Auburn climbed into the rankings after it won its first three conference matches, all at home and including a 3-2 win over Kentucky, but it is 1-8 over its last 9 matches. 

The last time we had a week+ layoff, we resumed with consecutive losses to Missouri and OU, so let's not see a repeat of that.

I hate the team website's "previews."  They never include information about players' status for the upcoming games or news about why they might have missed previous games.  I would really like to know why Swindle and Kahahawai played so little in the last 2 matches.

 

Game is SEC+ network 

10-3 Texas. TO Auburn 

Texas takes 1st set 25-11

Skinner with 9 kills in 1st set

10-4 Texas. TO Auburn 

Skinner 14 of our 27 kills.  She has only one hitting error and is hitting .542. 

We have 7 blocks to their 1.  They are hitting .047.  We are hitting .356 after Skinner just hit a crosscourt shot side.  15-10 Texas, Texas timeout.

15-10 Texas, TO Texas

No Swindle or Kahahawai again.  I wonder if they just fell out of favor, but Devin had been on a great streak a few weeks ago.

Long rally with Texas getting no good swings.  Last set was bizarrely to Wenaas in the back row for a dink.  Then Skinner muffs a serve return.  Then Ames breaks the string with a middle hit.  16-12

Wenaas without a kill so far.  Blocked 18-15.

Ames on the slide.  19-15.

Binney serving.  Wenaas with a ball handling error.  19-16.  You could really see the side spin she put on it.

 

Wenaas just got her first kill, and it was an impressive one.  20. 16. 

Zimmerman off Halter's chest/face.  Singletary through the block.  21-17.

 

23-20 Texas after Ames kill.  Timeout Auburn

25-21 Texas.

2-0 Texas

Edited November 16, 20241 yr by GoHorns1

Ames is having another good hitting night.  She hasn't shown much in the way of blocking, but I'll take 6 kills to 1 error in 10 swings any day. 

Kahahawai starts the third set.

Halter gets 4 points on her serve with Skinner/Ames/Kahahawai on the front line.  Timeout Auburn.

4-0 Texas. TO Auburn

Akana just started up the stairs to chase down a dig.  Didn't get there.

Skinner through a blocker from the back row.  8-5 Texas. 

REALLLLLY long rally ended with a Wenaas dink blocked into the net.  9-5

Halter serving again with Ames/Skinner/Kahahwai on the front line.  Two points, but Auburn challenging, claiming a net fault.

No violation.  That was the first challenge in the match.  Halter ace gives her 7 points on her serve in this set. 

Kahahawai kill, followed by Auburn hitting error. 19-12.  Time to put this match away.