Pittsburgh vs Syracuse Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Oct 4, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 100.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 4, 11:56 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh won at Syracuse 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-20) on Sun, Oct 4, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 18 kills, and Izzy Masten added 7 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PITT	25	25	25	3
SYR	20	20	20	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.500 and 18 kills for Olivia Babcock as Pittsburgh rolled past Syracuse.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.0 points. Syracuse peaked at <1% in Set 2. These are the stats that built the gap. RallyIQ gave Pittsburgh >99% before first serve.

PittsburghSyracuse

Break %+13.7 pts
41.127.4
30 of 73 on serve vs 17 of 62, so Syracuse's sideout was 58.9%.
Hitting+.139
.339.200
50 kills, 13 errors vs 34 kills, 15 errors.
Longest run+6
93
Down 6–9 in the second set, Pittsburgh scored 9 straight to lead 15–9. The set finished 25–20.

Syracuse above 50Pittsburgh belowMax swing 0.0%

PittsburghSyracuse

Aces: Pittsburgh 4·Syracuse 3
Serve err: Pittsburgh 9·Syracuse 5
Blocks: Pittsburgh 6·Syracuse 52 BS · 8 BA vs 1 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Pittsburgh 38·Syracuse 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Syracuse above 50 · Pittsburgh below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PITT 100.0%0.0% SYR

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

94.1%

3-1

5.7%

3-2

0.2%

Syracuse wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.0%

PITT break %: 55.1% vs this opp
SYR break %: 27.7% 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

Pittsburghaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	18	3	30	.500	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	0.5	19.5
20Abbey EmchMB	3	7	1	13	.462	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	6	4	23	.087	2	0	0	5	2	0	1	0.5	6.5
21Izzy StarckS	3	3	0	3	1.000	30	0	1	5	0	0	2	1	4
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
2Maaike HeiligMB	2	1	0	5	.200	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	6	0	0	0	0	1
12Ayanna WatsonOH	2	12	2	17	.588	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	13
6Sophia GregoireOH	2	1	1	10	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
25Haiti Tautua'aS	2	0	0	1	.000	5	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
3Jordyn DaileyMB	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
11Lola SageerOH	1	0	2	3	-.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		50	13	109	.339	42	4	9	38	3	2	8	6	75

Syracusehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	14	4	33	.303	0	0	2	7	1	0	3	1.5	15.5
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	5	5	15	.000	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	7
1Charis BurgeS	3	2	0	4	.500	27	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	3
6Marie LaurioOH	3	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0
12Keila GabrielOPP	2	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Bo NijenhuisMB	2	1	0	4	.250	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
19Emma WilliamsOH	3	8	4	25	.160	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	9
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	11	0	0	0	0	1
16Shalena Queen HowseL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
21Bella RodriguezOH	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15Emma FaerberMB	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
Team totals		34	15	95	.200	31	3	5	37	4	1	8	5	60

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 9 PITT · SYR 3

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 3 PITTSYR 2

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 9 PITTSYR 3

Set 3

25-20

Longest run 4 PITTSYR 2

Bars above the line = Syracuse 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	53%8/15	14%1/7
2	89%8/9	20%2/10
3	80%8/10	38%5/13
4	80%8/10	38%5/13
5	88%7/8	53%8/15
6	60%6/10	60%9/15
All	73%45/62	41%30/73

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	33%4/12
2	62%8/13	38%5/13
3	73%8/11	0%0/8
4	50%7/14	27%3/11
5	60%6/10	22%2/9
6	40%6/15	33%3/9
All	59%43/73	27%17/62

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

135 rallies

#	PITT-SYR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	SYR	PITT	Kill	Izzy Masten	set Yuka Urano
2	1-1	PITT	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
3	2-1	SYR	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
4	3-1	PITT	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
5	3-2	PITT	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
6	4-2	SYR	PITT	Serve err	Syracuse
7	4-3	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
8	5-3	SYR	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck
9	6-3	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
10	6-4	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
11	7-4	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
12	8-4	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch
13	8-5	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Bo Nijenhuis
14	9-5	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
15	9-6	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Bo Nijenhuis
16	9-7	SYR	SYR	Ace	Syracuse	aced Blaire Bayless
17	10-7	SYR	PITT×3	Serve err	Syracuse
18	11-7	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Abby Nicholson
19	12-7	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Marie Laurio
20	12-8	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
21	13-8	SYR	PITT	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock
22	13-9	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
23	14-9	SYR	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Blaire Bayless
24	15-9	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck
25	15-10	PITT	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
26	16-10	SYR	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
27	16-11	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
28	17-11	SYR	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
29	17-12	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
30	17-13	SYR	SYR	Kill	Charis Burge	set Izzy Starck
31	18-13	SYR	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
32	19-13	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch
33	19-14	PITT	SYR	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Kiernan Stamey, Bo Nijenhuis
34	20-14	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
35	20-15	PITT	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
36	21-15	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
37	21-16	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Shalena Queen Howse
38	22-16	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
39	22-17	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
40	22-18	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
41	23-18	SYR	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
42	24-18	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
43	24-19	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
44	24-20	SYR	SYR	Ace	Syracuse	aced Blaire Bayless
45	25-20	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
Set 2
1	0-1	PITT	SYR×3	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
2	0-2	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Abby Nicholson, Kiernan Stamey
3	0-3	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Keila Gabriel, Abby Nicholson
4	1-3	SYR	PITT	Serve err	Syracuse
5	1-4	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
6	2-4	SYR	PITT	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
7	2-5	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
8	2-6	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Sophia Gregoire
9	3-6	SYR	PITT×3	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Blaire Bayless, Maaike Heilig
10	4-6	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Kiernan Stamey
11	5-6	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Ayanna Watson
12	5-7	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
13	5-8	SYR	SYR	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Haiti Tautua'a
14	6-8	SYR	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
15	6-9	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
16	7-9	SYR	PITT×9	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Haiti Tautua'a
17	8-9	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
18	9-9	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
19	10-9	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
20	11-9	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
21	12-9	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Emma Williams
22	13-9	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
23	14-9	PITT	PITT×9	Bad set	Charis Burge
24	15-9	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Trinity Thompson
25	15-10	PITT	SYR	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
26	16-10	SYR	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Masten
27	16-11	PITT	SYR×3	Bad set	Izzy Starck
28	16-12	SYR	SYR×3	Kill	Bella Rodriguez	set Yuka Urano
29	16-13	SYR	SYR×3	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
30	17-13	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
31	17-14	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
32	18-14	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
33	18-15	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
34	18-16	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
35	19-16	SYR	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Haiti Tautua'a
36	19-17	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
37	20-17	SYR	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
38	21-17	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Maaike Heilig
39	22-17	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch
40	23-17	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Haiti Tautua'a
41	23-18	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
42	24-18	SYR	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
43	24-19	PITT	SYR	Kill	Bo Nijenhuis	set Charis Burge
44	24-20	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
45	25-20	SYR	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
Set 3
1	1-0	SYR	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
2	1-1	PITT	SYR	Blocked	Abbey Emch	blk Abby Nicholson
3	2-1	SYR	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
4	2-2	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
5	3-2	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
6	4-2	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
7	4-3	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
8	5-3	SYR	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Blaire Bayless
9	6-3	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
10	7-3	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh
11	8-3	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Jordyn Dailey, Izzy Starck
12	8-4	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
13	9-4	SYR	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
14	9-5	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Faerber	set Charis Burge
15	9-6	SYR	SYR	Ace	Syracuse	aced Sophia Gregoire
16	10-6	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
17	10-7	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Faerber	set Charis Burge
18	10-8	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
19	11-8	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
20	11-9	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
21	12-9	SYR	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
22	13-9	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Marie Laurio
23	14-9	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Abby Nicholson
24	14-10	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
25	15-10	SYR	PITT	Serve err	Syracuse
26	16-10	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch
27	16-11	PITT	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
28	17-11	SYR	PITT	Serve err	Syracuse
29	17-12	PITT	SYR	Attack err	Lola Sageer
30	18-12	SYR	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Lola Sageer
31	18-13	PITT	SYR	Attack err	Lola Sageer
32	18-14	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Emma Faerber, Kiernan Stamey
33	19-14	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
34	19-15	PITT	SYR	Serve err	Pittsburgh
35	19-16	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson
36	20-16	SYR	PITT	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Jordyn Dailey
37	20-17	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
38	20-18	SYR	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
39	21-18	SYR	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
40	22-18	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
41	23-18	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Abby Nicholson
42	23-19	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
43	24-19	SYR	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
44	24-20	PITT	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
45	25-20	SYR	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck

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

Pittsburgh def. Syracuse 3–0

.500 and 18 kills for Olivia Babcock as Pittsburgh rolled past Syracuse.