Pittsburgh vs Xavier Volleyball: Pittsburgh Wins 3-0

FinalMon, Aug 24, 2026 · Neutral site

3:0

Pittsburgh beat Xavier 3-0 (26-24, 25-13, 25-18) on Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at a neutral site. Blaire Bayless led Pittsburgh with 13 kills; Xavier's Charlotte Moriarty had a match-high 17.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Aug 24

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PITT	26	25	25	3
XAVIER	24	13	18	0

Win probability

Xavier 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 99.7%0.3% XAVIER

Pittsburgh wins

3-0

82.4%

3-1

15.4%

3-2

1.8%

Xavier wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.2%

PITT break %: 50.9% vs this opp
XAVIER 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	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Olivia BabcockOH	3	12	3	20	.450	0	2	3	5	0	0	3	1.5	15.5
8Blaire BaylessOH	3	13	5	28	.286	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	14
2Maaike HeiligMB	3	4	0	4	1.000	1	2	2	1	0	1	4	3	9
20Abbey EmchMB	3	4	1	8	.375	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	6
21Izzy StarckS	3	1	1	2	.000	29	0	1	10	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
12Ayanna WatsonOH	2	8	1	15	.467	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	9
25Haiti Tautua'aS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
13Mallorie MeyerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	1
9Trinity ThompsonS	3	0	0	1	.000	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
7Izzy MastenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6Sophia GregoireOH	2	4	2	12	.167	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Team totals		46	13	90	.367	40	6	8	36	3	1	16	9	76

Xavierhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
4Charlotte MoriartyOH	3	17	4	40	.325	1	0	2	5	2	1	0.5	17.5
12McKinley BoehmMB	3	4	2	14	.143	0	0	2	1	0	3	1.5	5.5
8Macy HatkevichS	3	1	0	2	.500	22	1	0	3	0	4	2	4
14Catherine FlahartyOH	3	3	4	11	-.091	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
6Julia GraceL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0
18Iyanna BattleMB	2	3	0	3	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
15Ava TildenOH	3	1	5	9	-.444	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1
2Kelsey NiesenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	10	2	0	0	1
11Kasey QuenichetL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
9Quinci ThomasOH	2	1	0	5	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7Elouise CzajkowskiL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16Margo KempMB	1	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
5Jenna BarhorstS	1	0	0	0	–	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Team totals		31	16	89	.169	30	3	7	27	6	10	5	55

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 6 PITT · XAVIER 4

Set 1

26-24

Longest run 3 PITTXAVIER 4

Set 2

25-13

Longest run 6 PITTXAVIER 2

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 4 PITTXAVIER 2

Bars above the line = Xavier 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	62%8/13	60%9/15
2	80%8/10	33%4/12
3	58%7/12	53%8/15
4	75%6/8	54%7/13
5	71%5/7	29%2/7
6	71%5/7	58%7/12
All	68%39/57	50%37/74

Xavier

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	46%6/13
2	70%7/10	20%2/10
3	35%6/17	30%3/10
4	60%6/10	40%4/10
5	50%5/10	25%2/8
6	42%5/12	17%1/6
All	50%37/74	32%18/57

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

131 rallies

#	PITT-XAVIER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
2	1-1	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
3	1-2	XAVIER	XAVIER	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
4	2-2	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
5	3-2	PITT	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless
6	3-3	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Iyanna Battle	set Macy Hatkevich
7	4-3	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
8	5-3	PITT	PITT	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Charlotte Moriarty
9	5-4	PITT	XAVIER×3	Serve err	Pittsburgh
10	5-5	XAVIER	XAVIER×3	Attack err	Blaire Bayless
11	5-6	XAVIER	XAVIER×3	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
12	6-6	XAVIER	PITT	Serve err	Xavier
13	6-7	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	McKinley Boehm	set Macy Hatkevich
14	7-7	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
15	8-7	PITT	PITT	Blocked	McKinley Boehm	blk Abbey Emch, Ayanna Watson
16	8-8	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Macy Hatkevich	set Charlotte Moriarty
17	9-8	XAVIER	PITT	Serve err	Xavier
18	9-9	PITT	XAVIER×4	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
19	9-10	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Ace	Xavier	aced Mallorie Meyer
20	9-11	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Kill	Catherine Flaharty	set Macy Hatkevich
21	9-12	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
22	10-12	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
23	10-13	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
24	11-13	XAVIER	PITT	Serve err	Xavier
25	11-14	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Catherine Flaharty	set Macy Hatkevich
26	12-14	XAVIER	PITT×3	Blocked	Ava Tilden	blk Maaike Heilig, Olivia Babcock
27	13-14	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Ava Tilden
28	14-14	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
29	14-15	PITT	XAVIER	Serve err	Pittsburgh
30	15-15	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
31	15-16	PITT	XAVIER	Blocked	Ayanna Watson	blk Macy Hatkevich, McKinley Boehm
32	15-17	XAVIER	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
33	16-17	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
34	17-17	PITT	PITT	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Maaike Heilig
35	17-18	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Kelsey Niesen
36	18-18	XAVIER	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
37	19-18	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson
38	20-18	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Ayanna Watson
39	20-19	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
40	21-19	XAVIER	PITT	Attack err	Catherine Flaharty
41	22-19	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
42	22-20	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
43	23-20	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
44	24-20	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Catherine Flaharty
45	24-21	PITT	XAVIER×4	Kill	Iyanna Battle	set Macy Hatkevich
46	24-22	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Catherine Flaharty, Macy Hatkevich
47	24-23	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Ace	Xavier	aced Mallorie Meyer
48	24-24	XAVIER	XAVIER×4	Kill	McKinley Boehm
49	25-24	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
50	26-24	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Ava Tilden
Set 2
1	1-0	PITT	PITT	Attack err	Margo Kemp
2	1-1	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
3	2-1	XAVIER	PITT	Blocked	Ava Tilden	blk Abbey Emch, Ayanna Watson
4	3-1	PITT	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
5	3-2	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Catherine Flaharty	set Macy Hatkevich
6	4-2	XAVIER	PITT×6	Serve err	Xavier
7	5-2	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer
8	6-2	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	McKinley Boehm	blk Maaike Heilig
9	7-2	PITT	PITT×6	Blocked	Catherine Flaharty	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless
10	8-2	PITT	PITT×6	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Charlotte Moriarty
11	9-2	PITT	PITT×6	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
12	9-3	PITT	XAVIER	Serve err	Pittsburgh
13	9-4	XAVIER	XAVIER	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Macy Hatkevich, McKinley Boehm
14	10-4	XAVIER	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
15	11-4	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Haiti Tautua'a
16	12-4	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Kelsey Niesen
17	12-5	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
18	13-5	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Haiti Tautua'a
19	13-6	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
20	14-6	XAVIER	PITT×3	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Haiti Tautua'a
21	15-6	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Charlotte Moriarty
22	16-6	PITT	PITT×3	Ace	Pittsburgh	aced Kelsey Niesen
23	16-7	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
24	16-8	XAVIER	XAVIER	Blocked	Sophia Gregoire	blk Charlotte Moriarty, Margo Kemp
25	17-8	XAVIER	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Haiti Tautua'a
26	18-8	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
27	19-8	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
28	20-8	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Ayanna Watson	set Izzy Starck
29	20-9	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Margo Kemp	set Macy Hatkevich
30	21-9	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
31	21-10	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
32	22-10	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
33	23-10	PITT	PITT	Blocked	Catherine Flaharty	blk Maaike Heilig, Blaire Bayless
34	23-11	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	McKinley Boehm	set Macy Hatkevich
35	23-12	XAVIER	XAVIER	Blocked	Blaire Bayless	blk Macy Hatkevich, McKinley Boehm
36	24-12	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
37	24-13	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
38	25-13	XAVIER	PITT	Attack err	Charlotte Moriarty
Set 3
1	1-0	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
2	1-1	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	McKinley Boehm	set Jenna Barhorst
3	2-1	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
4	2-2	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Jenna Barhorst
5	3-2	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Mallorie Meyer
6	4-2	PITT	PITT	Kill	Izzy Starck	set Sophia Gregoire
7	4-3	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Macy Hatkevich
8	5-3	XAVIER	PITT×3	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
9	6-3	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Ava Tilden	blk Maaike Heilig, Izzy Starck
10	7-3	PITT	PITT×3	Attack err	Ava Tilden
11	7-4	PITT	XAVIER	Attack err	Sophia Gregoire
12	7-5	XAVIER	XAVIER	Attack err	Izzy Starck
13	8-5	XAVIER	PITT	Attack err	Charlotte Moriarty
14	8-6	PITT	XAVIER	Serve err	Pittsburgh
15	8-7	XAVIER	XAVIER	Ace	Xavier	aced Sophia Gregoire
16	9-7	XAVIER	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
17	10-7	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Trinity Thompson
18	11-7	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Jenna Barhorst
19	12-7	PITT	PITT×4	Bad set	Jenna Barhorst
20	12-8	PITT	XAVIER	Serve err	Pittsburgh
21	12-9	XAVIER	XAVIER	Attack err	Abbey Emch
22	13-9	XAVIER	PITT×3	Serve err	Xavier
23	14-9	PITT	PITT×3	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
24	15-9	PITT	PITT×3	Blocked	Charlotte Moriarty	blk Olivia Babcock, Abbey Emch
25	15-10	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Jenna Barhorst
26	15-11	XAVIER	XAVIER	Kill	Charlotte Moriarty	set Jenna Barhorst
27	16-11	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Mallorie Meyer
28	16-12	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Quinci Thomas	set Jenna Barhorst
29	17-12	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Blaire Bayless	set Izzy Starck
30	17-13	PITT	XAVIER	Serve err	Pittsburgh
31	18-13	XAVIER	PITT	Serve err	Xavier
32	18-14	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Iyanna Battle	set Macy Hatkevich
33	19-14	XAVIER	PITT×4	Kill	Maaike Heilig	set Izzy Starck
34	20-14	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Abbey Emch	set Izzy Starck
35	21-14	PITT	PITT×4	Kill	Sophia Gregoire
36	22-14	PITT	PITT×4	Ace	Pittsburgh
37	22-15	PITT	XAVIER	Serve err	Pittsburgh
38	23-15	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Sophia Gregoire	set Izzy Starck
39	23-16	PITT	XAVIER	Kill	Ava Tilden	set Jenna Barhorst
40	23-17	XAVIER	XAVIER	Attack err	Olivia Babcock
41	24-17	XAVIER	PITT	Kill	Olivia Babcock	set Izzy Starck
42	24-18	PITT	XAVIER	Serve err	Pittsburgh
43	25-18	XAVIER	PITT	Serve err	Xavier

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. Xavier 3–0