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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Home Sweet Home for Rebels
10/24/2017 | Volleyball
Complete Notes (PDF) | Watch: SEC Network |
OXFORD, Miss. -- After playing five of their last six matches on the road, the Ole Miss volleyball team is excited to be back home for their next three matches starting with a re-match against Missouri Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Gillom Sports Center.
For those fans who live out of town, the match will be nationally televised on the SEC Network with Sam Gore and Dain Blanton on the call.
Promotions...
Wednesday is Military Appreciation Night and the first 200 fans will receive a free American "Signature M" t-shirt. It's also Dollar Dog Night, and fans can enjoy hot dogs for just a dollar.
Quick Hits...
• Ole Miss (14-9, 5-5) earned their first ever win against Texas A&M Sunday, taking down the Aggies 3-1 in College Station.
• In this week's RPI, the Rebels are No. 56, while Missouri is No. 50 and Sunday's opponent Arkansas is No. 40.
• The Rebels averaged 16 digs per set and held Texas A&M to a .151 attack percentage.
• Sophomore Emily Stroup posted her sixth double-double of the season with 13 kills and a career-high 22 digs.
• Dickinson, Texas native Nayo Warnell equaled her career-high with 12 kills on a .474 attack percentage
and added 6 blocks.
• Freshman Lauren Bars passed out 25 assists and tallied a career-high 5 blocks.
• The Rebels lead the SEC in digs per set at 16.52, rank second in opponent hitting percentage (.178) and sixth in kills per set (13.37).
• Several Rebels rank among the league leaders in various categories. Nayo Warnell ranks eighth in the SEC in hitting percentage (.335) and Caroline Adams ranks eighth in digs per set (3.93). In SEC matches only, Kate Gibson ranks fourth in service aces with 0.36 per set and ranks 10th in points per set (3.73). Warnell ranks eighth in blocks per set for SEC matches with 1.18.
• Kate Gibson leads the SEC with 15 double-doubles and owns 40 for her career. Lexi Thompson owns the career record (46) at Ole Miss and ranks second in the SEC with 13 double-doubles.
• Senior Kate Gibson is closing in on her 1,000th kill and 1,000th dig at Ole Miss. She needs 25 kills to reach 1,000 at Ole Miss, which would rank sixth all-time. She currently ranks seventh with 975 kills. Gibson needs 102 digs for her 1000th dig at Ole Miss and presently ranks eighth with 898.
• Sophomore Nayo Warnell is close to breaking into the top 10 at Ole Miss for total blocks with 162 so far. She needs 18 to get there.
Scouting Missouri...
Missouri comes into Wednesday's match at 12-9 overall, 5-3 in the SEC. They have lost two straight SEC matches, including a 3-0 sweep at home to Georgia. The Tigers are led by middle blocker, Alyssa Munlyn. Munlyn leads the team and ranks sixth in the SEC with a .372 hitting percentage. She also ranks second in the SEC with 1.53 blocks per set. As a team, Mizzou ranks second in the league in blocking with 2.88 blocks per set.
Rebels vs. Tigers...
Missouri leads the all-time series 12-5, but the Rebels lead the series in matches played in Oxford, 3-2. In the last meeting, Mizzou tallied a 3-0 sweep against the Rebels in Columbia (Oct. 8 of this year).
Last meeting...
Ole Miss came into the first meeting against Missouri this year ranked second in the SEC in opponent hitting percentage at .165, but Missouri hit .437 on their way to a 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-15) win at the Hearnes Center. Freshman Bayleigh Scott recorded a career-high 8 kills on a career-best .700 clip to lead the Rebels.
Last time out...
Behind a double-double from Emily Stroup and a solid match from Texas native Nayo Warnell, Ole Miss earned their first ever win against Texas A&M Sunday afternoon at Reed Arena, 3-1 (25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16). Stroup posted her sixth double-double of the season with 13 kills and a career-high 22 digs. She also had three service aces. Warnell equaled her career-high with 12 kills on a .474 clip and added six blocks.
For more information on Ole Miss Volleyball, follow the Rebels on Twitter, @OleMissVB, on Facebook at OleMissVolleyball and on Instagram at OleMissVB. Also follow Coach McRoberts on Twitter, @CoachMcRoberts.
