Idaho vs Montana Volleyball: Montana Wins 3-0 (Oct 3, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Montana 58.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 7:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Montana beat visiting Idaho 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 28-26) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Kaylee Paulson led Montana with 9 kills; Idaho's Kiana Greer had a match-high 12.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Oct 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
IDAHO	17	20	26	0
MONT	25	25	28	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

On its own serve, Montana won 40 of 77 points.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.6 points, and Idaho's high was 43% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Montana at 59%.

IdahoMontana

Break %+11.3 pts
40.651.9
Points won on own serve: 40 of 77 vs 26 of 64. Idaho sided out 48.1% of the time.
Hitting+.136
.187.323
44 K / 12 E against 42 K / 22 E.
Longest run+0
77
Down 7–17 in the third set, Montana scored 7 straight to pull within 14–17. That set ended 28–26.

Montana above 50Idaho belowMax swing 5.6%

IdahoMontana

Aces: Idaho 5·Montana 7
Serve err: Idaho 4·Montana 3
Blocks: Idaho 3·Montana 70 BS · 6 BA vs 0 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Idaho 34·Montana 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Montana above 50 · Idaho below

Biggest swing: 5.6% to Montana — set 3, IDAHO 24-24 MONT. Bad set by Csenge Krakoczki. MONT win probability 84% → 89%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

IDAHO 36.3%63.7% MONT

Idaho wins

3-0

7.5%

3-1

13.1%

3-2

15.7%

Montana wins

3-0

19.3%

3-1

24.4%

3-2

20.0%

IDAHO break %: 42.3% vs this opp
MONT break %: 45.0% 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 % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Csenge KrakoczkiBad set+5.6%
Bad set by Csenge Krakoczki
Set 3 · IDAHO 24-24 MONT · MONT 84% → 89%
02
IdahoAce+5.5%
Idaho ace on Madeline Sanderson
Set 3 · IDAHO 26-25 MONT · IDAHO 9% → 15%
03
Sydney Pierce&Kaylee PaulsonBlock+5.4%
Sarah Sullivan stuffed by Sydney Pierce & Kaylee Paulson
Set 3 · IDAHO 24-25 MONT · MONT 89% → 95%
04
Kiana GreerAttack error+5.4%
Attack error by Kiana Greer
Set 3 · IDAHO 26-27 MONT · MONT 89% → 95%
05
Avery Merritt&Sydney PierceBlock+5.2%
Kiana Greer stuffed by Avery Merritt & Sydney Pierce
Set 3 · IDAHO 26-28 MONT · MONT 95% → 100%
06
Kaylee PaulsonKill+4.3%
Kill by Kaylee Paulson (set by Annika Wright)
Set 3 · IDAHO 26-26 MONT · MONT 85% → 89%
07
Sarah SullivanKill+4.2%
Kill by Sarah Sullivan (set by Csenge Krakoczki)
Set 3 · IDAHO 25-25 MONT · IDAHO 5% → 9%
08
Josie BlazinaKill+3.8%
Kill by Josie Blazina (set by Annika Wright)
Set 2 · IDAHO 17-19 MONT · MONT 78% → 82%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Idahoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Sarah SullivanOH	3	7	4	22	.136	1	0	0	4	0	1	0.5	7.5
2Alaina ArmstrongOH	3	7	2	15	.333	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	7
11Koen MakaulaMB	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	5
21Csenge KrakoczkiS	3	0	0	1	.000	31	0	2	6	0	0	0	0
16Anika PrisbyMB	2	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
12Kyriah TrefrenL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0
7Keira KleidonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1
9Kiana GreerOH	2	12	8	30	.133	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	15
13Allie FerrinOH	2	5	4	12	.083	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
1Kailee WakatakeDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	1
4Zola ZuccoloS	2	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
14Sophie DanielsonOPP	1	5	2	9	.333	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	5.5
6Gabrielle SmithMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		42	22	107	.187	39	5	4	34	7	6	3	63

Montanahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
13Sydney PierceMB	3	8	0	14	.571	1	3	1	3	0	3	1.5	12.5
20Kaylee PaulsonOH	3	9	3	25	.240	2	0	1	5	2	2	1	10
4Josie BlazinaOH	3	6	0	7	.857	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	8
11Sophia VellaMB	3	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4
10Delaney RussellOH	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
9Gracie CagleS	3	0	0	0	–	14	3	0	8	0	0	0	3
16Mylee BlakeOH	3	7	2	13	.385	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
5Alex StoneOH	3	5	1	13	.308	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
12Madeline SandersonDS	3	0	0	0	–	7	1	0	9	3	0	0	1
6Annika WrightS	3	0	0	0	–	17	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
22Avery MerrittOH	1	2	2	7	.000	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.5	3.5
Team totals		44	12	99	.323	42	7	3	39	5	14	7	78

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

Season series · Montana leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Idaho at Montana · Montana won 3-0This match
Thu, Nov 12, 2026Montana at IdahoPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 IDAHO · MONT 7

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 IDAHOMONT 6

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 6 IDAHOMONT 5

Set 3

26-28

Longest run 7 IDAHOMONT 7

Bars above the line = Montana 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	39%7/18	30%3/10
2	86%6/7	46%6/13
3	38%6/16	54%7/13
4	60%6/10	54%7/13
5	55%6/11	25%2/8
6	40%6/15	14%1/7
All	48%37/77	41%26/64

Montana

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	61%11/18
2	60%6/10	25%2/8
3	55%6/11	54%7/13
4	46%6/13	40%4/10
5	86%6/7	40%4/10
6	67%6/9	67%12/18
All	59%38/64	52%40/77

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

#	IDAHO-MONT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.9
2	1-1	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.8
3	1-2	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Anika Prisby		+2.4
4	2-2	MONT	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana		+1.9
5	2-3	IDAHO	MONT×3	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.9
6	2-4	MONT	MONT×3	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Gracie Cagle	+2.4
7	2-5	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Alaina Armstrong	+2.3
8	3-5	MONT	IDAHO	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+1.7
9	3-6	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Kaylee Paulson	+1.8
10	3-7	MONT	MONT	Kill	Delaney Russell	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.1
11	4-7	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Allie Ferrin	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.5
12	4-8	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+1.7
13	5-8	MONT	IDAHO	Blocked	Mylee Blake	blk Allie Ferrin, Koen Makaula	+1.5
14	6-8	IDAHO	IDAHO	Kill	Sarah Sullivan	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.3
15	6-9	IDAHO	MONT×6	Serve err	Idaho		+1.9
16	6-10	MONT	MONT×6	Attack err	Sarah Sullivan		+2.2
17	6-11	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Koen Makaula	+1.9
18	6-12	MONT	MONT×6	Ace	Montana	aced Alaina Armstrong	+1.6
19	6-13	MONT	MONT×6	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.2
20	6-14	MONT	MONT×6	Attack err	Allie Ferrin		+0.9
21	7-14	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Sarah Sullivan	set Allie Ferrin	+0.5
22	7-15	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Annika Wright	+0.7
23	7-16	MONT	MONT	Ace	Montana	aced Kyriah Trefren	+0.6
24	8-16	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.3
25	8-17	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
26	9-17	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.2
27	9-18	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
28	9-19	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.3
29	10-19	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.1
30	11-19	IDAHO	IDAHO	Kill	Allie Ferrin		+0.2
31	11-20	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+0.3
32	12-20	MONT	IDAHO×3	Kill	Anika Prisby	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.1
33	13-20	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Bad set	Annika Wright		+0.3
34	14-20	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Attack err	Alex Stone		+0.5
35	14-21	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+0.6
36	15-21	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Allie Ferrin	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.3
37	15-22	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Annika Wright	+0.5
38	16-22	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Allie Ferrin	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.2
39	16-23	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Annika Wright	+0.4
40	16-24	MONT	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+0.2
41	17-24	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Koen Makaula	set Csenge Krakoczki	·
42	17-25	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	·
Set 2
1	0-1	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Gracie Cagle	+1.7
2	1-1	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Sarah Sullivan	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.7
3	1-2	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Madeline Sanderson	+1.7
4	2-2	MONT	IDAHO×4	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.7
5	3-2	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Kill	Sophie Danielson	set Keira Kleidon	+2.3
6	4-2	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Zola Zuccolo	+2.4
7	5-2	IDAHO	IDAHO×4	Kill	Sophie Danielson	set Zola Zuccolo	+2.3
8	5-3	IDAHO	MONT×3	Serve err	Idaho		+1.7
9	5-4	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Kailee Wakatake	+2.3
10	5-5	MONT	MONT×3	Ace	Montana	aced Kailee Wakatake	+2.4
11	6-5	MONT	IDAHO×6	Kill	Sophie Danielson	set Zola Zuccolo	+1.9
12	7-5	IDAHO	IDAHO×6	Ace	Idaho	aced Kaylee Paulson	+2.5
13	8-5	IDAHO	IDAHO×6	Attack err	Kaylee Paulson		+2.5
14	9-5	IDAHO	IDAHO×6	Ace	Idaho	aced Madeline Sanderson	+2.3
15	10-5	IDAHO	IDAHO×6	Blocked	Delaney Russell	blk Koen Makaula, Sophie Danielson	+2.1
16	11-5	IDAHO	IDAHO×6	Ace	Idaho	aced Kaylee Paulson	+1.8
17	11-6	IDAHO	MONT	Attack err	Allie Ferrin		+1.1
18	12-6	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Sophie Danielson	set Zola Zuccolo	+1.4
19	12-7	IDAHO	MONT×5	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Annika Wright	+1.1
20	12-8	MONT	MONT×5	Blocked	Sophie Danielson	blk Josie Blazina, Kaylee Paulson	+1.8
21	12-9	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Allie Ferrin		+2.1
22	12-10	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Allie Ferrin		+2.5
23	12-11	MONT	MONT×5	Attack err	Sophie Danielson		+2.8
24	13-11	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Sophie Danielson	set Zola Zuccolo	+2.4
25	13-12	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Annika Wright	+2.2
26	14-12	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Allie Ferrin	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.5
27	14-13	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Annika Wright	+2.3
28	14-14	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+3.2
29	15-14	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Sarah Sullivan	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.7
30	15-15	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Madeline Sanderson	+2.6
31	16-15	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.8
32	16-16	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Sydney Pierce	+2.7
33	16-17	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Koen Makaula		+3.7
34	17-17	MONT	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana		+2.9
35	17-18	IDAHO	MONT×4	Kill	Sophia Vella	set Gracie Cagle	+3.1
36	17-19	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Annika Wright	+3.8
37	17-20	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+3.3
38	17-21	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Alex Stone	set Kaylee Paulson	+2.5
39	18-21	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.3
40	18-22	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+2.0
41	19-22	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Anika Prisby	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.2
42	19-23	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+1.9
43	19-24	MONT	MONT	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+1.2
44	20-24	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.2
45	20-25	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Annika Wright	+0.5
Set 3
1	1-0	MONT	IDAHO×7	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.1
2	2-0	IDAHO	IDAHO×7	Attack err	Delaney Russell		+1.4
3	3-0	IDAHO	IDAHO×7	Attack err	Sophia Vella		+1.4
4	4-0	IDAHO	IDAHO×7	Ace	Idaho	aced Madeline Sanderson	+1.3
5	5-0	IDAHO	IDAHO×7	Kill	Sarah Sullivan	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.2
6	6-0	IDAHO	IDAHO×7	Attack err	Kaylee Paulson		+1.1
7	7-0	IDAHO	IDAHO×7	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.9
8	7-1	IDAHO	MONT	Blocked	Sarah Sullivan	blk Avery Merritt, Sydney Pierce	+0.6
9	8-1	MONT	IDAHO×3	Attack err	Avery Merritt		+0.7
10	9-1	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.8
11	10-1	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Koen Makaula		+0.6
12	10-2	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.3
13	10-3	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Kiana Greer	blk Josie Blazina, Avery Merritt	+0.6
14	11-3	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Koen Makaula	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.6
15	12-3	IDAHO	IDAHO	Kill	Koen Makaula		+0.6
16	12-4	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Alex Stone	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.3
17	13-4	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Alaina Armstrong	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.4
18	13-5	IDAHO	MONT	Blocked	Alaina Armstrong	blk Josie Blazina, Alex Stone	+0.3
19	13-6	MONT	MONT	Blocked	Alaina Armstrong	blk Mylee Blake, Josie Blazina	+0.5
20	14-6	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.5
21	14-7	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Mylee Blake	set Annika Wright	+0.4
22	15-7	MONT	IDAHO×3	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.5
23	16-7	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Attack err	Mylee Blake		+0.5
24	17-7	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Sarah Sullivan	set Csenge Krakoczki	+0.3
25	17-8	IDAHO	MONT×7	Kill	Sydney Pierce	set Annika Wright	+0.1
26	17-9	MONT	MONT×7	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+0.2
27	17-10	MONT	MONT×7	Kill	Avery Merritt	set Gracie Cagle	+0.4
28	17-11	MONT	MONT×7	Ace	Montana	aced Kyriah Trefren	+0.5
29	17-12	MONT	MONT×7	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Madeline Sanderson	+0.7
30	17-13	MONT	MONT×7	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+1.0
31	17-14	MONT	MONT×7	Ace	Montana	aced Alaina Armstrong	+1.3
32	18-14	MONT	IDAHO	Blocked	Kaylee Paulson	blk Sarah Sullivan, Gabrielle Smith	+1.3
33	18-15	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Avery Merritt	set Gracie Cagle	+1.0
34	19-15	MONT	IDAHO×3	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+1.4
35	20-15	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Sarah Sullivan	+1.3
36	21-15	IDAHO	IDAHO×3	Attack err	Avery Merritt		+0.9
37	21-16	IDAHO	MONT×4	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Alex Stone	+0.4
38	21-17	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina		+0.8
39	21-18	MONT	MONT×4	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Gracie Cagle	+1.2
40	21-19	MONT	MONT×4	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+1.7
41	22-19	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.0
42	22-20	IDAHO	MONT	Serve err	Idaho		+1.3
43	23-20	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Kiana Greer	set Csenge Krakoczki	+2.1
44	23-21	IDAHO	MONT	Kill	Josie Blazina	set Annika Wright	+1.2
45	24-21	MONT	IDAHO	Serve err	Montana		+2.1
46	24-22	IDAHO	MONT×4	Serve err	Idaho		+0.9
47	24-23	MONT	MONT×4	Attack err	Sarah Sullivan		+2.5
48	24-24	MONT	MONT×4	Bad set	Csenge Krakoczki		+5.6
49	24-25	MONT	MONT×4	Blocked	Sarah Sullivan	blk Sydney Pierce, Kaylee Paulson	+5.4
50	25-25	MONT	IDAHO	Kill	Sarah Sullivan	set Csenge Krakoczki	+4.2
51	26-25	IDAHO	IDAHO	Ace	Idaho	aced Madeline Sanderson	+5.5
52	26-26	IDAHO	MONT×3	Kill	Kaylee Paulson	set Annika Wright	+4.3
53	26-27	MONT	MONT×3	Attack err	Kiana Greer		+5.4
54	26-28	MONT	MONT×3	Blocked	Kiana Greer	blk Avery Merritt, Sydney Pierce	+5.2

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 def. Idaho 3–0

On its own serve, Montana won 40 of 77 points.