{"id":414792,"date":"2026-08-23T19:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T19:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414792\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T19:10:09","slug":"avca-first-serve-live-updates-scores-for-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414792\/","title":{"rendered":"AVCA First Serve: Live updates, scores for Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No. 11 SMU pulled off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/game\/6639886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3-0 sweep over in-state foe <\/a>No. 8 Texas A&amp;M at Day 3 in the AVCA First Serve. The Mustangs&#8217; first win of the 2026 season came behind a massive defensive performance to knock off the top-10 Aggies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SMU took the first set 27-25 after a late rally by the Aggies sent the game to extra points. Then the Mustangs had a rally of their own in Set 2, coming back from a four-point deficit early on to clinch a 25-19 win thanks to six blocks that held A&amp;M to -.031 hitting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sweep was sealed in the third, as freshmen setter Hannah Beauford orchestrated her offense to a .364 clip that bolstered the Mustangs to a 25-20 win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Somebody call Air Traffic Control because Suli is cleared for takeoff \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LhjgOwLeVo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/LhjgOwLeVo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SMU Volleyball (@SMUVolleyball) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SMUVolleyball\/status\/2091599044179022335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suli Davis put on a show in her first match as a Mustang, accruing 15 kills to lead all players while Favor Anyanwu had a day of her own, tallying seven kills on a .500 clip with seven blocks.\u00a0That Mustang defense was the difference maker, recording 13 blocks on the day held the Aggies to just .125 on hitting.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time the reigning national champions in Texas A&amp;M have been swept since SMU accomplished the feat on Sept. 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TEXAS-AM-SMU-STAT.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Texas AM vs. SMU stat line\"\/><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 11 SMU pulled off the 3-0 sweep over in-state foe No. 8 Texas A&amp;M at Day 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-414792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}