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Volleyball Picked to Repeat as C-USA Champions
8/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Aug. 11, 2011
TULSA, Okla. - The University of Tulsa volleyball team was picked to repeat as Conference USA Champions, and junior outside hitter Tyler Henderson was tabbed as the Preseason C-USA Player of the Year in a vote by the league's coaches, the conference office announced Thursday.
Henderson was joined on the C-USA Preseason Team by junior libero Jessica Adams. The Golden Hurricane received 10 first-place votes, as it was predicted to finish atop the league for the second straight season.
Henderson, the 2010 C-USA Player of the Year, led the NCAA last season with 6.23 kills per set and 6.67 points per set. She set a modern NCAA record (in the 25-point set era) with her averages as well as totaling 710 kills for the season. Clampitt, the 2010 C-USA Setter of the Year, led the NCAA with 13.09 assists per set, and totaled a school-record 1,492 assists.
Adams, a 2010 C-USA Second-Team selection, totaled 530 digs (4.65 dig/s) and led TU with 46 service aces. She has twice been honored as an AVCA Midwest Region Honorable Mention, and C-USA Second-Team selection.
Tulsa finished the 2010 C-USA schedule with a 20-0 record, and has won 22 straight C-USA matches dating back to 2009. The Hurricane returns four starters this season, plus Adams at libero.
TU was one of four schools to place two players on the 12-member preseason all-conference team, along with SMU, Houston and Southern Miss. SMU, which was picked to finish second, and Houston, tabbed at third place, each received one first-place vote.
Tulsa opens the 2011 season at the Florida State Invitational, Aug. 26-27, where it will face Albany, Kentucky and Florida State. The Golden Hurricane will open at home with the Park Inn Hurricane Invitational Sept. 2-3 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. TU's home tournament features UT Arlington, North Dakota State Arkansas-Pine Bluff and UC Davis.
The Hurricane also travels to the Middle Tennessee Invitational where it will face Cal Poly, Middle Tennessee State and Illinois. The Final pre-conference tournament will be the Tar Heel Classic with North Carolina, Saint Louis and Miami (Ohio). The Golden Hurricane opens C-USA play at UTEP on Sept. 23. The C-USA home opener is Sept. 30 against Houston.
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2011 CONFERENCE USA PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Tulsa (10)
2. SMU (1)
3. Houston (1)
4. Southern Miss
5. Tulane
6. Rice
7. UAB
8. UCF
9. Memphis
10. Marshall
11. UTEP
12. East Carolina
(#) First Place Votes in Parenthesis
2011 ALL-CONFERENCE USA PRESEASON TEAM
Student-Athlete, School - [Pos./Ht./Cl.] - Hometown
Lucy Charuk, Houston - [MB/6-2/RS Sr.] - Tswwassen, British Columbia
Chandace Tryon, Houston - [MB/6-0/Jr.] - Corpus Christi, Texas
Altrese Hawkins, Memphis - [OH/5-10/RS Jr.] - Schaumburg, Ill.
Nancy Cole, Rice - [MB/6-3/Jr.] - Pasadena, Texas
Courtney Manning , SMU - [MB/6-0/Jr.] - Mesquite, Texas
Dana Powell, SMU - [OH/5-10/Sr.] - Tulsa, Okla.
Ashley Mell, Southern Miss - [OH/6-3/RS Sr.] - Yorba Linda, Calif.
Kelsea Seymour, Southern Miss - [S/5-9/Sr.] - Long Beach, Calif.
Izabela Grot, Tulane - [RS/OH/6-2/RS Jr.] - Krakow, Poland
Jessica Adams, Tulsa - [DS/L/5-7/Jr.] - Oklahoma City, Okla.
*Tyler Henderson, Tulsa - [OH/5-10/Jr.] - Oklahoma City, Okla.
Sam Serley , UAB - [MB/6-2/Jr.] - Nashville, Tenn.
* denotes C-USA Preseason Player of the Year.
