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The Wichita State volleyball team (3-11, 0-2 American) will look to snap an eight-match slide when it travels to Memphis (11-3, 0-2 American) and SMU (7-5, 0-2 American) for a pair of conference matches Friday, Oct. 4 at Memphos at 7 p.m. before taking on the SMU in Dallas, Texas, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
About Memphis
The University of Memphis Tigers enter the weekend at 11-3 overall and 0-2 in The American after dropping conference matches at Tulane, 3-2, and at home vs. Houston, 3-2...Through 14 contests, the Tigers are paced by junior right side hitter Hannah Flowers (170 kills, 3.40 kills/set, .343 attack pct., 33 aces, 32 digs, two block solos, 22 block assists), sophomore setter Sabrina BIanco (567 assists, 10.50 assists/set, 13 aces, 137 digs, 15 block assists), sophomore libero Kaitlyn Gehler (203 digs, 3.98 digs/set, 25 assists, 13 aces) and freshman middle blocker Sabria Cooper (102 kills, 12 aces, four block solos, 34 block assists, 0.75 blocks/set)...Flowers currently ranks fourth in the nation in aces per set (0.62) and fifth in total aces...Memphis was picked to finish 12th in The American preseason poll.
About SMU
The SMU Mustangs come into the weekend at 7-5 overall and 0-2 in The American after dropping a pair of road matches at Houston, 3-2, and Tulane, 3-2...Through 12 matches, the Mustangs are led by sophomore outside hitter Hannah Jacobs (148 kills, 3.79 kills/set, .228 attack pct.), sophomore setter Lily Heim (485 assists, 11.28 assists/set, 10 aces, 135 digs, 3.14 digs/set, 13 block assists), senior libero Montana Watts (199 digs, 4.85 digs/set, 44 assists) and junior middle blocker Meryn Kennedy (nine aces, six block solos, 25 block assists, 1.15 blocks/set)...Heim currently is eighth in the nation in assists per set...SMU was tabbed fifth in The American preseason poll.
No predictions from me on this one. Despite being picked 12th in the AAC preseason poll the Tigers appear to be much improved. They lost two 5-setters last weekend losing 14-16 at Tulane in the 5th sets and losing 15-17 at Houston in the 5th set/
At best I would think each of these macthes would be 50-50 although it would not surprise me that the Shocks will be underdogs in both matches.
On his Monday radio show Lambo said that the lineup they thought would be their best one coming into the fall turned out not be work as they had hoped. I think Lambo believed having Chinelo and Sophia in the staring lineup would give the the best talent on the floor and they were committed to that coming into the fall. Unfortunately, that did not work out as planned and combined with the struggles at the setter and libero/DS positions they have been searching all year for something that will work. Some opposing coaches said the Shocks are very hard to scout because they never use the same lineup form match to match. Obviously, that is a problem.
This team could really use a win. Hopefully, the get one this weekend.
The Wichita State volleyball team (3-11, 0-2 American) will look to snap an eight-match slide when it travels to Memphis (11-3, 0-2 American) and SMU (7-5, 0-2 American) for a pair of conference matches Friday, Oct. 4 at Memphos at 7 p.m. before taking on the SMU in Dallas, Texas, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
About Memphis
The University of Memphis Tigers enter the weekend at 11-3 overall and 0-2 in The American after dropping conference matches at Tulane, 3-2, and at home vs. Houston, 3-2...Through 14 contests, the Tigers are paced by junior right side hitter Hannah Flowers (170 kills, 3.40 kills/set, .343 attack pct., 33 aces, 32 digs, two block solos, 22 block assists), sophomore setter Sabrina BIanco (567 assists, 10.50 assists/set, 13 aces, 137 digs, 15 block assists), sophomore libero Kaitlyn Gehler (203 digs, 3.98 digs/set, 25 assists, 13 aces) and freshman middle blocker Sabria Cooper (102 kills, 12 aces, four block solos, 34 block assists, 0.75 blocks/set)...Flowers currently ranks fourth in the nation in aces per set (0.62) and fifth in total aces...Memphis was picked to finish 12th in The American preseason poll.
About SMU
The SMU Mustangs come into the weekend at 7-5 overall and 0-2 in The American after dropping a pair of road matches at Houston, 3-2, and Tulane, 3-2...Through 12 matches, the Mustangs are led by sophomore outside hitter Hannah Jacobs (148 kills, 3.79 kills/set, .228 attack pct.), sophomore setter Lily Heim (485 assists, 11.28 assists/set, 10 aces, 135 digs, 3.14 digs/set, 13 block assists), senior libero Montana Watts (199 digs, 4.85 digs/set, 44 assists) and junior middle blocker Meryn Kennedy (nine aces, six block solos, 25 block assists, 1.15 blocks/set)...Heim currently is eighth in the nation in assists per set...SMU was tabbed fifth in The American preseason poll.
No predictions from me on this one. Despite being picked 12th in the AAC preseason poll the Tigers appear to be much improved. They lost two 5-setters last weekend losing 14-16 at Tulane in the 5th sets and losing 15-17 at Houston in the 5th set/
At best I would think each of these macthes would be 50-50 although it would not surprise me that the Shocks will be underdogs in both matches.
On his Monday radio show Lambo said that the lineup they thought would be their best one coming into the fall turned out not be work as they had hoped. I think Lambo believed having Chinelo and Sophia in the staring lineup would give the the best talent on the floor and they were committed to that coming into the fall. Unfortunately, that did not work out as planned and combined with the struggles at the setter and libero/DS positions they have been searching all year for something that will work. Some opposing coaches said the Shocks are very hard to scout because they never use the same lineup form match to match. Obviously, that is a problem.
This team could really use a win. Hopefully, the get one this weekend.
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