FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026

AwayBIG-WEST

3:0

HomeOVC

Long Beach St. def. Eastern Ill. 3–0

(25-16, 25-17, 25-21)

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LBSU	25	25	25	3
E ILL	16	17	21	0

RallyIQ model

Win probability

E ILL above 50 · LBSU below

Biggest swing: 0.7% to Eastern Ill. — set 1, LBSU 1-2 E ILL. Attack error by Kyler Birkelbach. E ILL win probability 5% → 6%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

LBSU 95.1%4.9% E ILL

Long Beach St. wins

3-0

55.6%

3-1

29.6%

3-2

9.8%

Eastern Ill. wins

3-0

0.6%

3-1

1.4%

3-2

3.0%

LBSU break %: 48.4% vs this opp
E ILL break %: 35.9% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
Kyler BirkelbachAttack error+0.7%
Attack error by Kyler Birkelbach
Set 1 · LBSU 1-2 E ILL · E ILL 5% → 6%
02
LBSU serverAce+0.6%
Long Beach St. ace on Katie Kopshever
Set 1 · LBSU 3-2 E ILL · LBSU 95% → 96%
03
Hannah HawkinsKill+0.6%
Kill by Hannah Hawkins (set by Madi Maxwell)
Set 1 · LBSU 6-5 E ILL · E ILL 4% → 4%
04
Sidney HamakerKill+0.6%
Kill by Sidney Hamaker (set by Anna Jelinek)
Set 1 · LBSU 1-0 E ILL · LBSU 95% → 96%
05
Katie KopsheverAttack error+0.5%
Attack error by Katie Kopshever
Set 1 · LBSU 4-2 E ILL · LBSU 96% → 96%
06
Madi MaxwellAttack error+0.5%
Attack error by Madi Maxwell
Set 1 · LBSU 10-8 E ILL · E ILL 3% → 4%
07
Reagan HopeKill+0.5%
Kill by Reagan Hope (set by Madi Maxwell)
Set 1 · LBSU 8-5 E ILL · LBSU 96% → 96%
08
Sidney HamakerKill+0.5%
Kill by Sidney Hamaker (set by Anna Jelinek)
Set 1 · LBSU 2-2 E ILL · LBSU 94% → 95%

Official NCAA box

Box score

Long Beach St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Sidney HamakerOH	3	14	3	23	.478	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	15
24Reagan HopeMB	3	9	0	15	.600	1	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	12
77Kendal MurphyOH	3	9	2	18	.389	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.5	11.5
10Kyler BirkelbachMB	3	9	1	12	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
11Madi MaxwellS	3	3	4	11	-.091	35	1	1	9	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
1Izzy MahaffeyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0
6Chloe JohnsonOH	3	6	3	13	.231	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
4Laurel BarsocchiniL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
0Anna JelinekOH	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1
63Madi CollinsS	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18Anabel KotzakovOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Haumea MarumotoOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9Preslie YatesMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	13	92	.402	46	6	10	38	2	3	5	5.5	75

Eastern Ill.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
6Katie KopsheverOH	3	10	6	30	.133	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	11
19Abana TeranOPP	3	6	0	19	.316	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
5McKenna MortonOH	3	4	2	12	.167	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
9Emma HansonMB	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	2.5
12Addison ErbMB	3	2	2	6	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
4Hannah HawkinsS	2	1	2	6	-.167	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
10Alanys NievesS	3	1	0	4	.250	16	1	0	1	0	2	1	3
7Anna McEwenL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
1Ariadna PerelesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	3	8	1	0	0	0
16Kaeden FoxxOH	2	1	1	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11Anaya RawlinsonMB	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		29	16	96	.135	25	2	3	21	6	4	2	54

Starters listed first. BLK = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

Longest run 9 LBSU · E ILL 3

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 9 LBSUE ILL 2

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 7 LBSUE ILL 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 3 LBSUE ILL 3

Bars above the line = Eastern Ill. leads, below = Long Beach St. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

Long Beach St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	33%3/9
2	78%7/9	36%4/11
3	58%7/12	30%3/10
4	60%6/10	50%6/12
5	83%5/6	69%11/16
6	63%5/8	69%11/16
All	67%37/55	51%38/74

Eastern Ill.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	88%7/8	17%1/6
2	58%7/12	22%2/9
3	78%7/9	30%3/10
4	30%6/20	42%5/12
5	50%5/10	33%3/9
6	27%4/15	44%4/9
All	49%36/74	33%18/55

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.

129 rallies

Rally log

#	LBSU-E ILL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Anna Jelinek	+0.6
2	1-1	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.5
3	1-2	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Kyler Birkelbach		+0.7
4	2-2	E ILL	LBSU×4	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Anna Jelinek	+0.5
5	3-2	LBSU	LBSU×4	Ace	LBSU server	aced Katie Kopshever	+0.6
6	4-2	LBSU	LBSU×4	Attack err	Katie Kopshever		+0.5
7	5-2	LBSU	LBSU×4	Attack err	Emma Hanson		+0.4
8	5-3	LBSU	E ILL	Attack err	Chloe Johnson		+0.3
9	6-3	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
10	6-4	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.3
11	6-5	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Hannah Hawkins	set Madi Maxwell	+0.6
12	7-5	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Chloe Johnson	set Madi Maxwell	+0.4
13	8-5	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.5
14	8-6	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.4
15	9-6	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.4
16	10-6	LBSU	LBSU	Attack err	Hannah Hawkins	blk Reagan Hope	+0.4
17	10-7	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.3
18	10-8	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Madi Maxwell		+0.5
19	11-8	E ILL	LBSU×9	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.4
20	12-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Ace	LBSU server	aced Katie Kopshever	+0.4
21	13-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
22	14-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Attack err	Kaeden Foxx		+0.2
23	15-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
24	16-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
25	17-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Maxwell	+0.0
26	18-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Laurel Barsocchini	+0.0
27	19-8	LBSU	LBSU×9	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.0
28	19-9	LBSU	E ILL	Attack err	Kendal Murphy		+0.0
29	20-9	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.0
30	20-10	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Addison Erb	set Ariadna Pereles	+0.0
31	21-10	E ILL	LBSU	Serve err	E ILL server		+0.0
32	21-11	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.0
33	21-12	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever		+0.0
34	22-12	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.0
35	22-13	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Emma Hanson	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.0
36	22-14	E ILL	E ILL	Ace	E ILL server	aced Haumea Marumoto	+0.0
37	23-14	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Anna Jelinek	+0.0
38	23-15	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.0
39	23-16	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Addison Erb		+0.0
40	24-16	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Collins	+0.0
41	25-16	LBSU	LBSU	Attack err	Anna McEwen		+0.0
Set 2
1	0-1	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Sidney Hamaker	blk Alanys Nieves, Addison Erb	+0.5
2	1-1	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
3	1-2	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.4
4	2-2	E ILL	LBSU	Serve err	E ILL server		+0.3
5	2-3	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.4
6	3-3	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
7	3-4	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.4
8	4-4	E ILL	LBSU×7	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
9	5-4	LBSU	LBSU×7	Attack err	Hannah Hawkins	blk Kendal Murphy	+0.4
10	6-4	LBSU	LBSU×7	Attack err	McKenna Morton		+0.4
11	7-4	LBSU	LBSU×7	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
12	8-4	LBSU	LBSU×7	Attack err	Emma Hanson	blk Kendal Murphy, Reagan Hope	+0.2
13	9-4	LBSU	LBSU×7	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Reagan Hope	+0.2
14	10-4	LBSU	LBSU×7	Kill	Madi Maxwell	set Anna Jelinek	+0.1
15	10-5	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	McKenna Morton	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.1
16	11-5	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
17	11-6	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	McKenna Morton	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.1
18	11-7	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	McKenna Morton	set Alanys Nieves	+0.2
19	12-7	E ILL	LBSU×3	Kill	Madi Maxwell		+0.1
20	13-7	LBSU	LBSU×3	Ace	LBSU server	aced Ariadna Pereles	+0.1
21	14-7	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Anna Jelinek	+0.1
22	14-8	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.1
23	15-8	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
24	15-9	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.1
25	16-9	E ILL	LBSU	Serve err	E ILL server		+0.1
26	17-9	LBSU	LBSU	Ace	LBSU server	aced McKenna Morton	+0.1
27	17-10	LBSU	E ILL	Attack err	Sidney Hamaker		+0.0
28	17-11	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Ariadna Pereles	+0.1
29	18-11	E ILL	LBSU	Attack err	Katie Kopshever		+0.1
30	18-12	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	McKenna Morton	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.0
31	18-13	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Madi Maxwell		+0.1
32	19-13	E ILL	LBSU×3	Attack err	Katie Kopshever		+0.1
33	20-13	LBSU	LBSU×3	Attack err	Katie Kopshever	blk Reagan Hope	+0.1
34	21-13	LBSU	LBSU×3	Attack err	McKenna Morton		+0.0
35	21-14	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Emma Hanson	set Hannah Hawkins	+0.0
36	22-14	E ILL	LBSU×3	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Collins	+0.0
37	23-14	LBSU	LBSU×3	Attack err	Addison Erb		+0.0
38	24-14	LBSU	LBSU×3	Ace	LBSU server	aced McKenna Morton	+0.0
39	24-15	LBSU	E ILL×3	Attack err	Madi Maxwell		+0.0
40	24-16	E ILL	E ILL×3	Ace	E ILL server	aced Kendal Murphy	+0.0
41	24-17	E ILL	E ILL×3	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.0
42	25-17	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Collins	+0.0
Set 3
1	0-1	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.1
2	1-1	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
3	2-1	LBSU	LBSU	Attack err	Addison Erb		+0.2
4	2-2	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.1
5	3-2	E ILL	LBSU×3	Kill	Chloe Johnson	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
6	4-2	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Chloe Johnson	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
7	5-2	LBSU	LBSU×3	Attack err	Katie Kopshever		+0.1
8	5-3	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.1
9	5-4	E ILL	E ILL	Attack err	Chloe Johnson		+0.2
10	6-4	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
11	7-4	LBSU	LBSU	Attack err	Katie Kopshever	blk Madi Maxwell, Reagan Hope, Chloe Johnson	+0.1
12	7-5	LBSU	E ILL×3	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.1
13	7-6	E ILL	E ILL×3	Kill	Kaeden Foxx	set Alanys Nieves	+0.2
14	7-7	E ILL	E ILL×3	Kill	Alanys Nieves	set Ariadna Pereles	+0.2
15	8-7	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
16	9-7	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
17	9-8	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.1
18	10-8	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
19	11-8	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Madi Maxwell	set Kendal Murphy	+0.2
20	11-9	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.1
21	12-9	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Izzy Mahaffey	+0.1
22	12-10	LBSU	E ILL	Attack err	Sidney Hamaker		+0.1
23	12-11	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.2
24	13-11	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
25	13-12	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.2
26	13-13	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.3
27	14-13	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
28	14-14	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Abana Teran	set Alanys Nieves	+0.2
29	14-15	E ILL	E ILL	Kill	Katie Kopshever	set Alanys Nieves	+0.4
30	15-15	E ILL	LBSU×3	Kill	Chloe Johnson	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
31	16-15	LBSU	LBSU×3	Ace	LBSU server	aced Anna McEwen	+0.3
32	17-15	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Chloe Johnson		+0.3
33	17-16	LBSU	E ILL	Serve err	LBSU server		+0.2
34	18-16	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
35	18-17	LBSU	E ILL	Attack err	Madi Maxwell	blk Emma Hanson, Alanys Nieves	+0.2
36	19-17	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
37	19-18	LBSU	E ILL	Attack err	Kendal Murphy		+0.2
38	20-18	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Kyler Birkelbach	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
39	20-19	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Anaya Rawlinson	set Alanys Nieves	+0.2
40	21-19	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
41	21-20	LBSU	E ILL	Kill	Anaya Rawlinson	set Alanys Nieves	+0.3
42	22-20	E ILL	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
43	22-21	LBSU	E ILL	Attack err	Chloe Johnson		+0.3
44	23-21	E ILL	LBSU×3	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
45	24-21	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Chloe Johnson		+0.3
46	25-21	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Long Beach St. first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.