Volleyball Begins Three-Match Road Swing at Missouri

Texas A&M Aggies (7-11, 4-7 SEC) vs. Missouri Tigers (14-9, 7-3 SEC)
Friday, Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m.
Hearnes Center, Columbia, Missouri

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Texas A&M (7-11, 4-7 SEC) begins a three-match road swing on Friday when the Aggies take on Missouri in Columbia. First serve is at 6:30 p.m. at the Hearnes Center, and the match will be streamed on SEC Network +, available via the WatchESPN app.

The Aggies, who will be looking to avenge a 3-1 loss to the Tigers in A&M's SEC home opener on Sept. 24, are tied with Alabama and Tennessee for ninth place in the SEC standings. Most recently, A&M fell to No. 6 Kentucky, 3-1 (25-19, 25-18, 25-17) to conclude a five-match homestand at Reed Arena. The match was the Aggies' seventh match against a top-10 team this season.

Missouri, which will be playing only its fifth home match of the season, has won its last two matches and is in third place in the SEC standings following a 3-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-16, 25-16) victory at Georgia, a team that swept the Tigers nine days earlier in Columbia.

TEXAS A&M-MISSOURI ALL-TIME SERIES

Texas A&M owns a 30-14 lead in the all-time series against Missouri since the teams first met in 1981.
Missouri won the most recent match, 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-22) on Sept. 24 at Reed Arena in College Station to end a five-match losing skid against A&M and spoil the Aggies' SEC home season opener.
In each of the last three meetings, the team that lost the first set came back to win the match.
A&M is 10-9 against the Tigers in matches played in Columbia since the series began in 1981.
A&M's current seniors are 2-0 in matches played in Columbia.
A&M's most recent match at Missouri was Nov. 25, 2015, in what is the most historic meeting in the series. In a match with SEC championship implications on the line for both teams, Texas A&M needed to defeat Missouri to clinch its first-ever conference championship. The Tigers, who were entering the match 10-0 on their home court, were in a must-win situation in order to stay in the hunt for at least a share of the championship title with one match remaining for each team. Missouri built a 2-1 lead in sets and had the momentum after taking a 22-18 lead in the fourth set. The Aggies then went on to reel off seven unanswered points to close out the frame and force a fifth set. The Aggies took a 4-2 lead in the fifth set after a 3-0 run and never looked back.
A&M holds a 6-3 edge since the teams joined the SEC in 2012.
In the most recent meeting—Sept. 24, 2017, at Reed Arena in College Station—Missouri outhit A&M, .259 to .096, for the match as the Aggies committed a then-season high 28 attack errors. The Tigers also tallied eight aces and 13.5 blocks, both then-season highs by an A&M opponent.
Aggie sophomore outside hitter Hollann Hans took match-high honors in kills with 20 as she reached the 20-kill mark for the third time in her career. Sophomore middle blocker Maddie Douglas, making the first start of her career, led A&M with a then-career-high five blocks. Senior libero Amy Nettles led all players with 15 digs and freshman setter Camille Conner also reached double-figure digs with 13 and completed her second double-double with 25 assists. Missouri had three players reach double-figure kills, including Melanie Crow and Leketor Member-Meneh, who tied for the team lead with 11 kills apiece. Alyssa Munlyn had a match-high 10 blocks, which remains the most blocks by an A&M opposing player this season.
In the 16 years as members of the Big 12 Conference, A&M led the conference series, 21-11, although Missouri closed out Big 12 play with three consecutive wins against the Aggies.
A&M's overall records/last 10 results vs. Missouri:

Overall: 30-14   H: 18-4   A: 10-9   N: 2-1   SEC: 6-3
Nov. 12, 2011           H       W        25-17, 25-22, 25-20
Sept. 28, 2012           A       W        25-20, 23-25, 25-23, 25-17
Nov. 16, 2012           H       W        25-20, 18-25, 25-15, 25-15
Oct.    27, 2013           H       L          17-25, 27-29, 20-25
Nov. 2,    2014           A       W        17-25, 25-13, 25-13, 25-16
Nov. 23, 2014           H       W        25-15, 25-17, 25-12
Nov. 4,    2015           H       W        27-25, 25-23, 25-23
Nov. 25, 2015           A       W        19-25, 25-20, 25-27, 25-22, 15-10
Oct.    26, 2016           H       W        22-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-23
Sept. 24, 2017           H       L          25-21, 22-25, 12-25, 22-25

TEXAS A&M PLAYER NOTES

Senior libero Amy Nettles has appeared in a school-record 343 consecutive sets. The streak began when the then-freshman came off the bench for the final three sets against Arkansas on Oct. 15, 2014. The now-senior co-captain obliterated the previous record of 284 consecutive sets played, held by fellow San Antonian Suzy Wente since 1994, in the second match of the 2017 season.
Nettles has 1,357 career digs, ranking seventh in the A&M career records. Nettles needs nine more digs to move into a tie for sixth with Mary Batis (2006-09).
Nettles holds the A&M record for career digs in SEC matches only with 884.
Nettles, who has posted double-figure digs in 15 of 18 matches, leads the Aggies and is seventh in the SEC with 3.87 digs per set for the full season as well as 4.15 digs per set in conference matches only.
Nettles had a career-high 34 digs in the win against Tennessee on Oct. 27. It ties for sixth in the A&M all-time single-match records and is one shy of the school record for most digs in an SEC match held by Heather Reynolds, who had 35 digs in a 3-2 win at Georgia on Nov. 24, 2013.
Sophomore outside hitter Hollann Hans is second in the SEC with 0.38 aces per set in conference matches only, and she is third in the league with 0.43 aces per set in all matches.
Hans has served at least one ace in 13 of 18 matches and has posted two or more aces eight times, including two four-ace performances.
Hans, who was named SEC Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Oct. 2, leads the Aggies and is fifth in the SEC with 3.54 kills per set for the full season. She ranks sixth in the league with 4.17 points per set.
In SEC matches only, Hans leads A&M and is eighth in the league in points (3.85) and ninth in kills (3.26) per set.
Hans, who has led or tied for the team lead in points in 13 matches and in kills in 10 matches, had career highs of 32.5 points and 28 kills while hitting .328 against No. 5 Penn State. Her 32.5 points against Penn State ties for fourth in A&M single match records, and her 28 kills against the Nittany Lions are the most by an A&M player since Kelsey Black had 28 against Oklahoma on Oct. 6, 2010.
Freshman lefty Camille Conner, one of the top 14 setters in the nation according to FloVolleyball, was named the SEC Co-Setter of Week for the first time in her career on Oct. 2 after directing the Aggie offense to a season-high .379 hitting percentage at Georgia.
Conner, the MVP of the season-opening Texas A&M Invitational, is one of only two players in the SEC that has recorded a triple-double this season, having tallied 43 assists, 12 digs and 12 kills while hitting .321 in the five-set loss to No. 5 Penn State. She is the first A&M player to record a triple-double since former lefty setter Allie Sawatzky achieved the feat with 31 assists, 10 kills and 11 digs at Ole Miss on Nov. 10, 2013.
Conner posted career highs in both assists (46) and digs (16) in the win against Tennessee on Oct. 27 to record her team-leading fourth double-double of the season.
Two freshmen—Conner and opposite/outside hitter Samantha Sanders—have been mainstays in the Aggies' lineup. Conner has started every match and played in every set. Sanders has played in 17 of 18 matches overall, drawing 11 starts while seeing action at both the opposite and outside hitter positions.
The Aggies have had three freshmen in the starting lineup in eight of 18 matches.
Nettles, Hans and Conner are the only three players who have appeared in all 63 sets this season.

TEXAS A&M TEAM NOTES

A&M has produced its three highest block performances of the season in three of the last four matches. The Aggies had a then-season-high 12.5 blocks against Arkansas on Oct. 20, 12.0 blocks against Ole Miss on Oct. 22 and a season-high 13.0 blocks against Tennessee on Oct. 27.
A&M is averaging 2.77 blocks per set over the last four matches and 2.13 blocks per set for the full season.
A&M has hit below .200 in each of its seven SEC loses. The Aggies were held to a .124 hitting efficiency against Tennessee but still managed to get their first victory when held below .200 as they held the Volunteers to .099.
The win against Tennessee also marked the first time the Aggies won a match when losing the second set. A&M had entered the match 6-0 when winning the second set and 0-10 when losing the second set.
Six of A&M's eight matches in the month of October were home matches, including a rare five-match home stand. A&M, 5-7 in home matches this season, went 3-5 in October, including 3-3 in home matches only.
A&M is 4-7 in 3-set matches, 2-3 in 4-set matches and 1-1 in 5-set matches.
Texas A&M has the No. 1-ranked strength of schedule in the nation according to Volleytalk.net's RPI Futures, a season ending projected RPI based on the win probabilities for all remaining games on the schedule using each team's Pablo rating.
Four of A&M's opponents—Texas, Stanford, Florida and Penn State— have spent at least one week ranked No. 1 in the AVCA Top 25 Poll in 2017 and all are currently in the top 4.
Seven of A&M's losses have been to teams ranked No. 8 or higher. The Aggies pushed No. 5 Penn State to five sets on Sept. 2 and fell to No. 1 Stanford, 3-0, on Sept. 3 at Reed Arena, at No. 6 Wisconsin, 3-0, on Sept. 9, and closed out the preconference schedule with a 3-0 home loss to No. 6 Texas on Sept. 13. A&M also fell to No. 1 Florida, 3-1, in Gainesville and lost twice to No. 8/6 Kentucky.

25th SEASON FOR CORBELLI DUO

Texas A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli and her husband, associate head coach John Corbelli, are celebrating their 25th season at the helm of the Aggies. Laurie, the 2015 SEC and AVCA South Region coach of the year and the longest tenured head coach at Texas A&M, is 516-248 in her A&M career and 616-354 in the 32nd year of her head coaching career.
Under the Corbellis' direction, the Aggies have reached the 20-win milestone 17 times and have made 20 NCAA tournament appearances, making A&M one of only 14 teams to make at least 20 NCAA appearances since the couple was hired in 1993.
Laurie has served as head coach of the USA Volleyball Women's Junior National Team each of the last two summers. This past summer, she coached the team that included Kentucky's Gabby Curry and Leah Edmond and Florida's Paige Hammons and Rachael Kramer at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Boca del Rio and Cordoba, Mexico.

MISSOURI QUICK HITS

Missouri (14-9, 7-3 SEC) is in third place in the SEC standings and riding a two-match win streak.
Most recently, the Tigers defeated Georgia, 3-1, on Oct. 29 in Athens. Leketor Member-Meneh and Kira Larson led the Tigers with 13 kills apiece. They hit a combined .537 as Missouri outhit Georgia, .391 to .104, as a team.
Missouri, which outblocked Georgia 17-3, is ranked eighth in the nation and second in the SEC with 2.99 blocks per set.
Junior middle blocker Alyssa Munlyn, named SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday after averaging two blocks per set in 3-1 wins at both Ole Miss and Georgia, is sixth in the nation and second in the SEC with 1.56 blocks per set.
Wayne Kreklow is 272-137 in his 18th season as head coach of the Tigers.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

A&M continues its three-match road swing at Arkansas on Sunday, Nov. 5. First serve is at 1 p.m. at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, and the match will be broadcast on SEC Network +, available via the WatchESPN app.
Arkansas defeated A&M, 3-0, in College Station on Oct. 20, but the Aggies are 4-0 all-time in matches played in Fayetteville.
A&M concludes its road swing at Ole Miss on Sunday, Nov. 12 before returning home to host No. 4 Florida on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

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