Saint Mary's (CA) def. Santa Clara 3-2 Volleyball (Oct 17)

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 17, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Santa Clara 67.4% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 2:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Saint Mary's (CA) won at Santa Clara 3-2 (23-25, 19-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-9) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Layne Dent led Saint Mary's (CA) with 15 kills; Santa Clara's Cate Shanahan had a match-high 26.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
STMARY	23	19	25	25	15	3
STCLAR	25	25	22	17	9	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Saint Mary's (CA) was down 0–2 and at 7%, and won.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Saint Mary's (CA)'s RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Pre-match, Santa Clara was RallyIQ's 67% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Saint Mary's (CA) 18–17 Santa Clara
Down 17–18, Santa Clara scored 7 straight to lead 24–18.
Saint Mary's (CA) 23% → 7%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Saint Mary's (CA) 5–4 Santa Clara
Saint Mary's (CA) scored 4 straight to stretch a 5–4 lead to 9–4.
Saint Mary's (CA) 55% → 90%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Saint Mary's (CA) 9–6 Santa Clara
Saint Mary's (CA) scored 3 straight to stretch a 9–6 lead to 12–6.
Saint Mary's (CA) 80% → 97%

Santa Clara above 50Saint Mary's (CA) belowMax swing 10.4%

Saint Mary's (CA)Santa Clara

Sideout %: Saint Mary's (CA) 67.7·Santa Clara 62.3
Break %: Saint Mary's (CA) 37.7·Santa Clara 32.3
Hitting: Saint Mary's (CA) .257·Santa Clara .219
Longest run: Saint Mary's (CA) 4·Santa Clara 7

Antonie Kelnárová
2 of her kills came in the stretches above. 13 K, .190, 17 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Santa Clara above 50 · Saint Mary's (CA) below

Biggest swing: 10.4% to Saint Mary's (CA) — set 5, STMARY 7-4 STCLAR. Saint Mary's (CA) ace on Lexi Trapani. STCLAR win probability 37% → 27%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

STMARY 32.5%67.5% STCLAR

Saint Mary's (CA) wins

3-0

6.4%

3-1

11.5%

3-2

14.6%

Santa Clara wins

3-0

21.6%

3-1

25.9%

3-2

20.0%

STMARY break %: 39.3% vs this opp
STCLAR 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
Saint Mary's (CA)Ace+10.4%
Saint Mary's (CA) ace on Lexi Trapani
Set 5 · STMARY 7-4 STCLAR · STMARY 63% → 73%
02
Makenzie JacksonKill+10.3%
Kill by Makenzie Jackson (set by Sadie White)
Set 5 · STMARY 5-3 STCLAR · STMARY 52% → 62%
03
Cate ShanahanAttack error+9.5%
Attack error by Cate Shanahan
Set 5 · STMARY 3-2 STCLAR · STMARY 41% → 51%
04
Cate ShanahanAttack error+9.1%
Attack error by Cate Shanahan
Set 5 · STMARY 8-4 STCLAR · STMARY 73% → 83%
05
Layne DentAttack error+8.3%
Attack error by Layne Dent
Set 5 · STMARY 0-1 STCLAR · STCLAR 57% → 65%
06
Makenzie JacksonKill+7.9%
Kill by Makenzie Jackson (set by Sadie White)
Set 5 · STMARY 6-4 STCLAR · STMARY 55% → 63%
07
Layne DentKill+7.3%
Kill by Layne Dent (set by Antonie Kelnárová)
Set 5 · STMARY 4-3 STCLAR · STMARY 44% → 52%
08
Cate ShanahanAttack error+7.2%
Attack error by Cate Shanahan
Set 5 · STMARY 9-4 STCLAR · STMARY 83% → 90%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Saint Mary's (CA)away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Antonie KelnárováOH	5	13	5	42	.190	5	3	3	8	0	0	2	1	17
4Makenzie JacksonOPP	5	14	3	29	.379	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	14.5
11Anaya ThrowerMB	5	8	1	18	.389	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	2.5	11.5
10Ava GalvanMB	5	10	1	18	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	11
21Sadie WhiteS	5	2	1	5	.200	46	0	1	11	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
6Mikayla HanerOH	5	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0
9Layne DentOH	5	15	11	37	.108	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	0.5	16.5
24Alayna PearsonL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	3	3	1	12	3	0	0	0	3
7Caroline FormankovaOPP	5	0	0	0	–	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
12Natalie PeeteL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
1Hadlee GrayOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		62	23	152	.257	56	10	13	55	4	1	10	6	107

Santa Clarahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Cate ShanahanOH	5	26	11	65	.231	0	1	3	14	1	1	0	1	28
12Allison DzieciuchMB	5	9	4	20	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	11
6Grace FlanaganMB	5	7	2	18	.278	0	0	1	2	0	1	4	3	10
3Danielle BrownMB	5	3	4	11	-.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
1Macy HinshawS	5	3	1	7	.286	47	0	0	9	0	0	2	1	4
10Ashlynn ReillyL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1
2Kaia GrieveOH	5	10	3	30	.233	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
11Lexi TrapaniL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	5	1	2	12	4	0	0	0	1
22Tia KapiheOH	5	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	9	3	0	0	0	1
8Alyssa EimerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		58	25	151	.219	54	4	10	52	10	2	16	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.

Saint Mary's (CA) vs Santa Clara

Season series · Saint Mary's (CA) leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 17, 2026Saint Mary's (CA) at Santa Clara · Saint Mary's (CA) won 3-2This match
Thu, Nov 19, 2026Santa Clara at Saint Mary's (CA)Preview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 STMARY · STCLAR 7

Set 1

23-25

Longest run 2 STMARYSTCLAR 4

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 STMARYSTCLAR 7

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 STMARYSTCLAR 4

Set 4

25-17

Longest run 4 STMARYSTCLAR 2

Set 5

15-9

Longest run 4 STMARYSTCLAR 2

Bars above the line = Santa Clara leads, below = Saint Mary's (CA) leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Saint Mary's (CA)

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%14/24	31%5/16
2	86%12/14	46%11/24
3	71%12/17	45%10/22
4	83%10/12	21%3/14
5	53%10/19	44%8/18
6	69%9/13	25%3/12
All	68%67/99	38%40/106

Santa Clara

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%13/21	45%10/22
2	50%12/24	8%1/13
3	61%11/18	29%5/17
4	65%11/17	21%3/14
5	71%10/14	23%3/13
6	75%9/12	50%10/20
All	62%66/106	32%32/99

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 (5 of 5 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

205 rallies

#	STMARY-STCLAR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+2.3
2	1-1	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.6
3	2-1	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+1.8
4	3-1	STMARY	STMARY	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.5
5	3-2	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	+1.7
6	3-3	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan		+2.4
7	4-3	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+1.8
8	5-3	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Grace Flanagan		+2.6
9	5-4	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Macy Hinshaw	set Tia Kapihe	+1.8
10	6-4	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+2.0
11	6-5	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+1.8
12	7-5	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Sadie White		+2.0
13	8-5	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Kaia Grieve		+2.7
14	8-6	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+1.8
15	9-6	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+2.1
16	10-6	STMARY	STMARY	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.7
17	10-7	STMARY	STCLAR	Blocked	Layne Dent	blk Danielle Brown, Allison Dzieciuch	+1.7
18	11-7	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Ashlynn Reilly		+2.0
19	11-8	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.7
20	12-8	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+2.1
21	13-8	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+2.5
22	13-9	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.4
23	13-10	STCLAR	STCLAR	Ace	Tia Kapihe	aced Alayna Pearson	+2.4
24	14-10	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+2.2
25	14-11	STMARY	STCLAR×3	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+1.7
26	14-12	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.8
27	14-13	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Antonie Kelnárová		+3.2
28	15-13	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+2.7
29	15-14	STMARY	STCLAR	Attack err	Layne Dent		+2.4
30	16-14	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Sadie White	set Alayna Pearson	+2.8
31	17-14	STMARY	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent		+3.6
32	17-15	STMARY	STCLAR×4	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.2
33	17-16	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.6
34	17-17	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Blocked	Layne Dent	blk Danielle Brown, Allison Dzieciuch	+4.0
35	17-18	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Attack err	Antonie Kelnárová		+4.1
36	18-18	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+3.0
37	18-19	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.2
38	18-20	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Layne Dent		+4.2
39	19-20	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Ashlynn Reilly		+2.7
40	19-21	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.2
41	19-22	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Antonie Kelnárová		+3.6
42	20-22	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Lexi Trapani		+1.7
43	21-22	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+3.9
44	21-23	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+4.0
45	22-23	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+2.9
46	22-24	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+4.7
47	23-24	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+2.6
48	23-25	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+6.0
Set 2
1	1-0	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+1.5
2	1-1	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.4
3	2-1	STCLAR	STMARY×3	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+1.5
4	3-1	STMARY	STMARY×3	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Tia Kapihe	+2.1
5	4-1	STMARY	STMARY×3	Blocked	Grace Flanagan	blk Antonie Kelnárová, Anaya Thrower	+2.1
6	4-2	STMARY	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.4
7	4-3	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
8	4-4	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.1
9	5-4	STCLAR	STMARY	Blocked	Cate Shanahan	blk Anaya Thrower	+1.6
10	5-5	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.5
11	5-6	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.1
12	6-6	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Grace Flanagan		+1.6
13	7-6	STMARY	STMARY	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.3
14	7-7	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.6
15	8-7	STCLAR	STMARY	Attack err	Danielle Brown		+1.7
16	8-8	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.7
17	8-9	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	+2.3
18	9-9	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Ashlynn Reilly		+1.7
19	9-10	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.7
20	9-11	STCLAR	STCLAR	Ace	Lexi Trapani	aced Alayna Pearson	+2.3
21	10-11	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Alayna Pearson	+1.6
22	11-11	STMARY	STMARY	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Lexi Trapani	+2.5
23	11-12	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Layne Dent		+1.8
24	12-12	STCLAR	STMARY×3	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+1.9
25	13-12	STMARY	STMARY×3	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Tia Kapihe	+2.8
26	14-12	STMARY	STMARY×3	Kill	Macy Hinshaw	set Sadie White	+2.9
27	14-13	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Macy Hinshaw	set Tia Kapihe	+1.9
28	15-13	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Cate Shanahan		+2.2
29	15-14	STMARY	STCLAR	Attack err	Antonie Kelnárová		+2.0
30	16-14	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+2.3
31	16-15	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.1
32	17-15	STCLAR	STMARY	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+2.5
33	17-16	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.2
34	17-17	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Ava Galvan	blk Cate Shanahan	+3.4
35	18-17	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Antonie Kelnárová	+2.7
36	18-18	STMARY	STCLAR×7	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.6
37	18-19	STCLAR	STCLAR×7	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.7
38	18-20	STCLAR	STCLAR×7	Blocked	Layne Dent	blk Danielle Brown, Grace Flanagan	+3.5
39	18-21	STCLAR	STCLAR×7	Blocked	Layne Dent	blk Danielle Brown, Grace Flanagan	+2.9
40	18-22	STCLAR	STCLAR×7	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
41	18-23	STCLAR	STCLAR×7	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.1
42	18-24	STCLAR	STCLAR×7	Attack err	Hadlee Gray		+0.4
43	19-24	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+0.1
44	19-25	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
Set 3
1	1-0	STMARY	STMARY	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Tia Kapihe	+1.2
2	1-1	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.8
3	2-1	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+0.9
4	2-2	STMARY	STCLAR	Blocked	Layne Dent	blk Allison Dzieciuch	+0.8
5	3-2	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Antonie Kelnárová	+0.9
6	4-2	STMARY	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Antonie Kelnárová	+1.3
7	4-3	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.9
8	5-3	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+0.9
9	5-4	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+0.9
10	5-5	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Makenzie Jackson		+1.2
11	6-5	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+1.0
12	6-6	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.9
13	7-6	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+1.0
14	7-7	STMARY	STCLAR	Blocked	Antonie Kelnárová	blk Grace Flanagan, Macy Hinshaw	+0.9
15	8-7	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+1.0
16	8-8	STMARY	STCLAR	Attack err	Sadie White		+1.0
17	9-8	STCLAR	STMARY×4	Kill	Layne Dent	set Antonie Kelnárová	+1.0
18	10-8	STMARY	STMARY×4	Attack err	Allison Dzieciuch		+1.5
19	11-8	STMARY	STMARY×4	Attack err	Allison Dzieciuch		+1.5
20	12-8	STMARY	STMARY×4	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Lexi Trapani	+1.4
21	12-9	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.8
22	13-9	STCLAR	STMARY×3	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+1.0
23	14-9	STMARY	STMARY×3	Blocked	Cate Shanahan	blk Makenzie Jackson, Ava Galvan	+1.2
24	15-9	STMARY	STMARY×3	Kill	Ava Galvan		+1.0
25	15-10	STMARY	STCLAR	Attack err	Layne Dent		+0.5
26	16-10	STCLAR	STMARY	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+0.7
27	16-11	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+0.5
28	17-11	STCLAR	STMARY	Attack err	Macy Hinshaw		+0.7
29	17-12	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.5
30	17-13	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Makenzie Jackson	blk Kaia Grieve, Grace Flanagan	+0.9
31	18-13	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+0.9
32	18-14	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.6
33	19-14	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Alyssa Eimer		+0.9
34	20-14	STMARY	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Alayna Pearson	+0.9
35	20-15	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
36	21-15	STCLAR	STMARY	Blocked	Danielle Brown	blk Layne Dent, Anaya Thrower	+0.6
37	21-16	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
38	22-16	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Natalie Peete	+0.5
39	22-17	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
40	23-17	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+0.4
41	23-18	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	+0.1
42	24-18	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+0.3
43	24-19	STMARY	STCLAR×4	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	+0.1
44	24-20	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Blocked	Anaya Thrower	blk Grace Flanagan	+0.2
45	24-21	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
46	24-22	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Ace	Cate Shanahan	aced Mikayla Haner	+0.9
47	25-22	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Cate Shanahan		+1.7
Set 4
1	1-0	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+2.1
2	1-1	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
3	2-1	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+2.1
4	2-2	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
5	2-3	STCLAR	STCLAR	Ace	Ashlynn Reilly	aced Alayna Pearson	+2.8
6	3-3	STCLAR	STMARY×3	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+2.1
7	4-3	STMARY	STMARY×3	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+3.0
8	5-3	STMARY	STMARY×3	Blocked	Danielle Brown	blk Ava Galvan, Antonie Kelnárová	+3.1
9	5-4	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.1
10	6-4	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+2.4
11	6-5	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.2
12	6-6	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Macy Hinshaw	set Lexi Trapani	+3.1
13	7-6	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+2.4
14	7-7	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.3
15	7-8	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.2
16	8-8	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+2.4
17	8-9	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.4
18	9-9	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+2.4
19	10-9	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Allison Dzieciuch		+3.6
20	10-10	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.5
21	11-10	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+2.7
22	12-10	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Danielle Brown		+3.9
23	12-11	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.6
24	13-11	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Lexi Trapani		+2.9
25	13-12	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.7
26	14-12	STCLAR	STMARY×3	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+3.1
27	15-12	STMARY	STMARY×3	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+4.1
28	16-12	STMARY	STMARY×3	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+3.7
29	16-13	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.1
30	17-13	STCLAR	STMARY	Serve err	Cate Shanahan		+2.8
31	17-14	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		+2.1
32	18-14	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Mikayla Haner	+2.8
33	19-14	STMARY	STMARY	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+3.0
34	19-15	STMARY	STCLAR	Attack err	Layne Dent		+1.4
35	20-15	STCLAR	STMARY×4	Kill	Anaya Thrower	set Sadie White	+2.2
36	21-15	STMARY	STMARY×4	Attack err	Kaia Grieve		+1.9
37	22-15	STMARY	STMARY×4	Kill	Ava Galvan		+1.0
38	23-15	STMARY	STMARY×4	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Lexi Trapani	+0.4
39	23-16	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
40	24-16	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+0.2
41	24-17	STMARY	STCLAR	Serve err	Saint Mary's (CA)		·
42	25-17	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+1.2
Set 5
1	0-1	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Layne Dent		+8.3
2	1-1	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Sadie White	+6.2
3	1-2	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+6.2
4	2-2	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Ava Galvan	set Sadie White	+6.4
5	3-2	STMARY	STMARY	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+9.5
6	3-3	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+6.7
7	4-3	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Layne Dent	set Antonie Kelnárová	+7.3
8	5-3	STMARY	STMARY	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+10.3
9	5-4	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+6.8
10	6-4	STCLAR	STMARY×4	Kill	Makenzie Jackson	set Sadie White	+7.9
11	7-4	STMARY	STMARY×4	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Lexi Trapani	+10.4
12	8-4	STMARY	STMARY×4	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+9.1
13	9-4	STMARY	STMARY×4	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+7.2
14	9-5	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Kaia Grieve	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.4
15	9-6	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Makenzie Jackson		+6.7
16	10-6	STCLAR	STMARY×3	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+6.9
17	11-6	STMARY	STMARY×3	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+6.8
18	12-6	STMARY	STMARY×3	Blocked	Kaia Grieve	blk Anaya Thrower, Sadie White	+4.0
19	12-7	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.3
20	13-7	STCLAR	STMARY	Kill	Antonie Kelnárová	set Sadie White	+2.4
21	14-7	STMARY	STMARY	Ace	Saint Mary's (CA)	aced Cate Shanahan	+1.2
22	14-8	STMARY	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
23	14-9	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Layne Dent		+0.5
24	15-9	STCLAR	STMARY	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+0.8

Score shown after each rally, Saint Mary's (CA) 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).

Saint Mary's (CA) def. Santa Clara 3–2

Saint Mary's (CA) was down 0–2 and at 7%, and won.