Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida (23-1, 15-1 SEC), which stayed at No. 3 in the AVCA Top 25 and No. 2 in the NCAA RPI for a second consecutive week, plays its final home match of the 2017 regular season Wednesday night against Auburn. ESPNU will televise the 7 p.m. ET match.
 
The Gators are 13-1 in their first season back in the post-renovations Exactech Arena / Stephen C. O'Connell Center. A 14th home victory would mark the first time since 2013 Florida won that many regular season matches in Gainesville.
 
Florida continues to be the only team in the nation with three wins over current top-8 teams in the RPI, and is tied with Kentucky atop the Southeastern Conference standings. Should the two share the SEC title and be crowned co-champions, Florida holds the tiebreaker for the league's "automatic qualifying" berth for the NCAA Tournament by way of winning four sets compared to three in the two head-to-head matchups with Kentucky.

 
PROMOTIONS

• 3D court projection video
• Kid's Korner (Gate 4 Lobby)
• Post-match autographs (Friday & Sunday)

 
BROADCAST INFORMATION | Match Notes
Wednesday, Nov. 22 vs. Auburn | 7 p.m. ET
TV: ESPNU | Streaming: Watch ESPN [Tiffany Greene, Missy Whittemore] | Radio: Audio Stream [Tom Collett, Josh Crow] | Live Stats
 

NOTABLE NEWS & NUMBERS (national stat rankings updated through Nov. 20)

• Florida is one of four teams (Nebraska, Texas, Wichita State) ranked in the top 20 nationally in hitting percentage and opponent hitting percentage
• Florida is one of four teams (Kentucky, San Diego, Wisconsin) with two players ranked inside the top 20 nationally in hitting percentage
• The Gators lead the nation in opponent hitting percentage (.125) and are on track to finish with a season average below .135 for the first time since 2003, and fifth time since 1997
• Florida has held its opponents below a .100 clip in 33 of 83 sets this season (39.8 percent)
• The Gators rank third nationally in blocks per set (3.20), have 10-plus blocks in 19 of their 24 matches, and are on pace for their highest blocks per set average since 2006 (3.39)
• Rhamat Alhassan leads the nation in blocks per set (1.80) and ranks 18th in hitting percentage (.401)
  • Only one player in the nation since 2010 has finished a season with at least a 1.70 blocks per set average and a .395 hitting percentage: Haley Warner, BYU, 2012 (1.80 / .423)
• Alhassan's 1.80 blocks per set average is on pace to break Jenni Patterson's (1989) school record (1.79)
• Rachael Kramer ranks ninth nationally and leads the SEC in hitting percentage (.424)
• Kramer also ranks seventh in the SEC and tied for 76th nationally in blocks per set (1.18)
• Carli Snyder is tied for fourth nationally and leads the SEC in service aces per set (0.54)
• Caroline Knop ranks second in the SEC and 66th nationally in digs per set (4.73)
• Knop's 4.73 digs per set average would be the fourth-best single-season average in school history
• Shainah Joseph remains seventh in the SEC in hitting percentage (.345) and is hitting .413 with 86 kills in her last eight matches
• Cheyenne Huskey is tied for fifth in the SEC and tied for 72nd nationally in blocks per set (1.19)
  • Huskey is the only setter ranked higher than 214th nationally

 
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Auburn (15-10, 8-8 SEC) | 2016 synopsis: 15-16 overall, 9-9 SEC

• Series History: Florida leads, 46-2 (42-1 under Mary Wise)
• 3-set: 34-0 | 4-set: 10-1 | 5-set: 2-1
• Home: 22-0 | Away: 21-2 | Neutral: 3-0
• Last Time Out: Oct. 22, 2017 at Auburn à W, 3-1 (25-16, 17-25, 26-24, 25-16)

 
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