Arkansas-Fort Smith 3, Illinois Springfield 1 · Volleyball, Sat, Sep 5, 2026

Final · Sat, Sep 5 · Non-conference

Ark.-Fort Smith14–6 · power #141 going in

Ill. Springfield4–12 · power #194 going in

	1	2	3	4	Sets
Ark.-Fort Smith	25	21	25	25	3
Ill. Springfield	14	25	13	18	1

How it played out

Arkansas-Fort Smith beat Illinois Springfield in four.

Ark.-Fort Smith was the favorite at 79% going in (power No. 141 vs. No. 194).

Ark.-Fort Smith 79%Ill. Springfield 21%

Set 1: longest run 5–0 by Ill. Springfield
Set 2: longest run 5–0 by Ill. Springfield
Set 3: longest run 5–0 by Ill. Springfield
Set 4: longest run 6–0 by Ill. Springfield

Team stats

Ark.-Fort Smith		Ill. Springfield
.29149–6–148	Hitting %	.10952–33–174
49	Kills	52
41	Assists	47
6	Aces	4
7	Service errors	6
4	Reception errors	6
76	Digs	79
13	Blocks	3

Leaders

Ark.-Fort Smith		Ill. Springfield
15 #10 Lydia Pitts	Kills	22 #19 Makenna Cox
32 #1 Mayli Whetter	Assists	28 #2 Madi Siefken
19 #10 Lydia Pitts	Digs	22 #6 Emma Frazier
7 #7 Aspen Olson	Blocks	2 #5 Khadijah Blue
3 #6 Grace Marshall	Aces	2 #13 Tuana Yuce

Box score

SP sets played · K kills · E errors · TA attempts · A assists · SA aces · SE service errors · RE reception errors · BS/BA block solos and assists. Select a column to sort.

Ark.-Fort Smith


1	Mayli Whetter S	4	3	0	6	.500	32	1	2	0	15	0	4	6
2	Ella Shelby L/DS	4	0	0	2	.000	1	2	1	1	7	0	0	2
4	Lexi Wieser L/DS	4	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Grace Marshall OH	4	0	0	2	.000	0	3	1	1	10	0	0	3
7	Aspen Olson MB	4	3	0	9	.333	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	7
8	Abbey Jackson L	4	0	0	3	.000	7	0	0	2	13	0	0	0
10	Lydia Pitts OH	4	15	1	43	.326	1	0	2	0	19	0	3	16.5
13	Bree Pardy OH	4	0	0	1	.000	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
15	Codi Jackson OH	4	11	2	27	.333	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	12.5
16	Breanna Smith OH	4	8	2	36	.167	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	9
18	Emily Parker MB	4	9	1	19	.421	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	12
	Team	4	49	6	148	.291	41	6	7	4	76	1	24	96

Ill. Springfield


1	Maddie Mendelblatt MB	4	4	4	13	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.5
2	Madi Siefken S	4	1	4	9	-.333	28	1	0	0	8	1	2.5
4	Kaitlyn Taylor S	2	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Khadijah Blue MB	4	10	4	30	.200	0	0	0	0	3	2	11
6	Emma Frazier DS	4	0	0	2	.000	3	0	2	2	22	0	0
10	Alexis Schwartz MB	4	2	3	17	-.059	1	0	1	0	2	1	2.5
12	Eva Huerta L	4	0	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
13	Tuana Yuce L/DS	4	0	0	2	.000	0	2	1	3	9	0	2
14	Kendall Johnson OH	4	12	10	42	.048	0	0	0	0	5	0	12
18	Marley Christy S	4	1	0	2	.500	13	0	1	0	9	0	1
19	Makenna Cox OH	4	22	8	55	.255	2	1	1	0	16	1	23.5
	Team	4	52	33	174	.109	47	4	6	6	79	6	70

Ark.-Fort Smith Ill. Springfield NCAA game center

Box score from NCAA.com. Win chances are from this site's power rating, fitted only on matches before this one.