Volleyball Sweeps Chattanooga To Close Out Final Road Trip

Friday, November 6

Chattanooga, Tenn.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

16-12,10-6SoCon

Chattanooga

7-21,2-14SoCon

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Mercer	25	25	25	3
Chattanooga	16	18	23	0

Photo by: Ray Soldano

11/6/2026 8:30:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Ben Kinealy, Kinealy_ben@mercer.edu

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Mercer Volleyball used a .556 hitting percentage in the first set to take the momentum early and sweep the Chattanooga Mocs to finish their final regular season road trip.

Joselynn Sanjurjo and Lara Matta led the team offensively with each of them recording 14 kills. Sanjurjo registered a .500 hitting percentage while adding three blocks, three digs, and an assist. Matta had a .313 hitting percentage while adding six digs and two blocks. Sammi Bergjans had a phenomenal game, averaging 14 assists/set, finishing the three set match with 42 assists, nine digs, and four kills.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 3, Chattanooga 0 (25-16, 25-18, 25-23)
RECORDS	Mercer 16-12, 10-6 SoCon; Chattanooga 7-21, 2-14 SoCon
ARENA	Maclellan Gym (Chattanooga, Tenn.)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 25-16	The Bears used an early four-point run to jump out to a 5-2 lead and later took three straight points to go up 8-3. Both teams exchanged points until the Mocs cut the deficit to 14-11 before Mercer took full control of the first set, taking six of the next seven points to go up 20-12. Chattanooga attempted to fight back into the match, but the Bears took the final three points to win the first set 25-16.
SET 2 I 25-18	Mercer maintained the momentum early in the second set, jumping out to an early 6-2 lead. The two teams went back-and-forth, but the Bears took control again, going on a three-point run to extend their lead to 11-5, and using another three straight points later to take a 15-7 lead. The Mocs proceeded to take six of the next seven points to bring the set to within three, but Mercer maintained distance, extending their lead to 23-16, eventually closing the second set 25-18.
SET 3 I 25-23	Chattanooga attempted to turn the tide in the third set, taking an early 5-2 lead over the Bears, but Mercer slowly clawed back to tie the set at eight apiece before the teams exchanged points with neither team taking advantage until the set was tied at 16 apiece. The Bears took control with a four-point run to go up 20-16, but the Mocs responded with a three-point run to keep them in the match, but the Bears held their lead, eventually taking the match on a Taylor Timko kill.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Lara Matta (14), Joselynn Sanjurjo (14), Taylor Timko (7)
ASSISTS	Sammi Bergjans (42), Emily Matias-Lopez (1), Sarah Frager (1)
DIGS	Sammi Bergjans (9), Aubri Martin (8), Lara Matta (6)
BLOCKS	Joselynn Sanjurjo (3), Jasmine Calton (3), Avery Wilks (2), Lara Matta (2)
SERVICE ACES	Aubri Martin (2), Sammi Bergjans (1)

UP NEXT
Mercer returns home on Nov. 13 to face UNC Greensboro in the Bears' Yellow Game, a memorial game for Mercer scholar-athlete, Ali Waldon, who passed away from osteosarcoma in 2025.