Southern California def. Rutgers 3-0 Volleyball (Nov 7)

FinalSat, Nov 7, 2026B1G+

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Southern California 65.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 7, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Southern California won at Rutgers 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-13) on Sat, Nov 7, 2026. Southern California's Mia Tvrdy led with 11 kills, and Taylor Deckert added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
USC	25	25	25	3
RUTGER	23	16	13	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.733 and 11 kills for Mia Tvrdy as Southern California rolled past Rutgers.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.7 points, and Rutgers's high was 44% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Southern California at 65%.

Southern CaliforniaRutgers

Break %+23.8 pts
44.620.8
33 of 74 on serve vs 11 of 53, so Rutgers's sideout was 55.4%.
Hitting+.218
.351.133
Kills and errors: 42–9 vs 33–19.
Longest run+2
53
5 straight Southern California points in the third set stretched a 6–3 lead to 11–3. The set finished 25–13.

Rutgers above 50Southern California belowMax swing 5.7%

Southern CaliforniaRutgers

Aces: Southern California 6·Rutgers 1
Serve err: Southern California 9·Rutgers 7
Blocks: Southern California 12·Rutgers 43 BS · 18 BA vs 1 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Southern California 41·Rutgers 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Rutgers above 50 · Southern California below

Biggest swing: 5.7% to Southern California — set 1, USC 25-23 RUTGER. Kill by Abigail Mullen (set by Milly McGee). RUTGER win probability 26% → 20%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

USC 69.6%30.4% RUTGER

Southern California wins

3-0

23.0%

3-1

26.7%

3-2

19.9%

Rutgers wins

3-0

5.8%

3-1

10.7%

3-2

13.9%

USC break %: 41.7% vs this opp
RUTGER break %: 37.8% 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
Abigail MullenKill+5.7%
Kill by Abigail Mullen (set by Milly McGee)
Set 1 · USC 25-23 RUTGER · USC 74% → 80%
02
Adonia FaumuinaKill+4.4%
Kill by Adonia Faumuina (set by Milly McGee)
Set 1 · USC 24-22 RUTGER · USC 72% → 77%
03
Leah FordBlock+4.1%
Natalie Robinson stuffed by Leah Ford
Set 1 · USC 17-16 RUTGER · USC 64% → 68%
04
Karis Willow&Mira McCoolBlock+4.0%
London Wijay stuffed by Karis Willow & Mira McCool
Set 1 · USC 22-21 RUTGER · RUTGER 25% → 29%
05
Leah Ford&London WijayBlock+3.9%
Malia Romes stuffed by Leah Ford & London Wijay
Set 1 · USC 18-16 RUTGER · USC 68% → 72%
06
RutgersService error+3.9%
Rutgers service error
Set 1 · USC 23-21 RUTGER · USC 71% → 75%
07
Brooke BaldwinAce+3.8%
Ace by Brooke Baldwin on Taylor Deckert
Set 1 · USC 20-19 RUTGER · RUTGER 26% → 30%
08
Mia Tvrdy&Milly McGeeBlock+3.7%
Mira McCool stuffed by Mia Tvrdy & Milly McGee
Set 1 · USC 22-19 RUTGER · USC 73% → 77%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Southern Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Mia TvrdyMB	3	11	0	15	.733	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3.5	14.5
2London WijayOH	3	8	4	27	.148	0	1	1	8	0	0	3	1.5	10.5
5Abigail MullenOPP	3	7	1	17	.353	3	1	1	7	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
7Leah FordMB	3	6	0	14	.429	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	9
1Adonia FaumuinaOH	3	8	4	19	.211	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
24Milly McGeeS	3	2	0	2	1.000	30	1	0	3	0	1	3	2.5	5.5
10Quinn LoperOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
3Layli OstovarOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Paisley DouglasL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0
6Taylor DeckertL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		42	9	94	.351	35	6	9	41	1	3	18	12	75

Rutgershome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
22Malia RomesMB	3	8	4	21	.190	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	9
8Skylar GeorgeOH	3	7	5	30	.067	1	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	7
17Avery JesewitzOH	3	6	3	18	.167	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
9Natalie RobinsonMB	3	2	2	7	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Lily BolenS	3	1	0	1	1.000	17	0	0	7	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
13Zharia Harris-WaddyMB	1	3	0	5	.600	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
4Karis WillowOH	3	6	3	20	.150	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	7
6Jenna DeLaMaterL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
3Kenzie DyrstadL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0
23Mira McCoolMB	2	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
12Brooke BaldwinS	2	0	0	0	–	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
15Alleigh DuttonL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
14Addison WiemannOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	19	105	.133	29	1	7	37	6	1	6	4	52

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 5 USC · RUTGER 3

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 3 USCRUTGER 3

Set 2

25-16

Longest run 3 USCRUTGER 2

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 5 USCRUTGER 2

Bars above the line = Rutgers 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	78%7/9	45%5/11
2	78%7/9	42%5/12
3	78%7/9	46%6/13
4	64%7/11	53%8/15
5	100%7/7	46%6/13
6	88%7/8	30%3/10
All	79%42/53	45%33/74

Rutgers

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	64%7/11	30%3/10
2	47%7/15	13%1/8
3	64%7/11	22%2/9
4	47%7/15	22%2/9
5	54%7/13	30%3/10
6	67%6/9	0%0/7
All	55%41/74	21%11/53

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

127 rallies

#	USC-RUTGER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.7
2	1-1	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.6
3	1-2	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.7
4	2-2	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.6
5	2-3	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz		+1.7
6	3-3	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+1.7
7	4-3	USC	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+2.5
8	4-4	USC	RUTGER×3	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+1.7
9	4-5	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.7
10	4-6	RUTGER	RUTGER×3	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.8
11	5-6	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+1.7
12	5-7	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Skylar George	+1.9
13	6-7	RUTGER	USC	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Mia Tvrdy, Milly McGee	+1.8
14	6-8	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		+2.0
15	7-8	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Abigail Mullen	+1.8
16	7-9	USC	RUTGER	Attack err	Abigail Mullen		+2.1
17	8-9	RUTGER	USC	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.9
18	8-10	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		+2.1
19	8-11	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+3.1
20	9-11	RUTGER	USC	Attack err	Malia Romes		+1.8
21	9-12	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Zharia Harris-Waddy	set Lily Bolen	+2.1
22	10-12	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+1.8
23	10-13	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.2
24	11-13	RUTGER	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+1.9
25	12-13	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Milly McGee	+3.2
26	13-13	USC	USC×3	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+3.5
27	13-14	USC	RUTGER	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		+2.5
28	14-14	RUTGER	USC	Serve err	Rutgers		+2.4
29	14-15	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.6
30	15-15	RUTGER	USC	Attack err	Skylar George		+2.5
31	15-16	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+2.7
32	16-16	RUTGER	USC×3	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+2.6
33	17-16	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Natalie Robinson	blk Leah Ford	+4.1
34	18-16	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Malia Romes	blk Leah Ford, London Wijay	+3.9
35	18-17	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		+2.3
36	19-17	RUTGER	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+2.7
37	20-17	USC	USC	Ace	Southern California		+3.4
38	20-18	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		+1.7
39	20-19	RUTGER	RUTGER	Ace	Brooke Baldwin	aced Taylor Deckert	+3.8
40	21-19	RUTGER	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Milly McGee	+3.1
41	22-19	USC	USC	Blocked	Mira McCool	blk Mia Tvrdy, Milly McGee	+3.7
42	22-20	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		+1.6
43	22-21	RUTGER	RUTGER	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Karis Willow, Mira McCool	+4.0
44	23-21	RUTGER	USC	Serve err	Rutgers		+3.9
45	23-22	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+2.7
46	24-22	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+4.4
47	24-23	USC	RUTGER	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		+2.4
48	25-23	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+5.7
Set 2
1	0-1	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.2
2	0-2	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Kenzie Dyrstad	+2.2
3	1-2	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.4
4	1-3	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	+1.5
5	1-4	RUTGER	RUTGER	Attack err	London Wijay		+2.3
6	2-4	RUTGER	USC×3	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.4
7	3-4	USC	USC×3	Kill	Mia Tvrdy		+2.2
8	4-4	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Abigail Mullen, Mia Tvrdy	+2.3
9	4-5	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	+1.6
10	4-6	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	+2.4
11	5-6	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+1.5
12	6-6	USC	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+2.4
13	6-7	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	+1.7
14	7-7	RUTGER	USC×3	Serve err	Rutgers		+1.6
15	8-7	USC	USC×3	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+2.4
16	9-7	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Malia Romes		+2.3
17	9-8	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+1.5
18	10-8	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.6
19	10-9	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+1.5
20	11-9	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+1.6
21	12-9	USC	USC	Bad set	Lily Bolen		+2.2
22	12-10	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	+1.4
23	13-10	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+1.5
24	14-10	USC	USC	Kill	London Wijay		+2.0
25	14-11	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		+1.1
26	15-11	RUTGER	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+1.3
27	16-11	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Karis Willow	blk London Wijay, Mia Tvrdy	+1.5
28	17-11	USC	USC×3	Ace	Southern California		+1.1
29	17-12	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		+0.5
30	18-12	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+0.7
31	19-12	USC	USC	Blocked	Malia Romes	blk Mia Tvrdy, London Wijay	+0.6
32	19-13	USC	RUTGER	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Karis Willow, Malia Romes	+0.2
33	19-14	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.6
34	20-14	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+0.6
35	20-15	USC	RUTGER	Blocked	Adonia Faumuina	blk Malia Romes, Lily Bolen	+0.3
36	21-15	RUTGER	USC×3	Serve err	Rutgers		+0.5
37	22-15	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Avery Jesewitz		+0.4
38	23-15	USC	USC×3	Kill	Adonia Faumuina		+0.1
39	23-16	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		·
40	24-16	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	·
41	25-16	USC	USC	Blocked	Addison Wiemann	blk Leah Ford, Abigail Mullen	·
Set 3
1	1-0	USC	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina		+1.2
2	1-1	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Karis Willow	set Lily Bolen	+0.8
3	2-1	RUTGER	USC×3	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	+0.8
4	3-1	USC	USC×3	Attack err	Karis Willow		+1.1
5	4-1	USC	USC×3	Kill	London Wijay	set Taylor Deckert	+1.1
6	4-2	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Lily Bolen	+0.7
7	5-2	RUTGER	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Abigail Mullen	+0.7
8	6-2	USC	USC	Ace	Southern California	aced Skylar George	+1.0
9	6-3	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	+0.6
10	7-3	RUTGER	USC×5	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+0.6
11	8-3	USC	USC×5	Kill	Milly McGee	set Abigail Mullen	+0.8
12	9-3	USC	USC×5	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+0.7
13	10-3	USC	USC×5	Ace	Southern California	aced Skylar George	+0.5
14	11-3	USC	USC×5	Kill	Milly McGee	set Milly McGee	+0.4
15	11-4	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.2
16	12-4	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Mia Tvrdy	set Milly McGee	+0.2
17	12-5	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Brooke Baldwin	+0.2
18	13-5	RUTGER	USC	Attack err	Karis Willow		+0.2
19	13-6	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Skylar George	set Lily Bolen	+0.2
20	14-6	RUTGER	USC×3	Kill	Leah Ford	set Milly McGee	+0.2
21	15-6	USC	USC×3	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+0.2
22	16-6	USC	USC×3	Ace	Southern California	aced Kenzie Dyrstad	+0.1
23	16-7	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Avery Jesewitz	set Lily Bolen	·
24	17-7	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Abigail Mullen	set Milly McGee	+0.1
25	17-8	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Lily Bolen	set Lily Bolen	·
26	18-8	RUTGER	USC	Blocked	Avery Jesewitz	blk Leah Ford, Abigail Mullen	+0.1
27	18-9	USC	RUTGER	Kill	Malia Romes	set Brooke Baldwin	·
28	19-9	RUTGER	USC	Kill	London Wijay	set Taylor Deckert	·
29	19-10	USC	RUTGER	Blocked	London Wijay	blk Mira McCool	·
30	20-10	RUTGER	USC×3	Serve err	Rutgers		·
31	21-10	USC	USC×3	Blocked	Natalie Robinson	blk Mia Tvrdy	·
32	22-10	USC	USC×3	Ace	Southern California	aced Jenna DeLaMater	·
33	22-11	USC	RUTGER	Serve err	Southern California		·
34	23-11	RUTGER	USC	Kill	Adonia Faumuina	set Milly McGee	·
35	24-11	USC	USC	Blocked	Skylar George	blk Leah Ford, Milly McGee	·
36	24-12	USC	RUTGER	Attack err	Adonia Faumuina		·
37	24-13	RUTGER	RUTGER	Kill	Natalie Robinson	set Lily Bolen	·
38	25-13	RUTGER	USC	Serve err	Rutgers		·

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. Rutgers 3–0

.733 and 11 kills for Mia Tvrdy as Southern California rolled past Rutgers.