Idaho vs Montana State Volleyball: Montana State Wins 3-0

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Montana St. 75.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 7:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Montana St. beat visiting Idaho 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-20) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. Joelie Spelts and Karli Heidemann led Montana St. with 11 kills each; Idaho's Kiana Greer had a match-high 16.

Data through Nov 3, 4:05 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
IDAHO	20	22	20	0
MONTST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Montana St. swept Idaho without a set decided by more than five and led every phase.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.4 points. Idaho peaked at 29% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. Montana St. went in as RallyIQ's 75% pick.

IdahoMontana St.

Break %+10.8 pts
34.445.2
33 of 73 on serve vs 22 of 64, so Idaho's sideout was 54.8%.
Longest run+1
45
Montana St. scored 5 straight in the third set to open the set 5–0. The set finished 25–20.

Montana St. above 50Idaho belowMax swing 3.4%

IdahoMontana St.

Hitting: Idaho .182·Montana St. .255
Aces: Idaho 2·Montana St. 7
Serve err: Idaho 11·Montana St. 9
Blocks: Idaho 1·Montana St. 50 BS · 2 BA vs 2 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Idaho 44·Montana St. 36

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Montana St. above 50 · Idaho below

Biggest swing: 3.4% to Montana St. — set 1, IDAHO 17-19 MONTST . Kill by Joelie Spelts (set by Teagan Jaynes). MONTST win probability 76% → 80%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

IDAHO 18.1%81.9% MONTST

Idaho wins

3-0

2.9%

3-1

6.0%

3-2

9.3%

Montana St. wins

3-0

33.5%

3-1

30.7%

3-2

17.7%

IDAHO break %: 38.5% vs this opp
MONTST break %: 45.4% 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
Joelie SpeltsKill+3.4%
Kill by Joelie Spelts (set by Teagan Jaynes)
Set 1 · IDAHO 17-19 MONTST · MONTST 76% → 80%
02
Kiana GreerKill+3.3%
Kill by Kiana Greer (set by Csenge Krakoczki)
Set 1 · IDAHO 16-16 MONTST · IDAHO 23% → 26%
03
Montana St.Ace+3.1%
Montana St. ace on Kiana Greer
Set 2 · IDAHO 18-19 MONTST · MONTST 84% → 88%
04
Elli TuftoAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Elli Tufto
Set 2 · IDAHO 17-16 MONTST · IDAHO 14% → 17%
05
Lauren GreenyKill+2.9%
Kill by Lauren Greeny (set by Teagan Jaynes)
Set 1 · IDAHO 13-14 MONTST · MONTST 73% → 76%
06
Montana St.Ace+2.9%
Montana St. ace on Keira Kleidon
Set 2 · IDAHO 18-20 MONTST · MONTST 88% → 90%
07
Alaina ArmstrongKill+2.8%
Kill by Alaina Armstrong (set by Csenge Krakoczki)
Set 1 · IDAHO 11-10 MONTST · IDAHO 25% → 28%
08
Elli TuftoBlock+2.8%
Csenge Krakoczki stuffed by Elli Tufto
Set 1 · IDAHO 17-20 MONTST · MONTST 80% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Idahoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
9Kiana GreerOH	3	16	6	32	.313	0	0	2	10	2	0	0	16
11Koen MakaulaMB	3	5	0	9	.556	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	5.5
2Alaina ArmstrongOH	3	5	6	22	-.045	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	5
16Anika PrisbyMB	3	3	0	8	.375	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
21Csenge KrakoczkiS	3	0	2	2	-1.000	30	1	3	5	0	0	0	1
3Lucy RyanOH	2	3	2	11	.091	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
5Sarah SullivanOH	3	0	0	4	.000	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1
1Kailee WakatakeDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
7Keira KleidonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	11	2	0	0	0
8Sophie DanielsonOPP	2	2	2	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
12Kyriah TrefrenL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
13Allie FerrinOH	1	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
6Gabrielle SmithMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	18	99	.182	36	2	11	44	7	2	1	62

Montana St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Joelie SpeltsMB	3	11	0	13	.846	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
18Karli HeidemannOH	3	11	3	27	.296	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	11
6Teagan JaynesS	3	5	0	10	.500	30	3	0	7	0	0	2	1	9
2Lauren GreenyOH	3	3	3	17	.000	2	0	4	5	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
7Lauren SchloeMB	3	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3
12Afton ThomsenDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
45Nicolette NobleL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
11Elli EskoOH	2	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
23Elli TuftoOH	2	2	5	13	-.231	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	3
5Keely CullerOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
13Jolene Green EwenMB	1	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14Taylor McDonaldOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Alice StemanMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Haven RichOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	14	98	.255	35	7	9	36	2	2	6	5	75

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.

Idaho vs Montana St.

Season series · Montana St. leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 1, 2026Idaho at Montana St. · Montana St. won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026Montana St. at IdahoPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 IDAHO · MONTST 5

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 4 IDAHOMONTST 4

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 4 IDAHOMONTST 3

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 3 IDAHOMONTST 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Idaho

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	27%3/11
2	50%7/14	33%4/12
3	54%7/13	30%3/10
4	50%6/12	30%3/10
5	75%6/8	14%1/7
6	55%6/11	57%8/14
All	55%40/73	34%22/64

Montana St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%9/12	53%8/15
2	57%8/14	43%6/14
3	78%7/9	53%8/15
4	75%6/8	45%5/11
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	60%6/10	25%2/8
All	66%42/64	45%33/73

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

137 rallies

#	IDAHO-MONTST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.3
2	1-1	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.4
3	2-1	IDAHO	IDAHO	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		+2.2
4	2-2	IDAHO	MONTST ×3	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.5
5	2-3	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Lucy Ryan		+2.0
6	2-4	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Ace	Montana St.	aced Kiana Greer	+1.9
7	3-4	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Lucy Ryan	set Keira Kleidon	+1.3
8	3-5	IDAHO	MONTST	Serve err	Idaho		+1.3
9	4-5	MONTST	IDAHO	Bad set	Nicolette Noble		+1.4
10	4-6	IDAHO	MONTST ×3	Serve err	Idaho		+1.4
11	4-7	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+1.8
12	4-8	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Joelie Spelts	+1.6
13	5-8	MONTST	IDAHO	Attack err	Elli Tufto		+1.0
14	5-9	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
15	6-9	MONTST	IDAHO×4	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.0
16	7-9	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Kill	Lucy Ryan	set Keira Kleidon	+1.8
17	8-9	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Keira Kleidon	+2.1
18	9-9	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Attack err	Elli Tufto		+2.5
19	9-10	IDAHO	MONTST	Serve err	Idaho		+1.7
20	10-10	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.8
21	11-10	IDAHO	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.8
22	11-11	IDAHO	MONTST	Serve err	Idaho		+1.9
23	12-11	MONTST	IDAHO	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+2.1
24	12-12	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
25	13-12	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.2
26	13-13	IDAHO	MONTST ×4	Serve err	Idaho		+2.1
27	13-14	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.9
28	13-15	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Attack err	Alaina Armstrong		+2.7
29	13-16	MONTST	MONTST ×4	Attack err	Alaina Armstrong		+2.4
30	14-16	MONTST	IDAHO×3	Kill	Anika Prisby	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.5
31	15-16	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Attack err	Elli Tufto		+2.7
32	16-16	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+3.3
33	16-17	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Elli Tufto	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.4
34	17-17	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.5
35	17-18	IDAHO	MONTST ×3	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.5
36	17-19	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+3.4
37	17-20	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Blocked	Csenge Krakoczki	blk Elli Tufto	+2.8
38	18-20	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.5
39	18-21	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
40	18-22	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+1.9
41	19-22	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.8
42	19-23	IDAHO	MONTST	Serve err	Idaho		+1.2
43	20-23	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.6
44	20-24	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Nicolette Noble	+1.1
45	20-25	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.4
Set 2
1	0-1	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.5
2	1-1	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.1
3	1-2	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.1
4	2-2	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Anika Prisby	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.1
5	3-2	IDAHO	IDAHO	Ace	Idaho	aced Afton Thomsen	+1.7
6	3-3	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Afton Thomsen	+1.2
7	3-4	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Alaina Armstrong		+1.6
8	4-4	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.2
9	4-5	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.2
10	5-5	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Keira Kleidon	+1.2
11	5-6	IDAHO	MONTST	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+1.2
12	6-6	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.3
13	7-6	IDAHO	IDAHO	Blocked	Elli Tufto	blk Lucy Ryan, Koen Makaula	+1.9
14	7-7	IDAHO	MONTST	Serve err	Idaho		+1.3
15	8-7	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Lucy Ryan	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.4
16	8-8	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Karli Heidemann	+1.3
17	9-8	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Koen Makaula	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.5
18	9-9	IDAHO	MONTST	Attack err	Alaina Armstrong		+1.4
19	9-10	MONTST	MONTST	Attack err	Lucy Ryan		+2.0
20	10-10	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		+1.4
21	11-10	IDAHO	IDAHO	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		+2.2
22	11-11	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.5
23	11-12	MONTST	MONTST	Blocked	Alaina Armstrong	blk Lauren Schloe	+2.1
24	12-12	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.5
25	12-13	IDAHO	MONTST ×3	Serve err	Idaho		+1.5
26	12-14	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Lauren Schloe	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
27	12-15	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Elli Tufto		+1.8
28	13-15	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.1
29	13-16	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.3
30	14-16	MONTST	IDAHO×4	Kill	Koen Makaula	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.1
31	15-16	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		+2.1
32	16-16	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Ace	Idaho	aced Nicolette Noble	+2.6
33	17-16	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Attack err	Elli Tufto		+3.0
34	17-17	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.0
35	18-17	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		+2.3
36	18-18	IDAHO	MONTST ×3	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.1
37	18-19	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Ace	Montana St.	aced Kiana Greer	+3.1
38	18-20	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Ace	Montana St.	aced Keira Kleidon	+2.9
39	19-20	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Koen Makaula	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.8
40	19-21	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+2.1
41	19-22	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Lauren Greeny	+2.4
42	20-22	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Sophie Danielson	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.1
43	20-23	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Lauren Greeny	+1.7
44	20-24	MONTST	MONTST	Kill	Lauren Greeny	set Teagan Jaynes	+1.2
45	21-24	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Anika Prisby	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.3
46	22-24	IDAHO	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.9
47	22-25	IDAHO	MONTST	Serve err	Idaho		+1.5
Set 3
1	0-1	IDAHO	MONTST ×5	Serve err	Idaho		+0.6
2	0-2	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Blocked	Kiana Greer	blk Lauren Schloe, Teagan Jaynes	+0.8
3	0-3	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Kill	Teagan Jaynes	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.7
4	0-4	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Ace	Montana St.	aced Keira Kleidon	+0.6
5	0-5	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+0.5
6	1-5	MONTST	IDAHO×3	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.3
7	2-5	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Keira Kleidon	+0.6
8	3-5	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Koen Makaula	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.7
9	3-6	IDAHO	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+0.5
10	3-7	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Ace	Montana St.	aced Alaina Armstrong	+0.7
11	3-8	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Ace	Montana St.	aced Alaina Armstrong	+0.5
12	4-8	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.3
13	5-8	IDAHO	IDAHO	Attack err	Karli Heidemann		+0.6
14	5-9	IDAHO	MONTST	Blocked	Sophie Danielson	blk Lauren Greeny, Lauren Schloe	+0.5
15	6-9	MONTST	IDAHO	Attack err	Elli Esko		+0.4
16	6-10	IDAHO	MONTST ×3	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.5
17	6-11	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Attack err	Sophie Danielson		+0.6
18	6-12	MONTST	MONTST ×3	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.4
19	7-12	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.2
20	7-13	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.3
21	8-13	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		+0.2
22	9-13	IDAHO	IDAHO	Attack err	Elli Esko		+0.5
23	9-14	IDAHO	MONTST ×5	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.4
24	9-15	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Blocked	Alaina Armstrong	blk Teagan Jaynes, Joelie Spelts	+0.4
25	9-16	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Ace	Montana St.	aced Sarah Sullivan	+0.3
26	9-17	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.2
27	9-18	MONTST	MONTST ×5	Kill	Joelie Spelts	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.1
28	10-18	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	·
29	10-19	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Jolene Green Ewen	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.1
30	11-19	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		·
31	12-19	IDAHO	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.1
32	12-20	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.1
33	13-20	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Koen Makaula	set Csenge Krakoczki	·
34	13-21	IDAHO	MONTST	Serve err	Idaho		+0.1
35	14-21	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Sophie Danielson	set Csenge Krakoczki	·
36	14-22	IDAHO	MONTST	Attack err	Csenge Krakoczki		+0.1
37	15-22	MONTST	IDAHO	Kill	Allie Ferrin	set Kyriah Trefren	·
38	16-22	IDAHO	IDAHO	Attack err	Jolene Green Ewen		+0.1
39	16-23	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.1
40	17-23	MONTST	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana St.		·
41	17-24	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Elli Esko	set Teagan Jaynes	·
42	18-24	MONTST	IDAHO×3	Kill	Allie Ferrin	set Csenge Krakoczki	·
43	19-24	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Attack err	Lauren Greeny		·
44	20-24	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.1
45	20-25	IDAHO	MONTST	Kill	Karli Heidemann	set Teagan Jaynes	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Idaho 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. Idaho 3–0

Montana St. swept Idaho without a set decided by more than five and led every phase.