Volleyball Falls in Midweek Match to Samford

Tuesday, October 6

Birmingham, Ala.

7:30 p.m.

Mercer University

9-8,3-2SoCon

Samford

7-8,4-1SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Mercer	25	15	23	15	1
Samford	20	25	25	25	3

Lara and Joselynn Block, @ Samford Recap

10/6/2026 10:04:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Ben Kinealy, Kinealy_ben@mercer.edu

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mercer Volleyball dropped their midweek match to the Samford Bulldogs in four sets on Tuesday

The Bears came out hot in the first set, taking the lead early and not letting it go for the remainder of the first set. However, they couldn't keep ahold of the momentum as the Bulldogs rallied back to take the next three sets to win the match 3-1.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 1, Samford 3 (25-20, 15-25, 23-25, 15-25)
RECORDS	Mercer 9-8, 3-2 SoCon; Samford 7-8, 4-1 SoCon
ARENA	Pete Hanna Center

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 25-20	Both teams exchanged the first four points to tie the match at two, and then the Bears didn't let go of the lead for the rest of the match. Mercer climbed ahead to 10-4 quickly and maintained a solid gap, as the Bulldogs couldn't bring the match to within three despite two late three-point runs, as Mercer took the first set 25-20.
SET 2 I 15-25	Samford took the momentum early in the second set, going out on a seven-point rally to go up 10-2 early. Both teams exchanged points and the Bears eventually went on a three-point rally, but it was not enough, as Mercer dropped the second set 25-15.
SET 3 I 23-25	The third set looked to be a repeat of the second set as Samford went up 12-6 over the Bears before Mercer went on a five-point run to bring the set to within one. Samford attempted to reestablish their lead, but Mercer rallied off three straight points to go up 16-15. The Bulldogs later reestablished their lead with another three-point run and were up 23-20 before Mercer rallied off three straight points to tie the set, but Samford earned the final two points to win the set 25-23.
SET 4 \| 15-25	Samford continued to hold the momentum in the fourth set, going up 14-7 at the midway point in the fourth set. Despite Mercer's best efforts, they couldn't close the gap, as the Bulldogs took three of the final four points of the set to win the match 3-1.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Joselynn Sanjurjo (13), Taylor Timko (12), Lara Matta (12)
ASSISTS	Sammi Bergjans (42), Aubri Martin (6), Brooke Kaoui (1)
DIGS	Aubri Martin (22), Sarah Frager (17), Sammi Bergjansr (7)
BLOCKS	Joselynn Sanjurjo (1), Jasmine Calton (1), Lara Matta (1)
SERVICE ACES	Sammi Bergjans (1), Brooklyn Palmer (1), Sarah Frager (1)

UP NEXT
The Bears will return home this weekend to host Tennessee Tech in their Pink Game on Friday, October 9, and their Alumni Game on Saturday, October 10.