Montana vs Eastern Mich. Volleyball: Eastern Mich. Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 11, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Eastern Mich. beat Montana 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-21) on Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at a neutral site. Eastern Mich.'s Taeley Mahler led with 17 kills, and Lina Govoni added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MONT	21	24	21	0
E MICH	25	26	25	3

Win probability

Eastern Mich. above 50 · Montana below

Biggest swing: 9.6% to Eastern Mich. — set 2, MONT 24-24 E MICH. Kill by Olivia Beaudrie (set by Lina Govoni). E MICH win probability 60% → 70%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MONT 46.5%53.5% E MICH

Montana wins

3-0

11.1%

3-1

17.3%

3-2

18.1%

Eastern Mich. wins

3-0

14.0%

3-1

20.2%

3-2

19.3%

MONT break %: 43.9% vs this opp
E MICH break %: 44.6% 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
Olivia BeaudrieKill+9.6%
Kill by Olivia Beaudrie (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · MONT 24-24 E MICH · E MICH 60% → 70%
02
Olivia BeaudrieKill+9.5%
Kill by Olivia Beaudrie (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · MONT 24-25 E MICH · E MICH 70% → 80%
03
Delaney RussellAttack error+9.3%
Attack error by Delaney Russell
Set 2 · MONT 24-26 E MICH · E MICH 80% → 89%
04
Delaney RussellKill+7.5%
Kill by Delaney Russell (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 23-22 E MICH · MONT 28% → 36%
05
Delaney RussellKill+7.3%
Kill by Delaney Russell (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 24-22 E MICH · MONT 36% → 43%
06
Delaney RussellKill+6.1%
Kill by Delaney Russell (set by Madeline Sanderson)
Set 2 · MONT 22-22 E MICH · MONT 22% → 28%
07
MontanaAce+4.3%
Montana ace on Olivia Beaudrie
Set 2 · MONT 21-22 E MICH · MONT 18% → 22%
08
Natalie SlusherKill+3.7%
Kill by Natalie Slusher (set by Azra Eriç)
Set 2 · MONT 17-20 E MICH · E MICH 79% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montanaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
10Delaney RussellOH	3	16	9	44	.159	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	17
11Sophia VellaMB	3	6	2	19	.211	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	4	3	18	.056	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
13Sydney PierceMB	3	4	2	10	.200	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5
14Isabel TaylorOH	3	0	1	5	-.200	1	1	1	8	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Gracie CagleS	3	0	0	1	.000	26	1	0	10	0	1	0.5	1.5
6Annika WrightS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	20	1	0	0	0
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	2	4	1	9	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
5Alex StoneOH	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
8Halle WalkerS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	19	110	.136	31	4	3	50	3	4	2	66

Eastern Mich.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Taeley MahlerOH	3	17	1	32	.500	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	19
18Azra EriçMB	3	9	1	16	.500	1	2	3	2	0	3	1.5	12.5
3Natalie SlusherOH	3	9	4	33	.152	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
12Olivia BeaudrieOH	3	7	8	31	-.032	0	0	3	5	1	0	0	7
5Maddie HermanMB	3	3	2	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	5
1Lina GovoniS	3	2	1	6	.167	31	0	1	15	0	2	1	3
16Surabhi SrinivasanDS	3	0	0	1	.000	8	1	2	14	0	0	0	1
6Madelyn SipeDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
9Mia SchaeferL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Team totals		47	17	126	.238	40	3	9	47	4	14	7	76

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 6 MONT · E MICH 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 MONTE MICH 6

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 6 MONTE MICH 4

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 3 MONTE MICH 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Montana

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%3/6	0%0/2
2	29%2/7	70%7/10
3	50%2/4	0%0/2
4	100%2/2	0%0/2
5	100%2/2	50%2/4
6	40%2/5	50%2/4
All	50%13/26	46%11/24

Eastern Mich.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	30%3/10	50%3/6
2	100%2/2	71%5/7
3	100%2/2	50%2/4
4	50%2/4	0%0/2
5	50%2/4	0%0/2
6	100%2/2	60%3/5
All	54%13/24	50%13/26

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 (1 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

142 rallies

#	MONT-E MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+2.4
2	2-0	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.4
3	2-1	MONT	E MICH×6	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.9
4	2-2	E MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.4
5	2-3	E MICH	E MICH×6	Blocked	Josie Blazina	blk Maddie Herman, Taeley Mahler	+2.5
6	2-4	E MICH	E MICH×6	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Gracie Cagle	+2.5
7	2-5	E MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+2.4
8	2-6	E MICH	E MICH×6	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Maddie Herman, Taeley Mahler	+2.2
9	3-6	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.6
10	3-7	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.8
11	3-8	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+2.0
12	3-9	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Isabel Taylor	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+1.7
13	4-9	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
14	5-9	MONT	MONT	Bad set	Lina Govoni		+1.7
15	5-10	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.6
16	6-10	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.4
17	7-10	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+2.1
18	8-10	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+2.4
19	8-11	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Lina Govoni		+2.2
20	9-11	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+2.0
21	10-11	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+2.8
22	10-12	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.4
23	10-13	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Madeline Sanderson	+2.9
24	11-13	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
25	11-14	MONT	E MICH	Serve err	Montana		+2.4
26	12-14	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
27	12-15	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+2.4
28	12-16	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.7
29	13-16		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.			+1.8
30	13-17	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.2
31	13-18	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+2.2
32	13-19	E MICH	E MICH×3	Bad set	Kaylee Paulson		+1.6
33	14-19	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.8
34	15-19	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.5
35	16-19	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce		+2.2
36	16-20	MONT	E MICH	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+2.3
37	17-20	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.7
38	17-21	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.3
39	18-21	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.6
40	18-22	MONT	E MICH×3	Serve err	Montana		+2.3
41	18-23	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Maddie Herman, Lina Govoni	+1.7
42	18-24	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.7
43	19-24	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
44	20-24	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
45	21-24	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana		+0.8
46	21-25	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
Set 2
1	0-1	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.3
2	1-1	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.8
3	2-1	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.4
4	3-1	MONT	MONT×3	Bad set	Lina Govoni		+2.4
5	3-2	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.8
6	4-2	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.9
7	4-3	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.9
8	4-4	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.5
9	4-5	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+2.5
10	5-5	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
11	5-6	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.0
12	6-6	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
13	7-6	MONT	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+2.7
14	7-7	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+2.1
15	8-7	E MICH	MONT×3	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+2.2
16	9-7	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana		+2.8
17	10-7	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.7
18	10-8	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.9
19	10-9	E MICH	E MICH×3	Ace	Eastern Mich.		+2.7
20	10-10	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+2.9
21	11-10	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+2.4
22	11-11	MONT	E MICH	Serve err	Montana		+2.4
23	11-12	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher		+3.1
24	12-12	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.5
25	12-13	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+2.6
26	12-14	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+3.2
27	12-15	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+3.0
28	13-15	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.1
29	13-16	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+2.4
30	14-16	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+2.1
31	14-17	MONT	E MICH	Blocked	Kaylee Paulson	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+2.5
32	15-17	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.2
33	16-17	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Olivia Beaudrie	blk Gracie Cagle, Josie Blazina	+3.4
34	16-18	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+3.1
35	17-18	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Lina Govoni		+2.8
36	17-19	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Lina Govoni		+3.3
37	17-20	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Azra Eriç	+3.7
38	18-20	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+2.3
39	18-21	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+3.0
40	18-22	E MICH	E MICH	Bad set	Annika Wright		+2.8
41	19-22	E MICH	MONT×6	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
42	20-22	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+2.8
43	21-22	MONT	MONT×6	Ace	Montana	aced Olivia Beaudrie	+4.3
44	22-22	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+6.1
45	23-22	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+7.5
46	24-22	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+7.3
47	24-23	MONT	E MICH×4	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+3.4
48	24-24	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+9.6
49	24-25	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+9.5
50	24-26	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+9.3
Set 3
1	0-1	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
2	1-1	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Maddie Herman		+1.2
3	1-2	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
4	2-2	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.2
5	3-2	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Taeley Mahler		+1.6
6	3-3	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
7	3-4	E MICH	E MICH	Bad set	Gracie Cagle		+1.6
8	4-4	E MICH	MONT	Blocked	Olivia Beaudrie	blk Josie Blazina, Isabel Taylor	+1.3
9	5-4	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.7
10	5-5	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
11	6-5	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.4
12	7-5	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Azra Eriç		+1.7
13	8-5	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+1.7
14	8-6	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
15	8-7	E MICH	E MICH	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Lina Govoni, Maddie Herman	+1.7
16	9-7	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+1.4
17	9-8	MONT	E MICH×4	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+1.4
18	9-9	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.8
19	9-10	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+1.9
20	9-11	E MICH	E MICH×4	Bad set	Gracie Cagle		+1.9
21	10-11	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.4
22	11-11		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
23	11-12	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.6
24	12-12	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.6
25	12-13	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
26	12-14	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	Eastern Mich.	aced Alex Stone	+2.1
27	13-14	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.6
28	13-15	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
29	13-16	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+2.0
30	14-16	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.4
31	14-17	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
32	15-17	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.4
33	15-18	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
34	16-18	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	Eastern Mich.		+1.5
35	16-19	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.8
36	16-20	E MICH	E MICH×3	Blocked	Annika Wright	blk Azra Eriç, Natalie Slusher	+1.8
37	16-21	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
38	17-21	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
39	18-21	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.2
40	18-22	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
41	18-23	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler		+1.1
42	18-24	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+0.5
43	19-24	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Isabel Taylor	+0.1
44	20-24	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Mia Schaefer	+0.2
45	21-24	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce		+0.5
46	21-25	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+0.9

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).

Eastern Mich. def. Montana 3–0