PITTSBURGH – The No. 1 Pitt volleyball team (15-0, 5-0 ACC) heads to Dallas this weekend to complete the home-and-home series with SMU (12-4, 4-1 ACC) in Moody Coliseum Friday night. First serve is set for 2 p.m. ET and can be streamed on ACCNX.
SWEPT THE STANGS
• Pitt defeated SMU in straight sets on Wednesday night behind 18 kills on a .571 hitting percentage from Olivia Babcock.
• She added a match-high four aces, seven digs and three blocks.
• The Mustangs were held to a season low .109 hitting percentage and were aced 10 times, the most in a single match this season.
• Rachel Fairbanks recorded a match-high 37 assists, setting Pitt to a blistering .427 hitting percentage.
MR. 300
• Head Coach Dan Fisher captured his 300th win at the helm of the Pitt volleyball team against Boston College last Friday.
• Fisher now has the most all-time wins at Pitt with 302, passing Shelton Collier with 295 wins (1980-1988).
RECORD BREAKER
• Olivia Babcock recorded a program best 12 aces in a single match against Boston College.
• Her 12 aces passed her previous career high of five and the long-standing program record set in 2005 by Diana Andreyko with eight aces.
TRIPLE-DOUBLE SHOW
• Babcock notched the first triple-double of her career with 14 kills, 12 aces and 10 digs against Boston College.
• She is the first Panther to reach the milestone since Rachel Fairbanks did so in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament against BYU (28A, 13D, 10K).
• Babcock is the first player to record that style of triple-double since the 2021 season.
WELL-OILED MACHINE
• Pitt ranks among the top ten in the country for hitting percentage (1st – .355), opponent hitting percentage (1st – .100), aces per set (4th – 2.39) and kills per set (10th – 14.20).
DYNAMIC DUO
• Torrey Stafford and Olivia Babcock have impressed in their sophomore campaigns after earning All-American status as rookies.
• Stafford ranks among the top 25 in the nation in kills per set (20th – 4.38) and points per set (23rd – 4.93) while Babcock ranks 3rd nationally in points per set (5.87) and 21st in kills per set (4.37).
• Babcock or Stafford have either led or tied for the team high in kills in each match this season.
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