Texas Tech vs. Kansas Match Notes

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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 KANSAS

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 #16 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 #25 Oklahoma* 5 at Baylor* 8 Kansas State* 12 at #10 Texas* 15 at Missouri* 19 Texas A&M* 22 at Kansas* 26 Baylor*

L, 2-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 6:30 p.m. 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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* Big 12 Conference match All times listed are Central.

FOLLOWING THE RED RAIDERS Twitter_______________________ @TechAthletics Twitter (In-game updates)______ @TechGameday Facebook_________ facebook.com/TTUAthletics Tumblr__________ texastechathletics.tumblr.com YouTube___________youtube.com/TechAthletics

Date____________________________Sat., Oct. 22 Time____________________________ 6:30 p.m. Location_____________________ Lawrence, Kan. Arena___________ Horejsi Family Athletics Center All-Time Series______________ Tech leads 16-15 COVERAGE Twitter______________________ @TechGameday Live Stats________________ www.texastech.com Live Video______________ www.kuathletics.com TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS Record____________________________ 14-8; 0-7 Head Coach______________________ Don Flora Record at Tech______________ 14-8 (1st Season) Career Record____________ 283-67 (12th Season)

KANSAS JAYHAWKS Record____________________________ 12-8; 0-7 Head Coach____________________ Ray Bechard Record at KU____________ 219-196 (14th Season) Career Record___________ 935-256 (27th Season)

RED RAIDERS LOOK FOR FIRST WIN AT KANSAS Texas Tech will look to wrap the first half of Big 12 play with a win Saturday evening when the Red Raiders travel to Lawrence, Kan. to face the Kansas Jayhawks at 6:30 p.m. in the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. THE SERIES Saturday’s match will be the 32nd all-time between the two schools with Tech holding a slight 16-15 advantage in the series. Kansas has won seven of the last eight meetings, though, with Tech’s lone victory coming on Oct. 2 last year when the Red Raiders snapped a 64-straight conference losing streak with a 3-2 win in Lubbock. Tech is just 7-9 all-time when playing in Lawrence with its last victory coming on Sept. 26, 2006. LOOKING AHEAD The Red Raiders return to the United Spirit Arena next Wednesday night to battle the Baylor Bears in a 6:30 p.m. match. Tech will then take the following Saturday (Oct. 29) off before traveling to face Texas A&M on Nov. 2 in College Station. FLORA ALREADY SUCCESSFUL IN LAWRENCE Despite having never coached a game in Lawrence, Kan., Tech head coach has already found quite a bit of success in the Sunflower State. Flora met his wife, Jeanne, in Lawrence while she was a graduate student at the University of Kansas. Jeanne Flora is now a highly-regarded professor in the field of Family and Interpersonal Communications as she teaches online for New Mexico State University. DOWDY MOVES TO SECOND ALL-TIME IN KILLS Amanda Dowdy took one more step up the Texas Tech record book against Texas A&M, moving to second all-time in career kills early into the second set. The senior finished with 22 kills in the match, giving her 1,350 over her career. She passed Melissa McGehee, who totaled 1,333 kills from 1999-2002. After starting the year ranked fifth in kills, Dowdy is now second in the category as well as career attempts. Only Kelly Johnson stands in her way of moving even further up the school charts as Johnson notched 1,925 career kills and 5,142 attempts during the 2001-04 seasons. RED RAIDERS THREE WINS SHY OF FIRST WINNING SEASON SINCE 2001 Tech’s magic number to ensure a winning season is at three entering Wednesday night’s match at Texas. Tech still has nine conference matches left and one non-conference matchup remaining at San Jose State. The Red Raiders’ last winning season came in 2001 when Tech finished 18-14 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

PROBABLE STARTERS

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Amanda Dowdy Five kills shy of moving to second all-time in category.

Miara Cave Second on the team in kills; leads team with 77 blocks.

Karlyn Meyers Senior recently moved to sixth all-time in assists.

Dravon Rangel Recorded a school-record 14 block assists at UNM.

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Breeann David Third on team in kills and second in total attempts.

Mikia Mills Second on the team with 69 blocks so far.

Tory Vaughan Team leader with 256 digs at a 3.66 per set average.

Nicole Hragyil Recorded 14 aces so far; Tech’s first sub off bench.


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