Virginia Tech vs California Volleyball: California Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsSat, Oct 3, 2026ACCNX

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: California 97.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

California beat visiting Virginia Tech 3-1 (25-18, 25-18, 18-25, 25-9) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. California's Abby Zimmerman led with 15 kills, and Sophia Johnson added 22 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
VT	18	18	25	9	1
CAL	25	25	18	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

A 7–0 run in the fourth set broke it open for California.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.0 points, and Virginia Tech's high was 6% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. California went in as RallyIQ's 97% pick.

Virginia TechCalifornia

Break %+14.2 pts
42.356.5
52 of 92 on serve vs 30 of 71, so Virginia Tech's sideout was 43.5%.
Hitting+.220
.065.285
58 kills, 17 errors vs 36 kills, 26 errors.
Longest run+-1
87
Up 7–4 in the fourth set, California scored 7 straight to make it 14–4. That set ended 25–9.

California above 50Virginia Tech belowMax swing 1.0%

Virginia TechCalifornia

Aces: Virginia Tech 4·California 3
Serve err: Virginia Tech 5·California 10
Blocks: Virginia Tech 5·California 60 BS · 10 BA vs 1 BS · 10 BA
Digs: Virginia Tech 60·California 78

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

California above 50 · Virginia Tech below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

VT 4.6%95.4% CAL

Virginia Tech wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.3%

3-2

2.8%

California wins

3-0

56.5%

3-1

29.4%

3-2

9.5%

VT break %: 34.5% vs this opp
CAL break %: 47.2% 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

Virginia Techaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
24Reese HazeltonOH	4	10	4	34	.176	0	1	2	9	0	0	0	11
6Destiny WalkerOH	4	8	5	36	.083	1	1	1	12	2	1	0.5	9.5
8Adeline HundlOH	4	9	5	31	.129	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	9.5
26Layla MooreMB	4	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	2.5
4Isabella MishlerMB	4	1	2	12	-.083	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2
7Camilla BrandaliseS	4	1	0	3	.333	28	0	0	9	0	2	1	2
16Frances TorresOH	4	4	5	24	-.042	0	2	0	6	1	0	0	6
23Ivy CooperL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	3	0	2	20	0	0	0	0
11Paloma ZubiriOH	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Isabela LopezOH	2	2	5	10	-.300	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
Team totals		36	26	155	.065	32	4	5	60	3	10	5	70

Californiahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Abby ZimmermanOH	4	15	1	33	.424	1	1	2	7	2	0	2	1	17
18Ashley LiOH	4	11	6	33	.152	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	11
15Sawyer ThomsenMB	4	9	1	14	.571	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	2	11
5Cari BohmMB	4	8	4	21	.190	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
24Anna FloresS	4	1	1	4	.000	47	0	3	10	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
4Francesca PopescuDS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
11Grace AgolliOPP	4	12	4	33	.242	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	13
14Elise LauL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
7Siena MacCuddenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
2Sophia JohnsonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0
17Arissa CarbonaraOH	2	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3Ashleigh WoodruffMB	2	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22Maria StirbuS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		58	17	144	.285	55	3	10	78	4	1	10	6	93

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 8 VT · CAL 7

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 5 VTCAL 4

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 2 VTCAL 4

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 8 VTCAL 6

Set 4

9-25

Longest run 2 VTCAL 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Virginia Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	45%9/20	36%4/11
2	47%7/15	36%5/14
3	39%7/18	22%2/9
4	40%6/15	33%3/9
5	40%6/15	54%7/13
6	56%5/9	60%9/15
All	43%40/92	42%30/71

California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	53%8/15
2	82%9/11	44%7/16
3	60%6/10	50%7/14
4	46%6/13	68%13/19
5	43%6/14	63%10/16
6	83%5/6	58%7/12
All	58%41/71	57%52/92

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

163 rallies

#	VT-CAL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Sophia Johnson
2	0-2	CAL	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
3	1-2	CAL	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
4	2-2	VT	VT	Attack err	Grace Agolli
5	2-3	VT	CAL	Serve err	Virginia Tech
6	3-3	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
7	3-4	VT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
8	3-5	CAL	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
9	4-5	CAL	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Anna Flores
10	4-6	VT	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
11	5-6	CAL	VT×5	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
12	6-6	VT	VT×5	Attack err	Cari Bohm
13	7-6	VT	VT×5	Attack err	Ashley Li
14	8-6	VT	VT×5	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Isabella Mishler, Isabela Lopez
15	9-6	VT	VT×5	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Abby Zimmerman
16	9-7	VT	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Sophia Johnson
17	9-8	CAL	CAL	Ace	California	aced Destiny Walker
18	10-8	CAL	VT	Kill	Isabella Mishler	set Camilla Brandalise
19	11-8	VT	VT	Kill	Layla Moore	set Camilla Brandalise
20	11-9	VT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
21	11-10	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Francesca Popescu
22	12-10	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
23	12-11	VT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
24	13-11	CAL	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
25	13-12	VT	CAL×3	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
26	13-13	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
27	13-14	CAL	CAL×3	Bad set	Camilla Brandalise
28	14-14	CAL	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
29	14-15	VT	CAL	Serve err	Virginia Tech
30	14-16	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Cari Bohm, Anna Flores
31	15-16	CAL	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
32	16-16	VT	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camilla Brandalise
33	16-17	VT	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
34	16-18	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Frances Torres
35	17-18	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
36	17-19	VT	CAL×4	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
37	17-20	CAL	CAL×4	Attack err	Frances Torres
38	17-21	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
39	17-22	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
40	18-22	CAL	VT	Kill	Isabela Lopez	set Camilla Brandalise
41	18-23	VT	CAL×3	Attack err	Isabela Lopez
42	18-24	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Isabela Lopez
43	18-25	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Destiny Walker
Set 2
1	1-0	VT	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
2	1-1	VT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
3	2-1	CAL	VT	Attack err	Grace Agolli
4	2-2	VT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
5	2-3	CAL	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
6	3-3	CAL	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
7	4-3	VT	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camilla Brandalise
8	4-4	VT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
9	4-5	CAL	CAL	Ace	California	aced Destiny Walker
10	5-5	CAL	VT	Attack err	Grace Agolli
11	5-6	VT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Grace Agolli
12	5-7	CAL	CAL	Ace	California	aced Frances Torres
13	6-7	CAL	VT	Kill	Isabela Lopez	set Camilla Brandalise
14	6-8	VT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
15	7-8	CAL	VT	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Camilla Brandalise, Layla Moore
16	7-9	VT	CAL	Blocked	Destiny Walker	blk Sawyer Thomsen
17	8-9	CAL	VT	Bad set	Anna Flores
18	9-9	VT	VT	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Destiny Walker, Layla Moore
19	9-10	VT	CAL	Serve err	Virginia Tech
20	10-10	CAL	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Ivy Cooper
21	10-11	VT	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
22	11-11	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
23	11-12	VT	CAL×3	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
24	11-13	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
25	11-14	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
26	12-14	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
27	12-15	VT	CAL×3	Blocked	Isabella Mishler	blk Cari Bohm, Anna Flores
28	12-16	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
29	12-17	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Isabela Lopez
30	13-17	CAL	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise
31	13-18	VT	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
32	13-19	CAL	CAL×4	Attack err	Isabela Lopez
33	13-20	CAL	CAL×4	Blocked	Isabela Lopez	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Anna Flores
34	13-21	CAL	CAL×4	Attack err	Frances Torres
35	14-21	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
36	15-21	VT	VT	Attack err	Anna Flores
37	15-22	VT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
38	16-22	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
39	17-22	VT	VT	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Abby Zimmerman
40	17-23	VT	CAL	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
41	18-23	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
42	18-24	VT	CAL	Kill	Ashleigh Woodruff	set Anna Flores
43	18-25	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Isabella Mishler	blk Cari Bohm, Abby Zimmerman
Set 3
1	1-0	CAL	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
2	2-0	VT	VT	Attack err	Ashley Li
3	2-1	VT	CAL	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
4	3-1	CAL	VT	Attack err	Sawyer Thomsen
5	4-1	VT	VT	Blocked	Grace Agolli	blk Adeline Hundl, Layla Moore
6	4-2	VT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
7	5-2	CAL	VT×3	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise
8	6-2	VT	VT×3	Attack err	Cari Bohm
9	7-2	VT	VT×3	Kill	Adeline Hundl
10	7-3	VT	CAL×4	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
11	7-4	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
12	7-5	CAL	CAL×4	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
13	7-6	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
14	8-6	CAL	VT×4	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise
15	9-6	VT	VT×4	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Grace Agolli
16	10-6	VT	VT×4	Ace	Virginia Tech	aced Sophia Johnson
17	11-6	VT	VT×4	Bad set	Anna Flores
18	11-7	VT	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
19	11-8	CAL	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
20	12-8	CAL	VT×8	Kill	Camilla Brandalise	set Anna Flores
21	13-8	VT	VT×8	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camilla Brandalise
22	14-8	VT	VT×8	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise
23	15-8	VT	VT×8	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman
24	16-8	VT	VT×8	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
25	17-8	VT	VT×8	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Isabella Mishler, Camilla Brandalise
26	18-8	VT	VT×8	Attack err	Cari Bohm
27	19-8	VT	VT×8	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Destiny Walker
28	19-9	VT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
29	20-9	CAL	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
30	20-10	VT	CAL×6	Attack err	Frances Torres
31	20-11	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
32	20-12	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
33	20-13	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Arissa Carbonara
34	20-14	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
35	20-15	CAL	CAL×6	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
36	21-15	CAL	VT×3	Serve err	California
37	22-15	VT	VT×3	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
38	23-15	VT	VT×3	Serve err	Virginia Tech
39	23-16	VT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
40	23-17	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Reese Hazelton	blk Abby Zimmerman, Sawyer Thomsen
41	24-17	CAL	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
42	24-18	VT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
43	25-18	CAL	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise
Set 4
1	1-0	VT	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
2	1-1	VT	CAL×4	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
3	1-2	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Sophia Johnson
4	1-3	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
5	1-4	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
6	2-4	CAL	VT	Attack err	Ashley Li
7	3-4	VT	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Ivy Cooper
8	3-5	VT	CAL×3	Serve err	Virginia Tech
9	3-6	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
10	3-7	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Destiny Walker
11	4-7	CAL	VT	Kill	Destiny Walker	set Camilla Brandalise
12	4-8	VT	CAL×7	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
13	4-9	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
14	4-10	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
15	4-11	CAL	CAL×7	Attack err	Destiny Walker
16	4-12	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Siena MacCudden
17	4-13	CAL	CAL×7	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
18	4-14	CAL	CAL×7	Attack err	Frances Torres
19	5-14	CAL	VT	Serve err	California
20	5-15	VT	CAL×3	Serve err	Virginia Tech
21	5-16	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Reese Hazelton
22	5-17	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
23	6-17	CAL	VT	Kill	Frances Torres	set Camilla Brandalise
24	6-18	VT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
25	6-19	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
26	7-19	CAL	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
27	7-20	VT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Abby Zimmerman
28	7-21	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Maria Stirbu
29	8-21	CAL	VT	Kill	Adeline Hundl	set Camilla Brandalise
30	8-22	VT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Sophia Johnson
31	8-23	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Adeline Hundl
32	9-23	CAL	VT	Kill	Reese Hazelton	set Camilla Brandalise
33	9-24	VT	CAL	Attack err	Reese Hazelton
34	9-25	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Reese Hazelton

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

California def. Virginia Tech 3–1

A 7–0 run in the fourth set broke it open for California.