Volleyball Battles Arkansas on Sunday in Fayetteville

Texas A&M Aggies (7-12, 4-8 SEC) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (16-8, 6-6 SEC)
Sunday, Nov. 5, 1 p.m.
Barnhill Arena, Fayetteville, Arkansas

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.—Texas A&M (7-12, 4-8 SEC) plays its second match of a three-match road swing on Sunday as the Aggies take on Arkansas (16-8, 6-6 SEC) in Fayetteville. First serve is at 1 p.m. at Barnhill Arena, and the match will be streamed on SEC Network +, available via the WatchESPN app.

Texas A&M, 4-0 all-time in matches played at Barnhill, is looking to avenge a 3-0 loss to the Razorbacks on Oct. 20 in College Station. The Aggies also are aiming to get back into the win column after suffering consecutive 3-0 losses to No. 6 Kentucky in College Station and Missouri on the road in their most recent outings.

Arkansas, led by national kills and points leader Pilar Victoria, is coming off a 3-1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-23, 26-24) home loss to LSU on Friday. It was only the second home loss for the Razorbacks, who are 8-2 at Barnhill Arena.

TEXAS A&M-ARKANSAS ALL-TIME SERIES

A&M leads the all-time series against Arkansas, 6-3.
All nine contests have been as SEC opponents, as the teams had never met until A&M joined the SEC in 2012. (Arkansas did not sponsor volleyball as a varsity sport when both schools were members of the Southwest Conference.)
A&M is 4-0 all-time in matches played at Arkansas.
In matches played at Barnhill, A&M is 1-0 in 3-set matches, 2-0 in 4-set matches, and 1-0 in the only 3-2 match, contested in 2012 when the teams met for the first time in the all-time series.
Arkansas owns a 3-2 lead in matches played in College Station, including a 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 26-24), victory over the Aggies in the most recent meeting, on Oct. 20, 2017.
In the most recent meeting, A&M's 100th SEC match since joining the league in 2012, the Aggies had a then-season-high 12.5 blocks, but Arkansas pulled away in the opening set and rallied late in the second two sets to prevail, 25-20, 25-17, 26-24 at Reed Arena.
The Razorbacks never trailed in the opening set, outhitting the Aggies .162 to .047. A&M had a 17-16 lead in the second set before Arkansas' Pilar Victoria, the NCAA leader in both kills and points per set, carried the Razorbacks, getting five of her six kills in the set during a 9-0 run to close out the frame. Arkansas committed only one attack error in the set as the Razorbacks outhit A&M, .406 to .243. Arkansas held an 11-10 edge in the third set before A&M went on a 10-3 run to take a 20-14 lead. Arkansas was within 21-16 when the Razorbacks reeled off six consecutive points to go up, 22-21. A&M outside hitter Hollann Hans answered with a kill to knot the score at 22-22, and the teams continued to exchange points. An Arkansas kill put the Razorbacks at set and match point, 24-23, but a block by A&M's Maddie Douglas and Ashlie Reasor tied the score, 24-24. Victoria registered a kill to put the Razorbacks at set and match point for the second time, 25-24. A&M initially appeared to have fought off a second match point when Victoria's next attack was called long, but Arkansas challenged the call. The call was reversed, giving Victoria her match-high 15th kill for the match winner.
Kiara McGee led A&M with 13 kills while hitting .310, and Douglas finished with a career-high nine kills while hitting at a .350 clip. Even though A&M led Arkansas in total points, 53.5 to 49, the Aggies committed 26 attack errors as a team and was outhit, .214 to .107 for the match.
A&M's all-time record/results vs. Arkansas

H: 2-3    A: 4-0    N: 0-0    SEC: 6-3
Oct. 12, 2012        A          W        21-25, 25-15, 25-16, 23-25, 15-3
Nov. 4, 2012         H         W        23-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-17
Oct. 25, 2013        H         W        27-29, 25-20, 25-23, 25-22
Oct. 15, 2014        H         L          25-20, 12-25, 21-25, 25-27
Nov. 19, 2014       A          W        25-17, 25-19, 19-25, 25-20
Sept. 27, 2015       H         L          25-21, 13-25, 25-27, 22-25
Nov. 28, 2015       A          W        25-27, 25-16, 25-23, 25-23
Oct. 5, 2016          A          W        25-22, 25-11, 25-15
Oct. 20, 2017        H         L          25-20, 25-17, 26-24

TEXAS A&M IN THE SEC

Texas A&M is 74-30 overall in SEC matches since joining the league in 2012.
The Aggies are 3-4 in home SEC matches and 1-4 in away conference matches this season.
A&M is 39-14 all-time in SEC home matches and 35-16 all-time in SEC away matches.
Texas A&M will play two matches each against last year's top three SEC teams, co-champions Florida and Missouri, as well as Kentucky, which tied A&M for third place in 2016. 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.
In their inaugural SEC season opener, the Aggies defeated Ole Miss on Sept. 14, 2012, at Reed Arena, marking Texas A&M's first SEC victory in any sport. The Aggies went on to finish 16-4, winning the SEC Western Division and placing second overall.
The Aggies won the SEC championship in 2015 to claim the first conference volleyball title in school history.

TEXAS A&M PLAYER NOTES

Senior libero Amy Nettles has appeared in a school-record 346 consecutive sets, a streak that 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 had a team-high 16 digs at Missouri on Friday to give her 1,373 for her career, moving her from seventh place in the A&M all-time career records to a tie for fifth with Michelle Cole (1998-01), who is the assistant volleyball coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Nettles needs 30 more digs to move into a tie for fourth with Genny (Wood) Volpe (1990-93), who is the head volleyball coach at Rice.
Nettles holds the A&M record for career digs in SEC matches only with 900.
Nettles, who has posted double-figure digs in 16 of 19 matches, leads the Aggies and is seventh in the SEC with 3.94 digs per set for the full season.
She also is seventh in the league with 4.24 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 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 third in the SEC with 0.36 aces per set in conference matches only, and she is fifth in the league with 0.41 aces per set in all matches.
Hans has served at least one ace in 13 of 19 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 sixth in the SEC with 3.48 kills per set for the full season. She ranks seventh in the league with 4.11 points per set.
In SEC matches only, Hans leads A&M and is ninth in the league in points (3.76) 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.
Senior outside hitter Kiara McGee has recorded double-figure kills in each of the last three matches. She has taken team-high honors in both kills and points in each of the last two matches.
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 18 of 19 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 19 matches.
Nettles, Hans and Conner are the only three players who have appeared in all 66 sets this season.
Nettles, McGee, Ashlie Reasor and Amy Houser will be receiving their Aggie Rings on 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.

TEXAS A&M TEAM NOTES

A&M has produced four of its highest block performances of the season in four of the last five 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 also had 12 blocks Friday at Missouri.
A&M is averaging 2.97 blocks per set over the last five matches and 2.22 blocks per set for the full season.
A&M has hit below .200 in each of its eight 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.
A&M is 4-8 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 516-249 in her A&M career and 616-355 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.

ARKANSAS QUICK HITS

Arkansas is 16-8 overall and tied with Georgia and Auburn for fifth place in the SEC with a 6-6 conference record.
Most recently, Arkansas fell to LSU, 3-1 (21-25, 25-17, 25-23, 26-24) Friday at Barnhill Arena. It was only the second home loss for the Razorbacks, who are 8-2 in home matches. The only other loss was a 3-2 setback to then-No. 3 Florida in the opening weekend of conference play.
It also was the second time Arkansas lost a match after winning the first set.
Pilar Victoria, who redshirted last season after suffering a knee injury, led all players with 20 kills and 24 points in the loss, as LSU outhit Arkansas, .259 to .153 and outblocked the Razorbacks, 11.5-9.
Victoria entered the weekend leading the nation in both kills per set (5.75) and points per set (6.35) as well as total kills (512) and total points (565).
Sophomore setter Rachel Rippee entered the weekend ranked second in the SEC and 12th in the nation with 11.58 assists per set.
Arkansas senior defensive specialist Krista Kolbinskie and A&M senior opposite hitter Ashlie Reasor were teammates at Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas.
Arkansas is No. 45 in this week's NCAA RPI.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
A&M has a mid-week bye and then concludes its three-match 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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