Tulane Volleyball vs. Memphis -- Digital Gameday Program

TULANE

VO L L E Y B A L L GA M E DAY

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vs. MEMPHIS FE B. 12, 2020 | 6 P.M.

vs. MEMPHIS FE B. 13, 2020 | 1 P.M.

SCHEDULES

2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS

2-5, 0-0 Date

Day

Opponent

Location

JAN. 22

FRI.

at Southern Miss

Hattiesburg, Miss.

W, 3-0

JAN. 23

SAT.

vs. UNO

Hattiesburg, Miss.

W, 3-2

JAN. 28

THURS.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

L, 1-3

JAN. 30

SAT.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

L,1-3

JAN. 30

SAT.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

L, 0-3

FEB. 5

FRI.

at UCF

Orlando, Fla.

L, 1-3

FEB. 6

SAT.

at UCF

Orlando, Fla.

L, 1-3

FEB. 12

FRI.

MEMPHIS*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

6 P.M.

FEB. 13

SAT.

MEMPHIS*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

1 P.M.

FEB. 18

THURS.

at Houston*

Houston, Texas

6 P.M.

FEB. 19

FRI.

at Houston*

Houston, Texas

2 P.M.

MARCH 4

THURS.

at SMU*

Dallas, Texas

6 P.M.

MARCH 5

FRI.

at SMU*

Dallas, Texas

2 P.M.

MARCH 12

FRI.

WICHITA STATE*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

6 P.M.

MARCH 13

SAT.

WICHITA STATE*

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

1 P.M.

MARCH 19

FRI.

at USF

Tampa, Fla.

1 P.M.

MARCH 20

SAT.

at USF

Tampa, Fla.

1 P.M.

MARCH 26

FRI.

at Tulsa*

Tulsa, Okla.

4 P.M.

MARCH 27

SAT.

at Tulsa*

Tulsa, Okla.

1 P.M.

APRIL 2-3

FRI.-SUN.

at AAC Championship

Cincinnati, Ohio

TBA

Home games in BOLD CAPS/// All times listed CST are tentative and subject to change * indicates American Athletic Conference games

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GAMENOTES

OPENING SERVE

• Tulane (2-5) brings action back home to New Orleans this weekend as the Green Wave open American Athletic Conference play with back-to-back matches against Memphis (3-1).

• The Olive and Blue will face the Tigers on Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. This weekend’s matches will be streamed live on ESPN+, with Andrew Beyer serving as the play-by-play commentator and five-time Olympian Danielle Scott serving as the color analyst.

• In their last time out, Tulane fell to now 6-0 UCF (3-1) in both matches in Orlando, moving to 2-5 on the season.

• Senior outside hitter Lexie Douglas is leading the Green Wave offensively heading into conference action, totaling 92 kills to average 3.41 per set. Douglas has notched double-digit kills in six of Tulane’s seven matches in 2021, notching a season-high 17 last weekend against the Knights, while also earning four double-doubles this season. The senior leads the conference in total points with 110.0, ranking sixth with 4.07 points per set.

• Also recording three double-doubles this season is junior setter Amanda Giardina, who has totaled a team-leading 150 assists and 68 digs.

• A force for the Green Wave’s offense in 2021 is junior middle hitter Kayla Dinkins. Dinkins has recorded double-digit kills in three matches this season, most recently notching 13 kills while hitting .478 at UCF. The third-year middle also adds 28 blocks, ranking fifth in the AAC with an average of 1.07 per set.

• Junior outside hitter Makala Heidelberg leads the Olive and Blue in digs, totaling 120 in her third season Uptown.

Heidelberg currently ranks fourth in the conference with 4.88 per set. Following her is freshman outside hitter Mackenzie Martin with 82 digs, also adding 69 kills. Martin has earned three double-doubles so far in her first year on the roster.

• Heidelberg was named the AAC’s Defensive Player of the Week on Jan. 25 after totaling 16 digs against Southern Miss and a career-high 28 digs against UNO. • The Green Wave were picked to finish second in the West Division in the American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll. Dinkins and Douglas were both named to the Preseason All-Conference Team.

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Tulane has three players who have earned three or more doubledoubles in seven matches this season.

Senior OH Lexie Douglas (4), junior S Amanda Giardina (3) and freshman OH Mackenzie Martin (3) are shining on the court, offensively and defensively.

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The Green Wave are in their 46th season of collegiate volleyball Uptown. The program has amassed over 850 victories since the program started in 1975. In 21 of those seasons, the squad has won at least 20 games, including last season.

1,000

Senior outside hitter Lexie Douglas recorded her 1,000th career kill in Tulane’s win over UNO on Jan. 22 before junior outside hitter Makala Heidelberg notched her 1,000th career dig against SFA on Jan. 30.

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2 0 2 0 - 2 1 T U L A N E G R E E N WAV E R O S T E R

NUMERICAL NO. NAME

POS.

HT.

CL.

HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

1

Amanda Giardina

S

5'9"

Jr.

Slidell, La./Northshore HS

2

Lizzy Stefanov

OH

6'1"

So.

Stow, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls HS

4

Sophia Ervanian

L

5'6"

Fr.

Ponte Vedra, Fla./Ponte Vedra HS

5

Mia Primavera

L

5'6"

Sr.

The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS

6

Jillian Dits

L

5'7"

So.

Colleyville, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS

7

Yvette Burcescu

RS

6'4"

Jr.

Cortlandt Manor, NY/Walter Panas HS

8

Nicole Levine

L

5'10"

Sr.

Gulfport, Fla./Shorecrest Prep School

9

Lexie Douglas

OH

6'0"

Sr.

Plano, Texas/Hebron HS

11

Markenzie Benoit

MH

6'1"

Sr.

Bedford, Texas/Lake Ridge HS

12

Anna Davis

MH/RS

6'1"

Fr.

Castle Rock, Colo./Valor Christian HS

15

Mackenzie Martin

OH

5'11"

Fr.

Port Orange, Fla./Spruce Creek HS

16

Lauryn Green

MH

6'1"

So.

Forney, Texas/Bishop Lynch HS

20

Oona Bruss

MH

6'3"

So.

Berkeley, Calif./Berkeley HS

31

Kayla Dinkins

MH

6'2"

Jr.

Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny Senior HS

33

Makala Heidelberg

OH

5'7"

Jr.

Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange HS

34

Taylor Henigsman

S

5'11"

Jr.

Richardson, Texas/JJ Pearce HS

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH JIM BARNES (MCNEESE STATE, 1994 | 5TH SEASON) ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/RECRUITING COORDINATOR BRIAN YALE (BOWLING GREEN STATE, 1998 | 5TH SEASON) ASSISTANT COACH SARAH STRASNER (TULANE UNIVERSITY, 2017 | 3RD SEASON) DIRECTOR OF VOLLEYBALL OPERATIONS ERIC BEYER (LSU, 2009 | 5TH SEASON)

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S TAT I S T I C A L L E A D E R S

OFFENSIVE LEADERS LEXIE

3.4

DOUGLAS

KILLS PER SET

92

65

14

10

KILLS

DIGS

BLOCKS

SERVICE ACES

KAYLA

DINKINS

57 KILLS 28 BLOCKS

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R E T U R N I N G S TAT I S T I C A L L E A D E R S

DEFENSIVE LEADERS MAKALA

HEIDELBERG MACKENZIE

MARTIN AMANDA

GIARDINA

119 DIGS

82 DIGS

68 DIGS

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R E T U R N I N G S TAT I S T I C A L L E A D E R S

ASSIST LEADERS AMANDA

GIARDINA TAYLOR

HENIGSMAN

150 ASSISTS

94 ASSISTS

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2021 MEMPHIS ROSTER

NUMERICAL NO. NAME POS. HT. 1 Loren Robertson S 5-8 2 Kinkaid Padgett DS/L 5-5 4 Andrew O’Connor MB 6-1 5 Miaya Smith MH 6-1 6 Sarah Smith DS/L 5-7 7 Addyson Huber OH 6-1 8 Jada Birkel RS 6-0 9 Gigi Crescenzo OH 5-10 10 Bailey Houlihan L 5-5 11 Anna Hayes OH 6-1 12 Calla Shotwell OH 6-2 13 Kate Bass MB 6-2 14 Autumn Hamilton RS 6-2 15 Elizabeth Orf MH 6-3 18 Sam Drewry OH 5-11 22 Sabrina Bianco S 5-7

CL. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. GS Fr. Jr.

HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Memphis, Tenn./Briarcrest Christian School Muncie, Ind./Muncie Central HS Stamford, Conn./Stamford HS Memphis, Tenn./St. George's Indepdent School Birmingham, Ala./Homewood HS Erie, Colo./Erie HS Austin, Texas/Westlake HS St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North HS Naperville, Ill./Neuqua HS Hartsburg, Ill./Hartsburg-Emden Junior-Senior HS Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Brandon, Miss.

Duluth, Ga./North Gwinnett HS St. Louis, Mo. Chandler, Ariz./Basha HS Austin, Texas/Bowie HS

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: SEAN BURDETTE (3RD SEASON) ASSOCIATE COACH: TAYLOR UNROE (2ND SEASON) ASSISTANT COACH/RECRUTING COORDINATOR: ALEXA WHARTON (3RD SEASON)

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JIM BARNES COACHING STAFF

BRIAN YALE SARAH STRASNER ERIC BEYER Assoc. Head Coach/Rec. Cord.

Assistant Coach Director of Operations

KATIE DASPIT Athletic Trainer

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SCHEDULE

AAC WEEKLY SCHEDULE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 UCF AT JACKSONVILLE | 5 P.M.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 EAST CAROLINA AT CINCINNATI* | 12 P.M. WICIHTA STATE AT TULSA* | 2 P.M. HOUSTON AT RV SMU (ESPN+)* | 6 P.M.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 TEMPLE AT USF (ESPN+) | 12 P.M. EAST CAROLINA AT CINCINNATI* | 12 P.M. WICIHTA STATE AT TULSA* | 1 P.M. HOUSTON AT RV SMU (ESPN+)* | 5 P.M. MEMPHIS AT TULANE* | 6 P.M.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 TEMPLE AT USF (ESPN+) | 12 P.M. MEMPHIS AT TULANE* | * - AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MATCH

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