Vanderbilt (3-5, 0-0 SEC) at UC Irvine (4-4, 0-0 Big West)
Friday, Sept. 19 • 7 p.m. • SEC Network+
Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, Tenn.
Live Stats • Match Notes
NEXT UP
• The Commodores host UC Irvine for their nonconference finale Friday night at Memorial Gymnasium
• First serve is set for 7 p.m. and will be streamed on SEC Network+
• It will be Adult League Night at Memorial where adult volleyball teams are invited to a pre-match chalk talk with volleyball head coach Anders Nelson
THE LAST TIME OUT
• A balanced offensive attack powered Vanderbilt to a 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-23) sweep at RV Western Kentucky Tuesday night
• Isabella Bareford took command of the Commodore offense, registering 30 assists and leading the team to a .321 hitting percentage and 73% sideout percentage
• At the service line, Kamryn Chaney matched her career-high with 6 aces
• The Dores held WKU to a hitting percentage of .208
• Bareford, Elli Kinney and Hailee Mack all tallied 6 digs
• Vandy held the Hilltoppers to a hitting percentage of just .143, while the Dores posted an attack percentage of .458 in set 1
• Jackie Moore went a perfect four-for-four to hit 1.000 in the first set
SCOUTING THE ANTEATERS
• So far this season, UC Irvine has a 4-5 record and will also face Belmont and Lipscomb while in Nashville
• Ashlie Hain enters her 10th season as head coach of the Anteaters
• UCI is coming off a 3-1 win over Montana State at the Asic’s Invitational, which snapped a four-match losing streak
• Jensen Campbell recorded a season-high 24 digs vs. Montana State, the third most by a Big West player this season
• Setter Jessica Bates posted a triple-double in her season debut, recording 13 kills, 10 digs and 11 assists in the win over Montana State
• In 2024, UCI finished 16-14 overall and 10-8 in conference play
TIES TO THE ANTEATERS
• Bareford’s parents, Cindy and John, attended UC Irvine, and her father was a founding member of the UCI men’s volleyball team
ISA IN CONTROL
• In the win over the Hilltoppers, Bareford led the Vanderbilt offense to a .321 hitting percentage and 45% kill percentage, tallying 30 assists and three kills
• Bareford has registered 40-plus assists in three matches this season, posting 46 vs. Kansas, 41 at Lipscomb and 59 at Cal
• Her 59 assists at Cal are the most by an SEC player in a match this season
• She recorded back-to-back double-doubles at Cal (59 assists/13 digs) and at UC Santa Barbara (36 assists/11 digs)
• Bareford is ranked sixth in the SEC averaging 9.63 assists per set
• At Lipscomb, Vandy killed 54 percent of balls Bareford set and hit .461, which is a season high
MORE OF MOORE AND BAREFORD
• So far this season, Moore has tallied 74 kills on 146 sets from Bareford for a 50.7% kill percentage
• Vs. Kansas, Moore registered a career-high 17 kills with 15 of those coming off 25 sets from Bareford for a 44% kill percentage
• Hitting off sets from Bareford, Moore has averaged above a .500 kill percentage in four matches this season
• Bareford and Moore transferred to Vanderbilt from Loyola Marymount where the duo earned All-West Coast Conference first team honors during multiple seasons and Moore led the NCAA in hitting percentage (.454) in 2023
LOCAL TALENT
• Dunlap is the program’s first recruit from Middle Tennessee
• She made her first-career start at Cal where she posted a season-high 11 blocks and 5 blocks
• The freshman registered 10 kills at UC Santa Barbara, recording season-bests in hitting percentage (.450) and kill percentage (.500)
• Dunlap ranks first among freshmen, sixth overall in the SEC with a .403 hitting percentage so far this season
LEADING THE ATTACK
• Chaney has led Vandy in kills for seven straight matches with 20-point appearances vs. Belmont (20), at Lipscomb (21) and at Cal (22)
• After matching her career-high with 6 aces st WKU, Chaney moved to No. 3 in the SEC rankings, averaging .56 aces per set
• The junior set season-highs in kill percentage (60%), hitting percentage (.400), points (26) and aces (4) at Lipscomb
• Chaney’s 10-match double-digit kill streak, which dated back to the 2024 season, came to an end at WKU
• She ranks seventh in the SEC in points per set (4.55) and 10th in the conference with 3.78 kills per set
• Chaney transferred to Vanderbilt in January 2025 after being named the Ivy League Player of the Year while playing at Princeton in 2024
MACK ATTACK
• Mack is the top-ranked freshman, seventh overall in the conference averaging 4.09 digs per set
• She posted a season-best 28 digs in her collegiate debut vs. Kansas
• Mack tallied 26 digs at California, her second match this season with 20-plus digs
• Mack’s two 20-dig matches are the top two performances by an SEC player this season
• The sophomore recorded 10-plus digs in seven matches this season
• Mack was also the program’s first-ever commit in 2023
