TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ?? The Alabama Volleyball team’s October 6 match against Southeastern Conference rival Arkansas will be televised by Fox Sports South it was announced this week.
“I am extremely pleased that Fox Sports South will air our match with Arkansas,” Alabama head coach Judy Green said. “This has become one the best rivals in the SEC and traditionally when the two of us get together you can expect a great match.”
Green, in her 11th season coaching the Crimson Tide, led Alabama to its best season ever in 2005, including a trip to the SEC Championship finals and its first ever trip to the NCAA Championships.
The match against Arkansas, which will get underway at 6 p.m. CST, comes early in the conference slate and will be the Tide’s first home match in the month of October.
“Arkansas will be heavily favored to win the SEC Western Division and we will have to be prepared to play at a very high level in order win,” Green said.
Alabama, in the midst of its pre-season camp, gets its season underway Friday, August 25 at 7 p.m. at home against the University of Miami as part of the Academy Sports Invitational.
