Texas Match Notes

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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 • #WreckEm

GAMEDAY INFORMATION

MATCH 19

Date______________________________ Wednesday, Oct. 9 First Serve___________________________________ 6 p.m. Location_______________________________ Austin, Texas Arena___________________________ Gregory Gym (4,000) Television_________________________Longhorn Network Talent__________________ Paul Sunderland, Kevin Barnett Online Stream_________________________________ None Radio________________________________________ None Twitter Updates_________ @TechGameday, @Matt_Dowdy Live Stats_______________________ www.texassports.com Tickets_________________________ www.texassports.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 (FSSW+/FCS) OCTOBER 2 * IOWA STATE (FSSW) 5 * WEST VIRGINIA 9 * at Texas (LHN) 12 * at TCU 16 * 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 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 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.

GREGORY GYM • AUSTIN, TEXAS

TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS (7-11; 0-3)

TEXAS LONGHORNS (10-2; 3-0)

Record: 7-10; 0-2 Big 12 Ranking: None Head Coach: Don Flora (La Verne ‘90, ‘00) Career Record: 305-105 (14th Season) Record at TTU: 36-46 (3rd Season) Record vs. UT: 0-4 Statistical Leaders: Kills: Breeann David (185 kills, 3.85 per set) Hitting Percentage: Aubree Piper (.276 pct.) Assists: Emily Ruetter (680 assists, 10.46 per set) Aces: Breeann David (17 aces, 0.35 per set) Digs: Rachel Brummitt (349 digs, 5.29 per set) Blocks: Mikia Mills (44 total blocks, 0.72 per set)

Record: 10-2; 3-0 Big 12 Ranking: No. 3 (AVCA) Head Coach: Jerritt Elliott Career Record: 354-94 (15th Season) 7-11; 0-3 BIG 12 Record at UT: 304-81 (13th Season) Record vs. TTU: 24-0 Statistical Leaders: Kills: Heley Eckerman (164 kills, 3.49 per set) Hitting Percentage: Khat Bell (.324 pct.) Assists: Hannah Allison (254 assists, 6.20 per set) Aces: Haley Eckerman (19 aces, 0.40 per set) 10-2; 3-0 BIG 12 Digs: Sarah Palmer (184 digs, 3.91 per set) Blocks: Molly McCage (51 total blocks, 1.16 per set)

TEXAS TECH HEADS TO AUSTIN FOR IN-STATE BATTLE WITH NO. 3 TEXAS

Texas Tech travels to Austin Wednesday evening to face 3rd-ranked Texas in the first of two road matches this week. First serve is slated for 6 p.m. with television coverage provided by Longhorn Network. The Red Raiders enter the match looking for their first Big 12 Conference win of the season at 7-11 overall and 0-3 in league action. Texas, meanwhile, has won sixstraight matches to enter this week 10-2 overall and 3-0 in conference play.

AROUND THE NET • Wednesday night’s match with No. 3 Texas marks the first of three road matches for the Red Raiders over the next two

weeks. Texas Tech also travels to TCU this Saturday before facing Kansas on Oct. 16 at home and then Kansas State on Oct. 19 in Manhattan. • Texas Tech will be looking to snap a 24-match losing streak Wednesday night against the Longhorns. It is the longest losing streak among Big 12 opponents currently for the Red Raiders, who last defeated Texas on Nov. 1, 2000, in Lubbock as part of a season sweep of the Longhorns. • The Longhorns enter this week ranked third in the latest AVCA top-25 poll, marking the highest ranked opponent for the Red Raiders since facing then No. 3 Texas on Nov. 14 last year in Austin. Texas swept the Red Raiders in straight sets. • Texas Tech is coming off a 3-1 loss to West Virginia this past Saturday at the United Spirit Arena. The Red Raiders opened with a 26-24 victory in the opening set before letting the Mountaineers rally in the second to tie the match. West Virginia hit .242 while forcing holding Tech to a .149 percentage en route to consecutive 25-19 victories in the third and fourth sets to close the match. • Texas stepped out of conference last weekend to record a 3-0 victory over LSU last Saturday after opening Big 12 play with a perfect 3-0 record following wins over TCU, Oklahoma and Baylor. • Texas Tech freshman Katie Daffer will likely be making her third-consecutive start on the right side Wednesday night as she will be returning to her hometown of Austin for the first time as a Red Raider. Daffer arrived a Tech following a highlysuccessful prep career at nearby Austin Westlake High School. • Rachel Brummitt recorded her ninth 20-dig performance already this season last Saturday against West Virginia, bumping the junior libero’s season total to 349 entering this week. The Plano, Texas native is now 49 digs shy of entering the top-10 in single-season history, a record she set a year ago with 510 digs. She is currently on pace to shatter that record as she ranks second in the Big 12 with a 5.29 digs per set average.

TEXAS TECH PROBABLE STARTERS

AUBREE PIPER 6-1 • MB • SR K/S 2.82 HIT % .276 D/S 0.95 B/S 0.56

(BASED OFF PREVIOUS MATCHES)

BREEANN DAVID

JENNA ALLEN

EMILY RUETTER

5-11 • OH • JR K/S 3.85 HIT % .223 D/S 2.12 B/S 0.75

5-11 • OH • SO K/S 3.73 HIT % .172 D/S 2.73 B/S 0.18

5-11 • SET • SO K/S 0.42 A/S 10.46 D/S 2.20 B/S 0.31

MIKIA MILLS 5-11 • MB • JR K/S 2.05 HIT % .248 D/S 0.38 B/S 0.72

KATIE DAFFER 6-3 • RS • FR K/S 1.16 HIT % .108 D/S 0.41 B/S 0.27

RACHEL BRUMMITT 5-6 • LIB • JR K/S 0.06 A/S 0.65 D/S 5.29 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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