Volleyball looking to make splash in SEC play

Kylee Mclaughlin and Riley Fischer dive for the ball as Bailee Middleton and Julia Dyess watch too see if their teammates save the point. Photo by HG Biggs.After a rather disappointing season a year ago, the Ole Miss Volleyball team has started out the 2021 campaign red hot, winning its first eight matches for the first time since 2007 and securing its first top 15 win since 2010.

Just one year removed from an underwhelming 1-19 season, second year head coach Kayla Banwarth and her Rebels find themselves 8-0 with only three matches to play before the beginning of conference play.

The Rebels entered last weekend 5-0 before sweeping the Holiday Inn-University Plaza Invitational, which included…