SMU vs Rice Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-0 (Sep 17, 2026)

FinalThu, Sep 17, 2026 · Neutral site

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3:0

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SMU beat Rice 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-17) on Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at a neutral site. SMU's Suli Davis led with 13 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 17

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SMU	25	25	25	3
RICE	17	18	17	0

Win probability

Rice above 50 · SMU below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: SMU stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SMU 94.0%6.0% RICE

SMU wins

3-0

52.7%

3-1

30.4%

3-2

10.9%

Rice wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.7%

3-2

3.6%

SMU break %: 43.6% vs this opp
RICE break %: 32.1% 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 % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Box score

Official NCAA box

SMUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Suli DavisOH	3	13	7	33	.182	1	2	0	5	0	1	3	2.5	17.5
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	4	1	10	.300	0	4	2	3	0	0	4	2	10
12Natalia NewsomeMB	3	7	0	9	.778	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	9
5Elle VandewegheMB	3	4	3	10	.100	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	5
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	3	1	6	.333	24	0	1	6	0	0	4	2	5
17Levariya PinderOH	3	0	0	4	.000	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
15Gabi PlacideOH	3	3	0	13	.231	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	3
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	2
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
42Jadyn LivingsOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		35	12	86	.267	31	9	7	37	1	1	17	9.5	75

Ricehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Stephanie GutierrezMB	3	7	1	13	.462	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	9
5Sydnee PetersonOH	3	3	5	21	-.095	0	0	1	4	2	3	0	3	6
21Arissa SmithMB	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1.5	5.5
12Ashlyn SeayOH	3	3	7	24	-.167	1	0	2	5	1	0	1	0.5	3.5
4Kellen DorotikOPP	2	3	4	10	-.100	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
3Kaia MateoS	2	0	0	0	–	8	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
22Amalia SimmonsMB	3	10	2	19	.421	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	11.5
18Zora BelloS	3	2	0	3	.667	17	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	4
9Jordan HummelL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
16Mari FuroyamaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0
25Maggie CroftMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Campbell LoveL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
10Declan EastmanL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Savannah SkopalS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		32	20	99	.121	31	1	9	28	9	4	11	9.5	52

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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 5 SMU · RICE 4

Set 1

25-17

Longest run 5 SMURICE 3

Set 2

25-18

Longest run 4 SMURICE 3

Set 3

25-17

Longest run 4 SMURICE 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

SMU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	100%5/5	20%1/5
2	63%5/8	62%8/13
3	63%5/8	64%9/14
4	67%4/6	33%2/6
5	100%4/4	50%4/8
6	60%3/5	0%0/3
All	72%26/36	49%24/49

Rice

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	45%5/11	20%1/5
2	38%5/13	17%1/6
3	56%5/9	50%5/10
4	40%4/10	29%2/7
5	100%3/3	0%0/4
6	100%3/3	25%1/4
All	51%25/49	28%10/36

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 (2 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

127 rallies

#	SMU-RICE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	RICE	SMU×5	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
2	2-0	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
3	3-0	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Kellen Dorotik
4	4-0	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis
5	5-0	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
6	5-1	SMU	RICE	Kill	Kellen Dorotik	set Kaia Mateo
7	5-2	RICE	RICE	Blocked	Elle Vandeweghe	blk Sydnee Peterson
8	6-2	RICE	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
9	7-2	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Kellen Dorotik
10	8-2	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson
11	9-2	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Kellen Dorotik
12	9-3	SMU	RICE×3	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Kaia Mateo
13	9-4	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Favor Anyanwu	blk Sydnee Peterson
14	9-5	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez
15	10-5	RICE	SMU	Serve err	Rice
16	10-6	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
17	10-7	RICE	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello
18	11-7	RICE	SMU×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay
19	12-7	SMU	SMU×4	Bad set	Zora Bello
20	13-7	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Sydnee Peterson
21	14-7	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Sydnee Peterson
22	14-8	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
23	15-8	RICE	SMU	Serve err	Rice
24	15-9	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
25	15-10	RICE	RICE	Kill	Kellen Dorotik	set Kaia Mateo
26	16-10	RICE	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford
27	16-11	SMU	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo
28	17-11	RICE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
29	18-11	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
30	18-12	SMU	RICE	Kill	Kellen Dorotik	set Kaia Mateo
31	19-12	RICE	SMU×3	Bad set	Kaia Mateo
32	20-12	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu
33	21-12	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Sydnee Peterson
34	21-13	SMU	RICE	Serve err	SMU
35	21-14	RICE	RICE	Ace	Zora Bello	aced Levariya Pinder
36	22-14	RICE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
37	22-15	SMU	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello
38	22-16	RICE	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
39	23-16	RICE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
40	24-16	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome
41	24-17	SMU	RICE	Blocked	Levariya Pinder	blk Ashlyn Seay, Amalia Simmons, Stephanie Gutierrez
42	25-17	RICE	SMU	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Natalia Newsome, Hannah Beauford
Set 2
1	0-1	SMU	RICE	Serve err	SMU
2	1-1	RICE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
3	1-2	SMU	RICE×3	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello
4	1-3	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Zora Bello
5	1-4	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Stephanie Gutierrez, Zora Bello
6	2-4	RICE	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford
7	3-4	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Sydnee Peterson	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis
8	3-5	SMU	RICE	Kill	Zora Bello
9	4-5	RICE	SMU	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay
10	5-5	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Campbell Love
11	5-6	SMU	RICE	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Zora Bello
12	6-6	RICE	SMU	Serve err	Rice
13	6-7	SMU	RICE	Serve err	SMU
14	7-7	RICE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
15	7-8	SMU	RICE	Kill	Arissa Smith	set Zora Bello
16	8-8	RICE	SMU	Serve err	Rice
17	9-8	SMU	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford
18	9-9	SMU	RICE	Serve err	SMU
19	10-9	RICE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
20	10-10	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
21	11-10	RICE	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford
22	12-10	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Sydnee Peterson	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford
23	12-11	SMU	RICE	Kill	Zora Bello	set Jordan Hummel
24	13-11	RICE	SMU	Attack err	Stephanie Gutierrez
25	14-11	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU
26	14-12	SMU	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello
27	15-12	RICE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
28	15-13	SMU	RICE	Kill	Arissa Smith	set Zora Bello
29	16-13	RICE	SMU	Blocked	Ashlyn Seay	blk Hannah Beauford, Natalia Newsome
30	16-14	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
31	16-15	RICE	RICE	Blocked	Elle Vandeweghe	blk Sydnee Peterson
32	17-15	RICE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
33	17-16	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
34	18-16	RICE	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
35	19-16	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Amalia Simmons	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis
36	20-16	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Mari Furoyama
37	21-16	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay
38	21-17	SMU	RICE	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Amalia Simmons, Stephanie Gutierrez
39	22-17	RICE	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
40	23-17	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU	aced Jordan Hummel
41	24-17	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU
42	24-18	SMU	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Zora Bello
43	25-18	RICE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
Set 3
1	1-0	RICE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
2	1-1	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
3	2-1	RICE	SMU×4	Blocked	Sydnee Peterson	blk Favor Anyanwu, Elle Vandeweghe
4	3-1	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Suli Davis
5	4-1	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Arissa Smith
6	5-1	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
7	5-2	SMU	RICE	Blocked	Hannah Beauford	blk Arissa Smith
8	6-2	RICE	SMU×3	Serve err	Rice
9	7-2	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Amalia Simmons
10	8-2	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
11	8-3	SMU	RICE	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Zora Bello
12	9-3	RICE	SMU×4	Serve err	Rice
13	10-3	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
14	11-3	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Ashlyn Seay
15	12-3	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Mari Furoyama
16	12-4	SMU	RICE	Serve err	SMU
17	13-4	RICE	SMU	Serve err	Rice
18	13-5	SMU	RICE	Serve err	SMU
19	14-5	RICE	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Victoria Harris
20	14-6	SMU	RICE×3	Serve err	SMU
21	14-7	RICE	RICE×3	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Amalia Simmons, Arissa Smith
22	14-8	RICE	RICE×3	Kill	Amalia Simmons	set Mari Furoyama
23	15-8	RICE	SMU	Serve err	Rice
24	15-9	SMU	RICE×4	Kill	Ashlyn Seay	set Kaia Mateo
25	15-10	RICE	RICE×4	Attack err	Elle Vandeweghe
26	15-11	RICE	RICE×4	Attack err	Suli Davis
27	15-12	RICE	RICE×4	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Mari Furoyama
28	16-12	RICE	SMU	Serve err	Rice
29	16-13	SMU	RICE	Kill	Arissa Smith	set Kaia Mateo
30	17-13	RICE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
31	18-13	SMU	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford
32	18-14	SMU	RICE	Kill	Sydnee Peterson	set Kaia Mateo
33	19-14	RICE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
34	19-15	SMU	RICE	Attack err	Suli Davis
35	20-15	RICE	SMU	Attack err	Ashlyn Seay
36	21-15		SMU	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.
37	21-16	SMU	RICE	Kill	Stephanie Gutierrez	set Savannah Skopal
38	22-16	RICE	SMU×3	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Victoria Harris
39	23-16	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
40	24-16	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Kellen Dorotik	blk Natalia Newsome, Suli Davis
41	24-17	SMU	RICE	Kill	Arissa Smith	set Savannah Skopal
42	25-17	RICE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford

Score shown after each rally, SMU first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

SMU def. Rice 3–0