San Francisco vs Denver Volleyball: Denver Wins 3-0 (Oct 31)

FinalSat, Oct 31, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Denver 68.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 31, 12:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Denver beat visiting San Francisco 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-22) on Sat, Oct 31, 2026. Denver's Alicia Thibodeau led with 13 kills, and Emersen Werger added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 31

Set	1	2	3	Sets
S FRAN	17	16	22	0
DENVER	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

6 aces from Alicia Thibodeau in a Denver rout.

Win probability never moved more than 2.1 points on one rally; San Francisco topped out at 30% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Denver 68% before first serve.

San FranciscoDenver

Break %+18.9 pts
26.345.2
33 of 73 on serve vs 15 of 57, so San Francisco's sideout was 54.8%.
Hitting+.144
.280.424
Kills and errors: 46–10 vs 38–12.
Longest run+2
35
Denver scored 5 straight in the second set to turn a 2–3 deficit into a 7–3 lead. The set finished 25–16.

Denver above 50San Francisco belowMax swing 2.1%

San FranciscoDenver

Aces: San Francisco 1·Denver 7
Serve err: San Francisco 7·Denver 6
Blocks: San Francisco 3·Denver 51 BS · 4 BA vs 2 BS · 6 BA
Digs: San Francisco 27·Denver 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Denver above 50 · San Francisco below

Biggest swing: 2.1% to Denver — set 1, S FRAN 0-2 DENVER. Andjela Sojic stuffed by Alicia Thibodeau & Izabela Molina. DENVER win probability 70% → 72%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

S FRAN 28.2%71.8% DENVER

San Francisco wins

3-0

5.2%

3-1

9.8%

3-2

13.2%

Denver wins

3-0

24.5%

3-1

27.5%

3-2

19.7%

S FRAN break %: 39.6% vs this opp
DENVER break %: 44.0% 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
Alicia Thibodeau&Izabela MolinaBlock+2.1%
Andjela Sojic stuffed by Alicia Thibodeau & Izabela Molina
Set 1 · S FRAN 0-2 DENVER · DENVER 70% → 72%
02
Jamia JohnsonAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Jamia Johnson
Set 2 · S FRAN 2-0 DENVER · S FRAN 20% → 22%
03
Alicia ThibodeauAce+2.0%
Ace by Alicia Thibodeau on Petra Fritz
Set 1 · S FRAN 1-4 DENVER · DENVER 72% → 74%
04
Elise Hart&Jamia JohnsonBlock+2.0%
Petra Fritz stuffed by Elise Hart & Jamia Johnson
Set 2 · S FRAN 3-4 DENVER · DENVER 81% → 83%
05
Andjela SojicAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Andjela Sojic
Set 2 · S FRAN 2-2 DENVER · DENVER 80% → 81%
06
Petra FritzAce+1.9%
Ace by Petra Fritz on Kayla Patel
Set 1 · S FRAN 4-6 DENVER · S FRAN 26% → 28%
07
Kayla PatelKill+1.9%
Kill by Kayla Patel (set by Lily Van Hal)
Set 2 · S FRAN 3-5 DENVER · DENVER 83% → 85%
08
Kayla PatelKill+1.9%
Kill by Kayla Patel (set by Alicia Thibodeau)
Set 1 · S FRAN 4-8 DENVER · DENVER 74% → 76%

Box score

Official NCAA box

San Franciscoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Katariina KorhonenOH	3	13	3	28	.357	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	13
16Maeve BaileyMB	3	9	0	14	.643	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
21Petra FritzOH	3	6	3	20	.150	0	1	3	8	2	0	0	0	7
14Emma NeukirchenMB	3	5	1	14	.286	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2	7
13Jordan SmartS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
17Andjela SojicMB	2	0	5	9	-.556	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
19Hokulani PerezMB	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
18Laura AmaroL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	5	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
3Piper JustissS	3	0	0	0	–	15	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
11True TakemotoDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1Talula LenoirOH	1	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
4Adelynn LegatesS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	12	93	.280	32	1	7	27	7	1	4	3	55

Denverhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
19Alicia ThibodeauOH	3	13	2	23	.478	1	6	3	4	0	1	1	1.5	20.5
16Izabela MolinaMB	3	10	1	13	.692	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
24Kayla PatelOH	3	7	4	20	.150	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
7Elise HartMB	3	7	1	10	.600	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
13Lily Van HalS	3	2	0	5	.400	37	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	3
4Emersen WergerL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1
18Jamia JohnsonOH	3	6	2	13	.308	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
1Madison WinklerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	10	85	.424	42	7	6	37	1	2	6	5	75

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.

San Francisco vs Denver

Season series · Denver leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 31, 2026San Francisco at Denver · Denver won 3-0This match
Mon, Nov 23, 2026Denver at San FranciscoPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 S FRAN · DENVER 5

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 S FRANDENVER 4

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 2 S FRANDENVER 5

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 3 S FRANDENVER 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

San Francisco

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	20%2/10
2	39%7/18	20%2/10
3	54%7/13	22%2/9
4	75%6/8	42%5/12
5	55%6/11	25%2/8
6	67%6/9	25%2/8
All	55%40/73	26%15/57

Denver

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%8/12	25%2/8
2	100%8/8	38%5/13
3	70%7/10	67%14/21
4	64%7/11	30%3/10
5	67%6/9	33%3/9
6	86%6/7	50%6/12
All	74%42/57	45%33/73

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

130 rallies

#	S FRAN-DENVER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	S FRAN	DENVER	Serve err	Katariina Korhonen		+1.6
2	0-2	DENVER	DENVER	Blocked	Andjela Sojic	blk Alicia Thibodeau, Izabela Molina	+2.1
3	1-2	DENVER	S FRAN	Serve err	Denver		+1.5
4	1-3	S FRAN	DENVER×3	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.5
5	1-4	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Alicia Thibodeau	aced Petra Fritz	+2.0
6	1-5	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Alicia Thibodeau	aced Katariina Korhonen	+1.8
7	2-5	DENVER	S FRAN	Serve err	Denver		+1.2
8	2-6	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.3
9	3-6	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Laura Amaro	+1.2
10	4-6	S FRAN	S FRAN	Ace	Petra Fritz	aced Kayla Patel	+1.9
11	4-7	S FRAN	DENVER	Bad set	Piper Justiss		+1.5
12	4-8	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Alicia Thibodeau	+1.9
13	5-8	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Piper Justiss	+1.2
14	5-9	S FRAN	DENVER×3	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+1.4
15	5-10	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
16	5-11	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Katariina Korhonen		+1.3
17	6-11	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Piper Justiss	+0.8
18	7-11	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Laura Amaro	+1.4
19	7-12	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.2
20	8-12	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Jordan Smart	+1.0
21	8-13	S FRAN	DENVER	Serve err	Katariina Korhonen		+1.2
22	9-13	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Laura Amaro	+1.0
23	9-14	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.2
24	9-15	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.3
25	10-15	DENVER	S FRAN×3	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Jordan Smart	+0.7
26	11-15	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Piper Justiss	+1.3
27	12-15	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Kill	Hokulani Perez	set Piper Justiss	+1.8
28	12-16	S FRAN	DENVER	Bad set	Piper Justiss		+1.6
29	13-16	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Piper Justiss	+1.3
30	13-17	S FRAN	DENVER	Serve err	Petra Fritz		+1.6
31	14-17	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Piper Justiss	+1.3
32	14-18	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
33	15-18	DENVER	S FRAN	Serve err	Denver		+1.3
34	15-19	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+1.7
35	16-19	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Laura Amaro	+1.3
36	16-20	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Emersen Werger	set Madison Winkler	+1.7
37	16-21	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.5
38	17-21	DENVER	S FRAN	Serve err	Denver		+0.7
39	17-22	S FRAN	DENVER×4	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.0
40	17-23	DENVER	DENVER×4	Ace	Alicia Thibodeau	aced Katariina Korhonen	+0.7
41	17-24	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Katariina Korhonen		+0.2
42	17-25	DENVER	DENVER×4	Attack err	Andjela Sojic		·
Set 2
1	1-0	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Jordan Smart	+1.4
2	2-0	S FRAN	S FRAN	Attack err	Jamia Johnson		+2.0
3	2-1	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.4
4	2-2	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Andjela Sojic		+2.0
5	3-2	DENVER	S FRAN	Serve err	Denver		+1.5
6	3-3	S FRAN	DENVER×5	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.4
7	3-4	DENVER	DENVER×5	Blocked	Petra Fritz	blk Elise Hart, Jamia Johnson	+2.0
8	3-5	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.9
9	3-6	DENVER	DENVER×5	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.7
10	3-7	DENVER	DENVER×5	Blocked	Emma Neukirchen	blk Kayla Patel, Elise Hart	+1.5
11	4-7	DENVER	S FRAN	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+1.0
12	4-8	S FRAN	DENVER	Serve err	Petra Fritz		+1.1
13	5-8	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Emma Neukirchen	set Piper Justiss	+1.0
14	5-9	S FRAN	DENVER	Serve err	Emma Neukirchen		+1.1
15	6-9	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Piper Justiss	+1.0
16	6-10	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+1.2
17	7-10	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Jordan Smart	+1.1
18	7-11	S FRAN	DENVER×3	Kill	Lily Van Hal	set Kayla Patel	+1.2
19	7-12	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau		+1.4
20	7-13	DENVER	DENVER×3	Blocked	Andjela Sojic	blk Alicia Thibodeau	+1.1
21	8-13	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Jordan Smart	+0.6
22	9-13	S FRAN	S FRAN	Blocked	Izabela Molina	blk Emma Neukirchen	+1.1
23	9-14	S FRAN	DENVER	Attack err	Petra Fritz		+1.0
24	10-14	DENVER	S FRAN	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Emma Neukirchen, Andjela Sojic	+0.8
25	10-15	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.0
26	11-15	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Hokulani Perez	set Piper Justiss	+0.8
27	12-15	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen		+1.5
28	12-16	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.3
29	12-17	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.4
30	13-17	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Piper Justiss	+0.8
31	13-18	S FRAN	DENVER×3	Attack err	Katariina Korhonen		+1.0
32	13-19	DENVER	DENVER×3	Attack err	Elise Hart		+0.9
33	13-20	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.6
34	14-20	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Piper Justiss	+0.2
35	15-20	S FRAN	S FRAN	Attack err	Elise Hart		+0.5
36	15-21	S FRAN	DENVER×4	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+0.6
37	15-22	DENVER	DENVER×4	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Elise Hart	+0.4
38	15-23	DENVER	DENVER×4	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.1
39	15-24	DENVER	DENVER×4	Blocked	Andjela Sojic	blk Lily Van Hal	·
40	16-24	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Lily Van Hal	·
41	16-25	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	·
Set 3
1	0-1	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
2	0-2	DENVER	DENVER	Attack err	Petra Fritz		+1.0
3	1-2	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Jordan Smart	+0.7
4	1-3	S FRAN	DENVER	Serve err	Laura Amaro		+0.7
5	1-4	DENVER	DENVER	Ace	Alicia Thibodeau	aced Laura Amaro	+1.0
6	2-4	DENVER	S FRAN	Serve err	Denver		+0.7
7	2-5	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+0.7
8	3-5	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Piper Justiss	+0.7
9	3-6	S FRAN	DENVER	Serve err	Petra Fritz		+0.7
10	4-6	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Emma Neukirchen	set Piper Justiss	+0.7
11	5-6	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Piper Justiss	+1.1
12	5-7	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
13	6-7	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Laura Amaro	+0.8
14	6-8	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+0.8
15	7-8	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Jordan Smart	+0.8
16	8-8	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Jordan Smart	+1.3
17	8-9	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Madison Winkler	+0.9
18	9-9	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Talula Lenoir	set Jordan Smart	+1.0
19	9-10	S FRAN	DENVER×3	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+1.0
20	9-11	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Izabela Molina		+1.3
21	9-12	DENVER	DENVER×3	Ace	Alicia Thibodeau	aced True Takemoto	+1.2
22	10-12	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Emma Neukirchen	set Jordan Smart	+0.8
23	10-13	S FRAN	DENVER×3	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.9
24	10-14	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Kayla Patel	set Lily Van Hal	+1.0
25	10-15	DENVER	DENVER×3	Kill	Elise Hart		+0.8
26	11-15	DENVER	S FRAN×3	Kill	Emma Neukirchen	set Piper Justiss	+0.5
27	12-15	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Piper Justiss	+0.9
28	13-15	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Blocked	Kayla Patel	blk Hokulani Perez, Emma Neukirchen	+1.1
29	13-16	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Elise Hart	set Lily Van Hal	+1.0
30	14-16	DENVER	S FRAN	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+0.9
31	15-16	S FRAN	S FRAN	Attack err	Alicia Thibodeau		+1.5
32	15-17	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Lily Van Hal	set Piper Justiss	+1.2
33	15-18	DENVER	DENVER	Ace	Kayla Patel	aced Petra Fritz	+1.4
34	16-18	DENVER	S FRAN	Attack err	Kayla Patel		+0.9
35	16-19	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.1
36	17-19	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Talula Lenoir	set Jordan Smart	+0.9
37	18-19	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Madison Winkler	+1.7
38	18-20	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.4
39	18-21	DENVER	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.6
40	19-21	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Jordan Smart	+0.9
41	19-22	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Alicia Thibodeau	set Lily Van Hal	+1.2
42	19-23	DENVER	DENVER	Ace	Alicia Thibodeau	aced True Takemoto	+1.1
43	20-23	DENVER	S FRAN	Kill	Talula Lenoir	set Jordan Smart	+0.4
44	20-24	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Izabela Molina	set Lily Van Hal	+0.7
45	21-24	DENVER	S FRAN	Attack err	Jamia Johnson		+0.2
46	22-24	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Emma Neukirchen		+0.7
47	22-25	S FRAN	DENVER	Kill	Jamia Johnson	set Lily Van Hal	+1.2

Score shown after each rally, San Francisco 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. San Francisco 3–0

6 aces from Alicia Thibodeau in a Denver rout.