UC Santa Barbara def. UC Irvine 3-0 Volleyball (Oct 31)

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: UC Santa Barbara 55.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UC Santa Barbara won at UC Irvine 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-22) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. UC Santa Barbara's Gabi Martinez led with 20 kills.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UCSB	25	25	25	3
UC IRV	14	22	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

20 kills in 3 sets for Gabi Martinez. UC Santa Barbara swept UC Irvine.

The biggest single-rally swing was 6.9 points, and UC Irvine's high was 45% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had UC Santa Barbara at 55%.

UC Santa BarbaraUC Irvine

Break %+14.6 pts
47.933.3
On serve: 35/73 against 20/60 (UC Irvine sideout 52.1%).
Hitting+.082
.299.217
51 kills, 16 errors vs 33 kills, 10 errors.
Longest run+1
54
Up 12–8 in the first set, UC Santa Barbara scored 5 straight to make it 17–8. The set finished 25–14.

UC Irvine above 50UC Santa Barbara belowMax swing 6.9%

UC Santa BarbaraUC Irvine

Aces: UC Santa Barbara 5·UC Irvine 3
Serve err: UC Santa Barbara 6·UC Irvine 9
Blocks: UC Santa Barbara 4·UC Irvine 52 BS · 4 BA vs 0 BS · 10 BA
Digs: UC Santa Barbara 56·UC Irvine 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UC Irvine above 50 · UC Santa Barbara below

Biggest swing: 6.9% to UC Santa Barbara — set 2, UCSB 24-22 UC IRV. Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Cortni Youngblood). UC IRV win probability 21% → 15%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCSB 58.8%41.2% UC IRV

UC Santa Barbara wins

3-0

16.6%

3-1

22.4%

3-2

19.8%

UC Irvine wins

3-0

9.2%

3-1

15.1%

3-2

17.0%

UCSB break %: 44.4% vs this opp
UC IRV break %: 42.7% 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 MartinezKill+6.9%
Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Cortni Youngblood)
Set 2 · UCSB 24-22 UC IRV · UCSB 79% → 85%
02
Gabi MartinezKill+5.6%
Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Milan Rex)
Set 2 · UCSB 23-22 UC IRV · UCSB 73% → 79%
03
Gabi MartinezKill+4.7%
Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Milan Rex)
Set 2 · UCSB 22-21 UC IRV · UCSB 73% → 78%
04
Gabi MartinezAttack error+4.7%
Attack error by Gabi Martinez
Set 2 · UCSB 22-22 UC IRV · UC IRV 22% → 27%
05
Gabi MartinezKill+4.5%
Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Nicole Feliciano)
Set 3 · UCSB 24-22 UC IRV · UCSB 93% → 97%
06
Emma McDermottKill+4.2%
Kill by Emma McDermott (set by Cortni Youngblood)
Set 2 · UCSB 21-20 UC IRV · UCSB 73% → 77%
07
Madison TriplettAttack error+4.1%
Attack error by Madison Triplett
Set 2 · UCSB 18-17 UC IRV · UCSB 72% → 76%
08
Gabi MartinezAttack error+4.1%
Attack error by Gabi Martinez
Set 2 · UCSB 21-21 UC IRV · UC IRV 23% → 27%

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	20	8	41	.293	0	3	3	8	0	0	0	0	23
1Auburn TomkinsonOPP	3	10	3	28	.250	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
33Emma McDermottOH	3	10	3	27	.259	0	0	0	11	2	0	1	0.5	10.5
13Bella MathisMB	3	5	0	7	.714	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
55Emery TubbsMB	3	2	0	4	.500	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.5	3.5
8Milan RexS	3	0	0	0	–	20	2	0	13	0	0	0	0	2
12Avery GibbsOPP	3	4	2	9	.222	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
9Cortni YoungbloodDS	3	0	0	1	.000	9	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
19Ayva OstovarS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0
4Bianca NistorDS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	16	117	.299	46	5	6	56	3	2	4	4	75

UC Irvinehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
44Jessica BatesS	3	10	0	21	.476	1	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	10.5
1Nicole FelicianoS	3	6	0	13	.462	16	0	1	8	0	3	1.5	7.5
12Madison TriplettOH	3	4	3	18	.056	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	4
3Abby PekrulMB	3	3	2	12	.083	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
11Taylor BoiceMB	2	2	2	13	.000	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
9Lois HansenOH	1	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Whitney WallaceL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	15	3	0	0	1
18Angelina DellutriS	3	0	0	1	.000	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
2Kaia CiszewskiOH	2	0	0	1	.000	0	1	2	5	2	0	0	1
43Tatawan VongfakL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
13Vani TatoulianMB	1	5	1	10	.400	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
15Isabella RomeroOH	1	3	0	6	.500	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
81Memphis BurnettOH	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7Kendra MacDonaldOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	10	106	.217	29	3	9	39	5	10	5	58

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 5 UCSB · UC IRV 4

Set 1

25-14

Longest run 5 UCSBUC IRV 3

Set 2

25-22

Longest run 3 UCSBUC IRV 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 UCSBUC IRV 4

Bars above the line = UC Irvine 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	73%8/11	45%5/11
2	67%8/12	47%7/15
3	44%7/16	42%5/12
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	75%6/8	57%8/14
6	100%5/5	44%4/9
All	67%40/60	48%35/73

UC Irvine

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%8/17	13%1/8
2	54%7/13	43%6/14
3	70%7/10	42%5/12
4	43%6/14	46%6/13
5	42%5/12	14%1/7
6	71%5/7	17%1/6
All	52%38/73	33%20/60

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

133 rallies

#	UCSB-UC IRV	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+1.9
2	2-0	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.4
3	2-1	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.8
4	2-2	UC IRV	UC IRV	Attack err	Emma McDermott		+2.5
5	3-2	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Serve err	Whitney Wallace		+1.9
6	4-2	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+2.5
7	5-2	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.4
8	5-3	UCSB	UC IRV	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Taylor Boice, Jessica Bates	+1.7
9	5-4	UC IRV	UC IRV	Attack err	Auburn Tomkinson		+2.4
10	6-4	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+2.0
11	6-5	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.9
12	7-5	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+2.0
13	8-5	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.5
14	8-6	UCSB	UC IRV	Serve err	Ayva Ostovar		+1.8
15	9-6	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.0
16	9-7	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.9
17	10-7	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Emery Tubbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.0
18	11-7	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Bianca Nistor	+2.4
19	12-7	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Bianca Nistor	+2.1
20	12-8	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.3
21	13-8	UC IRV	UCSB×5	Serve err	Madison Triplett		+1.6
22	14-8	UCSB	UCSB×5	Attack err	Lois Hansen		+1.7
23	15-8	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+1.3
24	16-8	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+0.9
25	17-8	UCSB	UCSB×5	Ace	Milan Rex	aced Whitney Wallace	+0.6
26	17-9	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+0.3
27	18-9	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Cortni Youngblood	+0.4
28	19-9	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Taylor Boice	+0.3
29	19-10	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+0.1
30	20-10	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+0.2
31	21-10	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Taylor Boice	blk Emery Tubbs	+0.1
32	21-11	UCSB	UC IRV×3	Serve err	Bella Mathis		·
33	21-12	UC IRV	UC IRV×3	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+0.1
34	21-13	UC IRV	UC IRV×3	Kill	Taylor Boice		+0.1
35	22-13	UC IRV	UCSB	Serve err	Kaia Ciszewski		+0.2
36	22-14	UCSB	UC IRV	Attack err	Avery Gibbs		+0.1
37	23-14	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+0.1
38	24-14	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	Gabi Martinez	aced Kaia Ciszewski	·
39	25-14	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	·
Set 2
1	1-0	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.3
2	1-1	UCSB	UC IRV×3	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.8
3	1-2	UC IRV	UC IRV×3	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.4
4	1-3	UC IRV	UC IRV×3	Ace	Whitney Wallace	aced Emma McDermott	+2.4
5	2-3	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.8
6	3-3	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Taylor Boice	blk Bella Mathis	+2.4
7	3-4	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.9
8	4-4	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+1.9
9	4-5	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Taylor Boice	set Angelina Dellutri	+2.0
10	4-6	UC IRV	UC IRV	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Taylor Boice, Nicole Feliciano	+2.6
11	5-6	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.9
12	5-7	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Madison Triplett	set Taylor Boice	+2.0
13	6-7	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.9
14	7-7	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	Gabi Martinez	aced Whitney Wallace	+2.6
15	8-7	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	Gabi Martinez	aced Kaia Ciszewski	+2.7
16	8-8	UCSB	UC IRV	Serve err	Gabi Martinez		+2.1
17	8-9	UC IRV	UC IRV	Attack err	Avery Gibbs		+2.8
18	9-9	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.2
19	9-10	UCSB	UC IRV	Attack err	Emma McDermott		+2.3
20	10-10	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.2
21	11-10	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	Milan Rex	aced Whitney Wallace	+3.0
22	12-10	UCSB	UCSB×3	Blocked	Memphis Burnett	blk Auburn Tomkinson, Bella Mathis	+2.9
23	12-11	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.2
24	13-11	UC IRV	UCSB	Attack err	Madison Triplett		+2.3
25	13-12	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.2
26	14-12	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+2.4
27	14-13	UCSB	UC IRV×4	Blocked	Auburn Tomkinson	blk Taylor Boice, Nicole Feliciano	+2.3
28	14-14	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+3.3
29	14-15	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Ace	Kaia Ciszewski	aced Emery Tubbs	+3.6
30	14-16	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+3.6
31	15-16	UC IRV	UCSB	Serve err	Kaia Ciszewski		+2.5
32	16-16	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+3.7
33	16-17	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Madison Triplett	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.1
34	17-17	UC IRV	UCSB	Serve err	Tatawan Vongfak		+3.0
35	18-17	UCSB	UCSB	Attack err	Madison Triplett		+4.1
36	18-18	UCSB	UC IRV	Serve err	Gabi Martinez		+3.2
37	19-18	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.5
38	19-19	UCSB	UC IRV	Serve err	Bianca Nistor		+3.4
39	20-19	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.8
40	20-20	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+3.7
41	21-20	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Cortni Youngblood	+4.2
42	21-21	UCSB	UC IRV	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+4.1
43	22-21	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+4.7
44	22-22	UCSB	UC IRV	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+4.7
45	23-22	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+5.6
46	24-22	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+6.9
47	25-22	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.9
Set 3
1	1-0	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Milan Rex	+1.1
2	1-1	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Isabella Romero	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.1
3	1-2	UC IRV	UC IRV	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+1.5
4	2-2	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.2
5	2-3	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Vani Tatoulian	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.2
6	2-4	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Vani Tatoulian	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.6
7	3-4	UC IRV	UCSB	Serve err	Angelina Dellutri		+1.2
8	3-5	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Vani Tatoulian	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.3
9	4-5	UC IRV	UCSB×4	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.2
10	5-5	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.6
11	6-5	UCSB	UCSB×4	Attack err	Madison Triplett		+1.6
12	7-5	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.6
13	7-6	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.2
14	7-7	UC IRV	UC IRV	Ace	Tatawan Vongfak	aced Emma McDermott	+1.7
15	8-7	UC IRV	UCSB	Serve err	Tatawan Vongfak		+1.3
16	8-8	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Madison Triplett	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.4
17	9-8	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.4
18	9-9	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Abby Pekrul	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.4
19	9-10	UC IRV	UC IRV	Attack err	Emma McDermott		+1.9
20	10-10	UC IRV	UCSB	Serve err	Madison Triplett		+1.4
21	11-10	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott		+1.9
22	11-11	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.5
23	11-12	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Isabella Romero	set Vani Tatoulian	+2.0
24	12-12	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.5
25	12-13	UCSB	UC IRV×4	Kill	Vani Tatoulian	set Nicole Feliciano	+1.6
26	12-14	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Vani Tatoulian, Nicole Feliciano	+2.1
27	12-15	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Blocked	Auburn Tomkinson	blk Vani Tatoulian, Isabella Romero	+2.0
28	12-16	UC IRV	UC IRV×4	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Isabella Romero	+1.8
29	13-16	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+1.1
30	14-16	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Emery Tubbs	+1.8
31	15-16	UCSB	UCSB×3	Attack err	Vani Tatoulian		+2.1
32	15-17	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Nicole Feliciano	set Angelina Dellutri	+1.9
33	16-17	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Emery Tubbs	set Milan Rex	+1.7
34	17-17	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.5
35	17-18	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Vani Tatoulian	set Angelina Dellutri	+2.1
36	18-18	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.1
37	19-18	UCSB	UCSB×3	Attack err	Abby Pekrul		+2.9
38	20-18	UCSB	UCSB×3	Blocked	Abby Pekrul	blk Emery Tubbs, Emma McDermott	+2.8
39	20-19	UCSB	UC IRV	Serve err	Gabi Martinez		+1.9
40	21-19	UC IRV	UCSB	Serve err	Nicole Feliciano		+2.4
41	21-20	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Madison Triplett	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.0
42	22-20	UC IRV	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Bella Mathis	+2.6
43	22-21	UCSB	UC IRV	Kill	Jessica Bates	set Nicole Feliciano	+2.1
44	22-22	UC IRV	UC IRV	Kill	Isabella Romero	set Jessica Bates	+3.9
45	23-22	UC IRV	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Cortni Youngblood	+3.6
46	24-22	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Nicole Feliciano	+4.5
47	25-22	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.5

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. UC Irvine 3–0

20 kills in 3 sets for Gabi Martinez. UC Santa Barbara swept UC Irvine.