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TULANE VOLLEYBALL
2 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 2018 NIVC FINALISTS | 13 AVCA ALL-AMERICANS | 43 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
WEEK 8
2021 TULANE SCHEDULE
TULANE (11-7) vs. Memphis (8-10) / TULANE (11-7) vs. SMU (7-9)
9-5 OVERALL, 2-0 THE AMERICAN
10.15.21 | 6 P.M. (CT) | NEW ORLEANS | AVRON B. FOGELMAN ARENA IN THE DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE
AUGUST
TULANE GREEN WAVE MEMPHIS Tigers Head Coach: Jim Barnes Head Coach: Sean Burdette Record at Tulane: 102-68(Sixth yr) Overall: 446-336 (25th yr) SMU Mustangs Head Coach: Lisa Seifert
First Serve
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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
• Lexie Douglas is 68 kills from breaking into the top 5 in career kills list at Tulane. • Douglas is 3 attacks away from her 4000 career attacks at Tulane. • Douglas was one of five unanimous preseason selections across the conference. • Tulane owns the AAC’s second best hitting percentage at .234 an increase of .009 since conference play began. • Freshman Michelle Urquhart leads the AAC in aces per set at .48 and total aces with 30. • Tulane holds three places on the AAC’s top 5 leaderboard in hitting percentage in Davis, Dinkins and Burcescu. • Dinkins sits at fifth in school history in block assists with 343. • Taylor Henigsman is ninth in program history in assists at 1,940. • Urquhart is eighth in the AAC in total kills with 157 • Urquhart and Henigsman both have four double doubles to their name this season.
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vs. VCU+.................................................2-3, L
2
at Florida State+...................................0-3, L
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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*....................................1-3, L
OCTOBER 1
at Temple*............................................ 3-1, W
8
at South Florida*..................................3-2 , W
10
at UCF*...................................................1-3, L
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.)
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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.
^ 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 15 21 31 34
NAME POS HT CL Danyelle Williams RS 6-1 R-Sr. Lizzy Stefanov OH 6-1 Jr. Genevieve Perry MH 6-2 Fr. Sophia Ervanian L 5-6 So. Mackenzie Martin OH 5-11 So. Jillian Dits L 5-7 Jr. Yvette Burcescu RS 6-4 Sr. Anna Davis MH/RS 6-1 So. Lexie Douglas OH 6-0 R-Sr. Chelsea Harvey S 5-11 Fr. Michelle Urquhart OH 6-0 Fr. Skyler Bumpers RS 6-1 Fr. Kayla Dinkins MH 6-2 Sr. Taylor Henigsman S 5-11 Sr.
EXP 3L 2L HS 1L 1L 2L 3L 1L 4L HS HS HS 3L 3L
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. Virginia Beach, Va. Mobile, Ala. Pittsburgh, Pa. Richardson, Texas
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE Whitney Young HS/Northwestern Stow-Munroe Falls HS Westlake HS Ponte Vedra HS Spruce Creek HS Colleyville Heritage HS Walter Panas HS Valor Christian HS Hebron HS Pope John Paul II HS Kempsville HS Berkeley International HS North Alleghney Senior HS JJ Pearce HS
Memphis Roster # NAME POS HT CL HOMETOWN 1 Loren Robertson S 5’8” So. Memphis, Tenn. 2 Tabytha Toelke OH - Fr. 3 Mackenzie Leach DS - Fr. Burlington, Wis. 4 Andrea O’Connor MB 6’1” Sr. Stamford, Conn. 5 Miaya Smith MH 6’1” Sr. Memphis, Tenn. 7 Addyson Huber OH 6’2” So. Erie, Colo. 9 Gigi Crescenzo OH 5’10” Jr. St. Charles, Ill. 10 Bailey Houlihan L 5 ’5” So. Naperville, Ill. 11 Anna Hayes OH 6’1” Jr. Hartsburg, Ill. 12 Alexis Lewis M B - Fr. Roscoe, Ill. 13 Kate Bass MB 6’2” Jr. Brandon, MS. 14 Autumn Hamilton RS 6’2” So. Duluth, Ga 15 Elizabeth Orf MH 6’3” Gr. St. Louis, MO. 16 Sarah-Elizabeth Williams RS 6’2” Jr. Chesterfield, Mo. 17 Sarah Smith DS/L 5’7’ So. Birmingham, AL. 18 Sam Drewry OH 5’11” So. Chandler, Ariz. 22 Sabrina Bianco S 5’7” Sr. Austin, Texas
HIGH SCHOOL Briarcrest Christian School Davis, Ill. Dakota High School Burlington High School Stamford High School St. George’s Independent School Eire High. School St. Charles North High School Neugua High School Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior High School Hononegah Community High School Brandon High School North Gwinnett High School Villa Duchesne Westminster Christian Academy Homewood High School Basha High School Bowie High School
SMU Roster
# 4 6 7 8 10 12 13 14 18 19 21 27 58
NAME POS HT Kaylyn Winkler MB 6’3 Jadyn Bauss OH 6’0 Lily Heim S 6’0 Audrey Penn OH 6’2 Hannah Jacobs OH 6’2 Makayla Miller L 5’9 Angel Jones MB 6’1 Bria’ Merchant L 5’8 Rachel Woulfe OH 6’2 BreyAnn Sands L 5’8 Meryn Kennedy MB 6’3 Zairyn Hemsley S 5’11 Alex Glover MB 6’0
CL EXP SR 2-L JR 2L SR 3L SO 1L SR 3L JR 2L SO 1L JR 3L SR 3L JR SQ SR 3L SO 1L JR 2L
HOMETOWN San Antonio, Texas Frisco, Texas Omaha, Neb. The Woodlands, Texas New Braunfels, Texas Poth, Texas New Braunfels, Texas Houston, Texas Frisco, Texas Newport Beach, Calif. Allen, Texas Frisco, Texas Magnolia, Texas
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE Johnson High School Reedy High School Marian High School Concordia Lutheran New Braunfels High School Poth High School Canyon High School Dulles High School Reedy High School Corona Del Mar Allen High School Centennial High School Magnolia High School
2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS
- Conference Record -
- Overall Record -
Houston
5-1
15-3
Cincinnati
5-1
10-4
UCF
5-1
12-6
Tulane
4-2
11-7
Tulsa
4-2
9-6
Wichita State
3-3
9-6
ECU
3-3
7-8
SMU
3-3
7-9
Memphis
1-5
6-11
UCF
0-6
6-11
Temple
0-6
4-13
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13 UCF at USF* (ESPN+)
7 P.M.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 South Florida at Temple* (ESPN+) Memphia at Tulane* (ESPN+) Cincinnati at Tulsa* (ESPN+) SMU at Houston* (ESPN+) ECU at Wichita State* (ESPN+)
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 UCF at Temple* (ESPN+) Cincinnati at Wichita State* (ESPN+) ECU at Tulsa* (ESPN+) Memphis at Houston* (ESPN+) SMU at Tulane* (ESPN+) All times CT and subject to change * - Denotes American Athletic Conference match
12 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 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
175
Total Kills
2.78
Kills Per Set
30
Service Aces 2021 AT A GLANCE Has finished with 10 or more kills in 10 matches this season. She also has logged four double doubles this season.
I N D I V I D U A L
S T A T S
- Green Wave -
DIGS LEADER
JILLIAN DITTS
L
198
Total Digs
2.91
Digs Per Set
356
Receptions 2021 AT A GLANCE Has finished with 10 or more digs in 11 matches this season, including a season-high 23-dig performance against ULM
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2021 SEASON