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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
MATCH 27
Date______________________________ Wednesday, Nov. 6 First Serve___________________________________ 6 p.m. Location_____________________________ Lubbock, Texas Arena_____________________ United Spirit Arena (15,098) Television______________________ FOX Sports Southwest Talent____________ Robert Giovannetti, Jim Giacommazzi ____________________________________Courtney Davis Online Stream_____________________www.texastech.com Radio_________________________________ KTXT 88.1 FM Live Stats_________________________www.texastech.com Twitter Updates_________ @TechGameday, @Matt_Dowdy
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 (FSSW+/FCS) OCTOBER 2 * #25 IOWA STATE (FSSW) 5 * WEST VIRGINIA 9 * at #3 Texas (LHN) 12 * at TCU 16 * #23 KANSAS (FSSW-Plus) 19 * at Kansas State 23 NEW MEXICO 26 * BAYLOR 30 * at Iowa State (ESPNU) NOVEMBER 2 * at West Virginia 6 * KANSAS STATE (FSSW) 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
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 L, 2-3 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 L, 2-3 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 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.
UNITED SPIRIT ARENA • LUBBOCK, TEXAS
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (8-18; 1-9)
KANSAS STATE WILDCATS (15-7; 3-6)
Record: 8-18; 1-9 Big 12 Ranking: Not Ranked Head Coach: Don Flora (La Verne ‘90, ‘00) Career Record: 306-112 (14th Season) Record at TTU: 37-53 (3rd Season) Record vs. KSU: 1-4 Statistical Leaders: Kills: Aubree Piper (260 kills, 2.68 per set) Hitting Percentage: Aubree Piper (.273 pct.) Assists: Emily Ruetter (931 assists, 10.3 per set) Aces: Rachel Brummitt (28 aces, 0.29 per set) Digs: Rachel Brummitt (499 digs, 5.14 per set) Blocks: Mikia Mills (68 blocks, 0.74 per set)
Record: 15-7; 3-6 Big 12 Ranking: Not Ranked Head Coach: Susie Fritz (Florida Atlantic ‘94) Career Record: 253-143 (12th Season) Record at KSU: Same Record vs. TTU: 22-3 Statistical Leaders: Kills: Kaitlynn Pelger (250 kills, 3.05 per set) Hitting Percentage: Kaitlynn Pelger (.257 pct.) Assists: Katie Brand (825 assists, 10.06 per set) Aces: Kaitlynn Pelger (27 aces, 0.33 per set) Digs: Tristan McCarty (267 digs, 3.38 per set) Blocks: Kaitlynn Pelger (87 blocks, 1.06 per set)
8-18; 1-9 BIG 12
15-7; 3-6 BIG 12
RED RAIDERS HEAD TO MORGANTOWN TO FACE WEST VIRGINIA
Texas Tech returns to the United Spirit Arena this Wednesday night when the Red Raiders host Kansas State in a 6 p.m. first serve that will air regionally on FOX Sports Southwest. Robert Giovannetti will call the play-by-play for the Texas Tech TV broadcast while Jim Giacommazzi will handle the color commentary and Courtney Davis will be the sideline reporter. The Red Raiders enter this week at 8-18 overall and 1-9 in Big 12 play while Kansas State, fresh off a victory over No. 25 Oklahoma this past Sunday, is 15-7 on the year and 3-6 in league action.
AROUND THE NET • The Red Raiders will look to repeat the same magic that occurred on Nov. 17 last season when then No. 20 Kansas State
traveled to Lubbock and was handed a 3-1 loss at the United Spirit Arena. It was Tech’s first victory over a ranked opponent since defeating another 20th-ranked K-State squad on Nov. 20, 2004, in Manhattan. • The victory over K-State last year snapped a 15-match losing streak to the Wildcats, who control a 30-9 all-time advantage in the series, including an 11-6 overall record in matches played in Lubbock. • The Red Raiders have not earned victories over K-State in consecutive seasons since winning one match over a four-year stretch from 1998-2001. Tech was 4-4 against the Wildcats during that time. • Texas Tech is coming off a pair of five-set losses last week at Iowa State and West Virginia. The Red Raiders had not previously played in consecutive five-set matches since facing New Mexico (Sept. 26) and Oklahoma (Oct. 1) midway through the 2011 season where Tech went 1-1 in those two contests. • Texas Tech has found success behind the service line as of late, totaling 26 aces in the last four matches combined, including a season-high 11 last Wednesday at Iowa State. Tech’s 11 aces against the Cyclones marked its most since collegiate volleyball turned to 25-point sets in 2008 and its most since recording 16 on Nov. 10, 2004, at Oklahoma. • In addition to setting a season high for aces Wednesday night, the Red Raiders also notched a new mark for blocks with 13.5 against the Cyclones, seven of which that came off the hands of Aubree Piper. Tech followed that by recording 11 blocks last Saturday against West Virginia, its second-highest total in a match this season as well. • Kansas State arrives in Lubbock after picking up a 3-0 sweep over then No. 25 Oklahoma this past Sunday in Manhattan. The victory pushed the Wildcats into a tie for fifth place in the Big 12 standings with West Virginia. • The Texas Tech single-season digs record could fall for the second-straight year Wednesday as Rachel Brummitt is just 11 digs shy of snapping her own school record. Brummitt enters the match with 499 digs on the year.
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS
AUBREE PIPER 6-1 • MB • SR K/S 2.68 HIT % .273 D/S 0.84 B/S 0.60
(BASED OFF PREVIOUS MATCHES)
JENNA ALLEN
MEGHAN STACY
EMILY RUETTER
5-11 • OH • SO K/S 3.24 HIT % .140 D/S 2.32 B/S 0.43
6-1 • OH • SO K/S 2.37 HIT % .154 D/S 0.91 B/S 0.33
5-11 • SET • SO K/S 0.34 A/S 10.3 D/S 2.20 B/S 0.30
MIKIA MILLS 5-11 • MB • JR K/S 2.04 HIT % .233 D/S 0.40 B/S 0.74
BRIANNA GRANT 6-1 • RS • SO K/S 1.00 HIT % .155 D/S 0.15 B/S 0.54
RACHEL BRUMMITT 5-6 • LIB • JR K/S 0.05 A/S 0.58 D/S 5.14 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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