Pittsburgh vs Boston College Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 99.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh won at Boston College 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 26-24) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. Olivia Babcock led Pittsburgh with 15 kills; Boston College's Audrey Ross had a match-high 18.

Data through Nov 3, 5:50 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PITT	25	25	26	3
BC	15	12	24	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Haiti Tautua'a served 5 aces in a Pittsburgh rout.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.1 points. Boston College peaked at <1% in Set 3. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Pittsburgh at >99%.

PittsburghBoston College

Break %+18.2 pts
63.545.3
On serve: 47/74 against 24/53 (Boston College sideout 36.5%).
Hitting+.144
.273.129
39 kills, 12 errors vs 32 kills, 19 errors.
Longest run+6
115
From 6–6 in the first set, Pittsburgh scored 11 straight to lead 17–6. The set finished 25–15.

Boston College above 50Pittsburgh belowMax swing 0.1%

PittsburghBoston College

Aces: Pittsburgh 10·Boston College 2
Serve err: Pittsburgh 5·Boston College 6
Blocks: Pittsburgh 10·Boston College 82 BS · 16 BA vs 2 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Pittsburgh 42·Boston College 39

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Boston College 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 99.8%0.2% BC

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

84.9%

3-1

13.5%

3-2

1.4%

Boston College wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.2%

PITT break %: 52.5% vs this opp
BC break %: 30.7% 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	15	3	33	.364	0	1	1	4	0	0	3	1.5	17.5
3Jordyn DaileyMB	3	8	0	11	.727	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	10
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	7	1	24	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	4	4	16	.000	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
21Izzy StarckS	3	0	0	3	.000	29	1	2	8	0	0	2	1	2
2Maaike HeiligMB	2	3	1	6	.333	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	3	7
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	0	–	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	5
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	1
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
6Sophia GregoireOH	2	0	3	4	-.750	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
20Abbey EmchMB	1	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3
10Marina PezeljOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	12	99	.273	36	10	5	42	2	2	16	10	76

Boston Collegehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Audrey RossOH	3	18	7	40	.275	0	0	1	6	0	1	2	2	20
19Sofija MarjanovicOH	3	4	3	15	.067	0	1	1	6	4	0	1	0.5	5.5
21Naomi WatsonMB	3	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2.5	4.5
5Reese DunkleMB	3	1	2	11	-.091	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
33Isabelle PoehleinOPP	2	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
9Ava McBrideS	2	0	0	0	–	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
12Sam HoppesOPP	3	5	3	15	.133	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
17Lucie VeselaS	3	0	0	1	.000	11	1	0	6	2	0	0	0	1
16Brooklyn YellandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	0
11Laney BlevinsMB	2	2	1	6	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
22Savannah CurtisL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Mia GoldOH	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
3Ali NattL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
15Lucy MottS	1	0	0	0	–	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
8Tiani ShawL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	19	101	.129	31	2	6	39	10	2	12	8	51

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 11 PITT · BC 5

Set 1

25-15

Longest run 11 PITTBC 5

Set 2

25-12

Longest run 9 PITTBC 5

Set 3

26-24

Longest run 4 PITTBC 5

Bars above the line = Boston College 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	54%7/13	50%5/10
2	67%6/9	68%13/19
3	57%4/7	71%10/14
4	44%4/9	56%5/9
5	50%4/8	73%11/15
6	57%4/7	43%3/7
All	55%29/53	64%47/74

Boston College

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	50%6/12
2	20%4/20	30%3/10
3	44%4/9	33%2/6
4	22%4/18	33%2/6
5	67%4/6	67%8/12
6	50%4/8	43%3/7
All	36%27/74	45%24/53

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

127 rallies

#	PITT-BC	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	BC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
2	1-1	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
3	1-2	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
4	2-2	BC	PITT×3	Serve err	Boston College
5	3-2	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
6	4-2	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock
7	4-3	PITT	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Ava McBride
8	4-4	BC	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
9	5-4	BC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
10	6-4	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Ali Natt
11	6-5	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
12	6-6	BC	BC	Blocked	Maaike Heilig	blk Sofija Marjanovic, Naomi Watson
13	7-6	BC	PITT×11	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Masten
14	8-6	PITT	PITT×11	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
15	9-6	PITT	PITT×11	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Lucie Vesela
16	10-6	PITT	PITT×11	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Ali Natt
17	11-6	PITT	PITT×11	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
18	12-6	PITT	PITT×11	Blocked	Sam Hoppes	blk Maaike Heilig, Ayanna Watson
19	13-6	PITT	PITT×11	Attack err	Sam Hoppes
20	14-6	PITT	PITT×11	Blocked	Sofija Marjanovic	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig
21	15-6	PITT	PITT×11	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic
22	16-6	PITT	PITT×11	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sofija Marjanovic
23	17-6	PITT	PITT×11	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Lucie Vesela
24	17-7	PITT	BC×5	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Sam Hoppes, Naomi Watson
25	17-8	BC	BC×5	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
26	17-9	BC	BC×5	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
27	17-10	BC	BC×5	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
28	17-11	BC	BC×5	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
29	18-11	BC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
30	19-11	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sofija Marjanovic
31	19-12	PITT	BC	Serve err	Pittsburgh
32	20-12	BC	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
33	21-12	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sofija Marjanovic
34	22-12	PITT	PITT×3	Bad set	Ava McBride
35	22-13	PITT	BC	Serve err	Pittsburgh
36	23-13	BC	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
37	24-13	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
38	24-14	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
39	24-15	BC	BC	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
40	25-15	BC	PITT	Serve err	Boston College
Set 2
1	0-1	PITT	BC	Kill	Reese Dunkle	set Lucie Vesela
2	1-1	BC	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
3	2-1	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
4	2-2	PITT	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Ava McBride
5	3-2	BC	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
6	4-2	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Isabelle Poehlein	blk Blaire Bayless, Maaike Heilig
7	5-2	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Ava McBride
8	6-2	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Reese Dunkle	blk Maaike Heilig
9	6-3	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
10	6-4	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
11	7-4	BC	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
12	8-4	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Maaike Heilig
13	9-4	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson
14	10-4	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Ava McBride
15	10-5	PITT	BC×5	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
16	10-6	BC	BC×5	Ace	Boston College	aced Mallorie Meyer
17	10-7	BC	BC×5	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
18	10-8	BC	BC×5	Blocked	Sophia Gregoire	blk Audrey Ross, Naomi Watson
19	10-9	BC	BC×5	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
20	11-9	BC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Haiti Tautua'a
21	11-10	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland
22	12-10	BC	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Haiti Tautua'a
23	13-10	PITT	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey
24	13-11	PITT	BC	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
25	14-11	BC	PITT×3	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Haiti Tautua'a
26	15-11	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Sam Hoppes
27	16-11	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Reese Dunkle
28	16-12	PITT	BC	Serve err	Pittsburgh
29	17-12	BC	PITT×9	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
30	18-12	PITT	PITT×9	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Blaire Bayless, Jordyn Dailey
31	19-12	PITT	PITT×9	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sofija Marjanovic
32	20-12	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
33	21-12	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Laney Blevins
34	22-12	PITT	PITT×9	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Jordyn Dailey
35	23-12	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Mia Gold
36	24-12	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
37	25-12	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
Set 3
1	1-0	BC	PITT	Serve err	Boston College
2	1-1	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucy Mott
3	2-1	BC	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
4	3-1	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Audrey Ross
5	4-1	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
6	4-2	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucy Mott
7	5-2	BC	PITT	Attack err	Naomi Watson
8	6-2	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck
9	6-3	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
10	7-3	BC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
11	7-4	PITT	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
12	8-4	BC	PITT	Serve err	Boston College
13	8-5	PITT	BC×3	Serve err	Pittsburgh
14	8-6	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Sophia Gregoire	blk Reese Dunkle, Laney Blevins
15	8-7	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Sophia Gregoire	blk Laney Blevins, Reese Dunkle
16	9-7	BC	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
17	10-7	PITT	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
18	10-8	PITT	BC×5	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Lucy Mott
19	10-9	BC	BC×5	Kill	Laney Blevins	set Brooklyn Yelland
20	10-10	BC	BC×5	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucy Mott
21	10-11	BC	BC×5	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland
22	10-12	BC	BC×5	Ace	Boston College	aced Sophia Gregoire
23	11-12	BC	PITT	Bad set	Brooklyn Yelland
24	11-13	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland
25	11-14	BC	BC	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Naomi Watson
26	12-14	BC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
27	13-14	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
28	13-15	PITT	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Laney Blevins
29	13-16	BC	BC	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Audrey Ross
30	14-16	BC	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
31	14-17	PITT	BC	Serve err	Pittsburgh
32	15-17	BC	PITT	Serve err	Boston College
33	16-17	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic
34	16-18	PITT	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
35	17-18	BC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
36	18-18	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Lucie Vesela
37	18-19	PITT	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Reese Dunkle
38	18-20	BC	BC	Kill	Laney Blevins	set Lucy Mott
39	19-20	BC	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
40	19-21	PITT	BC×3	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Brooklyn Yelland
41	19-22	BC	BC×3	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
42	19-23	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Reese Dunkle, Audrey Ross
43	20-23	BC	PITT×4	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
44	21-23	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Jordyn Dailey, Olivia Babcock
45	22-23	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
46	23-23	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
47	23-24	PITT	BC	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
48	24-24	BC	PITT×3	Serve err	Boston College
49	25-24	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
50	26-24	PITT	PITT×3	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. Boston College 3–0

Haiti Tautua'a served 5 aces in a Pittsburgh rout.