Murray State vs NIU Volleyball: Murray State Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026

3:0

Murray St. won at NIU 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-15) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026. Maezi Snyder and Anne Makowski led Murray St. with 8 kills each; NIU's Rylea Alvin had a match-high 11.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
MURRAY	25	26	25	3
NIU	21	24	15	0

Win probability

NIU above 50 · Murray St. below

Biggest swing: 14.2% to Murray St. — set 2, MURRAY 26-24 NIU. Murray St. ace on Ava Grevengoed. NIU win probability 41% → 27%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MURRAY 23.8%76.2% NIU

Murray St. wins

3-0

4.1%

3-1

8.1%

3-2

11.6%

NIU wins

3-0

28.1%

3-1

29.1%

3-2

19.1%

MURRAY break %: 38.3% vs this opp
NIU break %: 43.7% 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
Murray St.Ace+14.2%
Murray St. ace on Ava Grevengoed
Set 2 · MURRAY 26-24 NIU · MURRAY 59% → 73%
02
Mija Sagadin PristovnikKill+12.4%
Kill by Mija Sagadin Pristovnik (set by Kathryn Titus)
Set 2 · MURRAY 25-24 NIU · MURRAY 47% → 59%
03
Lily Burnett&Alexa WattsBlock+10.9%
Autumn Flynn stuffed by Lily Burnett & Alexa Watts
Set 2 · MURRAY 24-24 NIU · MURRAY 36% → 47%
04
Katie PahlAttack error+5.4%
Attack error by Katie Pahl
Set 1 · MURRAY 22-20 NIU · MURRAY 30% → 36%
05
Autumn FlynnKill+5.3%
Kill by Autumn Flynn (set by Viktoria Djukic)
Set 2 · MURRAY 22-24 NIU · NIU 62% → 67%
06
Ava GrevengoedAttack error+4.7%
Attack error by Ava Grevengoed
Set 1 · MURRAY 24-21 NIU · MURRAY 37% → 42%
07
Ava GrevengoedKill+4.6%
Kill by Ava Grevengoed (set by Kylie Schulze)
Set 2 · MURRAY 21-23 NIU · NIU 61% → 65%
08
Ceren DurakKill+4.4%
Kill by Ceren Durak (set by Kathryn Titus)
Set 2 · MURRAY 19-20 NIU · MURRAY 36% → 41%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Murray St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Maezi SnyderMB	3	8	2	13	.462	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	11
17Anne MakowskiOH	3	8	5	29	.103	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	10
15Alexa WattsOH	3	4	1	11	.273	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	8
12Ceren DurakOH	3	6	1	17	.294	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	7
8Kathryn TitusS	3	3	1	5	.400	27	3	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
5Lily BurnettOH	3	2	2	13	.000	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	3	5
1Ada TamturkL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1
22Bailey KeuschDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14Mija Sagadin PristovnikOH	2	2	0	6	.333	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
10Teodora CickovicMB	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	13	96	.219	29	10	1	39	4	4	8	8	76

NIUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Rylea AlvinMB	3	11	3	19	.421	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	13
15Autumn FlynnMB	3	9	3	18	.333	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	11
3Ava GrevengoedOH	3	9	5	32	.125	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	10
14Naomi DowdOH	3	5	1	14	.286	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
11Katie PahlOH	3	2	5	14	-.214	1	1	1	8	5	0	1	0.5	3.5
5Kylie SchulzeS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
6Viktoria DjukicS	3	0	0	1	.000	21	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	2
9Delaney SteersOH	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0
4Kiana ShieldsMB	2	2	2	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
18Charlotte GramzowL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
16Lilly AbneyOH	1	3	4	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
21Charizma LoftonOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		42	23	116	.164	40	4	6	40	10	4	4	6	60

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.

Murray St. vs NIU

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Aug 28, 2026Murray St. at NIU · NIU won 3-0Result →
Fri, Sep 4, 2026Murray St. at NIU · Murray St. won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 MURRAY · NIU 4

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 3 MURRAYNIU 4

Set 2

26-24

Longest run 4 MURRAYNIU 4

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 7 MURRAYNIU 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Murray St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	33%3/9
2	67%8/12	33%4/12
3	70%7/10	61%11/18
4	55%6/11	50%6/12
5	55%6/11	40%4/10
6	83%5/6	62%8/13
All	65%40/62	49%36/74

NIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	42%5/12
2	37%7/19	27%3/11
3	88%7/8	22%2/9
4	43%6/14	42%5/12
5	50%5/10	40%4/10
6	42%5/12	38%3/8
All	51%38/74	35%22/62

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

#	MURRAY-NIU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+1.5
2	1-1	MURRAY	NIU×4	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Kylie Schulze	+1.4
3	1-2	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+1.9
4	1-3	NIU	NIU×4	Ace	NIU		+1.8
5	1-4	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+1.6
6	2-4	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+1.1
7	3-4	MURRAY	MURRAY	Kill	Alexa Watts	set Ada Tamturk	+1.8
8	3-5	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Ava Grevengoed	+1.3
9	4-5	NIU	MURRAY	Attack err	Naomi Dowd		+1.3
10	4-6	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.3
11	4-7	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU	aced Anne Makowski	+1.7
12	5-7	NIU	MURRAY	Serve err	NIU		+1.2
13	5-8	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.2
14	6-8	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Ceren Durak	set Kathryn Titus	+1.2
15	7-8	MURRAY	MURRAY	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+2.0
16	7-9	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
17	8-9	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Kathryn Titus		+1.5
18	8-10	MURRAY	NIU×4	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.5
19	8-11	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+1.9
20	8-12	NIU	NIU×4	Blocked	Anne Makowski	blk Naomi Dowd, Rylea Alvin	+1.6
21	8-13	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Delaney Steers	+1.3
22	9-13	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+0.7
23	10-13	MURRAY	MURRAY	Ace	Kathryn Titus	aced Katie Pahl	+1.4
24	10-14	MURRAY	NIU	Serve err	Kathryn Titus		+1.2
25	11-14	NIU	MURRAY×3	Kill	Lily Burnett	set Kathryn Titus	+1.0
26	12-14	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+1.9
27	13-14	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Ace	Murray St.	aced Katie Pahl	+2.4
28	13-15	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Kylie Schulze	+1.8
29	14-15	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Ceren Durak	set Kathryn Titus	+1.8
30	14-16	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+1.9
31	14-17	NIU	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.4
32	15-17	NIU	MURRAY×3	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kathryn Titus	+1.4
33	16-17	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Ace	Murray St.	aced Katie Pahl	+2.7
34	17-17	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Ace	Murray St.	aced Katie Pahl	+3.4
35	17-18	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Delaney Steers	+2.5
36	18-18	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kathryn Titus	+2.6
37	19-18	MURRAY	MURRAY	Attack err	Kiana Shields		+4.3
38	19-19	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn		+2.8
39	20-19	NIU	MURRAY	Bad set	Viktoria Djukic		+3.3
40	20-20	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.1
41	21-20	NIU	MURRAY	Bad set	Kylie Schulze		+3.7
42	22-20	MURRAY	MURRAY	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+5.4
43	22-21	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+2.8
44	23-21	NIU	MURRAY×3	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+4.4
45	24-21	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+4.7
46	25-21	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Blocked	Rylea Alvin	blk Lily Burnett	+1.9
Set 2
1	0-1	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+1.8
2	1-1	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kathryn Titus	+1.9
3	2-1	MURRAY	MURRAY	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+3.0
4	2-2	MURRAY	NIU	Blocked	Kathryn Titus	blk Ava Grevengoed	+2.0
5	2-3	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Maezi Snyder		+2.8
6	3-3	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+2.0
7	3-4	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.0
8	3-5	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Anne Makowski		+2.7
9	4-5	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+1.9
10	4-6	MURRAY	NIU×3	Attack err	Anne Makowski		+1.9
11	4-7	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Alexa Watts	+2.5
12	4-8	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Lily Burnett	blk Rylea Alvin	+2.1
13	5-8	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Alexa Watts	set Ada Tamturk	+1.4
14	6-8	MURRAY	MURRAY	Ace	Murray St.	aced Rylea Alvin	+2.4
15	6-9	MURRAY	NIU×4	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.8
16	6-10	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Katie Pahl	+2.2
17	6-11	NIU	NIU×4	Blocked	Lily Burnett	blk Katie Pahl, Rylea Alvin	+1.8
18	6-12	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Anne Makowski		+1.4
19	7-12	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Ceren Durak	set Kathryn Titus	+0.8
20	8-12	MURRAY	MURRAY	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+1.5
21	8-13	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+1.2
22	8-14	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Maezi Snyder		+1.4
23	9-14	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kylie Schulze	+0.7
24	9-15	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+0.9
25	10-15	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Kathryn Titus		+0.7
26	10-16	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze	+0.9
27	11-16	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Mija Sagadin Pristovnik	set Kathryn Titus	+0.7
28	11-17	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.9
29	11-18	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Ceren Durak		+0.8
30	12-18	NIU	MURRAY×3	Kill	Ada Tamturk	set Delaney Steers	+0.3
31	13-18	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Lily Burnett	+0.8
32	14-18	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Ace	Murray St.		+1.3
33	14-19	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.2
34	15-19	NIU	MURRAY	Serve err	NIU		+0.9
35	15-20	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.2
36	16-20	NIU	MURRAY×4	Kill	Ceren Durak	set Kathryn Titus	+0.8
37	17-20	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Maezi Snyder	+1.8
38	18-20	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+2.9
39	19-20	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Kill	Ceren Durak	set Kathryn Titus	+4.4
40	19-21	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Ava Grevengoed	+3.7
41	20-21	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kathryn Titus	+3.2
42	20-22	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+4.1
43	21-22	NIU	MURRAY	Blocked	Autumn Flynn	blk Maezi Snyder	+3.4
44	21-23	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze	+4.6
45	22-23	NIU	MURRAY	Serve err	NIU		+3.4
46	22-24	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+5.3
47	23-24	NIU	MURRAY×4	Blocked	Kiana Shields	blk Lily Burnett, Mija Sagadin Pristovnik	+3.0
48	24-24	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Blocked	Autumn Flynn	blk Lily Burnett, Alexa Watts	+10.9
49	25-24	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Kill	Mija Sagadin Pristovnik	set Kathryn Titus	+12.4
50	26-24	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Ace	Murray St.	aced Ava Grevengoed	+14.2
Set 3
1	1-0	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Alexa Watts	set Kathryn Titus	+1.9
2	2-0	MURRAY	MURRAY	Ace	Murray St.	aced Katie Pahl	+2.9
3	2-1	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze	+1.9
4	3-1	NIU	MURRAY×7	Serve err	NIU		+2.1
5	4-1	MURRAY	MURRAY×7	Kill	Ceren Durak	set Kathryn Titus	+3.1
6	5-1	MURRAY	MURRAY×7	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Maezi Snyder, Kathryn Titus	+3.1
7	6-1	MURRAY	MURRAY×7	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kathryn Titus	+3.0
8	7-1	MURRAY	MURRAY×7	Attack err	Rylea Alvin		+2.7
9	8-1	MURRAY	MURRAY×7	Ace	Murray St.		+2.4
10	9-1	MURRAY	MURRAY×7	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kathryn Titus	+2.0
11	9-2	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Charizma Lofton	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
12	9-3	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charizma Lofton	+1.8
13	10-3	NIU	MURRAY	Serve err	NIU		+1.7
14	11-3	MURRAY	MURRAY	Bad set	Katie Pahl		+2.0
15	11-4	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.9
16	12-4	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Anne Makowski	set Kathryn Titus	+1.4
17	12-5	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.9
18	13-5	NIU	MURRAY×3	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+1.3
19	14-5	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Ace	Murray St.		+1.4
20	15-5	MURRAY	MURRAY×3	Attack err	Autumn Flynn		+0.9
21	15-6	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Lilly Abney	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.4
22	16-6	NIU	MURRAY×4	Kill	Lily Burnett	set Kathryn Titus	+0.6
23	17-6	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Attack err	Lilly Abney		+0.5
24	18-6	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Attack err	Lilly Abney		+0.3
25	19-6	MURRAY	MURRAY×4	Attack err	Lilly Abney		+0.1
26	19-7	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Lilly Abney	set Viktoria Djukic	·
27	19-8	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU	aced Ceren Durak	+0.1
28	20-8	NIU	MURRAY	Blocked	Lilly Abney	blk Maezi Snyder, Alexa Watts	+0.1
29	20-9	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Lilly Abney	set Viktoria Djukic	·
30	21-9	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Kathryn Titus	set Ada Tamturk	+0.1
31	21-10	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	·
32	22-10	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Maezi Snyder	set Kathryn Titus	·
33	22-11	MURRAY	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	·
34	22-12	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Anne Makowski		·
35	23-12	NIU	MURRAY	Serve err	NIU		·
36	24-12	MURRAY	MURRAY	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		·
37	24-13	MURRAY	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	·
38	24-14	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Teodora Cickovic	blk Autumn Flynn	·
39	24-15	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Alexa Watts	blk Lilly Abney	·
40	25-15	NIU	MURRAY	Kill	Alexa Watts	set Kathryn Titus	·

Score shown after each rally, Murray 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).

Murray St. def. NIU 3–0