Tulsa Volleyball Set for Midweek Contest at SMU
10/11/2016 12:57:00 PM | Volleyball
TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa Volleyball team will hit the road this week for two American Athletic Conference contests, beginning with a contest against the defending conference champion SMU Mustangs on Wednesday at 6 p.m. before traveling to Memphis to take on the Tigers Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Hurricane fell to SMU in both matches last year and currently trails in the all-time series to the Mustangs 18-22 dating back to their first meeting in 1996. SMU is currently in a three-way tie for first place in the AAC with Temple and Cincinnati and ranks 55th in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), two spots ahead of the Hurricane. SMU returns two All-AAC First-Team honorees from last season in Janelle Giordano and Morgan Heise, who leads the team with 5.13 digs per set for a total of 344.
Tulsa will wrap up weekend play against Memphis on Sunday having split a pair of matches last season with the road team stealing wins on their opponents' floor. Since joining the AAC, Tulsa has split both season contests for the Tigers while leading the all-time series 13-9 with their first meeting coming in 1983. Memphis heads into play this week win-less in conference play after six contests.
The match against SMU will be streamed here while live stats are available here.
RATING PERCENTAGE INDEX (RPI)…
Tulsa currently sits at 57 on the updated RPI as released by the NCAA on Monday. The Hurricane have the fourth-best ranking in the AAC, who as a conference rank sixth nationally on the index.
NEW NUMBER TWO…
Senior outside hitter Erica Bohannon moved into sole possession of second all-time on TU's career kills list on her very first swing against Temple on Friday afternoon, passing Kristien Van Lierop's (1997-00) mark of 1,510 career kills. Bohannon currently sits at 1,533 kills in her career. Earlier in the season, the senior moved into second all-time on Tulsa's list for total attempts and currently sits at 4,279.
2,000 CLUB…
Senior libero Brooke Berryhill became the second Hurricane player in program history to reach 2,000 career digs, doing so in the first set against Cincinnati on Sept. 22 in the Reynolds Center. Berryhill currently sits second on the all-time career digs list at TU with 2,114, 323 digs behind Jessica Adams (2009-12). With 14 guaranteed matches remaining on the Hurricane schedule, the senior will have to average 23.07 digs per match to surpass Adams.
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