Kansas vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsFri, Aug 28, 2026

1:3

Pittsburgh beat visiting Kansas 3-1 (25-17, 14-25, 25-23, 25-20) on Fri, Aug 28, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 19 kills, and Mallorie Meyer added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Aug 28

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
KANSAS	17	25	23	20	1
PITT	25	14	25	25	3

Win probability

Pittsburgh above 50 · Kansas below

Biggest swing: 10.9% to Pittsburgh — set 3, KANSAS 23-24 PITT. Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Izzy Starck). PITT win probability 71% → 82%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

KANSAS 14.9%85.1% PITT

Kansas wins

3-0

2.2%

3-1

4.8%

3-2

7.9%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

37.2%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.6%

KANSAS break %: 33.6% vs this opp
PITT break %: 41.3% 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
Olivia BabcockKill+10.9%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 3 · KANSAS 23-24 PITT · PITT 71% → 82%
02
Blaire BaylessKill+9.7%
Kill by Blaire Bayless (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 3 · KANSAS 23-23 PITT · PITT 61% → 71%
03
Blaire BaylessAttack error+9.3%
Attack error by Blaire Bayless
Set 3 · KANSAS 23-21 PITT · KANSAS 33% → 43%
04
Reese PtacekAttack error+8.9%
Attack error by Reese Ptacek
Set 3 · KANSAS 23-25 PITT · PITT 82% → 91%
05
Kenzie DeanKill+7.6%
Kill by Kenzie Dean (set by Reese Messer)
Set 3 · KANSAS 21-20 PITT · KANSAS 25% → 32%
06
Blaire BaylessAttack error+5.8%
Attack error by Blaire Bayless
Set 3 · KANSAS 20-20 PITT · KANSAS 19% → 25%
07
PittsburghService error+5.4%
Pittsburgh service error
Set 3 · KANSAS 22-21 PITT · KANSAS 28% → 33%
08
Olivia BabcockKill+4.2%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 3 · KANSAS 21-21 PITT · PITT 68% → 72%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Kansasaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
23Taylor StanleyOH	4	15	5	41	.244	1	1	4	3	0	2	1	17
2Kenzie DeanOH	4	12	6	35	.171	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	13
10Reese PtacekMB	4	4	4	18	.000	0	0	1	0	0	6	3	7
3Reese MesserS	4	5	0	16	.313	33	0	0	9	0	4	2	7
24Aisha AionoMB	4	5	0	7	.714	0	0	0	4	0	4	2	7
25Logan BellOH	4	0	1	4	-.250	1	0	4	7	0	1	0.5	0.5
1Grace NelsonOH	4	9	2	22	.318	2	1	5	7	0	3	1.5	11.5
6Olivia HasbrookDS	4	0	0	0	–	7	1	2	12	2	0	0	1
12Heidi DeversL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	18	143	.224	45	3	17	44	2	22	11	85

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	4	19	5	42	.333	2	2	3	9	0	3	1.5	22.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	4	14	8	38	.158	0	0	0	7	1	2	1	15
2Maaike HeiligMB	4	6	3	12	.250	1	0	1	2	0	5	2.5	8.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	4	7	5	22	.091	0	0	2	7	1	1	0.5	7.5
21Izzy StarckS	4	1	1	7	.000	45	0	1	11	0	4	2	3
3Jordyn DaileyMB	2	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
7Izzy MastenL/DS	4	0	1	1	-1.000	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
20Abbey EmchMB	3	2	0	7	.286	1	0	0	2	0	4	2	4
6Sophia GregoireOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	23	132	.220	52	2	8	59	3	20	10	89

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 KANSAS · PITT 5

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 2 KANSASPITT 5

Set 2

25-14

Longest run 5 KANSASPITT 2

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 3 KANSASPITT 4

Set 4

20-25

Longest run 3 KANSASPITT 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Kansas

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%12/20	44%8/18
2	46%11/24	20%3/15
3	47%8/17	23%3/13
4	80%8/10	53%9/17
5	100%8/8	27%3/11
6	89%8/9	33%4/12
All	63%55/88	35%30/86

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%12/18	9%1/11
2	73%11/15	54%14/26
3	53%9/17	59%13/22
4	73%8/11	27%3/11
5	62%8/13	20%2/10
6	67%8/12	0%0/8
All	65%56/86	38%33/88

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 (4 of 4 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

174 rallies

#	KANSAS-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas	aced Ayanna Watson	+1.7
2	1-1	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
3	2-1	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+1.1
4	2-2	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+1.0
5	2-3	PITT	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
6	3-3	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+1.0
7	3-4	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
8	3-5	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Logan Bell	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+1.5
9	4-5	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.9
10	4-6	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
11	5-6	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Olivia Babcock	+0.9
12	5-7	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
13	6-7	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Blaire Bayless	+0.9
14	6-8	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+0.9
15	7-8	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.0
16	7-9	KANSAS	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
17	7-10	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
18	7-11	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
19	7-12	PITT	PITT×5	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+0.9
20	7-13	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
21	8-13	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.3
22	8-14	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
23	8-15	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+0.4
24	9-15	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.2
25	9-16	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+0.2
26	10-16	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.1
27	10-17	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
28	11-17	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.1
29	12-17	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.4
30	12-18	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
31	13-18	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.2
32	13-19	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
33	14-19	PITT	KANSAS	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+0.2
34	14-20	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
35	14-21	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Jordyn Dailey, Blaire Bayless	+0.2
36	15-21	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Trinity Thompson	+0.1
37	15-22	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.1
38	16-22	PITT	KANSAS	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Reese Ptacek, Reese Messer	·
39	17-22	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Logan Bell, Reese Ptacek	+0.1
40	17-23	KANSAS	PITT×3	Serve err	Kansas		+0.1
41	17-24	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Olivia Babcock	aced Olivia Hasbrook	+0.1
42	17-25	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Olivia Babcock	aced Olivia Hasbrook	·
Set 2
1	1-0	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.8
2	1-1	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
3	1-2	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
4	2-2	PITT	KANSAS	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Taylor Stanley, Reese Ptacek	+0.7
5	2-3	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+0.7
6	3-3	PITT	KANSAS×5	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Grace Nelson	+0.7
7	4-3	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.3
8	5-3	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.5
9	6-3	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Olivia Hasbrook	+1.6
10	7-3	KANSAS	KANSAS×5	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+1.6
11	7-4	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+0.8
12	8-4	PITT	KANSAS	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Reese Ptacek, Grace Nelson	+1.0
13	8-5	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+0.8
14	9-5	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.0
15	10-5	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Maaike Heilig	blk Aisha Aiono, Grace Nelson	+1.6
16	10-6	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
17	11-6	PITT	KANSAS	Attack err	Izzy Starck		+1.0
18	12-6	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Olivia Hasbrook	+1.4
19	12-7	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Olivia Babcock	+0.6
20	13-7	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+0.9
21	13-8	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
22	14-8	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.9
23	14-9	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
24	15-9	PITT	KANSAS×3	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+0.9
25	16-9	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Reese Ptacek, Grace Nelson	+1.1
26	17-9	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+0.7
27	17-10	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+0.2
28	18-10	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+0.4
29	18-11	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
30	19-11	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Olivia Hasbrook	+0.4
31	19-12	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
32	20-12	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Logan Bell	+0.3
33	21-12	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
34	21-13	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		·
35	22-13	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+0.1
36	23-13	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		·
37	23-14	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	·
38	24-14	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	·
39	25-14	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Kenzie Dean, Reese Messer, Reese Ptacek	·
Set 3
1	1-0	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+2.8
2	1-1	KANSAS	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
3	1-2	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kenzie Dean		+2.6
4	1-3	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Abbey Emch	+2.3
5	2-3	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Taylor Stanley	+1.4
6	3-3	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas		+2.7
7	3-4	KANSAS	PITT×3	Serve err	Kansas		+1.6
8	3-5	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Maaike Heilig	+2.4
9	3-6	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.1
10	4-6	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Kenzie Dean	+1.2
11	4-7	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
12	5-7	PITT	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.2
13	6-7	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Aisha Aiono, Reese Messer	+2.5
14	7-7	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Maaike Heilig		+3.0
15	7-8	KANSAS	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
16	7-9	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+2.8
17	7-10	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Grace Nelson	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+2.3
18	8-10	PITT	KANSAS	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Reese Messer, Aisha Aiono	+1.3
19	9-10	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Olivia Hasbrook	+2.7
20	9-11	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
21	10-11	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+1.8
22	11-11	KANSAS	KANSAS	Ace	Kansas	aced Blaire Bayless	+3.5
23	11-12	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+2.1
24	11-13	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Kenzie Dean	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock	+3.2
25	12-13	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.9
26	13-13	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+3.8
27	13-14	KANSAS	PITT	Blocked	Taylor Stanley	blk Abbey Emch, Ayanna Watson	+2.3
28	13-15	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+3.5
29	14-15	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+2.0
30	14-16	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+2.1
31	15-16	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Ptacek	set Reese Messer	+2.1
32	15-17	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+2.2
33	16-17	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+2.2
34	16-18	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.4
35	17-18	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+2.3
36	17-19	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Olivia Babcock	+2.5
37	18-19	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+2.4
38	18-20	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+2.7
39	19-20	PITT	KANSAS×3	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+2.5
40	20-20	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+5.8
41	21-20	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Reese Messer	+7.6
42	21-21	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+4.2
43	22-21	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+5.4
44	23-21	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+9.3
45	23-22	KANSAS	PITT×4	Serve err	Kansas		+3.6
46	23-23	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+9.7
47	23-24	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+10.9
48	23-25	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+8.9
Set 4
1	1-0	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.3
2	1-1	KANSAS	PITT	Serve err	Kansas		+1.2
3	1-2	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Kenzie Dean		+2.0
4	2-2	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.2
5	2-3	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
6	2-4	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Reese Ptacek		+1.8
7	3-4	PITT	KANSAS	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+1.1
8	3-5	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
9	4-5	PITT	KANSAS	Attack err	Izzy Starck		+1.1
10	4-6	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Izzy Masten	+1.1
11	5-6	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+1.1
12	5-7	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
13	6-7	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.2
14	7-7	KANSAS	KANSAS	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Kenzie Dean, Aisha Aiono, Taylor Stanley	+2.3
15	7-8	KANSAS	PITT	Blocked	Kenzie Dean	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck	+1.4
16	8-8	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+1.5
17	8-9	KANSAS	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
18	8-10	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+2.2
19	8-11	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Kenzie Dean	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock	+1.8
20	9-11	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.0
21	10-11	KANSAS	KANSAS	Kill	Kenzie Dean	set Olivia Hasbrook	+2.1
22	10-12	KANSAS	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
23	10-13	PITT	PITT×5	Attack err	Taylor Stanley		+2.0
24	10-14	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Kenzie Dean	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock	+1.5
25	10-15	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Reese Ptacek	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless	+1.1
26	10-16	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
27	11-16	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Reese Messer	set Grace Nelson	+0.3
28	12-16	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Maaike Heilig		+0.8
29	12-17	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
30	13-17	PITT	KANSAS	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.5
31	14-17	KANSAS	KANSAS	Attack err	Izzy Masten		+1.2
32	14-18	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
33	15-18	PITT	KANSAS×3	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.7
34	16-18	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Aisha Aiono	set Reese Messer	+1.9
35	17-18	KANSAS	KANSAS×3	Kill	Grace Nelson	set Reese Messer	+2.8
36	17-19	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
37	18-19	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.8
38	18-20	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+2.1
39	19-20	PITT	KANSAS	Kill	Taylor Stanley	set Reese Messer	+1.9
40	19-21	KANSAS	PITT×3	Serve err	Kansas		+2.2
41	19-22	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+2.7
42	19-23	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
43	20-23	PITT	KANSAS	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+0.4
44	20-24	KANSAS	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
45	20-25	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.3

Score shown after each rally, Kansas 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. Kansas 3–1