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Alabama Volleyball Welcomes Georgia for Halloween Weekend Twin Bill
10/29/2021 9:40:00 AM | Volleyball
Sunday’s match will air live on the SEC Network
This Weekend: Alabama vs. Georgia
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Foster Auditorium
- Saturday, Oct. 30 – 1 p.m. CT
- Sunday, Oct. 31 – 11 a.m. CT – SEC Network
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama will play four of its next five matches at home, starting with two against Georgia this weekend in Foster Auditorium
- Last year, the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs split two matches in Athens marking Alabama's first win in the series since 2016
- A win this weekend would be the Tide's first at home vs. the Bulldogs since 2015, which was also the last time Alabama defeated Georgia twice in a season
- The Tide split two road matches last weekend, sweeping South Carolina on Saturday before falling in three sets to the Gamecocks on Sunday
All-Time vs. Georgia
- 61st Meeting (32-28)
- in Tuscaloosa: 12-14 | in Athens: 12-11 | at Neutral Sites: 7-2
- Current Streak: Georgia +1
- Last Meeting: Nov. 8, 2020 – Athens, Ga. – L, 0-3
- Last Meeting in Tuscaloosa: Nov. 27, 2019 – L, 0-3
Last Time Out: vs. South Carolina
- Alabama volleyball split its two road matches at South Carolina, sweeping the Gamecocks in game one before falling in three sets in game two
- The Crimson Tide put together its best performance of the season in game one, hitting .385 as a team with three players with double-digit kills
- The .385 hitting percentage is its highest against an SEC opponent since hitting .418 against Ole Miss on Nov. 13, 2009
- The win snapped a five-match win streak from South Carolina in the series and was Alabama's first SEC sweep since Nov. 16, 2018
- Abby Marjama led the team with 26 kills over the weekend, earning the 1,000th of her career on Sunday
Abby Marjama Earns 1,000th Career Kill
- In Sunday's match at South Carolina, senior Abby Marjama earned her 1,000th career kill
- She entered the match 13 shy of the mark, surpassing it in the third set and ultimately finishing with 16 to put her career total at 1,0003
- After two seasons at UC Irvine, she joined the Crimson Tide last year and posted a career-best 285 kills over 22 matches
- She has 157 kill so far this season, averaging 2.60 per set
Alabama in the SECÂ Rankings (Top Eight)
Team Stats
- 4th – Aces – 109 (1.40/set)
- 4th - Digs – 1,169 (14.99/set)
Individual Stats
- 1st - Aces - Abby Marjama – 32 (0.56/set)
- 3rd - Digs - Dru Kuck – 265 (4.34/set)
Alabama to Appear Six Times on ESPN 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: Alabama at Mississippi State (Starkville, Miss.)
- Wednesday, Nov. 3 – 7 p.m. CT – SEC Network
Players Mentioned
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Saturday, August 26
Alabama Takes Down Tennessee, 3-1
Wednesday, November 23
Condensed Game Highlights: Alabama VS Tennessee
Wednesday, November 23
Condensed Highlights: Volleyball Sweeps South Carolina
Saturday, November 12