Pepperdine vs Denver Volleyball: Pepperdine Wins 3-0 (Oct 8)

FinalThu, Oct 8, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Pepperdine 84.5% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 8, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pepperdine won at Denver 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-20) on Thu, Oct 8, 2026. Pepperdine's Mariia Nikol Dvornikova led with 14 kills, and Laine Briggs added 17 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PEPPER	25	25	25	3
DENVER	18	14	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Mariia Nikol dvornikova needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. Pepperdine swept Denver.

Win probability never moved more than 1.4 points on one rally; Denver topped out at 17% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Pepperdine at 85%.

PepperdineDenver

Break %+22.8 pts
47.324.5
Points won on own serve: 35 of 74 vs 13 of 53. Denver sided out 52.7% of the time.
Hitting+.182
.270.088
Kills and errors: 50–16 vs 28–18.
Longest run+5
83
Up 12–8 in the second set, Pepperdine scored 8 straight to make it 20–8. The set finished 25–14.

Denver above 50Pepperdine belowMax swing 1.4%

PepperdineDenver

Aces: Pepperdine 5·Denver 1
Serve err: Pepperdine 7·Denver 2
Blocks: Pepperdine 13·Denver 61 BS · 24 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Pepperdine 55·Denver 47

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Denver above 50 · Pepperdine below

Biggest swing: 1.4% to Pepperdine — set 1, PEPPER 2-1 DENVER. Pepperdine ace on Kayla Patel. DENVER win probability 16% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PEPPER 86.7%13.3% DENVER

Pepperdine wins

3-0

39.3%

3-1

31.5%

3-2

15.8%

Denver wins

3-0

1.9%

3-1

4.2%

3-2

7.2%

PEPPER break %: 45.8% vs this opp
DENVER break %: 37.4% 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
PepperdineAce+1.4%
Pepperdine ace on Kayla Patel
Set 1 · PEPPER 2-1 DENVER · PEPPER 84% → 86%
02
Ella Piskorz&Maggie BeauerBlock+1.4%
Alicia Thibodeau stuffed by Ella Piskorz & Maggie Beauer
Set 1 · PEPPER 11-8 DENVER · PEPPER 87% → 88%
03
Elise Hart&Jamia JohnsonBlock+1.4%
Mariia Nikol Dvornikova stuffed by Elise Hart & Jamia Johnson
Set 1 · PEPPER 5-4 DENVER · DENVER 13% → 14%
04
Maggie Beauer&Ella PiskorzBlock+1.3%
Alicia Thibodeau stuffed by Maggie Beauer & Ella Piskorz
Set 1 · PEPPER 3-1 DENVER · PEPPER 86% → 87%
05
Hailey GoebelKill+1.2%
Kill by Hailey Goebel (set by Ilayda Eren)
Set 1 · PEPPER 0-1 DENVER · DENVER 15% → 17%
06
PepperdineService error+1.2%
Pepperdine service error
Set 1 · PEPPER 9-8 DENVER · DENVER 13% → 14%
07
Maggie BeauerKill+1.2%
Kill by Maggie Beauer (set by Tristen Raymond)
Set 1 · PEPPER 10-8 DENVER · PEPPER 86% → 87%
08
Ella Piskorz&Maggie BeauerBlock+1.1%
Alicia Thibodeau stuffed by Ella Piskorz & Maggie Beauer
Set 1 · PEPPER 12-8 DENVER · PEPPER 88% → 89%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Pepperdineaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Mariia Nikol DvornikovaOH	3	14	4	31	.323	0	0	1	6	0	0	3	1.5	15.5
3Chloe PravednikovOH	3	13	2	23	.478	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	13.5
12Maggie BeauerOH	3	8	1	25	.280	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	3	11
18Ella PiskorzMB	3	6	2	14	.286	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	4.5	10.5
1Irelynd LorenzenMB	3	7	3	13	.308	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	2.5	9.5
9Tristen RaymondS	3	1	2	10	-.100	42	0	0	8	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
7Iva PopovicOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	4	2	5	0	0	0	0	4
21Laine BriggsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	1	1	17	1	0	0	0	1
8Charis KaiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
2Eliya DevL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
20Astrid PuigOH	1	1	2	9	-.111	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		50	16	126	.270	50	5	7	55	1	1	24	13	75

Denverhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Alicia ThibodeauOH	3	6	3	24	.125	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	2	8
7Elise HartMB	3	4	1	14	.214	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	7
9Hailey GoebelOH	3	5	3	20	.100	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
24Kayla PatelOH	3	3	7	17	-.235	1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	3
15Katelyn LandisMB	3	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Ilayda ErenS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
18Jamia JohnsonOH	3	6	2	25	.160	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
13Lily Van HalS	3	1	0	2	.500	13	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
1Madison WinklerL/DS	3	0	0	2	.000	1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
4Emersen WergerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
2Romi ChlebecekOH	2	1	1	3	.000	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Team totals		28	18	113	.088	28	1	2	47	5	1	10	6	52

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.

Pepperdine vs Denver

Season series · Pepperdine leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 8, 2026Pepperdine at Denver · Pepperdine won 3-0This match
Sat, Nov 14, 2026Denver at PepperdinePreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 PEPPER · DENVER 3

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 5 PEPPERDENVER 3

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 8 PEPPERDENVER 2

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 PEPPERDENVER 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Pepperdine

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%6/8	50%6/12
2	100%6/6	57%8/14
3	57%4/7	20%1/5
4	57%4/7	50%4/8
5	67%4/6	20%1/5
6	100%4/4	33%2/6
All	74%28/38	44%22/50

Denver

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%6/12	0%0/4
2	43%6/14	25%2/8
3	80%4/5	0%0/6
4	50%4/8	43%3/7
5	80%4/5	43%3/7
6	67%4/6	33%2/6
All	56%28/50	26%10/38

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 (2 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

127 rallies

#	PEPPER-DENVER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.2
2	1-1	DENVER	PEPPER×4	Kill	Irelynd Lorenzen	set Tristen Raymond	+1.1
3	2-1	PEPPER	PEPPER×4	Ace	Pepperdine	aced Kayla Patel	+1.4
4	3-1	PEPPER	PEPPER×4	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Maggie Beauer, Ella Piskorz	+1.3
5	4-1	PEPPER	PEPPER×4	Blocked	Hailey Goebel	blk Mariia Nikol Dvornikova, Ella Piskorz	+1.1
6	4-2	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+0.8
7	5-2	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Ella Piskorz	set Tristen Raymond	+0.8
8	5-3	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
9	5-4	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	blk Elise Hart, Jamia Johnson	+1.4
10	6-4	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Ella Piskorz	set Tristen Raymond	+1.0
11	6-5	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Madison Winkler	+1.1
12	7-5	DENVER	PEPPER	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+1.0
13	7-6	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.1
14	8-6	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Irelynd Lorenzen	set Tristen Raymond	+1.1
15	8-7	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.1
16	9-7	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Tristen Raymond	set Laine Briggs	+1.1
17	9-8	PEPPER	DENVER	Serve err	Pepperdine		+1.2
18	10-8	DENVER	PEPPER×5	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Tristen Raymond	+1.2
19	11-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×5	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Ella Piskorz, Maggie Beauer	+1.4
20	12-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×5	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Ella Piskorz, Maggie Beauer	+1.1
21	13-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×5	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Laine Briggs	+0.9
22	14-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×5	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Tristen Raymond	+0.7
23	14-9	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Ilayda Eren	+0.4
24	15-9	DENVER	PEPPER	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Ella Piskorz, Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	+0.5
25	15-10	PEPPER	DENVER	Blocked	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	blk Elise Hart, Jamia Johnson	+0.4
26	16-10	DENVER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Charis Kai	+0.5
27	17-10	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.4
28	18-10	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Tristen Raymond, Ella Piskorz	+0.3
29	18-11	PEPPER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.1
30	18-12	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Chloe Pravednikov		+0.3
31	18-13	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Lily Van Hal	+0.4
32	19-13	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.4
33	19-14	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Romi Chlebecek	set Lily Van Hal	+0.3
34	19-15	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Irelynd Lorenzen		+0.6
35	20-15	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.7
36	20-16	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Katelyn Landis	set Ilayda Eren	+0.5
37	21-16	DENVER	PEPPER×3	Serve err	Denver		+0.6
38	22-16	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Ace	Pepperdine	aced Kayla Patel	+0.5
39	23-16	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	+0.2
40	23-17	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	·
41	24-17	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Irelynd Lorenzen	set Tristen Raymond	+0.1
42	24-18	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	·
43	25-18	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Tristen Raymond	·
Set 2
1	0-1	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.1
2	1-1	DENVER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.8
3	2-1	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Blocked	Elise Hart	blk Irelynd Lorenzen	+1.0
4	3-1	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Laine Briggs	+0.9
5	3-2	PEPPER	DENVER	Attack err	Irelynd Lorenzen		+0.7
6	4-2		PEPPER	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.7
7	5-2	PEPPER	PEPPER	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Laine Briggs	+0.8
8	5-3	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.6
9	6-3	DENVER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Ella Piskorz	set Tristen Raymond	+0.6
10	7-3	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	+0.7
11	8-3	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Attack err	Katelyn Landis		+0.6
12	8-4	PEPPER	DENVER	Attack err	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova		+0.4
13	8-5	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Ella Piskorz	blk Alicia Thibodeau, Katelyn Landis	+0.7
14	9-5	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	+0.6
15	9-6	PEPPER	DENVER	Serve err	Pepperdine		+0.5
16	10-6	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.6
17	10-7	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Ilayda Eren	+0.6
18	11-7	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Irelynd Lorenzen	set Tristen Raymond	+0.6
19	12-7	PEPPER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.6
20	12-8	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Lily Van Hal	set Kayla Patel	+0.4
21	13-8	DENVER	PEPPER×8	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Chloe Pravednikov	+0.5
22	14-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×8	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+0.5
23	15-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×8	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	+0.3
24	16-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×8	Blocked	Romi Chlebecek	blk Maggie Beauer, Irelynd Lorenzen	+0.2
25	17-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×8	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	+0.1
26	18-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×8	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	+0.1
27	19-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×8	Kill	Irelynd Lorenzen	set Tristen Raymond	·
28	20-8	PEPPER	PEPPER×8	Ace	Pepperdine	aced Romi Chlebecek	·
29	20-9	PEPPER	DENVER	Serve err	Pepperdine		·
30	21-9	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	·
31	21-10	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	·
32	22-10	DENVER	PEPPER	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Maggie Beauer, Ella Piskorz	·
33	22-11	PEPPER	DENVER	Attack err	Tristen Raymond		·
34	23-11	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	·
35	23-12	PEPPER	DENVER	Serve err	Pepperdine		·
36	24-12	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	·
37	24-13	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	·
38	24-14	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	·
39	25-14	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	·
Set 3
1	1-0	PEPPER	PEPPER×4	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Tristen Raymond	+0.5
2	2-0	PEPPER	PEPPER×4	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	+0.4
3	3-0	PEPPER	PEPPER×4	Ace	Pepperdine	aced Emersen Werger	+0.4
4	4-0	PEPPER	PEPPER×4	Ace	Pepperdine	aced Madison Winkler	+0.3
5	4-1	PEPPER	DENVER	Blocked	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	blk Elise Hart, Jamia Johnson	+0.2
6	5-1	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Mariia Nikol Dvornikova	set Maggie Beauer	+0.2
7	6-1	PEPPER	PEPPER	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Maggie Beauer, Ella Piskorz	+0.3
8	6-2	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.2
9	7-2	DENVER	PEPPER	Serve err	Denver		+0.2
10	7-3	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.2
11	7-4	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Astrid Puig		+0.3
12	8-4	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Astrid Puig	set Laine Briggs	+0.3
13	9-4	PEPPER	PEPPER	Attack err	Hailey Goebel		+0.3
14	9-5	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+0.2
15	10-5	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.2
16	10-6	PEPPER	DENVER	Attack err	Chloe Pravednikov		+0.2
17	10-7	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Irelynd Lorenzen	blk Alicia Thibodeau	+0.3
18	11-7	DENVER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Irelynd Lorenzen	set Tristen Raymond	+0.3
19	12-7	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Tristen Raymond	+0.3
20	13-7	PEPPER	PEPPER×3	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Tristen Raymond	+0.2
21	13-8	PEPPER	DENVER	Attack err	Maggie Beauer		+0.1
22	14-8	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.2
23	14-9	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.1
24	15-9	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Irelynd Lorenzen	set Tristen Raymond	+0.2
25	15-10	PEPPER	DENVER	Serve err	Pepperdine		+0.1
26	16-10	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Ella Piskorz	set Tristen Raymond	+0.2
27	17-10	PEPPER	PEPPER	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Ella Piskorz, Astrid Puig	+0.1
28	17-11	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.1
29	17-12	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Tristen Raymond		+0.2
30	18-12	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Ella Piskorz	set Tristen Raymond	+0.2
31	19-12	PEPPER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Laine Briggs	+0.1
32	19-13	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+0.1
33	19-14	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Ella Piskorz	blk Elise Hart, Alicia Thibodeau	+0.1
34	20-14	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.1
35	21-14	PEPPER	PEPPER	Attack err	Hailey Goebel		+0.1
36	21-15	PEPPER	DENVER	Serve err	Pepperdine		·
37	22-15	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Chloe Pravednikov	set Tristen Raymond	+0.1
38	22-16	PEPPER	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	·
39	23-16	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Tristen Raymond	·
40	23-17	PEPPER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	·
41	23-18	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Elise Hart	aced Laine Briggs	·
42	23-19	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Astrid Puig		+0.1
43	24-19	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Maggie Beauer	set Tristen Raymond	+0.1
44	24-20	PEPPER	DENVER	Serve err	Pepperdine		·
45	25-20	DENVER	PEPPER	Kill	Ella Piskorz	set Tristen Raymond	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Pepperdine 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).

Pepperdine def. Denver 3–0

Mariia Nikol dvornikova needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. Pepperdine swept Denver.