AUBURN, Ala. – The 14th-ranked Florida volleyball workforce swept the Auburn Tigers at Neville Arena on Wednesday evening in a battle of two of the highest three groups in the SEC.
The Gators enhance to 16-4 in the 2022 marketing campaign and 8-2 in the SEC, whereas Auburn strikes to 18-3 on the 12 months and 7-3 in league play.
Florida opened the match with a gutsy 25-23 victory and adopted with a 25-18 win in the second set to go up 2-0 in the match. The Gators closed out the match with a 25-15 win in the third to take sole possession of first in the SEC.
UF’s offensive assault was extremely balanced on Wednesday evening – led by a 14-kill efficiency from each Merritt Beason and Sofia Victoria. Marina Markova adopted carefully with 11 kills of her personal, whereas Bre Kelley added a five-kill effort.
Rookie setter Alexis Stucky led the Gators to a .363 clip on the evening, whereas meting out 37 assists in the method.
As a workforce, UF held Auburn to a .112 hitting effectivity on the evening and totaled 8.0 blocks on the internet. Gabrielle Essix posted a team-high 5 blocks, whereas Stucky added 4 and Beason pitched in three in the sweep.
Elli McKissock paced the backcourt protection for Florida, ending the match with 14 digs. Stucky added six of her personal, whereas Beason and Victoria recorded 5 apiece in the victory.
Behind the service line, UF completed with three aces – one apiece from Trinity Adams, Beason and McKissock.
The Gators are again in motion for a two-match collection towards the Arkansas Razorbacks, starting Saturday. Arkansas comes into the weekend with a 14-5 general file and a 5-4 file in convention play. Saturday’s match is slated for a 1 p.m. begin on SEC Network +, whereas Sunday’s matchup will start at 12 p.m. on the SEC Network.
How It Happened
- The match opened with a highly-contested battle in the primary set, with neither workforce holding greater than a two-point benefit by way of the halfway level. Auburn took the 15-14 lead into the media timeout, however after falling behind 17-15, Florida was capable of knot the set at 17-all. The squads traded factors from that time on, with the one distinction maker being a ultimate 2-0 run by the Gators to clinch the set at 25-23.
- Florida hit a stellar .556 in the primary set, led by six kills apiece from Victoria and Markova. Beason added 5 kills of her personal in the opening body.
- After discovering themselves down one on the 10-9 mark, the Gators went on a 3-0 run to drag forward two. The Tigers responded with a brief run of their very own, knotting the body at 12-12. Florida as soon as once more grabbed the slight benefit, taking the 15-13 lead into the media timeout. Out of the break, the Gators continued their momentum swing, pulling forward seven on the 23-16 mark to drive the second timeout of the body by the Tigers. The Gators closed out the body with a 25-18 victory to drag forward 2-0 in the match.
- Florida held Auburn to a -.056 clip and notched six blocks in the second set, led by 5 from Essix and three from Stucky.
- The third set was all Gators from the beginning, with Florida leaping out to the 7-4 result in drive the primary Auburn timeout of the body. Out of that break, UF went on a 9-3 run to drag forward 16-7 and trigger the Tigers to make the most of their second and ultimate timeout. Auburn fought again to inside at 16-10, however Florida cruised to the 25-15 victory in third to finish the sweep.
- Beason closed out the ultimate set with six kills, adopted by 5 from Victoria.
Notables
- With as we speak’s victory, the Gators now maintain sole possession of first place in the SEC with an 8-2 file
- With her 14 kills, Sofia Victoria notched her tenth match this season in double-digit kills
- With her 14 kills, Merritt Beason registered her thirteenth match this season in double-digit kills
- With her 11 kills, Marina Markova recorded her 14th match this season in double-digit kills
- The Gators at the moment are 53-2 in the all-time collection towards the Tigers, together with a 49-1 file underneath Mary Wise
- Florida is now 40-0 towards Auburn in three-set matches
- UF improves to 25-2 towards the Tigers in Auburn, Ala.
- The Gators at the moment are 9-1 in three-set matches through the 2022 marketing campaign
- With her 14 digs on the evening, Elli McKissock moved into 14th place in program historical past, surpassing Angie McGinnis (1,067)
Thoughts from Coach Wise
- “There were so many pieces to this win and so many players really stepped up and played well tonight.”
Up Next
- The Gators are again in motion for a two-match collection towards the Arkansas Razorbacks, starting Saturday
- Arkansas comes into the weekend with a 14-5 general file and a 5-4 file in convention play
- Saturday’s match is slated for a 1 p.m. begin on SEC Network +, whereas Sunday’s matchup will start at 12 p.m. on the SEC Network
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