MILWAUKEE – No. 4 Pitt closed out the AVCA First Serve with a three-set sweep of Xavier Monday at Fiserv Forum, improving to 2-0 on the season. Blaire Bayless led the Panthers with 13 kills, Olivia Babcock added 12 on .450 hitting and Izzy Starck ran the offense with 29 assists in the 26-24, 25-13, 25-18 victory.
Pitt hit .367 as a team and outblocked Xavier 9-5, while limiting the Musketeers to a .169 attack percentage. Ayanna Watson chipped in eight kills on just one error for a .467 hitting mark, and Maaike Heilig was steady at the net with four kills on four swings without an error.
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