Pittsburgh vs NC State Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Nov 1, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 98.1% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 1, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh won at NC State 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-13) on Sun, Nov 1, 2026. Olivia Babcock led Pittsburgh with 13 kills; NC State's Britni Silver had a match-high 18.

Data through Nov 4, 2:50 PM CT · final Nov 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PITT	25	25	25	3
NC ST	20	20	13	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No. 2 Pittsburgh left no doubt against NC State.

Win probability never moved more than 0.5 points on one rally; NC State topped out at 3% in Set 2. Pittsburgh went in as RallyIQ's 98% pick.

PittsburghNC State

Break %+18.9 pts
53.434.5
Points won on own serve: 39 of 73 vs 19 of 55. NC State sided out 46.6% of the time.
Hitting+.241
.348.107
44 K / 12 E against 35 K / 24 E.
Longest run+1
65
Down 8–10 in the second set, Pittsburgh had 6 straight kills to lead 14–10. The set finished 25–20.

NC State above 50Pittsburgh belowMax swing 0.5%

PittsburghNC State

Aces: Pittsburgh 1·NC State 2
Serve err: Pittsburgh 4·NC State 6
Blocks: Pittsburgh 10·NC State 71 BS · 18 BA vs 1 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Pittsburgh 37·NC State 31

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

NC State 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 98.1%1.9% NC ST

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

67.7%

3-1

24.7%

3-2

5.6%

NC State wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.2%

PITT break %: 48.6% vs this opp
NC ST break %: 32.9% 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
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	13	5	24	.333	0	1	0	8	0	1	4	3	17
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	11	1	26	.385	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	10	4	21	.286	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
20Abbey EmchMB	3	6	1	9	.556	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
3Jordyn DaileyMB	3	4	0	6	.667	1	0	2	2	0	0	4	2	6
21Izzy StarckS	3	0	0	2	.000	35	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	1
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	1	.000	2	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6Sophia GregoireOH	1	0	1	3	-.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
25Haiti Tautua'aS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	12	92	.348	41	1	4	37	2	1	18	10	75

NC Statehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
42Britni SilverOH	3	18	12	36	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	18.5
17Talia FrancomMB	3	6	1	13	.385	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	2.5	8.5
22Eva LongS	3	2	0	9	.222	30	0	1	6	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
31Elaisa VillarL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
14Norah BuschMB	2	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
3Clara VondranOH	2	1	3	12	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
23Jordan SmithOPP	3	4	3	13	.077	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	6.5
7Kate KilpatrickL/DS	3	0	1	3	-.333	0	1	3	12	0	0	0	0	1
1Zuzanna MaciejewiczL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
4Sophia GroomMB	2	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
27Rebecca RingOH	2	0	2	5	-.400	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		35	24	103	.107	33	2	6	31	1	1	12	7	53

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.

Pittsburgh vs NC State

Season series · Pittsburgh leads 1-0

Sun, Nov 1, 2026Pittsburgh at NC State · Pittsburgh won 3-0This match
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Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 PITT · NC ST 5

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 5 PITTNC ST 4

Set 2

25-20

Longest run 6 PITTNC ST 5

Set 3

25-13

Longest run 6 PITTNC ST 2

Bars above the line = NC State 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	54%7/13	38%3/8
2	88%7/8	53%8/15
3	50%7/14	53%8/15
4	100%6/6	50%6/12
5	71%5/7	58%7/12
6	57%4/7	64%7/11
All	65%36/55	53%39/73

NC State

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	44%7/16	25%2/8
2	50%7/14	42%5/12
3	46%6/13	42%5/12
4	60%6/10	33%3/9
5	40%4/10	25%2/8
6	40%4/10	33%2/6
All	47%34/73	35%19/55

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

128 rallies

#	PITT-NC ST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	NC ST	PITT	Attack err	Britni Silver
2	1-1	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Eva Long
3	2-1	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
4	2-2	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz
5	2-3	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
6	3-3	NC ST	PITT	Serve err	Eva Long
7	3-4	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
8	4-4	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
9	4-5	PITT	NC ST	Blocked	Sophia Gregoire	blk Talia Francom, Clara Vondran
10	5-5	NC ST	PITT	Serve err	Talia Francom
11	6-5	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Jordan Smith
12	6-6	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Norah Busch	set Eva Long
13	7-6	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
14	8-6	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Clara Vondran
15	8-7	PITT	NC ST	Serve err	Jordyn Dailey
16	9-7	NC ST	PITT×5	Attack err	Britni Silver
17	10-7	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
18	11-7	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Britni Silver	blk Abbey Emch, Olivia Babcock
19	12-7	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
20	13-7	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Norah Busch	blk Ayanna Watson, Abbey Emch
21	13-8	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
22	14-8	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
23	14-9	PITT	NC ST×4	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
24	14-10	NC ST	NC ST×4	Blocked	Abbey Emch	blk Talia Francom
25	14-11	NC ST	NC ST×4	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
26	14-12	NC ST	NC ST×4	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
27	15-12	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
28	15-13	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long
29	16-13	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
30	17-13	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Clara Vondran
31	17-14	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long
32	18-14	NC ST	PITT	Attack err	Norah Busch
33	18-15	PITT	NC ST×3	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long
34	18-16	NC ST	NC ST×3	Ace	Jordan Smith
35	18-17	NC ST	NC ST×3	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
36	19-17	NC ST	PITT	Blocked	Clara Vondran	blk Jordyn Dailey, Sophia Gregoire
37	19-18	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Clara Vondran	set Eva Long
38	20-18	NC ST	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Haiti Tautua'a
39	21-18	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Britni Silver	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
40	22-18	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Britni Silver	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
41	22-19	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
42	23-19	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
43	24-19	PITT	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch
44	24-20	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
45	25-20	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
Set 2
1	0-1	PITT	NC ST×5	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Norah Busch, Britni Silver
2	0-2	NC ST	NC ST×5	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
3	0-3	NC ST	NC ST×5	Kill	Britni Silver	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz
4	0-4	NC ST	NC ST×5	Ace	Kate Kilpatrick	aced Izzy Masten
5	0-5	NC ST	NC ST×5	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long
6	1-5	NC ST	PITT	Serve err	Kate Kilpatrick
7	1-6	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long
8	1-7	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
9	2-7	NC ST	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
10	3-7	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Britni Silver
11	4-7	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson
12	4-8	PITT	NC ST	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Talia Francom, Jordan Smith
13	5-8	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
14	5-9	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long
15	6-9	NC ST	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
16	7-9	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Jordan Smith
17	8-9	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
18	8-10	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Norah Busch	set Eva Long
19	9-10	NC ST	PITT×6	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
20	10-10	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
21	11-10	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Jordyn Dailey
22	12-10	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
23	13-10	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
24	14-10	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
25	14-11	PITT	NC ST	Serve err	Jordyn Dailey
26	14-12	NC ST	NC ST	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
27	15-12	NC ST	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
28	16-12	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
29	17-12	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
30	17-13	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
31	17-14	NC ST	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
32	18-14	NC ST	PITT	Serve err	Kate Kilpatrick
33	19-14	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Britni Silver
34	19-15	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
35	20-15	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
36	20-16	PITT	NC ST×4	Kill	Britni Silver	set Zuzanna Maciejewicz
37	20-17	NC ST	NC ST×4	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long
38	20-18	NC ST	NC ST×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
39	20-19	NC ST	NC ST×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
40	21-19	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
41	22-19	PITT	PITT	Ace	Olivia Babcock	aced Rebecca Ring
42	22-20	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long
43	23-20	NC ST	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
44	24-20	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
45	25-20	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Rebecca Ring	blk Jordyn Dailey, Izzy Starck
Set 3
1	0-1	NC ST	NC ST	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Sophia Groom, Eva Long
2	1-1	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
3	1-2	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Sophia Groom	set Eva Long
4	2-2	NC ST	PITT×3	Serve err	Kate Kilpatrick
5	3-2	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Eva Long
6	4-2	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Talia Francom
7	4-3	PITT	NC ST	Serve err	Ayanna Watson
8	5-3	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
9	5-4	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
10	6-4	NC ST	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
11	7-4	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kate Kilpatrick
12	8-4	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Rebecca Ring	blk Jordyn Dailey, Izzy Starck
13	8-5	PITT	NC ST	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Talia Francom, Jordan Smith
14	8-6	NC ST	NC ST	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
15	9-6	NC ST	PITT	Serve err	Talia Francom
16	9-7	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Jordan Smith	set Eva Long
17	10-7	NC ST	PITT	Attack err	Britni Silver
18	10-8	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Sophia Groom	set Eva Long
19	11-8	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
20	12-8	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Britni Silver	blk Olivia Babcock
21	12-9	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Eva Long
22	13-9	NC ST	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
23	14-9	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
24	15-9	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Britni Silver	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
25	16-9	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
26	16-10	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Britni Silver	set Eva Long
27	17-10	NC ST	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
28	18-10	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Jordyn Dailey
29	19-10	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Britni Silver
30	20-10	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
31	21-10	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Kate Kilpatrick
32	22-10	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Britni Silver
33	22-11	PITT	NC ST	Serve err	Trinity Thompson
34	23-11	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
35	23-12	PITT	NC ST	Kill	Talia Francom	set Eva Long
36	23-13	NC ST	NC ST	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Jordan Smith, Sophia Groom
37	24-13	NC ST	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck
38	25-13	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Mallorie Meyer

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. NC State 3–0

No. 2 Pittsburgh left no doubt against NC State.