2015 Memphis Volleyball Week Two Notes

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2 0 15 M e m p h i s Vol l eyb a l l N ot es 2015 Overall Record: 2-1 Conference: 0-0 HOME: 0-0 AWAY: 0-1 NEUTRAL: 2-0 2015 Schedule AUGUST 28 vs. High Point ! W, 3-0 29 vs. Wofford ! W, 3-0 29 at Georgia ! L, 3-0 SEPTEMBER 4 vs. UTEP # 10 a.m. 4 vs. South Alabama # 3:30 p.m. 5 at Belmont # 2:00 p.m. 11 UAPB % 2:00 p.m. 11 AUBURN % 7:00 p.m. 12 TENNESSEE TECH % 12:00 p.m. 12 UALR % 7:00 p.m. 18 AUSTIN PEAY ^ 7:00 p.m. 19 SOUTHERN MISS ^ 2:00 p.m. 19 MISSISSIPPI ST ^ 7:00 p.m. 23 at Cincinnati * 7:00 p.m. (ET) 27 EAST CAROLINA * 1:00 p.m. OCTOBER 2 at Temple * 7:00 p.m. (ET) 4 at UConn * 1:00 p.m. (ET) 9 USF * 7:00 p.m. 11 UCF * 1:00 p.m. 16 at Houston * 7:00 p.m. 18 at Tulane * 1:00 p.m. 23 at Tulsa * 7:00 p.m. 25 at SMU * 1:00 p.m. 30 UCONN * 7:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 1 TEMPLE * 1:00 p.m. 6 SMU * 7:00 p.m. 8 TULSA * 1:00 p.m. 11 CINCINNATI * 7:00 p.m. 13 at East Carolina * 5:30 p.m. (ET) 20 at UCF * 7:00 p.m. (ET) 22 at USF * 1:00 p.m. (ET) 25 TULANE * 7:00 p.m. 27 HOUSTON * 1:00 p.m. Home Matches in BOLD and Held at Elma Roane Fieldhouse ! - Benson Hospitality Invitational (Athens, Ga.) #- Belmont Bruiser Showcase (Nashville, Tenn.) % - Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) ^ - Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) * - American Athletic Conference Match

2015: Week Two - at Belmont Tournament

Friday, Sept. 4, 10a.m. (CT)

Friday, Sept. 4, 3:30 p.m. (CT)

Saturday, Sept. 5, 2:00 p.m. (CT)

Live Stats: www.belmontbruins.com

Live Stats: www.belmontbruins.com

Live Stats: www.belmontbruins.com

Last Meeting: UTEP 3, Memphis 1 (25-15, 25-20, 24-26, 25-19) Sept. 30, 2012 El Paso, Texas

Last Meeting: Memphis 3, South Alabama 0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-17) Sept. 13, 2015 Mississippi State Bulldog Invitational

Live Video: TBA

Overall Series: Memphis leads 7-6

Overall Series: Memphis leads 9-1

Note: This is the first meeting between the two teams since both were members of Conference USA.

Note: Catlin Lilly had 13 kills in the neutral site meeting between the two teams last year, while Oluchi Agomuo added 10 kills. Lindsey Purvis led both teams with three service aces.

Last Meeting: Memphis 3, Belmont 2 (25-13, 25-21, 26-28, 17-25, 16-14) Aug. 30, 2013 Belmont Invitational Overall Series: Memphis leads 6-1 Note: The last time these two teams met was in both teams’ season opener in 2013. The Tigers held a 2-0 lead, but lost the third set 28-26 and ended up winning 16-14 in the fifth set.

Run to Championship Match Memphis opened its season last weekend at the Georgia Benson Hospitality Invitational and went 2-0 in the early going to hit the Saturday night match against host Georgia undefeated. With the home team also unbeaten, the matchup ended up being the tournament championship match. Georgia won the championship, 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-19). Season Openers Memphis improved to 4-4 all-time in season openers under April Jauregui with a 3-0 win over High Point at the Georgia tournament. All-Tourney Honors For Pair of Tigers Senior setter Veronica Zimmerman and sophomore outside Oluchi Agomuo were named to the all-tournament team at Georgia. Zimmerman averaged 8.78 assists per set (after stepping out in the third set of the 3-0 win over Wofford), and added 1.22 kills per set and 2.0 digs per set. Agomuo hit .522 from her outside hitter spot in the opening win over High Point and for the weekend averaged 3.22 kills per set and hit .288. Staying Connected To learn more about the Memphis volleyball team and the rest of Tiger Athletics, visit GoTigersGo.

2015 Memphis Tigers


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