Alabama
5-1,0-0SEC
Wake Forest
2-4,0-0ACC
Alabama Outlasts Wake Forest in Five-Set Battle Wednesday in Tuscaloosa
9/10/2025 8:52:00 PM | Volleyball
Senior Victoria Barrett earns her 1,500th career kill
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama and Wake Forest battled for five sets Wednesday night in Foster Auditorium as part of the inaugural Showdown at the Net series between the SEC and ACC, with the Crimson Tide prevailing after a close 15-12 victory in the fifth.
Alabama (5-1) won the first two sets, 25-20 and 25-18, before Wake Forest (2-4) evened things up with 25-23 and 28-26 decisions in the third and fourth. The Demon Deacons had to battle hard for those set wins against a resilient Crimson Tide squad that battled all the way from down 24-14 in the third with nine straight points to make it 24-23 before Wake Forest halted the comeback and won it on the next rally. In the fourth, Alabama again found itself facing set point, 24-17, and fought back to tie it at 24-24. The two teams traded back and forth until the Demon Deacons eventually won, 28-26, to force a fifth set.
The deciding frame was another close battle, with neither team able to take a lead larger than two points. Tied at 12-12, a kill from Maddie Snider gave the Tide the lead and back-to-back kills from Sophie Agee and Snider closed out the set, 15-12, and the match.
Senior transfer Victoria Barrett earned her 1,500th career kill in the match, entering the day 14 shy before finishing with a season-best 25 to put her current total at 1,511.
FROM HEAD COACH RASHINDA REED
"I just keep seeing the culture of our team start to shine in all of these matches. I feel like even when we were down, we just kept battling. This just shows how relentless we are and these players are starting to identify that within themselves. To see that in such pressure situations is incredibly special. This team grows every single week and the future remains bright based on this fight within us."
NOTES
- Senior Victoria Barrett led the team with a season-high 25 kills, pushing her past the 1,500 career kills mark during the match as her current total now sits at 1,511
- The match was Alabama's first five-setter of the season
- With 13 digs and a career-best 48 assists, Hannah Parant earned her first career double-double and the first for any Tide player this season
- Four players finished with double-digit digs, led by Trinity Stanger's season-high 20
- Sarah Stevens led the team with a career-high seven blocks, including three solo
STAT LEADERS
- Kills: Victoria Barrett - 25
- Assists: Hannah Parant - 48
- Digs: Trinity Stanger - 20
- Blocks: Sarah Stevens - 7
- Aces: Lindsey Brown - 4
SET-BY-SET SCORES
- Set 1: Alabama 25, Wake Forest 20
- Set 2: Alabama 25, Wake Forest 18
- Set 3: Wake Forest 25, Alabama 23
- Set 4: Wake Forest 28, Alabama 26
- Set 5: Alabama 15, Wake Forest 12
UP NEXT: UNA VOLLEYBALL CLASSIC (FLORENCE, ALA.)
- Saturday, Sept. 13 vs. Western Carolina – 1 p.m. CT
- Sunday, Sept. 14 at North Alabama – 2 p.m. CT
