Illinois State def. Southern Ill. 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 23)

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Illinois St. 80.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Illinois St. won at Southern Ill. 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-16) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Illinois St.'s Jillian Gregory led with 13 kills, and Samantha Bunch added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:20 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ILL ST	25	25	25	3
SIU	20	17	16	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Jillian Gregory hit .478 with 13 kills as Illinois St. rolled past Southern Ill.

No single rally moved win probability more than 2.1 points. Southern Ill. peaked at 25% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Illinois St. went in as RallyIQ's 81% pick.

Illinois St.Southern Ill.

Break %+18.4 pts
54.836.4
40 of 73 on serve vs 20 of 55, so Southern Ill.'s sideout was 45.2%.
Hitting+.268
.363.095
Kills and errors: 42–9 vs 28–19.
Longest run+5
94
Up 6–5 in the second set, Illinois St. scored 9 straight to make it 15–5. Final score of the set: 25–17.

Southern Ill. above 50Illinois St. belowMax swing 2.1%

Illinois St.Southern Ill.

Aces: Illinois St. 3·Southern Ill. 3
Serve err: Illinois St. 11·Southern Ill. 9
Blocks: Illinois St. 3·Southern Ill. 51 BS · 4 BA vs 1 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Illinois St. 44·Southern Ill. 38

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Southern Ill. above 50 · Illinois St. below

Biggest swing: 2.1% to Southern Ill. — set 1, ILL ST 14-13 SIU. Ruth Ziegler stuffed by Chloe Anderson & Ella Swansiger. SIU win probability 16% → 18%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ILL ST 77.9%22.1% SIU

Illinois St. wins

3-0

29.6%

3-1

29.6%

3-2

18.8%

Southern Ill. wins

3-0

3.7%

3-1

7.4%

3-2

10.9%

ILL ST break %: 46.5% vs this opp
SIU break %: 40.7% 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
Chloe Anderson&Ella SwansigerBlock+2.1%
Ruth Ziegler stuffed by Chloe Anderson & Ella Swansiger
Set 1 · ILL ST 14-13 SIU · SIU 16% → 18%
02
Ella KohnenBad set+2.0%
Bad set by Ella Kohnen
Set 1 · ILL ST 1-4 SIU · SIU 23% → 25%
03
Illinois St.Ace+1.9%
Illinois St. ace
Set 1 · ILL ST 6-6 SIU · ILL ST 78% → 80%
04
Ruth ZieglerKill+1.9%
Kill by Ruth Ziegler (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 1 · ILL ST 16-13 SIU · ILL ST 84% → 85%
05
Ruth ZieglerKill+1.9%
Kill by Ruth Ziegler (set by Ella Craggs)
Set 1 · ILL ST 4-5 SIU · ILL ST 76% → 78%
06
Ella SwansigerAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Ella Swansiger
Set 1 · ILL ST 8-7 SIU · ILL ST 80% → 82%
07
McKenzie MoellerKill+1.9%
Kill by McKenzie Moeller (set by Ella McFarland)
Set 1 · ILL ST 0-2 SIU · SIU 21% → 23%
08
Illinois St.Ace+1.7%
Illinois St. ace on Ella Swansiger
Set 1 · ILL ST 9-7 SIU · ILL ST 82% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Illinois St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Jillian GregoryOH	3	13	2	23	.478	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	14
10Oliwia CaputaOH	3	8	2	19	.316	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	1	9
14Jillian FerrillOH	3	9	1	16	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	9
16Abby ReckOH	3	4	1	10	.300	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	6
18Ayla KlingenbergMB	3	1	0	3	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3Ella KohnenS	3	0	0	0	–	12	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	1
1Ruth ZieglerOPP	3	6	3	18	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7
9Ella CraggsS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
5Samantha BunchL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	8	0	2	10	1	0	0	0	0
17Peyton TurnerDS	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4Madison SmithL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Audrey ClarkS	1	0	0	1	.000	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Ellie BurrL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7Sidney WrightMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	9	91	.363	37	3	11	44	3	1	4	3	75

Southern Ill.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3McKenzie MoellerOH	3	13	7	29	.207	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	14
13Beatriz PiaiaMB	3	4	6	13	-.154	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
14Ella SwansigerOH	3	3	2	20	.050	0	0	1	6	1	0	2	1	4
22Chloe AndersonMB	3	2	0	6	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	4
4Ella McFarlandOPP	3	0	0	6	.000	22	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
21Isabella Del RealL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
2Natalie VanceOPP	3	5	4	19	.053	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	7
11Jillian ShaneyfeltL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	3	9	1	0	0	0	1
17Julia LaidigDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8Alexandria ArringtonS	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Dafne SosaL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9Lillian DempkeyS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	19	95	.095	26	3	9	38	3	1	8	5	53

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.

Illinois St. vs Southern Ill.

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Illinois St. at Southern Ill. · Illinois St. won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Southern Ill. at Illinois St. · Southern Ill. won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 9 ILL ST · SIU 4

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 ILL STSIU 2

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 9 ILL STSIU 4

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 4 ILL STSIU 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Illinois St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%7/10	55%6/11
2	60%6/10	40%4/10
3	46%6/13	25%2/8
4	100%6/6	60%9/15
5	63%5/8	67%10/15
6	63%5/8	64%9/14
All	64%35/55	55%40/73

Southern Ill.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%6/11	36%4/11
2	67%6/9	33%3/9
3	43%6/14	45%5/11
4	63%5/8	33%3/9
5	24%5/21	38%3/8
6	50%5/10	29%2/7
All	45%33/73	36%20/55

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

128 rallies

#	ILL ST-SIU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	SIU	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Ella McFarland	+1.7
2	0-2	SIU	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+1.9
3	1-2	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Samantha Bunch	+1.4
4	1-3	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.6
5	1-4	SIU	SIU	Bad set	Ella Kohnen		+2.0
6	2-4	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Kohnen	+1.4
7	2-5	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Chloe Anderson	set Ella McFarland	+1.7
8	3-5	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+1.5
9	4-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.9
10	4-6	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.7
11	5-6	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Peyton Turner		+1.5
12	6-6	ILL ST	ILL ST	Ace	Illinois St.		+1.9
13	6-7	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.7
14	7-7	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.5
15	8-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+1.9
16	9-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Ella Swansiger	+1.7
17	9-8	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.4
18	10-8	SIU	ILL ST×3	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+1.4
19	11-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+1.6
20	12-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+1.4
21	12-9	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Ella McFarland	+1.0
22	13-9	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.1
23	13-10	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+1.0
24	13-11	SIU	SIU	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Jillian Gregory	+1.6
25	14-11	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+1.4
26	14-12	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+1.3
27	14-13	SIU	SIU	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Chloe Anderson, Ella Swansiger	+2.1
28	15-13	SIU	ILL ST×4	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+1.7
29	16-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.9
30	17-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Illinois St.	aced Jillian Shaneyfelt	+1.5
31	18-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Bad set	Ella McFarland		+1.1
32	18-14	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.7
33	19-14	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+0.9
34	19-15	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Ella McFarland	+0.7
35	19-16	SIU	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+1.3
36	20-16	SIU	ILL ST×4	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+1.3
37	21-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Samantha Bunch	+1.1
38	22-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Beatriz Piaia		+0.6
39	23-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.3
40	23-17	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Ella McFarland	+0.1
41	23-18	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+0.2
42	24-18	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Kohnen	+0.3
43	24-19	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Natalie Vance	+0.1
44	24-20	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+0.2
45	25-20	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ayla Klingenberg	set Ella Kohnen	+0.3
Set 2
1	1-0	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Beatriz Piaia		+1.2
2	2-0	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+1.1
3	2-1	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.9
4	3-1	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.9
5	3-2	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.9
6	3-3	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+1.3
7	4-3	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.0
8	4-4	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+1.0
9	5-4	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+1.0
10	6-4	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+1.2
11	6-5	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Chloe Anderson, Natalie Vance	+1.0
12	7-5	SIU	ILL ST×9	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+1.0
13	8-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+1.1
14	9-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.9
15	10-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Samantha Bunch	+0.8
16	11-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Blocked	Natalie Vance	blk Abby Reck, Ruth Ziegler	+0.6
17	12-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+0.5
18	13-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Attack err	Natalie Vance		+0.3
19	14-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Blocked	Beatriz Piaia	blk Abby Reck, Ruth Ziegler	+0.2
20	15-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×9	Attack err	Natalie Vance		+0.1
21	15-6	ILL ST	SIU	Attack err	Abby Reck		+0.1
22	16-6	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.1
23	16-7	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.1
24	16-8	SIU	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.1
25	17-8	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.1
26	17-9	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.1
27	18-9	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Audrey Clark	+0.1
28	19-9	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark	+0.1
29	19-10	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		·
30	20-10	SIU	ILL ST	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.1
31	20-11	ILL ST	SIU×4	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	·
32	20-12	SIU	SIU×4	Ace	Southern Ill.		+0.1
33	20-13	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Chloe Anderson	set Ella McFarland	+0.1
34	20-14	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Alexandria Arrington	set Ella McFarland	+0.2
35	21-14	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Audrey Clark	+0.2
36	21-15	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.1
37	22-15	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.2
38	22-16	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Ella McFarland	+0.1
39	23-16	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.1
40	24-16	ILL ST	ILL ST	Blocked	Beatriz Piaia	blk Oliwia Caputa	+0.1
41	24-17	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		·
42	25-17	SIU	ILL ST	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		·
Set 3
1	1-0	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.5
2	2-0	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Samantha Bunch	+0.6
3	2-1	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.5
4	2-2	SIU	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+0.6
5	3-2	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.5
6	4-2	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.6
7	4-3	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Natalie Vance	set Ella McFarland	+0.5
8	5-3	SIU	ILL ST×4	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.5
9	6-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+0.5
10	7-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Abby Reck		+0.5
11	8-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
12	8-4	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Illinois St.		+0.3
13	9-4	SIU	ILL ST	Attack err	Natalie Vance		+0.3
14	9-5	ILL ST	SIU×3	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Ella McFarland	+0.3
15	9-6	SIU	SIU×3	Attack err	Oliwia Caputa		+0.5
16	9-7	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	McKenzie Moeller		+0.6
17	10-7	SIU	ILL ST×4	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.5
18	11-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.5
19	12-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Attack err	Beatriz Piaia		+0.4
20	13-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Bad set	Ella McFarland		+0.3
21	13-8	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.2
22	13-9	SIU	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	+0.4
23	14-9	SIU	ILL ST×3	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.3
24	15-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ayla Klingenberg	+0.3
25	16-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+0.2
26	16-10	ILL ST	SIU	Bad set	Samantha Bunch		+0.1
27	17-10	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.2
28	18-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory		+0.1
29	19-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+0.1
30	19-11	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Ella McFarland	·
31	20-11	SIU	ILL ST	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		·
32	21-11	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	·
33	21-12	ILL ST	SIU×4	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Natalie Vance, Chloe Anderson	·
34	21-13	SIU	SIU×4	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Samantha Bunch	·
35	21-14	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Ella McFarland	·
36	21-15	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+0.1
37	22-15	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.1
38	23-15	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	·
39	23-16	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	·
40	24-16	SIU	ILL ST	Attack err	Beatriz Piaia		·
41	25-16	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Oliwia Caputa	set Ella Craggs	·

Score shown after each rally, Illinois St. 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).

Illinois St. def. Southern Ill. 3–0

Jillian Gregory hit .478 with 13 kills as Illinois St. rolled past Southern Ill.