Missouri Volleyball Fights and Falls to No. 13 Kentucky: The Buzz, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024

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Missouri volleyball prepares for its match up against No. 13 Kentucky in Lexington. / Mizzou Athletics

Missouri Volleyball (9-5) lost to No. 13 Kentucky (9-6) with a score of 3-0 on Oct. 6 in Lexington.

Graduate student Mychael Vernon now sits at over 200 career blocks after the matchup. Other notable statistics from Sunday's matchup against the Wildcats include Jordan Iliff being 29 kills away from reaching her 1000th in her collegiate career, Colleen Finley only needs three more blocks to reach 250 in her career, and Naomi Franco making her first dig of the season.

Next, the Tigers return to the Hearnes Center to host Southeast Missouri on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.

Mychael VERNON!!

💻 SEC Network#Mizzou 8, No. 13 Kentucky 12 | 3rd SET (0-2) | #MIZ 🐯🏐 pic.twitter.com/JxDRyDJbA3

— Mizzou Volleyball (@MizzouVB) October 6, 2024

Missouri vs. No. 13 Kentucky Sets:

• Kentucky 25, Missouri 18
• Kentucky 25, Missouri 20
• Kentucky 25, Missouri 21

Today's Schedule

• Women's Golf at Marilynn Smith Sunflower Showdown, Lawrence, Kansas, 8 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. tee times, Live Stats

Mizzou Results

* Scores and updates will be added when made available.

• *Baseball: University of Illinois Chicago, Missouri
• Volleyball: No. 13 Kentucky 3, Missouri 0
• *Softball: Kansas, Missouri

Did you notice?

#Mizzou's 12-spot drop in this week's AP Poll is historic.

Dating back to the start of the AP Poll in 1936 the Tigers have never dropped more than 11 spots in a single week.

Dropped 11 spots in 1948, 1970 and 1981.

— Joey Van Zummeren (@JoeyVZ_) October 6, 2024

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