COLUMBIA, Mo. – The No. 24 ranked University of Missouri volleyball team (20-8, 11-5 SEC) swept Auburn (14-13, 4-12 SEC), 25-18, 25-19, 25-16, in their final regular-season match Saturday night at the Hearnes Center.
The Tigers conclude their regular season 20-8 overall and 11-5 in the SEC, Auburn drops to 14-13 and 4-12 in the SEC, respectively.
Mizzou has registered 20 overall wins and 10-plus SEC wins in a season for the first time since 2019.
The Tigers also finished tied for third in the 2024 SEC standings with Florida at 11-5.
MU next looks to make its 19th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and earn its second-straight postseason berth.
The team swung an SEC season-best .406 hitting percentage led by two Tiger seniors with double-digit kills. Mizzou hit .295 over the first set, .464 in set #2 and .517 to conclude the match.
Jordan Iliff and Mychael Vernon both wrapped the match with 14 kills. Iliff completed a double-double adding 10 digs while hitting .500. Vernon posted two blocks and nine digs to go with her team-leading offensive outing. The pair had five kills in the opening set, and each had six-kill sets (Vernon in the second, Iliff in the third).
Redshirt-sophomore Marina Crownover surpassed 1,000 career assists Saturday. The Austin, Texas, native, put up 38 assists against Auburn to push her career assist total to 1,023 (1,010 at Mizzou). She also had eight digs, a block and a dig. Crownover opened the match with 16 assists before 11 in both the second and third frames.
Junior libero Maya Sands recorded seven digs with two aces and four assists.
Senior Kiaraliz Perez Catala led the team with three aces to match a career high (NCAA Division I) last set against Ole Miss (Nov. 22). She also had six digs Saturday. Perez Catala has now posted three aces five times in her NCAA Division I career (three times in 2024).
Junior Regan Haith led the team with three blocks to go with six kills and two digs.
All seven seniors saw playing time Saturday.
Colleen Finney notched seven kills (.545) with two blocks. Setter Sarah White posted an assist. Naomi Franco recorded a kill and a block. Morgan Isenberg also tallied a kill.
MATCH NOTES
- Two Tigers reached double-digit kills. Jordan Iliff…
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