Wichita State at SMU
Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
Nov. 22, 2022 – 12:02 p.m.
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Tulsa at SMU
Moody Coliseum – Dallas, Texas
Nov. 24, 2022 – 1 p.m.
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STORY LINES
    •    SMU closes the regular season slate with a pair of contests bookending the Thanksgiving Holiday.
    •    Wichita State visits Moody Coliseum at 12:02 p.m. Wednesday.
    •    Tulsa and the Mustangs close the curtain on the campaign at 1 p.m. Friday.
    •    SMU secures a third-place finish in The American with a win or a Shockers loss at Memphis Friday.
        •    It would be the highest finish for the Mustangs since 2019, when they won the West Division.
        •    They were predicted to finish fifth in the AAC Preseason Poll.

SERIES HISTORY - WICHITA STATE
    •    SMU leads the all-time series 8-6, including a 2-3 mark in Dallas.
    •    The Mustangs won the last match in straight sets in Wichita Oct. 9, 2022.
    •    SMU is 3-2 in the last five and 7-3 over the last 10 match ups.
    •    Wichita State won last season's meeting 3-2 in Dallas, snapping a three-match losing streak at Moody Coliseum.
    •    SMU claimed a 3-1 triumph over the Shockers in the first-ever contest, a neutral site affair Aug. 31, 1996.

LAST MEETING
     •    The Mustangs outscored the Shockers 47-23 en route to a 25-21, 25-21, 25-12 triumph.
     •    Jadyn Bauss recorded 10 kills, nine digs, two blocks and an ace.
     •    Jamison Wheeler registered a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs.
     •    London Austin-Roark hit .500, converting nine of 16 attacks, with one error, adding three blocks and an ace.
     •    Kaitlyn Knobbe made her first collegiate start, registering four kills and three blocks – matching a season high.      
     •    Celia Cullen tallied 37 assists, seven digs and three kills.
     •    Donning the libero jersey, Tatum Ticknor finished with eight digs and three assists.
   
SERIES HISTORY - TULSA
    •    SMU holds a 32-19 advantage in the all-time series, including 16-8 at home.
    •    The Mustangs held off a strong performance from the Golden Hurricanes winning in five at Tulsa, Oct. 7, 2022.
    •    SMU owns an 8-2 mark in the last 10 meetings, including 4-1 in the last five.
    •    The teams split the two matches last season, winning on the other team's home court.
    •    SMU claimed a 3-1 decision in the first meeting, Oct. 26, 1996.

LAST MEETING
    •    Jadyn Bauss recorded 17 kills, 20 digs and five blocks.
    •    Jamison Wheeler registered a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs.
    •    London Austin-Roark recorded 12 kills on 24 swings, with no errors and added five blocks.
    •    Marieke van der Mark tallied 12 kills and nine digs.
    •    Kaitlyn Knobbe added a career-high six kills, with three blocks.
    •    Celia Cullen tallied 43 assists and nine digs.
    •    Tatum Ticknor tallied 26 digs and dished out eight helpers.

HUNTING RECORDS
London Austin-Roark
    •    Ranks sixth all-time on the single-season hitting-percentage list at .325
    •    Austin-Roark is 19th with 15 solo blocks this season, 18th with 102 block assists and 19th in total blocks.

Celia Cullen
    Just the 12th player to reach 1,000 assists in a season and needs 34 to be the 11th with 1,100.
    She trails 10th place by 56 assists.

Alex Glover
    •    Glover trails Austin-Roark by .02 on the all-time single season hitting percentage list with a .325.
    •    She needs three blocks to become the 11th player in program history to reach 300.

Tatum Ticknor
    •    Ticknor is 41 digs shy of becoming just the 19th Mustang with over 400 in a season.

Marieke van der Mark
    •    van der Mark holds the 13th-highest hitting percentage in a season at .298.

Jamison Wheeler
    •    Wheeler is tied for third with 46 aces, one off the second-most and five to pull even for the single season record.
    •    Her Aces per set – Jams is at .438, .003 over second best in a single season.
    •    Wheeler needs 53 points to reach top-10 in a single season.

RACHEL WOULFE
    •     Rachel Woulfe is the 14th Mustang with over 1,000 kills in a career, notching 1,043 kills.
    •    Woulfe needs 16 kills, equaling Janelle Giordano at 13th on the all-time program list.
    •    Her .271-career hitting percentage is fifth highest all-time.
    •    Her 261 block assists place her 11th on the all-time list, while 273 total blocks rank 12th in school history.
    •    Only 10 Mustangs reached 300 blocks in their career.

Team Season Marks
    •    The Mustangs are second in hitting percentage at .244, while the all-time mark is .245
    •    SMU claimed its 13th sweep - fourth most in program history, with the nine in AAC play matched the second most.
    •    The Mustangs won 12-AAC matches in three sets during the 2015 campaign, nine in 2016 and 2013.
    •    The 21 wins is the seventh most in program history, while the 14 conference wins is sixth.
    
ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
London Austin-Roark
    •    Austin-Roark ranks 1112th among active leaders with 330 total blocks.

ALEx Glover
    •    Glover ranks 143rd among active leaders with 297 blocks and 117th with 0.92 blocks per set.

TATUM Ticknor
    •    Ticknor ranks fifth among active DI student-athletes in career digs, with 2,436.
    •    She sits 12th in sets played, with 528, while her 142 matches played rank 18th.
    
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS
    •    SMU achieved 20 wins for the ninth time in the program's 27-year history.
    •    This is the first 20-win campaign since 2017, the last of five straight years with 20 wins.
    •    The Mustangs reached 20 wins for the sixth time in 10 seasons as a member of The American.
    •    The 13 wins against AAC foes is the seventh-most in a single campaign.
    •    SMU finished with a record of .500 or better in league play 17 times, including every year in the AAC.
    •    The last time the Mustangs finished below .500 in league play occurred in 2012, their last season in C-USA.