TEXAS TECH RED RAIDER VOLLEYBALL
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Head Coach Don Flora
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Unanimous Preseason All-Big 12 selection Amanda Dowdy
2011 SCHEDULE
Senior Co-Captain Karlyn Meyers
TEXAS TECH at BAYLOR
AUGUST 26 at TCU 27 vs. Connecticut vs. Grambling State
L,1 -3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0
SEPTEMBER 2 Central Arkansas Northwestern State 3 Morehead State 6 at Texas-Pan American 9 vs. Southeastern Louisiana vs. Grambling State 10 at Louisiana Tech 16 vs. Prairie View A&M 17 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette at UT-Arlington 19 at North Texas 24 Iowa State* 26 at New Mexico
W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 W, 3-2
OCTOBER 1 Oklahoma* 5 at Baylor* 8 Kansas State* 12 at Texas* 15 at Missouri* 19 Texas A&M* 22 at Kansas* 26 Baylor*
L, 2-3 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. TBA 6:30 p.m. TBA 6:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 2 at Texas A&M* 5 at Iowa State* 9 Texas* 12 Kansas* 15 at San Jose State 19 at Kansas State* 23 Missouri*
6:30 p.m. TBA 6:30 p.m. TBA 9 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
DECEMBER 1-4 NCAA First & Second Rounds 9-10 NCAA Regionals 15 NCAA Semifinals 17 NCAA National Championship
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TBA TBA TBA TBA
* Big 12 Conference match All times listed are Central.
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Date___________________________ Wed., Oct. 5 Time_______________________________ 7 p.m. Location_______________________ Waco, Texas Arena_________________________ Ferrell Center All-Time Series______________ Tech leads 48-21 COVERAGE Twitter______________________ @TechGameday Live Stats_______________www.baylorbears.com Live Video______________www.baylorbears.com TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Record____________________________ 14-3; 0-2 Head Coach______________________ Don Flora Record at Tech______________ 14-3 (1st Season) Career Record____________ 283-62 (12th Season)
BAYLOR BEARS Record____________________________ 12-6; 1-3 Head Coach______________________Jim Barnes Record at BU____________ 292-210 (16th Season) Career Record____________ 129-112 (8th Season)
RED RAIDERS AIM FOR FIRST CONFERENCE WIN AT BAYLOR Texas Tech will look for its first Big 12 win of the season Wednesday night when the Red Raiders travel to Waco to face the Baylor Bears at 7 p.m. in the Ferrell Center. FLORA MAKING QUICK CHANGES TO TEXAS TECH Prior to his arrival, Texas Tech had only 11 wins over its last three seasons. Don Flora surpassed that total in mid-September. Now, the first-year head coach is aiming to put Tech in the midst of the Big 12 race as the Red Raiders have only won three conference matches during the past three years. After opening the conference schedule with back-to-back matches against ranked opponents, the Red Raiders play four of their next six matches on the road with home matches against Kansas State and Texas A&M. TEXAS TECH OFF TO BEST START SINCE 2000 The Red Raiders enter Monday’s match boasting a 14-3 record, marking the program’s best start since the 2000 squad opened the year 16-1 en route to a 24-9 record and trip to the NCAA Tournament. Tech began that season with eight-straight wins before falling to Baylor on Sept. 13 and then followed with seven more wins to start its tournament run. Following its win over New Mexico Monday night, the Red Raiders enter the match having won 14 of its last 15 matches after dropping the season opener to TCU. THE SERIES Wednesday’s match will be the 50th all-time between the two schools as the Red Raiders hold a 48-21 alltime advantage in the series. Baylor has won the last 12 matches in the series that dates back to 1976. The Red Raiders have not defeated the Bears since Oct. 27, 2004, in a five-set match in Lubbock. LOOKING AHEAD The Red Raiders return to the United Spirit Arena this weekend to face Kansas State prior to heading on the road for two matches next week. Tech and the Wildcats will get started at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Red Raiders will travel to Texas and Missouri next week as Tech’s next home match is not until Oct. 19 against Texas A&M. RED RAIDERS NEARLY UPSET 25TH-RANKED OKLAHOMA Texas Tech gave 25th-ranked Oklahoma all it could take last Saturday as the Red Raiders were a few points shy of scoring its first victory over a ranked opponent since the 2004 season. Playing their second five-set match of the week, the Red Raiders took a 11-8 set midway through the final frame before OU rallied to tie the set once again. Tech forced two match points that the Sooners survived en route to eventually winning three-straight points as part of a 17-15 victory.
PROBABLE STARTERS
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Amanda Dowdy Posted a double-double in eight-straight matches.
Miara Cave Second on the team in kills; leads team with 60 blocks.
Karlyn Meyers Senior is eight assists shy of moving to seventh all-time.
Aubree Piper Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for week of Sept. 6.
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Breeann David Recorded first career double-double at New Mexico.
Mikia Mills Second on the team with 55 blocks so far.
Tory Vaughan Coming off a 20-dig performance at New Mexico.
Nicole Hragyil Team-leader in aces with 13; Tech’s first sub off bench.