North Carolina def. California 3-1 Volleyball (Oct 23)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 23, 2026ACCNX

1:3

RallyIQ pre-match: North Carolina 80.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

North Carolina beat visiting California 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-17, 25-20) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. North Carolina's Laynie Smith led with 14 kills, and Julia Bohlinger added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:20 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
CAL	21	27	17	20	1
UNC	25	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

North Carolina led every phase, and nothing ever turned.

The biggest single-rally swing was 7.4 points, and California's high was 26% in Set 2. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave North Carolina 80% before first serve.

CaliforniaNorth Carolina

Break %+9.8 pts
32.642.4
42 of 99 on serve vs 28 of 86, so California's sideout was 57.6%.
Hitting+.123
.156.279
61 K / 18 E against 52 K / 26 E.
Longest run+1
45
Down 8–9 in the fourth set, North Carolina scored 5 straight to lead 13–9. The set finished 25–20.

North Carolina above 50California belowMax swing 7.4%

CaliforniaNorth Carolina

Aces: California 3·North Carolina 1
Serve err: California 10·North Carolina 6
Blocks: California 9·North Carolina 124 BS · 10 BA vs 2 BS · 20 BA
Digs: California 64·North Carolina 69

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

North Carolina above 50 · California below

Biggest swing: 7.4% to California — set 2, CAL 27-25 UNC. Attack error by Safi Hampton. UNC win probability 82% → 74%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CAL 15.4%84.6% UNC

California wins

3-0

2.3%

3-1

4.9%

3-2

8.1%

North Carolina wins

3-0

36.6%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.7%

CAL break %: 35.7% vs this opp
UNC break %: 43.4% 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
Safi HamptonAttack error+7.4%
Attack error by Safi Hampton
Set 2 · CAL 27-25 UNC · CAL 18% → 26%
02
Anna FloresAttack error+4.9%
Attack error by Anna Flores
Set 2 · CAL 23-23 UNC · UNC 81% → 86%
03
Cari BohmKill+4.1%
Kill by Cari Bohm (set by Anna Flores)
Set 2 · CAL 24-23 UNC · CAL 14% → 18%
04
Ashley LiAttack error+4.1%
Attack error by Ashley Li
Set 2 · CAL 24-24 UNC · UNC 82% → 86%
05
Abby ZimmermanKill+4.1%
Kill by Abby Zimmerman (set by Anna Flores)
Set 2 · CAL 25-24 UNC · CAL 14% → 18%
06
Safi HamptonKill+4.1%
Kill by Safi Hampton (set by Zoe Behrendt)
Set 2 · CAL 25-25 UNC · UNC 82% → 86%
07
Abby ZimmermanKill+4.1%
Kill by Abby Zimmerman (set by Anna Flores)
Set 2 · CAL 26-25 UNC · CAL 14% → 18%
08
Cari BohmKill+3.4%
Kill by Cari Bohm
Set 2 · CAL 23-20 UNC · CAL 20% → 23%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Abby ZimmermanOH	4	13	8	47	.106	0	0	4	11	0	1	1	1.5	14.5
15Sawyer ThomsenMB	4	12	3	26	.346	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	14
5Cari BohmMB	4	9	5	23	.174	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	3.5	12.5
18Ashley LiOH	4	7	5	27	.074	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
24Anna FloresS	4	3	2	14	.071	42	0	1	14	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
4Francesca PopescuDS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
11Grace AgolliOPP	4	5	2	25	.120	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	7
2Sophia JohnsonL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1
14Elise LauL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Siena MacCuddenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
21Portia ShermanOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3Ashleigh WoodruffMB	1	1	1	3	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Dominique PhillsOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		52	26	167	.156	46	3	10	64	1	4	10	9	85

North Carolinahome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Jackie TaylorMB	4	13	3	26	.385	1	0	0	4	0	1	7	4.5	17.5
23Laynie SmithOPP	4	14	2	25	.480	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	15.5
24Addison WestOH	4	12	4	35	.229	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	1	13
22Safi HamptonOH	4	8	6	33	.061	2	0	0	7	0	0	2	1	9
3Lauren SchutterMB	4	3	2	11	.091	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	5.5
8Sienna CozzaS	4	0	0	0	–	25	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	0
77Chelsea ThorpeOPP	4	11	1	24	.417	0	0	0	8	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
1Zoe BehrendtS	4	0	0	0	–	19	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	1
18Carly MarkhamL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
6Julia BohlingerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	10	0	1	18	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		61	18	154	.279	59	1	6	69	3	2	20	12	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 4 CAL · UNC 5

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 CALUNC 4

Set 2

27-25

Longest run 3 CALUNC 3

Set 3

17-25

Longest run 4 CALUNC 4

Set 4

20-25

Longest run 3 CALUNC 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	55%11/20	36%5/14
2	63%10/16	31%5/16
3	48%10/21	23%3/13
4	59%10/17	38%6/16
5	67%8/12	29%4/14
6	62%8/13	38%5/13
All	58%57/99	33%28/86

North Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%11/19	41%7/17
2	83%10/12	33%5/15
3	63%10/16	50%10/20
4	71%10/14	38%6/16
5	64%9/14	47%8/17
6	73%8/11	43%6/14
All	67%58/86	42%42/99

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

185 rallies

#	CAL-UNC	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.3
2	2-0	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Lauren Schutter	blk Sawyer Thomsen	+2.1
3	2-1	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.2
4	3-1	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.4
5	3-2	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.3
6	4-2	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.4
7	4-3	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.3
8	4-4	UNC	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Julia Bohlinger	+2.1
9	5-4	UNC	CAL	Serve err	North Carolina		+1.4
10	5-5	CAL	UNC×3	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.3
11	5-6	UNC	UNC×3	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Lauren Schutter, Chelsea Thorpe	+2.0
12	5-7	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Cari Bohm		+1.8
13	6-7	UNC	CAL×3	Kill	Anna Flores		+1.2
14	7-7	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Anna Flores, Cari Bohm	+2.1
15	8-7	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Lauren Schutter	blk Cari Bohm	+2.4
16	8-8	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+1.4
17	8-9	UNC	UNC	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Sienna Cozza	+2.2
18	9-9	UNC	CAL	Serve err	North Carolina		+1.5
19	9-10	CAL	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza	+1.4
20	10-10	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.5
21	10-11	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Julia Bohlinger	+1.5
22	11-11	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.6
23	11-12	CAL	UNC×4	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Sienna Cozza	+1.5
24	11-13	UNC	UNC×4	Ace	Zoe Behrendt		+2.3
25	11-14	UNC	UNC×4	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.9
26	11-15	UNC	UNC×4	Kill	Addison West	set Julia Bohlinger	+1.5
27	12-15	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.8
28	12-16	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+0.9
29	13-16	UNC	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+0.8
30	14-16	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Jackie Taylor		+1.8
31	14-17	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+1.3
32	15-17	UNC	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+1.2
33	15-18	CAL	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.4
34	15-19	UNC	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.6
35	16-19	UNC	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.7
36	16-20	CAL	UNC	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Laynie Smith, Lauren Schutter	+1.0
37	16-21	UNC	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Lauren Schutter	+1.0
38	17-21	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.3
39	18-21	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.0
40	18-22	CAL	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza	+1.0
41	19-22	UNC	CAL	Attack err	Addison West		+0.5
42	19-23	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Sienna Cozza	+0.9
43	20-23	UNC	CAL	Serve err	North Carolina		+0.4
44	20-24	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.7
45	21-24	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.2
46	21-25	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.5
Set 2
1	0-1	CAL	UNC	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+0.8
2	1-1	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.9
3	1-2	CAL	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza	+0.8
4	2-2	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.9
5	2-3	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.9
6	3-3	UNC	CAL×3	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+0.9
7	4-3	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.6
8	5-3	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Addison West		+1.7
9	5-4	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.0
10	6-4	UNC	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+1.2
11	7-4	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+1.9
12	7-5	CAL	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.0
13	8-5	UNC	CAL×3	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Francesca Popescu	+1.2
14	9-5	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+1.9
15	10-5	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+1.8
16	10-6	CAL	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.9
17	10-7	UNC	UNC	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Lauren Schutter, Laynie Smith	+1.6
18	11-7	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.3
19	11-8	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.0
20	12-8	UNC	CAL	Attack err	Addison West		+1.3
21	12-9	CAL	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza	+1.0
22	13-9	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.3
23	13-10	CAL	UNC×3	Serve err	California		+1.0
24	13-11	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+1.9
25	13-12	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Addison West	set Zoe Behrendt	+2.1
26	14-12	UNC	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.5
27	14-13	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+1.3
28	15-13	UNC	CAL	Blocked	Jackie Taylor	blk Anna Flores	+1.6
29	16-13	CAL	CAL	Ace	Grace Agolli		+2.5
30	16-14	CAL	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.2
31	16-15	UNC	UNC	Attack err	Cari Bohm		+2.3
32	17-15	UNC	CAL	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+1.8
33	17-16	CAL	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.5
34	18-16	UNC	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.9
35	19-16	CAL	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+2.8
36	19-17	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.3
37	20-17	UNC	CAL	Attack err	Laynie Smith		+1.9
38	20-18	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.3
39	20-19	UNC	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza	+2.8
40	21-19	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+2.4
41	21-20	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Sienna Cozza	+1.8
42	22-20	UNC	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+2.6
43	23-20	CAL	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm		+3.4
44	23-21	CAL	UNC×3	Kill	Addison West	set Julia Bohlinger	+1.1
45	23-22	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe		+3.1
46	23-23	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Anna Flores		+4.9
47	24-23	UNC	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+4.1
48	24-24	CAL	UNC	Attack err	Ashley Li		+4.1
49	25-24	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+4.1
50	25-25	CAL	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+4.1
51	26-25	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+4.1
52	27-25	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+7.4
Set 3
1	0-1	UNC	UNC	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+2.7
2	0-2	UNC	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Julia Bohlinger	+2.5
3	1-2	UNC	CAL	Serve err	North Carolina		+1.6
4	2-2	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+2.8
5	2-3	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.7
6	2-4	UNC	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Julia Bohlinger	+2.6
7	3-4	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.7
8	3-5	CAL	UNC	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Jackie Taylor, Safi Hampton	+1.6
9	4-5	UNC	CAL	Attack err	Jackie Taylor		+1.7
10	4-6	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+1.7
11	5-6	UNC	CAL	Bad set	Carly Markham		+1.7
12	5-7	CAL	UNC	Attack err	Anna Flores		+1.7
13	6-7	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.8
14	6-8	CAL	UNC	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Sienna Cozza	+1.8
15	7-8	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.8
16	7-9	CAL	UNC×3	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Laynie Smith	+1.8
17	7-10	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+2.6
18	7-11	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Sawyer Thomsen		+2.2
19	8-11	UNC	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.2
20	8-12	CAL	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza	+1.3
21	8-13	UNC	UNC	Attack err	Sawyer Thomsen		+1.7
22	9-13	UNC	CAL	Bad set	Jackie Taylor		+0.9
23	9-14	CAL	UNC×4	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Julia Bohlinger	+1.0
24	9-15	UNC	UNC×4	Attack err	Grace Agolli		+1.2
25	9-16	UNC	UNC×4	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+0.8
26	9-17	UNC	UNC×4	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Jackie Taylor	+0.4
27	10-17	UNC	CAL×4	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+0.2
28	11-17	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+0.4
29	12-17	CAL	CAL×4	Blocked	Chelsea Thorpe	blk Grace Agolli, Cari Bohm	+0.7
30	13-17	CAL	CAL×4	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+1.2
31	13-18	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+1.0
32	14-18	UNC	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Siena MacCudden	+0.7
33	14-19	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+1.0
34	15-19	UNC	CAL	Blocked	Laynie Smith	blk Ashley Li, Cari Bohm	+0.7
35	15-20	CAL	UNC×3	Kill	Lauren Schutter	set Sienna Cozza	+1.0
36	15-21	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Addison West	set Julia Bohlinger	+0.8
37	15-22	UNC	UNC×3	Blocked	Sawyer Thomsen	blk Lauren Schutter	+0.4
38	16-22	UNC	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.1
39	16-23	CAL	UNC	Serve err	California		+0.2
40	16-24	UNC	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.1
41	17-24	UNC	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	·
42	17-25	CAL	UNC	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Jackie Taylor, Addison West	·
Set 4
1	1-0	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Sophia Johnson	+2.4
2	2-0	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+2.6
3	2-1	CAL	UNC×3	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza	+1.5
4	2-2	UNC	UNC×3	Attack err	Grace Agolli		+2.4
5	2-3	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Julia Bohlinger	+2.3
6	3-3	UNC	CAL×3	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.5
7	4-3	CAL	CAL×3	Ace	Sawyer Thomsen		+2.6
8	5-3	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Laynie Smith	blk Cari Bohm, Grace Agolli	+2.8
9	5-4	CAL	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.6
10	6-4	UNC	CAL×3	Blocked	Addison West	blk Cari Bohm, Abby Zimmerman	+1.9
11	7-4	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+3.0
12	8-4	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm		+3.0
13	8-5	CAL	UNC×4	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+1.6
14	8-6	UNC	UNC×4	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+2.8
15	8-7	UNC	UNC×4	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Julia Bohlinger	+2.9
16	8-8	UNC	UNC×4	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+2.9
17	9-8	UNC	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+2.0
18	9-9	CAL	UNC×5	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.8
19	9-10	UNC	UNC×5	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Chelsea Thorpe, Jackie Taylor	+2.8
20	9-11	UNC	UNC×5	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Safi Hampton, Jackie Taylor	+2.6
21	9-12	UNC	UNC×5	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+2.2
22	9-13	UNC	UNC×5	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Chelsea Thorpe, Jackie Taylor	+1.8
23	10-13	UNC	CAL	Kill	Ashleigh Woodruff	set Anna Flores	+1.0
24	11-13	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+2.0
25	11-14	CAL	UNC	Attack err	Ashley Li		+1.4
26	11-15	UNC	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Jackie Taylor	+1.9
27	12-15	UNC	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.0
28	13-15	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Abby Zimmerman	+2.1
29	13-16	CAL	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.5
30	14-16	UNC	CAL	Serve err	Sienna Cozza		+1.4
31	15-16	CAL	CAL	Ace	Ashley Li		+2.9
32	15-17	CAL	UNC	Serve err	Ashley Li		+2.0
33	15-18	UNC	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Safi Hampton	+2.7
34	16-18	UNC	CAL	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+1.4
35	16-19	CAL	UNC×4	Kill	Addison West	set Safi Hampton	+1.7
36	16-20	UNC	UNC×4	Blocked	Ashleigh Woodruff	blk Jackie Taylor, Laynie Smith	+2.0
37	16-21	UNC	UNC×4	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Addison West, Jackie Taylor	+1.2
38	16-22	UNC	UNC×4	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.6
39	17-22	UNC	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.1
40	18-22	CAL	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Ashleigh Woodruff	+0.5
41	18-23	CAL	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Julia Bohlinger	+0.5
42	19-23	UNC	CAL	Kill	Dominique Phills	set Anna Flores	+0.2
43	19-24	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Francesca Popescu	+0.4
44	20-24	UNC	CAL	Serve err	Carly Markham		+0.1
45	20-25	CAL	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.2

Score shown after each rally, California 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).

North Carolina def. California 3–1

North Carolina led every phase, and nothing ever turned.