Auburn, Arkansas Await No. 4 Gators in Split Weekend

#4 Florida at Auburn \| vs. Arkansas
Date/Time	Friday, Oct. 30 \| 7 p.m. ET // Sunday, Nov. 1 \| 1 p.m. ET
Location	Auburn, Ala. \| Neville Arena // Gainesville, Fla. \| Stephen C. O'Connell Center
Match Notes	Florida Notes \| Auburn Notes \| Arkansas Notes
Watch	SEC Network+ (10/30) \| SEC Network+ (11/1)
Listen	98.1 WRUF (Sunday)
Live Stats	Auburn \| Arkansas
Tickets	Purchase Tickets (Arkansas)
Promotions 11/1	Decades Day \| The first 500 fans will receive record-shaped coasters.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 4 Florida volleyball will look to continue its winning ways over the weekend, heading to Auburn for a road match on Friday, Oct. 30, before returning home to host Arkansas on Sunday afternoon.

Friday's match against the Tigers (12-9, 2-7 SEC) will begin at 7 p.m. ET and be streamed on SEC Network+ with JJ Jackson and Kele Eveland on the call. The Gators (17-2, 8-1 SEC) will then return to the Stephen C. O'Connell Center for a 1 p.m. ET matchup on Sunday against Arkansas (10-10, 2-7 SEC). Tom Collett and Ainsley Clifford will have the call on SEC Network+, while Sky Lebron and Nick Cheronis will handle radio duties on 98.1 FM/850 AM WRUF.

Sunday will be "Decades Day" in the O'Connell Center, with a different decade of music featured during each set of the match. The first 500 fans in the building will receive record-shaped coasters.

Series History with Auburn
Florida leads, 58-3
3 sets: 41-1 | 4 sets: 14-1 | 5 sets: 3-1
Home: 28-1 | Neutral: 3-0 | Away: 27-2
Last: 2025 - W, 3-1 (25-18, 17-25, 25-18, 27-25), Home

Series History with Arkansas
Florida leads, 52-5
3 sets: 30-2 | 4 sets: 15-0 | 5 sets: 7-3
Home: 24-1 | Neutral: 6-1 | Away: 22-3
Last: 2025 - W, 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-20), Away

Florida Notables

Taylor Parks earned SEC Player and Setter of the Week honors after leading the Gators to sweeps over LSU and Ole Miss with a combined team hitting percentage of .306. For the weekend, Parks averaged 11.00 assists, 2.67 digs, 1.50 points, 1.00 kills and 0.50 service aces per set, which included 31 assists and 11 digs against LSU, and 35 assists, five digs, four kills and two aces versus Ole Miss.
The honors are the fifth and sixth of Parks' career and the first that aren't a Freshman of the Week award. They also give the Orange and Blue five weekly honors this season. It marks the first time since 2024 that UF has received both Setter of the Week and Player of the Week honors.
Florida is one of three programs nationally to sit in the top-15 nationally in both hitting percentage and opponent hitting percentage, alongside Nebraska and Louisville.
The Gators entered the top four at No. 4 in the Oct. 26 AVCA/TARAFLEX Top 25 poll.
At No. 4, Florida volleyball still boasts its highest ranking as a program since finding themselves at No. 4 in the Sept. 25, 2023 AVCA poll.
The Gators have tallied six ranked victories in 2026, defeating No. 3 Kentucky, No. 11 Minnesota, No. 11 Tennessee, No. 12 Texas, No. 19 Texas A&M and No. 20 Baylor. Six ranked wins is the most by the program since the 2017 squad recorded seven.
The NCAA selection committee revealed the midseason top-16 seeds on Oct. 18, with Florida claiming the No. 5 slot, trailing only Nebraska, Pitt, Kentucky and Wisconsin.
Dating back to 2017, every national champion has averaged a hitting percentage of .280, held their opponents to .186 or lower, averaged at least 18.0 points per set and had a hitting percentage of at least .100 higher than their opponents.
With a .285 hitting efficiency, 18.06 points per set and an opponent average hitting percentage of .160, the Gators join Nebraska, Pitt, Louisville, Tennessee, BYU and Michigan State as top 25 teams to meet the threshold.
Alec Rothe is ranked fifth in the nation with a .449 hitting percentage. She also averages 1.31 blocks per set, good for 41st.
Taylor Parks' 10.28 assists per set sit at 35th nationally.
Florida was picked to finish fourth in the SEC Preseason Poll, behind favorite Kentucky, Texas and Texas A&M. Jordyn Byrd and Rothe were both named to the Preseason All-SEC Team.

Auburn Notables

Auburn enters Friday's contest with a 12-9 (2-7 SEC) record. The Tigers are coming off of a weekend split, with a victory over Ole Miss (3-0) and loss to LSU (1-3).
Auburn was picked to finish seventh in the SEC with Lauren Dreves earning Preseason All-SEC honors. Belle Patrick leads the Tigers with 3.66 kills per set, 4.19 points per set and 22 aces.
Anastasija Ivkovic has recorded seven or more kills in 13 consecutive matches.
Under head coach Brent Crouch, the Tigers are 29-0 when hitting .300 in a match. Throughout his career, Crouch is 49-0 when matching the feat.

Arkansas Notables

Arkansas owns a 10-10 (2-7 SEC) mark and most recently split, defeating Alabama and falling to Miss. State. They're slated to matchup with Oklahoma on Friday.
The Razorbacks were picked to finish 16th in the SEC and are led by Parker Duncan at 4.07 kills per set and 2.00 digs per set.
Duncan has recorded 10 or more kills in 14 matches this season.
Defensively, Arkansas is led by Madi Benne and Layla Smith at 3.09 digs per set and 1.08 blocks per set, respectively.
Arkansas is 8-4 when hitting over .200 as a team, as opposed to just 2-6 when hitting under.

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Players Mentioned

Jordyn Byrd

Taylor Parks

Alec Rothe

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