Southern California def. San Diego 3-0 Volleyball (Sep 6)

FinalSun, Sep 6, 2026

3:0

Southern California won at San Diego 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-21) on Sun, Sep 6, 2026. Southern California's Abigail Mullen and London Wijay led with 9 kills each, and Taylor Deckert added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 6

Set	1	2	3	Sets
USC	25	25	25	3
USD	23	13	21	0

Win probability

San Diego above 50 · Southern California below

Biggest swing: 7.7% to Southern California — set 1, USC 25-23 USD. Kill by London Wijay (set by Abigail Mullen). USD win probability 53% → 45%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

USC 34.2%65.8% USD

Southern California wins

3-0

6.9%

3-1

12.2%

3-2

15.1%

San Diego wins

3-0

20.5%

3-1

25.2%

3-2

20.0%

USC break %: 40.8% vs this opp
USD break %: 43.9% 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
London WijayKill+7.7%
Kill by London Wijay (set by Abigail Mullen)
Set 1 · USC 25-23 USD · USC 47% → 55%
02
Kierstyn BartonAttack error+4.7%
Attack error by Kierstyn Barton
Set 3 · USC 24-21 USD · USC 93% → 98%
03
Leah FordKill+4.7%
Kill by Leah Ford (set by Lilli Etter)
Set 3 · USC 23-21 USD · USC 89% → 93%
04
London WijayAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by London Wijay
Set 3 · USC 22-21 USD · USD 7% → 11%
05
Nemo BeachKill+4.3%
Kill by Nemo Beach (set by Kylie Munday)
Set 1 · USC 24-23 USD · USD 49% → 53%
06
Mia TvrdyBlock+4.0%
Kierstyn Barton stuffed by Mia Tvrdy
Set 2 · USC 13-11 USD · USC 59% → 63%
07
Abigail MullenKill+3.9%
Kill by Abigail Mullen (set by Milly McGee)
Set 2 · USC 14-11 USD · USC 63% → 67%
08
Mia TvrdyKill+3.7%
Kill by Mia Tvrdy (set by Lilli Etter)
Set 2 · USC 17-13 USD · USC 68% → 72%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Abigail MullenOPP	3	9	6	29	.103	1	1	2	6	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
2London WijayOH	3	9	5	32	.125	3	1	1	6	1	0	2	1	11
1Adonia FaumuinaOH	3	7	1	18	.333	1	0	2	4	0	1	1	1.5	8.5
7Leah FordMB	3	7	2	12	.417	0	1	2	7	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
8Mia TvrdyMB	3	5	2	12	.250	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	3	8
16Lilli EtterS	3	1	0	3	.333	27	0	1	6	0	0	2	1	2
3Layli OstovarOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
6Taylor DeckertL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	15	1	0	0	0	0
24Milly McGeeS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17Paisley DouglasL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		38	16	107	.206	36	3	10	49	2	1	15	8.5	75

San Diegohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
1Nemo BeachOH	3	7	5	31	.065	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	8
7Kierstyn BartonOH	3	7	5	28	.071	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	7
8Ryann KnuthOH	3	5	6	27	-.037	0	1	2	7	2	0	0	6
3Ella FultonMB	3	3	0	6	.500	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
12Kylie MundayS	3	0	0	2	.000	23	0	1	9	0	0	0	0
18BayLea SparksMB	2	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
13Emma BrewerOH	3	3	2	10	.100	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	3.5
2Lauren LynchL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	14	0	0	0	0
15Meghan ScholzMB	2	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
4Reese BatesDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9Tatum LaneS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	21	115	.061	26	2	11	42	3	2	1	57

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 10 USC · USD 5

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 4 USCUSD 3

Set 2

25-13

Longest run 10 USCUSD 2

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 5 USCUSD 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Southern California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	20%1/5
2	71%5/7	38%3/8
3	63%5/8	38%3/8
4	71%5/7	64%9/14
5	80%4/5	43%3/7
6	67%4/6	33%2/6
All	63%29/46	44%21/48

San Diego

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%5/8	54%7/13
2	63%5/8	29%2/7
3	36%5/14	38%3/8
4	57%4/7	29%2/7
5	67%4/6	20%1/5
6	80%4/5	33%2/6
All	56%27/48	37%17/46

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 (2 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

132 rallies

#	USC-USD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	USD	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+1.7
2	1-1	USC	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Lauren Lynch	+1.7
3	1-2	USD	USD	Ace	San Diego	aced Taylor Deckert	+2.3
4	2-2	USD	USC×4	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+1.7
5	3-2	USC	USC×4	Blocked	Ryann Knuth	blk Abigail Mullen, Mia Tvrdy	+2.5
6	4-2	USC	USC×4	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+2.6
7	5-2	USC	USC×4	Blocked	Ryann Knuth	blk London Wijay, Abigail Mullen, Mia Tvrdy	+2.6
8	5-3	USC	USD	Attack err	Mia Tvrdy		+1.7
9	6-3	USD	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+1.9
10	7-3	USC	USC	Ace	Southern California	aced Ryann Knuth	+2.5
11	7-4	USC	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.6
12	8-4	USD	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+1.9
13	8-5	USC	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.6
14	9-5	USD	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+1.9
15	9-6	USC	USD×3	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Kylie Munday	+1.6
16	9-7	USD	USD×3	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Lilli Etter	+2.5
17	9-8	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		+2.7
18	10-8	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+2.2
19	11-8	USC	USC	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+3.0
20	11-9	USC	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Lauren Lynch	+1.9
21	11-10	USD	USD	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.9
22	12-10	USD	USC	Attack err	BayLea Sparks		+2.4
23	12-11	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+2.2
24	13-11	USD	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+2.5
25	13-12	USC	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.2
26	14-12	USD	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+2.6
27	14-13	USC	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.3
28	15-13	USD	USC×4	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+2.7
29	16-13	USC	USC×4	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+3.5
30	17-13	USC	USC×4	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+3.1
31	18-13	USC	USC×4	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+2.5
32	18-14	USC	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+1.3
33	19-14	USD	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Lilli Etter	+1.9
34	19-15	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+1.2
35	20-15	USD	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+1.8
36	20-16	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+1.1
37	21-16	USD	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+1.7
38	21-17	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+1.0
39	22-17	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+1.6
40	22-18	USC	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.8
41	22-19	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+1.8
42	22-20	USD	USD×3	Attack err	London Wijay		+3.0
43	23-20	USD	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+3.5
44	24-20	USC	USC	Bad set	Kylie Munday		+2.8
45	24-21	USC	USD×3	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Kylie Munday	+0.6
46	24-22	USD	USD×3	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Nemo Beach	+1.9
47	24-23	USD	USD×3	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+4.3
48	25-23	USD	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Abigail Mullen	+7.7
Set 2
1	0-1	USC	USD	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Kylie Munday	+2.0
2	1-1	USD	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+2.0
3	2-1	USC	USC	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+2.9
4	2-2	USC	USD	Attack err	London Wijay		+2.1
5	3-2	USD	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+2.2
6	3-3	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+2.1
7	4-3	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+2.3
8	4-4	USC	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.2
9	4-5	USD	USD	Bad set	Lilli Etter		+3.0
10	5-5	USD	USC×3	Serve err	San Diego		+2.2
11	6-5	USC	USC×3	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set London Wijay	+3.2
12	7-5	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Meghan Scholz		+3.3
13	7-6	USC	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+2.3
14	7-7	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+3.2
15	8-7	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+2.5
16	9-7	USC	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Lilli Etter	+3.5
17	9-8	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+2.4
18	10-8		USC	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+2.7
19	10-9	USC	USD	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.5
20	10-10	USD	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+3.5
21	11-10	USD	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Kylie Munday	+2.8
22	11-11	USC	USD	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Milly McGee	+2.7
23	12-11	USD	USC×3	Serve err	San Diego		+2.9
24	13-11	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Kierstyn Barton	blk Mia Tvrdy	+4.0
25	14-11	USC	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+3.9
26	14-12	USC	USD	Blocked	Mia Tvrdy	blk Meghan Scholz, Emma Brewer	+2.5
27	15-12	USD	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set London Wijay	+3.0
28	15-13	USC	USD	Attack err	London Wijay		+2.5
29	16-13	USD	USC×10	Bad set	Lauren Lynch		+3.1
30	17-13	USC	USC×10	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+3.7
31	18-13	USC	USC×10	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+3.1
32	19-13	USC	USC×10	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Taylor Deckert	+2.2
33	20-13	USC	USC×10	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Lilli Etter	+1.4
34	21-13	USC	USC×10	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+0.8
35	22-13	USC	USC×10	Kill	Adonia Faumuina		+0.4
36	23-13	USC	USC×10	Ace	Southern California	aced Ryann Knuth	+0.1
37	24-13	USC	USC×10	Blocked	Nemo Beach	blk Mia Tvrdy, Lilli Etter	·
38	25-13	USC	USC×10	Blocked	Nemo Beach	blk Mia Tvrdy, Lilli Etter	·
Set 3
1	0-1	USD	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.2
2	0-2	USD	USD	Attack err	Leah Ford		+2.1
3	1-2	USD	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+1.5
4	1-3	USC	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+1.5
5	1-4	USD	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+2.0
6	2-4	USD	USC	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+1.4
7	2-5	USC	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.5
8	2-6	USD	USD	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+1.8
9	3-6	USD	USC×5	Serve err	San Diego		+1.2
10	4-6	USC	USC×5	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+1.9
11	5-6	USC	USC×5	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+2.2
12	6-6	USC	USC×5	Ace	Southern California		+2.5
13	7-6	USC	USC×5	Blocked	Ryann Knuth	blk Abigail Mullen, Mia Tvrdy	+2.6
14	7-7	USC	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+1.9
15	8-7	USD	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Taylor Deckert	+2.0
16	8-8	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+1.9
17	8-9	USD	USD	Ace	San Diego	aced London Wijay	+2.7
18	9-9	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+2.0
19	10-9	USC	USC	Attack err	Emma Brewer		+2.9
20	10-10	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+2.1
21	11-10	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+2.2
22	11-11	USC	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
23	12-11	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+2.3
24	13-11	USC	USC	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+3.2
25	13-12	USC	USD	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Kylie Munday	+2.2
26	14-12	USD	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set London Wijay	+2.5
27	14-13	USC	USD	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.2
28	15-13	USD	USC×4	Kill	London Wijay	set Lilli Etter	+2.6
29	16-13	USC	USC×4	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Lilli Etter	+3.4
30	17-13	USC	USC×4	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Mia Tvrdy	+3.0
31	18-13	USC	USC×4	Attack err	Emma Brewer		+2.5
32	18-14	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+1.2
33	19-14	USD	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Lilli Etter	+1.8
34	19-15	USC	USD	Serve err	Southern California		+1.2
35	20-15	USD	USC	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+1.8
36	21-15	USC	USC	Blocked	Meghan Scholz	blk Adonia Faumuina	+1.5
37	21-16	USC	USD	Attack err	London Wijay		+0.6
38	22-16	USD	USC	Serve err	San Diego		+1.0
39	22-17	USC	USD×5	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+0.4
40	22-18	USD	USD×5	Attack err	Leah Ford		+1.0
41	22-19	USD	USD×5	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+1.8
42	22-20	USD	USD×5	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.9
43	22-21	USD	USD×5	Attack err	London Wijay		+4.4
44	23-21	USD	USC×3	Kill	Leah Ford	set Lilli Etter	+4.7
45	24-21	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+4.7
46	25-21	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Nemo Beach	blk Leah Ford, Adonia Faumuina	+1.9

Score shown after each rally, Southern 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).

Southern California def. San Diego 3–0