Pepperdine def. Southern California 3–0
Pepperdine won at Southern California 3-0 (25-12, 25-20, 25-17) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026. Pepperdine's Chloe Pravednikov led with 11 kills, and Laine Briggs added 16 digs.
Data through · final Sep 19
| Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEPPER | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
| USC | 12 | 20 | 17 | 0 |
Win probability
Biggest swing: 4.4% to Pepperdine — set 2, PEPPER 18-15 USC. Kill by Tristen Raymond (set by Mariia Nikol Dvornikova). USC win probability 32% → 27%.
Pre-match
Season fit · includes this match
Pepperdine wins
Southern California wins
- PEPPER break %
- 39.3% vs this opp
- USC break %
- 41.6% 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
- 01Tristen RaymondKill+4.4%
Kill by Tristen Raymond (set by Mariia Nikol Dvornikova)
Set 2 · PEPPER 18-15 USC · PEPPER 68% → 73%
- 02Chloe PravednikovKill+4.2%
Kill by Chloe Pravednikov (set by Tristen Raymond)
Set 2 · PEPPER 14-12 USC · PEPPER 63% → 67%
- 03
- 04
- 05PepperdineAce+3.7%
Pepperdine ace on London Wijay
Set 2 · PEPPER 21-17 USC · PEPPER 74% → 78%
- 06
- 07
- 08Chloe PravednikovKill+3.5%
Kill by Chloe Pravednikov (set by Tristen Raymond)
Set 2 · PEPPER 16-12 USC · PEPPER 71% → 75%
Box score
Official NCAA box
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 5 | 32 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 12.5 | |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | .263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 10.5 | |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 7.5 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .091 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 34 | 15 | 107 | .178 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 75 |
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9 | 4 | 34 | .147 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | -.278 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .333 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Team totals | 27 | 27 | 114 | .000 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
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
Set 1
25-12
Set 2
25-20
Set 3
25-17
Bars above the line = Southern California leads, below = Pepperdine leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.
Rotations
Sideout and break % by rotation slot
Pepperdine
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67%8/12 | 63%10/16 |
| 2 | 71%5/7 | 72%13/18 |
| 3 | 56%5/9 | 50%5/10 |
| 4 | 56%5/9 | 58%7/12 |
| 5 | 83%5/6 | 0%0/5 |
| 6 | 63%5/8 | 58%7/12 |
| All | 65%33/51 | 58%42/73 |
Southern California
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27%6/22 | 22%2/9 |
| 2 | 63%5/8 | 40%4/10 |
| 3 | 42%5/12 | 17%1/6 |
| 4 | 63%5/8 | 55%6/11 |
| 5 | 45%5/11 | 17%1/6 |
| 6 | 42%5/12 | 44%4/9 |
| All | 42%31/73 | 35%18/51 |
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 (3 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
124 rallies
| # | PEPPER-USC | Srv | Point | End | Player | Setter / blockers / passer | WP Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | |||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | USC | PEPPER×6 | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Laine Briggs | +1.7 |
| 2 | 2-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER×6 | Ace | Pepperdine | aced Layli Ostovar | +2.6 |
| 3 | 3-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER×6 | Ace | Pepperdine | aced Layli Ostovar | +2.6 |
| 4 | 4-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER×6 | Attack err | Adonia Faumuina | +2.5 | |
| 5 | 5-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER×6 | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +2.3 |
| 6 | 6-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER×6 | Blocked | Adonia Faumuina | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Maggie Beauer | +2.0 |
| 7 | 6-1 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Adonia Faumuina | set Lilli Etter | +1.1 |
| 8 | 6-2 | USC | USC | Blocked | Chloe Pravednikov | blk Adonia Faumuina, Taliyah Hanks | +2.0 |
| 9 | 7-2 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Tristen Raymond | +1.6 |
| 10 | 7-3 | PEPPER | USC | Serve err | Pepperdine | +1.3 | |
| 11 | 8-3 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Ella Piskorz | set Tristen Raymond | +1.6 |
| 12 | 9-3 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Attack err | Layli Ostovar | +2.0 | |
| 13 | 9-4 | PEPPER | USC | Serve err | Pepperdine | +1.1 | |
| 14 | 10-4 | USC | PEPPER | Serve err | Southern California | +1.4 | |
| 15 | 10-5 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | London Wijay | set Adonia Faumuina | +1.1 |
| 16 | 11-5 | USC | PEPPER×3 | Kill | Ella Piskorz | set Tristen Raymond | +1.4 |
| 17 | 12-5 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Attack err | Mia Tvrdy | +1.6 | |
| 18 | 13-5 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Blocked | Layli Ostovar | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Tristen Raymond | +1.2 |
| 19 | 13-6 | PEPPER | USC×4 | Attack err | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | +0.6 | |
| 20 | 13-7 | USC | USC×4 | Blocked | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | blk Taliyah Hanks, Lilli Etter | +1.1 |
| 21 | 13-8 | USC | USC×4 | Kill | London Wijay | set Lilli Etter | +1.5 |
| 22 | 13-9 | USC | USC×4 | Kill | Lilli Etter | +1.9 | |
| 23 | 14-9 | USC | PEPPER×7 | Kill | Irelynd Lorenzen | set Tristen Raymond | +1.7 |
| 24 | 15-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER×7 | Attack err | Adonia Faumuina | +2.0 | |
| 25 | 16-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER×7 | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Tristen Raymond | +1.5 |
| 26 | 17-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER×7 | Kill | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | set Tristen Raymond | +1.0 |
| 27 | 18-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER×7 | Ace | Pepperdine | aced London Wijay | +0.6 |
| 28 | 19-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER×7 | Blocked | Adonia Faumuina | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | +0.3 |
| 29 | 20-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER×7 | Kill | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | +0.1 | |
| 30 | 20-10 | PEPPER | USC×3 | Kill | London Wijay | set Lilli Etter | · |
| 31 | 20-11 | USC | USC×3 | Kill | Taliyah Hanks | set Lilli Etter | +0.1 |
| 32 | 20-12 | USC | USC×3 | Kill | Riley Malloy | set Lilli Etter | +0.2 |
| 33 | 21-12 | USC | PEPPER×5 | Blocked | Adonia Faumuina | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Maggie Beauer | +0.2 |
| 34 | 22-12 | PEPPER | PEPPER×5 | Blocked | London Wijay | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Maggie Beauer | +0.1 |
| 35 | 23-12 | PEPPER | PEPPER×5 | Ace | Pepperdine | aced Riley Malloy | · |
| 36 | 24-12 | PEPPER | PEPPER×5 | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | · |
| 37 | 25-12 | PEPPER | PEPPER×5 | Blocked | Riley Malloy | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Chloe Pravednikov | · |
| Set 2 | |||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Attack err | Quinn Loper | +2.9 | |
| 2 | 1-1 | PEPPER | USC | Serve err | Pepperdine | +1.9 | |
| 3 | 2-1 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Irelynd Lorenzen | set Tristen Raymond | +2.0 |
| 4 | 3-1 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Blocked | Quinn Loper | blk Chloe Pravednikov, Ella Piskorz | +3.0 |
| 5 | 3-2 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | London Wijay | set Milly McGee | +1.9 |
| 6 | 4-2 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Ella Piskorz | +2.1 |
| 7 | 4-3 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Mia Tvrdy | set Milly McGee | +2.0 |
| 8 | 4-4 | USC | USC | Kill | Mia Tvrdy | set Chloe Pravednikov | +3.1 |
| 9 | 5-4 | USC | PEPPER×3 | Attack err | London Wijay | +2.2 | |
| 10 | 6-4 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Kill | Ella Piskorz | set Tristen Raymond | +3.3 |
| 11 | 7-4 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Attack err | London Wijay | +3.2 | |
| 12 | 7-5 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | London Wijay | set Milly McGee | +2.0 |
| 13 | 7-6 | USC | USC | Ace | Southern California | +3.2 | |
| 14 | 8-6 | USC | PEPPER | Attack err | Riley Malloy | +2.3 | |
| 15 | 8-7 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Riley Malloy | set Milly McGee | +2.2 |
| 16 | 8-8 | USC | USC | Attack err | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | +3.4 | |
| 17 | 9-8 | USC | PEPPER | Serve err | Southern California | +2.4 | |
| 18 | 9-9 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Riley Malloy | set Milly McGee | +2.3 |
| 19 | 10-9 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Tristen Raymond | +2.5 |
| 20 | 11-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Attack err | Quinn Loper | +3.7 | |
| 21 | 11-10 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | London Wijay | set Milly McGee | +2.4 |
| 22 | 11-11 | USC | USC | Kill | London Wijay | +3.7 | |
| 23 | 12-11 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Tristen Raymond | +2.7 |
| 24 | 12-12 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Quinn Loper | set Milly McGee | +2.6 |
| 25 | 13-12 | USC | PEPPER×4 | Kill | Ella Piskorz | set Tristen Raymond | +2.8 |
| 26 | 14-12 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +4.2 |
| 27 | 15-12 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Attack err | Mia Tvrdy | +4.0 | |
| 28 | 16-12 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +3.5 |
| 29 | 16-13 | PEPPER | USC×3 | Kill | Mia Tvrdy | set Milly McGee | +1.9 |
| 30 | 16-14 | USC | USC×3 | Ace | Southern California | aced Laine Briggs | +3.5 |
| 31 | 16-15 | USC | USC×3 | Attack err | Ella Piskorz | +4.1 | |
| 32 | 17-15 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +3.3 |
| 33 | 18-15 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Kill | Tristen Raymond | set Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | +4.4 |
| 34 | 18-16 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Adonia Faumuina | set Lilli Etter | +2.4 |
| 35 | 19-16 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | set Tristen Raymond | +3.2 |
| 36 | 19-17 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Mia Tvrdy | set Lilli Etter | +2.4 |
| 37 | 20-17 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | set Tristen Raymond | +3.3 |
| 38 | 21-17 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Ace | Pepperdine | aced London Wijay | +3.7 |
| 39 | 21-18 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Adonia Faumuina | set Lilli Etter | +1.5 |
| 40 | 22-18 | USC | PEPPER×3 | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Tristen Raymond | +2.5 |
| 41 | 23-18 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Laine Briggs | +2.1 |
| 42 | 24-18 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +0.8 |
| 43 | 24-19 | PEPPER | USC | Attack err | Chloe Pravednikov | +0.1 | |
| 44 | 24-20 | USC | USC | Attack err | Maggie Beauer | +0.3 | |
| 45 | 25-20 | USC | PEPPER | Serve err | Southern California | +0.6 | |
| Set 3 | |||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | USC | PEPPER×3 | Kill | Maggie Beauer | set Laine Briggs | +1.5 |
| 2 | 2-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Blocked | Adonia Faumuina | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Maggie Beauer | +2.3 |
| 3 | 3-0 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +2.3 |
| 4 | 3-1 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | London Wijay | set Lilli Etter | +1.4 |
| 5 | 4-1 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +1.6 |
| 6 | 4-2 | PEPPER | USC | Blocked | Maggie Beauer | blk Riley Malloy, Taliyah Hanks | +1.4 |
| 7 | 5-2 | USC | PEPPER×4 | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Laine Briggs | +1.6 |
| 8 | 6-2 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Attack err | Mia Tvrdy | +2.2 | |
| 9 | 7-2 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Attack err | Riley Malloy | +2.1 | |
| 10 | 8-2 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Ace | Pepperdine | aced London Wijay | +1.8 |
| 11 | 8-3 | PEPPER | USC×4 | Kill | Mia Tvrdy | set Lilli Etter | +1.0 |
| 12 | 8-4 | USC | USC×4 | Attack err | Chloe Pravednikov | +1.7 | |
| 13 | 8-5 | USC | USC×4 | Blocked | Ella Piskorz | blk Mia Tvrdy | +2.0 |
| 14 | 8-6 | USC | USC×4 | Blocked | Ella Piskorz | blk Mia Tvrdy, Riley Malloy | +2.3 |
| 15 | 9-6 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Chloe Pravednikov | set Tristen Raymond | +1.8 |
| 16 | 9-7 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Riley Malloy | set Taylor Deckert | +1.6 |
| 17 | 10-7 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | set Tristen Raymond | +1.8 |
| 18 | 11-7 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Attack err | London Wijay | +2.5 | |
| 19 | 11-8 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Mia Tvrdy | set Milly McGee | +1.4 |
| 20 | 12-8 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | set Tristen Raymond | +1.7 |
| 21 | 12-9 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Taliyah Hanks | set Milly McGee | +1.4 |
| 22 | 13-9 | USC | PEPPER | Kill | Irelynd Lorenzen | set Tristen Raymond | +1.8 |
| 23 | 14-9 | PEPPER | PEPPER | Attack err | Adonia Faumuina | +2.2 | |
| 24 | 14-10 | PEPPER | USC | Blocked | Maggie Beauer | blk Adonia Faumuina, Taliyah Hanks | +1.1 |
| 25 | 14-11 | USC | USC | Blocked | Chloe Pravednikov | blk Adonia Faumuina, Taliyah Hanks | +2.1 |
| 26 | 15-11 | USC | PEPPER×3 | Blocked | Adonia Faumuina | blk Irelynd Lorenzen, Chloe Pravednikov | +1.8 |
| 27 | 16-11 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Blocked | Riley Malloy | blk Maggie Beauer, Ella Piskorz | +2.2 |
| 28 | 17-11 | PEPPER | PEPPER×3 | Ace | Pepperdine | +1.7 | |
| 29 | 17-12 | PEPPER | USC | Attack err | Chloe Pravednikov | +0.7 | |
| 30 | 17-13 | USC | USC | Ace | Southern California | aced Laine Briggs | +1.6 |
| 31 | 18-13 | USC | PEPPER | Serve err | Southern California | +1.5 | |
| 32 | 18-14 | PEPPER | USC | Blocked | Ella Piskorz | blk Mia Tvrdy, Adonia Faumuina | +1.0 |
| 33 | 19-14 | USC | PEPPER | Blocked | Mia Tvrdy | blk Ella Piskorz | +1.5 |
| 34 | 19-15 | PEPPER | USC | Serve err | Pepperdine | +0.9 | |
| 35 | 20-15 | USC | PEPPER×4 | Serve err | Southern California | +1.4 | |
| 36 | 21-15 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Attack err | Quinn Loper | +1.3 | |
| 37 | 22-15 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Kill | Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | set Tristen Raymond | +0.7 |
| 38 | 23-15 | PEPPER | PEPPER×4 | Attack err | Quinn Loper | +0.3 | |
| 39 | 23-16 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | Quinn Loper | set Mariia Nikol Dvornikova | · |
| 40 | 24-16 | USC | PEPPER | Serve err | Southern California | +0.1 | |
| 41 | 24-17 | PEPPER | USC | Kill | London Wijay | set Milly McGee | · |
| 42 | 25-17 | USC | PEPPER | Bad set | Taliyah Hanks | · | |
Score shown after each rally, Pepperdine 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).