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Auburn football heads to Happy Valley for College Gameday, volleyball continues its undefeated streak and soccer comes up short against No.1-ranked Florida State.
Auburn football heads to Happy Valley for College Gameday, volleyball continues its undefeated streak and soccer comes up short against No.1-ranked Florida State.
Bella Rosenthall picks up first ever SEC defense player of the week for Auburn volleyball.
"This was the toughest team we’ve played this season," said head coach Brent Crouch. “They exposed some areas where we need to get better, but what I was most proud of was that even when they exposed those things, we didn't let it derail us emotionally. We kept coming back and did the right things in the fifth set to win. It was a great win."
Auburn volleyball celebrates its 5-0 start and head coach Brent Crouch's 100th career win.
Playing for the first time this week since their match-up against New Orleans was called off, the Auburn Tigers are looking to remain hot when they face off against the University of North Alabama for the first time in program history.
Page 8 host Kristen Carr recaps Auburn's game against Akron on Saturday and discusses Auburn soccer's 10-game win streak — it's longest in the program's history.
Auburn volleyball picks up its first SEC honor since 2017.
Schedule update: Auburn volleyball will not face New Orleans this week.
Auburn Volleyball won its match against Southeastern Louisiana on Friday, sweeping all three sets to improve to 4-0 on the season.
"We pulled away in the end when it mattered," said Auburn head coach Brent Crouch.
Auburn will see if it can sustain its momentum from a 2-0 start this weekend when it faces Cal State Fullerton and Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday and Friday.
Following the cancellation of the Southeastern Showdown in Hammond, Louisiana, due to Hurricane Ida, Auburn will now play host to a modified tournament inside Auburn Arena this week.
Rebekah Rath and Liz Reich led the way offensively for Auburn with a combined 39 kills to only four errors in a dominating performance. Head coach Brent Crouch believes that Rath’s form can continue to improve as the season progresses and the schedule gets tougher.
“It feels good to be back and get the first one out of the way,” said volleyball head coach Brent Crouch. “They really settled down and took control of the match.”
“We are going to put on a show out there for folks,” Crouch said. “It’s going to be apparent probably early on, but certainly as the season goes on, I expect the team to do a lot better. We’re very excited about the future and this other recruiting class coming in 2022.”
Heading into 2021, the Tigers have a reloaded roster and return to a regular fall schedule with nonconference opponents.
Auburn volleyball announced on Friday that it has canceled its spring season.
Auburn volleyball will continue its season in the spring with eight more matches, the SEC announced Monday. The Tigers will get things started by hosting Texas A&M on Jan. 30.
Auburn volleyball fell in three straight sets to Tennessee in the final match of its shortened fall season Thursday in Auburn Arena. Auburn volleyball will return to the court in the spring. The league office will announce final details on SEC spring volleyball at a later date.
“I just think we have not figured out how to do it for long stretches," Crouch said. "There’s a period where we play well for seven or eight points, and then we’ll have seven or eight in a row that are not so good."