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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
MATCH 23
Date_____________________________ Wednesday, Oct. 23 First Serve___________________________________ 6 p.m. Location_____________________________ Lubbock, Texas Arena_____________________ United Spirit Arena (15,098) Television____________________________________ None Online Stream______________________www.TexasTech.TV Radio_________________________________ KTXT 88.1 FM Live Stats_________________________www.texastech.com Twitter Updates_________ @TechGameday, @Matt_Dowdy Tickets___________________________www.texastech.com All-Time Series________________________Tech leads 10-6
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 6 p.m. 1 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.
UNITED SPIRIT ARENA • LUBBOCK, TEXAS
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (8-14; 1-6)
NEW MEXICO LOBOS (15-4; 6-3)
Record: 8-14; 1-6 Big 12 Ranking: Not Ranked Head Coach: Don Flora (La Verne ‘90, ‘00) Career Record: 306-108 (14th Season) Record at TTU: 37-49 (3rd Season) Record vs. UNM: 1-0 Statistical Leaders: Kills: Breeann David (197 kills, 3.52 per set) Hitting Percentage: Aubree Piper (.281 pct.) Assists: Emily Ruetter (823 assists, 10.4 per set) Aces: Rachel Brummitt (19 aces, 0.24 per set) Digs: Rachel Brummitt (422 digs, 5.28 per set) Blocks: Mikia Mills (51 blocks, 0.68 per set)
Record: 15-4; 6-3 Mountain West Ranking: Not Ranked Head Coach: Jeff Nelson Career Record: 369-219 (19th Season) Record at UNM: 127-72 (7th Season) Record vs. TTU: 0-1 Statistical Leaders: Kills: Chantale Riddle (289 kills, 3.96 per set) Hitting Percentage: Lexi Ross (.356 pct.) Assists: Hannah Johnson (770 assists, 10.55/set) Aces: Maddie Mayfield (12 aces, 0.21 per set) Digs: Miquella Lovato (343 digs, 4.70 per set) Blocks: Lexi Ross (79 blocks, 1.11 per set)
8-14; 1-6 BIG 12
15-4; 6-3 MWC
TEXAS TECH STEPS OUT OF BIG 12 PLAY TO HOST NEW MEXICO
Texas Tech will take a break from Big 12 play Wednesday evening when the Red Raiders host New Mexico for a 6 p.m. first serve at the United Spirit Arena. The Red Raiders, who dropped a pair of matches last week to No. 23 Kansas and Kansas State, enter the week 8-14 overall and 1-6 during Big 12 play while New Mexico boasts an impressive postseason resume so far with a 15-4 overall record and 6-3 mark during Mountain West action.
AROUND THE NET • New Mexico will be making the trip to Lubbock for the first time since 2001 on Wednesday night. The Red Raiders are 4-2
all-time against the Lobos when playing in the Hub City. • Texas Tech and New Mexico last faced each other midway through the 2011 season in Albuquerque where the Red Raiders overcame a 2-1 deficit on Sept. 26 to eventually pull out a five-set victory thanks in part to a school record 37 block assists, 14 of which that came off the hands of Dravon Rangel, who set the Tech single-match record for an individual as well. • There are only three Red Raiders - Breeann David, Nicole Hragyil and Mikia Mills - still on the roster that played against New Mexico in 2011. David, in possibly her best performance during her freshman year, connected on 15 kills and 12 digs against the Lobos for her first career double-double. • Both Texas Tech and New Mexico are taking advantage of bye dates in their respective conference schedules Wednesday night as this will be the latest non-conference match for Texas Tech at the United Spirit Arena since the Red Raiders topped UTEP, 3-1, on Oct. 30, 2000. • Texas Tech last faced a non-conference foe this late in the season during Don Flora’s first season in 2011 when the Red Raiders dropped a close 3-2 decision at San Jose State on Nov. 15. • New Mexico heads to Lubbock looking to continue a successful season so far as the Lobos are on pace to potentially be an NCAA Tournament selection thanks to 15-4 overall record. New Mexico enters this week ranked 60th in the latest RPI poll that is released each Monday. • Texas Tech fans will see a familiar face occupying the visiting bench as New Mexico is coached by Jeff Nelson, who led the Red Raiders from 1995-02 where he was 166-96 overall. His .634 winning percentage at Tech marked the second-highest all-time for a Red Raider coach, trailing only Mike Jones’ .674 percentage from 1990-94. • The Red Raiders will be looking to protect their home floor Wednesday night as Texas Tech is 9-2 all-time under Don Flora against non-conference opponents at the United Spirit Arena.
TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS
AUBREE PIPER 6-1 • MB • SR K/S 2.72 HIT % .281 D/S 0.85 B/S 0.55
(BASED OFF PREVIOUS MATCHES)
BREEANN DAVID
JENNA ALLEN
EMILY RUETTER
5-11 • OH • JR K/S 3.52 HIT % .210 D/S 1.89 B/S 0.71
5-11 • OH • SO K/S 3.68 HIT % .169 D/S 2.40 B/S 0.36
5-11 • SET • SO K/S 0.37 A/S 10.4 D/S 2.24 B/S 0.29
MIKIA MILLS 5-11 • MB • JR K/S 2.03 HIT % .255 D/S 0.43 B/S 0.68
BRIANNA GRANT 6-1 • RS • SO K/S 1.00 HIT % .181 D/S 0.10 B/S 0.48
RACHEL BRUMMITT 5-6 • LIB • JR K/S 0.05 A/S 0.65 D/S 5.28 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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