FinalTue, Sep 15, 2026

AwaySWAC

0:3

HomeSOCON

Mercer def. Florida A&M 3–0

(25-12, 25-21, 25-23)

Set	1	2	3	Sets
FL A&M	12	21	23	0
MERCER	25	25	25	3

RallyIQ model

Win probability

MERCER above 50 · FL A&M below

Biggest swing: 2.6% to Mercer — set 3, FL A&M 23-25 MERCER. Kill by Brooklyn Palmer (set by Sammi Bergjans). MERCER win probability 97% → 100%.

Before first serve

Pre-match

FL A&M 26.2%73.8% MERCER

Florida A&M wins

3-0

4.7%

3-1

9.0%

3-2

12.4%

Mercer wins

3-0

26.1%

3-1

28.3%

3-2

19.5%

FL A&M break %: 43.3% vs this opp
MERCER break %: 48.3% 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 % 42.7%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Largest win-probability swings

Top plays

01
Brooklyn PalmerKill+2.6%
Kill by Brooklyn Palmer (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 3 · FL A&M 23-25 MERCER · MERCER 97% → 100%
02
Lara MattaKill+2.5%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · FL A&M 19-21 MERCER · MERCER 87% → 90%
03
Taylor TimkoKill+2.5%
Kill by Taylor Timko (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 3 · FL A&M 22-24 MERCER · MERCER 96% → 99%
04
LaDonna TranthamAttack error+2.5%
Attack error by LaDonna Trantham
Set 2 · FL A&M 19-22 MERCER · MERCER 90% → 92%
05
Brooklyn PalmerKill+2.4%
Kill by Brooklyn Palmer (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · FL A&M 15-16 MERCER · MERCER 84% → 87%
06
LaDonna TranthamAttack error+2.4%
LaDonna Trantham stuffed by Brooklyn Palmer & Avery Wilks
Set 2 · FL A&M 15-15 MERCER · MERCER 82% → 84%
07
LaDonna TranthamKill+2.4%
Kill by LaDonna Trantham (set by Makenzie Taylor)
Set 2 · FL A&M 14-12 MERCER · FL A&M 18% → 20%
08
Taylor TimkoKill+2.3%
Kill by Taylor Timko (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · FL A&M 18-20 MERCER · MERCER 87% → 90%

Official NCAA box

Box score

Florida A&Maway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
4LaDonna TranthamOH	3	5	9	31	-.129	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	7
7Sydney WhitfieldOH	3	6	1	11	.455	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6
16Tamia ColemanOH	3	5	3	11	.182	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
23Farah FarooqMB	3	3	0	7	.429	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	5
8Iyonnie SanfordOH	3	1	2	11	-.091	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	2
6Makenzie TaylorS	3	2	0	2	1.000	13	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2
5Victoria SantanaL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	1
2Kelly KelsickL/DS	3	0	1	1	-1.000	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
3Sydney HumesL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0
11Brandi BostonMB	2	2	4	7	-.286	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
10Simone RobinsonS	2	1	0	1	1.000	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Bengisu KazazlarS	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9Natalie JohnsonMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		25	20	84	.060	24	4	3	26	8	1	4	3	56

Mercerhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
20Lara MattaOH	3	13	6	30	.233	0	1	1	9	1	0	0	0	14
7Avery WilksMB	3	9	1	20	.400	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	2.5	11.5
15Brooklyn PalmerOH	3	9	3	15	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10
8Sammi BergjansS	3	2	0	2	1.000	37	2	4	5	0	0	0	0	4
3Joselynn SanjurjoMB	3	3	2	8	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
21Sarah FragerL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	6	2	0	0	0	2
19Taylor TimkoOH	3	7	4	13	.231	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
9Aubri MartinL/DS	3	1	0	3	.333	2	3	2	7	1	0	0	0	4
6Brooke KaouiL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		44	16	91	.308	41	8	10	32	4	1	6	4	75

Starters listed first. BLK = BS + ½ BA. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Point differential by rally

Momentum

Longest run 4 FL A&M · MERCER 7

Set 1

12-25

Longest run 3 FL A&MMERCER 7

Set 2

21-25

Longest run 4 FL A&MMERCER 6

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 3 FL A&MMERCER 3

Bars above the line = Mercer leads, below = Florida A&M leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Rotations

Florida A&M

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	50%8/16	50%7/14
2	40%6/15	38%5/13
3	83%5/6	25%2/8
4	71%5/7	44%4/9
5	56%5/9	38%3/8
6	25%5/20	17%1/6
All	47%34/73	38%22/58

Mercer

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	57%8/14	57%8/14
2	58%7/12	61%11/18
3	86%6/7	50%6/12
4	63%5/8	29%2/7
5	63%5/8	29%2/7
6	56%5/9	67%10/15
All	62%36/58	53%39/73

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.

131 rallies

Rally log

#	FL A&M-MERCER	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	FL A&M	FL A&M	Ace	FL A&M server	aced Sarah Frager	+2.0
2	2-0	FL A&M	FL A&M	Ace	FL A&M server	aced Sarah Frager	+2.1
3	2-1	FL A&M	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
4	2-2	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Tamia Coleman		+2.0
5	2-3	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Tamia Coleman		+1.9
6	2-4	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	MERCER server	aced LaDonna Trantham	+1.8
7	3-4	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+1.5
8	3-5	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
9	3-6	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
10	3-7	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
11	4-7	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.2
12	4-8	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
13	5-8	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+1.2
14	6-8	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Taylor Timko	blk Farah Farooq, Iyonnie Sanford	+1.7
15	7-8	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+2.0
16	7-9	FL A&M	MERCER	Serve err	FL A&M server		+1.7
17	8-9	MERCER	FL A&M	Attack err	Taylor Timko		+1.8
18	8-10	FL A&M	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
19	8-11	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	MERCER server	aced Victoria Santana	+1.9
20	8-12	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+1.7
21	8-13	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+1.4
22	9-13	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.0
23	9-14	FL A&M	MERCER×7	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
24	9-15	MERCER	MERCER×7	Ace	MERCER server	aced Victoria Santana	+1.1
25	9-16	MERCER	MERCER×7	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.8
26	9-17	MERCER	MERCER×7	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.5
27	9-18	MERCER	MERCER×7	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.3
28	9-19	MERCER	MERCER×7	Attack err	Tamia Coleman	blk Avery Wilks	+0.2
29	9-20	MERCER	MERCER×7	Attack err	Iyonnie Sanford		+0.1
30	10-20	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+0.0
31	10-21	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.1
32	10-22	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.0
33	10-23	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.0
34	11-23	MERCER	FL A&M	Attack err	Lara Matta		+0.0
35	12-23	FL A&M	FL A&M	Bad set	Sammi Bergjans		+0.0
36	12-24	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sarah Frager	+0.0
37	12-25	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	MERCER server	aced Team	+0.0
Set 2
1	1-0	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.4
2	2-0	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.7
3	3-0	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.7
4	3-1	FL A&M	MERCER	Serve err	FL A&M server		+1.3
5	4-1	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.5
6	5-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Taylor Timko	blk Brandi Boston	+1.8
7	6-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+1.7
8	6-2	FL A&M	MERCER	Attack err	Brandi Boston	blk Taylor Timko, Avery Wilks	+1.2
9	7-2	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.5
10	8-2	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+1.6
11	8-3	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
12	8-4	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
13	9-4	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+1.5
14	9-5	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
15	9-6	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	MERCER server	aced Sydney Humes	+1.7
16	10-6	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.7
17	10-7	FL A&M	MERCER×6	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.4
18	10-8	MERCER	MERCER×6	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+1.8
19	10-9	MERCER	MERCER×6	Ace	MERCER server	aced Kelly Kelsick	+1.9
20	10-10	MERCER	MERCER×6	Attack err	Kelly Kelsick		+2.0
21	10-11	MERCER	MERCER×6	Attack err	Iyonnie Sanford		+1.9
22	10-12	MERCER	MERCER×6	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Aubri Martin	+1.8
23	11-12	MERCER	FL A&M×4	Serve err	MERCER server		+1.5
24	12-12	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.1
25	13-12	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Ace	FL A&M server	aced Aubri Martin	+2.3
26	14-12	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.4
27	14-13	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.9
28	15-13	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+2.2
29	15-14	FL A&M	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.9
30	15-15	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham	blk Brooklyn Palmer, Avery Wilks	+2.4
31	15-16	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.4
32	15-17	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
33	16-17	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Makenzie Taylor	set LaDonna Trantham	+1.9
34	16-18	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
35	17-18	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.0
36	17-19	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.2
37	18-19	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.1
38	18-20	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
39	19-20	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.2
40	19-21	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.5
41	19-22	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+2.5
42	19-23	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	MERCER server	aced LaDonna Trantham	+1.6
43	20-23	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Farah Farooq	+0.7
44	20-24	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
45	21-24	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+0.4
46	21-25	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
Set 3
1	0-1	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.7
2	0-2	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	MERCER server	aced Sydney Humes	+0.8
3	1-2	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Kelly Kelsick	+0.6
4	2-2	FL A&M	FL A&M	Ace	FL A&M server	aced Lara Matta	+0.8
5	2-3	FL A&M	MERCER	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham	blk Avery Wilks, Brooklyn Palmer	+0.7
6	3-3	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+0.7
7	3-4	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.7
8	3-5	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.8
9	4-5	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.7
10	4-6	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.7
11	5-6	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.7
12	6-6	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Taylor Timko	blk Farah Farooq, Iyonnie Sanford	+0.9
13	7-6	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.0
14	7-7	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
15	8-7	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.9
16	9-7	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Simone Robinson	+1.1
17	9-8	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Serve err	FL A&M server		+0.9
18	9-9	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks		+1.0
19	9-10	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Brandi Boston		+1.0
20	10-10	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Simone Robinson	+0.9
21	11-10	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Simone Robinson	+1.2
22	12-10	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.2
23	12-11	FL A&M	MERCER	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.9
24	13-11	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Simone Robinson	+1.1
25	13-12	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Attack err	Brandi Boston		+1.0
26	13-13	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Brandi Boston		+1.2
27	13-14	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Aubri Martin	set Simone Robinson	+1.2
28	14-14	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Simone Robinson	set Sydney Humes	+1.1
29	14-15	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.1
30	15-15	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+1.1
31	16-15	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+1.5
32	16-16	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
33	16-17	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		+1.4
34	17-17	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+1.2
35	18-17	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Sydney Humes	+1.7
36	18-18	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Brooke Kaoui	+1.3
37	19-18	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Makenzie Taylor	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.5
38	19-19	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.4
39	20-19	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Sydney Humes	+1.7
40	20-20	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
41	20-21	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
42	20-22	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+1.8
43	21-22	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	MERCER server		+1.3
44	22-22	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.3
45	22-23	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
46	22-24	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.5
47	23-24	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.3
48	23-25	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.6

Score shown after each rally, Florida A&M first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them. “Feed gap” rows fill points the NCAA play-by-play never logged.