Match story · written from the play-by-play
The upset: UC Irvine, a 21% pick, over CSUN.
3 stretches decided it. Percentages are UC Irvine's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. Pre-match, CSUN was RallyIQ's 79% pick.
Turning point 1: Set 2 · UC Irvine 22–24 CSUN
UC Irvine closed it, 4 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 26–24 and lead 2–0. The match swung to UC Irvine.
UC Irvine 30% → 71%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · UC Irvine 10–9 CSUN
Up 10–9, UC Irvine scored 4 straight to make it 14–9.
UC Irvine 65% → 85%
Turning point 3: Set 4 · UC Irvine 17–17 CSUN
UC Irvine scored 3 straight to go from 17–17 to a 20–17 lead.
UC Irvine 62% → 84%
UC IrvineCSUN
- Sideout %
- UC Irvine 57.6·CSUN 51.1
- Break %
- UC Irvine 48.9·CSUN 42.4
- Hitting
- UC Irvine .292·CSUN .227
- Longest run
- UC Irvine 6·CSUN 7
Ava Gronemeyer
4 kills on .111, 6.5 points; 2 of those kills came in the turning points.