SMU Mustangs women's volleyball

{{Short description|American college volleyball team}}

{{Infobox college volleyball team

|name = SMU Mustangs women's volleyball

|logo = SMU Mustang logo.svg

|logo_size = 150

|university = Southern Methodist University

|conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

|conference_short = ACC

|division =

|founded = 1996

|city = Dallas

|stateabb = TX

|state = Texas

|coach = Sam Erger{{Cite web | title=Sam Erger - Volleyball Coach - SMU Athletics | url=https://smumustangs.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/coaches/sam-erger/6525 | access-date=2024-12-26 | website=smumustangs.com}}

|tenure = 3rd

|arena = Moody Coliseum

|capacity = 7,000

|nickname = Mustangs

|NCAAchampion =

|NCAArunnerup =

|NCAAfinalfour =

|NCAAeliteeight =

|NCAAsweetsixteen =

|NCAAtourneys = 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024

|conference_tournament =

|conference_season = 2015, 2016, 2023

}}

The SMU Mustangs women's volleyball team is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball team at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The program began its first season in 1996. Its current head coach is Sam Erger. Their first head coach was Lisa Seifert, who led the program from 1996–2021.{{Cite web| title=2016 Volleyball factbook | url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/smumustangs.com/documents/2016/8/8/2016_VB_Fact_Book.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114083944/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/smumustangs.com/documents/2016/8/8/2016_VB_Fact_Book.pdf | archive-date=2016-11-14}} She finished her career with 415 wins, the second-most of any coach at SMU.

In SMU Volleyball's 2016 post-season, the Mustangs beat the Texas A&M Aggies in 3 straight sets (25-23, 25-23, 25-18) to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament. This was the Mustangs second year to qualify for the tournament and first year to advance to the second round where they played the University of Texas Longhorns. SMU became the first American Athletic Conference Team to win an NCAA match after losing to Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://dfwsportsonline.com/smu-volleyball-beats-texas/|title=SMU Volleyball Beats Texas A&M|date=3 December 2016}}

The 2019 season was another success. It resulted in a west-side AAC championship for the Mustangs. After winning their side of the conference, the Mustangs attended the AAC tournament when they were swept by UCF. Shortly after this season ended COVID-19 came into play. All volleyball operations were halted in March 2020 and the Mustangs didn't practice for 5 months. Their 2020 fall season got postponed until the spring of 2021.