Final · 5 setsFri, Oct 16, 2026Watch on ESPN+

Murray St. def. Southern Ill. 3–2

RallyIQ pre-match: Southern Ill. 71.9% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Murray St. beat visiting Southern Ill. 3-2 (27-25, 10-25, 15-25, 25-19, 15-6) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. Alexa Watts led Murray St. with 13 kills; Southern Ill.'s Ella Swansiger had a match-high 15.

Data through · final Oct 16

Set12345Sets
SIU2525251962
MURRAY27101525153

Match story · written from the play-by-play

RallyIQ gave Murray St. 28%. Murray St. won anyway.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Murray St.'s RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Pre-match, Southern Ill. was RallyIQ's 72% pick.

  1. Turning point 1: Set 1 · Southern Ill. 24–24 Murray St.

    Murray St. closed it, 3 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 27–25 and lead 1–0.

    Murray St. 30% → 49%

  2. Turning point 2: Set 4 · Southern Ill. 1–0 Murray St.

    From here Murray St. won 25 of 43 rallies to take the set 25–19.

    Murray St. 13% → 41%

  3. Turning point 3: Set 5 · Southern Ill. 6–8 Murray St.

    7 straight Murray St. points stretched an 8–6 lead to 15–6.

    Murray St. 68% → >99%

Murray St. above 50Southern Ill. belowMax swing 10.4%

Southern Ill.Murray St.

Sideout %
Southern Ill. 50.5·Murray St. 46.5
Break %
Southern Ill. 53.5·Murray St. 49.5
Hitting
Southern Ill. .187·Murray St. .095
Longest run
Southern Ill. 14·Murray St. 8

Alexa Watts
7 of her kills came in the stretches above. 13 K, .135, 15 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Murray St. above 50 · Southern Ill. below
S1S2S3S4S510050100+10.4% MURRAYrally 192 · set 5

Biggest swing: 10.4% to Murray St. — set 1, SIU 25-27 MURRAY. Kill by Alexa Watts (set by Samantha Nelson). MURRAY win probability 39% → 49%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SIU 64.8%35.2% MURRAY

Southern Ill. wins

3-0
19.9%
3-1
24.8%
3-2
20.1%

Murray St. wins

3-0
7.2%
3-1
12.6%
3-2
15.4%
SIU break %
44.0% vs this opp
MURRAY break %
41.1% 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

  1. 01
    Alexa WattsKill+10.4%

    Kill by Alexa Watts (set by Samantha Nelson)

    Set 1 · SIU 25-27 MURRAY · MURRAY 39% → 49%

  2. 02
    Ella McFarlandBad set+9.9%

    Bad set by Ella McFarland

    Set 5 · SIU 6-10 MURRAY · MURRAY 76% → 86%

  3. 03
    Ella SwansigerAttack error+9.5%

    Attack error by Ella Swansiger

    Set 5 · SIU 0-2 MURRAY · MURRAY 48% → 57%

  4. 04

    McKenzie Moeller stuffed by Teodora Cickovic & Alexa Watts

    Set 5 · SIU 0-3 MURRAY · MURRAY 57% → 67%

  5. 05
    Beatriz PiaiaAttack error+9.4%

    Attack error by Beatriz Piaia

    Set 5 · SIU 3-7 MURRAY · MURRAY 71% → 80%

  6. 06
    Ella McFarlandAttack error+9.4%

    Attack error by Ella McFarland

    Set 1 · SIU 25-26 MURRAY · MURRAY 30% → 39%

  7. 07
    Beatriz PiaiaKill+9.0%

    Kill by Beatriz Piaia

    Set 5 · SIU 6-8 MURRAY · SIU 23% → 32%

  8. 08

    Maezi Snyder stuffed by Ella Swansiger & Chloe Anderson

    Set 1 · SIU 24-23 MURRAY · SIU 68% → 76%

Box score

Official NCAA box

PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
515637.2430001006318
511316.5000340032418
512840.100523132010.514.5
56213.308000100639
5026-.333263180010.53.5
1001.000010210001
5307.42900010010.53.5
5002.0007101910001
5000–1003100000
4000–102500000
36119.26300010010.56.5
33514-.143100000214
2000–000200000
Team totals5627155.18750101354532013100
PlayerSKETAHit%ASTSASEDIGREBSBABLKPTS
513837.1350018104215
510726.11501110153.514.5
58324.2082102102110
57728.000000200429
5104.25031111300002
41110.0000001320001
5000–6111510001
4001.00000000031.51.5
3001.000000100000
24416.000010120005
2001.000200000000
Team totals4430148.095415456101181092

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 Murray St.

Season series · Murray St. leads 2-0

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 14 SIU · MURRAY 8

Set 1

25-27

Longest run 4 SIUMURRAY 8

Set 2

25-10

Longest run 14 SIUMURRAY 4

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 4 SIUMURRAY 3

Set 4

19-25

Longest run 3 SIUMURRAY 4

Set 5

6-15

Longest run 3 SIUMURRAY 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Southern Ill.

SlotSideout %Break %
1
40%10/25
69%18/26
2
60%9/15
47%9/19
3
57%8/14
57%12/21
4
53%8/15
11%1/9
5
40%6/15
53%8/15
6
71%5/7
55%6/11
All
51%46/91
53%54/101

Murray St.

SlotSideout %Break %
1
29%10/35
65%13/20
2
63%10/16
33%5/15
3
50%8/16
53%9/17
4
67%8/12
33%4/12
5
38%6/16
38%5/13
6
83%5/6
64%9/14
All
47%47/101
49%45/91

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

192 rallies

#SIU-MURRAYSrvPointEndPlayerSetter / blockers / passerWP Δ
Set 1
10-1MURRAYMURRAY×8AcePaige Brockaced Isabella Del Real+2.3
20-2MURRAYMURRAY×8KillMaezi Snyder+2.4
30-3MURRAYMURRAY×8BlockedElla Swansigerblk Maezi Snyder, Anne Makowski+2.4
40-4MURRAYMURRAY×8Attack errMcKenzie Moeller+2.4
50-5MURRAYMURRAY×8BlockedElla Swansigerblk Maezi Snyder, Anne Makowski+2.3
60-6MURRAYMURRAY×8Attack errMcKenzie Moeller+2.1
70-7MURRAYMURRAY×8KillMaezi Snyderset Samantha Nelson+1.8
80-8MURRAYMURRAY×8KillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+1.6
91-8MURRAYSIUAttack errAnne Makowski+0.8
101-9SIUMURRAYKillAnne Makowskiset Paige Brock+1.1
112-9MURRAYSIU×4KillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+0.8
123-9SIUSIU×4KillBeatriz Piaiaset Ella McFarland+1.4
134-9SIUSIU×4BlockedMaezi Snyderblk Beatriz Piaia+1.7
145-9SIUSIU×4KillIda Almkvistset Ella McFarland+2.0
155-10SIUMURRAYKillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+1.7
165-11MURRAYMURRAYBlockedIda Almkvistblk Alexa Watts, Lily Burnett+2.1
176-11MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+1.1
186-12SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+1.5
197-12MURRAYSIU×3BlockedAnne Makowskiblk Beatriz Piaia+1.1
208-12SIUSIU×3AceSouthern Ill.+2.0
219-12SIUSIU×3Attack errAnne Makowski+2.3
229-13SIUMURRAYKillMija Sagadin Pristovnikset Paige Brock+2.0
2310-13MURRAYSIUKillBeatriz Piaiaset Lillian Dempkey+1.6
2411-13SIUSIUKillNatalie Vanceset McKenzie Moeller+2.7
2511-14SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+2.3
2612-14MURRAYSIUKillMcKenzie Moellerset Lillian Dempkey+1.9
2713-14SIUSIUAttack errAnne Makowski+3.1
2813-15SIUMURRAYKillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+2.5
2913-16MURRAYMURRAYBlockedElla Swansigerblk Maezi Snyder, Anne Makowski+3.5
3014-16MURRAYSIUBlockedMaezi Snyderblk Ella Swansiger, Ella McFarland+2.0
3115-16SIUSIUKillIda Almkvistset Ella McFarland+3.4
3215-17SIUMURRAYKillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+2.8
3316-17MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+2.4
3416-18SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+2.9
3516-19MURRAYMURRAYAceMurray St.aced McKenzie Moeller+4.0
3617-19MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+2.1
3717-20SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+2.9
3818-20MURRAYSIUServe errMurray St.+2.1
3918-21SIUMURRAYKillAnne Makowskiset Paige Brock+3.0
4019-21MURRAYSIU×3KillBeatriz Piaiaset Ella McFarland+2.1
4120-21SIUSIU×3KillMcKenzie Moellerset Ida Almkvist+4.2
4221-21SIUSIU×3AceSouthern Ill.+5.4
4321-22SIUMURRAYAttack errMcKenzie Moeller+4.4
4422-22MURRAYSIUKillChloe Andersonset Lillian Dempkey+4.1
4522-23SIUMURRAYBad setMcKenzie Moeller+5.2
4623-23MURRAYSIUKillMcKenzie Moellerset Jillian Shaneyfelt+4.8
4724-23SIUSIUBlockedMaezi Snyderblk Ella Swansiger, Chloe Anderson+8.7
4824-24SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+5.9
4925-24MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+5.9
5025-25SIUMURRAY×3KillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+5.9
5125-26MURRAYMURRAY×3Attack errElla McFarland+9.4
5225-27MURRAYMURRAY×3KillAlexa Wattsset Samantha Nelson+10.4
Set 2
11-0SIUSIU×14Attack errAnne Makowski+2.8
22-0SIUSIU×14BlockedAnne Makowskiblk Chloe Anderson, Ella Swansiger+2.6
33-0SIUSIU×14KillChloe Anderson+2.4
44-0SIUSIU×14AceSouthern Ill.aced Mija Sagadin Pristovnik+2.1
55-0SIUSIU×14KillElla Swansigerset McKenzie Moeller+1.8
66-0SIUSIU×14Attack errMaezi Snyder+1.5
77-0SIUSIU×14Attack errMaezi Snyder+1.2
88-0SIUSIU×14BlockedAnne Makowskiblk Chloe Anderson, Ella Swansiger+0.9
99-0SIUSIU×14KillElla Swansigerset Jillian Shaneyfelt+0.6
1010-0SIUSIU×14Attack errMija Sagadin Pristovnik+0.4
1111-0SIUSIU×14KillMcKenzie Moellerset Ella McFarland+0.3
1212-0SIUSIU×14AceSouthern Ill.aced Mija Sagadin Pristovnik+0.2
1313-0SIUSIU×14KillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+0.1
1414-0SIUSIU×14Attack errAlexa Watts·
1514-1SIUMURRAYAttack errChloe Anderson·
1614-2MURRAYMURRAYBlockedMcKenzie Moellerblk Alexa Watts, Maezi Snyder·
1715-2MURRAYSIUKillMcKenzie Moellerset Jillian Shaneyfelt·
1815-3SIUMURRAY×4Serve errSouthern Ill.·
1915-4MURRAYMURRAY×4Attack errIda Almkvist+0.1
2015-5MURRAYMURRAY×4Attack errIda Almkvist+0.1
2115-6MURRAYMURRAY×4AceMurray St.aced McKenzie Moeller+0.2
2216-6MURRAYSIU×8KillIda Almkvistset Ella McFarland+0.2
2317-6SIUSIU×8BlockedAlexa Wattsblk Ida Almkvist, Beatriz Piaia+0.1
2418-6SIUSIU×8KillElla Swansigerset McKenzie Moeller+0.1
2519-6SIUSIU×8Attack errAlexa Watts·
2620-6SIUSIU×8KillElla Swansigerset Jillian Shaneyfelt·
2721-6SIUSIU×8AceSouthern Ill.aced Ceren Durak·
2822-6SIUSIU×8KillElla Swansigerset Jillian Shaneyfelt·
2923-6SIUSIU×8KillBeatriz Piaiaset Ella McFarland·
3023-7SIUMURRAYBlockedBeatriz Piaiablk Maezi Snyder·
3124-7MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland·
3224-8SIUMURRAY×3Serve errSouthern Ill.·
3324-9MURRAYMURRAY×3Attack errIda Almkvist·
3424-10MURRAYMURRAY×3Attack errIda Almkvist·
3525-10MURRAYSIUKillBeatriz Piaiaset Lillian Dempkey·
Set 3
11-0MURRAYSIU×4KillMcKenzie Moellerset Ella McFarland+2.0
22-0SIUSIU×4BlockedCeren Durakblk Chloe Anderson, Ella Swansiger+2.8
33-0SIUSIU×4Attack errCeren Durak+2.6
44-0SIUSIU×4AceSouthern Ill.aced Ceren Durak+2.3
54-1SIUMURRAYKillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+1.5
64-2MURRAYMURRAYKillCeren Durakset Paige Brock+2.5
75-2MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+1.8
86-2SIUSIUBlockedAlexa Wattsblk Beatriz Piaia+2.4
96-3SIUMURRAYKillCeren Durakset Samantha Nelson+1.5
107-3MURRAYSIUKillAlexandria Arringtonset Ella McFarland+1.6
118-3SIUSIUAttack errAlexa Watts+2.0
128-4SIUMURRAY×3KillCeren Durakset Lily Burnett+1.2
138-5MURRAYMURRAY×3KillAlexa Wattsset Alexandria Arrington+2.2
148-6MURRAYMURRAY×3KillAnne Makowskiset Kathryn Titus+2.7
159-6MURRAYSIUKillBeatriz Piaiaset Lillian Dempkey+2.0
169-7SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+1.9
1710-7MURRAYSIUKillBeatriz Piaiaset Lillian Dempkey+2.1
1810-8SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+2.0
1911-8MURRAYSIUKillNatalie Vanceset Lillian Dempkey+2.1
2011-9SIUMURRAY×3KillAlexa Wattsset Kathryn Titus+2.0
2111-10MURRAYMURRAY×3KillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+3.5
2211-11MURRAYMURRAY×3KillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+4.0
2312-11MURRAYSIU×4Serve errMurray St.+2.8
2413-11SIUSIU×4Attack errCeren Durak+3.9
2514-11SIUSIU×4AceSouthern Ill.aced Alexa Watts+3.4
2615-11SIUSIU×4KillChloe Andersonset Ella McFarland+2.8
2715-12SIUMURRAYKillCeren Durakset Paige Brock+1.6
2816-12MURRAYSIUKillAlexandria Arringtonset Jillian Shaneyfelt+2.0
2917-12SIUSIUAttack errCeren Durak+2.2
3017-13SIUMURRAYKillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+1.1
3118-13MURRAYSIUKillAlexandria Arringtonset Ella McFarland+1.4
3218-14SIUMURRAYKillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+1.0
3319-14MURRAYSIU×3BlockedMaezi Snyderblk Beatriz Piaia, Natalie Vance+1.4
3420-14SIUSIU×3BlockedAlexa Wattsblk Ida Almkvist, McKenzie Moeller+1.3
3521-14SIUSIU×3Attack errLily Burnett+0.7
3621-15SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+0.2
3722-15MURRAYSIU×4KillMcKenzie Moellerset Lillian Dempkey+0.4
3823-15SIUSIU×4AceSouthern Ill.aced Samantha Nelson+0.2
3924-15SIUSIU×4AceSouthern Ill.·
4025-15SIUSIU×4KillNatalie Vanceset Julia Laidig·
Set 4
11-0SIUSIUBlockedAlexa Wattsblk Chloe Anderson, Ella Swansiger+2.5
21-1SIUMURRAYAttack errElla Swansiger+1.8
32-1MURRAYSIUKillChloe Andersonset Ella McFarland+1.7
42-2SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+1.8
53-2MURRAYSIUKillAlexandria Arringtonset Ella McFarland+1.8
63-3SIUMURRAY×3KillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+1.9
73-4MURRAYMURRAY×3KillAnne Makowskiset Paige Brock+2.9
83-5MURRAYMURRAY×3KillAnne Makowskiset Samantha Nelson+3.1
94-5MURRAYSIUAttack errLily Burnett+2.0
104-6SIUMURRAYKillAnne Makowskiset Lily Burnett+2.2
114-7MURRAYMURRAYAttack errPaige Brock+3.2
125-7MURRAYSIU×3KillAlexandria Arringtonset Lillian Dempkey+1.9
136-7SIUSIU×3KillMcKenzie Moellerset Lillian Dempkey+3.0
147-7SIUSIU×3Attack errLily Burnett+3.1
157-8SIUMURRAY×4KillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+2.3
167-9MURRAYMURRAY×4Attack errMcKenzie Moeller+3.4
177-10MURRAYMURRAY×4Attack errMcKenzie Moeller+3.4
187-11MURRAYMURRAY×4AceMurray St.+3.3
198-11MURRAYSIUServe errMurray St.+1.9
208-12SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+2.4
219-12MURRAYSIU×3KillMcKenzie Moellerset Lillian Dempkey+1.9
2210-12SIUSIU×3KillChloe Andersonset Paige Brock+3.2
2311-12SIUSIU×3AceSouthern Ill.aced Lily Burnett+3.5
2411-13SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Samantha Nelson+2.7
2511-14MURRAYMURRAYAceMurray St.aced Jillian Shaneyfelt+3.9
2612-14MURRAYSIUKillMcKenzie Moellerset Ella McFarland+2.3
2713-14SIUSIUBlockedAlexa Wattsblk Alexandria Arrington, Chloe Anderson+3.7
2813-15SIUMURRAY×3Attack errAlexandria Arrington+3.0
2913-16MURRAYMURRAY×3KillAlexa Wattsset Samantha Nelson+4.2
3013-17MURRAYMURRAY×3BlockedElla Swansigerblk Maezi Snyder, Anne Makowski+3.8
3114-17MURRAYSIUServe errMurray St.+1.9
3214-18SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+2.7
3315-18MURRAYSIUKillAlexandria Arringtonset Jillian Shaneyfelt+1.9
3415-19SIUMURRAYKillAnne Makowskiset Paige Brock+2.7
3516-19MURRAYSIUKillBeatriz Piaiaset McKenzie Moeller+1.8
3616-20SIUMURRAYKillMaezi Snyderset Paige Brock+2.8
3717-20MURRAYSIUKillMcKenzie Moellerset Ella McFarland+1.8
3817-21SIUMURRAY×3Serve errSouthern Ill.+2.8
3917-22MURRAYMURRAY×3Attack errChloe Anderson+2.6
4017-23MURRAYMURRAY×3BlockedMcKenzie Moellerblk Teodora Cickovic, Alexa Watts+1.3
4118-23MURRAYSIUKillChloe Andersonset McKenzie Moeller+0.3
4218-24SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+0.6
4319-24MURRAYSIUKillMcKenzie Moellerset Ella McFarland+0.1
4419-25SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+1.7
Set 5
10-1SIUMURRAY×3Serve errSouthern Ill.+6.3
20-2MURRAYMURRAY×3Attack errElla Swansiger+9.5
30-3MURRAYMURRAY×3BlockedMcKenzie Moellerblk Teodora Cickovic, Alexa Watts+9.4
41-3MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+5.5
51-4SIUMURRAYServe errSouthern Ill.+6.8
62-4MURRAYSIUKillElla Swansigerset Ella McFarland+5.6
72-5SIUMURRAYKillAlexa Wattsset Paige Brock+7.0
83-5MURRAYSIUKillBeatriz Piaiaset Ella McFarland+5.8
93-6SIUMURRAY×3Serve errSouthern Ill.+7.3
103-7MURRAYMURRAY×3Attack errBeatriz Piaia+9.4
113-8MURRAYMURRAY×3KillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+7.7
124-8MURRAYSIU×3KillBeatriz Piaiaset Ella McFarland+3.5
135-8SIUSIU×3Attack errMaezi Snyder+7.0
146-8SIUSIU×3KillBeatriz Piaia+9.0
156-9SIUMURRAY×7KillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+8.3
166-10MURRAYMURRAY×7Bad setElla McFarland+9.9
176-11MURRAYMURRAY×7KillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+7.0
186-12MURRAYMURRAY×7BlockedElla McFarlandblk Lily Burnett, Teodora Cickovic+4.1
196-13MURRAYMURRAY×7KillLily Burnettset Paige Brock+1.8
206-14MURRAYMURRAY×7Attack errBeatriz Piaia+0.6
216-15MURRAYMURRAY×7KillPaige Brockset McKenzie Moeller+0.1

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).