Florida A&M vs Mercer Volleyball: Mercer Wins 3-0 (Sep 15)

FinalTue, Sep 15, 2026

AwaySWAC

FL A&MFlorida A&M

0:3

HomeSOCON

MERCERMercer

Mercer beat visiting Florida A&M 3-0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-23) on Tue, Sep 15, 2026. Mercer's Lara Matta led with 13 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 3:00 PM CT · final Sep 15

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

Win probability

Mercer above 50 · Florida A&M below

Biggest swing: 3.1% to Mercer — set 3, FL A&M 23-25 MERCER. Kill by Brooklyn Palmer (set by Sammi Bergjans). MERCER win probability 97% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

FL A&M 30.7%69.3% MERCER

Florida A&M wins

3-0

5.9%

3-1

10.8%

3-2

14.0%

Mercer wins

3-0

22.8%

3-1

26.6%

3-2

19.9%

FL A&M break %: 43.4% vs this opp
MERCER break %: 47.2% 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
Brooklyn PalmerKill+3.1%
Kill by Brooklyn Palmer (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 3 · FL A&M 23-25 MERCER · MERCER 97% → 100%
02
Taylor TimkoKill+2.9%
Kill by Taylor Timko (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 3 · FL A&M 22-24 MERCER · MERCER 95% → 98%
03
Lara MattaKill+2.8%
Kill by Lara Matta (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · FL A&M 19-21 MERCER · MERCER 85% → 88%
04
LaDonna TranthamAttack error+2.8%
Attack error by LaDonna Trantham
Set 2 · FL A&M 19-22 MERCER · MERCER 88% → 91%
05
Brooklyn PalmerKill+2.8%
Kill by Brooklyn Palmer (set by Sammi Bergjans)
Set 2 · FL A&M 15-16 MERCER · MERCER 81% → 84%
06
Brooklyn Palmer&Avery WilksBlock+2.7%
LaDonna Trantham stuffed by Brooklyn Palmer & Avery Wilks
Set 2 · FL A&M 15-15 MERCER · MERCER 79% → 81%
07
LaDonna TranthamKill+2.7%
Kill by LaDonna Trantham (set by Makenzie Taylor)
Set 2 · FL A&M 14-12 MERCER · FL A&M 21% → 23%
08
Lara MattaAttack error+2.7%
Attack error by Lara Matta
Set 3 · FL A&M 22-22 MERCER · FL A&M 4% → 7%

Box score

Official NCAA box

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 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 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+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

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.

Rally log

131 rallies

#	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	Florida A&M	aced Sarah Frager	+2.2
2	2-0	FL A&M	FL A&M	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Sarah Frager	+2.2
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		+2.1
5	2-3	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	Tamia Coleman		+2.1
6	2-4	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Mercer	aced LaDonna Trantham	+2.0
7	3-4	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+1.7
8	3-5	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
9	3-6	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.9
10	3-7	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.7
11	4-7	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.3
12	4-8	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.4
13	5-8	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+1.3
14	6-8	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Farah Farooq, Iyonnie Sanford	+1.9
15	7-8	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+2.2
16	7-9	FL A&M	MERCER	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.9
17	8-9	MERCER	FL A&M	Attack err	Taylor Timko		+1.9
18	8-10	FL A&M	MERCER×4	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.9
19	8-11	MERCER	MERCER×4	Ace	Mercer	aced Victoria Santana	+2.2
20	8-12	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Aubri Martin	+1.9
21	8-13	MERCER	MERCER×4	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+1.6
22	9-13	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.1
23	9-14	FL A&M	MERCER×7	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
24	9-15	MERCER	MERCER×7	Ace	Mercer	aced Victoria Santana	+1.3
25	9-16	MERCER	MERCER×7	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.9
26	9-17	MERCER	MERCER×7	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.6
27	9-18	MERCER	MERCER×7	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+0.4
28	9-19	MERCER	MERCER×7	Blocked	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		·
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	·
33	10-23	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	·
34	11-23	MERCER	FL A&M	Attack err	Lara Matta		·
35	12-23	FL A&M	FL A&M	Bad set	Sammi Bergjans		·
36	12-24	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sarah Frager	·
37	12-25	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Mercer		·
Set 2
1	1-0	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.5
2	2-0	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.9
3	3-0	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.9
4	3-1	FL A&M	MERCER	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.4
5	4-1	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.6
6	5-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Brandi Boston	+1.9
7	6-1	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Avery Wilks		+1.8
8	6-2	FL A&M	MERCER	Blocked	Brandi Boston	blk Taylor Timko, Avery Wilks	+1.3
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		+1.7
11	8-3	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
12	8-4	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
13	9-4	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+1.6
14	9-5	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Joselynn Sanjurjo	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
15	9-6	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Mercer	aced Sydney Humes	+1.8
16	10-6	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.8
17	10-7	FL A&M	MERCER×6	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.5
18	10-8	MERCER	MERCER×6	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+2.0
19	10-9	MERCER	MERCER×6	Ace	Mercer	aced Kelly Kelsick	+2.2
20	10-10	MERCER	MERCER×6	Attack err	Kelly Kelsick		+2.2
21	10-11	MERCER	MERCER×6	Attack err	Iyonnie Sanford		+2.2
22	10-12	MERCER	MERCER×6	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Aubri Martin	+2.1
23	11-12	MERCER	FL A&M×4	Serve err	Mercer		+1.7
24	12-12	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.3
25	13-12	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Aubri Martin	+2.6
26	14-12	FL A&M	FL A&M×4	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.7
27	14-13	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.0
28	15-13	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+2.3
29	15-14	FL A&M	MERCER×4	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.1
30	15-15	MERCER	MERCER×4	Blocked	LaDonna Trantham	blk Brooklyn Palmer, Avery Wilks	+2.7
31	15-16	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.8
32	15-17	MERCER	MERCER×4	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.6
33	16-17	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Makenzie Taylor	set LaDonna Trantham	+2.1
34	16-18	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
35	17-18	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.2
36	17-19	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.4
37	18-19	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.3
38	18-20	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.6
39	19-20	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Brandi Boston	set Makenzie Taylor	+2.4
40	19-21	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.8
41	19-22	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+2.8
42	19-23	MERCER	MERCER×3	Ace	Mercer	aced LaDonna Trantham	+1.9
43	20-23	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Farah Farooq	+0.8
44	20-24	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.4
45	21-24	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+0.5
46	21-25	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.0
Set 3
1	0-1	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
2	0-2	MERCER	MERCER	Ace	Mercer	aced Sydney Humes	+0.9
3	1-2	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Kelly Kelsick	+0.8
4	2-2	FL A&M	FL A&M	Ace	Florida A&M	aced Lara Matta	+1.0
5	2-3	FL A&M	MERCER	Blocked	LaDonna Trantham	blk Avery Wilks, Brooklyn Palmer	+0.8
6	3-3	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+0.9
7	3-4	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
8	3-5	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.0
9	4-5	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Tamia Coleman	set Makenzie Taylor	+0.8
10	4-6	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.8
11	5-6	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Joselynn Sanjurjo		+0.8
12	6-6	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Blocked	Taylor Timko	blk Farah Farooq, Iyonnie Sanford	+1.1
13	7-6	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.2
14	7-7	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+0.9
15	8-7	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Iyonnie Sanford	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.0
16	9-7	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Simone Robinson	+1.3
17	9-8	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Serve err	Florida A&M		+1.0
18	9-9	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks		+1.2
19	9-10	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Brandi Boston		+1.2
20	10-10	MERCER	FL A&M×3	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Simone Robinson	+1.0
21	11-10	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Simone Robinson	+1.4
22	12-10	FL A&M	FL A&M×3	Attack err	Lara Matta		+1.4
23	12-11	FL A&M	MERCER	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+1.1
24	13-11	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Farah Farooq	set Simone Robinson	+1.2
25	13-12	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Attack err	Brandi Boston		+1.1
26	13-13	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	Brandi Boston		+1.4
27	13-14	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Aubri Martin	set Simone Robinson	+1.4
28	14-14	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Simone Robinson	set Sydney Humes	+1.2
29	14-15	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.2
30	15-15	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+1.3
31	16-15	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Brooklyn Palmer		+1.7
32	16-16	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.3
33	16-17	MERCER	MERCER	Attack err	Sydney Whitfield		+1.7
34	17-17	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+1.4
35	18-17	FL A&M	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Sydney Humes	+1.9
36	18-18	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Sammi Bergjans	set Brooke Kaoui	+1.5
37	19-18	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Makenzie Taylor	set Makenzie Taylor	+1.7
38	19-19	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.6
39	20-19	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	Sydney Whitfield	set Sydney Humes	+1.9
40	20-20	FL A&M	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+1.8
41	20-21	MERCER	MERCER×3	Kill	Avery Wilks	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.3
42	20-22	MERCER	MERCER×3	Attack err	LaDonna Trantham		+2.2
43	21-22	MERCER	FL A&M	Serve err	Mercer		+1.5
44	22-22	FL A&M	FL A&M	Attack err	Lara Matta		+2.7
45	22-23	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Lara Matta	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.6
46	22-24	MERCER	MERCER	Kill	Taylor Timko	set Sammi Bergjans	+2.9
47	23-24	MERCER	FL A&M	Kill	LaDonna Trantham	set Bengisu Kazazlar	+1.5
48	23-25	FL A&M	MERCER	Kill	Brooklyn Palmer	set Sammi Bergjans	+3.1

Score shown after each rally, Florida A&M 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. Florida A&M 3–0