Long Beach State def. UC Santa Barbara 3-1 (Oct 9)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 9, 2026ESPN+

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Long Beach St. 79.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 8:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Long Beach St. beat visiting UC Santa Barbara 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-18) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Long Beach St.'s Sidney Hamaker led with 14 kills, and Madi Maxwell added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 8:35 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
UCSB	25	18	19	18	1
LBSU	23	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Long Beach St. led every phase, and nothing ever turned.

No single rally moved win probability more than 7.1 points. UC Santa Barbara peaked at 49% in Set 2. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Long Beach St. 80% before first serve.

UC Santa BarbaraLong Beach St.

Break %+11.8 pts
34.646.4
45 of 97 on serve vs 28 of 81, so UC Santa Barbara's sideout was 53.6%.
Hitting+.127
.121.248
47 K / 16 E against 44 K / 27 E.
Longest run+1
56
6 straight Long Beach St. points in the fourth set broke a 4–4 tie and made it 10–4. Final score of the set: 25–18.

Long Beach St. above 50UC Santa Barbara belowMax swing 7.1%

UC Santa BarbaraLong Beach St.

Aces: UC Santa Barbara 7·Long Beach St. 8
Serve err: UC Santa Barbara 16·Long Beach St. 13
Blocks: UC Santa Barbara 8·Long Beach St. 102 BS · 12 BA vs 1 BS · 18 BA
Digs: UC Santa Barbara 53·Long Beach St. 57

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Long Beach St. above 50 · UC Santa Barbara below

Biggest swing: 7.1% to UC Santa Barbara — set 1, UCSB 25-23 LBSU. Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Ava Zamora). LBSU win probability 67% → 60%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCSB 17.9%82.1% LBSU

UC Santa Barbara wins

3-0

2.8%

3-1

5.9%

3-2

9.2%

Long Beach St. wins

3-0

33.8%

3-1

30.8%

3-2

17.6%

UCSB break %: 38.7% vs this opp
LBSU break %: 45.7% 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+7.1%
Kill by Gabi Martinez (set by Ava Zamora)
Set 1 · UCSB 25-23 LBSU · UCSB 33% → 40%
02
Sidney HamakerKill+3.9%
Kill by Sidney Hamaker (set by Cortni Youngblood)
Set 1 · UCSB 24-23 LBSU · LBSU 63% → 67%
03
Emma McDermott&Bella MathisBlock+3.4%
Kendal Murphy stuffed by Emma McDermott & Bella Mathis
Set 1 · UCSB 24-21 LBSU · UCSB 35% → 38%
04
Auburn Tomkinson&Bella MathisBlock+3.3%
Chloe Johnson stuffed by Auburn Tomkinson & Bella Mathis
Set 2 · UCSB 5-2 LBSU · UCSB 46% → 49%
05
UC Santa BarbaraAce+3.3%
UC Santa Barbara ace on Laurel Barsocchini
Set 2 · UCSB 13-14 LBSU · UCSB 35% → 38%
06
Sophia WendlickKill+3.2%
Kill by Sophia Wendlick (set by Cortni Youngblood)
Set 3 · UCSB 12-13 LBSU · UCSB 21% → 24%
07
Sandrea ThomasKill+3.1%
Kill by Sandrea Thomas
Set 2 · UCSB 3-1 LBSU · UCSB 43% → 46%
08
UC Santa BarbaraAce+3.1%
UC Santa Barbara ace on Laurel Barsocchini
Set 3 · UCSB 4-3 LBSU · UCSB 26% → 29%

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	13	4	23	.391	1	2	3	13	2	1	2	2	17
28Sophia WendlickOH	4	11	14	40	-.075	2	1	3	3	0	1	1	1.5	13.5
2Sandrea ThomasMB	4	6	1	13	.385	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
1Auburn TomkinsonOPP	4	6	4	28	.071	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	7
13Bella MathisMB	4	5	1	11	.364	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	2	7
8Milan RexS	4	1	0	3	.333	19	2	2	9	0	0	0	0	3
33Emma McDermottOH	4	1	3	18	-.111	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Ava ZamoraS	4	1	0	1	1.000	11	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
4Bianca NistorDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
9Cortni YoungbloodDS	4	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	12	4	0	0	0	0
10Kate MartinOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0
12Avery GibbsOPP	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19Ayva OstovarS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	27	140	.121	42	7	16	53	8	2	12	8	80

Long Beach St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Sidney HamakerOH	4	14	7	40	.175	0	5	5	8	0	0	1	0.5	19.5
3Pola BujnarowskaMB	4	10	2	13	.615	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
24Reagan HopeMB	4	8	2	19	.316	0	0	1	5	0	0	5	2.5	10.5
11Madi MaxwellS	4	5	0	16	.313	30	0	3	17	1	1	6	4	9
77Kendal MurphyOH	4	5	2	14	.214	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	7
1Izzy MahaffeyL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	1
6Chloe JohnsonOH	4	4	3	21	.048	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4
12Kinga ZiolkowskaS	4	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
4Laurel BarsocchiniL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	1
0Anna JelinekOH	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
9Preslie YatesMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
63Madi CollinsS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	16	125	.248	37	8	13	57	7	1	18	10	98

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 Long Beach St.

Season series · Long Beach St. leads 1-0

Fri, Oct 9, 2026UC Santa Barbara at Long Beach St. · Long Beach St. won 3-1This match
Sat, Nov 7, 2026Long Beach St. at UC Santa BarbaraPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 UCSB · LBSU 6

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 5 UCSBLBSU 4

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 3 UCSBLBSU 5

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 2 UCSBLBSU 4

Set 4

18-25

Longest run 2 UCSBLBSU 6

Bars above the line = Long Beach St. 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	67%10/15	47%7/15
2	69%9/13	47%9/19
3	47%9/19	47%8/17
4	41%9/22	18%2/11
5	50%8/16	0%0/9
6	58%7/12	20%2/10
All	54%52/97	35%28/81

Long Beach St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%10/19	40%6/15
2	53%9/17	10%1/10
3	60%9/15	50%9/18
4	90%9/10	57%12/21
5	82%9/11	44%7/16
6	78%7/9	59%10/17
All	65%53/81	46%45/97

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

178 rallies

#	UCSB-LBSU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Sophia Wendlick	+1.9
2	1-1	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+1.3
3	2-1	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+1.4
4	2-2	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Chloe Johnson	set Madi Maxwell	+1.3
5	3-2	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+1.5
6	3-3	UCSB	LBSU×3	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+1.4
7	3-4	LBSU	LBSU×3	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Gabi Martinez	+1.8
8	3-5	LBSU	LBSU×3	Attack err	Auburn Tomkinson		+1.7
9	4-5	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+1.2
10	4-6	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+1.2
11	4-7	LBSU	LBSU	Blocked	Emma McDermott	blk Reagan Hope, Madi Maxwell	+1.5
12	5-7	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+1.1
13	5-8	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+1.1
14	5-9	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Kinga Ziolkowska	+1.3
15	6-9	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Ava Zamora	+0.9
16	6-10	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.0
17	7-10	LBSU	UCSB×5	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+0.9
18	8-10	UCSB	UCSB×5	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Kendal Murphy	+1.6
19	9-10	UCSB	UCSB×5	Attack err	Sidney Hamaker		+1.9
20	10-10	UCSB	UCSB×5	Blocked	Pola Bujnarowska	blk Gabi Martinez	+2.2
21	11-10	UCSB	UCSB×5	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Izzy Mahaffey	+2.5
22	11-11	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+1.8
23	12-11	LBSU	UCSB×5	Attack err	Sidney Hamaker		+2.0
24	13-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.8
25	14-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+2.9
26	15-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Attack err	Sidney Hamaker		+2.8
27	16-11	UCSB	UCSB×5	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Chloe Johnson	+2.5
28	16-12	UCSB	LBSU	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+1.3
29	16-13	LBSU	LBSU	Attack err	Sandrea Thomas		+2.2
30	17-13	LBSU	UCSB×5	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Madi Maxwell	+2.2
31	18-13	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+2.5
32	19-13	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+1.9
33	20-13	UCSB	UCSB×5	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+1.3
34	21-13	UCSB	UCSB×5	Blocked	Chloe Johnson	blk Auburn Tomkinson, Bella Mathis	+0.7
35	21-14	UCSB	LBSU×3	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.2
36	21-15	LBSU	LBSU×3	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Cortni Youngblood	+0.5
37	21-16	LBSU	LBSU×3	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+0.8
38	22-16	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+1.1
39	22-17	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.4
40	23-17	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Ava Zamora	+0.9
41	23-18	UCSB	LBSU×4	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+0.3
42	23-19	LBSU	LBSU×4	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Kate Martin	+0.8
43	23-20	LBSU	LBSU×4	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska		+1.4
44	23-21	LBSU	LBSU×4	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+2.5
45	24-21	LBSU	UCSB	Blocked	Kendal Murphy	blk Emma McDermott, Bella Mathis	+3.4
46	24-22	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.3
47	24-23	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Cortni Youngblood	+3.9
48	25-23	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+7.1
Set 2
1	1-0	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Milan Rex	+2.1
2	1-1	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+2.0
3	2-1	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+2.2
4	3-1	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas		+3.1
5	3-2	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+2.1
6	4-2	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+2.4
7	5-2	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Chloe Johnson	blk Auburn Tomkinson, Bella Mathis	+3.3
8	5-3	UCSB	LBSU×4	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+2.2
9	5-4	LBSU	LBSU×4	Attack err	Auburn Tomkinson		+3.1
10	5-5	LBSU	LBSU×4	Kill	Madi Maxwell	set Izzy Mahaffey	+3.0
11	5-6	LBSU	LBSU×4	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Madi Maxwell, Reagan Hope	+2.9
12	6-6	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Auburn Tomkinson	+2.2
13	6-7	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+2.1
14	7-7	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+2.3
15	7-8	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+2.2
16	7-9	LBSU	LBSU	Blocked	Bella Mathis	blk Pola Bujnarowska, Kendal Murphy	+2.8
17	8-9	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+2.1
18	8-10	UCSB	LBSU×4	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+2.1
19	8-11	LBSU	LBSU×4	Attack err	Gabi Martinez		+2.6
20	8-12	LBSU	LBSU×4	Attack err	Emma McDermott		+2.2
21	8-13	LBSU	LBSU×4	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Emma McDermott	+1.7
22	9-13	LBSU	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+1.1
23	10-13	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+1.9
24	11-13	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.5
25	11-14	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+2.0
26	12-14	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+1.9
27	13-14	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Laurel Barsocchini	+3.3
28	13-15	UCSB	LBSU×5	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+2.6
29	13-16	LBSU	LBSU×5	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Reagan Hope, Madi Maxwell	+3.1
30	13-17	LBSU	LBSU×5	Kill	Chloe Johnson		+2.4
31	13-18	LBSU	LBSU×5	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+1.8
32	13-19	LBSU	LBSU×5	Attack err	Auburn Tomkinson		+1.1
33	14-19	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+0.5
34	14-20	UCSB	LBSU	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+0.8
35	15-20	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Milan Rex	+0.5
36	15-21	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Maxwell	+0.7
37	15-22	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Madi Maxwell	set Kinga Ziolkowska	+0.5
38	16-22	LBSU	UCSB×3	Attack err	Kendal Murphy		+0.1
39	17-22	UCSB	UCSB×3	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+0.4
40	18-22	UCSB	UCSB×3	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Madi Maxwell	+0.8
41	18-23	UCSB	LBSU×3	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+0.9
42	18-24	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.5
43	18-25	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Kendal Murphy	set Madi Maxwell	+0.1
Set 3
1	0-1	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Madi Maxwell	set Chloe Johnson	+1.8
2	1-1	LBSU	UCSB	Attack err	Reagan Hope		+2.0
3	2-1	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Cortni Youngblood	+2.9
4	2-2	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+2.0
5	2-3	LBSU	LBSU	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Cortni Youngblood	+2.7
6	3-3	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+2.1
7	4-3	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Laurel Barsocchini	+3.1
8	4-4	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Reagan Hope	set Madi Maxwell	+2.1
9	5-4	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+2.4
10	5-5	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+2.2
11	6-5	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Ava Zamora	+2.4
12	6-6	UCSB	LBSU×3	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+2.3
13	6-7	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Anna Jelinek	+3.0
14	6-8	LBSU	LBSU×3	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Ava Zamora	+2.8
15	7-8	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+2.1
16	7-9	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+2.1
17	8-9	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Ava Zamora	+2.1
18	8-10	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+2.1
19	9-10	LBSU	UCSB	Attack err	Sidney Hamaker		+2.2
20	9-11	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+2.2
21	9-12	LBSU	LBSU	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Cortni Youngblood	+2.7
22	10-12	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Milan Rex	set Sophia Wendlick	+1.9
23	10-13	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+2.0
24	11-13	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+1.9
25	12-13	UCSB	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Cortni Youngblood	+3.2
26	12-14	UCSB	LBSU×4	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+2.5
27	12-15	LBSU	LBSU×4	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska		+3.0
28	12-16	LBSU	LBSU×4	Kill	Madi Maxwell	set Ava Zamora	+2.4
29	12-17	LBSU	LBSU×4	Kill	Kendal Murphy		+1.8
30	13-17	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+1.0
31	13-18	UCSB	LBSU	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Madi Maxwell	+1.3
32	14-18	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+1.0
33	14-19	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+1.3
34	15-19	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Emma McDermott	set Ava Zamora	+0.9
35	15-20	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+1.2
36	16-20	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+0.8
37	16-21	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.2
38	17-21	LBSU	UCSB	Blocked	Reagan Hope	blk Sophia Wendlick, Sandrea Thomas	+0.7
39	17-22	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Madi Maxwell	set Laurel Barsocchini	+1.1
40	18-22	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Auburn Tomkinson	set Milan Rex	+0.6
41	18-23	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.0
42	18-24	LBSU	LBSU	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Pola Bujnarowska, Kendal Murphy	+0.5
43	19-24	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Ava Zamora	+0.1
44	19-25	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.2
Set 4
1	0-1	LBSU	LBSU	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Gabi Martinez	+2.0
2	1-1	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+1.6
3	2-1	UCSB	UCSB	Attack err	Chloe Johnson		+2.3
4	2-2	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+1.6
5	3-2	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+1.8
6	3-3	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Anna Jelinek	+1.6
7	3-4	LBSU	LBSU	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+2.2
8	4-4	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Milan Rex	+1.7
9	4-5	UCSB	LBSU×6	Kill	Chloe Johnson	set Madi Maxwell	+1.6
10	4-6	LBSU	LBSU×6	Attack err	Auburn Tomkinson		+2.1
11	4-7	LBSU	LBSU×6	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+1.8
12	4-8	LBSU	LBSU×6	Kill	Kendal Murphy		+1.6
13	4-9	LBSU	LBSU×6	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Madi Maxwell, Reagan Hope	+1.3
14	4-10	LBSU	LBSU×6	Kill	Izzy Mahaffey	set Madi Maxwell	+1.0
15	5-10	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Cortni Youngblood	+0.6
16	5-11	UCSB	LBSU	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Reagan Hope, Madi Maxwell	+0.7
17	6-11	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Ava Zamora	set Gabi Martinez	+0.6
18	6-12	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.7
19	6-13	LBSU	LBSU	Attack err	Emma McDermott		+0.7
20	7-13	LBSU	UCSB	Blocked	Sidney Hamaker	blk Gabi Martinez, Bella Mathis	+0.4
21	8-13	UCSB	UCSB	Attack err	Pola Bujnarowska		+0.8
22	8-14	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+0.7
23	9-14	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Ava Zamora	+0.6
24	9-15	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.7
25	9-16	LBSU	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	+0.7
26	10-16	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Gabi Martinez	set Milan Rex	+0.4
27	11-16	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Sidney Hamaker	blk Sophia Wendlick	+0.7
28	11-17	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Chloe Johnson	set Madi Maxwell	+0.7
29	11-18	LBSU	LBSU	Ace	Long Beach St.	aced Cortni Youngblood	+0.6
30	12-18	LBSU	UCSB	Serve err	Long Beach St.		+0.3
31	12-19	UCSB	LBSU	Attack err	Sophia Wendlick		+0.4
32	13-19	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Milan Rex	+0.3
33	13-20	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.4
34	13-21	LBSU	LBSU	Blocked	Sophia Wendlick	blk Madi Maxwell, Pola Bujnarowska	+0.3
35	14-21	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sophia Wendlick	set Ayva Ostovar	+0.1
36	14-22	UCSB	LBSU	Serve err	UC Santa Barbara		+0.1
37	15-22	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Bella Mathis	set Ayva Ostovar	+0.1
38	16-22	UCSB	UCSB	Ace	UC Santa Barbara	aced Anna Jelinek	+0.1
39	16-23	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Pola Bujnarowska	set Madi Maxwell	+0.2
40	16-24	LBSU	LBSU	Blocked	Gabi Martinez	blk Preslie Yates, Sidney Hamaker	+0.1
41	17-24	LBSU	UCSB	Kill	Sandrea Thomas	set Ayva Ostovar	·
42	18-24	UCSB	UCSB	Blocked	Sidney Hamaker	blk Gabi Martinez, Sandrea Thomas	·
43	18-25	UCSB	LBSU	Kill	Sidney Hamaker	set Madi Maxwell	·

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).

Long Beach St. def. UC Santa Barbara 3–1

Long Beach St. led every phase, and nothing ever turned.