| Match | Location | Day/Time (CT) | Media |
|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Auburn | Columbia, Mo. | Friday // 6:30 p.m. (CT) | SEC Network+ |
Game Notes: Mizzou |
Senior middle Whitney Little has a chance to break two more school records this weekend, which of course would be her ninth and 10th school records. Little needs just one solo block to match the all-time career solo blocks record at Mizzou (currently 115) and she needs just four more block assists to set the mark in that category (currently 376).
Mizzou's series with Auburn dates back to 1996 but four of the five meetings in history have all come in the last three seasons with Mizzou winning all four of the matches. Mizzou lost at Auburn in 1996 but head coach Wayne Kreklow is 4-0 against Auburn, winning in 2011 when Mizzou was still in the Big 12 and then winning a five-set match in 2012 in Mizzou's first season in the SEC. Mizzou of course won both meetings last season en-route to a perfect regular season and an SEC Championship.
Senior libero Sarah Meister collected 16 digs in Sunday's loss at Georgia, moving her into fourth place on Mizzou's career digs list with 1,318. She is just 54 back of third place (Shen Danru - 1,372 from 2002-05). Meister has averaged 4.60 digs per set over her last three matches, raising her season average from 3.63 to 3.77, a mark that ranks seventh in the SEC. In SEC matches, her 4.23 digs per set ranks fifth in the league.
Although Carly Kan gets much of the attention for the Tigers this season, senior Emily Wilson has actually been the Tigers' top hitter as of late. In SEC play, she is averaging 3.00 kills per set on .300 hitting. She is coming off of a 12-kill performance at Georgia last Sunday, posting those 12 kills on .524 hitting. In her last 10 matches, Wilson is hitting .320 while averaging a team-best 3.56 kills.
Recapping Georgia
Mizzou dropped its second consecutive match for the first time this season and first time since 2012 as it lost at Georgia, 3-1 (25-17, 18-25, 17-25, 20-25), last Sunday in Athens. Mizzou was led by senior Emily Wilson, who had 12 kills on .524 hitting and junior Regan Peltier added nine kills on .421 hitting, her best kill total since posting 12 at Alabama in 2012. The loss dropped the Tigers to 11-7 and 2-2 this season as the Tigers have never won in Athens. 10 different Tigers posted kills in the loss and the Tigers won the first set behind seven blocks before Georgia completed the comeback. Mizzou had just four blocks over the final three sets after posting seven in the first.
Scouting Auburn
Record: 9-8 Overall, 1-3 in SEC play
Last Match:Lost, 3-2, to South Carolina
Players to Watch: Freshman OH Courtney Crable leads the team in kills with 177 on the season (2.77 k/s). Crable earned all-tournament honors at the George Washington Invitational and Sports Imports D.C. Koehl Classic, recorded a season-high 15 kills versus Southern Illinois (9/5). She ranks 18th in the SEC in kills per set.
- Sophomore MB Courtney Campbell leads at the net as well with 154 kills this season and 2.44 k/set.
- Sophomore MB Breanna Barksdale leads the team in blocks with totaling 55 on the season (.92 blk/set).
- Freshman setter Alexa Filley boasts 10.03 assists per set, good for sixth in the conference. She is also top-20 in the conference with 2.97 digs per set.
Notes: The Tigers are 0-4 in road contests so far this season. They are 3-4 in Friday matches.
- Auburn has a young team with 10 underclassmen and two juniors.
- Mizzou swept Auburn in both meetings during the 2013 season. Lisa Henning and Emily Wilson each totaled 10 kills during the home contest.
