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
MATCHES 14-15
GAMEDAY INFORMATION Date: Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 16-17
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (6-7)
First Serve: 6 p.m. / 6:30 p.m.
Overall Record: 6-7; 0-0 Big 12 Ranking: None Streak: Lost 1 Head Coach: Don Flora (La Verne ‘90, ‘00) Career Record: 304-101 (14th Season) Record at TTU: 35-42 (3rd Season)
Location: San Antonio, Texas / San Marcos, Texas Arena: Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center (2,000) Strahan Coliseum (7,200) Television: None Radio: None
6-7; 0-0 BIG 12
INCARNATE WORD CARDINALS (3-2)
Live Stream: None / www.txstatebobcats.com
Overall Record: 3-2; 0-0 Southland Ranking: None Streak: Lost 1 Head Coach: Jen Montoya Career Record: 151-174 (11th Season) Record at UIW: Same
Twitter Updates: @TechGameday, @Matt_Dowdy Live Stats: www.cardinalsathletics.com www.txstatebobcats.com
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 (FOX Sports SW) 5 * WEST VIRGINIA 9 * at Texas 12 * at TCU 16 * KANSAS (FSW-Plus) 19 * at Kansas State 23 NEW MEXICO 26 * BAYLOR 30 * at Iowa State (ESPNU) NOVEMBER 2 * at West Virginia 6 * KANSAS STATE (FOX Sports SW) 13 * at Baylor 16 * TEXAS 20 * OKLAHOMA (FCS) 23 * at Kansas 30 * TCU DECEMBER 5-7 NCAA First & Second Rounds 13-14 NCAA Regionals 19 NCAA Semifinals 21 NCAA Championship
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS • SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
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 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 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.
3-2; 0-0 SLC
9-4; 0-0 Sun Belt
TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (9-4) Overall Record: 9-4; 0-0 Sun Belt Ranking: None Streak: Won 1 Head Coach: Karen Chisum Career Record: 766-487-3 (34th Season) Record at TXST: Same
QUICK HITS • Texas Tech will get its final non-conference test this week prior to opening Big 12 play as the Red Raiders travel to face
Incarnate Word at 6 p.m. Monday evening and then Texas State at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night. • Monday night’s match with Incarnate Word will be the first all-time between the two schools. The Cardinals are the final first-time opponent for the Red Raiders this year as Tech has already faced Seattle, Grand Canyon, Washington State, South Dakota State and Cal State Fullerton. • Incarnate Word is in its first season as a Division-I opponent this year as the Cardinals joined the Southland Conference in July. Incarnate Word will be looking for its first-ever victory over a Division-I foe after the Cardinals fell to Texas-Pan American in five sets last Tuesday. • Texas Tech’s match Tuesday evening at Texas State will mark just the second time in the Big 12 era where the Red Raiders have traveled to face the Bobcats in San Marcos. Tech, which is 17-4 all-time against Texas State, last played Texas State on the road on Sept. 2, 2009, when the Bobcats handed the Red Raiders a 3-0 loss. Tech is 4-3 all-time against the Bobcats in San Marcos. The two schools are 2-2 against each other during the Big 12 era. • The Red Raiders will take a week off following Tuesday night’s contest at Texas State as Texas Tech does not return to the court until the Sept. 25 conference opener at Oklahoma. The match is scheduled for a 7 p.m. first serve at McCasland Field House in Norman. • This week will be Texas Tech’s final round of non-conference action until Oct. 23 when the Red Raiders host New Mexico at the United Spirit Arena. The match is a rescheduled contest from the 2012 season. • The Red Raiders will be closing out their busiest stretch of the season this week as the Texas State match ends a sevenday stretch where Texas Tech will have played a total of six matches. Tech is currently 1-3 during that span. • The Red Raiders are coming off a disappointing 1-2 showing in their own Lone Star Showing this past weekend where Texas Tech fell in straight sets to both Montana and Cal State Fullerton while also pulling off a 3-0 victory over Nevada. • Despite the two losses last weekend, Texas Tech continues to boast an impressive record in non-conference action under third-year Don Flora, who has led the Red Raiders to a 31-14 mark in such matches during his tenure. • Rachel Brummitt heads into this week as the Big 12 Conference leader in digs as the junior has totaled 251 already this season at a 5.58 per set rate. She is well on pace to snap her Tech single-season digs record from a year ago when she recorded 510 digs. • Behind Brummitt’s performance on the back row, Texas Tech enters this week as the Big 12 leaders in digs per set. The Red Raiders are currently averaging a conference-best 16.51 digs per set.
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS
AUBREE PIPER 6-1 • MB • SR K/S 2.82 HIT % .291 D/S 0.91 B/S 0.62
(BASED OFF PREVIOUS MATCHES)
BREEANN DAVID
MEGHAN STACY
EMILY RUETTER
5-11 • OH • JR K/S 4.00 HIT % .242 D/S 1.91 B/S 0.91
6-1 • OH • SO K/S 2.51 HIT % .083 D/S 1.14 B/S 0.37
5-11 • SET • SO K/S 0.45 A/S 10.6 D/S 2.27 B/S 0.32
MIKIA MILLS 5-11 • MB • JR K/S 2.25 HIT % .243 D/S 0.55 B/S 0.80
COURTNEY ENSCH 6-0 • RS • FR K/S 1.68 HIT % .173 D/S 0.34 B/S 0.34
RACHEL BRUMMITT 5-6 • LIB • JR K/S 0.09 A/S 0.60 D/S 5.58 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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