No. 10 SMU Heads Out West to Battle California, No. 5 Stanford

   #10 SMU (19-5, 11-3 ACC) at California (7-17, 4-10 ACC) 

Friday, Nov. 14 • 9:00 p.m. CT 

Haas Pavilion • Berkeley, Calif. 

#10 SMU (19-5, 11-3 ACC) at #5 Stanford (22-3, 13-1 ACC) 

Sunday, Nov. 16 • 4:00 p.m. CT 

Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif. 

SETTING THE SCENE 

• No. 10 SMU Volleyball heads to California to face the Cal Bears on Friday, earlier than a prime 10 matchup with the No. 5 Stanford Cardinal on Sunday.  

• The Mustangs have gained three straight, incomes sweeps in all three matches. Stanford has gained 10 straight matches getting into the weekend.  

• SMU volleyball enters the weekend No. 10 within the AVCA rankings and has been ranked in 25 straight polls.   

• SMU enters the week eighth in NCAA RPI, twelfth in KPI and with the nation’s seventh hardest schedule. 

• The final time SMU confronted a prime 5 workforce, it took down No. 4 Louisville on the street, handing the Cardinals their first loss inside their house health club since Oct. 8, 2022 (39 matches). It is the best street ranked win in program historical past.  

• This weekend would be the Mustangs’ first street matches at California and Stanford.  

• Sunday’s match will air on ESPN2, the seventh linear match for the Mustangs this season. 

QUICK HITS 

• The Mustangs entered the week eighth within the nation in hitting share, swinging at a .299 clip. SMU has hit over .300 in 13 matches, together with 9 in ACC matches. 

• SMU is prime 50 within the nation in six classes: Hitting Percentage (8th), Blocks Per Set (25th), Winning Percentage (25th), Kills Per Set (32nd), Team Blocks (32nd) and Assists Per Set (33rd).  

SEASONED VETS 

• Jones sits in ninth in your entire NCAA in profession kills, fifth in Division I. 

• Carlson ranks twelfth out of all NCAA divisions and fourth in Division I in profession assists. 

Active Career Kills (DI) – As of November 10 

1.    Eva Hudson, Kentucky    1,998 

2.    Mimi Colyer, Wisconsin    1,834 

3.    Victoria Barrett, Alabama   1,717 

4.    Flormarie Heredia Colon, Miami (FL.)    1,666 

Active Career Assists (DI) – As of November 10 

1.    Callie Bauer, Western Ky.    4,725 

2.    Jordan Karlen, Tennessee Tech   4,401 

3.    Sophia Hudepohl, Lipscomb    4,339 

5.    Isabella Bareford, Vanderbilt                    4,152 

SERIES HISTORY 

• SMU is 1-1 in opposition to California, successful the newest matchup in Dallas final season 3-1. 

• SMU is 0-1 in opposition to Stanford, falling final season in three units.  

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT 

The California Bears 

• California enters the weekend 7-17, 4-10 in ACC matches. 

• Last season, California went 15-17, 7-13 in ACC play. 

The Stanford Cardinal 

• The Cardinal are tied with Pittsburgh for first within the ACC standings getting into the weekend with a 22-3 total report and a 13-1 mark in ACC play. Stanford is 10-1 at Maples Pavilion this season.  

• Stanford has gained 10 straight matches, the longest energetic streak within the ACC. 

• Stanford went 28-5, 17-3 in ACC play final season. 

• Jordyn Harvey, Ipar Kurt and Elia Rubin all earned All-ACC Preseason Team honors. 

GROW WITH THE NEW LOOK MUSTANGS 

• Fans get to develop with the brand new look Mustangs for years to return. 11 of the 17 gamers on SMU’s 2025 roster are underclassmen, and 4 of the seven typical starters are freshmen or sophomores.  

• SMU needed to change 95% of its level manufacturing from a season in the past. With 9 productive gamers graduating a season in the past, Coach Erger and workers have reloaded their roster for the 2025 season, as they return no starters from this system’s historic season. 

• Production misplaced by the numbers: Set Played: 87%, Kills: 95%, Attacks: 96%, Assists: 99%, Digs: 95%. 

• SMU additionally introduced in six transfers and 7 gamers out of highschool to go together with 4 returners. 

• Each of the six transfers SMU introduced in has NCAA Tournament expertise of their careers. 

AVCA RANKINGS: WEEK 11 

• SMU Volleyball enters the week No. 10 within the newest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I WVB Poll, launched on Monday by the affiliation. 

• SMU is the fourth-highest ranked ACC squad, trailing No. 3 Pitt, No. 5 Stanford and No. 7 Louisville. After the No. 10 Mustangs, Miami is No. 14 and North Carolina is No. 15. Georgia Tech is receiving votes. 

• The Mustangs had been ranked No. 10 within the 2025 preseason rating, marking the primary time that this system was ranked going into the season. 

• The Mustangs cracked the highest 25 for the primary time in final yr’s historic season. The Mustangs have been ranked in 25 straight polls. 

ALL-ACC PRESEASON TEAM 

• The 2024 Preseason Volleyball All-ACC Team consisted of 18 gamers and was voted on by the league’s head coaches. 

• Pitt leads the best way with probably the most gamers on this yr’s preseason workforce, with 4 representatives. SMU, Stanford, and Louisville comply with, every having three gamers listed. 

ACC PRESEASON POLL 

• SMU was chosen fourth within the ACC Preseason Poll by the league’s head coaches. 

• The Mustangs completed fourth within the ACC a season in the past after being picked sixth within the 2024 preseason. 

• SMU trails defending ACC Champion, Pitt, then Louisville and Stanford, whereas North Carolina rounded out the highest 5 behind SMU. 

SMU MUSTANG TO DALLAS PULSE 

• Since the 2025 season began, three Mustangs have develop into affiliated with the brand new MLV workforce in Dallas, the Dallas Pulse. 

YEAR FOUR FOR ERGER 

• Erger has already taken SMU Volleyball to new heights in simply three full seasons. Before the Erger tenure, SMU had solely been to 2 NCAA Tournaments, within the 2015 and 2016 seasons.  

• Erger is 60-13 (82.2%) in convention matches on the Hilltop, successful 15+ in every of her three seasons. 

• Erger has 12 ranked wins below her belt at SMU, 4 over prime 10 groups.