Volleyball Opens SEC Play In Gillom Against Alabama

RALLY POINTS
• After wrapping up non-conference action, Ole Miss volleyball opens SEC play at home against Alabama on Friday, September 22.
• The Rebels enter league play at 6-5 overall.
• Ole Miss has won four straight against Alabama and two of its last three against Auburn.
• Sasha Ratliff earned a spot on all four of the Rebels’ non-conference tournament teams.
• Cammy Niesen’s 34 digs against Tulsa are the most by a Rebel since 2010. She led the Ole Miss defense as it broke the single match digs record.
• Setter Aly Borellis is dishing out assists at the 13th best rate in the country, averaging 10.90 assists per set this season.
• The middle blocker duo of Payton Brgoch and Sasha Ratliff both rank inside the top 40 nationally in hitting percentage.
• Sasha Ratliff, a two-time All-SEC Team member, was one of 15 student-athletes named to the conference’s preseason team.

SCOUTING THE TIDE

This weekend, the Rebels open up SEC play, hosting the Alabama Crimson Tide, who were voted last in the SEC preseason poll. Despite being picked to finish 13th, they concluded their non-conference schedule with a 10-1 record, dropping just eight sets. Led by Rashina Reed in her second year, the Crimson Tide will bring a strong all around game, ranking second in the SEC in hitting percentage and opponent hitting percentage and third in service aces per set. They are led offensively by senior outside Kendyl Reaugh, who leads the team with 3.56 kills per set, good for ninth in the SEC. Defensively, junior libero Sydney Gholson leads Alabama with 3.65 digs per set, which ranks sixth in the SEC, and Chaise Campbell with 0.97 blocks per set. Winners of four straight, the Rebels will look to put an end to the Crimson Tide’s streak this weekend in Oxford.

SERIES HISTORY

Alabama leads the all-time series with Ole Miss 47-30; however, the Rebels have won each of the last four meetings, including a pair last season in Oxford.

LAST MEETING

Ole Miss took care of business for the second straight match, sweeping the weekend series with Alabama. Vivian Miller was virtually unstoppable on the attack, leading the attack with a career-high 18 kills on a.485 clip as the Rebels rolled to a 3-1 victory. The freshman was lights out, as she buried nearly half of her swings for kills and added 17 digs for her second collegiate…