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

FinalSat, Oct 24, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Denver 85.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 24, 3:10 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Denver won at Pacific 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-22) on Sat, Oct 24, 2026. Denver's Alicia Thibodeau led with 12 kills, and Madison Winkler added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
DENVER	25	25	25	3
PACIF	18	21	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Denver swept Pacific without a set decided by more than seven and led every phase.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.6 points. Pacific peaked at 16% in Set 1. These are the numbers behind it. Denver went in as RallyIQ's 86% pick.

DenverPacific

Break %+12.3 pts
42.530.2
31 of 73 on serve vs 19 of 63, so Pacific's sideout was 57.5%.
Hitting+.127
.267.140
Kills and errors: 41–9 vs 40–22.
Longest run+2
64
Up 10–7 in the first set, Denver scored 6 straight to make it 16–7. That set ended 25–18.

Pacific above 50Denver belowMax swing 1.6%

DenverPacific

Aces: Denver 4·Pacific 6
Serve err: Denver 5·Pacific 6
Blocks: Denver 8·Pacific 53 BS · 10 BA vs 2 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Denver 56·Pacific 57

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Pacific above 50 · Denver below

Biggest swing: 1.6% to Pacific — set 1, DENVER 2-3 PACIF. Pacific ace on Madison Winkler. PACIF win probability 14% → 16%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

DENVER 87.2%12.8% PACIF

Denver wins

3-0

40.0%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

15.6%

Pacific wins

3-0

1.8%

3-1

4.0%

3-2

7.0%

DENVER break %: 46.4% vs this opp
PACIF break %: 37.7% 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
PacificAce+1.6%
Pacific ace on Madison Winkler
Set 1 · DENVER 2-3 PACIF · PACIF 14% → 16%
02
Kayla PatelKill+1.4%
Kill by Kayla Patel (set by Madison Winkler)
Set 1 · DENVER 4-3 PACIF · DENVER 85% → 87%
03
Izabela MolinaBlock+1.3%
Gracie Armato stuffed by Izabela Molina
Set 1 · DENVER 5-3 PACIF · DENVER 87% → 88%
04
Hannah KoesterKill+1.2%
Kill by Hannah Koester (set by Alessia Couchond)
Set 2 · DENVER 13-12 PACIF · PACIF 5% → 7%
05
PacificAce+1.2%
Pacific ace on Kayla Patel
Set 2 · DENVER 3-4 PACIF · PACIF 7% → 8%
06
DenverAce+1.2%
Denver ace
Set 1 · DENVER 7-4 PACIF · DENVER 88% → 89%
07
Lily Van HalBad set+1.1%
Bad set by Lily Van Hal
Set 2 · DENVER 6-6 PACIF · PACIF 6% → 8%
08
Jamia Johnson&Izabela MolinaBlock+1.1%
Gracie Armato stuffed by Jamia Johnson & Izabela Molina
Set 1 · DENVER 3-3 PACIF · DENVER 84% → 85%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Denveraway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Alicia ThibodeauOH	3	12	4	37	.216	1	0	1	7	0	1	3	2.5	14.5
24Kayla PatelOH	3	8	2	26	.231	0	2	2	9	1	0	1	0.5	10.5
16Izabela MolinaMB	3	6	0	14	.429	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	9
7Elise HartMB	3	4	1	18	.167	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	1.5	6.5
13Lily Van HalS	3	2	1	7	.143	30	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	2
4Emersen WergerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	8	2	0	0	0	0
18Jamia JohnsonOH	3	9	1	17	.471	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
1Madison WinklerL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	6	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	1
Team totals		41	9	120	.267	38	4	5	56	6	3	10	8	75

Pacifichome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Vanessa ZussinoOH	3	10	3	24	.292	1	3	1	2	0	0	3	1.5	14.5
13Nicole ZakeOH	3	12	3	34	.265	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	12
3Ellie PrindlMB	3	4	0	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
7Chloe GiehtbrockS	3	1	0	3	.333	15	1	2	10	0	0	0	0	2
5Gracie ArmatoS	1	0	3	7	-.429	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Hanna VorhiesMB	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Hannah KoesterOH	3	5	2	18	.167	1	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	6
16Suzanne KemleMB	3	2	2	6	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Alessia CouchondS	3	1	0	3	.333	18	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
30Isabella GutierrezL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	1
23Olga GergaczOH	2	4	4	11	.000	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	5
19Adeline SirbuMB	2	1	4	8	-.375	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
14Ella GridleyDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		40	22	129	.140	38	6	6	57	4	2	6	5	61

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.

Denver vs Pacific

Season series · Denver leads 2-0

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 DENVER · PACIF 4

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 6 DENVERPACIF 2

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 3 DENVERPACIF 4

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 DENVERPACIF 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Denver

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%9/14	36%4/11
2	80%8/10	58%11/19
3	64%7/11	50%7/14
4	64%7/11	22%2/9
5	78%7/9	42%5/12
6	75%6/8	25%2/8
All	70%44/63	42%31/73

Pacific

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	43%9/21	27%3/11
2	47%7/15	25%3/12
3	64%7/11	42%5/12
4	70%7/10	42%5/12
5	67%6/9	13%1/8
6	86%6/7	25%2/8
All	58%42/73	30%19/63

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

136 rallies

#	DENVER-PACIF	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Emersen Werger	+0.9
2	1-1	DENVER	PACIF	Attack err	Lily Van Hal		+1.0
3	2-1	PACIF	DENVER	Blocked	Hanna Vorhies	blk Izabela Molina, Alicia Thibodeau	+1.0
4	2-2	DENVER	PACIF	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+1.1
5	2-3	PACIF	PACIF	Ace	Pacific	aced Madison Winkler	+1.6
6	3-3	PACIF	DENVER×3	Blocked	Gracie Armato	blk Jamia Johnson, Izabela Molina	+1.1
7	4-3	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Madison Winkler	+1.4
8	5-3	DENVER	DENVER×3	Blocked	Gracie Armato	blk Izabela Molina	+1.3
9	5-4	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Chloe Giehtbrock	set Isabella Gutierrez	+1.0
10	6-4	PACIF	DENVER×3	Attack err	Gracie Armato		+1.0
11	7-4	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Denver		+1.2
12	8-4	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.0
13	8-5	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.7
14	9-5	PACIF	DENVER	Serve err	Pacific		+0.7
15	9-6	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+0.7
16	10-6	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.7
17	10-7	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Isabella Gutierrez	+0.7
18	11-7	PACIF	DENVER×6	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
19	12-7	DENVER	DENVER×6	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
20	13-7	DENVER	DENVER×6	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.6
21	14-7	DENVER	DENVER×6	Ace	Denver	aced Ella Gridley	+0.4
22	15-7	DENVER	DENVER×6	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
23	16-7	DENVER	DENVER×6	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.2
24	16-8	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.1
25	17-8	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.1
26	17-9	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.1
27	17-10	PACIF	PACIF	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+0.2
28	18-10	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.2
29	18-11	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.1
30	19-11	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Lily Van Hal		+0.1
31	20-11	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.1
32	20-12	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	·
33	20-13	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Suzanne Kemle		+0.1
34	21-13	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.1
35	21-14	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hannah Koester	set Vanessa Zussino	+0.1
36	21-15	PACIF	PACIF	Ace	Pacific	aced Emersen Werger	+0.1
37	22-15	PACIF	DENVER	Serve err	Pacific		+0.2
38	22-16	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.1
39	22-17	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.2
40	23-17	PACIF	DENVER	Serve err	Pacific		+0.2
41	23-18	DENVER	PACIF	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Ellie Prindl	+0.1
42	24-18	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.2
43	25-18	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Madison Winkler	·
Set 2
1	1-0	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
2	2-0	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Denver	aced Nicole Zake	+0.8
3	3-0	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Denver	aced Isabella Gutierrez	+0.7
4	3-1	DENVER	PACIF×4	Blocked	Elise Hart	blk Vanessa Zussino, Suzanne Kemle	+0.5
5	3-2	PACIF	PACIF×4	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.9
6	3-3	PACIF	PACIF×4	Kill	Alessia Couchond	set Elise Hart	+1.0
7	3-4	PACIF	PACIF×4	Ace	Pacific	aced Kayla Patel	+1.2
8	4-4	PACIF	DENVER×3	Serve err	Pacific		+0.8
9	5-4	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Vanessa Zussino		+1.0
10	6-4	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Lily Van Hal		+0.9
11	6-5	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+0.7
12	6-6	PACIF	PACIF	Bad set	Lily Van Hal		+1.1
13	7-6	PACIF	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
14	8-6	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Olga Gergacz		+1.0
15	9-6	DENVER	DENVER×3	Blocked	Suzanne Kemle	blk Izabela Molina, Kayla Patel	+0.9
16	9-7	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+0.6
17	9-8	PACIF	PACIF	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+1.0
18	10-8	PACIF	DENVER	Serve err	Pacific		+0.8
19	10-9	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.8
20	11-9	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
21	11-10	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hannah Koester	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.8
22	12-10	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
23	13-10	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Vanessa Zussino		+1.0
24	13-11	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.7
25	13-12	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Hannah Koester	set Alessia Couchond	+1.2
26	14-12	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
27	15-12	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Hannah Koester	blk Alicia Thibodeau	+1.1
28	15-13	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.7
29	16-13	PACIF	DENVER	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+0.8
30	17-13	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
31	17-14	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.5
32	17-15	PACIF	PACIF	Ace	Pacific	aced Emersen Werger	+1.0
33	18-15	PACIF	DENVER	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+0.9
34	18-16	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Suzanne Kemle	set Alessia Couchond	+0.8
35	19-16	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
36	19-17	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Denver		+0.8
37	20-17	PACIF	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Madison Winkler	+1.0
38	21-17	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Olga Gergacz		+0.9
39	22-17	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.5
40	22-18	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.2
41	22-19	PACIF	PACIF	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Ellie Prindl, Vanessa Zussino	+0.5
42	23-19	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.6
43	23-20	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hannah Koester	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.3
44	24-20	PACIF	DENVER	Blocked	Suzanne Kemle	blk Elise Hart	+0.6
45	24-21	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.2
46	25-21	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.4
Set 3
1	1-0	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
2	2-0	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Adeline Sirbu		+0.4
3	2-1	DENVER	PACIF	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Adeline Sirbu, Vanessa Zussino	+0.3
4	3-1	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
5	3-2	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+0.3
6	4-2	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
7	4-3	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Kayla Patel		+0.3
8	4-4	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Olga Gergacz	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.5
9	5-4	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.4
10	5-5	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Olga Gergacz	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.4
11	6-5	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.4
12	6-6	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Hannah Koester	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.4
13	7-6	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Madison Winkler	+0.4
14	7-7	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.4
15	7-8	PACIF	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.7
16	8-8	PACIF	DENVER×3	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Madison Winkler	+0.5
17	9-8	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Adeline Sirbu		+0.6
18	10-8	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Vanessa Zussino		+0.5
19	10-9	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.4
20	11-9	PACIF	DENVER×4	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.4
21	12-9	DENVER	DENVER×4	Bad set	Vanessa Zussino		+0.5
22	13-9	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Hannah Koester		+0.4
23	14-9	DENVER	DENVER×4	Bad set	Alessia Couchond		+0.3
24	14-10	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Adeline Sirbu	set Alessia Couchond	+0.2
25	14-11	PACIF	PACIF	Ace	Vanessa Zussino		+0.4
26	15-11	PACIF	DENVER	Attack err	Adeline Sirbu		+0.3
27	15-12	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+0.3
28	16-12	PACIF	DENVER	Blocked	Olga Gergacz	blk Alicia Thibodeau, Elise Hart	+0.3
29	16-13	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Olga Gergacz	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.3
30	17-13	PACIF	DENVER	Serve err	Ella Gridley		+0.3
31	17-14	DENVER	PACIF	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Olga Gergacz	+0.3
32	18-14	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
33	18-15	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Ellie Prindl	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.3
34	19-15	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
35	19-16	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Vanessa Zussino	set Alessia Couchond	+0.3
36	20-16	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Madison Winkler	+0.3
37	21-16	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Adeline Sirbu		+0.3
38	21-17	DENVER	PACIF	Serve err	Emersen Werger		+0.1
39	22-17	PACIF	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Alicia Thibodeau	+0.2
40	22-18	DENVER	PACIF×4	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Alessia Couchond	+0.1
41	22-19	PACIF	PACIF×4	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Isabella Gutierrez	+0.3
42	22-20	PACIF	PACIF×4	Ace	Chloe Giehtbrock		+0.5
43	22-21	PACIF	PACIF×4	Kill	Nicole Zake	set Hannah Koester	+0.9
44	23-21	PACIF	DENVER	Attack err	Nicole Zake		+0.9
45	23-22	DENVER	PACIF	Kill	Olga Gergacz	set Chloe Giehtbrock	+0.7
46	24-22	PACIF	DENVER	Blocked	Olga Gergacz	blk Alicia Thibodeau, Izabela Molina	+1.0
47	25-22	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau		+0.7

Score shown after each rally, Denver 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

Denver swept Pacific without a set decided by more than seven and led every phase.