Southern Ill. def. Illinois State 3-2 Volleyball (Oct 31)

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Illinois St. 89.7% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Southern Ill. won at Illinois St. 3-2 (25-18, 17-25, 15-25, 27-25, 15-10) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Southern Ill.'s Ella Swansiger led with 24 kills, and Jillian Shaneyfelt added 19 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
SIU	25	17	15	27	15	3
ILL ST	18	25	25	25	10	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

5 aces from McKenzie Moeller, and Southern Ill. needed each of them.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Southern Ill.'s RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Illinois St. went in at 90% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 4 · Southern Ill. 6–11 Illinois St.
Southern Ill.'s low point. Southern Ill. then won 21 of the next 35 rallies and the set 27–25.
Southern Ill. 2% → 28%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Southern Ill. 8–9 Illinois St.
3 straight Southern Ill. points turned an 8–9 deficit into an 11–9 lead. The match swung to Southern Ill.
Southern Ill. 25% → 64%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Southern Ill. 11–10 Illinois St.
4 of the last 4 rallies went to Southern Ill., enough to take the set 15–10 and win the match 3–2.
Southern Ill. 54% → >99%

Illinois St. above 50Southern Ill. belowMax swing 16.4%

Southern Ill.Illinois St.

Sideout %: Southern Ill. 57.3·Illinois St. 59.6
Break %: Southern Ill. 40.4·Illinois St. 42.7
Hitting: Southern Ill. .176·Illinois St. .173
Longest run: Southern Ill. 6·Illinois St. 5

Ella Swansiger
12 kills inside the turning points, 24 K and .313 for the match (26 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Illinois St. above 50 · Southern Ill. below

Biggest swing: 16.4% to Southern Ill. — set 5, SIU 13-10 ILL ST. Kill by Ella Swansiger (set by Jillian Shaneyfelt). ILL ST win probability 31% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SIU 12.6%87.4% ILL ST

Southern Ill. wins

3-0

1.8%

3-1

3.9%

3-2

6.9%

Illinois St. wins

3-0

40.4%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.4%

SIU break %: 39.2% vs this opp
ILL ST break %: 48.0% 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
Ella SwansigerKill+16.4%
Kill by Ella Swansiger (set by Jillian Shaneyfelt)
Set 5 · SIU 13-10 ILL ST · SIU 69% → 85%
02
McKenzie MoellerKill+15.9%
Kill by McKenzie Moeller (set by Jillian Shaneyfelt)
Set 5 · SIU 11-9 ILL ST · SIU 48% → 64%
03
Ella SwansigerKill+14.2%
Kill by Ella Swansiger (set by Alexandria Arrington)
Set 5 · SIU 10-9 ILL ST · SIU 34% → 48%
04
McKenzie MoellerKill+14.1%
Kill by McKenzie Moeller (set by Isabella Del Real)
Set 5 · SIU 12-10 ILL ST · SIU 54% → 69%
05
Southern Ill.Ace+11.0%
Southern Ill. ace on Emilija Arsic
Set 5 · SIU 14-10 ILL ST · SIU 85% → 96%
06
Southern Ill.Ace+11.0%
Southern Ill. ace on Emilija Arsic
Set 5 · SIU 7-6 ILL ST · SIU 32% → 43%
07
McKenzie MoellerAttack error+10.8%
Attack error by McKenzie Moeller
Set 5 · SIU 8-9 ILL ST · ILL ST 64% → 75%
08
Beatriz Piaia&Ida AlmkvistBlock+9.8%
Emilija Arsic stuffed by Beatriz Piaia & Ida Almkvist
Set 5 · SIU 4-2 ILL ST · SIU 38% → 48%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern Ill.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Ella SwansigerOH	5	24	4	64	.313	0	0	0	8	0	0	4	2	26
3McKenzie MoellerOH	5	9	7	50	.040	3	5	2	16	3	0	2	1	15
13Beatriz PiaiaMB	5	5	0	16	.313	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	4.5	9.5
22Chloe AndersonMB	5	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	5	7
8Alexandria ArringtonS	5	3	2	20	.050	27	0	1	16	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
21Isabella Del RealL/DS	5	0	0	1	.000	1	2	1	18	2	0	0	0	2
15Ida AlmkvistOH	5	5	0	28	.179	0	0	0	5	0	0	6	3	8
11Jillian ShaneyfeltL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	9	0	1	19	4	0	0	0	0
1Dafne SosaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
17Julia LaidigDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
9Lillian DempkeyS	2	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		48	15	188	.176	45	8	8	88	9	1	34	18	99

Illinois St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Jillian GregoryOH	5	17	5	46	.261	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0.5	17.5
14Jillian FerrillOH	5	16	8	41	.195	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	16.5
2Emilija ArsicOH	5	13	11	57	.035	2	2	2	19	5	0	1	0.5	15.5
3Ella KohnenS	5	1	0	1	1.000	26	5	1	20	0	0	0	0	6
16Abby ReckOH	5	2	0	11	.182	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	4
18Ayla KlingenbergMB	1	0	2	3	-.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Ruth ZieglerOPP	5	18	7	45	.244	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	18.5
9Ella CraggsS	5	1	0	2	.500	29	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	1
5Samantha BunchL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	8	1	2	26	0	0	0	0	1
15Addisyn PohlMB	4	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	6
4Madison SmithL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
17Peyton TurnerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
21Audrey ClarkS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		71	34	214	.173	66	9	9	103	8	2	8	6	103

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.

Southern Ill. vs Illinois St.

Season series · Series tied 1-1

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 SIU · ILL ST 5

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 6 SIUILL ST 4

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 5 SIUILL ST 3

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 2 SIUILL ST 5

Set 4

27-25

Longest run 6 SIUILL ST 3

Set 5

15-10

Longest run 4 SIUILL ST 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Southern Ill.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%12/26	38%6/16
2	56%10/18	62%16/26
3	83%10/12	29%4/14
4	63%10/16	17%2/12
5	67%10/15	29%4/14
6	44%7/16	47%8/17
All	57%59/103	40%40/99

Illinois St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%11/22	65%17/26
2	50%10/20	31%5/16
3	67%10/15	41%7/17
4	83%10/12	17%2/12
5	71%10/14	41%7/17
6	50%8/16	40%6/15
All	60%59/99	43%44/103

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

202 rallies

#	SIU-ILL ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.9
2	2-0	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+1.3
3	2-1	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.9
4	3-1	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Samantha Bunch		+1.1
5	3-2	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.9
6	4-2	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Ella Craggs		+1.1
7	4-3	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+1.0
8	5-3	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Beatriz Piaia, Ida Almkvist	+1.2
9	5-4	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.0
10	6-4	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.2
11	6-5	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+1.0
12	6-6	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+1.3
13	7-6	ILL ST	SIU×3	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Lillian Dempkey	+1.1
14	8-6	SIU	SIU×3	Blocked	Ayla Klingenberg	blk Chloe Anderson, Ella Swansiger	+1.6
15	9-6	SIU	SIU×3	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+1.7
16	9-7	SIU	ILL ST×4	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.1
17	9-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.5
18	9-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Emilija Arsic	aced Jillian Shaneyfelt	+1.5
19	9-10	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Emilija Arsic	aced Isabella Del Real	+1.4
20	10-10	ILL ST	SIU×6	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+1.1
21	11-10	SIU	SIU×6	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Emilija Arsic	+1.7
22	12-10	SIU	SIU×6	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+1.9
23	13-10	SIU	SIU×6	Blocked	Ayla Klingenberg	blk Chloe Anderson	+2.0
24	14-10	SIU	SIU×6	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Emilija Arsic	+2.0
25	15-10	SIU	SIU×6	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+1.9
26	15-11	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.1
27	16-11	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Jillian Gregory	blk Ella Swansiger, Chloe Anderson	+1.6
28	17-11	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+1.7
29	17-12	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+0.9
30	18-12	ILL ST	SIU×3	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+1.3
31	19-12	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	Alexandria Arrington	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+1.3
32	20-12	SIU	SIU×3	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+0.9
33	20-13	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
34	20-14	ILL ST	ILL ST	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Emilija Arsic, Abby Reck	+0.6
35	21-14	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Alexandria Arrington	set Lillian Dempkey	+0.8
36	22-14	SIU	SIU	Blocked	Emilija Arsic	blk Beatriz Piaia, Alexandria Arrington	+0.6
37	22-15	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+0.2
38	23-15	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Abby Reck		+0.3
39	23-16	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+0.1
40	23-17	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+0.2
41	24-17	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Chloe Anderson	set Lillian Dempkey	+0.4
42	24-18	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.1
43	25-18	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Chloe Anderson	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.2
Set 2
1	0-1	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.5
2	0-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+1.8
3	0-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Abby Reck	aced Jillian Shaneyfelt	+1.5
4	1-3	ILL ST	SIU×5	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+1.2
5	2-3	SIU	SIU×5	Blocked	Emilija Arsic	blk Ella Swansiger, Chloe Anderson	+1.9
6	3-3	SIU	SIU×5	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Peyton Turner	+2.2
7	4-3	SIU	SIU×5	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Peyton Turner	+2.6
8	5-3	SIU	SIU×5	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+2.9
9	5-4	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.0
10	5-5	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Samantha Bunch	+2.5
11	6-5	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+2.2
12	7-5	SIU	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+3.1
13	7-6	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+2.2
14	8-6	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Beatriz Piaia, Ida Almkvist	+2.6
15	8-7	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+2.2
16	9-7	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Alexandria Arrington	set Lillian Dempkey	+2.7
17	9-8	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+2.3
18	9-9	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ella Craggs	set Emilija Arsic	+2.9
19	10-9	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Lillian Dempkey	+2.6
20	10-10	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+2.3
21	10-11	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+2.8
22	11-11	ILL ST	SIU	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+2.4
23	12-11	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		+3.5
24	12-12	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.5
25	12-13	ILL ST	ILL ST	Blocked	McKenzie Moeller	blk Addisyn Pohl, Ruth Ziegler	+3.1
26	13-13	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+2.6
27	13-14	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+2.5
28	13-15	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+2.9
29	13-16	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+2.4
30	14-16	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ida Almkvist	set McKenzie Moeller	+1.8
31	14-17	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Ella Kohnen	+1.9
32	14-18	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+1.9
33	15-18	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Emilija Arsic		+1.3
34	15-19	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+1.5
35	15-20	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Samantha Bunch	aced McKenzie Moeller	+1.3
36	15-21	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.7
37	16-21	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ida Almkvist	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.3
38	16-22	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+0.5
39	17-22	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Jillian Gregory	blk Alexandria Arrington, Beatriz Piaia	+0.3
40	17-23	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
41	17-24	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.2
42	17-25	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		·
Set 3
1	0-1	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Ace	Ella Kohnen	aced McKenzie Moeller	+1.8
2	0-2	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Samantha Bunch	+1.6
3	0-3	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Blocked	Chloe Anderson	blk Addisyn Pohl	+1.4
4	0-4	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+1.2
5	0-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×5	Ace	Ella Kohnen	aced McKenzie Moeller	+1.0
6	1-5	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Ella Kohnen		+0.7
7	2-5	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+1.2
8	2-6	SIU	ILL ST×3	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.9
9	2-7	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+1.0
10	2-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	Chloe Anderson		+0.8
11	3-8	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Emilija Arsic		+0.6
12	3-9	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Ella Kohnen	+0.6
13	3-10	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+0.6
14	4-10	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+0.4
15	4-11	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+0.4
16	5-11	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ida Almkvist	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.4
17	6-11	SIU	SIU	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Jillian Gregory	+0.7
18	6-12	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+0.6
19	6-13	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+0.6
20	6-14	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+0.4
21	7-14	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.2
22	8-14	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+0.4
23	8-15	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
24	8-16	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Addisyn Pohl	set Ella Craggs	+0.4
25	9-16	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.2
26	9-17	SIU	ILL ST×4	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.3
27	9-18	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Ella Kohnen	aced Jillian Shaneyfelt	+0.2
28	9-19	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Ace	Ella Kohnen	aced Jillian Shaneyfelt	+0.1
29	9-20	ILL ST	ILL ST×4	Blocked	McKenzie Moeller	blk Addisyn Pohl, Jillian Ferrill	·
30	10-20	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Audrey Clark		·
31	10-21	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		·
32	11-21	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	·
33	11-22	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Audrey Clark	·
34	12-22	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	·
35	12-23	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		·
36	13-23	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ida Almkvist	set Alexandria Arrington	·
37	13-24	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	·
38	14-24	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Alexandria Arrington	·
39	15-24	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Ruth Ziegler		·
40	15-25	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	·
Set 4
1	0-1	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+1.0
2	1-1	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+1.1
3	2-1	SIU	SIU	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+1.7
4	2-2	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+1.2
5	2-3	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.4
6	3-3	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+1.2
7	3-4	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Abby Reck	set Ella Craggs	+1.1
8	4-4	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Beatriz Piaia, Ida Almkvist	+1.2
9	4-5	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Emilija Arsic	+1.2
10	4-6	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+1.4
11	5-6	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia	set Alexandria Arrington	+1.1
12	5-7	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+1.1
13	5-8	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Kohnen	+1.2
14	5-9	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Ace	Ella Kohnen	aced Isabella Del Real	+1.0
15	6-9	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.8
16	6-10	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+0.8
17	6-11	ILL ST	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+0.8
18	7-11	ILL ST	SIU	Attack err	Jillian Gregory		+0.6
19	8-11	SIU	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+1.0
20	8-12	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+0.8
21	9-12	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.8
22	9-13	SIU	ILL ST	Attack err	Ella Swansiger		+0.9
23	10-13	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+0.8
24	10-14	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Craggs	+0.9
25	11-14	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+0.8
26	11-15	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+0.9
27	12-15	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set McKenzie Moeller	+0.8
28	13-15	SIU	SIU	Kill	Beatriz Piaia		+1.5
29	13-16	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+1.2
30	14-16	ILL ST	SIU×6	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+1.2
31	15-16	SIU	SIU×6	Blocked	Addisyn Pohl	blk McKenzie Moeller, Chloe Anderson	+2.1
32	16-16	SIU	SIU×6	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Alexandria Arrington	+2.6
33	17-16	SIU	SIU×6	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Chloe Anderson, Alexandria Arrington	+3.2
34	18-16	SIU	SIU×6	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Emilija Arsic	+3.6
35	19-16	SIU	SIU×6	Blocked	Emilija Arsic	blk Chloe Anderson, Alexandria Arrington	+3.7
36	19-17	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+2.2
37	19-18	ILL ST	ILL ST	Blocked	Alexandria Arrington	blk Addisyn Pohl	+3.3
38	20-18	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Chloe Anderson, McKenzie Moeller	+3.3
39	20-19	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+2.6
40	21-19	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+3.7
41	22-19	SIU	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+4.4
42	22-20	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+2.2
43	22-21	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Blocked	Ella Swansiger	blk Abby Reck, Jillian Gregory	+4.0
44	22-22	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Samantha Bunch	+5.0
45	23-22	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+5.0
46	23-23	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+4.5
47	24-23	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Emilija Arsic	blk Ella Swansiger, Beatriz Piaia	+6.5
48	24-24	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+6.5
49	25-24	ILL ST	SIU	Blocked	Ruth Ziegler	blk Ida Almkvist, Beatriz Piaia	+6.5
50	25-25	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Emilija Arsic	set Ella Craggs	+6.5
51	26-25	ILL ST	SIU	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Alexandria Arrington	+6.5
52	27-25	SIU	SIU	Blocked	Emilija Arsic	blk Chloe Anderson, Alexandria Arrington	+9.3
Set 5
1	0-1	SIU	ILL ST	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+5.0
2	1-1	ILL ST	SIU	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+5.6
3	1-2	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+5.3
4	2-2	ILL ST	SIU×3	Kill	Ida Almkvist	set McKenzie Moeller	+5.9
5	3-2	SIU	SIU×3	Blocked	Jillian Ferrill	blk Beatriz Piaia, Ida Almkvist	+8.7
6	4-2	SIU	SIU×3	Blocked	Emilija Arsic	blk Beatriz Piaia, Ida Almkvist	+9.8
7	4-3	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+6.6
8	5-3	ILL ST	SIU	Attack err	Jillian Ferrill		+8.2
9	5-4	SIU	ILL ST×3	Kill	Ella Kohnen	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+6.9
10	5-5	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Ferrill	set Ella Kohnen	+9.2
11	5-6	ILL ST	ILL ST×3	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Ella Kohnen	+8.7
12	6-6	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Samantha Bunch		+7.3
13	7-6	SIU	SIU	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Emilija Arsic	+11.0
14	7-7	SIU	ILL ST	Serve err	Southern Ill.		+7.9
15	8-7	ILL ST	SIU	Serve err	Ella Craggs		+9.4
16	8-8	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Jillian Gregory	set Samantha Bunch	+8.5
17	8-9	ILL ST	ILL ST	Attack err	McKenzie Moeller		+10.8
18	9-9	ILL ST	SIU×3	Attack err	Emilija Arsic		+9.0
19	10-9	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Alexandria Arrington	+14.2
20	11-9	SIU	SIU×3	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+15.9
21	11-10	SIU	ILL ST	Kill	Ruth Ziegler	set Ella Craggs	+9.8
22	12-10	ILL ST	SIU×4	Kill	McKenzie Moeller	set Isabella Del Real	+14.1
23	13-10	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+16.4
24	14-10	SIU	SIU×4	Ace	Southern Ill.	aced Emilija Arsic	+11.0
25	15-10	SIU	SIU×4	Kill	Ella Swansiger	set Jillian Shaneyfelt	+4.0

Score shown after each rally, Southern Ill. 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).

Southern Ill. def. Illinois St. 3–2

5 aces from McKenzie Moeller, and Southern Ill. needed each of them.