Santa Clara vs Seattle U Volleyball: Santa Clara Wins 3-0

FinalSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Santa Clara 97.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 2:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Santa Clara won at Seattle U 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-17) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. Santa Clara's Cate Shanahan led with 18 kills, and Lexi Trapani added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Oct 3

Set	1	2	3	Sets
STCLAR	25	25	25	3
SEATTL	23	19	17	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Cate Shanahan needed just 3 sets for 18 kills. Santa Clara swept Seattle U.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.0 points, and Seattle U's high was 4% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Santa Clara at 98%.

Santa ClaraSeattle U

Break %+15.2 pts
41.926.7
On serve: 31/74 against 16/60 (Seattle U sideout 58.1%).
Hitting+.175
.321.146
51 kills, 15 errors vs 26 kills, 13 errors.

Seattle U above 50Santa Clara belowMax swing 1.0%

Santa ClaraSeattle U

Aces: Santa Clara 7·Seattle U 1
Serve err: Santa Clara 16·Seattle U 4
Blocks: Santa Clara 5·Seattle U 21 BS · 8 BA vs 0 BS · 4 BA
Digs: Santa Clara 44·Seattle U 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Seattle U above 50 · Santa Clara below

Biggest swing: 1.0% to Santa Clara — set 1, STCLAR 25-23 SEATTL. Kill by Cate Shanahan (set by Macy Hinshaw). SEATTL win probability 2% → 1%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

STCLAR 95.7%4.3% SEATTL

Santa Clara wins

3-0

57.6%

3-1

29.0%

3-2

9.1%

Seattle U wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.2%

3-2

2.6%

STCLAR break %: 49.1% vs this opp
SEATTL break %: 36.0% 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
Cate ShanahanKill+1.0%
Kill by Cate Shanahan (set by Macy Hinshaw)
Set 1 · STCLAR 25-23 SEATTL · STCLAR 98% → 99%
02
Chloee LeslieKill+0.9%
Kill by Chloee Leslie (set by Grace Jones)
Set 1 · STCLAR 15-16 SEATTL · SEATTL 3% → 4%
03
Selin AslayanKill+0.8%
Kill by Selin Aslayan (set by Lexi Trapani)
Set 1 · STCLAR 24-22 SEATTL · STCLAR 98% → 98%
04
Selin AslayanAttack error+0.8%
Attack error by Selin Aslayan
Set 1 · STCLAR 23-22 SEATTL · SEATTL 2% → 2%
05
Cate ShanahanBlock+0.7%
Hailey McEllrath stuffed by Cate Shanahan
Set 1 · STCLAR 17-16 SEATTL · STCLAR 96% → 97%
06
Grace FlanaganAttack error+0.6%
Attack error by Grace Flanagan
Set 1 · STCLAR 14-14 SEATTL · SEATTL 2% → 3%
07
Cate ShanahanKill+0.6%
Kill by Cate Shanahan (set by Macy Hinshaw)
Set 1 · STCLAR 18-16 SEATTL · STCLAR 97% → 98%
08
Adee ButlerKill+0.6%
Kill by Adee Butler (set by Grace Jones)
Set 1 · STCLAR 5-7 SEATTL · SEATTL 3% → 4%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Santa Claraaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
14Cate ShanahanOH	3	18	5	39	.333	1	0	2	8	0	1	1	1.5	19.5
12Allison DzieciuchMB	3	9	1	17	.471	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1.5	10.5
6Grace FlanaganMB	3	8	3	20	.250	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
3Danielle BrownMB	3	8	3	13	.385	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	9
9Selin AslayanOH	3	6	3	19	.158	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
1Macy HinshawS	3	2	0	4	.500	39	1	1	9	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
11Lexi TrapaniL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	3	4	10	0	0	0	0	3
10Ashlynn ReillyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	2
22Tia KapiheOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
8Alyssa EimerL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	15	112	.321	48	7	16	44	1	1	8	5	75

Seattle Uhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
13Chloee LeslieOH	3	5	1	20	.200	0	0	2	4	4	0	0	5
7Hailey McEllrathMB	3	4	2	7	.286	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	4.5
10Grace JonesS	3	2	1	4	.250	19	0	1	10	0	2	1	3
2Elaina DuongL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
6Teagan MeltonOH	2	5	3	16	.125	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
18Taniyah PruittMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5Adee ButlerOH	3	6	4	25	.080	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
3Clara GarciaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	1
12Janae DemantL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	11	0	0	0	0
11Tamara UngaOH	2	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
4Lexi JonesMB	2	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
8Orinayo OlukanmiOH	1	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	13	89	.146	25	1	4	39	7	4	2	59

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.

Santa Clara vs Seattle U

Season series · Santa Clara leads 1-0

Sat, Oct 3, 2026Santa Clara at Seattle U · Santa Clara won 3-0This match
Thu, Nov 5, 2026Seattle U at Santa ClaraPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 STCLAR · SEATTL 4

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 3 STCLARSEATTL 4

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 4 STCLARSEATTL 3

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 4 STCLARSEATTL 2

Bars above the line = Seattle U leads, below = Santa Clara leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Santa Clara

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%9/13	33%4/12
2	100%9/9	18%2/11
3	58%7/12	53%8/15
4	58%7/12	42%5/12
5	100%6/6	40%4/10
6	75%6/8	57%8/14
All	73%44/60	42%31/74

Seattle U

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%9/12	42%5/12
2	73%8/11	0%0/9
3	54%7/13	11%1/9
4	50%7/14	36%4/11
5	50%6/12	42%5/12
6	50%6/12	14%1/7
All	58%43/74	27%16/60

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

134 rallies

#	STCLAR-SEATTL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.3
2	1-1	SEATTL	STCLAR	Attack err	Teagan Melton		+0.3
3	1-2	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.3
4	2-2	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
5	2-3	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Grace Jones	+0.3
6	3-3	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
7	4-3	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Adee Butler		+0.3
8	5-3	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	+0.3
9	5-4	STCLAR	SEATTL×4	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.2
10	5-5	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Blocked	Cate Shanahan	blk Grace Jones, Hailey McEllrath	+0.4
11	5-6	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+0.5
12	5-7	SEATTL	SEATTL×4	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+0.6
13	6-7	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
14	6-8	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Grace Jones	+0.5
15	7-8	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
16	8-8	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Macy Hinshaw	set Cate Shanahan	+0.5
17	9-8	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Blocked	Grace Jones	blk Danielle Brown, Allison Dzieciuch	+0.4
18	9-9	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	+0.4
19	10-9	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
20	10-10	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Grace Jones	+0.4
21	11-10	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
22	11-11	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.4
23	12-11	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
24	13-11	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
25	14-11	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
26	14-12	STCLAR	SEATTL×3	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.3
27	14-13	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Kill	Taniyah Pruitt	set Grace Jones	+0.5
28	14-14	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Attack err	Grace Flanagan		+0.6
29	15-14	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.5
30	15-15	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Grace Jones	set Clara Garcia	+0.5
31	15-16	SEATTL	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Grace Jones	+0.9
32	16-16	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.6
33	17-16	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Blocked	Hailey McEllrath	blk Cate Shanahan	+0.7
34	18-16	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.6
35	18-17	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.5
36	19-17	SEATTL	STCLAR	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.5
37	19-18	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Janae Demant	+0.5
38	20-18	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.5
39	21-18	STCLAR	STCLAR	Attack err	Chloee Leslie		+0.5
40	21-19	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
41	22-19	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
42	22-20	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.3
43	23-20	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.4
44	23-21	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Grace Jones	+0.3
45	23-22	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Selin Aslayan		+0.8
46	24-22	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Lexi Trapani	+0.8
47	24-23	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Janae Demant	+0.5
48	25-23	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+1.0
Set 2
1	0-1	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+0.2
2	1-1	SEATTL	STCLAR	Blocked	Teagan Melton	blk Cate Shanahan, Allison Dzieciuch	+0.2
3	1-2	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Grace Jones	+0.2
4	2-2	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
5	2-3	STCLAR	SEATTL	Attack err	Selin Aslayan		+0.2
6	2-4	SEATTL	SEATTL	Ace	Clara Garcia	aced Allison Dzieciuch	+0.3
7	3-4	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
8	3-5	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Chloee Leslie	set Grace Jones	+0.3
9	4-5	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
10	4-6	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Clara Garcia	+0.3
11	5-6	SEATTL	STCLAR×4	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
12	6-6	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Ace	Santa Clara		+0.3
13	7-6	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Ace	Santa Clara	aced Chloee Leslie	+0.2
14	8-6	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Attack err	Adee Butler		+0.2
15	8-7	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.2
16	9-7	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
17	9-8	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.2
18	9-9	SEATTL	SEATTL	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	+0.3
19	10-9	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
20	10-10	STCLAR	SEATTL	Attack err	Danielle Brown		+0.2
21	11-10	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
22	12-10	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.3
23	13-10	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Teagan Melton		+0.2
24	13-11	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.2
25	14-11	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.2
26	14-12	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Grace Jones	set Clara Garcia	+0.2
27	15-12	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.2
28	16-12	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Grace Jones	+0.2
29	17-12	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
30	17-13	STCLAR	SEATTL	Attack err	Grace Flanagan		+0.1
31	18-13	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
32	19-13	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
33	19-14	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
34	19-15	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Grace Flanagan		+0.1
35	20-15	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Adee Butler		+0.1
36	21-15	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
37	22-15	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Ace	Santa Clara	aced Chloee Leslie	·
38	22-16	STCLAR	SEATTL×3	Kill	Teagan Melton	set Grace Jones	·
39	22-17	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Attack err	Allison Dzieciuch		·
40	22-18	SEATTL	SEATTL×3	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		+0.1
41	23-18	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
42	24-18	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Hailey McEllrath	blk Allison Dzieciuch, Danielle Brown	·
43	24-19	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
44	25-19	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Ashlynn Reilly	·
Set 3
1	0-1	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		+0.1
2	1-1	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Macy Hinshaw	set Lexi Trapani	+0.1
3	2-1	STCLAR	STCLAR	Ace	Santa Clara	aced Chloee Leslie	+0.1
4	2-2	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Lexi Jones	set Grace Jones	+0.1
5	3-2	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
6	4-2	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Lexi Jones		+0.1
7	5-2	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
8	5-3	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
9	5-4	SEATTL	SEATTL	Blocked	Selin Aslayan	blk Lexi Jones, Grace Jones	+0.1
10	6-4	SEATTL	STCLAR×4	Serve err	Seattle U		+0.1
11	7-4	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Ace	Santa Clara		+0.1
12	8-4	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Ace	Santa Clara	aced Chloee Leslie	·
13	9-4	STCLAR	STCLAR×4	Ace	Santa Clara	aced Tamara Unga	·
14	9-5	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
15	10-5	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	·
16	10-6	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	·
17	11-6	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Selin Aslayan	set Macy Hinshaw	·
18	12-6	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	·
19	12-7	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Adee Butler	set Grace Jones	·
20	12-8	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Cate Shanahan		·
21	13-8	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	·
22	13-9	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Tamara Unga	set Janae Demant	·
23	14-9	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	·
24	14-10	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
25	15-10	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	·
26	15-11	STCLAR	SEATTL	Attack err	Danielle Brown		·
27	16-11	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Allison Dzieciuch	set Macy Hinshaw	·
28	16-12	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
29	16-13	SEATTL	SEATTL	Attack err	Danielle Brown		+0.1
30	17-13	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
31	17-14	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Hailey McEllrath	set Grace Jones	·
32	18-14	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	+0.1
33	19-14	STCLAR	STCLAR	Blocked	Adee Butler	blk Grace Flanagan, Macy Hinshaw	·
34	19-15	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
35	20-15	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Grace Flanagan	set Macy Hinshaw	·
36	21-15	STCLAR	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Alyssa Eimer	·
37	21-16	STCLAR	SEATTL	Serve err	Santa Clara		·
38	22-16	SEATTL	STCLAR	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Macy Hinshaw	·
39	22-17	STCLAR	SEATTL	Kill	Tamara Unga	set Grace Jones	·
40	23-17	SEATTL	STCLAR×3	Kill	Cate Shanahan	set Lexi Trapani	·
41	24-17	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Attack err	Tamara Unga		·
42	25-17	STCLAR	STCLAR×3	Kill	Danielle Brown	set Macy Hinshaw	·

Score shown after each rally, Santa Clara 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).

Santa Clara def. Seattle U 3–0

Cate Shanahan needed just 3 sets for 18 kills. Santa Clara swept Seattle U.