DALLAS (SMU) – The No. 5 SMU volleyball team (13-4, 5-2 ACC) fell in five sets to Miami (8-8, 6-1 ACC) inside Moody Coliseum Friday night with set scores of 22-25, 19-25, 25-22, 33-31 and 15-9.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Hurricanes won their sixth straight match, reverse-sweeping the Mustangs for their eighth win of the season. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Miami controlled the net, out blocking the SMU 17-11. Freshman Ruth Martinez paced a Miami offense with career-high\u00a029 kills.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, SMU held a slight hitting percentage advantage, swinging at a .241 clip compared to Miami’s .235.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Outside hitter Suli Davis<\/a> led the Mustangs with 21 kills, eight digs, four blocks and three aces. Favor Anyanwu<\/a> tied a career-high with 16 kills, hitting .355 and adding seven blocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Setter Hannah Beauford<\/a> dished out 51 assists and logged her second career double-double, adding a career-best 14 digs. Libero Victoria Harris<\/a> led the Mustangs with 17 digs and four assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n Freshman Elle Vandeweghe<\/a> notched a career-best eight kills against the Hurricanes, hitting .429 for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n MATCH NOTES: \u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n\tThe Hurricanes’ win evened the all-time series at 2-2.\u00a0
\n\tDavis logged her fifth match of the season with 20+ kills and the 15th of her career.\u00a0
\n\tAnyanwu went for 10+ kills for the third straight match and sixth of her career. \u00a0
\n\tElle Vandeweghe<\/a> notched a career-best eight kills against the Hurricanes. She also added four blocks to her stat line.\u00a0
\n\tHarris collected double-digit digs for the 12th time this season.\u00a0
\n\tBeauford went over the 50-assist mark for the third time this season.\u00a0
\n\tThe Mustangs are now 2-2 in five set matches this season and 15-9 under Coach Erger.\u00a0
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\nSMU Kills Leader: Suli Davis<\/a> (21)\u00a0 \u00a0
\nSMU Assists Leader: Hannah Beauford<\/a> (51)\u00a0 \u00a0
\nSMU Digs Leader: Victoria Harris<\/a> (17)\u00a0 \u00a0
\nSMU Blocks Leader: Favor Anyanwu<\/a> (7) \u00a0
\nSMU Ace Leader: Suli Davis<\/a> (3)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0
\nSMU Points Leader: Suli Davis<\/a> (26)\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0
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\nSMU hosts Florida State on Sunday, with the match streaming on ACCNX starting at 1 p.m. CT from Moody Coliseum.\u00a0
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