University of Missouri
19-7,10-4SEC
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Mississippi State
11-13,5-10SEC
No. 25 Volleyball Falls to Mississippi State Sunday
11/24/2024 8:14:00 PM | Volleyball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Four Tigers finished in double-figures offensively as the No. 25 ranked University of Missouri volleyball team (19-7, 10-4 SEC) dropped a four-set (25-19, 20-25, 22-25, 24-26) decision at Mississippi State (11-13, 5-10 SEC) Sunday afternoon at the Newell-Grissom Building.
Mychael Vernon paced the Mizzou offense with 15 kills to go with 14 digs and a trio of blocks.
Jordan Iliff chipped in a 14-kill, 12-dig double-double along with two aces and two solo blocks.
Colleen Finney added 12 kills on a .360 clip, just one kill shy of matching her career high. She also had two blocks and two digs.
Regan Haith rounded out the double-digit attackers, notching 10 kills (.526) with five blocks.
Marina Crownover dished out 46 assists with 13 digs while Sierra Dudley finished with 10 assists, six digs and two blocks.
Libero Maya Sands was one of five Tigers in double-digits for digs, compiling 21 and two assists. She has now surpassed 1,000 digs at Mizzou (1,421 in her career).
Kiaraliz Perez Catala grabbed a season-best 19 digs with a trio of assists.
Claire Morrissey tallied a career-best six kills on a .667 hitting percentage over two sets Sunday. She also had a block and a dig.
FIRST SET (25-19 Mizzou, Mizzou leads 1-0)
Missouri jumped out to an early 5-0 lead before extending the margin to 10-5.
A 3-0 Tiger run that featured kills from Iliff and Janet deMarrais extended the lead to 15-9 at the media stoppage.
Finney added a termination before a Mississippi State miscue made the score 18-11 and brought on a Bulldogs timeout.
MSU and Missouri then exchanged 3-0 rallies to make it 22-15.
Iliff and deMarrais each added kills for set point (24-18).
The Bulldogs would score once more before a Finney rally stopper secured the opening set (25-19).
Mizzou hit .273 out of the gates Sunday. Iliff had seven kills over the first set on a .385 clip while Vernon had four kills. Crownover notched 16 assists.
SECOND SET (25-20 MSU, Tied 1-1)
MSU then commenced the second with a 6-3 edge that grew to 10-4.
The Bulldogs then went into the media timeout up 15-6.
A 4-1 MSU run made the score 19-8 and prompted a Mizzou timeout.
Iliff then placed an ace during a 4-0 MU run to cut the deficit to 20-13.
Mizzou then utilized a 7-2 run to pull within four (24-20). Vernon had a trio of kills during the sequence while Finney added two.
Missouri fended off set point twice before MSU evened the match at 1-1 (25-20).
THIRD SET (25-22 MSU, MSU leads 2-1)
The third and fourth sets Sunday featured eight and nine tie scores, respectively.
MSU once again started hot, jumping out to a 7-1 lead and then 9-2 as Mizzou called a timeout.
Trailing 12-5, Missouri scored seven unanswered to knot the frame. Iliff had four kills in the run including three-straight.
Finney notched consecutive terminations for an 18-17 lead. Vernon added a kill to make it 19-18 before a 4-0 run from MSU (22-19).
Haith notched a pair of kills before an MSU miscue to bring Mizzou within one (23-22).
MSU then secured the set with a kill and MU error (25-22).
Haith had five kills on a .714 clip over set #3.
FOURTH SET (26-24 MSU, MSU wins 3-1)
MU took an early 7-6 lead following a block assist by Morrissey and Finney.
Mississippi State then rattled off seven-straight points to pull ahead 13-7.
A 6-2 Tigers run would bring Mizzou within two (15-13). Haith had three consecutive kills before a Morrissey rally stopper.
Missouri then evened the frame with four straight (21-21) including a block and a kill from Naomi Franco.
Vernon added a pair of kills while Haith notched a rally stopper to keep things all square (21-21, 22-22, 24-24).
MSU then captured the match with the next two points (26-24).
Morrissey and Vernon each had six kills over the final set Sunday, hitting .667 and .312, respectively. Haith added four kills and Crownover compiled 13 assists.
MU hit a match-best .298 over the fourth frame after .277 in the third.
MATCH NOTES
- Mychael Vernon paced the Mizzou offense with 15 kills to go with 14 digs and a trio of blocks.
- Mychael Vernon has registered 14 or more kills in each of the last 11 matches.
- Mychael Vernon now has 1,488 career kills and is 12 away from 1,500.
- Jordan Iliff chipped in a 14-kill, 12-dig double-double along with two aces and two solo blocks.
- Jordan Iliff has finished in double-digits offensively in 10 of the last 12 matches. In 2024, she has totaled double-digit kills in all but five matches (21 of 26).
- Jordan Iliff posted a pair of aces and now has 61 in 2024. She ranks tied for second in Mizzou program history with Yvette Buhlig (61 in 1999). Shen Danru registered a program-best 64 aces in 2002.
- Jordan Iliff now has 1,162 career kills and ranks 10th all-time in Mizzou program history.
- Sunday marked the 13th double-double of the campaign for both Jordan Iliff and Mychael Vernon.
- Colleen Finney added 12 kills on a .360 clip, just one kill shy of matching her career high. She also had two blocks and two digs.
- For Colleen Finney, it marked her third double-digit kill match of the season and second in the last five matches.
- Colleen Finney has posted five or more kills in each of the last nine matches.
- Regan Haith rounded out the double-digit attackers, notching 10 kills (.526) with five blocks.
- For Regan Haith, it marked her fifth season-best 10-kill match of the season. She has also posted four or more blocks in each of the last six matches.
- Marina Crownover dished out 46 assists with 13 digs while Sierra Dudley finished with 10 assists, six digs and two blocks.
- Marina Crownover has dished out 22 or more assists in each of the last 12 matches.
- Marina Crownover now has 10 double-doubles this season.
- Sierra Dudley has now posted double-digit assists in nine matches this season.
- Libero Maya Sands was one of five Tigers in double-digits for digs, compiling 21 and two assists.
- Maya Sands has now surpassed 1,000 digs at Mizzou (1,421 in her career).
- Maya Sands has totaled 16 or more digs in each of the last five matches. She has also finished with double-digit digs in every match this season.
- Maya Sands has now totaled 467 digs this season which ranks 10th all-time in Missouri program history.
- Kiaraliz Perez Catala grabbed a season-best 19 digs with a trio of assists.
- Kiaraliz Perez Catala has now finished in double-digits for digs in each of the last three matches. She now has six double-digit dig matches in 2024.
- Claire Morrissey tallied a career-best six kills on a .667 hitting percentage over two sets Sunday. She also had a block and a dig.
- Janet deMarrais finished with five kills and a block.
- Mizzou notched 10 blocks as a team and has now posted double-digit blocks in each of the last four matches. The 10 blocks are Mizzou's fourth highest total this season.
- Mizzou's 90 digs are its third highest total in 2024. The Tigers have posted 90 or more digs in each of the last two matches.
- Mizzou now leads the all-time series with Mississippi State, 17-5.
- Missouri and MSU split the 2024 regular-season series, with each institution tallying a win in its respective building.
- Mizzou is now fourth in the SEC standings behind Florida (11-3), Texas (11-3) and Kentucky (13-2).
LOOKING AHEAD
- The Tigers next return home to Columbia to wrap the 2024 regular season.
- MU will host No. 12 Kentucky Wednesday, Nov. 27 for Fansgiving at the Hearnes Center. Mizzou then takes on Auburn on Senior Night Saturday, Nov. 30 in the regular-season finale.
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