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VOLLEYBALL GEARS UP FOR THE FINAL WEEK OF THE SEASON
The Tulane University volleyball team will close out the 2021 season in Uptown this week with a pair of matches. The Wave will take on the Knights of UCF on Wednesday with serve slatted for 6 p.m. The season closer will follow on Friday when USF rolls in for senior day at 1 p.m.
RANKINGS Tulane was picked fourth in 2021 American Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason Poll, returning nearly the entire roster from the spring 2021 season. UCF was selected to win the league while USF was picked to finish seventh. With one week of play left in the regular season, Tulane currently sits in sixth. Meanwhile UCF leads The Green Wave will go into Friday’s match looking for their first the league with a strong 17-1 record USF posts the reciprocal mark win against UCF since Tulane got it done in 2016. Tulane last met of 1-17. the Knights in October when they fell 3-0. Tulane holds the third best record in the American Conference against the Knights who AWARDS have led the league for the last 6 seasons. The Green Wave picked up two preseason all-conference team selections in seniors Lexie Douglas and Kayla Dinkins. Tulane has Friday’s match against USF will be the second meeting between also earned four AAC weekly honor roll selections in Michelle the teams this season. When the teams last met in October, Tulane Urquhart, Anna Davis, Douglas (3), Dinkins (2) and Mackenzie clinched the win in five sets. Friday will also mark senior night for Martin. the Tulane volleyball program.
P R E G A M E
N O T E S
TULANE VOLLEYBALL
WEEK FOURTEEN
2 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 2018 NIVC FINALISTS | 13 AVCA ALL-AMERICANS | 43 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
2021 TULANE SCHEDULE TULANE (17-13) vs. UCF (24-6) 11.24.21 | 6 P.M. (CT) | NEW ORLEANS | AVRON B. FOGELMAN ARENA IN THE DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE TULANE GREEN WAVE UCF KNIGHTS Head Coach: Jim Barne SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS Record at Tulane: 110-76(sixth yr) Overall: 454-344 (25th yr)
First Serve
17-13 OVERALL, 10-8 THE AMERICAN
AUGUST 14
OLIVE/BLUE SCRIMMAGE............... O (2-1)
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NORTHWESTERN STATE#.............. W (3-2)
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ALABAMA A&M#......................... W (3-0)
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CALIFORNIA#..............................W (3-1)
SEPTEMBER
• Tulane sits in fifth in the AAC leaderboard for kills with a team number of 1474. • Tulane holds three places on the AAC’s top 20 leaderboard in hitting percentage in Kayla Dinkins (4th, .334), Anna Davis (17th, .280) and Yvette Burcescu (21st, .252). • Tulane is second in hitting percentage in the AAC with a .239 clip. • Tulane has earned AAC weekly honor roll selections in Michelle Urquhart, Davis, Douglas (3), Dinkins (2) and Mackenzie Martin. • Dinkins sits at fifth in school history in block assists with 373 she is two away from breaking into fourth.
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vs. VCU+............................................... L (3-2)
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at Florida State+.................................. L (3-0)
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vs. Samford+.......................................W (3-0)
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vs. ULM&.............................................W (3-0)
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vs. Saint Louis&...................................W (3-1)
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at Missouri State&................................ L (3-0)
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SAM HOUSTON ^..........................L (3-2)
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TEXAS TECH^................................L (3-0)
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UAB^........................................ W (3-0)
24
WICHITA STATE*.......................... W (3-1)
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TULSA*...................................... W (3-0)
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HOUSTON*...................................L (3-1)
OCTOBER 1
at Temple*...........................................W (3-1)
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at South Florida*.................................W (3-2)
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at UCF*................................................. L (3-1)
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MEMPHIS*................................. W (3-1)
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SMU*...........................................L (3-2)
season, Lexie Douglas comes in third with 5 and rounding out the group is Chelsea
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at East Carolina*..................................W (3-2)
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at Cincinnati*....................................... L (3-0)
Harvey with 2.
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at Houston*.......................................... L (3-1)
• Douglas is third in program history with 1563 kills. • Taylor Henigsman and Urquhart lead the Green Wave with 6 double doubles this
31 TEMPLE*.................................... W (3-2)
• Henigsman is third in the AAC in assists per set this season averaging 10.01 assists a set. • Douglas and Urquhart are tied for 12th in the AAC in kills at 318 a piece. • Urquhart is 8th in the AAC in points with 383.5, Douglas follows closely in 11th, and Dinkins rounds out the list in 18th.
NOVEMBER 5
at Tulsa*..............................................W (3-0)
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at Wichita State*.................................. L (3-0)
12 CINCINNATI*.................................L (3-1) 14
EAST CAROLINA*......................... W (3-1)
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at SMU*................................................ L (3-0)
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at Memphis*.......................................W (3-0)
24 UCF*............................................6 p.m.
• Henigsman is seventh in program history in assists at 2,460. • Sophia Ervanian is 15th in the ACC in digs with 326 averaging 2.88 a set, Jillian Dits
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SOUTH FLORIDA*.......................... 1p.m.
NCAA TOURNAMENT December 2-5..........................NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds December 9-12....................................NCAA Regionals December 16-18.......................... NCAA Championship
sits in 17th with 274. • Earlier in the season, Martin broke the program record for most digs in a single
+ Four Points Tallahassee Seminole Volleyball Invitational (Tallahassee, Fla.)
match, 41.
# 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 798 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 S
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. Gr. 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
HOMETOWN Murrieta, Calif. Cary, Ill. Chaska, Minn. Lincoln, Neb. Moschato Lebanon, Ohio Minooka, Ill. Oviedo, Fla. Evergreen, Colo. Ariel, Israel Newnan, Ga. Dallas, Texas Eagan, Minn. Wildwood, Mo. Oviedo, Fla. Suwanee, Ga.
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE Vista Murrieta Cary-Grove Minnetonka High School Lincoln Southeast High Greece Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Minooka Community Highschool Hagerty High School Evergreen High School Hof Hasharon Newnan High School Cedar Hill Eagan Lafayette Hagerty Peachtree Ridge
HOMETOWN The Woodlands, Texas Lenexa, Kan. Tallahassee, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Jupiter, Fla. Jupiter Lynn Haven, Fla. Resistencia, Argentina Chisinau, Moldova Venlo, Netherlands Rijeka, Croatia St. Augustine, Fla. Los Angeles, Calif. Red Wing, Minn. Fort Lauderdale, Fla St. Louis, Mo.
HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE The Woodlands College Park HS De Soto HS Leon HS Tampa Prep Community HS A. Crawford Mosley HS Colegio Don Bosco Gheorghe Asachi College Den Hulster First Croatian Gymnasium of Susak Bartram Trail HS Taft Charter HS Red Wing High School St. Thomas Aquinas HS Oakville Senior High School
UCF ROSTER # 2 3 6 7 8 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 32 47
NAME Chloe Scheer Amber Olson Dresden Pass Nerissa Moravec Stella Gkiourda Katelyn Grimes Heidi Bonde Emily Lawrence Claudia Dillon Tali Marmen Mary Beth Headley Makenzie Chambers McKenna Melville Kathryn Wesolich Anne-Marie Watson Amari Williams
POS L S DS/S MB OH L/DS OH S MB OH OH RS OH MB RS MB
HT 5-8 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-1 5-6 6-3 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-2
CL So. Sr. Jr. R-Sr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. 5th 5th USF ROSTER
# 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 17 18 22 23 24
NAME POS CC Clausen DS Ally Barnhart MB Makayla Washington MB Madison Bragan S Amanda DeWitt RS Ragan Kinard OH Tizi Puljiz MB Masha Idjilov S Eke Denessen S Marta Cvitkovic OH Madison Sheffield OH Amiree Hendricks-Walker MB Madisyn Lyons OH Kelsey O’Loughlin S Alexis Williams DS
HT 5-7 6-4 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-2 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-2 5-7 5-9 5-7
CL Jr. So. R-Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. R-Jr. So. Fr.
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2021 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STANDINGS
- Conference Record -
- Overall Record -
UCF
17-1 24-6
Houston
14-4 24-6
Wichita State
12-6
SMU
12-6 17-9
Cincinnati
12-6 16-12
Tulane
10-8 17-13
Tulsa
9-9 14-13
Memphis
5-13 12-18
ECU
5-13 9-18
Temple
2-16 6-23
South Florida
1-17
18-9
7-22
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS WEEKEND’S SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 ECU at Cincinnati* (ESPN+) Memphis at Tulsa* (ESPN+) UCF at Tulane* ( ESPN+) USF at Houston* (ESPN+) SMU at Wichita State* (ESPN+)
12:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 Memphis at Wichita State* (ESPN+) Cincinnati at Temple* (ESPN+) SMU at Tulsa* ( ESPN+) USF at Tulane* (ESPN+) UCF at Houston* (ESPN+)
12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m..
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 ECU at Temple* (ESPN+)
12:00 p.m.
All times CT and subject to change * - Denotes American Athletic Conference match
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I N D I V I D U A L
S T A T S
- Green Wave -
ASSISTS LEADER
TAYLOR HENIGSMAN
S
801
Total Assists
10.01
Assists Per Set
.373
Assists Pct 2021 AT A GLANCE Has finished with 30+ assists in 17 matches this season including a season high performance with 62 assists at East Carolina Oct. 22, 20201.
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
318
Total Kills
2.92
Kills Per Set
0.219 Hit Pct
2021 AT A GLANCE Recorded a career high 27 kills hitting at clip of .524 at home versus Temple on Oct. 31, 2021.
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S T A T S
- Green Wave -
DIGS LEADER
SOPHIA ERVANIAN
L
326
Total Digs
2.88
Digs Per Set
481
Receptions 2021 AT A GLANCE Has finished with double digit digs 14 times this season including a season high performance with 27 digs versus Sam Houston State.
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2021 SEASON