Robert Morris vs NIU Volleyball: NIU Wins 3-0 (Oct 31, 2026)

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: NIU 60.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 1:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

NIU beat visiting Robert Morris 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 27-25) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. NIU's Autumn Flynn led with 13 kills, and Viktoria Djukic added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:50 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
ROBMOR	23	16	25	0
NIU	25	25	27	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

NIU broke it open with an 8–0 run in the second set.

No single rally moved win probability more than 6.3 points. Robert Morris peaked at 52% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. RallyIQ gave NIU 60% before first serve.

Robert MorrisNIU

Break %+10.2 pts
38.548.7
Points won on own serve: 37 of 76 vs 25 of 65. Robert Morris sided out 51.3% of the time.
Hitting+.130
.229.359
49 K / 12 E against 38 K / 14 E.
Longest run+4
48
Up 8–5 in the second set, NIU scored 8 straight to make it 16–5. The set finished 25–16.

NIU above 50Robert Morris belowMax swing 6.3%

Robert MorrisNIU

Aces: Robert Morris 5·NIU 7
Serve err: Robert Morris 6·NIU 7
Blocks: Robert Morris 7·NIU 54 BS · 6 BA vs 2 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Robert Morris 37·NIU 44

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

NIU above 50 · Robert Morris below

Biggest swing: 6.3% to NIU — set 1, ROBMOR 23-25 NIU. Robert Morris service error. NIU win probability 70% → 77%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

ROBMOR 36.5%63.5% NIU

Robert Morris wins

3-0

7.6%

3-1

13.2%

3-2

15.7%

NIU wins

3-0

19.1%

3-1

24.3%

3-2

20.0%

ROBMOR break %: 39.2% vs this opp
NIU break %: 41.8% 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
Robert MorrisService error+6.3%
Robert Morris service error
Set 1 · ROBMOR 23-25 NIU · NIU 70% → 77%
02
Keira HornungBlock+5.2%
Rylea Alvin stuffed by Keira Hornung
Set 3 · ROBMOR 24-24 NIU · ROBMOR 3% → 9%
03
Tia SchultzAttack error+5.0%
Attack error by Tia Schultz
Set 3 · ROBMOR 25-27 NIU · NIU 95% → 100%
04
Rylea AlvinBlock+4.3%
Addyson Butts stuffed by Rylea Alvin
Set 1 · ROBMOR 16-17 NIU · NIU 59% → 63%
05
Autumn FlynnKill+4.2%
Kill by Autumn Flynn (set by Viktoria Djukic)
Set 1 · ROBMOR 21-23 NIU · NIU 67% → 71%
06
Katie PahlKill+4.1%
Kill by Katie Pahl (set by Viktoria Djukic)
Set 1 · ROBMOR 21-24 NIU · NIU 71% → 75%
07
Lauren DeckerKill+4.1%
Kill by Lauren Decker (set by Kenlee Barnard)
Set 1 · ROBMOR 20-21 NIU · ROBMOR 30% → 34%
08
NIUAce+4.1%
NIU ace
Set 1 · ROBMOR 16-18 NIU · NIU 63% → 67%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Robert Morrisaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Lauren DeckerOH	3	11	1	28	.357	0	0	2	8	2	0	0	0	11
15Keira HornungMB	3	4	2	16	.125	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3.5	7.5
5Addyson ButtsMB	3	3	2	13	.077	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	5
9Layla ToddOH	3	2	3	9	-.111	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	2
1Kenlee BarnardS	3	1	0	1	1.000	31	0	3	7	0	0	2	1	2
8Maddie SiphakongvisethL/DS	2	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	1
3Tia SchultzOH	3	7	4	20	.150	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
10Anahi AlvaradoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
4Natalie StepanovichOH	2	9	1	14	.571	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	1	11
16Addison FowlerDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Natalie FrostOH	1	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6Isabelle JacksonS	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		38	14	105	.229	36	5	6	37	7	4	6	7	64

NIUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Autumn FlynnMB	3	13	1	24	.500	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	1.5	15.5
3Ava GrevengoedOH	3	11	2	23	.391	0	1	0	7	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
11Katie PahlOH	3	11	5	29	.207	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	11
8Rylea AlvinMB	3	9	1	12	.667	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	11
4Kiana ShieldsMB	3	4	3	14	.071	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
6Viktoria DjukicS	3	1	0	1	1.000	37	1	1	11	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
18Charlotte GramzowL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	3	9	0	0	0	0	2
5Kylie SchulzeS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
Team totals		49	12	103	.359	42	7	7	44	5	2	6	5	77

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.

Robert Morris vs NIU

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Fri, Oct 30, 2026Robert Morris at NIU · Robert Morris won 3-0Result →
Sat, Oct 31, 2026Robert Morris at NIU · NIU won 3-0This match

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 ROBMOR · NIU 8

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 3 ROBMORNIU 3

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 ROBMORNIU 8

Set 3

25-27

Longest run 4 ROBMORNIU 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Robert Morris

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	33%3/9
2	67%8/12	43%6/14
3	41%7/17	33%4/12
4	60%6/10	50%7/14
5	36%5/14	40%4/10
6	50%5/10	17%1/6
All	51%39/76	38%25/65

NIU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	22%2/9
2	62%8/13	50%8/16
3	54%7/13	59%10/17
4	67%6/9	25%2/8
5	67%6/9	40%4/10
6	83%5/6	69%11/16
All	62%40/65	49%37/76

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

141 rallies

#	ROBMOR-NIU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Addyson Butts	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.7
2	2-0	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Blocked	Kiana Shields	blk Keira Hornung	+2.6
3	2-1	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.7
4	2-2	NIU	NIU	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Charlotte Gramzow	+2.6
5	3-2	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.8
6	4-2	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Kill	Tia Schultz	set Kenlee Barnard	+2.7
7	4-3	ROBMOR	NIU×3	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.7
8	4-4	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Lauren Decker	+2.7
9	4-5	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU	aced Tia Schultz	+2.7
10	5-5	NIU	ROBMOR×3	Kill	Keira Hornung	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.9
11	6-5	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×3	Kill	Tia Schultz	set Anahi Alvarado	+2.9
12	7-5	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×3	Kill	Keira Hornung	set Kenlee Barnard	+2.9
13	7-6	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.9
14	8-6	NIU	ROBMOR	Blocked	Ava Grevengoed	blk Tia Schultz, Keira Hornung	+2.0
15	9-6	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Bad set	Viktoria Djukic		+2.9
16	9-7	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.8
17	10-7	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Tia Schultz	set Kenlee Barnard	+2.0
18	10-8	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.8
19	11-8	NIU	ROBMOR	Blocked	Kiana Shields	blk Addyson Butts	+2.1
20	11-9	ROBMOR	NIU	Attack err	Lauren Decker		+1.8
21	12-9	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Kenlee Barnard		+2.2
22	13-9	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+2.9
23	13-10	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.6
24	14-10	NIU	ROBMOR	Serve err	NIU		+2.0
25	14-11	ROBMOR	NIU×3	Serve err	Robert Morris		+1.6
26	14-12	NIU	NIU×3	Attack err	Tia Schultz		+2.9
27	14-13	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.4
28	15-13	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	+2.6
29	15-14	ROBMOR	NIU	Serve err	Robert Morris		+2.3
30	15-15	NIU	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed		+3.9
31	16-15	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Layla Todd	set Kenlee Barnard	+2.8
32	16-16	ROBMOR	NIU×3	Blocked	Layla Todd	blk Viktoria Djukic, Autumn Flynn	+2.7
33	16-17	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Addyson Butts	blk Rylea Alvin	+4.3
34	16-18	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	NIU		+4.1
35	17-18	NIU	ROBMOR	Attack err	Ava Grevengoed		+2.5
36	17-19	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.9
37	18-19	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Addyson Butts	set Kenlee Barnard	+2.6
38	18-20	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.1
39	18-21	NIU	NIU	Ace	NIU	aced Maddie Siphakongviseth	+3.8
40	19-21	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.8
41	20-21	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	+4.1
42	20-22	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.7
43	21-22	NIU	ROBMOR	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Keira Hornung, Kenlee Barnard	+2.9
44	21-23	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.2
45	21-24	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+4.1
46	22-24	NIU	ROBMOR	Serve err	NIU		+1.0
47	23-24	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	+3.8
48	23-25	ROBMOR	NIU	Serve err	Robert Morris		+6.3
Set 2
1	1-0	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Blocked	Katie Pahl	blk Keira Hornung, Kenlee Barnard	+2.3
2	1-1	ROBMOR	NIU×5	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.5
3	1-2	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.3
4	1-3	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.2
5	1-4	NIU	NIU×5	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.1
6	1-5	NIU	NIU×5	Attack err	Keira Hornung		+1.9
7	2-5	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.2
8	2-6	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
9	3-6	NIU	ROBMOR	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+1.2
10	3-7	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
11	4-7	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Keira Hornung	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.2
12	4-8	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
13	5-8	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Layla Todd	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.2
14	5-9	ROBMOR	NIU×8	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
15	5-10	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.7
16	5-11	NIU	NIU×8	Blocked	Layla Todd	blk Kiana Shields, Rylea Alvin	+1.4
17	5-12	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Charlotte Gramzow	+1.1
18	5-13	NIU	NIU×8	Attack err	Layla Todd		+0.8
19	5-14	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.5
20	5-15	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Kenlee Barnard	+0.3
21	5-16	NIU	NIU×8	Kill	Kiana Shields	set Kenlee Barnard	+0.2
22	6-16	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	+0.1
23	6-17	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.1
24	6-18	NIU	NIU	Bad set	Kenlee Barnard		+0.1
25	7-18	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	·
26	8-18	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	+0.1
27	8-19	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.1
28	9-19	NIU	ROBMOR	Serve err	Charlotte Gramzow		·
29	10-19	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Attack err	Katie Pahl		+0.1
30	10-20	ROBMOR	NIU	Serve err	Kenlee Barnard		+0.1
31	11-20	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Kenlee Barnard	·
32	11-21	ROBMOR	NIU	Attack err	Keira Hornung		+0.1
33	12-21	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Keira Hornung	set Kenlee Barnard	·
34	13-21	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Blocked	Autumn Flynn	blk Natalie Stepanovich	+0.1
35	13-22	ROBMOR	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.1
36	13-23	NIU	NIU×3	Blocked	Tia Schultz	blk Rylea Alvin, Ava Grevengoed	·
37	13-24	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	·
38	14-24	NIU	ROBMOR×3	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	·
39	15-24	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×3	Ace	Maddie Siphakongviseth	aced Katie Pahl	·
40	16-24	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×3	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	·
41	16-25	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	·
Set 3
1	1-0	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Tia Schultz	set Kenlee Barnard	+0.9
2	2-0	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Attack err	Kiana Shields		+1.4
3	2-1	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.9
4	2-2	NIU	NIU	Ace	Charlotte Gramzow	aced Natalie Stepanovich	+1.4
5	3-2	NIU	ROBMOR×4	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.0
6	4-2	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×4	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.5
7	5-2	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×4	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Anahi Alvarado	+1.4
8	6-2	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×4	Ace	Anahi Alvarado	aced Autumn Flynn	+1.4
9	6-3	ROBMOR	NIU×4	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+0.8
10	6-4	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.3
11	6-5	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.5
12	6-6	NIU	NIU×4	Attack err	Tia Schultz		+1.5
13	7-6	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.1
14	8-6	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Bad set	Viktoria Djukic		+1.6
15	8-7	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
16	9-7	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Natalie Stepanovich	+1.1
17	10-7	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Ace	Natalie Stepanovich		+1.6
18	10-8	ROBMOR	NIU	Blocked	Addyson Butts	blk Autumn Flynn	+1.0
19	11-8	NIU	ROBMOR	Serve err	Autumn Flynn		+1.1
20	12-8	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Ace	Addyson Butts		+1.5
21	12-9	ROBMOR	NIU	Serve err	Addyson Butts		+0.9
22	12-10	NIU	NIU	Ace	Viktoria Djukic	aced Lauren Decker	+1.5
23	13-10	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Lauren Decker	set Isabelle Jackson	+1.2
24	13-11	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.0
25	14-11	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Tia Schultz	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.2
26	14-12	ROBMOR	NIU×3	Kill	Rylea Alvin	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.1
27	14-13	NIU	NIU×3	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.8
28	14-14	NIU	NIU×3	Ace	Charlotte Gramzow	aced Natalie Stepanovich	+2.0
29	15-14	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.4
30	15-15	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
31	15-16	NIU	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Rylea Alvin	+2.2
32	16-16	NIU	ROBMOR×3	Kill	Natalie Stepanovich	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.5
33	17-16	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×3	Kill	Addyson Butts	set Isabelle Jackson	+2.4
34	18-16	ROBMOR	ROBMOR×3	Ace	Isabelle Jackson	aced Ava Grevengoed	+2.4
35	18-17	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.4
36	18-18	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Natalie Frost		+2.5
37	19-18	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Natalie Frost	set Anahi Alvarado	+1.8
38	19-19	ROBMOR	NIU	Attack err	Natalie Stepanovich		+1.8
39	20-19	NIU	ROBMOR	Serve err	Autumn Flynn		+2.0
40	20-20	ROBMOR	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+1.9
41	20-21	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Viktoria Djukic	set Isabelle Jackson	+3.2
42	20-22	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.0
43	20-23	NIU	NIU×4	Kill	Ava Grevengoed	set Viktoria Djukic	+2.2
44	21-23	NIU	ROBMOR	Serve err	Viktoria Djukic		+0.8
45	22-23	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Kill	Tia Schultz	set Kenlee Barnard	+2.3
46	22-24	ROBMOR	NIU	Serve err	Kenlee Barnard		+2.6
47	23-24	NIU	ROBMOR	Kill	Tia Schultz	set Kenlee Barnard	+1.4
48	24-24	ROBMOR	ROBMOR	Blocked	Rylea Alvin	blk Keira Hornung	+5.2
49	24-25	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Katie Pahl	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.5
50	25-25	NIU	ROBMOR	Serve err	Charlotte Gramzow		+3.5
51	25-26	ROBMOR	NIU	Kill	Autumn Flynn	set Viktoria Djukic	+3.5
52	25-27	NIU	NIU	Attack err	Tia Schultz		+5.0

Score shown after each rally, Robert Morris 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. Robert Morris 3–0

NIU broke it open with an 8–0 run in the second set.