NIU vs Chicago State Volleyball: NIU Wins 3-0 (Sep 11, 2026)

FinalFri, Sep 11, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

NIU beat Chicago St. 3-0 (25-9, 25-11, 25-17) on Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at a neutral site. NIU's Katie Pahl led with 12 kills, and Charlotte Gramzow added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NIU	25	25	25	3
CHI ST	9	11	17	0

Win probability

Chicago St. above 50 · NIU below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: NIU stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NIU 99.8%0.2% CHI ST

NIU wins

3-0

85.3%

3-1

13.2%

3-2

1.3%

Chicago St. wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.1%

NIU break %: 55.0% vs this opp
CHI ST break %: 32.9% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

NIUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
11Katie PahlOH	3	12	1	19	.579	0	0	2	5	0	1	2	2	14
3Ava GrevengoedOH	3	8	3	24	.208	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
9Delaney SteersOH	3	5	1	9	.444	0	3	2	5	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
15Autumn FlynnMB	3	5	0	9	.556	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	8
8Rylea AlvinMB	3	3	1	7	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
6Viktoria DjukicS	3	0	0	1	.000	20	2	2	9	0	0	2	1	3
14Naomi DowdOH	3	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
18Charlotte GramzowL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	2	2	12	0	0	0	0	2
4Kiana ShieldsMB	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Kylie SchulzeS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16Lilly AbneyOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
21Charizma LoftonOH	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12Aiden LightburnMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		38	8	79	.380	36	8	11	35	1	1	14	8	75

Chicago St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BLK	PTS
8Kristine BakhadS	3	4	1	8	.375	9	0	1	5	0	1	1	5
11Nayella GeorgeOH	3	3	6	21	-.143	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
2Camryn McCollumOH	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
3Graci LittlejohnMB	3	3	5	11	-.182	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
4Jenesis PerrinMB	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1Rayon ThigpenMB	2	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Skye RileyOH	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	1
17Hailee CollinsS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
9Nina MitchellOH	2	1	5	11	-.364	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
7Reece MazzierL/DS	2	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0
10Eliza CovrigL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
6Tenese ButtryDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		16	21	75	-.067	15	1	2	28	8	1	1	37

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 8 NIU · CHI ST 5

Set 1

25-9

Longest run 8 NIUCHI ST 2

Set 2

25-11

Longest run 7 NIUCHI ST 5

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 6 NIUCHI ST 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

NIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%6/10	77%17/22
2	100%6/6	50%6/12
3	100%4/4	67%8/12
4	100%4/4	56%5/9
5	44%4/9	33%2/6
6	80%4/5	69%9/13
All	74%28/38	64%47/74

Chicago St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	27%6/22	17%1/6
2	83%5/6	40%4/10
3	31%4/13	0%0/5
4	50%4/8	0%0/4
5	36%4/11	50%4/8
6	29%4/14	20%1/5
All	36%27/74	26%10/38

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

112 rallies

#	NIU-CHI ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow
2	2-0	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic
3	3-0	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Katie Pahl
4	4-0	NIU	NIU×8	Ace	NIU	aced Skye Riley
5	5-0	NIU	NIU×8	Ace	NIU	aced Skye Riley
6	6-0	NIU	NIU×8	Blocked	Nayella George	blk Rylea Alvin, Katie Pahl
7	7-0	NIU	NIU×8	Serve err	NIU
8	8-0	NIU	NIU×8	Ace	NIU
9	8-1	NIU	CHI ST	Attack err	Katie Pahl
10	9-1	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic
11	9-2	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Nayella George	set Kristine Bakhad
12	10-2	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic
13	10-3	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Graci Littlejohn	set Kristine Bakhad
14	11-3	CHI ST	NIU×4	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze
15	12-3	NIU	NIU×4	Bad set	Kristine Bakhad
16	13-3	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Charlotte Gramzow
17	14-3	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze
18	14-4	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
19	15-4	CHI ST	NIU	Attack err	Nayella George
20	16-4	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Graci Littlejohn
21	16-5	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
22	17-5	CHI ST	NIU×3	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze
23	18-5	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Eliza Covrig
24	19-5	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow
25	19-6	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
26	19-7	CHI ST	CHI ST	Bad set	Viktoria Djukic
27	20-7	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Viktoria Djukic
28	21-7	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Camryn McCollum
29	21-8	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
30	22-8	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Aiden Lightburn	set Viktoria Djukic
31	23-8	NIU	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic
32	23-9	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Camryn McCollum	set Kristine Bakhad
33	24-9	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic
34	25-9	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic
Set 2
1	1-0	CHI ST	NIU	Attack err	Nayella George
2	2-0	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic
3	2-1	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
4	3-1	CHI ST	NIU	Attack err	Camryn McCollum
5	3-2	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
6	4-2	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Kylie Schulze
7	5-2	NIU	NIU	Kill	Camryn McCollum	set Kylie Schulze
8	5-3	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Jenesis Perrin	set Kristine Bakhad
9	6-3	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze
10	6-4	NIU	CHI ST×5	Serve err	NIU
11	6-5	CHI ST	CHI ST×5	Blocked	Delaney Steers	blk Kristine Bakhad
12	6-6	CHI ST	CHI ST×5	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed
13	6-7	CHI ST	CHI ST×5	Attack err	Naomi Dowd
14	6-8	CHI ST	CHI ST×5	Ace	Skye Riley
15	7-8	CHI ST	NIU×6	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kylie Schulze
16	8-8	NIU	NIU×6	Ace	NIU
17	9-8	NIU	NIU×6	Blocked	Nina Mitchell	blk Rylea Alvin, Delaney Steers
18	10-8	NIU	NIU×6	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic
19	11-8	NIU	NIU×6	Attack err	Nina Mitchell
20	12-8	NIU	NIU×6	Blocked	Nayella George	blk Katie Pahl, Rylea Alvin
21	12-9	NIU	CHI ST	Attack err	Rylea Alvin
22	13-9	CHI ST	NIU×7	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Charlotte Gramzow
23	14-9	NIU	NIU×7	Attack err	Nayella George
24	15-9	NIU	NIU×7	Bad set	Hailee Collins
25	16-9	NIU	NIU×7	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic
26	17-9	NIU	NIU×7	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic
27	18-9	NIU	NIU×7	Blocked	Graci Littlejohn	blk Katie Pahl
28	19-9	NIU	NIU×7	Attack err	Skye Riley
29	19-10	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Graci Littlejohn	set Hailee Collins
30	20-10	CHI ST	NIU×5	Kill	Lilly Abney	set Viktoria Djukic
31	21-10	NIU	NIU×5	Ace	NIU	aced Reece Mazzier
32	22-10	NIU	NIU×5	Ace	NIU	aced Reece Mazzier
33	23-10	NIU	NIU×5	Attack err	Graci Littlejohn
34	24-10	NIU	NIU×5	Blocked	Nayella George	blk Autumn Flynn, Lilly Abney
35	24-11	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
36	25-11	CHI ST	NIU	Bad set	Reece Mazzier
Set 3
1	1-0	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Rylea Alvin
2	1-1	NIU	CHI ST×4	Serve err	NIU
3	1-2	CHI ST	CHI ST×4	Kill	Kristine Bakhad	set Graci Littlejohn
4	1-3	CHI ST	CHI ST×4	Kill	Nina Mitchell	set Hailee Collins
5	1-4	CHI ST	CHI ST×4	Kill	Kristine Bakhad	set Hailee Collins
6	2-4	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow
7	2-5	NIU	CHI ST	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed
8	3-5	CHI ST	NIU×6	Bad set	Nayella George
9	4-5	NIU	NIU×6	Bad set	Hailee Collins
10	5-5	NIU	NIU×6	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic
11	6-5	NIU	NIU×6	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic
12	7-5	NIU	NIU×6	Attack err	Nina Mitchell
13	8-5	NIU	NIU×6	Blocked	Nina Mitchell	blk Autumn Flynn, Viktoria Djukic
14	8-6	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Kristine Bakhad	set Hailee Collins
15	9-6	CHI ST	NIU	Blocked	Jenesis Perrin	blk Autumn Flynn, Ava Grevengoed
16	9-7	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Camryn McCollum	set Kristine Bakhad
17	10-7	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Kylie Schulze
18	10-8	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Camryn McCollum	set Kristine Bakhad
19	10-9	CHI ST	CHI ST	Kill	Nayella George	set Kristine Bakhad
20	11-9	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Naomi Dowd	set Kylie Schulze
21	12-9	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Graci Littlejohn
22	12-10	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Graci Littlejohn	set Kristine Bakhad
23	13-10	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic
24	14-10	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Graci Littlejohn
25	14-11	NIU	CHI ST	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed
26	14-12	CHI ST	CHI ST	Kill	Kristine Bakhad	set Viktoria Djukic
27	15-12	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic
28	15-13	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Nayella George	set Hailee Collins
29	16-13	CHI ST	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic
30	17-13	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Kristine Bakhad
31	18-13	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Nina Mitchell	blk Viktoria Djukic, Autumn Flynn
32	18-14	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
33	19-14	CHI ST	NIU	Serve err	Chicago St.
34	20-14	NIU	NIU	Kill	Delaney Steers	set Kylie Schulze
35	20-15	NIU	CHI ST	Attack err	Kiana Shields
36	21-15	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kylie Schulze
37	22-15	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU
38	22-16	NIU	CHI ST	Kill	Jenesis Perrin	set Kristine Bakhad
39	23-16	CHI ST	NIU	Serve err	Chicago St.
40	24-16	NIU	NIU	Kill	Charizma Lofton	set Viktoria Djukic
41	24-17	NIU	CHI ST	Serve err	NIU
42	25-17	CHI ST	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic

Score shown after each rally, NIU first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

NIU def. Chicago St. 3–0