Montana State def. Portland State 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 10)

FinalSat, Oct 10, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Montana St. 52.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 10, 8:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Montana St. won at Portland St. 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-22) on Sat, Oct 10, 2026. Montana St.'s Karli Heidemann led with 14 kills, and Nicolette Noble added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 10

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MONTST	25	25	25	3
PORTST	23	19	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Karli Heidemann needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. Montana St. swept Portland St.

The biggest single-rally swing was 7.6 points, and Portland St.'s high was 48% in Set 1. The numbers below are where it was won. RallyIQ gave Montana St. 52% before first serve.

Montana St.Portland St.

Break %+8.7 pts
46.637.9
34 of 73 on serve vs 25 of 66, so Portland St.'s sideout was 53.4%.
Hitting+.135
.284.149
49 K / 16 E against 32 K / 17 E.
Longest run+1
65
6 straight Montana St. points in the second set broke an 8–8 tie and made it 14–8. Final score of the set: 25–19.

Portland St. above 50Montana St. belowMax swing 7.6%

Montana St.Portland St.

Aces: Montana St. 4·Portland St. 3
Serve err: Montana St. 13·Portland St. 5
Blocks: Montana St. 5.5·Portland St. 40 BS · 11 BA vs 0 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Montana St. 45·Portland St. 41

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Portland St. above 50 · Montana St. below

Biggest swing: 7.6% to Montana St. — set 1, MONTST 24-22 PORTST. Kill by Lauren Schloe (set by Alivia Eikenberg). PORTST win probability 42% → 34%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MONTST 51.9%48.1% PORTST

Montana St. wins

3-0

13.3%

3-1

19.5%

3-2

19.0%

Portland St. wins

3-0

11.7%

3-1

18.0%

3-2

18.4%

MONTST break %: 41.5% vs this opp
PORTST break %: 41.1% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Lauren SchloeKill+7.6%
Kill by Lauren Schloe (set by Alivia Eikenberg)
Set 1 · MONTST 24-22 PORTST · MONTST 58% → 66%
02
Elli EskoKill+7.0%
Kill by Elli Esko (set by Teagan Jaynes)
Set 1 · MONTST 25-23 PORTST · MONTST 63% → 70%
03
Alivia EikenbergKill+5.8%
Kill by Alivia Eikenberg
Set 1 · MONTST 21-21 PORTST · PORTST 42% → 48%
04
Karli HeidemannKill+5.7%
Kill by Karli Heidemann (set by Teagan Jaynes)
Set 1 · MONTST 23-22 PORTST · MONTST 53% → 58%
05
Portland St.Service error+4.8%
Portland St. service error
Set 1 · MONTST 22-21 PORTST · MONTST 52% → 57%
06
Alivia EikenbergKill+4.6%
Kill by Alivia Eikenberg (set by Xanthe Ocampo)
Set 1 · MONTST 22-22 PORTST · PORTST 43% → 47%
07
Willow WatsonKill+4.3%
Kill by Willow Watson (set by Ava Blascziek)
Set 1 · MONTST 21-20 PORTST · PORTST 37% → 42%
08
Willow WatsonAttack error+3.4%
Attack error by Willow Watson
Set 3 · MONTST 21-19 PORTST · MONTST 91% → 94%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montana St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
18Karli HeidemannOH	3	14	5	38	.237	2	0	2	9	1	2	1	15
2Lauren GreenyOH	3	9	5	22	.182	2	1	2	10	2	2	1	11
22Joelie SpeltsMB	3	10	3	16	.438	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	11
7Lauren SchloeMB	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	3.5
6Teagan JaynesS	3	3	0	7	.429	41	0	2	6	0	1	0.5	3.5
12Afton ThomsenDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	1
11Elli EskoOH	3	11	2	25	.360	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	11.5
45Nicolette NobleL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	3	12	0	0	0	1
5Keely CullerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		49	16	116	.284	48	4	13	45	3	11	5.5	75

Portland St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
18Alivia EikenbergOH	3	7	5	21	.095	0	0	0	8	0	1	0.5	7.5
3Brenna CoffmanMB	3	6	2	15	.267	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
20Willow WatsonMB	3	6	3	14	.214	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	6.5
21Reese BiesemeyerMB	3	3	1	9	.222	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
8Maryn HallOH	3	3	3	18	.000	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	3
23Ava BlascziekS	3	1	0	6	.167	20	1	3	5	0	0	0	2
2Paige StepaniukL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	11	1	0	0	0
19Ashley RepettiOH	2	4	3	12	.083	0	1	0	4	0	1	0.5	5.5
22Katelyn DaveyOH	2	2	0	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
13Jessica TruongL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
4Asya AkbulutS	2	0	0	1	.000	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1Alyssandra OrdonaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Xanthe OcampoL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0
Team totals		32	17	101	.149	30	3	5	41	4	8	4	64

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.

Montana St. vs Portland St.

Season series · Montana St. leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 10, 2026Montana St. at Portland St. · Montana St. won 3-0This match
Thu, Nov 5, 2026Portland St. at Montana St.Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 MONTST · PORTST 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 3 MONTST PORTST 3

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 6 MONTST PORTST 5

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 3 MONTST PORTST 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Montana St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	33%3/9
2	50%8/16	50%8/16
3	73%8/11	27%3/11
4	64%7/11	36%4/11
5	50%5/10	58%7/12
6	100%5/5	64%9/14
All	62%41/66	47%34/73

Portland St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	22%2/9
2	62%8/13	43%6/14
3	70%7/10	47%7/15
4	46%6/13	42%5/12
5	45%5/11	45%5/11
6	45%5/11	0%0/5
All	53%39/73	38%25/66

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

139 rallies

#	MONTST -PORTST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PORTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.8
2	2-0	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Lauren Greeny	+2.5
3	3-0	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Willow Watson		+2.4
4	3-1	MONTST	PORTST	Blocked	Karli Heidemann	blk Willow Watson, Reese Biesemeyer	+1.6
5	4-1	PORTST	MONTST	Attack err	Alivia Eikenberg		+1.7
6	4-2	MONTST	PORTST	Attack err	Lauren Schloe		+1.6
7	4-3	PORTST	PORTST	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+2.5
8	5-3	PORTST	MONTST	Blocked	Willow Watson	blk Lauren Schloe, Karli Heidemann	+1.9
9	5-4	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Brenna Coffman	set Ava Blascziek	+1.8
10	6-4	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.9
11	7-4	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Alivia Eikenberg		+2.6
12	7-5	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.7
13	8-5	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.9
14	9-5	MONTST	MONTST	Ace	Montana St.	aced Jessica Truong	+2.5
15	9-6	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Brenna Coffman	set Ava Blascziek	+1.5
16	10-6	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Nicolette Noble	+1.8
17	10-7	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Maryn Hall	set Ava Blascziek	+1.5
18	11-7	PORTST	MONTST	Serve err	Portland St.		+1.8
19	11-8	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Maryn Hall	set Ava Blascziek	+1.5
20	12-8	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.8
21	12-9	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.6
22	13-9	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.9
23	13-10	MONTST	PORTST×3	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.6
24	13-11	PORTST	PORTST×3	Attack err	Elli Esko		+2.7
25	13-12	PORTST	PORTST×3	Ace	Portland St.	aced Karli Heidemann	+3.2
26	14-12	PORTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Elli Esko	set Karli Heidemann	+2.5
27	15-12	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Blocked	Brenna Coffman	blk Elli Esko, Joelie Spelts	+3.3
28	16-12	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Ace	Montana St.	aced Xanthe Ocampo	+2.8
29	16-13	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.6
30	16-14	PORTST	PORTST	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+2.9
31	17-14	PORTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.5
32	18-14	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.9
33	19-14	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.2
34	19-15	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Brenna Coffman	set Ava Blascziek	+1.0
35	20-15	PORTST	MONTST	Serve err	Portland St.		+1.5
36	20-16	MONTST	PORTST×3	Kill	Ava Blascziek	set Jessica Truong	+0.9
37	20-17	PORTST	PORTST×3	Ace	Portland St.	aced Lauren Greeny	+2.0
38	20-18	PORTST	PORTST×3	Kill	Willow Watson	set Paige Stepaniuk	+3.0
39	21-18	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.9
40	21-19	MONTST	PORTST×3	Serve err	Montana St.		+2.1
41	21-20	PORTST	PORTST×3	Kill	Willow Watson	set Ava Blascziek	+4.3
42	21-21	PORTST	PORTST×3	Kill	Alivia Eikenberg		+5.8
43	22-21	PORTST	MONTST	Serve err	Portland St.		+4.8
44	22-22	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Alivia Eikenberg	set Xanthe Ocampo	+4.6
45	23-22	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+5.7
46	24-22	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Schloe	set Alivia Eikenberg	+7.6
47	24-23	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Alivia Eikenberg	set Ava Blascziek	+2.9
48	25-23	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+7.0
Set 2
1	1-0	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.5
2	1-1	MONTST	PORTST×3	Kill	Maryn Hall	set Ava Blascziek	+1.8
3	1-2	PORTST	PORTST×3	Kill	Willow Watson	set Ava Blascziek	+2.6
4	1-3	PORTST	PORTST×3	Kill	Alivia Eikenberg	set Ava Blascziek	+2.6
5	2-3	PORTST	MONTST	Serve err	Portland St.		+1.7
6	2-4	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Willow Watson	set Paige Stepaniuk	+1.8
7	2-5	PORTST	PORTST	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		+2.5
8	3-5	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.6
9	4-5	MONTST	MONTST	Ace	Montana St.	aced Xanthe Ocampo	+2.6
10	4-6	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Alivia Eikenberg	set Ava Blascziek	+1.9
11	5-6	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Afton Thomsen	+1.8
12	6-6	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Alivia Eikenberg		+2.8
13	6-7	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Brenna Coffman	set Ava Blascziek	+2.0
14	7-7	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
15	8-7	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Schloe	set Teagan Jaynes	+3.0
16	8-8	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Alivia Eikenberg	set Ava Blascziek	+2.1
17	9-8	PORTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.1
18	10-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Blocked	Maryn Hall	blk Lauren Greeny, Joelie Spelts	+3.0
19	11-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Elli Esko	set Karli Heidemann	+2.8
20	12-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.5
21	13-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Nicolette Noble	+2.1
22	14-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.7
23	14-9	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.9
24	15-9	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.2
25	16-9	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.2
26	16-10	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.6
27	16-11	PORTST	PORTST	Attack err	Elli Esko		+1.2
28	17-11	PORTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
29	18-11	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Blocked	Maryn Hall	blk Joelie Spelts, Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
30	19-11	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.6
31	20-11	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Attack err	Reese Biesemeyer		+0.3
32	20-12	MONTST	PORTST×5	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.1
33	20-13	PORTST	PORTST×5	Blocked	Joelie Spelts	blk Alivia Eikenberg, Reese Biesemeyer	+0.3
34	20-14	PORTST	PORTST×5	Attack err	Joelie Spelts		+0.5
35	20-15	PORTST	PORTST×5	Kill	Willow Watson	set Ava Blascziek	+0.8
36	20-16	PORTST	PORTST×5	Ace	Portland St.	aced Lauren Greeny	+1.3
37	21-16	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.4
38	21-17	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.8
39	21-18	PORTST	PORTST	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		+1.8
40	22-18	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
41	23-18	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Brenna Coffman		+1.6
42	23-19	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.4
43	24-19	PORTST	MONTST	Attack err	Alivia Eikenberg		+0.9
44	25-19	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.3
Set 3
1	1-0	PORTST	MONTST	Serve err	Portland St.		+1.2
2	1-1	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Alivia Eikenberg	set Ava Blascziek	+1.2
3	2-1	PORTST	MONTST	Attack err	Ashley Repetti		+1.2
4	2-2	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Reese Biesemeyer	set Ava Blascziek	+1.2
5	2-3	PORTST	PORTST	Blocked	Joelie Spelts	blk Ashley Repetti, Brenna Coffman	+1.8
6	3-3	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.2
7	4-3	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.8
8	4-4	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.2
9	4-5	PORTST	PORTST	Kill	Brenna Coffman		+1.8
10	5-5	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.3
11	5-6	MONTST	PORTST×5	Kill	Katelyn Davey	set Brenna Coffman	+1.3
12	5-7	PORTST	PORTST×5	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		+1.9
13	5-8	PORTST	PORTST×5	Blocked	Karli Heidemann	blk Katelyn Davey, Brenna Coffman	+1.8
14	5-9	PORTST	PORTST×5	Kill	Ashley Repetti	set Asya Akbulut	+1.7
15	5-10	PORTST	PORTST×5	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+1.5
16	6-10	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Lauren Greeny	+0.9
17	6-11	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.0
18	7-11	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.8
19	8-11	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.5
20	8-12	MONTST	PORTST	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+1.2
21	9-12	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.0
22	10-12	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.8
23	10-13	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Willow Watson	set Ava Blascziek	+1.4
24	11-13	PORTST	MONTST	Attack err	Ashley Repetti		+1.3
25	12-13	MONTST	MONTST	Ace	Montana St.	aced Paige Stepaniuk	+2.1
26	12-14	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Ashley Repetti	set Paige Stepaniuk	+1.7
27	13-14	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.5
28	13-15	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Brenna Coffman	set Ava Blascziek	+1.7
29	13-16	PORTST	PORTST	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+2.3
30	14-16	PORTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.4
31	15-16	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Blocked	Ashley Repetti	blk Lauren Schloe, Karli Heidemann	+2.3
32	16-16	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.7
33	16-17	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Ashley Repetti	set Asya Akbulut	+2.0
34	17-17	PORTST	MONTST	Attack err	Alivia Eikenberg		+2.0
35	18-17	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+3.0
36	18-18	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Ashley Repetti	set Maryn Hall	+2.1
37	19-18	PORTST	MONTST	Blocked	Maryn Hall	blk Lauren Greeny, Lauren Schloe	+2.3
38	19-19	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Katelyn Davey	set Asya Akbulut	+2.3
39	20-19	PORTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.5
40	21-19	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Willow Watson		+3.4
41	22-19	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.8
42	22-20	MONTST	PORTST	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.3
43	22-21	PORTST	PORTST	Kill	Reese Biesemeyer	set Ava Blascziek	+3.0
44	23-21	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+3.0
45	24-21	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+3.0
46	24-22	MONTST	PORTST	Kill	Reese Biesemeyer	set Ava Blascziek	+0.8
47	25-22	PORTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.9

Score shown after each rally, Montana St. 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).

Montana St. def. Portland St. 3–0

Karli Heidemann needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. Montana St. swept Portland St.