North Carolina vs SMU Volleyball: SMU Wins 3-0 (Nov 6, 2026)

FinalFri, Nov 6, 2026ACCNX

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: SMU 74.0% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Nov 6, 11:55 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

SMU beat visiting North Carolina 3-0 (25-15, 25-15, 25-15) on Fri, Nov 6, 2026. SMU's Suli Davis led with 13 kills, and Victoria Harris added 11 digs.

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

Set	1	2	3	Sets
UNC	15	15	15	0
SMU	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

No doubt about it: No. 5 SMU over North Carolina.

The biggest single-rally swing was 2.4 points, and North Carolina's high was 28% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ gave SMU 74% before first serve.

North CarolinaSMU

Break %+31.0 pts
21.752.7
On serve: 39/74 against 10/46 (North Carolina sideout 47.3%).
Hitting+.442
-.073.369
Kills and errors: 41–10 vs 18–24.
Longest run+4
59
9 straight SMU points in the third set stretched a 16–15 lead to 25–15. The set finished 25–15.

SMU above 50North Carolina belowMax swing 2.4%

North CarolinaSMU

Aces: North Carolina 3·SMU 4
Serve err: North Carolina 5·SMU 13
Blocks: North Carolina 6·SMU 110 BS · 12 BA vs 3 BS · 16 BA
Digs: North Carolina 22·SMU 36

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

SMU above 50 · North Carolina below

Biggest swing: 2.4% to North Carolina — set 1, UNC 3-2 SMU. Kill by Safi Hampton. SMU win probability 75% → 72%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

UNC 19.5%80.5% SMU

North Carolina wins

3-0

3.2%

3-1

6.5%

3-2

9.9%

SMU wins

3-0

32.0%

3-1

30.3%

3-2

18.1%

UNC break %: 35.4% vs this opp
SMU break %: 41.8% 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
Safi HamptonKill+2.4%
Kill by Safi Hampton
Set 1 · UNC 3-2 SMU · UNC 25% → 28%
02
Favor AnyanwuBlock+2.3%
Meghan Clifford stuffed by Favor Anyanwu
Set 1 · UNC 4-5 SMU · SMU 74% → 76%
03
Suli DavisAce+2.2%
Ace by Suli Davis on Julia Bohlinger
Set 1 · UNC 4-6 SMU · SMU 76% → 78%
04
Chelsea ThorpeAttack error+2.1%
Attack error by Chelsea Thorpe
Set 1 · UNC 1-2 SMU · SMU 74% → 76%
05
Suli DavisAce+1.9%
Ace by Suli Davis on Addison West
Set 1 · UNC 4-7 SMU · SMU 78% → 80%
06
Safi HamptonKill+1.8%
Kill by Safi Hampton (set by Julia Bohlinger)
Set 2 · UNC 1-0 SMU · UNC 14% → 16%
07
Elle VandewegheAce+1.7%
Ace by Elle Vandeweghe on Carly Markham
Set 2 · UNC 1-2 SMU · SMU 85% → 87%
08
Jadyn LivingsKill+1.7%
Kill by Jadyn Livings (set by Victoria Harris)
Set 2 · UNC 3-5 SMU · SMU 87% → 89%

Box score

Official NCAA box

North Carolinaaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
22Safi HamptonOH	3	8	6	29	.069	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	8
21Jackie TaylorMB	3	2	5	12	-.250	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	4
77Chelsea ThorpeOPP	3	2	4	13	-.154	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.5	2.5
1Zoe BehrendtS	3	0	0	0	–	8	2	1	4	0	0	0	2
5Meghan CliffordMB	3	0	4	5	-.800	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
18Carly MarkhamL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	1
23Laynie SmithOPP	3	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
6Julia BohlingerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	6	1	0	0	0
10Bridget MaloneOH	2	4	0	11	.364	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	5.5
24Addison WestOH	2	1	3	6	-.333	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
14Emily BobbittS	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Sienna CozzaS	2	0	0	0	–	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
0Mackenzie BoyerMB	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		18	24	82	-.073	17	3	5	22	4	12	6	45

SMUhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
25Suli DavisOH	3	13	3	31	.323	0	3	0	6	2	0	1	0.5	16.5
21Favor AnyanwuMB	3	9	1	15	.533	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	13
5Elle VandewegheMB	3	6	1	7	.714	0	1	5	0	0	0	4	2	9
15Gabi PlacideOH	3	6	2	15	.267	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	6
11Hannah BeaufordS	3	1	0	2	.500	32	0	2	9	0	1	4	3	4
17Levariya PinderOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
42Jadyn LivingsOH	3	6	3	14	.214	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
4Christa WilburnOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
0Victoria HarrisL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	5	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	10	84	.369	38	4	13	36	3	3	16	11	75

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 5 UNC · SMU 9

Set 1

15-25

Longest run 2 UNCSMU 7

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 2 UNCSMU 4

Set 3

15-25

Longest run 5 UNCSMU 9

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

North Carolina

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%8/15	25%2/8
2	67%6/9	0%0/8
3	55%6/11	54%7/13
4	23%5/22	0%0/6
5	56%5/9	0%0/5
6	63%5/8	17%1/6
All	47%35/74	22%10/46

SMU

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	89%8/9	42%5/12
2	50%7/14	42%5/12
3	100%6/6	0%0/6
4	100%5/5	79%19/24
5	100%5/5	55%6/11
6	71%5/7	44%4/9
All	78%36/46	53%39/74

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

120 rallies

#	UNC-SMU	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	SMU	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.5
2	1-1	UNC	SMU	Attack err	Jackie Taylor		+1.4
3	1-2	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe		+2.1
4	2-2	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+1.4
5	3-2	UNC	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton		+2.4
6	3-3	UNC	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+1.4
7	4-3	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Gabi Placide		+1.6
8	4-4	UNC	SMU×7	Serve err	Safi Hampton		+1.5
9	4-5	SMU	SMU×7	Blocked	Meghan Clifford	blk Favor Anyanwu	+2.3
10	4-6	SMU	SMU×7	Ace	Suli Davis	aced Julia Bohlinger	+2.2
11	4-7	SMU	SMU×7	Ace	Suli Davis	aced Addison West	+1.9
12	4-8	SMU	SMU×7	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+1.6
13	4-9	SMU	SMU×7	Blocked	Addison West	blk Hannah Beauford, Favor Anyanwu	+1.3
14	4-10	SMU	SMU×7	Attack err	Addison West		+1.0
15	5-10	SMU	UNC	Kill	Laynie Smith	set Sienna Cozza	+0.5
16	5-11	UNC	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
17	6-11	SMU	UNC	Kill	Jackie Taylor	set Sienna Cozza	+0.5
18	6-12	UNC	SMU	Blocked	Jackie Taylor	blk Hannah Beauford	+0.6
19	6-13	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Jackie Taylor		+0.7
20	7-13	SMU	UNC	Attack err	Jadyn Livings		+0.3
21	8-13	UNC	UNC	Ace	Carly Markham	aced Suli Davis	+0.8
22	8-14	UNC	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
23	8-15	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
24	8-16	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.4
25	9-16	SMU	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.2
26	9-17	UNC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
27	9-18	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
28	10-18	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.1
29	10-19	UNC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+0.1
30	11-19	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Gabi Placide		·
31	11-20	UNC	SMU	Kill	Hannah Beauford	set Victoria Harris	+0.1
32	12-20	SMU	UNC	Kill	Addison West	set Sienna Cozza	·
33	12-21	UNC	SMU	Serve err	Julia Bohlinger		+0.1
34	13-21	SMU	UNC	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Jackie Taylor, Laynie Smith	·
35	13-22	UNC	SMU	Serve err	Zoe Behrendt		·
36	13-23	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Chelsea Thorpe	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Jadyn Livings	·
37	14-23	SMU	UNC	Bad set	Hannah Beauford		·
38	14-24	UNC	SMU	Attack err	Chelsea Thorpe		·
39	15-24	SMU	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	·
40	15-25	UNC	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	·
Set 2
1	1-0	UNC	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Julia Bohlinger	+1.8
2	1-1	UNC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Victoria Harris	+1.1
3	1-2	SMU	SMU	Ace	Elle Vandeweghe	aced Carly Markham	+1.7
4	2-2	SMU	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.1
5	2-3	UNC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Favor Anyanwu	+1.1
6	3-3	SMU	UNC	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.1
7	3-4	UNC	SMU×4	Serve err	Sienna Cozza		+1.1
8	3-5	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Victoria Harris	+1.7
9	3-6	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+1.5
10	3-7	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+1.3
11	4-7	SMU	UNC	Blocked	Jadyn Livings	blk Meghan Clifford, Laynie Smith	+0.7
12	4-8	UNC	SMU×3	Attack err	Addison West		+0.8
13	4-9	SMU	SMU×3	Blocked	Laynie Smith	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Jadyn Livings	+1.1
14	4-10	SMU	SMU×3	Attack err	Meghan Clifford		+0.8
15	5-10	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Victoria Harris		+0.4
16	5-11	UNC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
17	6-11	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Hannah Beauford		+0.4
18	7-11	UNC	UNC	Attack err	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.9
19	7-12	UNC	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
20	8-12	SMU	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.6
21	8-13	UNC	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
22	9-13	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.6
23	9-14	UNC	SMU	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+0.7
24	10-14	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Gabi Placide		+0.5
25	10-15	UNC	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.7
26	10-16	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
27	10-17	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
28	11-17	SMU	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Sienna Cozza	+0.2
29	11-18	UNC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.3
30	11-19	SMU	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.2
31	12-19	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Victoria Harris		+0.1
32	12-20	UNC	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
33	12-21	SMU	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.1
34	13-21	SMU	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Emily Bobbitt	·
35	13-22	UNC	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	·
36	14-22	SMU	UNC	Attack err	Suli Davis		·
37	14-23	UNC	SMU	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	·
38	14-24	SMU	SMU	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
39	15-24	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		·
40	15-25	UNC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	·
Set 3
1	0-1	SMU	SMU	Blocked	Laynie Smith	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Suli Davis	+0.9
2	1-1	SMU	UNC	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Emily Bobbitt	+0.6
3	1-2	UNC	SMU	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
4	2-2	SMU	UNC×3	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Bridget Malone, Jackie Taylor	+0.6
5	3-2	UNC	UNC×3	Kill	Chelsea Thorpe	set Zoe Behrendt	+1.0
6	4-2	UNC	UNC×3	Ace	Zoe Behrendt	aced Levariya Pinder	+1.1
7	4-3	UNC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
8	5-3	SMU	UNC	Attack err	Suli Davis		+0.7
9	5-4	UNC	SMU	Attack err	Jackie Taylor		+0.6
10	6-4	SMU	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Julia Bohlinger	+0.7
11	6-5	UNC	SMU×4	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+0.6
12	6-6	SMU	SMU×4	Attack err	Meghan Clifford		+1.1
13	6-7	SMU	SMU×4	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Elle Vandeweghe, Hannah Beauford	+1.0
14	6-8	SMU	SMU×4	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Victoria Harris	+1.0
15	7-8	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Victoria Harris		+0.6
16	7-9	UNC	SMU	Kill	Jadyn Livings	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
17	7-10	SMU	SMU	Attack err	Meghan Clifford		+0.9
18	8-10	SMU	UNC	Serve err	Hannah Beauford		+0.5
19	8-11	UNC	SMU×3	Kill	Elle Vandeweghe	set Hannah Beauford	+0.5
20	8-12	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Suli Davis		+0.7
21	8-13	SMU	SMU×3	Kill	Gabi Placide	set Hannah Beauford	+0.6
22	9-13	SMU	UNC	Blocked	Gabi Placide	blk Meghan Clifford, Bridget Malone	+0.3
23	9-14	UNC	SMU	Serve err	Julia Bohlinger		+0.4
24	9-15	SMU	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.4
25	10-15	SMU	UNC×5	Serve err	Elle Vandeweghe		+0.2
26	11-15	UNC	UNC×5	Ace	Zoe Behrendt	aced Suli Davis	+0.4
27	12-15	UNC	UNC×5	Blocked	Favor Anyanwu	blk Bridget Malone, Jackie Taylor	+0.6
28	13-15	UNC	UNC×5	Blocked	Suli Davis	blk Jackie Taylor, Chelsea Thorpe	+0.9
29	14-15	UNC	UNC×5	Kill	Bridget Malone	set Safi Hampton	+1.1
30	14-16	UNC	SMU	Kill	Favor Anyanwu	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
31	15-16	SMU	UNC	Kill	Safi Hampton	set Zoe Behrendt	+0.8
32	15-17	UNC	SMU×9	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
33	15-18	SMU	SMU×9	Attack err	Safi Hampton		+1.1
34	15-19	SMU	SMU×9	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	+0.8
35	15-20	SMU	SMU×9	Ace	Suli Davis	aced Carly Markham	+0.5
36	15-21	SMU	SMU×9	Blocked	Jackie Taylor	blk Favor Anyanwu	+0.3
37	15-22	SMU	SMU×9	Blocked	Safi Hampton	blk Favor Anyanwu, Hannah Beauford	+0.1
38	15-23	SMU	SMU×9	Bad set	Zoe Behrendt		·
39	15-24	SMU	SMU×9	Kill	Suli Davis	set Hannah Beauford	·
40	15-25	SMU	SMU×9	Blocked	Chelsea Thorpe	blk Favor Anyanwu, Jadyn Livings	·

Score shown after each rally, North Carolina 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. North Carolina 3–0

No doubt about it: No. 5 SMU over North Carolina.