UIC vs NIU Volleyball: NIU Wins 3-0 (Sep 18, 2026)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026

0:3

NIU beat visiting UIC 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-16) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. NIU's Ava Grevengoed led with 13 kills, and Charlotte Gramzow added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UIC	23	22	16	0
NIU	25	25	25	3

Win probability

NIU above 50 · UIC below

Biggest swing: 10.6% to NIU — set 1, UIC 23-25 NIU. Attack error by Jillian Gibbons. NIU win probability 44% → 54%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UIC 67.2%32.8% NIU

UIC wins

3-0

21.4%

3-1

25.8%

3-2

20.0%

NIU wins

3-0

6.5%

3-1

11.6%

3-2

14.6%

UIC break %: 42.2% vs this opp
NIU break %: 38.8% 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
Jillian GibbonsAttack error+10.6%
Attack error by Jillian Gibbons
Set 1 · UIC 23-25 NIU · NIU 44% → 54%
02
Autumn FlynnKill+6.7%
Kill by Autumn Flynn (set by Kylie Schulze)
Set 1 · UIC 23-24 NIU · NIU 37% → 44%
03
NIUAce+6.6%
NIU ace
Set 1 · UIC 21-22 NIU · NIU 34% → 41%
04
Nathàlia Souza da SilvaKill+5.5%
Kill by Nathàlia Souza da Silva (set by Ava Young)
Set 1 · UIC 21-20 NIU · UIC 64% → 70%
05
Nathàlia Souza da SilvaAttack error+5.4%
Attack error by Nathàlia Souza da Silva
Set 1 · UIC 22-23 NIU · NIU 36% → 42%
06
Ava Grevengoed&Autumn FlynnBlock+5.3%
Gabi Peter stuffed by Ava Grevengoed & Autumn Flynn
Set 1 · UIC 19-20 NIU · NIU 34% → 39%
07
Kylie SchulzeBad set+5.0%
Bad set by Kylie Schulze
Set 1 · UIC 23-23 NIU · UIC 58% → 63%
08
Gabi PeterAttack error+4.5%
Attack error by Gabi Peter
Set 1 · UIC 19-19 NIU · NIU 29% → 34%

Box score

Official NCAA box

UICaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Emma ColombariOH	3	11	4	38	.184	1	0	0	9	1	1	1	1.5	12.5
7Robyn WardMB	3	7	1	12	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
8Tamara KisicOH	3	7	7	25	.000	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	0	8
9Gabi PeterOH	3	7	6	21	.048	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
6Paulina StröhS	3	0	0	2	.000	18	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
17Jillian GibbonsMB	2	3	4	8	-.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
27Ava YoungL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	5	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	1
4Judy AsarS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	13	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	1
5Nathàlia Souza da SilvaOH	2	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
1Elizabeth KingOH	2	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
18Ana PetridesMB	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Sasha PellettieriOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
24Lianna OrtizL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Martina CerratoOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	24	121	.132	37	2	4	41	4	3	6	6	61

NIUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
3Ava GrevengoedOH	3	13	2	33	.333	0	1	0	9	0	2	1	2.5	16.5
15Autumn FlynnMB	3	8	2	14	.429	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	9
11Katie PahlOH	3	7	4	16	.188	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
9Delaney SteersOH	3	8	5	22	.136	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	8
8Rylea AlvinMB	3	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
6Viktoria DjukicS	3	0	0	0	–	18	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
4Kiana ShieldsMB	3	5	0	11	.455	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
5Kylie SchulzeS	3	1	0	1	1.000	15	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
18Charlotte GramzowL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	1
Team totals		43	13	100	.300	40	4	5	48	2	4	6	7	75

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 3 UIC · NIU 5

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 3 UICNIU 3

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 2 UICNIU 5

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 2 UICNIU 4

Bars above the line = NIU leads, below = UIC leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UIC

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%8/18	36%4/11
2	67%8/12	33%4/12
3	53%8/15	33%4/12
4	70%7/10	11%1/9
5	46%6/13	22%2/9
6	100%6/6	33%3/9
All	58%43/74	29%18/62

NIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	42%5/12
2	73%8/11	53%9/17
3	80%8/10	43%6/14
4	73%8/11	33%4/12
5	75%6/8	40%4/10
6	67%6/9	33%3/9
All	71%44/62	42%31/74

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

136 rallies

#	UIC-NIU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Jillian Gibbons		+2.4
2	1-1	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Paulina Ströh	+1.6
3	2-1	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+2.3
4	2-2	UIC	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.6
5	3-2	NIU	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.6
6	3-3	UIC	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.7
7	4-3	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Judy Asar	+1.7
8	4-4	UIC	NIU×3	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.7
9	4-5	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Emma Colombari	+2.7
10	4-6	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers		+2.8
11	5-6	NIU	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Judy Asar	+1.8
12	6-6	UIC	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Judy Asar	+2.7
13	6-7	UIC	NIU	Kill	Kylie Schulze	set Judy Asar	+1.9
14	7-7	NIU	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Judy Asar	+1.9
15	7-8	UIC	NIU	Serve err	UIC		+2.0
16	8-8	NIU	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.9
17	9-8	UIC	UIC	Ace	UIC	aced Charlotte Gramzow	+2.8
18	9-9	UIC	NIU	Attack err	Jillian Gibbons		+2.0
19	10-9	NIU	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+2.0
20	10-10	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.0
21	10-11	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.2
22	11-11	NIU	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Ava Young	+2.1
23	11-12	UIC	NIU	Attack err	Robyn Ward		+2.3
24	11-13	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.4
25	12-13	NIU	UIC	Serve err	NIU		+2.1
26	12-14	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+2.5
27	13-14	NIU	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Judy Asar	+2.2
28	13-15	UIC	NIU	Serve err	UIC		+2.6
29	14-15	NIU	UIC×3	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Judy Asar	+2.3
30	15-15	UIC	UIC×3	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Ava Young	+3.7
31	16-15	UIC	UIC×3	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Paulina Ströh	+3.8
32	16-16	UIC	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Kylie Schulze	+2.6
33	17-16	NIU	UIC	Serve err	NIU		+2.7
34	18-16	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+3.8
35	18-17	UIC	NIU	Attack err	Gabi Peter		+2.3
36	19-17	NIU	UIC	Kill	Jillian Gibbons	set Paulina Ströh	+2.7
37	19-18	UIC	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.4
38	19-19	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Gabi Peter		+4.5
39	19-20	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Gabi Peter	blk Ava Grevengoed, Autumn Flynn	+5.3
40	20-20	NIU	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+3.4
41	21-20	UIC	UIC	Kill	Nathàlia Souza da Silva	set Ava Young	+5.5
42	21-21	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.7
43	21-22	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU		+6.6
44	22-22	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Judy Asar	+4.3
45	22-23	UIC	NIU	Attack err	Nathàlia Souza da Silva		+5.4
46	23-23	NIU	UIC	Bad set	Kylie Schulze		+5.0
47	23-24	UIC	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+6.7
48	23-25	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Jillian Gibbons		+10.6
Set 2
1	0-1	UIC	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.0
2	1-1	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari		+2.0
3	1-2	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.1
4	2-2	NIU	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+2.0
5	3-2	UIC	UIC	Kill	Nathàlia Souza da Silva	set Kylie Schulze	+2.9
6	3-3	UIC	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+2.0
7	4-3	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Judy Asar	+2.0
8	4-4	UIC	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+2.1
9	5-4	NIU	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Judy Asar	+2.1
10	5-5	UIC	NIU×4	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Kylie Schulze	+2.1
11	5-6	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.3
12	5-7	NIU	NIU×4	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Rylea Alvin	+3.5
13	5-8	NIU	NIU×4	Ace	NIU	aced Ava Young	+3.5
14	6-8	NIU	UIC	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+2.1
15	6-9	UIC	NIU	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Rylea Alvin, Katie Pahl	+2.4
16	7-9	NIU	UIC	Kill	Tamara Kisic	set Emma Colombari	+2.1
17	8-9	UIC	UIC	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Ana Petrides, Emma Colombari	+3.4
18	8-10	UIC	NIU×5	Serve err	UIC		+2.6
19	8-11	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.7
20	8-12	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+3.5
21	8-13	NIU	NIU×5	Attack err	Emma Colombari		+3.1
22	8-14	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.6
23	9-14	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Paulina Ströh	+1.2
24	9-15	UIC	NIU	Attack err	Tamara Kisic		+1.7
25	10-15	NIU	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+1.2
26	10-16	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+1.7
27	11-16	NIU	UIC	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+1.1
28	11-17	UIC	NIU	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Kiana Shields, Autumn Flynn	+1.7
29	12-17	NIU	UIC	Serve err	NIU		+1.1
30	12-18	UIC	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Kylie Schulze	+1.6
31	13-18	NIU	UIC	Kill	Nathàlia Souza da Silva	set Judy Asar	+1.0
32	14-18	UIC	UIC	Kill	Elizabeth King	set Ava Young	+2.1
33	14-19	UIC	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Katie Pahl	+2.1
34	15-19	NIU	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.3
35	16-19	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+2.8
36	16-20	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.8
37	16-21	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Gabi Peter		+2.8
38	17-21	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Paulina Ströh	+1.0
39	18-21	UIC	UIC	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Robyn Ward	+2.5
40	18-22	UIC	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.8
41	19-22	NIU	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Paulina Ströh	+1.5
42	20-22	UIC	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Judy Asar	+3.6
43	20-23	UIC	NIU	Serve err	UIC		+4.1
44	20-24	NIU	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Kylie Schulze	+3.3
45	21-24	NIU	UIC	Blocked	Delaney Steers	blk Nathàlia Souza da Silva	+0.6
46	22-24	UIC	UIC	Blocked	Autumn Flynn	blk Nathàlia Souza da Silva, Robyn Ward	+2.2
47	22-25	UIC	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+3.8
Set 3
1	0-1	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Emma Colombari		+2.3
2	1-1	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Ava Young	+1.5
3	2-1	UIC	UIC	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Emma Colombari	+2.3
4	2-2	UIC	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Delaney Steers	+1.6
5	3-2	NIU	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+1.6
6	3-3	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.6
7	3-4	NIU	NIU	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Ava Grevengoed	+2.5
8	4-4	NIU	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Judy Asar	+1.7
9	4-5	UIC	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.8
10	5-5	NIU	UIC	Kill	Gabi Peter	set Judy Asar	+1.7
11	6-5	UIC	UIC	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+2.5
12	6-6	UIC	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+1.7
13	6-7	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Tamara Kisic	blk Kiana Shields	+2.7
14	6-8	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Jillian Gibbons		+2.8
15	7-8	NIU	UIC	Kill	Jillian Gibbons	set Judy Asar	+1.8
16	7-9	UIC	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze	+2.0
17	8-9	NIU	UIC	Serve err	NIU		+1.8
18	8-10	UIC	NIU×3	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Charlotte Gramzow	+2.1
19	8-11	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.0
20	8-12	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+2.8
21	9-12	NIU	UIC	Kill	Jillian Gibbons	set Paulina Ströh	+1.6
22	10-12	UIC	UIC	Kill	Emma Colombari	set Paulina Ströh	+2.7
23	10-13	UIC	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.2
24	10-14	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU	aced Tamara Kisic	+2.9
25	11-14	NIU	UIC	Kill	Robyn Ward	set Paulina Ströh	+1.6
26	12-14	UIC	UIC	Ace	UIC	aced Delaney Steers	+2.8
27	12-15	UIC	NIU×4	Attack err	Gabi Peter		+2.3
28	12-16	NIU	NIU×4	Blocked	Emma Colombari	blk Ava Grevengoed	+3.0
29	12-17	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Judy Asar		+2.5
30	12-18	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Autumn Flynn		+1.9
31	13-18	NIU	UIC	Serve err	NIU		+0.8
32	13-19	UIC	NIU	Attack err	Tamara Kisic		+1.2
33	13-20	NIU	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.1
34	14-20	NIU	UIC	Attack err	Delaney Steers		+0.4
35	14-21	UIC	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.7
36	14-22	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Gabi Peter		+0.4
37	15-22	NIU	UIC	Kill	Ava Young	set Ava Grevengoed	+0.1
38	15-23	UIC	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Kylie Schulze	+0.2
39	16-23	NIU	UIC	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Jillian Gibbons, Sasha Pellettieri	+0.1
40	16-24	UIC	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.1
41	16-25	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Emma Colombari		·

Score shown after each rally, UIC 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).

NIU def. UIC 3–0