Friday, November 16
Dallas, Texas
2 p.m.
SMU
vs
UCF
SMU Hosts USF Sunday For Senior Day
Nov 16 | Volleyball
The SMU volleyball team hosts conference champion UCF Friday at 2 p.m. and USF Sunday at 1 p.m. in the final home stand. The Mustangs will celebrate Senior Day after Sunday's match, honoring Brittany Adams, Kelly Brunstein and Eva Linden.
ABOUT SMU
The Mustangs are 11-14 overall, 8-7 in the American Athletic Conference, after completing season sweeps against Tulsa and defending league champion Wichita State. Brittany Adams leads the team and ranks eighth in the conference with 2.99 kills per set. Freshman Hannah Jacobs is scoring 2.75 kills per set, and freshman Rachel Woulfe has scored 200 kills, second on the team, with a 2.17 average.
Defensively, SMU is second in The American in digs per set, 17.44, and fourth in blocks, 2.07. Montana Watts is third individually with 5.49 digs per set, and Meryn Kennedy is 10th with 1.01 blocks per set.
SCOUTING UCF
The Knights are 24-3 overall, 15-0 in The American, and clinched at least a share of the conference title with a 3-2 win against Cincinnati in their last match. McKenna Melville leads the team with 4.50 kills per set, hitting .254, and is one of three players averaging at least 2.0 kills per set.
SERIES HISTORY
SMU is 14-6 all-time against UCF, winning five straight, including four straight sweeps, before UCF won 3-1 earlier this season. The two teams first met in 2005 as members of Conference USA. SMU won the first four matches in the series, which has featured at least one match every season since the first meeting in 2005.Â
SCOUTING USF
The Bulls are 19-9 overall, 8-7 in The American, with wins in five of their last seven matches. Jac'cara Walker leads the team with 3.44 kills per set, hitting .234. She is one of four attackers with at least 2.0 kills per set.
SERIES HISTORY
SMU is 7-4 all-time against USF. The Mustangs won three straight, including a 3-1 win at home last season in the only meeting of 2017, before USF won 3-2 at home earlier this season. The two programs first met in Tampa in 2002, with USF winning 3-1. The Bulls won the first conference match with a 3-2 win in Dallas on Oct. 18, 2013. Since that defeat, SMU is 7-1 against USF, losing just three total sets in Tampa.
LAST TIME OUT
The SMU volleyball team won in straight sets at Wichita State Sunday to complete the season sweep of the defending conference champion. Senior Brittany Adams led the offense with 14 kills in the win.
SMU hit .200 with 15 kills in the final set, but the defense led to the 28-26 win. The Mustangs tallied 31 of 64 digs in the third set, and posted two blocks, including one by Ryan Palmieri and Lexi Nordmann for match point. SMU's first block of the set gave the Mustangs a 24-23 lead, but Tabitha Brown scored two straight kills for the Shockers to give Wichita State a chance to extend the match. SMU took advantage of a pair of errors by the Shockers to regain the advantage. With the scored tied, 26-26, Meryn Kennedy scored a kill, setting the stage for the final point.
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ABOUT SMU
The Mustangs are 11-14 overall, 8-7 in the American Athletic Conference, after completing season sweeps against Tulsa and defending league champion Wichita State. Brittany Adams leads the team and ranks eighth in the conference with 2.99 kills per set. Freshman Hannah Jacobs is scoring 2.75 kills per set, and freshman Rachel Woulfe has scored 200 kills, second on the team, with a 2.17 average.
Defensively, SMU is second in The American in digs per set, 17.44, and fourth in blocks, 2.07. Montana Watts is third individually with 5.49 digs per set, and Meryn Kennedy is 10th with 1.01 blocks per set.
SCOUTING UCF
The Knights are 24-3 overall, 15-0 in The American, and clinched at least a share of the conference title with a 3-2 win against Cincinnati in their last match. McKenna Melville leads the team with 4.50 kills per set, hitting .254, and is one of three players averaging at least 2.0 kills per set.
SERIES HISTORY
SMU is 14-6 all-time against UCF, winning five straight, including four straight sweeps, before UCF won 3-1 earlier this season. The two teams first met in 2005 as members of Conference USA. SMU won the first four matches in the series, which has featured at least one match every season since the first meeting in 2005.Â
SCOUTING USF
The Bulls are 19-9 overall, 8-7 in The American, with wins in five of their last seven matches. Jac'cara Walker leads the team with 3.44 kills per set, hitting .234. She is one of four attackers with at least 2.0 kills per set.
SERIES HISTORY
SMU is 7-4 all-time against USF. The Mustangs won three straight, including a 3-1 win at home last season in the only meeting of 2017, before USF won 3-2 at home earlier this season. The two programs first met in Tampa in 2002, with USF winning 3-1. The Bulls won the first conference match with a 3-2 win in Dallas on Oct. 18, 2013. Since that defeat, SMU is 7-1 against USF, losing just three total sets in Tampa.
LAST TIME OUT
The SMU volleyball team won in straight sets at Wichita State Sunday to complete the season sweep of the defending conference champion. Senior Brittany Adams led the offense with 14 kills in the win.
SMU hit .200 with 15 kills in the final set, but the defense led to the 28-26 win. The Mustangs tallied 31 of 64 digs in the third set, and posted two blocks, including one by Ryan Palmieri and Lexi Nordmann for match point. SMU's first block of the set gave the Mustangs a 24-23 lead, but Tabitha Brown scored two straight kills for the Shockers to give Wichita State a chance to extend the match. SMU took advantage of a pair of errors by the Shockers to regain the advantage. With the scored tied, 26-26, Meryn Kennedy scored a kill, setting the stage for the final point.
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