Montana vs Seattle U Volleyball: Montana Wins 3-0 (Sep 3)

FinalThu, Sep 3, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Montana beat Seattle U 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-20) on Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at a neutral site. Isabel Taylor led Montana with 10 kills; Seattle U's Teagan Melton had a match-high 12.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MONT	25	25	25	3
SEATTL	18	23	20	0

Win probability

Seattle U above 50 · Montana below

Biggest swing: 5.8% to Montana — set 2, MONT 24-23 SEATTL. Kill by Josie Blazina (set by Gracie Cagle). SEATTL win probability 15% → 9%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MONT 77.7%22.3% SEATTL

Montana wins

3-0

29.4%

3-1

29.5%

3-2

18.8%

Seattle U wins

3-0

3.8%

3-1

7.5%

3-2

11.0%

MONT break %: 47.3% vs this opp
SEATTL break %: 41.5% 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
Josie BlazinaKill+5.8%
Kill by Josie Blazina (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 24-23 SEATTL · MONT 85% → 91%
02
Sophia VellaKill+5.1%
Kill by Sophia Vella (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 25-23 SEATTL · MONT 91% → 96%
03
Isabel TaylorKill+4.8%
Kill by Isabel Taylor (set by Sydney Pierce)
Set 2 · MONT 23-23 SEATTL · MONT 80% → 85%
04
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+4.5%
Point Seattle U (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 2 · MONT 21-23 SEATTL · SEATTL 18% → 22%
05
Teagan MeltonKill+3.4%
Kill by Teagan Melton (set by Grace Jones)
Set 2 · MONT 21-22 SEATTL · SEATTL 15% → 18%
06
Teagan MeltonKill+3.0%
Kill by Teagan Melton (set by Grace Jones)
Set 2 · MONT 20-21 SEATTL · SEATTL 14% → 17%
07
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+2.8%
Point Montana (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 2 · MONT 21-21 SEATTL · MONT 83% → 85%
08
Adee ButlerKill+2.7%
Kill by Adee Butler (set by Grace Jones)
Set 2 · MONT 19-20 SEATTL · SEATTL 14% → 17%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montanaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Isabel TaylorOH	3	10	2	26	.308	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	11
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	7	1	15	.400	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	9
10Delaney RussellOH	3	8	6	29	.069	0	0	2	12	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
11Sophia VellaMB	3	7	3	19	.211	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
9Gracie CagleS	3	5	0	7	.714	31	2	0	10	0	1	0	1	8
13Sydney PierceMB	3	3	1	9	.222	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	5
6Annika WrightS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0
16Mylee BlakeOH	2	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	1	2	2	4	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
17Elle McCandlessMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
8Halle WalkerS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	15	117	.265	45	3	6	45	2	3	8	7	75

Seattle Uhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Teagan MeltonOH	3	12	0	16	.750	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	13.5
4Lexi JonesMB	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	8
7Hailey McEllrathMB	3	2	2	8	.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Elaina DuongL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
10Grace JonesS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0
13Chloee LeslieOH	2	5	7	28	-.071	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	7
5Adee ButlerOH	3	11	5	24	.250	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	12
9Mikayla LiljenquistS	3	0	0	0	–	14	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
12Janae DemantL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
8Orinayo OlukanmiOH	2	1	4	11	-.273	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
14Linnaea MooreOH	2	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Tamara UngaOH	1	0	0	5	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	19	106	.160	32	2	4	49	3	4	10	9	61

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 vs Seattle U

Season series · Montana leads 2-0

Thu, Sep 3, 2026Montana at Seattle U · Montana won 3-0This match
Fri, Sep 18, 2026Montana at Seattle U · Montana won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 MONT · SEATTL 6

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 4 MONTSEATTL 3

Set 2

25-23

Longest run 4 MONTSEATTL 6

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 5 MONTSEATTL 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Montana

No clean sets to split.

Seattle U

No clean sets to split.

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 (0 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

136 rallies

#	MONT-SEATTL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MONT	SEATTL	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Lexi Jones, Teagan Melton	+1.5
2	1-1	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell		+1.4
3–4	1-3		SEATTL 2	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+3.6
5	2-3	SEATTL	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
6	3-3	MONT	MONT×3	Serve err	Montana		+1.9
7	4-3	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.8
8	4-4	MONT	SEATTL	Attack err	Isabel Taylor		+1.5
9	4-5	SEATTL	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+2.1
10	5-5	SEATTL	MONT	Attack err	Hailey McEllrath		+1.6
11–13	7-6		MONT 2 · SEATTL	NCAA feed gap3 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.9
14	8-6	MONT	MONT×3	Serve err	Montana		+1.9
15	8-7	MONT	SEATTL	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Lexi Jones, Linnaea Moore	+1.5
16	9-7	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
17	9-8	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+1.5
18–20	10-10		MONT · SEATTL 2	NCAA feed gap3 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.8
21	11-10	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.3
22	12-10	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+2.1
23	12-11	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		+1.7
24	12-12	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.5
25	13-12	SEATTL	MONT×4	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Gracie Cagle	+1.9
26	14-12	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+2.3
27	15-12		MONT	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.0
28	16-12	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
29	16-13	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+1.1
30	17-13	SEATTL	MONT×3	Serve err	Seattle U		+1.3
31–32	19-13		MONT 2	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.1
33	19-14	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler		+0.5
34	20-14	SEATTL	MONT×3	Kill	Isabel Taylor		+0.6
35	21-14	MONT	MONT×3	Serve err	Montana		+0.5
36	22-14	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
37	22-15	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+0.1
38	23-15		MONT	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
39	24-15	MONT	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake		·
40	24-16	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	·
41	24-17	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Ace	Seattle U	aced Mylee Blake	·
42	24-18	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Janae Demant	·
43	25-18	SEATTL	MONT	Bad set	Teagan Melton		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	SEATTL	MONT×3	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Isabel Taylor	+1.0
2	2-0	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Sophia Vella	+1.2
3	3-0	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+1.1
4	3-1	MONT	SEATTL	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+0.9
5	4-1	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.9
6	4-2	MONT	SEATTL×6	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.9
7	4-3	SEATTL	SEATTL×6	Attack err	Isabel Taylor		+1.3
8	4-4	SEATTL	SEATTL×6	Kill	Chloee Leslie		+1.5
9	4-5	SEATTL	SEATTL×6	Ace	Seattle U	aced Delaney Russell	+1.6
10	4-6	SEATTL	SEATTL×6	Kill	Hailey McEllrath		+1.7
11–13	6-7		MONT 2 · SEATTL	NCAA feed gap3 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.1
14	7-7	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+1.6
15	7-8	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+1.4
16	8-8	SEATTL	MONT	Attack err	Orinayo Olukanmi		+1.3
17	8-9	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+1.5
18	9-9	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Isabel Taylor		+1.4
19	10-9	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Adee Butler	blk Josie Blazina	+1.7
20	10-10	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+1.4
21	10-11	SEATTL	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones		+2.0
22	11-11	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
23	11-12		SEATTL	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.6
24	11-13	SEATTL	SEATTL	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Lexi Jones, Teagan Melton	+2.2
25	12-13	SEATTL	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.6
26	13-13	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Chloee Leslie	blk Sophia Vella, Sydney Pierce	+2.0
27	14-13	MONT	MONT×3	Serve err	Montana		+2.0
28	14-14	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones	set Grace Jones	+1.7
29	15-14		MONT	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.7
30	15-15	MONT	SEATTL	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+1.8
31	15-16	SEATTL	SEATTL	Bad set	Delaney Russell		+2.5
32	16-16	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.9
33	16-17	MONT	SEATTL	Blocked	Isabel Taylor	blk Chloee Leslie	+2.1
34	17-17	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina		+2.0
35	17-18	MONT	SEATTL	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+2.3
36	18-18	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Isabel Taylor	+2.1
37	18-19	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+2.5
38	19-19	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		+2.3
39	19-20	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+2.7
40	20-20	SEATTL	MONT	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+2.5
41	20-21	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+3.0
42	21-21		MONT	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.8
43	21-22	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+3.4
44	21-23		SEATTL	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+4.5
45	22-23	SEATTL	MONT×4	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Gracie Cagle	+2.6
46	23-23	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Sydney Pierce	+4.8
47	24-23	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+5.8
48	25-23	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+5.1
Set 3
1–2	2-0		MONT 2	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+1.3
3	3-0	MONT	MONT×5	Ace	Montana	aced Janae Demant	+0.6
4	4-0	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Hailey McEllrath		+0.5
5	5-0	MONT	MONT×5	Blocked	Orinayo Olukanmi	blk Sophia Vella, Sydney Pierce	+0.4
6	5-1	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+0.3
7	6-1	SEATTL	MONT×5	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.3
8	7-1		MONT	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.4
9	8-1	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Isabel Taylor	set Sydney Pierce	+0.3
10	9-1	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Orinayo Olukanmi		+0.2
11	10-1	MONT	MONT×5	Serve err	Montana		+0.2
12	10-2	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Adee Butler	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+0.1
13	10-3		SEATTL	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.2
14	10-4	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+0.2
15	11-4	SEATTL	MONT	Attack err	Adee Butler		+0.2
16	11-5		SEATTL	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.2
17	12-5	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.2
18	13-5	MONT	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Josie Blazina	+0.2
19	13-6	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.1
20	13-7	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Kaylee Paulson		+0.2
21	14-7	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
22	14-8	MONT	SEATTL	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+0.2
23	15-8	SEATTL	MONT×3	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Isabel Taylor	+0.2
24	16-8	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
25	17-8	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Tamara Unga	+0.1
26	17-9	MONT	SEATTL	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Hailey McEllrath, Orinayo Olukanmi	+0.1
27	18-9	SEATTL	MONT	Blocked	Orinayo Olukanmi	blk Delaney Russell, Sydney Pierce	+0.1
28	18-10	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Mikayla Liljenquist	·
29	19-10	SEATTL	MONT	Attack err	Adee Butler		+0.1
30	19-11	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		·
31	19-12	SEATTL	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones		+0.1
32	20-12	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Elle McCandless	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
33	20-13	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.1
34	20-14		SEATTL	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1
35	21-14	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
36	21-15	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.1
37	22-15	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
38	22-16	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.1
39	23-16	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
40	23-17	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		·
41	24-17	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
42	24-18	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Adee Butler	set Mikayla Liljenquist	·
43	24-19	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Blocked	Sophia Vella	blk Adee Butler	·
44–45	25-20		MONT · SEATTL	NCAA feed gap2 points not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Montana 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 def. Seattle U 3–0