Tigers visit No. 12 Texas Friday night

• Friday's match will be streamed on SEC Network+. Lincoln Rose (PxP) and Emma Halter (analyst) will be on the call first serve set for 6:30 p.m. CT.

• Auburn fell at Missouri on Sunday in five sets despite leading after the third set.
• The Tigers narrowly won the opening set, 25-21, pulling away from Missouri late in the set. Missouri returned with a marginal set victory of its own, 26-24, in the second frame.
• Auburn dominated the third set, holding Missouri to hit .075 in a 25-17 set win. However, Missouri responded again with a strong set win of its own, leading by as many as nine before holding off an Auburn comeback to win the set 25-19.
• Auburn led 7-5 in the fifth set, forcing a Missouri timeout which flipped the momentum of the set. Missouri went on a 10-4 run to finish the set, winning the decisive set 15-11.
• Kate Mansfield hit .375 on 16 attacks with seven kills and just one error. The junior led Auburn with five blocks.
• Lauren Dreves set a season-high with 22 kills, hitting .164 while recording her fourth double-double of the season with 14 digs. Dreves totaled a career-high 25.5 points with three blocks and an ace to go with the 22 kills.
• Carson Eickenloff also registered her fourth double-double of the year with 20 assists and 10 digs.
• Emily Keiran led Auburn in digs with her second-highest mark of the season with 19 digs.

• Texas ranks 12th in the country per the most recent AVCA Coaches' Poll (Oct. 12).
• The Longhorns are 4-2 in SEC play, including a reverse-sweep victory at Tennessee. Texas's other victories include a straight-set win over Mississippi State and four-set victories over Alabama and Arkansas.
• Each of Texas's SEC losses were sweeps. First, falling at Kentucky 23-25, 20-25, 21-25.
• Texas's second loss and its most recent result is a three-set home loss to Oklahoma.
• Texas ranks 41st in DI with 13.58 kills per set, supported by the 25th-best mark of 12.83 assists per set.
• Torrey Stafford's 4.50 kills per set are the 13th-best in the nation and fourth-best in the SEC entering the week.
• Nya Bunton is hitting .408, the second-best mark in the SEC this season, 21st overall in DI.
• Ramsey Gary leads Texas with 4.12 digs per set.

• Auburn and the Longhorns meet for just the fourth time all-time and for the first time in Austin since 2001.
• Texas has won all three prior meetings between the programs, including a pair of away SEC victories since the Longhorns joined the SEC in 2024.
• The Longhorns narrowly won last season's match in five sets. Texas took the first two sets before the Tigers rallied at Neville Arena to force a fifth set. Texas ultimately took the final set to win 25-19, 25-21, 21-25, 22-25, 15-9.
• Dreves led all active Tigers with 17 kills and seven digs in the match last season. Current assistant coach Liz Markovska led Auburn overall with 20 kills and 14 digs.
• Mansfield registered eight blocks and two assists in the match.
• Texas's Torrey Stafford recorded her career-high with 32 kills against the Tigers last season.

• Belle Patrick logged her 500th career kill at Missouri.
• Shanelle Puetz is five digs away from 500 in her career.
• Brent Crouch is three wins away from 100 at Auburn. Crouch is eight wins away from 200 in his career.

• The Tigers return home to Neville Arena after two weeks on the road. Auburn hosts Ole Miss on Friday, Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. CT, then LSU at 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Oct. 25. The Tigers' match against Ole Miss will be televised on SEC Network.

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