North Carolina vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalSun, Nov 8, 2026ACCNX

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Pittsburgh 94.3% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 8, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Pittsburgh beat visiting North Carolina 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-19) on Sun, Nov 8, 2026. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 15 kills, and Izzy Starck added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:25 PM CT · final Nov 8

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UNC	20	14	19	0
PITT	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

15 kills in 3 sets for Olivia Babcock. Pittsburgh swept North Carolina.

The biggest single-rally swing was 1.2 points, and North Carolina's high was 8% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. Pre-match, RallyIQ had Pittsburgh at 94%.

North CarolinaPittsburgh

Break %+21.8 pts
24.145.9
34 of 74 on serve vs 13 of 54, so North Carolina's sideout was 54.1%.
Hitting+.215
.174.389
46 K / 9 E against 34 K / 15 E.

Pittsburgh above 50North Carolina belowMax swing 1.2%

North CarolinaPittsburgh

Aces: North Carolina 3·Pittsburgh 4
Serve err: North Carolina 9·Pittsburgh 7
Blocks: North Carolina 7.5·Pittsburgh 70 BS · 15 BA vs 0 BS · 14 BA
Digs: North Carolina 29·Pittsburgh 46

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Pittsburgh above 50 · North Carolina below

Biggest swing: 1.2% to North Carolina — set 1, UNC 8-6 PITT. Ace by Julia Bohlinger on Ayanna Watson. PITT win probability 93% → 92%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UNC 5.1%94.9% PITT

North Carolina wins

3-0

0.6%

3-1

1.4%

3-2

3.1%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

55.1%

3-1

29.8%

3-2

10.0%

UNC break %: 33.9% vs this opp
PITT break %: 46.2% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Julia BohlingerAce+1.2%
Ace by Julia Bohlinger on Ayanna Watson
Set 1 · UNC 8-6 PITT · UNC 7% → 8%
02
Chelsea ThorpeKill+1.1%
Kill by Chelsea Thorpe (set by Zoe Behrendt)
Set 1 · UNC 16-17 PITT · UNC 4% → 6%
03
Safi HamptonKill+1.1%
Kill by Safi Hampton (set by Laynie Smith)
Set 1 · UNC 5-3 PITT · UNC 7% → 8%
04
Olivia BabcockKill+1.0%
Kill by Olivia Babcock (set by Izzy Starck)
Set 1 · UNC 8-8 PITT · PITT 93% → 94%
05
Jackie TaylorAttack error+1.0%
Attack error by Jackie Taylor
Set 1 · UNC 10-11 PITT · PITT 93% → 94%
06
Laynie SmithAttack error+0.9%
Attack error by Laynie Smith
Set 1 · UNC 6-6 PITT · PITT 93% → 94%
07
Chelsea ThorpeAttack error+0.9%
Attack error by Chelsea Thorpe
Set 1 · UNC 16-19 PITT · PITT 95% → 96%
08
Safi Hampton&Laynie Smith&Meghan CliffordBlock+0.9%
Olivia Babcock stuffed by Safi Hampton & Laynie Smith & Meghan Clifford
Set 1 · UNC 4-3 PITT · UNC 6% → 7%

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Carolinaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
22Safi HamptonOH	3	7	3	26	.154	0	0	1	4	1	2	1	8
10Bridget MaloneOH	3	8	2	19	.316	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	8
21Jackie TaylorMB	3	6	1	16	.313	0	0	2	1	0	4	2	8
77Chelsea ThorpeOPP	3	5	7	27	-.074	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	6
5Meghan CliffordMB	3	4	0	7	.571	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
1Zoe BehrendtS	3	0	0	0	–	16	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
23Laynie SmithOPP	3	4	2	14	.143	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	6
6Julia BohlingerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	3	0	11	0	0	0	3
18Carly MarkhamL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0
8Sienna CozzaS	3	0	0	0	–	13	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Team totals		34	15	109	.174	33	3	9	29	4	15	7.5	53

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	15	4	33	.333	1	1	2	9	0	4	2	18
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	13	2	24	.458	4	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	13.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	3	8	2	21	.286	0	2	0	4	2	2	1	11
20Abbey EmchMB	3	4	1	6	.500	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	6.5
3Jordyn DaileyMB	3	4	0	7	.571	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	5
21Izzy StarckS	3	2	0	4	.500	32	0	3	15	0	0	0	2
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	1	6	0	0	0	1
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Marina PezeljOH	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
25Haiti Tautua'aS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	9	95	.389	45	4	7	46	3	14	7	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 UNC · PITT 4

Set 1

20-25

Longest run 3 UNCPITT 4

Set 2

14-25

Longest run 2 UNCPITT 4

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 4 UNCPITT 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

North Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%8/19	33%3/9
2	53%8/15	11%1/9
3	64%7/11	0%0/8
4	55%6/11	30%3/10
5	60%6/10	0%0/6
6	63%5/8	50%6/12
All	54%40/74	24%13/54

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	80%8/10	56%9/16
2	100%8/8	47%7/15
3	70%7/10	46%6/13
4	100%6/6	33%3/9
5	60%6/10	45%5/11
6	60%6/10	40%4/10
All	76%41/54	46%34/74

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

#	UNC-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+0.7
2	1-1	PITT	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.5
3	1-2	UNC	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
4	2-2	PITT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.5
5	2-3	UNC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
6	3-3	PITT	UNC×3	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.5
7	4-3	UNC	UNC×3	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Safi Hampton, Laynie Smith, Meghan Clifford	+0.9
8	5-3	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Laynie Smith	+1.1
9	5-4	UNC	PITT	Serve err	Sienna Cozza		+0.6
10	6-4	PITT	UNC	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Safi Hampton, Meghan Clifford	+0.8
11	6-5	UNC	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.6
12	6-6	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Laynie Smith		+0.9
13	7-6	PITT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza	+0.7
14	8-6	UNC	UNC	Ace	Julia Bohlinger	aced Ayanna Watson	+1.2
15	8-7	UNC	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
16	8-8	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
17	9-8	PITT	UNC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.8
18	9-9	UNC	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.7
19	10-9	PITT	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.8
20	10-10	UNC	PITT×4	Serve err	North Carolina		+0.7
21	10-11	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Jackie Taylor		+1.0
22	10-12	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Ayanna Watson	aced Carly Markham	+0.9
23	10-13	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Blaire Bayless	+0.7
24	11-13	PITT	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.4
25	11-14	UNC	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
26	12-14	PITT	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.5
27	12-15	UNC	PITT	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Jordyn Dailey, Olivia Babcock	+0.5
28	13-15	PITT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza	+0.5
29	13-16	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
30	14-16	PITT	UNC	Kill	Meghan Clifford	set Sienna Cozza	+0.5
31	14-17	UNC	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.5
32	15-17	PITT	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.5
33	16-17	UNC	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.1
34	16-18	UNC	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.8
35	16-19	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe		+0.9
36	16-20	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Bridget Malone		+0.6
37	16-21	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe		+0.3
38	17-21	PITT	UNC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.1
39	17-22	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
40	18-22	PITT	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.1
41	18-23	UNC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Marina Pezelj	+0.2
42	18-24	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Jordyn Dailey	+0.1
43	19-24	PITT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	·
44	20-24	UNC	UNC	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Laynie Smith, Meghan Clifford	·
45	20-25	UNC	PITT	Serve err	North Carolina		+0.1
Set 2
1	1-0	UNC	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.5
2	1-1	UNC	PITT	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe		+0.3
3	2-1	PITT	UNC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
4	2-2	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten	+0.3
5	2-3	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Carly Markham	+0.5
6	3-3	PITT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.3
7	3-4	UNC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
8	3-5	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Carly Markham	+0.4
9	4-5	PITT	UNC	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.3
10	4-6	UNC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
11	5-6	PITT	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.3
12	5-7	UNC	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
13	5-8	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Laynie Smith		+0.4
14	6-8	PITT	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Sienna Cozza	+0.3
15	7-8	UNC	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor		+0.5
16	7-9	UNC	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Masten	+0.3
17	7-10	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.4
18	8-10	PITT	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Sienna Cozza	+0.3
19	8-11	UNC	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
20	8-12	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Olivia Babcock	+0.3
21	8-13	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Bridget Malone	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.2
22	8-14	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Trinity Thompson	+0.2
23	9-14	PITT	UNC	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.1
24	9-15	UNC	PITT×3	Blocked	Chelsea Thorpe	blk Ayanna Watson, Abbey Emch	+0.1
25	9-16	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch	+0.1
26	9-17	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Chelsea Thorpe	blk Blaire Bayless, Abbey Emch	+0.1
27	10-17	PITT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Chelsea Thorpe	·
28	10-18	UNC	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
29	11-18	PITT	UNC	Kill	Meghan Clifford	set Zoe Behrendt	·
30	11-19	UNC	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
31	11-20	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Marina Pezelj	·
32	11-21	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Olivia Babcock	aced Safi Hampton	·
33	11-22	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
34	12-22	PITT	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza	·
35	12-23	UNC	PITT	Serve err	Safi Hampton		·
36	12-24	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
37	13-24	PITT	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Sienna Cozza	·
38	14-24	UNC	UNC	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Jackie Taylor, Laynie Smith	·
39	14-25	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
Set 3
1	1-0	PITT	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Julia Bohlinger	+0.2
2	1-1	UNC	PITT	Serve err	Carly Markham		+0.1
3	2-1	PITT	UNC	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Chelsea Thorpe, Jackie Taylor	+0.2
4	2-2	UNC	PITT	Serve err	Jackie Taylor		+0.1
5	3-2	PITT	UNC	Kill	Meghan Clifford	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.2
6	3-3	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Masten	+0.2
7	3-4	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
8	4-4	PITT	UNC	Serve err	Olivia Babcock		+0.2
9	4-5	UNC	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Blaire Bayless	+0.1
10	5-5	PITT	UNC×4	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Sienna Cozza	+0.2
11	6-5	UNC	UNC×4	Ace	Julia Bohlinger	aced Ayanna Watson	+0.3
12	7-5	UNC	UNC×4	Ace	Julia Bohlinger	aced Izzy Masten	+0.3
13	8-5	UNC	UNC×4	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.4
14	8-6	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
15	8-7	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Blaire Bayless	+0.3
16	9-7	PITT	UNC	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Jackie Taylor, Laynie Smith	+0.2
17	10-7	UNC	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Julia Bohlinger	+0.4
18	10-8	UNC	PITT×3	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
19	10-9	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
20	10-10	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
21	11-10	PITT	UNC	Blocked	Abbey Emch	blk Jackie Taylor, Chelsea Thorpe	+0.2
22	12-10	UNC	UNC	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+0.4
23	12-11	UNC	PITT	Serve err	Carly Markham		+0.2
24	12-12	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
25	13-12	PITT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.3
26	13-13	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
27	13-14	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe		+0.3
28	14-14	PITT	UNC	Kill	Meghan Clifford	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.2
29	14-15	UNC	PITT	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
30	14-16	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.3
31	15-16	PITT	UNC	Serve err	Olivia Babcock		+0.2
32	15-17	UNC	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
33	15-18	PITT	PITT	Bad set	Laynie Smith		+0.2
34	16-18	PITT	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.1
35	16-19	UNC	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
36	17-19	PITT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Sienna Cozza	+0.1
37	17-20	UNC	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
38	17-21	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Blaire Bayless	+0.2
39	17-22	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Chelsea Thorpe	blk Ayanna Watson, Abbey Emch	+0.1
40	18-22	PITT	UNC	Serve err	Izzy Starck		·
41	18-23	UNC	PITT	Serve err	Bridget Malone		·
42	19-23	PITT	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	·
43	19-24	UNC	PITT	Serve err	Jackie Taylor		·
44	19-25	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Jordyn Dailey, Olivia Babcock	·

Score shown after each rally, North Carolina 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. North Carolina 3–0

15 kills in 3 sets for Olivia Babcock. Pittsburgh swept North Carolina.