Santa Clara vs Denver Volleyball: Santa Clara Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsThu, Oct 29, 2026ESPN+

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Santa Clara 62.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 29, 6:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Santa Clara won at Denver 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 27-25) on Thu, Oct 29, 2026. Santa Clara's Cate Shanahan led with 21 kills, and Lexi Trapani added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 29

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
STCLAR	25	24	25	27	3
DENVER	21	26	18	25	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Macy Hinshaw had 54 assists, and Santa Clara outlasted Denver.

3 stretches decided it. Percentages are Santa Clara's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Santa Clara at 62%.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Santa Clara 24–22 Denver
Denver won 4 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 26–24 and level the match at 1–1.
Santa Clara 90% → 59%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · Santa Clara 16–19 Denver
Santa Clara scored 6 straight to turn a 16–19 deficit into a 22–19 lead.
Santa Clara 65% → 96%
Turning point 3: Set 4 · Santa Clara 24–25 Denver
3 straight Santa Clara points turned a 24–25 deficit into a 27–25 lead.
Santa Clara 68% → >99%

Denver above 50Santa Clara belowMax swing 12.3%

Santa ClaraDenver

Sideout %: Santa Clara 62.6·Denver 56.0
Break %: Santa Clara 44.0·Denver 37.4
Hitting: Santa Clara .313·Denver .221
Longest run: Santa Clara 6·Denver 5

Cate Shanahan
21 kills on .309, 25.5 points; 3 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Denver above 50 · Santa Clara below

Biggest swing: 12.3% to Denver — set 4, STCLAR 23-24 DENVER. Kill by Jamia Johnson (set by Lily Van Hal). DENVER win probability 19% → 32%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

STCLAR 63.8%36.2% DENVER

Santa Clara wins

3-0

19.3%

3-1

24.4%

3-2

20.0%

Denver wins

3-0

7.5%

3-1

13.0%

3-2

15.7%

STCLAR break %: 41.4% vs this opp
DENVER break %: 38.8% 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
Jamia JohnsonKill+12.3%
Kill by Jamia Johnson (set by Lily Van Hal)
Set 4 · STCLAR 23-24 DENVER · DENVER 19% → 32%
02
Cate ShanahanAce+11.9%
Ace by Cate Shanahan on Madison Winkler
Set 4 · STCLAR 26-25 DENVER · STCLAR 77% → 89%
03
Morgan HayesKill+11.2%
Kill by Morgan Hayes (set by Macy Hinshaw)
Set 4 · STCLAR 27-25 DENVER · STCLAR 89% → 100%
04
Alicia ThibodeauKill+9.4%
Kill by Alicia Thibodeau (set by Ilayda Eren)
Set 2 · STCLAR 24-26 DENVER · DENVER 31% → 41%
05
Selin AslayanAttack error+8.9%
Attack error by Selin Aslayan
Set 2 · STCLAR 24-25 DENVER · DENVER 22% → 31%
06
Izabela MolinaAttack error+8.5%
Attack error by Izabela Molina
Set 4 · STCLAR 24-24 DENVER · STCLAR 68% → 77%
07
Alicia ThibodeauKill+8.5%
Kill by Alicia Thibodeau (set by Lily Van Hal)
Set 4 · STCLAR 24-25 DENVER · DENVER 23% → 32%
08
Cate ShanahanKill+8.5%
Kill by Cate Shanahan (set by Macy Hinshaw)
Set 4 · STCLAR 25-25 DENVER · STCLAR 68% → 77%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Santa Claraaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Cate ShanahanOH	4	21	4	55	.309	0	2	1	12	0	1	3	2.5	25.5
20Morgan HayesOPP	4	15	4	28	.393	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	16
9Selin AslayanOH	4	13	6	34	.206	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	14.5
12Allison DzieciuchMB	4	12	2	18	.556	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	14.5
6Grace FlanaganMB	4	7	0	18	.389	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	3	10
1Macy HinshawS	4	0	2	6	-.333	54	0	1	13	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
11Lexi TrapaniL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	7	2	2	15	1	0	0	0	2
10Ashlynn ReillyL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
22Tia KapiheOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
8Alyssa EimerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		68	18	160	.313	63	5	7	62	2	2	18	11	101

Denverhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
19Alicia ThibodeauOH	4	19	7	48	.250	0	1	1	15	0	0	0	20
24Kayla PatelOH	4	13	4	35	.257	1	1	0	9	2	0	0	14
16Izabela MolinaMB	4	6	4	18	.111	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	7
13Lily Van HalS	4	3	1	7	.286	41	0	0	7	0	1	0.5	3.5
7Elise HartMB	4	3	3	11	.000	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	3
4Emersen WergerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
18Jamia JohnsonOH	4	13	3	29	.345	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	14
1Madison WinklerL/DS	4	1	0	2	.500	6	0	0	20	1	0	0	1
10Ilayda ErenS	2	0	0	0	–	7	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
9Hailey GoebelOH	1	4	4	10	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
15Katelyn LandisMB	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		62	26	163	.221	59	2	1	67	5	6	3	90

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.

Santa Clara vs Denver

Season series · Santa Clara leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 29, 2026Santa Clara at Denver · Santa Clara won 3-1This match
Wed, Nov 25, 2026Denver at Santa ClaraPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 STCLAR · DENVER 5

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 3 STCLARDENVER 3

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 4 STCLARDENVER 5

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 5 STCLARDENVER 3

Set 4

27-25

Longest run 6 STCLARDENVER 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Santa Clara

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%12/20	38%6/16
2	63%10/16	52%11/21
3	77%10/13	33%5/15
4	82%9/11	31%4/13
5	47%8/17	53%10/19
6	57%8/14	50%8/16
All	63%57/91	44%44/100

Denver

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%11/20	33%5/15
2	56%10/18	48%10/21
3	64%9/14	33%5/15
4	69%9/13	25%3/12
5	45%9/20	25%3/12
6	53%8/15	50%8/16
All	56%56/100	37%34/91

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

191 rallies

#	STCLAR-DENVER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	DENVER	STCLAR	Blocked	Izabela Molina	blk Grace Flanagan, Selin Aslayan	+1.6
2	2-0	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.4
3	2-1	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Cate Shanahan	+1.6
4	3-1	DENVER	STCLAR×3	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.6
5	4-1	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Lexi Trapani	+2.2
6	5-1	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
7	5-2	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.3
8	6-2	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.4
9	7-2	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan		+1.8
10	7-3	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Morgan Hayes		+1.1
11	8-3	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.2
12	9-3	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Elise Hart	blk Allison Dzieciuch	+1.5
13	9-4	STCLAR	DENVER	Serve err	Tia Kapihe		+0.8
14	10-4	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.0
15	10-5	STCLAR	DENVER×3	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
16	10-6	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Selin Aslayan		+1.5
17	10-7	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.9
18	11-7	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.5
19	11-8	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Selin Aslayan		+1.3
20	12-8	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.6
21	12-9	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Selin Aslayan		+1.3
22	12-10	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+2.4
23	13-10	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.9
24	13-11	STCLAR	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Izabela Molina	+1.7
25	13-12	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Alicia Thibodeau	aced Lexi Trapani	+3.0
26	13-13	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Izabela Molina	+3.4
27	14-13	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.4
28	15-13	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Morgan Hayes	+3.4
29	15-14	STCLAR	DENVER×3	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+2.2
30	15-15	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Madison Winkler	+3.7
31	15-16	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+4.1
32	16-16	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.7
33	16-17	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+3.0
34	17-17	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.9
35	18-17	STCLAR	STCLAR	Ace	Cate Shanahan	aced Emersen Werger	+4.5
36	18-18	STCLAR	DENVER	Serve err	Cate Shanahan		+3.0
37	19-18	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.2
38	20-18	STCLAR	STCLAR	Ace	Lexi Trapani	aced Emersen Werger	+4.6
39	20-19	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+2.7
40	21-19	DENVER	STCLAR	Bad set	Elise Hart		+3.3
41	21-20	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+2.8
42	22-20	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Lexi Trapani	+3.7
43	23-20	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan		+4.0
44	23-21	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+1.5
45	24-21	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.7
46	25-21	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+1.4
Set 2
1	0-1	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.5
2	0-2	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+2.3
3	1-2	DENVER	STCLAR	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Grace Flanagan, Cate Shanahan	+1.5
4	1-3	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
5	1-4	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Morgan Hayes		+2.3
6	2-4	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.4
7	2-5	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
8	3-5	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.5
9	3-6	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.7
10	4-6	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.5
11	4-7	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Lily Van Hal	set Elise Hart	+1.7
12	5-7	DENVER	STCLAR×4	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.5
13	6-7	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Attack err	Elise Hart		+2.4
14	7-7	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.6
15	8-7	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+2.6
16	8-8	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.8
17	8-9	DENVER	DENVER	Bad set	Macy Hinshaw		+2.7
18	9-9	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.8
19	9-10	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+2.0
20	9-11	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Macy Hinshaw		+2.9
21	10-11	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.8
22	11-11	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.9
23	11-12	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+2.1
24	12-12	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
25	13-12	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	+3.0
26	13-13	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+2.1
27	14-13	DENVER	STCLAR	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+2.1
28	14-14	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+2.2
29	15-14	DENVER	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.3
30	16-14	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.2
31	17-14	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.8
32	17-15	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
33	18-15	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
34	18-16	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
35	19-16	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.1
36	20-16	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Grace Flanagan, Morgan Hayes	+2.3
37	20-17	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.1
38	20-18	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Cate Shanahan	blk Izabela Molina, Jamia Johnson	+2.4
39	21-18	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Ashlynn Reilly	+2.2
40	21-19	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Morgan Hayes		+1.6
41	22-19	DENVER	STCLAR	Serve err	Alicia Thibodeau		+2.3
42	22-20	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.5
43	23-20	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.4
44	23-21	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Macy Hinshaw		+1.3
45	24-21	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.4
46	24-22	STCLAR	DENVER×5	Serve err	Lexi Trapani		+0.9
47	24-23	DENVER	DENVER×5	Ace	Kayla Patel	aced Tia Kapihe	+3.3
48	24-24	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Madison Winkler	+8.4
49	24-25	DENVER	DENVER×5	Attack err	Selin Aslayan		+8.9
50	24-26	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+9.4
Set 3
1	1-0	DENVER	STCLAR×5	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	+2.2
2	2-0	STCLAR	STCLAR×5	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+3.2
3	3-0	STCLAR	STCLAR×5	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.0
4	4-0	STCLAR	STCLAR×5	Attack err	Izabela Molina		+2.7
5	5-0	STCLAR	STCLAR×5	Attack err	Izabela Molina		+2.4
6	5-1	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.4
7	5-2	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Madison Winkler	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.5
8	6-2	DENVER	STCLAR	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Cate Shanahan	+1.9
9	6-3	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Morgan Hayes		+1.7
10	7-3	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.9
11	7-4	STCLAR	DENVER	Blocked	Selin Aslayan	blk Jamia Johnson, Katelyn Landis	+1.7
12	8-4	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
13	9-4	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Lexi Trapani	+2.5
14	9-5	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.4
15	9-6	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Ilayda Eren	+2.6
16	10-6	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
17	11-6	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.5
18	11-7	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.4
19	12-7	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.7
20	12-8	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+1.4
21	12-9	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+2.7
22	13-9	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.1
23	13-10	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Madison Winkler	+1.8
24	13-11	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Madison Winkler	+3.4
25	14-11	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.6
26	14-12	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+2.4
27	15-12	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.7
28	15-13	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+2.4
29	16-13	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.8
30	17-13	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Elise Hart	blk Allison Dzieciuch, Selin Aslayan	+3.4
31	17-14	STCLAR	DENVER×3	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.8
32	17-15	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Allison Dzieciuch		+3.6
33	17-16	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Madison Winkler	+4.7
34	18-16	DENVER	STCLAR×3	Blocked	Hailey Goebel	blk Selin Aslayan, Allison Dzieciuch	+3.7
35	19-16	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Hailey Goebel		+4.7
36	20-16	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.6
37	20-17	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Hailey Goebel	set Ilayda Eren	+1.6
38	21-17	DENVER	STCLAR×3	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.4
39	22-17	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Hailey Goebel		+2.1
40	23-17	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Ace	Lexi Trapani	aced Kayla Patel	+1.0
41	23-18	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Ilayda Eren	+0.2
42	24-18	DENVER	STCLAR	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+0.4
43	25-18	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Hailey Goebel	blk Grace Flanagan, Cate Shanahan	+0.1
Set 4
1	1-0	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.0
2	2-0	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Jamia Johnson	blk Grace Flanagan, Cate Shanahan	+2.9
3	2-1	STCLAR	DENVER	Serve err	Macy Hinshaw		+1.9
4	3-1	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
5	3-2	STCLAR	DENVER×3	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+2.0
6	3-3	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+3.1
7	3-4	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+3.3
8	4-4	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.2
9	5-4	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch		+3.3
10	5-5	STCLAR	DENVER	Attack err	Selin Aslayan		+2.3
11	6-5	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.3
12	6-6	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+2.3
13	7-6	DENVER	STCLAR	Blocked	Alicia Thibodeau	blk Allison Dzieciuch, Macy Hinshaw	+2.3
14	7-7	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Madison Winkler	+2.4
15	8-7	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.4
16	9-7	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+3.4
17	9-8	STCLAR	DENVER×3	Serve err	Lexi Trapani		+2.3
18	9-9	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+3.7
19	9-10	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+3.9
20	10-10	DENVER	STCLAR	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+2.6
21	10-11	STCLAR	DENVER×5	Kill	Lily Van Hal	set Kayla Patel	+2.8
22	10-12	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+4.2
23	10-13	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+4.0
24	10-14	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+3.6
25	10-15	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Izabela Molina		+3.1
26	11-15	DENVER	STCLAR×3	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Morgan Hayes, Grace Flanagan	+1.6
27	12-15	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+3.0
28	13-15	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Selin Aslayan		+3.6
29	13-16	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+3.0
30	14-16	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Lexi Trapani	+2.5
31	14-17	STCLAR	DENVER	Serve err	Grace Flanagan		+3.2
32	14-18	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Lily Van Hal	set Elise Hart	+3.9
33	15-18	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.0
34	16-18	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Lexi Trapani	+3.8
35	16-19	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+3.4
36	17-19	DENVER	STCLAR×6	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+2.6
37	18-19	STCLAR	STCLAR×6	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+5.0
38	19-19	STCLAR	STCLAR×6	Ace	Ashlynn Reilly	aced Kayla Patel	+6.0
39	20-19	STCLAR	STCLAR×6	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+6.4
40	21-19	STCLAR	STCLAR×6	Attack err	Lily Van Hal		+6.1
41	22-19	STCLAR	STCLAR×6	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+4.8
42	22-20	STCLAR	DENVER×3	Serve err	Ashlynn Reilly		+2.1
43	22-21	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Allison Dzieciuch		+5.1
44	22-22	DENVER	DENVER×3	Blocked	Cate Shanahan	blk Lily Van Hal, Izabela Molina	+7.8
45	23-22	DENVER	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+6.5
46	23-23	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+6.2
47	23-24	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+12.3
48	24-24	DENVER	STCLAR	Attack err	Izabela Molina		+8.5
49	24-25	STCLAR	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+8.5
50	25-25	DENVER	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+8.5
51	26-25	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Ace	Cate Shanahan	aced Madison Winkler	+11.9
52	27-25	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Morgan Hayes	set Macy Hinshaw	+11.2

Score shown after each rally, Santa Clara 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).

Santa Clara def. Denver 3–1

Macy Hinshaw had 54 assists, and Santa Clara outlasted Denver.