Volleyball Concludes Road Swing at Ole Miss

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—Texas A&M (7-12, 4-8 SEC) concludes a three-match road swing on Sunday as the Aggies take on Ole Miss at the Gillom Sports Center in Oxford, Miss. First serve of the Southeastern Conference match-up is at 2 p.m., and the match will be televised on SEC Network with Cara Capuano and Lizzy Stemke calling the action.

The Aggies, who are in a three-way tie for ninth place in the SEC following a 3-2 loss at Arkansas last Sunday, will be aiming to end a three-match losing skid as well as avenge their first-ever loss to the Rebels earlier this season in College Station.

Ole Miss, 0-5 all-time against the Aggies in Oxford, is 15-12 overall and 6-8 in SEC matches following a 3-0 loss at Georgia on Friday. The Rebels enter the weekend in eighth place in the conference standings.

Texas A&M Aggies (7-13, 4-9 SEC) vs. Ole Miss Rebels (15-12, 6-8 SEC)
Sunday, Nov. 12, 2 p.m.
Gillom Sports Center, Oxford, Miss.

TV: SEC Network (Cara Capuano, Lizzy Stemke)
Stats: 12thMan.com/live
Twitter Updates: @AggieVolleyball

TEXAS A&M-OLE MISS ALL-TIME SERIES

A&M leads Ole Miss in the all-time series, 13-1, including 8-1 in SEC matches only, since the teams first met in 1983.
A&M is 5-0 against the Rebels in matches played in Oxford, with all five meetings occurring after the Aggies joined the SEC in 2012.
Texas A&M's 25-21, 25-23, 25-16 victory against the Rebels on Sept. 14, 2012, marked the Aggies' inaugural SEC volleyball match as well as Texas A&M's first SEC victory in any sport. Current Rebels assistant coach Tori Mellinger was a senior during the Aggies' first season in the SEC and had 13 kills in the opening win against Ole Miss.
After losing the first 13 meetings in the all-time series against A&M, Ole Miss got its first victory against the Aggies when the teams met earlier this season in College Station.
The teams most recently met Oct. 22, 2017, at Reed Arena, where the Rebels posted their first-ever win in the all-time series, defeating the Aggies, 25-18, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16. The Rebels outhit A&M, .223 to .151, and had three players record double-figure kills. Emily Stroup led Ole Miss with 13 kills while hitting .321, and she also added a match-high 22 digs. Nayo Warnell had 12 kills and hit .474, and Kate Gibson added 10 kills for the Rebels. A&M's Hollann Hans led all players with 16 kills and 20 points, but she was the only A&M player to reach double figures in kills.
Set 1: Ole Miss led from start to finish, outhitting the Aggies, .273 to .114 in the 25-18 win. The Rebels jumped out to an 8-2 lead, but the Aggies twice fought back to get within two points, the last coming at 16-14. Ole Miss then pulled away, reeling off five unanswered points to build its largest lead, 21-14 lead.
Set 2: A&M held a 9-5 lead when Ole Miss went on a 10-1 surge that included three consecutive service aces. The Rebels later extended their margin to seven points, 20-13, but A&M freshman middle blocker Morgan Davis, who subbed in at 19-13, got two blocks and two kills, and freshman outside hitter Samantha Sanders served two aces during a 7-0 A&M rally that tied the score, 21-21. Despite outhitting the Rebels, .176 to .088, and leading in total points, 19-15, in the set, A&M, was unable to take the lead as a service error and an Ole Miss kill put the Rebels up, 23-21. Davis got a solo block to put the Aggies back within a point, but an A&M service error and a rotation violation by the Aggies ended the set.
Set 3: A&M overcame a 17-11 deficit in the third set, outscoring the Rebels, 12-4 to take a 23-21 lead. Ole Miss, which was outhit, .200 to .176, got a kill to get within a point before Hans put the Aggies at set point with her sixth kill in the frame. Sophomore middle blocker Maddie Douglas and senior opposite Ashlie Reasor then clinched the win the win for A&M with a block.
Set 4: Ole Miss used a 4-0 spurt to pull away from a 5-5 tie in the fourth set and never looked back. The Rebels, who outhit A&M, .342 to .116 in the stanza, went on to build their largest lead at 21-12.
A&M's all-time records/results vs. Ole Miss:
Overall: 13-1 H: 4-1 A: 5-0 N: 4-0 SEC: 8-1

Sept. 17, 1983           N           W            15-7, 12-15, 15-7, 15-1
Sept. 28, 1984           N           W            15-7, 15-3, 15-1
Aug.   30, 1991           H           W            15-6, 5-15, 15-12, 15-12
Oct.    30, 1992           N           W            7-15, 12-15, 15-7, 15-4, 15-12
Sept. 11, 1993           N           W            15-12, 15-8, 12-15, 15-0
Sept. 14, 2012           H           W            25-21, 25-23, 25-16
Nov. 23, 2012           A           W            25-9, 24-26, 27-25, 20-25, 15-10
Nov. 10, 2013           A           W            25-10, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21
Nov. 9,    2014           H           W            19-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-18
Nov. 28, 2014           A           W            25-19, 18-25, 24-26, 25-16, 15-13
Oct.    4,    2015           H           W            25-13, 25-20, 25-13
Nov. 13, 2015           A           W            26-24, 17-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-12
Oct.    9,    2016           A           W            25-12, 21-25, 25-20, 25-18
Oct.    22, 2017           H           L              18-25, 22-25, 25-22, 16-25

TEXAS A&M TEAM NOTES

Texas A&M is 7-13 overall and No. 48 in the NCAA volleyball RPI.
The Aggies are tied with Alabama and South Carolina for ninth place in the SEC with a 4-9 conference record.
The Aggies are 5-7 in home matches and 1-6 in away matches, with their one away victory being a 3-0 sweep at Georgia on Sept. 29.
A&M is 4-8 in 3-set matches, 2-3 in 4-set matches and 1-2 in 5-set matches.
A&M set a school SEC-record with 13 aces at Arkansas last Sunday. It is the most aces by an SEC team in a conference match this season.
A&M has produced five of its highest block performances of the season over the last six matches, including a season-high 16.5 blocks at Arkansas in the Aggies' most recent match.
A&M is averaging 3.04 blocks per set over the last six matches, 2.45 blocks per set in SEC matches only and 2.30 blocks per set for the full season.
A&M has hit below .200 in each of its nine SEC losses, as well as in each of the last six matches. 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.

NO. 1 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

Texas A&M has the toughest schedule in the nation according to the NCAA. The Aggies also have the No. 1-ranked strength of schedule in the nation according to Volleytalk.net's RPI Futures list.
Seven of A&M's losses have been to teams ranked No. 8 or higher.
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. All four teams currently make up the top four ranked teams in the nation, including current No. 1 Penn State, who the Aggies fell to in five sets on Sept. 2.
Texas A&M's 2017 schedule includes two matches each against last year's top three SEC teams, co-champions Florida and Missouri, as well as two against Kentucky, which tied A&M for third place. Other home-and-home series will be played against Arkansas, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. Single-match opponents are LSU, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Auburn and Alabama.

TEXAS A&M PLAYER NOTES

Senior libero Amy Nettles is fifth in the A&M records with 1,394 career digs and needs only nine more digs to move into a tie for fourth place with Genny (Wood) Volpe, who had 1,403 career digs from 1990-93.
Nettles has appeared in a school-record 351 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 has obliterated the previous record of 284 consecutive sets played, held by fellow San Antonian Suzy Wente since 1994.
Nettles holds the A&M record for career digs in SEC matches only with 921.
Nettles is seventh in the league with 4.23 digs per set in conference matches only. The A&M record for digs per set in an SEC season is 4.10, set by Megan Pendergast in 2012, the Aggies' first year in the league.
Nettles, who has posted double-figure digs in 17 of 20 matches, leads the Aggies and is eighth in the SEC with 3.96 digs per set for the full season.
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 fifth in the SEC with 0.39 aces per set for the full season and also fifth with 0.34 aces per set in conference matches only.
Hans has served at least one ace in 14 of 20 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 seventh in the SEC with 3.45 kills per set for the full season. She also ranks seventh in the league with 4.10 points per set in all matches and 3.79 points per set in SEC matches only.
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.
Senior outside hitter Kiara McGee has recorded double-figure kills in each of the last four matches, including a personal season-high 20 kills—one shy of her career high—last Sunday at Arkansas. She has taken team-high honors in both kills and points in each of the last three matches.
McGee leads A&M and ranks ninth in the SEC with 3.21 kills per set in conference matches only.
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 tied her career high with 46 assists at Arkansas and also pitched in 13 digs to record her team-leading fifth 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 18 of 20 matches overall, drawing 11 starts while seeing action at both the opposite and outside hitter positions.
Senior Gabby Litwin posted two aces in each of the first two sets at Arkansas and finished with a career-high four aces. It is the most aces by an SEC player in a five-set conference match this season.
The Aggies have had three freshmen in the starting lineup in eight of 20 matches.
Nettles, Hans and Conner are the only three players who have appeared in all 71 sets this season.
Nettles, McGee, Ashlie Reasor and Amy Houser will be receiving their Aggie Rings on Friday, Nov. 17. The Aggie Ring is the most visible symbol of the Aggie Network that connects Aggies around the world. Dating back over a hundred years, it is a tradition that is deep in symbolism. Every symbol represents values every Aggie should hold: Excellence, Integrity, Leadership, Loyalty, Respect and Selfless Service.

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 516-250 in her A&M career and 616-356 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.

OLE MISS QUICK HITS

Ole Miss is 15-12, including 6-8 in SEC matches, and in eighth place in the SEC standings.
Ole Miss, which went 6-12 and finished in a three-way tie for ninth place in the SEC last year, was picked to finish 12th in this year's preseason coaches poll.
The Rebels are coming off a 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-20) loss at Georgia on Friday. It was only the third time Ole Miss got swept in a match this season.
Georgia outhit Ole Miss, .327 to .253 and led in kills, 52-38.
Sophomore Emily Stroup led Ole Miss with 13 kills while hitting .500, and Caroline Adams had a match-high 17 digs against the Bulldogs
Ole Miss leads the SEC with 16.10 digs per set and is second with a .185 opponent hitting efficiency for the full season.
Kate Gibson leads the SEC in double-doubles with 17 and Lexi Thompson is third with 14 double-doubles for the full season.
Gibson and A&M's Camille Conner are the only two players in the SEC to record a triple-double this season.
Former Aggie libero/outside hitter Tori Mellinger is in her first season as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Ole Miss. She played for current A&M coach Laurie Corbelli from 2009-12 and ranks second in the A&M records for career digs with 1,480.
Head coach Steven McRoberts is 76-47 in his fourth season at the helm of the Rebels and 550-210 in the 21st season of his head coaching career.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

A&M closes out its home schedule in the upcoming week, playing host to No. 4 Florida on Wednesday and then celebrating Senior Day in the home finale on Sunday, Nov. 19, as the Aggies play host to South Carolina.
The match against the Gators begins at 5 p.m. at Reed Arena, and it will be televised on ESPNU.
The match against the Gamecocks begins at 1 p.m. A&M's four seniors, Gabby Litwin, Kiara McGee, Amy Nettles and Ashlie Reasor will be honored at the conclusion of the match.

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