No. 20 Florida Volleyball Set for Midweek Match at Auburn

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 20 Florida volleyball team is back on the road for a midweek matchup against Auburn inside Neville Arena in Auburn, Ala. Wednesday’s match is set to begin at 7 p.m. ET and will air live on the SEC Network with Paul Sunderland and Missy Whittemore on the call.

The Two teams recently met in Gainesville on Nov. 8, where Florida defeated Auburn in three for a Friday-night sweep.

The Gators enter the match with a 19-5 overall record and a 10-3 record in league play, while the Tigers currently sit 14-10 on the year and 4-9 in the conference. Florida is currently tied for second place in the SEC, matching No. 14 Texas’ 10-3 record and sitting behind No. 12 Kentucky’s 11-2 SEC record.

No. 20 Florida (19-5, 10-3 SEC) vs. Auburn (14-10, 4-9 SEC)

Time & Date: Wednesday, Nov. 20 | 7 p.m. ET

Location: Neville Arena – Auburn, AL

Watch: SECN

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Series Information

• Series Record 55-3 (51-2 under Wise)
• 3-set: 41-1; 4-set: 12-1; 5-set: 3-1
• Home: 27-1; Away: 26-2; Neutral: 3-0
• Last time out: Nov. 8, 2024 | W, 3-0 | H | 25-14, 25-18, 25-19

Florida’s last time out:

• The Florida volleyball team tallied their eighth-straight win of the season after coming back and defeating No. 25 Missouri 3-2 (15-25, 25-21, 27-25, 22-25, 15-6) on Friday night in front of 6,300 fans inside the Hearnes Center. The Gators hand Mizzou its first home loss of the season, while snapping their nine-match win streak to improve to 10-3 in conference play and 19-5 overall.
• Sophomore All-American Kennedy Martin officially recorded the most kills by a Florida Gator after recording 32 in the five setter. It marks a career-high for the Fort Mill, S.C. native, and surpasses her previous career best of 31 kills that she registered twice in four sets this season. Her 31 still marks the most kills in a four-set match, but her 32 surpasses former Gator Aury Cruz, the four-time AVCA All-American and three-time SEC Player of the Year, who recorded 31 kills against Nebraska on December 8, 2001 in Florida’s Final Four match, which went into five sets. Cruz’s recorded 31 kills twice in her career when rally scoring went to 30 points.
• Additionally, fifth-year libero Elli McKissock recorded her 2,000th-career dig during the second set to become just the second Gator in program history to reach the milestone. The Windermere, Fla. currently has 2,018 career…