Montana State vs Montana Volleyball: Montana State Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsTue, Sep 22, 2026

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Montana St. 54.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Sep 22, 9:25 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Montana St. won at Montana 3-1 (16-25, 25-15, 25-14, 25-20) on Tue, Sep 22, 2026. Montana St.'s Karli Heidemann led with 13 kills, and Nicolette Noble added 21 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 22

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
MONTST	16	25	25	25	3
MONT	25	15	14	20	1

Win probability

Montana above 50 · Montana St. below

Biggest swing: 3.6% to Montana St. — set 3, MONTST 8-6 MONT. Attack error by Delaney Russell. MONT win probability 36% → 33%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MONTST 64.5%35.5% MONT

Montana St. wins

3-0

19.7%

3-1

24.7%

3-2

20.1%

Montana wins

3-0

7.3%

3-1

12.8%

3-2

15.5%

MONTST break %: 42.7% vs this opp
MONT break %: 39.9% 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 % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Delaney RussellAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Delaney Russell
Set 3 · MONTST 8-6 MONT · MONTST 64% → 67%
02
Lauren SchloeAttack error+3.5%
Attack error by Lauren Schloe
Set 3 · MONTST 5-5 MONT · MONT 35% → 39%
03
Elli TuftoKill+3.3%
Kill by Elli Tufto (set by Teagan Jaynes)
Set 3 · MONTST 9-6 MONT · MONTST 67% → 70%
04
Joelie SpeltsAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Joelie Spelts
Set 3 · MONTST 4-3 MONT · MONT 32% → 35%
05
Teagan JaynesBad set+3.1%
Bad set by Teagan Jaynes
Set 3 · MONTST 10-8 MONT · MONT 29% → 32%
06
Sophia VellaAttack error+3.1%
Attack error by Sophia Vella
Set 3 · MONTST 2-0 MONT · MONTST 64% → 67%
07
Taylor McDonaldKill+3.0%
Kill by Taylor McDonald (set by Teagan Jaynes)
Set 3 · MONTST 12-8 MONT · MONTST 71% → 74%
08
Joelie Spelts&Teagan JaynesBlock+2.9%
Mylee Blake stuffed by Joelie Spelts & Teagan Jaynes
Set 3 · MONTST 4-1 MONT · MONTST 67% → 70%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montana St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Joelie SpeltsMB	4	12	3	22	.409	0	0	3	1	0	2	6	5	17
18Karli HeidemannOH	4	13	3	39	.256	0	1	4	11	1	0	2	1	15
23Elli TuftoOH	4	12	2	37	.270	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
14Taylor McDonaldOH	4	8	4	24	.167	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
6Teagan JaynesS	4	1	1	9	.000	44	2	0	13	0	0	4	2	5
17Alice StemanMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
2Lauren GreenyOH	4	2	1	5	.200	0	1	2	13	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
45Nicolette NobleL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	2	0	21	1	0	0	0	2
12Afton ThomsenDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
7Lauren SchloeMB	3	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	4
Team totals		49	16	141	.234	47	6	9	78	4	3	22	14	91

Montanahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4Josie BlazinaOH	4	10	3	31	.226	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	12
10Delaney RussellOH	4	9	10	45	-.022	1	1	2	18	2	0	2	1	11
11Sophia VellaMB	4	10	3	30	.233	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
13Sydney PierceMB	4	5	4	23	.043	0	1	1	3	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
14Isabel TaylorOH	4	5	6	30	-.033	1	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	6
9Gracie CagleS	4	2	1	8	.125	35	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	2
12Madeline SandersonDS	4	0	0	0	–	3	1	2	17	2	0	0	0	1
6Annika WrightS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
16Mylee BlakeOH	2	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		44	29	178	.084	43	4	5	73	6	2	6	5	74

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 Montana

Season series · Montana St. leads 1-0

Tue, Sep 22, 2026Montana St. at Montana · Montana St. won 3-1This match
Fri, Nov 20, 2026Montana at Montana St.Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 MONTST · MONT 4

Set 1

16-25

Longest run 3 MONTST MONT 4

Set 2

25-15

Longest run 5 MONTST MONT 4

Set 3

25-14

Longest run 6 MONTST MONT 2

Set 4

25-20

Longest run 4 MONTST MONT 3

Bars above the line = Montana 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	67%10/15	56%10/18
2	64%9/14	41%7/17
3	64%9/14	47%8/17
4	62%8/13	33%4/12
5	58%7/12	50%7/14
6	86%6/7	50%6/12
All	65%49/75	47%42/90

Montana

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%10/16	27%3/11
2	47%9/19	40%6/15
3	60%9/15	18%2/11
4	67%8/12	44%7/16
5	43%6/14	43%6/14
6	43%6/14	25%2/8
All	53%48/90	35%26/75

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 4 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

165 rallies

#	MONTST -MONT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Joelie Spelts		+2.5
2	0-2	MONT	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.5
3	1-2	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.7
4	1-3	MONTST	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
5	1-4	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana		+2.6
6	1-5	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Delaney Russell	+2.5
7	2-5	MONT	MONTST	Blocked	Isabel Taylor	blk Teagan Jaynes, Joelie Spelts	+1.5
8	2-6	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
9	3-6	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.6
10	4-6	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.5
11	4-7	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
12	5-7	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.7
13	5-8	MONTST	MONT×4	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
14	5-9	MONT	MONT×4	Blocked	Alice Steman	blk Delaney Russell, Sydney Pierce	+2.7
15	5-10	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.4
16	5-11	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
17	6-11	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
18	6-12	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Annika Wright	+1.5
19	7-12	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
20	7-13	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
21	7-14	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Isabel Taylor	+1.6
22	8-14	MONT	MONTST	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+0.8
23	8-15	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
24	8-16	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Taylor McDonald		+1.1
25	9-16	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.5
26	9-17	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
27	10-17	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.4
28	10-18	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Gracie Cagle	+0.7
29	10-19	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		+0.6
30	11-19	MONT	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Gracie Cagle		+0.2
31	12-19	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Blocked	Isabel Taylor	blk Alice Steman, Taylor McDonald	+0.4
32	13-19	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Nicolette Noble	+0.7
33	13-20	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.8
34	13-21	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
35	14-21	MONT	MONTST	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+0.2
36	14-22	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.3
37	15-22	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.1
38	15-23	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
39	16-23	MONT	MONTST	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.1
40	16-24	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
41	16-25	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		·
Set 2
1	1-0	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.8
2	1-1	MONTST	MONT	Attack err	Taylor McDonald		+2.0
3	2-1	MONT	MONTST ×4	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
4	3-1	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.7
5	4-1	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Ace	Montana St.	aced Delaney Russell	+2.5
6	5-1	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Gracie Cagle	+2.3
7	5-2	MONTST	MONT	Attack err	Joelie Spelts		+1.5
8	5-3	MONT	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.4
9	6-3	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.8
10	6-4	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
11	6-5	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+2.8
12	7-5	MONT	MONTST ×3	Serve err	Montana		+2.1
13	8-5	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Blocked	Isabel Taylor	blk Joelie Spelts, Teagan Jaynes	+2.7
14	9-5	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+2.4
15	9-6	MONTST	MONT	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+1.5
16	9-7	MONT	MONT	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.6
17	10-7	MONT	MONTST ×4	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
18	11-7	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Blocked	Sydney Pierce	blk Karli Heidemann, Lauren Schloe	+2.5
19	12-7	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Attack err	Isabel Taylor		+2.1
20	13-7	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.6
21	13-8	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.9
22	14-8	MONT	MONTST ×4	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
23	15-8	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Taylor McDonald, Lauren Schloe	+1.2
24	16-8	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Ace	Montana St.		+0.8
25	17-8	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Ace	Montana St.	aced Isabel Taylor	+0.5
26	17-9	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
27	18-9	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.3
28	18-10	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.2
29	19-10	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Schloe	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.2
30	19-11	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
31	20-11	MONT	MONTST ×5	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.2
32	21-11	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Attack err	Isabel Taylor		+0.1
33	22-11	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Ace	Montana St.	aced Madeline Sanderson	·
34	23-11	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Blocked	Isabel Taylor	blk Joelie Spelts, Lauren Greeny	·
35	24-11	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	·
36	24-12	MONTST	MONT×4	Serve err	Montana St.		·
37	24-13	MONT	MONT×4	Ace	Montana	aced Karli Heidemann	·
38	24-14	MONT	MONT×4	Attack err	Elli Tufto		·
39	24-15	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	·
40	25-15	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	·
Set 3
1	1-0	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Elli Tufto	+2.2
2	2-0	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+3.1
3	2-1	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
4	3-1	MONT	MONTST	Serve err	Montana		+2.2
5	4-1	MONTST	MONTST	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Joelie Spelts, Teagan Jaynes	+2.9
6	4-2	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
7	4-3	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Joelie Spelts		+3.1
8	5-3	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.3
9	5-4	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+2.3
10	5-5	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Lauren Schloe		+3.5
11	6-5	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.5
12	6-6	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.6
13	7-6	MONT	MONTST ×4	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.6
14	8-6	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+3.6
15	9-6	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+3.3
16	10-6	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Ace	Montana St.	aced Delaney Russell	+2.9
17	10-7	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.8
18	10-8	MONT	MONT	Bad set	Teagan Jaynes		+3.1
19	11-8	MONT	MONTST ×6	Serve err	Montana		+2.4
20	12-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	+3.0
21	13-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.5
22	14-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Joelie Spelts, Taylor McDonald	+1.9
23	15-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.4
24	16-8	MONTST	MONTST ×6	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.9
25	16-9	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
26	17-9	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.6
27	17-10	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
28	18-10	MONT	MONTST ×4	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+0.5
29	19-10	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.4
30	20-10	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Blocked	Josie Blazina	blk Joelie Spelts	+0.2
31	21-10	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Joelie Spelts	+0.1
32	21-11	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	·
33	22-11	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	·
34	23-11	MONTST	MONTST	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Lauren Schloe, Teagan Jaynes	·
35	23-12	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		·
36	23-13	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		·
37	24-13	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	·
38	24-14	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	·
39	25-14	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	·
Set 4
1	1-0	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.8
2	2-0	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.7
3	2-1	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.9
4	3-1	MONT	MONTST ×4	Serve err	Montana		+1.9
5	4-1	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+2.6
6	5-1	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Blocked	Sophia Vella	blk Joelie Spelts, Elli Tufto	+2.3
7	6-1	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Ace	Montana St.	aced Madeline Sanderson	+2.0
8	6-2	MONTST	MONT	Blocked	Taylor McDonald	blk Josie Blazina	+1.3
9	7-2	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.4
10	7-3	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.3
11	8-3	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.4
12	8-4	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Gracie Cagle	+1.3
13	8-5	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Lauren Greeny	+2.2
14	9-5	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.7
15	10-5	MONTST	MONTST	Blocked	Sydney Pierce	blk Karli Heidemann, Lauren Schloe	+2.1
16	10-6	MONTST	MONT	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.3
17	11-6	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Nicolette Noble	+1.5
18	11-7	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.3
19	12-7	MONT	MONTST	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+1.5
20	13-7	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+1.7
21	13-8	MONTST	MONT	Blocked	Taylor McDonald	blk Josie Blazina, Delaney Russell	+0.9
22	14-8	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Taylor McDonald	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.2
23	14-9	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
24	15-9	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.2
25	15-10	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
26	16-10	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Nicolette Noble	+1.1
27	16-11	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.8
28	17-11	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
29	18-11	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.0
30	18-12	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Annika Wright	+0.4
31	18-13	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Nicolette Noble	+1.0
32	19-13	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.0
33	19-14	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+0.6
34	20-14	MONT	MONTST	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Lauren Schloe	+0.9
35	21-14	MONTST	MONTST	Bad set	Gracie Cagle		+0.7
36	21-15	MONTST	MONT×3	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
37	21-16	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Elli Tufto	blk Sophia Vella, Josie Blazina	+0.6
38	21-17	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
39	22-17	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.3
40	22-18	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
41	23-18	MONT	MONTST	Serve err	Montana		+1.1
42	23-19	MONTST	MONT	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.4
43	24-19	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.9
44	24-20	MONTST	MONT	Blocked	Teagan Jaynes	blk Sydney Pierce	+0.2
45	25-20	MONT	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.5

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. Montana 3–1