California vs Notre Dame Volleyball: California Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Oct 11, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: California 68.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 11, 11:56 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

California won at Notre Dame 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-15) on Sun, Oct 11, 2026. California's Ashley Li led with 13 kills, and Sophia Johnson added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:20 PM CT · final Oct 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CAL	25	25	25	3
N DAME	18	15	15	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.400 and 13 kills for Ashley Li as California rolled past Notre Dame.

Win probability never moved more than 3.0 points on one rally; Notre Dame topped out at 37% in Set 1. California went in as RallyIQ's 68% pick.

CaliforniaNotre Dame

Break %+24.1 pts
56.832.7
Points won on own serve: 42 of 74 vs 16 of 49. Notre Dame sided out 43.2% of the time.
Hitting+.211
.333.122
47 K / 10 E against 32 K / 18 E.
Longest run+4
73
California scored 7 straight in the first set to turn a 7–9 deficit into a 14–9 lead. Final score of the set: 25–18.

Notre Dame above 50California belowMax swing 3.0%

CaliforniaNotre Dame

Aces: California 5·Notre Dame 1
Serve err: California 4·Notre Dame 3
Blocks: California 6·Notre Dame 31 BS · 10 BA vs 0 BS · 6 BA
Digs: California 58·Notre Dame 45

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Notre Dame above 50 · California below

Biggest swing: 3.0% to Notre Dame — set 1, CAL 7-9 N DAME. Cari Bohm stuffed by Mae Kordas & Anna Bjork. N DAME win probability 34% → 37%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CAL 77.0%23.0% N DAME

California wins

3-0

28.7%

3-1

29.3%

3-2

19.0%

Notre Dame wins

3-0

3.9%

3-1

7.8%

3-2

11.3%

CAL break %: 43.4% vs this opp
N DAME break %: 37.8% 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
Mae Kordas&Anna BjorkBlock+3.0%
Cari Bohm stuffed by Mae Kordas & Anna Bjork
Set 1 · CAL 7-9 N DAME · N DAME 34% → 37%
02
Ashley LiKill+2.9%
Kill by Ashley Li (set by Anna Flores)
Set 1 · CAL 9-9 N DAME · CAL 65% → 68%
03
Ashley LiKill+2.9%
Kill by Ashley Li
Set 1 · CAL 10-9 N DAME · CAL 68% → 71%
04
Grace AgolliAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Grace Agolli
Set 1 · CAL 6-7 N DAME · N DAME 31% → 34%
05
Mae KordasAttack error+2.7%
Attack error by Mae Kordas
Set 1 · CAL 11-9 N DAME · CAL 71% → 73%
06
Sydney HelmersKill+2.5%
Kill by Sydney Helmers (set by Lily Fenton)
Set 1 · CAL 2-3 N DAME · N DAME 31% → 33%
07
Mae KordasKill+2.5%
Kill by Mae Kordas (set by Lily Fenton)
Set 1 · CAL 5-5 N DAME · N DAME 29% → 31%
08
Sawyer ThomsenKill+2.4%
Kill by Sawyer Thomsen
Set 1 · CAL 12-9 N DAME · CAL 73% → 76%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Ashley LiOH	3	13	3	25	.400	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	14
13Abby ZimmermanOH	3	11	4	29	.241	2	0	2	10	1	0	4	2	13
15Sawyer ThomsenMB	3	6	0	12	.500	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
5Cari BohmMB	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
24Anna FloresS	3	3	0	4	.750	31	1	1	14	0	0	0	0	4
4Francesca PopescuDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
11Grace AgolliOPP	3	9	2	29	.241	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
14Elise LauL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7Siena MacCuddenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
2Sophia JohnsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0
3Ashleigh WoodruffMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
22Maria StirbuS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	10	111	.333	41	5	4	58	1	1	10	6	75

Notre Damehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
15Mae KordasOH	3	12	6	37	.162	0	1	1	5	3	1	0.5	13.5
14Sydney HelmersOH	3	8	4	32	.125	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	8
19Chichi NnajiOH	3	6	3	15	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
33Grace LangerMB	3	3	0	8	.375	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
31Anna BjorkMB	3	0	2	6	-.333	0	0	1	1	0	3	1.5	1.5
23Maya BakerS	3	0	0	2	.000	15	0	0	9	0	1	0.5	0.5
8Maya EvensL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	11	0	0	0	0
2Chloe HookerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4Lily FentonS	2	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
11Isabella SanghaMB	1	3	0	8	.375	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
24Kailyn Greene- GordonOPP	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	0.5
10Angie DesamoursOH	1	0	3	4	-.750	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Carla MercadoL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0
1Hailie VaughnOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	18	115	.122	31	1	3	45	5	6	3	48

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.

California vs Notre Dame

Season series · California leads 1-0

Sun, Oct 11, 2026California at Notre Dame · California won 3-0This match
Wed, Nov 25, 2026Notre Dame at CaliforniaPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 7 CAL · N DAME 3

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 7 CALN DAME 2

Set 2

25-15

Longest run 6 CALN DAME 2

Set 3

25-15

Longest run 7 CALN DAME 3

Bars above the line = Notre Dame leads, below = California leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	86%6/7	58%7/12
2	60%6/10	45%5/11
3	86%6/7	68%13/19
4	60%6/10	25%2/8
5	56%5/9	62%8/13
6	67%4/6	64%7/11
All	67%33/49	57%42/74

Notre Dame

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%6/8	33%2/6
2	40%6/15	14%1/7
3	35%6/17	33%3/9
4	86%6/7	14%1/7
5	38%5/13	45%5/11
6	21%3/14	44%4/9
All	43%32/74	33%16/49

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

123 rallies

#	CAL-N DAME	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+1.6
2	1-1	N DAME	CAL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+1.6
3	2-1	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+2.3
4	2-2	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+1.6
5	2-3	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+2.5
6	3-3	N DAME	CAL×3	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.6
7	4-3	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Sydney Helmers	blk Cari Bohm, Abby Zimmerman	+2.4
8	5-3	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Sawyer Thomsen	+2.3
9	5-4	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+1.5
10	5-5	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+2.5
11	6-5	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.7
12	6-6	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+1.7
13	6-7	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Grace Agolli		+2.8
14	7-7	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.8
15	7-8	CAL	N DAME	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Anna Bjork, Kailyn Greene- Gordon	+1.9
16	7-9	N DAME	N DAME	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Mae Kordas, Anna Bjork	+3.0
17	8-9	N DAME	CAL×7	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.8
18	9-9	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+2.9
19	10-9	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Ashley Li		+2.9
20	11-9	CAL	CAL×7	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+2.7
21	12-9	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen		+2.4
22	13-9	CAL	CAL×7	Blocked	Anna Bjork	blk Ashley Li	+2.1
23	14-9	CAL	CAL×7	Ace	California	aced Sydney Helmers	+1.6
24	14-10	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Chloe Hooker	+0.9
25	15-10	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.1
26	15-11	CAL	N DAME	Serve err	California		+0.9
27	16-11	N DAME	CAL	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+1.1
28	17-11	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Sophia Johnson	+1.2
29	17-12	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.5
30	17-13	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Lily Fenton	+1.2
31	18-13	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.1
32	19-13	CAL	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.1
33	19-14	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Lily Fenton	+0.4
34	20-14	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+0.6
35	20-15	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+0.4
36	20-16	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+0.9
37	21-16	N DAME	CAL×4	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.0
38	22-16	CAL	CAL×4	Ace	California	aced Mae Kordas	+0.8
39	23-16	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.3
40	24-16	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.1
41	24-17	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	·
42	24-18	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		·
43	25-18	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores		·
Set 2
1	0-1	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Ashley Li		+2.0
2	1-1	N DAME	CAL	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+1.3
3	1-2	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Evens	+1.4
4	1-3	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Lily Fenton	+2.1
5	2-3	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Sophia Johnson	+1.3
6	3-3	CAL	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli		+2.1
7	3-4	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Lily Fenton	+1.5
8	4-4	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.4
9	5-4	CAL	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+2.1
10	5-5	CAL	N DAME	Serve err	California		+1.4
11	6-5	N DAME	CAL	Bad set	Maya Baker		+1.4
12	7-5	CAL	CAL	Ace	California	aced Mae Kordas	+2.0
13	7-6	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+1.3
14	8-6	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Abby Zimmerman	+1.4
15	8-7	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Sydney Helmers	+1.4
16	8-8	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Ashley Li		+2.3
17	9-8	N DAME	CAL	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+1.5
18	9-9	CAL	N DAME	Bad set	Sophia Johnson		+1.6
19	10-9	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Sophia Johnson	+1.6
20	10-10	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Lily Fenton	+1.7
21	11-10	N DAME	CAL×4	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.7
22	12-10	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+2.4
23	13-10	CAL	CAL×4	Bad set	Isabella Sangha		+2.1
24	14-10	CAL	CAL×4	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Abby Zimmerman, Cari Bohm	+1.8
25	14-11	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Isabella Sangha	set Lily Fenton	+1.0
26	15-11	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.2
27	16-11	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Chichi Nnaji	blk Cari Bohm, Grace Agolli	+1.4
28	16-12	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.7
29	17-12	N DAME	CAL	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.9
30	17-13	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.7
31	17-14	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+1.5
32	18-14	N DAME	CAL	Attack err	Angie Desamours		+1.3
33	19-14	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.3
34	19-15	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.6
35	20-15	N DAME	CAL×6	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.9
36	21-15	CAL	CAL×6	Blocked	Angie Desamours	blk Abby Zimmerman, Sawyer Thomsen	+0.7
37	22-15	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Grace Langer	+0.3
38	23-15	CAL	CAL×6	Ace	California	aced Mae Kordas	+0.1
39	24-15	CAL	CAL×6	Attack err	Angie Desamours		·
40	25-15	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	·
Set 3
1	0-1	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Baker	+0.8
2	1-1	N DAME	CAL×4	Serve err	Notre Dame		+0.7
3	2-1	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.1
4	3-1	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.0
5	4-1	CAL	CAL×4	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+0.9
6	4-2	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+0.6
7	4-3	N DAME	N DAME	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+1.0
8	5-3	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.7
9	5-4	CAL	N DAME	Serve err	California		+0.7
10	6-4	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+0.7
11	6-5	CAL	N DAME×3	Serve err	California		+0.7
12	6-6	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+1.2
13	6-7	N DAME	N DAME×3	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker	+1.3
14	7-7	N DAME	CAL×5	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Sophia Johnson	+0.8
15	8-7	CAL	CAL×5	Attack err	Mae Kordas		+1.2
16	9-7	CAL	CAL×5	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.2
17	10-7	CAL	CAL×5	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.1
18	11-7	CAL	CAL×5	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+0.9
19	11-8	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	+0.5
20	11-9	N DAME	N DAME	Kill	Chichi Nnaji	set Maya Evens	+1.0
21	12-9	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.7
22	12-10	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Grace Langer	set Maya Baker	+0.7
23	12-11	N DAME	N DAME	Ace	Mae Kordas	aced Abby Zimmerman	+1.2
24	13-11	N DAME	CAL×3	Kill	Anna Flores	set Abby Zimmerman	+0.9
25	14-11	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Ashley Li	set Sophia Johnson	+1.2
26	15-11	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Chichi Nnaji		+1.0
27	15-12	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Sophia Johnson	+0.6
28	16-12	N DAME	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.7
29	16-13	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Mae Kordas	set Maya Baker	+0.6
30	17-13	N DAME	CAL×7	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.7
31	18-13	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Grace Agolli		+0.8
32	19-13	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Sawyer Thomsen	+0.5
33	20-13	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+0.3
34	21-13	CAL	CAL×7	Attack err	Sydney Helmers		+0.1
35	22-13	CAL	CAL×7	Attack err	Anna Bjork		+0.1
36	23-13	CAL	CAL×7	Ace	California	aced Carla Mercado	·
37	23-14	CAL	N DAME	Kill	Sydney Helmers	set Maya Baker	·
38	24-14	N DAME	CAL	Blocked	Mae Kordas	blk Ashleigh Woodruff, Abby Zimmerman	·
39	24-15	CAL	N DAME	Blocked	Grace Agolli	blk Maya Baker, Anna Bjork	·
40	25-15	N DAME	CAL	Attack err	Mae Kordas		·

Score shown after each rally, California 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).

California def. Notre Dame 3–0

.400 and 13 kills for Ashley Li as California rolled past Notre Dame.