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Alabama Volleyball Travels to Face LSU Saturday
9/24/2021 10:10:00 AM | Volleyball
The Crimson Tide and Tigers play at 5 p.m. CT in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center
This Weekend: Alabama at LSU
- Baton Rouge – Pete Maravich Assembly Center
- Saturday, Sept. 25 – 5 p.m. CT
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama heads into the weekend with a 8-5 record, most recently falling to Texas A&M in the opening match of SEC play
- Saturday's match at LSU will be the first of three straight road contests for the Crimson Tide, with six of its next eight matches coming away from Foster Auditorium
- Abby Marjama leads the SEC in aces (28) and ranks fifth nationally, while Dru Kuck is second in the league with 240 digs
All-Time vs. LSU
- 70th Meeting (39-30)
- in Tuscaloosa: 20-16 | in Baton Rouge: 6-21 | at Neutral Sites: 4-2
- Current Streak: LSU +1
- Last Meeting: Nov. 16, 2020 – Tuscaloosa, Ala. – L, 0-3
- Last Meeting in Baton Rouge: Oct. 18, 2019 – L, 1-3
Last Time Out: vs. Texas A&M
- Alabama volleyball fell to Texas A&M Wednesday night at Foster Auditorium in its SEC opener in four sets by scores of 25-20, 14-25, 22-25 and 16-25.
- Alabama won a hard-fought opening set by five points before Texas A&M stormed back with an 11-point win in the second to even the match at 1-1
- The Aggies reached set point in set three, 24-19, before three straight from the Tide forced a timeout but Texas A&M ultimately held on to win, 25-22
- An early 9-6 lead from Alabama in the fourth was erased by a 5-0 Aggie run and the visitors would ride the momentum to a 25-16 set victory and a 3-1 match win
- Shaye Eggleston and Kendyl Reaugh both finished the match with a team-leading 10 kills, marking a season high for Eggleston
- Chaise Campbell finished with five blocks, just one shy of her season high
Alabama in the SECÂ Rankings (Top Eight)
Team Stats
- 3rd - Digs – 745 (15.52/set)
- 3rd – Aces – 77 (1.60/set)
- 6th – Blocks – 109.5 (2.28/set)
- 7th - Opponent Hitting Pct. - .187
Individual Stats
- 1st - Aces - Abby Marjama – 28 (0.64/set)
- 2nd - Digs - Dru Kuck – 240 (5.00/set)
Abby Marjama Approaching 1,000 Career Kills
- Senior Abby Marjama is just 37 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 2.66 kills per set which puts her just under 14 sets away from hitting her 1,00th career kill at that pace
Alabama to Appear Six Times on ESPNÂ Family of Networks
- With the conference slate fast approaching, 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. 2 at Auburn – 4:30 p.m. CT
- Sunday, Oct. 3 at Auburn – 2 p.m. CT - ESPNU
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