Florida State vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 16, 2026ACCNX

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 99.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 5:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh beat visiting Florida St. 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-21) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 13 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	Sets
FSU	17	16	21	0
PITT	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No. 2 Pittsburgh left no doubt against Florida St.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.2 points, and Florida St.'s high was 1% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pittsburgh went in as RallyIQ's 99% pick.

Florida St.Pittsburgh

Break %+21.1 pts
21.442.5
On serve: 31/73 against 12/56 (Florida St. sideout 57.5%).
Hitting+.209
.182.391
Kills and errors: 45–11 vs 32–16.
Longest run+2
35
Pittsburgh scored 5 straight in the second set to stretch an 18–14 lead to 23–14. That set ended 25–16.

Pittsburgh above 50Florida St. belowMax swing 0.2%

Florida St.Pittsburgh

Aces: Florida St. 4·Pittsburgh 4
Serve err: Florida St. 9·Pittsburgh 6
Blocks: Florida St. 3·Pittsburgh 110 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 20 BA
Digs: Florida St. 24·Pittsburgh 32

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Pittsburgh above 50 · Florida St. below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

FSU 0.7%99.3% PITT

Florida St. wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.2%

3-2

0.5%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

76.8%

3-1

19.4%

3-2

3.1%

FSU break %: 30.4% vs this opp
PITT break %: 48.7% 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

Florida St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
12Kyleene FilimauaOH	3	8	8	27	.000	3	2	2	4	0	1	0.5	10.5
21Bailey HigginsOPP	3	6	2	19	.211	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	7
17Sofia MossOH	3	7	5	17	.118	3	0	3	3	2	0	0	7
24Delaney EwingMB	3	5	0	10	.500	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	6.5
16Nenu KpeaMB	3	4	1	11	.273	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
9Emma LiloS	3	1	0	3	.333	22	0	1	6	0	0	0	1
6Victoria DavidOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	1
18Maile ChanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
13Bennett RatermanMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
15Johanna SovaOPP	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Callie KiefferS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Caylan RussL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	16	88	.182	31	4	9	24	4	6	3	54

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	13	4	23	.391	0	2	3	3	0	1	5	3.5	18.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	11	4	23	.304	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
2Maaike HeiligMB	3	7	1	11	.545	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3.5	10.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	9	0	17	.529	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	10
20Abbey EmchMB	3	5	1	11	.364	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
21Izzy StarckS	3	0	1	2	-.500	37	1	1	9	0	0	4	2	3
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Izzy MastenL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	11	87	.391	41	4	6	32	4	1	20	11	75

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 3 FSU · PITT 5

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 2 FSUPITT 4

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 3 FSUPITT 5

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 3 FSUPITT 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Florida St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%8/18	0%0/7
2	62%8/13	33%4/12
3	57%8/14	11%1/9
4	47%7/15	20%2/10
5	75%6/8	42%5/12
6	100%5/5	0%0/6
All	58%42/73	21%12/56

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%8/8	33%3/9
2	62%8/13	58%11/19
3	80%8/10	27%3/11
4	80%8/10	50%8/16
5	70%7/10	42%5/12
6	100%5/5	17%1/6
All	79%44/56	42%31/73

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

129 rallies

#	FSU-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	FSU	PITT×4	Serve err	Florida St.
2	0-2	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
3	0-3	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sofia Moss
4	0-4	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Kyleene Filimaua
5	1-4	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Trinity Thompson
6	1-5	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
7	2-5	PITT	FSU	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
8	2-6	FSU	PITT	Attack err	Bailey Higgins
9	2-7	PITT	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
10	3-7	PITT	FSU	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
11	3-8	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
12	3-9	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Victoria David
13	4-9	PITT	FSU	Kill	Sofia Moss	set Emma Lilo
14	4-10	FSU	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
15	4-11	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Nenu Kpea	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig
16	5-11	PITT	FSU	Serve err	Mallorie Meyer
17	5-12	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Masten
18	6-12	PITT	FSU	Kill	Sofia Moss	set Emma Lilo
19	6-13	FSU	PITT	Serve err	Florida St.
20	7-13	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo
21	8-13	FSU	FSU	Ace	Bennett Raterman
22	8-14	FSU	PITT	Serve err	Bennett Raterman
23	9-14	PITT	FSU	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
24	9-15	FSU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
25	10-15	PITT	FSU	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Emma Lilo
26	10-16	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
27	11-16	PITT	FSU	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Emma Lilo
28	12-16	FSU	FSU	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
29	12-17	FSU	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
30	13-17	PITT	FSU	Kill	Sofia Moss	set Emma Lilo
31	13-18	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
32	14-18	PITT	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Emma Lilo
33	14-19	FSU	PITT	Blocked	Kyleene Filimaua	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck
34	14-20	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
35	15-20	PITT	FSU	Attack err	Kyleene Filimaua
36	15-21	FSU	PITT	Serve err	Florida St.
37	16-21	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo
38	16-22	FSU	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
39	16-23	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
40	17-23	PITT	FSU	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Emma Lilo
41	17-24	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
42	17-25	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Victoria David
Set 2
1	0-1	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch
2	0-2	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
3	1-2	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo
4	1-3	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
5	1-4	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
6	2-4	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo
7	3-4	FSU	FSU	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Maile Chan
8	3-5	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
9	3-6	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
10	4-6	PITT	FSU	Serve err	Trinity Thompson
11	5-6	FSU	FSU	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Delaney Ewing, Bailey Higgins
12	5-7	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
13	6-7	PITT	FSU×3	Blocked	Maaike Heilig	blk Bailey Higgins, Delaney Ewing
14	7-7	FSU	FSU×3	Ace	Victoria David	aced Marina Pezelj
15	8-7	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Izzy Starck
16	8-8	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
17	8-9	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
18	9-9	PITT	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Emma Lilo
19	9-10	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
20	10-10	PITT	FSU	Kill	Sofia Moss	set Emma Lilo
21	10-11	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
22	10-12	PITT	PITT	Bad set	Emma Lilo
23	11-12	PITT	FSU	Kill	Emma Lilo	set Sofia Moss
24	11-13	FSU	PITT×4	Serve err	Nenu Kpea
25	11-14	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Ayanna Watson	aced Sofia Moss
26	11-15	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Kyleene Filimaua	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
27	11-16	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
28	12-16	PITT	FSU	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Emma Lilo
29	12-17	FSU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
30	12-18	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Kyleene Filimaua	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig
31	13-18	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo
32	14-18	FSU	FSU	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
33	14-19	FSU	PITT×5	Blocked	Sofia Moss	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock
34	14-20	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
35	14-21	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Bailey Higgins	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless
36	14-22	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
37	14-23	PITT	PITT×5	Attack err	Sofia Moss
38	15-23	PITT	FSU	Serve err	Olivia Babcock
39	15-24	FSU	PITT	Blocked	Sofia Moss	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck
40	16-24	PITT	FSU	Kill	Sofia Moss	set Emma Lilo
41	16-25	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
Set 3
1	0-1	FSU	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
2	1-1	PITT	FSU	Serve err	Pittsburgh
3	1-2	FSU	PITT	Serve err	Florida St.
4	2-2	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo
5	2-3	FSU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
6	3-3	PITT	FSU	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Sofia Moss
7	3-4	FSU	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
8	3-5	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson
9	3-6	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Kyleene Filimaua	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig
10	4-6	PITT	FSU	Serve err	Pittsburgh
11	4-7	FSU	PITT	Serve err	Florida St.
12	5-7	PITT	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Callie Kieffer
13	5-8	FSU	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
14	6-8	PITT	FSU	Kill	Johanna Sova	set Sofia Moss
15	6-9	FSU	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
16	6-10	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Sofia Moss	blk Olivia Babcock
17	6-11	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
18	7-11	PITT	FSU×3	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Kyleene Filimaua
19	8-11	FSU	FSU×3	Attack err	Abbey Emch
20	9-11	FSU	FSU×3	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Emma Lilo
21	9-12	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
22	9-13	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Kyleene Filimaua
23	10-13	PITT	FSU	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Emma Lilo
24	10-14	FSU	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Sofia Moss
25	10-15	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
26	10-16	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Kyleene Filimaua	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig
27	11-16	PITT	FSU	Kill	Bailey Higgins	set Emma Lilo
28	11-17	FSU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
29	12-17	PITT	FSU×3	Serve err	Olivia Babcock
30	13-17	FSU	FSU×3	Ace	Kyleene Filimaua	aced Marina Pezelj
31	14-17	FSU	FSU×3	Ace	Kyleene Filimaua	aced Marina Pezelj
32	14-18	FSU	PITT	Serve err	Kyleene Filimaua
33	15-18	PITT	FSU	Kill	Sofia Moss	set Kyleene Filimaua
34	15-19	FSU	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
35	16-19	PITT	FSU	Kill	Delaney Ewing	set Callie Kieffer
36	16-20	FSU	PITT	Serve err	Emma Lilo
37	16-21	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Sofia Moss
38	17-21	PITT	FSU	Kill	Sofia Moss	set Kyleene Filimaua
39	18-21	FSU	FSU	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Kyleene Filimaua, Delaney Ewing
40	18-22	FSU	PITT	Blocked	Kyleene Filimaua	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
41	19-22	PITT	FSU	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
42	19-23	FSU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
43	20-23	PITT	FSU	Kill	Nenu Kpea	set Emma Lilo
44	20-24	FSU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
45	21-24	PITT	FSU	Kill	Kyleene Filimaua	set Emma Lilo
46	21-25	FSU	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck

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

Pittsburgh def. Florida St. 3–0

No. 2 Pittsburgh left no doubt against Florida St.