No. 6 Gators Travel to Georgia for Primetime TV Match

Wednesday, November 2

Athens, GA

9 PM

Florida Gators

Georgia

The Gators are 7-1 in televised matches this season.

No. 6 Gators Travel to Georgia for Primetime TV Match

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 | Volleyball

Florida has won four of its last eight matches in straight sets

By: Zach Dirlam

ATHENS, Ga. – The No. 6 Gators, up three spots from last week and up one spot to No. 7 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings, take their eight-match winning streak to Georgia on Wednesday (Nov. 2) night.

First serve is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET, and live television coverage will be provided by ESPNU, with Sam Gore and Missy Whittemore on the call.

This will be the 10th true road match of the season for the Gators, who enter the week tied for sixth nationally in road wins (nine). UF is also one of five teams (Coastal Carolina, Dayton, Princeton, and Western Kentucky) with an undefeated road record in at least nine away matches.

UF enters Wednesday with a 425-46 all-time record in SEC play, including a 399-24 mark in the past 25 seasons under head coach Mary Wise.

A win would also move the Gators, 10-1 in SEC play, into sole possession of first place in the conference standings, as fellow league leaders Kentucky and Missouri are idle until Friday.

In UF's first meeting with Georgia, which was less than two weeks ago, three-time All-American right side Alex Holston totaled 15 kills and zero errors on 28 total attacks. Holston was the first Gator since Olympian Kelly Murphy (2010) to log 15-plus kills and zero errors on at least 25 attacks. Holston hit .538, while junior outside hitter Carli Snyder matched her 15 kills and hit .583 for the match. As a team, the Gators hit .438 and had just six errors.

FLORIDA NATIONALLY ENTERING THIS WEEKEND

Florida leads the nation in hitting efficiency (.334) for a sixth straight week, and its average climbed .003 after clips of .325 against Ole Miss and .421 against LSU
Florida's current clip of .334 would be the seventh-highest hitting percentage by any Division I team since 2008, when the current 25-point scoring format was adopted
Junior All-American middle blocker Rhamat Alhassan is up to eighth nationally in hitting percentage (.416), and Alex Holston ranks 73rd (.354)
- Last week, when freshman middle blocker Rachael Kramer (.505) qualified for the national leaders list, the Gators were the only team in the nation with three qualifying hitters with clips above .350
- Kramer missed qualifying this week by .009 attacks per set

Florida's opponent hitting percentage is also down to .155, which ranks 14th nationally. Back on Oct. 3, the Gators were ranked 60th nationally (.174)
- In UF's last seven matches, opponents are hitting just .113, and four of the seven foes hit below .070
The Gators are one of four teams (Nebraska, Penn State, Coastal Carolina) in the country ranked 25th or higher nationally in both hitting percentage and opponent hitting percentage
Defensively, UF checks in at No. 13 nationally with 2.86 blocks per set, and the Gators have logged double-digit blocks in seven of their last 12 matches
Redshirt sophomore setter Allie Monserez leads the nation in assists per set (12.28) for a sixth straight week, and is the only player in the country averaging over 11.90 assist per set
Behind Monserez's passing, the Gators are up to No. 7 nationally in assists per set (13.55)

BROADCAST INFORMATION
Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Georgia | 9 p.m. ET
TV: Live on ESPNU (Sam Gore, Missy Whittemore) | Stream: WatchESPN | Radio Stream (Tom Collett, Josh Crow) + live on Country 103.7 FM The Gator | Live Stats

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Georgia | 13-10 overall, 1-9 SEC

Florida leads: 60-9 (57-1 under Mary Wise)
3-set: 44-4 | 4-set: 13-2 | 5-set: 3-3
Home: 27-2 | Away: 13-2 | Neutral: 8-3
Last Time Out: Oct. 23, 2016 at Gainesville --> W, 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-8)
Notable: UF has won 13 consecutive meetings, 12 of which have been sweeps