Georgia Back on the Road at Texas A&M Sunday

Georgia (12-7, 3-4)
at Texas A&M (14-5, 6-3)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023
First Serve: 2 p.m., ET
Location: Bryan-College Station, Texas
Arena: Reed Arena

Media Information
Streaming: SEC Network+
Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com
Twitter/X: @UGAvolleyball

First Serve
Georgia volleyball is back in action on the road Sunday afternoon for a match against Texas A&M. The Bulldogs and Aggies will start at 2 p.m., ET, at Reed Arena.

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BULLDOGS BULLETIN
Series History
- Georgia trails the all-time series to Texas A&M 7-20
- Since Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012, Georgia is 4-13 against the Aggies
- Georgia is 2-9 in College Station in the series
- The Bulldogs snapped a 14-match losing streak in March 2021, winning four of the last five matches
- Georgia and Texas A&M split a pair of matches in College Station in Oct. 2021
- The Bulldogs won both ends of a two-match series in Athens in 2022, both in five sets
- Georgia is 4-6 against the Aggies in the Tom Black era

Recapping Action
Georgia picked up a five-set victory against the Ole Miss Rebels Wednesday evening at Stegeman Coliseum. Erica Staunton shattered her season high, setting a new mark with a team-best 17 kills. Sophie Fischer followed with 16 kills while Kacie Evans recorded her second-straight double-double with 16 kills and 13 digs. Bailey Cox led the Dogs with 14 digs. Clara Brower picked up her eighth double-double with 47 assists and 10 digs. Ceci Gooch put up a team-best five kills while Fischer had four. Fischer laid down three aces in the match.

A Look at What's Ahead
The Dogs return to Athens to open a three-match homestand against No. 23 Auburn Friday, Oct. 27 at Stegeman Coliseum. Georgia then hosts Mississippi State that Sunday, Oct. 29. The month of November begins when No. 10 Arkansas comes to Stegeman Coliseum Wednesday, Nov. 1.

The Nation's Highest Scoring Middle
Middle blocker Sophie Fischer currently leads the SEC in points per set (5.11) and in total points (357.5). In fact, she's the only SEC player with a points per set average north of 5.0. Nationally, she ranks 14th in points per set and is the nation's highest scoring middle. Her 4.00 kills per set ranks third in the league and her 1.31 blocks per set ranks fourth as well. Her 0.37 aces per set has also cracked the top 10 in the SEC.

Lending a Helping Hand
Setter Clara Brower ranks seventh in the SEC with 9.86 assists per set this season. In her third season running the offense, Brower now ranks 10th all-time in total assists with over 2,000 in her career. As Georgia has run a 5-1 offense this season, Brower has recorded a team-best eight double-doubles as her 2.6 digs per set leads the Bulldogs in the category.

Welcome to the Double Grand Club
In the first set at Auburn on Oct. 1, Kacie Evans recorded her 1,000th career dig, becoming the 22nd member of Georgia's 1,000 Dig Club. Additionally, she also secured Double Grand Club status with her more than 1,500 career kills, becoming Georgia's 15th all-time member of that club.

Currently with 1,893 career points, Evans is on track to join all-time greats Priscilla Pacheco (3,018.0), Julia Petruschke (2,264.5), Nikki Nicholson (2,157.0), and Maria Taylor (2,020.0) in the 2,000 Point Club. She now ranks seventh all time in career kills with 1,624. She also ranks top 10 in career sets played, attacks, aces, and total points.

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Players Mentioned

Clara Brower

Bailey Cox

Kacie Evans

Sophie Fischer

Ceci Gooch

Erica Staunton

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