COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Volleyball team (11-7, 3-4 SEC) returns home to host Ole Miss (8-9, 2-4 SEC) Sunday in the MU Health Care Breast Cancer Awareness Match. First serve is set for 3 p.m., CT at the Hearnes Center.
The match will be televised on SEC Network+ with Casey Roehl and Riley Rohler on the call.
Missouri is currently ranked 35th for RPI (Rating Percentage Index), which is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team’s wins and losses and its strength of schedule.
PROMOTIONS
- Sunday is the MU Health Care Breast Cancer Awareness Match.
- Fans in attendance can receive Pink T-Shirts and Shakers, while supplies last, along with post-match autographs.
SERIES HISTORY
- Missouri leads the all-time series against Ole Miss, 17-10.
- In their latest matchup, the Tigers fell to the Rebels in a five-set battle in Oxford, Mississippi, during the 2022 campaign (Oct. 22, 2022). Mizzou also dropped a 3-0 decision the day prior.
- Missouri has dropped its last four consecutive matches against the Rebels. The last time the Tigers bested Ole Miss was in 2020, securing a 3-1 win in Oxford, Mississippi (Nov. 21, 2020).
- Mizzou last beat Mississippi at the Hearnes Center in 2017 (Oct. 8, 2017).
ALABAMA RECAP
- Missouri clinched another SEC road win on Wednesday (Oct.11) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as the Tigers defeated the Crimson Tide, 3-0.
- The Tigers combined for a season-best team hitting percentage of .354, including three separate players with 10-plus kills.
- Missouri has posted a team hitting percentage of .300 plus in two of its last three matches. The Tigers previously set a season-best team hitting percentage of .320 at home against Kentucky on Oct. 6.
- Prior to their recent hot streak at the net, the Tigers last hit over .350 against Missouri State (.383) on Sept. 2, 2022.
- Janet deMarrais set the pace for Mizzou against the Crimson Tide, recording a career-best 24 kills on the night to go with seven digs and two aces.
- Dilara Gedikoglu added a double-double. The outside logged 13 kills on a .370 hitting clip with 14 digs.
- Junior Jordan Iliff chipped in 12 kills from the pin for the Tigers, while snagging eight digs and two aces.
- Sierra Dudley helped lead the Tigers’ offense, as the freshman setter tallied 47 assists, marking her…
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