COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou volleyball (3-14, 0-3 SEC) fell 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21, to South Carolina (11-3, 3-1 SEC) on Friday night in the Hearnes Center.
Junior Anna Dixon paced the Tigers with 16 kills. While graduate student Brynn Carlson produced nine kills for the Tigers. At the net freshman, Kayla Burbage had a season-high nine blocks.
For the Gamecocks, Kyla Manning produced 18 kills and 11 from Riley Whitesides.
TOP TIGERS
Anna Dixon: 16 kills, 4 digs, 1 block
Brynn Carlson: 9 kills, 3 block
Kayla Burbage: 9 blocks
Kaylee Cox: 7 kills, 1 ace, 10 digs
#MIZ TAKEAWAYS
- Burbage had four solo blocks and another five block assists. The four solo blocks from Burbage ties her for tenth all-time in solo blocks in a single match. The last time a Tiger was able to produce eight plus blocks was in 2018.
- Sophomore Emily Brown produced double-digit digs in six-straight matches with 14 against the Gamecocks on Friday.
- Freshmen Lauren Forbes and Kaylee Cox both helped the Tigers by producing 10 digs.
- Freshman Addison Lyon dished out 22 assists which is a season-high in four sets.
FROM THE BENCH
Coach Josh Taylor on the team’s improvement…
“We played a bit better tonight. We had some good moments as a group we’re looking forward to building on those moments in the future. We’ve got a good opponent coming up that we will start preparation for starting tomorrow morning.”
UP NEXT
Mizzou travels to LSU on Wednesday, Oct. 6, in an SEC match-up.
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