Alabama Volleyball Returns Home Hosting Mississippi State

Friday, February 26

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

Alabama

Mississippi State

Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics

2/25/2021 10:09:00 AM | Volleyball

The Crimson Tide and Bulldogs face off Friday at 6 p.m. CT and Saturday at 2 p.m. CT

THIS WEEK: ALABAMA (4-10) VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE (4-8)

After back-to-back road trips, Alabama (4-10) returns home to face Mississippi State (4-8) twice at Foster Auditorium
Last time out, the Crimson Tide took a pair of losses on the road at Arkansas, 3-0 and 3-1
After not having gone five sets in any of its first nine matches, Alabama has gone the distance in three of its last five, sporting a 2-1 record in those matches
As a team, the Tide is ranked seventh in the SEC in aces (68, 1.28/set) as is Taylor Drapp in the individual rankings (10, 0.36/set)
Following this weekend, future spring opponents include Texas A&M (March 5-6), Tennessee (March 19-20) and Kentucky (March 24-25)

Overall: 69th Meeting (Alabama leads 51-17)
- In Tuscaloosa: 25-5 | In Starkville: 19-11 | At Neutral Sites: 7-1
Current Streak: Alabama +5
Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 2019 - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - W, 3-1

Alabama suffered a pair of road losses its last time out against Arkansas, falling 3-0 and 3-1
After falling by scores of 13, 14 and 19 on Friday, the Crimson Tide lost 25-18 and 25-17 on Saturday but rallied for a third-set win, 25-18, before dropping a close fourth, 25-21
Abby Marjama led the offense with a weekend-best 17 kills in the second contest
Riley Fisbeck earned her third double-double of the season in Saturday's match, finishing with 20 assists and 15 digs
Kendyl Reaugh was one kill shy of her own double-double, earning nine kills and a season-best 19 digs
Alyiah Wells stuffed a season-high eight blocks

Team

Individual

Eight newcomers have seen court time for the Crimson Tide this season, including four transfers and four freshmen
Madelyn St. Germain has started every match at libero, while Chaise Campbell has started 11, Riley Fisbeck, Kennedy Muckelroy and Kendyl Reaugh at 10 and Abby Marjama at seven
Victoria Schmer made her career debut in the Nov. 8 match at Georgia and Allie Trame saw her first action against South Carolina on Jan. 29
Marjama, Muckelroy and Reaugh lead the team in kills, while Fisbeck has 343 of the team's 570 assists and St. Germain leads the team with 175 digs

Head Coach Lindsey Devine is in her second season at the helm of the Crimson Tide
Devine earned her 300th career win during her debut season at Alabama, doing so with a three-set sweep over Alcorn State on Sept. 14, 2019
She arrived at Alabama in 2019 following a successful 16-year stint at ETSU as its all-time winningest coach
Devine led the Buccaneers to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2017 and 2018, the latter as the Southern Conference's first ever at-large bid
She was twice named SoCon Coach of the Year and had 28 student-athletes earn all-conference honors during her tenure, including three Player of the Year, three Libero of the Year and two Freshmen of the Year award-winners
Off the court, ETSU sported a 100-percent graduation rate under Devine and earned the AVCA Team Academic Award each of her last nine years, which requires at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade point average