Sept. 25, 2003
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The Tigers will take their 3-0 Big 12 Conference record on the road as they face No. 25 Texas A&M on Friday in College Station, Texas...Mizzou is 10-2 overall on the year after picking up a three-game sweep over Texas Tech on Wednesday...Texas A&M is 9-3 on the season and 1-1 in the Big 12...the Aggies defeated Colorado, 3-2, on Wednesday...Missouri has never won in College Station in seven attempts...Texas A&M is ranked No. 25 in the latest USA Today/AVCA Top 25, while Missouri is just three spots out of the poll, receiving 50 points this week...last season, the Tigers and Aggies split the season series with each team winning on its home court.
Scouting the Aggies
Texas A&M is 9-3 on the year and 1-1 in the Big 12 Conference heading into Friday's match. The Aggies have won their last two after dropping a pair of matches to top-10 opponents (No. 1 USC and No. 8 Nebraska). Laura Jones leads A&M with a 4.51 kills per game average and a .288 hitting percentage. She is also among the team leaders in aces per game (0.29), digs per game (3.24) and blocks per game (0.53). Melissa Munsch has a 3.61 kills per game average and a 2.93 digs per game mark. She leads A&M with 1.36 blocks per game. Laurie Corbelli is in her 11th season as the Texas A&M head coach. She has compiled a 245-88 with the Aggies and in her 18-year coaching career, she has a 345-194 record.
The MU A&M Series
The Aggies hold a 14-3 lead in the all-time series with Mizzou. The Tiger have never defeated Texas A&M in College Station. Last year the two teams split the season series, with each team winning on its home court. MU coach Susan Kreklow is 2-4 against the Aggies. Texas A&M is one of just three Big 12 teams Kreklow has a losing record against. Nebraska and Kansas State are the others.
A Look Back
The Mizzou volleyball team picked up its fifth consecutive win and moved to 3-0 in the Big 12 Conference with a 3-0 (30-13, 30-26, 30-22) win over Texas Tech on Wednesday at the Hearnes Center. The Tigers also improve to 5-0 at home with the win.
Shen Danru had her fifth double-double of the year with 16 kills and 12 digs to lead the Tigers in both categories. Danru, who leads the Big 12 in aces on the year, added two aces against the Red Raiders. Mary Lauren Smith added 13 kills and a .550 hitting percentage.
Mizzou opened the match by dominating game one, hitting .500 as a team. Four Tigers had hitting percentages over .500 led by Lindsey Noll, who was perfect with five kills on five attempts. Lindsey Hunter had 14 assists in the game for the Tigers. Texas Tech kept it close in the early goings of the game, but Missouri went on a 19-6 run to close out the game.
Smith led MU in game two, recording eight kills and hitting .580 in the game. Hunter had 17 assist in the game and added a couple of kills.
MU closed out the match with the 30-22 win in game three. Hunter recorded 17 assists in the second straight game, increasing her season average to 12.54 assists per game.
Up Next
The Tiger volleyball team returns home next Wednesday for a Border War showdown against Kansas at 7 p.m. Following that, Mizzou will have back-to-back road matches against Iowa State on Oct. 4 and Kansas State on Oct. 8.