Hurricane Volleyball Set for Road Matches at East Carolina and Cincinnati

TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa Volleyball team heads back out on the road for two American Athletic Conference matches, beginning with a contest against East Carolina tomorrow at 6 p.m. before taking on preseason conference favorite Cincinnati on Sunday at noon.

The Hurricane (15-9 overall, 4-8 AAC) defeated ECU (14-8 overall, 4-8 AAC) in four sets at the Reynolds Center in their opening weekend of conference play on Sept. 24, outscoring the Pirates by 23 over the final three sets to complete the win. Tulsa leads the all-time matchup against ECU 15-1 dating back to 2005, having taken 15 straight meetings after losing the inaugural matchup. Both squads head into the seventh week of The American play tied for eighth in the league.

Tulsa travels to Cincinnati (15-8 overall, 10-2 AAC) Sunday to take on the Bearcats having dropped a highly contested five-set match that ended TU's nine-match winning streak in the The American opener for both teams back on Sept. 22. Cincinnati is led by 2015 Freshman of the Year Jordan Thompson's 4.81 kills per set and currently stand second in the conference.

TU will return home to the Reynolds Center for four straight matches after their road trip, taking on USF and UCF Nov. 10-12 before wrapping up home conference play against SMU and Memphis on Nov. 16-18.

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LAST TIME OUT…
Tulsa ended their seven-match losing streak last weekend at the Reynolds Center, dropping just one set one their way to defeating Tulane and Houston. TU held the Green Wave to a .097 hitting-percentage on Friday evening, out-digging Tulane 81-61 on the night. Rachel Moore tallied 12 blocks in the two matches, including six against Houston in Tulsa's first sweep since they took all three sets from Arkansas State on Sept. 10. Brooke Berryhill racked up 47 digs in the two wins, being named to the The American Honor Roll while averaging 6.71 digs per set.

NCAA ACTIVE LEADERS…
Seniors Brooke Berryhill ranks second among NCAA active career leaders in digs with 2,227 in her career while fellow senior Erica Bohannon ranks fourth in career kills with 1,619.

DEFENSIVE DOMINANCE…
The Hurricane regained the top spot nationally for digs per set over the weekend and currently lead the nation with 18.31 per set. Brooke Berryhill ranks 16^th in the nation in per set digs with 5.18 while sitting 20^th in total digs with 482.

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Hurricane Volleyball Set for Road Matches at East Carolina and Cincinnati

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Brooke Berryhill

Erica Bohannon

Rachel Moore