SMU vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-1 (Oct 7, 2026)

Final · 4 setsWed, Oct 7, 2026ACCN

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 81.8% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 7, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

SMU won at Pittsburgh 3-1 (21-25, 25-19, 38-36, 25-22) on Wed, Oct 7, 2026. Suli Davis and Natalia Newsome led SMU with 17 kills each; Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock had a match-high 25.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 7

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
SMU	21	25	38	25	3
PITT	25	19	36	22	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

4 aces from Victoria Harris, and SMU needed each of them.

The match turned 3 times. Numbers are SMU's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. RallyIQ had Pittsburgh at 82% before first serve.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · SMU 3–7 Pittsburgh
SMU's low point. SMU then won 22 of the next 34 rallies and the set 25–19.
SMU 6% → 24%
Turning point 2: Set 3 · SMU 35–36 Pittsburgh
Down 35–36, SMU had 3 straight kills to lead 38–36. The match swung to SMU.
SMU 20% → 54%
Turning point 3: Set 4 · SMU 22–21 Pittsburgh
SMU won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 25–22 and win the match 3–1.
SMU 72% → >99%

Pittsburgh above 50SMU belowMax swing 14.9%

SMUPittsburgh

Sideout %: SMU 70.9·Pittsburgh 66.7
Break %: SMU 33.3·Pittsburgh 29.1
Hitting: SMU .347·Pittsburgh .252
Longest run: SMU 4·Pittsburgh 4

Natalia Newsome
7 kills inside the turning points, 17 K and .519 for the match (18.5 points).

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Pittsburgh above 50 · SMU below

Biggest swing: 14.9% to SMU — set 3, SMU 38-36 PITT. Kill by Natalia Newsome (set by Hannah Beauford). PITT win probability 61% → 46%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SMU 15.4%84.6% PITT

SMU wins

3-0

2.3%

3-1

4.9%

3-2

8.1%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

36.6%

3-1

31.3%

3-2

16.7%

SMU break %: 33.5% vs this opp
PITT break %: 41.1% 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
Natalia NewsomeKill+14.9%
Kill by Natalia Newsome (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 3 · SMU 38-36 PITT · SMU 39% → 54%
02
Suli DavisKill+13.9%
Kill by Suli Davis (set by Christa Wilburn)
Set 4 · SMU 23-21 PITT · SMU 72% → 86%
03
Favor Anyanwu&Suli DavisBlock+13.0%
Olivia Babcock stuffed by Favor Anyanwu & Suli Davis
Set 4 · SMU 22-21 PITT · SMU 59% → 72%
04
Natalia NewsomeBlock+12.5%
Izzy Starck stuffed by Natalia Newsome
Set 3 · SMU 30-29 PITT · SMU 26% → 39%
05
Natalia NewsomeKill+12.5%
Kill by Natalia Newsome (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 3 · SMU 37-36 PITT · SMU 26% → 39%
06
Favor AnyanwuAttack error+11.2%
Attack error by Favor Anyanwu
Set 3 · SMU 24-25 PITT · PITT 69% → 80%
07
Olivia BabcockKill+11.2%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 3 · SMU 34-35 PITT · PITT 69% → 80%
08
Hannah Beauford&Favor Anyanwu&Suli DavisBlock+10.4%
Blaire Bayless stuffed by Hannah Beauford & Favor Anyanwu & Suli Davis
Set 4 · SMU 24-21 PITT · SMU 86% → 96%

Box score

Official NCAA box

SMUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Suli DavisOH	4	17	8	50	.180	3	0	3	9	1	0	4	2	19
12Natalia NewsomeMB	4	17	3	27	.519	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	18.5
21Favor AnyanwuMB	4	10	3	20	.350	0	0	3	5	0	1	8	5	15
15Gabi PlacideOH	4	10	1	20	.450	0	0	3	7	0	0	2	1	11
11Hannah BeaufordS	4	2	0	7	.286	54	0	4	4	0	0	4	2	4
4Christa WilburnOH	4	0	0	0	–	2	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	2
42Jadyn LivingsOH	4	13	3	23	.435	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	14
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	5	4	1	20	0	0	0	0	4
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		69	18	147	.347	66	6	17	61	3	2	21	12.5	109

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	4	25	9	69	.232	0	2	4	7	0	2	1	28
8Blaire BaylessOH	4	13	6	36	.194	1	0	0	3	3	1	0.5	13.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	4	10	1	27	.333	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
20Abbey EmchMB	4	5	2	10	.300	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
21Izzy StarckS	4	2	2	6	.000	47	0	2	8	0	3	1.5	3.5
2Maaike HeiligMB	3	4	1	8	.375	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	5
7Izzy MastenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	11	2	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Jordyn DaileyMB	2	2	0	3	.667	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
Team totals		61	21	159	.252	53	3	12	48	6	12	6	102

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.

SMU vs Pittsburgh

Season series · Series tied 1-1

Wed, Oct 7, 2026SMU at Pittsburgh · SMU won 3-1This match
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Pittsburgh at SMU · Pittsburgh won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 SMU · PITT 4

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 SMUPITT 3

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 4 SMUPITT 4

Set 3

38-36

Longest run 4 SMUPITT 2

Set 4

25-22

Longest run 4 SMUPITT 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

SMU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%14/20	37%7/19
2	64%14/22	36%8/22
3	67%12/18	38%8/21
4	69%11/16	39%7/18
5	79%11/14	27%4/15
6	85%11/13	15%2/13
All	71%73/103	33%36/108

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	70%14/20	25%4/16
2	67%14/21	33%7/21
3	52%12/23	28%5/18
4	79%11/14	37%7/19
5	79%11/14	27%4/15
6	63%10/16	21%3/14
All	67%72/108	29%30/103

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

211 rallies

#	SMU-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
2	1-1	SMU	PITT	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+1.1
3	1-2	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+1.7
4	2-2	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
5	2-3	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+1.1
6	3-3	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.1
7	3-4	SMU	PITT×3	Serve err	SMU		+1.1
8	3-5	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
9	3-6	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Suli Davis		+1.4
10	4-6	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.9
11	4-7	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
12	5-7	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
13	5-8	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
14	5-9	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
15	6-9	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.7
16	6-10	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
17	6-11	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
18	7-11	PITT	SMU	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.5
19	7-12	SMU	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten	+0.6
20	7-13	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Ayanna Watson	+0.7
21	7-14	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
22	8-14	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
23	9-14	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.5
24	9-15	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
25	10-15	PITT	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
26	11-15	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
27	12-15	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Sarah Frazee	+1.1
28	12-16	SMU	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
29	13-16	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Hannah Beauford, Jadyn Livings	+0.7
30	14-16	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.6
31	14-17	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+1.2
32	14-18	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Suli Davis		+1.5
33	15-18	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
34	15-19	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
35	16-19	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.7
36	16-20	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+0.9
37	16-21	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
38	17-21	PITT	SMU×3	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Christa Wilburn	+0.3
39	18-21	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
40	19-21	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Favor Anyanwu	+1.6
41	19-22	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Masten	+1.5
42	19-23	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Suli Davis	+1.3
43	20-23	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
44	21-23	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
45	21-24	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+1.5
46	21-25	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
Set 2
1	0-1	SMU	PITT	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.8
2	1-1	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
3	1-2	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
4	1-3	PITT	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
5	2-3	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Gabi Placide, Favor Anyanwu	+0.7
6	3-3	SMU	SMU	Bad set	Izzy Starck		+1.3
7	3-4	SMU	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
8	3-5	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Favor Anyanwu		+1.2
9	3-6	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Suli Davis		+1.1
10	3-7	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Christa Wilburn	+0.9
11	4-7	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.5
12	5-7	SMU	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Victoria Harris	+1.0
13	5-8	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Masten	+0.7
14	6-8	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
15	6-9	SMU	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Jadyn Livings	+0.7
16	7-9	PITT	SMU	Attack err	Izzy Starck		+0.7
17	7-10	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
18	8-10	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
19	9-10	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+1.4
20	9-11	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
21	10-11	PITT	SMU×4	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
22	11-11	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Mallorie Meyer	+1.7
23	12-11	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Mallorie Meyer	+2.0
24	13-11	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU		+2.2
25	13-12	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
26	14-12	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.5
27	14-13	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
28	15-13	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.5
29	16-13	SMU	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+2.4
30	16-14	SMU	PITT	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless	+1.2
31	16-15	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Jadyn Livings		+2.2
32	17-15	PITT	SMU	Attack err	Maaike Heilig		+1.7
33	17-16	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
34	18-16	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.8
35	18-17	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.5
36	19-17	PITT	SMU	Attack err	Hannah Beauford		+1.9
37	20-17	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Blaire Bayless	+2.8
38	20-18	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
39	21-18	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
40	22-18	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Favor Anyanwu, Gabi Placide	+2.2
41	22-19	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Abbey Emch	+0.7
42	23-19	PITT	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.4
43	24-19	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.0
44	25-19	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+0.2
Set 3
1	1-0	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
2	1-1	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
3	2-1	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
4	2-2	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Abbey Emch	+1.8
5	2-3	PITT	PITT	Bad set	Hannah Beauford		+2.8
6	3-3	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.8
7	3-4	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
8	4-4	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Suli Davis	+1.9
9	4-5	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
10	5-5	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Victoria Harris	+1.9
11	5-6	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
12	6-6	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+2.0
13	6-7	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
14	6-8	PITT	PITT	Bad set	Hannah Beauford		+2.8
15	7-8	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.8
16	7-9	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
17	8-9	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Suli Davis	+1.8
18	8-10	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
19	9-10	PITT	SMU×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.9
20	10-10	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+3.5
21	11-10	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+4.0
22	12-10	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+4.4
23	12-11	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.4
24	13-11	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+2.9
25	13-12	SMU	PITT	Blocked	Natalia Newsome	blk Izzy Starck, Jordyn Dailey	+2.5
26	14-12	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+3.1
27	14-13	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+2.6
28	15-13	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+3.2
29	16-13	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Blaire Bayless	+5.0
30	16-14	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.5
31	17-14	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+3.3
32	18-14	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Abbey Emch		+4.7
33	18-15	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+2.0
34	19-15	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+3.0
35	19-16	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
36	20-16	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+3.1
37	20-17	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
38	20-18	PITT	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey		+4.3
39	21-18	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+4.0
40	21-19	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+2.5
41	22-19	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+4.2
42	22-20	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+2.4
43	22-21	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Natalia Newsome	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck	+6.1
44	23-21	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Natalia Newsome	+5.9
45	23-22	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+3.7
46	23-23	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Gabi Placide		+9.8
47	24-23	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+8.0
48	24-24	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+8.0
49	24-25	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Favor Anyanwu		+11.2
50	25-25	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis	+6.7
51	25-26	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+6.7
52	26-26	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis	+6.7
53	26-27	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+6.7
54	27-27	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Favor Anyanwu, Jadyn Livings	+6.7
55	27-28	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+6.7
56	28-28	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+6.7
57	28-29	SMU	PITT	Attack err	Jadyn Livings		+6.7
58	29-29	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+6.7
59	30-29	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Izzy Starck	blk Natalia Newsome	+12.5
60	30-30	SMU	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck		+8.0
61	31-30	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+8.0
62	31-31	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+8.0
63	32-31	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+8.0
64	32-32	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+8.0
65	33-32	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+8.0
66	33-33	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+8.0
67	34-33	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+8.0
68	34-34	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+8.0
69	34-35	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+11.2
70	35-35	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+6.7
71	35-36	SMU	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+6.7
72	36-36	PITT	SMU×3	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+6.7
73	37-36	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+12.5
74	38-36	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+14.9
Set 4
1	0-1	SMU	PITT×3	Serve err	SMU		+2.4
2	0-2	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Natalia Newsome		+3.6
3	0-3	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig		+3.2
4	1-3	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.9
5	1-4	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
6	1-5	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Christa Wilburn	+2.7
7	2-5	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
8	2-6	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
9	3-6	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.6
10	3-7	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
11	4-7	PITT	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
12	5-7	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+3.2
13	6-7	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Hannah Beauford, Natalia Newsome	+4.0
14	7-7	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+4.7
15	7-8	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+2.9
16	8-8	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+3.1
17	8-9	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+3.0
18	9-9	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+3.3
19	10-9	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+5.8
20	10-10	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+3.4
21	11-10	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+3.9
22	12-10	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Blaire Bayless	+6.6
23	12-11	SMU	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Suli Davis	+3.6
24	13-11	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+4.4
25	13-12	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+3.7
26	13-13	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Favor Anyanwu		+6.4
27	14-13	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+4.4
28	14-14	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+4.0
29	14-15	PITT	PITT	Bad set	Hannah Beauford		+6.5
30	15-15	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+4.2
31	15-16	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+4.1
32	15-17	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Jadyn Livings		+6.1
33	16-17	PITT	SMU×3	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+3.6
34	17-17	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+7.3
35	18-17	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Izzy Masten	+8.7
36	18-18	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+5.1
37	19-18	PITT	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford		+6.0
38	19-19	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+5.5
39	20-19	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+6.6
40	20-20	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+5.9
41	20-21	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck	+10.2
42	21-21	PITT	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+6.3
43	22-21	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis	+13.0
44	23-21	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Christa Wilburn	+13.9
45	24-21	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis	+10.4
46	24-22	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.1
47	25-22	PITT	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Suli Davis	+6.0

Score shown after each rally, SMU 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).

SMU def. Pittsburgh 3–1

4 aces from Victoria Harris, and SMU needed each of them.