Montana vs Seattle U Volleyball: Montana Wins 3-0 (Sep 18)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Montana beat Seattle U 3-0 (25-23, 26-24, 25-18) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at a neutral site. Josie Blazina and Sydney Pierce led Montana with 9 kills each; Seattle U's Adee Butler had a match-high 11.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MONT	25	26	25	3
SEATTL	23	24	18	0

Win probability

Seattle U above 50 · Montana below

Biggest swing: 5.2% to Montana — set 1, MONT 25-23 SEATTL. Kill by Josie Blazina (set by Gracie Cagle). SEATTL win probability 17% → 12%.

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+5.2%
Kill by Josie Blazina (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 1 · MONT 25-23 SEATTL · MONT 83% → 88%
02
MontanaAce+5.1%
Montana ace on Adee Butler
Set 2 · MONT 26-24 SEATTL · MONT 91% → 96%
03
Chloee LeslieAttack error+4.6%
Attack error by Chloee Leslie
Set 2 · MONT 24-23 SEATTL · MONT 86% → 91%
04
Adee ButlerKill+4.6%
Kill by Adee Butler (set by Grace Jones)
Set 2 · MONT 24-24 SEATTL · SEATTL 9% → 14%
05
Sydney PierceKill+4.6%
Kill by Sydney Pierce (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 2 · MONT 25-24 SEATTL · MONT 86% → 91%
06
MontanaAce+4.5%
Montana ace on Adee Butler
Set 2 · MONT 23-22 SEATTL · MONT 85% → 90%
07
MontanaAce+3.9%
Montana ace on Chloee Leslie
Set 1 · MONT 20-19 SEATTL · MONT 75% → 79%
08
Sydney PierceKill+3.8%
Kill by Sydney Pierce (set by Gracie Cagle)
Set 1 · MONT 19-19 SEATTL · MONT 71% → 75%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Montanaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
10Delaney RussellOH	3	7	6	25	.040	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	12
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	9	1	15	.533	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	11
13Sydney PierceMB	3	9	1	16	.500	1	0	4	2	0	0	2	1	10
9Gracie CagleS	3	4	2	7	.286	32	1	1	10	0	0	2	1	6
11Sophia VellaMB	3	4	1	16	.188	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5
14Isabel TaylorOH	3	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	1
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	3	4	4	15	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	5
6Annika WrightS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0
8Halle WalkerS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		37	15	96	.229	36	10	6	41	3	1	8	5	76

Seattle Uhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Adee ButlerOH	3	11	3	23	.348	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	11
6Teagan MeltonOH	3	10	2	20	.400	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	11
7Hailey McEllrathMB	3	6	0	9	.667	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	7
13Chloee LeslieOH	3	6	6	26	.000	0	0	3	13	2	0	1	0.5	6.5
10Grace JonesS	3	0	0	0	–	20	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
18Taniyah PruittMB	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Elaina DuongL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
12Janae DemantL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0
4Lexi JonesMB	2	3	3	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
14Linnaea MooreOH	2	2	3	8	-.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1Bella JonesS	2	0	0	1	.000	8	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
8Orinayo OlukanmiOH	1	3	0	4	.750	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
9Mikayla LiljenquistS	1	0	0	1	.000	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
3Clara GarciaL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Tamara UngaOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	17	101	.238	38	3	10	40	10	1	8	5	65

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 MONT · SEATTL 4

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 6 MONTSEATTL 4

Set 2

26-24

Longest run 4 MONTSEATTL 4

Set 3

25-18

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

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	22%2/9
2	67%8/12	43%6/14
3	64%7/11	36%4/11
4	60%6/10	57%8/14
5	86%6/7	25%2/8
6	55%6/11	67%12/18
All	63%42/67	46%34/74

Seattle U

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	50%8/16
2	50%7/14	38%5/13
3	54%7/13	30%3/10
4	55%6/11	46%6/13
5	40%6/15	0%0/6
6	55%6/11	33%3/9
All	54%40/74	37%25/67

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

141 rallies

#	MONT-SEATTL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Attack err	Josie Blazina		+1.9
2	0-2	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+2.0
3	0-3	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Janae Demant	+2.1
4	0-4	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+2.1
5	1-4	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
6	1-5	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+1.8
7	2-5	SEATTL	MONT	Attack err	Teagan Melton		+1.5
8	2-6	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+1.8
9	3-6	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
10	3-7	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Adee Butler	set Bella Jones	+1.8
11	3-8	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.2
12	3-9	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+2.0
13	4-9	SEATTL	MONT×3	Serve err	Seattle U		+1.3
14	5-9	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
15	6-9	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Linnaea Moore	blk Kaylee Paulson, Sydney Pierce	+2.0
16	6-10	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Bella Jones	+2.0
17	7-10	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Annika Wright	+1.6
18	7-11	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Linnaea Moore	set Janae Demant	+2.0
19	7-12	SEATTL	SEATTL	Ace	Seattle U	aced Isabel Taylor	+2.3
20	8-12	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.5
21	9-12	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+2.1
22	9-13	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		+2.1
23	10-13	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.7
24	11-13	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Janae Demant	+2.4
25	11-14	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+2.3
26	12-14	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.0
27	12-15	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+2.4
28	12-16	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Ace	Seattle U	aced Kaylee Paulson	+2.8
29	12-17	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.5
30	13-17	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+1.4
31	14-17	MONT	MONT	Bad set	Hailey McEllrath		+2.3
32	14-18	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Bella Jones	+2.4
33	15-18	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
34	15-19	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Isabel Taylor	+2.5
35	16-19	SEATTL	MONT×6	Serve err	Seattle U		+1.8
36	17-19	MONT	MONT×6	Attack err	Linnaea Moore		+2.8
37	18-19	MONT	MONT×6	Attack err	Linnaea Moore		+3.4
38	19-19	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+3.8
39	20-19	MONT	MONT×6	Ace	Montana	aced Chloee Leslie	+3.9
40	21-19	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+3.6
41	21-20	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Bella Jones	+2.5
42	22-20	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Sydney Pierce	+3.1
43	22-21	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		+2.6
44	23-21	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		+3.5
45	24-21	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Adee Butler		+3.0
46	24-22	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Janae Demant	+1.0
47	24-23	SEATTL	SEATTL	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Hailey McEllrath, Teagan Melton	+3.1
48	25-23	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+5.2
Set 2
1	0-1	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Grace Jones	+1.2
2	0-2	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+1.6
3	0-3	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Lexi Jones, Teagan Melton	+1.6
4	1-3	SEATTL	MONT×4	Serve err	Seattle U		+1.2
5	2-3	MONT	MONT×4	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+1.5
6	3-3	MONT	MONT×4	Ace	Montana	aced Adee Butler	+1.5
7	4-3	MONT	MONT×4	Ace	Montana	aced Chloee Leslie	+1.4
8	4-4	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+1.2
9	5-4	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
10	6-4	MONT	MONT	Bad set	Grace Jones		+1.4
11	6-5	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+1.1
12	6-6	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Adee Butler	+1.5
13	6-7	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Attack err	Kaylee Paulson		+1.7
14	7-7	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.3
15	7-8	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Bella Jones	+1.4
16	8-8	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.3
17	8-9	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Bella Jones	+1.5
18	8-10	SEATTL	SEATTL	Kill	Linnaea Moore	set Elaina Duong	+1.9
19	9-10	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.4
20	10-10	MONT	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
21	10-11	MONT	SEATTL×4	Kill	Lexi Jones	set Bella Jones	+1.6
22	10-12	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Ace	Seattle U	aced Isabel Taylor	+2.1
23	10-13	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+2.1
24	10-14	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+2.1
25	11-14	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Gracie Cagle	set Annika Wright	+1.3
26	11-15	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Grace Jones	+1.7
27	12-15	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+1.3
28	12-16	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+1.8
29	12-17	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Kaylee Paulson		+1.9
30	13-17	SEATTL	MONT	Blocked	Teagan Melton	blk Kaylee Paulson, Josie Blazina	+1.1
31	13-18	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+1.6
32	14-18	SEATTL	MONT×3	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+1.1
33	15-18	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Adee Butler		+1.7
34	16-18	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Adee Butler	+2.1
35	16-19	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Bella Jones	+2.2
36	17-19	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
37	17-20	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Bella Jones	+2.3
38	18-20	SEATTL	MONT×3	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+1.7
39	19-20	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Lexi Jones		+2.7
40	20-20	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Lexi Jones	blk Gracie Cagle, Josie Blazina	+3.2
41	20-21	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		+3.0
42	21-21	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+2.8
43	21-22	MONT	SEATTL	Attack err	Gracie Cagle		+3.4
44	22-22	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		+3.2
45	23-22	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Adee Butler	+4.5
46	23-23	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones	set Grace Jones	+3.6
47	24-23	SEATTL	MONT	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+4.6
48	24-24	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+4.6
49	25-24	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+4.6
50	26-24	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Adee Butler	+5.1
Set 3
1	1-0	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.6
2	1-1	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		+0.6
3	1-2	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+0.8
4	2-2	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
5	2-3	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.7
6	3-3	SEATTL	MONT×5	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
7	4-3	MONT	MONT×5	Ace	Montana		+0.8
8	5-3	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Adee Butler		+0.7
9	6-3	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
10	7-3	MONT	MONT×5	Ace	Montana	aced Janae Demant	+0.6
11	7-4	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+0.4
12	8-4	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
13	8-5	MONT	SEATTL	Blocked	Kaylee Paulson	blk Mikayla Liljenquist	+0.4
14	9-5	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.5
15	9-6	MONT	SEATTL	Blocked	Gracie Cagle	blk Hailey McEllrath, Chloee Leslie	+0.4
16	9-7	SEATTL	SEATTL	Blocked	Kaylee Paulson	blk Lexi Jones, Orinayo Olukanmi	+0.7
17	10-7	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
18	11-7	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Chloee Leslie	blk Sydney Pierce, Gracie Cagle	+0.6
19	11-8	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Orinayo Olukanmi	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+0.4
20	12-8	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.5
21	12-9	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones	set Grace Jones	+0.5
22	12-10	SEATTL	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.7
23	13-10	SEATTL	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
24	14-10	MONT	MONT×4	Ace	Montana	aced Adee Butler	+0.7
25	15-10	MONT	MONT×4	Blocked	Lexi Jones	blk Josie Blazina	+0.5
26	16-10	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
27	16-11	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		+0.2
28	17-11	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.3
29	17-12	MONT	SEATTL×3	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.2
30	17-13	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Kill	Orinayo Olukanmi	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+0.4
31	17-14	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Mikayla Liljenquist	+0.6
32	18-14	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.6
33	18-15	MONT	SEATTL	Serve err	Montana		+0.5
34	19-15	SEATTL	MONT×5	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.6
35	20-15	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Gracie Cagle		+0.5
36	21-15	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+0.3
37	22-15	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
38	23-15	MONT	MONT×5	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.1
39	23-16	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Orinayo Olukanmi	set Mikayla Liljenquist	·
40	24-16	SEATTL	MONT	Serve err	Seattle U		·
41	24-17	MONT	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Mikayla Liljenquist	·
42	24-18	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Sydney Pierce		·
43	25-18	SEATTL	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	·

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