No. 10 Florida downs Auburn volleyball, 3-0

Box Score

Sept. 26, 2014

Ivey
Auburn
Auburn
(8-6, 0-1 SEC)
Match #14
1
2
3
4
5
(10) Florida
25
25
25
X
X
Auburn Tigers
14
19
19
X
X
Florida
Florida
(7-3, 1-0 SEC)


Quick Stats
AU
UF
Kills
34
43
Attack Errors
23
8
Total Attempts
114
114
Hitting Pct.
.096
.340
Assists
33
37
Service Aces
3
4
Service Errors
3
6
Receiving Errors
4
3
Digs
48
48
Solo Blocks
2
5
Block Assists
2
10
Total Blocks
3.0
10.0
Stat Leaders
Offense
K
TA
E
Pct.
AU - Crable
9
35
8
.029
UF - Holston
15
28
2
.464
Defense
D
Ast.
SB
BA
AU - Ivey
18
3
0
0
UF - Pole
16
0
0
0

AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn's volleyball team dropped its SEC opener to No. 10 Florida, 3-0 (14-25, 19-25, 19-25) before 1,183 fans at Auburn Arena on Friday night.

The Tigers (8-6, 0-1 SEC) hit .096 in the loss and struggled to find its rhythm against a strong offensive attack from the Gators (7-3, 1-0 SEC). Florida hit .340 in the match, led by Alex Holston's 15 kills and .464 hitting percentage.

"I thought we didn't pick it up when we had opportunities. We were serving tough at certain points and blocking well at times, but I think we didn't take care of some of things on our end," head coach Rick Nold said. "Obviously, they are an athletic team and we knew if they were in system we were going to have to chances. I just feel like we didn't dig in and play aggressive."

Courtney Crable posted a team-high nine kills along with a pair of service aces for Auburn. Breanna Barksdale collected seven kills and hit a .300 for the Tigers, while Emily Klitzke and Macy Reece added in six, respectively.

Alexa Filley finished with 29 assists and 11 digs to log her third straight double-double. The freshman leads the club with seven double-doubles this season and now ranks ninth in Auburn single-season history with 513 assists. Alyssa Ivey led the Tigers with 18 digs.

The 1,183 fans that saw Friday night's match marked the second-largest attendance for a volleyball match at Auburn Arena and the fifth-largest crowd in program history.

Holston led the Gators with a match-high 15 kills on 28 attempts with just two errors. Rhamat Alhassan finished with 10 kills on 15 swings to finish with a .600 hitting efficiency. Setter Mackenzie Dagostino posted 36 assists along with two service aces.

Florida finished the night with 43 kills on 103 attempts with just eight errors.

The Tigers return to action on Sunday and hit the road to face No. 22 Texas A&M at 1 p.m. The match will be televised on the SEC Network with Paul Sunderland and Nell Fortner on the call.

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