Yale vs SMU Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-0 (Sep 19, 2026)

FinalSat, Sep 19, 2026

0:3

SMU beat visiting Yale 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-21) on Sat, Sep 19, 2026. Natalia Newsome and Suli Davis led SMU with 9 kills each; Yale's Ava Poinsett had a match-high 10.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 19

Set	1	2	3	Sets
YALE	14	18	21	0
SMU	25	25	25	3

Win probability

SMU above 50 · Yale below

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

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

YALE 4.4%95.6% SMU

Yale wins

3-0

0.5%

3-1

1.2%

3-2

2.7%

SMU wins

3-0

57.4%

3-1

29.1%

3-2

9.2%

YALE break %: 32.8% vs this opp
SMU break %: 45.7% 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

Yaleaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
2Ava PoinsettOH	3	10	6	28	.143	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	1	11
15Skylar JacksonOH	3	8	3	23	.217	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
33Betsy GoodenowOH	3	6	4	15	.133	2	0	1	2	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
4Laurece AbrahamMB	3	2	2	9	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Kalyssa TaggartS	3	1	1	2	.000	15	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2
10Cam BolaneMB	3	1	2	8	-.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20Gaby StasysMB	3	2	1	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
5Naya SalfitiOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
8Callie FunkMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
18Caroline HusemanOH	3	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Arya JueL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	0
22Bethanie WuS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
28Cara LehmitzOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23Isabel PattersonOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Jaidynn Perkins-martinOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Mila MijailovicOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Yuri ParkL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		30	21	99	.091	28	1	8	28	4	1	10	6	53

SMUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	7	2	14	.357	0	3	1	0	0	4	2	12
12Natalia NewsomeMB	3	9	1	14	.571	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	10.5
25Suli DavisOH	3	9	4	25	.200	0	0	0	3	0	1	0.5	9.5
4Christa WilburnOH	3	4	1	8	.375	0	0	2	1	1	1	0.5	4.5
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	1	0	2	.500	30	1	2	2	0	2	1	3
5Elle VandewegheMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	1
15Gabi PlacideOH	3	7	3	15	.267	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.5	7.5
17Levariya PinderOH	3	3	1	8	.250	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	1	0	3	.333	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
3Bojana AmbulijaOPP	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Brooke GilmourMB	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Ellie MooreS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Mia SilvaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	11	0	0	0	0
6Victoria ShupeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	12	89	.326	35	4	9	37	1	14	7	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.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 4 YALE · SMU 8

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 4 YALESMU 8

Set 2

18-25

Longest run 3 YALESMU 5

Set 3

21-25

Longest run 4 YALESMU 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Yale

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%4/6	33%2/6
2	100%4/4	33%2/6
3	40%4/10	43%3/7
4	29%4/14	0%0/4
5	33%4/12	0%0/4
6	100%3/3	33%2/6
All	47%23/49	27%9/33

SMU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	67%4/6	25%1/4
2	100%4/4	20%1/5
3	57%4/7	56%5/9
4	100%4/4	50%4/8
5	67%4/6	73%11/15
6	67%4/6	50%4/8
All	73%24/33	53%26/49

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

128 rallies

#	YALE-SMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	YALE	SMU	Blocked	Ava Poinsett	blk Natalia Newsome, Elle Vandeweghe
2	1-1	SMU	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
3	1-2	YALE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
4	2-2	SMU	YALE	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
5	2-3	YALE	SMU	Serve err	Yale
6	2-4	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow
7	3-4	SMU	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
8	3-5	YALE	SMU×8	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
9	3-6	SMU	SMU×8	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
10	3-7	SMU	SMU×8	Ace	SMU	aced Arya Jue
11	3-8	SMU	SMU×8	Attack err	Cam Bolane
12	3-9	SMU	SMU×8	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
13	3-10	SMU	SMU×8	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Kalyssa Taggart
14	3-11	SMU	SMU×8	Ace	SMU	aced Arya Jue
15	3-12	SMU	SMU×8	Ace	SMU	aced Arya Jue
16	4-12	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
17	4-13	YALE	SMU×5	Serve err	Yale
18	4-14	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
19	4-15	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow
20	4-16	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Natalia Newsome
21	4-17	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
22	5-17	SMU	YALE	Kill	Kalyssa Taggart	set Betsy Goodenow
23	5-18	YALE	SMU	Serve err	Yale
24	6-18	SMU	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Betsy Goodenow
25	6-19	YALE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
26	6-20	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Laurece Abraham	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Favor Anyanwu
27	7-20	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
28	7-21	YALE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
29	8-21	SMU	YALE×4	Serve err	SMU
30	9-21	YALE	YALE×4	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Betsy Goodenow, Gaby Stasys
31	10-21	YALE	YALE×4	Attack err	Suli Davis
32	11-21	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
33	11-22	YALE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
34	12-22	SMU	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
35	12-23	YALE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
36	13-23	SMU	YALE	Kill	Gaby Stasys	set Kalyssa Taggart
37	13-24	YALE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
38	14-24	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
39	14-25	YALE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
Set 2
1	0-1	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
2	1-1	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
3	2-1	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Gabi Placide
4	2-2	YALE	SMU	Serve err	Yale
5	3-2	SMU	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
6	3-3	YALE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
7	3-4	SMU	SMU	Kill	Isabel Patterson
8	4-4	SMU	YALE	Kill	Skylar Jackson	set Kalyssa Taggart
9	4-5	YALE	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
10	4-6	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Skylar Jackson
11	4-7	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
12	4-8	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Christa Wilburn	set Sarah Frazee
13	5-8	SMU	YALE	Kill	Skylar Jackson	set Bethanie Wu
14	5-9	YALE	SMU×3	Attack err	Ava Poinsett	set Bethanie Wu
15	5-10	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
16	5-11	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Natalia Newsome
17	6-11	SMU	YALE	Blocked	Natalia Newsome	blk Naya Salfiti, Gaby Stasys
18	6-12	YALE	SMU	Kill	Christa Wilburn	set Hannah Beauford
19	7-12	SMU	YALE×3	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Ava Poinsett
20	8-12	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Arya Jue
21	9-12	YALE	YALE×3	Ace	Kalyssa Taggart	aced Christa Wilburn
22	9-13	YALE	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
23	10-13	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
24	11-13	YALE	YALE	Attack err	Suli Davis
25	11-14	YALE	SMU	Blocked	Skylar Jackson	blk Gabi Placide, Natalia Newsome
26	12-14	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
27	12-15	YALE	SMU×5	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
28	12-16	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
29	12-17	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Kalyssa Taggart
30	12-18	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Betsy Goodenow	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis
31	12-19	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Gaby Stasys	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford
32	13-19	SMU	YALE	Blocked	Favor Anyanwu	blk Skylar Jackson, Callie Funk
33	13-20	YALE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
34	14-20	SMU	YALE	Kill	Skylar Jackson	set Bethanie Wu
35	14-21	YALE	SMU×3	Kill	Christa Wilburn	set Hannah Beauford
36	14-22	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Naya Salfiti	blk Natalia Newsome, Christa Wilburn
37	14-23	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
38	15-23	SMU	YALE×3	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Bethanie Wu
39	16-23	YALE	YALE×3	Attack err	Christa Wilburn
40	17-23	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Christa Wilburn
41	17-24	YALE	SMU	Kill	Christa Wilburn	set Hannah Beauford
42	18-24	SMU	YALE	Kill	Laurece Abraham	set Bethanie Wu
43	18-25	YALE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
Set 3
1	0-1	YALE	SMU	Attack err	Laurece Abraham	set Levariya Pinder
2	0-2	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Skylar Jackson
3	1-2	SMU	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
4	1-3	YALE	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
5	1-4	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Ava Poinsett
6	1-5	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Betsy Goodenow
7	2-5	SMU	YALE	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Gaby Stasys, Betsy Goodenow
8	2-6	YALE	SMU×4	Serve err	Yale
9	2-7	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Sarah Frazee
10	2-8	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Caroline Huseman	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford
11	2-9	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Levariya Pinder	set Hannah Beauford
12	3-9	SMU	YALE×3	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Bethanie Wu
13	4-9	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Skylar Jackson
14	5-9	YALE	YALE×3	Attack err	Levariya Pinder
15	5-10	YALE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
16	6-10	SMU	YALE	Kill	Gaby Stasys	set Bethanie Wu
17	7-10	YALE	YALE	Kill	Skylar Jackson	set Bethanie Wu
18	7-11	YALE	SMU×4	Serve err	Yale
19	7-12	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Arya Jue
20	7-13	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Levariya Pinder
21	7-14	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
22	8-14	SMU	YALE×4	Kill	Skylar Jackson	set Bethanie Wu
23	9-14		YALE	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.
24	10-14	YALE	YALE×4	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Betsy Goodenow, Laurece Abraham
25	11-14	YALE	YALE×4	Kill	Laurece Abraham
26	11-15	YALE	SMU	Serve err	Yale
27	11-16	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome
28	12-16	SMU	YALE	Kill	Skylar Jackson	set Kalyssa Taggart
29	12-17	YALE	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
30	12-18	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
31	13-18	SMU	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
32	13-19	YALE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
33	14-19	SMU	YALE×3	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
34	15-19	YALE	YALE×3	Kill	Cam Bolane	set Kalyssa Taggart
35	16-19	YALE	YALE×3	Attack err	Favor Anyanwu
36	16-20	YALE	SMU	Serve err	Yale
37	17-20	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
38	17-21	YALE	SMU	Attack err	Cam Bolane	set Cam Bolane
39	18-21	SMU	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Bethanie Wu
40	18-22	YALE	SMU	Kill	Levariya Pinder	set Hannah Beauford
41	19-22	SMU	YALE	Serve err	SMU
42	19-23	YALE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
43	20-23	SMU	YALE	Kill	Ava Poinsett	set Kalyssa Taggart
44	20-24	YALE	SMU	Ball handling	Laurece Abraham
45	21-24	SMU	YALE	Kill	Betsy Goodenow	set Kalyssa Taggart
46	21-25	YALE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford

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

SMU def. Yale 3–0