Northwestern vs Ball State Volleyball: Northwestern Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsThu, Sep 17, 2026

3:1

Northwestern won at Ball St. 3-1 (25-17, 22-25, 26-24, 25-23) on Thu, Sep 17, 2026. Northwestern's Mara Stiglic led with 22 kills, and Lauren Dignan added 22 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 17

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
NW	25	22	26	25	3
BALLST	17	25	24	23	1

Win probability

Ball St. above 50 · Northwestern below

Biggest swing: 17.9% to Northwestern — set 4, NW 25-23 BALLST. Northwestern ace on Ava Smith. BALLST win probability 18% → 0%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW 31.2%68.8% BALLST

Northwestern wins

3-0

6.0%

3-1

11.0%

3-2

14.2%

Ball St. wins

3-0

22.4%

3-1

26.4%

3-2

20.0%

NW break %: 38.7% vs this opp
BALLST break %: 42.4% 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
NorthwesternAce+17.9%
Northwestern ace on Ava Smith
Set 4 · NW 25-23 BALLST · NW 82% → 100%
02
Mara Stiglic&Gabrielle GerryBlock+16.3%
Madison Buckley stuffed by Mara Stiglic & Gabrielle Gerry
Set 4 · NW 24-23 BALLST · NW 66% → 82%
03
Isabella BullingtonKill+14.8%
Kill by Isabella Bullington (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 3 · NW 26-24 BALLST · NW 50% → 65%
04
Ava SmithKill+13.9%
Kill by Ava Smith (set by Lucy McCollum)
Set 3 · NW 24-24 BALLST · BALLST 45% → 59%
05
Gwen Crull&Madison BuckleyBlock+12.3%
Mara Stiglic stuffed by Gwen Crull & Madison Buckley
Set 4 · NW 22-23 BALLST · BALLST 30% → 42%
06
Mara StiglicKill+11.1%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 4 · NW 22-21 BALLST · NW 66% → 77%
07
Mara StiglicKill+9.3%
Kill by Mara Stiglic (set by Ellie Stiernagle)
Set 3 · NW 25-24 BALLST · NW 41% → 50%
08
Ball St.Ace+9.1%
Ball St. ace on Gigi Navarrete
Set 2 · NW 22-23 BALLST · BALLST 44% → 53%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwesternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Mara StiglicOH	4	22	7	49	.306	1	0	0	14	0	0	4	2	24
22Isabella BullingtonOH	4	17	0	32	.531	0	2	3	6	2	0	1	0.5	19.5
25Campbell ParisOH	4	13	3	33	.303	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
17Maya StillwellMB	4	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	7
11Ellie StiernagleS	4	0	1	4	-.250	55	1	0	6	0	0	2	1	2
2Drew WrightL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	12	0	0	0	0	1
9Hayley SchaafMB	4	5	2	12	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	7
7Lauren DignanL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	22	0	0	0	0	1
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	9	2	0	0	0	0
8Gabrielle GerryMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
20Lily WagnerOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		62	14	141	.340	59	5	10	71	5	1	16	9	98

Ball St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Ava SmithOH	4	19	6	54	.241	0	1	0	9	2	1	1	1.5	21.5
11Tiffany SnookMB	4	11	4	26	.269	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
13Gwen CrullMB	4	5	1	16	.250	0	1	1	3	0	1	4	3	9
8Lindsey GreenS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
17Camryn WiseMB	2	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
1Audrey GeerOH	1	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
21Madison BuckleyOPP	4	8	4	22	.182	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	10
9Mallory PikeOH	4	8	3	24	.208	0	0	2	8	3	0	1	0.5	8.5
2Reese AxnessS	4	0	0	2	.000	20	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
12Sophie LedbetterDS	4	0	0	0	–	7	1	3	13	0	0	0	0	1
10Leah PikeMB	2	4	0	6	.667	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
7Lucy McCollumS	2	0	0	1	.000	13	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		59	20	165	.236	56	5	8	57	5	3	14	10	89

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 7 NW · BALLST 4

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 7 NWBALLST 2

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 2 NWBALLST 4

Set 3

26-24

Longest run 5 NWBALLST 4

Set 4

25-23

Longest run 3 NWBALLST 3

Bars above the line = Ball St. leads, below = Northwestern leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%11/15	53%10/19
2	83%10/12	17%2/12
3	67%10/15	44%8/18
4	50%9/18	23%3/13
5	60%9/15	59%13/22
6	53%8/15	38%5/13
All	63%57/90	42%41/97

Ball St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%11/20	33%5/15
2	67%10/15	31%5/16
3	67%10/15	17%2/12
4	64%9/14	53%10/19
5	36%8/22	31%4/13
6	73%8/11	47%7/15
All	58%56/97	37%33/90

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 (4 of 4 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

187 rallies

#	NW-BALLST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+1.5
2	0-2	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+2.1
3	1-2	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.4
4	1-3	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+1.5
5	2-3	BALLST	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.5
6	3-3	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Ava Smith		+2.4
7	4-3	NW	NW×3	Kill	Maya Stillwell		+2.6
8	4-4	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+1.7
9	5-4	BALLST	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.8
10	5-5	NW	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+1.7
11	6-5	BALLST	NW	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+1.9
12	6-6	NW	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+1.8
13	7-6	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.9
14	7-7	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+1.8
15	7-8	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter	+2.7
16	8-8	BALLST	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.9
17	9-8	NW	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.9
18	10-8	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.1
19	10-9	NW	BALLST	Serve err	Northwestern		+1.9
20	10-10	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter	+3.0
21	11-10	BALLST	NW	Attack err	Gwen Crull		+2.2
22	11-11	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+2.1
23	12-11	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.3
24	12-12	NW	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+2.1
25	13-12	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.4
26	13-13	NW	BALLST	Serve err	Northwestern		+2.2
27	14-13	BALLST	NW×7	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.5
28	15-13	NW	NW×7	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.7
29	16-13	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Madison Buckley		+3.6
30	17-13	NW	NW×7	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Lauren Dignan	+3.2
31	18-13	NW	NW×7	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+2.6
32	19-13	NW	NW×7	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+1.8
33	20-13	NW	NW×7	Bad set	Madison Buckley		+1.2
34	20-14	NW	BALLST	Serve err	Northwestern		+0.4
35	21-14	BALLST	NW	Attack err	Tiffany Snook		+0.7
36	21-15	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+0.3
37	22-15	BALLST	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.6
38	23-15	NW	NW×3	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+0.3
39	24-15	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Ava Smith		+0.1
40	24-16	NW	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	·
41	24-17	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.		·
42	25-17	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		·
Set 2
1	1-0	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		+2.1
2	1-1	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+2.0
3	2-1	BALLST	NW	Attack err	Gwen Crull		+2.1
4	3-1	NW	NW	Attack err	Tiffany Snook		+3.2
5	3-2	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+2.0
6	4-2	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.2
7	4-3	NW	BALLST×4	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+2.1
8	4-4	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Reese Axness	+3.1
9	4-5	BALLST	BALLST×4	Attack err	Campbell Paris		+3.1
10	4-6	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+2.9
11	5-6	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
12	6-6	NW	NW	Ace	Northwestern	aced Mallory Pike	+3.2
13	6-7	NW	BALLST	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+2.2
14	7-7	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.3
15	7-8	NW	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness	+2.2
16	8-8	BALLST	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.3
17	9-8	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.7
18	9-9	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lucy McCollum	+2.4
19	10-9	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.6
20	10-10	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lucy McCollum	+2.5
21	11-10	BALLST	NW	Blocked	Ava Smith	blk Mara Stiglic, Maya Stillwell	+2.7
22	11-11	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lucy McCollum	+2.6
23	11-12	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Maya Stillwell		+3.8
24	12-12	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		+2.7
25	12-13	NW	BALLST	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+2.7
26	13-13	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.8
27	13-14	NW	BALLST	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+2.8
28	14-14	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.9
29	15-14	NW	NW	Blocked	Madison Buckley	blk Mara Stiglic, Hayley Schaaf	+4.6
30	15-15	NW	BALLST×3	Serve err	Northwestern		+3.1
31	15-16	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Mara Stiglic		+4.6
32	15-17	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Hayley Schaaf		+4.3
33	16-17	BALLST	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.7
34	17-17	NW	NW	Attack err	Tiffany Snook		+4.9
35	17-18	NW	BALLST	Serve err	Northwestern		+3.5
36	17-19	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lucy McCollum	+4.9
37	18-19	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.0
38	19-19	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+5.5
39	19-20	NW	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Sophie Ledbetter	+4.1
40	20-20	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		+4.2
41	21-20	NW	NW	Blocked	Ava Smith	blk Campbell Paris, Maya Stillwell	+7.2
42	21-21	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lucy McCollum	+4.7
43	22-21	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+5.7
44	22-22	NW	BALLST×4	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Ava Smith	+5.3
45	22-23	BALLST	BALLST×4	Ace	Ball St.	aced Gigi Navarrete	+9.1
46	22-24	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Sophie Ledbetter	+8.0
47	22-25	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Reese Axness	+4.0
Set 3
1	1-0	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Ava Smith	blk Maya Stillwell	+3.3
2	2-0	NW	NW×3	Bad set	Lucy McCollum		+3.5
3	3-0	NW	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.5
4	3-1	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lucy McCollum	+2.2
5	4-1	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.5
6	5-1	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.5
7	5-2	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lucy McCollum	+2.1
8	6-2	BALLST	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.5
9	7-2	NW	NW×3	Kill	Hayley Schaaf		+3.3
10	8-2	NW	NW×3	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.0
11	8-3	NW	BALLST×3	Serve err	Northwestern		+1.6
12	8-4	BALLST	BALLST×3	Blocked	Ellie Stiernagle	blk Gwen Crull	+2.8
13	8-5	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Sophie Ledbetter	+3.2
14	9-5	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.6
15	10-5	NW	NW	Blocked	Madison Buckley	blk Hayley Schaaf, Mara Stiglic	+3.4
16	10-6	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+1.9
17	10-7	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.	aced Isabella Bullington	+3.3
18	11-7	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		+2.7
19	11-8	NW	BALLST×3	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+2.2
20	11-9	BALLST	BALLST×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Leah Pike, Tiffany Snook	+3.8
21	11-10	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Isabella Bullington	+4.1
22	12-10	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		+3.2
23	12-11	NW	BALLST	Kill	Leah Pike	set Lucy McCollum	+2.8
24	13-11	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.3
25	13-12	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lucy McCollum	+2.9
26	14-12	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.4
27	14-13	NW	BALLST	Serve err	Northwestern		+3.0
28	15-13	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.6
29	15-14	NW	BALLST	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+3.1
30	15-15	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+5.1
31	16-15	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.8
32	17-15	NW	NW	Ace	Northwestern	aced Mallory Pike	+5.7
33	17-16	NW	BALLST	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Madison Buckley, Gwen Crull	+3.4
34	17-17	BALLST	BALLST	Blocked	Hayley Schaaf	blk Leah Pike, Mallory Pike	+5.6
35	18-17	BALLST	NW×5	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.3
36	19-17	NW	NW×5	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+6.4
37	20-17	NW	NW×5	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+5.9
38	21-17	NW	NW×5	Attack err	Mallory Pike		+4.6
39	22-17	NW	NW×5	Ace	Northwestern	aced Ava Smith	+3.0
40	22-18	NW	BALLST×3	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Sophie Ledbetter	+1.0
41	22-19	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Leah Pike	set Lucy McCollum	+2.5
42	22-20	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Lucy McCollum	+4.1
43	23-20	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.7
44	24-20	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.8
45	24-21	NW	BALLST×4	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Lucy McCollum	+0.7
46	24-22	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lucy McCollum	+2.5
47	24-23	BALLST	BALLST×4	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Leah Pike	+5.9
48	24-24	BALLST	BALLST×4	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lucy McCollum	+13.9
49	25-24	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+9.3
50	26-24	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+14.8
Set 4
1	1-0	BALLST	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.8
2	1-1	NW	BALLST	Kill	Leah Pike	set Lindsey Green	+2.7
3	2-1	BALLST	NW	Kill	Hayley Schaaf	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.8
4	2-2	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Sophie Ledbetter	+2.7
5	3-2	BALLST	NW	Blocked	Tiffany Snook	blk Hayley Schaaf, Isabella Bullington	+2.9
6	3-3	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+2.8
7	3-4	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.	aced Gigi Navarrete	+4.1
8	4-4	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.8
9	4-5	NW	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+2.8
10	5-5	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.9
11	5-6	NW	BALLST	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Sophie Ledbetter	+2.9
12	5-7	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Mallory Pike	set Reese Axness	+4.1
13	6-7	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.7
14	6-8	NW	BALLST	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+2.8
15	7-8	BALLST	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.8
16	7-9	NW	BALLST×3	Serve err	Northwestern		+2.9
17	7-10	BALLST	BALLST×3	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Ava Smith, Leah Pike	+3.9
18	7-11	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+3.3
19	8-11	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.0
20	9-11	NW	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Mara Stiglic	+3.6
21	9-12	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+2.8
22	9-13	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Lindsey Green	+3.5
23	10-13	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		+2.0
24	11-13	NW	NW	Ace	Northwestern	aced Mallory Pike	+3.8
25	11-14	NW	BALLST	Serve err	Northwestern		+2.9
26	12-14	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+2.7
27	13-14	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+4.8
28	13-15	NW	BALLST	Bad set	Gabrielle Gerry		+3.6
29	13-16	BALLST	BALLST	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Madison Buckley, Gwen Crull	+4.7
30	14-16	BALLST	NW	Attack err	Mallory Pike		+2.8
31	15-16	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright	+5.1
32	15-17	NW	BALLST	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Madison Buckley, Gwen Crull	+3.9
33	16-17	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Lauren Dignan	+3.7
34	16-18	NW	BALLST	Kill	Madison Buckley	set Reese Axness	+4.2
35	17-18	BALLST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle	+3.9
36	17-19	NW	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+4.4
37	18-19	BALLST	NW	Serve err	Ball St.		+4.0
38	19-19	NW	NW	Blocked	Ava Smith	blk Hayley Schaaf, Ellie Stiernagle	+7.5
39	19-20	NW	BALLST	Kill	Leah Pike	set Lindsey Green	+5.6
40	20-20	BALLST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle	+5.6
41	20-21	NW	BALLST	Serve err	Northwestern		+6.2
42	21-21	BALLST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+6.2
43	22-21	NW	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle	+11.1
44	22-22	NW	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+7.1
45	22-23	BALLST	BALLST	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Gwen Crull, Madison Buckley	+12.3
46	23-23	BALLST	NW×3	Blocked	Mallory Pike	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Gabrielle Gerry	+8.0
47	24-23	NW	NW×3	Blocked	Madison Buckley	blk Mara Stiglic, Gabrielle Gerry	+16.3
48	25-23	NW	NW×3	Ace	Northwestern	aced Ava Smith	+17.9

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern 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).

Northwestern def. Ball St. 3–1