Another Split Weekend on Tap for Rebel Volleyball

			OLE MISS (11-8, 1-4) vs. MISSOURI (14-4, 4-2) MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT (T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY) Friday, Oct. 12 • 6:30 p.m. • Oxford, Miss. Gillom Athletics Performance Center
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			*OLE MISS (11-8, 1-4) at No. 16 KENTUCKY (10-4, 5-0) Sunday, Oct. 14 • 12:00 p.m. CT • Lexington, Ky. Memorial Coliseum**
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Live Coverage...
Friday's match will be available on the SEC Network +, while Sunday's contest will be aired on the SEC Network. Both can also be viewed via the WatchESPN app... Fans can also follow along via the live stat links provided and follow the @OleMissVB Twitter account for in-game updates...

Quick Hits
• Ole Miss is coming off its first win in SEC play, a thrilling five-set triumph over LSU Sunday
• Junior Emily Stroup set a single-game program record, totaling 30 kills across the five sets... she also registered a career-high 24 digs, turning in her league-leading 10th double-double of the season...
• Her 30 kills was the second-most in an SEC match this season (Hollann Hans, Texas A&M, 32 vs. Florida)
• Stroup posted 20 kills and a then-career-best 22 digs Friday at Arkansas, becoming the only player in the league to record a 20-kill, 20-dig performance this season, and has now done it on back-to-back occasions...
• The Rebels turned in 104 digs Friday against Arkansas, falling just six shy of a school record (110, vs. North Dakota, 2017). The 104 are the most by an SEC squad this season.
• Senior Caitlin Wernentin also turned in a career weekend, tallying a then-best 17 kills Friday before following that up with 20 on Sunday, hitting at a team-high .316 efficiency...
• Sophomore middle Bayleigh Scott dominated the net game for Ole Miss, posting 13 rejections, averaging 1.3 blocks per set. She fell one block shy of her career-best, totaling seven on Sunday.
• Senior Caroline Adams also delivered a career best, tying her high with 31 digs Friday at Arkansas. Setter Lauren Bars delivered Sunday, dishing out a career-high 51 assists.
• Stroup ranks fifth in the nation with 336 total kills, and also ranks in the Top 20 in kills per set (4.54) and total points (368)...
• As a team, Ole Miss leads the conference in total kills (972), assists (909), and digs (1092).
• The Rebels are 4-10 all-time against the Tigers of Missouri. Head Coach Steven McRoberts led Ole Miss to a sweep in his first season (2014), but is 1-6 since taking the helm.
• Ole Miss is 11-43 against Kentucky as McRoberts seeks his first victory against the Wildcats at Ole Miss.
•Friday's match will be Military Appreciation Night, where the first 150 fans will receive an Ole Miss patriotic t-shirt.

Scouting Mizzou
The Tigers are coming off a perfect weekend, sweeping both South Carolina and Arkansas in CoMo. Missouri held the Razorbacks to a .122 clip, while limiting each Gamecock to single-digit kills. The Tigers are 14-4 overall and 4-2 in SEC play, dropping a five-setter to Tennessee and falling 3-1 to No. 19 Kentucky. Sophomore Kylie Deberg tops the squad with 226 kills (3.42 k/s). The Tigers lead the league in block- ing, averaging nearly three a set (2.92), totaling 193 on the year. Senior Alyssa Munlyn leads the team and league with 98 rejections, totaling almost 50 more than the next-best performer. She ranks 9th in the country in the statistic, while the Tigers sit 11th as a team.

Scouting Kentucky
The 10-4 Wildcats sit undefeated in conference play, but host (RV) Tennessee Friday before welcoming the Rebels. Ten- nessee and Kentucky opened SEC play against each other, where the Volunteers took a set (one of just two the Wild- cats have surrerendered in league play this season). Reign- ing SEC Player of the Week Leah Edmond leads the team with 242 kills, averaging 4.48 a set. Edmond also carries a .301 hitting efficiency on the season. The Wildcats offense is guided by setter Madison Lilley with 575 assists while middle blocker Brooke Morgan and libero Gabby Curry lead the de- fense with 48 blocks and 201 digs, respectively.

Up Next
The Rebels will stay in Oxford. next weekend, welcoming No. 11 Florida for a rematch Friday, Oct. 19 and then welcoming rival Mississippi State for a Sunday 1:30 p.m. showdown.

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Caroline Adams

Lauren Bars

Bayleigh Scott

Emily Stroup

Caitlin Wernentin

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