Alabama Volleyball Heads to Lexington for Saturday Match at No. 18 Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Alabama volleyball resumes Southeastern Conference play this weekend, facing 18th-ranked Kentucky on the road on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. CT.

This Weekend: at #18 Kentucky

Lexington, Ky. – Memorial Coliseum
Saturday, Oct. 1 – 3 p.m. CT

Scouting Alabama

Alabama's lone contest of week six is a Saturday road contest in Lexington, Ky., against 18th-ranked Kentucky at 3 p.m. CT
The Wildcats are the second ranked opponent on the Tide's schedule, previously facing then-No. 12 Florida on Sept. 21 in Gainesville
Six of the Alabama's next nine matches will be on the road before finishing out the regular season with five of its remaining seven at home
The Tide leads the SEC and ranks fourth nationally with 115 service aces
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 Abby 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. Auburn

Alabama dropped a pair of four-set decisions to Auburn last weekend in Foster Auditorium
The Tide won the first set in each match, 28-26 on Saturday and 25-16 on Sunday, but fell in the subsequent three sets each time
Kendyl Reaugh led the team with 26 kills (3.25/set), finishing in double figures in each match to extend her current streak to five-straight matches with 10+ kills
Alyiah Wells was just behind with 25 kills (3.13/set), hitting .404 on the weekend including a .435 clip on Sunday, her fourth match of the season above .400
Brooke Slusser led the team with 65 assists and was second with 18 digs, including her fifth double-double of the season on Saturday (40 assists, 10 digs)

Alabama Aces

Alabama leads the SEC in service aces as a team (115, 2.05/set) while Abby Marjama (35, 0.67/set) leads the individual rankings
The Tide is the only team with over 100 aces, 16 more than second-place Auburn with 99
After Marjama's 35 aces, the next-highest individual total in the league is 22
Nationally, the Crimson Tide is sixth in total aces 11th in aces-per-set
Marjama is fourth nationally in total aces and seventh in aces-per-set

Alabama Wins vs. Ranked Opponents

Alabama has won eight matches against ranked opponents in program history, last doing so on Sept. 23, 2016 against Texas A&M
All but one of the eight victories came at home, with the lone ranked victory away from Tuscaloosa coming on Sept. 7, 2007 against then-No. 13 Ohio in South Bend, Ind.
The win over the Bobcats is also the only out-of-conference ranked victory

Alabama Wins vs. Ranked Opponents

Sept. 23, 2016 vs. No. 19 Texas A&M - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 3-2
Oct. 31, 2014 vs. No. 23 Texas A&M - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 3-2
Sept. 7, 2007 vs. No. 13 Ohio - South Bend, Ind. - 3-2
Oct. 15, 2006 vs. No. 18 Tennessee - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 3-1
Oct. 8, 2006 vs. No. 10 LSU - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 3-1
Nov. 19, 2005 vs. No. 25 Tennessee - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 3-2
Sept. 30, 2005 vs. No. 24 LSU - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 3-1
Nov. 22, 2002 vs. No. 18 South Carolina - Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 3-0

Up Next: at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)

Friday, Oct. 7 - 7 p.m. CT - SEC Network
Saturday, Oct. 8 - 4 p.m. CT

University of Alabama Athletics

Alabama Volleyball Heads to Lexington for Saturday Match at No. 18 Kentucky

This Weekend: at #18 Kentucky

Scouting Alabama

Last Time out: vs. Auburn

Alabama Aces

Alabama Wins vs. Ranked Opponents

Up Next: at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)

Players Mentioned

Taylor Drapp

Micah Gryniewicz

Emily Janek

Dru Kuck

Abby Marjama

Maddy McCormick

Kendyl Reaugh

Katie Shook

Brooke Slusser

Alyiah Wells

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