SMU vs Syracuse Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-0 (Oct 2, 2026)

FinalFri, Oct 2, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: SMU 99.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 2, 4:56 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

SMU won at Syracuse 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-16) on Fri, Oct 2, 2026. SMU's Suli Davis led with 12 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 4:00 PM CT · final Oct 2

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SMU	25	25	25	3
SYR	18	19	16	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No doubt about it: No. 5 SMU over Syracuse.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.1 points. Syracuse peaked at <1% in Set 2. These are the stats that built the gap. SMU went in as RallyIQ's >99% pick.

SMUSyracuse

Break %+18.4 pts
54.836.4
40 of 73 on serve vs 20 of 55, so Syracuse's sideout was 45.2%.
Hitting+.341
.341.000
39 kills, 9 errors vs 26 kills, 26 errors.
Longest run+2
64
SMU scored 6 straight in the first set to stretch an 11–10 lead to 17–10. That set ended 25–18.

Syracuse above 50SMU belowMax swing 0.1%

SMUSyracuse

Aces: SMU 5·Syracuse 4
Serve err: SMU 12·Syracuse 1
Blocks: SMU 12·Syracuse 32 BS · 20 BA vs 1 BS · 4 BA
Digs: SMU 33·Syracuse 31

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Syracuse 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 99.8%0.2% SYR

SMU wins

3-0

84.0%

3-1

14.2%

3-2

1.5%

Syracuse wins

3-0

0.0%

3-1

0.1%

3-2

0.2%

SMU break %: 50.5% vs this opp
SYR break %: 29.3% 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	12	5	30	.233	4	3	1	10	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
12Natalia NewsomeMB	3	6	2	16	.250	1	0	0	1	0	2	6	5	11
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	8	2	14	.429	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	9
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	7	0	13	.538	0	0	2	3	0	0	4	2	9
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	0	0	2	.000	30	1	1	1	0	0	4	2	3
15Gabi PlacideOH	1	2	0	6	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
17Levariya PinderOH	3	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	1
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	1	0	1	1.000	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	1
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
5Elle VandewegheMB	2	0	0	0	–	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1
3Bojana AmbulijaOPP	1	2	0	5	.400	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
8Mia SilvaL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	9	88	.341	37	5	12	33	4	2	20	12	75

Syracusehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
8Kiernan StameyOH	3	12	9	35	.086	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0.5	12.5
19Emma WilliamsOH	3	5	7	22	-.091	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7
23Abby NicholsonMB	3	5	2	10	.300	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
1Charis BurgeS	3	1	0	5	.200	19	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
10Bo NijenhuisMB	3	0	2	4	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
16Shalena Queen HowseL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0
12Keila GabrielOPP	3	3	4	9	-.111	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
18Yuka UranoL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	1	1	1	11	1	0	0	0	1
6Marie LaurioOH	3	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
22Mira LedermuellerS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		26	26	89	.000	24	4	1	31	5	1	4	3	53

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 6 SMU · SYR 4

Set 1

25-18

Longest run 6 SMUSYR 2

Set 2

25-19

Longest run 5 SMUSYR 4

Set 3

25-16

Longest run 5 SMUSYR 2

Bars above the line = Syracuse 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	50%7/14	29%2/7
2	75%6/8	45%5/11
3	50%6/12	60%9/15
4	75%6/8	57%8/14
5	83%5/6	50%5/10
6	71%5/7	69%11/16
All	64%35/55	55%40/73

Syracuse

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	46%6/13	50%6/12
2	40%6/15	40%4/10
3	75%6/8	45%5/11
4	43%6/14	33%3/9
5	33%5/15	25%2/8
6	50%4/8	0%0/5
All	45%33/73	36%20/55

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 (3 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

#	SMU-SYR	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	0-1	SYR	SYR	Ace	Syracuse	aced Jadyn Livings
2	0-2	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Natalia Newsome
3	1-2	SYR	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
4	2-2	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Victoria Harris	set Charis Burge
5	3-2	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU	aced Kiernan Stamey
6	3-3	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
7	3-4	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
8	4-4	SYR	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Natalia Newsome
9	5-4	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Keila Gabriel	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis
10	6-4	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Yuka Urano
11	7-4	SMU	SMU×5	Bad set	Charis Burge
12	8-4	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Emma Williams
13	8-5	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
14	8-6	SYR	SYR	Ace	Syracuse	aced Levariya Pinder
15	9-6	SYR	SMU	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
16	9-7	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
17	9-8	SYR	SYR	Bad set	Hannah Beauford
18	10-8	SYR	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
19	11-8	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
20	11-9	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
21	11-10	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Jadyn Livings
22	12-10	SYR	SMU×6	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
23	13-10	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Suli Davis
24	14-10	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Suli Davis
25	15-10	SMU	SMU×6	Blocked	Bo Nijenhuis	blk Jadyn Livings, Natalia Newsome
26	16-10	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
27	17-10	SMU	SMU×6	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Hannah Beauford, Natalia Newsome
28	17-11	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
29	18-11	SYR	SMU	Kill	Levariya Pinder	set Hannah Beauford
30	18-12	SMU	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Mira Ledermueller
31	19-12	SYR	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
32	20-12	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
33	20-13	SMU	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Mira Ledermueller
34	21-13	SYR	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
35	21-14	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
36	21-15	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
37	22-15	SYR	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
38	22-16	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
39	23-16	SYR	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
40	23-17	SMU	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
41	24-17	SYR	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
42	24-18	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
43	25-18	SYR	SMU	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Natalia Newsome, Hannah Beauford
Set 2
1	1-0	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
2	1-1	SMU	SYR×4	Serve err	SMU
3	1-2	SYR	SYR×4	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Kiernan Stamey
4	1-3	SYR	SYR×4	Ace	Syracuse	aced Levariya Pinder
5	1-4	SYR	SYR×4	Blocked	Natalia Newsome	blk Bo Nijenhuis
6	2-4	SYR	SMU	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
7	2-5	SMU	SYR	Attack err	Suli Davis
8	2-6	SYR	SYR	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Bo Nijenhuis, Charis Burge
9	3-6	SYR	SMU	Attack err	Keila Gabriel
10	3-7	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
11	3-8	SYR	SYR	Attack err	Suli Davis
12	4-8	SYR	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
13	5-8	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Suli Davis
14	6-8	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Bo Nijenhuis
15	7-8	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Shalena Queen Howse
16	7-9	SMU	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
17	7-10	SYR	SYR	Kill	Charis Burge	set Victoria Harris
18	8-10	SYR	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
19	9-10	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Jadyn Livings, Natalia Newsome
20	10-10	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
21	10-11	SMU	SYR	Bad set	Hannah Beauford
22	11-11	SYR	SMU×5	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
23	12-11	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Emma Williams
24	13-11	SMU	SMU×5	Bad set	Keila Gabriel
25	14-11	SMU	SMU×5	Ace	SMU	aced Yuka Urano
26	15-11	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Abby Nicholson	blk Natalia Newsome
27	15-12	SMU	SYR×3	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
28	15-13	SYR	SYR×3	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Abby Nicholson, Kiernan Stamey
29	15-14	SYR	SYR×3	Ace	Syracuse	aced Jadyn Livings
30	16-14	SYR	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
31	17-14	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
32	17-15	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
33	18-15	SYR	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
34	18-16	SMU	SYR	Attack err	Suli Davis
35	19-16	SYR	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
36	19-17	SMU	SYR	Attack err	Suli Davis
37	19-18	SYR	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams
38	20-18	SYR	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
39	21-18	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford
40	22-18	SMU	SMU×4	Ace	SMU	aced Shalena Queen Howse
41	23-18	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
42	23-19	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
43	24-19	SYR	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
44	25-19	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Sarah Frazee
Set 3
1	0-1	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
2	0-2	SYR	SYR	Kill	Emma Williams	set Charis Burge
3	1-2	SYR	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Suli Davis
4	2-2	SMU	SMU	Kill	Bojana Ambulija	set Victoria Harris
5	2-3	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
6	3-3	SYR	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
7	4-3	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Emma Williams
8	4-4	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
9	4-5	SYR	SYR	Kill	Keila Gabriel	set Charis Burge
10	5-5	SYR	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
11	5-6	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
12	6-6	SYR	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
13	7-6	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU
14	7-7	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Yuka Urano
15	8-7	SYR	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
16	8-8	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Shalena Queen Howse
17	9-8	SYR	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
18	9-9	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
19	10-9	SYR	SMU	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Natalia Newsome, Bojana Ambulija
20	10-10	SMU	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
21	11-10	SYR	SMU×5	Bad set	Yuka Urano
22	12-10	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Emma Williams	blk Favor Anyanwu, Bojana Ambulija
23	13-10	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Bojana Ambulija	set Hannah Beauford
24	14-10	SMU	SMU×5	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
25	15-10	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Bojana Ambulija
26	15-11	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
27	15-12	SYR	SYR	Kill	Abby Nicholson	set Charis Burge
28	16-12	SYR	SMU×3	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Favor Anyanwu, Bojana Ambulija
29	17-12	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
30	18-12	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey
31	18-13	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
32	19-13	SYR	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
33	19-14	SMU	SYR	Serve err	SMU
34	20-14	SYR	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
35	21-14	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Kiernan Stamey	blk Natalia Newsome, Hannah Beauford
36	22-14	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Marie Laurio	blk Natalia Newsome
37	22-15	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
38	23-15	SYR	SMU	Bad set	Charis Burge
39	23-16	SMU	SYR	Kill	Kiernan Stamey	set Charis Burge
40	24-16	SYR	SMU	Serve err	Yuka Urano
41	25-16	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Kiernan Stamey

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. Syracuse 3–0

No doubt about it: No. 5 SMU over Syracuse.