Bodda Getta Daily Brew 5/22: Let's Bump This Post

The SEC has released the 2024 volleyball schedule, and Tigers lead with four home matches

Good Morning, Auburn Family. The Southeastern Conference has released the 2024 volleyball schedule, and the Tigers will kick off its campaign with four consecutive home matches.

Head coach Brent Crouch, now in his fifth season at the helm of the Auburn program, returns to Neville Arena for the team's first league contest on Friday, Sept. 27, against the Kentucky Wildcats.

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What else can you find mixed into todayโ€™s Brew?

๐Ÿ’จ Track & Field to compete in the 2024 NCAA East First Rounds today
๐ŸŽพ Carolyn Ansari became the 4th player to record 100 career singles victories
๐Ÿ… And much, much more!

๐Ÿ“ˆ STOCK UP

๐Ÿ”ผ Two Peas in a High-Performing Pod. Auburn's 15th-ranked doubles team of Ariana Arseneault and DJ Bennett started their run at the NCAA Doubles Championship with a win on Tuesday evening in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Auburn duo defeated No. 13 Fangran Tian and Elise Wagle of UCLA 7-6 (3), 7-5.
 
Arseneault and Bennett will play in the round of 16 match against No. 2 Janice Tjen and Savannah Broadus of Pepperdine today at 3 p.m. CT. This will be the second time that the two doubles teams have faced off this season, as Tjen and Broadus claimed a win in a tiebreaker when the two teams met in a dual match on Feb. 23.

๐Ÿ”ผ Seeing Double. The Auburn doubles team of Finn Murgett and Raul Dobai picked up a victory in the first round of the NCAA Doubles Championship in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Tuesday.
 
The Tiger duo will now face Robert Cash and JJ Tracy of Ohio State in the second round today. If Murgett and Dobai are victorious in that match, they will automatically earn ITA Doubles All-American honors.
 
Prior to the doubles win, Murgett also participated in the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship but fell to TCU's No. 7 Jake Fearnley in three sets. Murgett finished the season with a 20-4 overall singles record and the ninth-most singles victories in Auburn program history, with 84.

๐Ÿ”ผ Not in the Cards, But So Close. No. 6 Women's Golf dropped its match to No. 1 Stanford on Tuesday in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship by a 4-1-0 score at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa Champions Course in Carlsbad, California.

This season, The Tigers captured two tournament victories at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and the NCAA Auburn Regional. Auburn also finished within the top 5 in nine tournaments. Megan Schofill closed out her collegiate career with a win on Tuesday over Paula Martin Sampedro.


๐Ÿ”ผ Laying Down the Gauntlet. Auburn Track & Field travels to Lexington, Kentucky, to compete in the 2024 NCAA East First Rounds today through Saturday (May 22-25). Action will begin this morning at 9 a.m. CT with the men's hammer throw. The men will compete on Wednesday and Friday, while the women's events will take place on Thursday and Saturday.  

Auburn has sent 13 men and 16 women to compete in 20 individual events and three relays to attempt to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

 ๐Ÿค” TIGER TRIVIA

Trivia That Goes Bump in the Night

Brent Crouch and the Tigers continue to reset the bar for what's possible in volleyball on the Plains, coming off back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since what season?

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๐Ÿ… ONE BIG THING

One Singular Sensation. Auburn fifth-year senior Carolyn Ansari became the fourth player in Auburn Women's Tennis program history to record 100 career singles victories after earning a straight-set win to open the NCAA Singles Championship on Monday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

๐Ÿ“… ON THE DOCKET

Wednesday 5/22
โ›ณ๏ธ Womenโ€™s Golf @ NCAA Championship Golf Channel | Live Stats | Preview |2024 NCAA Championship Notes
๐Ÿ‘Ÿ X-Country/Track & Field @ NCAA East Preliminaries
๐ŸŽพ NCAA Doubles Championship

Thursday 5/23
๐Ÿ‘Ÿ X-Country/Track & Field @ NCAA East Preliminaries
๐ŸฅŽ Softball vs. TBA@ NCAA Super Regional | Live Stats

Friday 5/24
๐Ÿ‘Ÿ X-Country/Track & Field @ NCAA East Preliminaries
๐ŸฅŽ Softball vs. TBA@ NCAA Super Regional | Live Stats
โ›ณ๏ธ Menโ€™s Golf @ NCAA Championship (R1) | Notes

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๐ŸŽ‰ TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Brent Crouch and the Tigers are coming off back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1991-92.

๐Ÿ… Have a great Wednesday, yโ€™all