
4	67%8/12	38%5/13
5	88%7/8	47%7/15
6	50%7/14	30%3/10
All	62%50/81	36%29/81

Akron

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	61%11/18	47%7/15
2	83%10/12	47%9/19
3	53%9/17	9%1/11
4	80%8/10	56%10/18
5	54%7/13	22%2/9
6	64%7/11	22%2/9
All	64%52/81	38%31/81

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 5 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

208 rallies

#	W MICH-AKRON	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen	+2.4
2	0-2	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Bri Zimmerman		+2.5
3	1-2	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
4	1-3	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+1.9
5	2-3	AKRON	W MICH	Bad set	Clara Christensen		+1.8
6	3-3	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.5
7	3-4	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+1.9
8	4-4	AKRON	W MICH×4	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+1.9
9	5-4	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+2.6
10	6-4	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Carley Piercefield	+2.5
11	7-4	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Carley Piercefield	+2.3
12	7-5	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Masa Prascevic	+1.6
13	8-5	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Masa Prascevic	+1.8
14	8-6	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Vanessa Del Real	+1.7
15	9-6	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Carley Piercefield	+1.8
16	9-7	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+1.7
17	9-8	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Cassidy Pratley	blk Jordyn Aeschliman, Chidera Ozoh	+2.6
18	10-8	AKRON	W MICH	Blocked	Delaney Gash	blk Leah Richmond, Bri Zimmerman	+2.1
19	10-9	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+2.0
20	11-9	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.1
21	11-10	W MICH	AKRON	Attack err	Leah Richmond		+2.1
22	11-11	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+3.1
23	12-11	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
24	12-12	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.4
25	13-12	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.4
26	14-12	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Vanessa Del Real	+3.2
27	14-13	W MICH	AKRON×4	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Masa Prascevic	+2.3
28	14-14	AKRON	AKRON×4	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Lyndi Wolf, Noelle Aprati	+3.5
29	14-15	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Vanessa Del Real	+3.8
30	14-16	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Masa Prascevic	+3.8
31	15-16	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+2.6
32	15-17	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+3.0
33	16-17	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+2.7
34	16-18	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Masa Prascevic	+3.2
35	16-19	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Chidera Ozoh	+3.9
36	17-19	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Bri Zimmerman	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
37	18-19	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.		+4.0
38	18-20	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+3.7
39	19-20	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+3.1
40	20-20	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Chidera Ozoh		+5.1
41	20-21	W MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Western Mich.		+4.4
42	20-22	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Jordyn Aeschliman, Lyndi Wolf	+5.8
43	21-22	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+3.4
44	21-23	W MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Western Mich.		+5.0
45	22-23	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+3.5
46	22-24	W MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Western Mich.		+5.8
47	23-24	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+3.3
48	24-24	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Delaney Gash	+10.0
49	24-25	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+7.4
50	24-26	AKRON	AKRON	Ace	Akron	aced Annalise Patchett	+10.4
Set 2
1	1-0	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.7
2	1-1	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen	+2.0
3	2-1	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
4	2-2	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.1
5	3-2	AKRON	W MICH	Bad set	Clara Christensen		+2.1
6	4-2	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+2.7
7	4-3	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.0
8	4-4	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Lyndi Wolf	+2.9
9	5-4	AKRON	W MICH	Bad set	Lyndi Wolf		+2.2
10	5-5	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Masa Prascevic	+2.2
11	6-5	AKRON	W MICH×4	Blocked	Delaney Gash	blk Cassidy Pratley, Izzy Swiercz	+2.2
12	7-5	W MICH	W MICH×4	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Delaney Gash	+2.9
13	8-5	W MICH	W MICH×4	Blocked	Noelle Aprati	blk Mia Jurkovic, Cassidy Pratley	+2.7
14	9-5	W MICH	W MICH×4	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.4
15	9-6	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Masa Prascevic	+1.6
16	10-6	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
17	11-6	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Reilly Chausse	+2.1
18	11-7	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Masa Prascevic	+1.3
19	12-7	AKRON	W MICH×3	Blocked	Delaney Gash	blk Annalise Patchett	+1.6
20	13-7	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Delaney Gash		+1.7
21	14-7	W MICH	W MICH×3	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Reilly Chausse	+1.3
22	14-8	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+0.7
23	15-8	AKRON	W MICH	Blocked	Lauren Wilson	blk Gabby Weihe, Leah Richmond	+0.9
24	15-9	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.7
25	16-9	AKRON	W MICH	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+0.9
26	17-9	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+0.8
27	17-10	W MICH	AKRON	Bad set	Leah Richmond		+0.4
28	17-11	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Noelle Aprati, Lyndi Wolf	+0.8
29	18-11	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.8
30	19-11	W MICH	W MICH	Bad set	Noelle Aprati		+0.6
31	19-12	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+0.3
32	19-13	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+0.6
33	20-13	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.7
34	20-14	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+0.4
35	21-14	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+0.6
36	22-14	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Masa Prascevic	+0.4
37	22-15	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+0.1
38	23-15	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+0.2
39	23-16	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.1
40	24-16	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+0.1
41	24-17	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Clara Christensen	·
42	25-17	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	·
Set 3
1	1-0	AKRON	W MICH×6	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
2	2-0	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+3.1
3	3-0	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Leah Richmond	set Leah Richmond	+2.9
4	4-0	W MICH	W MICH×6	Blocked	Delaney Gash	blk Leah Richmond, Cassidy Pratley	+2.6
5	5-0	W MICH	W MICH×6	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
6	6-0	W MICH	W MICH×6	Attack err	Noelle Aprati		+2.0
7	6-1	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+1.3
8	6-2	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Cassidy Pratley		+2.1
9	7-2	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+1.8
10	7-3	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+1.6
11	8-3	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Carley Piercefield	+1.8
12	8-4	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Masa Prascevic	+1.6
13	9-4	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
14	9-5	W MICH	AKRON	Attack err	Mia Jurkovic		+1.6
15	10-5	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Carley Piercefield	+1.8
16	10-6	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Masa Prascevic	+1.6
17	11-6	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.9
18	11-7	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Clara Christensen	+1.6
19	11-8	AKRON	AKRON	Ace	Akron	aced Carley Piercefield	+2.6
20	12-8	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
21	12-9	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.0
22	13-9	AKRON	W MICH×3	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
23	14-9	W MICH	W MICH×3	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Annalise Patchett, Gabby Weihe	+2.6
24	15-9	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.0
25	15-10	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen	+1.1
26	16-10		W MICH	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.5
27	16-11	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+1.1
28	17-11	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+1.4
29	17-12	W MICH	AKRON	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Chidera Ozoh	+1.0
30	17-13	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Masa Prascevic	+1.9
31	18-13	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.9
32	18-14	W MICH	AKRON	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Lyndi Wolf	+1.4
33	19-14	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+1.9
34	19-15	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Clara Christensen	+1.3
35	20-15	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+1.9
36	20-16	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+1.2
37	21-16	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
38	21-17	W MICH	AKRON	Serve err	Western Mich.		+1.1
39	21-18	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Izzy Swiercz		+2.3
40	22-18	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.6
41	22-19	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen	+1.5
42	23-19	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.5
43	24-19	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.5
44	24-20	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.3
45	24-21	AKRON	AKRON	Bad set	Gabby Weihe		+0.9
46	25-21	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+1.6
Set 4
1	1-0	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.9
2	2-0	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.8
3	2-1	W MICH	AKRON×4	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Lyndi Wolf	+2.1
4	2-2	AKRON	AKRON×4	Blocked	Izzy Swiercz	blk Chidera Ozoh	+3.0
5	2-3	AKRON	AKRON×4	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Chidera Ozoh, Jordyn Aeschliman	+3.1
6	2-4	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+3.2
7	3-4	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.3
8	4-4	W MICH	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Carley Piercefield	+3.1
9	4-5	W MICH	AKRON	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Jordyn Aeschliman	+2.5
10	4-6	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Gabby Weihe	blk Chidera Ozoh, Noelle Aprati	+3.4
11	5-6	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+2.4
12	5-7	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Vanessa Del Real	+2.6
13	6-7	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+2.4
14	6-8	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Masa Prascevic	+2.7
15	7-8	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Annalise Patchett	+2.5
16	7-9	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Masa Prascevic	+2.7
17	8-9	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Mia Jurkovic	set Leah Richmond	+2.5
18	8-10	W MICH	AKRON×4	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.8
19	8-11	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Izzy Swiercz	+3.7
20	8-12	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Carley Piercefield	+3.4
21	8-13	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Elana Erickson	+3.0
22	9-13	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+1.8
23	9-14	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+2.3
24	10-14	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.8
25	10-15	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+2.3
26	11-15	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+1.7
27	11-16	W MICH	AKRON×4	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+2.3
28	11-17	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Vanessa Del Real	+2.4
29	11-18	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Annalise Patchett	+1.7
30	11-19	AKRON	AKRON×4	Bad set	Mia Jurkovic		+1.1
31	12-19	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+0.4
32	12-20	W MICH	AKRON	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+0.7
33	13-20	AKRON	W MICH	Blocked	Lauren Wilson	blk Cassidy Pratley, Izzy Swiercz	+0.3
34	14-20	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Noelle Aprati		+0.8
35	14-21	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+0.9
36	15-21	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+0.4
37	15-22	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Clara Christensen	+0.8
38	16-22	AKRON	W MICH	Serve err	Akron		+0.3
39	17-22	W MICH	W MICH	Attack err	Delaney Gash		+0.8
40	17-23	W MICH	AKRON×3	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+1.0
41	17-24	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen	+0.5
42	17-25	AKRON	AKRON×3	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+1.2
Set 5
1	0-1	W MICH	AKRON	Attack err	Annalise Patchett		+6.5
2	1-1	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+6.3
3	1-2	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Chidera Ozoh	+6.8
4	2-2	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+6.6
5	2-3	W MICH	AKRON×3	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Masa Prascevic	+7.1
6	2-4	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Masa Prascevic	+9.6
7	2-5	AKRON	AKRON×3	Blocked	Annalise Patchett	blk Chidera Ozoh, Lauren Wilson	+9.2
8	3-5	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+5.9
9	3-6	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Vanessa Del Real	+7.2
10	4-6	AKRON	W MICH×3	Kill	Gabby Weihe	set Leah Richmond	+6.0
11	5-6	W MICH	W MICH×3	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Carley Piercefield	+9.6
12	6-6	W MICH	W MICH×3	Bad set	Masa Prascevic		+10.6
13	6-7	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Lauren Wilson	set Vanessa Del Real	+8.6
14	7-7	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Izzy Swiercz	set Leah Richmond	+8.3
15	8-7	W MICH	W MICH	Ace	Western Mich.	aced Delaney Gash	+11.8
16	8-8	W MICH	AKRON×3	Serve err	Western Mich.		+8.8
17	8-9	AKRON	AKRON×3	Blocked	Mia Jurkovic	blk Jordyn Aeschliman, Lyndi Wolf	+13.2
18	8-10	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Vanessa Del Real	+13.4
19	9-10	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Cassidy Pratley	set Leah Richmond	+8.5
20	9-11	W MICH	AKRON×3	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Vanessa Del Real	+10.9
21	9-12	AKRON	AKRON×3	Blocked	Cassidy Pratley	blk Delaney Gash, Chidera Ozoh	+12.5
22	9-13	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Delaney Gash	set Clara Christensen	+8.6
23	10-13	AKRON	W MICH	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+3.0
24	10-14	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+5.8
25	11-14	AKRON	W MICH×3	Kill	Annalise Patchett	set Leah Richmond	+1.7
26	12-14	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Noelle Aprati		+5.3
27	13-14	W MICH	W MICH×3	Attack err	Delaney Gash		+12.1
28	13-15	W MICH	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+21.5

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).

Akron def. Western Mich. 3–2

Reilly Chausse served 4 aces, and Akron needed every one.