The Citadel vs Mercer Volleyball: Mercer Wins 3-0 (Sep 25)

FinalFri, Sep 25, 2026

0:3

Mercer beat visiting The Citadel 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-20) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Mercer's Bella Pons led with 11 kills, and Aubri Martin added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:50 PM CT · final Sep 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
CITDEL	18	21	20	0
MERCER	25	25	25	3

Win probability

Mercer above 50 · The Citadel below

Biggest swing: 1.0% to The Citadel — set 2, CITDEL 17-16 MERCER. The Citadel ace on Sammi Bergjans. MERCER win probability 96% → 95%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CITDEL 5.6%94.4% MERCER

The Citadel wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.6%

3-2

3.4%

Mercer wins

3-0

53.8%

3-1

30.1%

3-2

10.5%

CITDEL break %: 39.7% vs this opp
MERCER break %: 51.9% 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
The CitadelAce+1.0%
The Citadel ace on Sammi Bergjans
Set 2 · CITDEL 17-16 MERCER · CITDEL 4% → 5%
02
MercerAce+1.0%
Mercer ace on Emerson Hill
Set 2 · CITDEL 18-19 MERCER · MERCER 96% → 97%
03
Cameron ReeseKill+1.0%
Kill by Cameron Reese (set by Greta Pleuss)
Set 2 · CITDEL 18-17 MERCER · CITDEL 4% → 5%
04
Joselynn Sanjurjo&Sammi BergjansBlock+0.9%
Rachel Reininger stuffed by Joselynn Sanjurjo & Sammi Bergjans
Set 2 · CITDEL 19-21 MERCER · MERCER 97% → 98%
05
Greta Pleuss&Luci LippelgoosBlock+0.9%
Mikayla Miessler stuffed by Greta Pleuss & Luci Lippelgoos
Set 2 · CITDEL 19-19 MERCER · CITDEL 3% → 4%
06
Joselynn SanjurjoKill+0.9%
Kill by Joselynn Sanjurjo (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · CITDEL 19-20 MERCER · MERCER 96% → 97%
07
Joselynn SanjurjoKill+0.9%
Kill by Joselynn Sanjurjo (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · CITDEL 18-18 MERCER · MERCER 95% → 96%
08
Lara MattaKill+0.8%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · CITDEL 20-22 MERCER · MERCER 97% → 98%

Box score

Official NCAA box

The Citadelaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
12Luci LippelgoosMB	3	9	3	19	.316	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	11
2Cameron ReeseOH	3	9	8	31	.032	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	1	10
17Jordyn SimsOH	3	5	3	21	.095	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
23Elizabeth MillerMB	3	3	3	15	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	5
6Greta PleussS	3	0	0	2	.000	32	1	1	10	0	0	4	2	3
10Jess MartinL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	1	0	2	10	1	0	0	0	0
7Rachel ReiningerOH	3	8	4	23	.174	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
5Gwen BerryOH	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	1
3Mia WatsonL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0
22Emerson HillL/DS	2	1	0	2	.500	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
18Emma PastusicOH	1	1	3	8	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9Megan StoneL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		36	25	123	.089	35	4	7	56	6	2	10	7	59

Mercerhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
12Bella PonsMB	3	11	1	19	.526	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
3Joselynn SanjurjoMB	3	8	1	16	.438	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.5	9.5
15Brooklyn PalmerOH	3	7	2	27	.185	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	8
20Lara MattaOH	3	5	4	29	.034	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	6
21Sarah FragerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	3	2	9	1	0	0	3
8Sammi BergjansS	3	0	0	0	–	32	0	2	8	1	5	2.5	2.5
16Mikayla MiesslerOH	3	5	5	15	.000	0	0	0	1	2	1	0.5	5.5
9Aubri MartinL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	0	18	0	0	0	1
6Brooke KaouiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
19Taylor TimkoOH	1	1	1	6	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		37	14	112	.205	34	6	5	59	4	12	6	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.

The Citadel vs Mercer

Season series · Mercer leads 2-0

Fri, Sep 25, 2026The Citadel at Mercer · Mercer won 3-0This match
Sat, Sep 26, 2026The Citadel at Mercer · Mercer won 3-0Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 CITDEL · MERCER 5

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 CITDELMERCER 5

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 3 CITDELMERCER 4

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 6 CITDELMERCER 5

Bars above the line = Mercer leads, below = The Citadel leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

The Citadel

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	47%7/15	38%3/8
2	46%6/13	30%3/10
3	75%6/8	50%6/12
4	46%6/13	33%3/9
5	43%6/14	33%3/9
6	36%4/11	50%6/12
All	47%35/74	40%24/60

Mercer

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	58%7/12	63%10/16
2	58%7/12	53%8/15
3	67%6/9	25%2/8
4	55%6/11	57%8/14
5	50%6/12	45%5/11
6	100%4/4	60%6/10
All	60%36/60	53%39/74

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

134 rallies

#	CITDEL-MERCER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
2	0-2	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Mercer	aced Cameron Reese	+0.5
3	0-3	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.4
4	1-3	MERCER	CITDEL×3	Serve err	Mercer		+0.4
5	2-3	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.6
6	3-3	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	+0.7
7	3-4	CITDEL	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.5
8	3-5	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Bella Pons		+0.6
9	3-6	MERCER	MERCER×3	Blocked	Cameron Reese	blk Bella Pons, Sammi Bergjans	+0.5
10	4-6	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Jordyn Sims	+0.4
11	4-7	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
12	5-7	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
13	5-8	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
14	6-8	MERCER	CITDEL×3	Serve err	Mercer		+0.5
15	7-8	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Emma Pastusic	set Greta Pleuss	+0.7
16	8-8	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	The Citadel	aced Mikayla Miessler	+0.8
17	8-9	CITDEL	MERCER×5	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.7
18	8-10	MERCER	MERCER×5	Attack err	Elizabeth Miller		+0.7
19	8-11	MERCER	MERCER×5	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.6
20	8-12	MERCER	MERCER×5	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.5
21	8-13	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.4
22	9-13	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Emerson Hill	set Greta Pleuss	+0.3
23	9-14	CITDEL	MERCER×3	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
24	9-15	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Mikayla Miessler	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
25	9-16	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Emma Pastusic		+0.2
26	10-16	MERCER	CITDEL	Attack err	Mikayla Miessler		+0.1
27	10-17	CITDEL	MERCER	Serve err	The Citadel		+0.1
28	10-18	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.1
29	11-18	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss	+0.1
30	11-19	CITDEL	MERCER	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.1
31	11-20	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	·
32	12-20	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	·
33	13-20	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	·
34	13-21	CITDEL	MERCER	Serve err	The Citadel		+0.1
35	14-21	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	·
36	15-21	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+0.1
37	15-22	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.1
38	16-22	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss	·
39	16-23	CITDEL	MERCER	Blocked	Elizabeth Miller	blk Bella Pons, Mikayla Miessler	+0.1
40	17-23	MERCER	CITDEL	Blocked	Mikayla Miessler	blk Elizabeth Miller	·
41	18-23	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss	+0.1
42	18-24	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.1
43	18-25	MERCER	MERCER	Blocked	Jordyn Sims	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo, Sammi Bergjans	·
Set 2
1	1-0	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss	+0.5
2	1-1	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
3	1-2	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
4	2-2	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
5	3-2	CITDEL	CITDEL	Attack err	Lara Matta		+0.5
6	3-3	CITDEL	MERCER	Serve err	The Citadel		+0.4
7	4-3	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	+0.5
8	4-4	CITDEL	MERCER	Attack err	Jess Martin		+0.4
9	5-4	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss	+0.5
10	5-5	CITDEL	MERCER	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.4
11	6-5	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.5
12	6-6	CITDEL	MERCER×3	Kill	Mikayla Miessler	set Brooklyn Palmer	+0.4
13	6-7	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Mikayla Miessler	set Aubri Martin	+0.5
14	6-8	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Rachel Reininger		+0.4
15	7-8	MERCER	CITDEL	Attack err	Mikayla Miessler		+0.4
16	7-9	CITDEL	MERCER×4	Serve err	The Citadel		+0.4
17	7-10	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Elizabeth Miller		+0.4
18	7-11	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Rachel Reininger		+0.3
19	7-12	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Mercer	aced Mia Watson	+0.2
20	8-12	MERCER	CITDEL×3	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Greta Pleuss	+0.2
21	9-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+0.3
22	10-12	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
23	10-13	CITDEL	MERCER	Serve err	The Citadel		+0.3
24	11-13	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
25	11-14	CITDEL	MERCER	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.4
26	12-14	MERCER	CITDEL×3	Serve err	Mercer		+0.4
27	13-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	The Citadel	aced Sarah Frager	+0.6
28	14-14	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.7
29	14-15	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
30	14-16	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Mikayla Miessler	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
31	15-16	MERCER	CITDEL×3	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	+0.5
32	16-16	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	+0.8
33	17-16	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Ace	The Citadel	aced Sammi Bergjans	+1.0
34	17-17	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Mikayla Miessler	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
35	18-17	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	+1.0
36	18-18	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
37	18-19	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Mercer	aced Emerson Hill	+1.0
38	19-19	MERCER	CITDEL	Blocked	Mikayla Miessler	blk Greta Pleuss, Luci Lippelgoos	+0.9
39	19-20	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
40	19-21	MERCER	MERCER	Blocked	Rachel Reininger	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo, Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
41	20-21	MERCER	CITDEL	Serve err	Mercer		+0.7
42	20-22	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
43	20-23	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Jordyn Sims		+0.7
44	21-23	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
45	21-24	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
46	21-25	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.3
Set 3
1	1-0	MERCER	CITDEL	Blocked	Lara Matta	blk Jordyn Sims, Greta Pleuss	+0.2
2	1-1	CITDEL	MERCER	Serve err	The Citadel		+0.2
3	1-2	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Cameron Reese		+0.2
4	2-2	MERCER	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.2
5	3-2	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Blocked	Bella Pons	blk Cameron Reese	+0.2
6	4-2	CITDEL	CITDEL×3	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.3
7	4-3	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
8	4-4	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
9	5-4	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.2
10	5-5	CITDEL	MERCER×5	Blocked	Luci Lippelgoos	blk Bella Pons, Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
11	5-6	MERCER	MERCER×5	Ace	Mercer	aced Mia Watson	+0.2
12	5-7	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
13	5-8	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
14	5-9	MERCER	MERCER×5	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.1
15	6-9	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Luci Lippelgoos	set Greta Pleuss	+0.1
16	7-9	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Mia Watson	+0.2
17	7-10	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.1
18	8-10	MERCER	CITDEL×6	Blocked	Mikayla Miessler	blk Elizabeth Miller, Greta Pleuss	+0.1
19	9-10	CITDEL	CITDEL×6	Ace	The Citadel	aced Mikayla Miessler	+0.2
20	10-10	CITDEL	CITDEL×6	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Jess Martin	+0.3
21	11-10	CITDEL	CITDEL×6	Blocked	Brooklyn Palmer	blk Elizabeth Miller, Rachel Reininger	+0.3
22	12-10	CITDEL	CITDEL×6	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
23	13-10	CITDEL	CITDEL×6	Kill	Elizabeth Miller	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
24	13-11	CITDEL	MERCER	Attack err	Jordyn Sims		+0.3
25	14-11	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Jordyn Sims	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
26	14-12	CITDEL	MERCER×3	Serve err	The Citadel		+0.3
27	14-13	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Mercer	aced Rachel Reininger	+0.4
28	14-14	MERCER	MERCER×3	Blocked	Cameron Reese	blk Sammi Bergjans, Joselynn Sanjurjo	+0.3
29	15-14	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	+0.3
30	15-15	CITDEL	MERCER×3	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
31	15-16	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
32	15-17	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Mercer	aced Jess Martin	+0.3
33	16-17	MERCER	CITDEL	Attack err	Lara Matta		+0.3
34	17-17	CITDEL	CITDEL	Kill	Cameron Reese	set Greta Pleuss	+0.4
35	17-18	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
36	18-18	MERCER	CITDEL	Serve err	Mercer		+0.4
37	18-19	CITDEL	MERCER×4	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
38	18-20	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
39	18-21	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
40	18-22	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Luci Lippelgoos		+0.2
41	19-22	MERCER	CITDEL	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Luci Lippelgoos, Greta Pleuss	+0.1
42	19-23	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
43	19-24	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Rachel Reininger		+0.1
44	20-24	MERCER	CITDEL	Kill	Rachel Reininger	set Greta Pleuss	·
45	20-25	CITDEL	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	·

Score shown after each rally, The Citadel 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).

Mercer def. The Citadel 3–0