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Wayne Kreklow picked up his 200th win since becoming the head coach in 2005.
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou volleyball won its 12th consecutive home SEC match by defeating Auburn, 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-14), on Friday night (Oct. 10) at the Hearnes Center. The win gives Mizzou head coach Wayne Kreklow his 200th win at Mizzou since taking over the head coaching role in 2005. Senior All-American Whitney Little (Keller, Texas) also tallied her ninth school record, resetting the mark for block assists in a career. She had six in the match, giving her 378 in her three and a half seasons. A season-high 3,109 fans packed the Hearnes Center Friday.
"I thought we played really well tonight and what a great showing from our fans," head coach Wayne Kreklow said. "We got off to a good start and I thought our kids really fed off of the crowd. Last week on the road, we let leads slip away with a lot of unforced errors and tonight we got an early lead and just kept the foot on the gas. I'm proud of how the group responded after a tough couple of matches last week."
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Mizzou was led by the All-American duo of Carly Kan (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Little. Kan paced the Tigers with a match-high 11 kills on .435 hitting while picking up six digs, two blocks, an ace and four assists as she did it all for the Tigers. Little, aside from setting her ninth school record, added 10 kills on .643 hitting with her six block assists.
In all, Mizzou hit .326 as a team, including a blistering .433 in the third and final frame. Eight different Tigers had kills in the win and six more tallied blocks. Freshman Sydney Deeken (California, Mo.) added five kills on .364 hitting and junior Regan Peltier (Nixa, Mo.) also pitched in five kills. They each tallied three blocks. Senior Emily Wilson (Omaha, Neb.) added four kills on just 10 swings. The setting duo of Loxley Keala (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Ali Kreklow (Columbia, Mo.) combined for 30 assists with 16 and 14, respectively.
In the back row, senior libero Sarah Meister (San Diego, Calif.) pulled in a match-high 13 digs. Mizzou, which came into the contest limiting opponents to just .209 hitting - second-best in the SEC - held Auburn to just .184 hitting while tallying 11 blocks in the three-set sweep. Little led Mizzou with her six blocks and Emily Thater (Springfield, Mo.) added five more.
Mizzou has a bye in SEC play Sunday and will return to action Monday for an in-state match at UMKC. For all the latest on Mizzou volleyball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on twitter @MizzouVB.