Wednesday, October 19
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
8 p.m. CT
Alabama
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Photo by: Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
Alabama Volleyball Hosts LSU Wednesday Night on ESPNU
10/18/2022 9:38:00 AM | Volleyball
The Crimson Tide and Tigers square off on national television at 8 p.m. CT
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama volleyball returns to Foster Auditorium for another midweek SEC contest, hosting LSU on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. CT live on ESPNU. The match will be the Crimson Tide's annual Power of Pink match, helping raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer.
This Week: vs. LSU
- Wednesday, Oct. 19 – 8 p.m. CT - ESPNU
- Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Foster Auditorium
Scouting Alabama
- Alabama and LSU face off at 8 p.m. CT Wednesday night at Foster Auditorium live on ESPNU
- The match will be the Crimson Tide's annual Power of Pink match, helping raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer
- Alabama is coming off its first SEC win of the season, a three-set sweep over Missouri last Wednesday at Foster Auditorium
- The Tide leads the SEC and ranks 20th nationally with 138 service aces, while Abby Marjama is fifth nationally with 45
- Alabama returns 14 players from last year's squad, including seniors Taylor Drapp, Emily Janek, Dru Kuck, Katie Shook and Alyiah Wells and fifth-year senior Marjama
- Newcomers this year include freshman Micah Gryniewicz, an AVCA All-Region honoree from Chandler, Ariz., and sophomore Maddy McCormick, who played at Colorado State last season
Last Time out: vs. Missouri
- Alabama earned its first SEC victory of the season last Wednesday in Tuscaloosa, sweeping Missouri by set scores of 25-21, 29-27 and 25-10
- The Tide overcame a 17-13 deficit to win the first set and overcame an even larger gap in the second, trailing 23-16 before fighting all the way back to eventually win, 29-27
- Alabama's .266 hitting percentage is its highest in SEC play this season and fourth-highest overall
- The Tide had four players with double-digit kills, led by 14 from Alyiah Wells
- Emily Janek tallied her fifth double-double of the season with 34 assists and 14 digs
Alyiah Wells Named SEC Offensive Player of the Week
- Wells led the team with 14 kills in the three-set sweep over Missouri last Wednesday, only committing two errors on 24 swings, good for a .500 hitting percentage
- The 14 kills are tied for her highest total in SEC play this season and marks the ninth time in the last 10 games she has finished with double-digit kills
- The weekly award is the first of Wells' career and the first for any Alabama player since March 1, 2020 when Abby Marjama and Madelyn St. Germain took home that week's offensive and defensive accolades, respectively
- The Tide has won 21 Offensive Player of the Week awards since the category was introduced in 2004
Alabama Aces
- Alabama leads the SEC in service aces as a team (138, 1.94/set) while Abby Marjama (45, 0.67/set) leads the individual rankings
- The Tide is one of three SEC teams with over 120 aces, just ahead of Auburn (133) and Georgia (122)
- After Marjama's 45 aces, the next-highest individual total in the league is 29
- Nationally, the Crimson Tide is 20th in total aces 10th in aces-per-set
- Marjama is fifth nationally in total aces and fourth in aces-per-set
Career Milestones
- Alyiah Wells is 12 blocks away from the 300th of her career, averaging a block per set this season
- Brooke Slusser is only nine assists shy of the 1,100 mark for her career and 175 away from tying her total from last season
- Abby Marjama has 177 career aces and her 45 this season is just three away from her single-season best set her freshman season at UC Irvine
- Dru Kuck has 849 career digs, including 402 with the Crimson Tide
Up Next: at Georgia (Athens, Ga.)
- Saturday, Oct. 22 - 1 p.m. CT
- Sunday, Oct. 23 - 11 a.m. CT - SEC Network
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