NEW ORLEANS (SMU)-  The (RV) SMU volleyball team earned its 10^th straight victory with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-13) sweep of Tulane on Friday night in Devlin Fieldhouse.

SMU (20-6; 14-1 overall) picked up its fourth consecutive sweep and 13th of the season. The Mustangs pieced together a complete match, doubling Tulane in kills with 46 on the way to outhitting the Green Wave .343-.122, marking the 10th time SMU has held an opponent between a .100-.199 hitting efficiency this season. SMU posted 50 digs to the Green Wave's 35 and finished with four team service aces.  
 
Jamison Wheeler led the Mustangs with 15 kills on .306 hitting and added nine digs and two aces. Natalie Perdue posted 12 kills on .435 hitting while adding four blocks and a pair of digs.  
 
Reigning AAC Defensive Player of the Week, Sina Uluave led the Mustangs in digs with 14 for the 15th time this season and second consecutive match. Celia Cullen passed out a team-high 36 assists. She added three digs and a kill. 
 
Naya Shime tallied eight kills on .500 hitting, three digs, and two blocks. Emma Clothier finished with six kills, three digs, and two blocks, and Lauren Ohlinger tallied five digs and two kills. Casey Batenhorst passed out four assists and added two digs and an ace, and Brooke Frazier finished with eight digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Set One:
Starting the match for SMU were Jamison Wheeler, Natalie Perdue, Emma Clothier, Alex Glover, Naya Shime, Celia Cullen, and Sina Uluave. SMU struck first after two striaght kills from Clothier. Back-to-back kills and a service ace from Wheeler put the Mustangs ahead 9-6. Two straight kills from Shime and Perdue, followed by a kill and solo block from Clothier, took the Mustangs into the media timeout with a four point lead. Three Tulane errors, a kill from Wheeler, and an assisted block with Glover scored five unanswered for the Mustangs. A Perdue kill gave SMU a 25-19 set one victory. 

Set Two:
A kill and solo block from Perdue continued the Mustangs' momentum as they jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the second frame. The teams each exchanged 3-0 runs before a Perdue/Shime block, and Tulane error put SMU ahead 15-10 at the media timeout. Kills from Perdue and Clothier extended SMU's run after the pause. Two kills from Wheeler and one from Clothier and Perdue gave SMU a 23-12 lead, and a Tulane error sealed a 25-13 set two victory.

Set Three:
After jumping out to a two point lead to start the set, five straight Mustang points, highlighted by two consecutive kills from Perdue and one from Wheeler, built an 8-2 lead and forced a Green Wave timeout. A Perdue kill, a block by Shime, and one from Perdue and Glover highlighted another 5-0 run to extend the lead to 11. Three straight kills from Wheeler, Shime, and Clothier gave SMU a 19-7 lead. SMU used the separation to finish off the Green Wave 25-13.

SMU LEADERS:
SMU Kills Leader: Jamison Wheeler (15)
SMU Assist Leader: Celia Cullen (36)
SMU Digs Leader: Sina Uluave (14)
SMU Blocks Leader: Natalie Perdue (4)
SMU Ace Leader: Jamison Wheeler (2)

TEAM RECORDS SERIES NOTES:

• With the win, SMU improved to 20-6 on the season, and 14-1 in conference.
• Friday was the 37^th meeting between SMU and Tulane. SMU leads the all-time series 19-18.

TEAM NOTES:

• SMU won its 10^th consecutive conference match.
• SMU picked up its 13^th sweep of the season and fourth in a row.
• SMU held Tulane to a .122 hitting percentage marking the 10^th time the Mustangs have held an opponent between a .100-.199 hitting efficiency this season.
• SMU hit .343, marking the fourth time this season the Mustangs hit plus .300.
• SMU is 14-0 when leading in kills.
• SMU is 18-1 when leading in service aces.
• SMU is 14-1 when leading in blocks.
• SMU is 14-2 when leading in assists.
• SMU is 14-1 when leading in digs.
• SMU turned in a higher attacking percentage than its opponent for the 20^th time this season.
• Two Mustangs turned in 10+ kills for the seventh time this season. Four turned in 5+ for the 19^th time this season.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
Jamison Wheeler led the Mustangs with 15 kills on .306 hitting. Wheeler led the team in kills for the 13^th time this season and turned in double digits for the 16^th time. Wheeler has recorded 15+ kills in eight out of the last 10 matches. She added nine digs.
Natalie Perdue finished with double-digit kills (12) on .435 hitting for the 15^th time this season. Perdue has tallied double digits in six out of the last nine matches. She added four blocks and two digs.
Sina Uluave led the Mustangs in digs with 14 for the 15^th time this season and second consecutive match. Uluave reached double-digits for the 20^th time this season and passed out two assists.
Celia Cullen passed out a team-high 36 assists. The senior setter has led the Mustangs in every match this season. She added three digs and a kill.

UP NEXT:      
SMU is back in action against Tulane on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Devlin Fieldhouse.