#12 Kentucky @ Auburn | SEC Week 1 | Fri 9/27 8pm CT | SECN

[gopherhim]

Week 1

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The SEC Opener After Dark between...
	Auburn Tigers		Kentucky Wildcats
10-1 Overall 0-0 SEC				6-5 Overall 0-0 SEC
#27 AVCA #27 VT Poll #38 Evollve #30 Massey				#12 AVCA #12 VT Poll #12 Evollve #17 Massey

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📆	⏰	🏟️ 📍	📺	📊
Friday, 9/27/2024	8pm CDT	Neville Arena, Auburn, AL	SECN	StatBroadcast OR NCAA.com

🎟️ FREE Admission (Doors open at 7pm CDT)

🎁 Orange Glow Stick Giveaway + Chick-fil-A sandwiches for students
(Unclear if Chick-fil-A sauce will be provided)

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📖 Kentucky leads the series 49-10 dating back to 1977 and is on a 22-match winning streak. Auburn is 7-12 at home against the Wildcats and has not won since 2010.
⏮️ Last meeting: 11/8/23—#13 Kentucky def. #24 Auburn 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-14) in Auburn, AL.
⏭️ Next up: Auburn hosts Alabama for Rivalry Night on 9/29/24 at 4pm CDT.
⏭️ Next up: Kentucky plays at #15 Florida on 9/29/24 at 1pm CDT.

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🗞️ Auburn preview
🗞️[Kentucky preview]

Possible Lineups

Auburn Tigers			Kentucky Wildcats
	#6 Kalei Edson (5'10" Fr.) #7 Peyton Dunn (5'11" RS Jr.)	S E T T E R	#4 Emma Grome (5'9" Sr.)
	#1 Madison Scheer (6'1" Jr.) #2 Lauren Dreves (6'1" Fr.)	O U T S I D E H I T T E R	#13 Erin Lamb (6'3" Sr.) #17 Brooklyn DeLeye (6'2" Soph.)
	#10 Emma Moore (6'3" Fr.) #14 Chelsey McCurdy (6'3" Grad.)	M I D D L E B L O C K E R	#5 Jordyn Dailey (6'2" RS Fr.) #8 Brooke Bultema (6'3" RS Fr.)
	#5 Bella Bell (6'3" Grad.) #12 Bel Zimmerman (6'2" Jr.)	O P P O S I T E	#1 Megan Wilson (6'4" Sr.)
	#15 Alexis Dacosta (5'11" Jr.)	L I B E R O	#12 Molly Tuozzo (5'7" Soph.)
	Auburn Roster		Kentucky Roster
	Brent Crouch (5th season; 65-43 at Auburn)	H E A D C O A C H	Craig Skinner (20th season; 450-152 at Kentucky)
	Team Stats		Team Stats

[gopherhim]

First post updated with a link to Auburn's preview. Most interesting tidbits to me were that Auburn has not won since 2010 and that Emily Ehman is an analyst on an SEC network match? Is that new? I thought she had only done Fox/BTN stuff up to this point but maybe not.

(So it's Sam Gore and Emily Ehman on the call.)

[gopherhim]

Game day bump. 9.5 hours until first serve!

http://instagram.com/p/DAbEhV6O73I

http://instagram.com/p/DAbMYGYRBS9

[gopherhim]

2-ish hour warning! Enjoy these out of context stats

Auburn		Kentucky
0.234	hitting %	0.238
0.142	opponent hitting %	0.191
0.545	% points won	0.523
0.461	% serve points won	0.447
0.645	% receive points won	0.606
13.89	kills/set	13.00
12.78	assists/set	12.38
1.38	aces/set	2.03
19.14	digs/set	11.80
2.99	blocks/set	2.03

[volleynerd]

any word why lamb is not playing?

[houstonbear15]

Wait I haven't been keeping up. How long has Tuozzo been libero? That's wild

[gopherhim]

25-21 finish for Kentucky. Nice serving by DeLeye sheesh

[2Close4Missiles]

Sept 27, 2024 20:10:14 GMT -5 volleynerd said:

any word why lamb is not playing?

They said she's out for a "non-volleyball health reason" or something like that. Your guess is as good as mine

[2Close4Missiles]

Wildcats take set 2! I was ready for the worst when they went down 12-15 in set 1, but they've played well ever since (*Knock on wood*)

[2Close4Missiles]

Sept 27, 2024 21:03:46 GMT -5 2Close4Missiles said:

Wildcats take set 2! I was ready for the worst when they went down 12-15 in set 1, but they've played well ever since (*Knock on wood*)

Aaaaand I jinxed it

[volleydad859]

We are still hitting into the block too often

[2Close4Missiles]

Why challenge this? Looked clear out, no touch. Craig's been awful on challenges this season

[digem]

Craig’s challenge record getting wrecked this season.

[digem]

Feels like this team has a 3rd set curse.

[bucky415]

Thanks for the reminder. The only thing I still watch on my sports package I can't remember to cancel, after it dropped ESPNU last fall, is SECN. I will join the later B1G west coast matches in progress!