SMU vs Georgia Tech Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-0 (Oct 25, 2026)

FinalSun, Oct 25, 2026ACCN

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: SMU 68.6% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 25, 12:25 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

SMU won at Georgia Tech 3-0 (26-24, 26-24, 25-21) on Sun, Oct 25, 2026. SMU's Suli Davis led with 17 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 5:45 PM CT · final Oct 25

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SMU	26	26	25	3
GATECH	24	24	21	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

SMU trailed 0–4 in the second and still took the set, then the match.

The match turned twice. Numbers are SMU's win probability from the RallyIQ model, rally by rally. SMU went in as RallyIQ's 69% pick.

Turning point 1: Set 1 · SMU 22–20 Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech scored 3 straight to turn a 20–22 deficit into a 23–22 lead.
SMU 76% → 60%
Turning point 2: Set 1 · SMU 23–23 Georgia Tech
3 of the last 4 rallies went to SMU, enough to take the set 26–24 and lead 1–0.
SMU 64% → 82%

Georgia Tech above 50SMU belowMax swing 9.2%

SMUGeorgia Tech

Sideout %: SMU 63.4·Georgia Tech 57.3
Break %: SMU 42.7·Georgia Tech 36.6
Hitting: SMU .264·Georgia Tech .155
Longest run: SMU 6·Georgia Tech 6

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Georgia Tech above 50 · SMU below

Biggest swing: 9.2% to SMU — set 1, SMU 24-23 GATECH. Kill by Suli Davis (set by Hannah Beauford). GATECH win probability 36% → 27%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SMU 69.5%30.5% GATECH

SMU wins

3-0

22.9%

3-1

26.7%

3-2

19.9%

Georgia Tech wins

3-0

5.8%

3-1

10.7%

3-2

13.9%

SMU break %: 41.0% vs this opp
GATECH break %: 37.1% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Suli DavisKill+9.2%
Kill by Suli Davis (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 1 · SMU 24-23 GATECH · SMU 64% → 73%
02
Jadyn LivingsKill+8.4%
Kill by Jadyn Livings (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 1 · SMU 26-24 GATECH · SMU 73% → 82%
03
Suli DavisAttack error+7.9%
Attack error by Suli Davis
Set 1 · SMU 22-23 GATECH · GATECH 33% → 40%
04
Hannah Beauford&Favor AnyanwuBlock+7.0%
Bianca Garibaldi stuffed by Hannah Beauford & Favor Anyanwu
Set 2 · SMU 26-24 GATECH · SMU 87% → 94%
05
Suli DavisAttack error+6.0%
Attack error by Suli Davis
Set 1 · SMU 22-22 GATECH · GATECH 27% → 33%
06
Laura Perugini BieleskiKill+5.8%
Kill by Laura Perugini Bieleski (set by Mana Kaneko)
Set 1 · SMU 24-24 GATECH · GATECH 27% → 32%
07
Hannah BeaufordKill+5.8%
Kill by Hannah Beauford (set by Jadyn Livings)
Set 1 · SMU 25-24 GATECH · SMU 68% → 73%
08
Suli DavisAttack error+5.8%
Attack error by Suli Davis
Set 2 · SMU 23-23 GATECH · GATECH 12% → 18%

Box score

Official NCAA box

SMUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Suli DavisOH	3	17	8	40	.225	2	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	17
5Elle VandewegheMB	3	7	2	14	.357	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	9
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	6	0	11	.545	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	3	0	5	.600	44	1	3	9	0	1	4	3	7
4Christa WilburnOH	3	1	2	7	-.143	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
3Bojana AmbulijaOPP	2	3	3	6	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	5	5	23	.000	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.5	5.5
2Sarah FrazeeL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	13	2	0	0	0	0
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0
15Gabi PlacideOH	2	11	1	15	.667	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.5	11.5
8Mia SilvaL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
17Levariya PinderOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		53	21	121	.264	51	2	11	55	3	1	14	8	77

Georgia Techhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
9Alida BennourOH	3	15	3	45	.267	0	0	3	4	0	0	3	1.5	16.5
20Laura Perugini BieleskiOH	3	7	1	19	.316	2	1	1	8	1	0	2	1	9
5Bianca GaribaldiMB	3	3	4	12	-.083	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
14Zoe HumphreyMB	3	0	1	6	-.167	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	4	4
25Magda KobaidzeOH	3	2	3	13	-.077	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2
13Heloise SoaresS	3	1	0	3	.333	20	0	0	7	0	0	2	1	2
6Mana KanekoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	7	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0
24Vitoria BelfortL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8Simone HeardOH	2	3	3	16	.000	0	2	1	5	0	0	2	1	6
12Sasha GodeyS	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Anna FiedorowiczOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11Larissa MendesOH	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4Gabriela RobinskaOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		33	15	116	.155	32	3	6	39	2	1	18	10	69

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.

SMU vs Georgia Tech

Season series · SMU leads 1-0

Sun, Oct 25, 2026SMU at Georgia Tech · SMU won 3-0This match
Wed, Nov 25, 2026Georgia Tech at SMUPreview →

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 6 SMU · GATECH 6

Set 1

26-24

Longest run 6 SMUGATECH 4

Set 2

26-24

Longest run 4 SMUGATECH 5

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 3 SMUGATECH 6

Bars above the line = Georgia Tech 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	69%9/13	30%3/10
2	64%9/14	25%3/12
3	62%8/13	33%4/12
4	88%7/8	46%6/13
5	86%6/7	50%6/12
6	38%6/16	63%10/16
All	63%45/71	43%32/75

Georgia Tech

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	69%9/13	38%5/13
2	67%8/12	40%6/15
3	57%8/14	47%7/15
4	60%6/10	11%1/9
5	38%6/16	14%1/7
6	60%6/10	50%6/12
All	57%43/75	37%26/71

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

146 rallies

#	SMU-GATECH	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Suli Davis	+1.5
2	1-1	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+1.5
3	2-1	GATECH	SMU	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+1.5
4	2-2	SMU	GATECH	Attack err	Suli Davis		+1.6
5	2-3	GATECH	GATECH	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Bianca Garibaldi, Heloise Soares	+2.6
6	3-3	GATECH	SMU×4	Blocked	Bianca Garibaldi	blk Hannah Beauford	+1.6
7	4-3	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Laura Perugini Bieleski	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+2.5
8	5-3	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+2.4
9	6-3	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Alida Bennour		+2.1
10	6-4	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+1.3
11	6-5	GATECH	GATECH	Ace	Georgia Tech	aced Jadyn Livings	+2.3
12	7-5	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
13	7-6	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Heloise Soares	set Laura Perugini Bieleski	+1.6
14	8-6	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
15	8-7	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Hannah Beauford		+1.6
16	9-7	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Christa Wilburn	set Hannah Beauford	+1.7
17	9-8	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Christa Wilburn		+1.6
18	9-9	GATECH	GATECH	Blocked	Elle Vandeweghe	blk Zoe Humphrey	+2.9
19	10-9	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
20	10-10	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+1.9
21	11-10	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Bojana Ambulija	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
22	11-11	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+2.0
23	12-11	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+2.0
24	12-12	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+2.1
25	13-12	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.1
26	13-13	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Heloise Soares	+2.2
27	14-13	GATECH	SMU×6	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.2
28	15-13	SMU	SMU×6	Ace	Hannah Beauford	aced Laura Perugini Bieleski	+3.2
29	16-13	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Heloise Soares	+2.8
30	17-13	SMU	SMU×6	Attack err	Magda Kobaidze		+2.2
31	18-13	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
32	19-13	SMU	SMU×6	Blocked	Magda Kobaidze	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Bojana Ambulija	+1.0
33	19-14	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Larissa Mendes	set Sasha Godey	+0.4
34	19-15	GATECH	GATECH	Attack err	Christa Wilburn		+1.0
35	20-15	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Bojana Ambulija	set Hannah Beauford	+1.0
36	20-16	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Magda Kobaidze	set Mana Kaneko	+0.6
37	21-16	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Bojana Ambulija	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
38	21-17	SMU	GATECH×4	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.5
39	21-18	GATECH	GATECH×4	Attack err	Bojana Ambulija		+1.4
40	21-19	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Mana Kaneko	+2.4
41	21-20	GATECH	GATECH×4	Attack err	Bojana Ambulija		+3.8
42	22-20	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+3.2
43	22-21	SMU	GATECH×3	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+2.5
44	22-22	GATECH	GATECH×3	Attack err	Suli Davis		+6.0
45	22-23	GATECH	GATECH×3	Attack err	Suli Davis		+7.9
46	23-23	GATECH	SMU	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+4.7
47	24-23	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+9.2
48	24-24	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Mana Kaneko	+5.8
49	25-24	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Jadyn Livings	+5.8
50	26-24	SMU	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+8.4
Set 2
1	0-1	SMU	GATECH×4	Blocked	Christa Wilburn	blk Alida Bennour, Zoe Humphrey	+1.3
2	0-2	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares	+2.1
3	0-3	GATECH	GATECH×4	Blocked	Bojana Ambulija	blk Laura Perugini Bieleski, Bianca Garibaldi	+2.2
4	0-4	GATECH	GATECH×4	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski		+2.1
5	1-4	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Suli Davis	+1.2
6	1-5	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Christa Wilburn		+1.4
7	2-5	GATECH	SMU	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+1.2
8	3-5	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Bianca Garibaldi		+2.0
9	3-6	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares	+1.5
10	4-6	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
11	4-7	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Gabi Placide		+1.5
12	5-7	GATECH	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.3
13	6-7	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+2.3
14	7-7	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+2.3
15	8-7	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Magda Kobaidze	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu	+2.3
16	8-8	SMU	GATECH	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Heloise Soares, Zoe Humphrey	+1.5
17	9-8	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.5
18	10-8	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Zoe Humphrey		+2.2
19	10-9	SMU	GATECH×5	Serve err	Victoria Harris		+1.4
20	10-10	GATECH	GATECH×5	Ace	Georgia Tech	aced Sarah Frazee	+2.5
21	10-11	GATECH	GATECH×5	Ace	Georgia Tech	aced Sarah Frazee	+2.7
22	10-12	GATECH	GATECH×5	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+2.8
23	10-13	GATECH	GATECH×5	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Alida Bennour, Zoe Humphrey	+2.8
24	11-13	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.5
25	12-13	SMU	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+2.7
26	12-14	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Hannah Beauford		+2.0
27	13-14	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.7
28	14-14	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+3.0
29	14-15	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+2.1
30	14-16	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+3.3
31	15-16	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.9
32	15-17	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares	+2.3
33	16-17	GATECH	SMU	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+2.0
34	16-18	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Gabi Placide		+2.4
35	17-18	GATECH	SMU	Blocked	Simone Heard	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+2.0
36	17-19	SMU	GATECH	Attack err	Jadyn Livings		+2.6
37	18-19	GATECH	SMU×3	Blocked	Alida Bennour	blk Jadyn Livings, Favor Anyanwu	+2.1
38	19-19	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+4.0
39	20-19	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+4.2
40	20-20	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Simone Heard	set Heloise Soares	+2.7
41	21-20	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+2.9
42	22-20	SMU	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+4.2
43	22-21	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+2.1
44	23-21	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+3.0
45	23-22	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+2.1
46	23-23	GATECH	GATECH	Attack err	Suli Davis		+5.8
47	24-23	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+4.8
48	24-24	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Heloise Soares	+4.8
49	25-24	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+4.8
50	26-24	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Bianca Garibaldi	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu	+7.0
Set 3
1	1-0	GATECH	SMU	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+0.7
2	2-0	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
3	2-1	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Mana Kaneko	+0.7
4	3-1	GATECH	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
5	4-1	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+1.0
6	5-1	SMU	SMU×3	Bad set	Heloise Soares		+0.9
7	5-2	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Mana Kaneko	+0.5
8	6-2	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
9	7-2	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Alida Bennour		+0.8
10	7-3	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Mana Kaneko	+0.4
11	8-3	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
12	9-3	SMU	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
13	9-4	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Anna Fiedorowicz	set Sasha Godey	+0.3
14	10-4	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
15	11-4	SMU	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
16	11-5	SMU	GATECH×6	Serve err	Hannah Beauford		+0.2
17	11-6	GATECH	GATECH×6	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Mana Kaneko	+0.5
18	11-7	GATECH	GATECH×6	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Simone Heard, Zoe Humphrey	+0.6
19	11-8	GATECH	GATECH×6	Kill	Alida Bennour	set Laura Perugini Bieleski	+0.8
20	11-9	GATECH	GATECH×6	Blocked	Elle Vandeweghe	blk Simone Heard, Zoe Humphrey	+1.1
21	11-10	GATECH	GATECH×6	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Alida Bennour, Zoe Humphrey	+1.3
22	12-10	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.9
23	13-10	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Simone Heard		+1.2
24	13-11	SMU	GATECH	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.7
25	14-11	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
26	15-11	SMU	SMU	Ace	Elle Vandeweghe	aced Magda Kobaidze	+1.1
27	15-12	SMU	GATECH	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.6
28	16-12	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
29	16-13	SMU	GATECH×3	Serve err	Sarah Frazee		+0.6
30	16-14	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Bianca Garibaldi	set Heloise Soares	+1.2
31	16-15	GATECH	GATECH×3	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Heloise Soares	+1.5
32	17-15	GATECH	SMU	Serve err	Georgia Tech		+1.1
33	17-16	SMU	GATECH	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Laura Perugini Bieleski, Bianca Garibaldi	+1.0
34	18-16	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.2
35	19-16	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Bianca Garibaldi		+1.5
36	19-17	SMU	GATECH	Attack err	Jadyn Livings		+0.8
37	19-18	GATECH	GATECH	Kill	Laura Perugini Bieleski	set Vitoria Belfort	+1.7
38	20-18	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Christa Wilburn	+1.3
39	21-18	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Simone Heard	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Gabi Placide	+1.7
40	21-19	SMU	GATECH	Bad set	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.8
41	22-19	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
42	22-20	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Simone Heard	set Heloise Soares	+0.7
43	23-20	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
44	23-21	SMU	GATECH	Kill	Simone Heard	set Heloise Soares	+0.6
45	24-21	GATECH	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
46	25-21	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6

Score shown after each rally, SMU 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. Georgia Tech 3–0

SMU trailed 0–4 in the second and still took the set, then the match.