MSU Faces Missouri on Sunday

Sunday, October 14

Starkville

1:00 PM

Mississippi State

Missouri

Mississippi State welcomes Missouri to Starkville on Sunday (Oct. 14).

Photo by: Trevor Birchett/MSU Athletics

October 13, 2018 | Volleyball

Live Stats Match Notes (PDF)Watch on the SEC Network+

by Mary Catherine Molay, Graduate Assistant/Communications

STARKVILLE – After falling to Arkansas in four on the road on Friday (Nov. 12), Mississippi State (5-14, 1-5 SEC) welcomes the Missouri Tigers (15-4, 5-2) to Newell-Grissom Building on Sunday (Nov. 14).

The match will air on the SEC Network + at 1 p.m., with Bart Gregory on play-by-play and Payton Harris as the analyst. Fans can also access the match via the WatchESPN app.

"We are excited to come home and compete on our home court," head coach Julie Darty said. "I hope we can take some of the positives from Friday night and build on it. There were a lot of things about the Arkansas match I really think we can learn from, and I hope we can keep moving forward as a team and continue to progress. Missouri is a very physical team. We are going to have to control our side of the net and focus on the serve and pass game, and if we can do those two things I think we will be really proud of the product we put out."

Missouri leads the series 11-0. In Starkville, the Tigers leads 4-0.

This Weeks Schedule ...

Friday, October 12
Mississippi State fell to Arkansas, 3-1, on Friday night (25-23, 23-25, 18-25, 12-25).

Sunday, October 14
Mississippi State vs. Missouri - 1 p.m.
Live Stats - https://hailst.at/2CvSU20
SEC Network+ - https://hailst.at/2Cvy6aN

Marketing Events for Missouri …

Wear pink for the annual "Dig Pink" match
100 pink koozies available
Pink pom-poms will be available
Up to 200 Hail State Reward Points
150 Bully's Kids Club Points

Admission to Newell-Grissom ...
For the 2018 season, admission is free for all at the Newell-Grissom Building.

Bulldogs Face Missouri For The 12th Time …
MSU continues week four of SEC play at Newell-Grissom against the Missouri Tigers. When playing in Starkville, The Tigers lead 4-0.

Defensive specialist Riley Sents leads the team with 247 digs. Middle blocker Alyssa Munlyn has 103.0 total blocks on the season with an average of 1.49 blocks per set. Outside hitter Kylie Deberg leads the team with 235 kills, 3.41 kills per set and 30 service aces.

A Bulldog Win Would ...
•Give MSU its second SEC home win of the season
•Snap Missouri's 11 match streak against the Bulldogs
• Give Julie Darty her second SEC win this season

Who's Leading the Bulldogs? ...
Kills: Amarrah Cooks, 163
Kills Per Set: Amarrah Cooks, 2.36
Assists: Morgan Kath, 456
Service Aces: Alleah Stamatis, 19
Digs: Kendall Murr, 275
Block Solos: Amarrah Cooks, 21
Block Assists: Deja Robinson, 40
Total Blocks: Deja Robinson, 57.0
Points: Amarrah Cooks, 202.0

Darty Picks Up Her First SEC Win ...
On Wednesday, Sep. 26, Julie Darty earned her first SEC win after defeating Auburn, 3-2, in Newell-Grissom on ESPNU. Darty's squad rallied from being two sets down to fight back and win the match.

Robinson, Shaw Earn SEC Freshman Player of the Week for the First Time Since 2013 …
Deja Robinson was named the SEC Freshman Player of the Week on Sept. 4 following an impressive performance at the Appalachian State Invitational where she had 4.08 points and 3.23 kills per set as well as a .443 hitting percentage. She was also named to the Appalachian State All-Tournament Team and posted a career-high 20 kills against Davidson.

Paige Shaw was named the Co-SEC Freshman Player of the Week on Oct. 1 after her unstoppable performance against Auburn on Sept. 26. The freshman tallied 18 kills, and her first service ace against the Tigers. Shaw also notched her first-career service ace and registered career highs in attack attempts (55), solo blocks (2), total blocks (4.0) and points (22.0). The match winning point came from a kill by Shaw.

The last time there were two recipients of the SEC Freshman of the Week award was in 2013 when Kimmy Gardiner won it twice. There have never been two separate players winning SEC Freshman of the Week in the same season.

Deja Robinson Finds Herself on the Freshman Block Solos List …
Deja Robinson currently has 17 solo blocks in her career. She ties teammate Liv Benner's total from 2017 for the No. 8 spot. She is one away from the No. 5 spot and tying teammate Laura Rose Gray (2017), Sharyn Smith (1985) and Shauna Owens (1988), all with 18 solo blocks during their respective seasons.

Murr and Zgunda "dig" it done ...
Sophomore transfer Kendall Murr has 275 digs on the season. As of Oct. 8 she is No. 7 in the SEC and No. 173rd in the NCAA in digs.

Sophomore Gabby Zgunda finds herself with the second most digs on the squad at 163.

Cooks Leads the Team in Four Categories ...
Junior transfer Amarrah Cooks is on top of the stat sheets, leading the team with kills (163), hitting percentage (.289), block solos (21) and points (202.0). She is second on the team with total blocks (50.0) and block assists (32).

Kath Has Three Double-Doubles in 2018 ...
Senior Morgan Kat htallied 10 digs and 11 assists against Georgia State on Aug. 26 at the StarkVegas Classic. The Wisconsin native also had 10 digs and 54 assists against Clemson on Aug. 31 at the Appalachian Invitational. On Sept. 7 in Mobile at the Jaguar Invitational against Louisiana Tech, the senior registered 14 digs and 28 assists.

Hoosiers in StarkVegas ...
Four players on the 2018 roster hail from the state of Indiana (Gabby Zgunda, Kendall Murr, Kanani Price and Liv Benner). The Hoosier State is the most represented state on the squad.

MSU Heads to Tuscaloosa for an ESPNU Showdown on Wednesday …
After the match against Missouri, the Bulldogs head to Tuscaloosa to face Alabama. The match is scheduled for 6 p.m. on ESPNU.

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