SMU vs Wake Forest Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-0 (Nov 1, 2026)

FinalSun, Nov 1, 2026ACCNX

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: SMU 96.2% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 1, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

SMU won at Wake Forest 3-0 (27-25, 25-15, 25-22) on Sun, Nov 1, 2026. SMU's Suli Davis led with 14 kills, and Victoria Harris added 10 digs.

Data through Nov 10, 6:30 PM CT · final Nov 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
SMU	27	25	25	3
WAKE	25	15	22	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

Suli Davis needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. SMU swept Wake Forest.

No single rally moved win probability more than 4.0 points. Wake Forest peaked at 12% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Pre-match, RallyIQ had SMU at 96%.

SMUWake Forest

Break %+12.8 pts
46.133.3
Points won on own serve: 35 of 76 vs 21 of 63. Wake Forest sided out 53.9% of the time.
Hitting+.210
.437.227
47 K / 9 E against 39 K / 17 E.
Longest run+2
64
Up 9–5 in the second set, SMU scored 6 straight to make it 15–5. Final score of the set: 25–15.

Wake Forest above 50SMU belowMax swing 4.0%

SMUWake Forest

Aces: SMU 5·Wake Forest 1
Serve err: SMU 12·Wake Forest 8
Blocks: SMU 10·Wake Forest 53 BS · 14 BA vs 1 BS · 8 BA
Digs: SMU 35·Wake Forest 24

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Wake Forest above 50 · SMU below

Biggest swing: 4.0% to SMU — set 1, SMU 24-24 WAKE. Ace by Mia Silva on Mattea Saunders. WAKE win probability 11% → 7%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

SMU 97.2%2.8% WAKE

SMU wins

3-0

63.2%

3-1

26.9%

3-2

7.1%

Wake Forest wins

3-0

0.3%

3-1

0.7%

3-2

1.8%

SMU break %: 46.0% vs this opp
WAKE break %: 31.7% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Mia SilvaAce+4.0%
Ace by Mia Silva on Mattea Saunders
Set 1 · SMU 24-24 WAKE · SMU 89% → 93%
02
Laiya Ebo&Sanaa WilliamsBlock+2.8%
Jadyn Livings stuffed by Laiya Ebo & Sanaa Williams
Set 1 · SMU 21-23 WAKE · WAKE 8% → 10%
03
Gabi PlacideKill+2.8%
Kill by Gabi Placide (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 1 · SMU 26-25 WAKE · SMU 93% → 96%
04
Emma KeepingKill+2.4%
Kill by Emma Keeping (set by Mattea Saunders)
Set 1 · SMU 21-22 WAKE · WAKE 5% → 8%
05
Sadie PoeckKill+2.3%
Kill by Sadie Poeck (set by Emma Keeping)
Set 1 · SMU 24-25 WAKE · WAKE 7% → 9%
06
Gabi PlacideKill+2.3%
Kill by Gabi Placide (set by Hannah Beauford)
Set 1 · SMU 25-25 WAKE · SMU 91% → 93%
07
Sanaa WilliamsKill+2.3%
Kill by Sanaa Williams (set by Emma Keeping)
Set 1 · SMU 22-24 WAKE · WAKE 9% → 12%
08
Catherine BurkeAttack error+2.0%
Attack error by Catherine Burke
Set 1 · SMU 27-25 WAKE · SMU 96% → 98%

Box score

Official NCAA box

SMUaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Suli DavisOH	3	14	4	30	.333	1	1	1	5	0	0	1	0.5	15.5
15Gabi PlacideOH	3	11	2	18	.500	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	7	0	10	.700	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3.5	10.5
5Elle VandewegheMB	3	6	1	11	.455	0	2	5	1	0	0	4	2	10
17Levariya PinderOH	3	2	0	3	.667	1	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	3
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	0	0	1	.000	38	0	1	5	0	1	1	1.5	1.5
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	7	2	14	.357	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8
4Christa WilburnOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0
8Mia SilvaL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team totals		47	9	87	.437	41	5	12	35	1	3	14	10	77

Wake Foresthome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
23Sanaa WilliamsMB	3	7	2	11	.455	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	2.5	9.5
21Lyla StewartOH	3	7	5	24	.083	0	0	3	4	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
11Sadie PoeckOH	3	3	2	11	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
8Emma KeepingS	3	1	0	1	1.000	8	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1
10Catherine BurkeMB	2	1	2	7	-.143	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	1.5
13Mattea SaundersL/DS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
15Amina NdiayeOH	3	9	2	17	.412	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0.5	9.5
22Ryleigh WhitekettleOH	3	7	3	16	.250	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
9Andrea RomanDS	3	1	0	1	1.000	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1
18Becca BellowsS	3	0	0	0	–	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
1Dhru LalajiDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16Laiya EboOH	2	2	0	3	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
14Kelis HawkinsMB	2	0	1	5	-.200	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6Camille McCoyMB	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3Ava RoddeyS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	17	97	.227	33	1	8	24	5	1	8	5	62

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 · WAKE 4

Set 1

27-25

Longest run 4 SMUWAKE 4

Set 2

25-15

Longest run 6 SMUWAKE 2

Set 3

25-22

Longest run 4 SMUWAKE 4

Bars above the line = Wake Forest 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	86%6/7	29%2/7
2	83%5/6	62%8/13
3	80%4/5	33%2/6
4	44%4/9	56%5/9
5	57%4/7	33%2/6
6	57%4/7	60%6/10
All	66%27/41	49%25/51

Wake Forest

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	42%5/12	44%4/9
2	63%5/8	0%0/5
3	67%4/6	17%1/6
4	36%4/11	33%2/6
5	44%4/9	56%5/9
6	80%4/5	33%2/6
All	51%26/51	34%14/41

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

139 rallies

#	SMU-WAKE	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Emma Keeping	+0.5
2	1-1	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Levariya Pinder		+0.3
3	2-1	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
4	2-2	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping	+0.3
5	2-3	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows	+0.6
6	3-3	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
7	3-4	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows	+0.4
8	4-4	WAKE	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
9	5-4	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
10	6-4	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu		+0.5
11	7-4	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Favor Anyanwu	+0.4
12	7-5	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	+0.2
13	7-6	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Sanaa Williams, Amina Ndiaye	+0.5
14	8-6	WAKE	SMU	Blocked	Sanaa Williams	blk Hannah Beauford	+0.3
15	8-7	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	+0.3
16	9-7	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
17	9-8	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Emma Keeping	+0.4
18	9-9	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams		+0.7
19	10-9	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
20	11-9	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Sadie Poeck		+0.6
21	11-10	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping	+0.4
22	12-10	WAKE	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
23	13-10	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
24	14-10	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
25	14-11	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Catherine Burke	set Emma Keeping	+0.2
26	15-11	WAKE	SMU	Serve err	Becca Bellows		+0.2
27	15-12	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Gabi Placide		+0.2
28	15-13	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	+0.5
29	16-13	WAKE	SMU×3	Serve err	Lyla Stewart		+0.3
30	17-13	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Amina Ndiaye		+0.4
31	18-13	SMU	SMU×3	Ace	Suli Davis	aced Amina Ndiaye	+0.2
32	18-14	SMU	WAKE×4	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	+0.1
33	18-15	WAKE	WAKE×4	Serve err	Lyla Stewart		+0.3
34	18-16	WAKE	WAKE×4	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	+0.5
35	18-17	WAKE	WAKE×4	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	+0.8
36	19-17	WAKE	SMU	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Favor Anyanwu	+0.6
37	19-18	SMU	WAKE×3	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Becca Bellows	+0.6
38	19-19	WAKE	WAKE×3	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Sanaa Williams	+1.3
39	19-20	WAKE	WAKE×3	Kill	Laiya Ebo		+1.8
40	20-20	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+1.0
41	21-20	SMU	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
42	21-21	SMU	WAKE×3	Serve err	Hannah Beauford		+1.1
43	21-22	WAKE	WAKE×3	Kill	Emma Keeping	set Mattea Saunders	+2.4
44	21-23	WAKE	WAKE×3	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Laiya Ebo, Sanaa Williams	+2.8
45	22-23	WAKE	SMU	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Gabi Placide	+1.1
46	22-24	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Emma Keeping	+2.3
47	23-24	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.1
48	24-24	SMU	SMU	Ace	Mia Silva	aced Mattea Saunders	+4.0
49	24-25	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Emma Keeping	+2.3
50	25-25	WAKE	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+2.3
51	26-25	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+2.8
52	27-25	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Catherine Burke		+2.0
Set 2
1	1-0	WAKE	SMU×5	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
2	2-0	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Sanaa Williams	blk Favor Anyanwu, Gabi Placide	+0.3
3	3-0	SMU	SMU×5	Ace	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.2
4	4-0	SMU	SMU×5	Ace	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.2
5	5-0	SMU	SMU×5	Blocked	Sadie Poeck	blk Suli Davis, Favor Anyanwu	+0.1
6	5-1	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.1
7	6-1	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
8	6-2	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Gabi Placide		+0.1
9	7-2	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
10	7-3	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows	+0.1
11	7-4	WAKE	WAKE	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Catherine Burke, Ryleigh Whitekettle	+0.2
12	8-4	WAKE	SMU	Serve err	Dhru Lalaji		+0.1
13	9-4	SMU	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
14	9-5	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	+0.1
15	10-5	WAKE	SMU×6	Blocked	Ryleigh Whitekettle	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Jadyn Livings	+0.1
16	11-5	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Jadyn Livings		+0.1
17	12-5	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Suli Davis	+0.1
18	13-5	SMU	SMU×6	Blocked	Ryleigh Whitekettle	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Jadyn Livings	·
19	14-5	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	·
20	15-5	SMU	SMU×6	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
21	15-6	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Laiya Ebo	set Becca Bellows	·
22	16-6	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	·
23	16-7	SMU	WAKE	Attack err	Suli Davis		·
24	17-7	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
25	17-8	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		·
26	18-8	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	·
27	18-9	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Andrea Roman	·
28	19-9	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
29	19-10	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	·
30	20-10	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	·
31	21-10	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Catherine Burke		·
32	21-11	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Victoria Harris		·
33	21-12	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	·
34	22-12	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
35	22-13	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	·
36	23-13	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Levariya Pinder	set Hannah Beauford	·
37	23-14	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Emma Keeping	·
38	23-15	WAKE	WAKE	Attack err	Elle Vandeweghe		·
39	24-15	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
40	25-15	SMU	SMU	Kill	Levariya Pinder	set Emma Keeping	·
Set 3
1	1-0	SMU	SMU	Ace	Levariya Pinder		+0.1
2	1-1	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Victoria Harris	+0.1
3	2-1	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
4	2-2	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.1
5	2-3	WAKE	WAKE	Ace	Becca Bellows		+0.2
6	3-3	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
7	4-3	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Kelis Hawkins		+0.1
8	4-4	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	+0.1
9	4-5	WAKE	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Becca Bellows	+0.2
10	5-5	WAKE	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.1
11	6-5	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Ryleigh Whitekettle		+0.2
12	7-5	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
13	8-5	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
14	8-6	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Suli Davis		+0.1
15	9-6	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
16	10-6	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Amina Ndiaye	blk Hannah Beauford, Elle Vandeweghe	+0.1
17	10-7	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Victoria Harris		·
18	11-7	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
19	12-7	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Lyla Stewart		+0.1
20	12-8	SMU	WAKE×3	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Ava Roddey	·
21	12-9	WAKE	WAKE×3	Kill	Sanaa Williams	set Ava Roddey	+0.1
22–23	13-10		SMU · WAKE	NCAA feed gap2 points 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	14-10	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
25	14-11	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Sadie Poeck	set Ava Roddey	+0.1
26	15-11	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Dhru Lalaji	+0.1
27	16-11	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Levariya Pinder	+0.1
28	16-12	SMU	WAKE	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		·
29	17-12	WAKE	SMU	Serve err	Becca Bellows		·
30	17-13	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Becca Bellows	·
31	18-13	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	·
32	18-14	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	·
33	19-14	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	·
34	19-15	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Andrea Roman		·
35	20-15	WAKE	SMU	Serve err	Emma Keeping		·
36	20-16	SMU	WAKE	Kill	Amina Ndiaye	set Emma Keeping	·
37	21-16	WAKE	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	·
38	21-17	SMU	WAKE	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Lyla Stewart, Sanaa Williams	·
39	22-17	WAKE	SMU	Serve err	Sanaa Williams		·
40	22-18	SMU	WAKE×4	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		·
41	22-19	WAKE	WAKE×4	Kill	Camille McCoy	set Becca Bellows	+0.1
42	22-20	WAKE	WAKE×4	Kill	Ryleigh Whitekettle	set Becca Bellows	+0.1
43	22-21	WAKE	WAKE×4	Kill	Lyla Stewart	set Andrea Roman	+0.3
44	23-21	WAKE	SMU	Blocked	Lyla Stewart	blk Favor Anyanwu, Gabi Placide	+0.2
45	23-22	SMU	WAKE	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.2
46	24-22	WAKE	SMU	Serve err	Lyla Stewart		+0.3
47	25-22	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2

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. Wake Forest 3–0

Suli Davis needed just 3 sets for 14 kills. SMU swept Wake Forest.