Pacific vs Denver Volleyball: Denver Wins 3-0 (Sep 24, 2026)

FinalThu, Sep 24, 2026ESPN+

0:3

Denver beat visiting Pacific 3-0 (25-20, 29-27, 25-13) on Thu, Sep 24, 2026. Denver's Kayla Patel led with 15 kills, and Madison Winkler added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Sep 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PACIF	20	27	13	0
DENVER	25	29	25	3

Win probability

Denver above 50 · Pacific below

Biggest swing: 3.2% to Pacific — set 2, PACIF 27-26 DENVER. Kill by Nicole Zake (set by Alessia Couchond). DENVER win probability 95% → 92%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PACIF 6.6%93.4% DENVER

Pacific wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

1.9%

3-2

3.9%

Denver wins

3-0

51.3%

3-1

30.7%

3-2

11.4%

PACIF break %: 36.3% vs this opp
DENVER break %: 47.8% 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
Nicole ZakeKill+3.2%
Kill by Nicole Zake (set by Alessia Couchond)
Set 2 · PACIF 27-26 DENVER · PACIF 5% → 8%
02
Elise HartKill+2.6%
Kill by Elise Hart (set by Lily Van Hal)
Set 2 · PACIF 27-28 DENVER · DENVER 94% → 97%
03
Nicole ZakeAttack error+2.4%
Attack error by Nicole Zake
Set 2 · PACIF 27-27 DENVER · DENVER 92% → 94%
04
Gracie ArmatoAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Gracie Armato
Set 2 · PACIF 27-29 DENVER · DENVER 97% → 99%
05
Jamia JohnsonAttack error+1.9%
Attack error by Jamia Johnson
Set 2 · PACIF 23-23 DENVER · PACIF 3% → 5%
06
Izabela MolinaKill+1.8%
Kill by Izabela Molina (set by Jamia Johnson)
Set 2 · PACIF 23-24 DENVER · DENVER 95% → 97%
07
Hanna VorhiesKill+1.8%
Kill by Hanna Vorhies (set by Chloe Giehtbrock)
Set 2 · PACIF 24-24 DENVER · PACIF 3% → 5%
08
Ilayda ErenKill+1.8%
Kill by Ilayda Eren (set by Madison Winkler)
Set 2 · PACIF 24-25 DENVER · DENVER 95% → 97%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Pacificaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
15Hanna VorhiesMB	3	7	0	18	.389	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	10
13Nicole ZakeOH	3	9	9	36	.000	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	9
19Adeline SirbuMB	3	5	0	10	.500	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2.5	7.5
9Julia PorathOPP	3	1	4	19	-.158	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3
1Alessia CouchondS	3	1	0	2	.500	17	0	0	10	0	0	2	1	2
14Ella GridleyDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8Vanessa ZussinoOH	3	4	7	16	-.188	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	0.5	4.5
5Gracie ArmatoS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30Isabella GutierrezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
3Ellie PrindlMB	2	4	3	11	.091	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	6
23Olga GergaczOH	2	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7Chloe GiehtbrockS	2	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
6Gwendolyn HansenS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	24	115	.070	31	1	2	46	3	4	12	10	60

Denverhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
24Kayla PatelOH	3	15	2	29	.448	0	0	2	11	1	0	1	0.5	15.5
19Alicia ThibodeauOH	3	9	3	23	.261	2	0	3	6	0	1	1	1.5	10.5
9Hailey GoebelOH	3	6	3	21	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
7Elise HartMB	3	6	2	20	.200	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
16Izabela MolinaMB	3	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	7
13Lily Van HalS	3	1	1	2	.000	20	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	3
18Jamia JohnsonOH	3	7	4	19	.158	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	8
10Ilayda ErenS	3	1	0	1	1.000	19	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	1
1Madison WinklerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	1
4Emersen WergerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	17	126	.262	46	3	9	51	1	1	18	10	79

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.

Pacific vs Denver

Season series · Denver leads 2-0

Thu, Sep 24, 2026Pacific at Denver · Denver won 3-0This match
Sat, Oct 24, 2026Denver at Pacific · Denver won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 PACIF · DENVER 7

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 4 PACIFDENVER 4

Set 2

27-29

Longest run 3 PACIFDENVER 5

Set 3

13-25

Longest run 5 PACIFDENVER 7

Bars above the line = Denver leads, below = Pacific leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Pacific

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	53%8/15
2	41%7/17	0%0/7
3	55%6/11	36%4/11
4	67%6/9	33%3/9
5	46%6/13	33%3/9
6	33%5/15	45%5/11
All	48%37/77	37%23/62

Denver

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	69%11/16
2	100%7/7	56%9/16
3	54%7/13	36%4/11
4	75%6/8	50%6/12
5	50%6/12	33%3/9
6	67%6/9	54%7/13
All	63%39/62	52%40/77

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

#	PACIF-DENVER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	PACIF	DENVER	Blocked	Julia Porath	blk Elise Hart, Hailey Goebel	+0.5
2	1-1	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+0.6
3	1-2	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.5
4	1-3	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Julia Porath		+0.7
5	2-3	DENVER	PACIF×4	Kill	Adeline Sirbu	set Alessia Couchond	+0.5
6	3-3	PACIF	PACIF×4	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.8
7	4-3	PACIF	PACIF×4	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+1.0
8	5-3	PACIF	PACIF×4	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Alessia Couchond, Hanna Vorhies	+1.1
9	5-4	PACIF	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.7
10	5-5	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Ilayda Eren	+1.0
11	5-6	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Ilayda Eren	+0.9
12	6-6	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.7
13	7-6	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Nicole Zake	+1.1
14	7-7	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Ilayda Eren	+0.7
15	7-8	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+0.9
16	8-8	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.8
17	9-8	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+1.2
18	9-9	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Ilayda Eren	+0.8
19	10-9	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+1.0
20	11-9	PACIF	PACIF	Blocked	Elise Hart	blk Adeline Sirbu	+1.5
21	11-10	PACIF	DENVER×4	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.9
22	11-11	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+1.3
23	11-12	DENVER	DENVER×4	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Alicia Thibodeau	+1.1
24	11-13	DENVER	DENVER×4	Ace	Denver	aced Nicole Zake	+1.0
25	12-13	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Adeline Sirbu	set Alessia Couchond	+0.7
26	13-13	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Adeline Sirbu	set Alessia Couchond	+1.3
27	13-14	PACIF	DENVER×3	Kill	Elise Hart	set Madison Winkler	+0.9
28	13-15	DENVER	DENVER×3	Blocked	Nicole Zake	blk Elise Hart, Hailey Goebel	+1.1
29	13-16	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
30	14-16	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.6
31	14-17	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.6
32	14-18	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.7
33	15-18	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Julia Porath	+0.4
34	16-18	PACIF	PACIF	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Hanna Vorhies, Julia Porath	+0.8
35	16-19	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.7
36	16-20	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Vanessa Zussino	blk Izabela Molina, Jamia Johnson	+0.7
37	17-20	DENVER	PACIF	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Hanna Vorhies, Vanessa Zussino	+0.4
38	17-21	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+0.5
39	17-22	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel		+0.4
40	18-22	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Olga Gergacz	set Gwendolyn Hansen	+0.2
41	19-22	PACIF	PACIF	Blocked	Izabela Molina	blk Hanna Vorhies	+0.4
42	19-23	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.5
43	20-23	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Gwendolyn Hansen	+0.2
44	20-24	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Ilayda Eren	+0.4
45	20-25	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Gwendolyn Hansen	+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.4
2	1-1	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Madison Winkler	+0.4
3	2-1	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.4
4	2-2	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.4
5	3-2	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Julia Porath	set Alessia Couchond	+0.5
6	3-3	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+0.4
7	4-3	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.5
8	4-4	PACIF	DENVER	Serve err	Pacific		+0.4
9	5-4	DENVER	PACIF×3	Serve err	Denver		+0.5
10	6-4	PACIF	PACIF×3	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.8
11	7-4	PACIF	PACIF×3	Ace	Ellie Prindl	aced Kayla Patel	+0.9
12	7-5	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.5
13	7-6	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.7
14	8-6	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Isabella Gutierrez	+0.6
15	8-7	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.5
16	9-7	DENVER	PACIF	Attack err	Hailey Goebel		+0.7
17	9-8	PACIF	DENVER×5	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.5
18	9-9	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Hailey Goebel		+0.7
19	9-10	DENVER	DENVER×5	Blocked	Vanessa Zussino	blk Izabela Molina, Hailey Goebel	+0.7
20	9-11	DENVER	DENVER×5	Blocked	Vanessa Zussino	blk Izabela Molina, Hailey Goebel	+0.6
21	9-12	DENVER	DENVER×5	Attack err	Julia Porath		+0.5
22	10-12	DENVER	PACIF	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Julia Porath, Adeline Sirbu	+0.3
23	10-13	PACIF	DENVER	Attack err	Ellie Prindl		+0.3
24	11-13	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Alessia Couchond	+0.4
25	11-14	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+0.4
26	11-15	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Vanessa Zussino	blk Izabela Molina, Kayla Patel	+0.4
27	12-15	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.3
28	13-15	PACIF	PACIF	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Hanna Vorhies, Ellie Prindl	+0.5
29	13-16	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Ilayda Eren	+0.4
30	13-17	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.4
31	14-17	DENVER	PACIF×3	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.3
32	15-17	PACIF	PACIF×3	Attack err	Jamia Johnson		+0.5
33	16-17	PACIF	PACIF×3	Attack err	Jamia Johnson		+0.8
34	16-18	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.6
35	17-18	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.6
36	18-18	PACIF	PACIF	Blocked	Hailey Goebel	blk Julia Porath	+1.1
37	18-19	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
38	19-19	DENVER	PACIF	Bad set	Alicia Thibodeau		+0.9
39	19-20	PACIF	DENVER×3	Blocked	Julia Porath	blk Elise Hart, Alicia Thibodeau	+0.9
40	19-21	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.1
41	19-22	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Vanessa Zussino		+0.8
42	20-22	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Adeline Sirbu	set Alessia Couchond	+0.4
43	20-23	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.6
44	21-23	DENVER	PACIF×3	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Alessia Couchond	+0.4
45	22-23	PACIF	PACIF×3	Attack err	Izabela Molina		+1.0
46	23-23	PACIF	PACIF×3	Attack err	Jamia Johnson		+1.9
47	23-24	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Jamia Johnson	+1.8
48	24-24	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hanna Vorhies	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+1.8
49	24-25	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Ilayda Eren	set Madison Winkler	+1.8
50	25-25	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hanna Vorhies	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+1.8
51	25-26	PACIF	DENVER	Serve err	Pacific		+1.8
52	26-26	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Adeline Sirbu	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+1.8
53	27-26	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+3.2
54	27-27	PACIF	DENVER×3	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+2.4
55	27-28	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+2.6
56	27-29	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Gracie Armato		+2.0
Set 3
1	1-0	PACIF	PACIF×5	Attack err	Hailey Goebel		+0.3
2	2-0	PACIF	PACIF×5	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Isabella Gutierrez	+0.3
3	3-0	PACIF	PACIF×5	Kill	Hanna Vorhies	set Alessia Couchond	+0.4
4	4-0	PACIF	PACIF×5	Blocked	Elise Hart	blk Adeline Sirbu	+0.4
5	5-0	PACIF	PACIF×5	Kill	Hanna Vorhies	set Alessia Couchond	+0.4
6	5-1	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Lily Van Hal	set Alicia Thibodeau	+0.2
7	5-2	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Madison Winkler	+0.3
8	6-2	DENVER	PACIF	Attack err	Lily Van Hal		+0.3
9	6-3	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.2
10	6-4	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
11	7-4	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Alessia Couchond	set Nicole Zake	+0.3
12	7-5	PACIF	DENVER×3	Blocked	Ellie Prindl	blk Alicia Thibodeau	+0.2
13	7-6	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Vanessa Zussino		+0.3
14	7-7	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Ellie Prindl		+0.3
15	8-7	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hanna Vorhies	set Alessia Couchond	+0.3
16	8-8	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Ilayda Eren	+0.2
17	9-8	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.3
18	9-9	PACIF	DENVER×7	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.2
19	9-10	DENVER	DENVER×7	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Ilayda Eren	+0.3
20	9-11	DENVER	DENVER×7	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Madison Winkler	+0.3
21	9-12	DENVER	DENVER×7	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+0.2
22	9-13	DENVER	DENVER×7	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.2
23	9-14	DENVER	DENVER×7	Blocked	Nicole Zake	blk Elise Hart, Jamia Johnson	+0.1
24	9-15	DENVER	DENVER×7	Ace	Denver	aced Vanessa Zussino	+0.1
25	10-15	DENVER	PACIF	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Alessia Couchond, Ellie Prindl	+0.1
26	10-16	PACIF	DENVER×6	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.1
27	10-17	DENVER	DENVER×6	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+0.1
28	10-18	DENVER	DENVER×6	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Lily Van Hal	·
29	10-19	DENVER	DENVER×6	Ace	Denver	aced Nicole Zake	·
30	10-20	DENVER	DENVER×6	Attack err	Nicole Zake		·
31	10-21	DENVER	DENVER×6	Blocked	Nicole Zake	blk Hailey Goebel, Elise Hart	·
32	11-21	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		·
33	11-22	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	·
34	12-22	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hanna Vorhies	set Alessia Couchond	·
35	12-23	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	·
36	12-24	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Vanessa Zussino		·
37	13-24	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hanna Vorhies	set Alessia Couchond	·
38	13-25	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	·

Score shown after each rally, Pacific 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).

Denver def. Pacific 3–0