Northwestern vs IU Indy Volleyball: Northwestern Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Northwestern beat IU Indy 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-23) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at a neutral site. Mara Stiglic led Northwestern with 15 kills; IU Indy's Bailey Sinish had a match-high 16.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NW	25	25	25	3
IUINDY	20	20	23	0

Win probability

IU Indy above 50 · Northwestern below

Biggest swing: 2.9% to IU Indy — set 1, NW 20-19 IUINDY. Kill by Bailey Sinish (set by Lexi Grissett). IUINDY win probability 16% → 19%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW 79.6%20.4% IUINDY

Northwestern wins

3-0

31.1%

3-1

30.1%

3-2

18.4%

IU Indy wins

3-0

3.3%

3-1

6.8%

3-2

10.2%

NW break %: 44.6% vs this opp
IUINDY break %: 38.3% 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
Bailey SinishKill+2.9%
Kill by Bailey Sinish (set by Lexi Grissett)
Set 1 · NW 20-19 IUINDY · IUINDY 16% → 19%
02
Mara StiglicKill+2.8%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 1 · NW 18-16 IUINDY · NW 80% → 83%
03
IU IndyAce+2.8%
IU Indy ace on Isabella Bullington
Set 1 · NW 15-15 IUINDY · IUINDY 19% → 22%
04
Mara StiglicKill+2.7%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 1 · NW 22-19 IUINDY · NW 84% → 87%
05
Mara StiglicKill+2.5%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 1 · NW 21-19 IUINDY · NW 81% → 84%
06
Mara StiglicKill+2.3%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 1 · NW 19-16 IUINDY · NW 83% → 85%
07
Isabella BullingtonAttack error+2.2%
Attack error by Isabella Bullington
Set 1 · NW 14-13 IUINDY · IUINDY 17% → 19%
08
Mara StiglicKill+2.2%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 1 · NW 17-16 IUINDY · NW 78% → 80%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwesternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Mara StiglicOH	3	15	3	31	.387	1	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	16.5
22Isabella BullingtonOH	3	14	1	23	.565	0	1	7	2	1	0	1	15
25Campbell ParisOH	3	13	4	29	.310	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13
17Maya StillwellMB	3	3	0	7	.429	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	4
11Ellie StiernagleS	3	1	0	5	.200	38	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
2Drew WrightL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	10	2	0	0	0	0
9Hayley SchaafMB	3	1	2	9	-.111	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
16Ava PrattOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	8	0	0	0	0	0
7Lauren DignanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	18	1	0	0	0	0
20Lily WagnerOH	1	0	1	5	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	11	109	.330	46	3	56	6	1	6	4	75

IU Indyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BA	BLK	PTS
14Bailey SinishOH	3	16	6	36	.278	2	0	2	7	0	0	16
4Jillian TippmannOPP	3	11	7	29	.138	1	2	2	9	1	0.5	13.5
24Chloe MaciasMB	3	7	1	16	.375	0	0	0	1	3	1.5	8.5
2Grace PurichiaS	3	2	1	10	.100	31	2	1	7	0	0	4
18Ninah MirandaOH	3	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
15Amanda StephensMB	2	0	2	8	-.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11Elle PattersonOH	3	5	4	21	.048	0	1	0	1	1	0.5	6.5
12Laura RoederL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	3	1	0	13	0	0	2
5Kate WhiteOPP	3	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
7Lexi GrissettS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Lila BrittMB	2	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		43	22	130	.162	39	6	5	47	6	3	63

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 NW · IUINDY 5

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 NWIUINDY 3

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 4 NWIUINDY 3

Set 3

25-23

Longest run 7 NWIUINDY 5

Bars above the line = IU Indy leads, below = Northwestern leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%5/8	70%7/10
2	57%4/7	67%8/12
3	80%4/5	43%3/7
4	50%4/8	43%3/7
5	80%4/5	0%0/4
6	33%4/12	50%4/8
All	56%25/45	52%25/48

IU Indy

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%4/12	38%3/8
2	57%4/7	43%3/7
3	57%4/7	20%1/5
4	100%4/4	50%4/8
5	50%4/8	20%1/5
6	30%3/10	67%8/12
All	48%23/48	44%20/45

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 (2 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

137 rallies

#	NW-IUINDY	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.2
2	1-1	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+1.3
3	2-1	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Lauren Dignan	+1.2
4	3-1	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Gigi Navarrete	+1.6
5	3-2	NW	IUINDY	Serve err	Northwestern		+1.2
6	4-2	IUINDY	NW×4	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.2
7	5-2	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Elle Patterson		+1.5
8	6-2	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Elle Patterson		+1.3
9	7-2	NW	NW×4	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
10	7-3	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Laura Roeder	+0.7
11	7-4	IUINDY	IUINDY	Attack err	Hayley Schaaf		+1.2
12	8-4	IUINDY	NW	Attack err	Elle Patterson		+0.9
13	8-5	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Grace Purichia	set Bailey Sinish	+0.9
14	9-5	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
15	10-5	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
16	10-6	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.7
17	10-7	IUINDY	IUINDY	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Kate White, Chloe Macias	+1.2
18	11-7	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
19	11-8	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Chloe Macias	set Grace Purichia	+0.9
20	11-9	IUINDY	IUINDY	Ace	IU Indy	aced Lauren Dignan	+1.6
21	12-9	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Lauren Dignan	+1.2
22	13-9	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Mara Stiglic	+1.5
23	13-10	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Chloe Macias	set Grace Purichia	+0.9
24	13-11	IUINDY	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Laura Roeder	+1.7
25	14-11	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.3
26	14-12	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Elle Patterson	set Grace Purichia	+1.3
27	14-13	IUINDY	IUINDY	Attack err	Isabella Bullington		+2.2
28	15-13	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Gigi Navarrete	+1.7
29	15-14	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Laura Roeder	set Grace Purichia	+1.7
30	15-15	IUINDY	IUINDY	Ace	IU Indy	aced Isabella Bullington	+2.8
31	16-15	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Ellie Stiernagle	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
32	16-16	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+2.2
33	17-16	IUINDY	NW×4	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.2
34	18-16	NW	NW×4	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.8
35	19-16	NW	NW×4	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.3
36	20-16	NW	NW×4	Attack err	Amanda Stephens		+1.7
37	20-17	NW	IUINDY×3	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.9
38	20-18	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Lexi Grissett	+1.9
39	20-19	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Lexi Grissett	+2.9
40	21-19	IUINDY	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.5
41	22-19	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.7
42	23-19	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Jillian Tippmann		+1.6
43	23-20	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Grace Purichia	set Bailey Sinish	+0.5
44	24-20	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle*	+1.0
45	25-20	NW	NW	Blocked	Jillian Tippmann	blk Isabella Bullington	+0.4
Set 2
1	1-0	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.3
2	2-0	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Gigi Navarrete	+1.2
3	2-1	NW	IUINDY×3	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+0.9
4	2-2	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+1.4
5	2-3	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+1.5
6	3-3	IUINDY	NW	Serve err	IU Indy		+1.0
7	3-4	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+1.1
8	4-4	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
9	4-5	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Chloe Macias	set Grace Purichia	+1.2
10	5-5	IUINDY	NW	Serve err	IU Indy		+1.1
11	6-5	NW	NW	Attack err	Jillian Tippmann		+1.5
12	6-6	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Elle Patterson	set Grace Purichia	+1.1
13	7-6	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
14	7-7	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+1.1
15	8-7	IUINDY	NW	Blocked	Bailey Sinish	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell	+1.1
16	8-8	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Laura Roeder	+1.2
17	9-8	IUINDY	NW×3	Attack err	Lila Britt		+1.1
18	10-8	NW	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.5
19	11-8	NW	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.3
20	11-9	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.9
21	12-9	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
22	12-10	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+0.9
23	13-10	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.0
24	13-11	NW	IUINDY	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.9
25	14-11	IUINDY	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Gigi Navarrete	+1.0
26	15-11	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Elle Patterson	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell	+1.2
27	16-11	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
28	16-12	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Elle Patterson	set Grace Purichia	+0.5
29	17-12	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
30	17-13	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.5
31	18-13	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
32	18-14	NW	IUINDY	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+0.5
33	19-14	IUINDY	NW	Serve err	IU Indy		+0.6
34	19-15	NW	IUINDY	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.4
35	20-15	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
36	20-16	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Lila Britt	set Grace Purichia	+0.4
37	20-17	IUINDY	IUINDY	Ace	IU Indy	aced Isabella Bullington	+0.9
38	21-17	IUINDY	NW×4	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
39	22-17	NW	NW×4	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.7
40	23-17	NW	NW×4	Blocked	Bailey Sinish	blk Hayley Schaaf, Mara Stiglic	+0.3
41	24-17	NW	NW×4	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.1
42	24-18	NW	IUINDY×3	Kill	Chloe Macias	set Grace Purichia	·
43	24-19	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		·
44	24-20	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Blocked	Hayley Schaaf	blk Elle Patterson, Chloe Macias	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	IUINDY	IUINDY	Kill	Chloe Macias	set Grace Purichia	+0.8
2	1-1	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
3	1-2	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.6
4	1-3	IUINDY	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+0.8
5	2-3	IUINDY	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.5
6	3-3	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Jillian Tippmann		+0.8
7	4-3	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Bailey Sinish		+0.7
8	4-4	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Jillian Tippmann	+0.6
9	5-4	IUINDY	NW	Serve err	IU Indy		+0.5
10	5-5	NW	IUINDY×3	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+0.6
11	5-6	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Jillian Tippmann, Chloe Macias	+0.9
12	5-7	IUINDY	IUINDY×3	Kill	Chloe Macias	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.9
13	6-7	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
14	6-8	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.7
15	6-9	IUINDY	IUINDY	Ace	IU Indy	aced Drew Wright	+1.0
16	7-9	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
17	7-10	NW	IUINDY×5	Kill	Elle Patterson	set Grace Purichia	+0.7
18	7-11	IUINDY	IUINDY×5	Ace	IU Indy	aced Drew Wright	+1.0
19	7-12	IUINDY	IUINDY×5	Kill	Chloe Macias	set Grace Purichia	+1.0
20	7-13	IUINDY	IUINDY×5	Kill	Bailey Sinish		+0.8
21	7-14	IUINDY	IUINDY×5	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.7
22	8-14	IUINDY	NW×6	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.3
23	9-14	NW	NW×6	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
24	10-14	NW	NW×6	Attack err	Chloe Macias		+0.7
25	11-14	NW	NW×6	Attack err	Bailey Sinish		+0.9
26	12-14	NW	NW×6	Attack err	Grace Purichia		+1.0
27	13-14	NW	NW×6	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.1
28	13-15	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.9
29	13-16	IUINDY	IUINDY	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+1.3
30	14-16	IUINDY	NW×7	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Drew Wright	+0.7
31	15-16	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Jillian Tippmann		+1.2
32	16-16	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Bailey Sinish		+1.3
33	17-16	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Jillian Tippmann		+1.3
34	18-16	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Bailey Sinish		+1.1
35	19-16	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Amanda Stephens		+0.9
36	20-16	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Bailey Sinish		+0.7
37	20-17	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+0.3
38	20-18	IUINDY	IUINDY	Ace	IU Indy	aced Hayley Schaaf	+0.8
39	21-18	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.7
40	21-19	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Jillian Tippmann	set Grace Purichia	+0.5
41	22-19	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.7
42	22-20	NW	IUINDY	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+0.5
43	23-20	IUINDY	NW	Attack err	Jillian Tippmann		+0.8
44	23-21	NW	IUINDY	Attack err	Lily Wagner		+0.4
45	24-21	IUINDY	NW	Serve err	IU Indy		+0.8
46	24-22	NW	IUINDY	Kill	Elle Patterson	set Grace Purichia	+0.3
47	24-23	IUINDY	IUINDY	Kill	Bailey Sinish	set Grace Purichia	+1.1
48	25-23	IUINDY	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.8

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern 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).

Northwestern def. IU Indy 3–0