AUBURN, Ala. – Head coach Brent Crouch and the Auburn Tigers (14-11, 4-10) head out to one of the SEC’s newest members in Oklahoma (12-10, 6-7) for the penultimate regular season match of the year on Sunday, Nov. 24.
First serve is slated for 5 p.m. CT and the match will be broadcast live on the SEC Network. Kevin Fitzgerald and Missy Whittemore will have the call.
QUICK HITS
Setter Peyton Dunn is coming off her best performance of the season. The Oklahoma transfer notched a season-high 36 assists against No. 20 Florida. Dunn also owns a team-high eight double-doubles in 2024.
Junior Madison Scheer also had a good night against the Gators, tying her season-high with 18 kills. Developing into one of the Tigers' best serving weapons, Scheer also tallied a career-high three aces against Florida.
Scheer is in the midst of her best season in a Tiger uniform. Not only has the junior surpassed 1,000 career kills but she has done so averaging career highs in kills per set (3.49), hitting percentage (.248), digs per set (0.72), blocks per set (0.70) and points per set (3.94).
Speaking of career bests, fellow Missouri native Bel Zimmerman is also enjoying her best season on the Plains. The right side is poised to post single-season career highs in kills per set (2.72), hitting percentage (.250) and points per set (3.10).
Emma Moore (1.21) and Chelsey McCurdy (1.19) maintain their status in the SEC’s top 10 for blocks.
As a team, the Orange and Blue rank second in the SEC in blocks per set (2.62) and No. 22 in all of Division I volleyball. Auburn's 246 total blocks are the most in the conference and already rank as the sixth-most blocks in a single season in program history during the rally-scoring era.
The Tigers’ 16.01 digs per set is the second-best rank in the Southeastern Conference behind only the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Senior defensive specialist Fallan Lanham is putting in a nice streak of performances in the back row. The Louisville product has tallied at least 10 digs in each of the last two matches.
LAST TIME OUT
Madison Scheer dialed up a season-high 18 kills and a career-high three aces in four sets against No. 20 Florida on Friday. In the back row, Alexis Dacosta reached 15 digs for the eighth time in 2024. However, it wasn't enough to overcome the Gators.
SCOUTING OKLAHOMA
Aaron Mansfield’s 2024 campaign marks his second season as the Sooners’ head coach. Mansfield enters with a 12-9 record, including a 6-7 mark in SEC play.
Oklahoma’s .265 hitting percentage ranks No. 28 in the country and stands fifth in the SEC. On the defensive side, the blocking unit has been impressive, coming in at No. 1 in the conference and No. 9 in the nation with 2.81 blocks per set.
Offensively, the Sooner offense begins and ends with Alexis Shelton. The North Carolina native ranks inside the top 50 in the country in both kills per set (4.33) and points per set (5.02).
Graduate Lydia Martyn is a dual threat for the Sooners. She ranks in the top 10 in the SEC in both hitting percentage (.362) and blocks per set (1.24).
AUBURN-OKLAHOMA SERIES
Friday will mark just the fourth official meeting between the two programs. Auburn enters the matchup with a 1-2 record. However, the Tigers' lone victory came on the road in Norman in 1990.