Tennessee vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalWed, Sep 9, 2026 · Neutral site

0:3

Pittsburgh beat Tennessee 3-0 (25-17, 28-26, 25-20) on Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at a neutral site. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 17 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
TENN	17	26	20	0
PITT	25	28	25	3

Win probability

Pittsburgh above 50 · Tennessee below

Biggest swing: 6.2% to Tennessee — set 2, TENN 26-25 PITT. Kill by Kennedi Rogers (set by Caroline Kerr). PITT win probability 88% → 82%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

TENN 19.3%80.7% PITT

Tennessee wins

3-0

3.1%

3-1

6.4%

3-2

9.8%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

32.2%

3-1

30.4%

3-2

18.1%

TENN break %: 35.7% vs this opp
PITT break %: 42.2% 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
Kennedi RogersKill+6.2%
Kill by Kennedi Rogers (set by Caroline Kerr)
Set 2 · TENN 26-25 PITT · TENN 12% → 18%
02
Ayanna WatsonKill+5.5%
Kill by Ayanna Watson (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 2 · TENN 23-24 PITT · PITT 86% → 92%
03
Ayanna WatsonKill+5.5%
Kill by Ayanna Watson (set by Abbey Emch)
Set 2 · TENN 26-27 PITT · PITT 86% → 92%
04
Kennedi RogersAttack error+4.8%
Attack error by Kennedi Rogers
Set 2 · TENN 23-23 PITT · PITT 82% → 86%
05
Olivia BabcockKill+4.7%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 2 · TENN 26-28 PITT · PITT 92% → 97%
06
Ayanna WatsonKill+4.1%
Kill by Ayanna Watson (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 2 · TENN 26-26 PITT · PITT 82% → 86%
07
Caroline KerrKill+3.4%
Kill by Caroline Kerr (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 2 · TENN 24-24 PITT · TENN 8% → 12%
08
Maaike HeiligKill+3.4%
Kill by Maaike Heilig (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 2 · TENN 24-25 PITT · PITT 88% → 92%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Tennesseeaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
0Kennedi RogersOH	3	10	5	29	.172	0	2	5	7	1	3	1.5	13.5
7Jalyn StoutS	3	10	3	27	.259	1	1	1	5	1	3	1.5	12.5
22Jolene OddoMB	3	6	1	11	.455	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	8
11Caroline KerrS	3	4	0	6	.667	30	2	1	7	0	1	0.5	6.5
15Maggie DosticOH	3	2	3	13	-.077	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	3
16Chelsea SuttonMB	2	1	1	4	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
13Raegan BurnsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
14Sydney JaynesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17Anni TangMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
4Nia HallOH	1	3	0	6	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
3Camille PerryMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	1.5
Team totals		38	13	101	.248	32	7	8	35	5	14	7	63

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	17	4	34	.382	0	0	1	8	0	2	1	18
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	15	4	32	.344	0	0	1	2	2	1	0.5	15.5
20Abbey EmchMB	3	10	1	14	.643	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	11
2Maaike HeiligMB	3	4	0	6	.667	0	1	0	1	0	3	1.5	6.5
21Izzy StarckS	3	1	1	3	.000	43	3	1	8	0	2	1	5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	4	4	15	.000	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	4
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	14	105	.352	46	5	4	43	7	10	5	78

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 TENN · PITT 7

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 TENNPITT 7

Set 2

26-28

Longest run 3 TENNPITT 4

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 5 TENNPITT 6

Bars above the line = Pittsburgh leads, below = Tennessee leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Tennessee

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	31%5/16	40%4/10
2	100%5/5	29%2/7
3	100%5/5	29%2/7
4	100%5/5	17%1/6
5	33%5/15	29%2/7
6	83%5/6	29%2/7
All	58%30/52	30%13/44

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%6/9	62%8/13
2	63%5/8	38%3/8
3	83%5/6	0%0/5
4	63%5/8	0%0/5
5	83%5/6	44%4/9
6	71%5/7	58%7/12
All	70%31/44	42%22/52

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

141 rallies

#	TENN-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	PITT	PITT×7	Attack err	Kennedi Rogers		+1.7
2	0-2	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
3	0-3	PITT	PITT×7	Blocked	Jalyn Stout	blk Ayanna Watson, Abbey Emch	+1.4
4	0-4	PITT	PITT×7	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Kennedi Rogers	+1.2
5	0-5	PITT	PITT×7	Attack err	Jalyn Stout		+1.0
6	0-6	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
7	0-7	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
8	1-7	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jolene Oddo	set Caroline Kerr	+0.3
9	1-8	TENN	PITT	Attack err	Jolene Oddo		+0.4
10	2-8	PITT	TENN	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+0.3
11	3-8	TENN	TENN	Ace	Tennessee	aced Izzy Masten	+0.6
12	3-9	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+0.5
13	4-9	PITT	TENN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
14	4-10	TENN	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
15	5-10	PITT	TENN×3	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+0.4
16	6-10	TENN	TENN×3	Ace	Tennessee	aced Blaire Bayless	+0.9
17	7-10	TENN	TENN×3	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.2
18	7-11	TENN	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
19	7-12	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
20	7-13	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
21	7-14	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
22	8-14	PITT	TENN	Kill	Chelsea Sutton	set Caroline Kerr	+0.2
23	9-14	TENN	TENN	Attack err	Izzy Starck		+0.6
24	9-15	TENN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
25	10-15	PITT	TENN	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Jalyn Stout, Chelsea Sutton	+0.4
26	11-15	TENN	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+0.8
27	11-16	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
28	12-16	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jolene Oddo	set Caroline Kerr	+0.5
29	12-17	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
30	13-17	PITT	TENN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.5
31	13-18	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+0.7
32	14-18	PITT	TENN	Kill	Caroline Kerr		+0.5
33	14-19	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
34	15-19	PITT	TENN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
35	15-20	TENN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
36	15-21	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Maggie Dostic	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck	+0.5
37	16-21	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+0.2
38	16-22	TENN	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck		+0.3
39	16-23	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
40	17-23	PITT	TENN	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	·
41	17-24	TENN	PITT	Attack err	Kennedi Rogers		+0.1
42	17-25	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Maggie Dostic	·
Set 2
1	0-1	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
2	1-1	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+0.9
3	1-2	TENN	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
4	2-2	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jolene Oddo	set Caroline Kerr	+0.9
5	3-2	TENN	TENN	Ace	Tennessee		+1.5
6	3-3	TENN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
7	4-3	PITT	TENN	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+1.0
8	5-3	TENN	TENN	Ace	Tennessee	aced Izzy Masten	+1.7
9	5-4	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
10	6-4	PITT	TENN	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+1.2
11	6-5	TENN	PITT×4	Attack err	Kennedi Rogers		+1.0
12	6-6	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
13	6-7	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh		+1.5
14	6-8	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Chelsea Sutton		+1.4
15	7-8	PITT	TENN	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+0.9
16	7-9	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
17	8-9	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+0.9
18	9-9	TENN	TENN	Ace	Tennessee	aced Ayanna Watson	+1.7
19	9-10	TENN	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
20	9-11	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch		+1.6
21	10-11	PITT	TENN×3	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+1.0
22	11-11	TENN	TENN×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Kennedi Rogers, Jolene Oddo	+1.8
23	12-11	TENN	TENN×3	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+2.1
24	12-12	TENN	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
25	13-12	PITT	TENN	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Kennedi Rogers, Jolene Oddo	+1.4
26	13-13	TENN	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
27	14-13	PITT	TENN	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+1.5
28	14-14	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+1.4
29	15-14	PITT	TENN	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Jolene Oddo, Caroline Kerr	+1.6
30	15-15	TENN	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
31	15-16	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+2.2
32	16-16	PITT	TENN	Kill	Maggie Dostic	set Caroline Kerr	+1.5
33	17-16	TENN	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+2.7
34	17-17	TENN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
35	18-17	PITT	TENN	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+1.9
36	19-17	TENN	TENN	Kill	Anni Tang		+3.1
37	19-18	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
38	20-18	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+2.2
39	20-19	TENN	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
40	21-19	PITT	TENN	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+2.4
41	21-20	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+1.8
42	22-20	PITT	TENN	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+2.6
43	22-21	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+1.8
44	23-21	PITT	TENN	Kill	Caroline Kerr		+3.0
45	23-22	TENN	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
46	23-23	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kennedi Rogers		+4.8
47	23-24	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+5.5
48	24-24	PITT	TENN	Kill	Caroline Kerr	set Izzy Starck	+3.4
49	24-25	TENN	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+3.4
50	25-25	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Raegan Burns	+3.4
51	26-25	TENN	TENN	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+6.2
52	26-26	TENN	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+4.1
53	26-27	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Abbey Emch	+5.5
54	26-28	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+4.7
Set 3
1	0-1	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
2	0-2	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Maggie Dostic	+0.6
3	0-3	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.5
4	1-3	PITT	TENN	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+0.3
5	1-4	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+0.3
6	1-5	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson	+0.5
7	2-5	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+0.3
8	2-6	TENN	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
9	2-7	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Kennedi Rogers	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock	+0.4
10	3-7	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jolene Oddo	set Caroline Kerr	+0.2
11	3-8	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
12	4-8	PITT	TENN	Kill	Maggie Dostic	set Caroline Kerr	+0.2
13	4-9	TENN	PITT×3	Attack err	Maggie Dostic		+0.2
14	4-10	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Maggie Dostic	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+0.3
15	4-11	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
16	5-11	PITT	TENN	Kill	Caroline Kerr		+0.1
17	5-12	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+0.1
18	6-12	PITT	TENN×5	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+0.1
19	7-12	TENN	TENN×5	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+0.2
20	8-12	TENN	TENN×5	Kill	Camille Perry	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
21	9-12		TENN	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.			+0.4
22	10-12	TENN	TENN×5	Kill	Jalyn Stout	set Caroline Kerr	+0.6
23	10-13	TENN	PITT	Bad set	Caroline Kerr		+0.4
24	11-13	PITT	TENN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
25	12-13	TENN	TENN	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Jolene Oddo, Kennedi Rogers	+0.8
26	12-14	TENN	PITT	Blocked	Jalyn Stout	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.5
27	12-15	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch		+0.7
28	13-15	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jolene Oddo	set Caroline Kerr	+0.4
29	13-16	TENN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
30	14-16	PITT	TENN	Kill	Kennedi Rogers	set Caroline Kerr	+0.4
31	14-17	TENN	PITT	Serve err	Tennessee		+0.5
32	15-17	PITT	TENN	Kill	Jolene Oddo	set Caroline Kerr	+0.4
33	16-17	TENN	TENN	Kill	Nia Hall	set Jalyn Stout	+0.9
34	16-18	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
35	17-18	PITT	TENN	Kill	Nia Hall	set Caroline Kerr	+0.6
36	18-18	TENN	TENN	Ace	Tennessee	aced Ayanna Watson	+1.3
37	18-19	TENN	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
38	18-20	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
39	18-21	PITT	PITT×6	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Jalyn Stout	+0.9
40	18-22	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
41	18-23	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Ayanna Watson		+0.3
42	18-24	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Ayanna Watson		+0.1
43	19-24	PITT	TENN	Kill	Nia Hall	set Caroline Kerr	·
44	20-24	TENN	TENN	Blocked	Abbey Emch	blk Camille Perry, Jalyn Stout	·
45	20-25	TENN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Tennessee 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).

Pittsburgh def. Tennessee 3–0