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9-19, 0-13
Ole Miss Tops Mississippi State 3-1
11/5/2017 | Volleyball
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OXFORD, Miss. - Behind a season-best .323 hitting percentage and career outings from middle blockers Bayleigh Scott and Nayo Warnell, the Ole Miss volleyball team defeated Mississippi State 3-1 (25-18, 25-27, 25-15, 25-23) here Sunday at the Gillom Athletics Performance Center to sweep the season series with the Bulldogs.
Ole Miss (15-11, 6-7) hit a blistering .607 in set one siding out at 86 percent and broke open the set to lead 15-9 midway through. They closed out the Bulldogs 25-18. The Rebels jumped out to a 14-5 lead in set two and later led 22-17, before State went on a 10-3 run to close out the set 27-25.
The Rebels hit .364 in set three, while State hit -.034 as Ole Miss got back on track and won the set 25-15 to take a 2-1 lead overall.
State did not go quietly as they held a 12-9 lead midway through set four trying to extend the match. Tied 20-20 late, consecutive kills from Lexi Thompson and Caitlin Wernentin and a State attack error gave Ole Miss their first lead in the set, 23-20. The Bulldogs answered, helped out by a couple of attack errors from the Rebels to tie it up at 23-23, but then a service error and Wernentin's ninth kill ended the matter 25-23.
Quick Hits…
• Ole Miss is now 15-11 overall, 6-7 in the SEC.
• The Rebels improved to 71-26 all-time against Mississippi State and sweep the season series.
• The Rebels posted a season-high .323 attack percentage with an average of 14 kills per set.
• The Rebels equaled their SEC-best 8 service aces, including 3 from Lexi Thompson.
• Nayo Warnell finished with a career-high 14 kills on a .357 clip.
• Freshman Bayleigh Scott posted a career-high 10 kills with 0 errors on a career-best .714 attack percentage.
• Junior Caroline Adams tallied 19 digs and now has 864 career digs.
• Sophomore Emily Stroup posted 11 kills on a .400 clip and has now tallied double-digit kills in 19 of the Rebels' 26 matches this season.
• Junior Caitlin Wernentin came off the bench and added 9 kills on a .316 attack percentage.
• The Rebels held State to a .164 attack percentage.
Up next…
The Rebels will travel to Athens, Georgia Nov. 10 for their second of two matches this year against Georgia before returning home to host Texas A&M on Nov. 12 at 2 p.m.
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.
