Commodores on the Hunt

Dores face first SEC road test

Two athletes in white uniforms leap to block a volleyball during a match, while another player in a white uniform watches from the side.Two athletes in white uniforms leap to block a volleyball during a match, while another player in a white uniform watches from the side.

Vanderbilt (9-1, 0-1 SEC) vs. Missouri (7-5, 0-0 SEC)

Sunday, Sept. 27 • 2 p.m. • SEC Network+

Hearnes Center • Columbia, Mo.

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WEEKEND PREVIEW

  • Vanderbilt Volleyball heads to Columbia, Missouri to compete against Missouri on Sunday afternoon in the Hearnes Center
  • The Commodores head into the final match of the week after a 3-1 loss against No. 3 Kentucky in the SEC season opener in Nashville
  • This will be the second meeting of the Commodores and the Tigers after a 3-2 victory in the 2025 season

LAST TIME OUT

  • The Commodores fell for the first time this season against No. 3 Kentucky in four sets to open SEC play
  • Against the Bulldogs, Vanderbilt recorded 54 kills and hit .273 as a team while collecting 42 digs and four service aces
  • Maddy Bowser hit a .889 with eight kills on nine attempts against the Wildcats

ON THE BOARD

  • Avery Scoggins ranks third in the nation with 11.55 assists per set, while the team ties for eighth with 13.50 assists per set alongside Purdue
  • Kayla Dunlap sits fourth on the board with a .500 hitting percentage
  • The Commodores rank third in the country with a hitting percentage of .325 and sits ninth with 14.41 kills per set

THE TIGER FILES

  • Dawn Sullivan is in her fourth season of leading Mizzou, the eighth in Tiger program history
  • Mizzou fell to Nebraska 3-0 in its first time competing in Lincoln since Dec. 2, 2023
  • The Tigers currently stands third in conference rankings and 47th in national rankings with 106.5 total blocks
  • Sitting at .402, junior Lauren Larkin is 36th nationally and fifth in the SEC for hitting percentage