Gators Open SEC Play at Arkansas

Sunday, September 24

Fayetteville, AR

2 PM

Florida Gators

Arkansas

Florida has already beaten four ranked opponents this season, but will get a test from the nation's individual points per set leader.

Gators Open SEC Play at Arkansas

Saturday, September 23, 2017 | Volleyball

Florida clinched its 22nd SEC title in Arkansas last season

By: Zach Dirlam

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Florida will open its 2017 Southeastern Conference schedule in the same place it clinched the program's 22nd conference title last November, as it travels to face Arkansas Sunday (Sep. 24) afternoon.

The No. 3 Gators are coming off their fourth win over a ranked opponent this season, which tied them with Northern Iowa for the national lead. Florida swept No. 19 Florida State Tuesday (Sep. 19) evening. A video of the pre-match 3D court projection also created quite a buzz on social media.

Sunday's match will not be streamed or televised, but play-by-play broadcaster Tom Collett will have the call on audio stream and ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM / 850 AM.

BROADCAST INFORMATION | Match Notes
Sunday, Sep. 24 at Arkansas | 2 p.m. ET
Radio: Audio Stream (also available via ESPN Gainesville 98.1 FM / 850 AM) | Live Stats

NOTABLE NEWS & NUMBERS (national statistical rankings are as of Monday, Sep. 18)

UF held Florida State to a .106 hitting percentage, marking the first time since Sep. 1, 2007 against No. 19 Santa Clara the Gators held a ranked opponent under a .110 clip
Florida has held four top-20 opponents under a .160 hitting percentage for only the third time since 1998, with the other squads being the 2003 and 2006 Gators
- Prior to this year Florida held a total of three top-20 opponents under a .160 clip from 2008-2016
Florida has held four opponents under a .110 hitting percentage this year, and no opponent has hit over .180 this season
The Gators have hit over .300 in three of their last four matches
The Gators are all the way up to eighth nationally in opponent hitting percentage (.125) after holding its three opponents to a combined .088 clip last weekend
Florida, which ranks ninth nationally in blocks per set (3.10), is one of three teams in the nation with two individuals ranked 25th or higher in blocks per set—Washington and Wisconsin are the others
After totaling 26 blocks in 10 sets last weekend, Rhamat Alhassan leads the nation in blocks per set (2.04)
Alhassan is also one of five players in the nation to post 12 blocks in a four-set match this year, doing so against Lipscomb last Saturday
Carli Snyder ranks second in the nation and leads the SEC in service aces per set (0.68) after tallying nine last weekend
Rachael Kramer ranks fourth nationally and leads the SEC in hitting percentage (.488)
Cheyenne Huskey ranks 25th nationally and third in the SEC in blocks per set (1.45)

SCOUTING THE RAZORBACKS
Arkansas (11-2, 1-0 SEC) | 2016 synopsis: 9-21 overall, 7-11 SEC

Series History: Florida leads, 39-3 (39-3 under Mary Wise)
3-set: 23-1 | 4-set: 12-0 | 5-set: 4-2
Home: 17-0 | Away: 16-2 | Neutral: 6-1
Last Time Out: Nov. 26, 2016 in Fayetteville à W, 3-0 (34-32, 26-24, 25-15)
Notable: The combined 66 points in the first set last year were the most in UF history since the 25-point scoring format was adopted in 2008