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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Mizzou Volleyball (12-3, 3-0 SEC) continued its hot start in Southeastern Conference play, earning a 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-17) sweep at Arkansas on Friday evening. The Tigers are in midst of an overall seven-match winning streak, including four consecutive sweeps against their opponents.Collectively, Mizzou posted a season high .435 hitting percentage on 48 kills. The Tigers opened the evening with consecutive sets of hitting .500 or higher. Individually, three Tigers hit .500 or higher on the night. Sophomore Alyssa Munlyn (Suwanee, Ga.) paved the way with 10 kills on career high .750 hitting.Munlyns .750 hitting performance entered the Top 10 all-time individual single-match hitting percentage record book in Mizzou Volleyball history. Senior Emily Thaters (Springfield, Mo.) .700 hitting percentage (on eight kills) marked a new season high, while senior Carly Kans (Honolulu) .500 hitting percentage (on team-high 12 kills) rounded out impressive Tiger nights.Kans 12 kills and 10 digs marked her team-leading seventh double-double of the season. The Honolulu native has posted a double-double in each of Mizzous three SEC matches this year.Redshirt junior Kira Larson (Fargo, N.D.) was effective offensively as well, recording seven kills on .333 hitting. It marked her sixth time this season hitting .300 or higher in a match. Junior Courtney Eckenrode (The Woodlands, Texas) posted her seventh-consecutive match with 30-plus assists to aid the Tigers attack.The Tigers opened the match with outstanding offensive numbers, posting 18 kills on .517 hitting in the first set. Munlyn, Kan and Larson each tallied a team-high four kills to pace the potent Mizzou attack. Eckenrode recorded 13 kills in the opening set with five Tigers totaling multiple kills. For the second consecutive set, Mizzous attack shined as it tallied 16 kills on .500 hitting. Munlyn continued her outstanding early performance with a team-high five kills in the second set.Following a strong opening set, Arkansas struggled in the second set with only 11 kills on .212 hitting. The Tigers strong defense included one total block, while forcing four attack errors. Kan concluded her consistent offensive evening in the third set, tallying four kills in each set played Friday. Mizzous defense stepped up again in the final set as well, leading Arkansas to nine attack errors and .000 hitting percentage.Mizzou closes out its weekend road trip on Sunday, Oct. 2, with a matchup at LSU. The match will broadcast live on SEC Network with first serve set for 1 p.m. (CT). Lou Brock Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Paul Goldschmidt Cardinals Jersey . 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The 43-45 Blue Jays are hovering near the .500 mark and need a second-half surge to get in the playoff mix in the American League East. This is a team that has as many question marks now as it did in the spring. There have been some big disappointments and some intriguing surprises over the first half of the season. The new-look starting rotation has struggled more often than not. The bullpen -- thought to be a soft point by many observers at the start of the year -- has been dominant. Sluggers Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista are posting big numbers again but too many weak points remain through the lineup. First baseman Adam Lind is enjoying a bounceback year and shortstop Jose Reyes has impressed with the bat and the glove. Injuries have taken a big toll and forced manager John Gibbons to be creative with his lineup. So is this the squad that was among the worst in the major leagues over the first six weeks of the season? Or is it the one that looked as if it couldnt be stopped last month? Its hard to tell. "Well that little run we made in the last few weeks, were resilient, we could have disappeared," Gibbons said in a recent interview. "Were still on that fringe, we can go one way or the other so we need to play good baseball from here on out. "It would have been easy to really just disappear but they didnt do that. They show up to play every day and thats all we can ask for." The rotation looked so deep in early April that there were several candidates for the ace title. However, the performances have been so uneven since that the team doesnt have a clear No. 1 starter. R.A. Dickey has only shown flashes of his Cy Young form. Josh Johnson missed seven weeks with triceps inflammation and has yet to get on track. Mark Buehrle soaks up innings but often allows a lot of earned runs. Brandon Morrow was mediocre before going down with a foreaarm injury and J.ddddddddddddA. Happ saw limited action before taking a liner off the head and injuring his knee. As a result, stop-gap measures on the mound have been the norm. Without the stellar crew of relievers, the Blue Jays would really be in trouble. Closer Casey Janssen has been excellent and left-hander Brett Cecil has posted all-star numbers. Steve Delabars strikeout totals are top flight and Juan Perez and Aaron Loup have also been quite effective. Injuries have been a factor throughout the lineup as well with Reyes and Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., missing significant time with ankle injuries. Melky Cabrera has battled hamstring issues all year and his range in left field has been significantly hampered. While the big bats of Bautista and Encarnacion have come through, centre-fielder Colby Rasmus and catcher J.P. Arencibia have yet to fully hit their potential. Munenori Kawasaki was a pleasant surprise as a fill-in for Reyes and outfielder Rajai Davis has been solid but newcomers Emilio Bonifacio and Maicer Izturis still look unsettled. The wild-card race remains a possibility and if the starters give the team a chance, the Blue Jays have the potential to be playing meaningful baseball in September for a change. "We just have to keep the momentum going our way and just focus on whats allowed us to win games and thats been great pitching and timely hitting," Bautista said. The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline is fast approaching. It will be interesting to see if general manager Alex Anthopoulos decides to be a buyer or a seller. Gibbons remains optimistic that his team -- which is 10 games out of first place in the AL East and 5 1/2 games back in the wild-card race -- can still move up the division standings. "Weve got to play better than we did in the first half but I expect us to stay in this thing," he said. "But weve got to be solid. Weve got to get really good starting pitching and weve got to swing the bats. "We really like where our bullpen is at but it all starts on the mound with our starting rotation. If they pitch good, weve got a shot." ' ' '