Loyola Chicago vs California Volleyball: California Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 4, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

California beat Loyola Chicago 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-14) on Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at a neutral site. California's Ashley Li led with 14 kills, and Sophia Johnson added 10 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
LOYCHI	21	16	14	0
CAL	25	25	25	3

Win probability

California above 50 · Loyola Chicago below

Biggest swing: 3.0% to Loyola Chicago — set 1, LOYCHI 20-21 CAL. Attack error by Portia Sherman. CAL win probability 84% → 81%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

LOYCHI 21.1%78.9% CAL

Loyola Chicago wins

3-0

3.5%

3-1

7.1%

3-2

10.5%

California wins

3-0

30.5%

3-1

29.9%

3-2

18.5%

LOYCHI break %: 37.2% vs this opp
CAL break %: 43.3% 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
Portia ShermanAttack error+3.0%
Attack error by Portia Sherman
Set 1 · LOYCHI 20-21 CAL · LOYCHI 16% → 19%
02
Sawyer ThomsenKill+3.0%
Kill by Sawyer Thomsen (set by Anna Flores)
Set 1 · LOYCHI 21-23 CAL · CAL 82% → 85%
03
Avary DeBlieck&Leyna NguyenBlock+2.9%
Ashley Li stuffed by Avary DeBlieck & Leyna Nguyen
Set 1 · LOYCHI 12-10 CAL · LOYCHI 25% → 28%
04
Portia Sherman&Sawyer ThomsenBlock+2.8%
Katie Scherer stuffed by Portia Sherman & Sawyer Thomsen
Set 1 · LOYCHI 21-24 CAL · CAL 85% → 88%
05
Katie SchererAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by Katie Scherer
Set 1 · LOYCHI 13-14 CAL · CAL 77% → 79%
06
CaliforniaAce+2.7%
California ace
Set 1 · LOYCHI 12-12 CAL · CAL 74% → 77%
07
Leyna NguyenAttack error+2.7%
Attack error by Leyna Nguyen
Set 1 · LOYCHI 14-16 CAL · CAL 79% → 82%
08
Ashley LiKill+2.7%
Kill by Ashley Li (set by Anna Flores)
Set 1 · LOYCHI 20-22 CAL · CAL 81% → 84%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Loyola Chicagoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
17Leyna NguyenDS	3	10	5	29	.172	0	0	1	7	2	1	0.5	10.5
12Katie SchererOH	3	7	5	24	.083	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	8
15Avary DeBlieckMB	3	3	1	9	.222	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	5.5
14Mallory BohlMB	3	3	1	9	.222	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
6Mya BallS	3	0	0	3	.000	26	0	3	0	0	3	1.5	1.5
10Tenley DavisOH	1	3	2	9	.111	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
16Jordan BrucknerL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1
1Jae FittingL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	6	2	0	0	1
4Sam FalkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	0
8Claire Van Den HerikOH	1	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
11Chloe Morgan	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
7Kate MaleyOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	17	93	.118	26	1	7	25	8	16	8	51

Californiahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
18Ashley LiOH	3	14	5	24	.375	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	16
15Sawyer ThomsenMB	3	11	1	17	.588	0	0	2	1	0	5	2.5	13.5
13Abby ZimmermanOH	3	7	2	17	.294	0	4	2	8	0	3	1.5	12.5
5Cari BohmMB	3	6	2	12	.333	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
24Anna FloresS	3	1	1	3	.000	37	2	0	6	0	2	1	4
21Portia ShermanOH	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	3	6	1	3	1.5	3.5
14Elise LauL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7Siena MacCuddenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
2Sophia JohnsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	13	82	.341	39	8	8	36	1	16	8	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 LOYCHI · CAL 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 4 LOYCHICAL 3

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 LOYCHICAL 6

Set 3

14-25

Longest run 2 LOYCHICAL 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Loyola Chicago

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	30%3/10
2	46%6/13	42%5/12
3	86%6/7	14%1/7
4	38%6/16	40%4/10
5	55%6/11	14%1/7
6	56%5/9	14%1/7
All	49%36/73	28%15/53

California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	33%3/9
2	54%7/13	59%10/17
3	75%6/8	45%5/11
4	67%6/9	54%7/13
5	100%6/6	45%5/11
6	71%5/7	58%7/12
All	72%38/53	51%37/73

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

126 rallies

#	LOYCHI-CAL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.2
2	1-1	CAL	LOYCHI×4	Attack err	Ashley Li		+1.3
3	2-1	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Bad set	Anna Flores		+2.0
4	3-1	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Avary DeBlieck		+2.2
5	4-1	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×4	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Mya Ball	+2.3
6	4-2	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.4
7	5-2	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+1.6
8	5-3	LOYCHI	CAL	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+1.4
9	6-3	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+1.7
10	7-3	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Portia Sherman	blk Mallory Bohl, Mya Ball	+2.4
11	7-4	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.4
12	7-5	CAL	CAL	Ace	California		+2.2
13	8-5	CAL	LOYCHI	Serve err	California		+1.7
14	8-6	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.5
15	9-6	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Tenley Davis	set Mya Ball	+1.8
16	9-7	LOYCHI	CAL	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+1.5
17	10-7	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Tenley Davis	set Mya Ball	+1.8
18	10-8	LOYCHI	CAL×3	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.6
19	10-9	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Tenley Davis	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Abby Zimmerman	+2.5
20	10-10	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Tenley Davis	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Abby Zimmerman	+2.5
21	11-10	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+1.9
22	12-10	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Avary DeBlieck, Leyna Nguyen	+2.9
23	12-11	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.7
24	12-12	CAL	CAL	Ace	California		+2.7
25	13-12	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+2.0
26	13-13	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.9
27	13-14	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Katie Scherer		+2.8
28	14-14	CAL	LOYCHI	Serve err	California		+1.9
29	14-15	LOYCHI	CAL×3	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.9
30	14-16	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+2.7
31	14-17	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Leyna Nguyen		+2.2
32	15-17	CAL	LOYCHI	Serve err	California		+1.3
33	15-18	LOYCHI	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.5
34	15-19	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.7
35	15-20	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Abby Zimmerman		+1.1
36	16-20	CAL	LOYCHI	Serve err	California		+0.5
37	17-20	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Attack err	Ashley Li		+1.2
38	17-21	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.1
39	18-21	CAL	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Tenley Davis	set Mya Ball	+0.7
40	19-21	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Avary DeBlieck, Mya Ball	+1.9
41	20-21	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Attack err	Portia Sherman		+3.0
42	20-22	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+2.7
43	21-22	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+2.2
44	21-23	LOYCHI	CAL×3	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+3.0
45	21-24	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Katie Scherer	blk Portia Sherman, Sawyer Thomsen	+2.8
46	21-25	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Katie Scherer		+0.9
Set 2
1	0-1	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Sophia Johnson	+1.4
2	0-2	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Claire Van Den Herik		+1.3
3	1-2	CAL	LOYCHI	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Claire Van Den Herik, Avary DeBlieck	+0.9
4	1-3	LOYCHI	CAL×3	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.8
5	1-4	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.1
6	1-5	CAL	CAL×3	Ace	California		+1.0
7	2-5	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.6
8	2-6	LOYCHI	CAL	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.7
9	3-6	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Avary DeBlieck	set Mya Ball	+0.6
10	3-7	LOYCHI	CAL×6	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.7
11	3-8	CAL	CAL×6	Blocked	Katie Scherer	blk Portia Sherman, Cari Bohm	+0.8
12	3-9	CAL	CAL×6	Ace	California	aced Sam Falk	+0.7
13	3-10	CAL	CAL×6	Ace	California	aced Jae Fitting	+0.5
14	3-11	CAL	CAL×6	Ace	California	aced Jae Fitting	+0.3
15	3-12	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Portia Sherman	set Anna Flores	+0.2
16	4-12	CAL	LOYCHI	Attack err	Anna Flores		+0.1
17	4-13	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+0.1
18	4-14	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Leyna Nguyen	blk Cari Bohm, Anna Flores	+0.1
19	5-14	CAL	LOYCHI	Serve err	California		+0.1
20	5-15	LOYCHI	CAL×3	Attack err	Mallory Bohl		+0.1
21	5-16	CAL	CAL×3	Bad set	Mya Ball		+0.1
22	5-17	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Claire Van Den Herik		·
23	6-17	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Mallory Bohl	set Mya Ball	·
24	7-17	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Kill	Jordan Bruckner		·
25	7-18	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	·
26	8-18	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Claire Van Den Herik	set Mya Ball	·
27	8-19	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	·
28	9-19	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	·
29	10-19	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Ace	Jae Fitting	aced Portia Sherman	·
30	10-20	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	·
31	11-20	CAL	LOYCHI×3	Serve err	California		·
32	12-20	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	·
33	13-20	LOYCHI	LOYCHI×3	Kill	Mallory Bohl	set Mya Ball	+0.1
34	13-21	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.1
35	13-22	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Leyna Nguyen	blk Anna Flores, Cari Bohm	+0.1
36	14-22	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	·
37	15-22	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	·
38	15-23	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	·
39	16-23	CAL	LOYCHI	Serve err	California		·
40	16-24	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	·
41	16-25	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	·
Set 3
1	0-1	LOYCHI	CAL×4	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.5
2	0-2	CAL	CAL×4	Blocked	Katie Scherer	blk Abby Zimmerman, Sawyer Thomsen	+0.7
3	0-3	CAL	CAL×4	Ace	California	aced Leyna Nguyen	+0.6
4	0-4	CAL	CAL×4	Ace	California	aced Leyna Nguyen	+0.5
5	1-4	CAL	LOYCHI	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Katie Scherer, Avary DeBlieck	+0.3
6	1-5	LOYCHI	CAL×3	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.3
7	1-6	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.4
8	1-7	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Chloe Morgan		+0.3
9	2-7	CAL	LOYCHI	Serve err	California		+0.2
10	2-8	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.2
11	3-8	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.2
12	3-9	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+0.2
13	4-9	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.2
14	4-10	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Portia Sherman	set Anna Flores	+0.2
15	4-11	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.3
16	5-11	CAL	LOYCHI	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Katie Scherer, Mallory Bohl	+0.1
17	5-12	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.2
18	6-12	CAL	LOYCHI	Attack err	Ashley Li		+0.1
19	6-13	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores		+0.2
20	7-13	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Katie Scherer	set Mya Ball	+0.1
21	8-13	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Sawyer Thomsen	blk Avary DeBlieck, Chloe Morgan	+0.3
22	8-14	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.2
23	9-14	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.2
24	9-15	LOYCHI	CAL	Blocked	Mallory Bohl	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Portia Sherman	+0.2
25	10-15	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.2
26	11-15	LOYCHI	LOYCHI	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Mallory Bohl, Mya Ball	+0.4
27	11-16	LOYCHI	CAL	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.3
28	11-17	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.3
29	12-17	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	+0.2
30	12-18	LOYCHI	CAL	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		+0.2
31	12-19	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.2
32	13-19	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Mallory Bohl	set Mya Ball	+0.1
33	13-20	LOYCHI	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.1
34	13-21	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Avary DeBlieck		+0.1
35	14-21	CAL	LOYCHI	Kill	Leyna Nguyen	set Mya Ball	·
36	14-22	LOYCHI	CAL×4	Serve err	Loyola Chicago		·
37	14-23	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	·
38	14-24	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	·
39	14-25	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Sophia Johnson	·

Score shown after each rally, Loyola Chicago 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. Loyola Chicago 3–0