California vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Sep 25, 2026ACCNX

0:3

Pittsburgh beat visiting California 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-20) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 18 kills, and Izzy Starck added 9 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CAL	19	16	20	0
PITT	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Pittsburgh above 50 · California below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CAL 1.1%98.9% PITT

California wins

3-0

0.1%

3-1

0.3%

3-2

0.8%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

73.0%

3-1

21.8%

3-2

4.1%

CAL break %: 30.1% vs this opp
PITT break %: 47.2% 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 % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Abby ZimmermanOH	3	11	6	24	.208	1	2	2	10	1	0	2	1	14
18Ashley LiOH	3	7	3	20	.200	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	9
5Cari BohmMB	3	7	1	13	.462	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
15Sawyer ThomsenMB	3	5	1	13	.308	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	1	6
24Anna FloresS	3	3	0	5	.600	31	0	4	9	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
4Francesca PopescuDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
14Elise LauL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Siena MacCuddenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0
2Sophia JohnsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	0
10Dominique PhillsOH	2	2	3	12	-.083	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
11Grace AgolliOPP	2	1	4	6	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		36	18	93	.194	36	3	9	42	8	1	8	5	55

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	18	3	35	.429	0	5	3	2	0	5	2.5	25.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	10	2	26	.308	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	11
20Abbey EmchMB	3	3	0	11	.273	0	0	0	2	0	9	4.5	7.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	6	4	18	.111	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6
21Izzy StarckS	3	1	0	3	.333	32	1	1	9	0	4	2	4
2Maaike HeiligMB	3	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	2
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Marina PezeljOH	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
3Jordyn DaileyMB	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
Team totals		40	10	99	.303	36	8	5	35	3	21	10.5	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 CAL · PITT 6

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 CALPITT 3

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 4 CALPITT 6

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 3 CALPITT 5

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	42%5/12
2	50%8/16	11%1/9
3	38%6/16	20%2/10
4	50%6/12	40%4/10
5	75%6/8	40%4/10
6	71%5/7	0%0/6
All	53%39/73	28%16/57

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	62%8/13	33%3/9
2	80%8/10	47%7/15
3	80%8/10	47%7/15
4	50%6/12	70%14/20
5	86%6/7	0%0/6
6	100%5/5	38%3/8
All	72%41/57	47%34/73

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

130 rallies

#	CAL-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	CAL	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
2	2-0	CAL	CAL	Bad set	Izzy Starck
3	2-1	CAL	PITT×3	Serve err	California
4	2-2	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless
5	2-3	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Ashley Li
6	3-3	PITT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
7	3-4	CAL	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
8	3-5	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman
9	3-6	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Grace Agolli
10	4-6	PITT	CAL	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Abby Zimmerman
11	4-7	CAL	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
12	4-8	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless
13	4-9	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless
14	5-9	PITT	CAL×3	Serve err	Pittsburgh
15	6-9	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
16	7-9	CAL	CAL×3	Ace	California	aced Mallorie Meyer
17	7-10	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
18	8-10	PITT	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores
19	8-11	CAL	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
20	9-11	PITT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
21	9-12	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
22	9-13	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
23	10-13	PITT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
24	10-14	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
25	11-14	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
26	11-15	CAL	PITT	Blocked	Grace Agolli	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
27	12-15	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
28	12-16	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
29	13-16	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
30	14-16	CAL	CAL	Ace	California	aced Mallorie Meyer
31	14-17	CAL	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
32	15-17	PITT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
33	15-18	CAL	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
34	15-19	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Cari Bohm
35	15-20	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
36	16-20	PITT	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Sophia Johnson
37	16-21	CAL	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
38	17-21	PITT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
39	17-22	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
40	18-22	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
41	18-23	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
42	19-23	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
43	19-24	CAL	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
44	19-25	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sophia Johnson
Set 2
1	0-1	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Blaire Bayless
2	0-2	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Abby Zimmerman
3	1-2	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
4	1-3	CAL	PITT×4	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock
5	1-4	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman
6	1-5	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Grace Agolli	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock
7	1-6	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Grace Agolli	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock
8	2-6	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
9	3-6	CAL	CAL	Kill	Dominique Phills	set Anna Flores
10	3-7	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
11	4-7	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Sophia Johnson
12	4-8	CAL	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
13	4-9	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	Dominique Phills	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck
14	4-10	PITT	PITT×6	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Siena MacCudden
15	4-11	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
16	4-12	PITT	PITT×6	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Dominique Phills
17	4-13	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Izzy Masten
18	5-13	PITT	CAL×4	Serve err	Pittsburgh
19	6-13	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
20	7-13	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
21	8-13	CAL	CAL×4	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
22	8-14	CAL	PITT	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman
23	9-14	PITT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
24	9-15	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
25	10-15	PITT	CAL	Serve err	Pittsburgh
26	10-16	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
27	11-16	PITT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
28	11-17	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
29	12-17	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
30	12-18	CAL	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
31	12-19	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless
32	12-20	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sophia Johnson
33	13-20	PITT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
34	14-20	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Cari Bohm, Dominique Phills
35	14-21	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
36	14-22	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sophia Johnson
37	15-22	PITT	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Siena MacCudden
38	15-23	CAL	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
39	16-23	PITT	CAL	Attack err	Maaike Heilig
40	16-24	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
41	16-25	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
Set 3
1	0-1	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
2	1-1	PITT	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores
3	1-2	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
4	2-2	PITT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
5	2-3	CAL	PITT×5	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
6	2-4	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Dominique Phills	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck
7	2-5	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
8	2-6	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Dominique Phills	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck
9	2-7	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
10	3-7	PITT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
11	3-8	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
12	4-8	PITT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
13	4-9	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
14	5-9	PITT	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores
15	5-10	CAL	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
16	6-10	PITT	CAL×3	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
17	7-10	CAL	CAL×3	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Ashley Li
18	8-10	CAL	CAL×3	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
19	8-11	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
20	9-11	PITT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
21	10-11	CAL	CAL	Ace	California	aced Izzy Masten
22	10-12	CAL	PITT	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman
23	11-12	PITT	CAL	Kill	Dominique Phills	set Sophia Johnson
24	11-13	CAL	PITT	Serve err	California
25	11-14	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Siena MacCudden
26	12-14	PITT	CAL	Serve err	Pittsburgh
27	12-15	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
28	13-15	PITT	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Abby Zimmerman
29	14-15	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
30	14-16	CAL	PITT	Blocked	Ashley Li	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck
31	15-16	PITT	CAL	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
32	15-17	CAL	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
33	16-17	PITT	CAL	Serve err	Pittsburgh
34	17-17	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Abby Zimmerman, Sawyer Thomsen
35	17-18	CAL	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
36	17-19	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
37	17-20	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Sawyer Thomsen	blk Blaire Bayless, Jordyn Dailey
38	18-20	PITT	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores
39	18-21	CAL	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
40	18-22	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Blaire Bayless, Abbey Emch
41	18-23	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer
42	18-24	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Sophia Johnson
43	19-24	PITT	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores
44	20-24	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
45	20-25	CAL	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck

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

Pittsburgh def. California 3–0