Alabama Volleyball Returns Home to Face Mississippi State Saturday

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama volleyball returns home this Saturday, facing Mississippi State at 2 p.m. CT in Foster Auditorium. The match is Alumni Day, as the Crimson Tide will be welcoming back alums from all eras of Alabama volleyball history.

This Weekend: vs. Mississippi State

Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Foster Auditorium
Saturday, Nov. 5 – 2 p.m. CT

Scouting Alabama

Alabama returns home this Saturday, facing Mississippi State at 2 p.m. CT in Foster Auditorium
The match is Alumni Day, as the Crimson Tide will be welcoming back alums from all eras of Alabama volleyball history
Alabama is coming off a four-set road win Wednesday night at Texas A&M, rallying from a loss in the first set to win the next three over the Aggies
Five of the seven remaining matches on the Crimson Tide's schedule will be in Tuscaloosa
The Tide leads the SEC with 163 aces, while Abby Marjama leads the league and is second nationally with 57
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: at Texas A&M

After falling in the first set, Alabama rallied to win the next three and earn the four-set win on the road at Texas A&M Wednesday night in Reed Arena
The win snapped a five-game streak by Texas A&M in the all-time series and is just the second road win for Alabama against the Aggies, last doing so on Oct. 26, 2018
Alabama had three players with double-digit kills, led by 14 from Alyiah Wells
Kendyl Reaugh tallied her sixth double-double of the season and third in SEC play with 13 kills and 15 digs
Abby Marjama led the team with five aces while Sami Jacobs tied her season high with three, all coming consecutively in the second set
Emily Janek also earned a double-double with 40 assists and 10 digs along with seven blocks, including a career-high five solo

Alabama Aces

Alabama leads the SEC in service aces (163) and aces-per-set (1.85)
Individually, Abby Marjama leads the individual rankings with 57 (0.68/set), which is 26 more than the next-highest total
The Tide is one of five power five teams with over 160 aces and Marjama is one of just seven players nationally with over 50
Nationally, the Crimson Tide is 19th in total aces 21st in aces-per-set
Marjama is second nationally in total aces and fourth in aces-per-set

Career Milestones

Abby Marjama has 57 aces this season, beating her previous single-season high of 48 from her freshman season at UC Irvine and putting her nine away from the UA single-season top 10
117 of Marjama's aces have come with the Crimson Tide, which is nine shy of the career top 10
Alyiah Wells earned the 300th block of her career in the Oct. 22 match against Georgia, currently sitting at 312 while averaging 1.08 blocks-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
Dru Kuck has 878 career digs, including 431 with the Crimson Tide

Up Next: vs. South Carolina (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Friday, Nov. 11 - 6 p.m. CT
Saturday, Nov. 12 - 2 p.m. CT

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