Mercer vs Furman Volleyball: Mercer Wins 3-2 (Oct 17, 2026)

Final · 5 setsSat, Oct 17, 2026ESPN+

3:2

RallyIQ pre-match: Furman 69.5% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 17, 12:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Mercer won at Furman 3-2 (17-25, 20-25, 25-18, 25-20, 15-13) on Sat, Oct 17, 2026. Mercer's Lara Matta led with 20 kills, and Sammi Bergjans added 18 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 9:45 PM CT · final Oct 17

Set	1	2	3	4	5	Sets
MERCER	17	20	25	25	15	3
FURMAN	25	25	18	20	13	2

Match story · written from the play-by-play

7 aces from Aubri Martin, and Mercer needed each of them.

The match turned 3 times; each line shows Mercer's RallyIQ win probability at the start and end of the stretch. Furman went in at 70% by RallyIQ.

Turning point 1: Set 5 · Mercer 0–0 Furman
Furman scored 3 straight to open the set 3–0.
Mercer 40% → 20%
Turning point 2: Set 5 · Mercer 6–11 Furman
Mercer scored 4 straight to cut a 6–11 deficit to 10–11.
Mercer 4% → 28%
Turning point 3: Set 5 · Mercer 12–12 Furman
Mercer won 3 of the last 4 rallies to take the set 15–13 and win the match 3–2.
Mercer 43% → >99%

Furman above 50Mercer belowMax swing 29.8%

MercerFurman

Sideout %: Mercer 54.5·Furman 53.9
Break %: Mercer 46.1·Furman 45.5
Hitting: Mercer .144·Furman .186
Longest run: Mercer 8·Furman 7

Lara Matta
3 of her kills came in the stretches above. 20 K, .167, 20.5 points.

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Furman above 50 · Mercer below

Biggest swing: 29.8% to Mercer — set 5, MERCER 15-13 FURMAN. Kill by Taylor Timko (set by Sammi Bergjans). FURMAN win probability 30% → 0%.

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

24.1%

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
Taylor TimkoKill+29.8%
Kill by Taylor Timko (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 5 · MERCER 15-13 FURMAN · MERCER 70% → 100%
02
Sammi BergjansKill+21.4%
Kill by Sammi Bergjans (set by Aubri Martin)
Set 5 · MERCER 14-13 FURMAN · MERCER 49% → 70%
03
Lara MattaKill+21.4%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Aubri Martin)
Set 5 · MERCER 13-12 FURMAN · MERCER 43% → 64%
04
Sarah FragerKill+16.5%
Kill by Sarah Frager (set by Morgan Baldridge)
Set 5 · MERCER 12-12 FURMAN · MERCER 27% → 43%
05
Sammi BergjansService error+15.7%
Service error by Sammi Bergjans
Set 5 · MERCER 13-13 FURMAN · FURMAN 36% → 51%
06
Lara MattaKill+10.7%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 5 · MERCER 10-11 FURMAN · MERCER 18% → 28%
07
Izzy CastelloeKill+10.5%
Kill by Izzy Castelloe (set by Morgan Baldridge)
Set 5 · MERCER 10-12 FURMAN · FURMAN 72% → 82%
08
Sammi BergjansKill+8.8%
Kill by Sammi Bergjans (set by Brooke Kaoui)
Set 5 · MERCER 11-12 FURMAN · MERCER 18% → 27%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Merceraway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Lara MattaOH	5	20	9	66	.167	1	0	2	6	2	0	1	0.5	20.5
19Taylor TimkoOH	5	12	5	33	.212	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
3Joselynn SanjurjoMB	5	8	4	24	.167	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
8Sammi BergjansS	5	5	6	15	-.067	43	1	3	18	0	0	2	1	7
15Brooklyn PalmerOH	2	4	4	15	.000	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
7Avery WilksMB	1	1	1	5	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9Aubri MartinL/DS	5	0	0	0	–	9	7	0	15	3	0	0	0	7
21Sarah FragerL/DS	5	1	0	1	1.000	1	2	1	10	1	0	0	0	3
11Emily MatiasOH	5	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12Bella PonsMB	4	5	2	15	.200	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	3	8
14Jasmine CaltonMB	3	3	1	13	.154	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
6Brooke KaouiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		59	32	187	.144	56	14	7	71	6	1	10	6	102

Furmanhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
1Kacie MooreMB	5	11	4	22	.318	0	3	2	5	0	1	3	2.5	16.5
5Izzy CastelloeOH	5	13	3	38	.263	1	0	1	6	0	1	2	2	15
12Ashley SteinOH	5	9	5	32	.125	1	2	0	16	4	1	3	2.5	13.5
4Morgan BaldridgeS	5	5	0	7	.714	46	0	0	8	0	0	2	1	6
13Ashtan DodsonOH	5	0	2	4	-.500	2	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0
20Tennyson GormanMB	4	4	5	12	-.083	2	0	0	1	0	2	4	4	8
15Amber WatsonOH	5	13	4	42	.214	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	14
2Kennedy SeekfordL/DS	5	0	1	1	-1.000	0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	1
6Brooke SchefflerOPP	5	0	1	3	-.333	2	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0
14Rebekah BuchholzMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
Team totals		55	25	161	.186	54	6	3	82	14	5	18	14	101

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

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 MERCER · FURMAN 7

Set 1

17-25

Longest run 3 MERCERFURMAN 7

Set 2

20-25

Longest run 3 MERCERFURMAN 4

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 7 MERCERFURMAN 3

Set 4

25-20

Longest run 8 MERCERFURMAN 4

Set 5

15-13

Longest run 4 MERCERFURMAN 3

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	71%12/17	52%11/21
2	53%9/17	38%6/16
3	41%9/22	18%2/11
4	56%9/16	40%6/15
5	60%9/15	31%4/13
6	50%7/14	69%18/26
All	54%55/101	46%47/102

Furman

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	48%12/25	53%10/19
2	71%10/14	25%4/16
3	64%9/14	64%16/25
4	82%9/11	50%9/18
5	35%8/23	18%2/11
6	47%7/15	42%5/12
All	54%55/102	46%46/101

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 (5 of 5 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

203 rallies

#	MERCER-FURMAN	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
2	1-1	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.7
3	2-1	FURMAN	MERCER	Attack err	Ashtan Dodson		+1.8
4	3-1	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Aubri Martin	aced Ashtan Dodson	+2.3
5	3-2	MERCER	FURMAN×7	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Ashtan Dodson	+1.7
6	3-3	FURMAN	FURMAN×7	Blocked	Lara Matta	blk Kacie Moore, Morgan Baldridge	+2.2
7	3-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×7	Attack err	Sammi Bergjans		+2.2
8	3-5	FURMAN	FURMAN×7	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.1
9	3-6	FURMAN	FURMAN×7	Ace	Ashley Stein	aced Aubri Martin	+1.9
10	3-7	FURMAN	FURMAN×7	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+1.7
11	3-8	FURMAN	FURMAN×7	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.5
12	4-8	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.0
13	5-8	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+1.6
14	5-9	MERCER	FURMAN×4	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.4
15	5-10	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Ace	Kacie Moore	aced Aubri Martin	+1.5
16	5-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.2
17	5-12	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.9
18	6-12	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Kacie Moore		+0.6
19	6-13	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.7
20	7-13	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
21	7-14	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.7
22	8-14	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Taylor Timko	+0.5
23	9-14	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Brooklyn Palmer	aced Kennedy Seekford	+1.0
24	9-15	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.9
25	9-16	FURMAN	FURMAN	Serve err	Furman		+0.9
26	10-16	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.5
27	11-16	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
28	12-16	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Sarah Frager		+1.3
29	12-17	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.3
30	12-18	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.2
31	13-18	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Furman		+0.6
32	13-19	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Brooke Scheffler	+0.9
33	13-20	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Sammi Bergjans		+0.7
34	14-20	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.3
35	14-21	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
36	14-22	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Kacie Moore	aced Sarah Frager	+0.3
37	14-23	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.1
38	15-23	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Aubri Martin	·
39	15-24	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Morgan Baldridge	·
40	16-24	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	·
41	17-24	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Tennyson Gorman		·
42	17-25	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	·
Set 2
1	0-1	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Brooklyn Palmer	blk Kacie Moore, Ashley Stein	+1.3
2	1-1	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.4
3	1-2	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Serve err	Lara Matta		+1.3
4	1-3	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.7
5	1-4	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Ashley Stein	aced Lara Matta	+1.5
6	2-4	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Aubri Martin	+1.2
7	3-4	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
8	3-5	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+1.3
9	3-6	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Taylor Timko		+1.6
10	4-6	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Attack err	Amber Watson		+1.2
11	5-6	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Brooklyn Palmer	aced Brooke Scheffler	+1.8
12	6-6	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Brooklyn Palmer	aced Brooke Scheffler	+2.0
13	6-7	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.5
14	7-7	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
15	8-7	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Amber Watson		+2.2
16	8-8	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Sarah Frager		+1.6
17	8-9	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Lara Matta	blk Izzy Castelloe, Tennyson Gorman	+2.1
18	9-9	FURMAN	MERCER	Bad set	Morgan Baldridge		+1.7
19	9-10	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.7
20	9-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.1
21	9-12	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.9
22	10-12	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.4
23	11-12	MERCER	MERCER	Blocked	Ashley Stein	blk Bella Pons, Brooklyn Palmer	+2.1
24	11-13	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Mercer		+1.7
25	12-13	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
26	12-14	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Mercer		+1.8
27	13-14	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
28	13-15	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Joselynn Sanjurjo	blk Kacie Moore	+1.9
29	13-16	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Brooklyn Palmer	blk Amber Watson, Tennyson Gorman	+2.2
30	13-17	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Tennyson Gorman	+1.8
31	14-17	FURMAN	MERCER	Serve err	Furman		+1.1
32	14-18	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.4
33	15-18	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
34	16-18	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+2.0
35	16-19	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Ashley Stein	+1.9
36	17-19	FURMAN	MERCER	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+1.6
37	17-20	MERCER	FURMAN×4	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.0
38	17-21	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.9
39	17-22	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+1.2
40	17-23	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.6
41	18-23	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
42	18-24	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.3
43	19-24	FURMAN	MERCER	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+0.1
44	20-24	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+0.2
45	20-25	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.4
Set 3
1	1-0	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
2	1-1	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.8
3	2-1	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
4	2-2	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.8
5	2-3	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.0
6	3-3	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
7	3-4	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Brooke Kaoui		+0.8
8	3-5	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Taylor Timko		+1.0
9	4-5	FURMAN	MERCER	Blocked	Tennyson Gorman	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo, Taylor Timko	+0.7
10	4-6	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.8
11	4-7	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.9
12	5-7	FURMAN	MERCER×7	Attack err	Kennedy Seekford		+0.7
13	6-7	MERCER	MERCER×7	Blocked	Amber Watson	blk Bella Pons, Lara Matta	+1.0
14	7-7	MERCER	MERCER×7	Blocked	Tennyson Gorman	blk Bella Pons	+1.1
15	8-7	MERCER	MERCER×7	Ace	Aubri Martin	aced Ashley Stein	+1.2
16	9-7	MERCER	MERCER×7	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
17	10-7	MERCER	MERCER×7	Attack err	Izzy Castelloe		+1.3
18	11-7	MERCER	MERCER×7	Ace	Aubri Martin	aced Amber Watson	+1.2
19	11-8	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.8
20	12-8	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.0
21	12-9	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Jasmine Calton	blk Ashley Stein, Tennyson Gorman	+0.8
22	12-10	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Bella Pons	blk Kacie Moore, Ashley Stein	+1.2
23	12-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Kennedy Seekford	aced Lara Matta	+1.3
24	13-11	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Lara Matta	+1.1
25	14-11	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+1.4
26	14-12	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.0
27	14-13	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.4
28	15-13	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
29	15-14	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.1
30	15-15	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.5
31	15-16	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.6
32	16-16	FURMAN	MERCER×4	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+1.2
33	17-16	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Brooke Kaoui	aced Ashley Stein	+1.8
34	18-16	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
35	19-16	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+1.8
36	19-17	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.1
37	20-17	FURMAN	MERCER	Attack err	Tennyson Gorman		+1.4
38	20-18	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.1
39	21-18	FURMAN	MERCER×5	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
40	22-18	MERCER	MERCER×5	Ace	Aubri Martin	aced Amber Watson	+1.5
41	23-18	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
42	24-18	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
43	25-18	MERCER	MERCER×5	Blocked	Izzy Castelloe	blk Sammi Bergjans, Bella Pons	+0.1
Set 4
1	0-1	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.9
2	1-1	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
3	1-2	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Bella Pons	blk Ashley Stein	+2.0
4	2-2	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
5	2-3	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.0
6	3-3	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.1
7	3-4	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Brooke Scheffler	+2.0
8	4-4	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.1
9	5-4	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Brooke Scheffler		+2.9
10	5-5	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+2.2
11	6-5	FURMAN	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+2.4
12	7-5	MERCER	MERCER×4	Blocked	Tennyson Gorman	blk Bella Pons, Sammi Bergjans	+3.1
13	8-5	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Aubri Martin	aced Ashley Stein	+3.2
14	9-5	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.1
15	9-6	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Lara Matta	blk Tennyson Gorman	+2.0
16	9-7	FURMAN	FURMAN	Blocked	Sammi Bergjans	blk Tennyson Gorman	+2.9
17	10-7	FURMAN	MERCER×8	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Sarah Frager	+2.6
18	11-7	MERCER	MERCER×8	Kill	Bella Pons	set Ashley Stein	+3.2
19	12-7	MERCER	MERCER×8	Kill	Jasmine Calton	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.9
20	13-7	MERCER	MERCER×8	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+2.5
21	14-7	MERCER	MERCER×8	Ace	Sammi Bergjans	aced Ashley Stein	+2.1
22	15-7	MERCER	MERCER×8	Attack err	Ashtan Dodson		+1.6
23	16-7	MERCER	MERCER×8	Kill	Jasmine Calton	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
24	17-7	MERCER	MERCER×8	Kill	Jasmine Calton	set Aubri Martin	+0.7
25	17-8	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Sammi Bergjans		+0.3
26	18-8	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Bella Pons	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.5
27	18-9	MERCER	FURMAN×4	Kill	Morgan Baldridge	set Izzy Castelloe	+0.3
28	18-10	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Attack err	Taylor Timko		+0.5
29	18-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Attack err	Sammi Bergjans		+0.8
30	18-12	FURMAN	FURMAN×4	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.1
31	19-12	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
32	19-13	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.8
33	20-13	FURMAN	MERCER	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+1.2
34	20-14	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Ashley Stein	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.6
35	21-14	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
36	21-15	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.5
37	21-16	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Ace	Kacie Moore	aced Aubri Martin	+1.1
38	21-17	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.7
39	22-17	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.2
40	23-17	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Amber Watson		+1.5
41	23-18	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Tennyson Gorman	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.4
42	23-19	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+1.0
43	24-19	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
44	24-20	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+0.4
45	25-20	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	·
Set 5
1	0-1	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+6.1
2	0-2	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+7.6
3	0-3	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+6.8
4	1-3	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+4.9
5	2-3	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Ashley Stein		+7.6
6	2-4	MERCER	FURMAN	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Izzy Castelloe	+6.3
7	2-5	FURMAN	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Ashtan Dodson	+7.3
8	3-5	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+5.2
9	3-6	MERCER	FURMAN	Attack err	Sammi Bergjans		+5.8
10	4-6	FURMAN	MERCER	Attack err	Kacie Moore		+5.3
11	4-7	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Kacie Moore	set Morgan Baldridge	+6.1
12	4-8	FURMAN	FURMAN	Attack err	Sammi Bergjans		+6.4
13	5-8	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+4.0
14	6-8	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Sarah Frager	aced Brooke Scheffler	+7.0
15	6-9	MERCER	FURMAN×3	Kill	Amber Watson	set Morgan Baldridge	+6.6
16	6-10	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Joselynn Sanjurjo	blk Rebekah Buchholz, Amber Watson	+6.6
17	6-11	FURMAN	FURMAN×3	Blocked	Lara Matta	blk Izzy Castelloe, Rebekah Buchholz	+4.5
18	7-11	FURMAN	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.1
19	8-11	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Aubri Martin	aced Amber Watson	+4.5
20	9-11	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Aubri Martin		+7.1
21	10-11	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+10.7
22	10-12	MERCER	FURMAN	Kill	Izzy Castelloe	set Morgan Baldridge	+10.5
23	11-12	FURMAN	MERCER×3	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Brooke Kaoui	+8.8
24	12-12	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Sarah Frager	set Morgan Baldridge	+16.5
25	13-12	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+21.4
26	13-13	MERCER	FURMAN	Serve err	Sammi Bergjans		+15.7
27	14-13	FURMAN	MERCER	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Aubri Martin	+21.4
28	15-13	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+29.8

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 3–2

7 aces from Aubri Martin, and Mercer needed each of them.