San Francisco vs San Diego Volleyball: San Diego Wins 3-0

FinalThu, Oct 29, 2026ESPN+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: San Diego 98.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 29, 8:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

San Diego beat visiting San Francisco 3-0 (25-7, 25-16, 25-22) on Thu, Oct 29, 2026. San Diego's Kierstyn Barton led with 15 kills, and Lauren Lynch added 16 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 29

Set	1	2	3	Sets
S FRAN	7	16	22	0
USD	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Kierstyn Barton needed just 3 sets for 15 kills. San Diego swept San Francisco.

Win probability never moved more than 0.4 points on one rally; San Francisco topped out at 2% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had San Diego at 98%.

San FranciscoSan Diego

Break %+23.6 pts
41.364.9
Points won on own serve: 48 of 74 vs 19 of 46. San Francisco sided out 35.1% of the time.
Hitting+.258
.057.315
Kills and errors: 37–8 vs 28–22.
Longest run+6
410
10 straight San Diego points in the first set broke a 2–2 tie and made it 12–2. That set ended 25–7.

San Diego above 50San Francisco belowMax swing 0.4%

San FranciscoSan Diego

Aces: San Francisco 4·San Diego 6
Serve err: San Francisco 8·San Diego 5
Blocks: San Francisco 4·San Diego 92 BS · 4 BA vs 2 BS · 14 BA
Digs: San Francisco 37·San Diego 48

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

San Diego above 50 · San Francisco below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: San Diego stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

S FRAN 1.4%98.6% USD

San Francisco wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.3%

3-2

0.9%

San Diego wins

3-0

70.9%

3-1

23.0%

3-2

4.7%

S FRAN break %: 35.8% vs this opp
USD break %: 52.7% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

San Franciscoaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Katariina KorhonenOH	3	8	4	27	.148	0	1	3	6	1	1	0	1	10
16Maeve BaileyMB	3	6	2	17	.235	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
21Petra FritzOH	3	3	7	21	-.190	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	4
19Hokulani PerezMB	3	3	0	5	.600	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	4
14Emma NeukirchenMB	3	2	3	9	-.111	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
13Jordan SmartS	3	1	0	2	.500	10	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	1
17Andjela SojicMB	3	5	6	24	-.042	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	6
18Laura AmaroL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	4	2	0	0	0	2
3Piper JustissS	3	0	0	0	–	12	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11True TakemotoDS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
4Adelynn LegatesS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	22	105	.057	27	4	8	37	6	2	4	4	45

San Diegohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
7Kierstyn BartonOH	3	15	2	24	.542	1	1	0	7	0	1	2	2	18
1Nemo BeachOH	3	8	2	28	.214	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	8
18BayLea SparksMB	3	2	0	4	.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3.5	5.5
4Reese BatesDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	1
15Meghan ScholzMB	2	2	3	8	-.125	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
12Kylie MundayS	2	1	0	2	.500	19	1	1	4	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
13Emma BrewerOH	3	7	0	21	.333	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	8
2Lauren LynchL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	1	1	16	0	0	0	0	1
5Kalli LipoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
9Tatum LaneS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1
14Belle GroomesS	1	2	0	3	.667	9	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	3
16Allie DunnionMB	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
Team totals		37	8	92	.315	35	6	5	48	4	2	14	9	75

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.

San Francisco vs San Diego

Season series · San Diego leads 1-0

Thu, Oct 29, 2026San Francisco at San Diego · San Diego won 3-0This match
Wed, Nov 25, 2026San Diego at San FranciscoPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 S FRAN · USD 10

Set 1

7-25

Longest run 3 S FRANUSD 10

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 S FRANUSD 6

Set 3

22-25

Longest run 4 S FRANUSD 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

San Francisco

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	50%3/6
2	38%5/13	50%5/10
3	33%5/15	17%1/6
4	26%5/19	17%1/6
5	33%4/12	44%4/9
6	25%2/8	56%5/9
All	35%26/74	41%19/46

San Diego

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%5/9	33%2/6
2	71%5/7	44%4/9
3	71%5/7	72%13/18
4	56%5/9	67%10/15
5	63%5/8	64%9/14
6	33%2/6	83%10/12
All	59%27/46	65%48/74

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

120 rallies

#	S FRAN-USD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	USD	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday
2	1-1	USD	S FRAN	Serve err	Kylie Munday
3	1-2	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
4	2-2	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Jordan Smart
5	2-3	S FRAN	USD×10	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
6	2-4	USD	USD×10	Blocked	Petra Fritz	blk Emma Brewer, Meghan Scholz
7	2-5	USD	USD×10	Attack err	Andjela Sojic
8	2-6	USD	USD×10	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Lauren Lynch
9	2-7	USD	USD×10	Attack err	Petra Fritz
10	2-8	USD	USD×10	Ace	Lauren Lynch
11	2-9	USD	USD×10	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Kylie Munday
12	2-10	USD	USD×10	Attack err	Andjela Sojic
13	2-11	USD	USD×10	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Meghan Scholz
14	2-12	USD	USD×10	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
15	3-12	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Andjela Sojic	set Adelynn Legates
16	3-13	S FRAN	USD×3	Serve err	Petra Fritz
17	3-14	USD	USD×3	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Kylie Munday
18	3-15	USD	USD×3	Ace	Kierstyn Barton	aced Petra Fritz
19	4-15	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Adelynn Legates
20	4-16	S FRAN	USD×4	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday
21	4-17	USD	USD×4	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
22	4-18	USD	USD×4	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
23	4-19	USD	USD×4	Ace	Reese Bates	aced Laura Amaro
24	5-19	USD	S FRAN×3	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Piper Justiss
25	6-19	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Blocked	Meghan Scholz	blk Katariina Korhonen
26	7-19	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton
27	7-20	S FRAN	USD×6	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday
28	7-21	USD	USD×6	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday
29	7-22	USD	USD×6	Blocked	Emma Neukirchen	blk BayLea Sparks, Kylie Munday
30	7-23	USD	USD×6	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday
31	7-24	USD	USD×6	Kill	Kylie Munday	set Kierstyn Barton
32	7-25	USD	USD×6	Ace	Meghan Scholz	aced Katariina Korhonen
Set 2
1	0-1	S FRAN	USD	Blocked	Petra Fritz	blk Kierstyn Barton
2	1-1	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Jordan Smart
3	2-1	S FRAN	S FRAN	Blocked	Meghan Scholz	blk Hokulani Perez
4	2-2	S FRAN	USD	Serve err	Petra Fritz
5	2-3	USD	USD	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Lauren Lynch
6	3-3	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Laura Amaro
7	3-4	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Meghan Scholz	set Kylie Munday
8	4-4	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Jordan Smart
9	4-5	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
10	5-5	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Piper Justiss
11	5-6	S FRAN	USD×3	Serve err	Katariina Korhonen
12	5-7	USD	USD×3	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday
13	5-8	USD	USD×3	Blocked	Petra Fritz	blk Kierstyn Barton, BayLea Sparks
14	6-8	USD	S FRAN×3	Kill	Andjela Sojic	set Piper Justiss
15	7-8	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Piper Justiss
16	8-8	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Ace	Laura Amaro	aced Reese Bates
17	8-9	S FRAN	USD	Serve err	Laura Amaro
18	9-9	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Emma Neukirchen	set Piper Justiss
19	10-9	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Hokulani Perez	set Jordan Smart
20	10-10	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
21	11-10	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Hokulani Perez	set Jordan Smart
22	12-10	S FRAN	S FRAN	Attack err	Meghan Scholz
23	12-11	S FRAN	USD×4	Serve err	Petra Fritz
24	12-12	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Katariina Korhonen
25	12-13	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Emma Neukirchen
26	12-14	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Katariina Korhonen
27	13-14	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Jordan Smart
28	14-14	S FRAN	S FRAN	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set True Takemoto
29	14-15	S FRAN	USD	Serve err	Emma Neukirchen
30	14-16	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday
31	15-16	USD	S FRAN	Serve err	Reese Bates
32	15-17	S FRAN	USD×6	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
33	15-18	USD	USD×6	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday
34	15-19	USD	USD×6	Ace	Tatum Lane	aced True Takemoto
35	15-20	USD	USD×6	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday
36	15-21	USD	USD×6	Attack err	Andjela Sojic
37	15-22	USD	USD×6	Attack err	Katariina Korhonen
38	16-22	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Piper Justiss
39	16-23	S FRAN	USD×3	Serve err	Katariina Korhonen
40	16-24	USD	USD×3	Ace	Kylie Munday	aced Laura Amaro
41	16-25	USD	USD×3	Blocked	Maeve Bailey	blk BayLea Sparks
Set 3
1	1-0	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Andjela Sojic	set Jordan Smart
2	1-1	S FRAN	USD×3	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Belle Groomes
3	1-2	USD	USD×3	Blocked	Katariina Korhonen	blk Kierstyn Barton, BayLea Sparks
4	1-3	USD	USD×3	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Belle Groomes
5	2-3	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Andjela Sojic	set Jordan Smart
6	2-4	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Belle Groomes
7	3-4	USD	S FRAN	Serve err	Lauren Lynch
8	4-4	S FRAN	S FRAN	Ace	Katariina Korhonen
9	4-5	S FRAN	USD×3	Serve err	Katariina Korhonen
10	4-6	USD	USD×3	Kill	Belle Groomes	set Emma Brewer
11	4-7	USD	USD×3	Blocked	Petra Fritz	blk Belle Groomes, Allie Dunnion
12	5-7	USD	S FRAN×4	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Piper Justiss
13	6-7	S FRAN	S FRAN×4	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton
14	7-7	S FRAN	S FRAN×4	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Piper Justiss
15	8-7	S FRAN	S FRAN×4	Kill	Emma Neukirchen	set Piper Justiss
16	8-8	S FRAN	USD	Attack err	Petra Fritz
17	8-9	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Belle Groomes
18	9-9	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Hokulani Perez	set Piper Justiss
19	9-10	S FRAN	USD	Attack err	Emma Neukirchen
20	10-10	USD	S FRAN×3	Serve err	Tatum Lane
21	11-10	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Ace	Petra Fritz
22	12-10	S FRAN	S FRAN×3	Kill	Jordan Smart	set Laura Amaro
23	12-11	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Belle Groomes
24	12-12	USD	USD	Attack err	Petra Fritz
25	13-12	USD	S FRAN×4	Kill	Andjela Sojic	set Jordan Smart
26	14-12	S FRAN	S FRAN×4	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Jordan Smart
27	15-12	S FRAN	S FRAN×4	Kill	Katariina Korhonen	set Emma Neukirchen
28	16-12	S FRAN	S FRAN×4	Blocked	Nemo Beach	blk Maeve Bailey, Andjela Sojic
29	16-13	S FRAN	USD×3	Attack err	Andjela Sojic
30	16-14	USD	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Belle Groomes
31	16-15	USD	USD×3	Blocked	Andjela Sojic	blk Emma Brewer, BayLea Sparks
32	17-15	USD	S FRAN	Serve err	Nemo Beach
33	17-16	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Lauren Lynch
34	18-16	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Maeve Bailey	set Piper Justiss
35	18-17	S FRAN	USD×6	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Lauren Lynch
36	18-18	USD	USD×6	Attack err	Emma Brewer
37	18-19	USD	USD×6	Attack err	Maeve Bailey
38	18-20	USD	USD×6	Bad set	Piper Justiss
39	18-21	USD	USD×6	Kill	Emma Brewer	set Belle Groomes
40	18-22	USD	USD×6	Kill	Belle Groomes	set Laura Amaro
41	19-22	USD	S FRAN	Attack err	Allie Dunnion
42	20-22	S FRAN	S FRAN	Ace	Laura Amaro	aced Kalli Lipo
43	20-23	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Belle Groomes
44	21-23	USD	S FRAN	Kill	Petra Fritz	set Piper Justiss
45	22-23	S FRAN	S FRAN	Blocked	Nemo Beach	blk Andjela Sojic, Emma Neukirchen
46	22-24	S FRAN	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Belle Groomes
47	22-25	USD	USD	Blocked	Andjela Sojic	blk Belle Groomes, BayLea Sparks

Score shown after each rally, San Francisco first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

San Diego def. San Francisco 3–0

Kierstyn Barton needed just 3 sets for 15 kills. San Diego swept San Francisco.