Mercer vs Furman Volleyball: Mercer Wins 3-1 (Oct 16, 2026)

Final · 4 setsFri, Oct 16, 2026

3:1

RallyIQ pre-match: Furman 74.8% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 16, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Mercer won at Furman 3-1 (19-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-22) on Fri, Oct 16, 2026. Mercer's Lara Matta led with 21 kills, and Sarah Frager added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 16

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
MERCER	19	25	25	25	3
FURMAN	25	15	19	22	1

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Sarah Frager served 4 aces, and Mercer needed every one.

The match turned twice. Numbers are Mercer's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. Pre-match, Furman was RallyIQ's 75% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 2 · Mercer 0–0 Furman
From here Mercer won 25 of 40 rallies to take the set 25–15.
Mercer 14% → 30%
Turning point 2: Set 4 · Mercer 21–22 Furman
Mercer closed it, 4 of the final 4 rallies, to take the set 25–22 and win the match 3–1.
Mercer 54% → >99%

Furman above 50Mercer belowMax swing 13.9%

MercerFurman

Sideout %: Mercer 57.3·Furman 49.5
Break %: Mercer 50.5·Furman 42.7
Hitting: Mercer .245·Furman .152
Longest run: Mercer 10·Furman 6

Lara Matta
21 kills on .372, 23.5 points; 5 of those kills came in the turning points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Furman above 50 · Mercer below

Biggest swing: 13.9% to Mercer — set 4, MERCER 24-22 FURMAN. Attack error by Ashley Stein. FURMAN win probability 23% → 9%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

MERCER 28.9%71.1% FURMAN

Mercer wins

3-0

5.4%

3-1

10.1%

3-2

13.4%

Furman wins

3-0

24.0%

3-1

27.3%

3-2

19.8%

MERCER break %: 42.1% vs this opp
FURMAN break %: 46.4% 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
Ashley SteinAttack error+13.9%
Attack error by Ashley Stein
Set 4 · MERCER 24-22 FURMAN · MERCER 77% → 91%
02
Sarah FragerAce+13.3%
Ace by Sarah Frager on Lauren Haynes
Set 4 · MERCER 23-22 FURMAN · MERCER 64% → 77%
03
Ashley SteinAttack error+10.1%
Attack error by Ashley Stein
Set 4 · MERCER 22-22 FURMAN · MERCER 54% → 64%
04
Sarah FragerAce+8.8%
Ace by Sarah Frager on Brooke Scheffler
Set 4 · MERCER 25-22 FURMAN · MERCER 91% → 100%
05
Joselynn SanjurjoBlock+6.7%
Morgan Baldridge stuffed by Joselynn Sanjurjo
Set 4 · MERCER 21-22 FURMAN · MERCER 47% → 54%
06
Avery WilksKill+4.7%
Kill by Avery Wilks
Set 3 · MERCER 16-13 FURMAN · MERCER 41% → 45%
07
Izzy CastelloeAttack error+4.4%
Attack error by Izzy Castelloe
Set 4 · MERCER 8-8 FURMAN · MERCER 57% → 61%
08
Morgan BaldridgeBad set+4.4%
Bad set by Morgan Baldridge
Set 4 · MERCER 4-2 FURMAN · MERCER 64% → 69%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Merceraway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Lara MattaOH	4	21	5	43	.372	3	2	3	13	2	0	1	0.5	23.5
3Joselynn SanjurjoMB	4	10	1	20	.450	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	3.5	13.5
15Brooklyn PalmerOH	4	9	6	30	.100	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	10
19Taylor TimkoOH	4	6	4	20	.100	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
8Sammi BergjansS	4	3	1	11	.182	43	0	2	12	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
12Bella PonsMB	1	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1.5	3.5
21Sarah FragerL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	4	2	15	4	0	0	0	4
11Emily MatiasOH	4	0	0	1	.000	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
9Aubri MartinL/DS	4	0	0	3	.000	4	0	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
7Avery WilksMB	3	5	4	12	.083	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
Team totals		56	21	143	.245	52	8	9	68	9	4	6	7	94

Furmanhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Izzy CastelloeOH	4	14	6	45	.178	1	2	2	11	0	0	2	1	17
1Kacie MooreMB	4	10	3	21	.333	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
16Lauren HaynesOH	4	5	3	26	.077	0	1	1	11	3	0	0	0	6
20Tennyson GormanMB	4	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	3
4Morgan BaldridgeS	4	0	2	10	-.200	32	1	1	9	0	1	1	1.5	2.5
13Ashtan DodsonOH	4	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
2Kennedy SeekfordL/DS	4	0	0	1	.000	1	3	1	12	1	0	0	0	3
12Ashley SteinOH	3	8	3	23	.217	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.5	9.5
15Amber WatsonOH	2	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	2.5
10Tiffany HelmerL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
6Brooke SchefflerOPP	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
14Rebekah BuchholzMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
Team totals		40	19	138	.152	34	9	10	55	8	4	10	9	81

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.

Mercer vs Furman

Season series · Mercer leads 2-0

Fri, Oct 16, 2026Mercer at Furman · Mercer won 3-1This match
Sat, Oct 17, 2026Mercer at Furman · Mercer won 3-2Result →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 10 MERCER · FURMAN 6

Set 1

19-25

Longest run 3 MERCERFURMAN 4

Set 2

25-15

Longest run 5 MERCERFURMAN 2

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 4 MERCERFURMAN 3

Set 4

25-22

Longest run 10 MERCERFURMAN 6

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Mercer

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	42%5/12
2	47%9/19	40%6/15
3	62%8/13	36%5/14
4	50%8/16	56%10/18
5	88%7/8	70%16/23
6	67%6/9	45%5/11
All	57%47/82	51%47/93

Furman

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	56%9/16	46%6/13
2	60%9/15	47%8/17
3	57%8/14	47%7/15
4	47%8/17	50%8/16
5	29%7/24	27%3/11
6	71%5/7	30%3/10
All	49%46/93	43%35/82

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

175 rallies

#	MERCER-FURMAN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Ashtan Dodson	aced Lara Matta	+1.9
2	1-1	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
3	1-2	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.4
4	2-2	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
5	2-3	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.5
6	2-4	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore		+1.8
7	3-4	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Joselynn Sanjurjo	+1.4
8	3-5	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.4
9	3-6	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.7
10	4-6	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+1.3
11	4-7	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Lara Matta		+1.3
12	5-7	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
13	5-8	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.4
14	5-9	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.6
15	6-9	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
16	6-10	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.2
17	7-10	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
18	7-11	MERCER	FURMAN×4	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Izzy Castelloe	+1.2
19	7-12	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.3
20	7-13	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.0
21	7-14	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Attack err	Lara Matta		+0.8
22	8-14	FURMAN	MERCER	Attack err	Lauren Haynes		+0.4
23	9-14	MERCER	MERCER	Blocked	Lauren Haynes	blk Bella Pons	+0.8
24	9-15	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Aubri Martin		+0.8
25	10-15	FURMAN	MERCER	Blocked	Lauren Haynes	blk Sammi Bergjans, Bella Pons	+0.6
26	11-15	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons		+1.1
27	11-16	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.1
28	11-17	FURMAN	FURMAN	Bad set	Sammi Bergjans		+1.0
29	12-17	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
30	12-18	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.7
31	13-18	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Kacie Moore		+0.5
32	13-19	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.7
33	14-19	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.5
34	15-19	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Brooklyn Palmer	aced Amber Watson	+1.0
35	15-20	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.0
36	15-21	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Izzy Castelloe, Tennyson Gorman	+0.8
37	16-21	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Serve err	Ashtan Dodson		+0.3
38	17-21	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Sarah Frager	aced Kennedy Seekford	+0.8
39	18-21	MERCER	MERCER×3	Blocked	Tennyson Gorman	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo	+1.3
40	18-22	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Sarah Frager		+1.5
41	18-23	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.1
42	19-23	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
43	19-24	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Lara Matta	blk Kacie Moore, Izzy Castelloe	+0.6
44	19-25	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Izzy Castelloe	aced Sarah Frager	+0.2
Set 2
1	1-0	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+1.6
2	1-1	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.2
3	2-1	FURMAN	MERCER×4	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
4	3-1	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
5	4-1	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+1.8
6	5-1	MERCER	MERCER×4	Blocked	Izzy Castelloe	blk Avery Wilks, Lara Matta	+1.8
7	5-2	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+1.2
8	6-2	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.4
9	6-3	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Sammi Bergjans		+1.2
10	6-4	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Lauren Haynes	aced Sarah Frager	+1.7
11	7-4	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
12	8-4	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Lara Matta	aced Amber Watson	+1.9
13	9-4	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Amber Watson		+1.8
14	9-5	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.1
15	10-5	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Kacie Moore		+1.4
16	10-6	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Brooklyn Palmer	blk Amber Watson, Tennyson Gorman	+1.2
17	10-7	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Morgan Baldridge	aced Lara Matta	+1.7
18	11-7	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
19	11-8	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.3
20	11-9	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Kennedy Seekford	+1.9
21	12-9	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Lara Matta	+1.7
22	13-9	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.2
23	14-9	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
24	14-10	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Sarah Frager		+1.2
25	14-11	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Kennedy Seekford		+1.8
26	15-11	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
27	15-12	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+1.4
28	16-12	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Lara Matta	+1.8
29	16-13	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.4
30	17-13	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
31	18-13	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Lara Matta	aced Amber Watson	+2.0
32	19-13	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+1.5
33	19-14	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Lara Matta		+0.7
34	20-14	FURMAN	MERCER×5	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
35	21-14	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
36	22-14	MERCER	MERCER×5	Ace	Emily Matias	aced Lauren Haynes	+0.5
37	23-14	MERCER	MERCER×5	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+0.2
38	24-14	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Emily Matias	+0.1
39	24-15	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	·
40	25-15	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Morgan Baldridge		·
Set 3
1	0-1	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Avery Wilks	blk Tennyson Gorman	+2.7
2	0-2	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.5
3	0-3	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.3
4	1-3	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
5	2-3	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+2.6
6	2-4	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.0
7	3-4	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.1
8	3-5	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Mercer		+2.1
9	4-5	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Izzy Castelloe		+2.1
10	4-6	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Mercer		+2.1
11	4-7	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.6
12	5-7	FURMAN	MERCER×4	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Aubri Martin	+1.9
13	6-7	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.9
14	7-7	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Aubri Martin	+3.3
15	8-7	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.6
16	8-8	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+2.6
17	9-8	FURMAN	MERCER×4	Serve err	Kacie Moore		+2.9
18	10-8	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.9
19	11-8	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+4.0
20	12-8	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Sarah Frager	aced Lauren Haynes	+3.8
21	12-9	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Sammi Bergjans	blk Ashley Stein	+2.4
22	12-10	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+3.6
23	13-10	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.3
24	13-11	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.8
25	14-11	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.4
26	14-12	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Sammi Bergjans		+2.9
27	14-13	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Lara Matta		+4.2
28	15-13	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.7
29	16-13	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks		+4.7
30	17-13	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+4.4
31	17-14	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+2.5
32	18-14	FURMAN	MERCER×4	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.5
33	19-14	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+3.7
34	20-14	MERCER	MERCER×4	Blocked	Kacie Moore	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo, Taylor Timko	+2.7
35	21-14	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Emily Matias	+1.7
36	21-15	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+0.6
37	21-16	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Kacie Moore, Morgan Baldridge	+1.3
38	21-17	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.0
39	22-17	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.6
40	22-18	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.2
41	23-18	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
42	24-18	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+1.3
43	24-19	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.2
44	25-19	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.5
Set 4
1	1-0	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.9
2	1-1	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.9
3	2-1	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.1
4	2-2	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.9
5	3-2	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Izzy Castelloe		+3.2
6	4-2	MERCER	MERCER	Bad set	Morgan Baldridge		+4.4
7	4-3	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+3.1
8	4-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Taylor Timko		+4.1
9	4-5	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Ashley Stein		+4.0
10	5-5	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Lauren Haynes		+3.2
11	5-6	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+3.1
12	5-7	FURMAN	FURMAN	Ace	Tiffany Helmer		+3.8
13	6-7	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Tiffany Helmer		+2.9
14	6-8	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+3.0
15	7-8	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.0
16	8-8	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+4.4
17	8-9	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+3.4
18	9-9	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.6
19	9-10	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Kill	Lauren Haynes	set Morgan Baldridge	+3.5
20	9-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Kennedy Seekford	aced Sarah Frager	+4.3
21	9-12	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Kennedy Seekford	aced Sarah Frager	+3.9
22	10-12	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Kennedy Seekford		+2.8
23	10-13	MERCER	FURMAN×6	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+3.0
24	10-14	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Ace	Izzy Castelloe	aced Aubri Martin	+3.4
25	10-15	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Bad set	Sammi Bergjans		+2.7
26	10-16	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Kill	Kacie Moore		+2.0
27	10-17	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Morgan Baldridge	+1.3
28	10-18	FURMAN	FURMAN×6	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+0.8
29	11-18	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
30	12-18	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
31	12-19	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.9
32	13-19	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
33	14-19	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
34	15-19	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Morgan Baldridge		+1.9
35	15-20	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Brooklyn Palmer	blk Kacie Moore, Ashley Stein	+2.0
36	15-21	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Joselynn Sanjurjo	blk Rebekah Buchholz	+1.6
37	15-22	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.8
38	16-22	FURMAN	MERCER×10	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Lara Matta	+0.3
39	17-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
40	18-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
41	19-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
42	20-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Blocked	Izzy Castelloe	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo	+4.0
43	21-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Blocked	Morgan Baldridge	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo	+6.7
44	22-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+10.1
45	23-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Ace	Sarah Frager	aced Lauren Haynes	+13.3
46	24-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+13.9
47	25-22	MERCER	MERCER×10	Ace	Sarah Frager	aced Brooke Scheffler	+8.8

Score shown after each rally, Mercer 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. Furman 3–1

Sarah Frager served 4 aces, and Mercer needed every one.