Volleyball Travels to Athens For Matchup With Georgia

RALLY POINTS
• Ole Miss Volleyball looks to snap a five-match skid on Wednesday, October 18, with a midweek matchup against Georgia at 7 p.m. CT.
• The Rebels round out their five-match road swing on Sunday with an instate showdown against Mississippi State.
• The last time these two teams met, Ole Miss took Georgia to five sets in Athens but fell 2-3.
• Senior Anna Bair recorded double-digit kills for the 74th time in her career on Sunday.
• Sasha Ratliff tallied her 800th career kill against Mizzou over the weekend.
• Middle blockers Payton Brgoch (.382) and Sasha Ratliff (.381) rank second and third in the conference in hitting percentage, respectively.
• Libero Cammy Niesen ranks second in the SEC with 318 digs on the season (4.42 per set). She has registered double-digit digs in all but one match this season.
• Two Rebels are closing in on career milestones. Anna Bair is one point shy of 1,500 in her career, and Payton Brgoch is two blocks away from 300.

SCOUTING GEORGIA

The Rebels enter the fifth week of SEC conference play as they travel to Athens, Georgia, to face the Bulldogs. Georgia (11-7, 2-4 SEC) comes into the week after a loss at South Carolina and a win against LSU, both in four sets. In his 7th year at the helm, head coach Tom Black looks to build off of the momentum they had during the 2022 season, where they made the NCAA tournament and won their first tournament game since 1995. The Bulldogs’ front court is led by senior middle blocker and 2023 Preseason All-SEC selectee Sophie Fischer, who tallies 4.06 kills per set, the third-best mark in the conference. Added to her blocking and serving, she scores 5.18 points per set, the most in the SEC. The Bulldog backcourt is led by senior libero Mallory Downing and junior setter Clara Brower, who combine for 5.11 digs per set. Brower also paces the offense, dishing 9.89 assists per set. 

ELITE COMPANY

Ole Miss’ Sasha Ratliff tallied her 800th career kill on Sunday against Missouri. The senior middle blocker is writing her name all over the record book, boasting the best career hitting percentage (minimum 1500 attempts) with a blistering .352 clip and ranking fourth in the rally scoring era with 352 total blocks. One of the best to see the court in a Rebel uniform, Ratliff is one of six athletes in program history, including just the…