University of Missouri
14-9, 7-3SEC
Georgia
15-9, 5-6SEC
@MizzouVB Earns Redemption, Produces 3-1 Win at Georgia
10/29/2017 2:46:00 PM | Volleyball
Tigers tally Southeastern Conference single-match high 17 total blocks
ATHENS, Ga. - Mizzou Volleyball (14-9, 7-3 SEC) sought redemption Sunday afternoon inside Stegeman Coliseum and delivered with a 3-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-16, 25-16) victory over the Georgia Bulldogs.
Top Performers
- Kira Larson: 13 kills on season-high .611 hitting, 2 aces, 7 digs, 6 total blocks
- Leketor Member-Meneh: 13 kills on .478 hitting, season-high 2 solo blocks, season-high 5 total blocks
- Alyssa Munlyn: 6 kills on .667 hitting, 8 total blocks
- Dariana Hollingsworth: 8 kills on season-high .571 hitting, 5 digs, 4 total blocks
Hear From Head Coach Wayne Kreklow
On today's victory in Athens…
"Our kids played well today. We knew this was going to be a very challenging task. Georgia has been playing very well and playing at their place made it even tougher. We were pretty consistent in most areas today. Our serving and blocking were good today. I was very proud of how we competed all day. It was a great team effort, as a lot of people made big contributions all afternoon."
#Mizzou Takeaways
- The Tigers and Bulldogs battled closely in the early portions of the opening set, but Mizzou ultimately used an 11-7 run to close out its first set triumph.
- Redshirt sophomore Riley Sents was active on defense from the get-go, finishing with a team-best four digs in the opening set. Sents' strong start was highlighted by the 400th career dig of her career.
- Member-Meneh was all effective in all aspects of the game in the first set, recording a team-best five kills on .400 hitting.
- Collectively, Mizzou produced 12 kills on .320 hitting en route to its first set victory. Five different Tigers produced a kill, including three with multiple strikes.
- With 10 points through the first two sets played, Larson eclipsed 1,000 for her outstanding career at Nebraska (2014) and Mizzou (2015-present).
- Larson secured her 200th kill of the 2017 campaign after producing her then-team best ninth kill of the match.
- The Fargo, N.D., native continued her accolades in the third set by securing another 10-plus kill match. Larson has eight double-digit kill matches this year, including four in SEC play.
- The third set was utter domination all-around for the Tigers, as they produced 15 kills on .542 hitting while limiting Georgia to 10 kills and eight errors on .057 hitting.
- After being shut out in the opening two sets, Hollingsworth exploded for a team-leading six kills in Mizzou's third set triumph.
- With five total blocks in the third set, Mizzou stood with 11 total stops at the net after three sets played. It marked the Tigers' second consecutive match with 10-plus team total blocks, 14th overall this season and sixth in SEC action.
- Mizzou once again delivered a highly efficient attack in the fourth and final set, tallying 10 kills on .474 hitting. Overall today, the Tigers recorded 46 kills on .391 hitting, marking their fifth match with .300-plus hitting this year and fourth-such match in SEC play.
- The Tigers' six total blocks in the fourth set secured 17 overall on the day, setting a new single-match SEC team high this season.
- The Mizzou setting duo of seniors Courtney Eckenrode and Ali Kreklow produced a balanced effort, as each finished with 20 assists.
Up Next
Mizzou returns to the Hearnes Center for a pair of home contests next weekend. The Tigers welcome Texas A&M to town on Friday (Nov. 3) night, followed by a Sunday (Nov. 5) afternoon matchup against LSU.
First serve is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT and 1 p.m. CT, respectively. Both matches will broadcast live on SEC Network + via WatchESPN.
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