Alabama Volleyball Travels to Face Missouri Friday, Arkansas Sunday

Friday, November 15

Columbia, Mo.

6:30 p.m. CT

Alabama

Missouri

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athleti

Alabama Volleyball Travels to Face Missouri Friday, Arkansas Sunday

11/14/2019 11:18:00 AM | Volleyball

Match Notes Live Stats vs. Missouri Live Video vs. Missouri (Online Only)Live Stats vs. Arkansas Live Video vs. Arkansas (SEC Network)

Sunday’s match against the Razorbacks will air live on the SEC Network

THIS WEEKEND

ALABAMA (12-11, 4-8 SEC) AT MISSOURI (16-6, 8-4 SEC)

Friday, Nov. 15 – 6:30 p.m. CT
Columbia, Mo. – Hearnes Center

ALABAMA (12-11, 4-8 SEC) AT ARKANSAS (8-17, 2-11 SEC)

Sunday, Nov. 17 – 12 p.m. CT
Fayetteville, Ark. – Barnhill Arena
TV: SEC Network

SCOUTING ALABAMA

Alabama is 12-11 overall and 4-8 in Southeastern Conference play with six matches remaining in its regular season slate
The next three matches on the schedule will be away from home before the Crimson Tide closes its regular season with three at Foster Auditorium
Junior Kaylee Thomas is ranked fifth in the league in digs (351, 4.18/set) and is just 10 away from the 1,000th of her career
Freshman Alyiah Wells is fourth in the league in blocks (92, 1.14/set) and is the only freshman ranked in the top 10
Junior Doris Carter leads the team with four double-doubles and has finished each of the last five matches with 10 or more kills
The Crimson Tide returns 11 players from last season's team, including starters Doris Carter, Meghan Neelon, Kaylee Thomas, Ginger Perinar and Hayley McSparin
Along with first-year head coach Lindsey Devine, eight newcomers join the roster including six freshmen and two graduate transfers

ALL-TIME VS. MISSOURI

Overall: 14th Meeting (Missouri leads 10-3)
In Tuscaloosa: 1-6 | In Columbia: 2-4 | At Neutral Sites: 0-0
Current Streak: Missouri +6
Last Meeting: Nov. 8, 2019 - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - L, 2-3
Last Meeting in Columbia: Sept. 19, 2018 - L, 0-3

ALL-TIME VS. ARKANSAS

Overall: 50th Meeting (Arkansas leads 32-17)
In Tuscaloosa: 11-12 | In Fayetteville: 6-17 | At Neutral Sites: 0-3
Current Streak: Alabama +10
Last Meeting: Sept. 29, 2019 - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - W, 3-2
Last Meeting in Fayetteville: Oct. 21, 2018 - W, 3-1

LAST TIME OUT: ALABAMA FIGHTS FOR FIVE SETS AGAINST MISSOURI, FALLS IN THREE TO TENNESSEE

Alabama started its weekend with a hard-fought, five-set loss to Missouri on Friday before dropping another in three sets to Tennessee on Sunday
The Tide fell to the Tigers in the first set, 25-22, before rallying back to take the next two, 25-20 and 25-23, respectively
A 25-22 loss for the Crimson Tide in the fourth set forced a fifth frame, with the Tigers edging out the narrow 18-16 decision
As a team, Alabama tied its season-high marks with 19 blocks and nine service aces against Missouri
On Sunday, Alabama fell to Tennessee in straight sets by identical 25-18 scores in each
For the fifth-straight match, junior Doris Carter finished with double-digit kills, leading the team with 14

ALABAMA IN THE SEC RANKINGS (TOP EIGHT)

Team (Overall)

3rd - Blocks (206, 2.42/set)
7th - Aces (101, 1.19/set)

Team (SEC Matches)

5th - Blocks (116, 2.52/set)
6th - Aces (51, 1.11/set)

Individual (Overall)

4th - Blocks - Alyiah Wells (92, 1.14/set)
5th - Digs - Kaylee Thomas (351, 4.18/set)

Individual (SEC Matches)

5th - Digs - Kaylee Thomas (196, 4.26/set)
6th - Blocks - Alyiah Wells (48, 1.04/set)

DORIS CARTER ON DOUBLE-DIGIT KILL STREAK

Junior Doris Carter has finished each of the last five matches with double-digit kills, including a season-high 23 against Missouri on Friday, Nov. 8
It is the first streak of at least five matches with 10+ kills since Hayley McSparin did so last season from Oct. 21-Nov. 4
Carter's 78 combined kills is the highest total of a five-match stretch since Ginger Perinar had 80 from Oct. 15-Nov. 1, 2017

KAYLEE THOMAS CLOSING IN ON 1,000 CAREER DIGS

With 990 career digs, junior Kaylee Thomas is 10 away from becoming the 14th player in program history to earn 1,000
Thomas' 3.08 digs-per-set average ranks eighth all-time at UA

HAYLEY MCSPARIN MARCHES TOWARDS 1,000 CAREER KILLS

Senior Hayley McSparin surpassed the 900-career-kills mark in the Oct. 18 match against LSU and currently sits at 943
She is the 18th player in program history to break the 900-kill mark and the first since Kat Hutson (2014-16), who sits 32 kills ahead of McSparin in UA's career rankings
McSparin is also among the top 10 at Alabama in career attack percentage (8th - .299), total blocks (10th - 338), solo blocks (7th - 68) and block assists (9th - 270)
She is just the fifth player in program history to rank in the top 10 in each of those categories

TIDE MAKING FIFTH TELEVISED APPEARANCE OF 2019

Sunday's match at Arkansas is the fifth and final scheduled TV appearance by the Crimson Tide this season

Alabama Volleyball Television Schedule

Tuesday, Sept. 24 at Texas A&M - L, 1-3
Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Auburn - W, 3-1
Wednesday, Oct. 9 vs. Mississippi State - W, 3-1
Sunday, Oct. 27 at South Carolina - L, 0-3
Sunday, Nov. 17 at Arkansas - 12 p.m. CT (SEC Network)

UP NEXT

Alabama has a split weekend, first traveling to Tennessee on Friday, Nov. 22 for a 5:30 p.m. CT match against the Lady Vols before returning home to host LSU on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. CT.