TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama volleyball came out firing with a first set win over Auburn Sunday at Foster Auditorium, but the Tigers responded to take the next three frames and the match, 3-1.
Alabama (6-9, 0-3 SEC) nearly hit .300 as a team in the opening set against Auburn (13-0, 2-0 SEC), closing out the frame with a 6-1 run to take the set, 25-16. The Tigers answered right back in the second, winning 25-16 to even the match, and then shut the door with back-to-back 25-14 wins in the third and fourth sets.
Kendyl Reaugh finished with double-digit kills for the fifth-straight match, leading the team with 13. Alyiah Wells was close behind with 11, hitting .435 with just one error on 23 swings. Micah Gryniewicz tallied a pair of service aces, just one short of her season high, while Abby Marjama also had two to push her SEC-leading season total to 35.
Notes
- Kendyl Reaugh finished with a team-leading 13 kills, marking her fifth-straight match with double-digit kills and her 11th overall of the season
- Alyiah Wells hit .435 with just one error on 23 swings, marking her fourth match this season hitting above .400, including three of her last four matches
- Abby Marjama had a pair of service aces to improve her SEC-leading season total to 35
Stat Leaders
Set-by-Set
- Set 1: Alabama 25, Auburn 16
- Set 2: Auburn 25, Alabama 16
- Set 3: Auburn 25, Alabama 14
- Set 4: Auburn 25, Alabama 14
Up Next: at #15 Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.)
- Saturday, Oct. 1 – 3 p.m. CT
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