Pittsburgh vs SMU Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0 (Oct 11)

FinalSun, Oct 11, 2026ABC

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 64.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 11, 1:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh won at SMU 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 26-24) on Sun, Oct 11, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 20 kills, and Trinity Thompson added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PITT	25	25	26	3
SMU	12	21	24	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Olivia Babcock hit .567 with 20 kills as Pittsburgh rolled past SMU.

Win probability never moved more than 5.1 points on one rally; SMU topped out at 37% in Set 1. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Pittsburgh at 65%.

PittsburghSMU

Break %+17.4 pts
46.729.3
Points won on own serve: 35 of 75 vs 17 of 58. SMU sided out 53.3% of the time.
Hitting+.167
.367.200
47 K / 14 E against 33 K / 15 E.
Longest run+0
66
Down 20–24 in the third set, Pittsburgh scored 6 straight to lead 26–24. The set finished 26–24.

SMU above 50Pittsburgh belowMax swing 5.1%

PittsburghSMU

Aces: Pittsburgh 6·SMU 2
Serve err: Pittsburgh 8·SMU 8
Blocks: Pittsburgh 13.5·SMU 63 BS · 21 BA vs 0 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Pittsburgh 34·SMU 22

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

SMU above 50 · Pittsburgh below

Biggest swing: 5.1% to Pittsburgh — set 3, PITT 24-24 SMU. Ace by Marina Pezelj on Christa Wilburn. SMU win probability 14% → 9%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PITT 74.2%25.8% SMU

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

26.3%

3-1

28.4%

3-2

19.4%

SMU wins

3-0

4.6%

3-1

8.9%

3-2

12.3%

PITT break %: 39.7% vs this opp
SMU break %: 34.9% 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
Marina PezeljAce+5.1%
Ace by Marina Pezelj on Christa Wilburn
Set 3 · PITT 24-24 SMU · PITT 86% → 91%
02
Olivia BabcockKill+4.7%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Trinity Thompson)
Set 3 · PITT 25-24 SMU · PITT 91% → 96%
03
Abbey EmchBlock+4.4%
Hannah Beauford stuffed by Abbey Emch
Set 3 · PITT 26-24 SMU · PITT 96% → 100%
04
Hannah Beauford&Elle VandewegheBlock+3.1%
Olivia Babcock stuffed by Hannah Beauford & Elle Vandeweghe
Set 3 · PITT 20-22 SMU · SMU 10% → 14%
05
Jadyn LivingsKill+3.1%
Kill by Jadyn Livings (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 3 · PITT 20-21 SMU · SMU 7% → 10%
06
Natalia NewsomeKill+3.0%
Kill by Natalia Newsome (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 1 · PITT 6-7 SMU · SMU 34% → 37%
07
Ayanna WatsonKill+3.0%
Kill by Ayanna Watson (set by Olivia Babcock)
Set 1 · PITT 8-7 SMU · PITT 64% → 67%
08
Olivia BabcockKill+2.9%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Trinity Thompson)
Set 1 · PITT 10-8 SMU · PITT 67% → 70%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Pittsburghaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	20	3	30	.567	3	1	3	3	0	0	5	2.5	23.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	11	3	25	.320	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	13
20Abbey EmchMB	3	3	1	7	.286	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	9
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	4	6	16	-.125	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6
21Izzy StarckS	3	5	0	6	.833	29	0	1	8	0	0	2	1	6
3Jordyn DaileyMB	3	4	1	6	.500	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	6
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	2
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	1
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		47	14	90	.367	45	6	8	34	2	3	21	13.5	76

SMUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	11	3	15	.533	0	1	1	0	0	5	2.5	14.5
25Suli DavisOH	3	7	6	36	.028	0	0	3	6	1	0	0	7
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	1	1	4	.000	29	1	0	3	0	5	2.5	4.5
4Christa WilburnOH	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0
15Gabi PlacideOH	2	2	2	6	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
12Natalia NewsomeMB	2	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	7	2	16	.313	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	9	1	0	0	0
5Elle VandewegheMB	2	4	1	8	.375	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
8Mia SilvaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Bojana AmbulijaOPP	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals		33	15	90	.200	33	2	8	22	6	12	6	57

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.

Pittsburgh vs SMU

Season series · Series tied 1-1

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 PITT · SMU 6

Set 1

25-12

Longest run 5 PITTSMU 2

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 4 PITTSMU 3

Set 3

26-24

Longest run 6 PITTSMU 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%5/10	44%4/9
2	50%4/8	78%14/18
3	100%4/4	50%4/8
4	80%4/5	33%2/6
5	50%3/6	50%3/6
6	100%3/3	25%1/4
All	64%23/36	55%28/51

SMU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%5/9	0%0/3
2	22%4/18	50%5/10
3	50%4/8	50%4/8
4	67%4/6	0%0/4
5	50%3/6	20%1/5
6	75%3/4	50%3/6
All	45%23/51	36%13/36

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

133 rallies

#	PITT-SMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock	+2.5
2	1-1	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.5
3	2-1	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.5
4	3-1	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Favor Anyanwu	blk Abbey Emch	+2.4
5	3-2	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.4
6	3-3	SMU	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Gabi Placide	+2.6
7	4-3	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten	+1.6
8	4-4	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu	+1.6
9	5-4	SMU	PITT	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Jordyn Dailey, Blaire Bayless	+1.6
10	5-5	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+1.7
11	6-5	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Jordyn Dailey	+1.7
12	6-6	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+1.7
13	6-7	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+3.0
14	7-7	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
15	8-7	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Olivia Babcock	+3.0
16	8-8	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.8
17	9-8	SMU	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
18	10-8	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+2.9
19	11-8	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Suli Davis		+2.6
20	12-8	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Abbey Emch	+2.2
21	12-9	PITT	SMU	Attack err	Abbey Emch		+1.1
22	13-9	SMU	PITT×5	Serve err	SMU		+1.3
23	14-9	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
24	15-9	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Blaire Bayless, Abbey Emch	+1.3
25	16-9	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Favor Anyanwu	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.8
26	17-9	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Favor Anyanwu	blk Abbey Emch, Blaire Bayless	+0.5
27	17-10	PITT	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
28	18-10	SMU	PITT×5	Serve err	SMU		+0.3
29	19-10	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Olivia Babcock, Jordyn Dailey	+0.2
30	20-10	PITT	PITT×5	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sarah Frazee	+0.1
31	21-10	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
32	22-10	PITT	PITT×5	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Suli Davis	·
33	22-11	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	·
34	23-11	SMU	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	·
35	23-12	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	·
36	24-12	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
37	25-12	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Jordyn Dailey, Izzy Starck	·
Set 2
1	1-0	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+1.3
2	1-1	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
3	2-1	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
4	2-2	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+1.4
5	3-2	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
6	3-3	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+1.4
7	4-3	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
8	5-3	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Olivia Babcock	+2.2
9	5-4	PITT	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
10	6-4	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
11	6-5	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
12	7-5	SMU	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Izzy Masten	+1.4
13	7-6	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.4
14	8-6	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
15	9-6		PITT	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.			+2.2
16	9-7	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
17	10-7	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten	+1.3
18	11-7	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+1.9
19	11-8	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.0
20	11-9	SMU	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+2.0
21	12-9	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
22	12-10	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
23	13-10	SMU	PITT×4	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
24	14-10	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Victoria Harris	+2.0
25	15-10	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Marina Pezelj	+1.5
26	16-10	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Gabi Placide		+1.1
27	16-11	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
28	17-11	SMU	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Blaire Bayless	+0.6
29	17-12	PITT	SMU	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.4
30	18-12	SMU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
31	18-13	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
32	18-14	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.0
33	19-14	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+0.9
34	19-15	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
35	20-15	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+0.8
36	20-16	PITT	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Christa Wilburn	+0.5
37	21-16	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
38	21-17	PITT	SMU×3	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
39	21-18	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+1.2
40	21-19	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Jordyn Dailey		+2.1
41	22-19	SMU	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
42	22-20	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.2
43	23-20	SMU	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Izzy Masten	+2.0
44	24-20	PITT	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck		+1.6
45	24-21	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Bojana Ambulija, Favor Anyanwu	+0.2
46	25-21	SMU	PITT	Serve err	SMU		+0.6
Set 3
1	0-1	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
2	1-1	SMU	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
3	2-1	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Ayanna Watson	aced Jadyn Livings	+1.3
4	3-1	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Abbey Emch	+1.2
5	4-1	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Ayanna Watson		+1.1
6	4-2	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
7	4-3	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
8	5-3	SMU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
9	5-4	PITT	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
10	6-4	SMU	PITT×3	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
11	7-4	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
12	8-4	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Olivia Babcock	+1.0
13	8-5	PITT	SMU	Serve err	Olivia Babcock		+0.5
14	9-5	SMU	PITT×3	Serve err	Victoria Harris		+0.6
15	10-5	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Izzy Starck, Jordyn Dailey	+0.9
16	11-5	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.7
17	11-6	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
18	11-7	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+0.7
19	12-7	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
20	12-8	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
21	13-8	SMU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
22	13-9	PITT	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
23	14-9	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
24	15-9	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
25	15-10	PITT	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.3
26	15-11	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+0.6
27	15-12	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	Hannah Beauford	aced Izzy Masten	+0.9
28	16-12	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
29	16-13	PITT	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
30	17-13	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
31	17-14	PITT	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
32	17-15	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
33	18-15	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Marina Pezelj	+0.9
34	18-16	PITT	SMU	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+0.8
35	18-17	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.7
36	19-17	SMU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
37	19-18	PITT	SMU	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu	+1.1
38	20-18	SMU	PITT	Serve err	Suli Davis		+1.3
39	20-19	PITT	SMU×6	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+1.1
40	20-20	SMU	SMU×6	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+2.6
41	20-21	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+3.1
42	20-22	SMU	SMU×6	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Hannah Beauford, Elle Vandeweghe	+3.1
43	20-23	SMU	SMU×6	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+2.4
44	20-24	SMU	SMU×6	Ace	Favor Anyanwu	aced Marina Pezelj	+1.2
45	21-24	SMU	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
46	22-24	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	Elle Vandeweghe	blk Blaire Bayless, Abbey Emch	+0.8
47	23-24	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless		+2.0
48	24-24	PITT	PITT×6	Ace	Marina Pezelj	aced Christa Wilburn	+5.1
49	25-24	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+4.7
50	26-24	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	Hannah Beauford	blk Abbey Emch	+4.4

Score shown after each rally, Pittsburgh 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. SMU 3–0

Olivia Babcock hit .567 with 20 kills as Pittsburgh rolled past SMU.