Volleyball Treks to Wyoming for UniWyo Invite

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Volleyball (2-4) heads west for the UniWyo Invite on Fri., Sept. 10 and Sat., Sept. 11, inside the UniWyo Sports Complex in Laramie, Wyo.

The weekend features Friday matches against Northwestern at 1 p.m. CT and UCSB at 6 p.m., as well as a Saturday night bout against Wyoming. First serve against the Cowgirls is set for 7 p.m.

Saturday’s match against Wyoming will stream on the Mountain West Digital Network. Live stats are available for all three of the weekend matches.

• Mizzou is 4-4 all-time against Northwestern. They have not met in over a decade, but the Tigers hold a 4-2 record against the ‘Cats in neutral venues.
• Mizzou meets UCSB for the first time since 1995 and just the second time ever. The Tigers fell 3-0 in the only previous meeting.
• The Tigers trail the Cowgirls 2-1 all-time, with their last meeting coming in 1985. This is the first time that the two teams will face off in the UniWyo Sports Complex.

• Freshman outside hitter Kaylee Cox showed exactly why she was ranked as a top-50 prospect out of high school, piling up 32 kills and 31 digs in her two matches played.
• Cox turned in back-to-back double-doubles, the first for a Mizzou freshman since 2017 and just the second time a rookie has accomplished the feat in Mizzou’s SEC era.
• Her 17 digs against Northern Kentucky set a career best in that category while her 21 kills a day later against South Dakota marked a career high.
• Her 21 kills are the most by a Tiger in a single match this season.

• Junior Anna Dixon joined Cox in double figures with 14 kills in the match against South Dakota, bringing her total for the season to a team-leading 67.
• Dixon also produced a career-best six blocks as part of a 13-rejection performance by the Tigers, a season high for the team. 
• Sophomore libero Emily Brown dug up a career-best 25 attacks in the aforementioned bout against South Dakota, bringing her dig total for the season to 87.
• Brown’s single-game output is the most by a Tiger since Riley Sents recorded 25 back in 2017. Brown was named to the Cardinal Classic All-Tournament Team, alongside Kaylee Cox.
• Freshman Jordan Iliff made her Mizzou debut last weekend, recording eight kills in her first match against Louisville.

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