University of Missouri
17-4 (7-2SEC)
Auburn
8-11 (1-8SEC)
@MizzouVB Topples Auburn, Pushes Winning Streak to Five
10/19/2018 9:49:00 PM | Volleyball
Mizzou improves to 7-0 at home this season
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Volleyball (17-4, 7-2 SEC) claimed its fifth consecutive win with a 3-1 (25-21, 25-10, 21-25, 25-16) triumph over Auburn Friday evening inside Mizzou Arena. The Tigers' current five-match winning streak ties their season-high, as they've tallied two other five-match undefeated streaks this year.
#ShowMe Top Performers vs. Auburn
- Kylie Deberg: 14 kills, 3 aces, 12 digs, 2 total blocks
- Leketor Member-Meneh: 14 kills on .519 hitting, 5 digs
- Dariana Hollingsworth: 9 kills on .562 hitting, 3 assists, 6 digs, 2 total blocks
- Alyssa Munlyn: 9 kills on .571 hitting, 3 total blocks
- Andrea Fuentes: 38 assists, 13 digs
Hear From Head Coach Wayne Kreklow
On tonight's victory versus Auburn…
"I felt like we came out really well tonight. Auburn is a really dangerous team. They're very athletic and have good players out there. They've been coming close in matches but can't get over the hump. They did a good job of bouncing back in set three. My big two perspectives tonight were that we've got to continue on working to get better when up 2-0 and finish. We've got to continue to not get down when things aren't going our way. That happened tonight in set three. We just have to clean that up and know that when you play at a high level, nothing comes easy."
#MIZ Takeaways
- With a block assist in the third set, Munlyn recorded her 600th career total block. The Mizzou Volleyball career leader in total blocks, she becomes the first Tiger ever with 600-plus total stops at the net.
- Fuentes and Deberg each posted a double-double Friday, highlighted by Fuentes' team-best sixth double-double this year. Deberg now has two on the season.
- Riley Sents topped 20 digs for the second time this year, falling only two short of her season-high total.
- Member-Meneh, Hollingsworth and Munlyn enjoyed incredibly efficient offensive nights, each surpassing .500 hitting. Member-Meneh and Hollingsworth both had zero attack errors, while Munlyn only recorded one.
- Member-Meneh is on a tear her past three times out, posting 33 kills on .542 hitting.
- Hollingsworth has also been incredible effective her past three matches, recording 34 kills on .571 hitting.
- Deberg's team-leading 14 kills versus Auburn marked her 19th match this year with 10-plus kills. She has failed to record double-digit kills in a match only twice this season.
- Mizzou now leads the all-time series over Auburn, 10-1.
- Mizzou has claimed 10 consecutive matches in the all-time series and are now 5-0 in historical matches played in Columbia.
- Mizzou eclipsed .300 hitting for the third-straight match, as it posted a stellar .350 percentage Friday against Auburn.
- In seven home matches this season, the Tigers have surpassed .300 hitting four times.
- Defensively, Mizzou limited Auburn to .127 hitting and forced 24 attack errors. Mizzou has held its opposition to sub .200 hitting in four consecutive matches overall.
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