SMU vs Boston College Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-0 (Oct 4, 2026)

FinalSun, Oct 4, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: SMU 97.8% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 4, 11:56 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

SMU won at Boston College 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-18) on Sun, Oct 4, 2026. SMU's Suli Davis led with 16 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 5:00 PM CT · final Oct 4

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SMU	25	25	25	3
BC	19	12	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.556 and 16 kills for Suli Davis as SMU rolled past Boston College.

Win probability never moved more than 0.6 points on one rally; Boston College topped out at 3% in Set 1. RallyIQ gave SMU 98% before first serve.

SMUBoston College

Break %+24.0 pts
53.429.4
Points won on own serve: 39 of 73 vs 15 of 51. Boston College sided out 46.6% of the time.
Hitting+.377
.468.091
44 kills, 7 errors vs 28 kills, 21 errors.
Longest run+4
73
SMU scored 7 straight in the second set to stretch a 17–10 lead to 24–10. The set finished 25–12.

Boston College above 50SMU belowMax swing 0.6%

SMUBoston College

Aces: SMU 6·Boston College 1
Serve err: SMU 11·Boston College 4
Blocks: SMU 15·Boston College 34 BS · 22 BA vs 2 BS · 2 BA
Digs: SMU 20·Boston College 22

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Boston College 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 97.9%2.1% BC

SMU wins

3-0

66.8%

3-1

25.2%

3-2

5.9%

Boston College wins

3-0

0.2%

3-1

0.5%

3-2

1.3%

SMU break %: 47.9% vs this opp
BC break %: 32.5% 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	16	1	27	.556	2	0	2	3	0	2	4	4	20
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	6	2	10	.400	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	4.5	10.5
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	9	2	16	.438	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	9.5
12Natalia NewsomeMB	3	6	1	10	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	9
15Gabi PlacideOH	3	4	1	10	.300	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	2	8
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	3	0	6	.500	32	2	2	5	0	0	2	1	6
8Mia SilvaL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	1
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4Christa WilburnOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	7	79	.468	38	6	11	20	1	4	22	15	75

Boston Collegehome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
13Audrey RossOH	3	16	8	38	.211	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	17
21Naomi WatsonMB	3	2	2	5	.000	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	3
19Sofija MarjanovicOH	3	2	2	10	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
5Reese DunkleMB	3	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
11Laney BlevinsMB	3	1	5	9	-.444	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
9Ava McBrideS	3	0	0	0	–	8	0	2	4	0	0	1	0.5	0.5
12Sam HoppesOPP	3	5	2	10	.300	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
8Tiani ShawL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
16Brooklyn YellandL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	7	3	0	0	0	0
17Lucie VeselaS	3	0	0	0	–	9	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
33Isabelle PoehleinOPP	2	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Ava CastroOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
14Chloe AllcroftMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15Lucy MottS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		28	21	77	.091	25	1	4	22	6	2	2	3	49

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 7 SMU · BC 3

Set 1

25-19

Longest run 4 SMUBC 3

Set 2

25-12

Longest run 7 SMUBC 3

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 4 SMUBC 3

Bars above the line = Boston College 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	62%8/13	60%9/15
2	73%8/11	62%13/21
3	83%5/6	58%7/12
4	63%5/8	44%4/9
5	83%5/6	44%4/9
6	71%5/7	29%2/7
All	71%36/51	53%39/73

Boston College

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	38%8/21	30%3/10
2	35%6/17	27%3/11
3	45%5/11	33%3/9
4	63%5/8	38%3/8
5	83%5/6	17%1/6
6	50%5/10	29%2/7
All	47%34/73	29%15/51

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

124 rallies

#	SMU-BC	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	BC	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
2	1-1	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
3	2-1	BC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
4	2-2	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Hannah Beauford
5	2-3	BC	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
6	3-3	BC	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
7	3-4	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland
8	4-4	BC	SMU	Blocked	Naomi Watson	blk Favor Anyanwu
9	5-4	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Sofija Marjanovic	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu
10	5-5	SMU	BC	Bad set	Suli Davis
11	6-5	BC	SMU	Serve err	Boston College
12	6-6	SMU	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
13	7-6	BC	SMU	Blocked	Laney Blevins	blk Natalia Newsome, Jadyn Livings
14	8-6	SMU	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
15	8-7	SMU	BC×3	Serve err	SMU
16	8-8	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Audrey Ross
17	8-9	BC	BC×3	Kill	Reese Dunkle
18	9-9	BC	SMU×3	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
19	10-9	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
20	11-9	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Laney Blevins	blk Natalia Newsome, Suli Davis
21	11-10	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
22	12-10	BC	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
23	12-11	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
24	13-11	BC	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
25	14-11	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Naomi Watson	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford
26	15-11	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
27	16-11	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Audrey Ross
28	16-12	SMU	BC×3	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland
29	16-13	BC	BC×3	Kill	Naomi Watson
30	16-14	BC	BC×3	Attack err	Jadyn Livings
31	17-14	BC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
32	17-15	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
33	18-15	BC	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
34	18-16	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
35	19-16	BC	SMU	Serve err	Boston College
36	19-17	SMU	BC	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Laney Blevins, Ava McBride
37	19-18	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland
38	20-18	BC	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
39	21-18	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
40	21-19	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
41	22-19	BC	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
42	23-19	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Gabi Placide, Favor Anyanwu
43	24-19	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis
44	25-19	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Isabelle Poehlein	blk Suli Davis
Set 2
1	1-0	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Mia Silva
2	2-0	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Suli Davis
3	3-0	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
4	4-0	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Laney Blevins	blk Natalia Newsome, Suli Davis
5	5-0	SMU	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Mia Silva
6	5-1	SMU	BC	Bad set	Hannah Beauford
7	6-1	BC	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
8	6-2	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucy Mott
9	6-3	BC	BC	Attack err	Favor Anyanwu
10	7-3	BC	SMU×3	Attack err	Audrey Ross
11	8-3	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Sam Hoppes	blk Suli Davis
12	9-3	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU	aced Ava Castro
13	9-4	SMU	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
14	10-4	BC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
15	10-5	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
16	11-5	BC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
17	12-5	SMU	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Sarah Frazee
18	12-6	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
19	13-6	BC	SMU×3	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Victoria Harris
20	14-6	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Reese Dunkle
21	15-6	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	SMU	aced Audrey Ross
22	15-7	SMU	BC	Kill	Reese Dunkle	set Lucy Mott
23	16-7	BC	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
24	17-7	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Brooklyn Yelland
25	17-8	SMU	BC×3	Serve err	SMU
26	17-9	BC	BC×3	Attack err	Suli Davis
27	17-10	BC	BC×3	Blocked	Natalia Newsome	blk Naomi Watson
28	18-10	BC	SMU×7	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
29	19-10	SMU	SMU×7	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Favor Anyanwu, Gabi Placide
30	20-10	SMU	SMU×7	Ace	SMU	aced Naomi Watson
31	21-10	SMU	SMU×7	Attack err	Audrey Ross
32	22-10	SMU	SMU×7	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Suli Davis
33	23-10	SMU	SMU×7	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Favor Anyanwu, Gabi Placide
34	24-10	SMU	SMU×7	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
35	24-11	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Naomi Watson
36	24-12	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
37	25-12	BC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
Set 3
1	1-0	BC	SMU	Kill	Natalia Newsome	set Hannah Beauford
2	2-0	SMU	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford
3	2-1	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Laney Blevins
4	3-1	BC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
5	3-2	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
6	4-2	BC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
7	5-2	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Brooklyn Yelland
8	5-3	SMU	BC	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
9	6-3	BC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford
10	6-4	SMU	BC	Kill	Naomi Watson	set Lucie Vesela
11	6-5	BC	BC	Ace	Tiani Shaw	aced Victoria Harris
12	7-5	BC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
13	7-6	SMU	BC×3	Kill	Sam Hoppes	set Lucie Vesela
14	7-7	BC	BC×3	Kill	Laney Blevins	set Ava McBride
15	7-8	BC	BC×3	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Ava McBride
16	8-8	BC	SMU	Serve err	Boston College
17	9-8	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Sofija Marjanovic
18	9-9	SMU	BC	Kill	Sofija Marjanovic	set Ava McBride
19	10-9	BC	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford
20	10-10	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
21	10-11	BC	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Brooklyn Yelland
22	11-11	BC	SMU×3	Serve err	Boston College
23	12-11	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Laney Blevins	blk Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis
24	13-11	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Audrey Ross	blk Favor Anyanwu, Gabi Placide
25	13-12	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
26	14-12	BC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris
27	14-13	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
28	14-14	BC	BC	Attack err	Favor Anyanwu
29	15-14	BC	SMU×3	Kill	Hannah Beauford
30	16-14	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Sam Hoppes
31	17-14	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
32	17-15	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Lucie Vesela
33	18-15	BC	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
34	18-16	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
35	19-16	BC	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
36	20-16	SMU	SMU	Ace	SMU	aced Brooklyn Yelland
37	20-17	SMU	BC	Serve err	SMU
38	21-17	BC	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford
39	22-17	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Laney Blevins	blk Suli Davis, Natalia Newsome
40	23-17	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Audrey Ross
41	24-17	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford
42	24-18	SMU	BC	Kill	Audrey Ross	set Ava McBride
43	25-18	BC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	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. Boston College 3–0

.556 and 16 kills for Suli Davis as SMU rolled past Boston College.