Georgia State vs Mercer Volleyball: Mercer Wins 3-0 (Sep 18)

FinalFri, Sep 18, 2026

0:3

Mercer beat visiting Georgia St. 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-20) on Fri, Sep 18, 2026. Mercer's Lara Matta led with 12 kills, and Aubri Martin added 11 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 18

Set	1	2	3	Sets
GA ST	24	15	20	0
MERCER	26	25	25	3

Win probability

Mercer above 50 · Georgia St. below

Biggest swing: 10.2% to Mercer — set 1, GA ST 24-26 MERCER. Kill by Taylor Timko (set by Sammi Bergjans). MERCER win probability 44% → 55%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

GA ST 65.9%34.1% MERCER

Georgia St. wins

3-0

20.6%

3-1

25.3%

3-2

20.0%

Mercer wins

3-0

6.9%

3-1

12.2%

3-2

15.0%

GA ST break %: 46.0% vs this opp
MERCER break %: 42.9% 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
Taylor TimkoKill+10.2%
Kill by Taylor Timko (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 1 · GA ST 24-26 MERCER · MERCER 44% → 55%
02
Akira BurtAttack error+9.5%
Attack error by Akira Burt
Set 1 · GA ST 24-25 MERCER · MERCER 35% → 44%
03
Akira BurtKill+7.1%
Kill by Akira Burt (set by Sigrun Jonsdottir)
Set 1 · GA ST 24-23 MERCER · GA ST 65% → 72%
04
Julie AriasAttack error+7.1%
Attack error by Julie Arias
Set 1 · GA ST 24-24 MERCER · MERCER 28% → 35%
05
Avery WilksAttack error+7.0%
Attack error by Avery Wilks
Set 1 · GA ST 23-22 MERCER · GA ST 64% → 71%
06
Lara MattaKill+5.5%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Aubri Martin)
Set 1 · GA ST 23-23 MERCER · MERCER 29% → 35%
07
Joselynn Sanjurjo&Sammi BergjansBlock+5.5%
Sophia Johnson stuffed by Joselynn Sanjurjo & Sammi Bergjans
Set 1 · GA ST 20-21 MERCER · MERCER 35% → 40%
08
Lara MattaKill+5.0%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 1 · GA ST 21-22 MERCER · MERCER 36% → 41%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Georgia St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
14Akira BurtMB	3	10	4	27	.222	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	10
11Sophia JohnsonOH	3	7	4	26	.115	0	0	0	6	0	1	0.5	7.5
17Mina OlgarMB	3	4	1	10	.300	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	7
15Jayden EakerOPP	3	2	1	7	.143	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	2.5
2Dariana ValenciaS	3	0	0	4	.000	15	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
3Leilani-Kai GiustaOH	2	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
10Annelore EngelsS	3	2	0	2	1.000	9	0	0	1	0	2	1	3
8Sigrun JonsdottirL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	1	9	1	0	0	0
9Jayden FitzgeraldOH	2	5	1	10	.400	0	1	0	6	4	0	0	6
12Julie AriasOH	2	1	2	6	-.167	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	1
13Manuela Altieri LievOPP	1	0	1	1	-1.000	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20Isabel MoralesL/DS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team totals		31	15	94	.170	30	3	5	36	10	6	3	59

Mercerhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
20Lara MattaOH	3	12	4	30	.267	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	12
7Avery WilksMB	3	10	6	23	.174	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	12
3Joselynn SanjurjoMB	3	8	3	16	.313	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	9.5
15Brooklyn PalmerOH	3	7	1	16	.375	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	9
8Sammi BergjansS	3	1	0	4	.250	32	1	1	5	0	2	1	3
21Sarah FragerL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	3	7	0	0	0	1
19Taylor TimkoOH	3	7	3	18	.222	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.5	7.5
9Aubri MartinL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	4	4	0	11	0	0	0	4
11Emily MatiasOH	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Team totals		45	17	109	.257	38	10	7	37	3	6	3	76

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 GA ST · MERCER 5

Set 1

24-26

Longest run 4 GA STMERCER 3

Set 2

15-25

Longest run 3 GA STMERCER 4

Set 3

20-25

Longest run 6 GA STMERCER 5

Bars above the line = Mercer leads, below = Georgia St. leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Georgia St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	35%7/20	50%6/12
2	64%7/11	30%3/10
3	50%6/12	36%4/11
4	55%6/11	45%5/11
5	75%6/8	33%3/9
6	33%4/12	25%2/8
All	49%36/74	38%23/61

Mercer

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	64%9/14
2	78%7/9	53%8/15
3	64%7/11	36%4/11
4	46%6/13	50%6/12
5	86%6/7	40%4/10
6	63%5/8	58%7/12
All	62%38/61	51%38/74

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

135 rallies

#	GA ST-MERCER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Sigrun Jonsdottir	+2.1
2	2-0	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Eaker	set Dariana Valencia	+2.1
3	2-1	GA ST	MERCER	Attack err	Akira Burt		+1.6
4	3-1	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Dariana Valencia	+1.7
5	3-2	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
6	4-2	MERCER	GA ST	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+1.7
7	4-3	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
8	5-3	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+1.7
9	5-4	GA ST	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
10	5-5	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Manuela Altieri Liev		+2.4
11	5-6	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Mercer	aced Manuela Altieri Liev	+2.5
12	6-6	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Annelore Engels	set Manuela Altieri Liev	+2.0
13	7-6	GA ST	GA ST	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Mina Olgar, Annelore Engels	+2.5
14	7-7	GA ST	MERCER×3	Attack err	Sophia Johnson		+2.0
15	7-8	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Mercer	aced Manuela Altieri Liev	+2.7
16	7-9	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.8
17	8-9	MERCER	GA ST	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+2.1
18	9-9	GA ST	GA ST	Ace	Georgia St.	aced Taylor Timko	+2.7
19	9-10	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
20	9-11	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+3.0
21	10-11	MERCER	GA ST×4	Serve err	Mercer		+2.2
22	11-11	GA ST	GA ST×4	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.9
23	12-11	GA ST	GA ST×4	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+2.9
24	13-11	GA ST	GA ST×4	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.8
25	13-12	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.2
26	14-12	MERCER	GA ST	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+2.3
27	14-13	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
28	15-13	MERCER	GA ST×3	Serve err	Mercer		+2.4
29	16-13	GA ST	GA ST×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.7
30	17-13	GA ST	GA ST×3	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Dariana Valencia	+2.3
31	17-14	GA ST	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
32	17-15	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.5
33	17-16	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.1
34	18-16	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Julie Arias	set Akira Burt	+2.8
35	18-17	GA ST	MERCER	Attack err	Julie Arias		+2.6
36	18-18	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Annelore Engels	+4.0
37	19-18	MERCER	GA ST	Serve err	Mercer		+3.4
38	19-19	GA ST	MERCER	Serve err	Georgia St.		+3.5
39	20-19	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Annelore Engels	+3.7
40	20-20	GA ST	MERCER	Serve err	Georgia St.		+3.8
41	20-21	MERCER	MERCER	Blocked	Sophia Johnson	blk Joselynn Sanjurjo, Sammi Bergjans	+5.5
42	21-21	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Annelore Engels	+4.2
43	21-22	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+5.0
44	22-22	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+4.8
45	23-22	GA ST	GA ST	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+7.0
46	23-23	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+5.5
47	24-23	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Sigrun Jonsdottir	+7.1
48	24-24	GA ST	MERCER×3	Attack err	Julie Arias		+7.1
49	24-25	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Akira Burt		+9.5
50	24-26	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+10.2
Set 2
1	0-1	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.7
2	0-2	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sigrun Jonsdottir	+2.8
3	0-3	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Mercer	aced Leilani-Kai Giusta	+2.8
4	1-3	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Dariana Valencia	+2.1
5	1-4	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
6	1-5	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Lara Matta	+2.8
7	2-5	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+2.0
8	2-6	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
9	3-6	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Fitzgerald	set Mina Olgar	+2.0
10	3-7	GA ST	MERCER	Serve err	Georgia St.		+2.4
11	4-7	MERCER	GA ST×3	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Annelore Engels	+2.1
12	5-7	GA ST	GA ST×3	Ace	Georgia St.	aced Taylor Timko	+2.8
13	6-7	GA ST	GA ST×3	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+3.0
14	6-8	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.6
15	7-8	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Annelore Engels	+2.5
16	7-9	GA ST	MERCER×4	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.7
17	7-10	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Mercer	aced Sigrun Jonsdottir	+3.4
18	7-11	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Leilani-Kai Giusta		+3.2
19	7-12	MERCER	MERCER×4	Blocked	Akira Burt	blk Taylor Timko, Joselynn Sanjurjo	+2.9
20	8-12	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Annelore Engels	+1.9
21	9-12	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Sigrun Jonsdottir	+2.8
22	9-13	GA ST	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.7
23	9-14	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Dariana Valencia	+3.0
24	9-15	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta		+2.5
25	9-16	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
26	10-16	MERCER	GA ST	Serve err	Mercer		+1.1
27	11-16	GA ST	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Fitzgerald	set Dariana Valencia	+1.8
28	11-17	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
29	12-17	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Fitzgerald	set Dariana Valencia	+1.3
30	12-18	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.9
31	12-19	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
32	13-19	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Dariana Valencia	+0.8
33	13-20	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
34	13-21	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Mina Olgar		+0.9
35	14-21	MERCER	GA ST	Serve err	Mercer		+0.3
36	14-22	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
37	15-22	MERCER	GA ST	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.2
38	15-23	GA ST	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Aubri Martin	+0.4
39	15-24	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Joselynn Sanjurjo	+0.2
40	15-25	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Aubri Martin	·
Set 3
1	0-1	GA ST	MERCER×5	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
2	0-2	MERCER	MERCER×5	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
3	0-3	MERCER	MERCER×5	Ace	Mercer	aced Jayden Fitzgerald	+2.3
4	0-4	MERCER	MERCER×5	Ace	Mercer	aced Jayden Fitzgerald	+2.2
5	0-5	MERCER	MERCER×5	Ace	Mercer	aced Isabel Morales	+2.1
6	1-5	MERCER	GA ST	Blocked	Lara Matta	blk Jayden Eaker, Sophia Johnson	+1.5
7	1-6	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
8	2-6	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Fitzgerald	set Dariana Valencia	+1.5
9	3-6	GA ST	GA ST	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+2.1
10	3-7	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.9
11	3-8	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.2
12	4-8	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+1.5
13	4-9	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
14	4-10	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Mercer	aced Jayden Fitzgerald	+2.0
15	5-10	MERCER	GA ST	Serve err	Mercer		+1.3
16	5-11	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
17	6-11	MERCER	GA ST	Attack err	Taylor Timko		+1.3
18	6-12	GA ST	MERCER	Attack err	Akira Burt		+1.6
19	7-12	MERCER	GA ST	Serve err	Mercer		+1.3
20	7-13	GA ST	MERCER×4	Attack err	Jayden Eaker		+1.6
21	7-14	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
22	7-15	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Mercer	aced Julie Arias	+1.3
23	7-16	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Jayden Eaker		+0.9
24	8-16	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+0.4
25	9-16	GA ST	GA ST	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+0.8
26	9-17	GA ST	MERCER×4	Serve err	Georgia St.		+0.9
27	9-18	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Jayden Fitzgerald		+0.7
28	9-19	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.4
29	9-20	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Mercer	aced Jayden Fitzgerald	+0.2
30	10-20	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Jayden Eaker	set Dariana Valencia	+0.1
31	11-20	GA ST	GA ST	Bad set	Sammi Bergjans		+0.2
32	11-21	GA ST	MERCER	Serve err	Georgia St.		+0.2
33	12-21	MERCER	GA ST×6	Kill	Akira Burt	set Dariana Valencia	+0.1
34	13-21	GA ST	GA ST×6	Kill	Annelore Engels	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.2
35	14-21	GA ST	GA ST×6	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Mina Olgar, Annelore Engels	+0.3
36	15-21	GA ST	GA ST×6	Kill	Jayden Fitzgerald	set Annelore Engels	+0.5
37	16-21	GA ST	GA ST×6	Kill	Akira Burt	set Annelore Engels	+0.9
38	17-21	GA ST	GA ST×6	Kill	Sophia Johnson	set Annelore Engels	+1.4
39	17-22	GA ST	MERCER	Attack err	Sophia Johnson		+1.8
40	18-22	MERCER	GA ST	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.9
41	18-23	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Aubri Martin	+1.6
42	19-23	MERCER	GA ST	Kill	Mina Olgar	set Annelore Engels	+0.7
43	20-23	GA ST	GA ST	Ace	Georgia St.	aced Taylor Timko	+1.5
44	20-24	GA ST	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
45	20-25	MERCER	MERCER	Blocked	Sophia Johnson	blk Sammi Bergjans, Joselynn Sanjurjo	+1.0

Score shown after each rally, Georgia St. 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).

Mercer def. Georgia St. 3–0