After snapping a four-game losing streak with an upset win over Missouri and a sweep of South Carolina last weekend, the Ole Miss volleyball team (10-10, 4-7 Southeastern Conference) will host one match this weekend against the Auburn Tigers (13-8, 4-7) on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
The two teams are tied for fourth place in the western division, three games behind leaders Texas A&M and Arkansas.
“The best part about this week is we only have one match,” head coach Joe Getzin said at his weekly press conference Monday. “We get to have a little bit of time off and work on some things you normally don’t get to because you have a little extra time.”
Auburn enters Sunday’s contest on a four-game losing streak, most recently losing two matches at home to LSU and Missouri last weekend. Leading the Tigers in kills is senior outside hitter Sarah Bullock with 242 kills, averaging 3.41 per set, and junior outside hitter Katherine Culwell with 219 kills, 2.96 per set.
On the defensive side, junior defensive specialist Sarah Wroblicky leads Auburn with 327 digs, and Bullock is second on the team with 229. Junior middle blocker Camila Jersonsky has recorded 85 total blocks for the Tigers, first on the team.
“Auburn is a tough matchup,” Getzin said. “They’re a very good defensive team. We’ll prepare a lot for the ball coming back to us and not getting frustrated when someone does some good things against us.”
True freshman middle blocker Nakeyta Clair made a name for herself this weekend, totaling 27 kills and 15 blocks between the Lady Rebels' two matches. Those results earned her SEC Freshman of the Week honors by the league office.
“She put up some astounding numbers for us," Mott said. "We see that everyday in practice, she just hadn’t been able to reproduce that in game situations. It was a huge breakthrough for us.”
Redshirt freshman middle blocker Ty Laporte continued her impressive freshman campaign with 13 kills against Missouri and eight kills against South Carolina.
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