AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn volleyball team treks to Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday to face in-state rival Alabama inside Foster Auditorium in the Tigers' regular-season finale.
First serve is set for 12 p.m. CT on the SEC Network+.
QUICK HITS
- Auburn volleyball (6-22, 0-17 SEC) dropped a 3-1 (18-25, 18-25, 25-23, 25-15) decision to Tennessee at the Thompson- Boling Arena on Wednesday night.
- Sophomore Tatum Shipes turned in her best performance of the season with a season-high 18 kills and matched her career-high with 18 digs for her sixth double-double performance. Shipes added an ace to total a season-high 19 points.
- Senior Shaina White and sophomore Lily Thomason both chipped in nine kills each. Returning to her home state, junior Chesney McClellan recorded eight kills.
- Junior Morgan Kull added her fourth double-double outing with 41 assists, just two shy of her career high, and 10 digs. Bella Rosenthall was the third Tiger to finish with double-digit digs, leading the team with 21.
SCOUTING ALABAMA
- The Alabama Crimson Tide enter the weekend at 13-16 (4-13 SEC) after falling in straight sets to Georgia on Wednesday.
- Freshman Alyiah Wells ranks eighth in the SEC with a .326 hitting percentage. She's totaled 215 kills over her debut season.
- Wells also ranks fourth in the conference with a 1.10 blocks per set mark. She's added 108 blocks for the Tide at the net.
- Senior Ginger Perinar has been one of the best servers in the league with a .31 average per set behind 22 total aces.
- Kaylee Thomas, a junior libero, has racked up 413 digs and ranks fourth in the conference with a 4.09 per set average.
A WIN OVER ALABAMA WOULD...
- Be Auburn's first win over the Crimson Tide since defeating UA in five sets in 2017.
AUBURN-ALABAMA SERIES…
- Alabama leads the all-time series with a 49-32 mark, including a 10-24 mark in games played in Tuscaloosa.
›› The Tide defeated Auburn by a 3-1 decision in October.