Volleyball Splits Weekend; at Arkansas Friday, Hosts LSU Sunday

			OLE MISS (10-7, 0-3) at ARKANSAS (6-8, 0-4) Friday, Oct. 5 • 7 p.m. • Fayetteville, Ark. Barnhill Arena
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			OLE MISS (10-7, 0-3) vs. LSU (5-10, 0-4) RED OUT (T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY) Sunday, Oct. 7 • 1:30 p.m. • Oxford, Miss. Gillom Athletics Performance Center
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Live Coverage...
Both Friday's and Sunday's matches will be available for viewing via the SEC Network + and WatchESPN app... Fans can also follow along via the live stats links provided and follow the @OleMissVB Twitter account for in-game updates..

Quick Hits
• Ole Miss seeks its first win in SEC play, traveling to Arkansas Friday before hosting LSU Sunday in a red-out match • Both the Razorbacks and the Tigers are also winless in league action. LSU does not play before Sunday
• Junior Emily Stroup has led the league in total kills for four consecutive weeks, ranking 13th in the country in the statistic (286)... she also ranks in the Top 20 in the country in kills per set (4.47) and total points (314)...
• Stroup also boasts eight double-doubles on the year, ranking 2nd in the league... she was recently named one of the 13 best players in the country not on an AVCA-ranked squad as announced by NCAA Volleyball
• Classmate Nayo Warnell also carries a national ranking, sitting in the top 50 for hitting percentage (.333)
• The Rebels top the SEC in team assists (784, 12.25 per set) and total kills (840, 13.12 per set)...
• In conference matches only, sophomore middle Bayleigh Scott tops the team with a near-.400 hitting percentage (.389), while Stroup leads with 40 total kills. Warnell leads in the defensive effort at the net with seven total blocks, averaging a block a set.
• Ole Miss is 12-31 all-time against the Razorbacks. The two squads have went to five sets in each of their last three meetings, with Arkansas picking up both victories in 2017 and the Rebels winning in 2016.
• Head coach Steven McRoberts is 3-3 against Arkansas since taking the helm at Ole Miss in 2014.
• The Rebels are 17-54 against LSU all-time, and 2-3 against the Tigers in the McRoberts era.
•Sunday's match against LSU will be a red-out, where fans are encouraged to wear red. There will also be 200 red t-shirts given away prior to the match to support the event.

Scouting the Razorbacks
Arkansas, also winless in league play, nearly pulled off a thriller in Knoxville last weekend, falling in five sets to (RV) Tennessee. Sophomore Hailey Dirrigl leads the team, totaling 157 kills, averaging nearly four a set. Classmate Elizabeth Pamphile leads the charge at the net, posting 49 total blocks, while junior Rachel Rippee guides the offense as the primary setter with 475 assists.

Scouting the Tigers
LSU enters the weekend also looking for their first conference win, but has already faced three ranked squads and another two who have received votes this season. The Tigers dropped heartbreakers to both Texas A&M and Georgia, falling in five. LSU is led by former SEC Player of the Week in sophomore outside/middle Taylor Bannister, who has tallied 251 kills. Two Tigers have 50 blocks or more (Junior Jacqui Armer, Freshman Whitney Foreman) both averaging a block a set.

Up Next
The Rebels have another split weekend, hosting Missouri Friday, Oct. 12, before heading back out on the road, traveling to Lexington, Ky., to face No. 18 Kentucky... Friday's match will be Military Appreciation Night, where the first 150 fans will receive a t-shirt...

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Players Mentioned

Bayleigh Scott

Emily Stroup

Nayo Warnell

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