2014 SEC Volleyball Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications (Volleyball Contact) jskotarczak@sec.org Twitter: SEC_Jill Week 13 November 24, 2014 Standings SEC Pct. All Pct. Home Away Neutral Last 10 Streak Florida# 17-0 1.000 23-3.885 12-2 10-1 1-0 10-0 W18 Kentucky 13-3.813 24-5.828 14-3 8-2 2-0 7-3 W1 LSU 13-4.765 18-8.692 7-2 7-4 4-2 9-1 W2 Alabama 11-5.688 23-7.767 11-1 6-5 6-1 7-3 L1 Texas A&M 11-5.688 19-8.704 10-5 6-3 3-0 8-2 W4 Arkansas 8-8.500 14-15.483 9-7 3-6 2-2 3-7 L2 Ole Miss 7-9.438 21-9.700 11-3 5-6 5-0 4-6 W1 South Carolina 7-9.438 17-12.586 9-5 6-5 2-2 4-6 W2 Missouri 7-10.412 16-16.500 7-6 4-9 5-1 4-6 L2 Georgia 5-12.294 13-16.448 8-7 2-8 3-1 3-7 L1 Auburn 4-12.250 12-17.414 7-6 2-10 3-1 3-7 L2 Mississippi State 2-14.125 7-24.226 5-11 0-10 2-3 2-8 L2 Tennessee 1-15.063 8-22.267 3-9 1-11 4-2 1-9 L7 # - SEC Regular Season Champion Wednesday, November 26 Arkansas at Tennessee*# No. 15 Kentucky at Auburn*+ Georgia at Ole Miss*+ South Carolina at No. 6 Florida*+ Alabama at Missouri* Friday, November 28 Kennesaw State at Georgia* Texas A&M at Ole Miss*+ Saturday, November 29 Tennessee at Alabama* Mississippi State at Auburn*+ LSU at South Carolina* No. 6 Florida at Texas Arkansas at No. 15 Kentucky*+ All Game Times are Eastern Time * - SEC match % - ESPNU # - SEC Network + - SEC Network+ This Week s Schedule 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. SEC Players of the Week Offensive Player of the Week Mackenzie Dagostino Florida Junior S 5-10 Tampa, Fla. Dagostino averaged 11.62 assists per set in a 2-0 week for the Gators. She turned in her third double-double of the season with 49 assists and 11 digs as the Gators defeated Ole Miss, 3-1, to win the SEC outright Friday in Oxford. Her 49 assists were her most in SEC play, while her 11 digs were her second-most this season and also most in conference play. The SEC s leading server had two service aces Sunday in the 3-1 win at Arkansas to contribute to UF s seven in the match and lead Florida in the category. Dagostino also racked up seven kills on the weekend, including a season-tying five in a balanced offensive effort at Arkansas. Defensive Player of the Week Mikaela Christiaansen South Carolina Senior L 5-9 Tucson, Ariz. Christiaansen averaged 6.11 digs per set as South Carolina earned victories at Tennessee and at Georgia. She recorded 33 digs vs. Georgia, a career high and a school record for a four-set match. The 33 digs are also the most in a conference match this season. Freshman of the Week Stephanie Aiple Texas A&M Freshman S 6-1 Round Rock, Texas Aiple averaged 11.14 assists per set for the week and also hit.400 and averaged 2.71 digs per set over two wins this past week for the Aggies. She returned to the starting lineup and directed the A&M offense to back-to-back.330-plus hitting percentages and a combined.339 for the week as the Aggies moved into a tie for fourth place in the league standings. In the 3-0 sweep against Missouri, Aiple had 37 assists and 10 digs to record her team-leading seventh double-double of the year. 1
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Alabama: Alabama split its games this weekend with a 3-1 over Auburn and a 3-2 loss at Ole Miss. On Friday, the Tide had three players with double-digit kills, led by Krystal Rivers with 22 kills on 41 total swings for a.341 hitting percentage. Sierra Wilson led the Tide in assists with 52, which helped her surpass 4,000 career assists. She is the just the fourth player in school history to reach this milestone. Brittany Thomas had an excellent all-around performance, knocking in 17 kills and 12 digs for her eighth doubledouble of the season while hitting a team-leading.429. On Sunday, Rivers led the way again offensively with 24 kills, while Kat Hutson was close behind with 18 and a season-high three service aces. Thomas earned 13 kills with 14 digs for her ninth doubledouble of the season along with a season-high five blocks. Wilson set 56 assists, putting her 61 away from moving into third all-time in career assists at Alabama. Next up, Alabama has a quick turnaround with a midweek road match against the Missouri Tigers (16-5, 7-9 SEC) on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 6:30 p.m. CT. Arkansas: Arkansas dropped to 8-8 in league play with losses to Texas A&M and No. 6 Florida. In the four-set loss to the Aggies, the Razorbacks were paced by a double-double from senior Meredith Hays and 14 kills from Chanell Clark-Bibbs.Hays finished the night with a match-high 19 kills and added 12 digs. On Sunday, playing in her final match in front of the home crowd, Hays had 10 kills against the Gators and finished just one dig shy of her 12th double-double of the season. The Hereford, Texas, native is now just 14 shy of becoming just the eighth player in program history to record 500 kills in a single season. She would be the first to do so since the 2007 season. Hays now has double-digit kills in 27 of 29 matches during her senior campaign. With her eighth assist of the match, freshman Bailee Hankenson became just the sixth Razorback setter to record 1,000 assists in a single season and the second freshman (Tina Rico, 1994) to reach that mark. The Razorbacks close out their regular-season schedule with a pair of road matches next week at Tennessee and No. 15 Kentucky. Wednesday s match with the Lady Vols will be televised by the SEC Network with a first serve of 5 p.m. (CT) at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. Team Notes Auburn: Auburn (12-17, 4-12 SEC) fell in its final two road matches of the season, dropping a four-set match to Alabama on Friday in Tuscaloosa, before falling to LSU, 3-0, in Baton Rouge Sunday Courtney Crable continued her climb up the Auburn single-season record book, the freshman s 303 kills in 2014 rank as the eighthbest total in a year by a Tiger Alyssa Ivey s 400 digs now rank as the fifth-most in a single-season by an Auburn player Alexa Filley s 1,079 assists are the eigth-most all-time by an Auburn setter in one season The Tigers wrap up their home slate this week against No. 15 Kentucky on Wednesday at 5 p.m. and versus Mississippi State at noon Saturday. Florida: Behind a double-double from junior setter and SEC Offensive Player of the Week Mackenzie Dagostino -- 49 assists, 11 digs -- and a career-best 16 kills from junior middle Simone Antwi, the No. 6 Gators won the SEC outright Friday evening at Ole Miss with a 3-1 win. Florida then went on to win its 18th straight match at Arkansas Sunday with another 3-1 decision in Fayetteville to improve to 23-3 on the season, 17-0 in SEC play. Five players scored double-digit points for the Gators Sunday in UF s second-to-last regular-season SEC match. Freshman Carli Snyder registered 11 slams, her best output in SEC play, while Alex Holston (9), Rhamat Alhassan (8) and Simone Antwi (8) followed in suit. Dagostino also put down a season-tying five kills to aid UF s efforts. UF posted double-digit blocks for the third straight match with 11 Sunday to Arkansas eight, and the Orange and Blue out-hit the Razorbacks.300 to.083, the third-lowest for a SEC opponent this season and the 19th match on the campaign that Florida has held its opposition to a.197 efficiency or lower. Florida s three seniors, Maddy Monserez, Holly Pole and Taylor Unroe, who accounted for 27 digs Sunday against the Razorbacks, will be honored against South Carolina in a pre-match ceremony Wednesday, while the Gators will be presented with the 2014 SEC Championship trophy in a post-match ceremony. UF will wrap up the regular-season at No. 3 Texas Saturday before Sunday s NCAA Selection Show. Florida owns 12 undefeated SEC seasons all-time, with the last one coming in 2010 and would complete their 13th undefeated season with a victory Wednesday night against South Carolina. Under head coach Mary Wise, Florida is now 375-18 (.954) in conference play. The Gators now own 21 SEC Championships, including 18 straight from 1991-2008. Georgia: The Georgia volleyball team went 1-1 last weekend, picking up a 3-1 win over Mississippi State before falling to South Carolina by the same score. The Bulldogs are now 13-16 on the season that includes a 5-12 mark in Southeastern Conference play. Jasmine Eatmon continued her impressive pace, finishing with 26 kills in two matches and hitting at a.605 clip. Amanda Dachs had a strong weekend as well, finishing second on the team with 25 kills and recording a career-best against an SEC team with 14 kills against Mississippi State. Dachs also was strong defensively, finishing with 14 digs, eight blocks and had just one reception error in 55 attempts. The Georgia defensive effort was second to none against South Carolina, picking up 17 team blocks, led by Desiree McCray with eight. This season, Georgia has out blocked 19 of its opponents. Gaby Smiley was also a force for the Bulldogs defensively, tallying 50 digs in eight sets. Her 27 digs against South Carolina was a career-best. Georgia concludes SEC play on Wednesday, Nov. 26 when it travels to Oxford, Miss., to take on the Ole Miss Rebels at 7 p.m. Georgia will then close its regularseason on Friday, Nov. 28 at 5 p.m., against Kennesaw State. Kentucky: Led by a strong defense, a balanced offense and a double-double from sophomore Anni Thomasson, the Kentucky 3
volleyball team recorded a 3-0 (25-10, 25-15, 25-22) win at Mississippi State Sunday. Thomasson led UK with 10 kills and 10 digs for her 13th double-double of the season. The sophomore, who hit.375, added a pair of block assists. Freshman Kaz Brown had a season-best eight kills on.333 hitting with a team-best five blocks. Redshirt freshman Emily Franklin added six kills on.400 hitting to go along with a career-high two digs. Juniors Sara Schwarzwalder and Kayla Tronick each posted five kills, while Tronick added three blocks and two digs, both season-best totals. The offensive charge was led by junior Morgan Bergren, who dished out 37 assists. Bergren added three kills and a dig. Senior Alyssa Gergins added two assists. Senior Jackie Napper led UK defensively with 17 of Kentucky s 43 digs. In addition to Thomasson s 10 digs, senior Lauren O Conner and freshman Ashley Dusek added to the defensive output with four digs apiece. O Conner also added four kills, a service ace and a block assist. Junior Shelby Workman also added four kills, one of seven Wildcats with at least four kills in the match. Kentucky travels to Auburn on Nov. 26 before the Wildcats return home for the regular season finale, a Senior Night contest vs. Arkansas on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. ET. LSU: LSU is 18-8 overall on the season and 13-4 in the SEC after defeating Missouri and Auburn over the weekend. It was the team s final two home matches of the season, finishing the year winning its final seven in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The Tigers have won at least seven matches at home for the second consecutive year and fourth time in the last five seasons. The 13 conference wins is the most in the last two seasons, and the most since the 2010 team won 16 that season. It s only the 11th time in program history that an LSU team has won double-digit league games. LSU earned the season sweep of Missouri in a 3-1 win last Friday, the first time the team has done that in program history. The win over Auburn snapped a two-match losing skid in a 3-0 win. All five sweeps LSU has earned has come in conference action. The Tigers hold a 5-1 record in three-set matches on the season. The team is a combined 13-7 in matching going longer than three sets. The Tigers only hit.225 against both teams last weekend, but held the pair to a.096 combined hitting clip. LSU has held three of their last four opponents to below.100 in a match. LSU has held its last six opponents below a.200 clip. The Tigers are hitting five points better in conference play (.243) than they are overall on the season (.238). LSU has earned more kills than their opponents in 13 of the last 14 matches overall, finishing tied with the 14th team in one match. LSU has finished with fewer attacking errors in six of their last seven matches. The team took the first set off of each team, improving to 12-1 when taking the opening salvo. When going up 2-0 in the intermission break as LSU did on the weekend, the squad is a perfect 7-0 on the year. Even when leading 2-1 the Tigers are still tough holding a 10-0 record. LSU is a combined 17-2 when hitting 200 or better in matches this year. The Tigers have earned more digs than their Team Notes last seven opponents. LSU has out-blocked three of their last five opponents. LSU committed just one service error on Sunday, the lowest amount the team has had in a single match in the season. Briana Holman led the squad with 26 kills and 3.71 kills per set, averaging.365 offensively. Holman also led the team with 1.43 blocks per set with 10 in two matches. Cati Leak finished second with 21, averaging 3.00 kills per set and 3.29 digs per set. Malorie Pardo had 79 assists, averaging 11.29 per set, while averaging 2.00 digs per set and 1.00 blocks per set. Pardo nearly averaged a service ace per set, leading the squad with five. Mimi Eugene set a new career high in digs with 15 on Sunday, as she finished second on the team in the week in digs averaging 4.00 per set. Eugene had two service aces on Sunday, as she has at least two in five of the last eight. Emily Ehrle averaged 1.29 blocks per set, finishing with nine on the week. Haley Smith averaged 6.00 digs per set, leading the team with 42 on the week. Smith had 13 digs in second set alone against Auburn. Ole Miss: Ole Miss split a pair of matches this weekend, dropping a 3-1 decision to No. 6 Florida and defeating Alabama 3-2, both at home. The Rebels handed Florida just their fourth dropped set in SEC play this year. Junior Nakeyta Clair set the single season record for kills (337) with 9 against Florida. The Rebels swept the season series against Alabama with another five-setter and have now won six of the last nine meetings. Ole Miss improved to 3-2 in five-set matches this season. Sophomore Melanie Crow set the single season record for aces (35) with a career-high five in the win over Alabama. She also led the Rebels with 33 kills on the weekend. The Rebels are one win away from equaling the most home wins in a season (12). The Rebels improved to 18-2 overall and 6-2 in the SEC when hitting above.200. The Rebels continue their four-match homestand with Georgia Wednesday at 6 p.m. followed by Texas A&M Friday at 4 p.m. Mississippi State: With the season winding down, the Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-24, 2-14 SEC) capped their final full weekend of the season with a road trip to Athens and a Sunday home contest against No. 15 Kentucky. MSU fell in a tight 3-1 contest against the UGA Bulldogs on Friday despite a career performance from junior Alex Warren. Warren paced the best individual offensive performance of the season for the Maroon and White, tallying 21 kills and 21 points, both career highs. Warren also turned in six digs, which tied a career high. State would fall in Friday s opening set, but fired back in the second to tie the match at one-all. However, MSU could not capitalize in the remaining two sets, falling 3-1. State faced a tall task on Sunday with No. 15 Kentucky, falling in straight sets. Led by eight kills from Chelsea Duhs and 21 assists from Shelby Anderton, the Bulldogs were unable to find their footing until the final set, where they fell in a tight 25-22 contest. The Bulldogs return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 26, for the home finale against the Texas A&M Aggies at 7 p.m. CT. MSU 4
will close out the season on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Auburn at noon. Both matches will be on the SEC Network +. Missouri: Mizzou dropped a 3-1 (19-25, 17-25, 25-21, 12-25) match to LSU on Friday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Carly Kan racked up 13 kills and 12 digs to secure her SECleading 18th double-double of the season. Emily Thater added 10 kills and tied her season-best with eight blocks. Defensively, Sarah Meister battled against a talented crop of LSU hitters. The senior libero tallied a career-high 30 digs on Friday. Mizzou then fell to 3-0 (15-25, 17-25, 12-25) to Texas A&M on Sunday afternoon at Reed Arena. The duo of freshmen reserves Reuter and Julia Towler posted six kills apiece off the bench. Seniors Whitney Little and Emily Wilson each added a team-high four total blocks. The Tigers will wrap up the 2014 regular season schedule Wednesday at the Hearnes Center against Alabama. First serve is slated for 6:30 p.m. CT. Meister, Wilson and Little will be honored on Senior Night as the trio plays the final home game of their careers. South Carolina: The Gamecocks went 2-0 on the week, winning in five sets at Tennessee and claiming a 3-1 victory at Georgia. Carolina is now 17-12 on the season and 7-9 in the SEC. The seven conference wins are the most under head coach Scott Swanson and the most since going 12-8 in 2008. The win at Georgia was the Gamecocks sixth road win this season, which is Carolina s most since recording seven in 2002. Junior middle blocker Darian Dozier led the way offensively as she averaged 3.22 kills per set while hitting.397 in the two matches. Dozier recorded a seasonhigh 15 kills at Tennessee and then tallied 14 kills while hitting.444 at Georgia. Senior libero Mikaela Christiaansen averaged 6.11 digs per set on the week. She recorded a career-high 33 digs at Georgia, which is a school record for a four-set match and is also the most digs in a conference match this season. Junior Sarah Blomgren matched her career high with 17 kills while hitting.400 at Georgia. The win at Georgia is Carolina s first in Athens since a 3-0 win on Oct. 16, 2009. The Gamecocks will be back in action on Wednesday at Florida. First serve is set for 7 p.m. Tennessee: Tennessee (8-22, 1-15 SEC) played only its third fiveset match of the season in its lone contest last week, suffering a tight 3-2 loss at home to South Carolina. The Lady Vols got a trio of double-doubles and had three players finish with 10 or more kills for just the third time this year, but it wasn t enough to stop the Gamecocks, who ended the match with a.450 hitting percentage in the decisive set. Sophomore Ashley Mariani and freshman Kanisha Jimenez each tied career-highs in kills on their way to their respective double-doubles. Mariani had 18 kills in the contest to go along with 10 digs while Jimenez notched 13 kills and 13 digs. Kendra Turner s 12 kills rounded out UT s double-digit kill performances and the third double-double of the evening came from setter Lexi Dempsey, who turned in 27 assists and 12 digs. Other Team Notes 5 notable performances from the South Carolina match included: setter Taylor Johnson s 20 assists, libero Megan Hatcher s 21 digs, and middle blocker Raina Hembry s six total blocks. Turner became the first Tennessee player to eclipse 200 kills for the season on Wednesday, upping her season total to 207. She also leads the squad in kills per set at 2.72, a figure that ranks 17th in the SEC. Dempsey remains in the top 10 of the conference s assist leaders, holding the No. 9 spot at 8.09 per set. While Bridgette Villano still paces the squad with 317 total digs, Hatcher has now taken over the team lead in digs per set at 3.07. She ranks 11th in the SEC in that category. This week, Tennessee wraps up the regular season with matches against Arkansas and Alabama. UT hosts the Razorbacks on Wednesday night on the SEC Network and the Lady Vols will honor the career of their lone senior, middle blocker, Shealyn Kolosky prior to the start of the match. From there, Tennessee makes the trip to Tuscaloosa for the season finale on Saturday. UT fell at Arkansas earlier this season by a 3-0 score line and dropped a 3-1 decision to Alabama at home. Texas A&M: Texas A&M went 2-0 last week and extended its winning streak to four matches, marking its longest winning streak in SEC play this season. The Aggies moved to 11-5 in conference matches, surpassing their number of wins last year and climbing to fourth place in the league standings. A&M improved to 19-8 overall and needs one win in its final two matches to reach the 20-win milestone for the third time in four years and for the 15th time in Laurie Corbelli s 22-year tenure as head coach of the Aggies. Sophomore middle blocker Jazzmin Babers, who leads the league with a.459 hitting percentage in SEC matches, continued on her torrid pace last week, hitting a career-high.765 with a team-high 13 kills without an error in the Aggies 3-1 victory at Arkansas. It marked the fourth time this season Babers posted double-digit kills without an error. She hit.412 and was one of three A&M players to post 10 kills in the 3-0 win against Missouri as the Aggies closed out their home schedule and completed the season series sweep against the Tigers. Freshman setter Stephanie Aiple, who leads all freshmen setters and is fifth in the league with 10.76 assists per set for the full season, directed the A&M offense to back-to-back.330-plus hitting percentages and a combined.339 for the week. She had 37 assists against Missouri to surpass 1,000 assists, and she also had 10 digs to post her teamleading seventh double-double of the season. Texas A&M closes out the regular season this week with a pair of road matches, facing Mississippi State, Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Newell-Grissom Building in Starkville and Ole Miss, Friday at 4 p.m. at the Gillom Sports Center in Oxford. A&M is a combined 11-0 in the all-time series against both Mississippi schools.
Aces Per Set 13 Florida... 1.62 39 Alabama... 1.49 130 LSU... 1.29 145 Kentucky... 1.25 203 Ole Miss... 1.15 225 Georgia... 1.11 267 Missouri... 1.01 274 Mississippi State... 0.98 286 Auburn... 0.95 294 Texas A&M... 0.93 308 Arkansas... 0.89 319 South Carolina... 0.84 325 Tennessee... 0.79 Assists Per Set 24 Kentucky... 13.12 43 Florida... 12.92 63 Ole Miss... 12.75 74 Alabama... 12.65 89 LSU... 12.52 118 Texas A&M... 12.29 146 Missouri... 12.06 156 Auburn... 11.94 202 Georgia... 11.50 214 Arkansas... 11.40 224 South Carolina... 11.24 278 Tennessee... 10.48 303 Mississippi State... 9.88 Blocks Per Set 50 Florida... 2.42 53 Georgia... 2.41 57 LSU... 2.40 66 South Carolina... 2.35 84 Arkansas... 2.29 94 Texas A&M... 2.26 102 Kentucky... 2.23 121 Missouri... 2.18 136 Alabama... 2.15 148 Ole Miss... 2.11 149 Tennessee... 2.11 169 Auburn... 2.03 221 Mississippi State... 1.88 Digs Per Set 84 Mississippi State... 15.90 156 South Carolina... 14.99 175 Auburn... 14.70 190 LSU... 14.61 192 Texas A&M... 14.59 213 Kentucky... 14.23 216 Tennessee... 14.21 217 Missouri... 14.20 245 Ole Miss... 13.94 267 Arkansas... 13.41 NCAA Stats - Team (Through Sunday, Nov. 23) 6 286 Georgia... 13.00 304 Alabama... 12.63 311 Florida... 12.27 Hitting Percentage 2 Florida... 0.317 12 Kentucky... 0.274 28 Alabama... 0.262 29 Texas A&M... 0.261 45 Ole Miss... 0.249 68 Georgia... 0.239 69 LSU... 0.238 79 Missouri... 0.235 159 South Carolina... 0.204 161 Arkansas... 0.203 221 Auburn... 0.185 247 Tennessee... 0.175 288 Mississippi State... 0.147 Kills Per Set 12 Kentucky... 14.32 22 Florida... 14.10 34 Alabama... 13.86 61 Ole Miss... 13.67 86 LSU... 13.43 111 Texas A&M... 13.24 128 Missouri... 13.06 163 Auburn... 12.68 178 Georgia... 12.50 202 Arkansas... 12.29 232 South Carolina... 11.98 278 Tennessee... 11.31 305 Mississippi State... 10.60 Match W-L Pct. 9 Florida... 0.875 20 Kentucky... 0.821 30 Alabama... 0.786 76 Texas A&M... 0.680 61 Ole Miss... 0.714 80 LSU... 0.667 138 South Carolina... 0.556 155 Missouri... 0.533 163 Arkansas... 0.519 199 Georgia... 0.444 199 Auburn... 0.444 272 Tennessee... 0.276 285 Mississippi State... 0.241
NCAA Stats - Team (Through Sunday, Nov. 23) Opp. Hitting Percentage 26 Florida... 0.158 123 Kentucky... 0.191 142 Alabama... 0.197 143 South Carolina... 0.197 148 LSU... 0.199 153 Texas A&M... 0.200 189 Arkansas... 0.208 200 Auburn... 0.211 225 Ole Miss... 0.216 244 Georgia... 0.223 260 Tennessee... 0.226 274 Missouri... 0.229 297 Mississippi State... 0.240 Team Assists 40 Missouri... 1483 44 Alabama... 1480 106 Ole Miss... 1390 128 Kentucky... 1364 Team Digs 80 Mississippi State... 1813 110 Missouri... 1746 113 South Carolina... 1739 Team Kills 30 Alabama... 1622 35 Missouri... 1606 106 Ole Miss... 1490 107 Kentucky... 1489 Team Service Aces 29 Alabama... 174 105 Florida... 147 150 LSU... 135 Team Total Blocks 51 South Carolina... 273.0 61 Missouri... 268.5 63 Georgia... 267.0 82 Arkansas... 259.0 94 LSU... 252.0 97 Alabama... 251.5 143 Texas A&M... 237.0 NCAA Stats - Individual (Through Sunday, Nov. 23) Aces Per Set 11 Mackenzie Dagostino, Florida... 0.47 127 Melanie Crow, Ole Miss... 0.32 135 Mimi Eugene, LSU... 0.32 Assists Per Set 9 Sierra Wilson, Alabama... 11.64 18 Mackenzie Dagostino, Florida... 11.29 22 Aubrey Edie, Ole Miss... 11.21 28 Morgan Bergren, Kentucky... 11.11 55 Stephanie Aiple, Texas A&M... 10.76 83 Malorie Pardo, LSU... 10.42 115 Alexa Filey, Auburn... 9.99 Attacks Per Set 10 Meredith Hays, Arkansas... 12.27 Blocks Per Set 5 Briana Holman, LSU... 1.51 35 Rhamat Alhassan, Florida... 1.30 48 Desiree McCray, Georgia... 1.26 74 Darian Dozier, South Carolina... 1.19 81 Jazzmin Babers, Texas A&M... 1.18 139 Kaz Brown, Kentucky... 1.08 Digs Per Set 2 Payton Harris, Mississippi State... 6.10 105 Jackie Napper, Kentucky... 4.44 111 Mikaela Christaansen, South Carolina... 4.41 120 Hayley Smith, LSU... 4.34 Hitting Percentage 2 Rhamat Alhassan, Florida... 0.462 15 Jazzmin Babers, Texas A&M... 0.409 17 Nakeyta Clair, Ole Miss... 0.403 21 Jasmine Eatmon, Georgia... 0.395 24 Briana Holman, LSU... 0.391 32 Simone Antwi, Florida... 0.382 48 Shelby Sullivan, Texas A&M... 0.369 51 Whitney Little, Missouri... 0.366 69 Alex Holston, Florida... 0.351 90 Chanell Clark-Bibbs, Arkansas... 0.341 109 Sara Schwarzwalder, Kentucky... 0.333 Kills Per Set 26 Meredith Hays, Arkansas... 4.30 28 Krystal Rivers, Alabama... 4.27 64 Briana Holman, LSU... 3.84 74 Kat Hutson, Alabama... 3.75 98 Alex Holston, Florida... 3.59 146 Nakeyta Clair, Ole Miss... 3.37 7
Points Per Set 19 Krystal Rivers, Alabama... 4.98 22 Briana Holman, LSU... 4.93 38 Meredith Hays, Arkansas... 4.73 76 Alex Holston, Florida... 4.24 102 Kat Hutson, Alabama... 4.07 116 Nakeyta Clair, Ole Miss... 4.02 138 Lauren O Conner, Kentucky... 3.89 225 Rhamat Alhassan, Florida... 3.58 229 Carly Kan, Missouri... 3.57 234 Shelby Sullivan, Texas A&M... 3.56 271 Melanie Crow, Ole Miss... 3.48 290 Taylr McNeil, South Carolina... 3.44 342 Anni Thomasson, Kentucky... 3.35 Service Aces 30 Mackenzie Dagostino, Florida... 43 90 Krystal Rivers, Alabama... 36 105 Melanie Crow, Ole Miss... 35 127 Leah Lawrence, Alabama... 34 Total Assists 5 Sierra Wilson, Alabama... 1362 36 Aubrey Edie, Ole Miss... 1222 64 Morgan Bergren, Kentucky... 1155 107 Malorie Pardo, LSU... 1094 116 Alexa Filey, Auburn... 1079 135 Mackenzie Dagostino, Florida... 1027 137 Bailee Hankerson, Arkansas... 1022 141 Stephanie Aiple, Texas A&M... 1011 Total Attacks 16 Meredith Hays, Arkansas... 1387 Total Blocks 15 Brianna Holman, LSU... 156 38 Desiree McCray, Georgia... 139 48 Darian Dozier, South Carolina... 135 94 Whitney Little, Missouri... 120 105 Jazzmin Babers, Texas A&M... 118 112 Rhamat Alhassan, Florida... 117 131 Chanell Clark-Bibbs, Arkansas... 115 Total Digs 2 Payton Harris, Mississippi State... 695 74 Mikaela Christaansen, South Carolina... 512 88 Sarah Meister, Missouri... 497 134 Jackie Napper, Kentucky... 462 141 Haley Smith, LSU... 456 Total Kills 17 Krystal Rivers, Alabama... 500 24 Meredith Hays, Arkansas... 486 66 Kat Hutson, Alabama... 420 91 Carly Kan, Missouri... 400 95 Briana Holman, LSU... 396 NCAA Stats - Individual (Through Sunday, Nov. 23) 8 2014 SEC Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll (First-Place Votes in Parentheses) Place School Points 1. Florida (12)... 144 2. Kentucky... 129 3. Missouri (1)... 114 4. LSU... 105 5. Alabama... 102 6. Texas A&M... 89 7. Arkansas... 87 8. Georgia... 65 9. Auburn... 54 10. Ole Miss... 50 11. Tennessee... 33 12. South Carolina... 29 13. Mississippi State... 13 2014 Volleyball Preseason All-SEC Team Name, School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown Krystal Rivers, Alabama OPP So. 5-10 Birmingham, Ala. Alex Holston, Florida RS So. 6-1 Olney, Md. Živa Recek, Florida OH Jr. 6-0 Kočevje, Slovenia Taylor Unroe, Florida L Sr. 5-7 Muncie, Ind. Morgan Bergren, Kentucky S Jr. 6-1 Muncie, Ind. Brianna Holman, LSU MB So. 6-1 Desoto, Texas Carly Kan, Missouri OH So. 5-9 Honolulu, Hawaii Whitney Little, Missouri MB SR 6-3 Keller, Texas Shelby Sullivan, Texas A&M MB Jr. 6-2 Richardson, Texas
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE 23-7, 11-5 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-vs. Northern Iowa W, 3-0 1-vs. SE Missouri W, 3-1 8/30 1-vs. Memphis W, 3-2 1-at Saint Louis W, 3-0 9/5 2-vs. Navy W, 3-1 9/6 2-vs. LIU L, 2-3 2-at Virginia L, 1-3 9/12 3-vs. Southern Miss W, 3-0 9/13 3-at Alabama State W, 3-0 3-vs. Towson W, 3-0 9/16 UAB+ W, 3-0 9/19 4-Florida International+ W, 3-0 4-San Diego State+ W, 3-1 9/20 4-Clemson+ W, 3-1 9/24 at Georgia*# W, 3-1 9/28 LSU*+ W, 3-1 10/3 at #13 Kentucky*+ L, 1-3 10/5 at Tennessee*+ W, 3-1 10/10 at #19 Texas A&M*+ L, 2-3 10/12 South Carolina*# W, 3-1 10/19 Ole Miss*+ L, 2-3 10/22 at Auburn* (ESPNU) W, 3-0 10/26 Arkansas*# W, 3-1 10/31 #23 Texas A&M*+ W, 3-2 11/7 at #7 Florida*+ L, 0-3 11/9 at South Carolina*# W, 3-2 11/12 Mississippi State* (ESPNU) W, 3-0 11/16 Georgia*# W, 3-0 11/21 Auburn*+ W, 3-1 11/23 at Ole Miss*+ L, 2-3 11/26 at Missouri* 6:30 p.m. 11/29 Tennessee* 1 p.m. 1-Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.); 2-Cavalier Classic (Charlottesville, Va.); 3-Alabama State Tournament (Montgomery, Ala.); 4-Crimson-White Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) *- SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Central ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS 14-15, 8-8 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-Tennessee State + W, 3-0 8/30 1-Stephen F. Austin + W, 3-0 1-Michigan + W, 3-2 9/4 2-at Kansas State L, 0-3 9/5 2-vs. UCF L, 0-3 9/6 2-vs. Middle Tennessee L, 2-3 9/9 Oral Roberts+ L, 2-3 9/12 3-South Dakota L, 2-3 9/13 3-Stony Brook W, 3-0 3-SMU+ L, 2-3 9/19 4-vs. Cleveland State W, 3-0 4-vs. North Texas W, 3-1 9/20 4-at #24 Kansas (ESPN3) L, 1-3 9/26 Tennessee*+ W, 3-0 9/28 Mississippi State*+ W, 3-0 10/5 at LSU*+ L, 2-3 10/8 Ole Miss*# W, 3-0 10/12 Georgia*+ W, 3-2 10/15 at #20 Texas A&M*# W, 3-1 10/19 at #8 Florida*+ L, 0-3 10/24 #16 Kentucky* L, 0-3 10/26 at Alabama*# L, 1-3 10/31 at Missouri* L, 0-3 11/2 LSU*+ L, 2-3 11/7 at Auburn*+ W, 3-0 11/9 at Georgia*# W, 3-2 11/14 South Carolina*+ W, 3-2 11/19 Texas A&M*# L, 1-3 11/23 #6 Florida*# L, 1-3 11/26 at Tennessee*# 5 p.m. 11/29 at #15 Kentucky*+ 6 p.m. 1-Arkansas Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.); 2-K- State Invitational (Manhattan, Kan.); 3-Razorback Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.); 4- Jayhawk Classic (Lawrence, Kan.) *-SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times are Central AUBURN TIGERS 12-17, 4-12 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-at George Washington W, 3-1 1-vs. North Dakota L, 0-3 8/30 1-vs. Arkansas State W, 3-0 9/5 2-at Ohio State L, 0-3 2-vs. Southern Illinois L, 0-3 9/7 2-vs. Florida Gulf Coast W, 3-1 9/12 3-Troy W, 3-0 9/13 3-Winthrop+ W, 3-2 3-USF+ L, 2-3 9/16 at #6 Florida State L, 2-3 9/19 4-Florida A&M+ W, 3-0 9/20 4-Jacksonville State+ W, 3-0 4-Northwestern State+ W, 3-2 9/26 #10 Florida*+ L, 0-3 9/28 at # 22 Texas A&M*# L, 0-3 10/1 Georgia* (ESPNU) W, 3-1 10/5 South Carolina* L, 2-3 10/10 at Missouri*+ L, 0-3 10/12 at #13 Kentucky*# L, 0-3 10/17 Ole Miss*+ L, 1-3 10/22 Alabama* (ESPNU) L, 0-3 10/31 at Mississippi State*# W, 3-1 11/2 at Georgia*+ L, 2-3 11/7 Arkansas*+ L, 0-3 11/9 Tennessee*+ W, 3-1 11/12 at #7 Florida*# L, 0-3 11/16 at South Carolina*+ W, 3-2 11/21 at Alabama*+ L, 1-3 11/23 at LSU*+ L, 0-3 11/26 #15 Kentucky*+ 5 p.m. 11/29 Mississippi State*+ 12 p.m. 1-George Washington Invitational (Washington, D.C.); 2-Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic (Columbus, Ohio); 3-Active Ankle Challenge (Auburn, Ala.); 4-War Eagle Invitational (Auburn, Ala.) *-SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Central 9
FLORIDA GATORS 23-3, 17-0 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-Georgia Southern + W, 3-0 1-Idaho + W, 3-0 8/30 1-Oklahoma + W, 3-2 9/4 at #8 Florida State (ESPN3) L, 2-3 9/6 #3 Texas+ L, 1-3 9/11 2-vs. #13 San Diego W, 3-0 9/12 2-at #6 USC (Pac-12 Network) W, 3-0 9/19 3-Marquette+ L, 2-3 9/21 3-UCF+ W, 3-1 9/26 at Auburn* + W, 3-0 9/28 Ole Miss*+ W, 3-0 10/3 at LSU*# W, 3-1 10/5 at Mississippi State*# W, 3-0 10/10 Georgia*+ W, 3-0 10/12 #19 Texas A&M*# W, 3-0 10/15 at South Carolina* (ESPNU) W, 3-1 10/19 Arkansas*+ W, 3-0 10/24 Missouri*# W, 3-0 10/26 Mississippi State*+ W, 3-0 10/29 at Georgia*# W, 3-0 11/2 at Tennessee*# W, 3-0 11/7 Alabama*+ W, 3-0 11/12 Auburn*# W, 3-0 11/16 at #15 Kentucky*# W, 3-1 11/21 at Ole Miss*+ W, 3-1 11/23 at Arkansas*# W, 3-1 11/26 South Carolina*+ 7 p.m. 11/29 at Texas 3 p.m. 1-Active Ankle Challenge (Gainesville, Fla.); 2-USC Classic (Los Angeles, Calif.); 3-Campus USA Credit Union Invite (Gainesville, Fla.) *- SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Eastern GEORGIA BULLDOGS 13-16, 5-12 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-vs. Fordham W, 3-1 8/30 1-vs. SMU L, 1-3 1-at San Francisco L, 1-3 9/5 2-Chattanooga+ W, 3-0 9/6 2-Belmont+ W, 3-0 2-College of Charleston + W, 3-0 9/12 3-UNC Asheville+ W, 3-0 9/13 3-Harvard+ L, 1-3 3-North Carolina State+ L, 1-3 9/19 4-at Georgia Tech W, 3-1 9/20 4-vs. Southern Miss W, 3-1 4-vs. Alabama A&M W, 3-0 9/24 Alabama*# L, 1-3 (Stegeman Coliseum) 10/1 at Auburn* (ESPNU) L, 1-3 10/5 Missouri*# W, 3-1 10/10 at #9 Florida*+ L, 0-3 10/12 at Arkansas*+ L, 2-3 10/17 #12 Kentucky*+ L, 0-3 10/19 Tennessee*# W, 3-0 10/24 at #24 Texas A&M*+ L, 2-3 10/26 at LSU* L, 1-3 10/29 #8 Florida*# L, 0-3 (Stegeman Coliseum) 11/2 Auburn*+ W, 3-2 11/7 at #17 Kentucky*+ L, 1-3 11/9 Arkansas*# L, 2-3 11/14 at Missouri*+ W, 3-2 11/16 at Alabama*# L, 0-3 11/21 Mississippi State*# W, 3-1 11/23 South Carolina*+ L, 1-3 11/26 at Ole Miss*+ 7 p.m. 11/28 Kennesaw State 5 p.m. 1-University of San Francisco Bay Area Challenge (San Francisco, Calif.); 2-Bulldog Invitational (Athens, Ga.); 3-Benson Hospitality Bulldog Invitational (Athens, Ga.); 4-Georgia Tech Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Eastern KENTUCKY WILDCATS 24-5, 13-3 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-Wichita State+ W, 3-0 8/30 1-Butler+ W, 3-0 1-Virginia Tech+ W, 3-1 9/5 2-Northern Iowa+ W, 3-1 2-#6 USC+ L, 0-3 9/6 2-Creighton+ W, 3-0 9/9 at Louisville W, 3-1 9/12 3-at #17 North Carolina L, 2-3 9/13 3-vs. VCU W, 3-0 3-vs. Georgia Southern W, 3-1 9/18 Lipscomb+ W, 3-1 9/20 Xavier+ W, 3-1 9/24 at LSU* (ESPNU) W, 3-1 9/28 at South Carolina*+ W, 3-1 10/3 Alabama*+ W, 3-1 10/5 #21 Texas A&M*# W, 3-0 10/10 at Tennessee*+ W, 3-0 10/12 Auburn*# W, 3-0 10/17 at Georgia*+ W, 3-0 10/19 LSU*+ L, 2-3 10/24 at Arkansas* W, 3-0 10/26 at #24 Texas A&M*# L, 1-3 10/29 Tennessee* (ESPNU) W, 3-0 11/3 Morehead State+ W, 3-0 11/7 Georgia*+ W, 3-1 11/9 Missouri*# W, 3-0 11/14 at Ole Miss*+ W, 3-1 11/16 #7 Florida*# L, 1-3 11/23 at Mississippi State*# W, 3-0 11/26 at Auburn*+ 7 p.m. 11/29 Arkansas*+ 7 p.m. 1-Kentucky Classic (Lexington, Ky.); 2-Bluegrass Battle (Lexington, Ky.); 3-Carolina Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Eastern 10
LSU TIGERS 18-8, 13-4 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-vs. San Diego L, 1-3 1- vs. USF W, 3-1 8/30 1-at #8 Purdue L, 0-3 9/12 2-vs. Central Arkansas L, 2-3 9/13 2- vs. Samford W, 3-1 2- at #7 Florida State L, 1-3 9/19 3- vs. Baylor W, 3-1 3-at UTSA W, 3-1 9/20 3- vs. Baylor W, 3-2 9/24 #14 Kentucky* (ESPNU) L, 1-3 9/28 at Alabama*+ L, 1-3 10/3 #9 Florida*# L, 1-3 10/5 Arkansas*+ W, 3-2 10/8 Mississippi State* (ESPNU) W, 3-0 10/12 at Tennessee*+ W, 3-0 10/17 at Missouri*# W, 3-0 10/19 at #12 Kentucky*+ W, 3-2 10/22 at Ole Miss*# W, 3-0 10/26 Georgia* W, 3-1 10/31 South Carolina* W, 3-1 11/2 at Arkansas*+ W, 3-2 11/6 at Texas A&M*# W, 3-2 11/14 Tennessee* W, 3-1 11/16 at Mississippi State*+ L, 2-3 11/21 Missouri*+ W, 3-1 11/23 Auburn*+ W, 3-0 11/29 at South Carolina* 12:30 p.m. 1-Mortar Board Premier (West Lafayette, Ind.); 2-Four Points By Shearton Seminole Invitational (Tallahassee, Fla.); 3-UTSA Classic (San Antonio, Texas) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Central OLE MISS REBELS 21-9, 7-9 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-vs. Canisius W, 3-0 1-vs. Siena W, 3-0 8/30 1-vs. Lehigh W, 3-0 8/31 1-at Buffalo W, 3-0 9/5 2-at Memphis W, 3-2 9/6 2-vs. Arkansas State W, 3-1 2-vs. Tennessee-Martin W, 3-1 9/11 3-UAB+ W, 3-0 9/12 3-Mercer+ W, 3-0 3-Jacksonville State+ W, 3-1 9/18 4-Louisiana Tech+ W, 3-0 9/19 4-Samford+ W, 3-0 9/20 4-Lamar+ W, 3-0 4-Jackson State+ W, 3-1 9/26 at South Carolina*# L, 2-3 9/28 at #10 Florida*+ L, 0-3 10/1 Missouri*# W, 3-0 10/8 at Arkansas*# L, 0-3 10/12 Mississippi State*+ W, 3-0 10/17 at Auburn*+ W, 3-1 10/19 at Alabama*+ W, 3-2 10/22 LSU*# L, 0-3 10/26 at Tennessee* L, 0-3 11/2 South Carolina*# W, 3-0 11/5 at Mississippi State* (ESPNU) W, 3-1 11/9 at Texas A&M*+ L, 1-3 11/14 #15 Kentucky*+ L, 1-3 11/16 at Missouri*# L, 2-3 11/21 #6 Florida*+ L, 1-3 11/23 Alabama*+ W, 3-2 11/26 Georgia*+ 6 p.m. 11/28 Texas A&M*+ 4 p.m. 1-Buffalo Classic (Buffalo, N.Y.); 2- Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.); 3-Magnolia Invitational (Oxford, Miss.); 4-Rebel Classic (Oxford, Miss.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Central MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS 7-24, 2-14 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-vs. Cal State Bakersfield L, 0-3 1-at Sam Houston State L, 1-3 8/30 1-vs. Texas Pan American W, 3-1 1-vs. Louisiana Monroe L, 0-3 9/5 2-vs. Southeast Missouri St. W, 3-2 9/6 2-vs. Miami (Ohio) L, 1-3 2-at Indiana L, 1-3 9/11 3-South Alabama+ L, 0-3 9/12 3-Memphis+ L, 2-3 9/13 3-Nicholls State+ W, 3-0 3-Northwestern State+ W, 3-2 9/18 4-North Dakota+ L, 0-3 9/19 4-Mississippi Valley State+ W, 3-0 4-SIU Edwardsville+ L, 1-3 9/20 4-Pacific+ L, 0-3 9/26 at Missouri*+ L, 0-3 9/28 at Arkansas*+ L, 0-3 10/3 South Carolina*+ L, 0-3 10/5 #9 Florida*# L, 0-3 10/8 at LSU* (ESPNU) L, 0-3 10/12 at Ole Miss*+ L, 0-3 10/17 Tennessee* W, 3-2 10/19 Missouri*# L, 2-3 10/24 at South Carolina*+ L, 1-3 10/26 at #8 Florida*+ L, 0-3 10/31 Auburn*# L, 1-3 11/5 Ole Miss* (ESPNU) L, 1-3 11/12 at Alabama* (ESPNU) L, 0-3 11/16 LSU*+ W, 3-2 11/21 at Georgia*# L, 1-3 11/23 #15 Kentucky*# L, 0-3 11/26 Texas A&M*+ 7 p.m. 11/29 at Auburn*+ 12 p.m. 1-Sam Houston Invitational (Huntsville, Texas); 2-Indiana Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.); 3-Maroon Classic (Starkville, Miss.); 4-Bulldog Invitational (Starkville, Miss.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Central 11
MISSOURI TIGERS 16-16, 7-10 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-vs. Mississippi Valley State W, 3-0 8/30 1-vs. Northwestern State L, 0-3 1-at North Texas W, 3-2 9/5 2-Lipscomb L, 1-3 2-Illinois State W, 3-1 9/6 2-Oakland L, 1-3 2-Xavier W, 3-2 9/9 Saint Louis L, 2-3 9/11 3-at Idaho W, 3-2 9/12 3-vs. Boise State W, 3-0 3-vs. Portland W, 3-1 9/13 3-vs. Eastern Washington W, 3-1 9/20 4-vs. UNC Greensboro W, 3-1 4-at Miami L, 1-3 9/26 Mississippi State*+ W, 3-0 9/28 Tennessee*# W, 3-0 10/1 at Ole Miss*# L, 0-3 10/5 at Georgia*# L, 1-3 10/10 Auburn*+ W, 3-0 10/13 at UMKC L, 1-3 10/17 LSU*# L, 0-3 10/19 at Mississippi State*# W, 3-2 10/24 at #8 Florida*# L, 0-3 10/26 at South Carolina*+ L, 1-3 10/31 Arkansas* W, 3-0 11/2 #23 Texas A&M*# L, 1-3 11/7 at Tennessee*+ W, 3-1 11/9 at #17 Kentucky*# L, 0-3 11/14 Georgia*+ L, 2-3 11/16 Ole Miss*# W, 3-2 11/21 at LSU*+ L, 1-3 11/23 at Texas A&M*# 3 p.m. 11/26 Alabama* 6:30 p.m. 1-North Texas Tournament (Denton, Texas); 2-Tiger Invitational (Columbia, Mo.); 3-Idaho Invitational (Moscow, Idaho); 4-Miami Invitational (Coral Gables, Fla.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Central SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS 17-12, 7-9 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-Gardner-Webb+ W, 3-0 8/30 1-Jacksonville+ W, 3-1 1-Georgia Tech+ W, 3-1 9/5 2-vs. Clemson L, 1-3 9/6 2-vs. Furman L, 2-3 2-at Winthrop W, 3-0 9/12 3-at Campbell W, 3-0 9/13 3-vs. Elon W, 3-0 3-vs. North Florida W, 3-1 9/19 4-Norfolk State+ W, 3-0 4-Eastern Kentucky+ W, 3-2 9/20 4-The Citadel+ W, 3-0 9/26 Ole Miss*# W, 3-2 9/28 #14 Kentucky*+ L, 1-3 10/3 at Mississippi State*+ W, 3-0 10/5 at Auburn* W, 3-2 10/12 at Alabama*# L, 1-3 10/15 #8 Florida* (ESPNU) L, 1-3 10/19 #20 Texas A&M*+ L, 2-3 10/21 at Coastal Carolina L, 0-3 10/24 Mississippi State*+ W, 3-1 10/26 Missouri*+ W, 3-1 10/31 at LSU* L, 1-3 11/2 at Ole Miss*# L, 0-3 11/9 Alabama*# L, 2-3 11/14 at Arkansas*+ L, 2-3 11/16 Auburn*+ L, 2-3 11/19 at Tennessee* (ESPNU) W, 3-2 11/23 at Georgia*+ W, 3-1 11/26 at #6 Florida*+ 7 p.m. 11/29 LSU* 1:30 p.m. 1-Gamecock Invitational (Columbia, S.C..); 2-Winthrop Invitational (Rock Hill, S.C.); 3-Campbell Invitational (Buies Creek, N.C.); 4-Carolina Classic (Columbia, S.C.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Eastern TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS 8-22, 1-15 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-vs. Tennessee Tech W, 3-0 8/30 1-vs. Cleveland State W, 3-1 1-at Appalachian State L, 0-3 9/5 2-vs. Northern Illinois L, 0-3 2-at Iowa State L, 0-3 9/6 2-vs. Nebraska-Omaha L, 0-3 9/9 at Evansville W, 3-1 9/12 3-vs. Kennesaw State W, 3-1 3-vs. Loyola Maryland W, 3-1 9/13 3-at Coastal Carolina L, 1-3 9/18 4-Austin Peay L, 0-3 9/19 4-Memphis L, 1-3 9/20 4-Mercer W, 3-2 4-Montana State W, 3-0 9/26 at Arkansas*+ L, 0-3 9/28 at Missouri*# L, 0-3 10/3 #21 Texas A&M*+ L, 0-3 10/5 Alabama*+ L, 1-3 10/10 #13 Kentucky*+ L, 0-3 10/12 LSU* L, 0-3 10/17 at Mississippi State* L, 2-3 10/19 at Georgia*# L, 0-3 10/26 Ole Miss* W, 3-0 10/29 at #18 Kentucky* (ESPNU) L, 0-3 11/2 #8 Florida*# L, 0-3 11/7 Missouri*+ L, 1-3 11/9 at Auburn*+ L, 1-3 11/14 at LSU* L, 1-3 11/16 at Texas A&M*+ L, 0-3 11/19 South Carolina* (ESPNU) L, 2-3 11/26 Arkansas*# 6 p.m. 11/29 at Alabama* 2 p.m. 1-Appalachian Invitational (Boone, N.C.); 2-Iowa State Challenge (Ames, Iowa); 3-Coastal Carolina Tournament (Conway, S.C.); 4-DISH Lady Vol Classic (Knoxville, Tenn.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Eastern 12
TEXAS A&M AGGIES 19-8, 11-5 SEC Date Opponent Time/Score 8/29 1-Iowa+ W, 3-0 1-Tulane+ W, 3-0 8/30 1-UTSA+ L, 2-3 9/5 2-at Ohio W, 3-0 9/6 2-vs. Virginia Tech W, 3-0 2-vs. VCU W, 3-2 9/11 3-at #6 USC (Pac-12 Network) W, 3-2 9/12 3-vs. #13 San Diego W, 3-1 9/19 #6 Florida State+ L, 1-3 9/20 #6 Florida State+ L, 0-3 9/22 A&M-Corpus Christi+ W, 3-1 9/28 Auburn*# W, 3-0 10/3 at Tennessee*+ W, 3-0 10/5 at #13 Kentucky*# L, 0-3 10/10 Alabama*+ W, 3-2 10/12 at #9 Florida*# L, 0-3 10/15 Arkansas*# L, 1-3 10/19 at South Carolina*+ W, 3-2 10/24 Georgia*+ W, 3-2 10/26 #16 Kentucky*# W, 3-1 10/31 at Alabama*+ L, 2-3 11/2 at Missouri*# W, 3-1 11/6 LSU*# L, 2-3 11/9 Ole Miss*+ W, 3-1 11/16 Tennessee*+ W, 3-0 11/19 at Arkansas*# W, 3-1 11/23 Missouri*# W, 3-0 11/26 at Mississippi State*+ 7 p.m. 11/29 at Ole Miss*+ 4 p.m. 1-Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas); 2-Baymont Inn Invitational (Athens, Ohio); 3-USC Classic (Los Angeles, Calif.) * - SEC Match # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + All times Central Coaches Records Overall At School Alabama: Ed Allen... 570-234... 76-51 Arkansas: Robert Pulliza... 104-110... 104-110 Auburn: Rick Nold... 231-158... 59-60 Florida: Mary Wise... 818-150... 737-87 Georgia: Lizzy Stemke... 60-62... 60-62 Kentucky: Craig Skinner... 226-90... 226-90 LSU: Fran Flory... 426-308... 316-194 Ole Miss: Steven McRoberts... 496-172... 21-9 Mississippi State: Jenny Hazelwood... 143-351... 55-128 Missouri: Wayne Kreklow... 471-144... 204-115 South Carolina: Scott Swanson... 111-122... 61-61 Tennessee: Rob Patrick... 359-207... 359-207 Texas A&M: Laurie Corbelli... 562-326... 462-220 AVCA Coaches Top 25 (Week #13 - November 24) Team 2014 Prev. Rank (First-Place Votes) Points Record Week 1. Stanford (60) 1500 28-0 1 2. Wisconsin 1412 26-2 2 3. Texas 1371 22-1 3 4. Penn State 1324 28-3 4 5. Washington 1237 27-2 5 6. Florida 1201 23-3 6 7. North Carolina 1160 24-2 7 8. Florida State 1069 26-2 8 9. Colorado State 1020 28-2 9 10. Nebraska 926 20-7 11 11. Illinois 916 22-7 10 12. BYU 793 24-4 12 13. Oregon 780 21-7 14 14. Arizona 757 22-8 13 15. Kentucky 641 24-5 15 16. Long Beach State 534 24-4 18 17. UCLA 520 19-10 17 18. Colorado 473 18-12 19 19. Purdue 401 22-8 16 20. Ohio State 357 19-11 20 21. Duke 283 21-6 21 22. Arizona State 245 18-12 22 23. Utah 189 17-12 23 24. Western Kentucky 95 30-5 NR 25. Hawai i 76 19-6 NR Receiving votes: Alabama 8 NCAA RPI (November 24, 2014) 1 Stanford Pac-12 28-0 2 Texas Big 12 22-1 3 Florida St. ACC 26-2 4 Washington Pac-12 27-2 5 Wisconsin Big Ten 26-2 6 North Carolina ACC 24-2 7 Florida SEC 23-3 8 Oregon Pac-12 21-7 9 Illinois Big Ten 22-7 10 Penn St. Big Ten 28-3 15 Kentucky 24-5 19 Texas A&M 19-8 27 Alabama 23-7 38 LSU 18-8 63 Ole Miss 21-9 79 Arkansas 14-15 102 Auburn 12-17 105 South Caroina 17-12 106 Missouri 16-16 123 Georgia 13-16 214 Tennessee 8-22 230 Mississippi St. 7-24 Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week Date Player/School 9/16 Rhamat Alhassan, Florida espnw Volleyball Player of the Week Date Player/School 9/17 Stephanie Aiple, Texas A&M 13
Conference Team Leaders as of Nov 23, 2014 Hitting Percentage S K E TA Pct. 1. Florida 91 1283 388 2826.317 2. Kentucky 104 1489 478 3685.274 3. Alabama 117 1622 600 3898.262 4. Texas A&M 105 1390 451 3595.261 5. Ole Miss 109 1490 569 3692.249 6. Georgia 111 1388 508 3678.239 7. LSU 105 1410 541 3645.238 8. Missouri 123 1606 627 4169.235 9. South Carolina 116 1390 594 3904.204 10. Arkansas 113 1389 626 3757.203 11. Auburn 108 1369 664 3821.185 12. Tennessee 106 1199 557 3678.175 13. Mississippi State 114 1209 613 4036.148 Opponent Hitting Pct S K E TA Pct. 1. Florida 91 948 514 2751.158 2. Kentucky 104 1289 598 3611.191 3. Alabama 117 1335 615 3648.197 4. South Carolina 116 1538 699 4249.197 5. LSU 105 1309 581 3664.199 6. Texas A&M 105 1360 607 3764.200 7. Arkansas 113 1427 624 3856.208 8. Auburn 108 1334 558 3675.211 9. Ole Miss 109 1402 591 3756.216 10. Georgia 111 1501 647 3843.222 11. Tennessee 106 1413 565 3755.226 12. Missouri 123 1561 610 4145.229 13. Mississippi State 114 1614 590 4262.240 Assists S No. Avg/S 1. Kentucky 104 1364 13.12 2. Florida 91 1176 12.92 3. Ole Miss 109 1390 12.75 4. Alabama 117 1480 12.65 5. LSU 105 1315 12.52 6. Texas A&M 105 1290 12.29 7. Missouri 123 1483 12.06 8. Auburn 108 1290 11.94 9. Georgia 111 1277 11.50 10. Arkansas 113 1288 11.40 11. South Carolina 116 1304 11.24 12. Tennessee 106 1111 10.48 13. Mississippi State 114 1127 9.89 Kills S No. Avg/S 1. Kentucky 104 1489 14.32 2. Florida 91 1283 14.10 3. Alabama 117 1622 13.86 4. Ole Miss 109 1490 13.67 5. LSU 105 1410 13.43 6. Texas A&M 105 1390 13.24 7. Missouri 123 1606 13.06 8. Auburn 108 1369 12.68 9. Georgia 111 1388 12.50 10. Arkansas 113 1389 12.29 11. South Carolina 116 1390 11.98 12. Tennessee 106 1199 11.31 13. Mississippi State 114 1209 10.61 Blocks S BS BA Total Avg/S 1. Florida 91 56 328 220 2.42 2. Georgia 111 69 396 267 2.41 3. LSU 105 73 358 252 2.40 4. South Carolina 116 51 444 273 2.35 5. Arkansas 113 44 430 259 2.29 6. Texas A&M 105 43 388 237 2.26 7. Kentucky 104 36 392 232 2.23 8. Missouri 123 72 393 268 2.18 9. Alabama 117 70 363 251 2.15 10. Ole Miss 109 65 330 230 2.11 11. Tennessee 106 36 375 223 2.11 12. Auburn 108 66 306 219 2.03 13. Mississippi State 114 64 300 214 1.88 Service Aces S No. Avg/S 1. Florida 91 147 1.62 2. Alabama 117 174 1.49 3. LSU 105 135 1.29 4. Kentucky 104 130 1.25 5. Ole Miss 109 125 1.15 6. Georgia 111 123 1.11 7. Missouri 123 124 1.01 8. Mississippi State 114 112 0.98 9. Auburn 108 103 0.95 10. Texas A&M 105 98 0.93 11. Arkansas 113 101 0.89 12. South Carolina 116 98 0.84 13. Tennessee 106 84 0.79