California vs SMU Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-1 (Sep 27, 2026)

Final · 4 setsSun, Sep 27, 2026ACCN

1:3

SMU beat visiting California 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-20, 25-15) on Sun, Sep 27, 2026. SMU's Suli Davis led with 26 kills, and Victoria Harris added 12 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:50 PM CT · final Sep 27

Set	1	2	3	4	Sets
CAL	25	16	20	15	1
SMU	19	25	25	25	3

Win probability

SMU above 50 · California below

Biggest swing: 2.0% to California — set 1, CAL 16-12 SMU. Kill by Cari Bohm (set by Anna Flores). SMU win probability 87% → 84%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

CAL 7.2%92.8% SMU

California wins

3-0

0.9%

3-1

2.1%

3-2

4.2%

SMU wins

3-0

49.8%

3-1

31.0%

3-2

12.0%

CAL break %: 31.8% vs this opp
SMU break %: 42.6% 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
Cari BohmKill+2.0%
Kill by Cari Bohm (set by Anna Flores)
Set 1 · CAL 16-12 SMU · CAL 13% → 16%
02
SMUAce+1.9%
SMU ace
Set 2 · CAL 3-5 SMU · SMU 80% → 82%
03
CaliforniaAce+1.8%
California ace on Suli Davis
Set 1 · CAL 17-12 SMU · CAL 16% → 17%
04
Natalia NewsomeKill+1.7%
Kill by Natalia Newsome (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 3 · CAL 0-1 SMU · SMU 87% → 89%
05
Anna Flores&Cari BohmBlock+1.6%
Jadyn Livings stuffed by Anna Flores & Cari Bohm
Set 4 · CAL 7-7 SMU · CAL 4% → 6%
06
Suli DavisKill+1.6%
Kill by Suli Davis (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 1 · CAL 13-11 SMU · SMU 87% → 88%
07
Abby ZimmermanKill+1.6%
Kill by Abby Zimmerman (set by Anna Flores)
Set 1 · CAL 8-4 SMU · CAL 11% → 13%
08
Favor AnyanwuKill+1.6%
Kill by Favor Anyanwu (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 2 · CAL 3-6 SMU · SMU 82% → 83%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Californiaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Abby ZimmermanOH	4	11	6	26	.192	1	1	5	4	0	0	5	2.5	14.5
15Sawyer ThomsenMB	4	9	0	17	.529	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	2	11
5Cari BohmMB	4	7	2	16	.313	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	10
18Ashley LiOH	4	7	2	16	.313	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
24Anna FloresS	4	1	1	6	.000	36	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	2
4Francesca PopescuDS	4	0	0	0	–	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0
11Grace AgolliOPP	4	4	3	15	.067	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
14Elise LauL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Siena MacCuddenL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
2Sophia JohnsonL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
10Dominique PhillsOH	2	2	3	9	-.111	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Team totals		41	17	105	.229	41	2	14	27	6	1	16	9	76

SMUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Suli DavisOH	4	26	10	52	.308	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	0.5	27.5
21Favor AnyanwuMB	4	9	0	14	.643	1	0	2	4	0	1	3	2.5	11.5
12Natalia NewsomeMB	4	9	1	13	.615	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	11
11Hannah BeaufordS	4	1	1	5	.000	43	1	2	4	0	0	2	1	3
4Christa WilburnOH	4	2	0	3	.667	1	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	3
5Elle VandewegheMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Gabi PlacideOH	4	6	2	11	.364	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	8
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	4	2	1	12	0	0	0	0	2
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	4	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	3	4	8	-.125	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Team totals		56	18	106	.358	52	6	13	35	2	2	10	7	94

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 3 CAL · SMU 9

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 3 CALSMU 2

Set 2

16-25

Longest run 2 CALSMU 5

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 2 CALSMU 7

Set 4

15-25

Longest run 2 CALSMU 9

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

California

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%11/16	25%3/12
2	53%10/19	31%5/16
3	50%9/18	17%2/12
4	43%9/21	31%4/13
5	88%7/8	43%6/14
6	64%7/11	30%3/10
All	57%53/93	30%23/77

SMU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%11/16	36%5/14
2	83%10/12	38%6/16
3	77%10/13	41%7/17
4	57%8/14	65%17/26
5	62%8/13	27%3/11
6	78%7/9	22%2/9
All	70%54/77	43%40/93

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

170 rallies

#	CAL-SMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SMU	CAL	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Abby Zimmerman	+0.6
2	2-0	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Abby Zimmerman	+1.2
3	2-1	CAL	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
4	3-1	SMU	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.8
5	3-2	CAL	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
6	4-2	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.8
7	5-2	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Hannah Beauford		+1.4
8	5-3	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
9	5-4	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+1.2
10	6-4	SMU	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+0.8
11	7-4	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+1.5
12	8-4	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.6
13	8-5	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.7
14	9-5	SMU	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Sophia Johnson	+1.0
15	9-6	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
16	10-6	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+1.1
17	10-7	CAL	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
18	11-7	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.1
19	11-8	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
20	12-8	SMU	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.1
21	12-9	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
22	13-9	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.2
23	13-10	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
24	13-11	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
25	14-11	SMU	CAL	Attack err	Gabi Placide		+1.2
26	14-12	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.9
27	15-12	SMU	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.3
28	16-12	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+2.0
29	17-12	CAL	CAL×3	Ace	California	aced Suli Davis	+1.8
30	17-13	CAL	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
31	18-13	SMU	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+1.1
32	19-13	CAL	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.4
33	19-14	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.4
34	20-14	SMU	CAL×3	Serve err	SMU		+0.8
35	21-14	CAL	CAL×3	Bad set	Hannah Beauford		+0.8
36	22-14	CAL	CAL×3	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Sophia Johnson	+0.4
37	22-15	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
38	22-16	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
39	23-16	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.3
40	23-17	CAL	SMU	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis	+0.1
41	24-17	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.2
42	24-18	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
43	24-19	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
44	25-19	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.1
Set 2
1	0-1	CAL	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
2	1-1	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.3
3	1-2	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+1.1
4	2-2	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+1.3
5	2-3	CAL	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
6	3-3	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+1.4
7	3-4	CAL	SMU×3	Attack err	Grace Agolli		+1.2
8	3-5	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU		+1.9
9	3-6	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
10	4-6	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.9
11	4-7	CAL	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
12	5-7	SMU	CAL	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Cari Bohm, Abby Zimmerman	+0.9
13	5-8	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
14	5-9	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Ashley Li		+1.3
15	6-9	SMU	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.7
16	6-10	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.7
17	7-10	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Francesca Popescu	+0.7
18	7-11	CAL	SMU×5	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
19	7-12	SMU	SMU×5	Ace	SMU	aced Grace Agolli	+1.0
20	7-13	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+0.7
21	7-14	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.4
22	7-15	SMU	SMU×5	Ace	SMU	aced Grace Agolli	+0.2
23	8-15	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.1
24	8-16	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.1
25	9-16	SMU	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+0.1
26	10-16	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.2
27	10-17	CAL	SMU	Attack err	Cari Bohm		+0.2
28	11-17	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.1
29	11-18	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
30	11-19	SMU	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings		+0.2
31	12-19	SMU	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	·
32	12-20	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
33	13-20	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		·
34	14-20	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Sawyer Thomsen, Ashley Li	+0.1
35	14-21	CAL	SMU×3	Serve err	California		+0.1
36	14-22	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU	aced Francesca Popescu	+0.1
37	14-23	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Abby Zimmerman	blk Gabi Placide, Natalia Newsome	·
38	15-23	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		·
39	15-24	CAL	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	·
40	16-24	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	·
41	16-25	CAL	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	·
Set 3
1	0-1	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+1.7
2	0-2	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+1.5
3	1-2	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.9
4	1-3	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.9
5	2-3	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.9
6	2-4	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
7	3-4	SMU	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	+1.0
8	3-5	CAL	SMU×7	Serve err	California		+0.9
9	3-6	SMU	SMU×7	Blocked	Grace Agolli	blk Hannah Beauford, Natalia Newsome	+1.4
10	3-7	SMU	SMU×7	Blocked	Anna Flores	blk Natalia Newsome	+1.1
11	3-8	SMU	SMU×7	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Sarah Frazee	+0.8
12	3-9	SMU	SMU×7	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Sarah Frazee	+0.6
13	3-10	SMU	SMU×7	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
14	3-11	SMU	SMU×7	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
15	4-11	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.1
16	5-11	CAL	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Sophia Johnson	+0.3
17	5-12	CAL	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
18	6-12	SMU	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.2
19	7-12	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Gabi Placide		+0.4
20	7-13	CAL	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
21	7-14	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis		+0.4
22	8-14	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.1
23	9-14	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Natalia Newsome		+0.4
24	9-15	CAL	SMU	Attack err	Ashley Li		+0.3
25	10-15	SMU	CAL	Kill	Sawyer Thomsen	set Anna Flores	+0.2
26	10-16	CAL	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
27	10-17	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+0.3
28	11-17	SMU	CAL	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.1
29	12-17	CAL	CAL	Kill	Dominique Phills	set Anna Flores	+0.3
30	12-18	CAL	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
31	12-19	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Cari Bohm	blk Favor Anyanwu	+0.3
32	13-19	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.1
33	14-19	CAL	CAL	Ace	California	aced Sarah Frazee	+0.3
34	14-20	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.2
35	15-20	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.1
36	16-20	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Anna Flores, Cari Bohm	+0.5
37	16-21	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.4
38	17-21	SMU	CAL	Kill	Anna Flores	set Abby Zimmerman	+0.2
39	17-22	CAL	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
40	18-22	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.2
41	18-23	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.3
42	19-23	SMU	CAL	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.1
43	20-23	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Abby Zimmerman, Sawyer Thomsen	+0.5
44	20-24	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Favor Anyanwu	+0.6
45	20-25	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Dominique Phills	+0.2
Set 4
1	0-1	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.7
2	0-2	SMU	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
3	1-2	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.7
4	2-2	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Suli Davis		+1.3
5	2-3	CAL	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
6	2-4	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Dominique Phills	blk Favor Anyanwu, Gabi Placide	+1.2
7	2-5	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.0
8	3-5	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	+0.6
9	4-5	CAL	CAL	Attack err	Suli Davis		+1.2
10	4-6	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		+0.7
11	5-6	SMU	CAL	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Cari Bohm, Abby Zimmerman	+0.8
12	5-7	CAL	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
13	6-7	SMU	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+0.8
14	7-7	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Anna Flores, Cari Bohm	+1.6
15	7-8	CAL	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
16	8-8	SMU	CAL	Kill	Cari Bohm	set Anna Flores	+1.0
17	8-9	CAL	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.0
18	8-10	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Abby Zimmerman		+1.5
19	8-11	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU	aced Francesca Popescu	+1.2
20	9-11	SMU	CAL	Kill	Ashley Li	set Anna Flores	+0.7
21	9-12	CAL	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Natalia Newsome	+0.7
22	10-12	SMU	CAL	Serve err	SMU		+0.7
23	10-13	CAL	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Christa Wilburn	+0.7
24	11-13	SMU	CAL	Kill	Dominique Phills	set Anna Flores	+0.7
25	11-14	CAL	SMU×9	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.7
26	11-15	SMU	SMU×9	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.0
27	11-16	SMU	SMU×9	Blocked	Dominique Phills	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu	+0.6
28	11-17	SMU	SMU×9	Kill	Favor Anyanwu		+0.4
29	11-18	SMU	SMU×9	Attack err	Dominique Phills		+0.2
30	11-19	SMU	SMU×9	Bad set	Anna Flores		+0.1
31	11-20	SMU	SMU×9	Kill	Christa Wilburn	set Hannah Beauford	·
32	11-21	SMU	SMU×9	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
33	11-22	SMU	SMU×9	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
34	12-22	SMU	CAL	Kill	Abby Zimmerman	set Anna Flores	·
35	13-22	CAL	CAL	Bad set	Hannah Beauford		·
36	13-23	CAL	SMU	Serve err	California		·
37	13-24	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Grace Agolli		·
38	14-24	SMU	CAL	Kill	Grace Agolli	set Anna Flores	·
39	15-24	CAL	CAL	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Cari Bohm	·
40	15-25	CAL	SMU	Kill	Christa Wilburn	set Hannah Beauford	·

Score shown after each rally, California 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).

SMU def. California 3–1