No. 24 Mizzou Closes Regular Season at Mississippi State | |||||
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OPPONENT | LOCATION | DAY | TIME (CT) | WATCH | STATS |
Mississippi State | Starkville, Miss. | Wednesday, March 24 | 3 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
Mississippi State | Starkville, Miss. | Thursday, March 25 | 3 p.m. | SEC Network + | Stats |
COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 24 Mizzou Volleyball (13-7, 13-7 SEC) concludes regular season action with two matches at Mississippi State (4-12, 4-12 SEC). The Tigers and Bulldogs will meet on Wednesday and Thursday (March 24-25) with first serve set for 3 p.m. on each day.
Fans can watch both matches on SEC Network +.
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#SHOWME MIZZOU GAME NOTES
SERIES SNAPSHOT
- Mizzou has dominated the all-time series, winning all 13 meetings.
- The Tigers have swept the Bulldogs nine times and have dropped just five sets in the series.
- Mizzou has swept each of the past two meetings in the series, including a 25-14, 25-14, 25-18, sweep in the most recent trip to Starkville.
- The Tigers are making just their fifth trip to Starkville. 4-of-5 Mississippi State set victories have come in the Newell-Grissom Building.
MIZZOU NOTABLES
- The Tigers rank eighth in the country this season with 1,037 kills as a team.
- Senior Kylie Deberg continues to pace the SEC in kills, kills/set, points and points/set. The outside is averaging 4.66 kills per set and 5.47 points per set. Her 37 aces are tied for the SEC and national lead. Deberg ranks second nationally in total points and third in kills.
- In per set averages, Deberg is fifth in points per set and fifth in kills per set among players with more than 25 sets played.
- Sophomore Claudia Dillon set a career-best with six blocks in the series finale against Texas A&M. Dillon blocked 11 Aggie attacks on the weekend to average 1.25 blocks per set.
- Sophomore Anna Dixon floored 18 kills in the finale with the Aggies. The total marked her second-best output at Mizzou.
- Redshirt junior setter Andrea Fuentes dished out 50 assists on Saturday. It was the third time in the past five matches she has gone for 50 or more assists.
- Redshirt junior Anna D’Cruz sent back five Texas A&M attacks on Friday. The total marked D’Cruz’s Mizzou career high.
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