Kentucky vs Pittsburgh Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-1

Final · 4 setsSun, Aug 23, 2026 · Neutral site

1:3

Pittsburgh beat Kentucky 3-1 (25-14, 21-25, 25-13, 25-21) on Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at a neutral site. Pittsburgh's Olivia Babcock led with 27 kills, and Izzy Starck added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Aug 23

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
UK	14	25	13	21	1
PITT	25	21	25	25	3

Win probability

Pittsburgh above 50 · Kentucky below

Biggest swing: 6.0% to Kentucky — set 2, UK 23-21 PITT. Kentucky ace. PITT win probability 74% → 68%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UK 34.6%65.4% PITT

Kentucky wins

3-0

7.0%

3-1

12.4%

3-2

15.2%

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

20.3%

3-1

25.1%

3-2

20.1%

UK break %: 37.0% vs this opp
PITT break %: 40.0% 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
KentuckyAce+6.0%
Kentucky ace
Set 2 · UK 23-21 PITT · UK 26% → 32%
02
Kassie O'Brien&Lizzie CarrBlock+4.8%
Jordyn Dailey stuffed by Kassie O'Brien & Lizzie Carr
Set 2 · UK 20-19 PITT · UK 20% → 25%
03
KentuckyAce+4.2%
Kentucky ace
Set 2 · UK 24-21 PITT · UK 32% → 36%
04
Georgia WatsonKill+4.1%
Kill by Georgia Watson (set by Kassie O'Brien)
Set 3 · UK 7-6 PITT · UK 37% → 41%
05
Jordyn Dailey&Olivia BabcockBlock+4.0%
Brooklyn DeLeye stuffed by Jordyn Dailey & Olivia Babcock
Set 3 · UK 9-11 PITT · PITT 65% → 69%
06
Ayanna Watson&Maaike HeiligBlock+4.0%
Kennedy Washington stuffed by Ayanna Watson & Maaike Heilig
Set 3 · UK 7-8 PITT · PITT 61% → 65%
07
Kennedy WashingtonAttack error+3.9%
Attack error by Kennedy Washington
Set 4 · UK 10-11 PITT · PITT 81% → 85%
08
Brooklyn DeLeyeAttack error+3.9%
Attack error by Brooklyn DeLeye
Set 4 · UK 10-10 PITT · PITT 77% → 81%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Kentuckyaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
17Brooklyn DeLeyeOH	4	13	11	42	.048	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	16
15Lizzie CarrMB	4	8	6	22	.091	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	10
10Kennedy WashingtonMB	4	4	4	14	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
6Kassie O'BrienS	4	1	0	4	.250	38	1	2	4	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
20Asia ThigpenOH	4	2	3	11	-.091	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	2
1Trinity WardL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
18Morgan GaerteOH	4	14	7	37	.189	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	15
12Molly TuozzoL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	1
9Georgia WatsonOH	3	3	2	9	.111	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3
27Brynn CovellS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
11Molly BerezowitzDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	33	139	.086	43	5	9	45	3	1	10	6	73

Pittsburghhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	4	27	8	56	.339	0	0	3	9	0	4	2	29
8Blaire BaylessOH	4	10	3	29	.241	0	0	0	8	0	3	1.5	11.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	4	6	0	20	.300	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	9
2Maaike HeiligMB	4	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	3	0	0	8	4	7
21Izzy StarckS	4	2	0	3	.667	41	0	1	13	0	5	2.5	4.5
3Jordyn DaileyMB	4	1	3	7	-.286	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	4
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	1
25Haiti Tautua'aS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Izzy MastenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Team totals		49	14	118	.297	48	3	9	48	5	28	14	96

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 UK · PITT 6

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 2 UKPITT 6

Set 2

25-21

Longest run 4 UKPITT 4

Set 3

13-25

Longest run 3 UKPITT 5

Set 4

21-25

Longest run 4 UKPITT 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Kentucky

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%10/19	50%8/16
2	41%9/22	44%7/16
3	56%9/16	18%2/11
4	47%7/15	31%4/13
5	58%7/12	22%2/9
6	55%6/11	22%2/9
All	51%48/95	34%25/74

Pittsburgh

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%10/20	53%9/17
2	64%9/14	58%14/24
3	64%9/14	50%9/18
4	80%8/10	38%5/13
5	78%7/9	53%8/15
6	86%6/7	25%2/8
All	66%49/74	49%47/95

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

169 rallies

#	UK-PITT	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PITT	UK	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.6
2	1-1	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		+1.6
3	2-1	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.7
4	2-2	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
5	2-3	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Lizzie Carr		+2.5
6	3-3	PITT	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.6
7	4-3	UK	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Molly Tuozzo	+2.7
8	4-4	UK	PITT×3	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte		+1.7
9	4-5	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.7
10	4-6	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kennedy Washington		+2.5
11	5-6	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Molly Tuozzo	+1.6
12	5-7	UK	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Masten	+1.6
13	5-8	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+2.4
14	6-8	PITT	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.4
15	6-9	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.5
16	6-10	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+2.1
17	7-10	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.1
18	7-11	UK	PITT	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Izzy Starck, Jordyn Dailey	+1.3
19	7-12	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Jordyn Dailey	+1.7
20	8-12	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.9
21	9-12	UK	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Molly Tuozzo	+1.8
22	9-13	UK	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
23	9-14	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
24	9-15	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte		+1.3
25	9-16	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Blaire Bayless, Jordyn Dailey	+0.8
26	9-17	PITT	PITT×6	Attack err	Lizzie Carr		+0.5
27	9-18	PITT	PITT×6	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Brooklyn DeLeye	+0.3
28	10-18	PITT	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.1
29	10-19	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
30	10-20	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Olivia Babcock, Maaike Heilig	+0.1
31	11-20	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	·
32	11-21	UK	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
33	12-21	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		·
34	12-22	UK	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	·
35	12-23	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Trinity Ward	·
36	12-24	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		·
37	13-24	PITT	UK	Kill	Asia Thigpen	set Kassie O'Brien	·
38	14-24	UK	UK	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		·
39	14-25	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		·
Set 2
1	1-0	UK	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.2
2	2-0	UK	UK	Ace	Kentucky	aced Ayanna Watson	+2.3
3	2-1	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.3
4	3-1	PITT	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.5
5	3-2	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer	+1.4
6	4-2	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.5
7	4-3	UK	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Mallorie Meyer	+1.4
8	5-3	PITT	UK	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.6
9	5-4	UK	PITT×4	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
10	5-5	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Asia Thigpen		+2.4
11	5-6	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Asia Thigpen	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck	+2.4
12	5-7	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+2.3
13	6-7	PITT	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.4
14	6-8	UK	PITT	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck	+1.4
15	7-8	PITT	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.4
16	7-9	UK	PITT×3	Kill	Jordyn Dailey	set Izzy Starck	+1.5
17	7-10	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+2.2
18	7-11	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson	+1.9
19	8-11	PITT	UK×3	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+1.0
20	9-11	UK	UK×3	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Izzy Starck	+2.0
21	10-11	UK	UK×3	Attack err	Jordyn Dailey		+2.4
22	10-12	UK	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.6
23	10-13	PITT	PITT×3	Bad set	Kassie O'Brien		+2.3
24	10-14	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Lizzie Carr		+2.0
25	11-14	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.0
26	12-14	UK	UK	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Morgan Gaerte, Lizzie Carr	+2.1
27	12-15	UK	PITT	Blocked	Lizzie Carr	blk Olivia Babcock, Jordyn Dailey	+1.5
28	13-15	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.4
29	14-15	UK	UK	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+2.7
30	14-16	UK	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.9
31	15-16	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.8
32	16-16	UK	UK	Attack err	Blaire Bayless		+3.4
33	16-17	UK	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+2.2
34	16-18	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Kennedy Washington	blk Ayanna Watson, Maaike Heilig	+3.4
35	17-18	PITT	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.9
36	18-18	UK	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.8
37	18-19	UK	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+2.6
38	19-19	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+2.6
39	20-19	UK	UK	Blocked	Jordyn Dailey	blk Kassie O'Brien, Lizzie Carr	+4.8
40	20-20	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.8
41	21-20	PITT	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.3
42	21-21	UK	PITT	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte		+3.1
43	22-21	PITT	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.8
44	23-21	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky		+6.0
45	24-21	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky		+4.2
46	25-21	UK	UK×4	Ace	Kentucky	aced Mallorie Meyer	+1.5
Set 3
1	0-1	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+3.3
2	1-1	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.1
3	1-2	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.1
4	1-3	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Molly Tuozzo	+3.3
5	2-3	PITT	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.0
6	2-4	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.1
7	2-5	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Georgia Watson		+3.1
8	3-5	PITT	UK×3	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.8
9	4-5	UK	UK×3	Ace	Kentucky	aced Mallorie Meyer	+3.3
10	5-5	UK	UK×3	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.7
11	5-6	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.3
12	6-6	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+2.4
13	7-6	UK	UK	Kill	Georgia Watson	set Kassie O'Brien	+4.1
14	7-7	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.5
15	7-8	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Kennedy Washington	blk Ayanna Watson, Maaike Heilig	+4.0
16	8-8	PITT	UK	Kill	Kennedy Washington	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.5
17	8-9	UK	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+2.5
18	9-9	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+2.6
19	9-10	UK	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+2.6
20	9-11	PITT	PITT×4	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Jordyn Dailey, Olivia Babcock	+4.0
21	9-12	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+3.6
22	9-13	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+3.1
23	10-13	PITT	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.6
24	11-13	UK	UK	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Lizzie Carr, Morgan Gaerte	+3.3
25	11-14	UK	PITT×5	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck	+2.4
26	11-15	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Brooklyn DeLeye	blk Blaire Bayless, Jordyn Dailey	+3.2
27	11-16	PITT	PITT×5	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Jordyn Dailey, Olivia Babcock	+2.4
28	11-17	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
29	11-18	PITT	PITT×5	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+1.0
30	12-18	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.4
31	12-19	UK	PITT×4	Serve err	Kentucky		+0.6
32	12-20	PITT	PITT×4	Attack err	Georgia Watson		+0.5
33	12-21	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	+0.2
34	12-22	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+0.1
35	13-22	PITT	UK	Kill	Lizzie Carr	set Kassie O'Brien	·
36	13-23	UK	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	·
37	13-24	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck	·
38	13-25	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless	·
Set 4
1	1-0	UK	UK×4	Blocked	Olivia Babcock	blk Kennedy Washington, Kassie O'Brien	+3.1
2	2-0	UK	UK×4	Blocked	Jordyn Dailey	blk Kennedy Washington	+3.2
3	3-0	UK	UK×4	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+3.2
4	4-0	UK	UK×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock		+3.1
5	4-1	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.7
6	5-1	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.0
7	6-1	UK	UK	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Lizzie Carr, Kassie O'Brien	+2.9
8	6-2	UK	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.5
9	6-3	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+2.8
10	6-4	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Lizzie Carr		+3.1
11	7-4	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Molly Tuozzo	+2.2
12	7-5	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		+1.9
13	8-5	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.3
14	8-6	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.0
15	9-6	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.3
16	9-7	UK	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck	+2.0
17	9-8	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Georgia Watson		+3.6
18	10-8	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.5
19	10-9	UK	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.3
20	10-10	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+3.9
21	10-11	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Kennedy Washington		+3.9
22	11-11	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.5
23	11-12	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.5
24	11-13	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+3.8
25	12-13	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.3
26	12-14	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.5
27	13-14	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.3
28	13-15	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.6
29	13-16	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Morgan Gaerte	blk Izzy Starck, Maaike Heilig	+3.6
30	14-16	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.9
31	14-17	UK	PITT	Blocked	Lizzie Carr	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck	+2.3
32	15-17	PITT	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+2.0
33	15-18	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+2.4
34	16-18	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+2.0
35	16-19	UK	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Mallorie Meyer	+2.5
36	17-19	PITT	UK	Kill	Kassie O'Brien	set Trinity Ward	+2.0
37	17-20	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		+2.6
38	17-21	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Brooklyn DeLeye		+2.9
39	18-21	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+1.1
40	18-22	UK	PITT	Serve err	Kentucky		+1.8
41	18-23	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Trinity Ward	+1.4
42	19-23	PITT	UK	Kill	Brooklyn DeLeye	set Kassie O'Brien	+0.3
43	20-23	UK	UK	Kill	Morgan Gaerte	set Kassie O'Brien	+1.1
44	20-24	UK	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck	+1.4
45	21-24	PITT	UK	Serve err	Pittsburgh		+0.4
46	21-25	UK	PITT	Attack err	Morgan Gaerte		+0.9

Score shown after each rally, Kentucky 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. Kentucky 3–1