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Auburn Travels To Troy Tuesday For Mid-Week Match Mid-Week Match

Morgan Johns

Sept. 6, 2010

AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn volleyball continues its 10-match road swing Tuesday as the Tigers travel to Troy to take on the Troy Trojans in a 7 p.m. face off.

"This will be a good, mid-week road test for the team after a weekend filled with tough competition," head coach Wade Benson said. "We played Troy at the start of the season and I believe that it will be a tougher team we see, especially on their home court."

Auburn (6-2) holds a 4-0 series record against Troy (3-4).The Tigers opened the 2010 season with a three-set win over the Trojans at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Aug. 27. Last season, Auburn recorded a three-set victory against Troy in Auburn.

2010 BLUE RAIDER BASH
The Auburn volleyball team went 2-2 this past weekend at the Blue Raider Bash in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. The Tigers opened the tournament with a 3-0 loss to Miami (Fla.) Friday night and then followed with a 3-0 loss to Duke on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers turned it around Saturday night as the team defeated host MTSU in a five-set thriller. Auburn closed out the weekend with a three-set sweep of Southern Miss on Sunday afternoon. Junior Kelly Fidero led the Tigers with 36 total kills and was second on the squad with 10 blocks. For her efforts, she was named to the all-tournament team. Freshman Camila Jersonsky recorded a .571 attack percentage and finished with 20 kills on 28 attempts for Auburn.

UP NEXT
The Tigers continue their road swing as Auburn heads to Charleston, S.C., for the final in-season tournament of the year. The Tigers face Oregon State Friday at 3:30 p.m. CT and then closes out the weekend Saturday with a 12 p.m. CT match against host College of Charleston and a 4:30 p.m. CT match with Cincinnati.

SCOUTING TROY
Troy enters Tuesday's match with a 3-4 overall mark and finished the weekend with a 2-1 record. The Trojans hosted the Troy University Spiketacular, Sept. 4-5< and defeated Western Illinois and McNeese State in three sets each. Troy closed out its own with a three-set loss to the University of Evansville.

Devin Von Pingel leads the Trojans with 62 total kills and has a .328 attack percentage on the season, while tallying team-best 71 digs and 14 total blocks so far. Setter Megan Henderson has a team-best 181 assists on the year and libero Courtney Cohen has 71 digs overall.