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Eastern Mich. def. Montana 3–0

(25-21, 26-24, 25-21)

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

* Set 1: the NCAA play-by-play has a gap or score correction here, so this set is left out of the rotation splits.
* Set 3: the NCAA play-by-play has a gap or score correction here, so this set is left out of the rotation splits.

RallyIQ model

Win probability

E MICH above 50 · MONT below

Biggest swing: 9.0% to Eastern Mich. — set 2, MONT 24-24 E MICH. Kill by Olivia Beaudrie (set by Lina Govoni). E MICH win probability 65% → 74%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

MONT 40.6%59.4% E MICH

Montana wins

3-0

9.0%

3-1

14.9%

3-2

16.8%

Eastern Mich. wins

3-0

16.9%

3-1

22.6%

3-2

19.9%

MONT break %: 44.2% vs this opp
E MICH break %: 46.0% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
Olivia BeaudrieKill+9.0%
Kill by Olivia Beaudrie (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · MONT 24-24 E MICH · E MICH 65% → 74%
02
Olivia BeaudrieKill+8.6%
Kill by Olivia Beaudrie (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · MONT 24-25 E MICH · E MICH 74% → 83%
03
Delaney RussellAttack error+8.3%
Attack error by Delaney Russell
Set 2 · MONT 24-26 E MICH · E MICH 83% → 91%
04
Delaney RussellKill+6.9%
Kill by Delaney Russell (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 23-22 E MICH · MONT 25% → 32%
05
Delaney RussellKill+6.9%
Kill by Delaney Russell (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 24-22 E MICH · MONT 32% → 38%
06
Delaney RussellKill+5.5%
Kill by Delaney Russell (set by Madeline Sanderson)
Set 2 · MONT 22-22 E MICH · MONT 19% → 25%
07
MONT serverAce+3.9%
Montana ace on Olivia Beaudrie
Set 2 · MONT 21-22 E MICH · MONT 15% → 19%
08
Taeley MahlerKill+3.4%
Kill by Taeley Mahler (set by Lina Govoni)
Set 2 · MONT 24-23 E MICH · E MICH 62% → 65%

Official NCAA box

Box score

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 = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

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+.

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

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.

142 rallies

Rally log

#	MONT-E MICH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+2.3
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	Attack err	Josie Blazina	blk Maddie Herman, Taeley Mahler	+2.4
6	2-4	E MICH	E MICH×6	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Gracie Cagle	+2.3
7	2-5	E MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+2.2
8	2-6	E MICH	E MICH×6	Attack err	Delaney Russell	blk Maddie Herman, Taeley Mahler	+2.0
9	3-6	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
10	3-7	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
11	3-8	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.8
12	3-9	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Isabel Taylor	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+1.6
13	4-9	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
14	5-9	MONT	MONT	Bad set	Lina Govoni		+1.6
15	5-10	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.5
16	6-10	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.3
17	7-10	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+2.0
18	8-10	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+2.3
19	8-11	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Lina Govoni		+2.1
20	9-11	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+1.9
21	10-11	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+2.7
22	10-12	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.4
23	10-13	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	E MICH server	aced Madeline Sanderson	+2.7
24	11-13	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
25	11-14	MONT	E MICH	Serve err	MONT server		+2.3
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		+2.5
29	13-16	E MICH	MONT	Feed gap	Placeholder: the NCAA feed skipped this point; only the score change is known.		+1.7
30	13-17	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.1
31	13-18	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+2.0
32	13-19	E MICH	E MICH×3	Bad set	Kaylee Paulson		+1.4
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	+1.4
35	16-19	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce		+2.0
36	16-20	MONT	E MICH	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+2.2
37	17-20	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.6
38	17-21	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.2
39	18-21	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
40	18-22	MONT	E MICH×3	Serve err	MONT server		+2.2
41	18-23	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell	blk Maddie Herman, Lina Govoni	+1.6
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	MONT server	aced Team	+0.8
46	21-25	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.4
Set 2
1	0-1	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.1
2	1-1	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.7
3	2-1	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.2
4	3-1	MONT	MONT×3	Bad set	Lina Govoni		+2.2
5	3-2	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
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	+1.8
8	4-4	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.2
9	4-5	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+2.3
10	5-5	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.9
11	5-6	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.9
12	6-6	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.9
13	7-6	MONT	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+2.5
14	7-7	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+2.0
15	8-7	E MICH	MONT×3	Serve err	E MICH server		+2.1
16	9-7	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	MONT server	aced Team	+2.6
17	10-7	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.5
18	10-8	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.9
19	10-9	E MICH	E MICH×3	Ace	E MICH server	aced Team	+2.5
20	10-10	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+2.7
21	11-10	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+2.3
22	11-11	MONT	E MICH	Serve err	MONT server		+2.2
23	11-12	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher		+2.8
24	12-12	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.3
25	12-13	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+2.4
26	12-14	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.8
27	12-15	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+2.6
28	13-15	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.9
29	13-16	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+2.2
30	14-16	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+2.0
31	14-17	MONT	E MICH	Attack err	Kaylee Paulson	blk Taeley Mahler, Azra Eriç	+2.3
32	15-17	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
33	16-17	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie	blk Gracie Cagle, Josie Blazina	+3.0
34	16-18	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+2.8
35	17-18	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Lina Govoni		+2.6
36	17-19	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Lina Govoni		+3.0
37	17-20	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Azra Eriç	+3.2
38	18-20	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+2.1
39	18-21	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+2.8
40	18-22	E MICH	E MICH	Bad set	Annika Wright		+2.5
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	+2.5
43	21-22	MONT	MONT×6	Ace	MONT server	aced Olivia Beaudrie	+3.9
44	22-22	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+5.5
45	23-22	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+6.9
46	24-22	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+6.9
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	+9.0
49	24-25	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+8.6
50	24-26	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+8.3
Set 3
1	0-1	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.0
2	1-1	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Maddie Herman		+1.1
3	1-2	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.1
4	2-2	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+1.1
5	3-2	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Taeley Mahler		+1.4
6	3-3	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.1
7	3-4	E MICH	E MICH	Bad set	Gracie Cagle		+1.4
8	4-4	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie	blk Josie Blazina, Isabel Taylor	+1.1
9	5-4	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.5
10	5-5	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.2
11	6-5	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.2
12	7-5	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Azra Eriç		+1.5
13	8-5	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+1.5
14	8-6	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.1
15	8-7	E MICH	E MICH	Attack err	Delaney Russell	blk Lina Govoni, Maddie Herman	+1.5
16	9-7	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Natalie Slusher		+1.3
17	9-8	MONT	E MICH×4	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+1.2
18	9-9	E MICH	E MICH×4	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.6
19	9-10	E MICH	E MICH×4	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		+1.6
20	9-11	E MICH	E MICH×4	Bad set	Gracie Cagle		+1.6
21	10-11	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+1.3
22	11-11	MONT	MONT	Feed gap	Placeholder: the NCAA feed skipped this point; only the score change is known.		+1.7
23	11-12	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.4
24	12-12	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.4
25	12-13	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
26	12-14	E MICH	E MICH	Ace	E MICH server	aced Alex Stone	+1.8
27	13-14	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+1.4
28	13-15	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Taeley Mahler	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
29	13-16	E MICH	E MICH	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Lina Govoni	+1.7
30	14-16	E MICH	MONT	Attack err	Olivia Beaudrie		+1.2
31	14-17	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Azra Eriç	set Lina Govoni	+1.4
32	15-17	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+1.3
33	15-18	MONT	E MICH	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Lina Govoni	+1.5
34	16-18	E MICH	MONT	Serve err	E MICH server		+1.3
35	16-19	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Natalie Slusher	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+1.6
36	16-20	E MICH	E MICH×3	Attack err	Annika Wright	blk Azra Eriç, Natalie Slusher	+1.5
37	16-21	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.1
38	17-21	E MICH	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+0.5
39	18-21	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
40	18-22	MONT	E MICH×3	Kill	Maddie Herman	set Lina Govoni	+1.3
41	18-23	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Taeley Mahler		+0.9
42	18-24	E MICH	E MICH×3	Kill	Olivia Beaudrie	set Surabhi Srinivasan	+0.4
43	19-24	E MICH	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Isabel Taylor	+0.1
44	20-24	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	MONT server	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	+0.8

Score shown after each rally, Montana first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.