Final · 4 setsFri, Sep 4, 2026

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#8SMUSMU

3:1

HomeWCC

USDSan Diego

SMU def. San Diego 3–1

(28-26, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21)

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
SMU	28	22	25	25	3
USD	26	25	19	21	1

RallyIQ model

Win probability

USD above 50 · SMU below

Biggest swing: 8.5% to San Diego — set 1, SMU 24-25 USD. Attack error by Gabi Placide. USD win probability 24% → 32%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

SMU 78.6%21.4% USD

SMU wins

3-0

30.2%

3-1

29.8%

3-2

18.6%

San Diego wins

3-0

3.6%

3-1

7.2%

3-2

10.6%

SMU break %: 44.1% vs this opp
USD break %: 38.1% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
Gabi PlacideAttack error+8.5%
Attack error by Gabi Placide
Set 1 · SMU 24-25 USD · USD 24% → 32%
02
Suli DavisKill+7.7%
Kill by Suli Davis (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 1 · SMU 26-25 USD · SMU 74% → 82%
03
Meghan ScholzAttack error+6.6%
Attack error by Meghan Scholz
Set 1 · SMU 28-26 USD · SMU 82% → 88%
04
Meghan ScholzAttack error+6.1%
Attack error by Meghan Scholz
Set 1 · SMU 25-25 USD · SMU 68% → 74%
05
Suli DavisAttack error+5.8%
Suli Davis stuffed by Meghan Scholz
Set 1 · SMU 23-23 USD · USD 18% → 24%
06
Ryann KnuthKill+5.2%
Kill by Ryann Knuth (set by Kylie Munday)
Set 1 · SMU 24-24 USD · USD 18% → 24%
07
Ryann KnuthKill+5.2%
Kill by Ryann Knuth (set by Kylie Munday)
Set 1 · SMU 26-26 USD · USD 18% → 24%
08
Nemo BeachAttack error+5.2%
Attack error by Nemo Beach
Set 1 · SMU 27-26 USD · SMU 76% → 82%

Official NCAA box

Box score

SMUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Suli DavisOH	4	19	8	61	.180	0	1	0	11	0	3	1.5	21.5
21Favor AnyanwuMB	4	11	1	24	.417	0	0	1	11	1	8	5	16
12Natalia NewsomeMB	4	5	2	11	.273	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	7
11Hannah BeaufordS	4	2	1	5	.200	42	1	3	6	0	4	2	5
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0
3Bojana AmbulijaOPP	3	2	1	7	.143	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2
15Gabi PlacideOH	4	10	3	36	.194	1	0	2	2	2	2	3	13
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	1	2	23	0	0	0	1
17Levariya PinderOH	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
5Elle VandewegheMB	3	3	4	8	-.125	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
7Ellie MooreS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	20	152	.211	49	3	11	66	3	24	15	100

San Diegohome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Kierstyn BartonOH	4	20	8	49	.245	1	1	14	0	5	2.5	22.5
8Ryann KnuthOH	4	17	6	50	.220	0	4	13	0	3	1.5	18.5
1Nemo BeachOH	4	14	7	35	.200	0	1	9	2	0	0	14
18BayLea SparksMB	4	3	2	12	.083	0	0	0	0	6	3	6
12Kylie MundayS	4	1	0	5	.200	51	2	8	0	1	0.5	1.5
15Meghan ScholzMB	2	0	8	10	-.800	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
2Lauren LynchL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	1	26	1	0	0	0
3Ella FultonMB	3	5	2	9	.333	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
4Reese BatesDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13Emma BrewerOH	2	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		60	34	174	.149	56	11	70	3	18	9	91

Starters listed first. BLK = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

Longest run 6 SMU · USD 6

Set 1

28-26

Longest run 4 SMUUSD 6

Set 2

22-25

Longest run 3 SMUUSD 4

Set 3

25-19

Longest run 6 SMUUSD 4

Set 4

25-21

Longest run 4 SMUUSD 3

Bars above the line = San Diego leads, below = SMU leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

SMU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	75%12/16	23%3/13
2	73%11/15	39%7/18
3	61%11/18	27%4/15
4	82%9/11	55%12/22
5	75%9/12	40%6/15
6	40%8/20	50%8/16
All	65%60/92	40%40/99

San Diego

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%11/16	44%8/18
2	69%11/16	27%4/15
3	50%11/22	35%6/17
4	67%10/15	31%5/16
5	50%8/16	10%1/10
6	57%8/14	50%8/16
All	60%59/99	35%32/92

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.

191 rallies

Rally log

#	SMU-USD	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	USD	SMU	Kill	Bojana Ambulija	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
2	1-1	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+1.3
3	2-1	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+1.2
4	2-2	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+1.3
5	3-2	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
6	3-3	SMU	USD	Attack err	Gabi Placide		+1.4
7	4-3	USD	SMU	Attack err	Meghan Scholz		+1.3
8	4-4	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.4
9	5-4	USD	SMU	Attack err	Meghan Scholz		+1.4
10	5-5	SMU	USD×6	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+1.4
11	5-6	USD	USD×6	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.3
12	5-7	USD	USD×6	Attack err	Natalia Newsome	blk Kylie Munday, BayLea Sparks	+2.4
13	5-8	USD	USD×6	Attack err	Gabi Placide		+2.5
14	5-9	USD	USD×6	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+2.5
15	5-10	USD	USD×6	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Hannah Beauford	+2.3
16	6-10	USD	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
17	7-10	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+2.1
18	7-11	SMU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+1.8
19	8-11	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+1.5
20	8-12	SMU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+1.9
21	9-12	USD	SMU×3	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Victoria Harris	+1.5
22	10-12	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Bojana Ambulija	set Hannah Beauford	+2.5
23	11-12	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis	+2.6
24	11-13	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
25	12-13	USD	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
26	13-13	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Gabi Placide	+2.8
27	14-13	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Meghan Scholz	blk Favor Anyanwu	+2.7
28	15-13	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Meghan Scholz	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+2.5
29	15-14	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.7
30	15-15	USD	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.9
31	16-15	USD	SMU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu	+2.1
32	17-15	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+2.8
33	17-16	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+1.8
34	17-17	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach		+3.3
35	18-17	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+2.4
36	19-17	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Meghan Scholz	blk Gabi Placide	+3.1
37	19-18	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+2.0
38	20-18	USD	SMU	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+2.3
39	20-19	SMU	USD	Attack err	Suli Davis		+2.1
40	20-20	USD	USD	Attack err	Suli Davis		+4.1
41	21-20	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+3.1
42	22-20	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+4.0
43	22-21	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.3
44	23-21	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+3.1
45	23-22	SMU	USD	Attack err	Suli Davis	blk Kierstyn Barton, BayLea Sparks	+2.3
46	23-23	USD	USD	Attack err	Suli Davis	blk Meghan Scholz	+5.8
47	24-23	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+5.2
48	24-24	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+5.2
49	24-25	USD	USD	Attack err	Gabi Placide		+8.5
50	25-25	USD	SMU	Attack err	Meghan Scholz		+6.1
51	26-25	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+7.7
52	26-26	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+5.2
53	27-26	USD	SMU	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+5.2
54	28-26	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Meghan Scholz		+6.6
Set 2
1	1-0	SMU	SMU	Attack err	BayLea Sparks		+1.4
2	1-1	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Lauren Lynch	+1.0
3	2-1	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
4	3-1	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+1.3
5	3-2	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+0.9
6	4-2	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Levariya Pinder	+0.9
7	4-3	SMU	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+0.9
8	4-4	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Favor Anyanwu	blk Ella Fulton, Ryann Knuth	+1.5
9	4-5	USD	USD×3	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.7
10	5-5	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
11	5-6	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.2
12	6-6	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+1.1
13	6-7	SMU	USD	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Kylie Munday	+1.3
14	7-7	USD	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
15	8-7	SMU	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
16	8-8	SMU	USD×4	Serve err	SMU server		+1.2
17	8-9	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Elle Vandeweghe		+1.9
18	8-10	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Elle Vandeweghe		+2.0
19	8-11	USD	USD×4	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
20	9-11	USD	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
21	9-12	SMU	USD	Attack err	Elle Vandeweghe	blk Kierstyn Barton, BayLea Sparks	+1.5
22	10-12	USD	SMU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+1.3
23	10-13	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+1.6
24	11-13	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
25	12-13	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis	+2.1
26	12-14	SMU	USD	Attack err	Hannah Beauford		+1.7
27	13-14	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.5
28	13-15	SMU	USD	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Kylie Munday	+1.8
29	14-15	USD	SMU×3	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+1.5
30	15-15	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+2.3
31	16-15	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+2.3
32	16-16	SMU	USD	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Kylie Munday	+1.7
33	16-17	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+2.7
34	17-17	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.8
35	17-18	SMU	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
36	17-19	USD	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+3.1
37	18-19	USD	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.8
38	18-20	SMU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kierstyn Barton	+2.4
39	19-20	USD	SMU	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton	blk Natalia Newsome, Suli Davis	+1.9
40	19-21	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.6
41	19-22	USD	USD	Attack err	Suli Davis		+3.3
42	20-22	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.4
43	20-23	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.4
44	20-24	USD	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
45	21-24	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
46	22-24	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
47	22-25	SMU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+2.3
Set 3
1	1-0	USD	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.8
2	1-1	SMU	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.0
3	1-2	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Suli Davis		+3.1
4	1-3	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Bojana Ambulija	blk Ryann Knuth, BayLea Sparks	+3.3
5	2-3	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.1
6	2-4	SMU	USD×4	Serve err	SMU server		+2.4
7	2-5	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Suli Davis		+3.5
8	2-6	USD	USD×4	Attack err	Suli Davis	blk Ella Fulton, Kierstyn Barton	+3.5
9	2-7	USD	USD×4	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+3.4
10	3-7	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
11	4-7	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Ryann Knuth		+3.1
12	4-8	SMU	USD	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Kylie Munday	+2.6
13	5-8	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+2.1
14	5-9	SMU	USD	Kill	Ella Fulton	set Kylie Munday	+2.7
15	6-9	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.2
16	6-10	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.7
17	6-11	USD	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+3.6
18	7-11	USD	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+2.0
19	7-12	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+2.6
20	7-13	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+3.2
21	8-13	USD	SMU×4	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
22	9-13	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+2.9
23	10-13	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Favor Anyanwu	+3.4
24	11-13	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU server	aced Lauren Lynch	+3.8
25	11-14	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+3.2
26	12-14	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+2.7
27	12-15	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+3.4
28	13-15	USD	SMU×6	Kill	Suli Davis	set Sarah Frazee	+2.7
29	14-15	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Gabi Placide		+4.4
30	15-15	SMU	SMU×6	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+4.7
31	16-15	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+4.6
32	17-15	SMU	SMU×6	Ace	SMU server	aced Nemo Beach	+4.2
33	18-15	SMU	SMU×6	Attack err	Ryann Knuth	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+3.5
34	18-16	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
35	19-16	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Victoria Harris	+2.5
36	19-17	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
37	20-17	USD	SMU×3	Serve err	USD server		+2.6
38	21-17	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Ella Fulton	blk Natalia Newsome, Gabi Placide	+2.7
39	22-17	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+1.5
40	22-18	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+0.5
41	23-18	USD	SMU	Attack err	BayLea Sparks	blk Gabi Placide, Natalia Newsome	+0.9
42	24-18	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Emma Brewer	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Natalia Newsome	+0.5
43	24-19	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+0.1
44	25-19	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.1
Set 4
1	0-1	SMU	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+1.7
2	0-2	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Natalia Newsome	blk BayLea Sparks, Ryann Knuth	+2.6
3	0-3	USD	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Lauren Lynch	+2.7
4	1-3	USD	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.7
5	2-3	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Kierstyn Barton		+2.5
6	3-3	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Nemo Beach	blk Favor Anyanwu, Elle Vandeweghe	+2.4
7	3-4	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+1.8
8	3-5	USD	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth		+2.8
9	4-5	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+1.8
10	5-5	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+2.6
11	5-6	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+1.9
12	6-6	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+1.8
13	6-7	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.0
14	7-7	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+1.9
15	7-8	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.1
16	8-8	USD	SMU×4	Serve err	USD server		+1.9
17	9-8	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+2.7
18	10-8	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+2.5
19	11-8	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU server	aced Nemo Beach	+2.2
20	11-9	SMU	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+1.4
21	11-10	USD	USD×3	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Lauren Lynch	+2.5
22	11-11	USD	USD×3	Attack err	Elle Vandeweghe		+3.0
23	12-11	USD	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+2.1
24	12-12	SMU	USD	Kill	Kylie Munday	set Lauren Lynch	+2.2
25	13-12	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.1
26	13-13	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.3
27	14-13	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.2
28	14-14	SMU	USD	Kill	Ryann Knuth	set Kylie Munday	+2.4
29	15-14	USD	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.4
30	15-15	SMU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+2.5
31	16-15	USD	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Victoria Harris	+2.5
32	17-15	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Nemo Beach		+3.4
33	18-15	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Ella Fulton	blk Gabi Placide	+2.8
34	18-16	SMU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+1.7
35	18-17	USD	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+3.2
36	19-17	USD	SMU	Serve err	USD server		+2.6
37	19-18	SMU	USD	Kill	BayLea Sparks	set Kylie Munday	+2.4
38	20-18	USD	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+2.8
39	20-19	SMU	USD	Kill	Kierstyn Barton	set Kylie Munday	+2.5
40	21-19	USD	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+3.0
41	21-20	SMU	USD	Serve err	SMU server		+2.6
42	22-20	USD	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+3.3
43	22-21	SMU	USD	Kill	Nemo Beach	set Kylie Munday	+2.7
44	23-21	USD	SMU×3	Attack err	Ryann Knuth	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+3.7
45	24-21	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Meghan Scholz		+3.4
46	25-21	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2

Score shown after each rally, SMU first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.