Wisconsin vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Aug 30, 2026

0:3

Pittsburgh beat visiting Wisconsin 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-16) on Sun, Aug 30, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 17 kills, and Blaire Bayless added 14 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Aug 30

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WISC	13	21	16	0
PITT	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Pittsburgh above 50 · Wisconsin below

Biggest swing: 1.6% to Pittsburgh — set 1, WISC 1-2 PITT. Bad set by Charlie Fuerbringer. PITT win probability 84% → 86%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WISC 16.0%84.0% PITT

Wisconsin wins

3-0

2.4%

3-1

5.2%

3-2

8.4%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

35.9%

3-1

31.2%

3-2

17.0%

WISC break %: 33.5% vs this opp
PITT break %: 40.9% 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
Charlie FuerbringerBad set+1.6%
Bad set by Charlie Fuerbringer
Set 1 · WISC 1-2 PITT · PITT 84% → 86%
02
Ayanna WatsonAttack error+1.5%
Attack error by Ayanna Watson
Set 2 · WISC 6-5 PITT · WISC 8% → 10%
03
Ayanna WatsonKill+1.5%
Kill by Ayanna Watson (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 1 · WISC 1-3 PITT · PITT 86% → 87%
04
Blaire BaylessKill+1.4%
Kill by Blaire Bayless (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 2 · WISC 6-7 PITT · PITT 91% → 92%
05
Maaike HeiligKill+1.3%
Kill by Maaike Heilig (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 1 · WISC 2-5 PITT · PITT 87% → 88%
06
Olivia BabcockAttack error+1.3%
Attack error by Olivia Babcock
Set 2 · WISC 4-4 PITT · WISC 7% → 8%
07
Abbey EmchAttack error+1.2%
Attack error by Abbey Emch
Set 2 · WISC 6-8 PITT · PITT 92% → 94%
08
Grace LopezKill+1.1%
Kill by Grace Lopez (set by Charlie Fuerbringer)
Set 1 · WISC 1-0 PITT · WISC 16% → 17%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Wisconsinaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
20Lynney TarnowMB	3	7	1	13	.462	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	8.5
23Grace LopezOH	3	7	5	22	.091	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	7.5
22Audrey FlanaganOH	3	5	5	26	.000	1	0	4	0	1	0.5	5.5
67Halle ThompsonOH	3	4	7	22	-.136	0	0	4	2	2	1	5
24Charlie FuerbringerS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	23	0	8	0	1	0.5	0.5
12Natalie WardlowMB	2	1	1	7	.000	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Madison QuestOH	3	2	3	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2Anna BardaroL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	10	1	0	0	0
6Isabelle HoppeS	3	0	0	0	–	6	1	4	0	0	0	0
7Kristen SimonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	12	1	0	0	0
88Kymora ScottMB	2	3	0	7	.429	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
5Eva TravisOH	1	4	1	9	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Team totals		33	24	114	.079	32	4	47	4	10	5	50

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	17	4	36	.361	1	2	4	5	0	3	1.5	20.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	9	4	27	.185	0	0	0	14	0	3	1.5	10.5
2Maaike HeiligMB	3	4	2	11	.182	1	0	1	1	1	6	4	8
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	5	1	20	.200	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	7
20Abbey EmchMB	3	2	0	8	.250	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	4
21Izzy StarckS	3	2	0	4	.500	28	1	0	10	0	2	1	4
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	11	106	.264	35	4	5	48	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 4 WISC · PITT 7

Set 1

13-25

Longest run 2 WISCPITT 6

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 2 WISCPITT 5

Set 3

16-25

Longest run 4 WISCPITT 7

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Wisconsin

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%5/8	0%0/4
2	42%5/12	17%1/6
3	50%5/10	17%1/6
4	57%4/7	38%3/8
5	44%4/9	33%2/6
6	100%3/3	20%1/5
All	53%26/49	23%8/35

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%5/5	20%1/5
2	83%5/6	58%7/12
3	71%5/7	58%7/12
4	63%5/8	38%3/8
5	80%4/5	0%0/4
6	75%3/4	63%5/8
All	77%27/35	47%23/49

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

125 rallies

#	WISC-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PITT	WISC	Kill	Grace Lopez	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+1.1
2	1-1	WISC	PITT×3	Serve err	Wisconsin		+1.0
3	1-2	PITT	PITT×3	Bad set	Charlie Fuerbringer		+1.6
4	1-3	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.5
5	2-3	PITT	WISC	Kill	Natalie Wardlow	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.9
6	2-4	WISC	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
7	2-5	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
8	2-6	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Natalie Wardlow		+1.1
9	2-7	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Charlie Fuerbringer		+0.8
10	2-8	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Audrey Flanagan		+0.6
11	2-9	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Halle Thompson		+0.4
12	3-9	PITT	WISC	Kill	Halle Thompson	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.2
13	3-10	WISC	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.2
14	3-11	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Halle Thompson		+0.3
15	3-12	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless		+0.2
16	4-12	PITT	WISC	Blocked	Maaike Heilig	blk Natalie Wardlow, Halle Thompson	+0.1
17	4-13	WISC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
18	5-13	PITT	WISC	Kill	Lynney Tarnow	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.1
19	5-14	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
20	6-14	PITT	WISC	Kill	Lynney Tarnow	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.1
21	6-15	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
22	6-16	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch		+0.1
23	7-16	PITT	WISC	Kill	Grace Lopez	set Charlie Fuerbringer	·
24	7-17	WISC	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
25	7-18	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	·
26	7-19	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Grace Lopez	blk Blaire Bayless, Abbey Emch	·
27	7-20	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
28	8-20	PITT	WISC	Kill	Audrey Flanagan	set Charlie Fuerbringer	·
29	8-21	WISC	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	·
30	9-21	PITT	WISC	Kill	Madison Quest	set Isabelle Hoppe	·
31	10-21	WISC	WISC	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		·
32	10-22	WISC	PITT	Blocked	Madison Quest	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless	·
33	10-23	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Anna Bardaro	·
34	11-23	PITT	WISC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		·
35	12-23	WISC	WISC	Kill	Halle Thompson	set Isabelle Hoppe	·
36	12-24	WISC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
37	13-24	PITT	WISC	Kill	Madison Quest	set Isabelle Hoppe	·
38	13-25	WISC	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	·
Set 2
1	0-1	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
2	1-1	PITT	WISC	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Lynney Tarnow, Halle Thompson	+0.7
3	1-2	WISC	PITT	Blocked	Audrey Flanagan	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.7
4	1-3	PITT	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig		+1.1
5	2-3	PITT	WISC	Kill	Grace Lopez	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.6
6	2-4	WISC	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
7	3-4	PITT	WISC	Kill	Audrey Flanagan	set Kristen Simon	+0.7
8	4-4	WISC	WISC	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.3
9	4-5	WISC	PITT	Serve err	Wisconsin		+0.7
10	5-5	PITT	WISC	Kill	Audrey Flanagan	set Isabelle Hoppe	+0.8
11	6-5	WISC	WISC	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+1.5
12	6-6	WISC	PITT×5	Blocked	Madison Quest	blk Maaike Heilig, Ayanna Watson	+0.8
13	6-7	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
14	6-8	PITT	PITT×5	Attack err	Abbey Emch		+1.2
15	6-9	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Ayanna Watson	+1.1
16	6-10	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Madison Quest	blk Ayanna Watson, Abbey Emch	+0.8
17	7-10	PITT	WISC	Kill	Halle Thompson	set Isabelle Hoppe	+0.4
18	7-11	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
19	8-11	PITT	WISC	Kill	Lynney Tarnow	set Isabelle Hoppe	+0.4
20	8-12	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
21	8-13	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Grace Lopez		+0.7
22	9-13	PITT	WISC	Kill	Lynney Tarnow	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.3
23	9-14	WISC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.4
24	9-15	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Grace Lopez	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless	+0.4
25	10-15	PITT	WISC	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Lynney Tarnow, Audrey Flanagan	+0.2
26	10-16	WISC	PITT	Blocked	Audrey Flanagan	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock	+0.2
27	11-16	PITT	WISC	Kill	Grace Lopez	set Anna Bardaro	+0.2
28	12-16	WISC	WISC	Kill	Audrey Flanagan	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.5
29	12-17	WISC	PITT	Blocked	Audrey Flanagan	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck	+0.4
30	13-17	PITT	WISC	Kill	Kymora Scott	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.3
31	13-18	WISC	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
32	13-19	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Halle Thompson		+0.4
33	14-19	PITT	WISC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.1
34	15-19	WISC	WISC	Bad set	Ayanna Watson		+0.4
35	15-20	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
36	16-20	PITT	WISC	Kill	Grace Lopez	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.2
37	16-21	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.3
38	16-22	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.3
39	17-22	PITT	WISC	Kill	Halle Thompson	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.1
40	18-22	WISC	WISC	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.2
41	18-23	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
42	19-23	PITT	WISC	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Lynney Tarnow, Grace Lopez	+0.1
43	20-23	WISC	WISC	Kill	Grace Lopez	set Audrey Flanagan	+0.3
44	20-24	WISC	PITT	Attack err	Audrey Flanagan		+0.4
45	21-24	PITT	WISC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.1
46	21-25	WISC	PITT	Serve err	Wisconsin		+0.3
Set 3
1	0-1	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Halle Thompson		+0.6
2	0-2	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
3	1-2	PITT	WISC	Kill	Lynney Tarnow	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.3
4	1-3	WISC	PITT	Attack err	Halle Thompson		+0.3
5	2-3	PITT	WISC	Kill	Kymora Scott	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.3
6	3-3	WISC	WISC	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Kymora Scott, Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.6
7	3-4	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
8	4-4	PITT	WISC	Attack err	Maaike Heilig		+0.4
9	4-5		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.			+0.3
10	4-6	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Kristen Simon	+0.6
11	5-6	PITT	WISC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.3
12	5-7	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.3
13	6-7	PITT	WISC×4	Kill	Audrey Flanagan	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.3
14	7-7	WISC	WISC×4	Kill	Grace Lopez	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.7
15	8-7	WISC	WISC×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.8
16	9-7	WISC	WISC×4	Kill	Lynney Tarnow	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.8
17	9-8	WISC	PITT×7	Blocked	Lynney Tarnow	blk Maaike Heilig	+0.4
18	9-9	PITT	PITT×7	Attack err	Halle Thompson		+0.8
19	9-10	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
20	9-11	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Olivia Babcock	+0.7
21	9-12	PITT	PITT×7	Blocked	Grace Lopez	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck	+0.5
22	9-13	PITT	PITT×7	Attack err	Grace Lopez		+0.4
23	9-14	PITT	PITT×7	Attack err	Audrey Flanagan		+0.3
24	10-14	PITT	WISC	Kill	Lynney Tarnow	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.1
25	10-15	WISC	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
26	10-16	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Halle Thompson	+0.2
27	11-16	PITT	WISC	Kill	Eva Travis	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.1
28	11-17	WISC	PITT×3	Serve err	Wisconsin		+0.1
29	11-18	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Halle Thompson	+0.1
30	11-19	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Eva Travis		+0.1
31	12-19	PITT	WISC	Kill	Kymora Scott	set Charlie Fuerbringer	·
32	13-19	WISC	WISC	Kill	Eva Travis	set Charlie Fuerbringer	+0.1
33	13-20	WISC	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
34	13-21	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kymora Scott		·
35	13-22	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
36	14-22	PITT	WISC	Kill	Eva Travis	set Charlie Fuerbringer	·
37	14-23	WISC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Maaike Heilig	·
38	15-23	PITT	WISC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		·
39	15-24	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
40	16-24	PITT	WISC	Kill	Eva Travis	set Charlie Fuerbringer	·
41	16-25	WISC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·

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