Mercer Volleyball Dominates Florida A&M in Home Opener

Tuesday, September 15

Macon, Ga.

6 p.m.

Mercer University

5-4,0-0SoCon

Florida A&M

4-6,0-0SWAC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Florida A&M	12	21	23	0
Mercer	25	25	25	3

9/15/2026 9:00:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Ben Kinealy, kinealy_ben@mercer.edu

MACON, Ga. – Mercer Volleyball swept Florida A&M to win their second straight match in their home opener on Tuesday night.

The Bears took the momentum early in the first set, taking a 20-9 lead at one point, to take the first set. The Rattlers made it closer in the following sets, but Mercer shut the door to take home the win in their first home match of the season.

MATCH SUMMARY
FINAL SCORE	Mercer 3, Florida A&M 0 (25-12, 25-21, 25-23)
RECORDS	Mercer 5-4, 0-0 SoCon; Florida A&M 4-6, 0-0 SWAC
ARENA	Hawkins Arena (Macon, Ga.)

MATCH REPLAY
SET 1 I 25-12	The Bears dropped the first two points of the set and then took seven of the next eight. Florida A&M climbed back to within one, but Mercer proceeded to go on another run, taking 10 of 12 to go up 20-9. The Rattlers took three points late, but it wasn't nearly enough to come back from the deficit as Mercer took the first set 25-12.
SET 2 I 25-21	The Rattlers came out on a mission in the second set, taking an 8-2 lead on the Bears before Mercer took four of five points to make it three-point deficit. A five-point rally later in the set gave Mercer the lead and the teams later exchanged four-point runs to make it 17-15 Bears. Both teams continued to trade blows until a late three-point run headed by a Lara Matta kill and an Aubri Martin ace gave the Bears the advantage and eventually a 25-21 second set victory.
SET 3 I 25-23	The Bears held a slight advantage early in the third set, but the Rattlers went on a five of six point rally to take a 9-7 lead early. The Bears clawed their way back into the set as both teams failed to get the upper hand. Another late three-point run, this time led by Avery Wilks with two kills, gave Mercer the advantage and they took the third set 25-23 and the match in a 3-0 sweep.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
KILLS	Lara Matta (17), Avery Wilks (10), Brooklyn Palmer (9)
ASSISTS	Sammi Bergjans (46), Aubri Martin (3), Brooke Kaoui (1)
DIGS	Aubri Martin (20), Sammi Bergjans (10), Sarah Frager (6)
BLOCKS	Sammi Bergjans (3), Avery Wilks (2), Joselynn Sanjurjo (2)
SERVICE ACES	Aubri Martin (3), Sammi Bergjans (2), Lara Matta (1)

UP NEXT
Mercer will stay at home this week, as they host the Mercer Invitational from Sept. 17-19 in Hawkins Arena, facing Montana State, Georgia State, and Charleston Southern