Thursday, November 18
Knoxville, Tenn.
5:30 p.m. CT
Alabama
at
Tennessee
Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
Alabama Volleyball Heads to Knoxville for Two Matches Against Tennessee
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The Crimson Tide and Lady Vols play at 5:30 p.m. CT on Thursday and Friday
This Week: Alabama at Tennessee
- Knoxville, Tenn. – Thompson-Boling Arena
- Thursday, Nov. 18 – 5:30 p.m. CT
- Friday, Nov. 19 – 5:30 p.m. CT
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama makes its final road trip of the season this week, playing two matches against Tennessee in Thompson-Boling Arena
- The Crimson Tide will be seeking its first road win against the Lady Vols since defeating them in five sets in Knoxville on Oct. 8, 2017
- The teams split their two meetings last season in Tuscaloosa, snapping a three-match winning streak from Tennessee in the all-time series
- Following these matches, Alabama will close out the regular season with a pair of home matches against Ole Miss Friday, Nov. 26 at 6 p.m. CT and Saturday, Nov. 27 at 2 p.m. CT
All-Time vs. Tennessee
- 58th Meeting (19-38)
- in Tuscaloosa: 11-16 | in Knoxville: 6-19 | at Neutral Sites: 2-3
- Current Streak: Tennessee +1
- Last Meeting: March 20, 2021 – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – L, 1-3
- Last Meeting in Knoxville: Nov. 22, 2019 – L, 0-3
Last Time Out: vs. Arkansas
- Alabama fell in a pair of hard-fought four set matches against Arkansas Nov. 6-7 in Foster Auditorium
- Kennedy Muckelroy led the team with 23 kills over the weekend, including 14 kills in game one which marked her 11th match this season in double figures
- A late push in the fourth set of game one included a game-tying service ace from Sydney Gholson, the first of her career
- Laila Smith tallied a season-high nine kills in the second match against the Razorbacks
- Kendyl Reaugh hit a career-best .438 in the second matchup and led the team with 15 kills
- With both matches going four sets, each of the last eight meetings between Alabama and Arkansas have now gone past three sets
Alabama Adds Two During Fall Signing Period
- Alabama volleyball welcomed the two newest members of the Crimson Tide volleyball family this week, with Micah Gryniewicz and Morgan Rank committing during the November signing period
- Micah Gryniewicz is an outside hitter at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz. She is a 2021 AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, two-time AVCA Phenom Award winner and 2020 Gatorade Player of the Year nominee after leading Hamilton to a 6A state championship last season
- Morgan Rank is a defensive specialist at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Ill. She is a three-time AAU All-American and was named to the 2020 AVCA Phenom and Under Armour All-American watch lists
Abby Marjama Earns Her 1,000th Career kill
- In the Oct. 24 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 201 kill so far this season, averaging 2.83 per set
Alabama in the SEC Rankings (Top Eight)
Team Stats
- 6th – Aces – 127 (1.32/set)
- 7th - Digs – 1,388 (14.46/set)
Individual Stats
- 1st - Aces - Abby Marjama – 35 (0.49/set)
- 5th - Digs - Dru Kuck – 321 (4.06/set)
Up Next: Alabama vs. Ole Miss (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Friday, Nov. 26 – 6 p.m. CT *Senior Day*
- Saturday, Nov. 27 – 2 p.m. CT
Players Mentioned
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