BATON ROUGE, The. – The LSU volleyball team is set for a midweek match against an undefeated Auburn club at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 5th in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The game will be televised on the SEC Television Network.
LSU (9-6, 3-2 SEC) has won five of its last seven contests and is coming off a weekend split against Ole Miss. The Tigers are hitting .254 on the season behind 13.16 kills per set and 12.22 assists per set. LSU leads the SEC with 763 total kills and sits second with 709 total assists. LSU’s defense has allowed its opponents a .200 hitting percentage this season and held teams under a .200 hitting percentage eight times this season. The Fighting Tigers also averaged 2.07 blocks per set and 14.50 digs per set (No. 4 in the SEC) this season.
Outside hitter Sanaa Dotson ranks fifth in the SEC with 3.91 kills per set and her 227 total kills are the second most in the league. Dotson also ranks 9th in the conference with 4.36 points per set and leads the team with 13 aces. Other top hitters for the LSU Tigers consist of outside hitters Samarah Hill (2.52 kills/set), Paige Flickinger (2.44 kills/set) and Hannah Jacobs (2.34 kills/set).
Middle blocker Anita Anwusi leads LSU at the net and ranks 9th in the SEC with 1.09 blocks per set (94 total) and 6th in the league with 1.26 blocks per set in conference-only matches. Anwusi also has 102 total murders per year.
Libero Ella Larkin anchors the defense with a league-high 4.41 digs per set (256 total) and has compiled two 30-plus performances this season.
Setter Josie Vondran ranks 10th in the SEC with 7.30 assists per set and has 48 kills, 27 blocks and 11 assists this season. Freshman Maddie Waak adds 4.41 assists per set to go along with 10 assists.
Auburn (14-0, 3-0 SEC) is one of four undefeated teams remaining in all of NCAA Division I volleyball. Auburn is coming off a week-long layoff after coming off a five-set victory against Mississippi State on Sept. 28. AU opened league play with a pair of four-set wins against in-state rival Alabama Sept. 24-25. Auburn has a balanced offense to this point in the season. They have a .277 hitting percentage while holding opponents to a .147 hitting percentage behind 2.72 blocks per set. Each of those marks is second-best in the SEC, along with 1.87 aces per set.
Outside hitter and SEC Colleague of the Week Akasha Anderson is Auburn’s top offensive threat with 3.52 kills per set and chips in 22 total blocks. Other standouts for AU are setter Jackie Barrett who ranks second in the SEC with 10.27 assists per set, Sarah Morton who ranks second in the league with 4.26 digs per set and middle blocker Kendal Kemp who ranks third in the conference with 1.42 blocks per set (No. 17 in NCAA).
LSU has dominated the all-time series against Auburn 47-15 and enters Wednesday’s game on a six-game winning streak highlighted by four straight sweeps.
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