Pittsburgh vs Georgia Tech Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 23, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 90.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 23, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh won at Georgia Tech 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-18) on Fri, Oct 23, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 12 kills, and Izzy Starck added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 5:50 PM CT · final Oct 23

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PITT	25	25	25	3
GATECH	19	13	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Olivia Babcock hit .500 with 12 kills as Pittsburgh rolled past Georgia Tech.

Win probability never moved more than 1.8 points on one rally; Georgia Tech topped out at 11% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave Pittsburgh 90% before first serve.

PittsburghGeorgia Tech

Break %+21.6 pts
56.234.6
Points won on own serve: 41 of 73 vs 18 of 52. Georgia Tech sided out 43.8% of the time.
Hitting+.313
.368.055
Kills and errors: 37–9 vs 29–24.
Longest run+1
54
Pittsburgh scored 5 straight in the second set to turn a 2–3 deficit into a 7–3 lead. The set finished 25–13.

Georgia Tech above 50Pittsburgh belowMax swing 1.8%

PittsburghGeorgia Tech

Aces: Pittsburgh 7·Georgia Tech 5
Serve err: Pittsburgh 7·Georgia Tech 7
Blocks: Pittsburgh 13·Georgia Tech 60 BS · 26 BA vs 2 BS · 8 BA
Digs: Pittsburgh 31·Georgia Tech 25

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Georgia Tech above 50 · Pittsburgh below

Biggest swing: 1.8% to Georgia Tech — set 1, PITT 14-14 GATECH. Attack error by Blaire Bayless. GATECH win probability 10% → 11%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PITT 91.2%8.8% GATECH

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

46.5%

3-1

31.4%

3-2

13.2%

Georgia Tech wins

3-0

1.1%

3-1

2.7%

3-2

5.0%

PITT break %: 45.5% vs this opp
GATECH break %: 35.3% 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
Blaire BaylessAttack error+1.8%
Attack error by Blaire Bayless
Set 1 · PITT 14-14 GATECH · GATECH 10% → 11%
02
Zoe Humphrey&Magda KobaidzeBlock+1.8%
Olivia Babcock stuffed by Zoe Humphrey & Magda Kobaidze
Set 1 · PITT 19-18 GATECH · GATECH 8% → 10%
03
Olivia BabcockAce+1.6%
Ace by Olivia Babcock on Laura Perugini Bieleski
Set 1 · PITT 16-14 GATECH · PITT 90% → 91%
04
Olivia BabcockKill+1.6%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Trinity Thompson)
Set 1 · PITT 21-18 GATECH · PITT 92% → 93%
05
Alida BennourAce+1.4%
Ace by Alida Bennour on Marina Pezelj
Set 1 · PITT 14-13 GATECH · GATECH 8% → 10%
06
Olivia BabcockKill+1.4%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 1 · PITT 20-18 GATECH · PITT 90% → 92%
07
Olivia BabcockAce+1.3%
Ace by Olivia Babcock on Laura Perugini Bieleski
Set 1 · PITT 17-14 GATECH · PITT 91% → 93%
08
Magda KobaidzeKill+1.3%
Kill by Magda Kobaidze (set by Heloise Soares)
Set 1 · PITT 6-6 GATECH · GATECH 9% → 11%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Pittsburghaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	12	1	22	.500	0	3	4	6	0	4	2	17
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	7	2	16	.313	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	10
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	9	5	23	.174	0	0	0	3	1	1	0.5	9.5
20Abbey EmchMB	3	7	1	10	.600	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	9
21Izzy StarckS	3	1	0	1	1.000	23	0	1	13	0	6	3	4
2Maaike HeiligMB	2	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	2
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	5	1	0	5	0	0	0	1
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Jordyn DaileyMB	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	3.5
Team totals		37	9	76	.368	36	7	7	31	5	26	13	75

Georgia Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Alida BennourOH	3	12	6	34	.176	0	4	1	2	0	1	2	2	18
25Magda KobaidzeOH	3	6	5	17	.059	2	0	2	8	0	0	2	1	7
20Laura Perugini BieleskiOH	3	6	5	18	.056	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	6
14Zoe HumphreyMB	3	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	5
5Bianca GaribaldiMB	3	2	3	10	-.100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
13Heloise SoaresS	3	1	1	2	.000	26	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
24Vitoria BelfortL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
6Mana KanekoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	9	1	0	0	0	0
11Larissa MendesOH	1	0	2	2	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Anna FiedorowiczOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Mia HoodMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Sasha GodeyS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	24	91	.055	28	5	7	25	7	2	8	6	50

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 5 PITT · GATECH 4

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 3 PITTGATECH 4

Set 2

25-13

Longest run 5 PITTGATECH 2

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 5 PITTGATECH 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	88%7/8	29%2/7
2	64%7/11	53%8/15
3	75%6/8	65%11/17
4	50%5/10	50%5/10
5	63%5/8	62%8/13
6	57%4/7	64%7/11
All	65%34/52	56%41/73

Georgia Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	41%7/17	25%2/8
2	60%6/10	30%3/10
3	40%6/15	25%2/8
4	38%5/13	50%6/12
5	31%4/13	29%2/7
6	80%4/5	43%3/7
All	44%32/73	35%18/52

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

125 rallies

#	PITT-GATECH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	GATECH	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
2	2-0	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Zoe Humphrey		+0.9
3	3-0	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Alida Bennour	blk Abbey Emch, Ayanna Watson	+0.8
4	3-1	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.5
5	3-2	GATECH	GATECH	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Alida Bennour	+1.0
6	4-2	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
7	4-3	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares	+0.7
8	5-3	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
9	5-4	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares	+0.7
10	6-4	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Marina Pezelj	+0.7
11	6-5	PITT	GATECH	Serve err	Olivia Babcock		+0.7
12	6-6	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares	+1.3
13	7-6	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
14	7-7	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.9
15	8-7	GATECH	PITT	Attack err	Alida Bennour		+0.9
16	8-8	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Heloise Soares	set Magda Kobaidze	+1.0
17	9-8	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
18	9-9	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares	+1.0
19	10-9	GATECH	PITT	Serve err	Magda Kobaidze		+0.9
20	11-9	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Heloise Soares		+1.3
21	11-10	PITT	GATECH	Serve err	Ayanna Watson		+0.9
22	12-10	GATECH	PITT×3	Blocked	Alida Bennour	blk Blaire Bayless, Abbey Emch	+0.9
23	13-10	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Trinity Thompson	aced Laura Perugini Bieleski	+1.1
24	14-10	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Maaike Heilig	+0.9
25	14-11	PITT	GATECH×4	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares	+0.5
26	14-12	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Izzy Masten	+1.0
27	14-13	GATECH	GATECH×4	Ace	Alida Bennour	aced Marina Pezelj	+1.4
28	14-14	GATECH	GATECH×4	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+1.8
29	15-14	GATECH	PITT×3	Serve err	Alida Bennour		+1.2
30	16-14	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Olivia Babcock	aced Laura Perugini Bieleski	+1.6
31	17-14	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Olivia Babcock	aced Laura Perugini Bieleski	+1.3
32	17-15	PITT	GATECH	Serve err	Olivia Babcock		+0.8
33	18-15	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
34	18-16	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares	+0.8
35	19-16	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.9
36	19-17	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Zoe Humphrey	set Heloise Soares	+0.8
37	19-18	GATECH	GATECH	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Zoe Humphrey, Magda Kobaidze	+1.8
38	20-18	GATECH	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
39	21-18	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+1.6
40	22-18	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Abbey Emch	+1.0
41	22-19	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.4
42	23-19	GATECH	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
43	24-19	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
44	25-19	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Ayanna Watson		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.7
2	1-1	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares	+0.5
3	2-1	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Masten	+0.5
4	2-2	PITT	GATECH	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Alida Bennour, Zoe Humphrey	+0.5
5	2-3	GATECH	GATECH	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+0.9
6	3-3	GATECH	PITT×5	Blocked	Laura Perugini Bieleski	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.6
7	4-3	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.8
8	5-3	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
9	6-3	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.6
10	7-3	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Laura Perugini Bieleski	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig	+0.5
11	7-4	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.3
12	8-4	GATECH	PITT×3	Blocked	Laura Perugini Bieleski	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig	+0.3
13	9-4	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Alida Bennour		+0.4
14	10-4	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Alida Bennour		+0.3
15	10-5	PITT	GATECH	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.2
16	11-5	GATECH	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
17	12-5	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Larissa Mendes	blk Maaike Heilig, Ayanna Watson	+0.2
18	13-5	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Magda Kobaidze	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck	+0.1
19	14-5	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Larissa Mendes		+0.1
20	14-6	PITT	GATECH	Attack err	Ayanna Watson		·
21	14-7	GATECH	GATECH	Ace	Georgia Tech	aced Ayanna Watson	+0.1
22	15-7	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
23	16-7	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Alida Bennour		+0.1
24	16-8	PITT	GATECH	Serve err	Pittsburgh		·
25	16-9	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares	+0.1
26	17-9	GATECH	PITT	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+0.1
27	18-9	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Magda Kobaidze		+0.1
28	18-10	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	·
29	19-10	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
30	19-11	PITT	GATECH	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Zoe Humphrey	·
31	20-11	GATECH	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	·
32	21-11	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
33	22-11	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
34	23-11	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Bianca Garibaldi		·
35	23-12	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares	·
36	23-13	GATECH	GATECH	Ace	Georgia Tech	aced Blaire Bayless	·
37	24-13	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten	·
38	25-13	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh		·
Set 3
1	1-0	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
2	1-1	PITT	GATECH×3	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.3
3	1-2	GATECH	GATECH×3	Blocked	Abbey Emch	blk Alida Bennour, Zoe Humphrey	+0.4
4	1-3	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Magda Kobaidze	+0.5
5	2-3	GATECH	PITT	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+0.3
6	3-3	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Mana Kaneko	+0.4
7	3-4	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Zoe Humphrey	set Heloise Soares	+0.3
8	3-5	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares	+0.5
9	4-5	GATECH	PITT	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+0.3
10	4-6	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.4
11	5-6	GATECH	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Masten	+0.3
12	6-6	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Bianca Garibaldi	blk Jordyn Dailey, Izzy Starck	+0.5
13	7-6	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Laura Perugini Bieleski		+0.4
14	7-7	PITT	GATECH	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.3
15	8-7	GATECH	PITT×5	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+0.3
16	9-7	PITT	PITT×5	Attack err	Bianca Garibaldi		+0.4
17	10-7	PITT	PITT×5	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Laura Perugini Bieleski	+0.3
18	11-7	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Magda Kobaidze	blk Jordyn Dailey, Izzy Starck	+0.3
19	12-7	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Magda Kobaidze	blk Jordyn Dailey, Izzy Starck	+0.2
20	12-8	PITT	GATECH×3	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares	+0.1
21	12-9	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.2
22	12-10	GATECH	GATECH×3	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Magda Kobaidze, Zoe Humphrey	+0.3
23	13-10	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Ayanna Watson	+0.2
24	13-11	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.2
25	14-11	GATECH	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
26	15-11	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
27	16-11	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Abbey Emch		+0.2
28	17-11	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Magda Kobaidze	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.1
29	18-11	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Trinity Thompson	+0.1
30	18-12	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	·
31	19-12	GATECH	PITT	Serve err	Georgia Tech		·
32	19-13	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares	·
33	20-13	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
34	20-14	PITT	GATECH×3	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	·
35	20-15	GATECH	GATECH×3	Ace	Georgia Tech	aced Izzy Masten	+0.1
36	20-16	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares	+0.1
37	21-16	GATECH	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
38	22-16	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Laura Perugini Bieleski		+0.1
39	22-17	PITT	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	·
40	22-18	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+0.1
41	23-18	GATECH	PITT×3	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
42	24-18	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Mallorie Meyer	·
43	25-18	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Anna Fiedorowicz	blk Izzy Starck, Jordyn Dailey	·

Score shown after each rally, Pittsburgh 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. Georgia Tech 3–0

Olivia Babcock hit .500 with 12 kills as Pittsburgh rolled past Georgia Tech.