SMU Hosts Connecticut Sunday For Breast Cancer Awareness Match

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SMU Hosts Connecticut Sunday For Breast Cancer Awareness Match

Oct 16 | Volleyball

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PINK MATCH FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
SMU (11-5, 4-2 AAC) vs. Connecticut (8-11, 2-5 AAC)
Oct. 20, 2019 – 1 p.m.
Dallas, Texas | Moody Coliseum
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The Mustangs host Connecticut Sunday at 1 p.m. SMU has teamed up with the American Cancer Society to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research. Fans can donate directly to ACS at the match or online, and the first 300 fans will receive a pink SMU Volleyball t-shirt at Sunday's match.

SMU IN 2019
• SMU is 12-5 overall, 5-2 in The American, with wins in its last four matches. The Mustangs are 4-0 at home in conference matches this season and 7-1 in Moody Coliseum overall. The schedule also includes wins against TCU and Dayton, receiving votes at the time of the match. Hannah Jacobs leads the team with 3.47 kills per set, and is one of three attackers averaging at least three kills per set.

CONFERENCE RANKINGS
• Averaging 14.21 kills per set, SMU ranks second in the American Athletic Conference.
• Hannah Jacobs, fourth-3.47, Mekenzi Heckmann, seventh-3.32, and Rachel Woulfe, 10th-3.07, all rank in the top 10 in the league in kills.
• The Mustangs are fourth in the league with a .268 attack percentage overall, and rank third, hitting .257 against AAC opponents.
• SMU is second, averaging 13.43 assists. Lily Heim is second individually with 11.49.
• SMU leads the AAC in digs with 16.69. Montana Watts is fourth with 4.52 per set.

ALL-TIME SERIES
• SMU is 12-0 all-time against Connecticut.
• SMU is 6-0 at home against the Huskies.
• Last Meeting - Sept. 21, 2018
SMU won 3-1 at home in the only match of the season. It was seventh time UConn won a set in a series that has never gone five sets. SMU has five sweeps against UConn.

HANNAH JACOBS | SOPHOMORE
Hannah Jacobs leads the team and is fourth in The American with 3.47 kills per set. She has scored at least 10 kills in 14 of 16 matches this season, with a season-high 19 in a five-set win against Tulsa. She scored 16 in three sets against Bradley, and also had 16 against Stephen F. Austin and at Missouri State. She is hitting .213 with 208 kills. She hit a career-high .600 with 16 kills and only one error in 25 attempts during a 3-0 win at Missouri State. Jacobs was named to the American Athletic Conference All-Preseason team prior to the season.

RACHEL WOULFE | SOPHOMORE
Rachel Woulfe is third on the team with 3.07 kills per set, ranking 10th in The American. She is second on the team with a .293 attack percentage, seventh in the league. In her last three matches, she hit .684, .359 and .308 with 44 kills and just nine errors. She has scored at least 10 kills 10 times this season, including the last three matches. Woulfe scored a season-high 18 against Stephen F. Austin and had 18 in four sets against Memphis. Woulfe hit .500 with 15 kills in a 3-0 win against Dayton, receiving votes at the time. She also has 45 blocks, recording five in a 3-0 win against UTSA. She missed the Oklahoma match due to injury.

MONTANA WATTS | SENIOR
Montana Watts is fourth in The American with 4.52 digs per set. She recorded a season-high 31 digs against Stephen F. Austin, eclipsing 30 for the fifth time in her career. She had 20 in three sets against Bradley, and 19 in a three-set win against [RV] Dayton. She had 23 digs at Houston. Watts has been named to the conference Weekly Honor Roll twice this season, and was honored as the Best Libero at the SMU DoubleTree Invitational after leading the field with 5.36 digs per set. She has at least 10 digs in each of the last 14 matches, and is averaging 4.19 per set in AAC matches.

MAKING HISTORY
Montana Watts finished with 604 digs last season, joining all-time record holder Morgan Heise as the only two players in program history with more that 600 digs in multiple seasons. Heise set the single-season record with 721 in 2015, and holds the top three spots with 626 in 2014 and again in 2016. In four seasons, Heise recorded 2,379 digs. Watts has 1,629 digs through three-plus seasons, ranking fourth at SMU.

LILY HEIM | SOPHOMORE
Lily Heim leads the conference with 11.49 assists per set. After running a 6-2 during her freshman campaign, Heim is guiding the Mustangs to a .268 hitting percentage in the 5-1 offense. She recorded a career-high 55 assists against Stephan F. Austin, and had 54 in a four-set win against Memphis. She has eclipsed 50 in five times this season, and had at least 40 seven times, including four three-set wins. Heim has 11 double-doubles, five in the last seven matches, averaging 2.97 digs per set. She was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll after recording 38 assists in a three-set win against TCU. She then had 47 assists with 16 digs in four sets at Oklahoma. She earned another Honor Roll nod after averaging 12.62 assists per set in four-set wins against Memphis and at USF.

MEKENZI HECKMANN | FRESHMAN
Mekenzi Heckmann is second on the team and is seventh in The American with 3.32 kills per set. She scored a season-high 22 kills at Houston and finished with 20 at Tulane. Heckmann scored 18 kills in three sets against Incarnate Word, and finished with 19 at Oral Roberts. She has scored at least 10 seven times. Against TCU, she served three aces and finished with eight kills, and scored a team-best 17 kills at Oklahoma.

MERYN KENNEDY | JUNIOR
Meryn Kennedy has a team-high 54 blocks, including eight in three sets against UTSA, and against in a sweep against Wichita State. She had five blocks against Stephen F. Austin and again vs Dayton. She scored a season-high 10 kills against Oklahoma, hitting .588, and posted a .583 attack percentage with seven kills and no errors against Incarnate Word. She has three matches with nine kills, and has hit at least .400 eight times. She also ranks tied for third on the team with 11 service aces and has 39 digs. On the attack, Kennedy is hitting a team-best .308 with just under two kills per set.

MAKAYLA MILLER | FRESHMAN
Makayla Miller leads the team and ranks second in The American with 0.30 service aces per set, scoring 18 this season. She has 145 digs, with a season-high 15 in four sets against Memphis. She also recorded 14 in three sets against Bradley and again against Stephen F. Austin. Miller had two of her nine kills against UTSA, and also has 13 assists.

KENDALL PATTERSON | SENIOR
Kendall Patterson is serving as a team captain in her final season on the Hilltop. Named conference Freshman of the Year in 2016 after leading SMU to the league championship, Patterson has been one of the league's top setters since arriving at SMU. After splitting time with Lily Heim last season, the Mustangs have transitioned back to a 5-1 offense. However, Patterson is still a key piece to the gameplan. She has at least 10 digs in six matches, including a team-high 15 in a sweep against TCU. She has 131 digs, averaging 2.15 per set. She also gives SMU a dynamic setting option when Heim is targeted in serve receive or on the attack.

KAYLYN WINKLER | SOPHOMORE
Kaylyn Winkler has has started 10 of 12 matches played this season after transferring from Northeastern. She has 34 blocks, including a season-high five at Oral Roberts and again against Incarnate Word. She had two solo blocks against [RV] Dayton. She has 56 kills after scoring seven at USF. Winkler posted a season-high 12 kills at Oral Roberts. She is hitting .264, seventh in The American, and eclipsed a .500 attack percentage in three matches this season. She also has 11 digs and two assists.

ALEX GLOVER | FRESHMAN
Alex Glover has started each of the past eight matches, scoring a season-high 16 kills with a .500 attack percentage against Tulsa. She finished with 14 kills against Memphis, hitting .591 with one error. She scored six kills with six blocks as SMU swept TCU. She also scored four kills with five blocks at Oklahoma. The daughter of former NFL tight end Andrew Glover, Alex has 67 kills, scoring 37 in the last four matches. She also has 33 blocks and 12 digs on the season.

JADYN BAUSS | FRESHMAN
Jadyn Bauss has 50 kills in 38 sets played this season. She scored 15 kills in two matches, at home before breaking out with a season-high 13 to lead the Mustangs at USF. Bauss hit .400 against Weber State and .500 as SMU upset [RV] Dayton. She finished with a .385 hitting percentage at USF with only three errors in 26 attempts. Bauss has 67 digs, including a season-high 19 at USF. She also has six assists, six aces and two blocks.

FAMILIAR FACES
• The Mustangs return four of six starters and the libero from last season. Montana Watts became just the second player in program history with at least 600 digs in multiple seasons. Meryn Kennedy led the team with 111 blocks, and setters Lily Heim and Kendall Patterson combined for 12.27 assists per set.

ANOTHER MILESTONE
• Head coach Lisa Seifert earned her 400th win at SMU when the Mustangs defeated Oral Roberts, 3-2, on Sept. 5, 2019. She is just the third SMU head coach to amass 400 wins on the Hilltop, following long-time women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola and men's tennis head coach Carl Neufeld, both of whom have since retired.

GAINING MOMENTUM
• In the past 10 seasons, Seifert's teams have won 204 matches, including the program's first NCAA Tournament victory with a 3-0 win against Texas A&M in 2016. The decade includes six 20-win seasons, including a program-record 27 wins in 2015. SMU won back-to-back conference championships in 2015 and 2016, and made three straight postseason appearances.

RECOGNITIONS
• Montana Watts has been named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll twice this season.
• Lily Heim was named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll after leading SMU to a 3-0 win against TCU, and again after averaging 12.62 assists in league wins against Memphis and USF.
• Freshman Alex Glover was named to the league's Weekly Honor Roll after leading SMU with a .455 attack percentage while scoring 23 kills with seven blocks in two home conference wins.