Final · 4 setsSun, Sep 6, 2026

AwayACC

3:1

HomeBIG-12

Pittsburgh def. Utah 3–1

(15-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-9)

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
PITT	15	25	25	25	3
UTAH	25	21	21	9	1

RallyIQ model

Win probability

UTAH above 50 · PITT below

Biggest swing: 3.2% to Pittsburgh — set 3, PITT 16-16 UTAH. Attack error by Loryn Helgesen. UTAH win probability 16% → 13%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

PITT 95.8%4.2% UTAH

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

57.8%

3-1

29.0%

3-2

9.0%

Utah wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.2%

3-2

2.6%

PITT break %: 46.2% vs this opp
UTAH break %: 33.2% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
Loryn HelgesenAttack error+3.2%
Attack error by Loryn Helgesen
Set 3 · PITT 16-16 UTAH · PITT 84% → 87%
02
Olivia BabcockKill+3.1%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Mallorie Meyer)
Set 3 · PITT 18-17 UTAH · PITT 86% → 90%
03
OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAHKill+2.9%
Kill by OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH
Set 3 · PITT 10-12 UTAH · UTAH 13% → 16%
04
Maaike HeiligKill+2.6%
Kill by Maaike Heilig
Set 3 · PITT 19-17 UTAH · PITT 90% → 92%
05
Ayanna WatsonAttack error+2.6%
Ayanna Watson stuffed by Katelynn Field & Ashley West
Set 3 · PITT 14-16 UTAH · UTAH 16% → 18%
06
Olivia BabcockAttack error+2.5%
Olivia Babcock stuffed by Loryn Helgesen
Set 3 · PITT 16-17 UTAH · UTAH 13% → 16%
07
Ashley WestKill+2.4%
Kill by Ashley West (set by Kamryn Gibadlo)
Set 3 · PITT 13-15 UTAH · UTAH 15% → 18%
08
Blaire BaylessAttack error+2.3%
Blaire Bayless stuffed by Katelynn Field & Loryn Helgesen
Set 3 · PITT 9-10 UTAH · UTAH 10% → 13%

Official NCAA box

Box score

Pittsburghaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	4	18	5	41	.317	2	0	2	13	2	0	6	3	21
12Ayanna WatsonOH	4	8	4	24	.167	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	10
3Jordyn DaileyMB	4	4	1	10	.300	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	4.5	8.5
2Maaike HeiligMB	4	6	0	7	.857	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	4	7	4	28	.107	1	0	0	10	0	0	2	1	8
21Izzy StarckS	4	2	0	3	.667	33	1	0	12	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
7Izzy MastenL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
6Sophia GregoireOH	3	2	0	5	.400	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		47	14	120	.275	43	4	3	52	7	2	20	12	90

Utahhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Kamryn GibadloOH	4	15	7	44	.182	2	0	1	5	1	0	1	0.5	15.5
4Loryn HelgesenOPP	4	12	7	30	.167	0	0	1	6	0	1	3	2.5	14.5
16Devyn WiestOH	4	8	6	25	.080	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	11
12Katelynn FieldMB	4	5	2	13	.231	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	7.5
13OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAHMB	4	6	1	9	.556	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	7
2Izzy MogridgeS	4	0	0	2	.000	31	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	2
6Ashley WestOH	4	4	1	12	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
3Isabelle MarcoS	4	0	0	0	–	11	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	2
11McKenna PayneL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
8Sierra GrizzleL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	18	3	0	0	0	0
10Levani FalateaOH	1	1	0	4	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9Grace MossL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		51	24	139	.194	50	7	14	49	4	1	14	8	76

Starters listed first. BLK = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

Longest run 6 PITT · UTAH 6

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 3 PITTUTAH 6

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 4 PITTUTAH 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 3 PITTUTAH 3

Set 4

25-9

Longest run 6 PITTUTAH 3

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

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	63%10/16	44%7/16
2	75%9/12	55%11/20
3	67%8/12	50%8/16
4	57%8/14	20%2/10
5	67%8/12	38%5/13
6	73%8/11	43%6/14
All	66%51/77	44%39/89

Utah

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%10/20	47%7/15
2	50%9/18	29%4/14
3	57%8/14	25%3/12
4	80%8/10	43%6/14
5	50%8/16	11%1/9
6	64%7/11	38%5/13
All	56%50/89	34%26/77

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 (4 of 4 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.

166 rallies

Rally log

#	PITT-UTAH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	UTAH	UTAH×4	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		+0.7
2	0-2	UTAH	UTAH×4	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.8
3	0-3	UTAH	UTAH×4	Ace	UTAH server	aced Mallorie Meyer	+0.9
4	0-4	UTAH	UTAH×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.0
5	1-4	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.5
6	2-4	PITT	PITT	Ace	PITT server	aced Kamryn Gibadlo	+0.8
7	2-5	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
8	3-5	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.5
9	3-6	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
10	4-6	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.6
11	4-7	PITT	UTAH×6	Serve err	PITT server		+0.7
12	4-8	UTAH	UTAH×6	Ace	UTAH server	aced Izzy Masten	+1.2
13	4-9	UTAH	UTAH×6	Bad set	Izzy Starck		+1.2
14	4-10	UTAH	UTAH×6	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Kamryn Gibadlo	+1.2
15	4-11	UTAH	UTAH×6	Ace	UTAH server	aced Izzy Starck	+1.1
16	4-12	UTAH	UTAH×6	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+1.0
17	5-12	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
18	5-13	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Isabelle Marco	+0.7
19	6-13	UTAH	PITT×3	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.4
20	7-13	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo		+0.8
21	8-13	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
22	8-14	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+0.9
23	8-15	UTAH	UTAH	Attack err	Olivia Babcock	blk Kamryn Gibadlo, Katelynn Field	+1.1
24	9-15	UTAH	PITT	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo	blk Izzy Starck, Jordyn Dailey	+0.4
25	9-16	PITT	UTAH	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.7
26	10-16	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.4
27	10-17	PITT	UTAH×3	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
28	10-18	UTAH	UTAH×3	Attack err	Jordyn Dailey		+0.8
29	10-19	UTAH	UTAH×3	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.5
30	11-19	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.1
31	11-20	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.3
32	12-20	UTAH	PITT	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless	+0.1
33	12-21	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
34	13-21	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.1
35	13-22	PITT	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Isabelle Marco	+0.2
36	14-22	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Olivia Babcock	+0.0
37	14-23	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Ashley West	set Isabelle Marco	+0.1
38	15-23	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.0
39	15-24	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Ashley West	set Isabelle Marco	+0.1
40	15-25	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.0
Set 2
1	0-1	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.3
2	1-1	UTAH	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
3	2-1	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+1.5
4	3-1	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
5	3-2	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.9
6	4-2	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Olivia Babcock	+0.8
7	5-2	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Devyn Wiest	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig	+1.1
8	5-3	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.7
9	6-3	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
10	6-4	PITT	UTAH	Serve err	PITT server		+0.8
11	6-5	UTAH	UTAH	Ace	UTAH server	aced Olivia Babcock	+1.5
12	7-5	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.9
13	7-6	PITT	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Isabelle Marco	+1.1
14	7-7	UTAH	UTAH	Attack err	Ayanna Watson	blk Ashley West, Katelynn Field	+2.0
15	8-7	UTAH	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
16	9-7	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
17	10-7	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Ashley West		+1.3
18	11-7	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo		+1.0
19	11-8	PITT	UTAH	Attack err	Ayanna Watson	blk Ashley West, Katelynn Field	+0.6
20	12-8	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
21	12-9	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.6
22	13-9	UTAH	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
23	14-9	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Devyn Wiest	blk Jordyn Dailey, Olivia Babcock	+0.8
24	15-9	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen	blk Jordyn Dailey	+0.5
25	15-10	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.3
26	16-10	UTAH	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
27	17-10	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Devyn Wiest	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig	+0.3
28	18-10	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
29	18-11	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.1
30	18-12	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Sierra Grizzle	+0.2
31	19-12	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
32	20-12	PITT	PITT	Bad set	Isabelle Marco		+0.1
33	20-13	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Ashley West	set Devyn Wiest	+0.0
34	21-13	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
35	21-14	PITT	UTAH	Serve err	PITT server		+0.0
36	21-15	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+0.1
37	22-15	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
38	22-16	PITT	UTAH×3	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set McKenna Payne	+0.0
39	22-17	UTAH	UTAH×3	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Sierra Grizzle	+0.1
40	22-18	UTAH	UTAH×3	Ace	UTAH server	aced Olivia Babcock	+0.3
41	23-18	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
42	23-19	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.1
43	23-20	UTAH	UTAH	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.5
44	24-20	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
45	24-21	PITT	UTAH	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+0.2
46	25-21	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.4
Set 3
1	1-0	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
2	2-0	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+1.1
3	2-1	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.8
4	3-1	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
5	3-2	PITT	UTAH×3	Kill	Katelynn Field	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.8
6	3-3	UTAH	UTAH×3	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Sierra Grizzle	+1.5
7	3-4	UTAH	UTAH×3	Attack err	Blaire Bayless	blk OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH, Loryn Helgesen	+1.8
8	4-4	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
9	4-5	PITT	UTAH	Attack err	Blaire Bayless	blk Loryn Helgesen, OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	+1.3
10	5-5	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.1
11	5-6	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+1.3
12	6-6	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.2
13	6-7	PITT	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Isabelle Marco	+1.4
14	7-7	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+1.2
15	7-8	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Isabelle Marco	+1.5
16	8-8	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
17	9-8	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Katelynn Field	blk Olivia Babcock, Jordyn Dailey	+1.8
18	9-9	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.3
19	9-10	UTAH	UTAH	Attack err	Blaire Bayless	blk Katelynn Field, Loryn Helgesen	+2.3
20	10-10	UTAH	PITT	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen		+1.4
21	10-11	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.7
22	10-12	UTAH	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH		+2.9
23	11-12	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten	+1.6
24	11-13	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+2.1
25	12-13	UTAH	PITT	Attack err	Devyn Wiest		+1.7
26	12-14	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Sierra Grizzle	+2.3
27	13-14	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.8
28	13-15	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Ashley West	set Kamryn Gibadlo	+2.4
29	14-15	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
30	14-16	PITT	UTAH	Attack err	Ayanna Watson	blk Katelynn Field, Ashley West	+2.6
31	15-16	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+2.0
32	16-16	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen		+3.2
33	16-17	PITT	UTAH	Attack err	Olivia Babcock	blk Loryn Helgesen	+2.5
34	17-17	UTAH	PITT×3	Attack err	Devyn Wiest		+2.1
35	18-17	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+3.1
36	19-17	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig		+2.6
37	19-18	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.6
38	20-18	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+1.7
39	20-19	PITT	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.7
40	21-19	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
41	21-20	PITT	UTAH	Kill	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH	set Izzy Mogridge	+1.8
42	22-20	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+2.1
43	23-20	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen		+2.1
44	23-21	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.8
45	24-21	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+1.3
46	25-21	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo		+0.6
Set 4
1	1-0	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo		+0.9
2	2-0	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
3	3-0	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	PITT server	aced Sierra Grizzle	+0.6
4	4-0	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
5	4-1	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.3
6	5-1	UTAH	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
7	6-1	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo	blk Blaire Bayless, Jordyn Dailey	+0.4
8	7-1	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	PITT server	aced Sierra Grizzle	+0.3
9	7-2	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Loryn Helgesen	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.2
10	8-2	UTAH	PITT×4	Attack err	Devyn Wiest	blk Jordyn Dailey, Olivia Babcock	+0.2
11	9-2	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Mallorie Meyer	+0.2
12	10-2	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
13	11-2	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Katelynn Field	blk Maaike Heilig	+0.1
14	11-3	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Levani Falatea	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.0
15	12-3	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.0
16	13-3	PITT	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck		+0.0
17	13-4	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.0
18	14-4	UTAH	PITT×6	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.0
19	15-4	PITT	PITT×6	Ace	PITT server	aced Sierra Grizzle	+0.0
20	16-4	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Isabelle Marco	+0.0
21	17-4	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.0
22	18-4	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+0.0
23	19-4	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	OMONIGHO PRINCESS ATAMAH		+0.0
24	19-5	PITT	UTAH×3	Kill	Devyn Wiest	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.0
25	19-6	UTAH	UTAH×3	Ace	UTAH server	aced Mallorie Meyer	+0.0
26	19-7	UTAH	UTAH×3	Ace	UTAH server	aced Mallorie Meyer	+0.0
27	20-7	UTAH	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Blaire Bayless	+0.0
28	20-8	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.0
29	21-8	UTAH	PITT×3	Attack err	Kamryn Gibadlo		+0.0
30	22-8	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck	+0.0
31	23-8	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen	blk Sophia Gregoire, Jordyn Dailey	+0.0
32	23-9	PITT	UTAH	Kill	Kamryn Gibadlo	set Izzy Mogridge	+0.0
33	24-9	UTAH	PITT	Serve err	UTAH server		+0.0
34	25-9	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Loryn Helgesen	blk Olivia Babcock, Jordyn Dailey	+0.0

Score shown after each rally, Pittsburgh first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.