T E XAS STAT E
2 0 1 5 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
MATCHES 27, 28: THURSDAY - 6:30 P.M. | SATURDAY - 6:30 P.M.
2015 SCHEDULE
(15-11, 10-3 SBC)
DATE OPPONENT
8/28 TCU1 8/29 Arizona1 (13-15, 3-10 SBC) AND (5-21, 1-12 SBC) SMU1 2 MONROE, LA. | FANT-EWING COLISEUM / LAFAYETTE, LA. | EARL K. LONG GYM 9/3 UTSA 9/4 PRAIRIE VIEW A&M2 LAMAR2 9/5 INDIANA2 TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (15-11, 10-3 SBC) 9/8 OREGON Head Coach Karen Chisum (Texas State ‘72) | 36th Season (817-520-3) 9/11 South Dakota State3 Streak W2 Northern Illinois3 9/12 Wichita State3 UL MONROE WARHAWKS (13-15, 3-10 SBC) 9/15 Sam Houston State 9/18 * GEORGIA STATE Head Coach Patrick Hiltz (UNLV ‘02) | 3rd Season (39-86) 9/20 * UL LAFAYETTE Streak L1 9/24 * Georgia State 9/26 * Appalachian State UL LAFAYETTE RAGIN’ CAJUNS (5-21, 1-12 SBC) 10/1 * LITTLE ROCK 10/3 * GEORGIA SOUTHERN Head Coach Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot (Central Okla. ‘92) | 7th Season (339-394) 10/6 * UT ARLINGTON Streak L8 10/9 Baylor 10/15 * UT Arlington 10/17 * Arkansas State BROADCAST & SOCIAL MEDIA 10/22 * Troy LIVE VIDEO: ulmwarhawks.com / ragincajuns.com /TexasStateVball 10/24 * South Alabama LIVE STATS: ulm.statbroadcast.com / louisiana.statbroadcast.com 10/31 * TROY @TexasStateVball 11/1 * UL MONROE 11/5 * AT UL MONROE BOBCAT BITS 11/7 * AT UL LAFAYETTE DAIGLE NAMED SBC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK 11/13 * SOUTH ALABAMA Freshman Madison Daigle was recognized as the Sun Belt Conference’s Freshman of the Week this past 11/20-22 SBC Championship Tournament
UL MONROE
UL LAFAYETTE
week for her efficient performance against Troy and UL Monroe. It’s the first such award of her career and the second this season for Texas State after Sierra Smith was named SBC Defensive Student-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 5. Daige led the team in kills with 21 on the week and hit percentages of .476 and a season-high .533 for a .500 hitting percentage on the week. The freshman from Baton Rouge, La., tallied 12 kills vs. Troy and added nine more against UL Monroe. She put down two blocks this week. Currently, she is second on the team in blocks with 52 and leads the team in hitting percentage with a .306 average.
TIME/RESULT
L, 3-0 L, 3-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-2 W, 3-1 L, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. TBA
All Times Central Standard and subject to change | HOME GAMES | * SBC 1 SMU/TCU Crosstown Challenge (Fort Worth/Dallas, Texas) 2 Delta Zeta Classic (San Marcos, Texas) 3 Shocker Volleyball Classic (Wichita, Kansas)
BOLDEN RETURNS TO ACTION
After a long break, Jaliyah Bolden returned to action last weekend. Playing in her first match since Texas State’s match vs. South Dakota State on Sept. 11, 2015, Bolden logged two sets of action at South Alabama on Saturday. Be on the lookout for what she may do going forward.
CAREER HIGHS VS. UT ARLINGTON
A number of Bobcats achieved career highs in the first meeting against UT Arlington on Oct. 6. The fivesetter allowed for both Jordan Kohl and Kelsey Weynand to set bests in kills with 24 and 22 respectively. Meanwhile, setter Erin Hoppe gave out a career-high 62 assists while Alex Silver finished with her best, 24 digs.
SMITH NAMED SBC DEFENSIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior libero Sierra Smith was on a rampage on the back line for the Bobcats this season, and was recognized for it Oct. 5. After averaging 6.50 digs per set in a four-set match against Little Rock to help the Bobcats bust a 26-match conference winning streak for the Trojans, Smith finished the week averaging 6.29 digs per set with 44 digs to earn the first conference honor of the season for the Bobcats. She has double-digit digs in 12 of 18 matches so far this season with a high of 31 digs at UTSA. Before her best week, Smith tallied 23 digs each in back-to-back sweeps for the Bobcats against Georgia State and Appalachian State, which is an average of 7.67 digs per set. She owns the Texas State record for most digs in a season and for most digs in a match and is the leading digger in the Texas State career record book.
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