Mississippi State volleyball set for matches at Ole Miss, Alabama

Mississippi State’s volleyball schedule listed road matches at Ole Miss and Alabama, with the Bulldogs entering the weekend 15-5 overall and 5-4 in Southeastern Conference play.

The calendar listed a 6 p.m. match Friday against Ole Miss at the Gillom Athletic Performance Center in Oxford, Mississippi, with coverage on SEC Network+. A 4 p.m. Sunday match at Foster Auditorium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was listed for SEC Network. The schedule did not provide match results.

Mississippi State ranked first in the SEC in digs per set, at 15.49, and attacks per set, at 35.42. In its win over Arkansas, Lindsey Mangelson led the Bulldogs with 15 kills, Ava Anderson had eight block assists and Mckenna Yates recorded a season-high 24 digs, according to the team notes.

Mary Neal had consecutive kills to close the second set against Oklahoma, setting a career high, the notes said. Yates was approaching 1,000 career digs, while Bernardita Aguilar was nearing 500 career kills.

Ole Miss entered the scheduled meeting on a seven-match losing streak and had hit below .150 in its previous three SEC matches. The Rebels’ Cameron Bradley led the conference and ranked 12th nationally with 4.93 digs per set.

Alabama was on a five-match skid after losses to Oklahoma and Arkansas the previous weekend, according to the team preview. The Crimson Tide were 7-4 at home and ranked second in the SEC in aces per set (1.79) and total aces (131). Hannah Parant had 33 service aces, second-most in the conference.

The Ole Miss match was to be the 109th between the programs. Mississippi State had won six of the previous 10 meetings. The Bulldogs also had won five of their last six matchups with Alabama, according to the team.

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