Ohio State def. Southern California 3-2 Volleyball (Oct 16)

Final · 5 setsFri, Oct 16, 2026FS1

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Southern California 87.8% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 8:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Ohio St. won at Southern California 3-2 (25-17, 22-25, 25-21, 24-26, 15-11) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. Ohio St.'s Naomy Govou led with 25 kills, and Bailey Nakanelua added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
OHIOST	25	22	25	24	15	3
USC	17	25	21	26	11	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Bailey Nakanelua had 54 assists, and Ohio St. outlasted Southern California.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Ohio St.'s RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Southern California went in at 88% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · Ohio St. 8–11 Southern California
Ohio St.'s low point. Ohio St. then won 17 of the next 23 rallies and the set 25–17.
Ohio St. 9% → 29%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · Ohio St. 24–22 Southern California
4 of the last 4 rallies went to Southern California, enough to take the set 26–24 and level the match at 2–2. The match swung to Southern California.
Ohio St. 89% → 32%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Ohio St. 12–11 Southern California
3 straight Ohio St. points stretched a 12–11 lead to 15–11.
Ohio St. 61% → >99%

Southern California above 50Ohio St. belowMax swing 21.5%

Ohio St.Southern California

Sideout %: Ohio St. 58.4·Southern California 52.7
Break %: Ohio St. 47.3·Southern California 41.6
Hitting: Ohio St. .242·Southern California .178
Longest run: Ohio St. 6·Southern California 8

Aneta Valentova
12 kills on .579, 16 points; 4 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Southern California above 50 · Ohio St. below

Biggest swing: 21.5% to Southern California — set 4, OHIOST 24-24 USC. Attack error by Naomy Govou. USC win probability 17% → 39%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

OHIOST 20.1%79.9% USC

Ohio St. wins

3-0

3.3%

3-1

6.7%

3-2

10.1%

Southern California wins

3-0

31.4%

3-1

30.2%

3-2

18.3%

OHIOST break %: 36.4% vs this opp
USC break %: 42.7% 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
Naomy GovouAttack error+21.5%
Attack error by Naomy Govou
Set 4 · OHIOST 24-24 USC · USC 17% → 39%
02
London Wijay&Mia TvrdyBlock+17.2%
Bailey Nakanelua stuffed by London Wijay & Mia Tvrdy
Set 4 · OHIOST 24-25 USC · USC 39% → 56%
03
Naomy GovouKill+17.0%
Kill by Naomy Govou (set by Bailey Nakanelua)
Set 5 · OHIOST 14-11 USC · OHIOST 76% → 93%
04
Naomy GovouKill+14.6%
Kill by Naomy Govou (set by Bailey Nakanelua)
Set 5 · OHIOST 13-11 USC · OHIOST 61% → 76%
05
London Wijay&Leah FordBlock+14.2%
Hannah Jones stuffed by London Wijay & Leah Ford
Set 5 · OHIOST 12-11 USC · USC 24% → 39%
06
Southern CaliforniaAce+12.4%
Southern California ace on Emily Avshalomov
Set 4 · OHIOST 24-26 USC · USC 56% → 68%
07
Naomy GovouKill+12.2%
Kill by Naomy Govou (set by Bailey Nakanelua)
Set 4 · OHIOST 24-22 USC · OHIOST 77% → 89%
08
Naomy Govou&Aneta ValentovaBlock+11.5%
Quinn Loper stuffed by Naomy Govou & Aneta Valentova
Set 4 · OHIOST 23-20 USC · OHIOST 79% → 91%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Ohio St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Naomy GovouOH	5	25	14	66	.167	4	2	3	10	1	0	2	1	28
21Aneta ValentovaMB	5	12	1	19	.579	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	4	16
20Hannah JonesOH	5	12	6	40	.150	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	13.5
12Kalli Jioshvili RavvaOH	5	11	4	26	.269	0	1	1	14	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
8Alia SchoonoverMB	5	9	1	20	.400	1	1	3	3	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
4Bailey NakaneluaS	5	4	2	10	.200	54	1	1	16	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
1Bella HumphreyL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Emily AvshalomovL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0
16Mia StahlerDS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	0
11Navea GauthierOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		73	29	182	.242	65	5	12	74	3	4	10	9	111

Southern Californiahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2London WijayOH	5	20	4	61	.262	0	0	2	8	0	0	4	2	22
5Abigail MullenOPP	5	15	3	41	.293	1	0	2	8	0	0	3	1.5	16.5
7Leah FordMB	5	5	3	17	.118	1	0	2	1	0	1	7	4.5	9.5
8Mia TvrdyMB	5	6	3	15	.200	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
24Milly McGeeS	5	0	1	1	-1.000	37	1	0	11	0	0	5	2.5	3.5
1Adonia FaumuinaOH	4	6	4	24	.083	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
6Taylor DeckertL/DS	5	1	1	2	.000	3	1	0	20	3	0	0	0	2
40Addison TownsendL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Paisley DouglasL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
16Lilli EtterS	4	0	0	0	–	9	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
10Quinn LoperOH	3	1	4	7	-.429	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
18Riley MalloyOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Layli OstovarOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		54	24	169	.178	53	3	8	62	5	1	26	14	100

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 OHIOST · USC 8

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 4 OHIOSTUSC 5

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 OHIOSTUSC 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 6 OHIOSTUSC 8

Set 4

24-26

Longest run 4 OHIOSTUSC 4

Set 5

15-11

Longest run 3 OHIOSTUSC 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Ohio St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	43%13/30	38%6/16
2	65%11/17	45%10/22
3	69%9/13	50%10/20
4	50%9/18	47%8/17
5	90%9/10	44%7/16
6	62%8/13	58%11/19
All	58%59/101	47%52/110

Southern California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	52%12/23	62%18/29
2	48%11/23	25%4/16
3	53%10/19	33%5/15
4	56%9/16	47%8/17
5	57%8/14	36%5/14
6	53%8/15	20%2/10
All	53%58/110	42%42/101

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 (5 of 5 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

211 rallies

#	OHIOST-USC	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Emily Avshalomov	+1.0
2	1-1	OHIOST	USC	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Adonia Faumuina, Leah Ford	+0.9
3	2-1	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Emily Avshalomov	+1.0
4	3-1	OHIOST	OHIOST	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Taylor Deckert	+1.6
5	3-2	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.0
6	4-2	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.1
7	4-3	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Taylor Deckert	+1.0
8	4-4	USC	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.5
9	5-4	USC	OHIOST	Serve err	Abigail Mullen		+1.1
10	6-4	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.8
11	6-5	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+1.0
12	7-5	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Naomy Govou	+1.3
13	7-6	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+1.1
14	8-6	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.3
15	8-7	OHIOST	USC×5	Serve err	Ohio St.		+1.1
16	8-8	USC	USC×5	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Taylor Deckert	+1.7
17	8-9	USC	USC×5	Bad set	Bailey Nakanelua		+1.6
18	8-10	USC	USC×5	Attack err	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva		+1.4
19	8-11	USC	USC×5	Attack err	Hannah Jones		+1.2
20	9-11	USC	OHIOST×4	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.7
21	10-11	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Attack err	Leah Ford		+1.4
22	11-11	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		+1.8
23	12-11	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Emily Avshalomov	+2.1
24	12-12	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+1.3
25	13-12	USC	OHIOST×4	Serve err	Paisley Douglas		+1.5
26	14-12	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.4
27	15-12	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Aneta Valentova		+2.5
28	16-12	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.5
29	16-13	OHIOST	USC	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+1.2
30	17-13	USC	OHIOST	Serve err	Leah Ford		+1.7
31	18-13	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.2
32	18-14	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Mia Tvrdy	+0.9
33	19-14	USC	OHIOST×3	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.5
34	20-14	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Bailey Nakanelua	set Naomy Govou	+1.6
35	21-14	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Bailey Nakanelua	set Riley Malloy	+0.9
36	21-15	OHIOST	USC	Attack err	Aneta Valentova		+0.3
37	22-15	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+0.5
38	23-15	OHIOST	OHIOST	Bad set	Lilli Etter		+0.3
39	23-16	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		·
40	24-16	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Bailey Nakanelua	set Naomy Govou	+0.1
41	24-17	OHIOST	USC	Bad set	Bailey Nakanelua		·
42	25-17	USC	OHIOST	Attack err	Riley Malloy		·
Set 2
1	1-0	OHIOST	OHIOST	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		+2.7
2	1-1	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.6
3	2-1	USC	OHIOST×3	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.9
4	3-1	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.1
5	4-1	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Attack err	Taylor Deckert		+3.3
6	4-2	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.9
7	4-3	USC	USC	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Abigail Mullen, Mia Tvrdy	+3.0
8	5-3	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.2
9	5-4	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+1.9
10	6-4	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.3
11	6-5	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+2.0
12	6-6	USC	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina		+3.0
13	7-6	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.2
14	7-7	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+2.0
15	8-7	USC	OHIOST×3	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.3
16	9-7	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Blocked	Adonia Faumuina	blk Alia Schoonover, Hannah Jones	+3.7
17	10-7	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.0
18	10-8	OHIOST	USC×3	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Leah Ford	+2.2
19	10-9	USC	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+3.6
20	10-10	USC	USC×3	Ace	Southern California	aced Emily Avshalomov	+3.5
21	11-10	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.6
22	11-11	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+2.3
23	12-11	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.7
24	13-11	OHIOST	OHIOST	Attack err	Milly McGee		+4.4
25	13-12	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+2.5
26	13-13	USC	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+4.0
27	14-13	USC	OHIOST	Serve err	Leah Ford		+3.0
28	15-13	OHIOST	OHIOST	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Paisley Douglas	+4.8
29	15-14	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+2.7
30	16-14	USC	OHIOST	Serve err	Abigail Mullen		+3.5
31	16-15	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+2.9
32	17-15	USC	OHIOST	Serve err	London Wijay		+3.7
33	17-16	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+3.0
34	18-16	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.9
35	19-16	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+5.8
36	19-17	OHIOST	USC×3	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+2.8
37	19-18	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Hannah Jones		+5.3
38	19-19	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Alia Schoonover		+5.8
39	20-19	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Lilli Etter	+4.5
40	20-20	OHIOST	USC×3	Attack err	Hannah Jones		+4.0
41	20-21	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Hannah Jones	blk London Wijay, Leah Ford	+6.4
42	20-22	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+5.4
43	21-22	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Emily Avshalomov	+2.8
44	21-23	OHIOST	USC	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+3.8
45	22-23	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.8
46	22-24	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+4.4
47	22-25	USC	USC	Blocked	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	blk Milly McGee, Mia Tvrdy	+3.0
Set 3
1	1-0	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Alia Schoonover	+1.7
2	2-0	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Taylor Deckert	+2.8
3	2-1	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+1.6
4	3-1	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.9
5	3-2	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.7
6	4-2	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.0
7	4-3	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+1.7
8	5-3	USC	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.1
9	6-3	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Taylor Deckert	+3.2
10	7-3	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.4
11	7-4	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.8
12	8-4	USC	OHIOST	Blocked	Mia Tvrdy	blk Aneta Valentova	+2.4
13	8-5	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.9
14	8-6	USC	USC	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Leah Ford	+3.1
15	9-6	USC	OHIOST	Serve err	Mia Tvrdy		+2.4
16	10-6	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover		+3.6
17	10-7	OHIOST	USC×8	Blocked	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	blk Leah Ford, Milly McGee	+1.9
18	10-8	USC	USC×8	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+3.2
19	10-9	USC	USC×8	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+3.3
20	10-10	USC	USC×8	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+3.2
21	10-11	USC	USC×8	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+3.0
22	10-12	USC	USC×8	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+2.7
23	10-13	USC	USC×8	Blocked	Hannah Jones	blk Abigail Mullen, Leah Ford	+2.2
24	10-14	USC	USC×8	Attack err	Navea Gauthier		+1.7
25	11-14	USC	OHIOST×3	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+1.0
26	12-14	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.1
27	13-14	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.8
28	13-15	OHIOST	USC	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+1.9
29	14-15	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+2.0
30	14-16	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+2.0
31	15-16	USC	OHIOST×6	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Hannah Jones	+2.1
32	16-16	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Blocked	Mia Tvrdy	blk Aneta Valentova	+3.9
33	17-16	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.8
34	18-16	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Attack err	London Wijay		+5.3
35	19-16	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Attack err	London Wijay		+5.3
36	20-16	OHIOST	OHIOST×6	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Emily Avshalomov	+4.7
37	20-17	OHIOST	USC×4	Kill	London Wijay	set Taylor Deckert	+1.9
38	20-18	USC	USC×4	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+4.1
39	20-19	USC	USC×4	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+5.1
40	20-20	USC	USC×4	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk London Wijay, Mia Tvrdy, Milly McGee	+5.9
41	21-20	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.6
42	21-21	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+4.1
43	22-21	USC	OHIOST×4	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+5.3
44	23-21	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Attack err	Mia Tvrdy		+8.6
45	24-21	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		+6.8
46	25-21	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bella Humphrey	+2.8
Set 4
1	1-0	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.3
2	2-0	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Attack err	Leah Ford		+4.8
3	3-0	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Attack err	Quinn Loper		+5.2
4	3-1	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+3.0
5	4-1	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.6
6	4-2	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+3.0
7	5-2	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.7
8	6-2	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Bailey Nakanelua	set Naomy Govou	+5.7
9	6-3	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+3.1
10	6-4	USC	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+5.0
11	7-4	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.0
12	8-4	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+6.0
13	8-5	OHIOST	USC×3	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+3.2
14	8-6	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+5.3
15	8-7	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	blk Mia Tvrdy, Milly McGee	+5.3
16	9-7	USC	OHIOST	Serve err	London Wijay		+4.1
17	10-7	OHIOST	OHIOST	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Taylor Deckert	+6.4
18	10-8	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Quinn Loper	set Abigail Mullen	+3.5
19	10-9	USC	USC	Attack err	Bailey Nakanelua		+5.7
20	11-9	USC	OHIOST×4	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.4
21	12-9	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+6.9
22	13-9	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+6.8
23	14-9	OHIOST	OHIOST×4	Ace	Ohio St.	aced Quinn Loper	+6.4
24	14-10	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+3.0
25	15-10	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.4
26	15-11	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+3.0
27	16-11	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Hannah Jones	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.5
28	17-11	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+5.4
29	17-12	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+2.2
30	18-12	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+3.6
31	18-13	OHIOST	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+2.0
32	18-14	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+4.3
33	18-15	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+5.6
34	19-15	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+5.5
35	19-16	OHIOST	USC×3	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+3.5
36	19-17	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+7.1
37	19-18	USC	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+8.4
38	20-18	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+7.3
39	20-19	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+5.6
40	21-19	USC	OHIOST	Blocked	Quinn Loper	blk Alia Schoonover, Bailey Nakanelua	+8.0
41	21-20	OHIOST	USC	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Quinn Loper, Leah Ford, Milly McGee	+6.0
42	22-20	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+8.9
43	23-20	OHIOST	OHIOST	Blocked	Quinn Loper	blk Naomy Govou, Aneta Valentova	+11.5
44	23-21	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+3.8
45	23-22	USC	USC	Ace	Southern California	aced Naomy Govou	+10.2
46	24-22	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+12.2
47	24-23	OHIOST	USC×4	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+6.0
48	24-24	USC	USC×4	Attack err	Naomy Govou		+21.5
49	24-25	USC	USC×4	Blocked	Bailey Nakanelua	blk London Wijay, Mia Tvrdy	+17.2
50	24-26	USC	USC×4	Ace	Southern California	aced Emily Avshalomov	+12.4
Set 5
1	1-0	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover	set Bailey Nakanelua	+5.9
2	1-1	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+5.3
3	2-1	USC	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+6.2
4	3-1	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Aneta Valentova		+10.1
5	4-1	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Blocked	Abigail Mullen	blk Aneta Valentova, Naomy Govou	+10.6
6	4-2	OHIOST	USC	Serve err	Ohio St.		+5.7
7	5-2	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+7.6
8	6-2	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Aneta Valentova	set Bailey Nakanelua	+10.7
9	6-3	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+5.2
10	7-3	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	set Bailey Nakanelua	+7.5
11	8-3	OHIOST	OHIOST	Kill	Alia Schoonover		+9.4
12	8-4	OHIOST	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+3.9
13	9-4	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+6.4
14	10-4	OHIOST	OHIOST	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Alia Schoonover, Kalli Jioshvili Ravva	+6.8
15	10-5	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+2.3
16	11-5	USC	OHIOST	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+4.2
17	11-6	OHIOST	USC×4	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.8
18	11-7	USC	USC×4	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Quinn Loper	+4.6
19	11-8	USC	USC×4	Kill	Taylor Deckert	set Lilli Etter	+7.1
20	11-9	USC	USC×4	Blocked	Naomy Govou	blk Abigail Mullen, Leah Ford	+10.2
21	12-9	USC	OHIOST	Attack err	Quinn Loper		+10.7
22	12-10	OHIOST	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+6.2
23	12-11	USC	USC	Blocked	Hannah Jones	blk London Wijay, Leah Ford	+14.2
24	13-11	USC	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+14.6
25	14-11	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Kill	Naomy Govou	set Bailey Nakanelua	+17.0
26	15-11	OHIOST	OHIOST×3	Blocked	Leah Ford	blk Aneta Valentova	+7.0

Score shown after each rally, Ohio St. 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).

Ohio St. def. Southern California 3–2

Bailey Nakanelua had 54 assists, and Ohio St. outlasted Southern California.