No. 5 SMU Sweeps Syracuse In First ACC Road Contest

Friday, October 2

Syracuse, NY

5pm CT

SMU

11-2,3-0ACC

Syracuse

5-7,0-3ACC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
SMU	25	25	25	3
Syracuse	18	19	16	0

No. 5 SMU Sweeps Syracuse In First ACC Road Contest

Oct 2 | Volleyball

Box Score

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (SMU) – The No. 5 SMU volleyball team (11-2, 3-0 ACC) swept Syracuse (5-7, 0-3 ACC) in its first conference road match of the season with set scores of 25-18, 25-19 and 25-16 Friday night.

The Mustangs held the Orange to a .000 hitting percentage, the lowest opponent clip SMU has allowed this season. On their end of the net, SMU hit .341, marking the fourth straight match the Mustangs have hit over .300.

Reigning ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week, Suli Davis, led the way for SMU with her sixth double-double of the season, logging 12 kills and 10 digs against the Orange. She also tied a career-high with three aces on Friday night.

Junior Jadyn Livings got her first start of the season against Syracuse and went for eight kills on an efficient .429 hitting percentage.

Last week's ACC Setter of the Week, Hannah Beauford, sent out 30 assists along with four blocks in the match.

SMU outblocked Syracuse 12-3, led by middle blocker Natalia Newsome, who tied a career-high with eight blocks, including two solo rejections.

MATCH NOTES:

The Mustangs have won their last 12 ACC matches, the longest active streak in the conference.

Under Coach Erger, SMU is 45-13 in true away matches and 18-3 in ACC road contests.

Mustangs improved to a perfect 6-0 against the Orange all-time.

The last time SMU held an opponent to .000 or lower was on Nov. 23, 2025, also against Syracuse, holding the Orange to a –0.037 clip at Moody Coliseum that Sunday.

SMU improved to 53-0 when hitting .300 or better under Coach Erger.

Seven players had at least one kill in the first set against Syracuse on Friday, and 10 Mustangs contributed points by the end of the match against the Orange.

SMU LEADERS:
SMU Kills Leader: Suli Davis (12)
SMU Assists Leader: Hannah Beauford (30)
SMU Digs Leader: Suli Davis (10)
SMU Blocks Leader: Natalia Newsome (8)
SMU Ace Leader: Suli Davis (3)
SMU Points Leader: Suli Davis (15.5)

NEXT UP:
SMU will stay on the road to face Boston College on Sunday at 12 p.m. CT. The match will be streamed on ACCNX.