TULANE
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LIZZy STEVANOV
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TULANE VOLLEYBALL
2 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 2018 NIVC FINALISTS | 13 AVCA ALL-AMERICANS | 43 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
2021 TULANE SCHEDULE
WEEK TEN
TULANE (13-9) vs. Houston (17-5) / vs. Temple (5-16)
13-9 OVERALL, 6-4 THE AMERICAN
10.27.21 | 7 P.M. (CT) | HOUSTON | FERTITTA CENTER
AUGUST
TULANE GREEN WAVE HOUSTON Cougars Head Coach: Jim Barnes Head Coach: David Rehr Record at Tulane: 10672(Sixth yr) Overall: 450-340 (25th yr) TEMPLE Owls Head Coach: Baker Ganesharatnam
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OLIVE/BLUE SCRIMMAGE................ 2-1, O
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NORTHWESTERN STATE#................3-2, W
27
ALABAMA A&M#...........................3-0, W
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CALIFORNIA#................................3-1, W
First Serve
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
AAC’s top 20 leaderboard in hitting
10
vs. Saint Louis&.................................... 3-1, W
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at Missouri State&..................................0-3, L
percentage in Davis, Dinkins, Douglas
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SAM HOUSTON ^...........................2-3, L
and Burcescu.
17
TEXAS TECH^.................................0-3, L
18
UAB^..........................................3-0, W
24
WICHITA STATE*............................3-1, W
26
TULSA*........................................3-0, W
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HOUSTON*....................................1-3, L
• Tulane owns the AAC’s third best hitting percentage at .248 • Tulane holds four places on the
• Dinkins sits at fifth in school history in block assists.
OCTOBER
• Douglas is 1 kill from breaking into
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at Temple*............................................ 3-1, W
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at South Florida*..................................3-2 , W
10
at UCF*...................................................1-3, L
Sentmore and put her in fifth with 1,474 kills in her career.
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MEMPHIS*...................................3-1, W
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SMU*............................................2-3, L
• Douglas surpassed 4,000 career attacks at Tulane in a matchup
22
at East Carolina*................................... 3-2, W
24
at Cincinnati*.........................................0-3, L
27
at Houston*...........................................7 p.m.
the top five in career kills at Tulane. This will knock out Kim
against Memphis earlier this month. • Douglas was one of five unanimous preseason selections across the conference. • Henigsman leads the Green Wave with five double doubles this season, Urquhart follows closely with four. • Henigsman is fourth in the AAC in assists per set this season averaging 10.59 assists a set.
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at Tulsa*................................................7 p.m.
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at Wichita State*...................................1 p.m.
12 CINCINNATI*.................................6 p.m. 14
EAST CAROLINA*...........................1 p.m.
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at SMU*.................................................7 p.m.
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at Memphis*.........................................1 p.m.
24 UCF*............................................6 p.m. SOUTH FLORIDA*..........................6 p.m.
NCAA TOURNAMENT December 2-5..........................NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds December 9-12....................................NCAA Regionals
at .35 and total aces with 33.
December 16-18.......................... NCAA Championship
• Douglas is sixth in the AAC in total kills averaging 3.54 per set. • Taylor Henigsman is eighth in program history in assists at
+ Four Points Tallahassee Seminole Volleyball Invitational (Tallahassee, Fla.) # Tulane Invitational (New Orleans, La.)
2,247.
The Tulane volleyball team was predicted to finish fourth in the American Atletic Conference in a vote by the league’s coaches.
NOVEMBER
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• Urquhart places in the AAC’s top 10 leaderboard in aces per set
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31 TEMPLE*....................................12 p.m.
& Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational (Springfield, Mo.)
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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 790 matches in his career. Barnes will break the 800 mark in the last match of the season in New Orleans vs USF.
^ 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 Danyelle Williams RS Lizzy Stefanov OH Genevieve Perry MH Sophia Ervanian L Mackenzie Martin OH Jillian Dits L Yvette Burcescu RS Anna Davis MH/RS Lexie Douglas OH Chelsea Harvey S Michelle Urquhart OH Skyler Bumpers RS Kayla Dinkins MH Taylor Henigsman S
CL R-Sr. Jr. Fr So. So. Jr. Sr. So. R-Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr.
HT 6-1 6-1 6-2 5-6 5-11 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-2 5-11
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 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
Houston Roster # NAME
POS CL
HT
HOMETOWN
HIGH SCHOOL
L S/DS L OH OH OH MB OH OH MB MB MB MB/RS DS/L S S OH DS/L MB OH
5-4 5-8 5-8 6-1 6-0 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 6-0
Manvel, Texas League City, Texas Helotes, Texas Weatherford, McKinney, Texas The Woodlands, Texas Columbus, Texas Waco, Texas Leander, Texas Lantana, Texas Orlando, Fla. Oakdale, Minn. Baytown, Texas Goose College Station, Texas The Woodlands, Texas San Diego, Calif. El Sneads Ferry, N.C. Flower Mound, Texas Carpentersville, Ill. Gig Harbor, Wash.
Manvel HS Clear Creek HS O’Conner HS Texas Peaster HS McKinney Boyd HS Fort Bend Christian Homeschool Athletics Columbus HS University HS Rouse HS Denton Guyer HS Lake Mary HS Tartan HS Creek Memorial HS College Station HS The Woodlands College Park HS Capitan HS Dixson HS Flower Mound HS Jacobs HS Charles Wright Academy
1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24
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
Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. Gr. Jr.
Temple Roster # NAME POS CL 1 Kayla Spells So. MB 2 Peyton Boyd R-Jr. RS 3 Nikki Saito So. DS 5 Gem Grimshaw Jr. OH/RS 6 Falanika Danielson Fr. L 7 Xeryah Salanoa Jr. OH/RS 8 Nina-Symone Williams Fr. MB/RS 9 Magdalena Rogalska Fr. S 10 Nikki Shimao Fr. DS/S 11 Patrycja Zielinska Fr. S 12 Katerina Papazoglou Gr. OH 13 Chelci Banks Fr. MB 14 Taylor Davenport Fr. MB 15 Leonie Freytag Fr. OH 16 Miray Bolukbasi Gr. OH 17 Jaaliyah Evans Fr. OH
HT 6-1 6-4 5-3 6-2 5-5 6-0 6-1 5-11 5-5 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-1 5-11 6-0 6-1
HOMETOWN 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.
HIGH SCHOOL N.C. School of Science and Math Forest Park Maryknoll School Seacrest Country Day Mililani High School Punahou School Alpharetta HS II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace ‘Iolani School II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Hellenic College Hillgrove AC Flora HS SLBZ Anabilim College Paul VI
2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS
- Conference Record -
- Overall Record -
UCF
9-1
16-6
Houston
7-3
17-5
Whichita State
7-3
13-6
Cincinnati
7-3
12-6
Tulane
6-4
13-9
Tulsa
6-4
11-8
SMU
6-4
10-10
East Carolina
4-6
8-11
Memphis
2-8
9-13
Temple
1-9
5-16
South Florida
0-10
6-15
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 Tulane at Houston* (ESPN+)..........................................................................................7 p.m. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 East Carolina at Memphis* (ESPN+).............................................................................. 6 p.m. Tulsa at UCF* (ESPN+)................................................................................................... 6 p.m. Wichita State at South Florida* (ESPN+)....................................................................... 6 p.m. Cincinnati at SMU* (ESPN+)...........................................................................................7 p.m. Temple at Houston* (ESPN+).........................................................................................7 p.m. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 Wichita State at UCF* (ESPN+).....................................................................................12 p.m. Tulsa at South Florida* (ESPN+)...................................................................................12 p.m. Temple at Tulane* (ESPN+)..........................................................................................12 p.m. Cincinnati at Memphis* (ESPN+)...................................................................................1 p.m. East Carolina at SMU* (ESPN+)......................................................................................1 p.m. All times CT and subject to change *-Denotes American Athletic Conference match
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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
LEXIE DOUGLAS
228
Total Kills
2.85
Kills Per Set
22
Service Aces
OH
I N D I V I D U A L
S T A T S
- Green Wave -
DIGS LEADER
JILLIAN DITTS
L
244
Total Digs
2.87
Digs Per Set
430
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
- Scenes from the -
2021 SEASON