2013 RED RAIDER VOLLEYBALL Assistant Director/Communications: Matt Dowdy • matthew.dowdy@ttu.edu • O: (806) 834-4529 • C: (806) 928-5190 @TechAthletics • @TechGameday • @CoachFloraTTU • @Matt_Dowdy
MATCH 10
GAMEDAY INFORMATION Date: Tuesday, September 10
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (5-4)
First Serve: 6 p.m.
Overall Record: 5-4; 0-0 Big 12 Ranking: None Streak: Lost 3 Head Coach: Don Flora (La Verne ‘90, ‘00) Career Record: 303-98 (14th Season) Record at TTU: 34-39 (3rd Season)
Location: Abilene, Texas Arena: Moody Coliseum (4,500) Television: None Radio: None Live Stream: None
5-4; 0-0 BIG 12
2-2; 0-0 SLC
ABILENE CHRISTIAN WILDCATS (2-2)
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Overall Record: 2-2; 0-0 Southland Ranking: None Streak: Lost 1 Head Coach: Kellen Mock Career Record: 148-80 (8th Season) Record at ACU: Same
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2013 SCHEDULE / RESULTS AUGUST 30 + vs. Seattle + vs. UC Riverside 31 + vs. Grand Canyon + at Weber State SEPTEMBER 3 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 6 % vs. Montana % at Washington State 7 % vs. South Dakota % vs. Eastern Washington 10 at Abilene Christian 13 ^ MONTANA ^ NEVADA 14 ^ CAL STATE FULLERTON 16 at Incarnate Word 17 at Texas State 25 * at Oklahoma OCTOBER 2 * IOWA STATE 5 * WEST VIRGINIA 9 * at Texas 12 * at TCU 16 * KANSAS 19 * at Kansas State 23 NEW MEXICO 26 * BAYLOR 30 * at Iowa State (ESPNU) NOVEMBER 2 * at West Virginia 6 * KANSAS STATE 13 * at Baylor 16 * TEXAS 20 * OKLAHOMA 23 * at Kansas 30 * TCU DECEMBER 5-7 NCAA First & Second Rounds 13-14 NCAA Regionals 19 NCAA Semifinals 21 NCAA Championship
ABILENE, TEXAS • MOODY COLISEUM
L, 0-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 1-3 6 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. TBA 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 8 p.m. TBA 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA
+ Wildcat Invitational (Ogden, Utah) • % Cougar Challenge (Pullman, Wash.) • ^ Lone Star Showdown (Lubbock, Texas) • * Big 12 Conference Match • Central times listed • Home matches in BOLD.
QUICK HITS • Texas Tech closes its home-and-home series with Abilene Christian Tuesday evening when the Red Raiders travel rough-
ly 170 miles south to face the Wildcats at 6 p.m. in Moody Coliseum. • This will be the second time Texas Tech and Abilene Christian have faced each other in the last week after the Red Raiders took a decisive 3-0 victory on Sept. 3 at the United Spirit Arena. The match marked the first time Tech and ACU had played each other on the volleyball court since 1983. • Breeann David totaled a match-high 17 kills while Aubree Piper added 12 to lead Texas Tech in its first match against ACU this year. Rachel Brummitt also collected 15 digs to help boost a Red Raider defense that held ACU to a .080 hitting percentage, the lowest for a Tech opponent this season. • The Red Raiders are coming off a disappointing weekend at the Cougar Challenge that was hosted by Washington State. Tech defeated Montana, 3-1, in the tournament opener before falling to Washington State, South Dakota and Eastern Washington from there. • Texas Tech will be looking to get back on the winning path Tuesday evening. The Red Raiders have never lost four straight non-conference matches under third year head coach Don Flora. • Abilene Christian is the first of two Texas Tech opponents this week who the Red Raiders will be facing for the second time this season. Tech opens its second-annual Lone Star Showdown at 10:30 a.m. Friday morning against Montana, approximately one week after the Red Raiders delivered the Grizzlies a 3-1 loss at the Cougar Challenge. • The Red Raiders have never played two non-conference opponents twice in a season during the Big 12 era. Tech played both SMU and Grambling State twice during the 1996 and 2011 seasons, going 4-0 in those matches. • Tuesday night’s match with ACU begins a busy stretch for the Red Raiders, who will play a total of six matches within a period of just seven days. Tech also travels to Incarnate Word next Monday in San Antonio before facing Texas State in San Marcos on Tuesday. • Texas Tech enters this week with junior outside hitter Breeann David still leading the Big 12 in kills per set. David, who missed the final two matches of the Cougar Challenge last weekend, is averaging 4.33 kills a set along with a league-best 5.58 points per set. She also ranks second in the conference with 14 service aces and 10th with a .308 hitting percentage. • Rachel Brummitt, who is on pace to snap her single-season digs record from a year ago, also enters this week ranked second in the Big 12 after averaging 5.19 digs per set through the first nine matches of the season. • Texas Tech has found significant success in non-conference action under Don Flora, who has led the Red Raiders to a 30-11 mark in such matches during his two-plus seasons.
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS
AUBREE PIPER 6-1 • MB • SR K/S 2.84 HIT % .286 D/S 0.81 B/S 0.66
(BASED OFF PREVIOUS MATCHES)
BREEANN DAVID
MEGHAN STACY
EMILY RUETTER
5-11 • OH • JR K/S 4.33 HIT % .308 D/S 2.00 B/S 1.00
6-1 • OH • SO K/S 2.39 HIT % .070 D/S 1.09 B/S 0.26
5-11 • SET • SO K/S 0.41 A/S 11.2 D/S 1.94 B/S 0.28
MIKIA MILLS 5-11 • MB • JR K/S 2.30 HIT % .252 D/S 0.63 B/S 0.80
COURTNEY ENSCH 6-0 • RS • FR K/S 1.94 HIT % .254 D/S 0.35 B/S 0.39
RACHEL BRUMMITT 5-6 • LIB • JR K/S 0.06 A/S 0.59 D/S 5.19 B/S 0.00
K/S designates kills per set • HIT % designates hitting percentage • D/S designates digs per set • B/S designates blocks per set • A/S designates assists per set.
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