UC Santa Barbara def. Utah Valley 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: UC Santa Barbara 81.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UC Santa Barbara won at Utah Valley 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 26-24) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. UC Santa Barbara's Gabi Martinez and Auburn Tomkinson led with 15 kills each.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UCSB	25	25	26	3
UT VAL	20	19	24	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

15 kills in 3 sets for Auburn Tomkinson. UC Santa Barbara swept Utah Valley.

No single rally moved win probability more than 3.0 points. Utah Valley peaked at 33% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. RallyIQ gave UC Santa Barbara 82% before first serve.

UC Santa BarbaraUtah Valley

Break %+10.5 pts
45.935.4
Points won on own serve: 34 of 74 vs 23 of 65. Utah Valley sided out 54.1% of the time.
Hitting+.102
.288.186
Kills and errors: 51–19 vs 31–13.
Longest run+1
65
UC Santa Barbara scored 6 straight in the first set to turn a 13–16 deficit into a 19–16 lead. The set finished 25–20.

Utah Valley above 50UC Santa Barbara belowMax swing 3.0%

UC Santa BarbaraUtah Valley

Aces: UC Santa Barbara 5·Utah Valley 3
Serve err: UC Santa Barbara 10·Utah Valley 5
Blocks: UC Santa Barbara 5·Utah Valley 102 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 18 BA
Digs: UC Santa Barbara 47·Utah Valley 29

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Utah Valley above 50 · UC Santa Barbara below

Biggest swing: 3.0% to Utah Valley — set 1, UCSB 13-16 UT VAL. Attack error by Gabi Martinez. UT VAL win probability 25% → 28%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCSB 72.3%27.7% UT VAL

UC Santa Barbara wins

3-0

24.9%

3-1

27.7%

3-2

19.7%

Utah Valley wins

3-0

5.1%

3-1

9.6%

3-2

13.0%

UCSB break %: 45.0% vs this opp
UT VAL break %: 40.5% 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
Gabi MartinezAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Gabi Martinez
Set 1 · UCSB 13-16 UT VAL · UT VAL 25% → 28%
02
Bella MathisKill+2.9%
Kill by Bella Mathis
Set 1 · UCSB 16-16 UT VAL · UCSB 76% → 79%
03
Sophia WendlickKill+2.8%
Kill by Sophia Wendlick (set by Milan Rex)
Set 1 · UCSB 17-16 UT VAL · UCSB 79% → 82%
04
Auburn TomkinsonKill+2.7%
Kill by Auburn Tomkinson (set by Milan Rex)
Set 1 · UCSB 15-16 UT VAL · UCSB 74% → 76%
05
Sophia WendlickKill+2.6%
Kill by Sophia Wendlick (set by Auburn Tomkinson)
Set 1 · UCSB 18-16 UT VAL · UCSB 82% → 85%
06
Sandrea ThomasAttack error+2.6%
Attack error by Sandrea Thomas
Set 3 · UCSB 24-24 UT VAL · UT VAL 2% → 4%
07
Gabi MartinezKill+2.5%
Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Milan Rex)
Set 1 · UCSB 13-14 UT VAL · UCSB 75% → 77%
08
Utah ValleyAce+2.5%
Utah Valley ace on Cortni Youngblood
Set 1 · UCSB 8-11 UT VAL · UT VAL 24% → 26%

Box score

Official NCAA box

UC Santa Barbaraaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Gabi MartinezOH	3	15	5	32	.313	1	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	17
1Auburn TomkinsonOPP	3	15	0	20	.750	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
2Sandrea ThomasMB	3	4	1	9	.333	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
13Bella MathisMB	3	3	1	11	.182	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	4
10Kate MartinOH	3	0	0	1	.000	2	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	1
8Milan RexS	3	0	0	1	.000	21	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	1
28Sophia WendlickOH	3	7	8	20	-.050	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
33Emma McDermottOH	3	6	3	15	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
11Ava ZamoraS	3	1	1	2	.000	13	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	3
4Bianca NistorDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
9Cortni YoungbloodDS	3	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	19	111	.288	49	5	10	47	3	2	6	5	76

Utah Valleyhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Olivia GloecknerOH	3	10	1	21	.429	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	2.5	12.5
2Alyvia WatkinsMB	3	7	2	15	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3.5	10.5
18Brielle RueckertMB	3	6	2	16	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	7
4Miley ThunstromOH	3	6	1	22	.227	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
11Evalyn MedarisS	3	1	0	4	.250	28	0	0	6	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
5Chloe HansenOH	2	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
8Lani ToutaiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	2
12Kenna McClureL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
19Bree CarsonOH	2	0	5	12	-.417	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Myka ChristensenS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		31	13	97	.186	31	3	5	29	5	1	18	10	63

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.

UC Santa Barbara vs Utah Valley

Season series · UC Santa Barbara leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 1, 2026UC Santa Barbara at Utah Valley · UC Santa Barbara won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026Utah Valley at UC Santa BarbaraPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 UCSB · UT VAL 5

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 6 UCSBUT VAL 5

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 3 UCSBUT VAL 4

Set 3

26-24

Longest run 4 UCSBUT VAL 4

Bars above the line = Utah Valley leads, below = UC Santa Barbara leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UC Santa Barbara

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	40%4/10
2	47%7/15	50%7/14
3	78%7/9	56%9/16
4	88%7/8	46%6/13
5	78%7/9	46%6/13
6	60%6/10	25%2/8
All	65%42/65	46%34/74

Utah Valley

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	46%6/13
2	47%7/15	27%3/11
3	58%7/12	50%7/14
4	54%7/13	0%0/7
5	55%6/11	30%3/10
6	83%5/6	40%4/10
All	54%40/74	35%23/65

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

139 rallies

#	UCSB-UT VAL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.1
2	2-0	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.4
3	2-1	UCSB	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+1.1
4	2-2	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.6
5	2-3	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.8
6	3-3	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.3
7	4-3	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+1.7
8	4-4	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.3
9	5-4	UT VAL	UCSB	Blocked	Chloe Hansen	blk Auburn Tomkinson, Bella Mathis	+1.3
10	5-5	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
11	6-5	UT VAL	UCSB	Attack err	Chloe Hansen		+1.3
12	6-6	UCSB	UT VAL	Blocked	Emma McDermott	blk Alyvia Watkins, Chloe Hansen	+1.4
13	6-7	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Alyvia Watkins, Chloe Hansen	+2.0
14	7-7	UT VAL	UCSB	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.5
15	7-8	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.7
16	7-9	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.3
17	8-9	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Kate Martin	+1.6
18	8-10	UCSB	UT VAL×5	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.9
19	8-11	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Cortni Youngblood	+2.5
20	8-12	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.4
21	8-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+2.3
22	8-14	UT VAL	UT VAL×5	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Gabi Martinez	+2.0
23	9-14	UT VAL	UCSB×5	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+1.1
24	10-14	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Kate Martin	+1.8
25	11-14	UCSB	UCSB×5	Bad set	Evalyn Medaris		+2.1
26	12-14	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.3
27	13-14	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+2.5
28	13-15	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Lani Toutai	+2.3
29	13-16	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+3.0
30	14-16	UT VAL	UCSB×6	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.9
31	15-16	UCSB	UCSB×6	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.7
32	16-16	UCSB	UCSB×6	Kill	Bella Mathis		+2.9
33	17-16	UCSB	UCSB×6	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+2.8
34	18-16	UCSB	UCSB×6	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Auburn Tomkinson	+2.6
35	19-16	UCSB	UCSB×6	Ace	UC Santa Barbara		+2.1
36	19-17	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
37	20-17	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.7
38	20-18	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.4
39	21-18	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Milan Rex	+1.8
40	22-18	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Alyvia Watkins	blk Sandrea Thomas	+1.6
41	22-19	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Lani Toutai	+0.7
42	23-19	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Ava Zamora	+1.1
43	23-20	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.6
44	24-20	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+1.0
45	25-20	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ava Zamora	+0.4
Set 2
1	1-0	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+1.1
2	1-1	UCSB	UT VAL	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Olivia Gloeckner, Brielle Rueckert	+0.9
3	2-1	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+0.9
4	3-1	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Brielle Rueckert	blk Bella Mathis, Sophia Wendlick	+1.1
5	3-2	UCSB	UT VAL×3	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.8
6	3-3	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+1.2
7	3-4	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Bella Mathis		+1.4
8	4-4	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+1.0
9	5-4	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Bella Mathis	+1.3
10	5-5	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.0
11	6-5	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.0
12	7-5	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Bree Carson	blk Emma McDermott, Sandrea Thomas	+1.2
13	7-6	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.9
14	7-7	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Alyvia Watkins, Miley Thunstrom	+1.4
15	8-7	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ava Zamora	+1.0
16	9-7	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Alyvia Watkins	blk Gabi Martinez	+1.3
17	9-8	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.0
18	10-8	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.0
19	10-9	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.0
20	11-9	UT VAL	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+1.0
21	12-9	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.2
22	13-9	UCSB	UCSB×3	Bad set	Evalyn Medaris		+1.0
23	13-10	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.7
24	14-10	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+0.8
25	14-11	UCSB	UT VAL×4	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.7
26	14-12	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
27	14-13	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Alyvia Watkins, Olivia Gloeckner	+1.5
28	14-14	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Alyvia Watkins, Olivia Gloeckner	+1.8
29	15-14	UT VAL	UCSB	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.4
30	16-14	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.7
31	16-15	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.3
32	17-15	UT VAL	UCSB×3	Serve err	Utah Valley		+1.3
33	18-15	UCSB	UCSB×3	Attack err	Bree Carson		+1.5
34	19-15	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	UC Santa Barbara		+1.1
35	19-16	UCSB	UT VAL	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Evalyn Medaris, Alyvia Watkins	+0.7
36	20-16	UT VAL	UCSB×3	Attack err	Miley Thunstrom		+0.9
37	21-16	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Sandrea Thomas	+0.7
38	22-16	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	UC Santa Barbara		+0.4
39	22-17	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.1
40	23-17	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ava Zamora	+0.2
41	23-18	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Evalyn Medaris	set Kenna McClure	+0.1
42	24-18	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Bianca Nistor	+0.2
43	24-19	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	·
44	25-19	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+0.4
2	1-1	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
3	2-1	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+0.5
4	2-2	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.5
5	2-3	UT VAL	UT VAL	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Brielle Rueckert, Olivia Gloeckner	+0.7
6	3-3	UT VAL	UCSB	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.5
7	3-4	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.6
8	4-4	UT VAL	UCSB×3	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Sophia Wendlick	+0.5
9	5-4	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Ava Zamora	+0.7
10	6-4	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	UC Santa Barbara		+0.6
11	6-5	UCSB	UT VAL	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Alyvia Watkins, Olivia Gloeckner	+0.5
12	7-5	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Ava Zamora	+0.5
13	8-5	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+0.5
14	8-6	UCSB	UT VAL	Attack err	Emma McDermott		+0.4
15	9-6	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ava Zamora	+0.4
16	9-7	UCSB	UT VAL×3	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.4
17	9-8	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Emma McDermott		+0.7
18	9-9	UT VAL	UT VAL×3	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+0.8
19	10-9	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Ava Zamora	set Gabi Martinez	+0.6
20	11-9	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara		+0.7
21	11-10	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Miley Thunstrom	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
22	12-10	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+0.6
23	13-10	UCSB	UCSB	Attack err	Olivia Gloeckner		+0.6
24	13-11	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.5
25	13-12	UT VAL	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.7
26	14-12	UT VAL	UCSB	Attack err	Bree Carson		+0.6
27	14-13	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.6
28	15-13	UT VAL	UCSB	Attack err	Bree Carson		+0.6
29	15-14	UCSB	UT VAL	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.6
30	16-14	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Ava Zamora	+0.7
31	16-15	UCSB	UT VAL×4	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.7
32	16-16	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Attack err	Ava Zamora		+1.0
33	16-17	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
34	16-18	UT VAL	UT VAL×4	Ace	Utah Valley	aced Kate Martin	+1.3
35	17-18	UT VAL	UCSB	Serve err	Utah Valley		+0.9
36	17-19	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Alyvia Watkins	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.1
37	18-19	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Ava Zamora	+0.9
38	18-20	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Brielle Rueckert	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.2
39	19-20	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+1.0
40	19-21	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+1.3
41	20-21	UT VAL	UCSB×4	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+1.0
42	21-21	UCSB	UCSB×4	Attack err	Brielle Rueckert		+1.6
43	22-21	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+1.7
44	23-21	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+1.5
45	23-22	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Chloe Hansen	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.9
46	24-22	UT VAL	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.3
47	24-23	UCSB	UT VAL	Kill	Olivia Gloeckner	set Evalyn Medaris	+0.8
48	24-24	UT VAL	UT VAL	Attack err	Sandrea Thomas		+2.6
49	25-24	UT VAL	UCSB	Attack err	Bree Carson		+2.0
50	26-24	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+2.3

Score shown after each rally, UC Santa Barbara 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).

UC Santa Barbara def. Utah Valley 3–0

15 kills in 3 sets for Auburn Tomkinson. UC Santa Barbara swept Utah Valley.