Stanford vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Sep 27, 2026ESPN

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 94.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Sep 27, 7:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh beat visiting Stanford 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-21) on Sun, Sep 27, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 20 kills, and Trinity Thompson added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 27

Set	1	2	3	Sets
STAN	21	23	21	0
PITT	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Pittsburgh above 50 · Stanford below

Biggest swing: 1.9% to Pittsburgh — set 2, STAN 23-25 PITT. Julia Blyashov stuffed by Maaike Heilig & Olivia Babcock. PITT win probability 97% → 99%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

STAN 6.4%93.6% PITT

Stanford wins

3-0

0.8%

3-1

1.8%

3-2

3.8%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

51.8%

3-1

30.6%

3-2

11.2%

STAN break %: 34.5% vs this opp
PITT break %: 46.0% 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
Maaike Heilig&Olivia BabcockBlock+1.9%
Julia Blyashov stuffed by Maaike Heilig & Olivia Babcock
Set 2 · STAN 23-25 PITT · PITT 97% → 99%
02
Julia BlyashovKill+1.9%
Kill by Julia Blyashov (set by Logan Parks)
Set 1 · STAN 17-16 PITT · STAN 8% → 10%
03
Julia BlyashovKill+1.9%
Kill by Julia Blyashov (set by Malyssa Cawa)
Set 2 · STAN 23-23 PITT · STAN 3% → 5%
04
Ipar KurtKill+1.8%
Kill by Ipar Kurt (set by Julia Blyashov)
Set 1 · STAN 15-13 PITT · STAN 9% → 11%
05
Ayanna WatsonKill+1.7%
Kill by Ayanna Watson (set by Trinity Thompson)
Set 1 · STAN 17-18 PITT · PITT 91% → 93%
06
Blaire BaylessKill+1.6%
Kill by Blaire Bayless (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 2 · STAN 23-24 PITT · PITT 95% → 97%
07
Ipar KurtAttack error+1.6%
Attack error by Ipar Kurt
Set 1 · STAN 15-15 PITT · PITT 90% → 92%
08
StanfordAce+1.6%
Stanford ace on Mallorie Meyer
Set 1 · STAN 14-13 PITT · STAN 8% → 9%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Stanfordaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Jordyn HarveyOPP	3	15	6	40	.225	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	15
7Julia BlyashovOH	3	13	7	28	.214	3	0	1	6	0	0	2	1	14
11Lizzy AndrewMB	3	10	0	22	.455	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	12
24Logan ParksS	3	3	0	7	.429	34	1	0	8	0	1	3	2.5	6.5
16Ella AndrewsMB	3	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
14Malyssa CawaDS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0
9Spencer EtzlerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	0	21	0	0	0	0	2
6Koko KirschDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
15Ipar KurtOH	2	2	5	15	-.200	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
10Kaci DemariaOH	2	2	0	8	.250	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals		46	18	123	.228	45	3	4	54	1	1	10	6	65

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	20	5	51	.294	2	0	3	9	0	4	2	22
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	11	2	27	.333	1	0	0	3	0	2	1	12
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	9	1	21	.381	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	10
20Abbey EmchMB	3	4	0	10	.400	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	6.5
2Maaike HeiligMB	3	2	2	7	.000	1	1	0	0	0	6	3	6
21Izzy StarckS	3	3	0	3	1.000	31	0	1	10	0	4	2	5
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	10	120	.325	43	1	6	45	3	23	11.5	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.

Stanford vs Pittsburgh

Season series · Pittsburgh leads 1-0

Sun, Sep 27, 2026Stanford at Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh won 3-0This match
Tue, Nov 24, 2026Pittsburgh at StanfordPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 3 STAN · PITT 6

Set 1

21-25

Longest run 3 STANPITT 3

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 3 STANPITT 3

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 3 STANPITT 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Stanford

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	47%7/15
2	73%8/11	27%3/11
3	64%7/11	50%8/16
4	60%6/10	22%2/9
5	43%6/14	33%3/9
6	75%6/8	14%1/7
All	56%41/73	36%24/67

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	30%3/10
2	57%8/14	56%10/18
3	70%7/10	30%3/10
4	70%7/10	46%6/13
5	75%6/8	40%4/10
6	75%6/8	50%6/12
All	64%43/67	44%32/73

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

140 rallies

#	STAN-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	STAN	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Spencer Etzler	+0.9
2	1-1	STAN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Olivia Babcock	+0.6
3	2-1	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.7
4	2-2	STAN	PITT	Blocked	Julia Blyashov	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.6
5	3-2	PITT	STAN	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Lizzy Andrew, Logan Parks	+0.7
6	4-2	STAN	STAN	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+1.1
7	4-3	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
8	5-3	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.8
9	5-4	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
10	5-5	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Jordyn Harvey	blk Maaike Heilig, Ayanna Watson	+1.0
11	6-5	PITT	STAN	Blocked	Maaike Heilig	blk Logan Parks	+0.8
12	6-6	STAN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
13	7-6	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.8
14	7-7	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
15	8-7	PITT	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+0.8
16	8-8	STAN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
17	8-9	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Logan Parks	+1.0
18	9-9	PITT	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+0.7
19	9-10	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
20	10-10	PITT	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+0.8
21	11-10	STAN	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+1.3
22	11-11	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.8
23	11-12	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Ipar Kurt	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+1.2
24	12-12	PITT	STAN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.9
25	12-13	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
26	13-13	PITT	STAN×3	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.9
27	14-13	STAN	STAN×3	Ace	Stanford	aced Mallorie Meyer	+1.6
28	15-13	STAN	STAN×3	Kill	Ipar Kurt	set Julia Blyashov	+1.8
29	15-14	STAN	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
30	15-15	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Ipar Kurt		+1.6
31	15-16	PITT	PITT×3	Bad set	Logan Parks		+1.5
32	16-16	PITT	STAN	Kill	Ella Andrews	set Logan Parks	+1.1
33	17-16	STAN	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+1.9
34	17-17	STAN	PITT	Blocked	Jordyn Harvey	blk Abbey Emch, Ayanna Watson	+1.2
35	17-18	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Trinity Thompson	+1.7
36	18-18	PITT	STAN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.2
37	18-19	STAN	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
38	18-20	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
39	19-20	PITT	STAN	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+1.0
40	19-21	STAN	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
41	19-22	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+1.2
42	19-23	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
43	20-23	PITT	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+0.2
44	20-24	STAN	PITT	Attack err	Jordyn Harvey		+0.3
45	21-24	PITT	STAN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.1
46	21-25	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
Set 2
1	1-0	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.4
2	1-1	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
3	2-1	PITT	STAN	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+0.4
4	3-1	STAN	STAN	Kill	Logan Parks	set Malyssa Cawa	+0.7
5	3-2	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
6	4-2	PITT	STAN	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+0.5
7	4-3	STAN	PITT×3	Attack err	Ipar Kurt		+0.4
8	4-4	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Ipar Kurt	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+0.6
9	4-5	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Ipar Kurt	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+0.6
10	5-5	PITT	STAN	Kill	Ipar Kurt	set Spencer Etzler	+0.4
11	6-5	STAN	STAN	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.7
12	6-6	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
13	6-7	PITT	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Olivia Babcock	+0.6
14	7-7	PITT	STAN	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+0.4
15	7-8	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
16	8-8	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.5
17	8-9	STAN	PITT×3	Attack err	Julia Blyashov		+0.4
18	8-10	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Julia Blyashov		+0.6
19	8-11	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch		+0.5
20	9-11	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.3
21	10-11	STAN	STAN	Ace	Stanford	aced Ayanna Watson	+0.6
22	10-12	STAN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.4
23	10-13	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.5
24	11-13	PITT	STAN×3	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+0.3
25	12-13	STAN	STAN×3	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.6
26	13-13	STAN	STAN×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Lizzy Andrew, Logan Parks	+0.8
27	13-14	STAN	PITT	Serve err	Stanford		+0.5
28	14-14	PITT	STAN	Kill	Logan Parks		+0.6
29	14-15	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
30	14-16	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Ipar Kurt		+0.8
31	15-16	PITT	STAN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.5
32	15-17	STAN	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
33	15-18	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
34	15-19	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Haiti Tautua'a	+0.4
35	16-19	PITT	STAN	Kill	Kaci Demaria	set Jordyn Harvey	+0.2
36	16-20	STAN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
37	16-21	PITT	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Julia Blyashov	+0.3
38	17-21	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.1
39	18-21	STAN	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Spencer Etzler	+0.3
40	18-22	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
41	19-22	PITT	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Spencer Etzler	+0.2
42	20-22	STAN	STAN	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.5
43	20-23	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
44	21-23	PITT	STAN×3	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.3
45	22-23	STAN	STAN×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Julia Blyashov, Lizzy Andrew	+0.9
46	23-23	STAN	STAN×3	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Malyssa Cawa	+1.9
47	23-24	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
48	23-25	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Julia Blyashov	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock	+1.9
Set 3
1	1-0	STAN	STAN×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Lizzy Andrew, Julia Blyashov	+0.3
2	2-0	STAN	STAN×3	Ace	Stanford	aced Ayanna Watson	+0.3
3	3-0	STAN	STAN×3	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+0.4
4	3-1	STAN	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
5	3-2	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.3
6	3-3	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	Julia Blyashov	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock	+0.3
7	3-4	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	Julia Blyashov	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock	+0.3
8	3-5	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Malyssa Cawa	+0.2
9	3-6	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Julia Blyashov	+0.2
10	4-6	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.1
11	4-7	STAN	PITT	Attack err	Jordyn Harvey		+0.1
12	5-7	PITT	STAN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.1
13	5-8	STAN	PITT×3	Serve err	Stanford		+0.1
14	5-9	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
15	5-10	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Julia Blyashov	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless, Izzy Starck	+0.1
16	6-10	PITT	STAN×3	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+0.1
17	7-10	STAN	STAN×3	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Logan Parks, Ella Andrews	+0.1
18	8-10	STAN	STAN×3	Attack err	Maaike Heilig		+0.2
19	8-11	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
20	9-11	PITT	STAN	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.1
21	9-12	STAN	PITT×4	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
22	9-13	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Maaike Heilig	+0.2
23	9-14	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Maaike Heilig	aced Kaci Demaria	+0.1
24	9-15	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Jordyn Harvey		+0.1
25	10-15	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	·
26	10-16	STAN	PITT	Serve err	Stanford		+0.1
27	11-16	PITT	STAN	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	·
28	11-17	STAN	PITT	Bad set	Logan Parks		+0.1
29	12-17	PITT	STAN	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	·
30	13-17	STAN	STAN	Kill	Logan Parks	set Julia Blyashov	+0.1
31	13-18	STAN	PITT	Serve err	Stanford		+0.1
32	14-18	PITT	STAN	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+0.1
33	15-18	STAN	STAN	Kill	Kaci Demaria	set Logan Parks	+0.2
34	15-19	STAN	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
35	16-19	PITT	STAN	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+0.1
36	16-20	STAN	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Blaire Bayless	+0.1
37	17-20	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.1
38	17-21	STAN	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
39	18-21	PITT	STAN	Kill	Jordyn Harvey	set Logan Parks	+0.1
40	18-22	STAN	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Ayanna Watson	+0.1
41	19-22	PITT	STAN×3	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Malyssa Cawa	+0.1
42	20-22	STAN	STAN×3	Kill	Lizzy Andrew	set Logan Parks	+0.2
43	21-22	STAN	STAN×3	Kill	Julia Blyashov	set Logan Parks	+0.5
44	21-23	STAN	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
45	21-24	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Jordyn Harvey	blk Abbey Emch, Blaire Bayless	+0.4
46	21-25	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Stanford 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. Stanford 3–0