Pittsburgh vs Clemson Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Oct 25, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 99.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 25, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh won at Clemson 3-0 (25-16, 25-9, 25-14) on Sun, Oct 25, 2026. Blaire Bayless led Pittsburgh with 8 kills; Clemson's Anika Groom had a match-high 10.

Data through Nov 3, 7:15 PM CT · final Oct 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PITT	25	25	25	3
CLEM	16	9	14	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No. 2 Pittsburgh left no doubt against Clemson.

The biggest single-rally swing was 0.0 points, and Clemson's high was <1% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Pittsburgh at >99%.

PittsburghClemson

Break %+34.7 pts
62.227.5
46 of 74 on serve vs 11 of 40, so Clemson's sideout was 37.8%.
Hitting+.498
.475-.023
33 kills, 4 errors vs 28 kills, 30 errors.
Longest run+8
124
12 straight Pittsburgh points in the second set broke a 1–1 tie and made it 13–1. Final score of the set: 25–9.

Clemson above 50Pittsburgh belowMax swing 0.0%

PittsburghClemson

Aces: Pittsburgh 4·Clemson 1
Serve err: Pittsburgh 6·Clemson 6
Blocks: Pittsburgh 14·Clemson 22 BS · 24 BA vs 1 BS · 2 BA
Digs: Pittsburgh 26·Clemson 23

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Clemson above 50 · Pittsburgh below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PITT 99.9%0.1% CLEM

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

89.9%

3-1

9.4%

3-2

0.6%

Clemson wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.0%

3-2

0.1%

PITT break %: 52.8% vs this opp
CLEM break %: 28.5% 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

Pittsburghaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	6	0	10	.600	0	3	1	5	1	0	3	1.5	10.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	8	3	18	.278	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	9
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	5	0	12	.417	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	2.5	7.5
3Jordyn DaileyMB	3	2	1	6	.167	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	4.5	6.5
21Izzy StarckS	3	1	0	1	1.000	18	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1
2Maaike HeiligMB	2	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	5
6Sophia GregoireOH	3	6	0	7	.857	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	6	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Abbey EmchMB	1	1	0	2	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
11Lola SageerOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10Marina PezeljOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	4	61	.475	32	4	6	26	1	2	24	14	75

Clemsonhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
24Anika GroomOH	3	10	8	25	.080	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	10
4Brianna WashingtonMB	3	3	7	15	-.267	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	4.5
6Katherine SandtS	3	1	0	4	.250	14	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
5Talea MitchellMB	2	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12Claire LuomaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
10Lina MerzOPP	1	1	3	5	-.400	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
28McKenna GildonL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	2
11Addi RainsL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0
19Lauren SchneiderOH	2	3	3	11	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2Kennedy WagnerOH	2	3	3	7	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
7Maddie AnspaughOH	1	4	3	11	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
18Alyssa IrwinMB	1	2	1	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
14Audrey ArmbrusterS	1	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Khaya GordonOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Lucy MaloneyL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	30	88	-.023	24	1	6	23	4	1	2	2	39

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 12 PITT · CLEM 4

Set 1

25-16

Longest run 9 PITTCLEM 4

Set 2

25-9

Longest run 12 PITTCLEM 2

Set 3

25-14

Longest run 4 PITTCLEM 2

Bars above the line = Clemson 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	100%6/6	38%3/8
2	60%6/10	73%16/22
3	63%5/8	76%16/21
4	56%5/9	44%4/9
5	100%4/4	43%3/7
6	100%3/3	57%4/7
All	73%29/40	62%46/74

Clemson

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	60%6/10	0%0/4
2	17%5/30	14%1/7
3	50%5/10	44%4/9
4	45%5/11	29%2/7
5	67%4/6	44%4/9
6	43%3/7	0%0/4
All	38%28/74	28%11/40

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

114 rallies

#	PITT-CLEM	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Claire Luoma
2	1-1	CLEM	PITT×9	Attack err	Lina Merz
3	2-1	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Brianna Washington
4	3-1	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Anika Groom
5	4-1	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Lina Merz
6	5-1	PITT	PITT×9	Attack err	Brianna Washington
7	6-1	PITT	PITT×9	Bad set	Claire Luoma
8	7-1	PITT	PITT×9	Ace	Ayanna Watson	aced Claire Luoma
9	8-1	PITT	PITT×9	Blocked	Anika Groom	blk Olivia Babcock, Jordyn Dailey
10	9-1	PITT	PITT×9	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
11	9-2	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Addi Rains
12	10-2	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten
13	11-2	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Brianna Washington
14	11-3	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Brianna Washington	set Katherine Sandt
15	11-4	CLEM	CLEM	Kill	Kennedy Wagner	set Izzy Masten
16	12-4	CLEM	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
17	13-4	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson
18	14-4	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Brianna Washington
19	14-5	PITT	CLEM	Serve err	Haiti Tautua'a
20	15-5	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Blaire Bayless
21	16-5	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Talea Mitchell	blk Ayanna Watson, Maaike Heilig
22	16-6	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
23	17-6	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Haiti Tautua'a
24	18-6	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Kennedy Wagner	blk Ayanna Watson, Jordyn Dailey
25	18-7	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Lina Merz
26	19-7	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Haiti Tautua'a
27	19-8	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Lina Merz	set Claire Luoma
28	20-8	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
29	21-8	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Lina Merz	blk Jordyn Dailey
30	21-9	PITT	CLEM×3	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
31	21-10	CLEM	CLEM×3	Ace	McKenna Gildon	aced Ayanna Watson
32	21-11	CLEM	CLEM×3	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Brianna Washington, Katherine Sandt
33	22-11	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
34	23-11	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Brianna Washington	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig
35	23-12	PITT	CLEM	Serve err	Trinity Thompson
36	24-12	CLEM	PITT	Attack err	Anika Groom
37	24-13	PITT	CLEM×4	Kill	Brianna Washington	set Katherine Sandt
38	24-14	CLEM	CLEM×4	Kill	Katherine Sandt	set Anika Groom
39	24-15	CLEM	CLEM×4	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
40	24-16	CLEM	CLEM×4	Kill	Kennedy Wagner	set Addi Rains
41	25-16	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Haiti Tautua'a
Set 2
1	1-0	CLEM	PITT	Serve err	Claire Luoma
2	1-1	PITT	CLEM	Serve err	Izzy Starck
3	2-1	CLEM	PITT×12	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
4	3-1	PITT	PITT×12	Bad set	Katherine Sandt
5	4-1	PITT	PITT×12	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
6	5-1	PITT	PITT×12	Attack err	Anika Groom
7	6-1	PITT	PITT×12	Ace	Ayanna Watson	aced Addi Rains
8	7-1	PITT	PITT×12	Attack err	Anika Groom
9	8-1	PITT	PITT×12	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
10	9-1	PITT	PITT×12	Blocked	Lauren Schneider	blk Blaire Bayless, Jordyn Dailey
11	10-1	PITT	PITT×12	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
12	11-1	PITT	PITT×12	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson
13	12-1	PITT	PITT×12	Blocked	Anika Groom	blk Olivia Babcock, Jordyn Dailey
14	13-1	PITT	PITT×12	Blocked	Brianna Washington	blk Jordyn Dailey
15	13-2	PITT	CLEM	Serve err	Ayanna Watson
16	13-3	CLEM	CLEM	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
17	14-3	CLEM	PITT	Serve err	Clemson
18	14-4	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
19	15-4	CLEM	PITT×3	Serve err	Clemson
20	16-4	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Anika Groom	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless
21	17-4	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kennedy Wagner
22	17-5	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Kennedy Wagner	set Katherine Sandt
23	18-5	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Haiti Tautua'a
24	19-5	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Kennedy Wagner	blk Maaike Heilig, Sophia Gregoire
25	19-6	PITT	CLEM	Serve err	Marina Pezelj
26	20-6	CLEM	PITT	Serve err	Katherine Sandt
27	21-6	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Talea Mitchell	blk Jordyn Dailey, Sophia Gregoire
28	21-7	PITT	CLEM	Serve err	Maaike Heilig
29	22-7	CLEM	PITT×3	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Haiti Tautua'a
30	23-7	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Lola Sageer	set Izzy Starck
31	24-7	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Anika Groom
32	24-8	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Lauren Schneider	set Katherine Sandt
33	24-9	CLEM	CLEM	Blocked	Jordyn Dailey	blk Brianna Washington
34	25-9	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
Set 3
1	1-0	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
2	2-0	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Trinity Thompson
3	2-1	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
4	3-1	CLEM	PITT×4	Serve err	Anika Groom
5	4-1	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless
6	5-1	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Alyssa Irwin
7	6-1	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Ayanna Watson	aced McKenna Gildon
8	6-2	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Katherine Sandt
9	6-3	CLEM	CLEM	Kill	Brianna Washington	set Katherine Sandt
10	7-3	CLEM	PITT×4	Blocked	Maddie Anspaugh	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock
11	8-3	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Trinity Thompson	aced McKenna Gildon
12	9-3	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Brianna Washington
13	10-3	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
14	10-4	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Lauren Schneider	set Katherine Sandt
15	10-5	CLEM	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh
16	11-5	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
17	12-5	PITT	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
18	12-6	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Audrey Armbruster
19	12-7	CLEM	CLEM	Kill	McKenna Gildon	set Izzy Starck
20	13-7	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
21	13-8	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set McKenna Gildon
22	14-8	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Mallorie Meyer
23	14-9	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Alyssa Irwin	set Audrey Armbruster
24	15-9	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
25	15-10	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Katherine Sandt
26	16-10	CLEM	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
27	17-10	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Maddie Anspaugh
28	18-10	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Maddie Anspaugh	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock
29	18-11	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Alyssa Irwin	set Katherine Sandt
30	19-11	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
31	19-12	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Maddie Anspaugh	set Katherine Sandt
32	20-12	CLEM	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck
33	21-12	PITT	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck
34	21-13	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Lauren Schneider	set Audrey Armbruster
35	22-13	CLEM	PITT	Serve err	Lucy Maloney
36	22-14	PITT	CLEM	Kill	Anika Groom	set Audrey Armbruster
37	23-14	CLEM	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
38	24-14	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Lauren Schneider
39	25-14	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Lauren Schneider	blk Abbey Emch, Ayanna Watson

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

Pittsburgh def. Clemson 3–0

No. 2 Pittsburgh left no doubt against Clemson.