Texas A&M Aims for Eighth Consecutive Win; Hosts Georgia Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Texas A&M Aggies (16-6, 9-2 SEC) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (5-18, 0-11 SEC)
Sunday, Nov. 8, 1:30 p.m.
Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
SEC Network +

Texas A&M-Georgia All-Time Series Record: A&M leads 11-3
A&M Home: A&M leads 4-1 | Away: A&M leads 4-1| Neutral: A&M leads 3-1| SEC: A&M leads 4-0
Last Meeting: A&M won, 3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 29-27, 22-25, 15-8), Oct. 24, 2014, Reed Arena, College Station, Texas
Streak: A&M won 6

COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A&M aims to extend its season-high win streak to eight matches and also stay in contention for first place in the Southeastern Conference on Sunday when the Aggies play host to the Georgia Bulldogs. First serve is at 1:30 p.m. at Reed Arena, where the Aggies are 9-1 this season. The match will be carried on SEC Network + with Casey Richardson and Chelsea Reber calling the action.

It will be "Daddy-Daughter Day" at the match. All dads and their daughters receive reduced admission to the match and can take part in a special recognition that will take place on the court. Specially priced tickets can be purchased at: http://12mf.info/?eMeT2F with promo code: DAUGHTERS

Sundays also are "Fundays" at Aggie volleyball matches. Up to four kids are admitted free with the purchase of one regular-priced adult ticket. All kids are invited to the free kids' court in the volleyball practice gym prior to first serve. All A&M students with a Sports Pass get in free to all regular-season home volleyball matches. Additional tickets to the match can be purchased online at 12thManFoundation.com or at the Reed Arena main entrance beginning one hour before the match.

Sunday also marks the return of Bingo at Reed Arena. Fans are encouraged to stop by the 12th Man tables along the concourse to pick up a Bingo card for chances to win Aggie gear and more. Also during the match, be on the lookout for "ACE" T-shirts that will be tossed into the crowd after every ace served by the Aggies.

The Aggies (16-6, 9-2 SEC) temporarily moved into first place in the SEC standings, a half-game ahead of Kentucky, after Wednesday's crucial 27-25, 25-23, 25-23 victory over Missouri, which entered the match tied with A&M for second place. The Wildcats, who take on Tennessee on Sunday, retook a half-game lead over A&M on Thursday with a sweep against Georgia.

Georgia (5-18, 0-11 SEC) is looking to end an 11-match losing skid, which began with a 3-0 loss to Tennessee on Sept. 27 and reached 11 with a 25-19, 25-17, 25-15 loss to No. 21 Kentucky on Thursday in Athens, Ga.

A&M IN THE SEC

This marks A&M's fourth season as a member of the SEC.
The Aggies are 5-1 in home SEC matches this year. Since suffering its only home loss of the season in the SEC opener to Arkansas on Sept. 27, A&M has won its last five home matches all in three-set sweeps, having defeated Ole Miss, Alabama, Mississippi State, LSU and Missouri.
The Aggies are 4-1 in away SEC matches in 2015 with wins at Auburn, South Carolina, No. 20 Kentucky and Tennessee. The one loss was at defending SEC champion and then-No. 17 Florida on Oct. 9.
A&M is 48-19 (.716) all-time in SEC matches -- 25-9 (.735) in home SEC matches and 23-10 (.697) in away SEC matches.
Last year, A&M went 13-5 in SEC play, going 7-2 in conference home matches and 6-3 in SEC away matches to tie Alabama for fourth place.
A&M's best SEC finish was in 2012, its inaugural season in the conference. The Aggies went 16-4, winning the SEC Western Division and placing second overall.
The Aggies are picked to finish fourth in the SEC in 2015 according to a preseason vote of the league's head coaches. Florida, the 2014 SEC champion after posting a perfect 18-0 record in conference play, is picked to defend its title.
Aggie senior middle blocker Shelby Sullivan was named to the nine-member Preseason Volleyball All-SEC Team for the second consecutive year. She was an All-SEC Team selection at the conclusion of each of the last two seasons and she was the 2014 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year.

TEXAS A&M QUICK HITS

A&M is 9-1 in home matches, 5-4 in away matches and 2-1 at neutral sites for the full season.
A&M catapulted 12 spots to a season-high No. 19 in this week's NCAA RPI. A&M, which was No. 38 in the first released RPI of the season on Oct. 5, was No. 22 in last year's final RPI.
The Aggies entered the week receiving votes in the AVCA Top 25 Poll for the first time since Sept. 21 and are listed 32nd. A&M is No. 16 in this week's PVB's (PrepVolleyball.com) College Top 50 Rankings after a No. 24 ranking last week.
A&M is 14th in the nation and second in the SEC with a .276 hitting efficiency.
In SEC matches only, A&M leads the conference in assists (13.50) and kills (14.47) per set and is second in hitting percentage (.291).
For the full season, the Aggies lead the SEC with 13.22 assists per set, are second in the league in both kills (14.15) per set and hitting efficiency (.276) and are fourth in blocks (2.42) per set.
A&M is last in the league in aces per set (0.92) and 11th in opponent hitting percentage (.222) for the full season.
During its seven-match win streak, A&M is outhitting its opponents, .286 to .188, while averaging 15.21 kills per set. Opponents are averaging 12.58 kills per set during the seven-match stretch.
A&M is 15-0 when leading its opponent in attack percentage, 13-0 when leading in points, 12-0 when leading in blocks and 12-0 when leading in kills.
The Aggies are 15-1 when winning the first set and 1-5 when dropping the first set.
A&M is 4-0 in five-set matches.
A&M's win at Kentucky on Oct. 30 marked the first time this season the Aggies won despite being outhit (.230 to .194). A&M, 1-6 when being outhit, also won its first match when hitting below .200, improving to 1-2.
The Aggies hit .429 in the sweep against Alabama on Oct. 16 and .410 in the 3-0 win against Mississippi State on Oct. 18, marking the first time since the first two matches of the 2009 season that hit above .400 in back-to-back matches. A&M, which hit above .400 only once in 2014, has hit above .400 five times overall this season, including a season-high .500 at Florida A&M, marking the third highest hitting percentage in school history. A&M hit .481 at Auburn and .470 against Wichita State, which also rank in the top 10 in program history.
After using 10 different starting lineups over the first 12 matches, A&M has used basically the same starting lineup over the last 10 matches with the only difference being freshman defensive specialist Amy Houser starting five matches in the back row in place of sophomore opposite hitter Ashlie Reasor. Setter Stephanie Aiple, outside hitters Emily Hardesty and Kiara McGee and middle blockers Jazzmin Babers and Shelby Sullivan have all been in the starting lineup in the last 10 matches.
A&M's season schedule includes 10 matches against teams that reached at least the second round of the NCAA Championship tournament and were ranked in the top 25 or received votes in the final 2014 AVCA Division I Coaches Poll.
A&M is 3-3 against teams in this week's Top 25, including victories against current No. 4 Minnesota, No. 15 Colorado State and No. 21 Kentucky. A&M also has a win against Missouri, which is receiving points and is listed 30th.
Eight of A&M's scheduled matches are against teams ranked in the top 25 in this week's AVCA Top 25 Poll: No. 4 Minnesota, No. 7 Stanford, No. 15 Colorado State and No. 17 Florida State, as well as two matches each against No. 11 Florida and No. 21 Kentucky. A&M also will play two matches against Missouri, which is receiving votes.

TEXAS A&M PLAYER QUICK HITS

Sophomore Stephanie Aiple was named SEC Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Monday and also received her third consecutive SEC Setter of the Week honor, and senior middle blocker Shelby Sullivan was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week after leading A&M to road victories against then-No. 20 Kentucky and Tennessee.
Sullivan is one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award for volleyball. The 10 finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 candidates announced in September. The Senior CLASS Award recipient will be announced during the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship in December. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
Redshirt junior middle blocker Jazzmin Babers is seventh in the nation and second in the SEC with a .432 hitting efficiency for the full season. Babers tied the A&M all-time record for season hitting percentage last year after hitting .400.
Babers also is third in the SEC and 28th nationally with 1.35 blocks per set for the full season.
In SEC matches only, Babers, who was the SEC Player of the Week on Oct. 5 and is a two-time SEC Defensive Player of the Week, leads the league with a .474 hitting efficiency in conference matches only. She is second in the conference with 1.38 blocks per set, fourth with 4.38 points per set and fifth with 3.62 kills per set in SEC play.
Babers has started every match of her career (83) and is hitting .373 for her career.
Babers, who has posted double-figure blocks twice this season and has led or tied for the team lead in blocks in 17 of 22 matches this season, ranks sixth in the A&M all-time career records with 339 block assists. She also ranks ninth in the career records for total blocks with 386 and needs five more total blocks to move into eighth place, surpassing Margaret Spence, who had 390 total blocks from 1983-86.
Sophomore setter Stephanie Aiple is ranked 10th in the nation and second in the SEC with 11.54 assists per set for the full season. Aiple, who is averaging 12.42 assists during A&M's seven-match win streak, also is second in the conference with 11.78 assists per set in league play.
After missing two matches with a foot injury suffered against No. 15 Colorado State on Sept. 15, Aiple returned to the court in the second set against Arkansas on Sept. 27. Aiple returned to the starting lineup in the sweep against Auburn on Sept. 30, directing the Aggie offense to a .481 hitting percentage, the fifth highest team hitting percentage in program history and setting an A&M record for highest hitting percentage in a three-set SEC match.
Senior middle blocker Shelby Sullivan is hitting .382 this season and .380 for her career, putting her on pace to shatter the A&M career record for hitting percentage (.342) held by Sherri Brinkman (1983-85).
Amy Nettles is the only player to have appeared in all 81 sets -- all at the libero position -- and Babers is the only player to have started all 22 matches. Meanwhile, sophomore setter Stephanie Aiple (foot), senior middle blocker Shelby Sullivan (knee) and senior outside hitter Angela Lowak (ankle, knee), all returning starters from last year, have missed multiple starts at some point in the season due to injuries.
Sophomore outside hitter Kiara McGee, who is second on the team among active players with 2.86 kills and 3.17 points per set for the full season and 3.09 kills per set in SEC matches only, is averaging a team-best 3.55 kills while hitting at a .263 clip in home matches only.
Jazzmin Babers is averaging 1.58 blocks per set in home matches only.
During A&M's seven-match win streak, sophomore opposite hitter Ashlie Reasor is hitting .274 with 2.62 kills and 3.04 points per set. For the season, Reasor is hitting .202 with 2.05 kills and 2.48 points per set.
Sophomore libero Amy Nettles has led or tied for the team lead in digs in all but two matches this season and has posted double-figure digs in a team-leading 18 matches, including each of the last seven matches. She is averaging a team-high 3.80 digs per set for the full season, ranking ninth in the SEC. She is first on the team and is ninth in the league with 3.76 digs per set in conference matches only. In home matches only, Nettles is averaging 4.17 digs per set.
Nettles is the only player to reach 20 or more digs in a match this season, posting a season-high and tying her career high with 27 in the 3-2 win against No. 15 Colorado State and notching 20 digs in a 3-1 win against Milwaukee.
Sophomore setter Stephanie Aiple leads A&M with five double-doubles, including two in the last three matches. Junior outside hitter Emily Hardesty has three double-doubles.
The athletic and versatile Kaitlyn Blake has started seven matches as either an opposite hitter or middle blocker and also has subbed in as an outside hitter. The freshman has appeared in 17 matches overall and is hitting .258 and averaging 1.94 kills and 0.70 blocks per set for the season.
Junior setter Kaysie Shebeneck made her first three starts of the season at No. 18 Florida State, at Florida A&M and at home against Arkansas after Aiple suffered a foot injury in the second set against Colorado State. Shebeneck, who led the Aggies to a 3-2 victory against the Rams, is averaging 8.39 assists per set and directed the Aggie offense to a .500 hitting percentage against Florida A&M, marking the third highest hitting percentage in program history. Shebeneck started four matches at setter last season. As a freshman, she started five at the opposite hitter position.
Outside hitter Angela Lowak is out indefinitely after suffering a knee injury (dislocated patella) at Florida State on Sept. 19. The senior co-captain posted double-figure kills in four consecutive matches leading up to the FSU match, and she was leading the team with 3.22 kills per set before suffering the injury.
Freshman 6-7 outside hitter/middle blocker Montse Castro spent two weeks competing for Mexico at the Women's U20 World Championship in Puerto Rico in September. Castro, believed to be the tallest player in the history of the A&M program, has yet to appear in a match.
Four players -- Jazzmin Babers, Katelyn Labhart, Angela Lowak and Shelby Sullivan -- each received their Aggie Ring on Sept. 25, celebrating one of the most revered and symbolic traditions at Texas A&M. The tradition began with the Class of 1889.

A&M-GEORGIA ALL-TIME SERIES

A&M leads Georgia, 11-3, in the all-time series and has won the last six meetings, including all four meetings as SEC foes.
A&M leads the series 4-1 in matches played in College Station, 4-1 in matches played in Athens, and 3-1 in matches played at neutral sites.
Although A&M owns a lopsided lead in the SEC series, three of the four conference meetings have been decided in five sets, including last year when A&M held off the Bulldogs, 22-25, 25-21, 29-27, 22-25, 15-8, on Oct. 24, 2014 at Reed Arena.
In the only meeting last year, A&M's Jazzmin Babers had a then-career-high 17 kills while hitting .419 to lead the 24th-ranked Aggies to the win. Shelby Sullivan pitched in 15 kills while hitting at a .324 clip, and Ashlie Reasor also reached double figures in kills with 12. Setter Stephanie Aiple recorded a then-career high with 56 assists and also recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 13 digs.
Five A&M players posted double-digit digs, and the Aggies tallied a season-high 92 as a team. Amy Nettles, who donned the libero jersey for the final four sets, led all players with a then-career-high 18 digs. Emily Hardesty scooped up 15 digs, and defensive specialist Katelyn Labhart added a career-high 13. Senior outside hitter Sydney Wilhelm came off the bench in the second set and finished the match with 11 digs.
Senior Inutiraha Le'au led Georgia with 16 kills and Megan Spencer had 12 kills.
A&M outhit Georgia, .187 to .139, but Georgia outblocked A&M, 12-6.
Georgia's most recent victory was in 1994, when the 19th-ranked Bulldogs defeated A&M, 3-1 (15-11, 7-15, 15-7, 15-6) at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
A&M's all-time results vs. Georgia:

Overall: 11-3 H: 4-1 A: 4-1 N: 3-1 SEC: 4-0

Nov. 13, 1982        N      W    15-12, 15-5, 15-10
Sept. 10,    1984      H      W    15-3, 3-15, 15-8, 16-14
Oct. 31, 1985        A      W    9-15, 15-4, 15-7, 15-11
Sept. 27,    1986      N      W    15-6, 15-13, 12-15, 15-11
Dec. 4-6, 1986        N        L    15-5, 4-15, 10-15, 6-15
Sept. 4, 1992        N      W    2-15, 14-16, 15-12, 15-9, 15-11
Oct. 8, 1993        A        L    6-15, 5-15, 12-15
Oct. 28, 1994        H        L    11-15, 15-7, 7-15, 6-15
Aug. 31, 1997        A      W    15-9, 15-7, 15-6
Sept. 17, 1999        H      W    15-11, 15-5, 15-12
Nov. 11, 2012        A      W    15-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 15-10
Sept. 29, 2013        H      W    25-20, 25-17, 25-12
Nov. 24, 2013        A      W    25-22, 21-25, 25-19, 20-25, 15-9
Oct. 24,    2014        H      W    22-25, 25-21, 29-27, 22-25, 15-8

SCOUTING GEORGIA

Georgia is 5-18 overall and has lost its last 11 matches to drop to 0-11 in SEC matches.
Georgia is 0-6 in away matches.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 25-19, 25-17, 25-15 loss to league-leading Kentucky on Thursday. The Wildcats outhit Georgia, .337 to .122, while leading in kills, 44-28.
Devan Porter and Desiree McCray led the Bulldogs with five kills apiece.
McCray, a redshirt junior middle blocker, entered the weekend leading the team and ranked fourth in the SEC with 1.16 blocks per set. Sophomore libero Cassidy Anderson is ranked third in the league with 0.36 aces per set for the full season.
Lizzy Stemke is in the fifth season of her head coaching career at Georgia. She was formerly an assistant coach at Nebraska and was a two-time All-American setter at Wisconsin during her four-year career (1998-2001).

TEXAS A&M RECENT RESULTS

Texas A&M won its seventh consecutive match and moved into a tie for first place in the SEC standings with an intense 27-25, 25-23, 25-23 victory over Missouri Wednesday evening at Reed Arena. Neither team held more than a three-point lead throughout the match, and every set was determined by the minimum two points.
Jazzmin Babers hit a blistering .591 with a match-high 16 kills, and Kiara McGee and Shelby Sullivan also posted double-figure kills with 14 and 11, respectively, with Sullivan hitting at a .429 clip.
Stephanie Aiple dished out 47 assists, an A&M individual record for a three-set match at Reed. The reigning SEC Player of the Week and three-time SEC Setter of the Week also pitched in 10 digs to notch her team-leading fifth double-double of the season.
A&M libero Amy Nettles led all players with 14 digs to pace the Aggies to a 52-34 lead in team digs.
A&M outhit Missouri .252 to .214, posting 53 kills to the Tigers' 39. A&M also led in digs, 52-34. The Tigers outblocked A&M, 14-6, to record the most blocks by an A&M opponent in a three-set match this season.
Kira Larson had a team-high 13 kills for Missouri (20-4, 8-3 SEC), which entered the match tied with A&M for second place in the SEC.

UPCOMING

A&M hits the road next weekend to take on Ole Miss and Mississippi State, Friday and Sunday, respectively. The match against the Rebels is at 6:30 p.m. at the Gillom Sports Center in Oxford, Miss., and first serve of the match against the Bulldogs is at 1 p.m. at the Newell-Grissom Building in Starkville, Miss. Both matches will be broadcast on SEC Network +.
A&M has only two home matches remaining: a rematch against league-leader Kentucky on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 9 p.m., and against defending champion Florida, Sunday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m. The Florida match also will be the Aggies' "Senior Day", and Angela Lowak and Shelby Sullivan will be honored following the match.

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Montse Castro

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Kaysie Shebeneck

Shelby Sullivan

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