Volleyball Falls To UNCG On Saturday - Mercer University Athletics

Saturday, November 14

Macon, Ga.

2 p.m.

Mercer University

17-13,11-7SoCon

UNC Greensboro

20-9,13-5SoCon

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
UNC Greensboro	27	19	25	25	3
Mercer	25	25	22	23	1

11/14/2026 4:42:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Ben Kinealy, Kinealy_ben@mercer.edu

MACON, Ga. – Mercer Volleyball drops their final regular season match against the UNC Greensboro Spartans on Saturday.

The Bears went toe-to-toe with the Spartans throughout the four sets, recording more kills and having less attack errors throughout the match, but service errors came back to haunt the Bears, as they had nine to the Spartans one.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 1, UNCG 3 (25-27, 25-19, 22-25, 23-25)
RECORDS	Mercer 17-13, 11-7 SoCon; UNCG 20-9, 13-5 SoCon
ARENA	Hawkins Arena

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 25-27	Mercer held the early advantage through most of the first set until the Spartans used six straight points and another three-point run to take a 15-8 lead. The Bears responded by taking three straight and later took another three in a row to keep the set within two points, but UNCG maintained the advantage. It wasn't until the Spartans had a 24-22 lead over the Bears that Mercer took three straight to regain the lead, but UNCG took the next three to win the first set 27-25.
SET 2 I 25-19	Similar to the first set, the Bears had an early lead before UNCG took another six straight points to go up 10-6. Mercer responded with three straight points and eventually used another three-point run to go up 15-14. The Bears dropped the next two before rallying off six straight to take a 21-16 lead and eventually closed out the second set with a three-point run to win 25-19.
SET 3 I 22-25	The Bears and Spartans traded off point streaks in the beginning of the third set with Mercer taking siix of seven to take a 14-9 lead. The Bears lead didn't last long as UNCG took 10 of the next 11 points, including an eight-point run that featured four kills from Allie Sweet. The Bears attempted to fight back into it, bringing the match to within one, but Allie Sweet secured the final two points with two kills to win the third set 25-22.
SET 4 \| 23-25	The two sides couldn't hold momentum for long in the third set as the two teams were tied at nine before Mercer took five of the next six points. The Spartans responded by taking five straight to go up 15-14 as the two teams traded points until the score was 19-18 in the Bears favor. The Spartans proceeded to take five of the next six to go up 23-20, and despite the Bears bring the set to within one, UNCG closed out the fifth set to win 25-23.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Lara Matta (24), Taylor Timko (19), Joselynn Sanjurjo (11)
ASSISTS	Sammi Bergjans (53), Aubri Martin (5), Emily Matias-Lopez (2)
DIGS	Aubri Martin (22), (Lara Matta (11), Emily Matias-Lopez (8)
BLOCKS	Avery Wilks (8), Taylor Timko (3), Joselynn Sanjurjo (2)
SERVICE ACES	Aubri Martin (5), Sarah Frager (1), Sammi Bergjans (1)

UP NEXT
The Bears will travel to the SoCon Championship next week as the #4 seed. Their first match will take place on Friday, Nov. 20, at 1:30 p.m. against #5 Samford.