Grand Canyon vs UC Riverside: Grand Canyon Wins 3-1 (Sep 10)

Final · 4 setsThu, Sep 10, 2026 · Neutral site

3:1

Grand Canyon beat UC Riverside 3-1 (25-13, 25-17, 19-25, 25-13) on Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at a neutral site. Grand Canyon's Starr Williams led with 13 kills, and Gentry Oblad added 8 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 10

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
GCANYN	25	25	19	25	3
UC RIV	13	17	25	13	1

Win probability

UC Riverside above 50 · Grand Canyon below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Grand Canyon stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GCANYN 97.4%2.6% UC RIV

Grand Canyon wins

3-0

64.2%

3-1

26.4%

3-2

6.8%

UC Riverside wins

3-0

0.3%

3-1

0.7%

3-2

1.6%

GCANYN break %: 49.7% vs this opp
UC RIV break %: 34.9% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Grand Canyonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
12Starr WilliamsOPP	4	13	4	28	.321	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	15
2Katie SchulzOH	4	11	1	25	.400	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11
10Aubrey BellusMB	4	6	1	11	.455	1	3	1	2	0	2	1	10
21Bella NunezS	4	4	0	12	.333	21	2	4	3	0	4	2	8
4Taylor KubacakS	4	5	0	5	1.000	16	2	3	7	0	0	0	7
19Aubrey GoodereMB	2	3	0	5	.600	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
9Macey HughesOPP	4	5	4	14	.071	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
11Gentry ObladOH	4	1	0	2	.500	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	3
3Alayna AustinL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15Kaela JenkinsMB	3	4	0	8	.500	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	5
8Bella AndersonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
18Milica ZigicOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Natalie GuerreroDS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	10	111	.378	43	11	9	41	3	12	6	94

UC Riversidehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Madison PulsipherOH	4	12	7	29	.172	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
3Sariah JohnsonOH	4	8	3	19	.263	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8
4Zeynep BelgutayMB	4	5	0	8	.625	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
11Elena KasavicaS	4	0	0	2	.000	18	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	1
20Andrea BrewerOH	1	2	1	4	.250	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
15Evelyn HendrixMB	1	1	0	3	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2Juliette D'EliseoOH	4	9	3	22	.273	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	10
22Maya BarronS	4	0	0	0	–	15	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
19Misu NguyenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	7	0	1	10	2	0	0	0	0
18Kylie ProctorMB	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	5
12Malia TanksleyOH	3	1	3	6	-.333	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3
13Nicole HughesOH	2	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5McKenna GilesL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	19	110	.227	43	3	5	41	11	1	6	4	68

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 6 GCANYN · UC RIV 6

Set 1

25-13

Longest run 6 GCANYNUC RIV 3

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 4 GCANYNUC RIV 6

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 3 GCANYNUC RIV 3

Set 4

25-13

Longest run 4 GCANYNUC RIV 2

Bars above the line = UC Riverside leads, below = Grand Canyon leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Grand Canyon

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	63%12/19
2	82%9/11	59%13/22
3	62%8/13	40%6/15
4	64%7/11	53%8/15
5	86%6/7	57%8/14
6	55%6/11	25%2/8
All	65%45/69	53%49/93

UC Riverside

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%9/22	27%3/11
2	56%9/16	44%7/16
3	50%7/14	27%3/11
4	39%7/18	46%6/13
5	67%6/9	13%1/8
6	43%6/14	40%4/10
All	47%44/93	35%24/69

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

162 rallies

#	GCANYN-UC RIV	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Elena Kasavica
2	1-1	UC RIV	GCANYN×6	Kill	Starr Williams	set Taylor Kubacak
3	2-1	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Kill	Bella Nunez	set Taylor Kubacak
4	3-1	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Blocked	Nicole Hughes	blk Bella Nunez, Aubrey Goodere
5	4-1	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Bad set	Andrea Brewer
6	5-1	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Ace	Grand Canyon	aced Andrea Brewer
7	6-1	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Bad set	Andrea Brewer
8	6-2	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Nicole Hughes	set Evelyn Hendrix
9	7-2	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Aubrey Goodere	set Taylor Kubacak
10	7-3	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set Maya Barron
11	7-4	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Nicole Hughes	set Misu Nguyen
12	8-4	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Aubrey Bellus	set Taylor Kubacak
13	9-4	GCANYN	GCANYN	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Nunez
14	9-5	GCANYN	UC RIV×3	Serve err	Grand Canyon
15	9-6	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set Elena Kasavica
16	9-7	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Attack err	Macey Hughes
17	10-7	UC RIV	GCANYN×4	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Nunez
18	11-7	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Attack err	Andrea Brewer
19	12-7	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Ace	Grand Canyon
20	13-7	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Ace	Grand Canyon	aced Misu Nguyen
21	13-8	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Elena Kasavica
22	14-8	UC RIV	GCANYN	Serve err	UC Riverside
23	14-9	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Elena Kasavica
24	14-10	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Zeynep Belgutay
25	15-10	UC RIV	GCANYN×6	Kill	Starr Williams	set Bella Nunez
26	16-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Bad set	Elena Kasavica
27	17-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Kill	Aubrey Goodere	set Taylor Kubacak
28	18-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Ace	Grand Canyon
29	19-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Kill	Starr Williams
30	20-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×6	Kill	Elena Kasavica
31	20-11	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
32	21-11	UC RIV	GCANYN	Bad set	Madison Pulsipher
33	22-11	GCANYN	GCANYN	Kill	Kaela Jenkins	set Taylor Kubacak
34	22-12	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron
35	23-12	UC RIV	GCANYN	Serve err	UC Riverside
36	24-12	GCANYN	GCANYN	Kill	Aubrey Bellus	set Bella Anderson
37	24-13	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Maya Barron
38	25-13	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Taylor Kubacak
Set 2
1	1-0	GCANYN	GCANYN	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Nunez
2	2-0	GCANYN	GCANYN	Blocked	Sariah Johnson	blk Aubrey Bellus, Bella Nunez
3	2-1	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Elena Kasavica
4	3-1	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Taylor Kubacak
5	4-1	GCANYN	GCANYN	Attack err	Sariah Johnson
6	4-2	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
7	5-2	UC RIV	GCANYN×4	Kill	Aubrey Bellus	set Bella Nunez
8	6-2	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Attack err	Kylie Proctor
9	7-2	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher
10	8-2	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher
11	8-3	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Elena Kasavica
12	8-4	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Kylie Proctor	set Maya Barron
13	9-4	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Macey Hughes	set Bella Nunez
14	9-5	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron
15	10-5	UC RIV	GCANYN×3	Kill	Kaela Jenkins	set Bella Nunez
16	11-5	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Kill	Gentry Oblad	set Kaela Jenkins
17	12-5	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Ace	Grand Canyon
18	12-6	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Maya Barron
19	13-6	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Starr Williams	set Taylor Kubacak
20	13-7	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Maya Barron
21	14-7	UC RIV	GCANYN	Attack err	Juliette D'Eliseo
22	14-8	GCANYN	UC RIV×6	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Misu Nguyen
23	14-9	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica
24	14-10	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Bad set	Taylor Kubacak
25	14-11	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Elena Kasavica
26	14-12	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Juliette D'Eliseo
27	14-13	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Bad set	Bella Nunez
28	15-13	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Bella Nunez	set Taylor Kubacak
29	16-13	GCANYN	GCANYN	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher
30	16-14	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Elena Kasavica
31	17-14	UC RIV	GCANYN×3	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Nunez
32	18-14	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Kill	Starr Williams	set Bella Nunez
33	19-14	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Attack err	Sariah Johnson
34	19-15	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Misu Nguyen
35	19-16	UC RIV	UC RIV	Blocked	Aubrey Bellus	blk Madison Pulsipher, Kylie Proctor
36	20-16	UC RIV	GCANYN×4	Kill	Starr Williams	set Bella Nunez
37	21-16	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Blocked	Malia Tanksley	blk Macey Hughes, Kaela Jenkins
38	22-16	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Ace	Grand Canyon
39	23-16	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Ace	Grand Canyon
40	23-17	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Starr Williams	set Gentry Oblad
41	24-17	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Starr Williams	set Bella Nunez
42	25-17	GCANYN	GCANYN	Kill	Starr Williams	set Taylor Kubacak
Set 3
1	1-0	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Starr Williams	set Taylor Kubacak
2	1-1	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Elena Kasavica
3	2-1	UC RIV	GCANYN	Serve err	UC Riverside
4	2-2	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Elena Kasavica
5	3-2	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Taylor Kubacak	set Maya Barron
6	3-3	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Maya Barron
7	3-4	UC RIV	UC RIV	Ace	UC Riverside
8	4-4	UC RIV	GCANYN×3	Bad set	Madison Pulsipher
9	5-4	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Nunez
10	6-4	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Ace	Grand Canyon	aced Misu Nguyen
11	6-5	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron
12	6-6	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Macey Hughes
13	7-6	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Aubrey Bellus	set Bella Nunez
14	7-7	GCANYN	UC RIV	Blocked	Starr Williams	blk Malia Tanksley, Kylie Proctor
15	7-8	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica
16	8-8	UC RIV	GCANYN	Serve err	UC Riverside
17	9-8	GCANYN	GCANYN	Kill	Macey Hughes	set Aubrey Bellus
18	9-9	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Misu Nguyen
19	9-10	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Elena Kasavica
20	10-10	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Starr Williams	set Bella Nunez
21	10-11	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
22	11-11	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Bella Nunez	set Kaela Jenkins
23	11-12	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Elena Kasavica
24	11-13	UC RIV	UC RIV	Blocked	Katie Schulz	blk Malia Tanksley
25	12-13	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Taylor Kubacak
26	13-13	GCANYN	GCANYN	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Anderson
27	13-14	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Juliette D'Eliseo	set Maya Barron
28	13-15	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron
29	14-15	UC RIV	GCANYN	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher
30	14-16	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron
31	15-16	UC RIV	GCANYN	Serve err	UC Riverside
32	15-17	GCANYN	UC RIV×3	Attack err	Starr Williams
33	15-18	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Misu Nguyen
34	15-19	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Attack err	Macey Hughes
35	16-19	UC RIV	GCANYN	Bad set	Juliette D'Eliseo
36	16-20	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Misu Nguyen
37	17-20	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Taylor Kubacak	set Elena Kasavica
38	18-20	GCANYN	GCANYN	Blocked	Juliette D'Eliseo	blk Kaela Jenkins, Bella Nunez
39	18-21	GCANYN	UC RIV×3	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Elena Kasavica
40	18-22	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Elena Kasavica
41	18-23	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Attack err	Starr Williams
42	19-23	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Kaela Jenkins	set Taylor Kubacak
43	19-24	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
44	19-25	UC RIV	UC RIV	Ace	UC Riverside	aced Bella Anderson
Set 4
1	1-0	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Natalie Guerrero
2	2-0	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Blocked	Madison Pulsipher	blk Aubrey Bellus, Bella Nunez
3	3-0	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Kill	Bella Nunez	set Taylor Kubacak
4	3-1	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Misu Nguyen
5	4-1	UC RIV	GCANYN×3	Kill	Aubrey Bellus	set Taylor Kubacak
6	5-1	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Ace	Grand Canyon
7	6-1	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Nunez
8	6-2	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
9	7-2	UC RIV	GCANYN	Attack err	Juliette D'Eliseo
10	7-3	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Elena Kasavica
11	8-3	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Starr Williams	set Bella Nunez
12	8-4	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Maya Barron
13	9-4	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Macey Hughes	set Bella Nunez
14	9-5	GCANYN	UC RIV	Blocked	Starr Williams	blk Zeynep Belgutay, Malia Tanksley
15	10-5	UC RIV	GCANYN×3	Kill	Starr Williams	set Taylor Kubacak
16	11-5	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Ace	Grand Canyon
17	12-5	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Attack err	Malia Tanksley
18	12-6	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron
19	12-7	UC RIV	UC RIV	Ace	UC Riverside
20	13-7	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Aubrey Goodere	set Taylor Kubacak
21	13-8	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Kylie Proctor	set Elena Kasavica
22	14-8	UC RIV	GCANYN×3	Kill	Taylor Kubacak
23	15-8	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Kill	Macey Hughes	set Bella Nunez
24	16-8	GCANYN	GCANYN×3	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher
25	16-9	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
26	17-9	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Bella Nunez
27	17-10	GCANYN	UC RIV	Attack err	Macey Hughes
28	18-10	UC RIV	GCANYN×4	Kill	Aubrey Bellus	set Bella Nunez
29	19-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Ace	Grand Canyon	aced McKenna Giles
30	20-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Blocked	Malia Tanksley	blk Aubrey Goodere, Macey Hughes
31	21-10	GCANYN	GCANYN×4	Serve err	Grand Canyon
32	21-11	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
33	22-11	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Macey Hughes	set Bella Nunez
34	22-12	GCANYN	UC RIV	Serve err	Grand Canyon
35	23-12	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Starr Williams	set Taylor Kubacak
36	23-13	GCANYN	UC RIV	Kill	Kylie Proctor	set Maya Barron
37	24-13	UC RIV	GCANYN	Kill	Katie Schulz	set Natalie Guerrero
38	25-13	GCANYN	GCANYN	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher

Score shown after each rally, Grand Canyon first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Grand Canyon def. UC Riverside 3–1