Tulane Volleyball Week Six - Digital Program

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KAYLA DINKINS

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T O D A Y ’ S

VOLLEYBALL TAKES ON HOUSTON AND TEMPLE IN WEEK TWO OF CONFERENCE PLAY

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University volleyball team returns to action this week with a pair of matchups. The Green Wave open their week with a home contest against Houston on Wednesday and a road matchup at Temple on Friday.

Tulane meets Houston for the first time this season after the Wave took both from the Cougars last year. Although Tulane doesn’t not hold the overall advantage in the series with Houston (18-34.) head coach Jim Barnes has a 6-5 record against the Cougars since his time Uptown.

Tulane and Wichita State meet for the first time this season. The Wave took both matches last season. Tulane holds a 4-3 advantage in the series all-time. Against Tulsa, Tulane is 18-17 all-time and 8-6 at home. Tulane was picked fourth in 2021 American Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason Poll, returning nearly the entire roster from the spring 2021 season.

While the two competitors this weekend to finish eighth (WSU) and ninth (Tulsa) in the league. Tulane has an all-time record of 5-6 against Temple. The teams did not meet in the 2021 spring COVID season.

G A M E

P R E G A M E

N O T E S

TULANE VOLLEYBALL

2 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 2018 NIVC FINALISTS | 13 AVCA ALL-AMERICANS | 43 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS

2021 TULANE SCHEDULE

WEEK SIX

TULANE (9-5) vs. HOUSTON (11-3) 9.29.21 | 6 P.M. (CT) | NEW ORLEANS | AVRON B. FOGELMAN ARENA IN THE DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE TULANE GREEN WAVE HOUSTON COUGARS Head Coach: Jim Barnes TEMPLE OWLS Record at Tulane: 102-68(Sixth yr) Overall: 446-336 (25th yr)

First Serve • Lexie Douglas is 25 kills from breaking into the top 10 in career kills list at Tulane.

• Douglas is 111 attacks away from moving into fourth on the all-time career attacks list at Tulane.

• Douglas was one of five unanimous pre-season selections across the conference.

• Tulane owns the AAC second best hitting percentage at .235 and increase of .009 since conference play began.

• Freshman Urquhart lead the AAC in aces per set at .55 and total aces with 26.

• Tulane holds three places on the AAC’s top 10 leaderboard in hitting percentage in Davis, Dinkins and Yvette Burcescu.

• Dinkins sits at ninth in school history in block assists with 335, she is one away from knocking assistant coach Sarah Strasner out of the top five.

• Taylor Henigsman is ninth in program history in assists at 1,889.

• Urquhart is seventh in the AAC in total kills with 136.

• Urquhart and Henigsman each have three double doubles this season.

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The Tulane volleyball team was predicted to finish fourth in the American Atletic Conference in a vote by the league’s coaches.

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Tulane volleyball returns 11 letterwinners from the spring 2021 team.

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Coach Jim Barnes has been the Head Coach for 782 matches in his career. He has a chance to break the 800 mark this season if the Green Wave make a run at the post season.

9-5 OVERALL, 2-0 THE AMERICAN

AUGUST 14

OLIVE/BLUE SCRIMMAGE.................2-1-O

27

NORTHWESTERN STATE#................ 3-2-W

27

ALABAMA A&M#........................... 3-0-W

28

CALIFORNIA#................................ 3-1-W

SEPTEMBER 2

vs. VCU+................................................. 2-3-L

2

at Florida State+.................................... 0-3-L

3

vs. Samford+.........................................3-0-W

10

vs. ULM&...............................................3-0-W

10

vs. Saint Louis&.....................................3-1-W

11

at Missouri State&.................................. 0-3-L

17

SAM HOUSTON ^........................... 2-3-L

17

TEXAS TECH^................................. 0-3-L

18

UAB^.......................................... 3-0-W

24

WICHITA STATE*............................ 3-1-W

26

TULSA*........................................ 3-0-W

29

HOUSTON*...................................6 p.m.

OCTOBER 1

at Temple*.............................................6 p.m.

8

at South Florida*...................................6 p.m.

10

at UCF*................................................12 p.m.

15

MEMPHIS*...................................6 p.m.

17

SMU*...........................................1 p.m.

22

at East Carolina*....................................6 p.m.

24

at Cincinnati*......................................12 p.m.

27

at Houston*...........................................7 p.m.

31 TEMPLE*......................................1 p.m.

NOVEMBER 5

at Tulsa*................................................7 p.m.

7

at Wichita State*...................................1 p.m.

12 CINCINNATI*.................................6 p.m.

14

EAST CAROLINA*...........................1 p.m.

19

at SMU*.................................................7 p.m.

21

at Memphis*.........................................1 p.m.

24 UCF*............................................6 p.m.

26

SOUTH FLORIDA*..........................6 p.m.

NCAA TOURNAMENT December 2-5..........................NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds December 9-12....................................NCAA Regionals December 16-18.......................... NCAA Championship + Four Points Tallahassee Seminole Volleyball Invitational (Tallahassee, Fla.) # Tulane Invitational (New Orleans, La.) & Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational (Springfield, Mo.) ^ Geen Wave Invitational (Birmingham, Al.) *denotes American Athletic Conference match BOLD CAPS denotes home match in Devlin Fieldhouse All times central time zone and subject to change

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M A T C H

R O S T E R S

Tulane Roster

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 14 15 21 31 33 34

NAME Danyelle Williams Lizzy Stefanov Genevieve Perry Sophia Ervanian Mackenzie Martin Jillian Dits Yvette Burcescu Anna Davis Lexie Douglas Chelsea Harvey Nicole Levine Michelle Urquhart Skyler Bumpers Kayla Dinkins Makala Heidelberg Taylor Henigsman

POS RS OH MH L OH L MH MH OH S L OH RS MH OH Sr

HT 6-1 6-1 6-2 5-6 5-11 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-2 5-7 5-11

CL R-Sr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. R-Sr. Fr. 5th Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr.

HOMETOWN Chicago, Ill.

Stow, Ohio Austin, Texas Ponte Vedra, Fla. Port Orange, Fla. Colleyville, Texas Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. Castle Rock, Colo.

Plano, Texas Collegeville, Penn.

Gulfport, Fla. Virginia Beach, Va. Mobile, Ala. Pittsburgh, Pa. Winter Garden, Fla. Richardson, Texas

HIGH SCHOOL Whitney Young Stow-Munroe Falls Westlake HS Ponte Verda HS Spruce Creek HS Colleyville Heritage Walter Panas Valor Christian HS Hebron Pope John Paul Shorecrest Prep School Kempsville HS McGrill Toolen Cathloic School North Allegheny Senior West Orange JJ Pearce

Houston Roster

# 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24

NAME Torie Frederick Peanut Childers Bryshanna Brown Kennedy Warren Celeste Darling Grace Wiley Isabel Theut Kortlyn Henderson Grayson Schirpik Rachel Tullos Jillian Thompson Barakat Rahmon Kendall Haywood Kate Georgiades Annie Cooke Audrey Tucker Ryleigh Whitekettle Sarah Martinez Bridget Wallenberger Abbie Jackson

POS L S/DS L OH OH OH MB OH OH MB MB MB MB/RS DS/L S S OH DS/L MB OH

HT 5-4 5-8 5-8 6-1 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2 5-10 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-1 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-5 5-4 6-2 6-1

CL Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Gr. Jr.

HOMETOWN Manvel, Texas League City, Texas Helotes, Texas Weatherford, Texas McKinney, Texas The Woodlands, Texas Columbus, Texas Waco, Texas Leander, Texas Lantana, Texas Orlando, Fla. Oakdale, Minn.

Baytown, Texas College Station, Texas The Woodlands, Texas San Diego, Calif.

Sneads Ferry, N.C. Flower Mound, Texas Carpentersville, Ill. Gig Harbor, Wash.

HIGH SCHOOL Manvel HS Clear Creek HS O’Conner HS Peaster HS McKinney Boyd HS Fort Bend Christian Homeschool Ath. Columbus HS University HS Rouse HS Denton Guyer HS Lake Mary HS Tartan HS Goose Creek Memorial HS College Station HS The Woodlands College Park HS El Capitan HS Dixson HS Flower Mound HS Jacobs HS Charles Wright Academy

Temple Roster #

NAME

POS

Kayla Spells Peyton Boyd Nikki Saito Gem Grimshaw Falanika Danielson Xeryah Salanoa Nina-Symone Williams Magdalena Rogalska Nikki Shimao Patrycja Zielinska Katerina Papazoglou Chelci Banks Taylor Davenport Leonie Freytag Miray Bolukbasi Jaaliyah Evans

MB 6-1 RS 6-4 DS. 5-3 OH/RS 6-2 L 5- 5 OH/RS 6-0 MB/RS 6-1 S. 5-11 DS/S 5-5 S 5-10 OH 6-1 MB 6-1 MB 6-1 OH 5-11 OH 6-0 OH 6-1

1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

HT

CL

HOMETOWN

HIGH SCHOOL

So. R-Jr So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Gr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Gr. Fr.

Cary, N.C. Dumfries, Va. Honolulu, Hawaii Marco Island, Fla. Ewa Beach, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Alpharetta, Ga. Krakow, Poland Honolulu, Hawaii Franciszków, Poland Thessaloniki, Greece Marietta, Ga. Columbia, S.C. Berlin, Germany Istanbul, Turkey Collingswood, N.J.

N.C. School of Science and Math Forest Park Maryknoll School Seacrest Country Day Mililani HS Punahou School Alpharetta HS II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace w Krakowie ‘Iolani School II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im.

Hellenic College Hillgrove AC Flora HS SLZB Anabilim College Paul VI

2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS

- Conference Record -

- Overall Record -

Tulane

2-0 9-5

UCF

2-0 9-5

SMU

2-0 6-6

Houston

1-1 11-3

Cincinnati

1-1 6-4

Memphis

1-1 8-6

Tulsa

1-1

ECU

1-1 6-5

Wichita State

0-2

USF

0-2 6-8

Temple

0-2 4-9

6-5

6-5

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Houston at Tulane

6:00 P.M.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 South Florida at Tulsa* (ESPN+) SMU at East Carolina* (ESPN+) Memphis at Cincinnati* (ESPN+) Tulane at Temple* (ESPN+) UCF at Wichita State* (ESPN+)

1 p.m.

5 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

6 p.m.

7 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 Memphis at East Carolina* (ESPN+) Houston at Temple* (ESPN+) SMU at Cincinnati* (ESPN+) South Florida at Wichita State* UCF at Tulsa* (ESPN+) All times CT and subject to change * - Denotes American Athletic Conference match

11 p.m.

12 p.m.

12 p.m.

1 p.m.

1 p.m.

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T H E

C O A C H I N G

S T A F F

- Head Coach -

JIM BARNES BRIAN YALE

SARAH STRASNER

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

ASSISTANT COACH

ERIC BEYER

DEANNA SISTI

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

ATHLETIC TRAINER

I N D I V I D U A L

S T A T S

- Green Wave -

KILLS LEADER

MICHELLE URQUHART

OH

97

Total Digs

2.89

Kills Per Set

136

Total Kills 2021 AT A GLANCE Has finished with 10 or more kills in five matches this season. She also has logged a pair of 15-kill performances against California and VCU.

I N D I V I D U A L

S T A T S

- Green Wave -

DIGS LEADER

JILLIAN DITTS

L

149

Total Digs

2.92

Digs Per Set

269

Receptions 2021 AT A GLANCE Has finished with 10 or more digs in six matches this season, including a season-high 23-dig performance against ULM

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2021 SEASON