T E XAS STAT E
2 0 1 4 B O B C AT V O L L E Y B A L L 6th Winningest Active DI Coach | 8 Regular Season Conference Championships | 9 Conference Tournament Championships
DATE OPPONENT 8/29 Lamar1 Wake Forest1 8/30 Houston1
MATCH 9: TUESDAY - SEPT. 9, 6:30 P.M.
TEXAS STATE VS. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M SAN MARCOS, TEXAS | STRAHAN COLISEUM
TEXAS STATE BOBCATS
(4-4)
Head Coach Karen Chisum (Texas State ‘72) | 35th Season (785-500-3) Streak L1
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M PANTHERS
(2-6)
Head Coach Alicia Pete (Prairie View A&M ‘91) | 15th Season Streak L2
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DELTA ZETA CLASSIC WRAP-UP
2014 SCHEDULE
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BOBCAT BITS
Texas State finished the weekend with a 2-2 record at the Delta Zeta Classic highlighted by a four-set victory over I-35 Rival UTSA (26-24, 19-25, 25-18, 25-23). The Bobcats also beat Abilene Christian but fell to North Texas and Wichita State, a five-set thriller against the Shockers. Lauren Kirch and Kelsey Weynand led the Bobcat offense, averaging a combined six kills per set as they both finished the weekend with 43 kills. Alexandra Simms, Shelby Vas Matt and Brooke Smith combined for 93 combined kills on the weekend. Meanwhile, Jordan Moore gave out 127 assists for 9.07 per set while the Bobcat outserved their opponents, 25 aces to 14, led by six from Simms. Sierra Smith finished the weekend with 84 digs (5.60 per set) while Vas Matt added 60. Amanda Watkins had nine blocks while Simms put down eight and Kirch and Brooke Smith added seven each.
BREAKING RECORDS
Texas State has already set a brand new record for the Bobcats in the young season. The Texas State fans helped the Bobcats out when they all came out for thelast match against Baylor to set a new attendance record of 3,591. The new record blows away the previous record of 2,389 set in 2009 against Texas Tech. In addition to the numbers, the crowd brought plenty of energy for the Bobcats.
9/3 9/5 9/6 9/9
BAYLOR WICHITA STATE2 UTSA2 ABILENE CHRISTIAN2 NORTH TEXAS2 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M
(4-4) TIME/RESULT W, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-1
9/12 Incarnate Word3 Texas Tech3 9/13 Gardner-Webb3
9/16
* UT ARLINGTON
9/19 9/21
* Arkansas State * UL Monroe
9/25
* SOUTH ALABAMA
9/27
* Troy
10/4
* UL LAFAYETTE
10/8
* UT Arlington
10/10 10/12 10/17
10/19
10/23
* APPALACHIAN STATE * UL MONROE
L, 3-1 L, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 3-0 6:30 P.M. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m.
6:30 P.M. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.
6:30 P.M. 7 p.m.
1 P.M.
6:30 p.m.
6 P.M. 12 P.M.
* Georgia State
5 p.m.
* ARKANSAS STATE
12 P.M.
* UALR
7 p.m.
10/25
* GEORGIA SOUTHERN
10/31 11/2
* UL Lafayette * South Alabama
11/8 11/14 11/15
* UALR * GEORGIA STATE * TROY
11/20 11/22
* Appalachian State * Georgia Southern
7 P.M.
7 p.m. 12 p.m.
7:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M.
11/27-29 SBC CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
6 p.m. 12 p.m.
TBA
All Times Central Standard and subject to change | HOME GAMES | * SBC 1 Houston Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas) 2 Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) 3 Texas Tech Invitational (Lubbock, Texas)
ALL-TOURNAMENT HONORS
Texas State had two Bobcats earn All-Tournament honors at the Houston Cougar Classic. Shelby Vas Matt and Lauren Kirch each took home the honor. Vas Matt tallied a double-double in each match while Kirch had 41 kills in the tournament. Kirch averaged 3.25 per set with a 19-kill performance against Houston, hitting .586. She added three aces and eight blocks. Vas Matt averaged 2.85 kills and 2.38 digs per set in the tournament, adding three aces and five blocks. At the Delta Zeta Classic, the second tournament of the season, it was Kelsey Weynand and Sierra Smith who were honored. Smith averaged 5.60 digs per set throughout the tournament with an impressive 27 digs against Wichita State and 26 in a four-set victory against UTSA. She added three aces against the Roadrunners and four on the weekend. Meanwhile, Weynand avergaed 3.07 kills per set with 43 kills on the weekend. That included 17 kills against UTSA, 15 against Abilene Christian and 10 against Wichita State. She added an ace and six blocks.
SUN BELT CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
In addition to Lauren Kirch’s All-Tournament honor, she was also named the SBC Freshman ofthe Week. She struck 41 kills on the weekend highlighted by a 19-kill, .586 hitting percentage performance in a win against Houston. She also led the Bobcats with 14 kills against Lamar. In addition to her offensive prowess, she finished the weekend with 14 digs (1.08 per set) and eight blocks. She averaged 3.15 kills per set. WWW.TXSTATEBOBCATS.COM
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