UC San Diego vs UC Riverside: UC San Diego Wins 3-2 (Oct 3)

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 3, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: UC San Diego 94.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 3, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

UC San Diego won at UC Riverside 3-2 (25-17, 24-26, 25-20, 19-25, 15-8) on Sat, Oct 3, 2026. UC San Diego's Ireland McNees led with 22 kills, and Paulina Baillie added 19 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
UCSD	25	24	25	19	15	3
UC RIV	17	26	20	25	8	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Molly McCluskey served 4 aces, and UC San Diego needed every one.

One stretch decided it. Percentages are UC San Diego's RallyIQ win probability before and after each. UC San Diego went in as RallyIQ's 94% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 5 · UC San Diego 1–1 UC Riverside
6 straight UC San Diego points broke a 1–1 tie and made it 7–1.
UC San Diego 76% → 98%

UC Riverside above 50UC San Diego belowMax swing 5.5%

UC San DiegoUC Riverside

Sideout %: UC San Diego 64.9·UC Riverside 57.9
Break %: UC San Diego 42.1·UC Riverside 35.1
Hitting: UC San Diego .265·UC Riverside .226
Longest run: UC San Diego 6·UC Riverside 6

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

UC Riverside above 50 · UC San Diego below

Biggest swing: 5.5% to UC San Diego — set 5, UCSD 3-1 UC RIV. Kill by Madison Johnson (set by Brynne McGhie). UC RIV win probability 20% → 14%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UCSD 93.2%6.8% UC RIV

UC San Diego wins

3-0

50.8%

3-1

30.8%

3-2

11.6%

UC Riverside wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

2.0%

3-2

4.0%

UCSD break %: 48.8% vs this opp
UC RIV break %: 37.4% 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
Madison JohnsonKill+5.5%
Kill by Madison Johnson (set by Brynne McGhie)
Set 5 · UCSD 3-1 UC RIV · UCSD 80% → 86%
02
Madison PulsipherKill+5.2%
Kill by Madison Pulsipher (set by McKenna Giles)
Set 5 · UCSD 1-1 UC RIV · UC RIV 19% → 24%
03
Molly McCluskeyKill+4.8%
Kill by Molly McCluskey (set by Marleena Catalan)
Set 5 · UCSD 2-1 UC RIV · UCSD 76% → 80%
04
Ireland McNeesKill+4.5%
Kill by Ireland McNees (set by Marleena Catalan)
Set 5 · UCSD 1-0 UC RIV · UCSD 76% → 81%
05
Brynne McGhieKill+4.5%
Kill by Brynne McGhie (set by Madison Johnson)
Set 5 · UCSD 4-1 UC RIV · UCSD 86% → 90%
06
Ireland McNeesAttack error+3.8%
Attack error by Ireland McNees
Set 2 · UCSD 24-26 UC RIV · UC RIV 7% → 11%
07
Madison JohnsonBlock+3.5%
Zeynep Belgutay stuffed by Madison Johnson
Set 5 · UCSD 5-1 UC RIV · UCSD 90% → 94%
08
Katelyn HernandezAttack error+3.2%
Attack error by Katelyn Hernandez
Set 3 · UCSD 17-17 UC RIV · UC RIV 12% → 15%

Box score

Official NCAA box

UC San Diegoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Ireland McNeesS	5	22	7	49	.306	0	2	1	6	1	0	3	1.5	25.5
6Molly McCluskeyOH	5	14	7	36	.194	0	4	3	9	0	0	3	1.5	19.5
11Katelyn HernandezOH	5	12	6	29	.207	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
7Madison JohnsonMB	5	8	1	14	.500	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	11
23Lucia BarrosoMB	5	5	1	12	.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
13Marleena CatalanS	5	0	1	1	-1.000	33	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
9Paulina BaillieDS	5	0	0	1	.000	3	3	4	19	1	0	0	0	3
4Brynne McGhieS	5	2	1	5	.200	21	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
18Jaedyn HoustonDS	5	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
30Hayden ShanafeltDS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Ahnika SmithDS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Yasemin ElmasMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		63	24	147	.265	60	10	12	49	3	1	14	8	108

UC Riversidehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Madison PulsipherOH	5	13	5	38	.211	0	0	1	5	2	0	3	1.5	14.5
12Malia TanksleyOH	5	11	6	32	.156	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	13
4Zeynep BelgutayMB	5	4	3	14	.071	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	2	8
15Evelyn HendrixMB	5	3	1	6	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	4	7
11Elena KasavicaS	5	0	0	0	–	22	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0
20Andrea BrewerOH	2	1	4	8	-.375	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
9Casi DollOH	5	14	1	23	.565	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15
22Maya BarronS	5	0	0	2	.000	16	1	2	10	0	0	0	0	1
5McKenna GilesL/DS	5	1	0	1	1.000	7	0	2	11	1	0	0	0	1
3Sariah JohnsonOH	4	6	2	13	.308	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
14Juliette D'EliseoOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	0
19Misu NguyenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		53	22	137	.226	48	3	12	44	10	1	20	11	96

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 UCSD · UC RIV 6

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 4 UCSDUC RIV 2

Set 2

24-26

Longest run 4 UCSDUC RIV 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 6 UCSDUC RIV 4

Set 4

19-25

Longest run 3 UCSDUC RIV 6

Set 5

15-8

Longest run 6 UCSDUC RIV 2

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

UC San Diego

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%14/21	27%4/15
2	68%13/19	43%10/23
3	64%9/14	66%21/32
4	69%9/13	25%3/12
5	60%9/15	36%5/14
6	60%9/15	18%2/11
All	65%63/97	42%45/107

UC Riverside

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	68%13/19	33%6/18
2	33%11/33	19%3/16
3	65%11/17	39%7/18
4	75%9/12	31%4/13
5	69%9/13	47%8/17
6	69%9/13	40%6/15
All	58%62/107	35%34/97

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

204 rallies

#	UCSD-UC RIV	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.8
2	1-1	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+0.6
3	1-2	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.7
4	2-2	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+0.6
5	3-2	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Marleena Catalan	+0.7
6	4-2	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Jaedyn Houston	+0.6
7	4-3	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.5
8	5-3	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Marleena Catalan	+0.5
9	6-3	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Ireland McNees		+0.5
10	7-3	UCSD	UCSD×3	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Andrea Brewer	+0.4
11	7-4	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.3
12	8-4	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.3
13	8-5	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set McKenna Giles	+0.3
14	8-6	UC RIV	UC RIV	Ace	UC Riverside	aced Ireland McNees	+0.6
15	9-6	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Brynne McGhie	+0.4
16	9-7	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set McKenna Giles	+0.5
17	9-8	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+0.8
18	10-8	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Brynne McGhie	+0.6
19	10-9	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+0.6
20	11-9	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Marleena Catalan	+0.6
21	11-10	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.7
22	12-10	UC RIV	UCSD×4	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.6
23	13-10	UCSD	UCSD×4	Blocked	Andrea Brewer	blk Molly McCluskey, Madison Johnson	+0.7
24	14-10	UCSD	UCSD×4	Attack err	Zeynep Belgutay		+0.5
25	15-10	UCSD	UCSD×4	Blocked	Andrea Brewer	blk Molly McCluskey, Madison Johnson	+0.4
26	15-11	UCSD	UC RIV	Attack err	Molly McCluskey		+0.3
27	16-11	UC RIV	UCSD	Attack err	Andrea Brewer		+0.3
28	16-12	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Misu Nguyen	+0.3
29	17-12	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Brynne McGhie	+0.3
30	18-12	UCSD	UCSD×3	Ace	UC San Diego	aced McKenna Giles	+0.3
31	19-12	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Brynne McGhie	+0.2
32	19-13	UCSD	UC RIV	Attack err	Katelyn Hernandez		+0.1
33	20-13	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.1
34	21-13	UCSD	UCSD	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher		+0.1
35	21-14	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	·
36	22-14	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Brynne McGhie	·
37	22-15	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Elena Kasavica	·
38	22-16	UC RIV	UC RIV	Blocked	Katelyn Hernandez	blk Evelyn Hendrix, Malia Tanksley	·
39	23-16	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Marleena Catalan	+0.1
40	24-16	UCSD	UCSD	Ace	UC San Diego		·
41	24-17	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	·
42	25-17	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	·
Set 2
1	1-0	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Marleena Catalan	+0.4
2	1-1	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.4
3	2-1	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+0.3
4	2-2	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+0.4
5	3-2	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+0.3
6	4-2	UCSD	UCSD	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Madison Pulsipher	+0.4
7	4-3	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+0.3
8	5-3	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Paulina Baillie	+0.3
9	5-4	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Maya Barron	+0.3
10	5-5	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Zeynep Belgutay	+0.5
11	6-5	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Brynne McGhie	+0.4
12	6-6	UCSD	UC RIV	Attack err	Katelyn Hernandez		+0.4
13	6-7	UC RIV	UC RIV	Blocked	Katelyn Hernandez	blk Evelyn Hendrix, Malia Tanksley	+0.6
14	7-7	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.5
15	8-7	UCSD	UCSD	Blocked	Andrea Brewer	blk Brynne McGhie, Lucia Barroso	+0.5
16	8-8	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Andrea Brewer	set McKenna Giles	+0.5
17	8-9	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Brynne McGhie		+0.7
18	9-9	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Brynne McGhie	+0.5
19	9-10	UCSD	UC RIV	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Evelyn Hendrix, Madison Pulsipher	+0.6
20	10-10	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Marleena Catalan	+0.5
21	11-10	UCSD	UCSD×3	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher		+0.6
22	12-10	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Marleena Catalan	+0.5
23	12-11	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.4
24	12-12	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+0.7
25	13-12	UC RIV	UCSD	Blocked	Madison Pulsipher	blk Molly McCluskey, Lucia Barroso	+0.5
26	14-12	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+0.6
27	14-13	UCSD	UC RIV×3	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron	+0.5
28	14-14	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Blocked	Ireland McNees	blk Zeynep Belgutay, Casi Doll	+0.8
29	14-15	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Bad set	Marleena Catalan		+1.0
30	15-15	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.7
31	15-16	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.8
32	15-17	UC RIV	UC RIV	Ace	UC Riverside		+1.2
33	16-17	UC RIV	UCSD×4	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Brynne McGhie	+0.8
34	17-17	UCSD	UCSD×4	Kill	Madison Johnson		+1.0
35	18-17	UCSD	UCSD×4	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Madison Pulsipher	+1.0
36	19-17	UCSD	UCSD×4	Kill	Brynne McGhie	set Paulina Baillie	+0.8
37	19-18	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set McKenna Giles	+0.6
38	19-19	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Madison Johnson		+1.1
39	20-19	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.9
40	20-20	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+1.0
41	21-20	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Brynne McGhie	+1.0
42	21-21	UCSD	UC RIV×3	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Madison Pulsipher, Evelyn Hendrix	+1.1
43	21-22	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+1.9
44	21-23	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Zeynep Belgutay, Malia Tanksley	+2.2
45	22-23	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+1.2
46	22-24	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Elena Kasavica	+2.1
47	23-24	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+1.2
48	24-24	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+3.1
49	24-25	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+2.3
50	24-26	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Ireland McNees		+3.8
Set 3
1	0-1	UC RIV	UC RIV	Bad set	Marleena Catalan		+1.7
2	1-1	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+1.2
3	2-1	UCSD	UCSD×3	Blocked	Malia Tanksley	blk Madison Johnson, Ireland McNees	+1.4
4	3-1	UCSD	UCSD×3	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Misu Nguyen	+1.2
5	3-2	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+1.0
6	4-2	UC RIV	UCSD×6	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+1.0
7	5-2	UCSD	UCSD×6	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+1.1
8	6-2	UCSD	UCSD×6	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Misu Nguyen	+0.9
9	7-2	UCSD	UCSD×6	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Brynne McGhie	+0.7
10	8-2	UCSD	UCSD×6	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Juliette D'Eliseo	+0.5
11	9-2	UCSD	UCSD×6	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+0.4
12	9-3	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.3
13	10-3	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+0.3
14	10-4	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+0.3
15	11-4	UC RIV	UCSD	Bad set	Casi Doll		+0.3
16	11-5	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.3
17	11-6	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix		+0.5
18	12-6	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Brynne McGhie	+0.4
19	12-7	UCSD	UC RIV×4	Blocked	Lucia Barroso	blk Evelyn Hendrix	+0.4
20	12-8	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Evelyn Hendrix, Sariah Johnson	+0.7
21	12-9	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+1.0
22	12-10	UC RIV	UC RIV×4	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Malia Tanksley, Evelyn Hendrix	+1.4
23	13-10	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+1.1
24	13-11	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+1.2
25	14-11	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+1.2
26	14-12	UCSD	UC RIV	Attack err	Marleena Catalan		+1.2
27	15-12	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+1.2
28	15-13	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+1.2
29	16-13	UC RIV	UCSD	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher		+1.3
30	16-14	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+1.3
31	17-14	UC RIV	UCSD	Attack err	Zeynep Belgutay		+1.4
32	17-15	UCSD	UC RIV×3	Serve err	UC San Diego		+1.3
33	17-16	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+2.4
34	17-17	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Attack err	Katelyn Hernandez		+3.2
35	18-17	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Brynne McGhie	+2.4
36	18-18	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Evelyn Hendrix	set Maya Barron	+2.7
37	19-18	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+2.6
38	20-18	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+3.0
39	20-19	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+2.2
40	21-19	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+2.5
41	22-19	UCSD	UCSD	Blocked	Malia Tanksley	blk Ireland McNees, Madison Johnson	+2.4
42	22-20	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	McKenna Giles	set Elena Kasavica	+1.4
43	23-20	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+1.9
44	24-20	UCSD	UCSD×3	Attack err	Madison Pulsipher		+1.2
45	25-20	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+0.3
Set 4
1	0-1	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Elena Kasavica	+1.0
2	1-1	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Marleena Catalan	+0.9
3	2-1	UCSD	UCSD×3	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Jaedyn Houston	+1.0
4	3-1	UCSD	UCSD×3	Ace	UC San Diego	aced Juliette D'Eliseo	+0.9
5	3-2	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.7
6	4-2	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+0.7
7	4-3	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+0.8
8	5-3	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Brynne McGhie	+0.7
9	6-3	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Brynne McGhie	+0.8
10	6-4	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.6
11	7-4	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Brynne McGhie	+0.6
12	7-5	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.7
13	8-5	UC RIV	UCSD	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+0.6
14	8-6	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Elena Kasavica	+0.7
15	9-6	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Lucia Barroso	set Marleena Catalan	+0.7
16	9-7	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+0.7
17	10-7	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+0.7
18	10-8	UCSD	UC RIV×6	Serve err	UC San Diego		+0.7
19	10-9	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Attack err	Ireland McNees		+1.2
20	10-10	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set McKenna Giles	+1.5
21	10-11	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Kill	Casi Doll	set Madison Pulsipher	+1.8
22	10-12	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Attack err	Ireland McNees		+2.1
23	10-13	UC RIV	UC RIV×6	Ace	UC Riverside	aced Paulina Baillie	+2.3
24	11-13	UC RIV	UCSD	Serve err	UC Riverside		+1.5
25	12-13	UCSD	UCSD	Attack err	Casi Doll		+2.0
26	12-14	UCSD	UC RIV	Serve err	UC San Diego		+1.9
27	13-14	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Brynne McGhie	+1.6
28	13-15	UCSD	UC RIV×3	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Maya Barron	+2.0
29	13-16	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Attack err	Katelyn Hernandez		+2.7
30	13-17	UC RIV	UC RIV×3	Kill	Casi Doll		+2.7
31	14-17	UC RIV	UCSD	Attack err	Evelyn Hendrix		+1.5
32	14-18	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Maya Barron	+2.3
33	15-18	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Brynne McGhie	+1.6
34	15-19	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Elena Kasavica	+2.4
35	15-20	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set Maya Barron	+2.6
36	16-20	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Paulina Baillie	+1.2
37	16-21	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Malia Tanksley	set Elena Kasavica	+2.0
38	16-22	UC RIV	UC RIV	Bad set	Marleena Catalan		+1.8
39	17-22	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+0.6
40	18-22	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+1.2
41	18-23	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Zeynep Belgutay	set Elena Kasavica	+1.8
42	19-23	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+0.7
43	19-24	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+1.5
44	19-25	UC RIV	UC RIV	Blocked	Ireland McNees	blk Casi Doll, Zeynep Belgutay	+0.2
Set 5
1	1-0	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Marleena Catalan	+4.5
2	1-1	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set McKenna Giles	+5.2
3	2-1	UC RIV	UCSD×6	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+4.8
4	3-1	UCSD	UCSD×6	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Brynne McGhie	+5.5
5	4-1	UCSD	UCSD×6	Kill	Brynne McGhie	set Madison Johnson	+4.5
6	5-1	UCSD	UCSD×6	Blocked	Zeynep Belgutay	blk Madison Johnson	+3.5
7	6-1	UCSD	UCSD×6	Attack err	Malia Tanksley		+2.5
8	7-1	UCSD	UCSD×6	Ace	UC San Diego		+1.7
9	7-2	UCSD	UC RIV	Blocked	Molly McCluskey	blk Zeynep Belgutay, Madison Pulsipher	+1.0
10	7-3	UC RIV	UC RIV	Attack err	Ireland McNees		+2.0
11	8-3	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Ireland McNees	set Brynne McGhie	+1.9
12	8-4	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Casi Doll	set Maya Barron	+1.6
13	9-4	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Brynne McGhie	+1.9
14	9-5	UCSD	UC RIV	Attack err	Ireland McNees		+1.5
15	10-5	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Brynne McGhie	+1.9
16	10-6	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Maya Barron	+1.4
17	11-6	UC RIV	UCSD×3	Kill	Katelyn Hernandez	set Marleena Catalan	+1.9
18	12-6	UCSD	UCSD×3	Attack err	Sariah Johnson		+1.3
19	13-6	UCSD	UCSD×3	Blocked	Sariah Johnson	blk Lucia Barroso, Ireland McNees	+0.5
20	13-7	UCSD	UC RIV	Kill	Sariah Johnson	set Malia Tanksley	+0.1
21	13-8	UC RIV	UC RIV	Kill	Madison Pulsipher	set McKenna Giles	+0.4
22	14-8	UC RIV	UCSD	Kill	Molly McCluskey	set Marleena Catalan	+0.5
23	15-8	UCSD	UCSD	Kill	Madison Johnson	set Marleena Catalan	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, UC San Diego 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).

UC San Diego def. UC Riverside 3–2

Molly McCluskey served 4 aces, and UC San Diego needed every one.