UC Santa Barbara def. UC San Diego 3-1 Volleyball (Oct 30)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 30, 2026ESPN+

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: UC San Diego 60.7% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 7:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UC Santa Barbara won at UC San Diego 3-1 (21-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-18) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. UC Santa Barbara's Gabi Martinez led with 19 kills, and Cortni Youngblood added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:50 PM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
UCSB	21	25	25	25	3
UCSD	25	21	16	18	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

UC Santa Barbara came back from a 12% low point.

The match turned once; each line shows UC Santa Barbara's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. UC San Diego went in at 61% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · UC Santa Barbara 5–11 UC San Diego
The bottom for UC Santa Barbara, then 20 of the next 30 rallies and the set, 25–21.
UC Santa Barbara 12% → 42%

UC San Diego above 50UC Santa Barbara belowMax swing 4.3%

UC Santa BarbaraUC San Diego

Sideout %: UC Santa Barbara 63.0·UC San Diego 52.6
Break %: UC Santa Barbara 47.4·UC San Diego 37.0
Hitting: UC Santa Barbara .296·UC San Diego .204
Longest run: UC Santa Barbara 5·UC San Diego 4

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UC San Diego above 50 · UC Santa Barbara below

Biggest swing: 4.3% to UC Santa Barbara — set 3, UCSB 13-10 UCSD. Kill by Bella Mathis. UCSD win probability 49% → 45%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCSB 46.7%53.3% UCSD

UC Santa Barbara wins

3-0

11.2%

3-1

17.4%

3-2

18.2%

UC San Diego wins

3-0

13.9%

3-1

20.1%

3-2

19.2%

UCSB break %: 41.7% vs this opp
UCSD break %: 42.3% 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
Bella MathisKill+4.3%
Kill by Bella Mathis
Set 3 · UCSB 13-10 UCSD · UCSB 51% → 55%
02
UC Santa BarbaraAce+4.2%
UC Santa Barbara ace on Paulina Baillie
Set 3 · UCSB 17-13 UCSD · UCSB 57% → 61%
03
Emma McDermottKill+4.2%
Kill by Emma McDermott
Set 3 · UCSB 10-8 UCSD · UCSB 46% → 50%
04
Lucia BarrosoAttack error+4.1%
Attack error by Lucia Barroso
Set 2 · UCSB 22-19 UCSD · UCSB 33% → 37%
05
UC Santa BarbaraAce+4.1%
UC Santa Barbara ace on Gia Rivera
Set 4 · UCSB 11-7 UCSD · UCSB 82% → 87%
06
Avery Gibbs&Emery TubbsBlock+4.1%
Gia Rivera stuffed by Avery Gibbs & Emery Tubbs
Set 3 · UCSB 11-8 UCSD · UCSB 50% → 54%
07
Lucia Barroso&Molly McCluskeyBlock+4.0%
Emma McDermott stuffed by Lucia Barroso & Molly McCluskey
Set 3 · UCSB 11-10 UCSD · UCSD 48% → 52%
08
UC Santa BarbaraAce+4.0%
UC Santa Barbara ace on Molly McCluskey
Set 3 · UCSB 8-7 UCSD · UCSB 42% → 46%

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	4	19	7	41	.293	0	1	4	5	2	1	1	1.5	21.5
33Emma McDermottOH	4	15	2	33	.394	3	1	0	11	1	0	3	1.5	17.5
1Auburn TomkinsonOPP	4	12	3	21	.429	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	13
13Bella MathisMB	4	3	1	10	.200	0	1	2	2	0	1	8	5	9
55Emery TubbsMB	4	2	1	9	.111	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
8Milan RexS	4	0	0	0	–	20	2	2	8	0	0	0	0	2
12Avery GibbsOPP	4	9	4	26	.192	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	11
19Ayva OstovarS	4	0	0	1	.000	22	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	2
4Bianca NistorDS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
9Cortni YoungbloodDS	4	0	0	0	–	8	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0
15Reilly GouethMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		60	18	142	.296	55	7	8	59	5	2	20	12	96

UC San Diegohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
6Molly McCluskeyOH	4	15	8	42	.167	2	0	1	6	1	0	4	2	17
8Kylie ParkerOH	4	9	2	23	.304	0	1	1	9	0	0	2	1	11
7Madison JohnsonMB	4	5	0	17	.294	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	4	9
23Lucia BarrosoMB	4	4	2	16	.125	1	1	3	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
5Dillyn GriffinL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	6	1	0	0	0	1
13Marleena CatalanS	4	0	0	0	–	12	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	1
21Gia Rivera	4	12	5	37	.189	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12
4Brynne McGhieS	4	2	1	5	.200	22	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	3
9Paulina BaillieDS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	2	9	1	0	0	0	0
30Hayden ShanafeltDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
3Kaliya NdiayeMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Katelyn HernandezOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18Jaedyn HoustonDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	18	142	.204	43	5	10	52	7	1	16	9	80

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 · UCSD 4

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 4 UCSBUCSD 4

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 5 UCSBUCSD 3

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 3 UCSBUCSD 4

Set 4

25-18

Longest run 4 UCSBUCSD 3

Bars above the line = UC San Diego 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	59%10/17	58%11/19
2	75%9/12	47%9/19
3	82%9/11	40%6/15
4	57%8/14	53%9/17
5	53%8/15	43%6/14
6	58%7/12	36%4/11
All	63%51/81	47%45/95

UC San Diego

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%10/19	27%3/11
2	59%10/17	44%8/18
3	62%8/13	10%1/10
4	53%8/15	33%4/12
5	57%8/14	56%10/18
6	35%6/17	33%4/12
All	53%50/95	37%30/81

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 (4 of 4 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

176 rallies

#	UCSB-UCSD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Kylie Parker	blk Bella Mathis, Auburn Tomkinson	+2.5
2	1-1	UCSB	UCSD	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Lucia Barroso, Molly McCluskey	+1.8
3	2-1	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.8
4	2-2	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+1.8
5	2-3	UCSD	UCSD	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+2.5
6	3-3	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.8
7	3-4	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Brynne McGhie	+1.8
8	3-5	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+2.5
9	4-5	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.8
10	5-5	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.6
11	5-6	UCSB	UCSD×4	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Brynne McGhie	+1.9
12	5-7	UCSD	UCSD×4	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Paulina Baillie	+2.6
13	5-8	UCSD	UCSD×4	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+2.4
14	5-9	UCSD	UCSD×4	Attack err	Avery Gibbs		+2.2
15	6-9	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.4
16	7-9	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Emery Tubbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.3
17	7-10	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+1.8
18	8-10	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.7
19	8-11	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Paulina Baillie	+1.9
20	9-11	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.7
21	10-11	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+2.8
22	10-12	UCSB	UCSD×3	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+2.2
23	10-13	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Molly McCluskey	+2.8
24	10-14	UCSD	UCSD×3	Blocked	Auburn Tomkinson	blk Kylie Parker, Madison Johnson	+2.4
25	11-14	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.5
26	11-15	UCSB	UCSD	Attack err	Bella Mathis		+1.8
27	12-15	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+1.5
28	12-16	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Brynne McGhie	+1.8
29	13-16	UCSD	UCSB×4	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.5
30	14-16	UCSB	UCSB×4	Ace	UC Santa Barbara		+2.6
31	15-16	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.3
32	16-16	UCSB	UCSB×4	Blocked	Brynne McGhie	blk Gabi Martinez	+3.9
33	16-17	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+3.0
34	16-18	UCSD	UCSD	Attack err	Avery Gibbs		+4.0
35	17-18	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+2.6
36	17-19	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+3.0
37	18-19	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.7
38	18-20	UCSB	UCSD×3	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Emma McDermott	+3.2
39	18-21	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+3.8
40	18-22	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Dillyn Griffin	+2.6
41	19-22	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.1
42	19-23	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+1.8
43	19-24	UCSD	UCSD	Attack err	Auburn Tomkinson		+1.1
44	20-24	UCSD	UCSB	Attack err	Molly McCluskey		+0.2
45	21-24	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+0.7
46	21-25	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+1.1
Set 2
1	0-1	UCSD	UCSD	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Emma McDermott	+2.1
2	1-1	UCSD	UCSB	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Emma McDermott, Bella Mathis	+1.6
3	1-2	UCSB	UCSD×3	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+1.6
4	1-3	UCSD	UCSD×3	Blocked	Emma McDermott	blk Madison Johnson, Molly McCluskey	+2.1
5	1-4	UCSD	UCSD×3	Attack err	Bella Mathis		+2.0
6	2-4	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+1.4
7	2-5	UCSB	UCSD	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Molly McCluskey, Madison Johnson	+1.5
8	3-5	UCSD	UCSB	Attack err	Molly McCluskey		+1.4
9	3-6	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Brynne McGhie	+1.5
10	4-6	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+1.4
11	4-7	UCSB	UCSD×3	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Brynne McGhie	+1.5
12	4-8	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+1.9
13	4-9	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Brynne McGhie	set Brynne McGhie	+1.7
14	5-9	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.0
15	5-10	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+1.2
16	5-11	UCSD	UCSD	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Cortni Youngblood	+1.4
17	6-11	UCSD	UCSB×5	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+0.8
18	7-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Blocked	Gia Rivera	blk Avery Gibbs, Bella Mathis	+1.4
19	8-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Attack err	Lucia Barroso		+1.8
20	9-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.2
21	10-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Avery Gibbs, Bella Mathis	+2.5
22	10-12	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Marleena Catalan	+2.0
23	11-12	UCSD	UCSB×4	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.9
24	12-12	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.9
25	13-12	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+3.1
26	14-12	UCSB	UCSB×4	Attack err	Lucia Barroso		+3.2
27	14-13	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Milan Rex		+2.1
28	15-13	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.4
29	16-13	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Dillyn Griffin	+3.2
30	16-14	UCSB	UCSD	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+1.9
31	17-14	UCSD	UCSB	Blocked	Kylie Parker	blk Bella Mathis, Auburn Tomkinson	+2.4
32	17-15	UCSB	UCSD	Blocked	Auburn Tomkinson	blk Madison Johnson, Kylie Parker	+2.0
33	18-15	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.5
34	18-16	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+2.0
35	19-16	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.6
36	19-17	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Gabi Martinez		+2.0
37	19-18	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Brynne McGhie	+3.6
38	20-18	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.2
39	20-19	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Brynne McGhie	+2.7
40	21-19	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+3.5
41	22-19	UCSB	UCSB	Attack err	Lucia Barroso		+4.1
42	22-20	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Brynne McGhie	+1.9
43	23-20	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+3.1
44	23-21	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Brynne McGhie	+1.7
45	24-21	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Emma McDermott	+3.2
46	25-21	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Emery Tubbs	+1.7
Set 3
1	1-0	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Emma McDermott, Bella Mathis	+3.3
2	1-1	UCSB	UCSD×4	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Marleena Catalan	+2.4
3	1-2	UCSD	UCSD×4	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Molly McCluskey	+3.3
4	1-3	UCSD	UCSD×4	Kill	Madison Johnson		+3.2
5	1-4	UCSD	UCSD×4	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+3.0
6	2-4	UCSD	UCSB×3	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+2.1
7	3-4	UCSB	UCSB×3	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Bella Mathis, Gabi Martinez	+3.2
8	4-4	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+3.5
9	4-5	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Marleena Catalan	+2.5
10	5-5	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Emma McDermott	+2.6
11	6-5	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+3.8
12	6-6	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Dillyn Griffin	+2.7
13	6-7	UCSD	UCSD	Blocked	Emery Tubbs	blk Madison Johnson	+3.7
14	7-7	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+2.7
15	8-7	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Molly McCluskey	+4.0
16	8-8	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Brynne McGhie	set Paulina Baillie	+2.8
17	9-8	UCSD	UCSB×3	Serve err	UC San Diego		+3.0
18	10-8	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott		+4.2
19	11-8	UCSB	UCSB×3	Blocked	Gia Rivera	blk Avery Gibbs, Emery Tubbs	+4.1
20	11-9	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+2.6
21	11-10	UCSD	UCSD	Blocked	Emma McDermott	blk Lucia Barroso, Molly McCluskey	+4.0
22	12-10	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.3
23	13-10	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis		+4.3
24	13-11	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+2.7
25	14-11	UCSD	UCSB	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Emma McDermott, Bella Mathis	+3.2
26	14-12	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Milan Rex		+2.8
27	15-12	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Milan Rex	+3.4
28	15-13	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Marleena Catalan	+2.8
29	16-13	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+3.5
30	17-13	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Paulina Baillie	+4.2
31	17-14	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Bella Mathis		+2.3
32	18-14	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+3.1
33	19-14	UCSB	UCSB	Attack err	Gia Rivera		+3.3
34	19-15	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Brynne McGhie	+1.6
35	20-15	UCSD	UCSB×3	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.4
36	21-15	UCSB	UCSB×3	Attack err	Gia Rivera		+2.1
37	22-15	UCSB	UCSB×3	Blocked	Gia Rivera	blk Emery Tubbs, Avery Gibbs	+1.1
38	22-16	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Gabi Martinez		+0.3
39	23-16	UCSD	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+0.6
40	24-16	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+0.2
41	25-16	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	·
Set 4
1	1-0	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+2.7
2	1-1	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Brynne McGhie	+2.6
3	2-1	UCSD	UCSB×4	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.8
4	3-1	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson		+3.9
5	4-1	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+3.8
6	5-1	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+3.7
7	5-2	UCSB	UCSD	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+2.3
8	6-2	UCSD	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Milan Rex	+2.7
9	7-2	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+3.4
10	8-2	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Emery Tubbs		+3.0
11	8-3	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Bella Mathis		+1.8
12	8-4	UCSD	UCSD	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Cortni Youngblood	+2.9
13	9-4	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+2.6
14	9-5	UCSB	UCSD×3	Kill	Gia Rivera	set Madison Johnson	+2.1
15	9-6	UCSD	UCSD×3	Attack err	Avery Gibbs		+3.4
16	9-7	UCSD	UCSD×3	Blocked	Avery Gibbs	blk Kaliya Ndiaye, Madison Johnson	+3.9
17	10-7	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.2
18	11-7	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Gia Rivera	+4.1
19	11-8	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Gabi Martinez		+2.5
20	12-8	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.0
21	13-8	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Bianca Nistor	+3.7
22	13-9	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Brynne McGhie	+2.1
23	14-9	UCSD	UCSB×3	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+2.7
24	15-9	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Jaedyn Houston	+3.0
25	16-9	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Jaedyn Houston	+2.2
26	16-10	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Brynne McGhie	+1.1
27	17-10	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Emma McDermott	+1.6
28	17-11	UCSB	UCSD	Kill	Kylie Parker	set Brynne McGhie	+1.0
29	18-11	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.5
30	18-12	UCSB	UCSD	Bad set	Milan Rex		+0.9
31	18-13	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Gia Rivera		+1.8
32	19-13	UCSD	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.9
33	20-13	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.7
34	20-14	UCSB	UCSD×3	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Lucia Barroso, Madison Johnson	+0.6
35	20-15	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Gia Rivera		+1.4
36	20-16	UCSD	UCSD×3	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Gabi Martinez	+2.2
37	21-16	UCSD	UCSB	Serve err	UC San Diego		+2.5
38	21-17	UCSB	UCSD	Serve err	Gabi Martinez		+1.4
39	21-18	UCSD	UCSD	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Gabi Martinez	+3.1
40	22-18	UCSD	UCSB×4	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+3.5
41	23-18	UCSB	UCSB×4	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Bella Mathis	+2.8
42	24-18	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Avery Gibbs	set Ayva Ostovar	+1.1
43	25-18	UCSB	UCSB×4	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ayva Ostovar	+0.2

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 San Diego 3–1

UC Santa Barbara came back from a 12% low point.