Long Beach State def. Eastern Ill. 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 4)

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Long Beach St. beat Eastern Ill. 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-21) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at a neutral site. Long Beach St.'s Sidney Hamaker led with 14 kills, and Izzy Mahaffey added 11 digs.

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

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

Win probability

Eastern Ill. above 50 · Long Beach St. below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Long Beach St. stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LBSU 96.6%3.4% E ILL

Long Beach St. wins

3-0

60.9%

3-1

27.9%

3-2

7.9%

Eastern Ill. wins

3-0

0.4%

3-1

0.9%

3-2

2.1%

LBSU break %: 50.1% vs this opp
E ILL break %: 36.1% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

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 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 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+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

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.

Rally log

129 rallies

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

Score shown after each rally, Long Beach St. first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Long Beach St. def. Eastern Ill. 3–0