Saturday, October 2
Auburn, Ala.
4:30 p.m. CT
Alabama
at
Auburn
Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
Alabama Volleyball Faces In-State Rival Auburn Twice on the Road this Weekend
10/1/2021 11:54:00 AM | Volleyball
Sunday’s match will be nationally televised on ESPNU
This Weekend: Alabama at Auburn
- Auburn, Ala. – Auburn Arena
- Saturday, Oct. 2 – 4:30 p.m. CT
- Sunday, Oct. 3 – 2 p.m. CT - ESPNU
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama heads into the weekend with a 8-6 record, most recently falling to LSU on the road last weekend
- This weekend marks the second and third straight road contests for the Crimson Tide, with five of its next seven matches coming away from Foster Auditorium
- Alabama is ranked second in the SEC in aces (85, 1.60/set) while Abby Marjama leads the individual rankings (30, 0.64/set), which is third nationally in total aces and sixth in aces-per-set
- This weekend will be a matchup of the league's top two passers in Auburn's Bella Rosenthal (225, 5.11/set) and Alabama's Dru Kuck (251, 4.74/set)
- Sunday's match will be the first of six nationally televised games for the Crimson Tide this season
All-Time vs. Auburn
- 86th Meeting (52-33)
- in Tuscaloosa: 27-13 | in Auburn: 20-15 | at Neutral Sites: 5-5
- Current Streak: Auburn +1
- Last Meeting: Nov. 30, 2019 – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – L, 0-3
- Last Meeting in Auburn: Oct. 2, 2019 – W, 3-1
Last Time Out: at LSU
- Alabama volleyball and LSU battled to a decisive fifth set last Saturday in Baton Rouge, with the Tigers ultimately edging out the Crimson Tide late in the final frame to take the match
- After dropping the opening set, Alabama rallied back with wins in the second and third to take a 2-1 match lead before the Tigers took the fourth and then, tied 11-11 in the fifth, closed out the match with a 4-1 run
- Shaye Eggleston and Kendyl Reaugh led the team with 11 kills each, a new season high for Eggleston
- Fellow freshman Brooke Slusser finished with a season-high four aces and led the team with 22 assists, adding 10 digs for her first double-double
- With a pair of service aces, Abby Marjama has now earned at least one ace in 12 of the Tide's 14 matches this season, including the last seven straight
Alabama in the SECÂ Rankings (Top Eight)
Team Stats
- 2nd – Aces – 85 (1.60/set)
- 5th - Digs – 801 (15.11/set)
- 7th – Blocks – 114.5 (2.16/set)
Individual Stats
- 1st - Aces - Abby Marjama – 30 (0.64/set)
- 2nd - Digs - Dru Kuck – 251 (4.74/set)
Abby Marjama Approaching 1,000 Career Kills
- Senior Abby Marjama is just 31 kills shy of her 1,000th career kill
- After two seasons at UC Irvine, she joined the Crimson Tide last year and posted a career-best 285 kills over 22 matches
- This year, she is averaging 2.62 kills per set which puts her just under 12 sets away from hitting her 1,00th career kill at that pace
Alabama to Appear Six Times on ESPNÂ Family of Networks
- Alabama is slated to appear six times against SEC opponents on the ESPN family of networks
- Every match, whether televised or not, will also be streamed like on the SEC Network Plus, available at WatchEPSN.com or on the ESPN app
2021 Televised Matches
- Sunday, Oct. 3 at Auburn - 2 p.m. CT - ESPNU
- Wednesday, Oct. 20 vs. Florida - 7 p.m. CT - ESPNU
- Sunday, Oct. 24 at South Carolina - 11 a.m. CT - SEC Network
- Sunday, Oct. 31 vs. Georgia - 11 a.m. CT - SEC Network
- Wednesday, Nov. 3 at Mississippi State - 7 p.m. CT - SEC Network
- Sunday, Nov. 7 vs. Arkansas – 3 p.m. CT – SEC Network
Up Next
- Saturday, Oct. 9 vs. No. 6 Kentucky – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – 1 p.m. CT
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