Alabama Volleyball Travels to Mobile
9/5/2005 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
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Fresh off their third consecutive Hampton Inn Bama Bash championship, the Alabama volleyball team (4-1) travels to Mobile to take on the South Alabama Jaguars (3-2) Tuesday night in Jaguar Gym.
The Crimson Tide is coming off a record setting weekend. Kelley Potter and Crystal Hudson both set a new school standard for hitting percentage in a match, slugging .917. Against Oklahoma, UA broke the team hitting record, posting a .580 percentage, breaking the mark set in 1990.
Alabama is riding a four match win streak after dropping its season opener. Alabama has not lost to South Alabama since 1989 and they hold a 23-4 all-time series lead over USA. The Tide has also won 22 consecutive contests against all in-state opponents dating back to the 1999 season.
Potter leads the way for the Tide. The senior outside hitter paces the team in kills (58), kills per game (4.46) and is hitting .600 for the season. Jessica Yearout is Alabama’s defensive standout. The Idaho native leads the squad with 68 digs for a 4.53 dig per game average. Yearout had 25 digs against Indiana last Friday night to break her old UA best of 22. The senior libero also leads Alabama with 11 service aces this season.
South Alabama comes into the match off of a 2-2 performance in Murray, Ky. last weekend at the Helping Hands Classic. The Jags are led by Jenna Swilley who is averaging 3.94 kills per game on the season. Defensively, the USA is led by Whitney Sanders who is the reigning Sunbelt Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Sanders is averaging 1.17 blocks per game as well as 2.56 digs per game.
First serve of the match is set for 7:00. Following the contest, Alabama will return home before traveling to Milwaukee, Wis. this weekend to compete in the UWM Invitational.
