COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Volleyball team (9-4, 1-1 SEC) will take on No. 13 ranked Kentucky (8-6, 2-1 SEC) Sunday in Lexington, Kentucky, to conclude a five-match road stint.
First serve Sunday is set for noon, CT at Memorial Coliseum and the match will be televised on SEC Network. Anne Marie Anderson and Leah Edmond will be on the call.
Sunday marks Mizzou’s first of five volleyball matches on SEC Network this season.
Mizzou leads the SEC with 14.40 kills per set (fourth in the NCAA). The Tigers also rank second in the conference for aces per set (2.06), aces (97), assists per set (13.47, fifth in NCAA), hitting percentage (.306, fifth in NCAA), assists (633) and kills (677).
SERIES HISTORY
• Kentucky leads the all-time series with Mizzou, with a record of 15-5.
• The Wildcats won both matches in 2023 including most recently on Nov. 19, 2023 (3-1) at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.
• The two teams also faced off on Oct. 6, 2023 (3-1 Kentucky win) at the Hearnes Center in Columbia, Missouri.
• Mizzou last beat Kentucky in 2016 (Nov. 6), a 3-0 win in Lexington.
VERNON NAMED SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Graduate outside hitter Mychael Vernon was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday.
• Vernon led the Tigers’ attack over the SEC opening weekend and in her conference debut, totaling 43 kills (5.38 kills/set) on a .407 hitting percentage, along with 18 digs and five blocks across two matches against LSU and Texas A&M.
• The Ossining, New York, native, kicked off conference play with a standout performance against LSU, registering 17 kills on a career-best .640 hitting percentage, with seven digs and career-best matching three aces in the 3-0 sweep on Sept. 27.
• Vernon followed that effort with a career-best matching 26 kills on a .311 clip in a five-set battle against Texas A&M on Sept. 29. She also added 11 digs, four blocks, and two assists, marking her sixth double-double of the season. Her 26 kills are the most registered by a Tiger this season. It also marked her 12th match with 10-plus kills in 2024 (out of 13 matches).
• Vernon ranks fifth in the SEC for kills (191, 4.06 kill/set, seventh) and sixth for points (215.0, 4.57 points/set, eighth).
• She has started in all 13 matches for Mizzou this season and is hitting .307…
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