Pittsburgh vs Wake Forest Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 30, 2026ACCNX

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 99.7% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 30, 5:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh won at Wake Forest 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19) on Fri, Oct 30, 2026. Pittsburgh's Blaire Bayless led with 22 kills, and Izzy Starck added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 7:15 PM CT · final Oct 30

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
PITT	25	23	25	25	3
WAKE	21	25	19	19	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Pittsburgh broke it open with a 7–0 run in the fourth set.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.8 points. Wake Forest peaked at 3% in Set 4. These are the numbers behind it. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Pittsburgh at >99%.

PittsburghWake Forest

Break %+9.9 pts
38.128.2
On serve: 37/97 against 24/85 (Wake Forest sideout 61.9%).
Hitting+.133
.336.203
55 kills, 16 errors vs 54 kills, 26 errors.
Longest run+3
74
7 straight Pittsburgh points in the fourth set turned a 14–15 deficit into a 21–15 lead. That set ended 25–19.

Wake Forest above 50Pittsburgh belowMax swing 0.8%

PittsburghWake Forest

Aces: Pittsburgh 3·Wake Forest 4
Serve err: Pittsburgh 10·Wake Forest 12
Blocks: Pittsburgh 14·Wake Forest 90 BS · 28 BA vs 2 BS · 14 BA
Digs: Pittsburgh 49·Wake Forest 37

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Wake Forest 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 99.5%0.5% WAKE

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

79.7%

3-1

17.4%

3-2

2.4%

Wake Forest wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.3%

PITT break %: 49.8% vs this opp
WAKE break %: 30.3% 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.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Pittsburghaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
8Blaire BaylessOH	4	22	5	44	.386	1	1	2	4	1	1	0.5	23.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	4	19	6	38	.342	0	0	2	11	0	1	0.5	19.5
20Abbey EmchMB	4	5	0	10	.500	0	0	0	1	0	8	4	9
3Jordyn DaileyMB	4	2	2	4	.000	2	0	0	1	0	7	3.5	5.5
2Maaike HeiligMB	4	2	1	4	.250	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	4
21Izzy StarckS	4	0	0	3	.000	35	0	2	12	0	3	1.5	1.5
6Sophia GregoireOH	4	4	2	11	.182	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	6
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2
7Izzy MastenL/DS	4	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1
9Trinity ThompsonS	4	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	9	0	0	0	0
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	0	–	6	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		55	16	116	.336	52	3	10	49	4	28	14	98

Wake Foresthome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
21Lyla StewartOH	4	12	7	35	.143	3	0	3	7	1	0	2	1	13
11Sadie PoeckOH	4	11	2	22	.409	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
23Sanaa WilliamsMB	4	6	3	14	.214	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	4.5	10.5
8Emma KeepingS	4	1	0	2	.500	22	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	2
13Mattea SaundersL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
10Catherine BurkeMB	2	0	1	10	-.100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
15Amina NdiayeOH	4	13	7	28	.214	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	0.5	13.5
22Ryleigh WhitekettleOH	4	10	5	25	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11
9Andrea RomanDS	4	0	0	0	–	2	2	2	9	1	0	0	0	2
18Becca BellowsS	4	0	0	0	–	22	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
1Dhru LalajiDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
6Camille McCoyMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
14Kelis HawkinsMB	1	1	1	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7Elena DraganiS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		54	26	138	.203	49	4	12	37	3	2	14	9	84

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 7 PITT · WAKE 4

Set 1

25-21

Longest run 4 PITTWAKE 3

Set 2

23-25

Longest run 4 PITTWAKE 4

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 4 PITTWAKE 3

Set 4

25-19

Longest run 7 PITTWAKE 2

Bars above the line = Wake Forest 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	75%12/16	47%9/19
2	80%12/15	20%3/15
3	92%11/12	29%5/17
4	60%9/15	40%6/15
5	53%9/17	31%4/13
6	80%8/10	56%10/18
All	72%61/85	38%37/97

Wake Forest

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%12/16	29%4/14
2	63%12/19	20%3/15
3	69%11/16	14%2/14
4	64%9/14	29%4/14
5	73%8/11	44%7/16
6	38%8/21	33%4/12
All	62%60/97	28%24/85

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.

Rally log

182 rallies

#	PITT-WAKE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	WAKE	WAKE	Ace	Wake Forest	aced Blaire Bayless
2	1-1	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
3	1-2	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
4	2-2	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
5	3-2	PITT	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Blaire Bayless
6	3-3	PITT	WAKE	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
7	4-3	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
8	4-4	PITT	WAKE×3	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows
9	4-5	WAKE	WAKE×3	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
10	4-6	WAKE	WAKE×3	Attack err	Sophia Gregoire
11	5-6	WAKE	PITT	Attack err	Ryleigh Whitekettle
12	6-6	PITT	PITT	Ace	Blaire Bayless	aced Andrea Roman
13	6-7	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Lyla Stewart
14	7-7	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
15	7-8	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
16	8-8	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Wake Forest
17	8-9	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Emma Keeping	set Lyla Stewart
18	9-9	WAKE	PITT	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Jordyn Dailey, Abbey Emch
19	9-10	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
20	9-11	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Catherine Burke, Sanaa Williams
21	10-11	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
22	10-12	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
23	11-12	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Jordyn Dailey
24	11-13	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows
25	12-13	WAKE	PITT	Blocked	Ryleigh Whitekettle	blk Maaike Heilig, Sophia Gregoire
26	12-14	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
27	13-14	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
28	13-15	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
29	14-15	WAKE	PITT×4	Attack err	Amina Ndiaye
30	15-15	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
31	16-15	PITT	PITT×4	Bad set	Emma Keeping
32	17-15	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Trinity Thompson
33	17-16	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
34	18-16	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
35	18-17	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping
36	19-17	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
37	20-17	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson
38	20-18	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Pittsburgh
39	21-18	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
40	21-19	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Sophia Gregoire
41	22-19	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Wake Forest
42	22-20	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Pittsburgh
43	22-21	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
44	23-21	WAKE	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Haiti Tautua'a
45	24-21	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Haiti Tautua'a
46	25-21	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
Set 2
1	0-1	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping
2	1-1	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Wake Forest
3	1-2	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Pittsburgh
4	2-2	WAKE	PITT	Attack err	Lyla Stewart
5	3-2	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Kelis Hawkins
6	3-3	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows
7	4-3	WAKE	PITT	Attack err	Amina Ndiaye
8	4-4	PITT	WAKE×3	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
9	4-5	WAKE	WAKE×3	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Haiti Tautua'a
10	4-6	WAKE	WAKE×3	Ace	Wake Forest	aced Sophia Gregoire
11	5-6	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Izzy Masten
12	5-7	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Pittsburgh
13	5-8	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Sophia Gregoire	blk Sanaa Williams, Amina Ndiaye
14	6-8	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
15	6-9	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping
16	6-10	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping
17	7-10	WAKE	PITT	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Sophia Gregoire, Abbey Emch
18	8-10	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Trinity Thompson
19	8-11	PITT	WAKE	Blocked	Jordyn Dailey	blk Sanaa Williams, Lyla Stewart
20	9-11	WAKE	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
21	10-11	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Jordyn Dailey
22	11-11	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Jordyn Dailey, Abbey Emch
23	11-12	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
24	11-13	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Kelis Hawkins
25	12-13	WAKE	PITT	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Abbey Emch, Jordyn Dailey
26	12-14	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
27	13-14	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
28	13-15	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
29	14-15	WAKE	PITT	Attack err	Sanaa Williams
30	15-15	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
31	15-16	PITT	WAKE×4	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
32	15-17	WAKE	WAKE×4	Kill	Sanaa Williams
33	15-18	WAKE	WAKE×4	Ace	Emma Keeping
34	15-19	WAKE	WAKE×4	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Sadie Poeck, Sanaa Williams
35	16-19	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Emma Keeping
36	17-19	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Amina Ndiaye
37	17-20	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping
38	18-20	WAKE	PITT×4	Attack err	Sadie Poeck
39	19-20	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Lyla Stewart
40	20-20	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Jordyn Dailey, Abbey Emch
41	21-20	PITT	PITT×4	Bad set	Emma Keeping
42	21-21	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Andrea Roman
43	21-22	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
44	22-22	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
45	22-23	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping
46	22-24	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
47	23-24	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Wake Forest
48	23-25	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
Set 3
1	0-1	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
2	1-1	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck
3	1-2	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Pittsburgh
4	2-2	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
5	2-3	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
6	3-3	WAKE	PITT×4	Serve err	Wake Forest
7	4-3	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Ryleigh Whitekettle	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless
8	5-3	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Catherine Burke	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig
9	6-3	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Catherine Burke
10	6-4	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Pittsburgh
11	6-5	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Lyla Stewart
12	7-5	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Wake Forest
13	8-5	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
14	8-6	PITT	WAKE	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
15	8-7	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
16	9-7	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
17	9-8	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
18	10-8	WAKE	PITT	Blocked	Amina Ndiaye	blk Abbey Emch, Izzy Starck
19	10-9	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Pittsburgh
20	11-9	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
21	11-10	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping
22	12-10	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck
23	13-10	PITT	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig
24	13-11	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping
25	14-11	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
26	15-11	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Marina Pezelj
27	15-12	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows
28	16-12	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Wake Forest
29	17-12	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Ryleigh Whitekettle
30	17-13	PITT	WAKE×3	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
31	17-14	WAKE	WAKE×3	Ace	Andrea Roman	aced Marina Pezelj
32	17-15	WAKE	WAKE×3	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Ryleigh Whitekettle, Sanaa Williams
33	18-15	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Andrea Roman
34	18-16	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
35	19-16	WAKE	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
36	20-16	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Amina Ndiaye	blk Abbey Emch, Jordyn Dailey
37	21-16	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Sanaa Williams
38	21-17	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
39	22-17	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
40	22-18	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
41	23-18	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
42	24-18	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson
43	24-19	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping
44	25-19	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
Set 4
1	0-1	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping
2	0-2	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Ayanna Watson
3	1-2	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
4	1-3	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
5	2-3	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck
6	2-4	PITT	WAKE	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Camille McCoy
7	2-5	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
8	3-5	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
9	3-6	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
10	4-6	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Andrea Roman
11	4-7	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
12	5-7	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Masten
13	6-7	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Sanaa Williams	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig
14	6-8	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Andrea Roman
15	6-9	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Maaike Heilig	blk Lyla Stewart, Sanaa Williams
16	7-9	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Amina Ndiaye
17	7-10	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping
18	8-10	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
19	9-10	PITT	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck
20	9-11	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Izzy Starck
21	10-11	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
22	10-12	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
23	11-12	WAKE	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
24	12-12	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Ryleigh Whitekettle
25	13-12	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Amina Ndiaye	blk Jordyn Dailey, Sophia Gregoire
26	13-13	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows
27	13-14	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Jordyn Dailey	blk Sanaa Williams
28	14-14	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
29	14-15	PITT	WAKE	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Ryleigh Whitekettle, Sanaa Williams
30	15-15	WAKE	PITT×7	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
31	16-15	PITT	PITT×7	Ace	Mallorie Meyer	aced Amina Ndiaye
32	17-15	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Mallorie Meyer
33	18-15	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Mallorie Meyer
34	19-15	PITT	PITT×7	Ace	Mallorie Meyer	aced Lyla Stewart
35	20-15	PITT	PITT×7	Blocked	Sadie Poeck	blk Jordyn Dailey, Ayanna Watson
36	21-15	PITT	PITT×7	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
37	21-16	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Mallorie Meyer
38	22-16	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
39	22-17	PITT	WAKE	Serve err	Haiti Tautua'a
40	23-17	WAKE	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
41	23-18	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping
42	24-18	WAKE	PITT	Serve err	Becca Bellows
43	24-19	PITT	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows
44	25-19	WAKE	PITT	Blocked	Amina Ndiaye	blk Sophia Gregoire, Abbey Emch

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. Wake Forest 3–1

Pittsburgh broke it open with a 7–0 run in the fourth set.