Akron vs Ball State Volleyball: Ball State Wins 3-2 (Oct 23)

Final · 5 setsFri, Oct 23, 2026ESPN+

2:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Ball St. 87.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 4:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Ball St. beat visiting Akron 3-2 (25-17, 25-17, 24-26, 19-25, 15-10) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Audrey Geer led Ball St. with 15 kills; Akron's Chidera Ozoh had a match-high 16.

Data through Nov 10, 6:30 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
AKRON	17	17	26	25	10	2
BALLST	25	25	24	19	15	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

5 aces from Lindsey Green, and Ball St. needed each of them.

The match turned once. Numbers are Ball St.'s win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Ball St. at 87%.

Turning point 1: Set 5 · Akron 5–5 Ball St.
6 straight Ball St. points broke a 5–5 tie and made it 11–5.
Ball St. 67% → 99%

Ball St. above 50Akron belowMax swing 8.9%

AkronBall St.

Sideout %: Akron 59.3·Ball St. 67.4
Break %: Akron 32.6·Ball St. 40.7
Hitting: Akron .208·Ball St. .281
Longest run: Akron 4·Ball St. 6

Tiffany Snook
2 of her kills came in the stretches above. 8 K, .269, 9 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Ball St. above 50 · Akron below

Biggest swing: 8.9% to Akron — set 5, AKRON 5-5 BALLST. Merritt Sliwa stuffed by Chidera Ozoh & Chiara Gennari. BALLST win probability 76% → 67%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

AKRON 13.0%87.0% BALLST

Akron wins

3-0

1.9%

3-1

4.1%

3-2

7.1%

Ball St. wins

3-0

39.8%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.7%

AKRON break %: 36.7% vs this opp
BALLST break %: 45.2% 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
Chidera Ozoh&Chiara GennariBlock+8.9%
Merritt Sliwa stuffed by Chidera Ozoh & Chiara Gennari
Set 5 · AKRON 5-5 BALLST · AKRON 24% → 33%
02
Camryn WiseAce+8.1%
Ace by Camryn Wise on Jessie Musselman
Set 5 · AKRON 5-7 BALLST · BALLST 74% → 82%
03
Ava SmithKill+7.4%
Kill by Ava Smith (set by Reese Axness)
Set 5 · AKRON 1-2 BALLST · BALLST 68% → 75%
04
Audrey GeerKill+6.9%
Kill by Audrey Geer (set by Sophie Ledbetter)
Set 5 · AKRON 2-4 BALLST · BALLST 75% → 82%
05
Tiffany SnookKill+6.7%
Kill by Tiffany Snook (set by Mallory Pike)
Set 5 · AKRON 5-8 BALLST · BALLST 82% → 89%
06
Camryn WiseKill+6.6%
Kill by Camryn Wise (set by Lindsey Green)
Set 5 · AKRON 5-6 BALLST · BALLST 67% → 74%
07
Lyndi WolfKill+6.3%
Kill by Lyndi Wolf (set by Clara Christensen)
Set 5 · AKRON 1-0 BALLST · AKRON 32% → 38%
08
Audrey GeerAttack error+5.9%
Attack error by Audrey Geer
Set 5 · AKRON 2-2 BALLST · AKRON 25% → 31%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Akronaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Chidera OzohMB	5	16	2	32	.438	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	19
9Jessie MusselmanOH	5	12	8	33	.121	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	12
16Lyndi WolfMB	5	12	2	32	.313	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12
5Jordyn AeschlimanOH	5	9	5	20	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
7Reilly ChausseL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	2
4Clara ChristensenS	5	0	0	0	–	30	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
6Noelle ApratiOH	5	8	5	31	.097	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	10
1Vanessa Del RealL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	3	3	2	18	2	0	0	0	3
19Masa PrascevicS	5	0	0	0	–	18	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0
10Chiara GennariOH	4	3	2	13	.077	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
11Taylor DonovanL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
14Lauren WilsonOH	1	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		60	25	168	.208	53	7	11	57	9	1	8	5	95

Ball St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Audrey GeerOH	5	15	7	40	.200	1	1	3	14	5	1	0	1	17
17Camryn WiseMB	5	12	1	19	.579	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	2.5	16.5
9Mallory PikeOH	5	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	6	2	0	0	0	1
2Reese AxnessS	5	0	1	1	-1.000	20	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
14Ava SmithOH	4	6	1	18	.278	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	7.5
13Gwen CrullMB	3	3	1	9	.222	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3
6Merritt SliwaOH	5	12	6	30	.200	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	14
11Tiffany SnookMB	5	8	1	26	.269	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	9
8Lindsey GreenS	5	0	0	0	–	29	5	0	10	0	0	0	0	5
12Sophie LedbetterDS	5	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0
10Leah PikeMB	2	3	0	4	.750	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
7Lucy McCollumS	2	2	0	6	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Elizabeth TabelingDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		61	18	153	.281	59	9	8	74	7	5	8	9	108

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 4 AKRON · BALLST 6

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 AKRONBALLST 6

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 4 AKRONBALLST 4

Set 3

26-24

Longest run 3 AKRONBALLST 2

Set 4

25-19

Longest run 4 AKRONBALLST 2

Set 5

10-15

Longest run 3 AKRONBALLST 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Akron

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%13/21	31%5/16
2	52%11/21	41%9/22
3	55%11/20	31%5/16
4	50%10/20	41%7/17
5	63%10/16	17%2/12
6	90%9/10	25%3/12
All	59%64/108	33%31/95

Ball St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%13/21	21%3/14
2	60%12/20	43%9/21
3	79%11/14	52%12/23
4	59%10/17	52%12/23
5	82%9/11	41%7/17
6	75%9/12	10%1/10
All	67%64/95	41%44/108

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 (5 of 5 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

203 rallies

#	AKRON-BALLST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	BALLST	AKRON	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+1.1
2	1-1	AKRON	BALLST	Attack err	Gwen Crull		+1.0
3	2-1	BALLST	AKRON	Serve err	Ball St.		+1.1
4	2-2	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+1.0
5	3-2	BALLST	AKRON	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+1.1
6	3-3	AKRON	BALLST×3	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+1.0
7	3-4	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Noelle Aprati		+1.3
8	3-5	BALLST	BALLST×3	Blocked	Noelle Aprati	blk Merritt Sliwa	+1.2
9	4-5	BALLST	AKRON	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.9
10	4-6	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	+0.9
11	5-6	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+0.9
12	6-6	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Merritt Sliwa	blk Jordyn Aeschliman, Chidera Ozoh	+1.4
13	6-7	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Merritt Sliwa	+1.0
14	7-7	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+1.1
15	7-8	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+1.1
16	7-9	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+1.3
17	8-9	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Clara Christensen	+1.0
18	9-9	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+1.6
19	9-10	AKRON	BALLST	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+1.2
20	10-10	BALLST	AKRON	Serve err	Ball St.		+1.3
21	11-10	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Ava Smith		+1.9
22	11-11	AKRON	BALLST×5	Serve err	Akron		+1.3
23	11-12	BALLST	BALLST×5	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Lyndi Wolf	+1.7
24	11-13	BALLST	BALLST×5	Attack err	Noelle Aprati		+1.6
25	11-14	BALLST	BALLST×5	Ace	Ball St.	aced Vanessa Del Real	+1.3
26	11-15	BALLST	BALLST×5	Ace	Ball St.	aced Jessie Musselman	+1.1
27	12-15	BALLST	AKRON	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+0.7
28	12-16	AKRON	BALLST×6	Serve err	Akron		+0.8
29	12-17	BALLST	BALLST×6	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+0.8
30	12-18	BALLST	BALLST×6	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Audrey Geer	+0.5
31	12-19	BALLST	BALLST×6	Blocked	Lauren Wilson	blk Tiffany Snook, Camryn Wise	+0.3
32	12-20	BALLST	BALLST×6	Attack err	Noelle Aprati		+0.2
33	12-21	BALLST	BALLST×6	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	+0.1
34	13-21	BALLST	AKRON	Serve err	Ball St.		·
35	13-22	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	·
36	14-22	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	·
37	14-23	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	·
38	15-23	BALLST	AKRON×3	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	·
39	16-23	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Jessie Musselman		·
40	17-23	AKRON	AKRON×3	Ace	Akron	aced Audrey Geer	·
41	17-24	AKRON	BALLST	Bad set	Clara Christensen		+0.1
42	17-25	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith		·
Set 2
1	0-1	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+0.6
2	0-2	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+0.8
3	1-2	BALLST	AKRON×4	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.6
4	2-2	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Audrey Geer	+0.9
5	3-2	AKRON	AKRON×4	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+1.0
6	4-2	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Mallory Pike	+1.2
7	4-3	AKRON	BALLST	Blocked	Jessie Musselman	blk Ava Smith, Camryn Wise	+0.8
8	4-4	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.		+1.0
9	5-4	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+0.8
10	5-5	AKRON	BALLST×3	Attack err	Chiara Gennari		+0.8
11	5-6	BALLST	BALLST×3	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	+1.0
12	5-7	BALLST	BALLST×3	Ace	Ball St.	aced Jessie Musselman	+0.9
13	6-7	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Masa Prascevic	+0.7
14	6-8	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+0.7
15	7-8	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Masa Prascevic	+0.7
16	7-9	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	+0.7
17	8-9	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+0.7
18	8-10	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+0.7
19	9-10	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.7
20	10-10	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+1.2
21	10-11	AKRON	BALLST×3	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+0.9
22	10-12	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Chidera Ozoh		+1.1
23	10-13	BALLST	BALLST×3	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+0.9
24	11-13	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.6
25	11-14	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Akron		+0.7
26	12-14	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Clara Christensen	+0.7
27	12-15	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.7
28	12-16	BALLST	BALLST	Blocked	Lyndi Wolf	blk Camryn Wise	+0.8
29	13-16	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Masa Prascevic	+0.5
30	13-17	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.6
31	13-18	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Chiara Gennari		+0.6
32	14-18	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Masa Prascevic	+0.3
33	14-19	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Akron		+0.4
34	15-19	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+0.3
35	15-20	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Sophie Ledbetter	+0.4
36	16-20	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.3
37	16-21	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+0.4
38	17-21	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.2
39	17-22	AKRON	BALLST×4	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Reese Axness	+0.4
40	17-23	BALLST	BALLST×4	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+0.2
41	17-24	BALLST	BALLST×4	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+0.1
42	17-25	BALLST	BALLST×4	Ace	Ball St.	aced Jessie Musselman	·
Set 3
1	0-1	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.	aced Noelle Aprati	+0.4
2	1-1	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+0.3
3	2-1	AKRON	AKRON	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+0.5
4	2-2	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Akron		+0.3
5	2-3	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Leah Pike	+0.4
6	3-3	BALLST	AKRON×3	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.3
7	4-3	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Vanessa Del Real	+0.5
8	5-3	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Chiara Gennari	+0.6
9	5-4	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+0.4
10	6-4	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+0.4
11	6-5	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.4
12	6-6	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	+0.5
13	7-6	BALLST	AKRON	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.4
14	8-6	AKRON	AKRON	Ace	Akron	aced Audrey Geer	+0.6
15	8-7	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Akron		+0.4
16	9-7	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Masa Prascevic	+0.5
17	9-8	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Leah Pike	set Lindsey Green	+0.4
18	9-9	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Sophie Ledbetter	+0.6
19	10-9	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+0.5
20	10-10	AKRON	BALLST	Attack err	Lyndi Wolf		+0.4
21	11-10	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+0.5
22	11-11	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Leah Pike	set Reese Axness	+0.4
23	11-12	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Chidera Ozoh		+0.6
24	12-12	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+0.5
25	13-12	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Chiara Gennari	set Vanessa Del Real	+0.7
26	13-13	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Akron		+0.5
27	14-13	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+0.6
28	14-14	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+0.5
29	14-15	BALLST	BALLST	Blocked	Jessie Musselman	blk Camryn Wise, Tiffany Snook	+0.7
30	15-15	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Masa Prascevic	+0.5
31	15-16	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.5
32	16-16	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chiara Gennari	set Masa Prascevic	+0.6
33	16-17	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+0.6
34	17-17	BALLST	AKRON	Attack err	Merritt Sliwa		+0.6
35	17-18	AKRON	BALLST	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Ava Smith	+0.6
36	18-18	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+0.6
37	19-18	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+1.0
38	19-19	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Lucy McCollum	+0.7
39	20-19	BALLST	AKRON	Serve err	Ball St.		+0.9
40	20-20	AKRON	BALLST	Attack err	Noelle Aprati		+0.8
41	20-21	BALLST	BALLST	Ace	Ball St.		+1.1
42	21-21	BALLST	AKRON×3	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+0.8
43	22-21	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Chidera Ozoh		+1.5
44	23-21	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Taylor Donovan	+1.6
45	23-22	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.8
46	24-22	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+1.5
47	24-23	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	+0.8
48	24-24	BALLST	BALLST	Blocked	Jessie Musselman	blk Lucy McCollum, Leah Pike	+2.3
49	25-24	BALLST	AKRON	Attack err	Merritt Sliwa		+1.7
50	26-24	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.7
Set 4
1	0-1	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Sophie Ledbetter	+1.1
2	0-2	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+1.4
3	1-2	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Clara Christensen	+1.1
4	1-3	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+1.0
5	1-4	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Lindsey Green	+1.3
6	2-4	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+0.9
7	2-5	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+0.9
8	3-5	BALLST	AKRON×4	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Masa Prascevic	+1.0
9	4-5	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Audrey Geer	+1.5
10	5-5	AKRON	AKRON×4	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Sophie Ledbetter	+1.8
11	6-5	AKRON	AKRON×4	Ace	Akron	aced Audrey Geer	+2.1
12	6-6	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+1.5
13	7-6	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Masa Prascevic	+1.7
14	7-7	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Leah Pike	set Lindsey Green	+1.5
15	8-7	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Masa Prascevic	+1.7
16	9-7	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.5
17	9-8	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Lucy McCollum	set Reese Axness	+1.7
18	10-8	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.0
19	10-9	AKRON	BALLST	Blocked	Jordyn Aeschliman	blk Audrey Geer	+1.7
20	10-10	BALLST	BALLST	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+2.3
21	11-10	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+1.9
22	11-11	AKRON	BALLST	Attack err	Jordyn Aeschliman		+1.8
23	11-12	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+2.3
24	12-12	BALLST	AKRON	Attack err	Tiffany Snook		+1.8
25	12-13	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+1.7
26	13-13	BALLST	AKRON×3	Kill	Chiara Gennari	set Audrey Geer	+1.9
27	14-13	AKRON	AKRON×3	Bad set	Lindsey Green		+2.9
28	15-13	AKRON	AKRON×3	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Vanessa Del Real	+3.2
29	15-14	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Sophie Ledbetter	+2.1
30	16-14	BALLST	AKRON	Blocked	Merritt Sliwa	blk Chiara Gennari, Chidera Ozoh	+2.6
31	16-15	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+2.2
32	17-15	BALLST	AKRON	Bad set	Merritt Sliwa		+2.8
33	17-16	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Akron		+2.3
34	18-16	BALLST	AKRON×3	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Clara Christensen	+3.0
35	19-16	AKRON	AKRON×3	Attack err	Reese Axness		+3.9
36	20-16	AKRON	AKRON×3	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+3.5
37	20-17	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Lucy McCollum	set Reese Axness	+1.7
38	21-17	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+2.7
39	22-17	AKRON	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Clara Christensen	+2.6
40	22-18	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+0.9
41	23-18	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Chidera Ozoh	set Clara Christensen	+1.8
42	24-18	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Camryn Wise	blk Chidera Ozoh	+1.1
43	24-19	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Taylor Donovan		+0.2
44	25-19	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Noelle Aprati	set Clara Christensen	+1.4
Set 5
1	1-0	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Lyndi Wolf	set Clara Christensen	+6.3
2	1-1	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+5.7
3	1-2	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+7.4
4	2-2	BALLST	AKRON	Attack err	Audrey Geer		+5.9
5	2-3	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Lyndi Wolf		+5.6
6	2-4	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Sophie Ledbetter	+6.9
7	3-4	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jordyn Aeschliman	set Clara Christensen	+5.2
8	3-5	AKRON	BALLST	Serve err	Masa Prascevic		+5.3
9	4-5	BALLST	AKRON	Blocked	Merritt Sliwa	blk Chidera Ozoh, Chiara Gennari	+5.4
10	5-5	AKRON	AKRON	Blocked	Merritt Sliwa	blk Chidera Ozoh, Chiara Gennari	+8.9
11	5-6	AKRON	BALLST×6	Kill	Camryn Wise	set Lindsey Green	+6.6
12	5-7	BALLST	BALLST×6	Ace	Camryn Wise	aced Jessie Musselman	+8.1
13	5-8	BALLST	BALLST×6	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Mallory Pike	+6.7
14	5-9	BALLST	BALLST×6	Kill	Tiffany Snook	set Lindsey Green	+4.9
15	5-10	BALLST	BALLST×6	Kill	Merritt Sliwa	set Lindsey Green	+3.2
16	5-11	BALLST	BALLST×6	Ace	Camryn Wise	aced Vanessa Del Real	+1.8
17	6-11	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Masa Prascevic	+0.8
18	6-12	AKRON	BALLST	Attack err	Jessie Musselman		+1.2
19	7-12	BALLST	AKRON	Kill	Jessie Musselman	set Masa Prascevic	+0.6
20	7-13	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Ava Smith	set Reese Axness	+0.9
21	8-13	BALLST	AKRON×3	Serve err	Mallory Pike		+0.4
22	9-13	AKRON	AKRON×3	Ace	Reilly Chausse	aced Mallory Pike	+1.0
23	10-13	AKRON	AKRON×3	Attack err	Gwen Crull		+2.3
24	10-14	AKRON	BALLST	Kill	Gwen Crull	set Reese Axness	+3.1
25	10-15	BALLST	BALLST	Kill	Audrey Geer	set Reese Axness	+1.1

Score shown after each rally, Akron 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).

Ball St. def. Akron 3–2

5 aces from Lindsey Green, and Ball St. needed each of them.