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Mackenzie Martin
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VOLLEYBALL TAKES ON CINCINNATI AND ECU IN WEEK TWELVE OF CONFERENCE PLAY
The Tulane University volleyball team will host Cincinnati and ECU this
AWARDS
weekend for a pair of matchups. The Green Wave open week twelve hosting The Green Wave picked up two preseason all-conference team selections in the Bearcats on Friday and end the home stand with the Pirates on Sunday.
seniors Lexie Douglas and Kayla Dinkins. Tulane has also earned four AAC weekly honor roll selections in Michelle Urquhart, Anna Davis, Douglas,
On Friday, the Green Wave will look to bounce back from their October loss Dinkins and Mackenzie Martin. Dinkins captured her second honor roll against Cincinnati. Tulane has taken the last two home meetings against the selection with her performance last week against Tulsa and Wichita. State. Bearcats.
The middle hitter 18 kills averaging 3 a set while hitting a staggering .378, she is responsible for 23.5 of Tulane’s points on the week.
This will be the second time Tulane has faced East Carolina this season. In their October matchup, Tulane took East Carolina to five sets before claiming a 3-2
NEW ADDITIONS
win.
The Green Wave also added to their 2022 roster this week with the addition of three signees.
RANKINGS Tulane was picked fourth in the 2021 American Athletic Conference Volleyball Payton George, middle hitter of Burbank, California, Sabrina Skyers, middle/ Preseason Poll, returning nearly the entire roster from the spring 2021 season. outside hitter of West Orange, New Jersey and Nia Washington, outside hitter Tulsa and Wichita saw back-to-back selections for 9th and 8th respectively.
of Gretna, Louisiana, each signed letters of intent and are officially set to join
After nine weeks of play, Tulane sits with Tulsa in a two-way tie for fourth in
the Green Wave roster in the fall of next year.
the AAC at 7-5. Wichita State is one of three teams tied for third at 8-4.
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
WEEK TWELVE
2021 TULANE SCHEDULE TULANE (9-5) vs. CINCINNATI (14-8) 11.12.21 | 6 P.M. (CT) | NEW ORLEANS | AVRON B. FOGELMAN ARENA IN THE DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE TULANE GREEN WAVE CINCINNATI BEARCATS Head Coach: Jim Barnes Record at Tulane: 108-74(Sixth yr) EAST CAROLINA PIRATES Overall: 452-342 (25th yr)
First Serve
9-5 OVERALL, 2-0 THE AMERICAN
AUGUST 14
OLIVE/BLUE SCRIMMAGE.................2-1-O
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NORTHWESTERN STATE#................ 3-2-W
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ALABAMA A&M#........................... 3-0-W
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CALIFORNIA#................................ 3-1-W
SEPTEMBER
• Tulane is in the top five in the AAC leaderboard for kills. • Tulane holds three places on the AAC’s top 20 leaderboard in hitting percentage in Anna Davis, Kayla Dinkins and Yvette Burcescu. • Tulane is second in hitting percentage in the AAC with a .243 clip. • Tulane has earned AAC weekly honor roll selections in Michelle Urquhart, Davis, Douglas (3), Dinkins (2) and Mackenzie Martin.
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vs. VCU+................................................. 2-3-L
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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
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at Missouri State&.................................. 0-3-L
17
SAM HOUSTON ^........................... 2-3-L
17
TEXAS TECH^................................. 0-3-L
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UAB^.......................................... 3-0-W
24
WICHITA STATE*............................ 3-1-W
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TULSA*........................................ 3-0-W
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HOUSTON*...................................L (3-1)
• Dinkins sits at fifth in school history in block assists with 366.
OCTOBER 1
at Temple*...........................................W (3-1)
• Douglas is third in program history with 1524 kills.
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at South Florida*.................................W (3-2)
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at UCF*................................................. L (3-1)
15
MEMPHIS*................................. W (3-1)
17
SMU*...........................................L (3-2)
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at East Carolina*..................................W (3-2)
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at Cincinnati*....................................... L (3-0)
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at Houston*.......................................... L (3-1)
• Taylor Henigsman leads the Green Wave with 6 double doubles this season, Urquhart follows closely with 4, Lexie Douglas comes in third with 3 and rounding out the group is Chelsea Harvey with 1. • Henigsman leads the AAC in assists per set this season averaging 10.08 assists a set. • Douglas is 11th in the AAC in kills, Urquhart follows closely in 14th. • Douglas is 10th in the AAC in points, Urquhart follows closely in 11th, and Dinkins rounds out the list in 19th.
31 TEMPLE*.................................... W (3-2) NOVEMBER 5
at Tulsa*..............................................W (3-0)
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at Wichita State*.................................. L (3-0)
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. 26
• Henigsman is seventh in program history in assists at 2,375.
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 794 matches in his career. Barnes will break the 800 mark in the last match of theseason 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 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/COLLEGE 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
Cincinnati Roster # NAME POS 1 Shannon Williams RS 2 Kerstin Ficker DS 3 Kailea Carrier MB/RS 4 Dimitra Tziarli MB 5 Maria Mallon OH 6 Sarah Norcom OH 8 Ligia Williams OH 9 Emme Madden S 11 Maria Tobergte OH 14 Madison Waters OH 15 Armania Heckenmueller S 17 Bahar Kurtulus RS 18 Payton Frederick DS 21 Adria Oliver MB 24 Abby Walker MB/OPP 30 Julie Wittekind DS 33 Molly Harrison DS 35 Hannah Bolinger MB
HT 5’9 5’3 6’5 6’1 5’9 5’10 5’11 6’0 6’0 6’0 5’7 5’11 5’5 6’1 6’1 5’8 5’9 6’1
CL Sr. Jr. R-Jr. R-Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr.
HOMETOWN Broadview Heights, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Spring Hill, Kansas Thessaloniki, Greece Chesterfield, Mich. Liberty Township, Ohio Jeffersonville, Ind. Cincinnati, Ohio Hebron, Ky. Mckinney, Texas Cincinnati, Ohio Ankara, Turkey Louisville, Ky. Orangeburg, S.C. Cambridge, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE Brecksville-Broadview Heights Anderson Olathe East High School Hellenic College Anchor Bay Lakota East Rock Creek Academy West Clermont St. Henry District Lovejoy Mount Notre Dame TED Ankara College High School Assumption High School Daniel John Glenn High School Turpin High School Saint Joesph Academy St. Ursula Academy
ECU Roster
# NAME
POS
HT
CL
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16 18 20 32 41 99
S RS DS MB S/OH OH OH S/RS DS/L OH DS OH DS MB DS MH OH MH
5-11 5-10 5-8 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-8 5-10 5-8 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-4 5-10 5-6 6-1 6-2 5-11
So. So. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. R-Fr. So. Jr.
Shelby Martin Bri Wood Samantha Dunn Gabby Ferguson Madison Clark Page Hiebert Natalie Tyson Janiece Jefferies Brandee Markwith Kalee Vanderhorst Maggie Hallow Kaiya Heyliger-Powell Alden Willis ’Mara Riley Brianna Hudson Sydney Hall Sydney Kleinman Toya Osuegbu
HOMETOWN Waxahachie, Texas Fayetteville, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Stafford, Va. Williamsville, N.Y. Buhler, Kan. Winston-Salem, N.C. Germantown, Md. Honolulu, Hawai’i Raleigh, N.C. Greenville, N.C. Silver Spring, Md. Raleigh, N.C. Encino, Calif. Houston, Texas Torrance, Calif. Frisco, Texas Winder, Ga.
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE Waxahachie HS Freedom Christian D.H. Conley North Stafford HS University at Buffalo Hutchinson CC Mount Tabor HS Northwest HS Punahou HS ETSU West Virgina Sherwood HS Broughton HS Bishop Allemany HS UTSA Bishop Montgomery HS University of Minnesota Winder-Barrow HS
2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS
- Conference Record -
- Overall Record -
UCF
14-1 21-6
Houston
11-3 21-5
Wichita State
10-5
SMU
10-5 14-11
Cincinnati
9-5 14-8
Tulane
8-6 15-11
Tulsa
7-8 12-12
ECU
5-9 9-14
Memphis
5-10 12-15
Temple
1-13 5-20
South Florida
0-15
16-8
6-20
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEKEND’S SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 ECU at Houston* (ESPN+) Cincinnati at Tulane* (ESPN+) Temple at Wichita State* ( ESPN+) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 SMU AT UCF* (ESPN+) Memphis at USF* (ESPN+) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Temple at Tulsa* (ESPN+) Cincinnati at Houston* (ESPN+) ECU at Tulane* (ESPN+) All times CT and subject to change * - Denotes American Athletic Conference match
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11 a.m. 512 p.m.
1 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
LEXIE DOUGLAS
OH
513
Total Kills
2.94
Kills Per Set
0.233 Hit Pct
2021 AT A GLANCE Recorded a career high kills hitting ata clip of .524 at home versus Temple on Oct. 31, 2021.
I N D I V I D U A L
S T A T S
- Green Wave -
DIGS LEADER
SOPHIA ERVANIAN
L
263
Total Digs
2.63
Digs Per Set
391
Receptions 2021 AT A GLANCE Has finished with double digit digs eight times this season including a season high performance with 27 digs versus SamHouston State.
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2021 SEASON